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L E T T E R F R O M T H E P R O D U C I N G A R T I S T I C D I R E C TO R DEAR FRIENDS, Welcome to the 2015/2016 season and our opening production, Steve Martin’s wild comedy, The Underpants. This year we celebrate Syracuse Stage’s 43rd season. I believe the plays we will present reflect the very best of the kind of theatre we have presented throughout our long history. There is a mix of comedy, music, and drama drawn from tried and true classics and the best contemporary work. There is fun for the family and food for thought—laughter to share with friends and human drama that might give us pause for more quiet and personal reflection. But it’s laughter up first as we journey to Dusseldorf circa 1911 for this wildly funny farce about a “wardrobe malfunction” that gets blown up into a scandal. It’s the kind of silliness we seem to be surrounded by daily, but at least here, there is a small victory we can cheer. I’m happy to welcome back director Bill Fennelly who did such great work on last season’s Hairspray and on A Midsummer Night’s Dream a few seasons back. I’m happy, too, about the pairing of our holiday offerings. Peter Pan is flat out fun with great songs and delightful choreography wrapped up in a thrilling adventure. It’s pure joy to share with the family. Yet,

for those times when the holidays become too much of a saccharine-filled, stressinducing, can’t-find-a-parking-space-or-the-right-giftfor-Uncle-Fred spectacle of indigestion and temporary weight gain, there’s The Santaland Diaries, the perfect antidote for holiday madness, courtesy of the comically gifted David Sedaris. The back half of the season brings two new voices to our stage. Lucas Hnath’s The Christians has been drawing acclaim since it premiered at the Humana Theatre Festival of New American Plays. The New York production at Playwrights Horizons was just called “the most interesting play of the new season” by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times. I am deeply looking forward to directing our own production in the spring. Aaron Posner’s play with the interesting name, Stupid F***ing Bird, a “sort of adaptation” of Chekhov’s The Seagull, won two 2014 Helen Hayes Awards (Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Resident Play) in Washington, D.C. It did so well at The Woolly Mammoth Theatre that it sold out its original run and a revival. Posner has been a force in D.C. and Chicago theatre and it is time to bring his work here. The national dialogue we have been having the past few years about racial injustice against African Ameri-

can men has had me thinking about Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for some time. It is without a doubt a story we need to hear today as Lee reminds us that justice can never be taken for granted. Justice must be guarded and demanded, and often the requisite for doing so is personal courage. I’ve recently completed casting for this show and am most anxious to get to work. We’ll close the season as we began—with laughter. Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo) hops on the Sherlock Holmes juggernaut with a riotous spoof of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskerville called, appropriately enough, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. It’s faced-paced, very funny, and with enough silliness to match The Underpants, but at the same time it packs the bite and suspense of a genuine mystery. It’s going to be a great season in the best Syracuse Stage tradition. I know I am looking forward to sharing each and every play with you and look forward to seeing you throughout the year.

WARM REGARDS,

Timothy Bond Producing Artistic Director

SEASON

15.16 STEVE MARTIN’S

THE UNDERPANTS BY STEVE MARTIN ADAPTED FROM CARL STERNHEIM

OCTOBER 21 – NOVEMBER 8

PETER PAN

LYRICS BY CAROLYN LEIGH MUSIC BY MORRIS "MOOSE" CHARLAP ADDITIONAL LYRICS BY BETTY COMDEN AND ADOLPH GREEN ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY JULE STYNE BASED ON THE PLAY BY SIR JAMES M. BARRIE FLYING EFFECTS PROVIDED BY ZFX, INC. CO-PRODUCED WITH SU DRAMA

THE SANTALAND DIARIES

THE CHRISTIANS

BY DAVID SEDARIS ADAPTED BY JOE MANTELLO

APRIL 6 – 24

DECEMBER 9 – JANUARY 3

KEN LUDWIG’S

STUPID F***ING BIRD

BY AARON POSNER SORT OF ADAPTED FROM CHEKHOV’S THE SEAGULL

BY LUCAS HNATH

BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY BASED ON A NOVEL BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 7

MAY 11 – 29

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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THE UNDERPANTS BY

Steve Martin ADAPTED FROM

Carl Sternheim DIRECTED BY

Bill Fennelly SCENIC DESIGNER

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SOUND DESIGNER

William Bloodgood

Raquel Barreto

Thom Weaver

Sarah Pickett

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CASTING

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CAST

Michael Brian Dunn.............................................Benjamin Cohen Marianna McClellan..................................................Louise Maske Tuck Milligan................................................................Klingelhoff Daniel Passer........................................................Versati, The King Sabrina Profitt.......................................................Gertrude Deuter Mark David Watson.....................................................Theo Maske

SETTING

Dusseldorf, March 1910.

The Underpants will be performed without intermission.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS

Fight Consultant: Anthony Salatino Choreographic Staging: Andrea Leigh-Smith Student Assistant Director: Catherine Grace Giddings † Stage Management Apprentice: Marisa M. Andrews Stage Management Intern: Amanda Luke † Beer Hall Girls: Margot Plum, Emma Roos † Deck Crew: Christopher Green Sound Apprentice: Ryan Johnson Electrics Apprentice: Laura Gisondi Wardrobe Supervisor: Sarah Stark Dresser: Emily Piraino Official Hotels for Guest Artists: The Genesee Grande Hotel, Parkview Hotel

The Underpants is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. 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.

A NOTE FROM DIRECTOR BILL FENNELLY Love and marriage… love and marriage... go together like a... well, they go together like a nineteenth century German expressionistic playwright and a twentieth century American comic genius. At first glance, these two might seem unlikely bedfellows; but let me assure you that these two go together like the lyrical, if not proverbial, horse and carriage. The Underpants is many things. It is Steve Martin’s adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s 1911 scandalous and banned comedy Die Hose. It is a probing satire of social constructs, gender roles, moral sensibilities, and a male dominated political system. And of course it is a rollicking, door slamming, sex-farce. Yet, while all

of these things are true, to me, most importantly and most immediately The Underpants is a play about marriage. The Underpants is my third production at Syracuse Stage in almost as many seasons. I first came to the Stage to direct Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; that production was a deeply personal exploration of the complexities of falling in, being in, and staying in love, as well as an encounter with the necessary wild forest lovers must travel through in order to stand confidently beside their soul mate. I returned last season to direct the musical Hairspray. I believe I referred to that piece in an interview as a “love explosion”, and while I aimed to deliver a glittering holi-

 Bill Fennelly

day spectacular my ultimate goal was to celebrate the stories of so many brave American women and men who have stood up courageously next to the one they love even in the face of persecution or peril. And now, one season later, as I prepare to marry my beautiful fiancé, Jason Rosencranz, in a nation where our marriage will finally be legally recognized, I am again thinking a great deal about love and marriage–

the roles that individuals are expected to play, the roles that individuals actually play, the needs of the individuals within a couple, and the requisite bravery it takes to share all aspects of your true self with your partner. What Steve Martin so humorously and expertly does in The Underpants is to remind us that in the most human part of our hearts we all have very similar needs and desires,

What Steve Martin so humorously and expertly does in The Underpants is to remind us that in the most human part of our hearts we all have very similar needs and desires, hopes and fears.

hopes and fears. And by giving us the chance to laugh at the foibles and tribulations of his characters on stage he offers us the incredible and enjoyable opportunity to appreciate our shared humanity and most importantly laugh at ourselves. I would like to leave you with this thought: In life, in the theatre, as well as in marriage, I believe it is best to always maintain your sense of humor.

STEVE I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy. If you’ve got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you’ve got 71 cents left. But if you’ve got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you’ve still got seventeen grand. There’s a math lesson for you. We’ve had some fun tonight...considering we’re all gonna die someday.

MARTIN ON . . . Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot. I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too. You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither. I gave my cat a bath the other day...they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that...

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you’ll be a mile away and have his shoes. What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it? What if I headed for a climax, but all I delivered was an anticlimax? What would the audience do with all that tension? Theoretically, it would have to come out sometime. But if I kept denying them the formality of a punch line, the audience would eventually pick their own place to laugh, essentially out of desperation. This type of laugh seemed stronger to me, as they would be laughing at something they chose, rather than being told exactly when to laugh.

