Theater J's Annual Benefit

Theater J’s annual Benefit TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2021

AT THE EDLAVITCH DC JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

CELEBRATING THEATER J’S PLAY PRIZE WINNERS HONORING PATTI AND JERRY SOWALSKY

Dear Friends, Thank you for joining us.

This year has been an extraordinary journey for Theater J. During the height of the pandemic, we rebuilt and expanded our education offerings with our “Classes for Theater Lovers,” providing many thousands of dollars in teaching fees to the artists in our region, and providing an incredible way continue to engage with the amazing community that surrounds us. We built the L-R: David Lloyd Olson and Adam Immerwahr “Israeli Theater Collection” of rentable, streaming Israeli theater productions with English language captions, partnering with JCCs and theaters across the continent to deliver this programming to their communities. We engaged our patrons through “Community Reads” and “Yiddish Theater Lab” events, as well as offering talks and discussions at a dozen local synagogues that were hungry for programming. We investigated our systems and practices from the bottom-up in an effort to become a more anti-racist and anti-oppressive program in all that we do. And of course, we prepared to re-open for a live theater audience.

Theater J is a different theater than we were before the pandemic. In many ways, we are a stronger theater, with a clearer sense of both our mission and our role in our community. We now offer our programs, including this Benefit, both in-person and virtually. We have found a deeper appreciation for what it means to gather our community together to experience live performance, whether online or in the Goldman Theater. We have a reaffirmed commitment to the work that we make: art that reminds you who you are.

Tonight we get to celebrate. Your support has been vital to building this theater into the nation’s leading Jewish theater—from our earliest days in a makeshift venue in a townhouse to today. Your belief in us allowed us to go from strength to strength as we joyfully flung our doors open again to resume performances in September. It is because of you that we thrive; it is because of you that we are here. Thank you.

We particularly want to thank our honorees, Patti and Jerry Sowalsky. Their commitment to Theater J, as well as to organizations around our region, has been a source of enormous inspiration since they first got involved in Theater J’s work. Their guidance, advice, support, and generosity over the years have been instrumental to our success.

We thank them from the bottom of our hearts.

We also want to thank our terrific prize winners, Amanda Gronich, Moisés Kaufman, and Maggie Lou Rader—as well as the families of Patty Abramson and Trish Vradenburg who have made these prizes possible. These profound and moving plays inspire us, provoke us, and remind us why we do what we do; we can’t wait to introduce you to them.

With enormous gratitude, Adam Immerwahr David Lloyd Olson Artistic Director Managing Director

ORDER OF EVENTS WELCOME

David Lloyd Olson, Theater J Managing Director THEATER J PATTY ABRAMSON JEWISH PLAY PRIZE

Introduction by Johanna Gruenhut, Theater J Associate Artistic Director Maggie Lou Rader, 2021 Winner REMARKS

Dava Schub, Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center Chief Executive Officer HONORING PATTI AND JERRY SOWALSKY

Introduction by Evelyn Sandground, Theater J Council Member Patti and Jerry Sowalsky, Honorees

REMARKS & INTRODUCTION OF THE THEATER J TRISH VRADENBURG JEWISH PLAY PRIZE WINNERS

Adam Immerwahr, Theater J Artistic Director THEATER J TRISH VRADENBURG JEWISH PLAY PRIZE

Amanda Gronich and Moisés Kaufman, Tectonic Theater Project, 2021 Winners EXCERPT: TECTONIC THEATER PROJECT’S HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES

by Amanda Gronich and Moisés Kaufman Directed by Amy Marie Seidel

Tectonic Theater Project's

HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES

By Amanda Gronich and Moisés Kaufman Directed by Amy Marie Seidel

CAST Rebecca.............................................................................. Megan Graves* Judy....................................................................................

