The National Pastime Program

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

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

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

WELCOME TO THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE NATIONAL PASTIME

As Resident Playwright, I’m thrilled to welcome you to Syracuse Stage for the world premiere of Rogelio Martinez’s The National Pastime.

New plays hold a special place in American theatre. They invite us to see the world through fresh eyes, tell stories we haven’t heard before, and delve into the complex tapestry of human experiences.

Every play was once a new play, and every new play is a leap of faith and an act of courage. That’s why seeing a new play unfold for the first time can be one of the most thrilling experiences in theatre, especially when it sparks meaningful conversations and strikes a chord with all of us.

Commissioned by Syracuse Stage, The National Pastime has been developed over nearly four years, including as part of Stage’s Cold Read Festival of New Plays (now the Julie Lutz New Play Festival). The National Pastime exemplifies the dedication that playwrights bring to their creative process, and reminds us of the relevance, excitement, and necessity of theatre as an art form.

Rogelio’s play is a gift: it is a work of ideas crafted with insight, intelligence, wit, intrigue, theatricality, and a deep understanding of the human spirit and psychologies. But as vivid as it is on the page, the script itself is only a blueprint; it requires the collaboration of a community of artists—the playwright, LETTER FROM THE RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT

a director, a team of designers, and a beautiful cast of passionate actors—all coming together to create something unique and wholly new, to achieve its full and intended expression. For us, the audience, to witness this spark of creation brought to life for the first time is to celebrate the boundless possibilities that theatre provides.

Over the past nine seasons, championing, developing, and producing new works has become central to what we do; it is part of who we are. And Syracuse Stage sincerely thanks Board Trustee Geroge Bain for his unwavering, enthusiastic, and intelligent support that made this commission possible.

And we thank you, our audience, for supporting this exciting new play. Together with you we celebrate the world premiere of The National Pastime.

Thank you for being here. Enjoy the show!

– Kyle Bass, Resident Playwright

TRIBUTE

Ken Jackson

May 3, 1957 — April 23, 2025

It is with deep gratitude and a heavy heart that Syracuse Stage honors the extraordinary life and legacy of Ken Jackson, a cherished member of our community.

Ken’s journey with Syracuse Stage was marked by passion, dedication, and an enduring love for the arts. Long before joining our Board of Trustees, Ken was a familiar face at opening nights, steadfastly occupying the same seats, house left, season after season. For decades, his presence was a testament to his unwavering support and belief in the transformative power of live theater.

When Syracuse Stage reached out to Ken to invite him to become a Board Trustee, his enthusiasm was immediate and infectious. His excitement to serve and contribute further was palpable—a reflection of his lifelong commitment to uplifting the arts in Syracuse. Ken officially joined the Board in

July 2024, bringing with him a wealth of wisdom, kindness, and an unparalleled passion for community building.

Ken’s connection to Syracuse Stage ran deep—our theater, located in the 15th Ward, stood in the heart of the very neighborhood where Ken was born. His roots in this community enriched his contributions, and his gentle spirit, warm, flashing smile, and engaging personality endeared him to all who had the privilege of working alongside him.

Above all, Ken was a vocal champion for Syracuse Stage and for the city he loved. His legacy is forever woven into the history of our theater and our community. We are profoundly grateful for his presence, his vision, and his belief in the arts as a force for connection and change.

Ken is deeply missed, but his light and his values will continue to guide and inspire us.

PRESENTS

A JULIE LUTZ NEW PLAY FESTIVAL WORLD PREMIERE

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BY

Rogelio Martinez

DIRECTED BY

Johanna McKeon

SCENIC DESIGNER Andromache Chalfant

COSTUME DESIGNER Andrea Lauer

PROJECTIONS DESIGNER Stephen Stivo Arnoczy

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Robert Hupp

LIGHTING DESIGNER Christopher Brown

STAGE MANA GE R Miriam Hyfler*

MANAGING DIRECTOR Carly DiFulvio Allen

SEASON SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSOR

SOUND DESIGNER Cody Spencer

CASTING Bass/Valle Casting

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Melissa Crespo

PRESENTING SPONSOR

PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL SPONSOR

RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT Kyle Bass

SHOW SPONSORS

COMMUNITY PARTNER

The National Pastime is produced by special arrangement with The Gersh Agency, 41 Madison Avenue, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10010

June 11 - 29, 2025

THE HELLO GIRLS

September 10 – 28, 2025

Music and lyrics by Peter Mills Book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel Directed by Cara Reichel | Co-produced with Michael Cassel Group, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, and Chief Operator

A heroic new musical about connection in a time of conflict.

THE 39 STEPS

October 22 – November 9, 2025

Adapted by Patrick Barlow | From the novel by John Buchan | From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock | Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited | And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon | Directed by Benjamin Hanna Co-produced with Indiana Repertory Theatre

A Hitchcock spoof with hair-raising hijinks.

A CHRISTMAS STORY

November 25 – December 28, 2025

By Philip Grecian | Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark and In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd | Directed by Robert Hupp

A triple-dog-dare of a show.

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February 4 – 22, 2026

WORLD PREMIERE

By Rae Binstock | Directed by Melissa Crespo | Co-produced with Sing Out, Louise! Productions

A knockout new play about loyalty and legacy.

JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE

March 11 – 29, 2026

By August Wilson | Directed by Timothy Douglas Co-produced with Indiana Repertory Theatre

August Wilson’s heartbreaking and mystical masterpiece.

DISNEY’S FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL

May 13 – June 21, 2026

CENTRAL NEW YORK PREMIERE

Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez | Book by Jennifer Lee Based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions Directed by Amy Anders Corcoran | Music Direction by Brian Cimmet | Choreographed by Marjorie Failoni | Co-produced with the Syracuse University Department of Drama

Sisterhood, stirring songs, and one magical snowman.

CAST

(in alphabetical order)

Joe Cassidy*............................................Nat, David, Ballplayer

John J. Concado*..............................................................Oscar

Cherrye J. Davis*..................................................................Val

Jorge Sánchez Díaz*.............................................................Yuri

Erick González*.............................................................Oceano

Alejandro Hernández*....................................Tim, Sean, Logan Frank Rodríguez*..........................Josemaria, Doctor, Ballplayer

ADDITIONAL VOICEOVERS

Joe Cassidy*.................................................Baseball Announcer

John J. Concado*, Erick González*...........Voices at the Ballpark

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

Associate Scenic Designer: Rebecca Lord-Surratt

Associate Costume Designer: Ricky Lurie Associate Projections Designer: Eli Garmon

Baseball Consultant: Javier A. Maymí-Pérez Production Assistant: Katie Barnes

Script Manager (N.Y.C.): Fiona Church

Script Manager (Syracuse): Annie McCurdy Wig and Wardrobe Supervisor: Dylinn Andrew Dressers: Emily King, Alyssa Otoski-Keim

Wardrobe Sub: Kris Stewart

Deck Crew: Edmund Beese, Erin C Brett, Chris Green, Bayley Leyshon, Caitlin Radziewski, Fatima Yasmin Electrician/Board Op: Kat Larrabee Supertitles Operator: Evan Burmeister

TAKING PHOTOS IN THE THEATRE

Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production's 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 The National Pastime | By Rogelio Martinez | Directed by Johanna McKeon | Scenic Design by Andromache Chalfant | Costume Design by Andrea Lauer | Lighting Design by Christopher Brown | Sound Design by Cody Spencer | Video Design by Stephen Stivo Arnoczy

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The National Pastime 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.

FROM THE DIRECTOR

It feels fitting to be making a living history play in these turbulent times. We are inundated with the news of the day, and our contemporary political reality feels all-consuming. Setting an American history play in 2017 provides a surprising and unusual perspective.

Rogelio Martinez has studied the Cold War from multiple angles throughout his career. When we began working together 14 years ago, he was writing a play about the Stasi and Bruce Springsteen’s 1988 one-off live performance in East Berlin before the Wall came down. We performed that show in the old officer’s canteen of the Stasi headquarters in East Berlin—an unparalleled meta-theatrical experience that offered both of us a highly charged living history perspective. Our artistic partnership has fostered this adventurous climate, and it is a perspective I have come to crave. This play places us squarely in the same landscape.