 Steve Martin 19

 Carl Sternheim

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE BY JOSEPH WHELAN Steve Martin’s The Underpants is based on a 1911 play, The Bloomers, by Carl Sternheim. Sternheim was born in Leipzig in 1878. His father was a banker and the family lived in Hanover and then Berlin. Sternheim wrote novellas and essays, but he is best known for a series of plays he wrote about the German bourgeois in the years just prior to World War I. In addition to The Bloomers, those plays include The Snob; Paul Schippel, Esq.; 1913; and The Fossil. Collected under the title Scenes from the Heroic Life of the Middle Classes, the plays focus chiefly on the attempt by three generations of the Maske family to climb the social ladder in Wilhelmine Germany. Sternheim married and divorced three times. His third wife, Pamela Wedekind, was the daughter of Spring Awakening playwright Frank Wedekind. During his life, Sternehim was hospitalized serval times after suffering nervous breakdowns. He died in Brussels in 1942. Not exactly a household name is Carl Sternheim. The German Expressionist playwright, once considered the “acknowledged master of stylized comic theatre” in his home country, is little known and rarely–if ever–performed

in America. Despite some attempts in London (including a 1935 production of The Mask of Virtue that marked Vivien Leigh’s West End debut), Sternheim’s plays have not fared well in the English-speaking theatre. J.M. Ritchie, who served

as editor for a collection of English translations of five of the plays, suggests that Sternheim’s satire depends too much on “strictly German imponderables” that simply don’t register correctly beyond the society for which it was intended.

 Kaiser Wilhelm II in cuirassier uniform, 1879.

That society was Wilhelmine Germany (1888 – 1918), the period before and during World War I when Kaiser Wilhelm II served as the last King of Prussia and the last Emperor of Germany.

Although a socially and historically complicated time, in a broad sense it was a time of rapid economic advancement and rigid class distinctions, coupled with an affinity for Prussian militarism.

 Otto von Bismarck, 1894.

(Wilhelm was said to have more than 600 military uniforms, many of them of his own design. He and his cousin Nicky, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, liked to dress in the uniforms of each other’s military.) From the mid-1860s to the First World War, German society advanced significantly. After centuries of fractured geopolitical structure, the various German principalities unified under Prussian dominance in 1870, mostly through the military and diplomatic machinations of Otto

von Bismarck. Unification fostered industrialization and promoted increased prosperity, for some if not for all, and essentially five economic classes emerged. There were the old aristocratic and wealthy landowners, the so-called Junkers. Along with them and gaining in influence were the newly wealthy industrialists. A significant step below was a professional class of white collar workers including civil servants. Below them was the lower middle-class of shopkeepers, small farmers, and craftspeople. At the bottom, the lower 23

Wilhelm was said to have more than 600 military uniforms, many of them of his own design. He and his cousin Nicky, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, liked to dress in the uniforms of each other’s military. class was made up mostly of agricultural workers. The upper middle-class, the bourgeois, was the target of Sternheim’s satire. They tended to be conservative and supportive of Wilhelm II, convinced that he would lead them “onward to glorious days”. (The Triple Entente had other ideas.) But as a class they were caught in sweeping social and economic change that trapped them between the values they inherited from their parents, who had prospered under Bismarck, and the priorities

Looked at one way, Sternheim is poking fun at his characters and their efforts. Looked at another, Sternheim is on their side as they attempt to hold onto some sense of individuality in a society besieged by mass produced mediocrity. established by the rapidly changing economic order. For Sternheim’s generation looking back, the Bismarck years (1870 – 1888) represented the heyday of German bourgeoisie. Anything seemed possible: “the bourgeois era in Germany around 1885 could not be compared with any other period or any other age in any other part of the world,” Sternheim wrote in his autobiography. It was a time of exacting standards and a social and familial hierarchy dominated by the man, the father, who was perceived as God’s representative on earth. Sternheim recalled how his own father, a successful banker, could never be satisfied “by that which was average”, and demanded “the utmost

perfection in everything”. After the family moved to Berlin, he still sent his laundry back to their hometown of Hanover because only the washerwomen there knew how to starch his shirts properly. Such persnickety behavior represented, in Sternheim’s view, strong individuality. His father was not an overweening pedant; he was a character. In the mid-1890s, Germany entered a period of rapid industrialization and vehemently embraced modern capitalism. “Life suddenly became unattractively hectic,” notes Burghard Dedner in a monograph about Sternheim and his plays. “. . . inventions like central heating and the light bulb, time-saving but impersonal devices, became ordinary house-

hold goods. The general topic of conversation centered around questions of finance. Names of industrialists and bankers replaced the cultural or political heroes of earlier decades. Human individuality ceased to be of major value . . .” As Sternheim saw it, his contemporaries in the bourgeois class transformed into obsessed consumers of cheap industrial products as “uniformity and total adaptation of social developments were postulated as the highest ideals of human behavior”. How could devotion “to perfection in everything” and individuality, as exhibited by his father, survive in a society dominated by mass production and “the standardization of both men and goods”? Essentially, it couldn’t. The siege on the values of his father’s generation coincided with shifting dynamics in the classes. Members of the upper middle-class suddenly found themselves significantly outclassed by newly wealthy industrial-

ists. People from lower social strata suddenly demanded to be treated as equals or superiors. As Dedner reports: “Uncultivated, vulgar people who had rightfully kept their mouths shut before suddenly emerged as opinion leaders, giving imprecise words to their vague feelings and indulging in sentimental verbiage.” Not for nothing was one of Strenheim’s most successful plays called The Snob. On a personal level, Sternheim’s response was to rise above it all, which he accomplished by marrying Thea Bauer, daughter of a wealthy industrialist, and building a palace outside of Munich where he posited himself as an artist, an aesthete, and a dandy. Oscar Wilde had nothing on Sternheim. Artistically, his response was to write comedies about the individuals caught up in “Wilhelmine neurosis”, or the struggle to maintain at least the appearance that everything was as it had been under Bismarck. Looked at one

way, Sternheim is poking fun at his characters and their efforts. Looked at another, Sternheim is on their side as they attempt to hold onto some sense of individuality in a society besieged by mass produced mediocrity. Whatever the case, the comedies he wrote in the years just prior to the catastrophe of World War I were his most successful works. He wrote drama and novellas, but they did not achieve the same degree of popularity and acclaim. Ironically, for a man who craved a certain conspicuous ostentation, his politics were far left, and like many writers of his generation, he ran afoul of the anti-intellectual Nazis in the 1930s. In 1933, his works were banned. In some respects, the triumph of the Nazis confirmed Sternheim’s worst fears for his nation: “The individual is brainwashed till he is not aware of any individual value in anything and he consumes and discards feelings and judgments and even himself.”

CAST Ars Nova’s Ant Fest, Clockwork Theatre (Cherry Smoke, Underground, and Apartment 3A), and Woodshed Collective (ETA). Marianna has performed regionally at The Contemporary American Theatre Festival (Everything You Touch), ATL Humana Festival (The Hour of Feeling, Hero Dad, Oh, Gastronomy), Portland Center Stage (Othello), Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey (Sedition), among others. TV and film credits include High Maintenance (HBO), The Blacklist (NBC), L for Leisure, Pre and How to Score Your Life.

Michael Brian Dunn (Cohen) Broadway: Doctor Zhivago, Amazing Grace, The Life, Cats, Guys and Dolls, Big River, Baby, Sweeney Todd. National/International Tours: Amadeus, HMS Pinafore, If This Hat Could Talk, Stratford Festival Canada: HMS Pinafore (Ralph Rackstraw), Nina and the Twelve Months, Tokyo (performed in Japanese), My Fair Lady (Singapore). Off-Broadway: Perfect Crime, Ensemble Studio Theater, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, Love In Two Countries, Lenny and The Heartbreakers and Death Of Von Richthofen both at New York Shakespeare Festival, Gifts of the Magi, Kennedy’s Children. Regional Theatres: Cincinnati Playhouse, Geva Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Goodspeed Opera House, Walnut Street Theater Philadelphia, North Shore Music Theater, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, St. Louis MUNY, Pittsburgh CLO, Hartford Symphony, Cape Playhouse, and South Coast Rep of CA. (Drama Logue Award) Television: Law and Order CI, Trial by Jury, S.V.U. Film: Julie & Julia (Ivan Cousins) starring Meryl Streep.