Naomi Jacobson*

Donor, Archivist................................................................. James J. Johnson* Heinz Baumkötter............................................................. Marcus Kyd* Archivist, Family Member................................................. Lolita Marie

Archivist, Family Member................................................. Miranda Pepin

Sara Bloomfield, Family Member.................................... Tuyet Thi Pham*

Tilman Taube..................................................................... Nathan Whitmer* ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION TEAM Director............................................................................... Amy Marie Seidel

Stage Manager.................................................................. Anthony O. Bullock* Casting Director................................................................ Jenna Place

COVID Safety Manager.................................................... Rebecca Talisman Projection Technician....................................................... Danny Debner Line Producer..................................................................... Kevin Place

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Photography, video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

Honoring Patti and Jerry Sowalsky

Patti and Jerry Sowalsky were both raised in Hartford, Connecticut where Jerry’s father owned the Crown Kosher Super Market. Patti was a dental hygienist and Jerry was an honors graduate from Amherst College and Harvard Law School. They married and moved to Washington, DC in 1963 where Jerry worked in the African Division of the State Department.

They briefly relocated to New York City where Jerry was Vice President of American Airlines but returned to DC when Jerry was brought on as General Counsel of Ringling Bros., a position he held for 43 fascinating years.

During that time, Patti and Jerry developed a contemporary realist art collection, and in 1989, Patti was chosen to speak at the first ever American/ USSR conference held in Moscow about collecting in the US. Soon after, Patti retired from being a docent at the Corcoran and began developing and publishing an annual guide to nearly 800 American art museums - the only one of its kind in the country.

Patti served for nine years on the board of Signature Theatre in Virginia and served on the board of Round House Theatre. She joined the Theater J Council in 2007 and has remained one of its longest serving members. Patti and Jerry have sponsored over a dozen productions at Theater J and have sponsored the past ten Theater J seasons.

the trish vradenburg jewish play prize

AMANDA GRONICH (co-author, Here There Are Blueberries) has devoted her career to bringing real life stories to the stage and screen. An Emmy®-nominated non-fiction scriptwriter, Amanda created dozens of hours of highly rated programming for networks including National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, WEtv, Travel Channel, and Science Channel. Over a ten-year career in television, she became the Supervising Senior Writer at Hoff Productions and worked as a series writer at National Geographic Television. Prior to this, Amanda was a charter member of Tectonic Theater Project, where she directed the company’s Toronto production of Moisés Kaufman’s Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, and was one of the group of artists who traveled to Wyoming and co-created The Laramie Project, later made into an HBO Film. Currently, Amanda works as a script development consultant in theater and television. She also teaches interview-based storytelling as a Master Instructor at the Moment Work Institute, using techniques she developed as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate Program in Educational Theatre, City College New York. She is at work on a book about her original play devising methods.

MOISÉS KAUFMAN (co-author, Here There are Blueberries) is the founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project, a Tony®and Emmy®-nominated director and playwright, and a 2015 recipient of the National Medal of Arts. Mr. Kaufman’s Broadway directing credits include the revival of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, the revival of The Heiress with Jessica Chastain, 33 Variations (which he also wrote) starring Jane Fonda (5 Tony® nominations); Rajiv Joseph’s Pulitzer Prize finalist Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo with Robin Williams; and Doug Wright’s Pulitzer and Tony® Award-winning play I Am My Own Wife with Jefferson Mays. His play The Laramie Project (which he wrote with the Tectonic Theater Project company) is among the most performed plays in America.

Kaufman also co-wrote and directed the HBO film adaptation of The Laramie Project, which received two Emmy® Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writer. He is an Obie winner and a Guggenheim Fellow in Playwriting.

AMY MARIE SEIDEL (Director) is an artist, director, devisor, and dramaturg. She is a Tectonic Theater Project Company Member in addition to serving as full-time Company Dramaturg at Tectonic, where she has traveled the world to research and create new works of theater. She has developed numerous Tectonic productions, including Here There Are Blueberries, Seven Deadly Sins, Treatment & Data, Three Hotels, and Laramie: A Legacy. Outside of Tectonic, Amy is currently serving as Assistant Director on Paradise Square, a new musical that recently opened at the Nederlander Theatre in Chicago and is scheduled to open on Broadway in March 2022. Her work has also been seen at The Public Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Miami New Drama, and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater. Other plays in development include Farewell My Concubine, A Sacred Song of Thebes, A Clean Slate, and Falling Forward. All humans are artists. www.amymarieseidel.com

