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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S 7 | Letter from the Artistic Director 8 | Director’s Note 11 | Title 13 | Credits 16 | Dramaturgical Notes 24 | Cast & Creative Team Bios 29 | Who We Are 30 | Our Mission Our Vision Our Core Values Anti-Racism Pledge About Syracuse Stage Land Acknowledgement 31 | In the Community 34 | Board of Trustees 35 | Emeritus Trustees Education Advocacy Board Young Adult Council 36 | Corporate, Foundation, & Government Sponsors 37 | Sponsor Statements 38 | 50th Anniversary Campaign Gifts 39 | Individual, Corporate, Foundation, & Government Gifts 40 | In Honor of 43 | Planned Giving Matching Gift Program 44 | Syracuse Stage Staff

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LET TER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DEAR FRIENDS, Hello, and welcome to our production of Primary Trust. We’re glad you’re here.

 ROBERT HUPP. PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT.

Eboni Booth won the Pulitzer Prize for this heartfelt drama and we’re very glad our associate artistic director, Melissa Crespo, led the charge to include this thoughtful and timely work in our 24/25 season. Although Booth sets the play in the fictitious Central New York town of Cranberry, the story of one man’s isolation and loneliness is all too real; it is a story we can all recognize.

Fortunately, this is also a story of hope and growth. It is a story of connection and community. It is a story of friendship. In many ways, our experience here in the theatre reflects these themes. We live in an increasingly isolated world. Ironically, our many tools of connection—our cell phones and laptops—tend to further focus our attention inward. It’s the act of performance, of people from all walks of life coming together to share a common, communal experience, that provides a powerful antidote to this epidemic of isolation and loneliness.

experience the kind of affirmation that live theatre brings to all our lives.

As we move into 2025, we’ll continue to tell stories that build community and connection. We look forward to sharing these stories with all of you.

Please enjoy Primary Trust. And thank you for sharing this experience.

With warmest regards,

In this context, we thank you for making our work at Syracuse Stage a part of your life. We encourage you to help us by encouraging others to

Robert Hupp Artistic Director

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FROM THE DIRECTOR I have always felt uneasy about relying on Siri or Alexa. The thought of asking for help from a machine that doesn’t have a beating heart is strange to me. But as a self-described extrovert, this might be why I yearn for social connection.

Jung defined an extrovert as “someone who feels energized by the external world and social interactions.” Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t mean I don’t value solitude. But there is a reason why solitary confinement is considered a form of torture and injury. Humans are relentlessly social creatures. We anthropomorphize our pets, our cars, and our phones. In fact, psychologist Dr. Bill von Hippel writes: “We’re the only animal on the planet that goes out of its way to share the contents of our minds with others, even when there’s no immediate gain.” But in an increasingly disconnected world, where sometimes heart-less machines are the only source of connection we may have, why does a beating heart matter?

Takotsubo syndrome, otherwise known as “broken-heart syndrome,” can occur when a person experiences extreme stress or overwhelming grief. First described in Japan in 1990, takostubo symptoms are indistinguishable from those of a heart attack.

A broken heart is both a physical and a social diagnosis. And my faith in people is one of the reasons why I love this play.

Kenneth is stuck in isolation so great that he’s manufactured a fictional world of connection he doesn’t know how to escape.

Dr. Matthew Lieberman, a neuroscientist at UCLA, has studied the brain’s activity when people are talking or hugging versus sitting alone. He writes: “Whenever we finish doing some kind of non-social thinking, the network for social thinking comes back on like a reflex—almost instantly…We are built to be social creatures… Even if we think of ourselves as profoundly introverted or task-oriented—we spend most of our time thinking about other people. To a large extent, that’s because our relationships with other people define us.”

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 DIRECTOR MELISSA CRESPO.

Perhaps this is why I chose to make theatre for a living. Theatre has always felt like home, and I recently discovered a reason for that when I interviewed former artistic director Bob Moss for the Syracuse (On) Stage podcast. Bob spoke about a conversation he once had with famous architect Richard Morgan who also designed our very own Archbold Theatre: “In a concert hall, people want to be by themselves so they can spread the seats out. In a theater, they have to become one, so they're in fact, shoulder to

shoulder. You always say ‘it’s a good house tonight.’ It's always singular. You never say, ‘they are a good house.’ You say, ‘it's a good house’ because they should be melded together. That's the way a theater works.”

Whether you’re here with friends, family, or by yourself, you are not alone. And Eboni Booth’s gorgeous play reminds us about the essential need for each other.

– Melissa Crespo

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

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PRESENTS

primary trust BY

Eboni Booth D I R E C T E D BY

Melissa Crespo SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUND DESIGNER

Ann Beyersdorfer

Carmen M. Martinez

Alejandro Fajardo

Jacqueline R. Herter

ORIGINAL MUSIC

STAGE MANAGER

CASTING

Armando Gutierrez

Kristine Schlachter

Bass/Valle Casting

Robert Hupp

Michael McCurdy

Melissa Crespo

Kyle Bass

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Primary Trust is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com | Primary Trust was developed at the 2021 Ojai Playwrights Conference: Robert Egan, Artistic Director/Producer. Developed by Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinois, KenMatt Martin, Artistic Director, Roxanna Conner, Acting Managing Director, as part of Ignite Chicago Festival of New Plays 2021. Originally Produced in New York City by Roundabout Theatre Company at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre on May 4th, 2023.

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CAST (in order of speaking)

Garrett Turner............................................................Kenneth Eunice Woods.........Corrina, Wally's Waiter, Bank Customers Bjorn DuPaty...................................................................Bert Paul DeBoy........................Clay, Sam, Le Pousselet Bartender Armando Gutierrez...................................................Musician

ADDITIONAL CREDITS Assistant Scenic Designer: Gabriela “Gabby” Nuñez Student Assistant Director: Salma Adele Mahmoud† First Stage Management Production Assistant: Katie Barnes Second Stage Mangement Production Assistant: Erin C Brett Stage Management Intern: Sami English† Wardrobe & Wig Supervisor: Dylinn Andrew Dresser: Kris Stewart Sound Assistant/Board Op: Garrett Frink Electrician/Board Op: Alex Malli Deck Crew: Christopher Green, AnnaRae Martin, Caitlin Radziewski

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 Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. Primary Trust is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. † Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.

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TA K I N G P H O T O S I N T H E T H E AT R E Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production's director and designers by including the names below. Please note: Photos are strictly prohibited during the performance. Photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present. Video and audio recording is not permitted at any time in the theatre.

Photo credit: The Syracuse Stage production of Primary Trust | By Eboni Booth | Directed

by Melissa Crespo | Scenic Design by Ann Beyersdorfer | Costume Design by Carmen M. Martinez | Lighting Design by Alejandro Fajardo | Sound Design by Jacqueline R. Herter.

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

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Welcome Friend, You’re Right on Time!

IF YOU WERE TO TAKE ROUTE 5 west out of Syracuse and follow it until you hit Route 31 in Weedsport, after about 55 miles you’d find yourself in Wayne County, at the southern tip of the town of Arcadia in a village called Newark. Located on the site of historic Lockville, a hamlet founded in the early 1800s, Newark sits on the original route of the Erie Canal, the extraordinary engineering project that connected the Great Lakes with the Hudson River, and in turn the Atlantic Ocean.

By all accounts, it’s as ordinary a place as you might find along the 16

corridor between Lake Erie and the state capital of Albany. On the main street of Newark there’s a Taco Bell, a post office, a pizza joint, a bicycle shop, a few bars, a handful of churches, and credit unions on either side of the canal.

As of the 2020 census, Newark was home to just over 9,000 residents.