The National Pastime is a play about baseball and spies. The spy genre has permeated popular literature and cinema for decades, but it hasn’t made it to the stage nearly as often. It has however proven to be extraordinary theatrical fodder. People move through these landscapes with multiple secrets and identities. Spies perform for one another—all day, every day. They live their performances, and the stakes are monumental. What could be more dramatic than individuals teasing state secrets out of other individuals who pretend to be oblivious to them, and who can lose everything if they are discovered? Baseball is equally theatrical. It’s a long game, full of secrets and tells and strategies, whose players and fans are superstitious and almost religious in their beliefs. It provides a true test of character for the people who play at its highest level.

We can’t prove that the Havana syndrome is real, though the evidence is compelling. It wasn’t proven until 2020 that the

Spies perform for one another— all day, every day. They live their performances, and the stakes are monumental.

Houston Astros used an illegal sign stealing technique to win the 2017 World Series. Both of these phenomena were so shrouded in mystery that the human stories can only be examined as fiction if we want to understand their significance.

The intertwining themes spun out in this play will surprise you as much as they have me.

– Johanna McKeon

 DIRECTOR JOHANNA MCKEON.

an interview with playwright rogelio martinez

While in rehearsal for The National Pastime, over a cup of Cuban coffee, playwright and Syracuse University alumnus Rogelio Martinez spoke with Syracuse Stage Director of Community Engagement Joann Yarrow about his work. Below are edited excerpts from that conversation.

JOANN YARROW: I saw your play Elián [about Elián González] in Miami.

ROGELIO MARTINEZ: You saw it?!

JY: I did, I did. It was so much fun. It was crazy. I love that you had Fidel Castro played by a puppet.

RM: For that play we had to have a puppet, partly because for Fidel Castro, when you put that uniform on, it doesn’t seem real, even though it’s accurate, right? So we

decided to go with a puppet, because I was like, it just won’t work.

JY: It was my favorite part, and I noticed a lot of similarities between Elián and The National Pastime, and your take on what’s happening behind the curtain. And it’s interesting, because in that play, Fidel was a literal puppet character. Here, Fidel is this kind of ominous shadow past.

RM: I will confess that my mom opened a bottle of champagne when Fidel died. We came in the

Mariel, it was just me and my mom. So, rightfully so—I think she was allowed that.

JY: For people who don’t know what the Mariel boatlift is, can you tell us a little bit about that journey from Cuba?

RM: Today is what, May 21? So around this time in 1980, Fidel said, “Okay, anybody who wants to leave Cuba can go. If you don’t

have revolutionary fervor in you, you’re welcome to go.” And all the Cubans in the United States started renting boats, and it was a mess, but my aunt bought a bunch of spots on a boat. Eventually the military police showed up to our door. My father wasn’t home, just my mom, and they asked: “Does your husband have a degree from the University of Havana?” And my mother knew that if she said yes, they weren’t

In today’s world, in America, it is sad to see families broken apart. It is sad to see people being reported on, or people encouraged to report on other people. That is just not the country I came to. That is the country I ran from.

going to let him go. As it turns out, my father had not picked up the actual degree, so, you know, this is a young woman in her 20s, and she said, “No, he doesn’t have one.” By that afternoon, people were already gathering outside the house throwing eggs, with signs saying “escoria” [scum], so we went to my grandmother’s house that evening, and the police showed up again, and this time they said, “You lied to us. He, in fact, does have a degree from the University of Havana.” And it went back and forth and back and forth, and eventually they said, “Okay, well, you can leave, but he stays.”

We had crossed the line. My grandmother, who was also going to leave, stayed behind with my father. So as we left for Havana, I gave my father a kiss goodbye, and they told me that he would be joining us soon—which was a lie. They had to lie to me, because if I cried, the police would have said: “Look, he doesn’t want to leave.” I would not see my father for another seven years after that. Looking back at it now, now that I’m a parent, I would be terrified, terrified that I made the

wrong decision. You don’t realize what that moment is for an adult until you have children. And it took a lifetime, it took having children to understand that point of view.

JY: You touch upon that in the play, with the relationship between the father and the son—the lies, and what you have to give up for your children.

RM: And I don’t think I could have written that until I became a father, and understood what you could tell children. You can hurt children with your words, or you can help them. And the father in the play keeps secrets from his son in order to not hurt him. Eventually, he tells some hard truths that are almost forced out of him. But there is a big storyline in the play about fathers and sons—when do they see eye to eye, where is there conflict, and what’s the responsibility of a parent in that relationship. And as I get older, I am visiting that theme a lot more.

JY: That’s also interesting because the play weaves the personal with the political.

RM: I always say Cuba raised gossip to the level of national security. They would look at when you entered the house, they would look at when you left the house, they would look at the packages you brought in. And this world of informing people is very distressing. In today's world, in America, it is sad to see families broken apart. It is sad to see people being reported on, or people encouraged to report on other people. That is just not the country I came to. That is the country I ran from.

JY: So, how is Havana syndrome both personal and political for you?

RM: You know, there's never really been an explanation for Havana syndrome. There's been multiple attempts, and some of them make sense and some of them make less sense, but there's never been an official explanation. So the first thing I knew was that in this play the syndrome itself, the sonic waves, had to be something that was almost created by the paranoia that exists between two countries. It had to be this force that existed between two nations. So that put me in an emotional place. I have

 PRIVATE VESSELS FOXY LADY AND MATILDE FILLED WITH CUBAN REFUGEES FROM MARIEL DOCKED AT PIER “B” IN KEY WEST. AFTER DISEMBARKING, PASSENGERS WALKED FROM THE PIER TO THE MAKESHIFT IMMIGRATION PROCESSING CENTER AT THE KEY WEST LATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1980. PHOTO: DALE MCDONALD

issues with trust, I don’t even like posting on Facebook. And my wife says, “You've been here your whole life.” But for me, it will always be there. Trust is something I really wanted to write about, and how mistrust leads to a bad place.

JY: And then you somehow manage to tie that to baseball.

RM: It definitely started with Havana syndrome, but I realized that there was another story here. That’s when I brought in the Houston Astros. At some point a character mentions a defection and I said, “Oh, okay, what’s this about?” And then I realized that character was a baseball player, and then little by little that other storyline came into place. I don’t plot while I write. I just follow the lead, follow the story.

JY: In the same way, did the characters just speak Spanish, and you said “Ok, let’s do that?”

RM: I have to say, this is the wonderful thing about workshopping a play. Syracuse Stage has been extremely generous with me, and we spent last summer workshopping the play for a week, and two of the actors said, “You know, something about this scene feels like it would work better in Spanish.” And I said, “Let’s go for it.” And we worked on it in the room. And at the end of the week I realized that, yeah, it does work better in Spanish. That taught me a great deal about the play.

JY: And that sort of mirrors the ways in which characters do, or do not, understand each other, how they speak in codes—which also ties into your obsession with the Cold War. Where did that start?

 FINAL READING OF THE NATIONAL PASTIME FROM THE 2024 WORKSHOP IN NEW YORK CITY.

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have to say, this is the wonderful thing about workshopping a play. Syracuse Stage has been extremely generous with me, and we spent last summer workshopping the play for a week, and two of the actors said, ‘You know something about this scene, it

feels like it would work better in Spanish.’ And I

said,

‘Let’s go for it.’ And we worked on it in the room.

RM: The Cold War had such an effect on my life. It changed my entire life. And so I’ve always been interested in John le Carré novels. I’ve always been interested in espionage. I find the Stasi fascinating. I find East Berlin an interesting place. I will say that espionage in the United States is driven by money, but for the Cubans and the Soviets, it’s driven by ideology. And guess what: Ideology gets you further than money, every time.

One of my earlier plays is about Bruce Springsteen, and a concert he gave in East Berlin. Music can be dangerous, because music is something that you can feel. You don’t have to speak the language. You don’t have to understand the lyrics. This is why the Cuban government really cracked down on punk— the beat makes you feel something, and that is scary for totalitarian states.

JY: So, in The National Pastime, when you’re dealing with two different ide-

ologies, and two different cultures, you have to wonder: Can we really ever know how other people think? What do we really know about each other?

