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Longtime friend and supporter of Syracuse Stage.President, Syracuse Stage Guild – 1983 - 1985

Marilyn Y. SimsJuly 20, 1933 – august 4, 2014

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Dear FrienDs,

Welcome to the 2014/2015 season and to this performance of Christopher Durang’s de-lightful Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

a colleague recently asked me why I had chosen this play to open the new season. My initial response was that we could all use a good laugh, and Durang certainly delivers with this Tony award-winning play. More to the point, though, I felt that this is an excellent way for all of us to reconnect—to each other and to the theatre.

To me this play is such a cel-ebration of theatre and why we do theatre. Think of the theatrical references that course through Vanya and So-nia and Masha and Spike. The parents of the three siblings whose names are included in the title were amateur actors with a particular fondness for anton Chekhov. one of these siblings, Masha, becomes a fa-mous movie star. Her not-age-appropriate boyfriend, Spike, is an actor, too, of sorts. and nina, the girl-next-door, also aspires to the life of a thespian.

In addition, one character writes a play, part of which is per-formed as a reading, and there are references to Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as to the great Maggie Smith and Michael Caine. on top of all of that is of course Durang’s deliberate channeling

of the great russian playwright anton Chekhov, one of the most (if not the most) influen-tial playwrights of the modern theatre. With Chekhov, psy-chological truth takes over the stage and stays there to this day. He opened new ways of con-structing drama and revealed the sad comedy and comedic sadness that underlies so much of day-to-day life. He asks us to understand and empathize with his foolish and misguided characters even as he invites us to laugh at them.

Durang does this as well, only in a completely contempo-rary and recognizable context. In a way, it is as if Chekhov’s characters stepped forward as fully formed inhabitants of today’s world. Like Chekhov’s characters, and like us, they are funny, frustrated, egocentric,

generous, caring, and selfish at once. They make for good theatrical company. So, the short answer to my col-league’s question is this: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a kind of love letter to the theatre itself, and I can think of no better way to rekindle our romance with all that the-atre can offer as we embark on a new and very exciting season. Welcome back, friends.

warm regarDs,

Timothy BondProducing Artistic Director

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vanya and sonia and masha and spikeBy Christopher DurangDirected by Marcela LorcaSeptember 24 - october 122013 Tony Award, Best Play

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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is made possible by the new York State Council on the arts with the support of Governor andrew Cuomo and the new York State Legislature.

The actors and stage manager in this production are members of actors’ equity association, the Union of Professional actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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(in order of appearance)

Larry Paulsen....................................................................VanyaDori Legg..........................................................................SoniaLisa renee Pitts..........................................................Cassandranance Williamson............................................................MashaBen Chase..........................................................................SpikeMidori Iwama.....................................................................nina

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

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Vocal Coach: Celia MadeoyStage Management Journeyman: erin C Brett

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Set in the present, a lovely farm house in Bucks County.

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by Marcela lorca

as I sit in rehearsals of Chris-topher Durang’s great new play I am in awe of how the actors begin to embody their unique characters, and how we seek to unearth a surpris-ing theatrical style. Durang seems to call for an open ended sense of realism, a re-alism that is deeply rooted in family dynamics but that stretches the limits of situa-tions at every turn. He takes the characters’ story lines and stirs them into a stew of pop and cultural references that create sharp mirrors of the world we happen to be living in—in all its depth, glory, confusion and absurdity.

Durang chose to write a mod-ern play inspired by Chekhov themes and characters. as in a Chekhov play, we’re invited to inhabit a world where a fam-ily is faced with imminent change, where traditions are threatened by economic in-terests, and where visions for the environment are bleak.

Chekhov often wrote that his plays were comedies, and I feel he must have chuckled as he crafted sweet-hearted, flawed characters who often dwelled on longing for what they did not have. Durang takes these familiar themes and allows the passions to surface, tilt, and unleash a highly comedic land-scape infused at its core with much tenderness and heart.

In selecting the acting com-pany for this production I became keenly aware of how many different interpretations this script can have, and how important it was to choose the players who would find a tone “in tune” with Durang’s singular voice. With a stellar cast and team, it’s a joy every day to build our play on the fine blueprint of this script. My hope is that in watching the play, we take a moment to reflect on our current world, to think about the importance of home and roots, to awaken the courage to love and be cre-ative, and to find laughter in the adventure that is life.

Director’s Note

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by joseph whelan

a few years ago playwright Christopher Durang wrote an article for the Lincoln Center Theater Review called “My Life with Chekhov”. Publication of the article coincided with the open-ing of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi e. newhouse theatre. In the article, Durang describes the genesis of his play.

I had the idea to write Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike a few years ago, when I realized I was now the age

that Vanya was (or seemed to be) And, like Vanya and other Chekhov characters, I started to reassess choices made in the past.

I live in a stone farmhouse with my partner, the writer-actor John Augustine, on a small hill in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. I choose to live here for the quiet and trees, and there is a small pond where a blue heron comes and sees what is available to eat.

But I started to think to myself, What if I didn’t live here with my partner but

A chekhovPrimerWith love to lead the wayI found more clouds of grayThan any Russian play could guarantee

“BUT noT For Me” BY GeorGe GerSHWIn

Oh, I don’t know. I guess I love the emotional sadness in Chekhov.CHrISToPHer DUranG

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with my adopted sister, and the two of us had spent fif-teen years taking care of our elderly and eventually inco-herent parents. What if we never left the house we lived in as children, and felt jeal-ous of our older sister, who was a glamorous stage and film star. She sends us money, but our lives feel empty and unexciting. What if my life had been closer to a Chekhov play?

In imagining the play, Durang more or less cast himself as Vanya, named the adopted sister Sonia, and the glamorous movie

star became Masha, all “characters” found in Chekhov plays. He also included an aspiring young actress named nina who lives next door to Vanya and Sonia and who is very much like the aspiring young actress named nina in The Sea Gull. There are non-Chekhovian charac-ters as well: Masha’s not-age-appropriate boyfriend Spike, the house-cleaner Cassandra, and the oft-mentioned Hootie-Pie.

Durang insists, rightly, that no prior knowledge of Chekhov is necessary to

enjoy the play. However, in the interest of things Chekhovian, the following is a brief primer on his plays and players as they pertain to Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike.

