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We build our collective work on a foundation of mutual respect, prizing the contributions and accomplishments of the individual and of the team.
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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to Yale Repertory Theatre and today’s performance of ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, created and performed by the award-winning, London-based Estonian clown Julia Masli!
One of the great thrills of live theater is its inherent unpredictability. Just as no two productions of Hedda Gabler can be exactly the same, no two performances of the same production of Hedda Gabler can be either. That’s true not only based on how a creative team and a company of actors interpret a text, but also how an audience on any given night responds to those choices.
Julia Masli’s truly one-of-a-kind theatrical event, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, is deeply rooted in these unique aspects of our artform. The performance you are about to experience will be entirely different than tomorrow’s, even if you choose to attend both, because it is highly improvised based on her interactions with members of the audience. None of us—including Julia herself—know what will happen once the show begins.
I had the great good fortune to see ha ha ha ha ha ha ha last summer at The Public Theater in New York City. I would be hard-pressed to name another night in the theater in which the audience was not only doubled-over in laughter but also visibly moved by Julia’s seemingly subversive provocation to open our hearts to one another. I’m thrilled to welcome Julia to New Haven and our theater, and I’m looking forward to seeing as many different performances as I can while she’s here. You may feel the same way!
Our season will continue with Eugene Ionesco’s tragi-comic masterpiece, Rhinoceros, staged by Obie Award-winning Resident Director Liz Diamond. The adaptation by Tony Award winner and Academy Award nominee Frank Galati, working from the translation by Derek Prouse, and featuring choreography by Emily Coates, will play March 6–28.
We will conclude the season with Furlough’s Paradise by a.k. payne, directed by abigail jean-baptiste, April 24–May 16.The lyrical meditation on grief, home, and kinship—written while a.k. was a student at David Geffen School of Drama, where it was staged as part of the annual Carlotta Festival—is the recipient of the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the oldest and largest prize honoring women+ writing for the English-speaking theater. (Previous honorees include Geffen School alums Sarah Mantell and Lynn Nottage and faculty member Sarah Ruhl.) I’m delighted to welcome a.k. and abigail to Yale Rep for a full production.
I am delighted you are here today and hope you will join us again this spring. In the meantime, I look forward to hearing your thoughts about ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, or any of your experiences at Yale Rep. My email address is james.bundy@yale.edu.
Sincerely,
James Bundy
JANUARY 20–FEBRUARY 7, 2026
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE
James Bundy, Artistic Director | Florie Seery, Managing Director
PRESENTS
A WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY TOURING PRODUCTION
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
CREATED AND PERFORMED BYJULIA
DIRECTED BY KIM NOBLE
MASLI
Sound Designer and Composer Alessio Festuccia
Live Sound Designer ........................................................................ Sebastián Hernández
Co-Lighting Designer Jennifer Fok
Original Lighting Designer Lily Woodford
Associate Producer, Production Manager, Stage Manager, Live Lighting Designer Sarah Chapin
Costume Designers David Curtis-Ring
...................................................................................................... Annika Thiems
......................................................................................................... Alice Wedge
Technical Director ............................................................................... Mara Bredovskis
Consulting Producers Maria Manuela Goyanes ............................................................................................... David C. Frederick .......................................................................................................... Sophia Lynn
Assistant Stage Managers Whitney Renell Roy ......................................................................................................... Claire Young
Generous support for the ha ha ha ha ha ha ha tour provided by David C. Frederick & Sophia Lynn.
The U.S. premiere was produced by Wagner Johnson Productions, Seaview, Wessex Grove, and Impatient Productions at the Soho Playhouse in New York City, May 2024.
Yale Repertory Theatre gratefully acknowledges our 2025–26 season funders.
CAROL L. SIROT
Funding has been provided by the Connecticut State Legislature, and is administered by the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts.
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This production uses haze and fog. This show is improvised and heavily based on audience interaction; therefore the content of the show will vary nightly.
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Biographies are submitted by the artists and edited for common house style by Yale Rep.
Julia Masli she/her (Creator and Performer) is an award-winning clown from Estonia, based in London. All she wants to do is solve people’s problems and eventually win the Nobel Prize, presented to those who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. But this plan keeps going wrong as she continually wins prizes for comedy. Her show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha was nominated for Edinburgh’s top prize of Best Comedy Show, the SKY Arts Best Comedy Award, the Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, two Helen Hayes Awards, and declared number one comedy show of the year by The Guardian—despite her serious intentions.
Mara Bredovskis (Technical Director) is a third-year M.F.A. candidate in the Technical Design and Production program at David Geffen School of Drama, where she was the coproduction electrician for the 2025 Carlotta Festival. Other credits include Eden (associate production manager) and falcon girls (projections engineer), both at Yale Rep; Summer Cabaret 2025 (co-technical director) and Yale Cabaret season 56 (winter production manager). Prior to Yale, Mara worked as a freelancer in all things technical theater around the province of Newfoundland for companies such as Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, Rising Tide Theatre, PerSIStence theatre, Opera on the Avalon, and more.