With its proximity to Syracuse and its size (in 1960, its population peaked at around 12,000) one could call Newark the “real life” Cranberry—the town (pop.

15,000) dreamt up by playwright Eboni Booth as the fictional setting for Primary Trust.

There are things that slip between the cracks in smaller towns… how people end up there, why they stay there, why they don’t leave. All of those things that feel a little unknowable. – Eboni Booth Kenneth, our 38-year-old hero and narrator, describes Cranberry as situated along a river, about 40 miles east of Rochester, with a main street featuring a supermarket, a bowling alley, and Wally's—his “favorite place in the world”—the tiki bar where he enjoys 2-for-1 mai tais after shifts at the town book store.

But more than just their size, location, and innocuous main street offerings, Cranberry and Newark 17

 PLAYWRIGHT EBONI BOOTH. PHOTO: LAUREN CROTHERS.

I’m from the Bronx, and I was born and raised in the city. But I think there’s part of me internally that is sort of held by other environments… I think a feeling of alienation is one I probably will always write about. – Eboni Booth

share something else that would be familiar to anyone residing in the small towns and cities that make up the bulk of this country: These locales might be pleasant places to build a home, to raise a family, to live and work and make a life in, but spend enough time on their streets, main or otherwise, and you’re bound to pick up on a unique sense of isolation.

Our society, dominated by the allure and cultural output of the coastal metropolitans and the chic industrial hubs, tells us that important events— the ones that shape and reshape the larger world—are happening only beyond the borders of the “small town,” these pit stops on the way to shinier places. (Add into this category the setting of Paris, Booth’s first play: A fictional town in Vermont that is the polar opposite of the French capital that shares its name.)

This idea is, of course, an exaggeration—the world is “happening” in all places at all times, and the small cities and towns of our country have long produced people, ideas, and movements of importance. (Newark, for its part, can claim Charles L. Jackson, au-

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thor of The Lost Weekend; Bud Paxson, founder of the Home Shopping Network; and Jackson & Perkins, a horticultural firm established in 1872 that became world famous for its unique rose varieties.) But these places remain the settings of great works of art—plays, films, novels, songs—precisely because of the push and pull between the urban and the rural, and because of how that tension, however invented it might be, illuminates something altogether accurate about human loneliness.

Booth explained as much in a Q&A published in American Theatre Magazine in April of 2024, just weeks before Primary Trust was honored with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Her interviewer, Branden Jacob-Jenkins, author of the Tony award-winning Appropriate (which, in its own ways, deals with the push and pull of big places and big ideas on small towns and the people who inhabit them), describes a sort of invisibility suffered by Kenneth in Primary Trust—Cranberry is not large, but it’s filled with, from our main character’s perspective at least, mostly strangers. In response, Booth offered a bit of autobiography: “I’m from the Bronx, and I was born and raised in the

city. But I think there’s part of me internally that is sort of held by other environments—some of my father’s family is from New England and I went to college in Vermont. So the weather, the geography, the politics of the Northeast have sort of captured me. I think a feeling of alienation is one I probably will always write about.”

In Primary Trust, Kenneth’s alienation is both literal (he was orphaned after losing his mother at a young age, who moved to Cranberry from the Bronx while she was pregnant) and psychically self-imposed (when not at the bookstore where he works, he spends his time with Bert, his only real friend, who is, as revealed in the play’s first moments, imaginary). But his loneliness is depicted as somewhat elusive, a feature of his existence that he himself might not be entirely aware of.

Kenneth is perfectly content with his humdrum schedule, his nightly happy hour, and the conversations that echo inside of his own head.

Dramatically, Booth saddles Kenneth with everyday challenges that appear seismic when held in relief against his quiet life. As she explains: “There are things that slip between the cracks in smaller towns… how people end up there, why they stay there, why they don’t leave. All of those things that feel a little unknowable.” That kind of interior struggle—the moments of change in our lives that might seem miniscule from the outside, but feel massive when we experience them—is what drives Primary Trust, and lends the play its observational quality, not unlike great literature.

In 1968, the Canadian author Alice Munro published her first collection of stories, set in the small towns dotting Western Ontario’s landscape.

Booth cites Munro as a major influence, and reading just a few lines from both authors makes that connection apparent: Their writing shares not only similar settings—Munro’s tales most often play out in the shadow of Lake Huron—but also a similar attention to the quotidian and the mundane, with an emphasis on how daily rhythms dictate our inner lives.

Munro’s characters are trappers, millers, caregivers, fishermen, bankers, waitresses; they embrace the tranquility of their small towns, but respect the danger that comes with their rural solitude. There is an unspoken unease that permeates her work, but more often than not an elegant beauty emerges from the darkness, rendered brightly by Munro’s poignant and detailed prose.

She also famously maintained a loose grip on time, nimbly entering the slipstream between past, present, and future—sometimes within a single paragraph—making the reader feel as if they are experiencing the character’s lives alongside them. Consider this passage, from “Walkers Brothers Cowboy,” the very first story from that very first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades: “He tells me how the Great Lakes came to be. All where Lake Huron is now, he says, used to be flat land, a wide flat plain. Then came the ice, creeping down from the north, pushing deep into the low places… I wish the Lake to be always just a lake, with the safe-swimming

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floats marking it, and the breakwater and the lights of Tuppertown.”

At once the narrator, a young girl making a house call with her salesman father, feels the weight of history and the inescapable momentum of the ages as she tries to stay squarely in the safe space of innocence. Likewise, in Primary Trust, Kenneth is both a participant in his own drama and an outside commentator, able to describe the present moment and reference events that have not yet taken place, a sort of modern take on Thornton Wilder’s Stage Manager. Here’s how Kenneth finishes his description of Cranberry’s main drag, where much of the play takes place: “Fifteen years from now, most of that land will be cleared and

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covered in pavement and new condominiums, but right now, it feels like some version of home.”

This, as in Munro’s work, evokes both the sensation of memory and the ache of fatalism. That same quality is found in Booth’s earlier play Paris, but with a shade more cynicism: In the first scene, newly hired Emmie (full name Emaani) is watching a training video in the break room at Berry’s, a Wal-Mart-esque big box store in the small town of Paris, Vermont. As a parody of corporate tapes, it is spot on with its rah-rah tone and exaggerated sense of company allegiance, but the humor turns bleak, as the video positions the founding of Berry’s as a major event in the history of America—as if the agricultural revo-

The end of Booth's first play Paris finds Emmie—after enduring a grueling holiday retail season—in the backroom warehouse, staring down the aisles: “She sees her future staring back,” Booth writes in the stage directions; the literalization of the dead end job. lution happened, the strip mall was invented, and the cashiers and stockboys and shift leads found their purpose at work, simple as that. The end of the play finds Emmie—after enduring a grueling holiday retail season—in the backroom warehouse, staring down the aisles: “She sees her future staring back,” Booth

 JAMES

MURTAUGH, DANIELLE SKRAASTAD, JULES LATIMER, AND ANN MCDONOUGH IN THE ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY'S PRODUCTION OF PARIS BY EBONI BOOTH.

writes in the stage directions; the literalization of the dead end job.

Primary Trust doesn’t view work with such a desperate lens. Where Emmie’s coworkers are compatriots in misery, Kenneth’s relationship with Sam, the owner of the bookstore, is, if not like

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 JIMMY STEWART IN THE

1950 FILM ADAPTATION OF HARVEY BY MARY CHASE. DIRECTED BY HENRY KOSTER.

father and son, then at least one of mentorly compassion. It’s telling, too, that the same actor becomes Clay, the manager at the bank which gives the play its title, where he similarly guides Kenneth with a light touch. And while Booth does afford herself space to poke fun at corporate corniness— Primary Trust treats its top earners to an annual awards dinner hosted at the local Radisson; Wally’s is home to a dish known as the “Ooga Booga Prime Rib Platter”—the jokes don’t have the sharpness of satire, but rather the warm, soft edges of nostalgia. (The play is pointedly set in a time “before smartphones.”)

