APRIL 24–MAY 16, 2020 YALE REPERTORY THEATRE
James Bundy, Artistic Director Victoria Nolan, Managing Director
PRESENTS
KATE ATTWELL DIRECTED BY MARGOT BORDELON BY
Scenic Designer Elsa GibsonBraden Costume Designer Alicia J. Austin Lighting Designer Jiyoun Chang Sound Designer Liam Bellman-Sharpe Projection Designer Erin M. Sullivan Production Dramaturgs Henriëtte Rietveld Catherine Sheehy Technical Director Cam Camden Vocal & Dialect Coach Cynthia Santos DeCure
Rehearsals and performances of Testmatch were cancelled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally produced by American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, October 24, 2019 Pam McKinnon, Artistic Director; Jennifer Bielstein, Executive Director Production support for Testmatch is provided by Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre. Yale Repertory Theatre gratefully acknowledges Carol L. Sirot for generously funding the 2019–20 season. Yale Rep is supported in part by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.
Fight Director Michael Rossmy Casting Directors Tara Rubin/Laura Schutzel, C.S.A. Stage Manager Sam Tirrell
Season Sponsor: The Study at Yale
CAST in alphabetical order ENG 3/Two Jessica Almasy INDIA 2/Abhi Aadya Bedi ENG 2/One Renata Friedman ENG 1/Memsahib Stephanie Hayes INDIA 1/Messenger Jasmine Kaur INDIA 3/Daanya Avanthika Srinivasan
TESTMATCH STAFF Artistic
Associate Director Aneesha Kudtarkar Assistant Scenic Designer Emmie Finckel Assistant Costume Designer Aidan Griffiths Assistant Sound Designer/Engineer Joe Krempetz Assistant Projections Designer Henry Rodriguez Assistant Dramaturg Faith-Marie Zamblé
Production
Understudies
INDIA 2/Abhi Shimali De Silva INDIA 1/Messenger Minita Gandhi
Associate Production Manager Shannon Csorny Associate Safety Advisor Laurie Ortega-Murphy
ENG 3/Two Rebecca Kent
Assistant Technical Directors Megan Birdsong, Jenna Carroll, Kelly O’Loughlin
ENG 1/Memsahib Sarah Lyddan
Properties Manager Katie Pulling
ENG 2/One Madeline Seidman
Production Electrician Cameron Waitkun
INDIA 3/Daanya Isuri Wijesundara
Projections Engineer Erin Sims Run Crew Kyle J. Artone, Samanta Yunuen Cubias, Maeli Goren, Joanie Polk, E. Rosales
Administration
House Manager Caitlin M. Dutkiewicz
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.
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF Artistic Director James Bundy
Artistic Associate Kay Perdue Meadows
Managing Director Victoria Nolan
Artistic Fellow Charles O’Malley
Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Programs Jennifer Kiger
Casting Tara Rubin, C.S.A. Laura Schutzel, C.S.A. Merri Sugarman, C.S.A. Kaitlin Shaw, C.S.A. Claire Burke, C.S.A. Peter Van Dam, C.S.A. Felicia Rudolph, C.S.A. Xavier Rubiano, C.S.A. Louis DiPaolo Kevin Metzger-Timson Juliet Auwaerter
ARTISTIC Resident Artists
Playwright in Residence Tarell Alvin McCraney Resident Director Liz Diamond Resident Dramaturg Catherine Sheehy Set Design Advisor Riccardo Hernandez Resident Set Designer Michael Yeargan Costume Design Advisors Oana Boatez Ilona Somogyi Resident Costume Designer Toni-Leslie James
Lighting Design Advisor Jennifer Tipton Resident Lighting Designer Stephen Strawbridge Sound Design Advisor David Budries Voice and Speech Advisor Walton Wilson Fight Advisor Rick Sordelet Stage Management Advisor Narda E. Alcorn
Associate Artists
52nd Street Project Kama Ginkas Mark Lamos MTYZ Theatre/Moscow New Generations Theatre Bill Rauch Sarah Ruhl Henrietta Yanovskaya
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director Josie Brown Senior Administrative Assistant for Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Laurie Coppola Senior Administrative Assistant for Design and Sound Design Kate Begley Baker
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Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor Alan Hendrickson Shop Foreman Eric Sparks Senior Head Carpenter Matt Gaffney Master Shop Carpenters Ryan Gardner (on leave) Kat McCarthey Sharon Reinhart Libby Stone Interim Shop Carpenter Doug Kester Scenery Intern Jenna Carroll
Painting
Scenic Charge Ru-Jun Wang (on leave)
Production Manager for Studio Projects and Special Events/Student Labor Supervisor C. Nikki Mills
Sound
Sound Supervisor Mike Backhaus Staff Sound Engineer Stephanie Smith Sound Interns Joe Krempetz James T. McLoughlin
Projections
Projection Supervisor Eric Lin Projection Engineer Mike Paddock
Stage Carpenter Janet Cunningham
Properties
Wardrobe Supervisor Elizabeth Bolster
Properties Craftsperson David P. Schrader
Production Manager Jonathan Reed
