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MELINDA LOPEZ EDWARD TORRES & JOEL PEREZ

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Hackensack Meridian Health and Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center are proud to support Two River Theater. With gratitude for many years of entertainment and inspiration!

___ LEADERSHIP JUSTIN WALDMAN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NORA DEVEAU-ROSEN MANAGING DIRECTOR ROBERT M. RECHNITZ* JOAN H. RECHNITZ FOUNDERS

___ BOARD OF TRUSTEES HON. EDWARD J. MCKENNA, JR PRESIDENT MARILYN BROEGE VICE PRESIDENT GEOFFREY SADWITH SECRETARY

OUR MISSION TWO RIVER THEATER creates great American theater by developing and producing new works and world masterpieces that most richly direct our gaze to the life of the human spirit. We cultivate an audience that cherishes the intimate joy of theater, enriched when shared by a community of others. Two River produces American and world classics, new plays and musicals, programs for young people, and a Latiné new works festival. Each year, we serve over 20,000 students, families and community members through our 4-show season, and 50+ events that reflect our diverse community of Monmouth County. We produce work on two stages—the 343-seat Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater, and the flexible 110-seat Marion Huber Theater. In 2020, we expanded our campus to 80,000 square feet with the opening of the Center for New Work, Education and Design. Two River has commissioned and premiered original projects including Be More Chill by Tony Award® nominee Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz (the theater’s first Broadway production) and Hurricane Diane by former Playwright-in-Residence Madeleine George (which won an Obie Award for its Off-Broadway run). In June 2019, Two River was nationally recognized by USA TODAY as one of “10 great places to see a play.”

ANNE MARIE SCHULTZ TREASURER DR. ANN BAGCHI ELIZABETH COLUMBO JOANNA CONNELLY CRYSTAL A. DICKINSON SUSAN DROMSKY-REED ADRIANA MEDINA GOMEZ DELISHA GRANT KANESHA JONES KENNY KING JOHN KLEIN BRIAN LEDDIN COURTNEY MCCORMICK TONY MENESES MAGDA MUKA LAUREN NICOSIA SEAN O’CONNELL CHRISTINE PRONEK CATHY PUGLIESE-SIVO ADAM RECHNITZ JOAN H. RECHNITZ JOANNE SPEARS MARY CAROL STUNKEL SUSAN WHYMAN RICHARD B. WORLEY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Land Acknowledgment ..............................................................................................................4 A Note from Artistic Director Justin Waldman ��7 Title Page................................................................................................................................................10 Cast of Characters...........................................................................................................................11 Company Bios..................................................................................................................................... 12 Leadership Bios.................................................................................................................................16 Stirring The Pot by Fiona Kyle............................................................................................18 Classic Cuban Black Beans by Melinda Lopez ��24 Individual Donors............................................................................................................................ 33 Staff Listing............................................................................................................................................37

___ EMERITUS TRUSTEES HOWARD ARONSON* CAROLINE HUBER* KATHRYNE SINGLETON WEBSTER TRAMMELL* * we remember

WELCOME TO TWO RIVER THEATER It is our honor to be creating and experiencing this art with you.

THE LAND UPON WHICH WE GATHER IS PART OF THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE LENNI-LENAPE, CALLED “LENAPEHOKING.” Two River wishes to acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this unceded land where we proudly present our work and strive to be a vital cultural resource for our community.

COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND ACCESS (IDEA) We believe the essence of theater is democratic: it invites us to encounter, consider, and perhaps adopt other points of view, if only for a brief time in a darkened theater. We aspire to build an environment in which artists, audiences, employees, and Board members from different backgrounds and experiences together form an institution that is equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

Break a leg! WilkinGuttenplan is a proud supporter of the Two River Theater. Thank you for the entertainment, education and joy you bring to the community.

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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

JUSTIN WALDMAN Dear Friends, Healing. Isn’t it wild that the COVID pandemic happened over a half decade ago? Something that paralyzed the world, came and went and now has been gone for more time than the Spanish Armada lasted or Julius Caesar reigned or the length of an NBA Max contract, and nearly as long as The Beatles recorded together as a band. But have we ever really healed? Someone once described emotional capacity to me as a bucket of water—it is generally about half full and, for the most part, easy enough to carry. As we alleviate or take on burdens, its volume waxes and wanes, and we tote it alongside us on our journey. During COVID, our buckets uncontrollably overflowed. Ceaselessly pouring in, water and worry spilled haphazardly over the top of impossibly full buckets. Laden down by the weight, the relative calm of stasis lost. When it all ended—faucets turned off, leaks plugged, then immediate emergence and return to daily life—did we ever take the time to bail out the excess freight? This is an uneasy détente with a precarious meniscus. One drop, and there’s a cascade. A jostle, and something spills. How do we return to equilibrium? Stir posits a way through. Shared experience, ritual, connectivity, joy. Seeking out the sublime within the unprecedented. When all around is at sea, a humble pot of beans may quiet turbulent waters. Transporting us to a simpler frame of mind. For there is nothing more human than sharing a meal with those you love. And that alone, is healing.

TO OUR PATRONS, In alignment with our mission of showcasing stories that direct our gaze to the life of the human spirit and cherish the joy of theater, we celebrate this story in its fullness and ask that you allow yourself and others to do the same. As we tell stories that center on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, all of which are among our core values, and share a multicultural perspective, we ask that you join us in creating safe spaces for everyone to bear witness to this story. We invite you to laugh, cry, question, consider, engage, and find joy or discomfort. With this in mind, we hope that you cherish and value everyone’s individual experience as we all journey through these narratives together. Enjoy the show!