Vanya

Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky (Vanya) is the title char-acter of the 1897 play Uncle Vanya. He manages the family estate with the help of his niece Sonia. Sonia’s father is a retired and respected professor who was married to Vanya’s late sister. In the play,

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the professor (aleksandr Serebryakov) has returned to live at the estate with his new wife, the beautiful elena, who is the same age as Sonia. Vanya is smit-ten with elena and jealous of alexander and deeply unhappy with his lot in life. So, first he tries to shoot the professor, but misses. Then he steals some morphine from his friend Dr. astrov with the intent of killing himself, but he is persuaded by Sonia to give up the idea of suicide and to return the drug. at one point Vanya laments: “I am haunted by the thought

that my life has been hope-lessly wasted.” His last lines in the plays are: “I’m so unhappy, dear! If you only knew how unhappy I am!”

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as noted above she is Uncle Vanya’s niece and not much happier than he. She is hard-working, but considers herself plain. “oh, how dreadful it is that I am not beautiful. How dreadful! and I know I’m not beautiful, I know it, I know it.” Sonia is secretly in love with Dr. astrov: “I have loved him for six

years now, I love him more than my own mother. every minute I seem to hear him, feel the pres-sure of his hand; I watch the door waiting, thinking he will come in at any moment.” astrov has no romantic interest in Sonia, but he tries to arrange a romantic tryst with elena. at the play’s end, Sonia and Vanya remain on the estate: “We shall go on liv-ing, Uncle Vanya. We shall live through a long, long chain of days and endless evenings; we shall patiently bear the trials fate sends us; we’ll work for others, now

(p 14)Playwright Anton Chekhov

(p16 left)Playwright Christopher Durang.

(p16 right)O.L. Knipper as Masha in The Three Sisters, Moscow Art Theatre.

(p17)Scene from act IV of The Three Sisters, MoscowArt Theatre.

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and in our old age, with-out ever knowing rest, and when our time comes, we shall die submissively . . .”

Masha

There are two Masha’s in the Chekhov canon and both always wear black. There is a Masha in The Sea Gull (1896) who explains her reason for choosing black clothing: “I am in mourning for my life.” What she really mourns is that her desperate love for the young aspiring writ-er Constantin Treplev is unrequited. Unfortunately for Masha, Constantin is equally as desperate for nina, the young girl from the next estate who, unfor-tunately for Constantin, has a mad crush on the famous writer Trigorin, who hap-pens to be Constantin’s mother’s (arkadina’s) cur-rent boyfriend. (It’s like a russian play!) Masha ends up in a loveless marriage with the kind-hearted, well-meaning school teach-er Medvedenko.

The second Masha is also married to a school teacher. This Masha is the middle sister of The Three Sisters

(1901). She is married to the kind-hearted, well-meaning Kulygin. Masha fell in love with him when she was young and he seemed “terribly learned, clever, and important”. In time he proved to be “dif-ferent”. Masha falls in love with aleksandr Vershinin, a lieutenant colonel and battery commander of the local regiment. He falls for her, too, only he is married to a suicidal woman and has two children. When the regiment is trans-ferred far away it is clear Masha and Vershinin will never again see each other. Masha spends much of her last act stage time “sobbing violently”, at least accord-ing to the stage directions of one published transla-tion.

nina

nina is the sea gull, at least metaphorically, in Chekhov’s The Sea Gull. There is an actual seagull in the play. This unfor-tunate sea bird is shot by the unhappy aspiring writer Constantin Treplev. Treplev is deeply in love with nina who is infatu-ated with Trigorin (see

Masha above). Treplev shoots the sea gull, lays the dead bird at nina’s feet, and, in his own way, pro-fesses his love: “I was so low as to kill this sea gull today . . . Soon in the same way I will kill myself.” That’s real romance. Is it any wonder nina follows Trigorin to Moscow where they conduct a disastrous affair. nina becomes preg-nant, the baby dies, and Trigorin abandons her and high-tails it back to arkadina. For his part, Trigorin also sees nina as a sort of sea gull. Finding her with the dead bird, he explains an inspiration he has for a short story: “. . .a young girl like you lives all her life beside a lake; she loves the lake like a sea gull, and, like a sea gull, is happy and free. a man comes along by chance, sees her, and having nothing better to do, destroys her, just like this sea gull here.” This more or less describes their relationship, only nina, who wants to be a famous actress, isn’t destroyed. She struggles and eventu-ally becomes an actress, though she does not achieve fame. She returns

(p18)M.L. Roksanova as Nina and K.S. Stanislavsky as Trigorin in The Sea Gull, Moscow Art Theatre.

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to the lake at the play’s end and visits with Constantin, who is still unhappy even though he has become a successful writer. In one of Chekhov’s most famous scenes, nina grapples with what her identity once was and what she has become: “I am a sea gull . . . no, that’s not it . . . I am an actress.” after she leaves, Constantin kills himself.

arkadina

There is no charac-ter in Durang’s play by this name, but Durang’s movie star Masha more closely resembles Irina nikolayevna arkadina from The Sea Gull than either of Chekhov’s Mashas. arkadina is a successful actress, a star of the stage (albeit the

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bourgeois stage according to her son Treplev), and a Diva. She is self-centered, stingy, and worried about getting older and losing Trigorin to the much younger nina. arkadina has a knack for making every conversation and every event about her. Take this conversation from act II with Masha and Dr. Dorn:

Arkadina: (to Masha) Come, let’s stand up. You are twenty-two and I am nearly twice that. Yevgeny Sergeyevich, which of us looks the younger?

Dr. Dorn: You, of course.

Arkadina: There you are! And why? Because I work, I feel, I am always on the go, while you stay in the same place all the time, you don’t live . . .

a prime example of arkadina’s selfish behavior comes during nina’s per-formance of Constantin’s play. Constantin believes he is on the brink of revolutionizing theatre with a backyard perfor-mance of his ground-breaking work set two hundred thousand years in the future; his mother sees the performance as an opportunity to heckle and patronize her son. Constantin explodes and stops the perfor-mance. His mother can-not understand why he is angry.

constantin’s play: an excerpt

Performed by nina during act I of The Sea Gull on a stage erected near the lake on Sorin’s (arkadina’s brother’s) estate.