Interestingly, an early version of Primary Trust did have Kenneth discovering unsavory business practices at the

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bank after he is hired, but that plot thread was abandoned after Marsha Norman—co-director of the Juilliard School’s playwriting program, which Booth attended, and winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for ‘night Mother— instructed Booth to read Harvey, Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy from 1944 about a man and his best friend, a six foot, three-and-one-half inch tall rabbit that only he can see.

Harvey provides Primary Trust with the imaginary sidekick, yes, but also a template for its main character. To say Elwood P. Dowd is good natured doesn’t do his disposition justice; he is unflappable in his optimism and generosity, and while Kenneth is perhaps more complex (Elwood’s one-note cheerfulness is at times grating, even

Harvey and I warm ourselves in all these golden moments. We have entered as strangers—soon we have friends. They come over.

They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell about the big terrible things they have done. The big wonderful things they will do. Their hopes, their regrets, their loves, their hates. All very large because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar.

– Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey to those within his fictional world), the two share an endearing warmth that seems to rub off on those in their orbit. Elwood and Harvey are even drinking buddies—just like Kenneth and Bert—who view the local watering hole as a place where friendships are formed, troubles are forgotten, and the bond of community is strengthened through shared memory.

Elwood’s recollection of his barroom nights is boozily romantic: “Harvey and I warm ourselves in all these golden moments,” he says. “We have entered as strangers—soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell about the big terrible things they have done.

The big wonderful things they will do.

Their hopes, their regrets, their loves, their hates. All very large because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar.”

Booth herself seems a kindred spirit when describing her personal connection to Kenneth’s mai tai reveries: “Drinking was a way to try to make

sense of these very big feelings I often have in small places, in small towns, and tiny bars off the interstate. I’d be drinking a very unremarkable drink, and a particular song starts playing, and all of a sudden I find myself thinking about my past and my future, and trying to make some sense of it.”

Kenneth begins to “make some sense of it” at crucial points in Primary Trust—at Wally’s with Bert, at Chi Chi’s with his new coworkers, and with a little guidance from people helping him win back a little bit of happiness: “The sky’s blue, what you gonna do,” they say. It’s true, he learns, that sometimes where you are is precisely where you’re meant to be; whether in Paris, Burlington, London (Ontario), Montreal, Rochester, Syracuse, or Newark.

It’s no wonder, then, that the Cranberry town motto serves as a folksy reminder of just that: “Welcome Friend, You’re Right on Time!”

– Matthew Nerber

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CAST Paul DeBoy (Clay, Sam, Le Pousselet Bartender) is happy to be back on the Syracuse stage once again. He’s been seen as Pastor Paul in The Christians and Frank Butley in Native Gardens. He’s also proud to have played Harry Bright on Broadway in Mamma Mia!. Some of his Television credits include The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, The Good Fight, Evil, American Sports Story, White House Plumbers, FBI: Most Wanted, and numerous episodes of Law & Order. Paul lives in New York City with his partner Dawn and their two cats Gracie and Lulu.

Bjorn DuPaty (Bert) Syracuse Stage Debut. Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man. Off-Broadway: Public Theater: A Raisin in the Sun, Mlima’s Tale. National Tour: The Acting Co: Julius Caesar, A Comedy of Errors. Regional: Hot Wing King (Alliance Theater & Studio Theater-D.C.), Hot Wing King (Hartford Stage/Baltimore Center Stage), Pipeline (Cleveland Playhouse & Studio Theater), Do You Feel Anger (Actor’s Theater of Louisville), The Bluest Eye (Huntington Theater), Mudrow (People’s Light Theater), Clybourne Park (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Fairfield (Cleveland Playhouse). Film: Demolition. TV: Sleepy Hollow, Alpha House, The Blacklist, Person of Interest, Madoff, Codes of Conduct, Zero Hour, All My Children. Education: M.F.A. Actor Training: Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

Armando Gutierrez (Musician, Original Music) returns to Syracuse Stage from last season’s production of Once. Last summer he served as musical director for The Old Man and The Old Moon at South Coast Rep, and most recently composed original music for an industry reading of Tennessee Williams’ Camino Real directed by Austin Pendleton at the Signature Theater. His band, Saddlemen, are a Brooklyn-based trio with music available everywhere. He is also a frequent collaborator with artists Jefferson McDonald, New Ohio, and Pretend Collective. Special Thanks to Melissa, PMA, and the entire Primary Trust team. All my love to my family, friends, and Lanae. @tecatemando Garrett Turner (Kenneth) is a Jesus-loving free Black man who believes in the power of both joy and righteous indignation as tools for liberation. Turner made his Syracuse Stage debut in 2019 in the world premiere of Thoughts of a Colored Man. When that production transferred to Broadway in 2021, Turner made his Broadway debut.

He is thrilled to be back!! Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man. Tour: TINA (First National). Off-Broadway: Bayano (National Black Theatre), Pay The Writer (Signature Theatre). Regional: The Royale (Theatrical Outfit), 24

CAST Chad Deity (Asolo Rep), Half Time (Paper Mill Playhouse), Lookingglass Alice (Baltimore Center Stage). TV: Law & Order: SVU. Emory/RCSSD Grad.

Psalm 115:1 @garrettmturner Eunice Woods (Corrina, Wally’s Waiter, Bank Customers) is thrilled to make her Syracuse Stage debut! Regional theatre: Toni Stone (Huntington Theatre Company); The Three Musketeers and Twelfth Night (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Acting Company’s 2022-23 national tour of The Three Musketeers and Romeo & Juliet; the ripple, the wave that carried me home and Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland (People’s Light); Paradise Blue (City Theatre); Pipeline (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Ohio State Murders (Goodman Theatre); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); and Her Portmanteau (American Conservatory Theater). Television: Your Friends & Neighbors, Shameless, and Chicago P.D. IG: @eunicewoods www.eunicewoods.com C R E AT I V E T E A M Ann Beyersdorfer (Scenic Designer) is a proud Syracuse University Department of Drama almuna (‘14), and is thrilled to be back at Syracuse Stage after designing What the Constitution Means to Me and Yoga Play. TV Design: Saturday Night Live (Film Unit Art Director, NBC), Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas (production designer, Showtime), Vir Das: Landing (production designer, Netflix). Broadway Associate Design: Tammy Faye, How to Dance in Ohio, Company, Ink, Jitney, The Children, and Anastasia (tour/ international). Select Regional Design: The Muny (The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast, Camelot), Goodspeed Opera House (The Mystery of Edwin Drood ), Southwark Playhouse, London (Afterglow), Stages St. Louis (Newsies), and Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Beautiful). Ann is a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Winner (2022), and is a Live Design/LDI 30 Under 30 recipient (2018). www.annbeyersdorfer.com Carmen M. Martinez (Costume Designer) is an assistant professor and the program coordinator of Theater Design and Technology in the Syracuse University Department of Drama, where she teaches costume and scenic design. Among her credits in Syracuse are: Once, What the Constitution Means to Me (Syracuse Stage), Push, Pull, Together, Apart (Syracuse Stage Theatre for the Very Young), and the last five Syracuse Stage Children’s Tour productions. Prior to Syracuse, Martinez lived in New York City, where she founded and ran her own studio, all of the things. Among her clients were Katy Perry, Lisa Lampanelli, and several theatres and performance spaces in the city (Atlantic Theater, the Cherry Lane Theater, the Park Avenue Armory). YSD ‘14, RISD ‘08.