RM: You know, as you get further and further away, you need to empathize with the people who stood outside your house and threw eggs at you, because what choices did they have? And then you realize you have privileges. My favorite line, the one that taught me the most about writing, is the line at the beginning of The Great Gatsby: “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’” And I think that, to me, is the key to playwriting.

havana Syndrome

In The National Pastime, an American diplomat stationed in Cuba suffers from what became known as “Havana syndrome”—dizziness and nausea after experiencing a pervasive yet unidentifiable noise in the embassy.

These cases were first reported in 2016, and have been heavily scrutinized since. While no definitive explanation has ever been presented, the American government has offered various assurances that Havana syndrome and the ensuing ailments were not the result of a foreign power using high tech covert weapons, even as officers were later

compensated for their injuries under the Havana Act of 2022.

A 2019 F.B.I. report—excerpted on the following page—also documents cases from China in 2018. Released publicly in 2024, this heavily redacted summary refers to the affected agents as “victims” (quotation marks pointedly added by the bureau) and concludes that the symptoms suffered were likely an “episode of social contagion.”

 AMERICAN EMBASSY IN HAVANA, CUBA. PHOTO: TERRY FEUERBORN.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In approximately May 2017, the F.B.I. began investigating several reports by U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana, Cuba, of what appeared to be acoustic 'attacks' with some kind of device that emitted directional ultrasonic or higher frequency sound beams or energy, such as radio frequency microwaves. Some personnel appear to have suffered severe vestibular, auditory, and cognitive symptoms, in addition to other ailments. While these events appear to have begun in Havana in late 2016, similar events have periodically been reported around the world. In approximately May 2018, the F.B.I. also began investigating similar reported events with similar symptoms in China. This case revolves around the issue of whether an unknown offender(s) used an unknown device that may emit frequencies or waves to injure these individuals. In approximately August 2018, the F.B.I. requested that the F.B.I.'s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC), Behavioral Analysis Unit-2 (BAU-2), Cyber Behavioral Analysis Center (CBAC), conduct a behavioral analysis of these reported experiences. In this assessment, we applied frameworks of and other behavioral research. We conducted qualitative data analysis on the interview statements. Based on information available at the time this report was prepared, our analysis indicates several of the 'victims' in this case may have experienced an episode of social contagion and

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CAST

Joe Cassidy (Nat, David, Ballplayer) Syracuse Stage debut! TV/Film: Law & Order: SVU, A Murder At The End of The World, 12 Days of Christmas Eve, A Very Nutty Christmas, Evil, The Code, Blue Bloods, Elementary, Law & Order, Madame Secretary, and The Good Fight. Broadway/N.Y.C.: An Enemy Of The People, Waitress, If/Then, Catch Me If You Can, Next To Normal, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 1776, Show Boat, Les Miserables, and Working (Drama Desk Award). Joe’s voice can be heard in animated series, national commercials, video games, podcasts, and audiobooks. Joe sends deep love and gratitude to his wife Ashley and his family. www.joecassidy.net

John J. Concado (Oscar) a.k.a. Juanjo, is a native New Yorker & bilingual Argentinian-American. He recently closed his first solo show in N.Y.C., Men in Shorts, where he played the writer, David Foster Wallace, and is thrilled to be making his Syracuse Stage debut. He proudly dedicates these performances to his late father Juan Roberto and to Rodney Rodriguez. Mamá y Emi, las quiero mucho. Recent Theatre: War Words (N.Y. Rep off-Bway and The Library of Congress); Romeo y Julieta starring Lupita Nyong’o (The Public Theater); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (W.H.A.T); Anna in the Tropics (Barrington Stage). Film: Paris is in Harlem; The Rainbow Experiment; 42 Seconds of Happiness; Argentinian Intervention. TV: FBI: Most Wanted; The Deuce. Video games: Red Dead Redemption 2 and Dead Space 3. Proud SAG-AFTRA and AEA union member. @concado & JohnConcado.com

Cherrye J. Davis (Val) N.Y. Theater: The Cotillion (ARTNY), Metra (Flux Theater Ensemble), The Bad in Each Other (The Tank), Sweet Chariot (Under the Radar), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (NYCT), Best Life (Jack), Spoiled (LaMaMa), How to Mourn an American (Little Island, 2019), The Loophole (The Public Theater), And She Would Stand Like This (TMTC). Film: Covered (2020), Spoiled (The Hess Collective), Extra Room (2019), For Flow (2011 HBO Black Film Fest, Finalist), Scribbles (NYC Indie Film Fest). Music: Tony and the Kiki (vocals). Coming up: Cherrye joins the directorial team of Heaux Church, premiering at Ars Nova in Fall 2025. Follow her moves at www.CherryeJDavis.com

Jorge Sánchez Díaz ( Yuri ) (he/him) is an actor from Puerto Rico, based in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Syracuse Stage debut. Select theatre: Derecho (La Jolla Playhouse), Lío (Teatro Círculo - ATI Award, HOLA award nominee), Los empeños de una casa (Repertorio Español), The Skin of our Teeth (Theatre for a New Audience), The Three Musketeers (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Tongue Depressor (The Public Theater), Junk

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(Theatre Raleigh), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey). TV: Law & Order: SVU, FBI. Education: M.F.A. Brooklyn College. jorgesanchezdiaz.com. Gracias totales.

Erick González (Oceano) Previously at Syracuse Stage: Native Gardens. Regional: Hamlet, Twelfth Night (DCPA); Native Gardens (Portland Center Stage, Geva Theatre); Farragut North (Premiere Stages). N.Y.C.: La Caída de Trujillo (Teatro Círculo); Valor Agravio y Mujer, El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Aire Frío, El Loco por Fuerza (Repertorio Español); Noche Tan Linda (Pregones/PRTT); Marfa Lights (INTAR); Pericles, Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar (Hip to Hip); Macbeth (Frog and Peach). TV/Film: Evil, Madam Secretary, StarUp, A Nice Girl Like You. www.erickgonzalezactor.com

Alejandro Hernández (Tim, Sean, Logan) is a Puerto Rican Actor currently based in N.Y.C., originally from Trenton, N.J., and is grateful to be making his Syracuse Stage debut. Off-Broadway: The Beautiful Land I seek (Pregones/ PRTT). Regional: Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (Yale Rep), Between Riverside and Crazy (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Peter and the Starcatcher (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Wondrous Strange (Humana Festival), The First Immigrant and Orpheus (Williamstown Theater Festival). TV credits: The Horror of Dolores Roach, New Amsterdam, Partner Track, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, Madam Secretary, Sneaky Pete, Instinct, Chicago PD, Elementary, and Gotham. Film: American Dreamer with Jim Gaffigan, Set It Up, Monster. Training: B.F.A. in Theater Performance from Montclair State University, professional training company at Actors Theatre of Louisville, and member of The Actors Center in N.Y.C.

Frank Rodríguez (Josemaría, Doctor, Ballplayer) is a New York based actor making his debut at Syracuse Stage. Some of his most recent theatre credits include: Compagnia de’ Colombari More Or Less I Am, adapted from Walt Whitman’s “Song Of Myself,” and The Merchant Of Venice. Some other credits include Pig (29th Street Rep), A Dream Of Wealth (Urban Stages), Stomp & Shout (The Babel Theatre Project), and A Bicycle Country (Theater For The New City). He has also worked extensively with N.Y.’s Spanish Repertory Theatre and ID Studio. Film credits: Ayer Otra Vez, Sugar Plum Twist, First Reformed, Fugly!, Baby Mama, Where God Left His Shoes TV credits: Blue Bloods, The Equalizer, FBI: Most Wanted, Manifest, Madam Secretary, Seven Seconds, God Friended Me, Law & Order: CI and SVU, Feed The Beast, Mozart In The Jungle, and others. He also has a long trajectory in the commercial industry, with many on-camera, voiceover and audiobook credits.

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Andromache Chalfant (Scenic Designer) is a New York City based designer. She most recently designed sets for the Greek National Opera in Athens, Greece. Off-Broadway credits include productions at The Public Theater, The Vineyard, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theater Workshop, Lincoln Center Theater, BAM Fisher, The Atlantic, and Second Stage Theater among others. Her ongoing generative projects fuse text, set design, performance, and film with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaboration. She is co-founder of Coffey Street Studio, an artistic laboratory in Red Hook, Brooklyn for artists of all disciplines to experiment in new performance and new play development.