With gratitude,

JUSTIN WALDMAN

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Contact Development Assistant, Catherine Hill at chill@trtc.org or 732.345.1400 x1820 for more information.

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TWO RIVER THEATER PRESENTS

Justin Waldman Artistic Director

Nora DeVeau-Rosen Managing Director

Robert M. Rechnitz & Joan H. Rechnitz Founders

WRITTEN BY

MELINDA LOPEZ & JOEL PEREZ DIRECTED BY

EDWARD TORRES SCENIC DESIGNER....................................................... ALEXANDER DODGE COSTUME DESIGNER................................................. HAYDEE ZELIDETH LIGHTING DESIGNER.................................................. CAROLINA ORTIZ HERRERA SOUND DESIGNER........................................................ DJ POTTS WIG & HAIR CONSULTANT...................................... EARON CHEW NEALEY CASTING BY.................................................................... DAVID CAPARELLIOTIS, CSA AND KELLY GILLESPIE, CSA OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 6, 2026 MARION HUBER THEATER ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED AT THE OLD GLOBE BARRY EDELSTEIN, ERNA FINCI VITERBI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TIMOTHY J. SHIELDS, AUDREY S. GEISEL MANAGING DIRECTOR. STIR WAS DEVELOPED FROM BLACK BEANS PROJECT ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED AND PRODUCED BY THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY AS A DIGITAL PRODUCTION IN 2021. BLACK BEANS PROJECT RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT TWO RIVER THEATER IN RED BANK, NJ AS PART OF THE CROSSING BORDERS FESTIVAL IN 2023.

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Two River Theater is supported in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

CAST OF CHARACTERS LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER HENRY........................................................................ PHILIPPE BOWGEN MARIANA.................................................................. MARIA-CHRISTINA OLIVERAS PAPI............................................................................. BOBBY PLASENCIA PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER................. CHRISTINA M. WOOLARD ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER...................... ALEXIS L. NALBANDIAN

SETTING

APRIL 2021. ORLANDO, FLORIDA. BUFFALO, NEW YORK. ZOOM.

PERFORMANCE INFO

1 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION.

PRODUCTION CREDITS ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGNER.................... CHARLI ROSE ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER............... ALMA REYES ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER............... AMINA ALEXANDER COOKING CONSULTANT................................... TERESA MERCADO-AYALA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR...................................... CAMILLE PUGLIESE WIG & HAIR SUPERVISOR................................ KATE BAISLEY THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW.

Cast and stage management team are members of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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The Designers at this Theatre are Represented by

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The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE

Two River Theater Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition, the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, and ArtPride New Jersey. 11

MEET THE ARTISTS!

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PHILIPPE BOWGEN (HENRY) (he/him) is thrilled to return to Two River Theater after making his debut in Pericles in 2016. His New York credits include Homos, or Everyone in America (Labyrinth Theater Company), The Changeling (Red Bull Theater), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (59E59 Theaters), workshops of Stuck Elevator (New York Theatre Workshop), and productions at MCC Theater, Potomac Theatre Project, and Atlantic Theater Company. Regional credits include War (Yale Repertory Theatre), Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Tempest (The Old Globe), Cloud 9 (Studio Theatre, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Antony and Cleopatra (McCarter Theatre Center), Oedipus El Rey (Dallas Theater Center), Macbeth and La Dispute (Hartford Stage), The Liar (Westport Country Playhouse), Caviar on Credit (Guthrie Theater), and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Paper Mill Playhouse). TV/Film: “The Mick,” “Supernatural,” “Veronica Mars,” A Nightmare Wakes, The Samuel Project, Hedgehog, The Renovation, Hamlet, and Sobrevivo. He holds an MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Georgetown University. Philippe is also a celebrated screenwriter and most recently co-created and wrote The Set Up, a ten-episode romantic comedy podcast starring Harvey Guillén for iHeartRadio’s My Cultura Network.

MARIA-CHRISTINA OLIVERAS (MARIANA) (she/her) was most recently seen on Broadway in David Lindsay-Abaire’s The Balusters, earning her second consecutive Drama Desk Award nomination. Other Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy, Amélie, Machinal, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. She starred as Persephone in the National Tour of Hadestown. Selected Off-Broadway: Cymbeline (Drama Desk Award nomination), the World Premieres of Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), A Woman Among Women (The 12

Bushwick Starr), Pretty Filthy (The Civilians), Parable of the Sower (The Public Theater), and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (St. Ann’s Warehouse/HBO). Selected Regional: the World Premieres of Kiss My Aztec! (Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage), Soft Power (Center Theatre Group/Curran), Amélie (Center Theatre Group/Berkeley Repertory Theatre), El Huracán (Yale Repertory Theatre), and January Joiner (Long Wharf Theatre). She has developed new work with New Dramatists (Charles Bowden Acting Award), the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Signature Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, and Roundabout Theatre Company, among numerous others. Film/TV credits |include St. Vincent, Manhattan Nocturne, “Blue Bloods,” “NCIS: New Orleans,” “The Blacklist,” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Upcoming: Vivien and the Florist, Bluebird, and “Chicks.” She is Associate Professor of Theater at Wesleyan University. BA, Yale University; MFA, National Theatre Conservatory. | @mcoliveras