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C R E AT I V E T E A M Alejandro Fajardo (Lighting Designer) is a Colombian lighting designer based in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn. Alejandro strongly believes that art, creativity, and imagination should be used to inspire our communities through the current crises we face and build a new future that centers community care and growth.

He really wants to know what you personally are doing to further this goal in your life. Really, reach out to him and let him know. Alejandro works as a lighting and production designer for theatre, opera, and dance. He has also designed escape rooms, a series of theatrical immersive games, site lighting for music festivals, and various New York Fashion Week shows. He is the lighting director for the Flamenco Festival and one of the associate lighting directors for Fall for Dance Festival at New York City Center. www.alejofaj.com Jacqueline R. Herter (Sound Designer) has served as resident sound designer at Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University Department of Drama since 1997.

She shifted and combined theatrical design with video/film design for the 20/21 season. Herter has designed for Indiana Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena, the Wilma, Geva, Round House, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Virginia Stage, and the Hangar Theater as well as other theatres across the nation.

Some favorite designs have been: Annapurna, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Next to Normal, Mary Poppins, Nine, Hairspray, The Overwhelming, Caroline, or Change, The Miracle Worker, The Wolves, The Day Room, The Christians, Radio Golf, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Red Noses, The Real Thing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, M. Butterfly, A Raisin in the Sun, A Lesson Before Dying, Copenhagen, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Inherit the Wind, and Big River.

Kristine Schlachter (Stage Manager) is excited to return to Syracuse Stage having previously stage-managed Dial M for Murder. Off-Broadway: Avenue Q, Emperor’s Nightingale (Nom. Off-Broadway Alliance Award), The Brothers Paranormal (World Premiere), Memorial (NYTimes Critics Pick), Warrior Sisters of Wu (Nom. Drama Desk Award) Regional: White Christmas, Rock of Ages, The Prom, Jersey Boys, The Wizard of Oz, Holiday Inn, The Glass Menagerie, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Singin’ In The Rain, Big River. NYC: As You Like It, The Marriage of Figaro, Raisin in the Sun, Cyrano De Bergerac, Allegro, The Secret Garden. B.F.A. Syracuse University. Special thanks to family and friends.

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

She has cast the last three of the late August Wilson’s ten part play series: the

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C R E AT I V E T E A M original Radio Golf, Broadway Gem of the Ocean, and off-Broadway Jitney.

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

Gabriela “Gabby” Nuñez (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a NYC based designer and artisan. She recently designed Anatomy of Melancholy (Target Margin Theater), and is excited to be making her costume design debut this March with Romeo and Juliet at Gallery Players. Assistant/Associate Design credits include: Les Miserables (The MUNY), The Little Mermaid (The MUNY), Newsies (STAGES St. Louis). Gabby has spent the last three summers working with IATSE Local 6 as a props artisan at The MUNY. Other props credits include: Uncle Vanya (Vivian Beaumont Theater), The Blood Quilt (The Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater), Shrek the Musical (National Tour).

D I R E C T O R / A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R Melissa Crespo (she/her) has made a career of developing new plays, musicals, and opera around the country and abroad. Most recently she directed the world premiere of Reggie Hoops by Kristoffer Diaz at Profile Theatre and the musical El Otro Oz by Tommy Newman, Mando Alvarez, and Jaime Lozano at Atlantic Theatre Company which was a NYTimes Critics Pick. Next spring, she will direct the world premiere of Christin Eve Cato’s O.K.! off-Broadway at INTAR Theatre. As a playwright, her play Egress, co-written with Sarah Saltwick, had a world premiere at Amphibian Stage and won the Roe Green Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting at Cleveland Play House. She is one of the Founding Editors

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D I R E C T O R / A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R of 3Views on Theater, an online publication conceived by The Lillys. Fellowships and residencies include: Time Warner Fellow (WP Theatre), Usual Suspect (NYTW), The Director’s Project (Drama League), Van Lier Directing Fellow (Second Stage Theatre), and the Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow (Arena Stage). Melissa received her M.F.A. in directing from The New School for Drama. https://www.melissacrespo.com P L AY W R I G H T Eboni Booth is a writer and actor from New York City. Her play Paris had its premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company. Eboni is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and a recipient of a Steinberg Playwright Award, a Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting, and a John Gassner award. She is a graduate of Juilliard’s playwriting program and the University of Vermont.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Hupp is in his ninth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed Dial M for Murder, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Our Town, The Play That Goes Wrong, Eureka Day, Annapurna, Talley’s Folly, Amadeus, Noises Off, Next to Normal, and The Three Musketeers for Stage. Prior to coming to Central New York, Robert spent seventeen seasons as the producing artistic director of Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock. He directed over 30 productions for Arkansas Rep ranging from Hamlet to Les Miserables to The Grapes of Wrath. In New York City, Robert directed the American premieres of Glyn Maxwell’s The Lifeblood and Wolfpit for the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble. He also served for nine seasons as the artistic director of the Obie Award-winning Jean Cocteau Repertory. At the Cocteau, Robert’s directing credits include works by Buchner, Wilder, Cocteau, Shaw, Wedekind and the premieres of the Bentley/Milhaud version of Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children, Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy, and Eduardo de Filippo’s Napoli Millionaria. He has held faculty positions at Pennsylvania’s Dickinson College and, in Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Hendrix College. Robert served as vice president of the Board of Directors of the Theatre Communications Group and has served on funding panels for the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Theatre Communications Group, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. While in Arkansas, Robert was named both Non-Profit Executive of the Year by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and Individual Artist of the Year by the Arkansas Arts Council. He and his wife Clea ride herd over a blended family of five children, one dog, and two cats.

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

R E S I D E N T P L AY W R I G H T Kyle Bass, Resident Playwright at Syracuse Stage and curator of Poetry & Play, is the author of Toliver & Wakeman, which premiered at Franklin Stage Company, Tender Rain, which premiered at Syracuse Stage, Salt City Blues, which received its first production at Syracuse Stage, and Possessing Harriet, published and licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, which premiered at Syracuse Stage, and has been produced at Franklin Stage Company, East Lynne Theater Company, and HartBeat Ensemble. Citizen James, or The Young Man Without a Country, about a young James Baldwin, streamed nationally and has been optioned for a featurelength film. With Ping Chong, he is the co-author of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which premiered at Syracuse Stage and was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre. A descendant of African people enslaved in colonial New England and in the American South, Kyle lives and writes in central upstate New York where his family has lived free and owned land for nearly 225 years. Kyle is Assistant Professor of Theater at Colgate University.

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.

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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.

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.

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 350 shows, both plays and musicals, within its walls. Now, Stage produces six to seven shows per season, while also offering educational programs to students, various preand post-show offerings, and fundraising events each year. Stage is Central New York’s only LORT theatre and one of the largest performing arts organizations in the area.

Stage has a strong commitment to giving the community access to a range of high-quality productions; it is equally committed to bringing in actors, designers, and directors who are among the leading theatre professionals, both locally and across the nation.

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

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IN THE COMMUNITY Stage has collaborated with a myriad of institutions in the Syracuse area. Community partners include 100 Black Men of Syracuse, AccessCNY, ACR Health, ARC of Onondaga, ARISE, BOCES, CNY Reads, Ed 21, FOCL, Food Bank of Central New York, Interfaith Works of Central New York, La Casita, McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center, Onondaga Historical Association, Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Syracuse International Film Festival.

