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The director is a member of the Societyof Stage Directors and Choreographers,Inc., an independent national laborunion. The lighting and sound designersare members of United Scenic Artists.This season is supported in part by anaward from the National Endowment forthe Arts.
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About TheatreWorks Silicon ValleyWelcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 49th season of award-winningtheatre! Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and ExecutiveDirector Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a wide range ofproductions and programming throughout the region.Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversityof our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizinggreat works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing newworks for the American theatre. TheatreWorks has produced 70 world premieres and over 160 US and regional premieres. In the 2018/19 season,we add the world premiere of Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story and fivemore regional premieres to our résumé. TheatreWorks’ 2017/18 season included the world premieres of The FourImmigrants: An American Musical Manga and The Prince of Egypt, as well asregional premieres of Constellations, Our Great Tchaikovsky, Skeleton Crew,and Finks. In the course of the year, shows that debuted here were producedat theatres around the world.With an annual operating budget of $9 million, TheatreWorks produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto and theMountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and a special add-on holidayproduction at the Lohman Theatre on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos. Seventeen years ago, we launched the New Works Initiative, dedicating ourselves to the development of new plays and musicals. TheInitiative has since supported over 160 new works through retreats, work-shops, staged readings, developmental productions, and the annual NewWorks Festival, inspiring The Mercury News to call us ”a premiere breedingground for new musicals, which has put the company on the national map.”
TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valleycommunity. Our Education Department reaches on average 20,000 studentsfrom 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs thatinclude the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital,the Young Playwrights Project, specially-priced student matinees, extensiveschool tours, post-show discussions, theatre camps, and programs for youth.
For more information on our 2018/19 season, New Works Initiative, andEducation programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960.
J. Lohr is the official wine of TheatreWorks.
The Mercury News is TheatreWorks’2018/19 Season Media Sponsor.
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In this Issue3 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
7 TW Education Camps
8 The 50th Anniversary Season
10 About MARIE and ROSETTA
12 Director’s Notes
13 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents MARIE AND ROSETTA
16 Who’s Who
19 Contributors
22 TWSV Staff
23 Coming Next: Hershey Felder A PARIS LOVE STORY
TWSV General Information
Continue the conversation online!
@TheatreWorksSV#MarieAndRosettaTWSV
Welcome to 2019, TheatreWorks’ 50th year! In the months aheadthere will be many opportunities to celebrate this anniversary,honoring our history and our founder Robert Kelley. But for now we celebrate the exhilarating music of “the Godmother ofRock and Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who invented a kind ofmusic that entertained and inspired, just as we always strive to do at TheatreWorks.
We first presented Marie and Rosetta at our 2015 New Works Festival. Our audiences saw, loved, and learned from it. I was not familiar with Rosetta or herpartner/protégé Marie Knight, so I had no idea of their impact on the icons of rockand roll. Despite my lack of musical talent or understanding of the intricacies ofplaying guitar, it tickled me to learn that the music of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry,Johnny Cash and so many others was inspired by this amazing woman with gospelroots. Her music was as inspiring and electrifying to me, with my soul music roots,as it was to my kids, whose tastes are more modern. No one can ignore its powerand energy.While I love the music, I also love that this is a buddy story at its heart. Despitetheir different temperaments and value systems, Marie and Rosetta become true sisters, probing the balance between timid and bold, sweet and sassy, God-fearing and propriety challenging. Ultimately, their instruments and their voicesblend in perfect, beautiful ways, expanding my own understanding of music andhistory—and reinforcing my commitment to learning from my own sisters.As we share this inspiring musical play, there is much more to come. Our 50thAnniversary Season begins this summer and I invite you to subscribe now for a landmark year of glorious music, delicious comedy, and powerful drama atTheatreWorks.Sincerely,
Judy Heyboer
BOARD OF TRUSTEESJudy Heyboer, Chair
Cabell ChinnisBill Coughran
Sarah Donaldson Peggy Woodford Forbes
Matt FullerCiro GiammonaAnne Hambly
Rose HauRon Hayden
Charlotte JacobsRoy Johnson
Derry KabcenellMichael Kahn Julie KaufmanRobert Kelley
Ellice Papp Phil SantoraLoren Saxe
Barbara ShapiroNancy Ginsburg SternLynn Szekely-Goode
Ewart ThomasKristina Vetter
Holly WardLisa WebsterJane Weston
Gayla Lorthridge Wood
BOARD EMERITUSNancy Meyer, Founder • William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman •Chuck Bernstein • Jayne Booker • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Jenny Dearborn • Susan Fairbrook •Michael R. Flicker • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Larry Horton • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Lisa Jones •Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Tom Kelley • Robin Kennedy • Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman •Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot MailliardRawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts • Ray A. Rothrock • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • Tzipor Ulman• Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Mark Vershel • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson
From the Board Chair
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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In this Issue3 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
7 TW Education Camps
8 The 50th Anniversary Season
10 About MARIE and ROSETTA
12 Director’s Notes
13 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents MARIE AND ROSETTA
16 Who’s Who
19 Contributors
22 TWSV Staff
23 Coming Next: Hershey Felder A PARIS LOVE STORY
TWSV General Information
Continue the conversation online!
@TheatreWorksSV#MarieAndRosettaTWSV
Welcome to 2019, TheatreWorks’ 50th year! In the months aheadthere will be many opportunities to celebrate this anniversary,honoring our history and our founder Robert Kelley. But for now we celebrate the exhilarating music of “the Godmother ofRock and Roll,” Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who invented a kind ofmusic that entertained and inspired, just as we always strive to do at TheatreWorks.
We first presented Marie and Rosetta at our 2015 New Works Festival. Our audiences saw, loved, and learned from it. I was not familiar with Rosetta or herpartner/protégé Marie Knight, so I had no idea of their impact on the icons of rockand roll. Despite my lack of musical talent or understanding of the intricacies ofplaying guitar, it tickled me to learn that the music of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry,Johnny Cash and so many others was inspired by this amazing woman with gospelroots. Her music was as inspiring and electrifying to me, with my soul music roots,as it was to my kids, whose tastes are more modern. No one can ignore its powerand energy.While I love the music, I also love that this is a buddy story at its heart. Despitetheir different temperaments and value systems, Marie and Rosetta become true sisters, probing the balance between timid and bold, sweet and sassy, God-fearing and propriety challenging. Ultimately, their instruments and their voicesblend in perfect, beautiful ways, expanding my own understanding of music andhistory—and reinforcing my commitment to learning from my own sisters.As we share this inspiring musical play, there is much more to come. Our 50thAnniversary Season begins this summer and I invite you to subscribe now for a landmark year of glorious music, delicious comedy, and powerful drama atTheatreWorks.Sincerely,
Judy Heyboer
BOARD OF TRUSTEESJudy Heyboer, Chair
Cabell ChinnisBill Coughran
Sarah Donaldson Peggy Woodford Forbes
Matt FullerCiro GiammonaAnne Hambly
Rose HauRon Hayden
Charlotte JacobsRoy Johnson
Derry KabcenellMichael Kahn Julie KaufmanRobert Kelley
Ellice Papp Phil SantoraLoren Saxe
Barbara ShapiroNancy Ginsburg SternLynn Szekely-Goode
Ewart ThomasKristina Vetter
Holly WardLisa WebsterJane Weston
Gayla Lorthridge Wood
BOARD EMERITUSNancy Meyer, Founder • William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman •Chuck Bernstein • Jayne Booker • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Jenny Dearborn • Susan Fairbrook •Michael R. Flicker • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Larry Horton • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Lisa Jones •Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Tom Kelley • Robin Kennedy • Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman •Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot MailliardRawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts • Ray A. Rothrock • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • Tzipor Ulman• Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Mark Vershel • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson
From the Board Chair
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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Connecting you to the best of the peninsula.Pacific Grove is known for fresh breezes, small town charm, and relaxed living and Canterbury Woods gives you easy access to these pleasures. We’re known for convenient services, welcome comforts and health care services that provide you security for the future.
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Grades K–6Make theatre and practice life skills
Have fun creating scenes and making new friendsExplore props, costumes, sets, and mask-making
SPRING CAMPSApril 1–5 in Palo Alto & Menlo Park
SUMMER CAMPSJune 3–Aug 2
6 sessions in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, & Los Altos
Sibling discounts, need-based scholarships, and extended care available.
For more info: visit theatreworks.org/education, email [email protected] or call 650.463.7146
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Spring & Summer CampsREGISTER NOW
TWSV EventsJan, Feb, Mar3/13, 3/20, 3/27MARIE AND ROSETTAPOST-SHOW DISCUSSIONSQ & A with the cast and staff following the performance
3/18 @ 6:00pmEXECUTIVE & VISIONARY PRODUCERS CELEBRATIONFor Producer Circle donors$25,000+Location TBD
3/19 @ 6:00pmBOARD EMERITUS CELEBRATIONFor former TW TrusteesLucie Stern Community Room
4/6OPENING NIGHTHERSHEY FELDER: A PARISLOVE STORYJoin us for the excitement ofOpening Night and enjoy a post-performance champagnereception with cast and crewMVCPA
4/22 @ 7:30pmHERSHEY FELDER’SGREAT AMERICANSONGBOOK SING-ALONGFeel free to belt out yourfavorites while one of the masters of musical performanceleads you in song.MVCPA
4/27 @ 5:30pmTHE LEGENDARY VAULTSupport TW at our joyful spring fundraiserTheatreWorks HeadquartersSobrato Center for NonprofitsRedwood ShoresRegistrations start at $185
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THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVEBy Julia Cho
Directed by Jeffrey Lo SUSAN SMITH BLACKBURN PRIZE FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
A quirky, comic drama about communication—its potential andits limits—this romantic parable for our times features a linguistat a loss for words, especially the vocabulary of the heart.Balanced delightfully between affection and adversity, it is thewhimsical, life-affirming chronicle of a brilliant scientist whofights to preserve the dying languages of far-flung cultures, onlyto neglect the promise and passion of his own.
“Passionate. Wise and wonderful.” –Talkin' Broadway
July 10–Aug 4, 2019 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
THE 39 STEPSAdapted by Patrick Barlow
Based on the book by John BuchanFrom the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Leslie MartinsonOLIVIER AWARD—LONDON’S BEST NEW COMEDY
TheatreWorks’ acclaimed hit comedy returns in a hilarious, high-speed spoof of Alfred Hitchcock’s silver-screen classic. Minglingmystery and laughter, this irresistible Broadway smash hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blond from a raucousLondon music hall to Scotland’s most remote highlands—and a den of devious spies. Along the way it creates trains, planes,moors and more in a wildly funny flight to the heights of theatrical invention. “Absurdly enjoyable, gleefully theatrical.” –The New York Times
Aug 21–Sept 15, 2019Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
MARK TWAIN’SRIVER OF SONG
By Randal Myler and Dan WheetmanDirected by Randal MylerWEST COAST PREMIERE
Book passage on a riverboat down the mighty Mississippi, teem-ing with rousing traditional songs and the poignant stories of theBig Muddy’s favorite son, Mark Twain. Told with wry humor andsurprising emotion, played on a parade of guitars, banjos, andharmonicas, this music-filled journey will have you tapping yourfeet as it warms your heart. From the creators of TheatreWorks hitsFire on the Mountain and It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues.
“Infectious, moving and merry!” –Broadway World
Oct 2–27, 2019
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
PRIDE AND PREJUDICEBook, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon
Based on the novel by Jane AustenDirected by Robert Kelley
THEATREWORKS’ 70TH WORLD PREMIERETo ring in the holidays, the Tony-nominated creator ofTheatreWorks hits Emma, Daddy Long Legs, and Jane Eyredebuts an unforgettable musical of Jane Austen’s beloved classic. This romantic comedy for the ages brings a witty, satirical edge and a contemporary beat to its engaging score.Let the battle of the sexes begin as a delightfully liberated Lizzie Bennet and a dashing, disdainful Mr. Darcy discover theirresistible power of love.
“We are all fools in love.” –Jane AustenDec 4–29, 2019
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
AN UPROARIOUS SPOOF
A ROLLICKING MUSICAL JOURNEY
AN EXHILARATING MUSICAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A WHIMSICAL PARABLE
TheatreWorks
JOIN US FOR THE ENTIRE 50T
SUBSCRIBE TODAY! theatreworks.org 650.463.1960
50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Hershey Felder presentsMona Golabek in
THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE
Adapted and Directed by Hershey Felder Based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by
Mona Golabek and Lee CohenHolding fast to dreams of concert success, a young Jewish pianistescapes Vienna via the Kindertransport, arriving in England at theoutset of World War II. In a stunning, nationally-acclaimed per-formance, concert pianist Mona Golabek recounts her mother’spoignant saga of hope and resilience, underscored with extraor-dinary music from Bach, Beethoven, and many more. Created byTheatreWorks favorite Hershey Felder, it celebrates the powerof music to transcend even the darkest of times.
“Astonishing. Stunningly good!” –San Francisco Chronicle
Jan 15–Feb 9, 2020
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON
By Laurel Ollstein Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE The space race, 1962. With the sky no longer the limit, astronautscircle the heavens and a world record-holding pilot stands readyto join them, forever altering the course of history. If onlyAmerica will let her. This fascinating theatrical hit from our NewWorks Festival chronicles the incredible true story of JerrieCobb, a woman who dreamt of stars, only to wake in a countrythat couldn’t see the light.“I tumbled out of that airplane... with the stars in my eyes.”