Andrea Lauer (Costume Designer) Selected Design works include Broadway’s American Idiot and Bring It On, the Musical. Off Broadway: The Boy Danced on Air , School for Scandal . Regional: The Old Globe, Alliance, The Alley Theatre, Asolo Rep. International: The London Philharmonic, Shakespeare’s Globe. M.F.A. - N.Y.U., 2017 M.I.T. Media Lab Director’s Fellow.

Christopher Brown (Lighting Designer) is a Brooklyn-based lighting designer working in theater and dance. He has worked with Clubbed Thumb, Elevator Repair Service, HERE Arts Center, The Bang Group, En Garde Arts, Noor Theatre, and Danspace Project, among others. Chris Brown was awarded the 2006-07 Princess Grace Award for his work with the Mud/Bone Collective, and in 2018 he was a Visiting Artist at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He received his M.F.A. in Theatre Design from New York University and has taught at Stony Brook University and the University of Rochester. He is currently Lighting Supervisor of the Kravis Performance Studio at the Museum of Modern Art.

Cody Spencer (Sound Designer) Broadway: The Last Five Years, Romeo and Juliet, Job, The Outsiders (Tony Award). Co-Design Broadway: Gutenberg! The Musical!, Here Lies Love, The Pee-wee Herman Show. Off-Broadway: Energy Music Curfew Hour, Broadway Bounty Hunter and Joan of Arc: Into the Fire. Off-Broadway Co-Design: Trevor, Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Regional: David Byrne’s Theater of the Mind, May We All.

Stephen Stivo Arnoczy (Projections Designer) is a video designer from Queens & Otsego County, N.Y. Select work includes: Real Women Have Curves (Broadway, as Animator), 3 Summers of Lincoln (La Jolla Playhouse, as Associate), Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Broadway, as Associate), Tick Tick Boom (The Cape Playhouse), Discoshow (The Linq Hotel, Las Vegas, as Assoc.), Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail (NYBG, as programmer), Cowboy Bob (The Alley Theatre), Bhangra Nation (Birmingham Rep, UK, as Assoc.), The Rose Tattoo (Broadway, as Assoc.), Be More Chill (Broadway, as Asst.), The Band’s Visit (International Tour, as Assoc.). N.Y.U. Tisch. http://stivo.video

CREATIVE TEAM

Miriam Hyfler (Stage Manager) Select credits: Sense and Sensibility, King James (Syracuse Stage); Sump’n like Wings, Partnership, Becomes a Woman, The Rat Trap, Chains (Mint Theater); White Christmas, In the Heights, Rock of Ages, Beautiful (the Gateway Playhouse); hang, Time Stands Still (Shakespeare & Company); Shanghai Sonatas (Master Players Concert Series); On Blueberry Hill, Maz and Bricks (Origin Theatre/Fishamble); Three Small Irish Masterpieces, It’s a Wonderful Life, Woman and Scarecrow (Irish Rep); author Directing author (La Mama); Richard III, Henry V (New York Classical Theatre); Cymbeline, Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theater); and several seasons with The Play Company, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Pan Asian Rep, and New Century Theatre. Love to @orangefreddyg.

Rebecca Lord-Surratt (Associate Scenic Designer) is a Brooklyn based set designer working in theater, film, and television. Recent film projects include A Complete Unknown and Deliver Me From Nowhere (Searchlight Pictures). Her work for theater has been seen at 59e59, Northern Stage, Soho Playhouse, Theater Row, SOPAC, Ensemble Studio Theater, and as an Associate at Lincoln Center Theater, BAM, Chicago Shakespeare, Greek National Opera, The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Two River Theater, Second Stage, Rattlestick, and New York Theater Workshop among others. Art Direction for television includes Billions (Showtime), City on Fire (Apple TV), and TRL (MTV). B.F.A., Syracuse University, and M.F.A., N.Y.U. Member of USA 829 and the collective Coördinated Artists.

Ricky Lurie (Associate Costume Designer): Broadway: Harmony (co-design), Associate Designer: SUNSET BLVD, Oh, Mary!, Anastasia, Is This a Room, Dana H, Ain’t No Mo, A Doll’s House. Theme parks, regional theaters and dance companies including: Sea World, Sesame Place, American Dance Machine 21, City Center Encores!, A.R.T., Papermill, George Street Playhouse, The Old Globe, Cortland Rep, Geva Theater, The Hartford Stage Company, The Court, The Alliance, Kansas City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, American Ballet Theatre. www.RickyLurieDesigns.com

Bass/Valle Casting (Casting) formerly Harriet Bass Casting, is a leading N.Y.C. boutique casting office. To know more about their upcoming projects and casting philosophy please visit www.bassvallecasting.com. Harriet Bass has cast for ABC/TV, Fox Television Studios, The Public Theatre: NEW WORK NOW, The Minetta Lane Theatre, The Women’s Project, La MaMa E.T.C., New York Women in Film and Television, and The Jewish Repertory Theatre. She has cast the last three of the late August Wilson’s ten part play series: the original Radio Golf, Broadway Gem of the Ocean, and off-Broadway Jitney. Harriet is also a leading educator in audition technique, side and monologue

CREATIVE TEAM

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.

DIRECTOR

Johanna McKeon is delighted to make her Syracuse Stage debut with this vital new American play. Broadway Associate credits include Swept Away, Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, War Paint, Grey Gardens, and King Kong . Broadway National and International tours: Funny Girl, Hedwig, American Idiot, Rent. Directing credits include First Down (59E59); Henry V, Noura, Unseen, and Anonymous Biography (Old Globe); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Olney), Anne Washburn’s I Have Loved Strangers (premiere, Clubbed Thumb); The Comedy of Errors, Schmoozy Togetherness (Williamstown); Tokio Confidential (Atlantic); Mona Mansour’s We Swim We Talk We Go to War, Much Ado About Nothing, Cymbeline, The Taming of the Shrew, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall (Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse); Sidewalk Echoes by Rogelio Martinez (En Garde Arts); Born in East Berlin by Rogelio Martinez (Stasi Museum, Berlin); A Hatful of Rain (ITS Festival Warsaw); Semi- Permanent (New York International Fringe Festival Outstanding Solo Show); The Importance of Being Earnest (Bard); Functional Drunk, Fiesta Cabana, The Tanks Break (Ontological-Hysteric Theater). Her independent feature My Address is Still Walton Have You Forgotten It? screened at the Venice Biennale in 2024 and her debut feature Auld Lang Syne received the Audience Award for Best Feature at the Indie Street Film Festival. She spent a year working as Regie Praktikant at the Schaubuehne and Maxim Gorki Theaters in Berlin and she has worked extensively with Toho Theatrical in Tokyo, Japan. Johanna is the recipient of Drama League, Boris Sagal, and Fulbright Fellowships. M.F.A. – U.T. Austin.

PLAYWRIGHT

Rogelio Martinez (he/his) is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been workshopped and produced in theaters across the country and abroad. His play, Born In East Berlin, was first performed at the Stasi Museum, Berlin, in both English and German and then premiered at San Francisco Playhouse in February 2020. More recently, Martinez worked on The Seven Deadly Sins project for Miami New Drama. It was the largest theatrical production allowed by Equity during the pandemic. It won the Drama League Award - Outstanding Interactive or Socially-Distanced Theater. In 2021, Martinez worked on a new television project for Tom Fontana, based on the book Year of Dangerous Days. His play Blind Date was produced at the Goodman Theatre under the direction of Tony-nominee Robert Falls, with Tony Award-winning actress Deanna Dunagan playing the role of Nancy Reagan, and was awarded an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Martinez is a recipient of a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship, Princess Grace Award, and a Mid-Career Fellowship at the Lark Theater Company. His work has been workshopped and commissioned by various theaters across the country including the Public Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, Atlantic Theater Company, Arden Theater, Asolo Repertory, and Ojai Theater Company, and many more. Martinez’s plays include Illuminating Veronica, Arrivals and Departures, All Eyes and Ears, Blind Date, Born in East Berlin, and I Regret She’s Made of Sugar (Princess Grace Winner). He is an alumnus of New Dramatist and teaches undergraduate playwriting at N.Y.U. and graduate playwriting at Columbia University. Martinez is a co-producer on Billion Dollar Whale, created by David Henry Hwang and Anchuli Felicia King, based on the book by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope. His plays are published by Broadway Play Publishing. Martinez was born in Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba, and came to this country on the Mariel boatlift.

