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A NOTE FROM THE ACTING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR On behalf of the entire Yale Repertory Theatre community, it is my pleasure to welcome you to Today is My Birthday, our first production in nearly two years. We are so glad you are here with us today! Playwright Susan Soon He Stanton, director Mina Morita, and a remarkable company of actors have been in residence in New Haven since November, following months of preparation by an extraordinarily talented team of artistic, technical, and management collaborators. It has been inspiring to witness the joy and commitment they have brought to this work daily amid a global pandemic. Each of us came into this process acknowledging the grief, pain, and isolation we’ve had to navigate since last we gathered in a theater. It has been a humbling and uplifting process that has reminded us the power and purpose our art form holds. Now more than ever, we need to tell our stories, and we could not be more grateful to have reached this miraculous moment together. This production marks a joyous homecoming for Susan, a graduate of David Geffen School of Drama and a Yale Rep-commissioned writer. Her plays have been produced at theaters across the country and internationally, and she is a writer for HBO’s wildly popular series, Succession. Her honest, wise, and witty comedy, Today is My Birthday, was first produced by Page 73 in New York City in 2017. Its reflections on the ways technology can bring people together, but also drive us into isolation, resonate on even deeper levels today. We are pleased to announce that we will be making a video recording of the production available to stream on-demand, February 20 through March 5. We’re excited that audiences anywhere in the world, and those still unable to join us in person, will be able to enjoy the show. Next up at Yale Rep is a new production of Choir Boy by our Academy Award-winning Playwright in Residence, Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Christopher D. Betts, who will receive his M.F.A. from the Geffen School this spring. The joyously life-affirming play, brimming with a cappella singing, will be performed March 31–April 23. Later in the spring, the intertribal sketch comedy troupe the 1491s makes its New Haven debut with their first play, Between Two Knees. Eric Ting directs the outrageously funny and wickedly subversive tale of familial love, loss, and connection, which will run May 12–June 4. Artistic Director James Bundy is on a brief leave and is expected to return later in March. In his absence, you can share your thoughts about Today is My Birthday, or any of your experiences at Yale Rep, by sending an email to yalerep@yale.edu. No matter how you are experiencing the show today, I thank you for joining us! Sincerely,
Jennifer Kiger Acting Artistic Director 2
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JANUARY 28–FEBRUARY 19, 2022 YALE REPERTORY THEATRE James Bundy, Artistic Director | Florie Seery, Managing Director PRESENTS
By Susan
Soon He Stanton Directed by Mina Morita Scenic Designer
Bridget Lindsay Costume Designer
David Mitsch Lighting Designer
Nicole E. Lang Sound Designer
Noel Nichols, UptownWorks Hair Designer
Matthew Armentrout
The world premiere of Today is My Birthday was produced by PAGE 73 PRODUCTIONS: Michael Walkup, Producing Artistic Director; Jennifer Lagundino, Managing Director. Today is My Birthday was developed, in part, at the 2015 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort.
Production Dramaturg
Jisun Kim Technical Director
Yale Repertory Theatre thanks our 2022 season funders:
Dani Mader Vocal and Dialect Coach
Cynthia Santos DeCure Movement Coach
Erica Fae Casting Directors
Tara Rubin/Sujotta Pace, C.S.A.
Season Sponsor: The Study at Yale
Stage Manager
Kevin Jinghong Zhu 4
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CAST Emily Chang...................................................................................................... Jeena Yi Mom/Mrs. Kobayashi/Alyssa/Joyce/Mrs. Asuncion/Patsy........ Emily Kuroda Dad/Bill Tapia..............................................................................................Francis Jue Kurt/Richard/Sebastian/Keoni/Sergio/Franklin.........................Gabriel Brown DJ Loki/Grandpa Z/Dr. Johannes Connection/ Landon/AmazingPresence83/Troy.................................................Chivas Michael Halima/DJ Solange/Goddess Sweet Leilani/Hostess/Voice..........Atra Asdou
SETTING O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Today is My Birthday 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.