Men, lions, eagles, and par-tridges, horned deer, geese, spiders, silent fish that dwell in the deep, starfish, and crea-tures invisible to the eye—these and all living things, all, all living things, having completed their sad cycle, are no more . . . For thousands of years the earth has borne no living creature. And now in vain this poor moon lights her lamp. Cranes no longer wake and cry in meadows, May beetles are heard no more in linden groves. Cold, cold, cold. Empty, empty, empty. Awful, awful, awful . . .

[NoN-ChekhoviaN CharaCters]

cassandra

In Durang’s play, Cassandra is the housekeeper with a

(p 20-21)Chekhov with members of the cast of The Sea Gull, Moscow Art Theatre (1899).

(p22)O.L. Knipper as Arkadina and K.S. Stanislavsky as Trigorin in The Sea Gull, MoscowArt Theatre.

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gift for prophesy. In Greek mythology Cassandra is the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy by the god apollo. When she refused his sexual advanc-es he turned the gift to a curse: no one would believe Cassandra’s predictions. Therefore, she could not prevent the sack of Troy even though she foresaw the deception of the Trojan

Horse. Taken as a slave by agamemnon after the Trojan War, she predicted his death at the hands of his wife Clytemnestra and her lover aegisthus, who also killed Cassandra. Before she died, she predicted Clytemnestra and aegisthus would be killed by orestes and electra, the son and daughter of agamemnon and Clytemnestra. again, her warning went unheed-ed. Guess what happened.

hootie pie

Hootie Pie is completely Durang’s invention. He has said that when he started the play he knew there would be a character named Hootie Pie, but he had no idea who she was or what she would do in the play.

spike

really needs no explanation.

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GiVinG chekhoVhis due

Durang insists that his play is not a parody of Chekhov and that it is not his intent to make fun of the great russian writer. Yet, with all the unhappiness, unrequited love, suicide, attempted suicide, misery, and stag-nation experienced by his characters, it would seem Chekhov invites parody. Chekhov seems to have been aware of this possibility, and dur-ing his lifetime urged interpreters of his work, especially Constantin Stanislavsky of the Moscow art Theatre, to find the humor. Chekhov subtitled two plays, The Sea Gull and The Cherry Orchard, comedies in four acts. How could that be when the former ends in suicide and the latter in a family losing an estate they have owned for gen-erations? It is a matter of perspective. Chekhov wanted people to take a look at their lives and see their own foolishness, as he once explained:

“all I wanted was to say honestly to people: ‘Have a look at yourselves and see how bad and dreary your lives are!’ The important thing is that people should realize that, for when they do, they will most cer-tainly create another and better life for themselves. I will not live to see it, but I know that it will be quite

different, quite unlike our present life.”

Chekhov may have been a tad optimistic about the power of theatre when he said that; nevertheless, humor suffuses his plays. Consider this scene from act I of The Sea Gull. Treplev has been waiting all day to see nina, with whom he is in love.

one needn’t be Dr. Phil to recognize that nina isn’t as eager to kiss Constantin as he is to kiss her, and so she eludes his advance with inane questions. It is a simple moment, classic Chekhov, that is at once sad—even-tually tragic—for him, uncomfortable at best for her, and quite comic for the audience. Therein lies a hint of the genius of Chekhov, as even a simple and humorous exchange contains layer upon layer of meaning. Chekhov once explained his approach to theatre like this: “Men dine, just dine, and in this moment their fate is decided and their lives destroyed.”

Treplev: We are alone.

Nina: I think someone is there . . .

Treplev: There is no one . . . (kisses her)

Nina: What kind of tree is that?

Treplev: An elm.

Nina: Why is so dark?

Treplev: Because it’s evening, and everything looks darker.

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Ben Chase (Spike) is a recent graduate of the MFa acting Program at Brown University/Trin-ity rep. regional: Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ju-lius Caesar (Shakespeare on the Sound) A Christmas Carol, It’s a Wonderful Life (Trinity repertory Company), Shakespeare on Love (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Timeshare (Playwrights rep), Mister Roberts (new rep. Theatre). new York: The Sun Experiment (nY Int’l Fringe). read-ings and workshops include: naked angels, MCC Theatre, and the Lark. Film/TV: Lazarus Rising, Alice in Won-derland, Iris, The Replacement Child. MFa: Brown/Trinity.

Midori Iwama (Nina). Having received her Bachelor of Fine arts degree from Mason Gross School of the arts at rutgers University this past May, Midori is delighted and excited to be performing at Syracuse Stage. While at rutgers, Midori had the pleasure of studying in residence at Shakespeare’s Globe in London un-der the guidance of Tony-nominated director Tim Carroll (Twelfth Night, Richard the Third) as well as work-ing with directors Michael Sexton, robert Moss, and Gabriel Bare here in the states. Favorite roles include Launce in Michael Sexton’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona and Kylie/Junko in a devised piece entitled 40N/70W directed by her teacher and men-tor Kevin Kittle (In God’s Hat, Dirty Works.) This past summer you may

have seen Midori on national televi-sion delivering a monologue for Lib-erty Mutual Insurance or riding down the streets of Brooklyn, new York on her beloved beach bike.

Dori Legg (Sonia). nY: Toy Box Theatre: The Short Fall; origin The-atre: Shaving the Pickle. regional: actors The-atre of Louisville: Noises Off; Fulton opera House: Au-gust: Osage County, Enchanted April, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Prides Crossing, Glorious; arena Stage: The Women; Folger Shakespeare Theatre: Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Melissa Arc-tic; Interact Theatre: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Purloined Letter, Great Expectations, Pirates of Pen-zance, Iolanthe, Christmas at the Old Bull and Bush; Humana Festival: This Beautiful City; Woolly Mam-moth: Recent Tragic Events (Helen Hayes nomination); Triad Stage: Snow Queen, Brother Wolf; round House: Season’s Greetings, Escape from Happiness; Delaware Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank; Two river Theatre: Barefoot in the Park. Film: The Daft Penguin, El Camino, Dou-ble Negative, Guilty As Charged. TV: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: CI, Homicide, As the World Turns, Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Larry Paulsen (Vanya) is very pleased to be re-turning to Syracuse for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He was seen here as Sagot in

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Picasso at the Lapin Agile. He has ap-peared extensively at leading theatres nationwide, including the Shake-speare Theatre in Washington DC, the McCarter Theatre Center, the Huntington Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company, Seattle rep, aCT Theatre, Intiman Theatre, alliance Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Kansas City rep, and the Cleveland Playhouse, as well as the South Coast rep, the Milwaukee rep, alliance Theatre Company, arizona Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum and Two river Theatre. In addition, he was a company member at the or-egon Shakespeare Festival for seven seasons, appearing there in dozens of productions. off-Broadway, he has been seen in The Winter’s Tale at Clas-sic Stage Company, Julius Caesar at nY Shakespeare Festival and Swan-song at the Lion Theatre.