Tuck Milligan (Klinglehoff) is elated to return to Syracuse Stage after last being seen here as Alfonse Lebel in the astonishing 2013-14 season production of Scorched. Mr. Milligan spent the early part of this summer at the John Drew Theatre in East Hampton playing Dr. Jim Bayless in All My Sons with Alec Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf. This season Tuck appeared in Signature Theatre Center’s New York premiere of The Liquid Plain by Naomi Wallace. Mr. Milligan received the Helen Hayes Award for the seven roles he originated in the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Kentucky Cycle. Other Broadway plays include August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Herbal Bed, The Crucifer of Blood and Equus. Off-Broadway: Freud’s Last Session (Best New Play 2011), The First Breeze of Summer (STC), Stuff Happens (Public), Book of Days (STC), Everybody’s Rudy (Public), and

Marianna McClellan (Louise) is glad to return to Syracuse Stage after performing in In the Next Room, or the vibrator play last winter. New York City theatre credits include #liberated with The Living Room for

CAST The Grey Zone (MCC). Regional: The Cripple of Inishmaan (John Drew), The Clean House (Geva), Saint Joan (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Orson’s Shadow (New Rep), Of Mice and Men (Phila. Drama Guild) and Blue Window (SCR). Film: State Of Play, Kinsey, Company Man, Heaven’s Prisoners, Of Mice and Men, and The Russia House. TV: Boardwalk Empire, Rescue Me, Law & Order: SVU & CI, Chappelle’s Show, Oz, Ed, and last season, Tuck recurred as Finch’s Dad in the hit CBS series, Person Of Interest. Video Games: Grand Theft Auto V and BioShock 2.

appeared on Monk, King of Queens, Grounded For Life, Providence, Tracey Takes On, and News Radio. He has taught Clown/Commedia/Improvisation at Moscow Art Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cirque du Soleil, Brown University, Harvard, Cornell, CalArts, The Ruskin School, The Second City and University of Alaska and is the Master Acting Teacher for The Edward Albee Theatre Festival and the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. He was the U.S. Representative for the Commedia dell’Arte Festival in Vicenza, Italy and is a graduate of the A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard.

Daniel Passer (Versati, The King) is thrilled to be playing at Syracuse Stage. He most recently played in The Government Inspector at The Pearl Theater and Lookingglass Ensemble’s Cascabel at The Goodman Theatre. For the past 10 years, he has been Lead Clown and Comedy Conceptor with Cirque du Soleil and Franco Dragone’s company, Dragone Entertainment (Zarkana – Radio City Music Hall and World Tour), Banana Shpeel – Beacon Theatre, Le Reve – Wynn Las Vegas. Other theatre credits include several productions with The American Repertory Theatre, The Actor’s Gang, Cornerstone Theatre Company, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Radio City Music Hall, and The Kremlin. Film credits include Boychoir, Danny Roane - First Time Director, The Little Death, Music From Another Room, Almost Heroes, and Ted. On television, Daniel has

Sabrina Profitt (Gertrude) followed the sage advice of Confucius, who said “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Theatre and the creative process have featured prominently in Sabrina’s life, and she’s been a proud member of Actors' Equity and the Screen Actors Guild since 1995. She counts The Walnut Street Theater, The Asolo Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Luna Stage and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival among the venues where she’s practiced her craft. Most recently, she was seen in Enemy of the People at BRT. Sabrina has special interest in new play development, recently starring in the world premiere of Mickle Street by Michael Whistler at Walnut Street Theatre. At home in Philadelphia, she has worked with InterAct Theatre, PlayPenn,

CAST New City Stage, and others fostering new work. Sabrina holds a BA from DeSales University, from where she was graduated magna cum laude. Her MFA is from the Asolo Conservatory at Florida State University. Sabrina’s greatest inspiration—and biggest fans—are her family: three beautiful daughters, two trusty dogs, and one saintly husband.

St. Theatre), and Local Story (Access Theatre). Regional credits: Of Mice and Men (Pioneer Theatre), Snow Falling on Cedars (Hartford Stage), The Rivals (American Conservatory Theatre), War of the Worlds (Actors Theatre of Louisville–Humana Festival), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Stonington Opera House), Bloody Blackbeard (Triad Stage), Othello and The Winter’s Tale (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Film and TV includes Blue Bloods, Person Of Interest, Law & Order SVU, Deliver Us from Evil, The Undying, Mouse and Bear, and the award winning short Pretty. Mark holds an MFA from ACT.

Mark David Watson (Theo) Mark is excited to be making his Syracuse Stage debut. His Off-Broadway credits include Indian Ink (Roundabout), End of Days (East 4th

A R T I S T I C S TA F F William Bloodgood (Scenic Designer) William Bloodgood’s work was seen last season in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson and Other Desert Cities. Among his many previous designs for Syracuse Stage were recent productions of The Whipping Man, The Glass Menagerie, An Iliad, Radio Golf, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Red, and Caroline, or Change. Well known in American regional theatres, he has worked in many, including Arena Stage in Washington, DC, Arizona Theatre Company, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Alley Theatre in Houston, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Reper-

tory Theatre, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he has designed the scenery for 150 productions. In 2011 he was honored to design the United States national exhibit for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance and Space Design. He is the recipient of many awards for his designs, including the Oregon Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2002. Currently, he is a professor of Scene Design at the University of Texas at Austin. Raquel Barreto (Costume Designer) Theatre: Pericles (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Folger Theater, Guthrie Theater); The Happiest Song Plays Last, Water by the Spoonful (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Mojada - A Medea in Los Angeles (Getty Villa); Pericles, Uncle Vanya,

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Romeo and Juliet (California Shakespeare Theater); The Triumph of Love (CalShakes/San Jose Repertory Theatre); Bliss Point, SEED (Cornerstone Theater Company); Hope, La Victima (Latino Theater Company); Philoktetes (Getty Villa Theater Lab); Anna Christie, Passion Play, Ivanov (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble); Nero (Magic Theatre); References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot, Hamlet: Blood in the Brain (Campo Santo Theatre Company); Three Sisters (Chalk Repertory Theatre); Pelléas et Mélisande, Macbeth, As You Like It, Woyzeck, Roberto Zucco (The Cutting Ball Theater). Opera: Lucrezia, Bastianello, The Coronation of Poppea (OperaUCLA); Un Ballo in Maschera (San Francisco Lyric Opera). Dance: collaborations with choreographers Barak Marshall (BODYTRAFFIC, Joyce Theater; Los Angeles Philharmonic, Walt Disney Concert Hall; Jacob’s Pillow; The Broad Stage); Yolande Snaith, Allyson Green, Robert Moses, Jeff Slayton. Teaching: Costume Design faculty, UCLA School of Theater, Film and TV. Education: MFA, University of California, San Diego.

tival. In Philadelphia: Arden, PTC, Wilma, People’s Light, Walnut, PSF, Theatre Exile, 1812, Azuka, EgoPo, Headlong, New Paradise Laboratories, Curtis Opera, and Flashpoint Theatre Company, where he is artistic director. Regional includes: Chicago Shakespeare, Milwaukee Rep, Portland Center Stage, CenterStage, Cincinnati Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Virginia Stage, Cal Shakes, Asolo Rep, Theatre J, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Hangar Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Folger, Roundhouse, Williamstown, Spoleto, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep. 3 Barrymore Awards (21 nominations), 2 AUDELCO Awards, and 3 Helen Hayes Nominations. Education: Carnegie Mellon and Yale. Sarah Pickett (Sound Designer) is delighted to return to Syracuse Stage. She has worked with companies all over the United States including: Yale Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Victory Gardens Theater, Drury Lane at Oakbrook, Long Wharf Theatre, CT; Portland Center Stage, American Players Theater, WI; Theatre for a New Audience, NYC; Playmakers Repertory Company, NC; Syracuse Stage, NY; Stonington Opera House, ME; Asolo Repertory Theatre, FL; The Hangar Theatre, NY; and Women’s Theatre Project, NYC. Sarah holds a B.F.A. from Syracuse University, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. She teaches sound design and music composition at Carnegie Mellon University.

Thom Weaver (Lighting Designer). For Syracuse Stage: Hairspray, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spike Heels. NYC includes: The Liquid Plain, How I Learned What I Learned, King Hedley II (Signature), Teller’s Play Dead, Thrill Me (York), Two Rooms (Theatre Row), Frankenstein (37 ARTS), Masked (DR2), Lincoln Center Festival, SPF, NYMF, Lincoln Center Institute, Lincoln Center Fes-

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Celia Madeoy (Vocal and Dialect Coach) is on Performance and Voice Faculty in the BFA Acting/Musical Theater program in the Department of Drama at Syracuse University. Recent Syracuse Stage and SU Drama acting credits include the Adult Woman in Spring Awakening, Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol, Frances Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Aunt Ev in The Miracle Worker. Celia has performed with many Shakespeare theatre companies across the country including The Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C., Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, and the Blackfriars Playhouse at American Shakespeare Center where she spent a year performing with their Resident Troupe as Lady Macbeth, Emilia in Othello, Gonzolo in The Tempest, and Phoebe in As You Like It. Celia also played Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare & Company for which she was named most outstanding actress of the Berkshires that season. Her international training in Shakespeare performance includes voice work alongside Andrew Wade, Giles Block, Patsy Rodenburg, and other distinguished directors and voice teachers of the Royal Shakespeare Company, British American Drama Academy, National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. In 2014, Celia produced and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in To Chekhov With Love, a one-act she devised and directed along with Brian Friel’s Chekho-

vian play, Afterplay. Celia is a proud MFA acting graduate of The Theatre School Conservatory at DePaul University in Chicago. Kyle Bass (Dramaturg) is resident dramaturg for Syracuse Stage where he has served as production dramaturg for 20 shows, including last season’s August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson. As script dramaturg, Kyle collaborated closely with writers Ping Chong and Sara Zatz in the creation of Tales from the Salt City and also served as script dramaturg on Lauren Unbekant’s plays Woman in the Blue Dress and Annabel Drudge…and the Second Day of School. Kyle is a twotime recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship including the 2010 fellowship in playwriting. Among other works, Kyle is the author of Carver at Tuskegee, a one-man play about George Washington Carver which toured as part of Syracuse Stage’s Backstory! program. With Ping Chong, Kyle is co-author of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which had its world premiere at Syracuse Stage in September 2013 and was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York City. With his brother, director-writer Kim Bass, Kyle is of the co-author of the screenplay for forthcoming feature film Day of Days, which stars veteran actor Tom Skerritt. Kyle is currently writing a new play titled Possessing Harriet, which is commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association. Kyle is on the faculty of the Goddard College MFA Creative Writing program, and also teaches