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

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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.

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Carly DiFulvio Allen is thrilled to be joining Syracuse Stage this season. Originally from Rochester, N.Y., she is returning to the region after a twenty-year career on Broadway. Most recently at Disney Theatrical Group, she was the Associate General Manager for the worldwide productions of Aladdin (Broadway, First and Second North American Tours, West End, U.K. Tour, Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico City, the Netherlands, and South Korea) and Beauty and the Beast (upcoming North American Tour, U.K. Tour, Australia, Japan and China at the Shanghai Disney Resort). Prior to her time at Disney, she was the Company Manager for Roundabout Theatre Company at the Todd Haimes Theatre (formerly the American Airlines Theatre) for twenty-five Broadway productions. Favorites include Violet with Sutton Foster, On the Twentieth Century with Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, Noises Off with Andrea Martin, and the original Broadway production of The 39 Steps. She has a Theatre Arts Management and Integrated Marketing Communications degree from Ithaca College and has taught theatre management at Pace University. While at Disney, she served on the advisory committee for ENSEMBLE, an employee-led network with the goal of fostering and celebrating an inclusive culture, and was the founding member and co-chair for a parents and caregivers sub-committee. She is forever grateful for the support of her parents, Jeff and Triscilla, and her husband Mike Allen. Carly’s most important role is mom to 5-year-old Arthur and 2-year-old Eloise.

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Melissa Crespo (she/her) 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 Critic's 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 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

RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT

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 226 years. Kyle is Associate 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.

OUR MISSION

Syracuse Stage tells stories that engage, entertain, and inspire us to see life beyond our own experience.

OUR VISION

Reimagining what's possible for regional theatre-through active inclusion, innovative outreach, and bold productions-Syracuse Stage shapes the culture and social vitality of Central New York, enriches the Syracuse University student experience, and fosters change in ourselves, our communities, and our world.

OUR CORE VALUES

People - Actively including diverse individuals, communities, ideas, and perspectives. Passion - Commitment to integrity, excellence, and enthusiasm in our work. Curiosity - Fostering an innovative and adaptive environment that elicits wonder.

ANTI-RACISM PLEDGE

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

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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

ABOUT SYRACUSE STAGE

Originally constructed as the Regent Movie House in 1914, the physical space of Syracuse Stage has seen many films, musicians, actors, and artists pass through its doors over the course of the past century. The Syracuse Stage that exists today is a non-for-profit professional theatre company founded in 1974, and a longstanding League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member. Since its inception, Stage has produced over 350 shows, both plays and musicals, within its walls. Now, Stage produces six to seven shows per season, while also offering educational programs to students, various pre- and post-show offerings, and fundraising events each year. Stage is Central New York’s only LORT theatre and one of the largest performing arts organizations in the area. Stage has a strong commitment to giving the community access to a range of high-quality productions; it is equally committed to bringing in actors, designers, and directors who are among the leading theatre professionals, both locally and across the nation.

IN THE COMMUNITY

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

Join the ensemble with an Annual Fund donation to help us make a difference through live theatre.

Your gift supports educational, artistic, accessibility, and community engagement programming which provides the city of Syracuse and the Central New York Region a platform to connect and build community.

Cast members in the Syracuse Stage production of Sense and Sensibility By Kate Hamill. Based on the novel by Jane Austen. Directed by Jason O’Connell. Choreographed by Steph Paul. Scenic design by Brittany Vasta. Costume design by Raven Ong. Lighting design by Dawn Chiang. Sound design by Jacqueline R. Herter. Photo by Brenna Merritt.

CHAIR

SYRACUSE STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Richard Driscoll

Senior Vice President Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank

PRESIDENT

Herman R. Frazier*

Senior Deputy Athletics Director Syracuse University

PAST CHAIR/VICE CHAIR

Rocco Mangano

Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC

TREASURER

Brett Padgett*

Senior Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer Syracuse University

SECRETARY

Maria Lesinski

Attorney Newman and Lickstein

AT-LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Phil Turner

Pastor Bethany Baptist Church

Carly DiFulvio Allen** Managing Director Syracuse Stage

Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid

George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer

Barbara Beckos Retired - Syracuse Stage

Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer

Jessica Cain Reporter WRVO

Dr. Ruth Chen* Professor of Practice

Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science

Robin Curtis

NYS Lic. RE Asso. Broker Hunt Real Estate ERA

Denise Dyce*

Associate Vice President of Labor and Employee Relations

Syracuse University

Colleen A. Gaetano

Retired- Vice President Global Education & Artistry

Estée Lauder Companies, NYC

Helene Gold

Private Voice & Piano Instructor

Jacki Goldberg Community Volunteer

Nancy Green

Managing Member

Edward S. Green & Associates

Larry Harris Retired - EVP and CFO Saab, Inc.

Robert Hupp**

Artistic Director

Syracuse Stage

Eric Jackson Co-Founder and CEO Black Cub Productions

Ken Jackson

Publisher and Editor

Urban CNY (The Constitution) (July 2024 - April 2025)

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

Kathy Kelly Retired - Health Educator, PNP

Larry Leatherman Retired - Bristol-Myers Squibb, MOST

Dan Lent

Commercial Loan Officer AmeriCU Credit Union

Rob Lentz

EVP of Enterprise Operations Zeta Global

Anthony Malavenda Retired - Duke’s Root Control

Julia Martin Partner

Bousquet Holstein

Suzanne McAuliffe Retired - Educator

Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King

Molly Mulvihill

Sr. Relationship Manager

Global Commercial Banking Bank of America

Fran Nichols Retired - Mower, Inc.

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.

Ralph Zito** Chair

Syracuse University Department of Drama

*University Trustee **Ex-Officio

SYRACUSE STAGE EMERITUS TRUSTEES

We are grateful to the following individuals who have served as Members of the Stage Board of Trustees and continue to provide significant support to Syracuse Stage.

Jim Breuer

Sandra Brown

Mary Beth Carmen Bea González

Joan Green

Elizabeth Hartnett

John Huhtala

Margaret Martin

Kevin McAuliffe

Eric Mower

Judy Mower

Michael Shende

Richard Shirtz

Sharon Sullivan

Jack Webb

Michael Zoanetti

SYRACUSE STAGE EDUCATION ADVOCACY BOARD

Sara Bambino Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Todd Benware Christian Brothers Academy

Kayden Blair Cazenovia High School

Silas Crawford

Notthingham High School

Ella Culligan Liverpool High School

Joclyn Dallas Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Josie Feck

Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Kate Fennessy Auburn High School

Jackson Finn Christian Brothers Academy

Claire Foran East Syracuse Minoa Central High School

Jordan Berger Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Rhiannon Berry Liverpool High School

Elizabeth Defurio Nottingham High School

David Fisselbrand Auburn High School

Melissa Morgan Baker High School

Matthew Phillips Jamesville-DeWitt High School

YOUNG ADULT COUNCIL

Hayden Frisbie Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Anqi Geng Manlius Pebble Hill School

Brooklynn Gilbert North Syracuse Junior High School

Zinira Izmir Manlius Pebble Hill School

Beatrix Karn Cazenovia High School

Rei Korthas Homeschooled

Molly Linzer Manlius Pebble Hill School

Cecilia Lombardi Christian Brothers Academy

Madison Macomber East Syracuse Minoa Central High School

Zoie Markowski Solvay High School

Ethan Meives

Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Octavia Miller Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Jacelyn Peña Corcoran High School

Briar Raymond North Syracuse Junior High School

Taeyang Reid Manlius Pebble Hill School

Harper Shute

Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Linda Ponza Solvay High School

Jennifer Sabatino Cato-Meridian Middle School

Caleb Smith Manlius Pebble Hill School

Abbie Sundet Paul V. Moore High School

Leo True-Frost Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Thomas Warne Nottingham High School

Rebecca Wheeler Homeschooled

Mika Zolberg-Steiger Manlius Pebble Hill 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

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

Contributions listed above are current as of May 22, 2025, and reflect operating support of $5,000+ and in-kind donations of $10,000+.

