CHOIR BOY, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2022

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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to Yale Repertory Theatre. I am delighted that you are here today!

This production of Choir Boy marks the Yale Rep and professional New Haven debuts of our Playwright in Residence, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and director, Christopher D. Betts, who will receive his M.F.A. from David Geffen School of Drama in May. A graduate of the Geffen School himself, Tarell now serves as Co-Chair of the Playwriting Program. His distinguished career spans media: he received the Academy Award for his screenplay for Moonlight; he is the creator of the Peabody Award-winning television show, David Makes Man; and his plays have been produced to great acclaim on and off-Broadway, at the nation’s leading not-for-profit theaters, and internationally. It is a singular and humbling honor to bring his work home to our theater for the first time.

Christopher’s career already is off to a blazing start: last fall, he made his Off-Broadway debut directing In the Southern Breeze by Mansa Ra at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

In the coming months, he will stage the musicals Dreamgirls at The Paramount Theatre in Illinois and Legally Blonde at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The work Tarell and Christopher have created together with this company of gifted and generous artistic collaborators is nothing less than extraordinary.

Choir Boy is the story of a talented young Black man finding his voice: a perceptive, funny, and touching portrait of the tendernesses—and cruelties—of both youth and age.

It’s also a celebration of the redemptive power of spiritual music, and a closely observed study of an elite learning institution with a storied commitment to traditional measures of excellence: the play deftly renders the complex intractability of systemic racism and homophobia, and their replications in education. The histories of our own school and this university, and the experiences of generations of students who have trained and studied here, will undoubtedly add layers of resonance for many of us in the audience.

As we enter the early days and weeks of spring, such storytelling and joyful noise are welcome reminders how thrilling it is both to make, and to bear witness to the beauty of, art. Your presence today is an uplifting testament of your support of the artists and technicians who have brought Choir Boy to life with such fervor, and of the staff who are responsible for your comfort and safety here inside the theater as we continue to navigate life in a pandemic, and look forward to even brighter days ahead.

Thank you for spending your time with us today. I look forward to hearing your thoughts about Choir Boy or any of your experiences at Yale Rep. My email address is james.bundy@yale.edu. And I hope you will come back for Between Two Knees, the irreverent and powerful first play written by the intertribal improv comedy troupe, the 1491s. Performances begin May 12.

Enjoy the show!

Sincerely, James Bundy Artistic Director

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MARCH 31–APRIL 23, 2022 YALE REPERTORY THEATRE James Bundy, Artistic Director | Florie Seery, Managing Director PRESENTS

BY

TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY CHRISTOPHER D. BETTS

DIRECTED BY

Music Director and Vocal Arrangements­

Allen René Louis Choreographer

Amy Hall Garner

Choir Boy is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Daniela Hart, UptownWorks

Choir Boy was originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; Daniel Sullivan, Acting Artistic Director) in its 2007–08 Season with support from Time Warner, Inc. It received a world premiere co-production by the English Stage Company and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) at Royal Court Theatre in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on September 4, 2012.

Production Dramaturgs Rebecca Flemister and Eric M. Glover

Yale Repertory Theatre thanks our 2022 season funders:

Scenic Designer

Anna Grigo Costume Designer

Stephen Marks Lighting Designer

Riva Fairhall Sound Designer

Technical Director

Dominick Pinto Intimacy Director

Kelsey Rainwater Casting Directors

Tara Rubin, C.S.A./Vanjah Alexander Stage Manager

Season Sponsor: The Study at Yale

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Yale University acknowledges that Indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac and other Algonquian speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring and continuing relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.

Renaissance & Revolution Celebrating 50 years of cultural legacy at Yale and beyond.

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CAST Pharus Jonathan Young ................................................................ Israel Erron Ford David Heard.......................................................................... Aaron James McKenzie Anthony Justin (“AJ”) James ...............................................................Malik James Robert (“Bobby”) Marrow, III.......................................................Anthony Holiday Junior (“Jr”) Davis............................................................Jarrett Anthony Bennett

Headmaster Marrow.............................................................................Allen Gilmore Mr. Pendleton........................................................................................ Walton Wilson

Ensemble..............................................................................................Gilbert Domally Ensemble..............................................................................Denzel DeAngelo Fields Ensemble..................................................................................................... Darian Peer Ensemble..............................................................................................Wildlin Pierrevil

Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................Joanelle Moriah

SETTING Time: A school year, last year.

Place: Charles R. Drew Preparatory School for Boys Choir Boy is performed without an intermission.

All patrons must wear masks at all times while inside the theater. Our staff, backstage crew, and artists (when not performing on stage) will also be masked at all times.

The taking of photographs or the use of recording devices of any kind in the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited.

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Welcome to Charles R. Drew

to be together—not as father and son,

Preparatory School for Boys where, in

brother and brother—and certainly not

particular, five Black boys are learning

as lovers” (“Brother to Brother: Words

what love means and why love

from the Heart,” 18). To love fellow

matters. It is expected by Headmaster

Drew Men is a version of the Golden

Marrow that a Drew Man will have

Rule to do unto others as you would

love for each of his peers who is

have them do unto you.

training in close proximity not only for work but also for life. As can also be expected of high school students, Drew Men fall short of loving their peers as themselves. The late Joseph F. Beam (1954–88), who was the editor of the seminal collection of writings by and about Black gay men In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology, said it best: “Black men loving Black men is the revolutionary act...because as Black men we were never meant

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Love in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Choir Boy appears in all its forms (brotherly love, love ballad, love of one’s work, and sexual love, etc.) and changes the athlete, the bully, the class clown, and the scholar. Just as their enslaved predecessors organized community in their enslavement and sought support “within the circle,” so too choir is a rehearsal and performance in which boys work together as a unit.

Headmaster Marrow always helps his

a hero experiences the love that dare

students out of love for them, and

not speak its name. Institutions change

Robert Marrow, III, loves his best friend

people for the worse (as quiet as that is

Junior Davis like a brother. Divinity

kept) but people change institutions for

is David Heard’s great love, Anthony

the better, and Pharus is who changes

Justin James has a love of baseball,

Drew atmospherically. At no point is

and Pharus Jonathan Young’s love of

change rewarded in academic worlds—

music leads him to sing spirituals as the

actually, institutions reward faculty, staff,

leader of the choir. These spirituals, also

and students who preserve the status

known as slave songs, are the result of

quo in the classroom—but some people

artistry and thought to derive out of

seek to change campus climates. Hold

the unspeakable evil of chattel slavery.

fast to these family and friends, like

Increasingly, in the theater, Black queer characters who love and are loved in return by other Black queer characters are hard to find. Pharus, the titular hero of the play, is neither “feminine,

Pharus professing a love for Black people unconditionally, and love them back as institutions never will.