the patty abramson jewish play prize

MAGGIE LOU RADER (author, The Helpers) A produced playwright, member of the Dramatist’s Guild, and AEA Actor, Maggie Lou Rader (she/her/hers) tells epic stories of epic women. She's obtained degrees from William Jewell College in Kansas City and the Birmingham School of Acting in the UK and has called Cincinnati home for nearly 10 years. She has been the winner of the Notre Dame College New Play festival, a finalist for the Henley Rose Playwrighting Award for Women, Utah Shakespeare’s Words Cubed, Central Florida Community Arts TYA New Play and Musical Festival, and was selected for Miami University’s inaugural Digital Play Reading Series, as well as a semi-finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival, Dayton Playhouse’s Future Fest, and UP Theater's Renewal Reading Series. She has had the privilege of having her work developed at DePaul University's The Theatre School, and the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Her plays have been produced at Know Theatre of Cincinnati, InBocca Performance, and The Marsh Stream International Solo Fest, as well as staged readings with Theatre Pro Rata and Green Buffalo Productions. She’s also been published with Smith & Kraus as well as Madwomen in the Attic. Keep an eye out for her work at Eclectic Full Contact Theatre, Skeleton Rep, and Dean Productions in 2021. As a performer, she has performed in over 75 professional productions with Know Theatre of Cincinnati, StageOne, The Human Race Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park, and has been a resident actor with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for 10 seasons. In Cincinnati, she lives happily on her homestead with husband Justin, and three fur babies with four eyes between them.

ABRAMSON PRIZE FIRST ROUND READERS: Drew Barker, Jesse Belsky, Colin K. Bills, Lise Bruneau, Anthony Bullock, José Carrasquillo, Bruce Cohen, Sarah Corey, Sarah Cubbage, Rae Grad, Johanna Gruenhut, DJ Horne, Kelsey Hunt, Arlene Klepper, Drew Kopas, Steve Lachter, Valerie Leonard, Ellen Malasky, Lolita Marie, Howard Menaker, Sherry Nevins, Sarah O'Halloran, Sasha Olinick, Saul Pilchen, Jenna Place, Bella Rosenberg, Evelyn Sandground, Bob Schlossberg, Lewis Schrager, David Sclumpf, Kathryn Veal, Pam Weiner, and Michael Willis.

ABRAMSON PRIZE SEMI-FINALIST READERS: Johanna Gruenhut, Adam Immerwahr, Chad Kinsman, David Lloyd Olson, and Kevin Place ABRAMSON PRIZE FINAL SELECTION COMMITTEE: Michele Berman, Felicia M. Curry, Shawna M. Jame, and Leigh Silverman.

SAVE THE DATE THE PATTY ABRAMSON PRIZE WINNING PLAY THE HELPERS

STREAMING LIVE: THURSDAY JANUARY 13, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Benefit Sponsors Sponsor list accurate as of 12.7.21

PLATINUM SPONSOR PATRICIA PAYNE AND NANCY FIRESTONE HONORARY COMMITTEE BABS AND RABBI A.N. ABRAMOWITZ MICHELE AND ALLAN BERMAN JOHANNA CHANIN AND RANDALL LEVITT BRUCE A. COHEN MYRNA FAWCETT MINDY GASTHALTER KENNETH AND CHERYL GORELICK RAE GRAD AND MANUEL SCHIFFRES SARI R. HORNSTEIN KAREN LEHMANN-EISNER DIANNE AND HERB LERNER MARION EIN LEWIN ELLEN AND GARY MALASKY PAUL AND ZENA MASON

HOWARD MENAKER AND PATRICK GOSSETT RONA AND ALLAN MENDELSOHN JEFF MENICK ALFRED MUNZER AND JOEL WIND SHERRY AND LOUIS NEVINS NANCY AND SAUL PILCHEN KAY RICHMAN AND DANIEL KAPLAN EVELYN SANDGROUND AND BILL PERKINS MITA M. SCHAFFER AND TINA M. MARTIN HANK SCHLOSBERG HELENE AND ROBERT SCHLOSSBERG LES SILVERMAN MICHAEL SINGER AND JAMES SMITH AMY WEINBERG AND NORBERT HORNSTEIN

GOLD SPONSORS CATHY S. BERNARD PATTI AND MITCHELL HERMAN SILVER SPONSORS ANN AND FRANK GILBERT MIMI TYGIER AND ROBERT RUBIN BRONZE SPONSORS GLENN AND MICHELLE ENGELMANN NANCY AND CARY FELDMAN MARTHA WINTER GROSS AND ROBERT TRACY MICHELLE AND JONATHAN GROSSMAN BONNIE AND ALAN HAMMERSCHLAG ARLENE AND MARTIN KLEPPER