Sarah Chapin she/her (Live Lighting Designer, Associate Producer, Production and Stage Manager) fuses her technical expertise, performance training, and passion for systems and organization with an expansive can-do attitude to support artists making a more just and joyful world. She works as a stage manager, producer, production manager, educator, electrician, carpenter, and all-around technician for performance artists and arts organizations, including extensive work in contemporary dance and movement-based performance art. An avid social dancer, she runs a swing dance organization in her home city of Washington, DC.
David Curtis-Ring he/him (Costume Designer) is a queer British artist based in London and working internationally. He specialises in spatial design and costume for performance, photography, and installation. His practice is centred around the storytelling possibilities of contemporary sculpture; whether that be in a gallery, worn on the body, or installed into a store. No matter the medium, his otherworldly interpretations of nature are characterised by a playful approach and mythic strangeness, with handmade craftsmanship being key. He is best known for his production design for Pink Floyd’s The Endless River, for his collaborations with fashion designer Craig Green, and for his theatrical designs for writer/ performer Bryony Kimmings. He has art-directed music videos for Arctic Monkeys, Sinead O’ Connor,
and created numerous multi-sensory installations for Italian brand C.P. Company. @davidcurtisring
Alessio Festuccia he/him (Sound Designer and Composer) is an Italian sound designer based in London. His special skillset combines technical aptitude with creative intuition. In the course of his professional experience, he has worked as sound designer, music producer (Mr Everett, Alèfe, Tersø), and re-recording mixer for advertisements, short films, documentaries, and immersive audiovisual projects. He was recently featured as Sound Mixer for Netflix’s Bad Dinosaurs (2024), and his credits include editorial work for Armani and Vogue. His work was showcased at Dolby headquarters in London as a result of a workshop in composition for Dolby Atmos at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in 2023. @alefesounds
Jennifer Fok she/her (Co-Lighting Designer) is a Chinese American lighting designer whose design collaborations center around reimagining classics, established plays, and exploring new work in theater, dance, and music. Her work has been seen regionally and in New York at Roulette, Ars Nova, HERE Arts Center, National Sawdust, Flushing Town Hall, and Abrons Arts Center. She is a graduate of Ithaca College and member of USA 829. jenniferfok.com
Sebastián Hernández they/them (Live Sound Designer) is a LatineAmerican technical clown and sound designer. They have worked as a multidisciplinary technician at UCB, BCC, The Second City New York, The Elysian, The Bell House, Littlefield, The Public Theater, The Rockwell, and Pasadena Playhouse. They have worked on shows such as Stamptown, That Show with Chris Gethard, Mr. Cardboard, and countless more. They are hardworking, and their biggest weakness is that they’re too much of a perfectionist. They’re so excited to be working on ha ha ha ha ha ha ha again. @sebastianforgov
Kim Noble he/him (Director) was a critically acclaimed artist and performer from London. He used to be quite good at stuff like theater. He got an award. And he does some directing. The New York Times described him as “Annoying.” He is re-writing a book and recently had to move back into his mum’s flat due to financial difficulties. mrkimnoble.com
Whitney Renell Roy (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Dallas, Texas native and M.F.A. candidate in stage management at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Ain’t No Mo’, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. Whitney has also worked on Broadway and Off-Broadway productions including MJ the Musical (Neil Simon Theatre), Beetlejuice the Musical (Marquis Theatre), Scene Partners (Vineyard Theatre), and Goddess (New 42 Workshop). She is thrilled to be part of this production and grateful to the creative team and cast. @whitney.renell
Annika Thiems she/her (Costume Designer) is a German multidisciplinary artist based in London. By fusing functional clothing with psychoanalysis, she creates wearable sculptures that reveal the fragility of the human mind and body. She applies couture tailoring to perishable and discarded materials like dried herbs, reclaimed fabric, and single-use packaging in a process that mirrors free association. Thiems regularly creates custom garments and installations across the visual and performing arts, including Damsel Elysium’s EP launch (2024), Madelon Vriesendorp’s exhibition at the Cosmic House (2023–24), Shirin Fathi’s performance at the Victoria & Albert Museum (2024), and Paulina Lenoir’s cabaret and solo show at Soho Theatre (2022–24). Thiems holds degrees in psychology and curating and was the recipient of the 2019 NEON Curatorial Award hosted by the Whitechapel Gallery. She previously worked at the design office Zak Group and arts organisation Forma.
Alice Wedge she/her (Costume Designer) is a womenswear fashion designer specializing in creative drape. She takes a lot of her inspiration from art history, tribal robes, and knots, diving into research to create a rich storytelling within her designs. Alice graduated from Nottingham Trent University with first-class honours and was featured in Vogue magazine as a graduate to watch. With nine years of industry experience, she has designed for brands like Vivienne Westwood and Tommy Hilfiger. Coming from a creative family, Alice’s parents both
successful artists and her sister an art director, the artistic environment always influenced her. It was also a musical household which led to her love for opera which continues to inspire her. Based in London, she is now focused on starting her own fashion venture under her name ‘Alice Wedge,’ transforming existing fabrics into elegantly draped, limited edition pieces.