—Eric M. Glover, Production Dramaturg

feminine” nor “masculine, masculine” yet both, and how great that such

CLICK HERE TO WATCH! “Poly-vocality” by Eric M. Glover

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When creating the fictitious Charles R. Drew Preparatory School, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney drew inspiration from a collection of real institutions. Included among these were historically Black colleges and universities (Morehouse College, Fisk University), Black preparatory academies (Piney Woods, Pine Forge Academy, Redemption Christian Academy), predominately Black charter schools (Miami Men’s Prep), and selective admission magnet schools (like McCraney’s alma mater, New World School of the Arts).

All these types of schools grew out of interventions on behalf of Black students to address the grave educational inequities that have persisted to this day in the United States. Charles R. Drew represents a possible alternative to a system that limits Black success; it’s a reflection of a long history of Black education in its successes and its failures, its freedoms and its limitations.

A Charles R. Drew education is, on its surface, about Black excellence, yet its educational mission is also predicated on patriarchy, the very thing that is oppressing these young men. The play’s main character, Pharus Jonathan Young, is, by all accounts, the ideal Drew man: gifted, intelligent,

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loyal to the ideals of the school. Yet, his excellence is called into question because of his level of acceptability, because he doesn’t perfectly align with a societal ideal of Black manhood that is being imposed upon him. In spite of his achievements, he is still let down by the institution simply because of who he is.

In the Yale Repertory Theatre production of Choir Boy, director Christopher D. Betts takes inspiration from his own educational history, pulling from his high school experience at King College Prep, a predominantly Black high school in Chicago, IL, and his recent Ivy League journey at David Geffen School of Drama, where he will be graduating this spring on the same stage where Choir Boy is being produced. Much like at Charles R. Drew, Yale’s drama students live in the legacy of a long history of Black artistry, a history that, as of fall 2020, could be studied in the school’s classrooms. Professor Eric M. Glover teaches a course at David Geffen School of Drama entitled, Black Theater History in the Making at the School, which examines a 60-year period “from when John M. Ross enters in 1931 as the first Black student in the then-department to when Lloyd G. Richards exits in 1991 as

the first Black dean of the now-school.”

Yet these same student artists are also inheriting a history of anti-Blackness and many of the same challenges that their predecessors faced.

Black histories are often sacred to those who live in their legacy, and that is beautiful, but also hard, because being a part of a legacy is hard. Being part of something sacred is hard, because

histories carry many things—good things, painful things, things that are for us and things that are not. The weight of expectation that looms when you’re a Drew man, an artist at Yale, a Black student at an elite institution, can be overwhelming; it can make you suppress the very things that made you exceptional in the first place.

—Rebecca Flemister, Production Dramaturg

Who Was Charles R. Drew?

In Choir Boy, Charles R. Drew Preparatory School for Boys is an institution that demands excellence from its students, in part because there is an implicit understanding that the world places strict limitations on Black success. Though the school is a creation of McCraney’s imagination, he named the school for a real physician and scientist of great renown. Dr. Charles R. Drew was the first African American surgeon to serve as an examiner on the American Board of Surgery, and his innovations in blood plasma preservation continue to save lives today. Even though he rose to become the director of the first American Red Cross Blood Bank, he left his post in protest because of the racial segregation of blood donations. On the morning of April 1, 1950, at the age of only 45, Charles R. Drew crashed his car on his way home from a long night in the operating room.

A popular myth about his death claims that he would have survived the crash had he not been denied a blood transfusion because of his skin color.

By its very name, Charles R. Drew Prep is pushing students to reach heights of achievement that will leave an unmatched legacy; ironically however, the most diligent Charles R. Drew students are failed by the very system they’ve dedicated themselves to, just as the namesake of their school had been.

—RF

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CAST BIOS Junior (“Jr”) Davis:

Jarrett Anthony Bennett* is a native of Roseboro, North Carolina. Bennett has been seen in numerous regional productions and was also seen on the second National Tour of The Color Purple. Bennett would like to thank his mother and father for always believing and supporting him as he continues to pursue his dreams.

Ensemble:

Gilbert Domally* is a Chicagobased actor. Some of his Chicago credits include The Color Purple (Drury Lane Theatre); The Total Bent (Haven Theatre); Memphis, Dreamgirls (Porchlight Music Theatre); Hairspray, The Little Mermaid, Jesus Christ Superstar, Elf, Cabaret, Legally Blonde (Paramount Theatre); Madagascar (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Next to Normal (Boho Theatre); Dessa Rose and The Wild Party (Bailiwick Theatre). Gilbert is grateful to God for every opportunity to do what he loves, and to his family and friends for their unending support!

Ensemble:

Denzel DeAngelo Fields*, a native of Memphis, Tennessee, is an actor, singer, and entertainer currently residing in New York City. He is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia,

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and received a Master of Fine Arts in acting from Pennsylvania State University. In addition to his passions for acting and singing, Fields is a dynamic motivational speaker: “As long as there is breath in your body, you have a chance to fulfill your purpose. Don’t quit.” Denzel Fields will release his first single, “So Done” on April 22, 2022. Please check it out!

Theater credits include Much Ado About Nothing (The Public Theater), Twelfth Night (Yale Repertory Theatre), Born for This: The BeBe Winans Musical (Alliance Theatre), and Othello (Pavilion Theatre). Commercial credits: American Express/NBA Trade.

Pharus Jonathan Young: Israel Erron Ford* is excited to be back at Yale Rep, where his credits include the Afrofuturist production of Twelfth Night and Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3. He will appear in the upcoming HBO Max series Rap Sh!t from Issa Rae this summer and is set for the west coast premiere of The Inheritance at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in the fall. He was most recently seen in Cruel Intentions: The 90’s Musical live in concert. Israel appeared in productions of Blues for Miss Lucille, Hamlet, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka, and Slave Play, among others at David Geffen School of Drama, where he received his M.F.A. in acting. He also holds a B.F.A. in musical theater from Carnegie Mellon.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Headmaster Marrow: Allen Gilmore* is pleased to return to Yale Rep where he has appeared in Twelfth Night directed

by Carl Cofield, and The Servant of Two Masters, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, and Accidental Death of an Anarchist, all directed by Christopher Bayes. He has worked with other great directors including Bartlett Sher, the late Michael Langham, Mary Zimmerman, Robert Falls, Ron “OJ” Parson, Charles Newell, and Yale alum Henry Wishcamper.

His work has been seen in Chicago at Court Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Writers Theatre, Lookingglass, and Congo Square Theatre, and regionally at Berkeley Rep, The Shakespeare Theater, Arena Stage, Jewel, Kansas City Rep, Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Intiman, Portland Stage, and Santa Cruz Shakespeare, to name a few. He is a U.S. Army Infantry veteran originally from Houston. Allen is a 2015 LuntFontanne Fellow, a 2015 3Arts Prize recipient, and a proud ensemble member of Congo Square Theater in Chicago. Allen dedicates these performances to his mom, Lena W. Gilmore.