BOBBY PLASENCIA (PAPI) (he/him) is excited to return to Two River Theater and share the stage with such a talented group of artists! He is a New York– based actor, writer, and filmmaker. Theater credits include: The Wild Duck (Mr. Flor, Theatre for a New Audience, Shakespeare Theatre Company), In Her Bones (Moises, Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, World Premiere), Somewhere Over the Border (Don Napo, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, City Theatre, People’s Light, World Premiere), American Mariachi (Mino, Federico, Goodman Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center Theatre Company, The Old Globe, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Play House, Two River Theater, World Premiere), Water & Power (Norte/ Sur, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Craig Noel Award), La Paloma Prisoner (Chelsea Factory), Orchid Receipt Service (MITU580, World Premiere), La Negra (BRIC Brooklyn), La Ruta (The Working Theater, World Premiere), American Jornalero (INTAR Theatre, World Premiere), Luz (La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, World Premiere), Julius Caesar (The Drilling Company), Recent Alien Abductions (Actors Theatre of Louisville, World Premiere), Vesuvius (South Coast Repertory, World Premiere), Blood Wedding (Leonardo, La Jolla Playhouse), Down Past Passyunk (InterAct Theatre Company, World Premiere), The Tempest, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Independent Shakespeare Company), Water & Power (Understudy, Mark Taper Forum, World Premiere). Film & TV: “House

of Cards” (Netflix), “General Hospital” (ABC Television), “Fidel” (Showtime), Maria Full of Grace (HBO Films). He is currently finishing edits on his latest short film, Big Sky, a futuristic, dystopian sci-fi love story. He holds an MFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

MELINDA LOPEZ (PLAYWRIGHT) is a playwright and performer. Upcoming: Standing Still (Company One Theatre), Sonia Flew (The Gamm Theatre), Twelfth Night con Salsa (San Francisco Shakespeare Festival). Recent: Standing Still (University of California, Santa Barbara), Stir (The Old Globe), Mr. Parent—co-created with Maurice Parent (Geva Theatre Center, Lyric Stage Boston, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Other work includes an adaptation of Yerma (The Huntington), Mala (The Old Globe, ArtsEmerson, Guthrie Theater, The Huntington, Elliot Norton Award for Best New Play, ArtsImpulse Award for Best Solo Performance), also available on Audible in English and Spanish, Becoming Cuba (The Huntington, North Coast Repertory Theatre), and Sonia Flew (The Huntington, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Contemporary American Theater Festival, and many others, Elliot Norton Awards for Best Production and Best New Play). Melinda is also an actress and has appeared at The Huntington, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, Portland Stage, Guthrie Theater, and others. She is also featured (and has become a meme) in the film Fever Pitch. She provides humanitarian aid for the people of Cuba (Friends of Caritas Cubana) and occasionally sleeps on the ground in the American Southwest. She has run two marathons and plays a little ukulele. | melindalopez.com

JOEL PEREZ (PLAYWRIGHT) (he/him) is a New York–based writer, director, and actor. He wrote and directed the film The Upper Room (NewFest, 2025) and directed and cowrote the film Villa Encanto (Tribeca Festival, 2025, executive producer Lin-Manuel Miranda). He wrote and starred in Beautiful, FL (Disney+). His play Stir received its World Premiere at The Old Globe, was developed at The Huntington, and won an Elliot Norton Award for Best New Script. Other writing includes Lost City Radio (New

York Stage and Film, Berkeley Repertory Theatre) and the podcast Love in Gravity. He won the 2021 Voces Latinx National Playwriting Competition for From the Fountain and a 2021 Warner Bros. Discovery 150 Artist Grant for the pilot “You’re Tired, You’re Poor,” optioned by 20th Television. He is a 2019 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Playwriting. Acting credits include Fun Home (Broadway), Kiss My Aztec! (Hartford Stage), As You Like It (The Public Theater), and Sweet Charity (The New Group, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical). Film: tick, tick… BOOM! (Netflix). TV: “Hazbin Hotel” (Prime Video), “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!” (NBC), “Person of Interest” (CBS), and “Odd Mom Out” (Bravo). misterjoelperez.com | @misterjoelperez

EDWARD TORRES (DIRECTOR) is a theater artist, television actor and professor. His theatrical work has appeared at The Public Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, National Theatre, The Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, and Geffen Playhouse. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Theater at University of Illinois Chicago. He recently appeared in Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s World Premiere of A Home What Howls. He also performed in the World Premiere of Pulitzer Prize Winner Bruce Norris’ play Downstate, a co-production between Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago and the National Theatre of Great Britain. On television, he has appeared in “Chicago P.D.,” “Luke Cage,” “The Deuce,” “The Romanoffs,” “Gotham,” “The Get Down,” and “The Following.” Most recently he appeared in the film Sender, produced by Jamie Lee Curtis and directed by Russell Goodman. Currently he is the interim Artistic Director of Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago. A Chicago native, he co-founded Teatro Vista in 1990, where he directed the World Premiere of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. He directed subsequent productions to critical acclaim at Off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theater (Obie Award for Best New American Play) and at Geffen Playhouse. His recent directing credits include the World Premiere musical La Canción (Repertorio Español), Macbeth (The Public Theater’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit), Mosque Alert (Silk Road Rising), White Tie Ball by Martín Zimmerman (Teatro Vista), and The Happiest Song Plays Last by Quiara Alegría Hudes (Goodman Theatre).