Additionally, the educational department collaborates with many CNY schools.

SAVE THE DATE SYRACUSE STAGE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER

2025 CAST PARTY FEATURING: MARISSA MULDER SATURDAY, MAY 31, 6 - 10 PM MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!

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

Richard Driscoll Senior Vice President Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank PRESIDENT

Colleen A. Gaetano Retired- Vice President Global Education & Artistry Estée Lauder Companies, NYC Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor

Herman R. Frazier* Senior Deputy Athletics Director Syracuse University

Jacki Goldberg Community Volunteer

PAST CHAIR/VICE CHAIR

Nancy Green Managing Member Edward S. Green & Associates

Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC TREASURER

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

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

Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer

Larry Harris Retired - EVP and CFO Saab, Inc. Robert Hupp** Artistic Director Syracuse Stage Eric Jackson Co-Founder and CEO Black Cub Productions Ken Jackson Publisher and Editor Urban CNY (The Constitution) Cydney Johnson Deputy County Executive for Physical Services Onondaga County Rebecca Karpoff* Professor of Practice, Musical Theater/Coordinator of Vocal Instruction, Musical Theater Syracuse University Department of Drama

Barbara Beckos Retired - Syracuse Stage

Kathy Kelly Retired - Health Educator, PNP

Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer

Larry Leatherman Retired - Bristol-Myers Squibb, MOST

Jessica Cain Reporter WRVO Dr. Ruth Chen* Professor of Practice Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science Robin Curtis NYS Lic. RE Asso. Broker Hunt Real Estate ERA Denise Dyce* Associate Vice President of Labor and Employee Relations Syracuse University

Dan Lent Commercial Loan Officer AmeriCU Credit Union Rob Lentz EVP of Enterprise Operations Zeta Global Anthony Malavenda Retired - Duke’s Root Control

Michael McCurdy** Interim Managing Director Syracuse Stage Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King Molly Mulvihill Sr. Relationship Manager Global Commercial Banking Bank of America Fran Nichols Retired - Mower, Inc. Mona Paradis Stadium International Trucks YiWei Qi Co-Founder and CEO AccuGPS LLC Dr. Henry Roane Executive Director and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry Upstate Golisano Center for Special Needs Molly Ryan Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP Robert Sarason Retired - Lawyer, Organizer, Fundraiser Cora Thomas Radio Host and Office Manager, WAER Michael S. Tick* Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University Dr. Amy Tucker Chief Medical Officer SUNY Upstate Medical University Andrea Waldman Operations and Development Coordinator Make A Wish Foundation of Central New York Maryam Wasmund Chief Financial Officer Filtertech Inc.

Julia Martin Partner Bousquet Holstein

Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama

Suzanne McAuliffe Retired - Educator

*University Trustee **Ex-Officio

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

Jim Breuer Sandra Brown Mary Beth Carmen Bea González

Joan Green Elizabeth Hartnett John Huhtala Margaret Martin

Kevin McAuliffe Eric Mower Judy Mower Michael Shende

Richard Shirtz Jack Webb Michael Zoanetti

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

Jordan Berger Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Todd Benware Christian Brothers Academy

Rhiannon Berry Liverpool High School

David Fisselbrand Auburn High School

Linda Ponza Solvay High School

Melissa Morgan Baker High School

Jennifer Sabatino Cato-Meridian Middle School

Matthew Phillips Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Elizabeth Defurio Nottingham High School

Y O U N G A D U LT C O U N C I L Kayden Blair Cazenovia High School Silas Crawford Notthingham High School Ella Culligan Liverpool High School Joclyn Dallas Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Hayden Frisbie Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Madison Macomber East Syracuse Minoa Central High School

Caleb Smith Manlius Pebble Hill School

Anqi Geng Manlius Pebble Hill School

Zoie Markowski Solvay High School

Abbie Sundet Paul V. Moore High School

Ethan Meives Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Brooklynn Gilbert North Syracuse Junior High School

Leo True-Frost Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Zinira Izmir Manlius Pebble Hill School

Octavia Miller Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Beatrix Karn Cazenovia High School

Jacelyn Peña Corcoran High School

Rebecca Wheeler Homeschooled

Kate Fennessy Auburn High School

Rei Korthas Homeschooled

Jackson Finn Christian Brothers Academy

Molly Linzer Manlius Pebble Hill School

Briar Raymond North Syracuse Junior High School

Mika Zolberg-Steiger Manlius Pebble Hill School

Claire Foran East Syracuse Minoa Central High School

Cecilia Lombardi Christian Brothers Academy

Josie Feck Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Taeyang Reid Manlius Pebble Hill School Harper Shute Fayetteville-Manlius High School

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Thomas Warne Nottingham High School

SYRACUSE STAGE ANNUAL FUND GIFTS Syracuse Stage depends on the generosity of contributions from individuals, corporations, businesses, foundations, and government agencies. It is with much gratitude that we recognize the following donors to our annual campaign. For information regarding levels of contribution and benefits of each please contact the Development office at 315-443-3931 or visit syracusestage.org.

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

Richard Mather Fund

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

Contributions listed above are current as of December 26, 2024, and reflect operating support of $5,000+ and in-kind donations of $10,000+.

The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the arts in Central New York. We recognize the deep importance live theatre plays in shaping the cultural and social vitality of our community. In these challenging times, theatre brings us together to be inspired and celebrate the richness of the human experience. We are delighted to continue to support Syracuse Stage and this very special production of Primary Trust.

Primary Trust is made possible with funds from the General Operating Support program a regrant program of the County of Onondaga with the support of County Executive, J. Ryan McMahon II, and the Onondaga County Legislature, administered by CNY Arts.

The Syracuse Stage Board of Trustees is proud to sponsor Primary Trust by Eboni Booth. Congratulations to the cast and creative team.

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50 TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN GIFTS Syracuse Stage's 50th Anniversary Season is presented by Slutzker Family Foundation Sarah Alden Jackie Anderson Robert & Jeanne Anderson Frank Badagnani George S. Bain Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel Keith Batman & Barbara Post Helen Beale Barbara Beckos & Arthur McDonald Jean Beers Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval Michael & Jennifer Blowers Leslee Boissy Thomas & Carol Boll Jon & Patricia Booth Dennis & Mary Anne Brady Mary Brady Marion Brillati Angel Broadnax Pamela Brown-Benjamin Marlene Brown Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth Gary & Kathleen Bruno Lia & Dean Burrows Kathleen Burt Patricia Bush Nancy & William Byrne Mark & Lori Campitello Rich & Mary Cappelli Cazenovia Jewelry Anthony & Carolyn Cimino Patricia & Sandy Colabufo Nicholas & Louanne Colaneri Elaine Coppola Raymond W. Cummings, Jr. Kevin & Kristin Curtis Therese & Walter Dancks Anthony & Deborah D'Angelo Bill & Terry Delavan Roger & Naomi DeMuth Robert Desimone Mary DiSanto James & Leona Dowd Dick & Therese Driscoll Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander Carole Farfaglia Carol Fedrizzi Alan Fischler & Karen McDonold David & Karen Fitch Molly Carole Fitzpatrick Robert & Terry Flower Peter Frantzis

Nancy Freeborough George & Halina Gagne Jim & Carol Galvin Barbara Genton Neil & Helene Gold Jacki & Michael Goldberg Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich William Goodwin Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Muffy & Herbert Baird Hansen Tom & Cynthia Helmer Kenneth Hendel Steven Herwood Michele Hickman Judy Huckle Robert & Clea Hupp Norma Huxter Linda Imboden Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran Deborah Joiner Laura & Ed Jordan Gwenn & John Judge Michael & Audrey Kane Brian Kane & Phyllis Perrotti James & Jan Kaplan Dana Keefer Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner John & Gloria Kennedy Stewart Koenig & Judy Schmid Dean Kolts Jill Ladd Lorraine LaDuke Andrea Latchem Skip Lentz & Anne Russ Stephen Lessie Linda Loomis Tony Malavenda & Martine Burat Rocco & Roberta Mangano Wade Manning Nicholas Martin Richard Mather Fund Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe Donyce & Kenneth McCluskey Andreas & Margaret Meier Carl Mellor Michael & Claudia Miceli Gail Mitchell Bruce Moseley & Leigh Yardley

As of December 26, 2024.