Lily Woodford they/them (Original Lighting Designer) is a technical designer who specializes in lighting design and multimedia work. They live in London, U.K. on a boat that they refurbished themself and studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, where their love of all things beautifully strange was solidified. They thrive on creating work that pushes the boundaries of conventional design and building powerful, thought provoking spaces. They have worked as a multidisciplinary designer for productions such as Julia Masli’s ha ha ha ha ha ha ha; Frankie Thompson’s CAttS and Body Show; Liv Ello’s SWARM, Jack the Mack, and Body Show; Adrian Bliss’s Inside Everyone; Eloina’s HIGH STEAKS; Stamptown Comedy’s Stamptown.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company The Tony Award-winning company creates badass theater that highlights the stunning, challenging, and tremendous complexity of our world. For over 40 years, Woolly has maintained a high standard of artistic rigor while simultaneously daring to take risks, innovate, and push beyond perceived boundaries. One of the few remaining theatres in the country to
maintain a company of artists, Woolly serves an essential research and development role within the American theatre. Plays premiered here have gone on to productions at hundreds of theatres all over the world and have had lasting impacts on the field. Currently co-led by Artistic Director Reggie D. White and Managing Director Kimberly E. Douglas, Woolly is located in Washington, DC, equidistant from the Capitol and the White House. This unique location influences Woolly’s investment in actively working towards an equitable, participatory, and creative democracy.
Claire Young she/her (Assistant Stage Manager) is a second-year M.F.A. candidate in stage management at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Other People, Antony and Cleopatra, You Can Tell a Tree by its Fruit, Tempt Me, and the 2025 Dwight/Edgewood Project. She has also worked for Norwegian Cruise Lines, Pittsburgh Opera, Cortland Repertory Theatre, and Stagedoor Manor. She sends lots of love and gratitude to her cohort and to her family.
FOR THIS PRODUCTION
artistic
Assistant Costume Designer
Nicole Brooks Sanwandee
Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer
Katie Chance
Musician
Tim Kane
production
Associate Production Manager
Ella Egan
Assistant Technical Director
David DiFabio
Assistant Properties Manager
Casper Apodaca
Production Electrician
Angie Hause
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Touring Crew Swing
Kelbi Hevia Carrig
administration
Associate Managing Director Joy (Xiaoyue) Chen
Assistant Managing Director
Jocelyn Lopez-Hagmann
Management Assistants
Roberto Di Donato, Ebonee Johnson
Company Managers
Raekwon Fuller, Gaby Rodriguez
Assistant Company Managers
Jenn London, Quinn O’Connor, Kiara Rivera
House Managers
Maura Bozeman, Chanel Johnson
Poster Art and Design
Paul Evan Jeffrey/Passage Design
Cover photo of Julia Masi Bryan Berbella
special thanks
E-hui, Mina Morita
Yale Repertory Theatre and David Geffen School of Drama
Artistic Director/ Elizabeth Parker Ware Dean
James Bundy
Managing Director/ Associate Dean
Florie Seery
Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Programs/Associate Dean
Chantal Rodriguez
General Manager/ Assistant Dean
Carla L. Jackson
Assistant Dean of Student Life
Nancy Yao
Academic Programs
Chair, Acting Program
Tamilla Woodard
Associate Chair, Acting Program
Grace Zandarski
Co-Chair, Design Program and Head of Set Design Concentration
Riccardo Hernández
Co-Chair, Design Program and Head of Costume Design Concentration
Toni-Leslie James
Head of Sound Design Concentration
Jill BC Du Boff
Head of Projection Design Concentration
Wendall K. Harrington
Head of Lighting Design Concentration
Donald Holder
Chair, Directing Program
Liz Diamond
Associate Chair, Directing Program
Yura Kordonsky
Chair, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Program
Catherine Sheehy
Associate Chair, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Program
Kimberly Jannarone
Co-Chairs, Playwriting Program
Anne Erbe
Marcus Gardley
Chair, Stage Management Program
Narda E. Alcorn
Associate Chair, Stage Management Program
James Mountcastle
Chair, Technical Design and Production Program
Shaminda Amarakoon
Associate Chair, Technical Design and Production Program
Jennifer McClure
Chair, Theater Management Program
Joshua Borenstein
ARTISTIC
Yale Rep
Resident Artists Playwright in Residence
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Resident Directors
Lileana Blain-Cruz
Liz Diamond
Tamilla Woodard
Dramaturgy Advisor
Amy Boratko
Resident Dramaturg
Catherine Sheehy
Set Design Advisor
Riccardo Hernández
Resident Set Designer
Michael Yeargan
Costume Design Advisors
Oana Botez
Ilona Somogyi
Resident Costume Designer
Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Design Advisors
Alan C. Edwards
Donald Holder
Projection Design Advisors
Shawn Lovell-Boyle
Joey Moro
Sound Design Advisor
Jill BC Du Boff
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
Artistic Administration
Production Stage Manager
James Mountcastle
Yale Rep Senior Artistic Producer
Amy Boratko
Yale Rep Associate Producer
Kay Perdue Meadows
Yale Rep Artistic Fellow
Hannah Fennell Gellman