–Jerrie Cobb, The Mercury 13 Mar 4–29, 2020
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
RAGTIME Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn AhrensFrom the novel by E. L. Doctorow
Directed by Robert KelleyTONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL
This timeless musical masterpiece celebrates the soaring soundsand hopeful spirit of America at the dawn of the last century. Tothe syncopated rhythms of an optimistic new age, this unforget-table theatrical tapestry interweaves the delights of vaudeville,baseball, and nickelodeon with the hurly-burly of labor rallies and racial unrest, tracing the lives of an enterprising Jewishimmigrant, a courageous Harlem pianist, and an upper-classwife brilliantly combined in a jubilant, melting pot tribute to theAmerican Dream.
“A colossal hit!” –New York Post
Apr 1–26, 2020 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
THE BOOK OF WILLBy Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Robert Kelley
STEINBERG/ATCA NEW PLAY AWARD
REGIONAL PREMIERE
What if Shakespeare’s lines had disappeared forever? Amidstthe clamor and color of Elizabethan London, this touching celebration of the theatre is a funny, heartwarming tale of life-long collaborators struggling to assemble and publish theBard’s life’s work—a lasting memorial to a lost friend. Facing adevious publisher, a cantankerous competitor, and their owninsecurity, they illuminate this tale of love, loss, and laughter,the soaring finale of Artistic Director Robert Kelley’s 50th season at TheatreWorks.
“Hilarious and poignant.” –Chicago On Stage
June 3–28, 2020 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
FIGHTING TO FLY
A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
A LOVE LETTER TO THE THEATRE
A TRIUMPHANT TOUR DE FORCE
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THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVEBy Julia Cho
Directed by Jeffrey Lo SUSAN SMITH BLACKBURN PRIZE FOR WOMEN PLAYWRIGHTS
A quirky, comic drama about communication—its potential andits limits—this romantic parable for our times features a linguistat a loss for words, especially the vocabulary of the heart.Balanced delightfully between affection and adversity, it is thewhimsical, life-affirming chronicle of a brilliant scientist whofights to preserve the dying languages of far-flung cultures, onlyto neglect the promise and passion of his own.
“Passionate. Wise and wonderful.” –Talkin' Broadway
July 10–Aug 4, 2019 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
THE 39 STEPSAdapted by Patrick Barlow
Based on the book by John BuchanFrom the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Leslie MartinsonOLIVIER AWARD—LONDON’S BEST NEW COMEDY
TheatreWorks’ acclaimed hit comedy returns in a hilarious, high-speed spoof of Alfred Hitchcock’s silver-screen classic. Minglingmystery and laughter, this irresistible Broadway smash hurtles a notorious fugitive and a spellbound blond from a raucousLondon music hall to Scotland’s most remote highlands—and a den of devious spies. Along the way it creates trains, planes,moors and more in a wildly funny flight to the heights of theatrical invention. “Absurdly enjoyable, gleefully theatrical.” –The New York Times
Aug 21–Sept 15, 2019Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
MARK TWAIN’SRIVER OF SONG
By Randal Myler and Dan WheetmanDirected by Randal MylerWEST COAST PREMIERE
Book passage on a riverboat down the mighty Mississippi, teem-ing with rousing traditional songs and the poignant stories of theBig Muddy’s favorite son, Mark Twain. Told with wry humor andsurprising emotion, played on a parade of guitars, banjos, andharmonicas, this music-filled journey will have you tapping yourfeet as it warms your heart. From the creators of TheatreWorks hitsFire on the Mountain and It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues.
“Infectious, moving and merry!” –Broadway World
Oct 2–27, 2019
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
PRIDE AND PREJUDICEBook, music, and lyrics by Paul Gordon
Based on the novel by Jane AustenDirected by Robert Kelley
THEATREWORKS’ 70TH WORLD PREMIERETo ring in the holidays, the Tony-nominated creator ofTheatreWorks hits Emma, Daddy Long Legs, and Jane Eyredebuts an unforgettable musical of Jane Austen’s beloved classic. This romantic comedy for the ages brings a witty, satirical edge and a contemporary beat to its engaging score.Let the battle of the sexes begin as a delightfully liberated Lizzie Bennet and a dashing, disdainful Mr. Darcy discover theirresistible power of love.
“We are all fools in love.” –Jane AustenDec 4–29, 2019
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
AN UPROARIOUS SPOOF
A ROLLICKING MUSICAL JOURNEY
AN EXHILARATING MUSICAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A WHIMSICAL PARABLE
TheatreWorks
JOIN US FOR THE ENTIRE 50T
SUBSCRIBE TODAY! theatreworks.org 650.463.1960
50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Hershey Felder presentsMona Golabek in
THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE
Adapted and Directed by Hershey Felder Based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane by
Mona Golabek and Lee CohenHolding fast to dreams of concert success, a young Jewish pianistescapes Vienna via the Kindertransport, arriving in England at theoutset of World War II. In a stunning, nationally-acclaimed per-formance, concert pianist Mona Golabek recounts her mother’spoignant saga of hope and resilience, underscored with extraor-dinary music from Bach, Beethoven, and many more. Created byTheatreWorks favorite Hershey Felder, it celebrates the powerof music to transcend even the darkest of times.
“Astonishing. Stunningly good!” –San Francisco Chronicle
Jan 15–Feb 9, 2020
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
THEY PROMISED HER THE MOON
By Laurel Ollstein Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE The space race, 1962. With the sky no longer the limit, astronautscircle the heavens and a world record-holding pilot stands readyto join them, forever altering the course of history. If onlyAmerica will let her. This fascinating theatrical hit from our NewWorks Festival chronicles the incredible true story of JerrieCobb, a woman who dreamt of stars, only to wake in a countrythat couldn’t see the light.“I tumbled out of that airplane... with the stars in my eyes.”
–Jerrie Cobb, The Mercury 13 Mar 4–29, 2020
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
RAGTIME Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn AhrensFrom the novel by E. L. Doctorow
Directed by Robert KelleyTONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL
This timeless musical masterpiece celebrates the soaring soundsand hopeful spirit of America at the dawn of the last century. Tothe syncopated rhythms of an optimistic new age, this unforget-table theatrical tapestry interweaves the delights of vaudeville,baseball, and nickelodeon with the hurly-burly of labor rallies and racial unrest, tracing the lives of an enterprising Jewishimmigrant, a courageous Harlem pianist, and an upper-classwife brilliantly combined in a jubilant, melting pot tribute to theAmerican Dream.
“A colossal hit!” –New York Post
Apr 1–26, 2020 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
THE BOOK OF WILLBy Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Robert Kelley
STEINBERG/ATCA NEW PLAY AWARD
REGIONAL PREMIERE
What if Shakespeare’s lines had disappeared forever? Amidstthe clamor and color of Elizabethan London, this touching celebration of the theatre is a funny, heartwarming tale of life-long collaborators struggling to assemble and publish theBard’s life’s work—a lasting memorial to a lost friend. Facing adevious publisher, a cantankerous competitor, and their owninsecurity, they illuminate this tale of love, loss, and laughter,the soaring finale of Artistic Director Robert Kelley’s 50th season at TheatreWorks.
“Hilarious and poignant.” –Chicago On Stage
June 3–28, 2020 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
FIGHTING TO FLY
A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
A LOVE LETTER TO THE THEATRE
A TRIUMPHANT TOUR DE FORCE
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About MARIE AND ROSETTA ike many playwrights, George Brant started out as an actor. After earning his BFA from Northwestern University in 1991, he launched his theatrical career in Chicago. By 1993 he waswriting, performing, and directing his own works atZeppo Productions, a company he had founded. Over time he stepped away from performing, andwhen he came to the realization that there wereoth er directors “more talented” than himself produc-ing his work, Brant decided to focus his attentionsolely on playwriting. In 2005, Brant enrolled at theUniversity of Texas at Austin’s Michener Center forWriters. While many of his early plays were comedictakes on existing works, by this point in his careerBrant was looking for inspiration in subjects whosestories hadn’t already been told.
Brant’s f irst major play, pennedwhile he was in graduateschool, was written in responseto a disturbing photographhe’d seen of a circus elephantput to death by hanging. Basedon a true story, Elephant’sGraveyard was first producedat UT, and won the DavidMark Cohen National Play-writing Award and the KeenePrize for Literature. It went on
to be staged by several regional theatres as well asover 300 collegiate and high school productions.
Brant’s best known work, a one-woman show calledGrounded, can also be viewed as the playwright’sreaction to a disturbing piece of information—not aphoto this time, but a statistic. When Brant learnedthat Obama had ordered more drone strikes in hisfirst two years than his predecessor had in two fullterms, he felt an obligation to explore this unknownfield of warfare. The p lay centers on one female airforce pilot, whose unexpected pregnancy results inher reassignment to the air force drone program.Grounded won the National New Play Network’sSmith Prize in 2012, and has subsequently been performed more than a hundred times, including productions in eighteen different countries. TheMetropolitan Opera commissioned an adaptation ofGrounded with music by composer Jeanine Tesori,and there is a motion picture in development as well.
Brant then found inspiration in a song called “SisterRosetta Goes Before Us,” written by Sam Phillips and
recorded by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on theirGrammy Award-winning album Raising Sand. Thesong references someone called “Sister Rosetta”and directly quotes her lyrics, though you’d have tobe familiar with Rosetta Tharpe to know t hat. ForBrant, as yet unacquainted with Tharpe and herwork, the song piqued his interest, and he soonfound himself watching YouTube clips and readingbiographies about the enormously influential butnearly forgotten Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Sister Rosetta was born in 1915 in Cotton Plant,Arkansas. Her mother was a musician and preacherwith the Church of God in Christ, a mostly African-American Pentec ostal denomination with a rich musical tradition. By the time she was six years oldRosetta was touring the south with her mother aspart of a traveling evangelical group. Rosetta andher mother settled in Chicago in the mid 1920s,where she continued to perform in the COGIC congregation, and earned a reputation as a musicalprodigy, both for her singing and guitar playing. Atnineteen Rosetta married a preacher named ThomasThorpe, whose last name she adapted to form thestage name Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The marriage didn’t stick, but the name did.
Rosetta cut her first record in 1938 and became anovernight sensation at just 23 years of age. She wasamong the first commercially successful gospel performers, and raised a lot of eyebrows by mixingtraditional church songs with secular-sounding guitar.
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Playwright George Brant
Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
That she, a woman, played the guitar at all wasremarkable enough—that she pioneered an entirelynew style of playing, inspiring generations of musicalgreats including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, LittleRichard, and Chuck Berry, earned her the honorific“Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll.”
Unfortunately, we don’t always remember to honorour elders. Tharpe, whose 1945 hit “Strange ThingsHappening Every Day” wa s the first gospel hit tocross over to the Billboard “race records” chart,whose career spanned five decades, whose workdirectly influenced the course of popular music forgenerations to come, all but faded from our culturalconsciousness even before her death in 1973. It wasthis collective forgetfulness that moved Brant towrite Marie and Rosetta—the realization that “somepeople are remembered in thi s country and othersaren’t. We get fascinated by pop and gospel singersand then discard them just as easily.” Through hiswork, Brant hoped to bring Tharpe’s legacy out ofthe shadows, and introduce a new generation toSister Rosetta.
Rather than attempt to stage a comprehensive studyof Tharpe’s entire career, Brant decided to hone inon the period he found most compelling—her partnership with Marie Knight. Like Tharpe, Knightwas brought up in a COGIC congregation. She too
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight (right) with fans after a concert in St. Louis on June 3, 1947.
possessed an enormous musical talent—whenTharpe spotted Knight performing on a bill withrival gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in 1946, Tharperecognized her potential on the spot and invitedKnight to join her on tour. Knight and Tharpe werepartners from 1946 into the early 1950s, butremained friends for life.
TheatreWorks audiences were first introduced toMarie and Rosetta in 2015, when Brant participatedin our New Works Festival. The piece was alsoworkshopped at The Playwrights’ Center and theNew Harmony Project, then had its world premiereat the Atlantic Theater in New York in the fall of2016.
Just over a year later, as theatres across the countrywere beginning to mount productions of Marie and Rosetta, news broke that Sister Rosetta Tharpewas to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall ofFame as an “early influencer.” A 2017 article inRolling Stone declared “no artist has been moreoverdue for recognition than Sister RosettaTharpe.” TheatreWorks is proud to be a part of this resurgence of interest in Sister Roset ta, and to helpspread her gospel once more. –Katie Dai
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About MARIE AND ROSETTA ike many playwrights, George Brant started out as an actor. After earning his BFA from Northwestern University in 1991, he launched his theatrical career in Chicago. By 1993 he waswriting, performing, and directing his own works atZeppo Productions, a company he had founded. Over time he stepped away from performing, andwhen he came to the realization that there wereoth er directors “more talented” than himself produc-ing his work, Brant decided to focus his attentionsolely on playwriting. In 2005, Brant enrolled at theUniversity of Texas at Austin’s Michener Center forWriters. While many of his early plays were comedictakes on existing works, by this point in his careerBrant was looking for inspiration in subjects whosestories hadn’t already been told.
Brant’s f irst major play, pennedwhile he was in graduateschool, was written in responseto a disturbing photographhe’d seen of a circus elephantput to death by hanging. Basedon a true story, Elephant’sGraveyard was first producedat UT, and won the DavidMark Cohen National Play-writing Award and the KeenePrize for Literature. It went on
to be staged by several regional theatres as well asover 300 collegiate and high school productions.