A R T I S T I C S TA F F playwriting in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and at Colgate University. He’s in his sixth year as drama editor for the journal Stone Canoe.

and television. In New York City Harriet has cast for ABC/TV, Fox Television Studios, Joseph Papp’s 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 and touring productions of Radio Golf, the Broadway production of Gem of the Ocean, and the off-Broadway production of Jitney. Selected regional casting credits include: Syracuse Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Trinity Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Longwharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, The Goodman Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and PlayMakers Repertory Theatre. Feature film 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.

Laura Jane Collins (Stage Manager) is returning to Syracuse for her sixth season with Syracuse Stage. She spends the majority of her time in Central New York with Syracuse Stage and Hangar Theatre in Ithaca. Regional credits include: In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, Chinglish, Scorched, Good People, Two Trains Running, Moby Dick, Red, The Boys Next Door, and No Child... (Syracuse Stage); The Hound of the Baskervilles, God of Carnage, Around the World in 80 Days, 4000 Miles, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and Lend Me A Tenor (Hangar Theatre). New York credits include: Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy with a Somewhat Happy Ending (New Georges). Dance production credits include: The Who’s TOMMY— A Rock Ballet (Christopher Fleming). LJ is a graduate of the Stage Management program in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, and she’s now based on Long Island. Harriet Bass (Casting) has been an independent New York casting director since 1989, casting for theatre, film,

WRITERS Steve Martin was born in Waco, Texas on August 14, 1945 and is seen as one of today’s most popular performers. He achieved fame as a film actor,

with such credits as Roxanne, Father of the Bride, Parenthood, The Spanish Prisoner, L.A. Story, and Bowfinger. His acting career earned him several

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS. WITH YOUR HELP, SYRACUSE STAGE WILL ENGAGE OVER 21,000 STUDENTS IN CENTRAL NEW YORK DURING THE 15/16 SEASON. The John Ben Snow Foundation, Inc.

WRITERS prizes, including an Emmy for his television writing and two Grammys for comedy albums. In addition to his two New York Times bestsellers, Shopgirl and Pure Drivel, he has also written nine screenplays. Steve Martin lives in Los Angeles.

duced from 1911 through 1916, being collectively titled Aus dem bürgerlichen Heldenleben (From the Lives of Bourgeois Heroes). The first play, Die Hose (The Underpants), was published and performed in 1911 under the title Der Riese (The Giant) because the Berlin police had forbidden the original title on the grounds of gross immorality. The Maske family at the center of Die Hose also appears in Der Snob (published and performed 1914), 1913 (published 1915 and performed 1919), and Das Fossil (performed 1923 and published 1925), the four plays forming the Maske Tetralogy. Sternheim’s later plays were less successful. The telegram-like language used by Sternheim in the early plays is a kind of bridge between Frank Wedekind (whose daughter Pamela was his third wife) and Bertolt Brecht. Sternheim is frequently named among the Expressionist dramatists, but he maintained he was a realist.

Carl Sternheim, (born April 1, 1878, Leipzig, Germany—died Nov. 3, 1942, Brussels, Belgium.) German dramatist best known for plainly written satiric comedies about middle-class values and aspirations. Sternheim, the son of a Jewish banker, grew up in Berlin. He studied philosophy, psychology, and law at the Universities of Munich, Göttingen, Leipzig, and Berlin and performed his military service in a cavalry regiment. His family’s money and that of his first two wives left him free to write, and he traveled most of his life. He began writing plays at the age of 15, but his early plays were derivative. His best plays were pro-

DIRECTOR Bill Fennelly is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage for his third collaboration with the amazing artists here. Recent projects include Hairspray at Syracuse Stage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Syracuse Stage (S.A.L.T. Award; Director of the Year and Production of the Year), Herringbone at Flashpoint Theatre Company in Philadelphia (Barrymore Award nomination Best Director of a Musical), and the new musical Fly By Night at Dallas Theatre Center (Dal-

las Column Award for Best Director of a Musical and Best New Musical). Bill’s other work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally. Director for the world premiere of Fly By Night (Bay Area Critics Circle Award nomination for Best Direction), Frankenstein the musical Off-Broadway, A Christmas Carol featuring F. Murray Abraham and Lynn Redgrave, original assistant director Jersey Boys, resident director The Lion King, staff director with New York

DIRECTOR City Opera at Lincoln Center, Phil Killian Directing Fellow at Oregon Shakespeare Festival as well as projects at Juilliard, The Arden Theatre, PlayPenn, Bristol Riverside Theatre, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Playwrights Horizons, Hartford Stage Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Fords Theatre, The Alliance Theatre, Glimmerglass Opera,

American Musical Theatre Project, National Alliance of Musical Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, N.Y.U. Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, and The Olympics. Associate producing artistic director of The Acting Company and assistant artistic director at Cirque du Soleil. B.M. from the Hartt School and an M.F.A. in Directing from U.C.S.D. Bill is an assistant professor of Theatre at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Timothy Bond is in his ninth season as producing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. For Syracuse Stage he has directed Other Desert Cities, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, The Whipping Man, Two Trains Running, The Brothers Size, The Boys Next Door, Radio Golf, No Child..., Fences, The Price, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He has 27 years experience in leading regional theatres throughout the country. Previously, he served for 11 years as associate artistic director of the famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he directed 12 productions, including works by Shakespeare, August Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, Edward Albee, Lorraine Hansberry, Lynn Nottage, Octavio Soliz, and Pearl Cleage. Prior to that, Bond spent 13 years with the Seattle Group Theatre, serving as artistic director from 1991 – 1996.

While there he directed more than 20 plays including a number of world and West Coast premieres, and he oversaw the largest capital campaign in the company’s history, culminating in the completion of a new theatre complex in the Seattle Center. Bond has also directed at such prestigious theatres as The Guthrie, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, A Contemporary Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and Geva Theatre. Bond received a Theatre Communications Group/ National Endowment for the Arts Directing Fellowship Award and has twice won Backstage West’s Garland Award for Outstanding Direction for Les Blancs (1998) and Blues for an Alabama Sky (1997). He served on the board of directors of the Theatre Communications Group from 1993 to 1997. Bond holds a BFA from Howard University and an MFA in directing from the University of Washington.

MISSION/VISION Mission: Syracuse Stage is a global village

turous, and entertaining productions of new plays, classics, and musicals, and offer interactive education and outreach programs in Central New York.

square where renowned artists and audiences of all ages gather to celebrate our cultural richness, witness the many truths of our common humanity, and explore the transformative power of live theatre. Celebrating our 43nd season as a professional theatre in residence at Syracuse University, we create innovative, adven-

Vision: Syracuse Stage illuminates the

many truths of our common humanity through the transformative power of live theatre.

A B O U T S Y R A C U S E S TA G E Syracuse Stage is Central New York’s

These visiting artists are supported by a staff of artisans, technicians, educators, and administrators who are responsible for all facets of the theatre from building sets, props and costumes to marketing, development, and box office. A solid core of subscribers and supporters helps keep Syracuse Stage a vibrant artistic presence in Central New York. Year after year their support and patronage contribute to the success of the theatre. Additional support from government, foundations, corporations and Syracuse University helps to ensure the continued role of Syracuse Stage as a valued cultural resource for the community. Syracuse Stage is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and a member of the Arts and Cultural Leadership Alliance (ACLA), the University Hill Corporation, and the East Genesee Regent Association.

premier professional theatre. Founded in 1974, Stage has produced more than 300 plays in 42 seasons including a number of world, American, and East Coast premieres. Each season 70,000 patrons enjoy an adventurous mix of new plays and bold interpretations of classics and musicals featuring the finest theatre artists. In addition, Stage maintains a vital educational outreach program that annually serves over 15,000 students throughout Central New York. Syracuse Stage is a member of The League of Resident Theatres (LORT), the largest professional theatre association in the country. America’s leading actors, directors and designers work and/or have worked at Stage including: Tony Award-winners Lillias White, Chuck Cooper and Elizabeth Franz, Emmy recipient Jean Stapleton, Sam Waterston, John Cullum, James Whitmore, Ben Gazzara and Ping Chong.