ALEXANDER DODGE (SCENIC DESIGNER) Two River Theater: Murder on the Links, A Thousand Maids, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Broadway: I Need That, Anastasia (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Present Laughter (Tony Award® nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, Hedda Gabler. Off-Broadway: Messy White Gays (The Duke on 42nd Street), Archduke (Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre), Prosperous Fools (Theatre for a New Audience), Russian Troll Farm and Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre), The Whisper House (59E59 Theaters), Ripcord (Manhattan Theatre Club), Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Modern Terrorism, The Water’s Edge (Second Stage Theater), Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lincoln Center Theater, Lucille Lortel Award). Regional: Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame (La Jolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, and tours in Japan, Germany, Austria), also American Conservatory Theater, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Center Theatre Group, Geffen Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, The Huntington, McCarter Theatre Center, The Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival. London West End: Harry Clarke, All New People. Opera: Samson et Dalila (Metropolitan Opera), The Thirteenth Child (Santa Fe Opera), The Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera/Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland), Ukiyo-E (Grand Théâtre de Genève), Il trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Lohengrin (Hungarian State Opera). MFA, Yale School of Drama. alexanderdodgedesign.com | @alexanderdodgedesign

and New York–based lighting designer for theater, opera, and dance. Broadway: Good Night, Oscar. Off-Broadway: Amerikin (Primary Stages), La Paloma Prisoner (Chelsea Factory), Hedda Gabler and The Winter’s Tale (Bedlam), Yellowman (The Billie Holiday Theatre, AUDELCO Award nomination for Best Lighting Design). Regional: ¡VOS! (Two River Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Somewhere (Guthrie Theater), All the Men Who’ve Frightened Me (La Jolla Playhouse), Private Lives, December, American Mariachi (Alley Theatre), La Tempestad (Trinity Repertory Company), Death of a Salesman (PlayMakers Repertory Company), Born with Teeth (Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alley Theatre), Native Gardens (Dallas Theater Center), Everything Rises (Brooklyn Academy of Music, Royce Hall), Doubt: A Parable (Westport Country Playhouse), I and You (Bristol Riverside Theatre), The Railroad Children (Northern Stage), Seven Guitars (Yale Repertory Theatre), Titus Andronicus, The Skin of Our Teeth (Yale University Theatre). Dance & Opera: Tosca (Florentine Opera), Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (Minnesota Opera), Super Nothing (New York Live Arts and US Tour), I as Another (Baryshnikov Arts Center), Florencia en el Amazonas (Shubert Theatre), and The Cunning Little Vixen (Opera Theatre of Yale). Carolina is the Lighting Director for Calpulli Mexican Dance Company. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. Affiliations: Local USA 829, IATSE. — carolinaeortiz.com

HAYDEE ZELIDETH (COSTUME DESIGNER)

DJ POTTS (SOUND DESIGNER) Off-Broadway:

is a New York–based costume designer working across theater, opera, and film. Her recent credits include Small Town: A John Mellencamp Musical (Ogunquit Playhouse), Cyrano and Huzzah! (The Old Globe), Eugene Onegin: A Bluegrass Musical (TheatreSquared), Misery and Cowboy Bob (Alley Theatre), and Mother of Exiles, POTUS, and The Aves (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Her Off-Broadway credits include Public Charge and Mojada (The Public Theater), Calf Scramble (Primary Stages), Three Houses and Bad Kreyòl (Signature Theatre), and Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons/MCC Theater, Obie Award Special Citation). Additional regional credits include The Hombres (Two River Theater), Dream Hou$e (Alliance Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage), among other pieces in regional theaters across the country. Her opera credits include Das Lied von der Erde and Carousel (Boston Lyric Opera). She is also a recipient of the Artistas 14

de Teatro Independiente Award and holds an MFA in Design from Yale School of Drama. haydeezelideth.com | @haydeezelideth

CAROLINA ORTIZ HERRERA (LIGHTING DESIGNER) (she/her) is a Mexican-born

The Waterfall (WP Theater), Triple Threat (Traverse32), Icons of Culture (Perelman Performing Arts Center), Refuge: A Concert Series (Perelman Performing Arts Center), Open Call (The Shed), The Bull Jean Stories (The Drama League), Hello Again (The Drama League). Regional: The Getaway Driver (Trinity Repertory Company), The Aves (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Primary Trust (Cleveland Play House), Red Pitch (Olney Theatre Center), Kunene and the King (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine (Chautauqua Theater Company), King James (Northern Stage), The Children (Northern Stage). Broadway (Associate Sound Design): Death of a Salesman (2026), Art (2025), An Enemy of the People (2024), Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (2023), Fat Ham (2022), Topdog/Underdog (2022), Slave Play (2021), Clyde’s (2021).

EARON CHEW NEALEY (WIG & HAIR CONSULTANT) Fat Ham (Broadway),

ALEXIS L. NALBANDIAN (ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER) is excited to

Shifters, You Got Older (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Daughter of the Regiment, Carousel (Boston Lyric Opera), Public Charge, Hamlet, The Harder They Come, Fat Ham, cullud wattah, Mojada (The Public Theater), The Waterfall (WP Theater), Almost Famous, Jersey Boys (ACT of Connecticut), Huzzah (The Old Globe), Camelot, Blues for an Alabama Sky (Barrington Stage Company), Two Strangers, Diary of a Tap Dancer (American Repertory Theater), The Grove, Sojourners, Toni Stone, Fat Ham, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (The Huntington), Bad Kreyòl, Three Houses (Signature Theatre), Table 17 (Makeup Design, MCC Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malvolio, Twelfth Night (Classical Theatre of Harlem), Dames at Sea, Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), The Last Supper (South Orange Performing Arts Center), On Killing (Soho Rep.), Little Girl Blue (Goodspeed Musicals, New World Stages), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Matilda (University of Colorado), On Sugarland (New York Theatre Workshop), Nina Simone: Four Women (Berkshire Theatre Group), Little Women (Dallas Theater Center).

work on this incredible production of Stir. Selected shows include Broadway: MJ: The Musical (Sub), Purpose (Sub), A Beautiful Noise (Sub), The Cher Show (PA), Ain’t Too Proud (PA). Off-Broadway: Torera (PSM), Weightless (ASM), Into the Woods (PA), Coal Country (Sub). Regional: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (PSM). She holds an MFA in Stage Management from Columbia University (2019) and a BA in Theatre Studies, with a double minor in business administration and economics, from Seton Hall University (2015). She thanks her parents, family, and friends for all their love and support.