Electrics Interns Perry Keller Adago Cameron Waitkun
Scenic Artists Lia Akkerhuis Nathan Jasunas
Library Services Lindsay King
Director of Production Shaminda Amarakoon
Senior House Electricians Jennifer Carlson Linda-Cristal Young
Projection Intern Erin Sims
Properties Supervisor Jennifer McClure
PRODUCTION Production Management
Electrics
Lighting Supervisor Donald W. Titus
Interim Scenic Charge Arthur Vitello III
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Department Ellen Lange
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Production, Theater Safety and Artistic Management Occupational Health Production Stage Manager Grace O’Brien James Mountcastle Literary Manager Amy Boratko
Scenery
Technical Directors Neil Mulligan Matt Welander
Stage Operations
Lead Properties Runner Billy Ordynowicz
Properties Associate Zach Faber
Lead Light Board Programmer David Willmore
Properties Stock Manager Mark Dionne
FOH Mix Engineer Eric Norris
Properties Interns Katie Pulling Tiago Rodrigues
Costumes
Costume Shop Manager Christine Szczepanski Senior Drapers Clarissa Wylie Youngberg Mary Zihal Senior First Hands Deborah Bloch Patricia Van Horn Costume Project Coordinator Linda Kelley-Dodd Interim Draper Stephanie Taff
ADMINISTRATION General Management General Manager Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.
Associate Managing Directors Lucia Bacqué Gwyneth Muller Caitlin Volz Assistant Managing Director Madeline Carey
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager Emalie Mayo Management Assistants Samanta Yunuen Cubias Jason Gray Matthew Sonnenfeld Company Manager Oakton Reynolds Assistant Company Managers Sarah Cain Wendy Davies
Development and Alumni Affairs
Finance, Human Resources, and Digital Technology
Director of Finance & Human Resources and Interim Director of Digital Technology Katherine D. Burgueño Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium and Interim Director of Web Technology Janna J. Ellis Business Manager Martha Boateng Business Office Analyst Stacie Wcislo
Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Deborah S. Berman
Digital Communications Associate George Tinari
Senior Associate Director of Institutional Giving Janice Muirhead
Business Office Specialist Preston Mock
Senior Associate Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs Susan C. Clark Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs Dani Barlow Associate Director of Development Communications and Alumni Affairs Casey Grambo Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Marketing & Communications Jennifer E. Alzona Development Assistants Caitlin M. Dutkiewicz Jason Gray Regina Gordon-Laing
Digital Technology Associate Andre Griffith Senior Administrative Assistant to Business Office, Digital Technology, Operations, and Tessitura Shainn Reaves Interim Business Office Specialist Sharon S. Brown IT Services Eli Ostroff Business OfficeAssistant Ashlie Russell Finance OfficeAssistant Asberry Thomas Database Application Consultants Bo Du Ben Silvert
Marketing, Communications, and Audience Services Director of Marketing Daniel Cress
Director of Communications Steven Padla
Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Caitlin Griffin Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Markie Gray
Emma Safir Annie Trowbridge Jocelyn Wexler Cody Whetstone Elizabeth Wiet Larsson Youngberg Art and Design Paul Evan Jeffrey
Publications Manager Marguerite Elliott
Production Photographer Joan Marcus
Marketing and Communications Assistants Sarah Scafidi Caitlin M. Dutkiewicz
Videographer David Kane
Director of Audience Services Laura Kirk Assistant Director of Audience Services Shane Quinn Subscriptions Coordinator Tracy Baldini Audience Services Assistant Molly Leona Customer Service and Safety Officers Kevin Delaney Ed Jooss John Marquez Box Office Assistants Mikaela Boone Morgan Cronin Samantha Else Mona Gandhi Jordan Graf Paige Hann Kenneth Murray a.k. payne Amir Rezvani Irene Vazquez Ushers Jillian Albrecht Lorena Benitez Denny Burke Kristina Cuello Lucy Ehrenfeld Natasha Gaither Elli Herzog Taylor Hoffman Rucha Kandlur Hannah Kleffke Bonnie Moeller Talia Morison-Allen Jordan Pilant Lauren Radigan Marissa Rocha Payton Rose
Theater Safety and Occupational Health
Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health Anna Glover
Operations
Director of Facility Operations Jennifer Gonsalves Operations Associate Nadir Balan Operations Assistant Devin Matlock 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
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