IN THE COMMUNITY An important aspect of the Syracuse Stage mission is to be an active partner and resource in the Central New York community. Each season Syracuse Stage is pleased to partner with a diverse group of community organizations in sponsoring and facilitating various programs, benefits, and events. Ongoing and past partnerships include Arc of Onondaga, The

Burton Blatt Institute, ARISE, InterFaith Works of Central New York, Hospice of CNY, SUNY Upstate Medical/St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Onondaga County, The Learning Place, AIDS Community Resources, Syracuse Homes, The Chadwick Residence, The Child Care Council of Onondaga County, and Vera House, among others.

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N E X T AT S Y R A C U S E S TA G E

PETER PAN

THE SANTALAND DIARIES

The Santaland Diaries

Peter Pan

By David Sedaris Adapted by Joe Mantello Directed by Wendy Knox Performed in the Storch Theatre December 9 - January 3

Co-Produced with SU Drama • Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh • Music by Morris “Moose” Charlap • Additional Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green • Additional Music by Jule Styne • Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie • Directed by Paul Barnes • Musical Direction by Brian Cimmet • Choreography by Anthony Salatino • Flying effects provided by ZFX, Inc. November 28 - January 3.

Back by popular demand–David Sedaris’ perfect antidote to holiday madness. For those who like a little jeer with their Christmas cheer, The Santaland Diaries offers Crumpet, a 33-year-old starving actor turned Macy’s elf. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but who would know it from the bad Santas, naughty elves, cranky kids, and pushy parents who test Crumpet’s last elfin nerve. With sardonic wit, Sedaris takes us all playfully to task for plunging into the season while completely missing the point. Wade McCollum returns to Syracuse Stage to reprise his role as Crumpet the Macy’s elf. For mature elves only.

Journey to Neverland in the high-flying family musical Peter Pan. “All children, except one, grow up.” So begins the magical adventure that has been delighting youngsters (and oldsters) for more than 100 years. With such songs as “I’m Flying”, “I Won’t Grow Up”, and “Never Never Land”, this musical adaptation of Peter Pan delivers an adventurous treat for the holiday season. Paul Barnes (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, The Miracle Worker) directs with choreography by Anthony Salatino.

N E X T AT S U D R A M A

Agamemnon

Punk Rock

Fire in the night signals the return of Agamemnon from 10 long years of war in Troy. Triumphant and with a captive slave, the prophetess Cassandra, in tow, the warrior king arrives home and is welcomed by Clytemnestra, wife and mother who seethes with a vengeance born of the slaughter of their daughter Iphigenia. Revenge begets revenge; fate will be fulfilled. The first great play of Aeschylus’ Oresteia trilogy, Agamemnon delivers a visceral and haunting theatrical experience.

Propelled by an anxious momentum, Punk Rock is an honest and unnerving chronicle of contemporary adolescence at the breaking point. In a private school outside of Manchester, England, a group of highly articulate seventeen year-olds flirt and posture their way through the day while preparing for their A-Level mock exams. With hormones raging and minimal adult supervision, nothing can forestall the underlying tension that becomes increasingly pronounced as the play moves from comic beginnings to a serious and troubling conclusion. Playwright Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) ear for teen conversations, shifting alliances, and fundamental fears is spot-on. Gripping, insightful, and excitingly theatrical. For mature audiences.

By Simon Stephens Directed by Robert Moss February 19 - 28 Opening Night: February 20

By Aeschylus Directed by Rodney Hudson November 6 - 15 Opening Night: November 7

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

Brian Cimmet Professor of Practice/Music Director SU Department of Drama

PRESIDENT

Ann Clarke* Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University

Robert Pomfrey* President & CEO POMCO Group Louis G. Marcoccia* Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University CHAIR-ELECT

Fran Nichols* Vice Chair Eric Mower + Associates VICE CHAIR

Richard Shirtz* Regional President NBT Bank VICE CHAIR

Melvin T. Stith* Dean Emeritus, Whitman School of Management Syracuse University TREASURER

Bea Gonzalez* Dean, University College Syracuse University SECRETARY

Samantha Millier* Associate Attorney Mackenzie Hughes LLP Janet Audunson Senior Counsel National Grid Dan Berman Partner HancockEstabrook, LLP

Diana Coles** Interim Managing Director Syracuse Stage

Kevin O’Connor Sr. Resident Director & Sr. VP Investments Merrill Lynch

Richard Driscoll* Sr. Commercial Banking Relationship Manager Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank

Sharon Owens CEO Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility Southwest Community Center

Sandra Fenske VP & General Counsel Lockheed Martin Corporation Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor Nancy Green* Investment Advisor Edward S. Green & Associates Larry Harris EVP and CFO Saab Defense and Security, USA Jeffrey Hoone Executive Director, Coalition of Museum & Arts Centers Syracuse University

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

Gregg Lambert Dean’s Professor of the Humanities Syracuse University

Steve Chase Senior Vice President Harbridge Consulting Group

Suzanne McAuliffe Retired Educator Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King

John Huhtala Relationship Manager Middle Market Commercial Banking Chase

Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer

Kevin R. McAuliffe Partner Barclay Damon

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Timothy J. Bond** Producing Artistic Director Syracuse Stage

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Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano, Lucchesi and Collins

Larry Leatherman President MOST Daniel D. Lent VP, Sr. Relationship Manager Key Bank Sara Lowengard Syracuse Stage Guild President Attorney Macht, Brenizer & Gingold, P.C.

Virginia Parker* Retired Educator Annette Peters Marketing Director Syracuse Media Group James Reed Regional President Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Michelle Schultz Senior Director, HR Business Partner Human Resources AXA L. John Steigerwald IV Marketing and Sales Representative Cathedral Candle Company Sharon Sullivan* Community Volunteer Wanda Thompson Sr. VP of Operations Upstate Medical University Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama Michael Zoanetti VP Senior Wealth Advisor Tompkins Financial Advisors *Executive Committee **Ex-Officio

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E E M E R I T U S C I R C L E We are grateful to the following individuals who have served as Members of the Stage Board of Trustees and continue to support Syracuse Stage at the Circle level. Jim Breuer Mary Beth Carmen Eddie Green Joan Green Elizabeth Hartnett

Claude Incaudo Howard C. Johnson Jack Mannion Margaret Martin Eric Mower

Judy Mower Michael Shende Jack Webb

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E G U I L D B O A R D PRESIDENT

RECORDING SECRETARY

Sara Lowengard

Mary O'Hara

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

Julia Joyce Martin

Gretchen Goldstein

VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERSHIP

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Melissa Vassenilli TREASURER

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SYRACUSE STAGE EDUCATION ADVOCACY BOARD Sara Bambino

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NBT Bank. At NBT Bank, we are committed to our community banking philosophy of putting customers first and actively investing in the communities we call home. We have supported numerous organizations and causes throughout our history. We are excited to be involved again with Syracuse Stage for another great season, this year supporting the theatrical production of Steve Martin’s The Underpants. This is the first of seven plays that will once again provide patrons with a year of variety—satisfying a wide range of artistic tastes with well-known, highquality productions. Please join NBT Bank in congratulating Syracuse Stage on the start of a new season, and for the continuing value that they bring to the cultural community in Central New York.

The Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to support Syracuse Stage in its efforts to reflect, interpret, and celebrate the human experience through live theatre. The Humanities Center and Syracuse Stage share goals of exploring enduring questions that engage our diverse histories via creative and intellectual innovation.

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS*

The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust

Richard Mather Fund

*Corporate, Foundation and Government support received in the last 12 months from $3,000 - $100,000 and above.

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E A N N U A L G I F T S 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. Contributors listed below represent donations received in the past twelve months. For information regarding levels of contribution and benefits of each please contact the Development office at 315.443.3931 or visit syracusestage.org

C O R P O R AT E H O N O R R O L L $100,000+ Syracuse University $50,000 - $99,999 Genesee Grande Syracuse Media Group $14,000 - $24,999 M&T Bank POMCO Group $7,500 - $13,999 Bank of America – Children’s Tour Business Journal News Network Barclay Damon Chase iHeart Media KeyBank N.A. Lockheed Martin MST NBT Bank Syracuse New Times Syracuse Stage Board of Trustees WAER WRVO

 = INCREASED GIFT,

$5,000 - $7,499 Carrier Corporation Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Lockheed Martin Employees Federated Fund Scherzi Photography + Video The SU Humanities Center presents as part of the 2015 Syracuse Symposium™ on Networks Syracuse Stage Guild Tompkins Financial Advisors $2,800 - $4,999 Exelon Generation Phoebe’s Urban CNY Wegmans $1,500 - $2,799 Syracuse Blue Print $1,000 - $1,499 Action Printwear, Inc.  Cooper Crouse - Hinds McIntosh Box & Pallet Co., Inc.