Robert (“Bobby”) Marrow, III: Anthony Holiday**, also known as “Holiday,” is an actor in his final year at David Geffen School of Drama.

Holiday’s credits at the Geffen School include Manning by Benjamin Benne, Dutch King by Kristen

Imani Spencer, Ain’t no dead thing by a.k. payne, Mr. Burns: a post-electric play by Anne Washburn, Measure for Measure, Locusts by Chris Gabo, and Lenny’s Fast Food Kids Gang by Angie B. Jones. Holiday also received a certificate in acting from Atlantic “Full Time” Conservatory, appearing in the production Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgus, and upon graduation in This girl laughs, this girl cries, this girl does nothing by Finnegan Kruckmeyer.

Holiday is from New Jersey—born and raised—and a graduate of Brookdale Community College, where he received his associate’s degree in acting/ humanities.

Anthony Justin (“AJ”) James: Malik James (he/him) is a secondyear M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where he has been seen in Blood Wedding. He holds a B.F.A. in acting from Texas State University, where he performed in The Harvest, The Importance of Being Earnest, We Are Proud to Present…, and The Crucible.

Choir Boy is Malik’s professional debut. maliktjames.com David Heard:

Aaron James McKenzie* is thrilled to be making his Yale Rep debut accompanied by this beautiful company of artists. He was recently seen in the new Broadway-bound

**Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

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CAST BIOS musical, A Beautiful Noise, and on CBS’s Bull. He received his B.M. in music theater from Florida State University.

He would like to give love to his support system, Link, DGRW, and this company for helping him get to where he is. He loves you all dearly!

Ensemble:

Darian Peer* is beyond grateful to help tell this story along with this talented cast and crew. This is his Yale Rep debut. He is a native of Davenport, Iowa, and a graduate of Millikin University School of Music (B.M.) and Morgan State University (M.A.) in opera performance.

Recent and favorite credits include the world premiere of Part of the Plan (TPAC), Porgy and Bess (Princeton Festival/Palacio de Bellas Artes), Swing!

(NCL), Hello Again, Hairspray, and The Color Purple. Television credits: Love Life (HBO Max). Special thanks to Mom, Dad, MTA, and Tara Rubin Casting. @_truthordarian | darianpeer.com Ensemble:

Wildlin Pierrevil* (he/they) is a proud Haitian American artist born and raised in Florida. Choir Boy is Wildlin’s first production at Yale Rep, and the honor has sent him clear over the moon. Last seen Off-Broadway in Mansa Ra’s In the Southern Breeze, directed

by Christopher D. Betts, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Wildlin is not only an actor but a writer/composer invested in bringing hip hop and R&B to the contemporary musical theater canon.

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Beyond his work as a creator, he is also a teaching artist at Book From Tape acting studios and the Editorial Director for the non-profit Broadway for Racial Justice. Find more of Wildlin on IG and TikTok where he’s amassed a following of over 300k: @NotWildlin Mr. Pendleton:

Walton Wilson is delighted to return to the Yale Rep stage where he last appeared in All’s Well That Ends Well. New York credits include productions at BAM Next Wave Festival; Dance Theatre Workshop; La Mama E.T.C.; Lincoln Center/Clark Theatre; New York Shakespeare Festival; PS122; The Piano Factory; The Public Theater; Vineyard Theatre, and others. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville; Alley Theatre; American Repertory Theater; Berkshire Theatre Festival; Dallas Theater Center; The Empty Space; Shakespeare & Company; Shakespeare Festivals of Dallas, Houston, Pittsfield (Massachusetts), Santa Fe, St. Louis, and Texas; Stages Repertory Theatre; Swine Palace Theatre; Williamstown Theatre Festival, and others. He is a frequent collaborator with Double Edge Theatre (Ashfield, Massachusetts), Lunar Stratagem (Hudson, New York), and Pro Rodopi Arts Centre (Bostina, Bulgaria).

He is a member of the acting faculty at David Geffen School of Drama.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

CREATIVE TEAM BIOS Casting Director:

Vanjah Alexander is a Harlem NYC born and raised Black Queer Artist.

Vanjah started his musical education at the Choir Academy of Harlem, school of the world-renowned Boys Choir of Harlem. With the BCH he traveled the world singing everything from classical repertoire to jazz, R&B, and gospel. Vanjah attended The Ohio State University and studied Vocal Performance. He has performed at regional theatres including Weathervane Playhouse (Reynoldsburg, Ohio), The Barn Theatre (Augusta, Michigan), and The MUNY (St. Louis, Missouri). He toured with The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess First National Tour. Vanjah has been working as Associate Producer for Radial Park (Astoria). He is super excited to make and leave a mark in theater, specifically with casting. He wants to help theater and film to reflect the world we live in with a genuine and honest perspective. Thank you to all the folks at Yale Repertory Theatre and especially to Tara Rubin.

Director:

Christopher D. Betts Upcoming: Dreamgirls (The Paramount Theatre) and Legally Blonde (NYU Tisch).

Christopher recently directed In the Southern Breeze (Off-Broadway) and Dutch Kings (Off-Off Broadway). At Yale Cabaret, he directed Is God Is, We Are Proud to Present…, Fireflies, littleboy/littleman, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play; and How Black Girls Get Over Fuckbois, Vol. 1 and The Winter’s Tale at David Geffen School of Drama. Christopher is also the creator, writer, director, and executive producer of MAJOR, a film executive-produced

by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Other collaborations include Spring Awakening (NYU Tisch); Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors (PopArt Johannesburg/ Market Theatre Lab); The Cave: A Folk Opera (New York premiere); Carrie (2015 Broadway World Best Musical nomination); a series of new works with the OBIE Award-winning Fire This Time Festival; workshops of Goodnight Tyler (Kennedy Center/Alliance Theatre) and Refuge of the Damned (Long Wharf); and Barbecue (movement director, The Public Theater). Betts is a recipient of the Julie Taymor World Theater Fellowship, the Richie Jackson Artist Fellowship, and a two-time recipient of the SDCF Observership. He has been an artist in residence at Kampala International Theater Festival and PopArt Johannesburg and a teaching artist at The Market Theatre Lab. Betts is currently a professor in the Department of Undergraduate Drama at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New Studio on Broadway and a support team member at artEquity. He received his B.F.A. with triple honors from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (Bachelor’s Representative) and is currently a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at the Geffen School.

Lighting Designer: Riva Fairhall is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where she has designed Manning; Alice; Mr. Burns, a post-electric play; and The Tempest. Her other credits include Bakkhai (Yale Summer Cabaret); Fireflies and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play (Yale Cabaret). She holds a B.A. in theater studies from Guilford College. rivafairhall.com

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS Production Dramaturg: Rebecca Flemister is a second-year student in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism at David Geffen School of Drama.