Brant’s best known work, a one-woman show calledGrounded, can also be viewed as the playwright’sreaction to a disturbing piece of information—not aphoto this time, but a statistic. When Brant learnedthat Obama had ordered more drone strikes in hisfirst two years than his predecessor had in two fullterms, he felt an obligation to explore this unknownfield of warfare. The p lay centers on one female airforce pilot, whose unexpected pregnancy results inher reassignment to the air force drone program.Grounded won the National New Play Network’sSmith Prize in 2012, and has subsequently been performed more than a hundred times, including productions in eighteen different countries. TheMetropolitan Opera commissioned an adaptation ofGrounded with music by composer Jeanine Tesori,and there is a motion picture in development as well.
Brant then found inspiration in a song called “SisterRosetta Goes Before Us,” written by Sam Phillips and
recorded by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss on theirGrammy Award-winning album Raising Sand. Thesong references someone called “Sister Rosetta”and directly quotes her lyrics, though you’d have tobe familiar with Rosetta Tharpe to know t hat. ForBrant, as yet unacquainted with Tharpe and herwork, the song piqued his interest, and he soonfound himself watching YouTube clips and readingbiographies about the enormously influential butnearly forgotten Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Sister Rosetta was born in 1915 in Cotton Plant,Arkansas. Her mother was a musician and preacherwith the Church of God in Christ, a mostly African-American Pentec ostal denomination with a rich musical tradition. By the time she was six years oldRosetta was touring the south with her mother aspart of a traveling evangelical group. Rosetta andher mother settled in Chicago in the mid 1920s,where she continued to perform in the COGIC congregation, and earned a reputation as a musicalprodigy, both for her singing and guitar playing. Atnineteen Rosetta married a preacher named ThomasThorpe, whose last name she adapted to form thestage name Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The marriage didn’t stick, but the name did.
Rosetta cut her first record in 1938 and became anovernight sensation at just 23 years of age. She wasamong the first commercially successful gospel performers, and raised a lot of eyebrows by mixingtraditional church songs with secular-sounding guitar.
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Playwright George Brant
Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
That she, a woman, played the guitar at all wasremarkable enough—that she pioneered an entirelynew style of playing, inspiring generations of musicalgreats including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, LittleRichard, and Chuck Berry, earned her the honorific“Godmother of Rock ‘n Roll.”
Unfortunately, we don’t always remember to honorour elders. Tharpe, whose 1945 hit “Strange ThingsHappening Every Day” wa s the first gospel hit tocross over to the Billboard “race records” chart,whose career spanned five decades, whose workdirectly influenced the course of popular music forgenerations to come, all but faded from our culturalconsciousness even before her death in 1973. It wasthis collective forgetfulness that moved Brant towrite Marie and Rosetta—the realization that “somepeople are remembered in thi s country and othersaren’t. We get fascinated by pop and gospel singersand then discard them just as easily.” Through hiswork, Brant hoped to bring Tharpe’s legacy out ofthe shadows, and introduce a new generation toSister Rosetta.
Rather than attempt to stage a comprehensive studyof Tharpe’s entire career, Brant decided to hone inon the period he found most compelling—her partnership with Marie Knight. Like Tharpe, Knightwas brought up in a COGIC congregation. She too
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight (right) with fans after a concert in St. Louis on June 3, 1947.
possessed an enormous musical talent—whenTharpe spotted Knight performing on a bill withrival gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in 1946, Tharperecognized her potential on the spot and invitedKnight to join her on tour. Knight and Tharpe werepartners from 1946 into the early 1950s, butremained friends for life.
TheatreWorks audiences were first introduced toMarie and Rosetta in 2015, when Brant particip atedin our New Works Festival. The piece was alsoworkshopped at The Playwrights’ Center and theNew Harmony Project, then had its world premiereat the Atlantic Theater in New York in the fall of2016.
Just over a year later, as theatres across the countrywere beginning to mount productions of Marie and Rosetta, news broke that Sister Rosetta Tharpewas to be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall ofFam e as an “early influencer.” A 2017 article inRolling Stone declared “no artist has been moreoverdue for recognition than Sister RosettaTharpe.” TheatreWorks is proud to be a part of this resurgence of interest in Sister Rosetta, and to helpspread her gospel once more. –Katie Dai
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D M A M S C L S C S M
A JOYOUS TESTAMENT
I fell hard for Marie and Rosetta at our New Works Festival in 2015. I was exhilaratedby the heart and history of two brilliant women who combined to set the musicworld on its ear. The music of black America—gospel, R&B, Motown—has alwaysbeen part of my life, and a major part of TheatreWorks as well. I played piano inR&B bands in Palo Alto beginning in 8th grade, and would bicycle to East Palo Alto’sCharm Beauty Salon and Record Store to buy records unavailable in Palo Alto. Iloved the music of artists like Ray Charles, Little Richard, and many more, unaware
that they had been deeply influenced by a remarkable female guitarist of the ‘40s—Sister RosettaTharpe. By the time TheatreWorks began in 1970, the opportunity to combine music and dramainto a single artistic pursuit was irresistible. The interweaving of the two art forms has defined usever since, from our first musical Popcorn to the Tony Award Best Musical Memphis.
Marie and Rosetta focuses on the power of music to thrill us, to move us, ultimately to change us—and I knew we would find the cast to make it soar. When we presented it in our New WorksFestival, Michelle Jordan was stunning as Rosetta. Her long history at TheatreWorks had includedthe powerhouse character Effie in Dreamgirls, lead roles in Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Crowns, and manymore—she was family. Following our Festival, the show debuted at New York City’s Atlantic Theaterin 2016, then moved to the mid-West for productions the next year. The rights to create a powerfulversion of our own, with Michelle playing Sister Rosetta, finally became available just as we selectedthis 49th season.
Marie was another story. Should we bring a singer from New York, as we had done for our Festival?That’s when I met Marissa Rudd. With a gorgeous voice and a wealth of charisma, she played a keyrole in our New Works Festival last summer, and was soon cast in our holiday production of TuckEverlasting. But was she our Marie? A single music-making session with Michelle answered thatquestion instantly, their chemistry and soaring voices electrifying the room. Could we channel SisterRosetta and Marie? Could their harmony, their faith, their love fill our stage? It could indeed.
Marie and Rosetta is the story of a complex and extraordinary woman: a musician who discoveredthe potential of electric guitar and influenced generations to come; a gospel circuit standout whooften worked in raucous nightclubs; a singer of spirituals who ascended the R&B charts with lyricallysuggestive hits. Stunning Marie and powerhouse Rosetta produced many recordings together, andseveral of their interwoven vocals became crossover hits. Marie eventually became an independentgospel star whose career lasted into her eighties. Rosetta was inducted in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall ofFame. Their work together, conceived in a mutual belief that music can change us, is a joyous testament we are proud to celebrate. TheatreWorks’ belief in music is much the same.
Director’s Notes from Artistic Director Robert Kelley
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D M A M S C L S C S M
A JOYOUS TESTAMENT
I fell hard for Marie and Rosetta at our New Works Festival in 2015. I was exhilaratedby the heart and history of two brilliant women who combined to set the musicworld on its ear. The music of black America—gospel, R&B, Motown—has alwaysbeen part of my life, and a major part of TheatreWorks as well. I played piano inR&B bands in Palo Alto beginning in 8th grade, and would bicycle to East Palo Alto’sCharm Beauty Salon and Record Store to buy records unavailable in Palo Alto. Iloved the music of artists like Ray Charles, Little Richard, and many more, unaware
that they had been deeply influenced by a remarkable female guitarist of the ‘40s—Sister RosettaTharpe. By the time TheatreWorks began in 1970, the opportunity to combine music and dramainto a single artistic pursuit was irresistible. The interweaving of the two art forms has defined usever since, from our first musical Popcorn to the Tony Award Best Musical Memphis.
Marie and Rosetta focuses on the power of music to thrill us, to move us, ultimately to change us—and I knew we would find the cast to make it soar. When we presented it in our New WorksFestival, Michelle Jordan was stunning as Rosetta. Her long history at TheatreWorks had includedthe powerhouse character Effie in Dreamgirls, lead roles in Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Crowns, and manymore—she was family. Following our Festival, the show debuted at New York City’s Atlantic Theaterin 2016, then moved to the mid-West for productions the next year. The rights to create a powerfulversion of our own, with Michelle playing Sister Rosetta, finally became available just as we selectedthis 49th season.
Marie was another story. Should we bring a singer from New York, as we had done for our Festival?That’s when I met Marissa Rudd. With a gorgeous voice and a wealth of charisma, she played a keyrole in our New Works Festival last summer, and was soon cast in our holiday production of TuckEverlasting. But was she our Marie? A single music-making session with Michelle answered thatquestion instantly, their chemistry and soaring voices electrifying the room. Could we channel SisterRosetta and Marie? Could their harmony, their faith, their love fill our stage? It could indeed.
Marie and Rosetta is the story of a complex and extraordinary woman: a musician who discoveredthe potential of electric guitar and influenced generations to come; a gospel circuit standout whooften worked in raucous nightclubs; a singer of spirituals who ascended the R&B charts with lyricallysuggestive hits. Stunning Marie and powerhouse Rosetta produced many recordings together, andseveral of their interwoven vocals became crossover hits. Marie eventually became an independentgospel star whose career lasted into her eighties. Rosetta was inducted in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall ofFame. Their work together, conceived in a mutual belief that music can change us, is a joyous testament we are proud to celebrate. TheatreWorks’ belief in music is much the same.
Director’s Notes from Artistic Director Robert Kelley presents
the WEST COAST PREMIERE of
Marie and RosettaBy George Brant
Directed by Robert Kelley Musical Direction by William Liberatore Associate Director Brandon Jackson Movement Director Aleta Hayes Scenic Designer Christopher Fitzer Costume Designer Jill C. Bowers Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt Sound Designer Cliff Caruthers Casting Director Jeffrey Lo Stage Manager Ashley Taylor Frampton MARIE AND ROSETTA is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
World Premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2016MARIE AND ROSETTA was developed at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as part of our New Works Festival.
Additional development at The Playwrights’ Center and The New Harmony Project.
VISIONARY PRODUCERSAnne & Larry Hambly • Derry & Charlene Kabcenell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERSLynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode
PRODUCERSSteven & Karin Chase • George & Susan Crow • Sarah Donaldson
Charlotte Jacobs & Roderick Young • Mike Kahn • Julie Kaufman & Doug KleinMark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro • Denise Watkins • Carol Watts
Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Walt Wood
SHOW SPONSORSCHUBB INSURANCE • HARRELL REMODELING
SEASON SPONSORSJ. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • The Mercury News • Sobrato Philanthropies
THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.MARIE AND ROSETTA PLAYS MARCH 6 –31, 2019
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PLACE AND TIMEMississippi. 1946. The showroom of a modest funeral home.
MARIE AND ROSETTA WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION.
THE CAST Sister Rosetta Tharpe Michelle E. Jordan Marie Knight Marissa Rudd
* The actors and stage manager of this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
THE MUSICIANS Piano William Liberatore Acoustic & Electric Guitars Schuyler McFadden
All musicians are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
THE SONGS
All songs were originally recorded by Rosetta Tharpe.
“This Train” ...........................................................................Rosetta “Were You There”....................................................................Marie“Rock Me” ............................................................................Rosetta“Sit Down”............................................................................Rosetta“Didn’t It Rain”....................................................Rosetta and Marie “Call My Name in Prayer”...................................Marie and Rosetta “This Train” (Reprise) ...............................................................Marie“Tall Skinny Papa” ...............................................Rosetta and Marie “Four Five Times” ...............................................Rosetta and Marie “I Looked Down the Line”....................................................Rosetta “Up Above My Head”.........................................Rosetta and Marie “Strange Things Happening Every Day” ............Rosetta and Marie “Peace in the Valley” ...............................................................Marie
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PLACE AND TIMEMississippi. 1946. The showroom of a modest funeral home.
MARIE AND ROSETTA WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION.
THE CAST Sister Rosetta Tharpe Michelle E. Jordan Marie Knight Marissa Rudd
* The actors and stage manager of this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
THE MUSICIANS Piano William Liberatore Acoustic & Electric Guitars Schuyler McFadden
All musicians are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.
THE SONGS
All songs were originally recorded by Rosetta Tharpe.
“This Train” ...........................................................................Rosetta “Were You There”....................................................................Marie“Rock Me” ............................................................................Rosetta“Sit Down”............................................................................Rosetta“Didn’t It Rain”....................................................Rosetta and Marie “Call My Name in Prayer”...................................Marie and Rosetta “This Train” (Reprise) ...............................................................Marie“Tall Skinny Papa” ...............................................Rosetta and Marie “Four Five Times” ...............................................Rosetta and Marie “I Looked Down the Line”....................................................Rosetta “Up Above My Head”.........................................Rosetta and Marie “Strange Things Happening Every Day” ............Rosetta and Marie “Peace in the Valley” ...............................................................Marie
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Who’s WhoMICHELLE E. JORDAN (SisterRosetta Tharpe) has performed in theatres throughoutthe Bay Area includ-ing TheatreWorks,
American Conservatory Theater,Oakland Ensemble Theatre, andLorraine Hansberry Theatre. AtTheatreWorks, she appeared in theNew Works Festival reading of LittleRock and mainstage productions of It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues,Crowns, Ain't Misbehavin', Sweet &Hot, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery,Hi-Hat Hattie!, Go Down Garvey,and Dreamgirls, for which she won a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Effie. She is a licensed minister, spiritualcounselor, teacher, and facilitator,and member of InterPlay’s perform-ance ensemble WING IT! She hasbeen the Minister of Music at theSan Jose Center for Spiritual Livingsince 2013. “What better way towork towards ordination by celebrat-ing the message of Sister Rosetta atthis time in my journey. Enjoy!”