Lisa Renee Pitts (Cas-sandra) is thrilled to be returning to Syracuse Stage after making her professional acting de-but right here as emily Webb in Our Town. She was also seen on this very stage in From the Mississippi Delta as well as in Tin-types. Since that time Lisa has gone on to become an award-winning ac-tress in theatre, television, and film, as well as an accomplished audio-book narrator and producer. She has been seen off-Broadway, in europe, and in regional theatres across the country, performing leading roles in: A Raisin in the Sun, Doubt (Port-land Critics Circle award), Intimate

Apparel (San Diego Critics Circle award) and Proposals just to name a few. Selected television appearances include Law & Order, General Hos-pital, and a recurring role on the hit aBC Family drama Lincoln Heights. Lisa adds several national commer-cials to her credit including Geico, Liberty Mutual, and Denny’s. Be-hind the microphone, Lisa has nar-rated some 40+ audiobook titles spanning all genres, from children’s novels to sci-fi and everything in between; notably Pushkin and the Queen of Spades by alice randall and Coming of Age in Mississippi by anne Moody, which both received the audioFile earphone award for excellence in narration. Most recently Lisa was seen on the big screen as “The Letter Writer” in the oscar-nominated film HER directed by oscar-winner Spike Jonze. Cur-rently, she is a 2014 audie award nominee (the oscars of audiobook narration) and up next Lisa will complete filming of a feature film distributed by Universal Pictures. a graduate of Mason Gross School of the arts at rutgers University, Lisa holds her BFa degree in Theatre arts and now resides in Los angeles, Ca. www.LisareneePitts.com

Nance Williamson (Ma-sha) is thrilled to be returning to Syracuse Stage where she last per-formed the one woman show Bad Dates. nance has appeared on Broadway in Ro-meo and Juliet with orlando Bloom, Cyrano and Henry IV both with

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John Arnone (Scenic Designer), Tony award-winner, began his career designing critically acclaimed pro-ductions off-Broadway for which he received two obie awards. He designed more than 30 sets at new York’s Public Theatre with legendary producer Joseph Papp, Lion Theatre Co, Playwrights Horizons, and Cir-cle rep. He has worked with Gar-land Wright and Joe Dowling at the Guthrie Theatre and Des Mcanuff at La Jolla Playhouse and the Stratford Festival Theatre. In 1993 The Who’s Tommy opened on Broadway, for which Mr. arnone received a Tony, Dora Mavor Moore, Drama Desk and outer Critics Circle awards. other Broadway designs include How to Succeed in Business…, Twi-light: Los Angeles, 1992; Sacrilege; Tommy Tune’s productions of The

Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Grease; Sex and Longing; The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Fortune’s Fool; The Full Monty; Marlene; The Deep Blue Sea; Lone Star/Pvt Wars; Min-nelli on Minnelli; The Best Man; The Ride Down Mt. Morgan; and Lennon: The Musical. His work has been seen in Canada, London, Vienna, Berlin, Japan, and australia.

Caitlin Ward (Costume Designer) is very interested in costume as it relates to convergent media, from the ancient to the emerging. recent work includes opera, aerial, and ani-mation projects for Polo arts Beijing; Milan-based animation studio, Bon-sai ninja; Daniele Zambelli’s multi-platform aerial ballet with Simmetri-co Italia, and BattleroYaL, Berlin; the Spoleto Festival, Carnegie Hall,

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Kevin Kline. off-Broadway credits include Marvin’s Room, Empty Plate at the Cafe Du Grand Beouf with George Wendt, and The Sea Gull and Two Gentlemen of Verona in Central Park. nance has worked extensively in the regional theatre for the past 30 years including Denver Center, Se-attle rep, Berkley rep, Mark Taper Forum, old Globe, arizona Theatre Co., Playmaker’s rep., Pioneer The-atre Company, Dallas Theatre Cen-ter (company member in over 30 productions), St. Louis rep, Indiana rep, Geva Theatre Co., Trinity rep, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, alliance Theatre, Delaware Theatre

Co., arena Stage, Shakespeare The-atre, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (company member in over 25 productions), Berkshire Theatre Festival, Kitchen Theatre, Theatre 3, actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Mis-souri rep., Shakespeare Festivals of Dallas and Colorado. nance just fin-ished shooting an independent short film The Tale of Fenton Black. nance has worked numerous times on Law & Order, Law & Order CI, and Law & Order SVU, and Dawson’s Creek. nance and her husband actor/direc-tor Kurt rhoads just celebrated 30 years of marriage and have worked on 60 productions together.

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SITI Company, Souzhou opera, and Lincoln Center Festival. She pro-duced and designed the acclaimed music video, Ghosts & Flowers: Han-del-Halvorsen Passacaglia for rome arca Productions. Ms. Ward’s work has been seen at the royal Shake-speare Company-UK, english na-tional opera, Brooklyn academy of Music, Intiman Theatre, new York City opera, The european Capital of Culture Festival, 2009; Seattle opera, Lithuanian national opera, Signature Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, Ferrari Museum in abu Dhabi, and, in association with designer eiko Ishioka, Zhang Yimou’s one World, one Dream opening Ceremonies-Beijing 2008 olympic Games. Her film design credits include Myriad Pictures’ Dark Matter starring Meryl Streep and Liu Ye (Winner alfred Sloan Prize-Sundance Film Festival, 2007); Tommy’s Pumpkin with Post-factory nY; Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship (Winner London Film Festival-Best Feature Film, 2012); PBS Great Performances Clown Prince with Bill Irwin. She lives in Brooklyn and London.