CHRISTINA M. WOOLARD (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER) (she/her) is a Brooklyn–based stage manager and thrilled to be making her Two River Theater debut! Previous credits include Cold War Choir Practice and Space Dogs (MCC Theater), The Ford/Hill Project and A Good Day to Me Not to You (Waterwell), Laughs in Spanish (Hartford Stage), The Shark Is Broken, Clyde’s, American Hero, and A Doll’s House, Part 2 (George Street Playhouse), Summer Stock and Passing Through (Goodspeed Musicals), Kinky Boots (Bucks County Playhouse), Will You Come With Me? and Notes on My Mother’s Decline (The Play Company), Preparedness (The Bushwick Starr), and Sunset Circus (Parallel Exit). Other Off-Broadway credits include Stalker and Art of Leaving. Proud AEA member and alumna of Rutgers University. For Mom — your song is in my heart.

CAPARELLIOTIS CASTING (CASTING) David Caparelliotis, CSA and Kelly Gillespie, CSA. Two River Theater: A Doll’s House, ¡VOS!, American Mariachi, Gem of the Ocean, A Thousand Maids, The Scarlet Letter. Select Broadway: Mary Jane, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Grey House, Ohio State Murders, Cost of Living, Macbeth, The Minutes, Skeleton Crew, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, King Lear, The Waverly Gallery, The Boys in the Band, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Jitney, The Glass Menagerie. Additional theater includes: Manhattan Theatre Club, The Old Globe, Atlantic Theater Company. TV/Film: “New Amsterdam” (NBC), The Boys in the Band for Netflix (Original Casting).

Bobby Plasencia, Maria-Christina Oliveras, and Philippe Bowgen. Photo by Tim Ziegler

Bobby Plasencia. Photo by Tim Ziegler

Philippe Bowgen and Bobby Plasencia. Photo by Tim Ziegler

LEADERSHIP BIOS JUSTIN WALDMAN (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR) (he/him) is a theatrical producer and director who has brought over 250 productions to life during his over 20-year career. As Associate Artistic Director at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA, one of America’s flagship regional theatres, he has developed new musicals and plays, American and world classics, holiday programming, and overseen one of the country’s preeminent Shakespeare festivals. During his tenure, the Globe transferred six productions to Broadway, including A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony Award® for Best Musical), Bright Star (Tony® Nomination for Best Musical), and Almost Famous, had seven productions remounted in venerable New York theatres including Lincoln Center Theater and Roundabout Theatre Company, and presented 35 world premiere productions. Justin was instrumental in the creation of the Old Globe’s Social Justice Roadmap, which charts a path toward making the Globe a more just, equitable, representative, accessible, and anti-racist institution. At Williamstown Theatre Festival, where, as Artistic Associate, he led the Literary Department and new play development initiatives for three seasons, six of the 11 new plays produced were subsequently presented at New York theatres including Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, The Culture Project, and more. Other prior staff positions include Artistic Associate of the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, MA and Producing Artistic Director of Next Stages, which he founded. Justin is a graduate of Tufts University.

NORA DEVEAU-ROSEN (MANAGING DIRECTOR) (she/her), originally from Brooklyn, NY, is a dynamic arts leader with a deep commitment to championing new voices and new stories. She currently serves as Managing Director of Two River Theater, a nonprofit producing theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. Before joining Two River, DeVeau-Rosen was a key member of the development team at Pasadena Playhouse in California, where she secured the largest general operating gift in the company’s 105-year history. Previously, she was appointed by Cirque du Soleil to serve as General Manager of The Works Entertainment, producer of the world’s largest magic shows. In that role, she managed multiple global productions while leading the integration of both companies. From 2016–2019, she served as General Manager of East West Players, the nation’s longest-running theater of color and largest producer of Asian American Pacific Islander work. Under her leadership, the organization doubled its operating budget, expanded its Board of Directors, successfully navigated a major artistic transition, and co-produced Allegiance starring George Takei. Earlier in her career, she was the Managing Director of Clubbed Thumb, the acclaimed New York company known for producing “funny, strange, and provocative new works by living American playwrights.” DeVeau-Rosen has also worked with Imaginer, The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Heidi Duckler Dance, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, and The Bushwick Starr, among others. She has served as a grant panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, New Jersey Council for the Humanities, New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund, Impact100, California Arts Council, Center Theatre Group, and ART/New York. She currently serves as a Trustee of RiverCenter in Red Bank and the Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County, is a nominating committee member for the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, and serves on ArtPride New Jersey’s Membership and Audit Committees. Her additional community involvement includes work with Planned Parenthood’s Shore Access Committee, Executive Women of New Jersey, Monmouth University’s Business Council, the Mayor’s Wellness Campaign of Red Bank, and the Monmouth County Collective.

ROBERT AND JOAN RECHNITZ (CO-FOUNDERS) founded Two River Theater in 1994—when Monmouth County was the only major population center in the state without a professional regional theater. After producing seasons at Monmouth University and the Algonquin Theater in Manasquan, Joan and Bob led a community effort to build a new, permanent home for the theater in Red Bank. In 2005, they opened a state-of-the-art, two-theater complex which was designed by the renowned architectural firm Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Bob directed many shows for the theater including the opening production in the new building, the classic American comedy You Can’t Take It with You. Bob served as the theater’s Executive Producer until his death in 2019. Since moving to Red Bank more than 50 years ago when Bob began his teaching career at Monmouth University, Bob and Joan participated in—and generously supported—arts and culture, health, education and environmental stewardship. They have been recognized for their roles as community leaders.