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Molly & Kevin Mulvihill Janet Munro Claire Myers NBT Bank Corp. Inc. Richard & Barbara Natoli Marty & Millie Newshan Becky Nicandri Sally Lou & Fran Nichols Leslie Noble & Bill Morris Sally O'Herin Marjorie Ostrander Brett & Jeannie Padgett Cindy Paikin Ricky & Whitney Pak David & Susan Palen Cathy Palm Nolan & Phyllis Palsma Peter & Constance Palumb Robert & Teresa Parke Susan Perriello Debra Petzold Jane Pickett Duane & Karleen Preske Nancy Radoff David Rankert Jean Reilly The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation Ross & Melanie Relyea Todd Relyea Patrick & Kuni Riccardi Terry & Monica Richmond Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra Roth James & Tricia Sadowski Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead Mike & Marilyn Sees Barry & Jenny Shulman Theresa Slosek & Ronald Wilson Slutzker Family Foundation Joseph & Carolyn Smith Vinodhini Subramanian Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips John & Jamie Sutphen Amy Sweeney Delia & Sandy Temes Angi Tipton John Toomey Hon. Karen M. Uplinger Joseph & Carole Valesky Nancy Wadopian Marc & Marcy Waldauer The Estate of George Wallerstein & Julie Lutz

Maryam Wasmund Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman Liz & David Wei

Lynda Wheat Dr. Kelvin White Tom & Desiree Wight Evelyn B Williams

Diana Wolpert Leslie & Jerry Zaborsky Joyce Zadzilka

INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS New and increased gifts this season will be matched by The Richard Mather Fund.

It is our goal to provide a complete list of all donors $100+. Nevertheless, if your gift is not listed or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact the Development Office at 315-443-9848.

$100,000+ CNY Arts, Inc Onondaga County Syracuse University The Estate of George Wallerstein & Julie Lutz $50,000 - $99,999 Advance Media NY Tom Kirdahy The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation The Shubert Foundation Slutzker Family Foundation Barry & Fran Weissler $20,000 - $49,999 George S. Bain New York State Council on the Arts Richard Mather Fund National Endowment for the Arts $10,000 - $19,999 Richard Bunce Nancy & William Byrne Cathedral Candle Company Jacki & Michael Goldberg Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Elizabeth Hartnett M&T Bank The Estate of Deborah O'Shea The John Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips Douglas Sutherland & Nancy Kramer

Urban CNY WAER $5,000 - $9,999 Ryan & Leigh Ann Benz Jim & Juli Boeheim Foundation Craig & Kathy Byrum JP Morgan Chase Dr. Ruth Chen & Chancellor Kent Syverud Cumulus Radio Peggy & Dana Dudarchik The Estate of Mary Louise Dunn Maggie & Jake Feldmeier Colleen Gaetano Neil & Helene Gold Larry & Ann Harris Robert & Clea Hupp iHeart Media Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Larry & Mary Leatherman Skip Lentz & Anne Russ Tony Malavenda & Martine Burat Mangano Law Office, PLLC Rocco & Roberta Mangano Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe J.M. McDonald Foundation Eric & Judy Mower National Grid Sally Lou & Fran Nichols Joel Potash & Sandra Hurd Joshua & Andrea Waldman Maryam Wasmund Wegmans WRVO $3,500 - $4,999 Janet Audunson & David

Youlen Barbara Beckos & Arthur McDonald Kathleen Bice Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys Pete & Mary Beth Carmen Robin Curtis Claire Myers YiWei Qi & Julie Yu Selma Radin Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes $1,800 - $3,499 Barbara Sheklin Davis Bousquet Holstein PLLC Francine Boutet Constance Bull Jessica Cain & Kevin Kopko James Clark & Sharon Gordon The Estate of William Clark Jr. Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Edward & Susan Downing Dick & Therese Driscoll Melvin & Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Michael & Barbara Flintrop Herman Frazier & Caroline Beal Dorothy & Lawrence Gordon Dennis & Judi Hebert Heritage Masonry Restoration, Inc. David & Sally Hootnick John & Kimberly Huhtala Cydney Johnson & Jeff Comanici

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between December 26, 2023 and December 26, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Randy & Elizabeth Kalish Leslie Kohman Julia & Lee Martin Rod & Jana McDonald Walter & Elizabeth Merriam Anne Morford Molly & Kevin Mulvihill Claire Myers Brett & Jeannie Padgett Amy Parker Michael & Rissa Ratner Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead Gracia Sears Sharye Skinner Deirdre Stam John Steigerwald IV Raymond & Linda Straub Dr. Amy Tucker Jack & Linda Webb $1,200 - $1,799 James & Nancy Asher Debbie & Candido Bermudez Donald Blair & Nancy Dock Bank of America Jim & Cathy Breuer Brenda & Wendy Bousfield & David Marcus Ana Díaz-Diez & Javier Maymi-Perez Allen & Anita Frank Paul & Carolyn Frymoyer Andrea Graham Thomas Greenwood Deborah & Samuel Haines Steven & Elaine Jacobs Richard G. Jaeger Rebecca Karpoff Newman & Lickstein, LLP David Rankert David Redding Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation Henry Roane & Heather Kadey Nancy & Walter Shepard Richard & Margaret Shirtz James Shults Rob & Christine Stoltz Larry & Glenda Wetzel $600 - $1,199 Edward & Angela Bernat Susan Brett Gary & Kathleen Bruno Cazenovia Jewelry Amy & Tom Clark Cynthia Sutton Mark Cywilko & Marianne Moosbrugger Stephen & Emily DiMarco Denise Dyce

Mark & Marci Erlebacher Muffy & Herbert Baird Hansen Daniel & Julia Harris David Heisig & Donna Mahar Joyce Day Homan Richard & Margaret Ingraham John & Maren King Donna & Kenneth Kirsch Victor & Linda Lebedovych Bob & Pat Lebel Lynda Wheat James MacKillop Susan Martineau James & Elizabeth Megna John & Jill Melvin John & Joan Nicholson Sally O'Herin David & Janice Panasci Mona & John Paradis Charles & Sharon Primerano Kathy & Dan Rabuzzi Edward & Lois Schroeder Geraldine & John Sheehan Beth & Tobias Sienel Dr Craig A Simmons Sharon Sutter Thomas & Carole Taylor Michael & Cathy Tick Phil & Janice Turner Joseph & Carole Valesky Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman John & Mitzi Wolf $300 - $599 Susan & Allison Ambrosie Robert & Jeanne Anderson Chris Arnold Timothy Atseff & Margaret Ogden Paul Barron & Leah Weinberg Andrew & Margot Baxter Jackie Bays & Joseph McCaffrey Diana Biro & Eric Rogers Eric & Carol Boyer Dennis & Mary Anne Brady Mary Brady Angel Broadnax Marlene Brown Joseph Cerroni & Linda Tassa Joe & Nancy Clayton Paul & Linda Cohen Jerilyn Costich Anita Cottrell Demetrius & Erin Cunia George W. Curry Jennifer Davidson Christian & Ann Marie Day Frederick Dever Judith & William Dowling Rebecca Downing

In Honor of Contributions have been made to Syracuse Stage to honor someone, celebrate a special occasion, or offer an expression of sympathy in memory of a loved one.