Yale Rep Casting
James Calleri
Erica Jensen
Paul Davis
Editor, Theater magazine
Tom Sellar
Managing Editor, Theater magazine
Gabrielle Hoyt
Senior Associate Editor, David Geffen School of Drama Alumni Magazine
Catherine Sheehy
Senior Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/Dean
Grace O’Brien
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean/Artistic Director and Artistic Offices
Avery Amacher
Senior Administrative Assistant for Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, Stage Management programs, and Theater magazine
Laurie Coppola
Senior Administrative Assistant, Design Program
Kate Begley Baker
Senior Administrative Assistant, Acting Program
Krista DeVellis
Library Services
Erin Carney
PRODUCTION
Production Management
Director of Production
Shaminda Amarakoon
Production Manager
Jonathan Reed
Production Manager for Studio Projects and Special Events
C. Nikki Mills
Senior Administrative Assistant to Production, Theater Safety, and the Technical Design and Production Program
Rachel Zwick
Scenery
Technical Director for Yale Rep and Fall Protection Program Administrator
Neil Mulligan
Technical Directors for David Geffen School of Drama
Latiana “LT” Gourzong
Matt Welander
Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor
Spencer Hrdy
Metal Shop Foreperson
Matt Gaffney
Wood Shop Foreperson
Ryan Gardner
Lead Carpenters
Doug Kester
Kat McCarthey
Sharon Reinhart
Abigail “Galleon” Richard
Carpentry Interns
Kai Hancock
Red Wehrmann
Painting
Scenic Charge
Mikah Berky
Interim Scenic Charge
Nathan Jasunas
Lead Scenic Artist
Lia Akkerhuis
Paint Intern
Michaela Meyer
Properties
Properties Supervisor
Jennifer McClure
Associate Properties Supervisor
Katie Pulling
Properties Craftsperson
Steve Lopez
Properties Associate
Zach Faber
Properties Stock Manager
Mark Dionne
Properties Interns
Lee Donegan
Susan Gibbs
Costumes
Costume Shop Manager
Christine Szczepanski
Senior Drapers
Susan Aziz
Clarissa Wylie Youngberg
Mary Zihal
Senior First Hands
Deborah Bloch
Patricia Van Horn
First Hand
Maria Teodosio
Costume Project Coordinator
Linda Kelley-Dodd
Costume Stock Manager
Jamie Farkas
Costume Technology Intern
Eli Oremland
Electrics
Lighting Supervisor
Donald W. Titus
Senior House Electricians
Price Foster
Linda-Cristal Young
Electricians
Ben Njus
Aspen Rogers
Alex Zinovenko
Electrics Interns
Toni Carton
Gabriel Landes
Sound
Sound Supervisor
Mike Backhaus
Lead Sound Engineer
Mariah Keener
Sound Interns
Jay Korter
Skylar Linker
Projections
Projection Supervisor
Anja Powell
Lead Projection Technician
Solomon Sheffield
Projection Interns
Naomi Rodriguez
Sarah Webb
Stage Operations
Stage Carpenter
Janet Cunningham
Lead Wardrobe Supervisor
Elizabeth Bolster
Lead Properties Runner
William Ordynowicz
Yale Repertory Theatre and David Geffen School of Drama
Light Board Programmer
Sabrina Idom
Lead Front of House
Mix Engineer
Keirsten Lamora
ADMINISTRATION
General Management
Associate Managing Directors
Joy (Xiaoyue) Chen
Victoria McNaughton
Kavya Shetty
Iyanna Huffington Whitney
Assistant Managing Director
Jocelyn Lopez-Hagmann
Management Assistants
Roberto Di Donato
Ebonee Johnson
Development & Alumni Affairs
Senior Director of Development and Alumni Affairs and Editor, David Geffen School of Drama Alumni Magazine
Deborah S. Berman
Deputy Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs
Susan C. Clark
Senior Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs
Scott Bartelson
Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs
Claudia Campos
Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Affairs
Gavin D. Pak
Alumni Affairs Officer and Senior Writer
Cayenne Douglass
Senior Administrative
Assistant to Development and Alumni Affairs
Jennifer E. Alzona
Development and Alumni Affairs Assistant
My Le
Finance, Human Resources, & Digital Technology
Director of Finance and Business Administration/Lead
Administrator
Nicola Blake
Human Resources Business Partner
Trinh DiNoto
Manager, Staff and Faculty Affairs
Malaika Green El Hamel
Director of Theater and Information Technology
Eric Lin
Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium, and Web Technology
Janna J. Ellis
Manager, Business Operations
Martha O. Boateng
Business Office Analyst
Shainn Reaves
Financial Analyst
Juliana Norman
Web Technology Assistant
Kenneth Murray
Business Office Specialists
Moriah Clarke
Karem Orellana-Flores
Digital Technology Associates
Edison Dule
Garry Heyward
Database Application Consultants
Ben Silvert
Erich Bolton
Financial Aid, Admissions, and Student Services
Director of Financial Aid
Andre Massiah
Registrar/Admissions
Administrator
Ariel Yan
Non-Clinical Counselor
Krista Dobson
Senior Administrative
Assistant to Financial Aid and Registrar/Admissions
Administrator
Laura Torino
Marketing, Communications, & Audience Services
Director of Marketing
Daniel Cress
Director of Communications
Steven Padla
Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications
Caitlin Griffin
Senior Administrative
Assistant to Marketing and Communications
Mishelle Raza
Marketing and Communications Assistants
Rhayna Poulin
Kiara Rivera
General Press Representative
Blake Zidell & Associates
Publications Manager and Program Designer
Marguerite Elliott
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
Teo Baldwin
Ralph Black, Jr.