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. 6
Today is My Birthday H Today is My Birthday asks audiences to see Hawai‘i without the lens of consumer tourism. In this play, unlike common film and television portrayals of Hawai‘i, there are intentionally no beach scenes. The play focuses on the kama‘āina, the locals, and their lives in modern Honolulu. Here are some places where the characters of this play grew up and live their daily lives. —Jisun Kim, Production Dramaturg Honolulu Repertory Theater
La Mariana
Sand Island
La Mariana is Hawai‘i’s historic tiki restaurant and bar on the pier, named after the founder Annette La Mariana Nahinu. You can have food and fruity, colorful rum cocktails while enjoying a beautiful view of the ocean.
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Honolulu
A small island at the entrance to Honolulu Harbor, Sand Island was the location of a World War II Army internment camp, which housed Japanese Americans and citizens of other Axis countries living in Hawai‘i. It is now home to an assortment of industrial facilities and the Sand Island State Recreation Area.
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Sinclair Library is one of the libraries at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Emily’s father works in the Special Music Collections section. The Music Collection at UH Mānoa, the largest music collection in the State of Hawai‘i, offers a wealth of material in music education, theory, aesthetics, popular music, jazz, guitar repertoire, and musical comedy, etc.
Honolulu Repertory Theater is a fictional institution, loosely based on Kumu Kahua Theatre in Hawai‘i, which was founded in 1971 by a group of graduate students at the University of Hawai‘i. It is committed to producing “plays about life in Hawai‘i, plays by Hawai‘i’s playwrights, and plays for Hawai‘i’s people.”
Sinclair Library
Kaimukī High School
Waikiki Beach Doraku
This high school, located in an urban area in eastern Honolulu, is where Emily and Landon studied. Its aim is to prepare students for college, career, and life through project-based learning (PBL).
Doraku is a Japanese sushi and izakaya (Japanese bar) restaurant in Honolulu. Their menu features a mix of popular well-known items and inventive fusion dishes. It also has one of the most extensive selections of sake in the United States. 8
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CAST BIOS Halima/DJ Solange/Goddess Sweet Leilani/Hostess/Voice: Atra Asdou (she/her) is an actor/ improviser/writer who is so grateful to be making her Yale Rep debut playing alongside the incredibly talented artists and production team of Today is My Birthday. She spent the last three years creating and performing several critically-acclaimed comedic revues at The Second City e.t.c. in Chicago. Other theater credits include work at Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and Lookingglass Theatre (where Atra is also an artistic associate). Television credits include Somebody Somewhere (HBO), South Side (HBO Max), Chicago Med, and Chicago P.D. (NBC). Film credits: Love in the Time of Irony, Start Without Me, and her international festival-placing short films Fever and Reneè. Kurt/Richard/Sebastian/Keoni/ Sergio/Franklin: Gabriel Brown (he/him) is making his Yale Rep debut. Off-Broadway credits include Bobbie Clearly (Roundabout Theatre Company); Love and Money (Signature Theatre Company); The Mystery of Love and Sex, The City of Conversation (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional: Walden (The New York Times Critic’s Pick, TheaterWorks Hartford); Tartuffe (Huntington Theatre); Watch Me (Berkeley Rep Ground Floor); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Ovation Award, Mark Taper Forum); Love and Money, A Raisin in the Sun (Westport Country Playhouse). Television: Issa 11
Rae’s Minimum Wage, I’m Dying Up Here, Madam Secretary. Film: Carole’s Christmas, American Nightmares, Signal. Training: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Dad/Bill Tapia: Francis Jue In the season before the pandemic shutdown, Francis received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Soft Power, a Lucille Lortel Award for Cambodian Rock Band, and a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for The Language Archive. On Broadway, Francis has appeared in M. Butterfly, Pacific Overtures, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Other favorite theater credits include Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Wild Goose Dreams (OBIE Award); Yellow Face (OBIE and Lortel Awards); Love’s Labour’s Lost; Coraline; Falsettoland; King of the Yees (BATCC); In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (AriZoni Award); Cabaret (BATCC); Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Drama-Logue Award); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Francis made his Yale Rep debut in The Winter’s Tale in 2012. Film and television: Joyful Noise, Madam Secretary, New Amsterdam, Hightown, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU. Mom/Mrs. Kobayashi/Alyssa/Joyce/ Mrs. Asuncion/Patsy: Emily Kuroda TheatreWorks (The Language Archive, Calligraphy); New York Theatre Workshop; American Repertory Theater (Endlings); Page 73 (Today is My Birthday); Actors Theater of Louisville