MARISSA RUDD(Marie Knight) isthrilled to return toTheatreWorks. Youmay have seen her in Tuck Everlastingor the New Works
Festival this past summer. Originallyfrom Denver, CO, she obtained her Bachelor of Music in VocalPerformance from Colorado StateUniversity under the vocal instructionof Dr. John Seesholtz. She has studied with world renowned singers,including Nicole Cabell, GeorgeShirley, Michelle DeYoung, JenniferBlack, and more. Representativecredits include Dreamgirls (Deena),Ragtime (Sarah), Tarzan (Jane), The
Fantasticks (Luisa), Sister Act(Deloris), and Mary Poppins (Mrs.Corry). She would like to thank herfamily for all of their continued loveand support! Follow her onInstagram! @marissa_rudd
GEORGE BRANT (Playwright) is theaward-winning author of more thantwenty plays, including Grounded(Lucille Lortel Award, Smith Prize),Elephant’s Graveyard (Keene Prizefor Literature), Marie and Rosetta(Edgerton Foundation New PlayAward), Into the Breeches!, DarkRoom, Grizzly Mama, and many more.His works have been produced bythe Public Theater, Atlantic TheaterCompany, Trinity RepertoryCompany, Cleveland Play House,Alley Theatre, and Studio Theatre,among others. Grounded is beingadapted for the Metropolitan Operawith music by composer JeanineTesori, and a motion picture ofGrounded is also in development.Mr. Brant holds an MFA from theMichener Center for Writers at theUniversity of Texas at Austin, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
JILL C. BOWERS (Costume Design)has designed costumes for manyTheatreWorks productions since1986, including Constellations, TheVelocity of Autumn, Fire on theMountain, The Lake Effect, Marry Mea Little, The Mountaintop, Opus,Doubt, Into the Woods (2005), HeartLand (world premiere), Under MilkWood, and Into the Woods (1990—Bay Area Theatre Critics CircleAward). As Costume Director atAmerican Musical Theatre of SanJose (1997–2004), she oversaw thecreation of many new productionsincluding The Music Man and 3hreeMusketeers. She holds an MFA inDesign from University of Minnesota.
CLIFF CARUTHERS (SoundDesigner) has designed over 70 productions for TheatreWorks.Recent work includes TheatreWorks’Constellations and OutsideMullingar; American Night and IrmaVep for California ShakespeareTheater; Elektra and Dead Metaphorfor American Conservatory Theater;Man in Love for Kansas City Rep;Death of a Salesman and We AreProud to Present for San Jose StageCompany; Troilus and Cressida forOregon Shakespeare Festival; BornYesterday for Alley Theatre; CircleMirror Transformation for MarinTheatre Company; TRAGEDY: atragedy for Berkeley RepertoryTheatre; The Happy Ones for MagicTheatre; Detroit and The ElaborateEntrance of Chad Deity for AuroraTheatre Company; Happy Days forGuthrie Theater; Julius Caesar forThe Acting Company; Bug for SFPlayhouse; and Ubu Roi and ADreamplay for Cutting Ball Theater.
CHRISTOPHER FITZER (ScenicDesign) is currently TheatreWorks’Properties Master and the residentcreative at Sanguine TheatreCompany in NYC. He previouslydesigned The Santaland Diaries forTheatreWorks. His other designcredits include productions at AspenOpera Theater Center, WorldLiterature Today’s PuterbaughFestival, San Jose Stage Company,Hillbarn Theatre, WoodminsterSummer Musicals, Oklahoma CityTheatre Company, Flat RockPlayhouse, Los Altos Stage Company,and Foothill Music Theatre. He hasheld production and artistic positionsat Aspen Music Festival, CurtisOpera Theatre at the Curtis Instituteof Music, and Dallas SummerMusicals. He holds a BFA in Dramafrom the University of Oklahoma.
Who’s WhoASHLEY TAYLOR FRAMPTON(Stage Manager) matriculated fromthe University of California, SantaCruz and Kent University, Englandwith a BA in Theatre Arts, Film andDigital Media, respectively. She hasworked internationally as a stagemanager, production manager, master electrician, propertiesdesigner, sound technician, andstuntwoman. From theatre to film,music and live events, credits include SF Sketchfest (AssistantTechnical Director), CaliforniaShakespeare Theater (MasterElectrician), Legion A/V (Head ofLighting), Playfaire Productions(Swordsman), The Independent SF(Lighting Technician), HighlanderFilms (Production Assistant),American Conservatory Theater,CenterREPertory Company, andMagic Theatre, among others. Shetrains with mêlée weapons atDavenriche European Martial ArtsSchool where she is an assistantinstructor and apprentice to SirSteaphen Fick. She goes on tourwith Grammy-nominated guitarist,Zane Carey, in the spring of 2019.
ALETA HAYES (Movement Director)is a choreographer, performer, andlecturer in the Department ofTheater and Performance Studies atStanford University. Prior toStanford, she taught for eight yearsat Princeton University and spent 15years choreographing in New YorkCity. As a performer, highlightsinclude leading roles in major worksby Robert Wilson, Bernice Johnson-Reagon, Martha Clarke, JaneComfort, Carl Hancock Rux, PingChong, and Daniel Alexander Jones.In 2009, she founded the ChocolateHeads, a cross-genre dance and performance troupe that has createdoriginal, site-specific performancesfor new architectural structures in
SCHOOL OFMUSIC
Stanford’s arts district. Most recently,Ms. Hayes choreographed Helen/Hecuba for Stanford RepertoryTheater, which subsequently travelled to Athens, Greece, and sheperformed the role of “Mama” inthe Department of Theater’s produc-tion of Raisin in the Sun this past fall.
BRANDON JACKSON (AssociateDirector) most recently associatedirected Once On This Island forTheatreWorks. He also served asassistant director for the company’sproduction of The Mountaintop.Recent Bay Area directing creditsinclude Smokey Joe’s Cafe andCabaret at Broadway By the Bay;The Columnist at Dragon Theatre;and The Color Purple, A Raisin in the Sun, and Fabulation at StanfordUniversity. Notable acting creditsinclude starring in Dragon Theatre’sproduction of Take Me Out (Darren)and Pear Avenue Theatre’s produc-tion of Superior Donuts (Franco). Mr. Jackson holds a BA in Dramawith honors, and Political Sciencefrom Stanford University.
ROBERT KELLEY (Director) Pleasesee bio on following page.
WILLIAM LIBERATORE (MusicalDirector) is TheatreWorks’ ResidentMusical Director and has conductedover 40 shows, including TuckEverlasting, Fun Home, The Princeof Egypt, Rags, The Life of the Party,Sweeney Todd, Once on This Island(2014 TBA Award), Little Women,Crowns, Ragtime, and PacificOvertures. He was Musical Directorat American Musical Theatre of SanJose, conducting over 30 showsincluding Flower Drum Song, Gypsy,A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Follies,and Children of Eden. He has wonBay Area Theatre Critics CircleAwards for A Little Night Music,
South Pacific, and Damn Yankees(AMTSJ), and Bat Boy: The Musical;Into the Woods; Emma; Caroline, orChange; The Light in the Piazza, andThe Four Immigrants (TheatreWorks).He is also the director of the award-winning Gunn High School Choirs.
STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT(Lighting Designer) has been thelighting designer for over 70 productions at TheatreWorks, having won numerous Bay AreaTheatre Critics Circle, Theatre BayArea, and Dean Goodman ChoiceAwards for his work. His regionaldesign credits include Long WharfTheatre, New Haven; AContemporary Theatre, Seattle;American Repertory Theater,Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre,Buffalo; Magic Theatre; and the Pasadena Playhouse. Mr. Mannshardt
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Who’s WhoMICHELLE E. JORDAN (SisterRosetta Tharpe) has performed in theatres throughoutthe Bay Area includ-ing TheatreWorks,
American Conservatory Theater,Oakland Ensemble Theatre, andLorraine Hansberry Theatre. AtTheatreWorks, she appeared in theNew Works Festival reading of LittleRock and mainstage productions of It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues,Crowns, Ain't Misbehavin', Sweet &Hot, Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery,Hi-Hat Hattie!, Go Down Garvey,and Dreamgirls, for which she won a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Effie. She is a licensed minister, spiritualcounselor, teacher, and facilitator,and member of InterPlay’s perform-ance ensemble WING IT! She hasbeen the Minister of Music at theSan Jose Center for Spiritual Livingsince 2013. “What better way towork towards ordination by celebrat-ing the message of Sister Rosetta atthis time in my journey. Enjoy!”
MARISSA RUDD(Marie Knight) isthrilled to return toTheatreWorks. Youmay have seen her in Tuck Everlastingor the New Works
Festival this past summer. Originallyfrom Denver, CO, she obtained her Bachelor of Music in VocalPerformance from Colorado StateUniversity under the vocal instructionof Dr. John Seesholtz. She has studied with world renowned singers,including Nicole Cabell, GeorgeShirley, Michelle DeYoung, JenniferBlack, and more. Representativecredits include Dreamgirls (Deena),Ragtime (Sarah), Tarzan (Jane), The
Fantasticks (Luisa), Sister Act(Deloris), and Mary Poppins (Mrs.Corry). She would like to thank herfamily for all of their continued loveand support! Follow her onInstagram! @marissa_rudd
GEORGE BRANT (Playwright) is theaward-winning author of more thantwenty plays, including Grounded(Lucille Lortel Award, Smith Prize),Elephant’s Graveyard (Keene Prizefor Literature), Marie and Rosetta(Edgerton Foundation New PlayAward), Into the Breeches!, DarkRoom, Grizzly Mama, and many more.His works have been produced bythe Public Theater, Atlantic TheaterCompany, Trinity RepertoryCompany, Cleveland Play House,Alley Theatre, and Studio Theatre,among others. Grounded is beingadapted for the Metropolitan Operawith music by composer JeanineTesori, and a motion picture ofGrounded is also in development.Mr. Brant holds an MFA from theMichener Center for Writers at theUniversity of Texas at Austin, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
JILL C. BOWERS (Costume Design)has designed costumes for manyTheatreWorks productions since1986, including Constellations, TheVelocity of Autumn, Fire on theMountain, The Lake Effect, Marry Mea Little, The Mountaintop, Opus,Doubt, Into the Woods (2005), HeartLand (world premiere), Under MilkWood, and Into the Woods (1990—Bay Area Theatre Critics CircleAward). As Costume Director atAmerican Musical Theatre of SanJose (1997–2004), she oversaw thecreation of many new productionsincluding The Music Man and 3hreeMusketeers. She holds an MFA inDesign from University of Minnesota.
CLIFF CARUTHERS (SoundDesigner) has designed over 70 productions for TheatreWorks.Recent work includes TheatreWorks’Constellations and OutsideMullingar; American Night and IrmaVep for California ShakespeareTheater; Elektra and Dead Metaphorfor American Conservatory Theater;Man in Love for Kansas City Rep;Death of a Salesman and We AreProud to Present for San Jose StageCompany; Troilus and Cressida forOregon Shakespeare Festival; BornYesterday for Alley Theatre; CircleMirror Transformation for MarinTheatre Company; TRAGEDY: atragedy for Berkeley RepertoryTheatre; The Happy Ones for MagicTheatre; Detroit and The ElaborateEntrance of Chad Deity for AuroraTheatre Company; Happy Days forGuthrie Theater; Julius Caesar forThe Acting Company; Bug for SFPlayhouse; and Ubu Roi and ADreamplay for Cutting Ball Theater.
CHRISTOPHER FITZER (ScenicDesign) is currently TheatreWorks’Properties Master and the residentcreative at Sanguine TheatreCompany in NYC. He previouslydesigned The Santaland Diaries forTheatreWorks. His other designcredits include productions at AspenOpera Theater Center, WorldLiterature Today’s PuterbaughFestival, San Jose Stage Company,Hillbarn Theatre, WoodminsterSummer Musicals, Oklahoma CityTheatre Company, Flat RockPlayhouse, Los Altos Stage Company,and Foothill Music Theatre. He hasheld production and artistic positionsat Aspen Music Festival, CurtisOpera Theatre at the Curtis Instituteof Music, and Dallas SummerMusicals. He holds a BFA in Dramafrom the University of Oklahoma.
Who’s WhoASHLEY TAYLOR FRAMPTON(Stage Manager) matriculated fromthe University of California, SantaCruz and Kent University, Englandwith a BA in Theatre Arts, Film andDigital Media, respectively. She hasworked internationally as a stagemanager, production manager, master electrician, propertiesdesigner, sound technician, andstuntwoman. From theatre to film,music and live events, credits include SF Sketchfest (AssistantTechnical Director), CaliforniaShakespeare Theater (MasterElectrician), Legion A/V (Head ofLighting), Playfaire Productions(Swordsman), The Independent SF(Lighting Technician), HighlanderFilms (Production Assistant),American Conservatory Theater,CenterREPertory Company, andMagic Theatre, among others. Shetrains with mêlée weapons atDavenriche European Martial ArtsSchool where she is an assistantinstructor and apprentice to SirSteaphen Fick. She goes on tourwith Grammy-nominated guitarist,Zane Carey, in the spring of 2019.