Choreographer:

Amy Hall Garner is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and a graduate of The Juilliard School. Her work has been praised internationally and commissioned by Ailey II, ABT Studio Company, Collage Dance Collective, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Carolina Ballet, The Juilliard School, The Ailey School, Barnard College, The University of the Arts, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Point Park University, and Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. She has received virtual commissions from BalletX, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process digital series, ABT Studio Company, Boulder Ballet, and a virtual collaboration between Miami City Ballet and Paul Taylor Dance Company. Currently, Ms. Garner is creating a new production of The Nutcracker for Baltimore School for the Arts. She personally coached Grammy Award-winner Beyoncé, providing additional choreography for The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.

Theatrical credits include The Color Purple (choreographer, Milwaukee Repertory Theater) and Invisible Thread (associate choreographer, Second Stage Theater, NYC). In 2018, she was selected to participate in Alvin Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab supported by the Ford Foundation.

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Garner was one of the first recipients of the Joffrey Ballet’s Choreography of Color Award (now Winning Works).

She is an adjunct professor at New York University’s New Studio on Broadway at Tisch School of the Arts and a Virginia B. Toulmin Fellow at The Center for Ballet and the Arts.

Production Dramaturg:

Eric M. Glover (he/him) is an assistant professor adjunct of dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at David Geffen School of Drama where he practices. Eric has also worked as a production dramaturg for Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun (Yale Repertory Theatre, canceled due to COVID-19, 2020).

Scenic Designer: Anna Grigo is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where she designed sets for Alice and sets and projections for Reykjavík. Other scenic design credits include Lenny’s Fast Food Kids Gang, Fireflies, and over easy (Yale Cabaret).

Selected professional scenic design credits include Women in Jeopardy!

(Cortland Repertory Theatre); Matt & Ben (Kitchen Theatre Company); Shining City (Hudson Stage Company); Red and Peter and the Starcatcher (Cider Mill Playhouse). Selected professional costume design credits include Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Sierra Repertory Theatre); Fernando (Ice Factory Festival NYC); Thumbprint (Opera Ithaca); and Urinetown (Cider Mill Playhouse).

Anna was also a selected finalist for

her scenic design of The White Plague for the Prague Quadrennial Common Design Project 2020. annagrigo.com Sound Designer: Daniela Hart is a NYC-based sound designer, composer, and filmmaker and a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama. Select theater credits include Fires in the Mirror (Baltimore Center Stage and Long Wharf); Night Watch (Dorset Theater); Pleasure Machine (Colt Couer); Vapor Trail (MIT Music and Theater Arts); How to Save the World in 90 Minutes (Cherry Lane); Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (the Geffen School); References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (ART, Harvard); Julius Caesar (Vermont Shakespeare); Neighborhood 3 (Rattlestick Theater); The Parlour (Soho Rep). Daniela is also a producer, editor, and sound supervisor with her company UptownWorks.

Music Director and Vocal Arrangements: Allen René Louis is a HaitianAmerican composer, lyricist, arranger, instrumentalist, trained vocalist, and producer. Known for his masterful arrangements, Allen’s dynamic musicality is deeply rooted in his soulful, gospel background, and influenced by genres such as folk, musical theater, and jazz. Allen served as Music Director for the 2020 Musical Theatre Songwriting Challenge presented by The American Theatre Wing in partnership with The National Endowment for the Arts. He also made an incredible theatrical contribution as the Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, and Music Director of the Inaugural Antonyo Awards, presented

by Broadway Black, an organization that

fosters and inspires artistic diversity and excellence in theatre. His work as a vocal arranger was also featured on the 2021 CBS “Broadway’s Back” presented The Tony Awards. Most recently, Allen stepped into the role of Artistic Director of the Grammy nominated, Tony Award winning Broadway Inspirational Voices.

Allen currently has a number of projects in development and hopes that his work will continue to inspire, uplift and bring about change.

Costume Designer: Stephen Marks is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where his credits include costume design for Mr. Burns, a postelectric play; Measure for Measure; and scenic design for Penis Inspection Day at Yale Cabaret. Other credits include Independence and Dancing at Lughnasa (Stella Adler Studio of Acting) and If I’m Alive Next Week, an episodic short series that premiered at the Tribeca Festival. He also served as the associate costume designer for the Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Seize the King.

Stephen holds a B.A. in theater and dance from James Madison University.

He has worked for John Kristiansen New York, Inc., the Heritage Theatre Festival, and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Playwright:

Tarell Alvin McCraney is the Co-Chair and the Eugene O’Neill Professor in the Practice of Playwriting at David Geffen School of Drama and is the Playwright in Residence at Yale Rep. He is also a member of Teo Castellanos/D-Projects Theater Company in Miami and a

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble. He co-wrote the 2016 film, Moonlight, based on his own work In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, for which he received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His other plays include Head of Passes, Wig Out!, and The Brother/Sister Plays trilogy, which includes The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water, and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet. He is the creator of the OWN series, David Makes Man, and wrote the screenplay for High Flying Bird. His numerous awards include the Whiting Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Doris Duke Artists Award, Windham-Campbell Prize, London Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, The New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, the Paula Vogel Award, and a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship.

Assistant Stage Manager:

Joanelle Moriah* (she/her) is a graduating third-year stage management student at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and is excited to be a part of the Yale Rep and Choir Boy family. Joanelle has worked at the Geffen School as stage manager on How Black Girls Get Over Fuckbois, Vol. 1 and Love I Awethu Further and as assistant stage manager on Alice and The Winter’s Tale and A Doll’s House at Yale Cabaret. Member, Actors’ Equity Association.

Technical Director: Dominick Pinto is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where he has served as the technical director for Fun Home and assistant technical director for Othello.

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At Yale Rep, he was an assistant technical director on Cadillac Crew and the production electrician on The Prisoner. His technical design credits include Small Town Story (South Orange Performing Arts Center); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Memorial Auditorium), Pride and Prejudice (Alexander Kasser Theatre), The Persians and The Big Meal (L. Howard Fox Theatre). Dominick worked as a draftsperson at blackwalnut and Montclair State University and has worked at companies including American Theater Group, McCarter Theatre Company, and HERE! Arts Center. He holds a B.F.A. in theater production and design from Montclair State University.

Intimacy Director:

Kelsey Rainwater is an intimacy coach, fight director, and actress based out of the ancestral lands of the Munsee Lenape people. Kelsey’s most recent work was seen in the premiere of In the Southern Breeze at Rattlestick, David Geffen School of Drama’s She Kills Monsters, and Mason Gross School of the Arts’ Damocles and Smart People.

Some of her other credits include The Public Theater’s Measure for Measure and White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Oskar Eustis; A Raisin in the Sun (canceled due to COVID) at Yale Rep; Blues for An Alabama Sky with the Keen Company; and Bess Wohl’s film Baby Ruby. She is a Lecturer in Acting at David Geffen School of Drama, coteaching stage combat and intimacy, and is Resident Fight and Intimacy Director for Yale Rep.