(we, the invisibles); Pan Asian (Brothers Paranormal); Huntington Theatre, Alliance Theatre (Tiger Style!), Artists at Play (Two Mile Hollow), South Coast Rep (Fast Company, Ballad of Yachiyo, Our Town). Other theaters include East West Players, Kirk Douglas, Mark Taper Forum, Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, The Doolittle, LATC, Zephyr, LA Women’s Shakespeare Company, and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. Recent television: All Rise, The Good Doctor, The Resident, Drop Dead Diva, Gilmore Girls. Recent films: Kimi, Porcupine, Take the 10, Party Boat, Red, and The Sensei. Awards: DramaLogue (Ikebana, The Maids, Minamata, The Golden Gate, and Visitors from Nagasaki), LA Commendation (About Love), Garland (Straight as a Line) and Entertainment Today (Winter People). DJ Loki/Grandpa Z/Dr. Johannes Connection/Landon/ AmazingPresence83/Troy: Chivas Michael previously appeared at Yale Rep in Twelfth Night; Father Comes Home From the Wars, Parts 1, 2 & 3 (also at American Conservatory Theater); The Caucasian Chalk Circle; and A Doctor in Spite of Himself. His other theater credits include Antony and Cleopatra (The Royal Shakespeare Company, London; The Public Theater); Brooklyn Omnibus (Brooklyn Academy of Music); Romeo and Juliet (Classic Stage Company);
The Broadway Problem (Lincoln Center concert); Sliding Into the Beast (New York Theatre Workshop); Wild With Happy (Baltimore Center Stage); The Servant of Two Masters (Guthrie Theater); A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Berkeley Rep); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare on the Sound). Chivas is the creative director of No Dream Deferred NOLA, a community-anchored theater production company in New Orleans. Education: B.A., Dillard University; M.F.A., NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. Emily Chang: Jeena Yi previously appeared at Yale Rep in Girls. She made her Broadway debut in Network. Other credits include Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory), Somebody’s Daughter (Second Stage Uptown), Walden (TheaterWorks Hartford), Vietgone (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), and Light’s Rise on Grace (Woolly Mammoth). Television and film: Modern Love (Amazon Prime), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), Succession (HBO), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix), and Manifest (NBC). @JeenaYi The cast are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS Hair Designer:
Matthew Armentrout previously
worked at Yale Rep on Manahatta (2020). Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet. Off Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Othello (Shakespeare in the Park). Regional: Bliss (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Jitney (National Tour), Paradise Square (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Movement Coach: Erica Fae is a theater/filmmaker, actor, and teacher. Her first feature film, To Keep the Light, was awarded the Fipresci Prize (International Critics’ Prize/Mannheim), Best Director (Berlin Independent Film Festival), Best of Show (Bendfilm), Best Emerging Director, two Best Narrative Feature Awards, and two Best Cinematography Awards, and is available on Amazon Prime. Recent works for theater as creator/co-creator/performer are Saved Again and by Him and Take What Is Yours, a New York Times Critic’s Pick. As an actor, she has appeared in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Random Acts of Flyness, and Doll & Em; and the films First Reformed, Little Children, and Synecdoche, New York. She will be seen on Netflix’s upcoming Partner Track and is currently in development on her second feature film. She is a Lecturer in Acting at David Geffen School of Drama. Production Dramaturg: Jisun Kim (she/her) is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Measure for Measure directed by Alex Keegan and How Black Girls Get Over Fuckbois, Vol. 1 written by Angie Bridgette Jones. Other recent dramaturgy credits include Constellations by Nick Payne, The Whale in the Hudson by Brad McKnight Wilson, 13