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STIRRING THE POT By Fiona Kyle, Literary Manager What can a pot of black beans tell us about a family? In Stir, playwrights Melinda Lopez and Joel Perez explore the ways food connects us to our elders, preserves family history, and helps us navigate grief. A familiar recipe can become something larger: a ritual, a gathering place, and a reminder that the people we love remain part of us. The history of the play began during the Covid-19 pandemic, when theaters went dark and artists searched for ways to create and connect. Lopez, then an artist in residence at the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, reached out to Perez about collaborating. For Perez, the invitation arrived at a time of uncertainty. “It felt like a kind of lifeline at the time,” he recalled. “I felt so unmoored as a theater artist in the Covid era so being tasked with doing something creative was incredible.” “I was cooking up a storm in 2020 and having conversations with my mother about Puerto Rican family recipes,” Perez said, making food the natural starting point for their collaboration. When we are in the kitchen, we share stories while stirring the pot; when we go camping, we tell stories around the fire; in the theater, we’re also sharing stories. “There is a ritual to both [theater and cooking],” Perez mused. “You also have to be present and aware of all your senses.” Lopez added other ingredients, “Community. Flavor. Nourishing. ... [Both are] visceral and satisfying.”

Transforming simple ingredients into something shared, inviting people to gather, participate, and find meaning together is what we do in the kitchen and in the theater. Perez enjoys The Barefoot Contessa while Lopez has little patience for competitive cooking shows (“The competitive ones are so mean! And Julia Child is too hard!”). While they disagreed on cooking shows, the writers discovered how much they did have in common: both are first-generation Latinos who grew up in Massachusetts and who enjoyed camping as kids. The two imagined a virtual offering where they might cook, invite guests, and share stories, like their own cooking show. “But the more we talked, the more a story seemed more interesting than real life,” Lopez explained. In 2021, Lopez and Perez’ Black Beans Project made its world premiere as a shorter digital work at the Huntington Theater Company by way of Zoom, starring both playwrights as brother and sister. Neither writer was ready to let the characters go and felt there was “a bigger story [there] about grief, and denial, and family — and making something beautiful with cheap ingredients,” Lopez reflected. They brought a revised version of Black Beans Project right here to Red Bank in 2023 with our annual Latine new works festival, Crossing Borders (now ¡Festejo!), before it received its world premiere at The Old Globe in San Diego in 2024. Lopez and Perez expanded the play by including the character of Papi, bringing another generation into the mix. For Perez, adding Papi to the play built a bridge between the siblings and their father. “They are all coming face to face with their own mortality,” he said. Yet the recipes that remain offer a way to preserve what might otherwise be lost. “Recipes are a way those loved ones can live on in our minds and hearts.” For Lopez, that connection is deeply personal. “My parents are no longer with us,” she shared, “I find myself getting more and more like them every day.” The recipe at the heart of the play came from Lopez’s own family. The writers considered flan, sancocho, and pasteles before settling on black beans, a staple in Cuban households and a dish that could be prepared during an evening of theater. For Lopez, the recipe represents a connection across generations,

“That’s basically the recipe I learned from my mother who learned it from hers.” Lopez has adapted the recipe over time, sometimes adding corn or sweet potatoes. She admits to one culinary transgression, “I do use brown rice ... Don’t tell anyone.” Perez shared that some of his inspiration for the play was that, during the pandemic, he had attended a number of Zoom funerals and he “was struck by how much we need mourning rituals to truly process grief,” and how challenging that experience was when we were all social distancing for safety, without being able to physically connect with another person. For a play inspired by the heaviness of the Covid-19 crisis and processing grief, the playful nature of both Lopez and Perez help bring to life the characters of Stir with some outrageous comedy. For Lopez and Perez, the kitchen became a place where this family could confront what has changed while holding on to what remains. Lopez wanted to “create something beautiful during a terrible time,” and in Stir this family has the opportunity to connect over a favorite comfort meal that helps them make space for memories, stories, and the conversations families sometimes struggle to have. Stir reminds us that finding our way forward begins with gathering around a table, sharing what we have, and stirring something familiar back to life.

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By Melinda Lopez, Co-writer of Stir Black beans are so good for you! They are delicious, create a healthy gut biome, are an amazing source of protein and give instant good karma cuz they are vegan! Your friends and family will admire and love you for feeding them this wonderful meal. Traditional Cuban food is not spicy —but feel free to add whatever hotness you like. This recipe will be mild, creamy and delicious.

1 A yellow ceramic bowl (any other color or material is also acceptable) 1 A good and loving heart (your own.) 2 Onions 6-8 Cloves of garlic

or even more

1 Green bell pepper 3 Tbsp. olive oil

a couple Healthy pinches of salt 1 Pinch of pepper a few Shakes of cumin some Oregano 1 Tsp. of sugar (any kind) 2 Bay Leaves 1 Cap of red wine vinegar some Parsley, chopped fine Hot white rice (sorry, classic Cuban black beans MUST be eaten with white rice. But if you are partial to brown rice, I won’t tell.)

TO NIG HT

T H I S M O RN I N G

Get your black beans from your favorite grocer or bodega.

Q: Do I drain the bean water? A: There is no right answer, and lots of debate! Some people say “Yes! The water is full of bean gas, and draining it will make your beans less gassy.” Other people say, “No! The water is full of nutrients! And makes the beans taste better. Don’t drain. You are a crazy malcriao! My farts smell like flowers!”