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

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

50 TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN GIFTS

Syracuse Stage's 50th Anniversary Season is presented by Slutzker Family Foundation

Sarah Alden

Jackie Anderson

Robert & Jeanne Anderson

Frank Badagnani

George S. Bain

Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel

Bank of America

Keith Batman & Barbara Post

Helen Beale

Barbara Beckos & Arthur McDonald

Jean Beers

Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval

Michael & Jennifer Blowers

Leslee Boissy

Thomas & Carol Boll

Jon & Patricia Booth

Patricia Borer

Dennis & Mary Anne Brady

Mary Brady

Marion Brillati

Angel Broadnax

Marlene Brown

Pamela Brown-Benjamin

Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth

Gary & Kathleen Bruno

Lia & Dean Burrows

Kathleen Burt

Patricia Bush

Nancy & William Byrne

Mark & Lori Campitello

Rich & Mary Cappelli

Cazenovia Jewelry

Charity Cars Inc.

Anthony & Carolyn Cimino

Patricia & Sandy Colabufo

Nicholas & Louanne Colaneri

Elaine Coppola

Raymond W. Cummings, Jr.

Kevin & Kristin Curtis

Therese & Walter Dancks

Anthony & Deborah D'Angelo

Bill & Terry Delavan

Roger & Naomi DeMuth

Robert Desimone

Mary DiSanto

James & Leona Dowd

Dick & Therese Driscoll

Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra

Roth

Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander

Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich

Carole Farfaglia

Carol Fedrizzi

Alan Fischler & Karen McDonold

David & Karen Fitch

Robert & Terry Flower

Peter Frantzis

Nancy Freeborough

George & Halina Gagne

Jim & Carol Galvin

Barbara Genton

Neil & Helene Gold

Jacki & Michael Goldberg

Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs

William Goodwin

Nancy Green & Tony Marschall

Muffy & H. Baird Hansen

Tom & Cynthia Helmer

Kenneth Hendel

Steven Herwood

Michele Hickman

Judy Huckle

Robert & Clea Hupp

Norma Huxter

Linda Imboden

Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran

Deborah Joiner

Laura & Ed Jordan

Gwenn & John Judge

Brian Kane & Phyllis Perrotti

Michael & Audrey Kane

James & Jan Kaplan

Dana Keefer

Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner

John & Gloria Kennedy

Stewart Koenig & Judy Schmid

Dean Kolts

Jill Ladd

Lorraine LaDuke

Andrea Latchem

Skip Lentz & Anne Russ

Stephen Lessie

Linda Loomis

Tony Malavenda & Martine Burat

Rocco & Roberta Mangano

Wade Manning

As of May 22, 2025

Nicholas Martin

Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe

Donyce & Kenneth

McCluskey

Rod & Jana McDonald

Andreas & Margaret Meier

Carl Mellor

Michael & Claudia Miceli

Gail Mitchell

Molly Carole Fitzpatrick

Bruce Moseley & Leigh

Yardley

Molly & Kevin Mulvihill

Janet Munro

Claire Myers

Richard & Barbara Natoli

NBT Bancorp Inc

Marty & Millie Newshan

Becky Nicandri

Sally Lou & Fran Nichols

Leslie Noble & Bill Morris

Sally O'Herin

Marjorie Ostrander

Brett & Jeannie Padgett

Cindy Spiezio Paikin

Ricky & Whitney Pak

David & Susan Palen

Cathy Palm

Nolan & Phyllis Palsma

Peter & Constance Palumb

Robert & Teresa Parke

Susan Perriello

Debra Petzold

Jane Pickett

Duane & Karleen Preske

Nancy Radoff

David Rankert

Jean Reilly

The Dorothy and Marshall

M. Reisman Foundation

Ross & Melanie Relyea

Todd Relyea

Patrick & Kuni Riccardi

Richard Mather Fund

Terry & Monica Richmond

James & Tricia Sadowski

Robert Sarason & Jane

Burkhead

Mike & Marilyn Sees

Barry & Jenny Shulman

Brenda Silverman

Theresa Slosek & Ronald

Wilson

Slutzker Family Foundation

Joseph & Carolyn Smith

Vinodhini Subramanian

Sharon Sullivan & Paul

Phillips

John & Jamie Sutphen

Amy Sweeney

Delia & Sandy Temes

Angi Tipton

John Toomey

Hon. Karen M. Uplinger

Joseph & Carole Valesky

Nancy Wadopian

Marc & Marcy Waldauer

The Estate of George Wallerstein & Julie Lutz

Maryam Wasmund

Liz & David Wei

Lynda Wheat

Joseph Whelan & Margaret

Harding

Dr. Kelvin White

Tom & Desiree Wight

Evelyn B Williams

Diana Wolpert

Leslie & Jerry Zaborsky

Joyce Zadzilka

INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS

New and increased gifts this season will be matched by The Richard Mather Fund.

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

$100,000+

CNY Arts, Inc

Onondaga County

Syracuse University

The Estate of George Wallerstein & Julie Lutz

$50,000 - $99,999

Advance Media NY

George S. Bain

Tom Kirdahy

The Dorothy and Marshall

M. Reisman Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Slutzker Family Foundation

Barry & Fran Weissler

$20,000 - $49,999

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

National Grid

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

Bousquet Holstein PLLC

Pete & Mary Beth Carmen

Dr. Ruth Chen &

Chancellor Kent Syverud

Jessica Cain & Kevin Kopko

JP Morgan Chase

Cumulus Radio

Peggy & Dana Dudarchik

The Estate of Mary Louise Dunn

Maggie & Jake Feldmeier

Colleen Gaetano

Neil & Helene Gold

Larry & Ann Harris

The Hayner Hoyt Corporation

Robert & Clea Hupp

Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner

Larry & Mary Leatherman

Skip Lentz & Anne Russ

Rocco & Roberta Mangano

Mangano Law Office, PLLC

Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe

J.M. McDonald Foundation

Sally Lou & Fran Nichols

Eric & Judy Mower

National Grid

Joel Potash & Sandra Hurd

Theatre Development Fund

Joshua & Andrea Waldman

Maryam Wasmund

Wegmans WRVO

$3,500 - $4,999

Janet Audunson & David Youlen

Kathleen Bice

Dick & Therese Driscoll

John & Kimberly Huhtala

Maria Lesinski & Benjamin Hicks

Claire Myers

Selma Radin

Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes

Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys

Raymond & Linda Straub

$1,800 - $3,499

James & Nancy Asher

Bank of America

Barbara Beckos & Arthur

McDonald

Francine Boutet

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between May 22, 2024 and May 22, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

Constance Bull

Craig & Kathy Byrum

Cazenovia Jewelry

The Estate of William Clark Jr.

James Clark & Sharon

Gordon

Robin Curtis

Barbara Sheklin Davis

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Edward & Susan Downing

Melvin & Mildred Eggers

Family Charitable Foundation

Ernst & Young, LLP

Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

Michael & Barbara Flintrop

Herman Frazier & Caroline Beal

Dorothy & Lawrence

Gordon

Edward S. Green & Associates

Thomas Greenwood

Dennis & Judi Hebert

Heritage Masonry Restoration, Inc.

David & Sally Hootnick

Steven & Elaine Jacobs

Cydney Johnson & Jeff Comanici

Randy & Elizabeth Kalish

Leslie Kohman

LeChase Construction

Tony Malavenda & Martine

Burat

Rod & Jana McDonald

Walter & Elizabeth Merriam

Anne Morford

Molly & Kevin Mulvihill

Brett & Jeannie Padgett

YiWei Qi & Julie Yu

Michael & Rissa Ratner

Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead

Gracia Sears

Sentry Life Insurance Co of New York

Richard & Margaret Shirtz

Sharye Skinner

Sam & Carolyn Spalding

Michael & Cathy Tick

Dr. Amy Tucker

Jack & Linda Webb

$1,200 - $1,799

Anchor QEA Inc.