ALETA HAYES (Movement Director)is a choreographer, performer, andlecturer in the Department ofTheater and Performance Studies atStanford University. Prior toStanford, she taught for eight yearsat Princeton University and spent 15years choreographing in New YorkCity. As a performer, highlightsinclude leading roles in major worksby Robert Wilson, Bernice Johnson-Reagon, Martha Clarke, JaneComfort, Carl Hancock Rux, PingChong, and Daniel Alexander Jones.In 2009, she founded the ChocolateHeads, a cross-genre dance and performance troupe that has createdoriginal, site-specific performancesfor new architectural structures in
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Stanford’s arts district. Most recently,Ms. Hayes choreographed Helen/Hecuba for Stanford RepertoryTheater, which subsequently travelled to Athens, Greece, and sheperformed the role of “Mama” inthe Department of Theater’s produc-tion of Raisin in the Sun this past fall.
BRANDON JACKSON (AssociateDirector) most recently associatedirected Once On This Island forTheatreWorks. He also served asassistant director for the company’sproduction of The Mountaintop.Recent Bay Area directing creditsinclude Smokey Joe’s Cafe andCabaret at Broadway By the Bay;The Columnist at Dragon Theatre;and The Color Purple, A Raisin in the Sun, and Fabulation at StanfordUniversity. Notable acting creditsinclude starring in Dragon Theatre’sproduction of Take Me Out (Darren)and Pear Avenue Theatre’s produc-tion of Superior Donuts (Franco). Mr. Jackson holds a BA in Dramawith honors, and Political Sciencefrom Stanford University.
ROBERT KELLEY (Director) Pleasesee bio on following page.
WILLIAM LIBERATORE (MusicalDirector) is TheatreWorks’ ResidentMusical Director and has conductedover 40 shows, including TuckEverlasting, Fun Home, The Princeof Egypt, Rags, The Life of the Party,Sweeney Todd, Once on This Island(2014 TBA Award), Little Women,Crowns, Ragtime, and PacificOvertures. He was Musical Directorat American Musical Theatre of SanJose, conducting over 30 showsincluding Flower Drum Song, Gypsy,A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Follies,and Children of Eden. He has wonBay Area Theatre Critics CircleAwards for A Little Night Music,
South Pacific, and Damn Yankees(AMTSJ), and Bat Boy: The Musical;Into the Woods; Emma; Caroline, orChange; The Light in the Piazza, andThe Four Immigrants (TheatreWorks).He is also the director of the award-winning Gunn High School Choirs.
STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT(Lighting Designer) has been thelighting designer for over 70 productions at TheatreWorks, having won numerous Bay AreaTheatre Critics Circle, Theatre BayArea, and Dean Goodman ChoiceAwards for his work. His regionaldesign credits include Long WharfTheatre, New Haven; AContemporary Theatre, Seattle;American Repertory Theater,Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre,Buffalo; Magic Theatre; and the Pasadena Playhouse. Mr. Mannshardt
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UTAH SHAKES
Who’s Whocurrently teaches lighting designand stage management at San JoseState University and previouslytaught lighting design at Santa RosaJunior College. He also runs anorganization dedicated to improvingthe education system for both children and adults in Nepal.www.nepal.wwep.org
JEFFREY LO (Casting Director) directed TheatreWorks’ TheSantaland Diaries, and wroteWaiting For Next, which was part of the 2017 New Works Festival. He was the assistant director forTW’s The Four Immigrants, Water bythe Spoonful, and Superior Donuts.A graduate of UC Irvine, he is therecipient of the Leigh WeimersEmerging Artist Award, Arts CouncilSilicon Valley’s Emerging ArtistLaureate, and Theatre Bay Area’sTitan Award. Additional directingcredits include Between Riversideand Crazy at San Jose Stage Co.,and Yellow Face and The Crucible at Los Altos Stage Co. In addition to his work as a playwright and director, he is an alumnus of theMulticultural Arts LeadershipInstitute and works as an advocateand educator on issues of equityand diversity throughout the country. JeffreyWritesAPlay.com
ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Director)is a Bay Area native and StanfordUniversity graduate. He foundedTheatreWorks in 1970 and hasdirected over 175 TheatreWorksproductions, including many worldand regional premieres. He hasreceived the Silicon Valley ArtsCouncil’s Legacy Laureate Award;the Bay Area Theatre Critics CirclePaine Knickerbocker Award and Jerry Friedman Award for LifetimeAchievement; BATCC Awards forOutstanding Direction for The
Hound of the Baskervilles; Into theWoods; Pacific Overtures; Rags;Sweeney Todd; AnotherMidsummer Night; Sunday in thePark with George; Jane Eyre; andCaroline, or Change; and BackStage West Garland Awards for hisdirection of Side Show and Sundayin the Park with George. He recently directed Tuck Everlasting,Fun Home, The Bridges of MadisonCounty, Around the World in 80Days, Constellations, Rags, DaddyLong Legs (Theatre Bay Area Awardfor Outstanding Direction of aMusical, 2017), Outside Mullingar,Cyrano, and Jane Austen’s EMMA.
PHIL SANTORA (ExecutiveDirector) joined TheatreWorks in2007. He has served as ManagingDirector of Northlight Theatre(Chicago) and Georgia ShakespeareFestival (Atlanta), as well asDevelopment Director for GreatLakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland)and George Street Playhouse (NewBrunswick). He holds an MFA in Theatre Administration from theYale School of Drama and a BA inDrama from Duke University. Hehas served as Vice President of theNational Alliance for MusicalTheatre Board. Prior board servicealso includes the League ofChicago Theatres, Atlanta Coalitionof Theatres, and the executivecommittee of the League ofResident Theatres (LORT). He wasnamed 2000’s Best ArtsAdministrator by Atlanta Magazineand received the Atlanta Arts andBusiness Council’s 1998 ABBYAward for Arts Administrator.
Visionary Sponsors ($50,000 and above)The Giving Code Fund at Los Altos Community FoundationThe William Randolph Hearst FoundationThe William & Flora Hewlett FoundationJ.Lohr Vineyards & Wines*The David & Lucile Packard FoundationThe Shubert FoundationSobrato Philanthropies
Presenting Sponsor($25,000 to $49,999)Koret Foundation Sand Hill Foundation
Supporting Sponsors($15,000 to $24,999)Carla Befera Public Relations*National Endowment for the Arts The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Sponsors($10,000 to $14,999)Adams Wine Group*The Applied Materials FoundationChubb InsuranceHeising-Simons FoundationHengehold Motor Company*
Benefactors($5,000 to $9,999)Robert E. & Adele M. Boydston Charitable FoundationCalifornia Civil Liberties Public Education ProgramDodge & Cox Investment ManagersFenwick & West LLPThe Leonard C. & Mildred F. Ferguson FoundationGleim the Jeweler*Harrell RemodelingHurlbut-Johnson Charitable TrustsThe Merrimac FundNational Alliance for Musical TheatreThe Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Supporters($2,500 to $4,999)Allegra EntertainmentAvidbankCooley LLP*Groupware TechnologyThe Morrison & Foerster FoundationNikon Precision, IncKurt Orban PartnersOpal Events Center*Peninsula Endowment FundPerkins Coie LLP*Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Friends($1,000 to $2,499)Babcock and Brown*Chase VP*Goodwin Proctor*Isla Productions, LLCPacific Hearing ServicePresidio Bank
Matching GiftsMany companies will double or triple
their employees’ contributions to
nonprofits. It’s a great way to make
your gift to TheatreWorks go further at
no extra cost. Call 650.463.7135 for
more information.
Amazon Smile FoundationAdobe SystemsAgilent TechnologiesAppleAvant! FoundationGoogleHewlett-Packard CompanyIBMJohnson & Johnson Family of Companies Microsoft NetflixRambus Inc.
* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services.
Anonymous (7) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • ElaineBaskin & Ken Krechmer • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker •James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Marda Buchholz • Carol Buchser • Theestate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny• Bruce & Hala Kurdi Cozadd • George & Susan Crow • John & Wynne Dobyns • Mark Duncan • James &Louise Dunaway • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • GayleFlanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • John& Marcia Goldman • Lorie Griswold • Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally • Maureen Hoberg • Sharon Hoffman •Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sue Homestead • Judith & Wayne Hooper • Elaine & SamuelHousten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson •Stanley Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Mary Frances Jourdan • Mike & Martha Kahn • Julie Kaufman &Doug Klein • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman &Liz Hertz • Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro • Marilyn & Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • SuzanneMartin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Buff & Cindy Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • RichardPartridge & Rachel Michelberg • Joe & Nancy Ragey • Doris Gottsegen-Reiner • Karen & John Reis • EddieReynolds & Ed Jones • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • DorothySaxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Cynthia Sears • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair • Mindy Rauch& Carol Snell • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy GinsburgStern • Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir • Laurie Waldman • Carol Watts • Karen Carlson White • Renee& Herman Winick
FUTUREWORKS Jayne Booker, Chair
FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of lifeinsurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact Ronnie Plasters at [email protected] more information.
VISIONARY SPONSORS
PRESENTING SPONSORS
SUPPORTING SPONSOR
SPONSORS
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley ContributorsCORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Ciro Giammona, ChairFoundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits.Contact Lynn Davis at 650.463.7159 or [email protected] for more information.
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UTAH SHAKES
Who’s Whocurrently teaches lighting designand stage management at San JoseState University and previouslytaught lighting design at Santa RosaJunior College. He also runs anorganization dedicated to improvingthe education system for both children and adults in Nepal.www.nepal.wwep.org
JEFFREY LO (Casting Director) directed TheatreWorks’ TheSantaland Diaries, and wroteWaiting For Next, which was part of the 2017 New Works Festival. He was the assistant director forTW’s The Four Immigrants, Water bythe Spoonful, and Superior Donuts.A graduate of UC Irvine, he is therecipient of the Leigh WeimersEmerging Artist Award, Arts CouncilSilicon Valley’s Emerging ArtistLaureate, and Theatre Bay Area’sTitan Award. Additional directingcredits include Between Riversideand Crazy at San Jose Stage Co.,and Yellow Face and The Crucible at Los Altos Stage Co. In addition to his work as a playwright and director, he is an alumnus of theMulticultural Arts LeadershipInstitute and works as an advocateand educator on issues of equityand diversity throughout the country. JeffreyWritesAPlay.com
ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Director)is a Bay Area native and StanfordUniversity graduate. He foundedTheatreWorks in 1970 and hasdirected over 175 TheatreWorksproductions, including many worldand regional premieres. He hasreceived the Silicon Valley ArtsCouncil’s Legacy Laureate Award;the Bay Area Theatre Critics CirclePaine Knickerbocker Award and Jerry Friedman Award for LifetimeAchievement; BATCC Awards forOutstanding Direction for The
Hound of the Baskervilles; Into theWoods; Pacific Overtures; Rags;Sweeney Todd; AnotherMidsummer Night; Sunday in thePark with George; Jane Eyre; andCaroline, or Change; and BackStage West Garland Awards for hisdirection of Side Show and Sundayin the Park with George. He recently directed Tuck Everlasting,Fun Home, The Bridges of MadisonCounty, Around the World in 80Days, Constellations, Rags, DaddyLong Legs (Theatre Bay Area Awardfor Outstanding Direction of aMusical, 2017), Outside Mullingar,Cyrano, and Jane Austen’s EMMA.
PHIL SANTORA (ExecutiveDirector) joined TheatreWorks in2007. He has served as ManagingDirector of Northlight Theatre(Chicago) and Georgia ShakespeareFestival (Atlanta), as well asDevelopment Director for GreatLakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland)and George Street Playhouse (NewBrunswick). He holds an MFA in Theatre Administration from theYale School of Drama and a BA inDrama from Duke University. Hehas served as Vice President of theNational Alliance for MusicalTheatre Board. Prior board servicealso includes the League ofChicago Theatres, Atlanta Coalitionof Theatres, and the executivecommittee of the League ofResident Theatres (LORT). He wasnamed 2000’s Best ArtsAdministrator by Atlanta Magazineand received the Atlanta Arts andBusiness Council’s 1998 ABBYAward for Arts Administrator.
Visionary Sponsors ($50,000 and above)The Giving Code Fund at Los Altos Community FoundationThe William Randolph Hearst FoundationThe William & Flora Hewlett FoundationJ.Lohr Vineyards & Wines*The David & Lucile Packard FoundationThe Shubert FoundationSobrato Philanthropies
Presenting Sponsor($25,000 to $49,999)Koret Foundation Sand Hill Foundation
Supporting Sponsors($15,000 to $24,999)Carla Befera Public Relations*National Endowment for the Arts The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Sponsors($10,000 to $14,999)Adams Wine Group*The Applied Materials FoundationChubb InsuranceHeising-Simons FoundationHengehold Motor Company*
Benefactors($5,000 to $9,999)Robert E. & Adele M. Boydston Charitable FoundationCalifornia Civil Liberties Public Education ProgramDodge & Cox Investment ManagersFenwick & West LLPThe Leonard C. & Mildred F. Ferguson FoundationGleim the Jeweler*Harrell RemodelingHurlbut-Johnson Charitable TrustsThe Merrimac FundNational Alliance for Musical TheatreThe Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Supporters($2,500 to $4,999)Allegra EntertainmentAvidbankCooley LLP*Groupware TechnologyThe Morrison & Foerster FoundationNikon Precision, IncKurt Orban PartnersOpal Events Center*Peninsula Endowment FundPerkins Coie LLP*Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Friends($1,000 to $2,499)Babcock and Brown*Chase VP*Goodwin Proctor*Isla Productions, LLCPacific Hearing ServicePresidio Bank
Matching GiftsMany companies will double or triple
their employees’ contributions to
nonprofits. It’s a great way to make
your gift to TheatreWorks go further at
no extra cost. Call 650.463.7135 for
more information.