Karin Olson (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer based in Minne-apolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. She has been lighting the Twin Cities in ven-ues of all scales such as the Guthrie Theatre, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, ordway Center, and the Southern Theatre. She has worked with loads of great theatre companies includ-ing: Mixed Blood, Frank Theatre, Theatre Mu, and with dance compa-nies Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theatre

and TU Dance. Karin designed the Sage award-winning Ways to be Hold with SPDT.

Montana Johnson (Sound Designer)is a Minneapolis based sound design-er. regional credits include Skiing on Broken Glass, Embers (US premiere), and Pulse (Guthrie Theatre). Passing Strange and Avenue Q (Mixed Blood Theatre). Violet, The Full Monty, Old Wicked Songs, and Parade (Theatre Latte Da). Reasons to be pretty, After the Quake, and Robots vs Fake Robots (Walking Shadow Theatre Compa-ny). Montana received her MFa in Sound Design from California In-stitute of the arts and teaches Sound Design and audio Technology at The University of Minnesota.

Stuart Plymesser (Production Stage Manager) is back for his eighteenth season at Syracuse Stage where he has stage managed more than 60 plays, musicals, and special events, working with such talents as olym-pia Dukakis, Frank Langella, eliza-beth Franz, and Phylicia rashad. Stuart has worked at numerous re-gional theatres around the country and in Cape Town, South africa and has toured nationally. Locally, he has also stage managed events for Syracuse Fashion Week. In addition, Stuart is adjunct faculty for Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and has been a guest speaker/lectur-er at Ithaca College, Wells College, SUnY oswego and the Zabalaza Festival in Cape Town. Stuart is a proud member of actors’ equity as-sociation, the union of professional

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Harriet Bass (Casting Director) has been an independent new York casting director since 1989, casting for theatre, film, and television. In new York City Harriet has cast for aBC/TV, Fox Television Studios, Joseph Papp’s Public Theatre: neW WorK noW, The Minetta Lane Theatre, The Women’s Project, La MaMa, e.T.C., new York Women in Film and Television, and The Jewish repertory Theatre. She has cast the last three of the late august Wilson’s ten part play series: the original and touring productions of Radio Golf, the Broadway produc-tion of Gem of the Ocean, and the off-Broadway production of Jitney.

Selected regional casting credits include: Syracuse Stage, Mark Ta-per Forum, Hartford Stage, arena Stage, Trinity repertory Theatre, San Jose repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Indiana repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, Merri-mack repertory Theatre, Longwharf Theatre, alliance Theatre Company, The Goodman Theatre, Kansas City repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Company, Berkeley repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Playmaker’s repertory Theatre. Feature film credits include: Pushing Hands directed by ang Lee, Underheat, starring Lee Grant, First We Take Manhattan, produced by Golden Harvest Inc., and Graves End, directed by Sal Stabile.

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Marcela Lorca recent directing credits include Crimes of the Heart at the Guthrie Theatre; Scorched at Syr-acuse Stage; Caroline, or Change at The Guthrie Theatre and Syracuse Stage; The Burial At Thebes and The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde at the Guthrie Theatre; House of the Spirits and Found at Mixed Blood Theatre, Mn; Blood Wedding at the Guthrie Lab and Missouri repertory Theatre; Pulse, Time Sensitive, Going Live, Macondo, Chain of Fools, Post-cards from Earth, and Confluence in the Guthrie Theatre’s Dowling Stu-dio; The Clean House at Juilliard Dra-ma School; Bring Love to My Door-

step, The Long Walk, I Keep Walking on Sinking Sand, Bye Bye Marga-rita, and In Darkness at the Guth-rie Lab; Wilde Honey, Antigone, The Seagull, Three Sisters, Iphigenia at Au-lis, and The Gods: Helen and Orestes at the University of Minnesota; If You Could Only Touch My Heart, Raw, and Walking Around at the South-ern Theatre, Mn. at the Guthrie Theatre she has choreographed over 20 plays including The Great Gats-by, Pride and Prejudice, Merrily We Roll Along, Blood Wedding, Sweeny Todd, Much Ado About Nothing, You Can’t Take It With You, Winter’s Tale, Pericles, Lysistrata, A Midsummer

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Christopher Durang. Christopher Durang’s plays include A History of the American Film (Tony nomina-tion, Best Book of a Musical), The Actor’s Nightmare, Sister Mary Ig-natius Explains It All For You (obie award, off-Broadway run, 1981-83), Beyond Therapy (on Broadway in 1982, with Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow), Baby With The Bathwater (Playwrights Horizons, 1983), The Marriage of Bette and Boo (Public Theatre, 1985; obie award, Drama-tists Guild Hull Warriner award), Laughing Wild (Playwrights Hori-zons, 1987), and Durang Durang (an evening of six plays at Manhat-tan Theatre Club, 1994, including the Tennessee Williams parody For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls). In 1996, he was commissioned by the rodgers and Hammerstein Foun-dation to write a new book for the popular musical Babes in Arms. Sex and Longing was commissioned by Lincoln Center Theatre and was

presented on Broadway in fall 1996 starring Sigourney Weaver. The Idiots Karamazov, a full-length play with music written with albert Innaurato, was revived at the american reper-tory Theatre. His play Betty’s Sum-mer Vacation (Drama Desk award nomination) had its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons in February 1999 to great critical acclaim and sold-out houses and was extended three times. It was the recipient of four obie awards, for distinguished playwriting, directing, acting, and set design. His new musical (with music by Peter Melnick), Adrift In Macao premiered at new York Stage and Film in the summer of 2002. Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge was commissioned by Pittsburgh’s City Theatre and had its world pre-miere in november 2002. In the early ‘80s, he and Sigourney Weaver co-wrote and performed in their ac-claimed Brecht-Weill parody Das Lusitania Songspiel and were both

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Night’s Dream, As You Like It, and A Christmas Carol. other choreography includes The Winter’s Tale at oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Persians at Washington Shakespeare Theatre, A Light in the Piazza at the Goodman Theatre, and Pericles at the Brook-lyn academy of Music. She has also worked at the national actor’s The-atre and Signature Theatre in new York City, Long Wharf Theatre in new Haven, national opera of the Dominican republic, and Grupo del

Centro-Chilean dance company. Ms. Lorca has been movement director for the Guthrie Theatre since 1991, and has since coached more than 120 plays. She is head of movement for the University of Minnesota/Guth-rie Theatre BFa actor Training pro-gram. She has also taught at new York University, Juilliard Drama School, the London International School of Performing arts, US con-ferences, and the Guthrie experience for actors in Training.