and Taking Warsan Shire Out of Context on the Eve of the Great Storm by Christopher Gabriel Núñez (Yale Cabaret). She is also a co-creator of a puppet musical, Let’s Go to the Moon!, and a non-verbal puppetry/movement piece, benjisun presents bodyssey (Yale Cabaret). Jisun served as a co-artistic director of Yale Cabaret and a managing and web editor of Theater magazine. She received her B.A. and M.A. in English literature from Ewha Woman’s University, South Korea. Lighting Designer: Nicole E. Lang is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama. Her recent designs include When Day Comes (Crossroads Theatre Co.); Infernal, a Rock Musical (The Flea); the moment before…, Dragaret 2020, bodyssey, WASTE//LAND, The Whale in the Hudson, The Purple Flower (Yale Cabaret); Fun Home, Othello (David Geffen School of Drama); Salome: Woman of Valor (Chutzpah! Festival); DICK: After Melville (Dixon Place); and Approaching Power Collision (Bard College). She is a co-creator and puppeteer of Let’s Go to the Moon!, a virtual space-puppet musical for all ages; and she served as a co-artistic director of Yale Cabaret for season 53. nicoleelang.com Scenic Designer:
Bridget Lindsay (she/her) is a
fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Mr. Burns, a post-electric play and Measure for Measure. Other assistant credits include Seven Spots on the Sun at the Geffen School and Cadillac Crew at Yale Repertory Theatre. She holds a B.A. in theater arts from Towson University, where she designed several productions including The Bald Soprano, No Exit, and Polaroid Stories. BridgetLindsay.com
Technical Director: Dani Mader is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama. Previous Yale Rep credits, in various capacities, include A Raisin in the Sun (canceled due to COVID-19), Girls, Cadillac Crew, and El Huracán. Prior to Yale, she worked at Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Kansas City Rep, Barrington Stage Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Dani received a B.F.A. in technical theater from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Costume Designer:
David Mitsch (he/him) is a fourthyear M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where his credits include Reykjavík and The Salt Women (canceled due to COVID-19). Yale Cabaret credits include the moment before…, Elon Musk and the Plan to Blow Up Mars: The Musical, Red Speedo, Burn Book, Avital, The Whale in the Hudson, and hosting the wildly popular annual Dragaret as Tipsy von Tart. David holds an M.F.A. in acting from the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. Recipient of The Zelma Weisfeld Scholarship for Costume Design (David Geffen School of Drama). @davidmitschdesign | davidmitschdesign.com Director:
Mina Morita is the Artistic Director of Crowded Fire Theater. She has worked at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Magic Theatre, Center REPertory Company, American Conservatory Theater, Campo Santo, Shotgun Players, Playwrights Foundation, TheatreFirst, Ferocious Lotus, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Just Theater,
and Crowded Fire with such creators as Anna Deavere Smith, Star Finch, J.C. Lee, Christopher Chen, Lauren Gunderson, Philip Kan Gotanda, Young Jean Lee, Idris Goodwin, Susan Soon He Stanton, Lloyd Suh, Dave Harris, Amelia Roper, Adam Chanzit, Sean San Jose, Min Kahng, and Dustin Chinn. Previously, she served as the Artistic Associate at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and its center for the creation and development of new work, The Ground Floor. In 2016, Theatre Bay Area (TBA) awarded her the 40@40 distinction for her impact on Bay Area Theater and also has honored her with the 2014 Outstanding Director of a Musical Award and 2017 nomination for Outstanding Direction of a Play. In 2015, Mina was honored to share her story on TEDx, and in 2016, she was chosen as one of the YBCA100, for “asking questions and making provocations that will shape the future of culture.” Mina is a Beinecke Fellow at David Geffen School of Drama this spring. Sound Designer:
Noel Nichols (they/she) is a fourthyear M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where their design credits include Fun Home. Select design credits with UptownWorks include already there (Kennedy Center), Fires in the Mirror (Baltimore Center Stage), Nightwatch (Dorset Theatre Festival), and The Masses Are Asses (Wesleyan CFA). Other local design credits include Kitchen of Truth, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation..., How to Relearn Yourself (Yale Cabaret); Latinos Who Look Like Ricky Martin (Verano Cabaret); Counting Pebbles (Faultline Ensemble). NoelNicholsDesign.com
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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS Casting Director:
Sujotta Pace, C.S.A. is a casting associate at Roundabout Theatre Company and serves on the Board of Directors of the Casting Society of America. Pace is also a freelance Casting Director casting short films, new media content, and plays (New York and regionally). Previously she worked at Actors Theatre of Louisville as the Professional Training Company Producer and Casting Associate. Pace contributed to the casting, recruitment, and season planning of the PTC 2020–21 apprenticeship program, Actors Theatre Direct Season, Virtual PTC Season, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays. She is honored to have worked with Tara Rubin in casting this amazing play! Casting Director:
Tara Rubin, C.S.A. has been casting 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
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Vocal and Dialect Coach:
Cynthia Santos DeCure is certified in both Knight-Thompson Speechwork® and Fitzmaurice Voicework®. Some credits include Quixote Nuevo at Round House; El Huracán at Yale Rep; I Come from Arizona at Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis; In the Heights at Phoenix Theatre Company, AZ, and Chance Theater, CA; Shelter at Center for New Performance/CalArts; The Long Road Today/Diálogos at South Coast Rep. Television: Orange Is the New Black (Netflix), The Affair (Showtime). Recently, she co-adapted a bilingual version of Lorca’s Blood Wedding. She co-edited the book, Scenes for Latinx Actors, and has taught in Puerto Rico, Barcelona, and Shanghai, and at conferences in London and Montreal on empowering underrepresented voices. Cynthia is a member of VASTA, ATHE, SAG/AFTRA, and AEA. She is an Assistant Professor Adjunct of Acting at David Geffen School of Drama. Playwright:
Susan Soon He Stanton is a playwright, television writer, and screenwriter originally from ‘Aiea, Hawai‘i, and now living in New York and London. Susan is a producer/writer for HBO’s Succession, for which she has received Writers Guild of America and Peabody Awards. Upcoming television work includes HBO/Sister Pictures’ The Baby; Amazon’s Modern Love; Amazon/ Annapurna’s Dead Ringers; Hulu/ Element Pictures/BBC’s Conversations with Friends, adapted from the novel by Sally Rooney; as well as several projects in development. She is a co-writer
of the award-winning feature film, Brooklyn Love Stories. Her film Dress, directed by and starring Henry Ian Cusick, won the Audience Award at the Hawai‘i International Film Festival. Her plays, which have been produced internationally and regionally across the United States, include we, the invisibles; Today is My Birthday; Both Your Houses; Takarazuka!!!; Cygnus; Solstice Party!; The Things Are Against Us; The Underneath; Navigator; and more. Susan is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch Dramatic Writing Program and David Geffen School of Drama. She holds commissions for new work from Yale Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater/Crowded Fire, South Coast Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and others.
Stage Manager:
Kevin Jinghong Zhu* (he/him) has worked in various capacities on Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway; A Raisin in the Sun (canceled due to COVID-19) and El Huracán at Yale Rep; Criminal Queerness Festival at National Queer Theater; In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation (Broadway for Biden); When the Party’s Over, Reykjavík, Pivot, Trouble in Mind, Rock Egg Spoon, and Henry VI, Part 3, at David Geffen School of Drama; A Voice in the Dark, Elon Musk and the Plan to Blow Up Mars: The Musical, Burn Book, and Dear 2020, With Love: A Euphoric Play at Yale Cabaret. Member, Actors’ Equity.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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For ARTISTIC
Assistant Director
Abigail Pañares Assistant Scenic Designer
Suzu Sakai Assistant Costume Designer
Yu-Jung Shen Assistant Lighting Designer
David DeCarolis Associate Sound Designers
Daniela Hart, UptownWorks Bailey Trierweiler, UptownWorks Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer
Mike Winch Ukulele Coach
ADMINISTRATION House Managers
Jake Hurwitz A.J. Roy UNDERSTUDIES
Nathan Roberts
Halima/DJ Solange/Goddess Sweet Leilani/Hostess/Voice
Assistant Stage Manager
Nefesh Cordero Pino
Bekah Brown Production Assistant
Mom/Mrs. Kobayashi/Alyssa/Joyce/Mrs. Asuncion/Patsy
Nakia Shalice Avila
Julie Kuwabara
PRODUCTION
Kurt/Richard/Sebastian/Keoni/Sergio/ Franklin and Dad/Bill Tapia
Megan Birdsong
Daniel Liu*
Assistant Technical Directors
Emily Chang
Associate Production Manager
Katie Byron Hyejin Son Cameron Waitkun Assistant Properties Manager
Sarah Lo DJ Loki/Grandpa Z/Dr. Johannes Connection/Landon/ AmazingPresence83/Troy
Kelly O’Loughlin
Matthew Elijah Webb*
Production Electrician
SPECIAL THANKS
Eugenio Sáenz Flores Run Crew
Malachi Beasley Olivia Cygan Patrick Denney Aidan Griffiths Joe Krempetz 17