Kevin Delaney
Box Office Assistants
Pilar Bylinsky, Emma Fusco, Mel Hornyak, Aaron Magloire, Diana Shyshkova, Elliot Valentine
Accessibility Assistants
Abigail Murphy
Prentiss Patrick-Carter
Ushers
Mia Bauer, Alex Brooks, Logan Carr, Jackie Cook, Gerson Espinoza Campos, Kelvin Esselfie, Anna Forbes, Isaac Kozukhin, Nat Lopez, Kristin Loughry, Bonnie Moeller, Sarah Ramos-Gonzalez, Eric Regis, William Romain, Jonathan Singleton, Nicole Stack, Kane Trundle, Julia Weston, Larsson Youngberg
Theater Safety and Occupational Health
Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health
Anna Glover
Assistant Director of Theater Safety
Kelly O’Loughlin
Associate Safety Advisor
Forrest Rumbaugh
OPERATIONS
Director of Facility Operations
Nadir Balan
Associate Director of Operations
Brandon Fuller
Interim Associate Director of Operations
Aleks Landolfi
Operations Assistant
Devon Reaves
Facilities Area Manager
Joey Adcock
Arts and Graduate Studies
Superintendents
Jennifer Draughn
Francisco Eduardo Pimentel
Custodial Team Leaders
Andrew Mastriano
Sherry Stanley
Facility Stewards
Ronald Douglas
Marcia Riley
Custodians
Leo Torres, Sulema Hamilton, Rodney Heard, Jessica Hernandez, Cassandra Hobby, Wendy Jerez, Melloney Lucas, Shanna Ramos, Johnny Stanley, Jerome Sonia
Yale Repertory Theatre and David Geffen School of Drama are supported by the work of over 150 faculty members.
For a complete faculty listing by program and department, please visit drama.yale.edu/about-us
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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DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Julie Turaj YC ’94, Chair
Jeremy Smith ’76, East Coast Vice Chair
John Badham ’63, YC ’61, West Coast Vice Chair
Nina Adams MS ’69, NUR ’77
Rudy Aragon LAW ’79
Amy Aquino ’86
Pun Bandhu ’01
John B. Beinecke YC ’69
Sonja Berggren Special Research Fellow ’13
Frances Black ’09
Carmine Boccuzzi YC ’90, LAW ’94
Lynne Bolton
Lois Chiles
Edgar M. Cullman III ’02, YC ’97
Michael David ’68
Wendy Davies Special Research Fellow ‘21
Sasha Emerson ’84
Lily Fan YC ’01, LAW ’04
Terry Fitzpatrick ’83
Marc Flanagan ’70
Anita Pamintuan Fusco YC ’90
David Alan Grier ’81
Sally Horchow YC ’92
Ellen Iseman YC ’76
David G. Johnson YC ’78
Sarah Long ’92, YC ’85
Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger ’86
Brian Mann ’79
Drew McCoy
David Milch YC ’66
Jennifer Harrison Newman ’11
Richard Ostreicher ’79
Carol Ostrow ’80
Maulik Pancholy ’03
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Tracy Chutorian Semler YC ’86
Michael Sheehan ’76
Anna Deavere Smith HON ’14
Woody Taft YC ’92
Andrew Tisdale
Edward Trach ’58
Esme Usdan YC ’77
Courtney B. Vance ’86
Donald Ware YC ’71
Shana C. Waterman YC ’94, LAW ’00
Kim Williams
Henry Winkler ’70
Amanda Wallace Woods ’03
Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre
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($50,000+)
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John B. Beinecke
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Lois Chiles
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Estate of William J. Evans, Jr*
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GUARANTORS
($25,000–$49,999)
The Roy Cockrum Foundation
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
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($10,000–$24,999)
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Ruth and Charles Grannick Jr. Fund at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Mabel Burchard Fischer Grant Foundation
Burry Fredrik Foundation
Rolin Jones