$500 - $999 Anoplate Corp. Eastern Security Service Merrill Lynch Law Office of Keith D. Miller L. & J.G. Stickley $250 - $499 ACLS Mailing & Fulfillment Freeman Interiors Geddes Federal Savings Hebert Financial Strategies/ Dennis & Judy Hebert Reeves Farms Smith Contemporary Furniture/Smith Interiors Ltd The Mid-York Press, Inc. $75 - $249 Brady System Fulton Savings Bank Giarrusso Building Supplies Sheats & Bailey PLLC Urist Financial & Retirement Planning Visual Technologies Ann Wolfson Associates

* = STAGE BOARD MEMBER, STAGE EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER,

n = IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION

Contributors listed have provided support in the past 12 months.

F O U N D AT I O N & G O V E R N M E N T H O N O R R O L L $75,000+ The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation $50,000 – $74,999 County of Onondaga, Administered by CNY Arts $25,000 - $49,999 Central New York Community Foundation, Inc. John F. Marsellus Fund The Richard Mather Fund New York State Council on the Arts Shubert Foundation $14,000 - $24,999 The John Ben Snow Memorial Trust Allyn Foundation

$7,500 - $13,999 AXA Foundation The Gifford Foundation The Green Family Foundation $5,000 - $7,499 Grandma Brown Foundation Theatre Development Fund, Inc. $2,800 - $4,999 The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Melvin & Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation

Frank & Frances Revoir Foundation Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation $1,000 - $1,499 Henry A. Panasci, Jr. Charitable Trust $250 - $999 The Horowitch Family Foundation

$1,500 - $2,799 Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation

ENDOWMENT & PLANNED GIFT DONORS $100,000 - $124,999 In Honor and Memory of Sheldon P. Peterfreund and Josephine A. Peterfreund

$5,000 - $7,499 Mary Louise Dunn Fund

$2,500 - $4,999 Dr. William J. Clark, Jr. Fund

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS All new and increased gifts this season are matched dollar for dollar by the Richard Mather Fund.

Founders’ Circle $7,500 - $24,999 Paul Phillips, MD & Sharon* Sullivan Playwrights’ Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Daniel Bingham & Gail Hamner Bill & Nancy* Byrne Helene* & Neil Gold Mary & Larry* Leatherman Judy & Eric Mower* Sandra Lee Fenske* & Joe Silberlicht

Elinor Spring-Mills & Darvin Varon

The Spina Family Dr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Welch

Producers’ Circle $2,800 - $4,999 Pete & Mary Beth* Carmen Margaret, Amy & Bob Currier Louis* & Susan Marcoccia Suzanne* & Kevin* McAuliffe Judith Sayles & David Murray Frederick & Virginia* Parker Bob* & Kellie Pomfrey Mrs. Sherwin Radin

Directors’ Circle $1,500 - $2,799 Janet* Audunson & David Youlen Joan Christy & Thomas Bersani Nancy Seward & Tim Bond Cathy & Jim Breuer Sandra* L. Brown Laurie Clark Kristin & Sidney Cominsky Ed and Susan Downing Therese & Richard* Driscoll

Dana & Peggy Dudarchik Barbara & Michael Flintrop Joan & Eddie Green* Winifred E. Greenberg Ann & Larry* Harris Betsy Hartnett* Mr. & Mrs. Claude* Incaudo Peter Cannavo & Helen Jacoby Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Johnson Dr. & Mrs. Howard C. Johnson Randy & Elizabeth Kalish Bea Gonzalez* & Michael Leonard Roberta & Rocco* Mangano Mr. John F.X. Mannion* & Mayor Stephanie A. Miner Nancy Green* & Tony Marschall Margaret* & Don Martin Sally Lou & Fran* Nichols Kevin* & Michelle O’Connor Sheila R. Parker & John F. Parker, M.D. William & Rosemary Pooler Nancy & Steve Rogers Dene A. Sarason Elaine & Michael* Shende Leslie Kohman & Jeffrey Smith Dr. & Mrs. Sam Spalding Patricia & Melvin* Stith Cindy Sutton & Family Cherry & Peter Thun Linda & Jack* Webb Glenda & Larry Wetzel Laurie & Michael* Zoanetti Benefactors $1,000 - $1,499 Maria & Paul Badami Marya & John Frantz and Sutton Real Estate Company, LLC Joyce Homan Linda & Dan Lowengard Susan Beth Burgess & Michael S. Nilan Jan & David Panasci Sandra Hurd & Joel Potash Margaret & Richard* Shirtz George & Rita Soufleris Stars $500 - $999 Daniel* & Sarah Berman Rachel May & Tom Brockelman Drs. Alexander* & Margaret Charters

Frank N. Decker Jim & Patty Dungey John Druke Lew & Elaine Dubroff Clay & Dora Elliott Mary Ann Finn Allan & Nirelle Galson Michael & Jacki Goldberg Donna Graber Marie & Joseph E. Grasso David Jacobs & Douglas Goldschmidt John & Gloria Kennedy Penelope J.M. & Stephen M. Klein Rachel May & Tom Brockelman Barbara Beckos & Arthur McDonald John P. & Elizabeth Y. McKinnell Jane Merrill Anne Morford Tina Press & David Rubin Gracia & Rick Sears Corinne & Lynn Smith James & Vicki Smith H. Paul Steiner Nancy Kramer & Doug Sutherland Wanda* Thompson Lorraine* Branham & Melvin Williams Angels $250 - $499 Mr. Timothy Atseff & Ms. Margaret G. Ogden Joanne & Jim Beckman Donna Marie & Michael F. Bocketti Dr. Sharon Brangman & Charlie Lester Susan & Thomas Brett Mark & Maren Brown Marlene A. Brown Marion L. Burke Pat Colabufo* Goodwin Cooke Mr. W. Carroll Coyne Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Dannible Sandra Marie DiBianco Alan B. Dolmatch Walter & Linda Dudas Jonathan & Rosanne Ecker Philip & Marilyn Frankel Charles R. Gallagher Ernest Giraud Penny & Ernie Giraud Jerry & Beth Groff Dr. & Mrs. Donald M. Haswell

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Dr. & Mrs. Mark Adelson In memory of Laura Edell Sarah B. Alden in memory of Jacqueline Coley In Memory of Arlene Alpaugh Rose Erma Angotti in tribute of 43 years in real estate Juanita Balamut in tribute of Marion A. Sevier Mrs. Gwynne Bellos in honor of Dr. Neal S. Bellos Carrie Berse in memory of Betty Lourie Carol Bryant in honor of Virginia Parker Marion L. Burke in honor of Barbara B. Liptak Jim Clark and Sharon Gordon In Honor of Betty Lourie and Lou Kempton The Central New York Community Foundation in memory of Betty Lourie Vicki and David Dansky in memory of Betty Lourie Susan G. Dorn in memory of Phillip K. Dorn Barbara Genton in honor of Donna Perricone Peggy Ginniff in honor of my parents Harold & Mildred Ginniff Jacki & Michael Goldberg - in tribute

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Nathan Andrews Tony Antonello & Danielle Quintus Holmes & Sarah Bailey George S. Bain Ed & Joan Bangel Theresa & Dennis Bardenett Joseph and Linda Barry Andrew & Margot Baxter Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Berger Roslyn Bilford Gerald & Barbara Black Gary & Fran Bockus Virginia Brennan Jenifer Breyer Jennifer Bryer Philip & Helen Buck Mary & Bill Butler Joan Carlon Tom & Maryann Carranti Timothy McLaughlin & Diane Cass Dr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Cassady Susan Chappuis Joseph L. & Janice L. Charles Tony & Carolyn Cimino Joan Cincotta Malcolm Clark Carolyn & Sam Clemence Dr. & Mrs. Paul S. Cohen Sylvia & William Cohen Martha Cole Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colley Michele Combs Mr. and Mrs. Robert Congel Joan & Robert D. Conine Orazio & Genevieve Covelli Elizabeth Cowan Jamie and Julie Cyr Peter & Margaret Darby Clive & Sandra Davis Paula A. Dendis Delores R. Dixon Elizabeth & Evan Dreyfuss David & Robin Drucker Karen Dunn Nancy & Tony Ebersole Stanley Emerick Richard Ernst Susan Estabrook Cissie Fairchilds Lori & Christopher Farrell Tom & Jane Ferguson James & Barbara Finlon Karen & William Fisher Katherine Flack Geraldine Forbes & Sidney Greenblatt Len Fonte

of Natalie Goldberg Syracuse MT Student Tom & Christine Hafner in tribute of Peter Hafner Kip & Terri Hargrave in honor of Gus Hargrave & Rick Menke Kelly and Colleen Harrison in honor of Kathleen D. Harrig Kathlyn Heaton in honor of Sharon Waletzko Heidi Holtz in memory of Betty Lourie Doris King in memory of Austin Hoffman II Richard & Joan Kollgaard in honor of Don Buschmann & Tracey White Lorraine LaDuke in honor of Mrs. Cecile LaDuke Janet W. Lowe in honor of Bob Moss Gerald Mager in tribute of Thomas A. Brisk John Huppertz & Diane Mastin in honor of Fran & Sally Lou Nichols Carl Peterson & Margaret Maurer in memory of Jacqueline Coley Mr. Wallace J. McDonald in memory of Betty Lourie Richard Midlam in tribute of Barbara Midlam Janice Nelson in honor of Bea & Irving Solomon Brenda Neuss in tribute of Christine Lightcap In honor of Kathryn Mulligan Joy & Al Oliver in honor of Rebecca Oliver & Hillary Gale Susan A. Parker in honor of Virginia B. Parker Dr. Paul E. Phillips &