Maggie McCaffery Phuong Nguyen Micah Ohno Madeline Pages Henry Rodriguez Rebecca Satzberg Sam Skynner Jackeline Torres Cortés maal imani west Kim Zhou
Theater Mu, P73, East West Players, Michael Walkup, Snehal Desai, Lilly Tung Crystal, the Lark Play Development Center, Venturous Theater Fund, John Eisner, Lloyd Suh, Andrea Hiebler, Kip Fagan, Artists Rep, Dámaso Rodríguez, Philip Himberg, Sundance Theatre Lab, NYTW, Palmer Hefferan. *Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
YALE REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF Artistic Director James Bundy (on leave) Managing Director Florie Seery Acting Artistic Director and 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 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 Stephen Strawbridge Sound Design Advisor
Mikaal Sulaiman
Artistic Management Production Stage Manager James Mountcastle Literary Manager Amy Boratko Artistic Associate Kay Perdue Meadows Artistic Fellow Molly FitzMaurice 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 Senior Administrative Assistant for Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Laurie Coppola Senior Administrative Assistant for the Design program Kate Begley Baker
Voice and Text Advisor
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting program Ellen Lange
Stage Management Advisor
Library Services Lindsay King
Associate Artists 52nd Street Project Kama Ginkas Mark Lamos MTYZ Theatre/Moscow New Generation Theatre Bill Rauch Sarah Ruhl Henrietta Yanovskaya
PRODUCTION Production Management Director of Production Shaminda Amarakoon (on leave)
Grace Zandarski Narda E. Alcorn
Acting Director of Production Jonathan Reed Acting Production Manager C. Nikki Mills Acting Production Coordinator and Student Labor Supervisor Robert Chikar
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
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 Properties Associate Zach Faber Properties Stock Manager Mark Dionne
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 (on leave)
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
Interim Costume Stock Manager Jamie Farkas
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager Emalie Mayo
Director of Human Resources Sarah de Freitas
Costume Shop Intern Micah Ohno
Assistant Managing Director Chloe Knight
Electrics Lighting Supervisor Donald W. Titus
Company Managers Caitlin M. Dutkiewicz Matthew Sonnenfeld
Senior House Electricians Jennifer Carlson Linda-Cristal Young
Assistant Company Manager A.J. Roy
Acting Costume Project Coordinator Soule Golden
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 Lead Light Board Programmer David Willmore FOH Mix Engineer Eric Norris
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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 Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Alumni Affairs Jennifer E. Alzona
Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium, and Web Technology Janna J. Ellis Manager, Business Operations Martha Boateng Digital Communications Associate George Tinari Business Office Specialists Preston Mock Sharon S. Brown 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 M. Ybañez
Subscriptions Coordinator Tracy Baldini
Ushers Jillian Albrecht Tracy Bennett Maura Bozeman Denny Burke Gerson Espinoza Campos Nina Gaither Natasha Gaither Maddie Garfinkle Amelia Gates Elli Herzog Spencer Knoll Keenan Miller Bonnie Moeller Aya Ochiai Gabi Poisson Lauren Radigan Jana Ross Jocelyn Wexler Cody Whetstone Kyler Worthington Larsson Youngberg
Audience Services Associate Molly Leona
Production Photographer Joan Marcus
Customer Service and Safety Officers Ralph Black, Jr. Kevin Delaney Ed Jooss John Marquez
Art and Design Paul Evan Jeffrey/ Passage Design
Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications Jason Gray Senior Administrative Assistant for Marketing and Communications Mishelle Raza Director of Audience Services Laura Kirk Assistant Director of Audience Services Shane Quinn
Box Office Assistants Mikaela Boone Sydney Garick Jordan Graf Lucy Harvey Aaron Magloire Kenneth Murray a.k. payne Jessica Wang
Videographer David Kane
Theater Safety and Occupational Health Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health Anna Glover
COVID Compliance Coordinator Amy Stern Associate Safety Advisors Annabel Guevara Jacob Santos Eric Walker
Operations Interim Director of Facility Operations Nadir Balan 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
COVID Compliance Manager Jonathan Jolly
Today is My Birthday, January 28–February 19, 2022, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel 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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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.