Casting Director:

Stage Manager:

Tara Rubin, C.S.A. has been casting

Sam Tirrell* (she/her) is a multihyphenate theater artist based in Troy, New York. Recent credits include the world premiere of Queen of the Night by travis tate at Dorset Theatre Festival, as well as the world premieres of Girls by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson, both at Yale Repertory Theatre. Sam has stage managed productions for the New York Musical Festival (NYMF), New York Theatre Ballet, Troy Foundry Theatre, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, David Geffen School of Drama, Proctors Theatre, Theatre Institute at Sage, Yale Cabaret, and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, among others. She has also served as faculty at the School of Performing Arts at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York. B.A.: Russell Sage College. M.F.A.: David Geffen School of Drama.

at Yale Rep since 2004. Selected Broadway/National Tours: Six, Ain’t Too Proud, King Kong, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Band’s Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Boys.

Off-Broadway: Gloria: A Life, Smokey Joe’s Café, Jersey Boys, Here Lies Love.

Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Bucks County Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse. tararubincasting.com

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ARTISTIC

Assistant Director

Faith-Marie Zamblé Assistant Scenic Designer

Charles Meier Assistant Costume Designer

Kiyoshi Shaw Assistant Lighting Designer

Yichen Zhou Associate Sound Designers

Noel Nichols, UptownWorks Bailey Trierweiler, UptownWorks Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer

Stan Mathabane Dance Captain

Gilbert Domally Fight Captain

Sam Tirrell Production Assistant

Chloe Liu PRODUCTION

Associate Production Manager

Sky Pang Assistant Technical Directors

Laura Copenhaver Shaoqian Lu Andrew Riedemann Assistant Properties Supervisor

Nicholas Benavides Production Electrician

Alary Sutherland Wireless Microphone Technician

Olivia Denison

Run Crew

Garrett Allen Benjamin Benne Jihane Fareseddine Safwon Farmer James L. Fleming David Mitsch Emma Pernudi-Moon Miguel Urbino ADMINISTRATION House Manager

Spencer Knoll UNDERSTUDIES

Anthony Justin “AJ” James, Ensemble:

Jared Alexander* Junior Davis:

Anthony Grace Brown Ensemble:

Michael Allyn Crawford Bobby Marrow:

Gilbert Domally* David Heard

Denzel DeAngelo Fields* Ensemble:

Karl Green** Mr. Pendleton:

Max Monnig** Ensemble:

Darian Peer* Pharus Jonathan Young:

Wildlin Pierrevil* Headmaster Marrow:

Nomè SiDone SPECIAL THANKS Carofano Opticians of New Haven

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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. **Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF Artistic Director James Bundy Managing Director Florie Seery Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Programs Jennifer Kiger General Manager Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.

ARTISTIC Resident Artists Playwright in Residence Tarell Alvin McCraney Resident Directors Lileana Blain-Cruz Liz Diamond Tamilla Woodard Resident Dramaturg Catherine Sheehy Set Design Advisor Riccardo Hernández Resident Set Designer Michael Yeargan Costume Design Advisors Oana Botez Ilona Somogyi

Artistic Management Production Stage Manager James Mountcastle Literary Manager Amy Boratko Artistic Associate Kay Perdue Meadows Artistic Fellows Molly FitzMaurice Sophie Siegel-Warren Casting Tara Rubin C.S.A. Laura Schutzel, C.S.A. Merri Sugarman, C.S.A. Peter Van Dam, C.S.A. Claire Burke, C.S.A. Felicia Rudolph, C.S.A. Xavier Rubiano, C.S.A. Kevin Metzger-Timson, C.S.A. Louis DiPaolo Spencer Gualdoni Olivia Paige West Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director Josie Brown

Resident Costume Designer Toni-Leslie James

Senior Administrative Assistant for Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Laurie Coppola

Lighting Design Advisors Alan C. Edwards Stephen Strawbridge

Senior Administrative Assistant for the Design program Kate Begley Baker

Sound Design Advisor Mikaal Sulaiman

Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting program Krista DeVellis

Voice and Text Advisor Grace Zandarski Resident Fight and Intimacy Directors Kelsey Rainwater Michael Rossmy Stage Management Advisor Narda E. Alcorn

Associate Artists 52nd Street Project Kama Ginkas Mark Lamos MTYZ Theatre/Moscow New Generation Theatre Bill Rauch Sarah Ruhl Henrietta Yanovskaya

Senior Administrative Assistant to Production and Theater Safety Grace O’Brien

Scenery Technical Directors Neil Mulligan Matt Welander Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor Alan Hendrickson Scene Shop Supervisor Eric Sparks Senior Lead Carpenter Matt Gaffney Lead Carpenters Ryan Gardner Kat McCarthey Sharon Reinhart Libby Stone Carpenter Doug Kester

Painting Paint Shop Supervisor Ru-Jun Wang Scenic Artists Lia Akkerhuis Nathan Jasunas Scenic Painting Intern Jihane Fareseddine

Properties Properties Supervisor Jennifer McClure Properties Craftsperson David P. Schrader

Library Services Lindsay King

Properties Associate Zach Faber

PRODUCTION Production Management Director of Production Shaminda Amarakoon

Properties Stock Manager Mark Dionne

Production Manager Jonathan Reed Production Manager for Studio Projects and Special Events C. Nikki Mills Acting Production Coordinator and Student Labor Supervisor Robert Chikar

Costumes Costume Shop Manager Christine Szczepanski Senior Drapers Clarissa Wylie Youngberg Mary Zihal Senior First Hands Deborah Bloch Patricia Van Horn

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YALE REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF Costume Project Coordinator Linda Kelley-Dodd Costume Stock Manager Jamie Farkas Costume Shop Intern Micah Ohno

Electrics Lighting Supervisor Donald W. Titus Senior House Electricians Jennifer Carlson Linda-Cristal Young Interim Production Electrician Christina Dragen-Dima Electrician Tyler Hieb

Sound Sound Supervisor Mike Backhaus Lead Sound Engineer Stephanie Smith Sound Intern Rebecca Satzberg

Projections Projection Supervisor Eric Lin Projection Engineer Mike Paddock

Stage Operations Stage Carpenter Janet Cunningham Lead Wardrobe Supervisor Elizabeth Bolster Lead Properties Runner William Ordynowicz

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ADMINISTRATION General Management Associate Managing Directors Madeline Carey Caitlin M. Dutkiewicz Emma Rose Perrin

Finance, Human Resources, and Digital Technology Director of Finance and Digital Technology Katherine D. Burgueño

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager Emalie Mayo

Director of Human Resources Sarah de Freitas

Assistant Managing Director Chloe Knight

Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium, and Web Technology Janna J. Ellis