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Tarell Alvin McCraney
Richard Ostreicher
Michael and Riki Sheehan
Carol L. Sirot
Trust for Mutual Understanding
PATRONS
($5,000–$9,999)
Eugene G. & Margaret M. Blackford Memorial Fund for the Blind, Bank of America, N.A.,Trustee
Santino Blumetti
Joan Channick
Michael S. David
Terry Fitzpatrick
Marcus Gardley
Howard Gilman
Foundation
Sally Horchow
Rocco Landesman
Tien-Tsung Ma
David and Leni Moore
Family Foundation
James Munson
Jason Najjoum
NewAlliance Foundation
Carol Ostrow
Amanda Wallace Woods
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
($2,500–$4,999)
Anonymous
John Badham
Nancy Bynum
Ian Calderon
Francis Carling
Bob and Priscilla Dannies
Deborah Freedman and Ben Ledbetter
Will Gaines
Fred Gorelick and Cheryl MacLachlan
Lane Heard
Ellen Iseman
JANA Foundation
Ann Judd and Bennett Pudlin
Fran Kumin
Pam and Jeff Rank
Bill and Sharon Reynolds
Abby Roth and R. Lee Stump
Daphne Rubin-Vega and Thomas Costanzo
Rosalie Stemer and Stuart Feldman
Nancy Yao
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
($1,000–$2,499)
Bruce Altman and Darcy McGraw
Debby Applegate and Bruce Tulgan
Paula Armbruster
John Lee Beatty
Karen BedrosianRichardson
Deborah S. Berman
Frances Black
Dorothy and Jim Bridgeman
Andrew Brolin
Rea Brown
James Bundy and Anne Tofflemire
Jonathan Busky and Galen Sherwin
Anne and Guido
Calabresi
Enrico Colantoni
Ramon Delgado
Deeksha Gaur
Melanie Ginter
Eric M. Glover
Betty and Joshua Goldberg
Naomi Grabel
Rob Greenberg
Barry and Maggie Grove
Mark Haber and Chiyo Moriuchi
William Halbert
Judy Hansen
Andy Hamingson
Jane Head
Don Holder
James Guerry Hood
Pam Jordan
Elizabeth Kaiden
Fran Kumin
The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation
Charles Letts
George Lindsay, Jr.
Jennifer Lindstrom
Linda Lorimer and Charley Ellis
Ed Martenson
John McAndrew
Maulik Pancholy
F. Richard Pappas
Amy Povich
Ben Sammler
Mark Schmitt and Holly Yeager
Florie Seery
Shekar Shetty
Slotznick Family Fund, a charitable fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
Sandra Stein and Harvey Kliman
Mark Stevens
Shepard and Marlene Stone
Leo Surach
Anne Trites
Courtney B. Vance
Carol Waaser
Chris Wall, Daniel Schmitt, Henry Schmitt, and William Schmitt
Carolyn Seely Wiener
Kim Williams
PARTNERS
($500–$999)
Donna Alexander
Shaminda and Carole Amarakoon
Michael Barker and Heidi Hanson
Richard and Alice Baxter
Ashley Bishop
Josh Borenstein
Tom Broecker
Eleanor J. Burgess
Claudia Campos
Joy Carlin
The Leo J. & Celia Carlin Fund
Peter Chance
Sarah Bartlo Chaplin
Bill Conner
Bill Connington
Daniel Cooperman and Mariel Harris
Sean Cullen
Elwood and Catherine Davis
Rick Davis
Robert Dealy
Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.
Caitlin Dutkiewicz
Sasha Emerson
Peter Entin
Jon and Karen Farley
Barbara and Richard Feldman
Adam Frank
LT Gourzong
Regina Guggenheim
The Raul Yanes and Sara Hazelwood Foundation
Bruce Katzman
Alan Kibbe
Kenneth Lewis
Matthew H. Lewis
Katie Liberman and Eric Gershman
Eric Lin
Chih-Lung Liu
Brian Mann
Ann and Bill Mesnard
Kathryn Milano
Meg Miroshnik
Melissa Mizell
Chiyo Moriuchi
Merle and Arthur Nacht
Victoria Nolan and Clark Crolius
Barbara and William Nordhaus
Janet Oetinger
Arthur Oliner
Dw Phineas Perkins
Louise Perkins and Jeff Glans
Joel Polis
Jeffrey Powell and Adalgisa Caccone
Alec Purves
Neil Qui
Faye and Asghar
Rastegar
Karen Bedrosian Richardson
Chantal Rodriguez
Cynthia Santos-DeCure
Anne Seiwerath
Lorraine Siggins
James Sinclair and Sylvia
Van Sinderen
Matthew Sonnenfeld
Paul Spadone
Kyle Stamm
James Steerman
Neal Ann Stephens
Stephen Strawbridge