1. Pour the beans onto a table. Enjoy the musical clink clink clink. With your yellow ceramic bowl (or other) in your lap, carefully check each bean before dropping it into the bowl (clink clink clink). Take out any small stones, or weird little shaped beans, and set them outside for animals to enjoy. Rinse the beans. Cover the beans with cold water (about an inch over the top) and let them sit overnight.

1 lb Dried black beans, black turtle beans, frijoles negros

2. Put the beans and water (in a nice size pot) on the stove, medium high. Add one big slice of onion. Bring to a boil and then simmer (covered) on low for an hour.

MAK E T HE SO F RI TO 3. In another pot or frying pan, drizzle the olive oil in a pleasing rhythm, circling the bottom of the pot, one, two three swirls (or 3 Tablespoons). Set on medium heat. 4. Chop the onion and rest of the other onion. Chop it fine. Chop the garlic. You can never have too much garlic. Chop it fine. Chop the green pepper (wash that pepper and remove stem and seeds). Chop it fine. 5. When the olive oil is shimmering, add the onion. Cook until onion softens, about 3 minutes. 6. Add the green pepper. Cook until the pepper softens, another 3 minutes. 7. Add the garlic. Cook another 3-4 minutes, stirring. Wachalé! If it cooks too fast or sticks, turn the burner down or add more oil.

They should smell and taste delicious in about 30 minutes. If they don’t, add more: salt & cumin. You can also sprinkle in—if you wish—1 tsp of sugar (any kind).

E AT I N G 10. When your beans are beautiful and cooked and magical, chop some parsley (chop it fine) and add it to the pot. In Cuba there is a saying about someone who is very busy and prosperous. Es como el perejil. Esta en todo. (They are like parsley. They’re in everything.) Get a lovely bowl or dish, and a nice cloth napkin. Maybe a flower in a vase. Set yourself a beautiful table. Turn off your phone. 11. Add a scoop of white rice (or your preference) to your bowl. Ladle glorious, fulgent and flavorful black beans all over your white rice. Add one cap full of red wine vinegar over your beans (this brings out the flavors!) You can also add a swirl of nice olive oil if you like. Sit at your table with a loved one, or your favorite book of Neruda love poems (or a suitable alternative) and enjoy!

A LT E RN AT I V E S You can do so many things with black beans!

When the sofrito looks nice and caramelized, and smells divine, you can turn the burner off.

MAS H THE B E A NS 8. Check the black beans. Are they tender? If not, keep cooking. If they are tender (not mushy), take a healthy sized ladle full of black beans—maybe a cup—and add to another bowl. Take about half the sofrito, and add to the bowl. Mash them up. You can use a wooden spoon or a potato masher or a food processor or blender or any other mechanical marvel. Smash everything together to make a soft mash-y paste-y blend. 9. Add it back to the black bean pot, along with the rest of the sofrito. Add two healthy pinches of salt, one pinch pepper, some shakes of cumin (maybe more), oregano and two bay leaves. Sorry, there are no measurements. More than a teaspoon but less than a tablespoon? Simmer on low heat, uncovered. If the beans are too thick, add more water. They should always be very sauce-y, never clump-y. Stir them occasionally.

Mexican-ish—add frozen corn when you add the spices. Garnish with cilantro and lime juice instead of parsley and vinegar. You can also add shredded cheese. Soup—run everything through a food processor. Serve with sour cream or yogurt and some roasted pepitas. You can add leftover chicken for extra super-power. Black Bean Bowl--Brown rice, black beans, sliced avocado, cherry tomatoes, walnuts, arugula and other greens, any leftover anything else. Drizzle with oil and vinegar.

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I N D IV IDUA L D O NO R S ___________ Two River Theater is a vital cultural resource for our community because of the generous support of individuals with a shared love of the intimate joy of theater. Donations of any size sustain Two River and our mission to create great American theater. Listed below are supporters who made contributions to Two River, including Events, between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. Thank you.

$25,000+

Anonymous (2) Elizabeth, Kevin & Myles Columbo Dann Fink Samuel Huber & Catherine Weiss The Leslie Miller & Richard Worley Foundation Cathy Pugliese-Sivo & Tom Sivo Emily J. Rechnitz Joan Rechnitz Anne Marie Schultz

$10,000-$24,999

Cynthia Bajorek & Robert Evanson Heather Burke & Colin Day Joanna & Tim Connelly Juliet Cozzi & Ronald Gumbaz Deborah Eisenstein Delisha Grant Leon & Nancy Jamie Nancy Karpf The Kroon Family Brian & Joanna Leddin Courtney McCormick Winters & Jamie Winters The Honorable Edward J. McKenna Lauren Nicosia Sean L. O’Connell Becca Rothschild The Tenenbaum Family Dr. Susan E. Whyman

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous (1) Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Barrett, Jr. Marilyn & Robert Broege Eileen Bustillo

Robert Cordrey & W. Bruce Sherrill Michael Cumpsty & John Dias Nora DeVeau-Rosen & Kevin Service Beth Fitzgerald & Vinnie Mazza Margean V. Gladysz Jeremy & Sabrina Grunin Paul & Joan Hamelberg Jim & Susan Harbison Joseph Hollander & Barbara Levy-Hollander Jim & Barbara Hrebek Kenny & Nora King Phyllis Kinsler Marie Knochenhauer The Hon. Joe & Susan Kyrillos Cathy Larson Karen Leitner Charles & Theresa Mattina Magda & James Muka John Paul Nicolaides & The Honorable Ed Zipprich Michael Parent Michelle Piazza Stina Ross Kevin & Clare Ryan Lori & Geoffrey Sadwith Caryl Sills Donna & Thomas Snider Mary Carol Stunkel Kathy Suplee Judy Torcivia Jennifer K. Travers Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Waldman Chryssa Yaccarino Charitable Trust, in loving memory of Robert Rechnitz