Management Assistant Annabel Guevara

Manager, Business Operations Martha Boateng

Company Manager Matthew Sonnenfeld

Digital Communications Associate George Tinari

Assistant Company Managers Wendy Davies Jake Hurwitz

Development and Alumni Affairs Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Deborah S. Berman Senior Associate Director of Institutional Giving Janice Muirhead Senior Associate Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs Susan C. Clark Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs William Gaines Associate Director of Development Communications and Alumni Affairs Casey Grambo

Lead Light Board Programmer David Willmore

Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Alumni Affairs Jennifer E. Alzona

FOH Mix Engineer Eric Norris

Development Assistant Annabel Guevara

Interim Business Office Analyst Win Knowles Business Office Specialist Preston Mock Digital Technology Associates Edison Dule Garry Heyward Senior Administrative Assistant to Business Office, Digital and Web Technology, Operations, and Tessitura Shainn Reaves Business Office Assistants Megan Blake Ashlie Russell Database Application Consultants Ben Silvert Erich Bolton Bo Du

Marketing, Communications, and Audience Services Director of Marketing Daniel Cress Director of Communications Steven Padla

Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Caitlin Griffin (on leave) Acting Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Jecamiah Ybañez Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications Jason Gray Production Photographer Joan Marcus Art and Design Paul Evan Jeffrey/ Passage Design Videographer David Kane Senior Administrative Assistant for Marketing and Communications Mishelle Raza Director of Audience Services Laura Kirk Assistant Director of Audience Services Shane Quinn Subscriptions Coordinator Tracy Baldini Audience Services Associate Molly Leona

Customer Service and Safety Officers Ralph Black, Jr. Kevin Delaney Ed Jooss John Marquez Box Office Assistants Mikaela Boone Sydney Garick Jordan Graf Lucy Harvey Aaron Magloire Kenneth Murray a.k. payne Jessica Wang Ushers Jillian Albrecht Tracy Bennett Maura Bozeman Denny Burke Gerson Espinoza Campos Nina Gaither Natasha Gaither Maddie Garfinkle Amelia Gates Elli Herzog Keenan Miller Bonnie Moeller Aya Ochiai Gabi Poisson Lauren Radigan Jana Ross Jocelyn Wexler Cody Whetstone Kyler Worthington Larsson Youngberg

Theater Safety and Occupational Health Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health Anna Glover COVID Compliance Manager Jonathan Jolly COVID Compliance Coordinator Amy Stern Associate Safety Advisors Jacob Santos Eric Walker

Operations Interim Director of Facility Operations Nadir Balan Interim Operations Associate Brandon Fuller Interim Operations Assistant Kelvin Essilfie Arts and Graduate Studies Superintendents Jennifer Draughn Michael Halpern Team Leaders Andrew Mastriano Sherry Stanley Facility Stewards Michael Humbert Marcia Riley Custodians Sybil Bell Christina Davis Tylon Frost Cassandra Hobby Kathy Langston Mark Roy Jerome Sonia

Choir Boy, March 31–April 23, 2022, University Theatre, 222 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut.

Yale Repertory Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT are represented by United Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

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ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES Yale Repertory Theatre offers all patrons the most comprehensive accessibility services program in Connecticut, including a season of open captioned and audio described performances, a free assistive FM listening system, large print and Braille programs, wheelchair accessibility with an elevator entrance into Yale Rep (located on the left side of the building), and accessible seating.

For more information about the theater’s accessibility services, please contact: Laura Kirk, Director of Audience Services | 203.432.1522 | laura.kirk@yale.edu

FOR CHOIR BOY ; Audio Description April 16 at 2PM

Pre-show description begins at 1:45PM A live narration of the play’s action, sets, and costumes for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

American Sign Language April 16 at 8PM

An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreted performance of Choir Boy for patrons who are deaf or have hearing loss.

Open Captioning April 23 at 2PM

A digital display of the play’s dialogue as it’s spoken for patrons who are deaf or have hearing loss.

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Available at the concierge desk in the theater lobby are Braille and large print programs and assistive listening devices.

Yale Repertory Theatre thanks the

Eugene G. and Margaret M. Blackford Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee for its support of services for our patrons who are blind or have low vision.

c2 is pleased to be the official Open Captioning Provider of Yale Repertory Theatre.

GENERAL INFORMATION MASKING All patrons must wear masks at all times while inside the theater. Our staff, backstage crew, and artists (when not performing on stage) will also be masked at all times.

PHOTO POLICY The taking of photographs or the use of recording devices of any kind in the theater without the written permission of the management is prohibited.

SEATING POLICY Everyone must have a ticket.

Sorry, no children in arms or on laps. Patrons who arrive late or leave the theater during the performance will be reseated at the discretion of house management. Those who become disruptive will be asked to leave the theater.

FIRE NOTICE Illuminated signs above each door indicate emergency exits. Please check for the nearest exit. In the event of emergency, you will be notified by theater personnel and assisted in the evacuation of the building.

RESTROOMS are located in the lower level of the building.

YOUTH PROGRAMS

As part of Yale Rep’s commitment to our community, we provide two significant youth programs.

WILL POWER! is Yale Rep’s annual educational initiative, designed to bring middle and high school students to see live theater. Since our 2003–04 season, WILL POWER! has served more than 20,000 Connecticut students and educators. In 2021–22, we will offer virtual programming centered on Choir Boy and Between Two Knees to New Haven Public Schools students and educators.

In previous seasons, the program has included early school-time matinees, free or heavily subsidized tickets, study guides, and post-performance discussions with actors and members of the creative teams.

WILL POWER! is committed to giving teachers curricular support through free workshops and professional development about the content and themes of the plays.

The Dwight/Edgewood Project (D/EP) is a community engagement program of Yale Rep and David Geffen School of Drama for middle school-aged students from Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School, a K-8 school located on the edge of the Dwight and Edgewood neighborhoods in New Haven.

The sixth- and seventh-graders are paired with mentors from the Geffen School to write their own plays. The month-long program begins in late May, culminating in fully produced plays performed by the Yale mentors and presented for the New Haven community in late June.