DANIEL AND BRENDA HIRSCH SANDRA AND STEPHEN LACHTER ELAINE REUBEN JUNE AND MARVIN ROGUL BELLA ROSENBERG

About Theater J Theater J is a nationally-renowned, professional theater that celebrates, explores, and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition. Our work illuminates and examines: ethical questions of our time, inter-cultural experiences that parallel our own, and the changing landscape of Jewish identities. As the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater, we aim to preserve and expand a rich Jewish theatrical tradition and to create community and commonality through theater-going experiences.

About the Edlavitch DCJCC Theater J is a program of the Edlavitch DCJCC. Guided by Jewish values and heritage, the Edlavitch DCJCC engages individuals and families through its cultural, recreational, educational, and social justice programs by welcoming people of all backgrounds to connect, learn, serve and be entertained together in ways that reflect the unique role of the Center in the nation’s capital.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Our building sits on the traditional homeland of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), farmers and traders who lived along the banks of the Anacostia River. Beginning in 1608, European settlers decimated the Nacotchtank with disease, warfare, and forced removal. By the 1700s, the survivors fled to join other tribes to the north, south, and west, including the Piscataway Peoples, who continue to steward these lands from generation to generation. We know this acknowledgement is only a small step towards justice, and we ask that all of us learn about the past and present and invest in the future of our country’s Indigenous communities wherever we are.

EDLAVITCH DCJCC LEADERSHIP & THEATER J STAFF EDLAVITCH DCJCC Chief Executive Officer: Dava Schub Chief Financial Officer: Craig Mintz Chief Operating Officer: Bini W. Silver THEATER J STAFF Artistic Director: Adam Immerwahr Managing Director: David Lloyd Olson Associate Producer: Kevin Place Associate Artistic Director: Johanna Gruenhut Resident Casting Director: Jenna Place Commissioned Writers: Lila Rose Kaplan, Drew Lichtenberg, Caraid O’Brien and Aaron Posner Director of Marketing and Community Engagement: Stephanie Deutchman Director of Patron Experience: Chad Kinsman Creative Director, Edlavitch DCJCC: Molly Winston Ticket Office Manager: Jasmine Jones Development Coordinator: Emily Gardner Technical Director: Thomas Howley Production Coordinator: Danny Debner Resident Production Stage Manager: Anthony O. Bullock Resident Props Designer: Pamela Weiner House Managers and Ticket Office Associates: Mitchell Adams, Charlie Aube, Kaiya Lyons, KJ Moran Velz, Hadiya Rice, Sam Rollin, Robert Reeg, Jill Roos, and Mary-Margaret Walsh Founding Artistic Director: Martin Blank

FRIENDS OF THEATER J Theater J gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have given since October 18, 2020. This list is current as of November 22, 2021.

Leading Producer ($100,000+) The Bridge Fund, The Government of the District of Columbia

Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation

Sari R. Hornstein The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Revada Foundation of the Logan Family

Share Fund The Shubert Foundation Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

The Family of H. Max & Josephine F. Ammerman and Andrew R. Ammerman Bruce A. Cohen

Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Nussdorf Family Foundation

Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan Helene and Robert Schlossberg Patti and Jerry Sowalsky

Cathy S. Bernard The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Washington James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler Nathan Goldman Marital Trust Meg and John Hauge

Patti and Mitchell Herman Embassy of Israel Dianne and Herb Lerner Marion Ein Lewin The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone Diane and Arnold Polinger

Bella Rosenberg Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins Hank Schlosberg Terry Singer, The Leshowitz Family Foundation A. Arthur Tracy Endowment Fund George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.