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ACCESSIBILITY SER 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.
YOUTH PROGRAM 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 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
VICES For Today is My Birthday: AUDIO DESCRIPTION February 19 at 2PM
Available at the concierge desk in the theater lobby are Braille and large print programs and assistive listening devices.
A live narration of the play’s action, sets, and costumes for patrons who are blind or have low vision. (Pre-show description begins at 1:45PM.)
OPEN CAPTIONING February 19 at 2PM A digital display of the play’s dialogue as it’s spoken. c2 is pleased to be the official Open Captioning Provider of Yale Repertory Theatre.
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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.
As part of Yale Rep’s commitment to our community, we provide two significant youth programs. 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 seventhgraders 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 virtually for the New Haven community in late June.
Yale Rep’s youth programs are supported in part by: Bob and Priscilla Dannies Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fellows Dawn G. Miller Arthur and Merle Nacht NewAlliance Foundation Sandra Shaner Esme Usdan
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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 and above) Anonymous (1) 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 and 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 Foundation Robina Foundation Ruderman Family Foundation 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
National Endowment for the Arts Talia Shire Schwartzman 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 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 Clare and Sterling Brinkley
James Bundy and Anne Tofflemire Ian Calderon Janet Ciriello 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 E. Moore 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 Marc Flanagan David Marshall Grant JANA Foundation Ann Judd and Bennett Pudlin Fred Gorelick and Cheryl MacLachlan Rocco Landesman George Lindsay, Jr. Jonathan S. Miller Kenneth J. Stein Amanda Wallace Woods
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
($1,000–$2,499) Emily Aber and Rob Weschler Donna Alexander
Bruce Altman in memory of Anna Altman Victor and Laura Altshul 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 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 Roz and Jerry Meyer Neil Mulligan Gayther Myers Janet Oetinger Amy Povich Kathy and George Priest Pam and Jeff Rank Joumana Rizk Dr. Michael Rigsby and Prof. Richard Lalli Russ Rosensweig Mark Rosenthal Abby Roth and R. Lee Stump Benjamin Slotznick Shepard and Marlene Stone John Thomas III Carol M. Waaser Cliff 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 Bernard Engel Peter Entin Glen R. Fasman Randy Fullerton Peter Gerwe Betty and Joshua Goldberg Walter and Karla Goldscmidt 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 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 Emmy Grinwis Michael Gross Barbara Hauptman Jennifer Hershey Dale and Stephen Hoffman James Guerry Hood Chuck Hughes David Henry Hwang
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Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen School 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 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 Virginia Riggs Brian Robinson Steve Robman Constanza Romero Nan Ross Jean and Ron Rozett Robert Sandberg Suzanne Sato Robin Sauerteig Kenneth Schlesinger Kathleen McElfresh Scott Paul Selfa William Skipper Dr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Spencer Kenneth Stein Howard Steinman Susan Stevens Bernard Sundstedt Richard B. Trousdell George C. White Guy and Judith Yale
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FRIENDS
($100–$249)
Anonymous Paola Allais Acree Christopher Akerlind Michael Albano Rachel and Ian Alderman Michael Annand 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 David Conte Douglas and Roseline Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Paul DeCoster 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 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 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 Robert HamiltonLong II Everett Lunning Andi Lyons Wendy MacLeod Marvin March Edwin Martin Maria Matasar-Padilla Margaret and Robert McCaw Robert McDonald Deborah McGraw Bill McGuire Patricia McMahon Donald Michaelis Kathryn Milano George Miller Jane Ann Miller
of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre 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 Florie Seery 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 Jarek Strzemien 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 Robert Wildman Annick Winokur and Peter Gilbert Terrence Witter
EMPLOYER MATCHING GIFTS Aetna Foundation Ameriprise Financial Chevron Corporation Covidien General Electric Corporation IBM Mobil Foundation, Inc. Pfizer Procter & Gamble The Prospect Hill Foundation
This list includes current pledges, gifts, and grants received from January 1, 2021, through January 14, 2022.
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