Kathleen Forrest Judith Fox Drs. Tess & Jeff Freedman Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Freer David & Sylvia Fry Melanie & Mark Fullerton Carolyn and Sean Garner David & Bernice Gaynor Margaret Gelfuso Barbara W. Genton Michele & Carl Gildemeyer Frank & Anne Girardi Peggy Ginniff James Godleski Phyllis Goldman Mrs. Lewis H. Goodman Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich Judith & Samuel Gorovitz William J. Gray Stephen & Julia Graziano Dr. Roger & Vicki Greenberg James Godleski James M. Hahn Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Halsey Carole & Mark Hansen Milena Hansen Bill & Kathy Harmand David & Lib Hayes Nancy & Bud Haylor Lionel Lee Hector Alan & Dorothy Heller Celaine & Victor Hershdorfer Jacqueline Hicks Camille & Mark Hill Marcia Hayden-Horan & Philip Horan Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hovey Guy & Patricia Howard John Huppertz & Diane Mastin Dr. Harold Husovsky & Dr. Susan E. Stred Jim & Sherri Hyla Virginia Jacob Richard Jaeger Janet Jaffe Anne Jamison & Peter Vanable Susan and Theodore Jarosz Mr. & Mrs. Jastrzab Sisters Janet & Joan James Aiello & Pam Johnson Pamela Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Johnson Thomas and Corinne Johnston Michael & Lynette Jozefczyk Marjorie T. & Joseph V. Julian Kankus Family

Dr. and Mrs. Allan Kanter Jan & James Kaplan Robin & Mark Kasowitz Carolyn & Gregory Keefe David & Noel Keith Jean Kimber Barbara & Richard Kimm Doris King Russell & Joan King Sally and Dick Kinsey Theresa and Stephen Kline Richard & Joan Kollgaard Dr. Sylvia Betcher & Martin Korn Kathy & Scott Krell Jill Ladd Hume & Peggy Laidman Jay & Linda Land L. Lardy & E. Pennington Phyllis & Harlan LaVine Mark & Jeannette Levinsohn Bonnie Levy Elizabeth D. Liddy Edward & Carol Lipson Joanne Lloyd K.B. Lloyd Harlan London, Ph.D. Betsy Long John & Marian Loosmann Tom Miller & Mary MacBlane James and Patricia MacKillop John & Janet Mallan J.R. Manier Louis & Nancy Maresca Rick Manier Frederick & Virginia Marty Mary K. Massad Michael Mattson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mazzaferro William and Pamela McGarry Pat McGrath Brian & Cheryl McIntyre Bev & Dave McKay Marilyn McKnight Brian McLane Diane Cass & Tim McLaughlin Mary & Eckart Meisterfeld Clifford & Marjorie Mellor Ann R. Melvin Ben & Julie Merchant Sis Merrell Elizabeth & Walter Merriam David Michelo & Peggy Ruzzie Merrill L. Miller, M.D. June M. Mitchell James Mitscher Robert & Barbara Moore Dr. & Mrs. Charles Muniak

Ms. Sharon Sullivan in memory of Betty Lourie David Relyea in honor of Paula Relyea Nancy Remchuk in honor of Timothy Bond Erica Rube in honor of Jackie Goldberg cochairing the Gala Elaine Rubenstein in memory of Betty Lourie Lorne & Ellen Runge in tribute of Betty Lourie Lois & Mike Schaffer in memory of Betty Lourie Nancy Scheutziw in tribute of Syracuse Stage Staff/Volunteers Mr. & Mrs. Jacob H. Schuhle in memory of William Whiting Mansukh J. Shah in memory of Indira M. Shah Mel Shindler in honor of Tracey White Corrine and Lynn Smith in support of Open Captioning H. Paul Steiner in honor of Renée & Ben Union Bank and Trust in Honor of Betty Lourie Carol Bryant & Richard Ward in honor of Virginia & Fritz Parker Lynda & Terry Wheat in memory of Betty Lourie

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Milena Hansen Polly Hearenrich & John Friedman Charlotte Haas & Gary Quirk Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Helmer Nancy & Richard Hetey Sally Holben Beth & William Hoyer Nancy & Robert Holcomb Becky J. Howard John J. Hunt Barbara Karper Mary Keib & Peter Smith Susan Kimmel Diane King Kathleen & John Kolb H. Scott & Linda Tousey Kraemer Lorraine LaDuke Lauren & Robert Lalley Luella Laney Linda LeBlanc Joan Leskoske Susan & Gerald Lotierzo Emile Martin Peggy Matshall

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

Producing Artistic Director..........................................................................................Timothy Bond Interim Managing Director.........................................................................................Diana C. Coles Resident Dramaturg.............................................................................................................Kyle Bass Dramaturgy Interns...........................................................................Maggie Gilroy, Bella Poynton Artistic Assistant...............................................................................................................Chris Botek Director of Educational Outreach...........................................................................Lauren Unbekant Education Outreach Manager.......................................................................................Kate Laissle Education Assistant.........................................................................................................Len Fonte In-School Arts Coordinator................................................................................Emmett Van Slyke Lead Teacher Artist......................................................................................................Corinne Tyo Teaching Artists.........................Megan Barbour, Jessica Bland, Caitlin Friedberg, Allison Popieski P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F

Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann Assistant Production Manager..................................................................................Dianna Angell Company Manager/Production Management Assistant...............................................Brian Crotty Student Work Study..............................................................................Bianca Boller, Leola Powell Technical Director.......................................................................................................Randall Steffen Assistant Technical Director...................................................................................Rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman..................................................................................................Michael King Master Carpenter......................................................................................................Simone Scalici Carpenters.......................................................................................Phillip Dyke, Jordan Michaud Graduate Assistant.....................................................................................................Eric Charlton Student Work Study....................................................................Emma Antenen, Jessica Crawford Scenic Charge Artist................................................................................................Holly K. LaGrow Assistant Scenic Artist..............................................................................Kristen Prescott-Ezickson Graduate Assistants................................................................................................Loren Bartnicke Properties Coordinator................................................................................................Mary Houston Props Carpenter.....................................................................................................Tammy Goetsch Props Artisan.................................................................................................................Lisa Letson Graduate Assistant.....................................................................................................Chelsea Jones Student Work Study................................Jessica Crawford, Ashley Kyker, Emily Mae Timmerman Assistant Prop Master......................................................................................................Ryan Ross Costumer.....................................................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Assistant Costumer..................................................................................................Meggan Camp Cutter-Drapers...........................................................................Catherine Hennessy, Jennifer Peet First Hand...............................................................................................................Victoria Lillich Stitchers.............................................................Nicole Long, Cynthia Papworth, Katelyn Yonkers Craftsperson/Shopper................................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor.......................................................................................Sarah Stark Hair Stylist.............................................................................................................Kristina Scalone Student Work Study................................Kathryn Bailey, Kiersten Kozbial-Wu, Charity Van Tassel Master Electrician.................................................................................................David M. Bowman Assistant Master Electrician....................................................................................Miles Dudgeon Electrics Apprentice..................................................................................................Laura Gisondi Student Assistants......................................................Ryan Gibson, Anna LiDestri, Roslyn Palmer Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer............................................................Jonathan R. Herter Assistant Audio Engineer......................................................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Apprentice......................................................................................................Ryan Johnson Graduate Assistant......................................................................................................Stefan Zoller 64

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Production Stage Manager........................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager....................................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Stage Management Journeyman..................................................................................Erin C Brett Stage Management Apprentice...............................................................................Marisa Andrews A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F