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Timothy Bond is in hiseighth season as pro-ducing artistic director of Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. For Syracuse Stage he has directed The Whipping Man, august Wilson’s Two Trains Running, The Brothers Size, The Boys Next Door, Radio Golf, No Child..., Fences, The Price, The Diary of Anne Frank and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He has 27 years experience in

leading regional theatres throughout the country. Previously, he served for 11 years as associate artistic direc-tor of the famed oregon Shakespeare Festival where he directed 12 produc-tions, including works by Shakespeare, august Wilson, Suzan-Lori Parks, edward albee, Lorraine Hansberry, Lynn nottage, octavio Soliz and Pearl Cleage. Prior to that, Bond spent 13 years with the Seattle Group Theatre, serving as artistic director from 1991 – 1996. While there he directed more

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nominated for Drama Desk awards for Best Performer in a Musical. In 1993, he sang and tried to dance in the five-person off-Broadway Sond-heim revue Putting It Together, with Julie andrews at Manhattan The-atre Club. and he played a singing Congressman in Call Me Madam with Tyne Daly as part of Encores. He can be heard on cast recordings of both productions. In movies, he has appeared in The Secret of My Suc-cess, Mr. North, The Butcher’s Wife, Housesitter, The Cowboy Way, The Object of My Affection, Simply Irresist-ible, and The Out of Towners, among others. For television, he wrote for a Carol Burnett special called Carol and Robin and Whoopi and Carl; and for PBS’ series Trying Times, he wrote a teleplay called “The Visit” starring Swoosie Kurtz as Wanda, the upsetting houseguest. He’s writ-ten several screenplays, including The House of Husbands (co-authored with Wendy Wasserstein), The Adventures

of Lola for Tri-Star and director Her-bert ross, The Nun who Shot Liberty Valance, and his own adaptation of Sister Mary … which aired on Show-time with Diane Keaton in the title role; and two sitcom pilots, Billy and Meg (for Fox Television) and Dys-function! - the TV Show for Warner Brothers. He hopes one day they will be produced, perhaps in heaven. He has an MFa from the Yale School of Drama. early in his career, he won a Guggenheim, a rockefeller, the CBS Playwriting Fellowship, the Lecompte du nouy Foundation grant, and the Kenyon Festival Theatre Playwriting Prize. In 1995 he won the presti-gious three-year Lila Wallace readers Digest award; as part of his grant, he ran a writing workshop for adult children of alcoholics. Since 1994 he has been co-chair with Marsha nor-man of the Playwriting Program at the Juilliard School in Manhattan. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild Council.

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Jeffrey Woodward be-came the managing di-rector of Syracuse Stage in 2008. For 17 years he served as the managing director for the McCarterTheatre Center in Princeton, nJ. During his tenure, McCarter was honored with the Tony award for outstanding regional Theatre. Woodward is a member of the board of the University Hill Corporation, the east Genesee regent association and CnY arts. He has served on

the Board of Trustees of Theatre Communications Group and as President of artPride new Jersey. He has also served as a panel chair-man, panelist, and on-site evalua-tor for the national endowment for the arts. He has worked for Hartford Stage, the Mark Taper Forum, northlight Theatre and the oregon Shakespeare Festival, and served as a consultant to a num-ber of organizations. He holds a Ba from Pomona College and a MBa from new York University.

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than 20 plays including a number of world and West Coast premieres, and he oversaw the largest capital campaign in the company’s history, culminating in the completion of a new theatre complex in the Seattle Center. Bond has also directed at such prestigious theatres as The Guthrie, arena Stage, Seattle repertory Theatre, actors Theatre of Louisville, Milwaukee repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, a Contemporary Theatre, Indiana repertory Theatre

and Geva Theatre. Bond received a Theatre Communications Group/national endowment for the arts Directing Fellowship award and has twice won Backstage West’s Garland award for outstanding Direction for Les Blancs (1998) and Blues for an Alabama Sky (1997). He served on the board of directors of the Theatre Communications Group from 1993 to 1997. Bond holds a BFa from Howard University and an MFa in directing from the University of Washington.

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Syracuse Stage is Central new York’s premier professional theatre. Founded in 1974, Stage has produced more than 300 plays in 41 seasons including a number of world, american, and east Coast premieres. each season 70,000 patrons enjoy an adventurous mix of new plays and bold interpretations of classics and musicals featuring the finest theatre artists. In addition, Stage main-tains a vital educational outreach pro-gram that annually serves over 15,000 students throughout Central new York. Syracuse Stage is a member of The League of resident Theatres (LorT), the largest professional theatre asso-ciation in the country. america’s leading actors, directors and design-ers work and/or have worked at Stage including: Tony award-winners Lillias White, Chuck Cooper and elizabeth Franz, emmy recipient Jean Stapleton, Sam Waterston, John Cullum, James Whitmore, Ben Gazzara and Ping Chong.

These visiting artists are supported by a staff of artisans, technicians, educators, and administrators who are responsible for all facets of the theatre from build-ing sets, props and costumes to mar-keting, development, and box office. a solid core of subscribers and sup-porters helps keep Syracuse Stage a vibrant artistic presence in Central new York. Year after year their support and patronage contribute to the success of the theatre. additional support from gov-ernment, foundations, corporations and Syracuse University helps to ensure the continued role of Syracuse Stage as a val-ued cultural resource for the community. Syracuse Stage is a constitu-ent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organiza-tion for the american theatre, and a member of the arts and Cultural Leadership alliance (aCLa), the University Hill Corporation and the east Genesee regent association.

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An important aspect of the Syracuse Stage mission is to be an active partner and resource in the Central new York community. each season Syracuse Stage is pleased to partner with a diverse group of community organizations in sponsor-ing and facilitating various programs, benefits and events. ongoing and past partnerships include arc of onondaga,

The Burton Blatt Institute, arISe, IrC’s Community Wide Dialogue to end racism, Hospice of CnY, SUnY Upstate Medical/St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of onondaga County, The Learning Place, aIDS Community resources, Syracuse Homes, The Chadwick residence, The Child Care Council of onondaga County, and Vera House, among others.