Amazon Smile FoundationAdobe SystemsAgilent TechnologiesAppleAvant! FoundationGoogleHewlett-Packard CompanyIBMJohnson & Johnson Family of Companies Microsoft NetflixRambus Inc.
* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services.
Anonymous (7) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • ElaineBaskin & Ken Krechmer • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker •James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Marda Buchholz • Carol Buchser • Theestate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny• Bruce & Hala Kurdi Cozadd • George & Susan Crow • John & Wynne Dobyns • Mark Duncan • James &Louise Dunaway • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • GayleFlanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • John& Marcia Goldman • Lorie Griswold • Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally • Maureen Hoberg • Sharon Hoffman •Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sue Homestead • Judith & Wayne Hooper • Elaine & SamuelHousten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson •Stanley Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Mary Frances Jourdan • Mike & Martha Kahn • Julie Kaufman &Doug Klein • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman &Liz Hertz • Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro • Marilyn & Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • SuzanneMartin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Buff & Cindy Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • RichardPartridge & Rachel Michelberg • Joe & Nancy Ragey • Doris Gottsegen-Reiner • Karen & John Reis • EddieReynolds & Ed Jones • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • DorothySaxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Cynthia Sears • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair • Mindy Rauch& Carol Snell • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy GinsburgStern • Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir • Laurie Waldman • Carol Watts • Karen Carlson White • Renee& Herman Winick
FUTUREWORKS Jayne Booker, Chair
FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of lifeinsurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact Ronnie Plasters at [email protected] more information.
VISIONARY SPONSORS
PRESENTING SPONSORS
SUPPORTING SPONSOR
SPONSORS
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley ContributorsCORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Ciro Giammona, ChairFoundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits.Contact Lynn Davis at 650.463.7159 or [email protected] for more information.
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley ContributorsTHE PRODUCER CIRCLE Anne Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chair • Lynn Szekely-Goode, Executive Producer Co-Chair
Ron Hayden, Producer Co-Chair • Jane Weston, Producer Co-ChairTheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select aproduction to follow from ”page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. ContactRonnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information.
Visionary Producers($50,000 and above)
Ann S. BowersDr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr.Anne & Larry HamblyThe Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell FoundationMorgan Family FoundationCynthia SearsLisa Webster & Ted SempleTheatreWorks Board Emeritus
Executive Producers($25,000 to $49,999)
Anonymous (2)Bruce & Hala Kurdi CozaddYogen & Peggy DalalThe John & Marcia Goldman FoundationRonald Hayden & Sherry DuszaPhil Kurjan & Noel Butler Dorothy LazierMendelsohn Family FundJanet Strauss & Jeff HawkinsLynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode
Producers($10,000 to $24,999)
AnonymousMarsha & Bill AdlerDr. Edward & Lois AndersonPaul Asente & Ron JenksElaine Baskin & Ken KrechmerDr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory of Dr. Kevin J. GilmartinLucy Berlin & Glenn TrewittJayne BookerTom & Polly BredtSteve & Gayle BruglerSteven & Karin ChaseFran CodispotiGeorge & Susan CrowGordon & Carolyn DavidsonSarah DonaldsonMark DuncanDan & Catharine GarberSylvia & Ron GerstRose Hau & Jim HeslinEmeri & Brad HandlerJudy Heyboer & Brian ShallyJan Horn & Jane WestonLarry Horton & George WilsonEdward Hunter & Michelle Garcia
Charlotte Jacobs & Roderick YoungLeigh & Roy JohnsonMike & Martha KahnJulie Kaufman & Doug Klein Michelle & Michael KwatinetzRobert Kelley & Ev ShiroTom & Sharon KelleyHal & Iris KorolDick & Cathy LampmanMark & Debra LeslieSue & Dick LevyMark Lewis & Barbara ShapiroTerry Maher & Echeyde Cubillo*The Marmor Foundation/ Drs. Michael & Jane MarmorGillian & Tom MoranLeslie & Douglas Murphy- ChutorianEileen Nelson & Hugh FranksYvonne & Mike Nevens
THE INNER CIRCLE Kristina Vetter, Chair
Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoya variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases andexchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artistsevents. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] formore information.
Directors($6,500 to $9,999)AnonymousCarol BacchettiKatherine Bazak & John DohnerCabell ChinnisJohn & Susan DiekmanJohn & Wynne DobynsRichard & Josephine FerrieLynda & Steve FoxPeter & Rose FriedlandDavid E. Gold & Irene BlumenkranzLinda M. Hinton & Vince FoeckeLisa & Marc JonesRob & Ann MarangellBill & Janet NichollsMatt OrbanHolly Ward & Scott Spector
Associate Directors($3,500 to $6,499)Anonymous (3)Dot AllenPaul & Debbie BakerJoel & Wendy Bartlett
Jim Bassett & Lily HurlimannDavid & Lauren BermanMarah & Gene BrehautMarda Buchholz & Marcie BrownBruce & Gail ChizenDean & Wilma ChuClaudia & Bill ColemanDavid & Ann CrockettRandy Curry & Kay Simon Katie & Scott Dai*Douglas DexterDennis & Cindy DillonSusan FairbrookGayle FlanaganAV Flox & Yonatan ZungerTerry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of Robert KelleyCiro & Eileen GiammonaKenneth & Susan GreathouseIn Memory of Lorie GriswoldMaren HitzD & J Hodgson Family FoundationClaiborne S. Jones in memory of Jane ChaiJohn & Catharine Kristian
The Niblock Charitable TrustEllice & Jim PappRichard Partridge & Rachel MichelbergRonnie PlastersJoe & Nancy RageyPhilip Santora & Cristian AsherDorothy SaxeLoren & Shelley SaxeMartha Seaver & Scott Walecka Leonard Shustek & Donna DubinskyLisa & Matthew SonsiniRick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg SternSusanne Stevens & Monte MansirMark & Teri VershelDenise WatkinsCarol WattsHarriet & Frank WeissBart & Nancy WestcottBill & Janne WisselGayla Lorthridge Wood & Walt Wood
The Endowment FundTheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donorsfor their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts.
Marsha & Bill AdlerWilliam C. Anderson
Ann S. BowersPolly & Tom Bredt
Bruce CozaddPeter & Melanie CrossYogen & Peggy Dalal
Carl H. FeldmanKathryn Green
The John & Marcia Goldman FoundationEmeri & Brad Handler
Sharon HoffmanHurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts
Charles & Roberta Katz Family FoundationPatricia McClung & Allen MorganThe Rathmann Family Foundation
Eddie ReynoldsJohn & Diane Savage
Joyce Reynolds SinclairLynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode
Bill & Terry KrivanArlene & Jack LeslieJanet Littlefield & William CoggshallDrs. John & Penny LoebMalcolm MacNaughtonSuzanne Martin & John DoyleKevin McCoyMyrna & Hy Mitchner, PhDAnnie NunanMargo & Roy OgusBeth & Charlie PerrellRedwood Serenity FundIn memory of Pearl ReimerRon & Lila SchmidtEdward & Jane SeamanBart SearsJoyce Reynolds Sinclair & Dr. Gerald M. SinclairEllen & Ed SmithJerry Strom & Marilyn AustinOdette & Ewart ThomasLorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez & Fred C. Rodriguez*Kristina VetterThomas VogelsangMark & Sheila Wolfson
Assistant Directors ($1,500 to $3,499)Anonymous (6)Marc & Sophia AbramsonDouglas & Loretta AllredKathleen Anderson & Jeffrey LipkinMary Ann Anthony & Ken FowkesShirley BaileyPat Bashaw & Gene SegreAnne & Buz BattleMr. & Mrs. David W. BeachBetsy & George BechtelThe BelleJAR FoundationDon & Deborah BennettCaroline BeverstockCharlotte & David BiegelsenFumiko & Carl BielefeldtRobert & Letty BlockRichard & Audrey BojackBob & Martha BowdenLauren & Darrell BoyleMichael & Leslie BraunJames B. BrennockEllen & Marc Brown
Eric Butler MD & Suzanne Rocca-ButlerJeff & Deborah ByronRon & Sally CarterRaymond & Patti ChanJosephine Chien & Stephen JohnsonLee & Amy ChristelNancy Mahoney CohenLarry & Sara ConditJodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny in memory of Milt, Michael, & JackDiane & Howard CrittendenJeff & Amy CroweRichard & Anita DavisScott & Edie DeVineMonica DonovanPamela DoughertyWynne Segal DubovoyMr. & Mrs. Robert EnglishSuzanne & Allan EpsteinSheldon Finkelstein & Beatriz V. InfanteSarah FlanaganPeggy Woodford Forbes & Harry BremondKaren & Lorry FrankelDiane & Bob FrankleBarbara Franklin & Bernie LothDeborah Freehling, MDJay & Joyce FriedrichsMarkus Fromherz & Heike SchmitzMatthew Fuller & Monica WestMarilee GardnerRachel GoldeenSue & Bill GouldRenee & Mark GreensteinBarbara GuntherJim & Linda HaganKovin & Toggle HaganElaine & Eric HahnRussell & Debbie HallSusan HellerDavid & Noreen HenigCraig & Deborah HoffmanAnne & Emma Grace HolmesWayne & Judith HooperSusan M. HuchPerry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-IrvineSudhanshu & Lori Jain
Dean & Patricia JohnsonHardy & Jane Bryan JonesHilary Jones Mr. & Mrs. Abdo KadifaThomas Kailath & Anu MaitraStuart & Helen KaneLouise KarrRuth Ann & David KeeferCynthia & Bert KeelyArthur KellerRobin & Don Kennedy Chris KenrickKenichi Kiyama Akiko KiyamaLiz & Rick KnissWoof Kurtzman & Liz HertzJim & Marilyn LattinHenry Lawson & Marcia Wells-LawsonElizabeth LeepJanet & Phil LevineDonald & Rachel LevyStephen & Nancy LevyDr. & Mrs. Bernard I. LewisRobert J. Lipshutz & Nancy Wong, MDTom & Sally LogothettiHoward LyonsRichard & Charlene MaltzmanMarilyn Manning & Richard LonerganPatricia McClung & Allen MorganKeith Amidon & Rani MenonGus Meyner in memory of MiriamShauna Mika & Rick CallisonWilliam & Sue MiklosBuff & Cindy MillerGordon MyersJamie & Erin NiemasikLynn & Susan OrrDavid Pasta in memory of Gloria J.A. GuthCarrie Perzow & Von LeirerDean Philip & Peggy PizzoJohn & Valerie PoggiSusan Rabin Buchanan & David BuchananKaren & Richard RechtKaren & John ReisEddie Reynolds & Hernán CorreaEdward & Verne Rice
Advocates($1,000 to $1,499)Anonymous (2) • Richard & Clarice Anderson • Doug & Marie Barry • Brigid Barton • Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Benjamin • Joan Bodenlos • Cheryl Booten & Robert Mannell• Rita Boren • Sharon & John Brauman • Jack & Lois Brownson • Burke Family Trust • Tom Coates & Kris Bobier • David Cohan • Robert A. Cook • Gwen Crawford •Ron & Marion Dickel • Rosa & Arthur Feldman • Ms. Sandra Feldman • Roy & Eleanor Ferrari • Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Francis • Joseph & Sondra Glider • Jack & JoanGorham • Ann Griffiths in honor of Gayla Lorthridge Wood • James Heeger & Daryl Messinger • Helen Helson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Mary Louise Johnson • Carl Jukkola& Desmond Lee • David & Joyce Kim • Michael & Ina Korek • Eileen Landauer • Steven Lever & Patti Sue Plumer • George & Ann Limbach • Cliff & Diana Lloyd • Bob & Kathie Maxfield • Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Dianne Morton • Jane Morton & Michael Jacobs • Dayne Nicholls • Sharon & JohnPatterson • James & Alma Phillips • In memory of Bridget Ross • Mr. & Mrs. John Rudolph • Tom & Nan Ryan • Nancy & Magnus Ryde • Tom & Pat Sanders • Emil &Barbara Sarpa • David & Harriet Schnur • Barbara & David Sloss* • Laura & Russ Smith • Denise & Jim Stanford • Donald & Miriam Teeter • Holly & Jeff Ullman • Diana& Chris Walsh • Dimitri Maxwell Wentworth
Contributions listed were received between 12/14/2017 and 12/14/2018. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Jake Hurwitz at 650.463.7110 or [email protected].
* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.