Director of Marketing and Communications...............................................................Patrick Finlon Publications Director/Assistant Marketing Director................................................Joseph Whelan Group/Corporate Sales Manager................................................................................Tracey White Group Sales Assistants........................................................................Amanda Kurey, Kyra Button Public Relations Manager....................................................................................Kristina Starowitz Graphic Designers.......................................................................Jonathan Hudak, Brenna Merritt Marketing Interns..................................................Molly Goldberg, Tionge Johnson, Ashley Judge Director of Development...............................................................................................Tina Morgan Development Consultant........................................................................................Barbara Beckos Assistant Director of Development......................................................................Katherine Keeney Development Assistant.........................................................................................Meggan Madden Development Intern.......................................................................................................David Peer General Manager...............................................................................................................Jon Wilson Comptroller...................................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Human Resources Manager/Business Associate........................................................Kathy Zappala Business Office Work Study Assistant...............................................................Emily Buonsignore Director of Information Management & Technology................................................Garrett Wheeler Student Assistant........................................................................................................Justin Ramer Director of Ticketing & Subscription Services.............................................................Miguel Tarrats Assistant Director of Ticketing and Subscription Services.............................Courtney Richardson Assistant Box Office Managers............................................................Lisa Doerle, Stasya Erickson Angel Appeal Telefunding Manager..........................................................................Kathy Zappala Patron Sales and Services...........................................Brian Balamut, Jasmin Fink, Dennis Lennox Box Office Assistants.............................Sophia Blayney, Jalina Brown-Omar, Stephanie Burnham Elizabeth Carson, Tatiana Fenner, Elizabeth Gardner, Troy Hussmann Rupert Krueger, Michael Roach, Adam Segrave Interpreters for the Deaf.....................Brenda Brown, Angelo Coppola, Mikki Evans Sue Freeman Joanne Jackowski, Sarah Korcz, Zenna Preli, Shaun Standford Open Captioning.........................................................................................................Chris Botek Audio Description.........................................................................Kate M. Laissle, Joseph Whelan Director of Audience Services................................................................................Wayne Yaddow, Jr. Evening House Manager..........................................................................................Donna Stuccio Student Assistant House Managers.....Laziah Bernstein, Louisa Britt, Drew Deal, Troy Hussmann Bartenders...........................Meg Pusey Anthis, Patrick Cummings, Caroline Morano, Hero Scott Work Study Ushers............McKenna Batterson, Sophia Blayney, Tucker Breder, Ezekiel Edmonds Allisha Edwards, Caleb Grochalski, Sarah Hubner, Lauren Hughes Melissa Lawson, Alexander Aranyi Low, Matt Mueller, Jenna Najjar Devina Sabnis, Hannah Schaffer Community Services Officer......................................................................................Stacey Emmons Custodians.............................................................................Kitty Ashby, Les Edwards, Tony Rogers

ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCES 2015/16

THE UNDERPANTS

STUPID F***ING BIRD

Sat. Oct. 31, 3:00 S Sat. Nov. 7, 3:00 AD Wed. Nov. 4, 2:00 O Sun. Nov. 8, 2:00 O

Sat. Jan. 30, 3:00 S Sat. Feb. 6, 3:00 AD Wed. Feb. 3, 2:00 O Sun. Feb. 7, 2:00 O

PETER PAN

Sat. Dec. 12, 3:00 S Sat. Dec. 12, 3:00 AD Wed. Dec. 9, 2:00 O Sun. Dec. 20, 2:00 O THE SANTALAND DIARIES

Sat. Dec. 19, 3:00 S Sat. Dec. 19, 3:00 AD Wed. Dec. 23, 3:00 O Sun. Jan. 3, 3:00 O

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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Sat. May. 21, 3:00 S Sat. May. 21, 3:00 AD Wed. May. 25, 2:00 O Sun. May. 29, 2:00 O

Sat. Mar. 5, 3:00 S Sat. Mar. 12, 3:00 AD Wed. Mar. 9, 2:00 O Sun. Mar. 13, 2:00 O THE CHRISTIANS

Sat. Apr. 16, 3:00 S Sat. Apr. 23, 3:00 AD Wed. Apr. 20, 2:00 O Sun. Apr. 24, 2:00 O

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The Underpants published October 21, 2015 The Syracuse Stage program is published seven times a year. For advertising rates and information contact the development office at 315.443.2709. Printed by Midstate Printing Corporation.

G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N SYRACUSE STAGE 820 East Genesee Street Syracuse, NY 13210-1508 Administration: 315/443-4008 Box Office: 315/443-3275 www.SyracuseStage.org SINGLE TICKET PRICES Evenings: Fri., Sat.: $50, $46, $30 Sun., Tues., Wed., Thurs.: $41, $38, $30 Matinees: Wed., Sat., Sun.: $48, $45, $30 Previews: $36, $33, $30 All tickets can be purchased at the Syracuse Stage Box Office or online anytime at www.SyracuseStage.org. Prices may vary for opening nights, Peter Pan, and The Santaland Diaries. DISCOUNTS Available for senior citizens and students. Call the Box Office for prices. GROUP DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE Available for groups of 10 or more; additional discounts for student/senior citizen groups. Call Tracey White: 315/443-9844. RUSH TICKETS Rush tickets are available for purchase at a discounted rate on the day of the show for all performances by cash or check. Limited availability. BOX OFFICE HOURS The Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. noon to 6 p.m., and two hours before each performance. Box Office phone: 315/443-3275. Box Office fax: 315/443-1408. GIFT CERTIFICATES Call the Box Office or visit us online at SyracuseStage.org PARKING Entrance to the enclosed parking garage on Irving Avenue is on the corner of Madison Street and Irving, next to the Madison-Irving Medical Building. For hours of operation and parking costs, call (315) 475-4742. There is an open parking lot between Phoebe’s Garden Cafe and the garage maintained by Syracuse University. BEEPERS AND CELL PHONES For the actors’ safety and in consideration of the audience please turn off all cell phones; check your beeper and leave your seat number with an usher at the Coat Room prior to the performance. They will monitor your beeper and notify you if there is an emergency. FIRE NOTICE The exit indicated by a red sign nearest the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of an emergency, walk to that exit and follow the house staff’s directions. SMOKING POLICY The Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex is proud to be tobacco- and smoke-free. To help ensure a healthy and respectful environment, the use of all tobacco and tobacco-related products is prohibited on the property, including buildings, sidewalks, and parking areas. For more information visit: wellness.syr.edu/tobacco-free QUIET CHILDREN Quiet children over the age of five are welcome at Syracuse Stage performances. We do ask that adults remove disruptive children to the lobby.

TICKET EXCHANGE All tickets may be exchanged. Please call the Box Office 24 hours prior to the earliest performance involved in the exchange. Single ticket exchanges carry a $5 fee per ticket. 6Pack holders may make one free exchange per show. Subscribers may make unlimited free exchanges; upgrade charges may apply. Subscribers who missed a scheduled performance and did not exchange may use their Extra Value Ticket or purchase a missed performance pass for $5. LATECOMERS In order to ensure the safety and concentration of the actors and the uninterrupted enjoyment of our patrons, latecomers will be seated at the earliest, appropriate break in the performance in the closest available seats. BUY IT IF YOU LIKE IT! Many of the items featured in our productions are available for purchase. For information contact Mary Houston, Props Master: (315) 443-2437. TO VOLUNTEER AS AN USHER If you would like to get a backstage view of Syracuse Stage, or would like to expand your social circle, this is the ideal opportunity for you. All we ask for is a positive attitude, a smiling face and the willingness to commit a few hours a month. Please call our House Manager at (315) 443-3219 for more information. OPEN CAPTIONING We are pleased to offer two open captioned performances for each mainstage play. Open captioning provides a simultaneous display of the play’s dialogue on a screen next to the stage. AUDIO-DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES Simultaneous live narration and pre-show description for blind and visually impaired patrons. Please contact Box Office in advance to reserve headsets. AUDIO ENHANCEMENT We offer an infrared listening system for patrons with up to a 70% hearing loss. Headsets can be reserved free of charge through the Box Office or at the Coat Room before curtain. SIGNED INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES Tuesday evenings, the third or fourth week of each production, we offer performances for the hearing impaired. WHEELCHAIR ACCOMMODATIONS Syracuse Stage is wheelchair accessible. Please call the Box Office to arrange wheelchair seating. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CONTACT To be reached in an emergency, please leave your name and seat location at the Coat Room when you arrive. This is the only way we can locate you. In case of an emergency you may be reached at (315) 443-9922. WWW.SYRACUSESTAGE.ORG Subscribe, purchase 6Packs and single tickets 24-7. Information, schedules, reviews and more. PLEASE . . . The use of cameras and recording devices is not permitted. Please do not bring drinks and/or food into the theatre. ADVERTISER SUPPORT Syracuse Stage encourages audience members to support the businesses advertised in our program.