Anonymous, in memory of Lorne Runge.

Anonymous, in honor of our talented daughter.

George S. Bain, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Melinda & Ronnie Bell, in memory of Barbara Toman, SSITP's costume designer for nineteen seasons.

Debbie & Candido Bermudez, with pride for Candice’s work at Stage.

Brenda Bousfield, in memory of Mary Walsh.

Susan Brett, in memory of Thomas Brett.

Carol Bryant, in honor of Virginia Parker.

Craig & Kathy Byrum, in memory of Ginny Parker.

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

Ana Díaz-Diez & Javier Maymi-Perez, in loving memory of Pedro DíazMolina.

Farfaglia Family, in memory of Edward J Farfaglia.

Debbie Feinstein, to Eli Golding: Happy Graduation!

The Hennessy Family, in loving memory of Cat Hennessy.

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

Robert Humphrey, in memory of Mary Anne Wilson.

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between December 26, 2023 and December 26, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Charley & Kim & Zachary Driscoll Richard Ernst Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich Michael & Marion Fish Kenneth & Kathleen Freer Edward & Debbie Genalo Ellen Golden & Brian Walton Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Bernice Gottschalk Michael & Whitney Hadley Teresa Haigney Judith Hand Nancy Hanna David & Ellen Hardy Harvey's Garden Joseph & Paula Himmelsbach Jeffrey Hollman Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran Laura & Ed Jordan Noel Keith John & Gloria Kennedy Tim & Susan Kennedy Sheldon & Karen Kruth Lorraine LaDuke Andrea Latchem Daniel & Ann Lent Bonnie Levy & Steven Faigen Susan Lison John & Marian Loosmann George & Roseann Lorefice Eugene & Christine Lozner Donald & Patricia MacLaughlin John & Candace Marsellus Charles Martin & Johanna Keller Holly Mathis Laura McCord Mary Ellen McDonald Lauren Melnikow Susan Moskal James & Kathleen Muldoon Richard & Barbara Natoli Richard & Kimberly O'Brien David & Susan Palen Cathy Palm Robert & Teresa Parke Paolo & Nicole Pastore Mickey & Pat Piscitelli Eileen Ponto Howard & Ann Port Steve Reiter & Annegret Schubert Mariangela Risucci Jennifer Roberts Linda & Bob Ryan William Schuyler Jon Selzer Robert & Cheryl Shallish

Joseph & Carolyn Smith H. Paul Steiner Cora Thomas Victor & Diane Tice Susan Wadley Mary Ward David & Daryll Wheeler Derick White John & Judy Winslow $150 - $299 James Aiello Edwin & Kathleen Allen Beatrice Angus Michelle Arora Holmes & Sarah M Bailey Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel Nancy Barnum Marjory Baruch Dr. Sylvia Betcher & Martin Korn William A Billingham Nicolina Bisson Susan Boettger Jon & Patricia Booth Carmelita Britton & Richard Probert Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth Brian & Sharon Bush Stephen Butler Mallika & Gildas Cadin Larry & Fran Campbell Ronald Capone Cynthia and Richard Cherney Lou & Rosa Clark Karen Clarke Allison Clifford Martha Cole John & Deloris Coleman Donna Coloton Raymond Colton Elizabeth Cowan Stephanie Cross Karl Crossman & John Steinburg Raymond W. Cummings, Jr. James & Suzanne Cusack CVS Linda Czerkies Carol Decker Paula Dendis Diane Dimond Linda & Alan Dolmatch Beth Drew & Joe Marusa James & Susan Edmonds Kathleen Effler William & Elizabeth Elkins Carole Farfaglia David & Karen Fitch Molly Carole Fitzpatrick Lois & Jill Fowler

In Honor of (Continued

Donna Inglima, in honor of Arthur Storch.

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

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

Eileen Ponto, in memory of Emily Ponto.

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

Rob & Christine Stoltz, in recognition of Bob Hupp, Melissa Crespo, and the entire Syracuse Stage team's efforts to bring arts to the community.

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

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

Gabriella Yonkers, in honor of my sister, Katelyn Yonkers, whose incredible talent and dedication as a seamstress bring every performance to life. Her artistry and hard work ensure that every actor looks truly amazing, enhancing the magic of the theater for us all.

Ben Franklin Jeffrey & Teresa Freedman Stacy French Allen & Nirelle Galson Mary Beth Gannon Claudia & Adam Gasiorowski Robert Geiger Karen Goldman Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between December 26, 2023 and December 26, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Roger & Vicki Greenberg Joseph & Fran Greenman Jerome & Debbie Grigonos Patricia Haggerty James Hahn Greg & Elaine Hallett Mark & Carole Hansen Tom & Cynthia Helmer Michael & Elizabeth Hennessy Karl & Mary Herba Mary Hershberger Donna & Joseph Hipius Barbara & Ronald Hoffman Howard & Linda Hollander Jane Hopeman Ziad Hussein Susan Hynds Hugh & Jane & Katerina Pinchin Marie & James Jewson James & Jan Kaplan Phillip & Judith Kaplan Lexi Carlson & Sebastian Karcher Robert & Christina Keim Norma Kelley Amy Kemp Diane King Russell & Joan King Trudy & Earl Kletsky Barry & Kathy Kogut Dean Kolts Richard & Roxanne Kopecky Scott & Linda Kraemer Robert & Lauren Lalley Tod Leggat & Shannon Magari-Leggat Maria Lesinski & Benjamin Hicks Mark & Jeannette Levinsohn Edward & Carol Lipson Mary Lombardo Janet Mallan Frederick & Virginia Marty Elizabeth Mascia Janice Mayne Donyce & Kenneth McCluskey Margot McCormick Dr. Merrill L. Miller Michael Miller & Katharine O'Connell Daniel & Terry Miller David & Beth Mitchell Danielle Montagne & Mark Zlotnick Janet Moore Alan & Rosalind Napier Dr. Cathryn Newton Margaret O'Brien Vickie Olcott Omega, Inc. Patricia Orr

Joan & Lawrence Page Thomas & Eleanor Pendergast Michael & Susan Petrosillo Jane Pickett Susan Pieczonka Anita Pisano Kevin & Rachael Porter Duane & Karleen Preske Mary Rose Ranieri Terry & Monica Richmond Michael Riecke & Anthony McEachern Nancy Machles Rothschild Elaine Rubenstein Elizabeth Sanders Roberta Savage George & Sharon Schmit Richard & Elizabeth Severance Steven & Robin Sisskind Ryan & Carol Smith Judith Smith Jeffrey Sneider & Gwen Kay B.L. Bush & Sons, Inc Paul & Jean Soper George & Helene Starr Susan Stred & Harold Husovsky Kathleen & Mark Sunheimer David & Eileen Thompson Amy & Anthony Tibolla James & Deborah Tifft John & Jean Tromans TJ & Meghan Vitale Robert & Anita Wagner Judith Waite Donald & Martha Washburn Diane D Webb Connie Webster Fred & Karen Whitney Robert & Pauline Williamson Tina Winter Samuel & Robin Young Mary Yurco Joyce Zadzilka Loretta Zolkowski $100 - $149 George & Beverley Adams Jerrold & Harriet Abraham Sarah Alden Jill Anderson John Andrake Dianne Apter Al & Jane Arras Robert Attridge Mary Roberts Bailey Rosanne Barbaglia Steven Barbash Jean Beers Janine Bernard Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval Carol Biesemeyer David Blair