Yale Rep’s youth programs are supported in part by:

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DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA BOARD OF ADVISORS John B. Beinecke YC ’69, Chair Jeremy Smith ’76, Vice Chair Nina Adams MS ’69, NUR ’77 Rudy Aragon LAW ’79 Amy Aquino ’86 John Badham ’63, YC ’61 Pun Bandhu ’01 Sonja Berggren Special Research Fellow ’13 Frances Black ’09 Carmine Boccuzzi YC ’90, LAW ’94 Lynne Bolton Clare Brinkley Sterling B. Brinkley, Jr. YC ’74 Kate Burton ’82 James Chen ’08 Lois Chiles Patricia Clarkson ’85

Edgar M. Cullman III ’02, YC ’97 Michael David ’68 Scott Delman YC ’82 Michael Diamond ’90 Polly Draper ’80, YC ’77 Charles S. (Roc) Dutton ’83 Sasha Emerson ’84 Lily Fan YC ’01, LAW ’04 Terry Fitzpatrick ’83 Marc Flanagan ’70 Anita Pamintuan Fusco YC ’90 David Marshall Grant ’78 David Alan Grier ’81 Sally Horchow YC ’92 Ellen Iseman YC ’76 David G. Johnson YC ’78 Rolin Jones ’04 Sarah Long ’92, YC ’85 Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger ’86

Brian Mann ’79 Drew McCoy David Milch YC ’66 Jennifer Harrison Newman ’11 Carol Ostrow ’80 Tracy Chutorian Semler YC ’86 Tony Shalhoub ’80 Michael Sheehan ’76 Anna Deavere Smith HON ’14 Andrew Tisdale Edward Trach ’58 Esme Usdan YC ’77 Courtney B. Vance ’86 Donald Ware YC ’71 Shana C. Waterman YC ’94, LAW ’00 Henry Winkler ’70 Amanda Wallace Woods ’03

Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre LEADERSHIP SOCIETY ($50,000+)

Anonymous Ed Barlow John B. Beinecke Sonja Berggren and Patrick Seaver Estate of James T. Brown* Lois Chiles The Roy Cockrum Foundation Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Colleen and Kipp deVeer Estate of Nicholas Diggs* Estate Richard Diggs* Anita Pamintuan Fusco and Dino Fusco The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

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Jerome L. Greene Foundation David G. Johnson Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger and Mark Hollinger Richard Ostreicher Raymond Plank Philantropy Fund The Shubert Foundation Tracy Chutorian Semler Jeremy Smith Stephen Timbers Nesrin and Andrew Tisdale Edward Trach Esme Usdan Don Ware

GUARANTORS ($25,000–$49,999) Jim Burrows Burry Fredrik Foundation Sarah Long Talia Shire Schwartzman Estate of Eugene Shewmaker*

The Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation Estate of William Swan*

BENEFACTORS ($10,000–$24,999) Nina Adams and Moreson Kaplan Amy Aquino and Drew McCoy Americana Arts Foundation Rudy Aragon Carmine Boccuzzi and Bernard Lumpkin Lynne and Roger Bolton Wendy Davies Michael Diamond Educational Foundation of America Ettinger Foundation Heidi Ettinger Lily Fan Terry Fitzpatrick Mabel Burchard Fischer Grant Foundation

Ellen Iseman in memory of Marjorie Frankenthaler Iseman Estate of James E. Jewell* Lucille Lortel Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Michael and Riki Sheehan Ted and Mary Jo Shen Carol L. Sirot Trust for Mutual Understanding The Wilke Family Foundation

PATRONS ($5,000–$9,999)

John Badham The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Foster Bam Pun Bandhu Richard C. Beacham Eugene G. and Margaret M. Blackford Memorial Fund

Clare and Sterling Brinkley James Bundy and Anne Tofflemire Ian Calderon Janet Ciriello CT Humanities Brett Dalton Michael S. David Scott Delman Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation Barbara and Richard Franke Howard Gilman Foundation Sally Horchow Rolin Jones Eugene Leitermann Adrianne Lobel Tien-Tsung Ma Brian Mann Neil Mazzella Roz and Jerry Meyer David and Leni Moore Family Foundation James Munson Jason Najjoum NewAlliance Foundation Carol Ostrow Bill and Sharon Reynolds Tony Shalhoub Russ Rosensweig

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999)

Anonymous Jody Locker Berger Frances Black Donald and Mary Brown Joan Channick and Ruth Hein Schmitt* Jon Farley David Marshall Grant JANA Foundation Ann Judd and Bennett Pudlin Fred Gorelick and Cheryl MacLachlan Rocco Landesman George Lindsay, Jr. Jonathan S. Miller Abby Roth and R. Lee Stump Kenneth J. Stein Amanda Wallace Woods

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499)

Emily Aber and Rob Weschler Donna Alexander Anonymous Paula Armbruster Mamoudou N. Athie Richard and Alice Baxter John Lee Beatty Patricia Bennett and Rich Gold Jeff Bleckner Santino Blumetti Cyndi Brown Kate Burton Michael Cadden Anne and Guido Calabresi Cosmo Catalano, Jr. James Chen Audrey Conrad Raymond Curtis Ramon Delgado ERJ Fund Shelley Geballe Marc Flanagan Tony Foreman Rob Greenberg Jane Head Donald Holder Suzanne Jackson Elizabeth Kaiden Elizabeth Katz and Reed Hundt Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff Abby Kenigsberg The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Charles E. Letts III Kenneth Lewis Jennifer Lindstrom William Ludel Neil Mulligan Gayther Myers Janet Oetinger Amy Povich Kathy and George Priest Pam and Jeff Rank Lance Reddick Joumana Rizk Dr. Michael Rigsby and Prof. Richard Lalli Douglas and Terri Robinson Russ Rosensweig Mark Rosenthal

Benjamin Slotznick Shepard and Marlene Stone John Thomas III Carol M. Waaser Clifford Lee Warner Shana C. Waterman Carolyn Seely Wiener Steven Waxler Evan Yionoulis Steve Zuckerman and Darlene Kaplan

PARTNERS ($500–$999)

Actors’ Equity Foundation Shaminda Amarakoon Mary Ellen and Thomas Atkins Ashley Bishop James and Dorothy Bridgeman Joy Carlin Sarah Bartlo Chaplin Sean Cullen Bob and Priscilla Dannies Rick Davis Robert Dealy Aziz Dehkan and Barbara Moss Sasha Emerson Bernard Engel Peter Entin Glen R. Fasman Randy Fullerton Peter Gerwe Betty and Joshua Goldberg Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Eduardo Groisman Regina Guggenheim William B. Halbert Andy Hamingson Judy Hansen Alan Hendrickson Armondo Huipe Peter Hunt Pam Jordan Harvey Kliman and Sandra Stein Susan Knight Frances Kumin Suttirat Larlarb Chih-Lung Lui John McAndrew Susie Medak and Greg Murphy Jonathan Miller

Daniel Mufson Janice Muirhead William Nordhaus Arthur Oliner F. Richard Pappas Louise Perkins and Jeff Glans Point Harbor Fund of the Maine Community Foundation Alec Purves Faye and Asghar Rastegar Howard Rogut Kenneth Sonnenfeld Anna Deavere Smith James Steerman Matthew Suttor David Sword Sarah Treem Paul Walsh Vera Wells Ray Werner Steven Wolff Albert Zuckerman

INVESTORS ($250–$499)

Bruce Ackerman and Susan Rose-Ackerman Narda Alcorn Alexander Bagnall Georg’Ann Bona Susan Brady and Mark Loeffler Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buckholz David Budries Jonathan Busky Nicholas Cimmino Paul Cleary William Connor Daniel Cooperman and Mariel Harris Robert Cotnoir Claire A. Criscuolo John W. Cunningham William Curran F. Mitchell Dana Laura Davis and David Soper Dennis Dorn Dr. Marc Eisenberg Ann Erbe Richard and Barbara Feldman Joel Fontaine David Freeman Eric Gershman and Katie Liberman LT Gourzong