Orli & Zack RinatTom Rindfleisch & Carli ScottPaul & Sheri RobbinsBob Rodert & Bev KiltzAlan Russell & Fred ThiemannEllen & Jerry SalimanJoseph & Sandy SantandreaLee & Kim ScheuerSonya SchroederTom & Hilary SchroederCharles G. Schulz & Claire E. TaylorCarolyn Schutz*Perry SegalPamela & Rick ShamesJack ShannahanMarge & Jim ShivelyUrsula ShultzCarolyn & Rick SilbermanGerry SipesMariangela Smania & Pierre CintraPamela SmithTodd SmithArt StamnessThe Sher-Right FundCatherine & Jeff ThermondJan Thomson & Roy LevinMarilyn & Paul TinderholtHelaina TitusTed & Betty UllmanTzipor Ulman & Dan RubinsteinLes & Judy VadaszRobert J. Van der Leest, MDMimi & Jim Van HorneTom WangGriff & Lynne WeberMargaret & Curt WeilElissa Wellikson & Tim ShroyerArlene & Bruce S. WhiteKaren Carlson WhiteKen & Ruth WilcoxBruce & Elinor WilnerLynn Wilson & Howard RobertsNeil & Ann WolffJudith & Peter WolkenBill & Sue WorthingtonDiane & Karl WustrakLinda & Joel Zizmor
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley ContributorsTHE PRODUCER CIRCLE Anne Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chair • Lynn Szekely-Goode, Executive Producer Co-Chair
Ron Hayden, Producer Co-Chair • Jane Weston, Producer Co-ChairTheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select aproduction to follow from ”page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. ContactRonnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information.
Visionary Producers($50,000 and above)
Ann S. BowersDr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr.Anne & Larry HamblyThe Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell FoundationMorgan Family FoundationCynthia SearsLisa Webster & Ted SempleTheatreWorks Board Emeritus
Executive Producers($25,000 to $49,999)
Anonymous (2)Bruce & Hala Kurdi CozaddYogen & Peggy DalalThe John & Marcia Goldman FoundationRonald Hayden & Sherry DuszaPhil Kurjan & Noel Butler Dorothy LazierMendelsohn Family FundJanet Strauss & Jeff HawkinsLynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode
Producers($10,000 to $24,999)
AnonymousMarsha & Bill AdlerDr. Edward & Lois AndersonPaul Asente & Ron JenksElaine Baskin & Ken KrechmerDr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory of Dr. Kevin J. GilmartinLucy Berlin & Glenn TrewittJayne BookerTom & Polly BredtSteve & Gayle BruglerSteven & Karin ChaseFran CodispotiGeorge & Susan CrowGordon & Carolyn DavidsonSarah DonaldsonMark DuncanDan & Catharine GarberSylvia & Ron GerstRose Hau & Jim HeslinEmeri & Brad HandlerJudy Heyboer & Brian ShallyJan Horn & Jane WestonLarry Horton & George WilsonEdward Hunter & Michelle Garcia
Charlotte Jacobs & Roderick YoungLeigh & Roy JohnsonMike & Martha KahnJulie Kaufman & Doug Klein Michelle & Michael KwatinetzRobert Kelley & Ev ShiroTom & Sharon KelleyHal & Iris KorolDick & Cathy LampmanMark & Debra LeslieSue & Dick LevyMark Lewis & Barbara ShapiroTerry Maher & Echeyde Cubillo*The Marmor Foundation/ Drs. Michael & Jane MarmorGillian & Tom MoranLeslie & Douglas Murphy- ChutorianEileen Nelson & Hugh FranksYvonne & Mike Nevens
THE INNER CIRCLE Kristina Vetter, Chair
Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoya variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases andexchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artistsevents. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] formore information.
Directors($6,500 to $9,999)AnonymousCarol BacchettiKatherine Bazak & John DohnerCabell ChinnisJohn & Susan DiekmanJohn & Wynne DobynsRichard & Josephine FerrieLynda & Steve FoxPeter & Rose FriedlandDavid E. Gold & Irene BlumenkranzLinda M. Hinton & Vince FoeckeLisa & Marc JonesRob & Ann MarangellBill & Janet NichollsMatt OrbanHolly Ward & Scott Spector
Associate Directors($3,500 to $6,499)Anonymous (3)Dot AllenPaul & Debbie BakerJoel & Wendy Bartlett
Jim Bassett & Lily HurlimannDavid & Lauren BermanMarah & Gene BrehautMarda Buchholz & Marcie BrownBruce & Gail ChizenDean & Wilma ChuClaudia & Bill ColemanDavid & Ann CrockettRandy Curry & Kay Simon Katie & Scott Dai*Douglas DexterDennis & Cindy DillonSusan FairbrookGayle FlanaganAV Flox & Yonatan ZungerTerry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of Robert KelleyCiro & Eileen GiammonaKenneth & Susan GreathouseIn Memory of Lorie GriswoldMaren HitzD & J Hodgson Family FoundationClaiborne S. Jones in memory of Jane ChaiJohn & Catharine Kristian
The Niblock Charitable TrustEllice & Jim PappRichard Partridge & Rachel MichelbergRonnie PlastersJoe & Nancy RageyPhilip Santora & Cristian AsherDorothy SaxeLoren & Shelley SaxeMartha Seaver & Scott Walecka Leonard Shustek & Donna DubinskyLisa & Matthew SonsiniRick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg SternSusanne Stevens & Monte MansirMark & Teri VershelDenise WatkinsCarol WattsHarriet & Frank WeissBart & Nancy WestcottBill & Janne WisselGayla Lorthridge Wood & Walt Wood
The Endowment FundTheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donorsfor their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts.
Marsha & Bill AdlerWilliam C. Anderson
Ann S. BowersPolly & Tom Bredt
Bruce CozaddPeter & Melanie CrossYogen & Peggy Dalal
Carl H. FeldmanKathryn Green
The John & Marcia Goldman FoundationEmeri & Brad Handler
Sharon HoffmanHurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts
Charles & Roberta Katz Family FoundationPatricia McClung & Allen MorganThe Rathmann Family Foundation
Eddie ReynoldsJohn & Diane Savage
Joyce Reynolds SinclairLynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode
Bill & Terry KrivanArlene & Jack LeslieJanet Littlefield & William CoggshallDrs. John & Penny LoebMalcolm MacNaughtonSuzanne Martin & John DoyleKevin McCoyMyrna & Hy Mitchner, PhDAnnie NunanMargo & Roy OgusBeth & Charlie PerrellRedwood Serenity FundIn memory of Pearl ReimerRon & Lila SchmidtEdward & Jane SeamanBart SearsJoyce Reynolds Sinclair & Dr. Gerald M. SinclairEllen & Ed SmithJerry Strom & Marilyn AustinOdette & Ewart ThomasLorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez & Fred C. Rodriguez*Kristina VetterThomas VogelsangMark & Sheila Wolfson
Assistant Directors ($1,500 to $3,499)Anonymous (6)Marc & Sophia AbramsonDouglas & Loretta AllredKathleen Anderson & Jeffrey LipkinMary Ann Anthony & Ken FowkesShirley BaileyPat Bashaw & Gene SegreAnne & Buz BattleMr. & Mrs. David W. BeachBetsy & George BechtelThe BelleJAR FoundationDon & Deborah BennettCaroline BeverstockCharlotte & David BiegelsenFumiko & Carl BielefeldtRobert & Letty BlockRichard & Audrey BojackBob & Martha BowdenLauren & Darrell BoyleMichael & Leslie BraunJames B. BrennockEllen & Marc Brown
Eric Butler MD & Suzanne Rocca-ButlerJeff & Deborah ByronRon & Sally CarterRaymond & Patti ChanJosephine Chien & Stephen JohnsonLee & Amy ChristelNancy Mahoney CohenLarry & Sara ConditJodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny in memory of Milt, Michael, & JackDiane & Howard CrittendenJeff & Amy CroweRichard & Anita DavisScott & Edie DeVineMonica DonovanPamela DoughertyWynne Segal DubovoyMr. & Mrs. Robert EnglishSuzanne & Allan EpsteinSheldon Finkelstein & Beatriz V. InfanteSarah FlanaganPeggy Woodford Forbes & Harry BremondKaren & Lorry FrankelDiane & Bob FrankleBarbara Franklin & Bernie LothDeborah Freehling, MDJay & Joyce FriedrichsMarkus Fromherz & Heike SchmitzMatthew Fuller & Monica WestMarilee GardnerRachel GoldeenSue & Bill GouldRenee & Mark GreensteinBarbara GuntherJim & Linda HaganKovin & Toggle HaganElaine & Eric HahnRussell & Debbie HallSusan HellerDavid & Noreen HenigCraig & Deborah HoffmanAnne & Emma Grace HolmesWayne & Judith HooperSusan M. HuchPerry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-IrvineSudhanshu & Lori Jain
Dean & Patricia JohnsonHardy & Jane Bryan JonesHilary Jones Mr. & Mrs. Abdo KadifaThomas Kailath & Anu MaitraStuart & Helen KaneLouise KarrRuth Ann & David KeeferCynthia & Bert KeelyArthur KellerRobin & Don Kennedy Chris KenrickKenichi Kiyama Akiko KiyamaLiz & Rick KnissWoof Kurtzman & Liz HertzJim & Marilyn LattinHenry Lawson & Marcia Wells-LawsonElizabeth LeepJanet & Phil LevineDonald & Rachel LevyStephen & Nancy LevyDr. & Mrs. Bernard I. LewisRobert J. Lipshutz & Nancy Wong, MDTom & Sally LogothettiHoward LyonsRichard & Charlene MaltzmanMarilyn Manning & Richard LonerganPatricia McClung & Allen MorganKeith Amidon & Rani MenonGus Meyner in memory of MiriamShauna Mika & Rick CallisonWilliam & Sue MiklosBuff & Cindy MillerGordon MyersJamie & Erin NiemasikLynn & Susan OrrDavid Pasta in memory of Gloria J.A. GuthCarrie Perzow & Von LeirerDean Philip & Peggy PizzoJohn & Valerie PoggiSusan Rabin Buchanan & David BuchananKaren & Richard RechtKaren & John ReisEddie Reynolds & Hernán CorreaEdward & Verne Rice
Advocates($1,000 to $1,499)Anonymous (2) • Richard & Clarice Anderson • Doug & Marie Barry • Brigid Barton • Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Benjamin • Joan Bodenlos • Cheryl Booten & Robert Mannell• Rita Boren • Sharon & John Brauman • Jack & Lois Brownson • Burke Family Trust • Tom Coates & Kris Bobier • David Cohan • Robert A. Cook • Gwen Crawford •Ron & Marion Dickel • Rosa & Arthur Feldman • Ms. Sandra Feldman • Roy & Eleanor Ferrari • Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Francis • Joseph & Sondra Glider • Jack & JoanGorham • Ann Griffiths in honor of Gayla Lorthridge Wood • James Heeger & Daryl Messinger • Helen Helson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Mary Louise Johnson • Carl Jukkola& Desmond Lee • David & Joyce Kim • Michael & Ina Korek • Eileen Landauer • Steven Lever & Patti Sue Plumer • George & Ann Limbach • Cliff & Diana Lloyd • Bob & Kathie Maxfield • Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Dianne Morton • Jane Morton & Michael Jacobs • Dayne Nicholls • Sharon & JohnPatterson • James & Alma Phillips • In memory of Bridget Ross • Mr. & Mrs. John Rudolph • Tom & Nan Ryan • Nancy & Magnus Ryde • Tom & Pat Sanders • Emil &Barbara Sarpa • David & Harriet Schnur • Barbara & David Sloss* • Laura & Russ Smith • Denise & Jim Stanford • Donald & Miriam Teeter • Holly & Jeff Ullman • Diana& Chris Walsh • Dimitri Maxwell Wentworth
Contributions listed were received between 12/14/2017 and 12/14/2018. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Jake Hurwitz at 650.463.7110 or [email protected].
* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.