Leslee Boissy Susan Borker Alice Borning Lisa Braddock Bernard & Ona Cohn Bregman Dawn Broderick Robert & Helene Brophy Bob & Kathy Brown Patricia Bush Joseph & Patricia Cambareri John & Cynthia Cambareri Richard & Nina Cantor Delores Carney Douglas & Diane Chilson Anthony & Carolyn Cimino Gregory Cohen Nicholas & Louanne Colaneri Cheryl Cole Joseph Constantino Terri Cook Elaine Coppola Molly & Travis Corley Tracy Cromp Joyce Crossley Paul & Cynthia Curtin Timothy & Christine Curtis Angela Cwikla Lynette & Ethan Davis Sue Ellen Deion Kate DiDonato James & Leona Dowd Elizabeth & Evan Dreyfuss Joyce Duncan Wynn Egginton Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra Roth Clay & Dora Elliott Pamela Ellis Stanley & Penny Emerick Laurie Fabian Carol Fedrizzi Robert & Terry Flower Tim Fox John Friedman & Polly Ann Heavenrich William & Jean Gamble Norma Gawlowicz Gregory Gazda Margaret Gelfuso Rosamond Gifford Foundation Kathryn Glynn William Gray Stephen Graziano Paula & Louis Green Linda & James Green Mark & Cynthia Dowd Greene Seth & Lisa Greenky Chip & Kate Grosso Carol Guido Charlotte Haas and Gary

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between December 26, 2023 and December 26, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Quirk Nancy & Stephen Hallock Beth Hansen Ann & Richard Harris Elizabeth Hayes Pamela & James Helmer William & Phyllis Highland David Hinshaw & Mindy Epstein Jennifer Hobler Kathleen Howard Kathryn Huftalen Robert Humphrey Festa Italiana Roberta Jones Daniel & Janet Jones Gwenn & John Judge Michael & Audrey Kane Randy Karcher Marlene Kelly Jean Kimber Karin Franklin-King Alan Kinney Janice Kophen Steven Kulick Neil & Marie LaBrake Sandra Ledda Amanda Lee David & Cindy Lewis Michael & Jean Loftus Susan Lotierzo Jon Maloff Paul Manfredo Paul Marshall Douglas & Randi Matousek Roberta Matthews Philip & Martha McDowell

Linda McKeown Howard McLaughlin & Mary O'Hara Timothy McLaughlin & Diane Cass Kathleen McLeod Marcia & Dave Mele Ben & Julie Merchant David Michel & Peggy Liuzzi Diana Ingraham Milkovic Thomas Miller & Mary MacBlane Gail Mitchell Julian & Jennifer Modesti Joseph Moorman & Catherine Gerard Janet Munro Marty & Millie Newshan Katharine O'Connell L & Mary Pat Oliker Jane Ondich Bryan O'Quinn Marjorie Ostrander John & Elizabeth O'Sullivan Ricky & Whitney Pak Nolan & Phyllis Palsma John & Linda Parsons Dorothy & Harvey Pearl William & Merriette Pollard Charles & Patricia Prutzman Steve & Kate Pynn Marvin & Jo Ann Reed Scott Reinhart Lynn Richer Stacy Roberts Ann Rothschild Nancy Rothschild

Rocco Rufo Richard & Maria Russell Margaret Ryniker John & Judy Sabene Richard & Jill Sargent Jennifer Scalione Jeffrey & Abby Scheer Susan Scheuerman Edwina Schleider Julia Scialla Ruth Seaman Sally Senecal Margaret Shackell Roger & Nancy Sharp David & Chole Smith William & Marianne Smith Michael Stanton Mark & Beth Steigerwald Milton & Mary Stevenson Martha Sutter & David Ross Kristin & Steve Swift Brady Systems Martin & Jackie Talcik Elizabeth Thorley Theresa Thoryk James Traver & Marguerite Conan Aaron Tussing Bob & Claudia Visalli Timothy & Nancy Volk Marcia Walsh Virginia Watson Ardyth Watson Roger & Carolyn Williams Deborah Wood Stephen & Patricia Zalewski Steven & Judith Zdep

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between December 26, 2023 and December 26, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

PLANNED GIVING A planned gift is a way to make a significant and lasting gift to Syracuse Stage. By making a bequest to the theatre, you are assuring that Syracuse Stage will continue to inspire, stimulate, and entertain Central New York audiences for generations to come, as well as maintain its high artistic standards that are recognized locally, and nationally.

For more information about planned gifts contact: Ana Díaz-Diez, Director of Development 315-443-3931 or ajdiazdi@syr.edu Dr. William J. Clark, Jr. Fund The Estate of Rosemary Curtis Mary Louise Dunn Fund Deborah O'Shea

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

Michael and Rissa Ratner The J. Zimmeister-Yarwood Estate

MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM Many companies will match gifts of their employees, retirees, and spouses with a gift of their own to Syracuse Stage. Ask your personnel office for a matching gift form, send the completed form with your gift – and we’ll do the rest!

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S Y R A C U S E S TA G E S TA F F Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp Interim Managing Director....................................................................................Michael McCurdy Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass

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.......................................................Stuart Plymesser Production Management Intern.............................................................................Kit Verweij† Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty Assistant Company Manager.....................................................................................Sarai Ford Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King Technical Assistant...................................................................................................Liz Daurio Carpenters...............................................................................John Gamble, Brian McBurney Student Employee..............................................................................................Emma Thoms† Work Study Employee........................................................................................Chase Brown†

Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm Lead Scenic Artist................................................................................................Laurel Arnold Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich Associate Props Supervisor...................................................................................Andrew Babb Craftpersons....................................................................................Alexis Frizzell, Nora Galley Student Employees................................................................Maddy Clark†, Natalie Steinberg† Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore Cutter-Drapers..............................................................................Emily King, Kathryn Rauch First Hand.......................................................................................................Katelyn Yonkers Stitchers.................................................................................Sidney Barmoha, Sophie Shahan Craftsperson/Shopper.........................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................................................Dylinn Andrew Electrics and Projection Supervisor...............................................................................Jed Daniels Associate Electrics and Projection Supervisor......................................................Andy LiDestri Electricians/Board Operators..............................................................Kat Larrabee, Alex Malli Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer.....................................................Jacqueline R. Herter Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Engineer....................................................................................................Garrett Frink Stage Management Production Assistants.............................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett

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

Interim Managing Director....................................................................................Michael McCurdy Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Associate General Manager...................................................................................Jacob G. Ellison Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez Development Assistant/Executive Assistant..................................................................Julia Rakus Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid Education Interns.........................................................................Phineas Roy†, Lauren Schweers† Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joanna Penalva Audience Development Manager..............................................................................Tracey White Creative Director, Marketing..................................................................................Brenna Merritt Marketing Content and Publications Manager.....................................................Matthew Nerber Graphic Designer.................................................................................................Jonathan Hudak Marketing Associate...............................................................................Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah Marketing Intern....................................................................................................Amelia Brown† Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson Assistant Box Office Manager.....................................................................Ahmanee Simmons Box Office Show Supervisor.................................................................................Trevor Miller Box Office Assistants.................................................................Clari Atherlay, Gracie Whaley† Audience Services Manager............................................................................Meghan Rose Dillon House Managers..................Pat Condello, Gabrielle Moran Alyssa Otoski-Keim, Adam Secor Front of House Associate...................................................................................Donna Stuccio Assistant House Manager.......................................................................................Kevin Sene† Bartenders.................................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey Audience Services Interns.....................................................................Ginger Bai†, Youran Li†

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

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

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