David Sword
Tides Foundation
John Turturro and Katherine Borowitz
Emma Wang
Vera Wells
Robert Wildman
Walton Wilson
Steven Wolff
Judith and Guy Yale
Steve Zuckerman
INVESTORS
($250–$499)
Narda E. Alcorn
Trent Anderson and Leandro Zaneti
Stephen and Judith August
Alexander Bagnall
Johannes Boeckmann
Susan Brady and Mark Loeffler
Donald and Mary Brown
Ashley Bryant
Cathy and Steve Carlson
Aurélia Cohen
Claire A. Criscuolo
Caitlin Crombleholme
Jane Crum
Dennis Dorn
Liz Diamond
Laura Eckelman
Susan S. Ellis
Deborah and Henry Fernandez
Marsha Finley
Marc Flanagan
David Freeman
Shelley Geballe
Michael Gross
Jennifer Hershey
Nicholas Hormann
Abby Kenigsberg
Alan Kibbe
Mitchell Kurtz
Marie Landry and Peter Aronson
Irene Lewis
Silje Lier
Chip Long
Suzanne Cryer Luke and Greg Luke
Jonathan Marks*
Thomas G. Masse and James M. Perlotto, MD
Pamela and Donald Michaelis
David Muse
Jennifer Harrison Newman
Stephen Newman in memory of Ruth Hunt
Newman
Bruce Payne and Jack Thomas
Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen
Michael Posnick
Jon and Sarah Reed
Steve Robman
Nan Ross
Suzanne Sato
Kenneth Schlesinger
Paul Selfa
Sy Sussman
Matthew Tanico
Douglas Taylor
Katherine Touart
Richard Trousdell
Hannah Wasileski
Shana C. Waterman
Harold Wolpert
Yale-China Association
Yi Zhao
FRIENDS
($100–$249)
Melinda Agsten
Michael Albano
Sarah Albertson
Alyssa Anderson-Kuntz
Michael Annand
Anonymous
David Armstrong
William Armstrong
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Nancy and John Babington
Katalin Baltimore
Dani Barlow
Warren Bass
William and Donna Batsford
Elana Bildner
Mark Bly
Amy Brewer
Amy Bowers
Linda Broker
Arvin Brown
Stephen and Nancy Brown
Thomas Bruce
Stephen Bundy
Barbara Bzdyra
Michael Cadden
Kathryn Calnan
H. Lloyd Carbaugh
Juliette Carrillo
Sami Joan Casler
Kwan Chi Chan
Robert Channick
Cynthia Clair
Susan Clark
Ellen Cohen
Geoffrey Cohen
Leland Cole-Chu
Michael Connair
Shoshana Cooper
Ellen Cordes and Harry
Haskell
Rachel and Matt Cornish
Alama Cuervo
Scott Cummings
John Cunningham*
Campbell Dalglish
Brett Dalton
Eric Dana
Dr. and Mrs. Alan
Davidson
Sheldon Deckelbaum
Sarah and Ted DeLong
Connie and Peter Dickinson
Derek DiGregorio
Kathleen Dimmick
Melinda DiVicino
John Duran
Laura Eckelman
Fran Egler
Robert Einenkel
Nancy Reeder
El Bouhali
Janann Eldredge
Sandra Elgee
Janna Ellis
David Epstein
Dustin Eshenroder
Laura Esposito
Frank and Ellen Estes
Dan and Elizabeth Esty
Femi Euba
Connie Evans
Michael Fain
Shelli Farhadian
Ann Farris
Richard Feleppa
Mary-Christy Fisher
Mark Fitzpatrick
Sarah Fornia
Hugh Fortmiller
Walter Frankenberger
Richard Freeman
Richard Fuhrman
David Gainey
Don and Margery
Galluzzi
Tobe Gerard
Barry Gladue
Martin and Cariole
Goldberg
Donna Golden
Melissa Goldman
Charles Grammer
Hannah Grannemann
Alyssa B. Greenwald
Anne Gregerson
John Guare
Annabel Guevara
Dr. James L. Hadler
Alexander Hammond
Ann Hanley
John Harnagel
Michael Haymes
Ethan Heard
Peter Hefferan
Kevin Henderson
Stephen Hendrickson
Jeffrey Herrmann
Christoper Higgins
Emily B. Hill
Allison Hoffman
Nadine Honigberg
Betsy Hoos
Kathleen Houle
David Howson
Melissa Huber
Evelyn Huffman
Charles Hughes
Derek Hunt
Jennifer Ito
Carla L. Jackson
Lee A. Jacobus
Tracey Jaeger
Chris Jaehnig
Eliot and Lois Jameson
Kimberly Jannarone
Elizabeth Johnson
Jean Jones
Martha Jurczak
Jay Keene
Barnet Kellman
Jim Kenny
Peter Young Hoon Kim
Eugene Kimball
Natalie King
Lawrence Klein
George Klug
Glenn Knapp
Chloe Knight
Steve Koernig
David Kriebs
Susan Laity
Gabriela Lee
Sheree Levine
Elizabeth Lewis
Malia Lewis
Martha Lidji Lazar
Erik Lier
Annie Lin
Fred Lindauer