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Ira Artman Michael Callari & Megan Powers Thomas Carroll Dr. & Mrs. E. F. Cheslock Drs. Robbie & Harvey Cohen Grace & Michael Conte Anna Cruz Carla Culver Farah del Pilar & Tony Lau Crystal Dickinson & Brandon Dirden Stacylyn & Michael Doore Susan & John Dromsky-Reed Gail Duffy Carol Edelson

Richard & Margaret Eittreim Kevin & Kim Faulcon Mr. & Mrs. David Fowler Laura Gilbert David Golland & Svetlana Rogachevskaya Barbara & Stephen Hecht Daniel J. Helmick & Eric R. Fox Joyce Hendricks Christina Hewitt Dr. Linda & Mr. Alan Hill Kanesha Jones Marilyn Kelsey Bob & Bobbi Krantz May Louie & Walter Graczyk Tony MacDonald Christopher & Maria Maher Wendy & Jerry Marks Tom McCormack & Bruce Meltzer, Resources Real Estate Larry & Paula Metz Aida & Brian Murphy The Nobles Family Sen. & Mrs. Declan O’Scanlon Alma & Adam Philipson Ivan Polonsky & Elizabeth Tortorella Kim Powers & Jess Goldstein Christine Pronek Barry V. Qualls Adam & Elizabeth Rechnitz Maggie Riker Dr. Jeffrey Roffman Peggy Sansone Todd & Nicole Shellenberger Maureen Silliman & William Parry 33

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Lance Henrickson William & Patricia Jaeger Martin Judd Angela Kluwin & Jim Noll Charles & Jill Leone G. Love Stan Lumish & Ann Roseman Brian & Virginia MacGeorge Paul Nicholson Michael & Marion Portnoy William Presutti Shirley Rathemacher Donald & Judith Richards Pat Richter & Don Crocker

Christopher Romney Kirsten Schanck Karen Scott Elaine Steelman Dick & Pat Stenson Patrice Sullivan Elena Tomkowich Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Young Marjorie & Zeke Zaccaro

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Anonymous (12) Jennifer Allen Robert & Marie Arbour Carmen Vasilio Balentine Jackie Bartley-Oxley Judge William Bassler Melvin & Maria Bellamy Jeffrey & Christine Berg Dr. Dianne Berger Jane Bernheim

Robin Blair Marilyn & J. Gordon Boak Bill Braden Dr. Janice Breen Lydia & John Brenner Martin & Nancy Brilliant Amy & John Brogan Lance & Brigette Bryant Dr. Carl Calendar Dr. Dave Carroll Finn Cashman Ivy Charmatz Paul Ciko Jay & Rhea Cohen Kathy & Mark Cohen Carolyn Conover Robin Cook Emily Cotton Dyese Davis Linda De Angelis Nancy & Michael Del Priore Eileen DeVeau Maureen DeVoe Matthew Doyle Toni Evangelista Brescia Deborah Yvonne Evans & Hamlet M. Bey David Field Theresa Fiorelli Anne & Daniel M. Ford Leslie Fornino Christopher Frangione William & Judy Fraser Robert Gannon Judith G. Gill Donna Ginsberg Suzan Globus & Mark Rothenberg Maxine & Robert Guenther Fran Goldfarb Dr. Mary Ann Haggerty & Thomas Curran Deborah Halbfoster Andrew D. Hamingson & Sarah McLellan Mary Harrigan Steve & Ginnie Heller David & Harriet Hinton John & Coralie Hoffman Margaret Hopkins Kathy Horgan Karen Hyatt John Imperio Lysa Israel

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Olivia Buonsante Amanda Butterbaugh Jacqueline Carnahan Kelly O’Donnell Lucas Pinner Elliot Roth Emma Schwartz

Adaptor/Director for A Little Shakespeare Illana Stein

OPERATIONS Director of Operations Brandon Thomas

Operations Supervisor Melissa Javorek

Maintenance Technician Adam Hill Calvin Johnson Jr. Ryan Stanley

PRODUCTION Producing Director

Lauren Kurinskas

Associate Production Manager, Rentals Erica Leigh

Associate Production Manager, Artist Care Robbie Armstrong

Company Manager Raen See

Production Management Assistant Luka Netzel

Assistant Technical Director

Institutional Giving Manager

Lesley Sorenson

Draper

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Ariana Montoya

Director of Development

Carmen Balentine

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Wardrobe Supervisor

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Angelica Froio

Community Engagement & Access Coordinator

Technical Director

Megan Powers

Properties Assistant

Nils Emerson

Dori Lichter

Scenic Charge Artist Colleen Dolan

Jaclyn Vela-Olsen Sebastian Newell

Lighting Supervisor

Olga “Sue” Patiño

Lighting Assistant Tyler Motlasz

Sound Supervisor Dan Montano

Sound Assistant Jasmine Diaz

Production Assistant River Baugh

Overhires

Victoria Akinsanmi Ashley Basile Paula Ciko Shannon Coman Alex Kern Molly Magee Isabella Mingino Erin O’Brien Caitlin Scarpa Brian Snyder Justin Stuart Pauline Luo Yet

SPECIAL SERVICES Community Relations Gilda Rogers

Production Photography Curtis Brown Billy Bustamante

Videographers

Michael Boylan Dillon Malo

Marketing

Rachel / Media

Auditors

Mercadien

Bookkeeper

Broadway Bookkeeping

Lead Carpenter Duane Noch

Staff Carpenter

Christian Dilks

Stage Supervisor Jamie Norris

Properties Supervisor Cedric Wright

Lead Properties Artisan Ford Rowe

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