Michele and Allan Berman Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher Susan and Dixon Butler Myrna Fawcett Patricia and David Fisher Mindy Gasthalter Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Fund Cheryl Gorelick

Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy Arlene and Martin Klepper Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky Ellen and Gary Malasky Frances Marshall and Lewis Schrager Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett Sherry and Louis Nevins

Nancy and Saul Pilchen Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund Toni Sharp Les Silverman Dr. Kathryn Veal Ellen and Bernard Young Judy and Leo Zickler

Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Kathy Byrnes and John Immerwahr Bonnie and Louis Cohen Bunny Dwin Alan and Shulamit Elsner Lois and Michael Fingerhut The Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation

Ann and Frank Gilbert Sandra and Stephen Lachter Janet Leno and Peter Harrold Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather Jeff Menick M. Craig Pascal Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein

Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin Richard Solloway Dr. Stuart Sotsky Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC Joan S. Wessel Alan and Irene Wurtzel

Linda and Howard Berger Sara Cormeny and Peter Miller Suzanne Fefer The Fisher Endowment Renee Gier Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman Bonnie and Alan Hammerschlag

Linda Lurie Hirsch Betsy Karmin and Manny Strauss Dalya and Edward Luttwak Paul and Zena Mason Rona and Allan Mendelsohn Dori Phaff and Dan Raviv June and Marvin Rogul

Alfred Sanders Cathy and Peter Toren Mimi Tygier and Robert Rubin The Irving Wallace Fund James Beller and Christopher Wolf

Louis Altarescu John Edelmann Michelle and Glenn Engelmann Nancy and Cary Feldman

Lois Fields Dina Gold Paula Seigle Goldman Jill and Robert Granader

Beth Kramer William Kreisberg Barry Kropf Winton Eaheart Matthews, Jr.

Sponsoring Producer ($25,000–$99,999)

Supporting Producer ($18,000–$24,999)

Leading Angels ($10,000–$17,999)

Sponsoring Angels ($6,000–$9,999)

Supporting Angels ($3,000–$5,999)

Enthusiasts ($1,000–$2,999)

Admirers ($500–$999)

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FRIENDS OF THEATER J Nancy and Samuel Raskin Sylvia Shenk Margaret Strand

Joan A. Treichel Vali Tschirgi and Adam Nemzer Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Victoria and Neil Weisfeld

Anonymous (2) Jerome Adler Susan Ammerman Susan and Alan Apter Douglas Auerbach Elaine Auerbach Robert Bader Jeanette Barker Morton and Janet Berfield Victoria Boehm Ann Breiter Jamie and Stuart Butler Azalea Candelaria Wallace Chandler Steven Coe Edward and Ruth Cogen Lee Cohen Kathryn Dahl Belle Negrin Davis John and Elizabeth Doble Susan and George Driesen Alison Drucker and Tom Holzman Jade Eaton Rachel and Steven Eidelman Sandra and Andrew Eskin Rabbi Charles and Krayna Feinberg Elise A. Feingold Sharon Feldman Dr. John Finedore Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finger Tracy Fisher Linda and Jay Freedman Barry Friedman Susan and Michael Friedman Kit Gage and Steven Metalitz Mitchell Gail and Ruth Pfeiffer Steven Garron Barbara Geffen Megan Genet Gertrude & Lawrence Gichner Fund for the Performing Arts Anita Gottlieb Mary-Alice Gray Dr. Larrie and Joyce Greenberg Garry Grossman Robin and Jay Hammer Susan Harlem Alan Helgerman Linda and Jay Herson Edith and Arthur Hessel Lucia Hill Elmina and Ernest Hilsenrath Philip Hochberg Elizabeth Hodes Robert Hollis and Don Jewler

Andrew Isen Tifereth Israel Congregation Deborah Jaffe Leslie and Samuel Kaplan Lori and Hal Kassoff Richard Kellogg Aviva Kempner Lynne Kennedy and Captain Joan Darrah Eugene Kenney Dr. Annette Killmer Alan M. King Ellen Kramarow and Jared Garelick Richard Kramer Bette and William Kramer David Krum Steven Krum Sharon Kuebbing Ruth Kurzbauer Karen Lehmann-Eisner Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin Alyn Levin Hadar Mordechai Levovitz Patricia and Randall Lewis Diane Liff and Georgia Korn Nancy Limprecht and Rick Haines Susan Liss and Rabbi Fred Reiner Carol Lite Zelda and Stephen Litwin Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd Arleen Enid Lustig Lawrence Mann Marlene and Ken Markison Delia Matthews Louis Mazawey Monte Meltzer Lisa Mezzetti Hani Miletski and Arthur Goldberg Bruce Miller Caroline Mindel Barbara Mintz Cheryl Mintz and Harris Richter Hannah Moore James Moore Dorothy Moss and Lawrence Meyer Lynne and Donald Myers Beth Newburger Schwartz Samantha Nolan and Randall Speck Gayle Novig and Terry Mahn Allena Opper Trudy and Gary Peterson Roberta Pieczenik Geraldine Fogel Pilzer David Lee Preston and Ronda Goldfein Nancy Pruitt