Sam Linden
Mark Linn-Baker
Jerry Lodynsky
Robert H. Long II
Judith Loughry
Everett Lunning
Nancy F. Lyon
Wendy MacLeod
Maite and ‘B’ito
Edwin Martin
Sarah Masotta
Maria E. Matasar-Padilla
Marya Mazor
Robert McCaw
Mark McCullough*
Mary McCutcheon
Phyllis McGrath
Helen McSweeney
James Meisner and Marilyn Lord
Jonathan Miller
Michele Millham
Lawrence Mirkin
Belina Mizrahi
Richard Mone
Sherry Mordecai
Frederick More
Michele Moriuchi
David Morgan
Leora Morris
Donna Moss
Gwyneth Muller
Jan O’ Malley
James Naughton
Leah Ogawa
Jennifer B. Oliver
Richard Olson
Jacob G. Padrón
Joey Parnes
Lisa Rigsby Peterson
Michael Petrillo
Brenda Planck
Alan Plattus
Helen Pospisil
William Purves
Sarah Rafferty
Mohamed A. Ramy
Barbara Reid
Michael Reiner
Deborah J. Reissman
Rachel Resnick
Lisa Richardson
Carolynn Richer
Felicia Riffelmacher
Joan Robbins
Katherine Roberts
Nathan Roberts
Peter S. Roberts
Lori Robishaw
Naomi Rogers
Robin Rose
Robert Rosenheck
Russ Rosensweig
Joseph Ross
Marcia and Bob
Safirstein
Robert Sandberg
Sallie Sanders
Christopher Sanderson
of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre
Peggy Sasso
Arven Saunders
Joel Schechter
Rita Scheeler
Jennifer Schwartz
Alexander Scribner
Tom Sellar
Subrata K. Sen
Sandra Shaner
Jeremy Shapira
Catherine Sheehy
Kavya Shetty
Graham Shiels
Gilbert and Ruth Small
Teresa Snider-Stein
Helena L. Sokoloff
Suzanne Solensky and Jay Rozgonyi
Ilona K. Somogyi
Mikayla Stanley
John Stevens
Susan Stevens
Mark Sullivan
Jean and Yeshvant Talati
Jane Savitt Tennen
Patrice Thomas
Benjamin Thoron
Patti Thorp
David F. Toser
David and Lisa Totman
Julie Trager
Russell L. Treyz
Shira Turner
Carrie Van Hallgren
Ariana Venturi
Adam Versenyi
Mary Vitelli and Mickey Schaller
John Waldes
Jaylene Wallace
Paul Walsh
Erik Walstad
David Ward
Linda Warner and Peter C. Perdue
Steven Waxler
Jonathan Wemette
Dr. Robert White
Alexandra Witchel
Richard Whittington
W.C. Wilson
Christopher Yurkovsky and Deborah McArthur
John and Pat Zandy
Liza Zenni
Yuhan Zhang
Jennifer Zoga
GIFTS IN KIND
Disney Theatrical Group
ETC Lighting
EMPLOYER
MATCHING GIFTS
Ameriprise Financial
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Covidien
The Prospect Hill Foundation
Gifts to the For Humanity campaign and David Geffen School of Drama New Facility Fund
Anonymous (3)
Nina Adams and Moreson Kaplan
Amy Aquino and Drew McCoy
Rudy Aragon
John Badham
Pun Bandhu
Frances and Ed Barlow
John B. Beinecke
Sonja Berggren and Patrick Seaver
Frances Black and Matthew Strauss
Carmine Boccuzzi and Bernard Lumpkin
Reginald Brown and Tiffeny Sanchez
James Bundy and Anne Tofflemire
Nancy Bynum
Lois Chiles
Michael David and Lauren Mitchell
Wendy Davies
Scott Delman
Michael Diamond* and Amy Miller
Estate of Nicholas Diggs*
Estate of Richard Diggs*
Sasha Emerson
Lily Fan
Terry Fitzpatrick
Barbara Franke
Anita Pamintuan Fusco and Dino Fusco
David Marshall Grant
Gilder Foundation
The Hastings and Barcone Trust
Lane Heard and Margaret Bauer
Cheryl Henson
Sally Horchow
Ellen Iseman
David G. Johnson
David H. Johnson
Rolin Jones
Jane Kaczmarek
James and Sharon Lowe
Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger and Mark Hollinger
Brian Mann
Lara Meiland-Shaw
Jennifer Harrison
Newman
Brian Ong
Richard Ostreicher
The Prospect Hill Foundation
Daphne Rubin-Vega and Thomas Costanzo
Julie Turaj and Rob Pohly
Tracy Chutorian Semler
Michael and Riki
Sheehan
Jeremy Smith
Woody Taft
Andrew and Nesrin
Tisdale
Ed Trach
Esme Usdan
Donald and Susan Ware
Shana C. Waterman
Amanda Wallace Woods and Eric Wasserstrom
Dr. Jessica WeiserMcCarthy and Timothy McCarthy
Henry Winkler
*deceased