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Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen School Linda Greenhouse Emmy Grinwis Michael Gross Barbara Hauptman Jennifer Hershey Dale and Stephen Hoffman James Guerry Hood Chuck Hughes David Henry Hwang Joanna and Lee A. Jacobus Bruce Katzman Edward Kaye Alan Kibbe Amir Kishon Mitchell Kurtz Maryanne Lavan and Larry Harris Bona Lee Irene Lewis Eric Lin Charles H. Long Mary Lloyd Virginia (Wendy) Riggs Lyons in memory of Robert W. Lyons Adam Man Peter Marshall Deborah McGraw David Muse Jennifer Harrison Newman Regina and Thomas Neville Edward and Frances O’Neill Jacob Padrón Bruce Payne and Jack Thomas Dw Phineas Perkins Jeffrey Powell and Adalgisa Caccone Jon and Sarah Reed Brian Robinson Steve Robman Constanza Romero Nan Ross Jean and Ron Rozett Robert Sandberg Suzanne Sato Robin Sauerteig Kenneth Schlesinger Kathleen McElfresh Scott Florie Seery Paul Selfa William Skipper Dr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Spencer

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Kenneth Stein Howard Steinman Susan Stevens Bernard Sundstedt Richard B. Trousdell George C. White Guy and Judith Yale

FRIENDS ($100–$249)

Paola Allais Acree Theresa Aldamlouji Christopher Akerlind Michael Albano Rachel and Ian Alderman Michael Annand Anonymous William Armstrong Peter Aronson Clayton Austin Angelina Avallone Emily Bakemeier and Alain Moreaux Dylan Baker Warren Bass William and Donna Batsford Michael Baumgarten Karen BedrosianRichardson Jennifer Bennick Mark Bly Amy Brewer and David Sacco Oscar Brownstein Stephen Bundy Richard Butler Susan Byck David Byrd Barbara Bzdyra David Calica Kathryn A. Calnan Robert Campbell Juliana Canfield H. Lloyd Carbaugh Vincent Cardinal Sami Joan Casler Gus Christiansen Audrey Conrad David Conte Douglas and Roseline Crowley Anne Danenberg Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeCoster Penney Detchon Connie and Peter Dickinson Derek DiGregorio

Melinda DiVicino Megan and Leon Doyon Jeanne Drury Samuel Duncan John Duran Terry Dwyer Laura Eckelman Phoebe and Kem Edwards Fran Egler Robert Einienkel Nancy Reeder El Bouhali Janann Eldredge Donald Engelman Dirk Epperson David Epstein Dustin Eshenroder Frank and Ellen Estes Femi Euba Connie Evans Jerry Evans John D. Ezell Ann Farris Paul and Susan Birke Fiedler Terry S. Flagg Madlyn and Richard Flavell Keith Fowler Adam Frank Walter M. Frankenberger III Richard Fuhrman Stephen Gefroh Carol Gibson-Prugh Lindy Lee Gold Carol Goldberg Robert Goldsby Naomi Grabel Casey Grambo Hannah Grannemann Steve Grecco Bigelow Green Marion Grinwis David Hale Stephanie Halene Amanda Haley Alexander Hammond Ann Hanley Scott Hansen John Harnagel Charlene Harrington Babo Harrison Brian Hastert Catherine Hazelhurst James Hazen Al Heartley Beth Heller Robert Heller

Ann Hellerman Steve Hendrickson Chris Henry Jeffrey Herrmann Caite Hevner Elizabeth Holloway Nicholas Hormann Susan Horrowitz Bruce Horton Kathleen Houle Kevin Hourigan Evelyn Huffman Charles Hughes Derek Hunt Peter H. Hunt John Huntington John W. Jacobsen Chris Jaehnig Eliot and Lois Jameson Elizabeth Johnson Martha Jurczak Jonathan Kalb Carol Kaplan Edward Lapine Jay B. Keene Samuel Kelley Roger Kenvin Peter Kim William Kleb Dr. Lawrence Klein Fredrica Klemm Deborah Kochevar Steve Koernig Bonnie Kramm Brenda and Justin Kreuzer David Kriebs Joan Kron Mitchell Kurtz Ojin Kwon Marie Landry and Peter Aronson Robert Langdon James and Cynthia Lawler Clare Leinweber Martha Lidji Lazar Drew Lichtenberg Elizabeth Lewis Fred Lindauer Benjamin Lloyd Thornton Lockwood Jerry Lodynsky Robert Hamilton Long II Everett Lunning Andi Lyons Wendy MacLeod Marvin March Edwin Martin Maria Matasar-Padilla

of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre Margaret and Robert McCaw Robert McDonald Deborah McGraw Bill McGuire Patricia McMahon Donald Michaelis Kathryn Milano George Miller Jane Ann Miller Jonathan Miller Lawrence Mirkin Jennifer Moeller Richard Mone Beth Morrison Jay Mullen Jim and Eileen Mydosh Kaye Neale Kate Newman Ruth Hunt Newman Jane Nowosadko Mark Novom Deb and Ron Nudel Adam O’Byrne Eileen O’Connor Richard Olson Alex Organ Kendric T. Packer Michael Parrella Jeffrey Park Dr. and Mrs. Michael Parry

Amanda Peiffer Ruth Perlman Thomas G. Masse and James M. Perlotto, MD William Peters Joel Polis Lisa Porter Michael Posnick Gladys Powers Robert Provenza William Purves Norman Redlich Gail Reen Barbara Reid Oakton Reynolds Lisa Richardson Elizabeth Riedemann Joan Robbins Nathan Roberts Peter S. Roberts Lori Robishaw Kevin Rogers Stu Rohrer Robert Rooy Melissa Rose Joseph Ross Donald Rossler John Rothman Rebecca Rugg Janet Ruppert John Barry Ryan

Dr. Robert and Marcia Safirstein Steven Saklad Donald Sanders Adam Saunders Peggy Sasso Joel Schechter Anne Schenck Kenneth Schlesinger Georg Schreiber Jennifer Schwartz Tom Sellar Ellen Seltzer Subrata K. Sen Paul Serenbetz Morris Sheehan William and Elizabeth Sledge Gilbert and Ruth Small E. Gray Smith, Jr. George Smith Helena L. Sokoloff Suzanne Solensky and Jay Rozgonyi Charles Steckler Louise Stein John Stevens Mark Stevens Michael Strickland Mark Sullivan Thomas Sullivan

Erik Sunderman Jane Suttell Douglas Taylor Jane Savitt Tennen Muriel Test David F. Toser Russell L. Treyz Deb Trout Carrie Van Hallgren Jaylene Wallace Erik Walstad Brad Ward Peter White Robert Wildman Annick Winokur and Peter Gilbert

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