Debbie & Candido Bermudez

Donald Blair & Nancy

Dock

Marlene Blumin

Jim & Cathy Breuer

Andrew Corbin

Ana Díaz-Diez & Javier

Maymi-Perez

Paul & Carolyn Frymoyer

Deborah & Samuel Haines

Richard G. Jaeger

Rebecca Karpoff

Julia & Lee Martin

David Rankert

David Redding

Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation

Henry Roane & Heather Kadey

Jon Selzer

Nancy & Walter Shepard

James Shults

John Steigerwald IV

Rob & Christine Stoltz

Larry & Glenda Wetzel

$600 - $1,199

Charles Amos

Chris Arnold

Edward & Angela Bernat

Brenda & Wendy Bousfield & David Marcus

Susan Brett

Amy & Tom Clark

Mark Cywilko & Marianne Moosbrugger

Denise Dyce

Mark & Marci Erlebacher

Allen & Anita Frank

Bea Gonzalez & Michael

Leonard

Muffy & H. Baird Hansen

Daniel & Julia Harris

David Heisig & Donna Mahar

Joyce Day Homan

Richard & Margaret Ingraham

John & Maren King

Bob & Pat Lebel

James MacKillop

Susan Martineau

John & Jill Melvin

John & Joan Nicholson

Doren Norfleet

Sally O'Herin

David & Janice Panasci

Mona & John Paradis

Paolo & Nicole Pastore

Edward & Lois Schroeder

Geraldine & John Sheehan

Brenda Silverman

Cynthia Sutton

In Honor of

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

Charles Amos, thank you to Tracey White and Group Sales.

George S. Bain, in memory of Ginny Parker.

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

Debbie 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 memory of Ginny Parker.

Aimee deSimone, this is for my former colleagues who I worked with at Syracuse Stage during college, and all of the artists I met along the way.

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

Farfaglia Family, in memory of Edward J Farfaglia.

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 May 22, 2024 and May 22, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

Joseph & Carole Valesky

David & Daryll Wheeler

John & Mitzi Wolf

Gabriella Yonkers

$300 - $599

Robert & Jeanne Anderson

Marjory Baruch

Christina El Bayadi

Jackie Bays & Joseph McCaffrey

Mary Brady

Dennis & Mary Anne Brady

Brine Wells, LLC

Angel Broadnax

Marlene Brown

Gary & Kathleen Bruno

Ralph Zito & Rob Bundy

Lou & Rosa Clark

Joe & Nancy Clayton

Paul & Linda Cohen

Jerilyn Costich

Anita Cottrell

Demetrius & Erin Cunia

George W. Curry

Jennifer Davidson

Christian & Ann Marie Day

Stephen & Emily DiMarco

Linda & Alan Dolmatch

Judith & William Dowling

Kim & Charles Driscoll

Clay & Dora Elliott

Richard Ernst

Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich

Carole Farfaglia

Carol Fedrizzi

Kenneth & Kathleen Freer

Gasparini Sales, Inc.

Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs

Michael & Whitney Hadley

Judith Hand

David & Ellen Hardy

Harvey's Garden

Karl & Mary Herba

Joseph & Paula Himmelsbach

Jeffrey Hollman

Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran

Laura & Ed Jordan

Noel Keith

Peter & Brenda Keithslack

Charles Martin & Johanna Keller

John & Gloria Kennedy

Tim & Susan Kennedy

Alan & Deborah Kinney

Trudy & Earl Kletsky

Lorraine LaDuke

Andrea Latchem

Tod Leggat & Shannon

Magari-Leggat

Daniel & Ann Lent

George & Roseann Lorefice

Eugene & Christine Lozner

Donald & Patricia

MacLaughlin

John & Candace Marsellus

Holly Mathis

Laura McCord

James & Elizabeth Megna

Lauren Melnikow

David & Mary Morgan

Susan Moskal

James & Kathleen Muldoon

Newman & Lickstein, LLP

Kevin & Peggy O'Connor

Marjorie Ostrander

Cathy Palm

Robert & Teresa Parke

Mickey & Pat Piscitelli

Eileen Ponto

Howard & Ann Port

Mariangela Risucci

Jennifer Roberts

Linda & Bob Ryan

George & Sharon Schmit

William Schuyler

Robert & Cheryl Shallish

Beth & Tobias Sienel

Dr Craig A Simmons

Joseph & Carolyn Smith

H. Paul Steiner

Sharon Sutter

Cora Thomas

Victor & Diane Tice

Hon. Karen M. Uplinger

Susan Wadley

Ellen Golden & Brian

Walton

Mary Ward

Howard Weinstein

Lynda Wheat

Derick White

Jay Yonta & Jennine Lombardi

$150 - $299

Jerrold & Harriet Abraham

James Aiello

Eric Allyn & Meg O'Connell

Beatrice Angus

Mary Roberts Bailey

Holmes & Sarah M Bailey

Rosemary Baker & Stuart

Spiegel

Nancy Barnum

Jean Beers

Candice Bermudez & Joseph Guido

Janine Bernard

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.

Eileen Ponto, in memory of my daughter, Emily Ponto.

Marvin & Jo Ann Reed, we enjoyed Cinderella so much we want to give a little more to support your continued success.

Lillian Shine, we love what you do and bring to the stage!

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

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

Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips, in memory of Alma Elaine Shende.

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

Francis & Elaine Walter, in memory of Dr. Louis Fisher and Edith Fisher.

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.

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between May 22, 2024 and May 22, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

Dr. Sylvia Betcher & Martin Korn

Diana Biro & Eric Rogers

Nicolina Bisson

Susan Boettger

Jon & Patricia Booth

Eric & Carol Boyer

Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth

Alice Butunoi

Mallika & Gildas Cadin

Larry & Fran Campbell

Ronald Capone

Lexi Carlson & Sebastian Karcher

Joseph Cerroni & Linda Tassa

Steven & Seanne Chase

Karen Clarke

Allison Clifford

Rubin Cohen

Martha Cole

John & Deloris Coleman

Donna Coloton

Elizabeth Cowan

Karl Crossman & John Steinburg

Raymond W. Cummings, Jr.

James & Suzanne Cusack

CVS

Carol Decker

Diane Dimond

Audrey Dolata

James & Leona Dowd

Beth Drew & Joe Marusa

Elizabeth & Evan Dreyfuss

Philip Dunham

James & Susan Edmonds

Penelope Pooler Eisenbies

Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander

David & Karen Fitch

Ben Franklin

Jeffrey & Teresa Freedman

Stacy French

Allen & Nirelle Galson

Mary Beth Gannon

Claudia & Adam Gasiorowski

Margaret Gelfuso

Neil Gold

Karen Goldman

Bernice Gottschalk

Roger & Vicki Greenberg

Jerome & Debbie Grigonos

Tom & Cynthia Helmer

Mary Hershberger

Donna & Joseph Hipius

Harry Hood

Jane Hopeman

Judy Huckle

Ziad Hussein

Marie & James Jewson

Daniel & Rhea Jezer

Marjorie Julian

Philip & Judith Kaplan

James & Jan Kaplan

Norma Kelley

Amy Kemp

Cynthia Killian

Diane King

Russell & Joan King

Barry & Kathy Kogut

Dean Kolts

Sheldon & Karen Kruth

Robert & Lauren Lalley

Dorothy Lennon

Bonnie Levy & Steven

Faigen

Edward & Carol Lipson

Mary Lombardo

John & Marian Loosmann

Janet Mallan

Robert & Nancy Mandry

Anthony & Christi

Mangano

Elizabeth Mascia

Margot McCormick

Kathleen McLeod

David Michel & Peggy Liuzzi

Daniel & Terry Miller

Michael Miller & Katharine

O'Connell

Pat & Jan Moore

Alan & Rosalind Napier

Richard & Barbara Natoli

Louis & Jane Neuburger

Cathryn Newton

Richard & Kimberly O'Brien

Vickie Olcott

Omega, Inc.