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Mission: Syracuse Stage is a global village square where renowned artists and audi-ences of all ages gather to celebrate our cultural richness, witness the many truths of our common humanity, and explore the transformative power of live theatre. Celebrating our 42nd season as a pro-fessional theatre in residence at Syracuse University, we create innovative, adven-

turous, and entertaining productions of new plays, classics and musicals, and offer interactive education and out-reach programs in Central new York.

Vision: Syracuse Stage illuminates the many truths of our common humanity through the transformative power of live theatre.

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August Wilson’sThe Piano LessonDirected by timothy bondco-produced with seattle repertory theatreoctober 22 - november 9

The past threatens to pull apart brother and sister. Bernice treasures a one-of-a-kind piano, an heirloom with carved figures of the family’s enslaved ancestors. Boy Willie suddenly arrives from the South determined to sell the piano and buy the land his family worked. When the ghost of the piano’s original owner appears, family conflicts escalate to a dramatic confrontation. With lyrical language rolling from the rowdy to the tender, this is one of Wilson’s finest. Recommended for ages 12 and up.

Hairspraybook by mark o’Donnelland thomas meehanmusic by marc shaimanLyrics by scott wittman and marc shaimanDirected by bill fennellychoreography by David wanstreetmusical Direction by brian cimmetco-produced with su Dramanovember 28 - January 4

Bubbling with joy and 60s era music and dance, Hairspray delights with the plea-sures of a classic american musical. Tra-cy Turnblad is a teen whose life revolves around dancing on the Corny Collins TV show. Who knew that a teenybopper TV show could be a catalyst for integra-tion? You can’t stop the beat, and truth be told, you won’t want to once the all-singing and dancing cast takes the stage. Recommended for all ages.

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Paradebook by alfred uhrymusic by Jason robert brownco-conceived and Directed on broadway by harold princeDirected by marie kempmusical Direction by brian cimmetchoreography by andrea Leigh-smithoctober 10 – 19opening night: october 11

Daring, innovative, and bold, Parade won well-earned Tony awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000. The trag-ic, true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man wrongly accused of murder in 1913 Georgia, serves as the basis for a tender love story. as Frank seethes with the injustice of his conviction, his wife Lucille finds untapped reserves of love and strength to become his greatest champion. a passionate and powerful work of musical theatre.

Stepping Outby richard harrisDirected by timothy Davis-reednovember 14 – 22opening night: november 15

This comic gem of a play follows the ups and downs of nine women and one man who meet each week in a church hall for a beginning tap class. Led by Mavis, a pa-tient and talented dancer, and accompa-nied by the acerbic Mrs. Fraser on piano, the students struggle to learn basic tap with varying degrees of success. Through-out, playwright richard Harris explores the shifts in the lives of the characters as they work together to rehearse and per-form a polished routine at a charity fund-raiser. This delightful play ran for three years when it premiered in London in the 1980s and remains an insightful look at friendship and the joy that can be found in Stepping Out, if only once a week.

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Chairrobert Pomfrey*President & CeoPoMCo Group

PresidentLouis Marcoccia*executive VP & Chief Financial

officerSyracuse University

ViCe ChairJanet audunson*Senior Counselnational Grid

ViCe ChairFran nichols*Vice Chaireric Mower + associates

ViCe ChairMelvin T. Stith*Professor, Whitman School of

ManagementSyracuse University

treasurerBea Gonzalez*Dean, University CollegeSyracuse University

seCretaryrod McDonald*Bond, Schoeneck & King

Dan BermanPartnerHancockestabrook, LLP

Timothy J. Bond**Producing artistic DirectorSyracuse Stage & SU Dept. of

Drama

Lorraine BranhamDean/Professor, S.I.

newhouse School of Public Communications

Syracuse University

Sandra BrownPresidentGrandma Brown’s Beans, Inc.

nancy ByrneCommunity Volunteer

Brian CimmetProfessor of Practice/Music

DirectorSU Department of Drama

ann Clarke*Dean, College of Visual and

Performing artsSyracuse University

Pat ColabufoHuman resource ManagerWegmans Food Markets

richard DriscollGroup ManagerCommercial real estate LendingM&T Bank

ellen Kimatian eagen

Sandra Fenske VP & General CounselLockheed Martin Corporation

Helene GoldPrivate Voice & Piano Instructor

nancy GreenInvestment advisoredward S. Green & associates

Larry HarrisSr. VP & CFo & SecretarySaab Sensis Corporation

Jeffrey Hooneexecutive Director, Coalition of

Museum & arts CentersSyracuse University

Brian HowardPrivate Bank Market ManagerKey Bank

John Huhtalarelationship ManagerMiddle Market Commercial

BankingChase

Gregg LambertDean’s Professor of the

HumanitiesSyracuse University

Larry LeathermanPresidentMoST

Vincent LovePresident100 Black Men of Syracuse Inc.

Kevin r. McauliffePartnerHiscock & Barclay

Suzanne Mcaulifferetired educator

Samantha Millierassociate attorneyMackenzie Hughes LLP

Kevin o’ConnorSr. resident Director & Sr. VP

InvestmentsMerrill Lynch

Virginia Parker*retired educator

annette PetersMarketing DirectorSyracuse Media Group

Linda PitonzoGuild President

James reedSr. VP Marketing & Salesexcellus BlueCross BlueShield

Michelle SchultzSenior Director, Hr Business

PartnerHuman resourcesaXa

richard Shirtzregional PresidentnBT Bank

Sharon Sullivan*Community Volunteer

Wanda ThompsonSr. VP of operationsUpstate Medical University

Phil TurnerPastorBethany Baptist Church

Jeffrey Woodward**Managing DirectorSyracuse Stage

ralph Zito**ChairSyracuse University Department

of Drama

Michael ZoanettiVP Senior Wealth advisorTompkins Financial advisors

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Sara Lowengard

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Julia Martin

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Jacki Goldberg

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Kelly Gardner

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ray abdella

reCording seCretary

Mary o’Hara.

CorresPonding seCretary

Gretchen Goldstein

Deborah Borensteinelaine Cardoneroxanna CarpenterTerry DelavanSandi DiBiancoMarsha FerraraGrace FluscheDonna GreenJessica Humphreville

Barbara IanuziLauren Kochianellen Lautzamy McHaleCarol MinksteinBeverly ShortMarian StantonJean StraubMelissa VassenilliMaryam WasmundGinny Yerdon

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Richard Mather Fund

the John Ben snow foundation, inc.