Dena and Jerry Puskin Susan and Firoze Rao Barbara Rappaport Jonathan Rauch Renay and Bill Regardie Heidi Rhodes Vicki Robinson Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III Linda Rosenzweig and Sandy Bieber Rodney A. Ross Jojo Ruf Deborah and Michael Salzberg Lois Sbar Gena Schoen and Rik Edwards Susan Schor Leonard Schreiber Rita and Steven Schwartz Linda Segal Ruth Seif Michelle Sender Howard Shalwitz Phillip Shapiro Peggy and David Shiffrin David Siegel Ann-Louise and Stuart Silver Bruce Smoller Joel Snyder Marla Spindel Phyllis Stanger and Michael Weiss Carol Starley Elise Stein Susan J. Stinson Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt Deborah Tannen and Michael Macovski Dr. Stanley Tempchin Margit Tracey Judith and Lester Turner Drs. Marion and Michael Usher Daniel Vine Shana Wagger Marjorie Weingold Elaine Weinstein Judith Weiss Sandra Weiswasser Louise and Burton Wides Sandra and Jon Willen Adam Winkleman Janet and Robert Wittes Muriel D. Wolf Carrie Wolfe and Mark Greenwood Sheri and Raymond Martin Wolfe Rivka Yerushalmi Julie and David Zalkind

Devotees ($100 - $499)

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*of blessed memory

THEATER J council 2021–2022 THEATER J COUNCIL Rae Grad, Co-Chair Robert Schlossberg, Co-Chair Mara Bralove Bruce A. Cohen Nancy Firestone Mindy Gasthalter Ann Gilbert Cheryl Gorelick Patti Herman Daniel Kaplan Arlene Klepper Kenneth Krupsky

Stephen Lachter Karen Lehmann-Eisner Ellen Malasky Meredith Margolis Howard Menaker Alfred Munzer Sherry Nevins Saul Pilchen Elaine Reuben Bella Rosenberg

THEATER J HONORARY COUNCIL Patty Abramson* Paul J. Mason Michele G. Berman Hank Schlosberg Marion Ein Lewin Trish Vradenburg*

Evelyn Sandground Mita M. Schaffer Lewis Schrager Terry Singer Stuart Sotsky Patti Sowalsky Manny Strauss Bob Tracy Kathryn Veal

Joan S. Wessel Irene Wurtzel

EDLAVITCH DCJCC 2021–2022 BOARD of directors OFFICERS Saul Pilchen, President Daniel Hirsch, Senior Vice President Johanna Chanin, Vice President Janis Schiff, Vice President BOARD MEMBERS Barbara Abramowitz Janet B. Abrams Andrew Altman Joan Berman Michele G. Berman Jordan Lloyd Bookey Jennifer Bradley Jaclyn Lerner Cohen Eva Davis Jonathan Edelman Myrna Fawcett

Eric Zelenko, Vice President Jonathan Grossman, Treasurer David Goldblatt, Assistant Treasurer Benjamin D. Loewy, Secretary

Meg Flax Brian Gelfand Dina Gold Debra Goldberg Rena Gordon Julie Lundy Meredith Margolis Sid Moskowitz Alfred Munzer Alyson Myers Melanie Franco Nussdorf

Arnold Polinger Shannon Powers Norm J. Rich Sharon Russ Jonathan Rutenberg Michael Salzberg Rhea Schwartz Michael Singer Tina Small Mimi Tygier Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Stephen Kelin William Kreisberg Mindy Strelitz

Robert Tracy John R. Risher, Jr.*

Deborah Ratner Salzberg Francine Zorn Trachtenberg

Ellen G. Witman

FOUNDING DIRECTOR Ginny Edlavitch DIRECTORS EMERITI Rose H. Cohen Jill Granader Martha Winter Gross VICE PRESIDENT EMERITUS Lee G. Rubenstein HONORARY DIRECTORS Stephen Altman Lynn Skolnick Sachs

*of blessed memory