Judy Oplinger

Joan & Lawrence Page

Jane Pickett

Kevin & Rachael Porter

Duane & Karleen Preske

John Przepiora

Steve Reiter & Annegret

Schubert

Patrick & Kuni Riccardi

Terry & Monica Richmond

Michael Riecke & Anthony

McEachern

Judith Robertson

Haley Rogacki

Amanda Root

Elaine Rubenstein

Susan Ryan

Elizabeth Sanders

Roberta Savage

Cathryn Sellers

Richard & Elizabeth Severance

Roger & Nancy Sharp

Steven & Robin Sisskind

William & Marianne Smith

Ryan & Carol Smith

Judith Smith

Jeffrey Sneider & Gwen Kay

George & Helene Starr

Greg & Maura Stefl

Susan Stred & Harold

Husovsky

Bonnie Stroup

Kathleen & Mark Sunheimer

David & Eileen Thompson

James & Deborah Tifft

John & Jean Tromans

Phil & Janice Turner

Peter Vanable & Anne

Jamison

Anthony & Martha

Viglietta

TJ & Meghan Vitale

Robert & Anita Wagner

Judith Waite

Marc & Marcy Waldauer

Donald & Martha Washburn

Sarah Whitehouse

Fred & Karen Whitney

Robert & Pauline

Williamson

Tina Winter

Tom & Carol Wolff

Joyce Zadzilka

Steven & Judith Zdep

Loretta Zolkowski

$100 - $149

George & Beverley Adams

Sarah Alden

Jason Allers

John Andrake

Al & Jane Arras

Robert Attridge

Margaret Banazek

Rosanne Barbaglia

Steven Barbash

Mary & Peter Bearkland

Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval

Carol Biesemeyer

Leslee Boissy

Thomas & Carol Boll

Lisa Braddock

Bernard & Ona Cohn

Bregman

Dawn Broderick

Robert & Helene Brophy

Bob & Kathy Brown

Joseph Browne

Patricia Bush

Ron & Amy Butchart

Andrea Calarco

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between May 22, 2024 and May 22, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

Joseph & Patricia Cambareri

John & Cynthia Cambareri

Phoebe Cannon

Delores Carney

Janet & Bruce Chandler

Douglas & Diane Chilson

Anthony & Carolyn Cimino

Gregory Cohen

Patricia & Sandy Colabufo

Nicholas & Louanne Colaneri

Cheryl Cole

Al Coles

David & Peg Compton

Joseph Constantino

Anthony & Mary Anne Corasaniti

Tracy Cromp

Stephanie Cross

Paul & Cynthia Curtin

Timothy & Christine Curtis

Angela & Gregory Cwikla

Alec Del Gigante

Rebecca Downing

Laura Downs

Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra Roth

Margaret Elliot

Pamela Ellis

Stanley & Penny Emerick

Festa Italiana

Robert & Terry Flower

Tim Fox

Karin Franklin-King

John Friedman & Polly Ann Heavenrich

Dan Gaffney

William & Jean Gamble

Caroline Garner

Rosamond Gifford Foundation

Susan Gilbert

Peggy Gillard

Kathryn Glynn

William Gray

Stephen Graziano

Paula & Louis Green

Linda & James Green

Mark & Cynthia Greene

Seth & Lisa Greenky

Joseph & Fran Greenman

Chip & Kate Grosso

Carol Guido

Charlotte Haas & Gary Quirk

Patricia Haggerty

James Hahn

Mark & Carole Hansen

Ann & Richard Harris

Elizabeth Hayes

Barbara Heitzman

Michael & Elizabeth

Hennessy

Kathleen Hinchman

Jennifer Hobler

Barbara & Ronald Hoffman

Howard & Linda Hollander

Kathleen Howard

Barbara Hudson

Roberta Jones

Daniel & Janet Jones

Gwenn & John Judge

Jon & Wanda Jukam

Randy Karcher

Jean Kimber

Donna & Kenneth Kirsch

Annette & Michael Krisak

Steven Kulick

Briana Kuneman

Neil & Marie LaBrake

Sandra Ledda

Amanda Lee

Kathleen Lemos

Dennis Lerner

Susan Lotierzo

Lynn Luteran Minney

Nancy Machles Rothschild

Jon Maloff

Douglas & Randi Matousek

Roberta Matthews

Donyce & Kenneth

McCluskey

John & Mary McCulley

Philip & Martha McDowell

Linda McKeown

Andreas & Margaret Meier

Marcia & Dave Mele

Merck

Thomas Miller & Mary MacBlane

Dr. Merrill L. Miller

Joseph Moorman & Catherine Gerard

Janet Munro

Marty & Millie Newshan

Leslie Noble & Bill Morris

Margaret O'Brien

Jane Ondich

Patricia Orr

John & Elizabeth O'Sullivan

Ricky & Whitney Pak

Nolan & Phyllis Palsma

John & Linda Parsons

Dorothy & Harvey Pearl

Michael & Susan Petrosillo

Anita Pisano

John Poirier

William & Merriette Pollard

Marvin & Jo Ann Reed

Scott Reinhart

Todd Relyea

Sultan Reshamwala

Boyd & Julie Rimel

Mary Rose Ranieri

Ann Rothschild

Richard & Maria Russell

Margaret Ryniker

John & Judy Sabene

Richard & Jill Sargent

Jennifer Scalione

Susan Scharoun & Susan

Hynds

Jeffrey & Abby Scheer

Susan Scheuerman

Edwina Schleider

Julia Scialla

Ruth Seaman

Scott & Nancy Sellers

Sally Senecal

Katherine Sgarlata

Paul Silverstein

James & David Sonneborn

Dirk & Carol Sonneborn

Paul & Jean Soper

Patricia & Michael St. Leger

Michael Stanton

Mark & Beth Steigerwald

Milton & Mary Stevenson

Martha Sutter & David

Ross

Tom & Lauren Sweeney

Kristin & Steve Swift

Brady Systems

Edward & MaryJane

Szczesniak

Miles Taylor

Thomas & Carole Taylor

Marian Thompson

Elizabeth Thorley

Theresa Thoryk

James Traver & Marguerite

Conan

Shveta & Girish Trikha

Bob & Claudia Visalli

Kevin Wade

Francis & Elaine Walter

Peter & Cheryl Ward

Ardyth Watson

Virginia Watson

Leah Weinberg & Paul

Barron

Christopher & Renee Wiles

Deborah Wood

Samuel & Robin Young

Mary Yurco

Roni Ponto

Jeff & Wendy Purdy

Steve & Kate Pynn

Paul Raulli

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between May 22, 2024 and May 22, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

PLANNED GIVING

A planned gift is a way to make a significant and lasting gift to Syracuse Stage. By making a bequest to the theatre, you are assuring that Syracuse Stage will continue to inspire, stimulate, and entertain Central New York audiences for generations to come, as well as maintain its high artistic standards that are recognized locally, and nationally. For more information about planned gifts contact: Ana Díaz-Diez, Director of Development 315-443-3931 or ajdiazdi@syr.edu

Dr. William J. Clark, Jr. Fund

The Estate of Rosemary Curtis

Mary Louise Dunn Fund

Deborah O'Shea

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

Michael and Rissa Ratner

The J. Zimmeister-Yarwood Estate

MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM

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

SYRACUSE STAGE STAFF

Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp

Managing Director.............................................................................................Carly DiFulvio Allen

Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo

Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann

Associate Director of Production Operations.......................................................Stuart Plymesser

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†

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

Stage Management Production Assistants.............................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy

Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale

Associate General Manager...................................................................................Jacob G. Ellison

Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler

Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez

Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez

Development Assistant/Executive Assistant..................................................................Julia Rakus

Development Interns......................................................................Yushan Deng†, Polly Gilmore†

Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow

Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle

Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid

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

Box Office Show Supervisor.................................................................................Trevor Miller

Box Office Assistants.................Clari Atherlay, Nathan Ayotte†, Molly Evert†, Gracie Whaley†

Interim Audience Services Manager......................................................................Jacob G. Ellison

House Managers.................Pat Condello, Gabrielle Moran, Alyssa Otoski-Keim, Adam Secor

Front of House Associate.........................Khayman Clancy, Bianca Stevenson, Donna Stuccio

Assistant House Manager.......................................................................................Kevin Sene†

Bartenders...............................Rueban Benedict, Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey, Dani Tanner

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†, Maya Zepeda†

Sign Language Interpreters.....................................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman

Open Captioning........................................................................Jacob G. Ellison, Michael McCurdy

Audio Description........................................Kate Laissle, Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah, Joseph Whelan

Artistic Intern........................................................................................................Amanda Podhurst†

Community Services Officers...........................................................Stacey Emmons, Martha Farmer

Custodians........................................................................Tony Rogers, Ron Taylor, Candace Velario

†Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.