Orli & Zack RinatTom Rindfleisch & Carli ScottPaul & Sheri RobbinsBob Rodert & Bev KiltzAlan Russell & Fred ThiemannEllen & Jerry SalimanJoseph & Sandy SantandreaLee & Kim ScheuerSonya SchroederTom & Hilary SchroederCharles G. Schulz & Claire E. TaylorCarolyn Schutz*Perry SegalPamela & Rick ShamesJack ShannahanMarge & Jim ShivelyUrsula ShultzCarolyn & Rick SilbermanGerry SipesMariangela Smania & Pierre CintraPamela SmithTodd SmithArt StamnessThe Sher-Right FundCatherine & Jeff ThermondJan Thomson & Roy LevinMarilyn & Paul TinderholtHelaina TitusTed & Betty UllmanTzipor Ulman & Dan RubinsteinLes & Judy VadaszRobert J. Van der Leest, MDMimi & Jim Van HorneTom WangGriff & Lynne WeberMargaret & Curt WeilElissa Wellikson & Tim ShroyerArlene & Bruce S. WhiteKaren Carlson WhiteKen & Ruth WilcoxBruce & Elinor WilnerLynn Wilson & Howard RobertsNeil & Ann WolffJudith & Peter WolkenBill & Sue WorthingtonDiane & Karl WustrakLinda & Joel Zizmor
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TheatreWorks SV Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Executive Director Phil Santora
SCENERY
Technical DirectorFrank Sarmiento
Lead Scenic Artist/CraftsmanTom Langguth
CarpentersAndrew Clark, Rodrigo Frausto,Henry Ing, Patrick McKenna
PROPERTIES
Properties MasterChristopher Fitzer
Properties Stock ManagerLogan Baker
COSTUMES
Costume DirectorJill Bowers
Assistant CostumerNoah Marin
Lead Cutter/DraperYen La Wong
Costume Rentals ManagerMelissa Sanchez
Assistant Cutter/First HandMichelle Earney Roque
Resident WigmasterSharon Ridge
Hair StylistJeanne Naritomi
Costume Shop InternAbigail Leon
DEVELOPMENT
Director of DevelopmentRonnie Plasters
Associate Director of DevelopmentJulia Zarcone
Associate Director of InstitutionalPartnershipsLynn Davis
Stewardship & Individual GivingManagerJake Hurwitz
Events ManagerJodi Corwin
Development AssociateTracy Hayden
Telefunding/TelesalesConstance Gannon
EDUCATION
Director of EducationLisa Edsall Giglio
Associate Education DirectorKatie Bartholomew
Education Associate/Master Teaching ArtistMeghan C. Hakes
Master Teaching ArtistPiper LaGrelius
Teaching ArtistsStacey Ardelean, Lauren Berman,Kimberly Braun, Jenni Chapman,Halli Gibson, Matthew Keuter,Rebecca Longworth, Josh Marx, Lauren Mayer, Michileen Oberst, Jed Pasario, Kelly Rinehart, Martin Rojas Dietrich, Cassie Rosenbrock, Amanda Wallace,Adrienne Walters
MARKETING
Director of MarketingPeter Chenot
Art DirectorEv Shiro
Marketing & CommunicationsManagerHeather Orth
Digital Media ManagerJennifer Gosk
Systems AnalystAndrew Skelton
Box Office ManagerElana Ron
Front of House ManagerNancy Levin Melmon
Seasonal House ManagerAndrew Acevedo
Ticket Services RepresentativesAndrée Beals, Mary Alley,Tina Chang, Margaret Purdy, Cameron Wells
Graphics AssistantKatie Dai
Public Relations & AdvertisingCarla Befera & Co.Carla Befera, Lauren Goldfarb
Video Content ProducerErin Gould
Company PhotographersKevin Berne, Alessandra Mello
Ticket Services VolunteersSusan Ron, Michael Stuart
ADMINISTRATIVE
General ManagerScott DeVine
Business ManagerJason Hyde
Database AdministratorKen Maitz
Staff AccountantBarbara Sloss
Front Desk VolunteersJoan Doherty, Cindi Sears
ARTISTIC
Director of New WorksGiovanna Sardelli
Casting DirectorJeffrey Lo
Artistic Operations Manager/Company ManagerStephen Muterspaugh
Resident Musical DirectorWilliam Liberatore
FutureWorks FellowMichelle Skinner
Artistic AssistantTracy Hayden
PRODUCTION,
LIGHTING, & SOUND
Production ManagerDavid A. Milligan
Assistant Production ManagerElizar Ivanov
Operations Manager/Master ElectricianSteven B. Mannshardt
Resident Lighting DesignerSteven B. Mannshardt
Sound SupervisorDimitri Wentworth
Production CoordinatorKaren Szpaller
ElectriciansGrace Berger, Jake Bers,
Sam Coleman, Herb Evans,
Steven Fetter, Kendra Green,
Cosmo Hom, Ryan Hubbard,
Sean Kramer, Joe Krempetz,
Kyle Langdon,
Mattias Lange-McPherson,
Noah Listgarten, Eric Liu,
Evan Lola, Harris Meyers,
Dylan Moreland, Gary Nelson,
Sean O’Connor, Darbus Oldham,
Emma Pernudi-Moon,
Chloe Schwitzer, Jarku Tang,
Henry Wilen
Load-in/Strike VolunteersRick Amerson, Ed Hunter
Lighting InternJason Vinson
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Resident Stage ManagerRandall K. Lum
MARIE AND ROSETTA ADDITIONAL STAFF
Light Board Operator Ryan HubbardSound Engineer Brandie LarkinShow Carpenter/Properties Runner Alexandra ZvargulisWardrobe Supervisor Mauricio SuarezCostume Volunteer Barbara Kossy
And thanks to our fabulousTheatreWorkers!
TheatreWorks SV General InformationCONTACT USMailing Address:PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963Email: [email protected]
TICKET SERVICESTickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley performances are sold through the TheatreWorksSilicon Valley Box OfficeHours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pmPhone: 650.463.1960Tickets may also be obtained through theMountain View Center Ticket OfficeHours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pmPhone: 650.903.6000
WALK-UP TICKET SERVICESThe walk-up ticket office will open one hourprior to each performance.
PERFORMANCE TIMES Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pmTuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pmThursday–Saturday Eve 8pmSunday Eve 7pmWednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2pm
INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES Starting at $35 (balcony).Discounts available for Seniors, Educators, Patrons35 & Under, and active military. For pricing, call650.463.1960 or visit theatreworks.org.
LATE ARRIVALSLatecomers will not be seated until appropriateintervals, and may not be seated in their exactseat locations until intermission.
LOST AND FOUNDFor Mountain View Center for the PerformingArts lost and found, please call 650.903.6568.For Lucie Stern Theatre lost and found, pleasecall 650.463.1960.
PLEASE REMEMBERThere is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies.Audio or video recording during the show isstrictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink is permitted in the theatres. Please ensure that allelectronic devices are set to the ”off” positionwhile you are in the theatre.Children 5 and under are not permitted in the theatre. Persons 14 and under must beaccompanied by an adult. Every person, regardless of age, must have a ticket.Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices aresubject to change.Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Some restrictions apply.
Visit theatreworks.org for detailed information or to purchase tickets.
GROUP SAVINGSSavings are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, call 650.463.1960 or [email protected].
WHEELCHAIR SEATINGSeating is available for wheelchair patrons. Pleasetelephone the Ticket Office in advance so that special arrangements may be made.
LISTENING SYSTEMS Both theatres are equipped with listening systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Please see the house manager for details.
AUDIO-CAPTIONINGAudio captioning for the visually impaired is available at certain performances. Please call650.463.1960 for details.
OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCESOpen-captioned performances for Marie and Rosetta: 3/24 at 2pm & 7pm, 3/27 @ 2pmHershey Felder: 4/21 at 2pm & 7pm, 4/24 @ 2pmArchduke: 6/23 at 2pm & 7pm, 6/26 @ 2pmFor more information about open captioning,please contact the box office at 650.463.1960 or [email protected].
A STUNNING WORLD PREMIERE
Written and performed by Hershey FelderDirected by Trevor Hay
April 3–May 5Mountain View Center for the Performing Artstheatreworks.org 650.463.1960
HERSHEY FELDER
A Paris Love StoryFEATURING THE MUSIC OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Coming Next at TheatreWorks
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ASH
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TheatreWorks SV Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Executive Director Phil Santora
SCENERY
Technical DirectorFrank Sarmiento
Lead Scenic Artist/CraftsmanTom Langguth
CarpentersAndrew Clark, Rodrigo Frausto,Henry Ing, Patrick McKenna
PROPERTIES
Properties MasterChristopher Fitzer
Properties Stock ManagerLogan Baker
COSTUMES
Costume DirectorJill Bowers
Assistant CostumerNoah Marin
Lead Cutter/DraperYen La Wong
Costume Rentals ManagerMelissa Sanchez
Assistant Cutter/First HandMichelle Earney Roque
Resident WigmasterSharon Ridge
Hair StylistJeanne Naritomi
Costume Shop InternAbigail Leon
DEVELOPMENT
Director of DevelopmentRonnie Plasters
Associate Director of DevelopmentJulia Zarcone
Associate Director of InstitutionalPartnershipsLynn Davis
Stewardship & Individual GivingManagerJake Hurwitz
Events ManagerJodi Corwin
Development AssociateTracy Hayden
Telefunding/TelesalesConstance Gannon
EDUCATION
Director of EducationLisa Edsall Giglio
Associate Education DirectorKatie Bartholomew
Education Associate/Master Teaching ArtistMeghan C. Hakes
Master Teaching ArtistPiper LaGrelius
Teaching ArtistsStacey Ardelean, Lauren Berman,Kimberly Braun, Jenni Chapman,Halli Gibson, Matthew Keuter,Rebecca Longworth, Josh Marx, Lauren Mayer, Michileen Oberst, Jed Pasario, Kelly Rinehart, Martin Rojas Dietrich, Cassie Rosenbrock, Amanda Wallace,Adrienne Walters
MARKETING
Director of MarketingPeter Chenot
Art DirectorEv Shiro
Marketing & CommunicationsManagerHeather Orth
Digital Media ManagerJennifer Gosk
Systems AnalystAndrew Skelton
Box Office ManagerElana Ron
Front of House ManagerNancy Levin Melmon
Seasonal House ManagerAndrew Acevedo
Ticket Services RepresentativesAndrée Beals, Mary Alley,Tina Chang, Margaret Purdy, Cameron Wells
Graphics AssistantKatie Dai
Public Relations & AdvertisingCarla Befera & Co.Carla Befera, Lauren Goldfarb
Video Content ProducerErin Gould
Company PhotographersKevin Berne, Alessandra Mello
Ticket Services VolunteersSusan Ron, Michael Stuart
ADMINISTRATIVE
General ManagerScott DeVine
Business ManagerJason Hyde
Database AdministratorKen Maitz
Staff AccountantBarbara Sloss
Front Desk VolunteersJoan Doherty, Cindi Sears
ARTISTIC
Director of New WorksGiovanna Sardelli
Casting DirectorJeffrey Lo
Artistic Operations Manager/Company ManagerStephen Muterspaugh
Resident Musical DirectorWilliam Liberatore
FutureWorks FellowMichelle Skinner
Artistic AssistantTracy Hayden
PRODUCTION,
LIGHTING, & SOUND
Production ManagerDavid A. Milligan
Assistant Production ManagerElizar Ivanov
Operations Manager/Master ElectricianSteven B. Mannshardt
Resident Lighting DesignerSteven B. Mannshardt
Sound SupervisorDimitri Wentworth
Production CoordinatorKaren Szpaller
ElectriciansGrace Berger, Jake Bers,
Sam Coleman, Herb Evans,
Steven Fetter, Kendra Green,
Cosmo Hom, Ryan Hubbard,
Sean Kramer, Joe Krempetz,
Kyle Langdon,
Mattias Lange-McPherson,
Noah Listgarten, Eric Liu,
Evan Lola, Harris Meyers,
Dylan Moreland, Gary Nelson,
Sean O’Connor, Darbus Oldham,
Emma Pernudi-Moon,
Chloe Schwitzer, Jarku Tang,
Henry Wilen
Load-in/Strike VolunteersRick Amerson, Ed Hunter
Lighting InternJason Vinson
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Resident Stage ManagerRandall K. Lum
MARIE AND ROSETTA ADDITIONAL STAFF
Light Board Operator Ryan HubbardSound Engineer Brandie LarkinShow Carpenter/Properties Runner Alexandra ZvargulisWardrobe Supervisor Mauricio SuarezCostume Volunteer Barbara Kossy
And thanks to our fabulousTheatreWorkers!
TheatreWorks SV General InformationCONTACT USMailing Address:PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963Email: [email protected]
TICKET SERVICESTickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley performances are sold through the TheatreWorksSilicon Valley Box OfficeHours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pmPhone: 650.463.1960Tickets may also be obtained through theMountain View Center Ticket OfficeHours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pmPhone: 650.903.6000
WALK-UP TICKET SERVICESThe walk-up ticket office will open one hourprior to each performance.
PERFORMANCE TIMES Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pmTuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pmThursday–Saturday Eve 8pmSunday Eve 7pmWednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2pm
INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES Starting at $35 (balcony).Discounts available for Seniors, Educators, Patrons35 & Under, and active military. For pricing, call650.463.1960 or visit theatreworks.org.
LATE ARRIVALSLatecomers will not be seated until appropriateintervals, and may not be seated in their exactseat locations until intermission.
LOST AND FOUNDFor Mountain View Center for the PerformingArts lost and found, please call 650.903.6568.For Lucie Stern Theatre lost and found, pleasecall 650.463.1960.
PLEASE REMEMBERThere is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies.Audio or video recording during the show isstrictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink is permitted in the theatres. Please ensure that allelectronic devices are set to the ”off” positionwhile you are in the theatre.Children 5 and under are not permitted in the theatre. Persons 14 and under must beaccompanied by an adult. Every person, regardless of age, must have a ticket.Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices aresubject to change.Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Some restrictions apply.
Visit theatreworks.org for detailed information or to purchase tickets.
GROUP SAVINGSSavings are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, call 650.463.1960 or [email protected].
WHEELCHAIR SEATINGSeating is available for wheelchair patrons. Pleasetelephone the Ticket Office in advance so that special arrangements may be made.
LISTENING SYSTEMS Both theatres are equipped with listening systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Please see the house manager for details.
AUDIO-CAPTIONINGAudio captioning for the visually impaired is available at certain performances. Please call650.463.1960 for details.
OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCESOpen-captioned performances for Marie and Rosetta: 3/24 at 2pm & 7pm, 3/27 @ 2pmHershey Felder: 4/21 at 2pm & 7pm, 4/24 @ 2pmArchduke: 6/23 at 2pm & 7pm, 6/26 @ 2pmFor more information about open captioning,please contact the box office at 650.463.1960 or [email protected].
A STUNNING WORLD PREMIERE
Written and performed by Hershey FelderDirected by Trevor Hay
April 3–May 5Mountain View Center for the Performing Artstheatreworks.org 650.463.1960
HERSHEY FELDER
A Paris Love StoryFEATURING THE MUSIC OF CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Coming Next at TheatreWorks
PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER ASH
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