*Corporate, Foundation and Government support received in the last 12 months from $3,000 - $100,000 and above.

Grandma Brown Foundation

NBT Bank. at nBT Bank, we remain committed to our community banking philosophy of putting customers first and actively investing in the communities we call home. Throughout our history we have supported numerous organizations and causes. We are excited about the 2014-2015 new season at Syracuse Stage and are proud to support the theatrical production of Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. This is the first of six plays that will once again provide patrons with a year of variety—satisfying a wide range of artistic tastes with some well-known, high-quality productions. Please join nBT Bank in congratulating Syracuse Stage on the start of a new season and for the continuing value that they bring to the cultural community in Central new York.

POMCO Group. as a proud supporter of Syracuse Stage, PoMCo Group con-gratulates Central new York’s professional theatre for another impressive season. We applaud Syracuse Stage for its continuous contributions to the region’s cultural and artistic growth.

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$100,000+Syracuse University

$50,000 - $99,999Syracuse Media Group –

Season Sponsor

$14,000 - $24,999M&T Bank PoMCo Group –

Presenting Sponsor, Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike

$7,500 - $13,999Bank of america – Children’s

Tour, Annabel DrudgeClear Channel Media and

entertainmentBusiness Journal news

networkHiscock & Barclay KeyBank n.a. – HairsprayLockheed Martin MST

– august Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Military Initiatives

nBT Bank – Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike

Syracuse new TimesSyracuse Stage Board of

Trustees WaerWrVo

$5,000 - $7,499Carrier Corporation exelon Generationexcellus BlueCross

BlueShield – HairsprayLockheed Martin employees

Federated Fund national Grid Scherzi Photography +

VideoThe SU Humanities Center

presents as part of the 2014 Syracuse Symposium™ on Perspective – august Wilson’s The Piano Lesson

Syracuse Stage Guild – In the Next Room (or the vibrator play)

Tompkins Financial advisors Wegmans –educational

Programs

$2,800 - $4,999Urban CnY

$1,500 - $2,799Bristol-Meyers Squibb

FoundationPhoebe’sSrCTec Inc.Syracuse Blue PrintYoung & Franklin

$1,000 - $1,499action Printwear, Inc.

Cooper Crouse - Hinds

McIntosh Box & Pallet Co., Inc.

Thomas r. Pratt, architect, PC

$500 - $999anoplate Corp.Merrill LynchLaw office of Keith D.

Millerrapid response Monitoring

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$250 - $499aCLS Mailing & FulfillmentFreeman InteriorsGeddes Federal SavingsHebert Financial Strategies/

Dennis & Judy Hebertreeves FarmsSmith Contemporary

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$75 - $249Brady SystemFulton Savings BankGiarrusso Building SuppliesMauro-Bertolo Therapy

Services, P.T., P.C.L. & J.G. Stickley Urist Financial & retirement

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Syracuse Stage depends on the generosity of contributions from individuals, corpora-tions, businesses, foundations and government agencies. It is with much gratitude that we recognize the following donors to our annual campaign. Contributors listed below represent donations received in the past twelve months. For information regarding levels of contribution and benefits of each please contact the Development office at 315.443.3931 or visit syracusestage.org

= INCReASeD GIFT, * = STAGe BOARD MeMBeR, STAGe eMeRITuS BOARD MeMBeR, = IN-KIND CONTRIBuTION

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$5,000 - $7,499Mary Louise Dunn Fund

Founders Circle$7,500 - $24,999Paul Phillips, MD & Sharon*

Sullivan

Playwrights’ Circle$5,000 - $7,499Daniel Bingham & Gail

Hamner Judy & eric Mower*Sandra Lee Fenske* & Joe

Silberlicht

Producers’ Circle$2,800 - $4,999Bill & nancy* Byrne

Margaret, amy & Bob Currier

Helene* & neil GoldMary & Larry* LeathermanLouis* & Susan MarcocciaSuzanne* & Kevin* McauliffeJudith Sayles & David

MurrayFrederick & Virginia* ParkerMrs. Sherwin radinnancy & Steve rogersThe Spina Familyelinor Spring-Mills &

Darvin VaronDr. & Mrs. Thomas r.

Welch

Directors’ Circle $1,500 - $2,799Janet* audunson & David

YoulenJoan Christy & Thomas

Bersaninancy Seward & Tim Bond Cathy & Jim BreuerSandra L. Brown*Laurie Clark Kristin & Sidney CominskyDana & Peggy DudarchikJames eagen & ellen*

Kimatian eagenBarbara & Michael FlintropJoan & eddie Green*

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$50,000 - $99,999County of onondaga,

administered by CnY arts – Hairspray

The Dorothy and Marshall M. reisman Foundation – Presenting Sponsor, The Piano Lesson, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Other Desert Cities and Founders Circle Member

$25,000 - $49,999allyn FoundationCentral new York

Community Foundation, Inc. John F. Marsellus Fund

robert Sterling Clark Foundation – Sizwe Bansi is Dead

The richard Mather Fundnew York State Council on

the artsShubert Foundation

$14,000 - $24,999The John Ben Snow

Foundation, Inc. - artsemerging

$7,500 - $13,999aXa Foundation The Gifford Foundation The Green Family

Foundation national endowment for

the arts

$5,000 - $7,499Theatre Development Fund, Inc.

$2,800 - $4,999Grandma Brown FoundationThe Gladys Krieble Delmas

Foundation – The Piano Lesson

Melvin & Mildred eggers Family Charitable Foundation

$1,500 - $2,799Price Chopper’s Golub

Foundation – education Initiatives

$1,000 - $1,499Henry a. Panasci, Jr.

Charitable Trust

$500 - $999Peter & Wendy Blanck

Family Foundation Frank & Frances revoir

Foundation

All new and increased gifts this season are matched dollar for dollar by the Richard Mather Fund.

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vanya & sonia& masha & spikeSat. Oct. 4, 3:00 sSat. Oct. 11, 3:00 aD

Wed. Oct. 1, 2:00 oSun. Oct. 12, 2:00 o

august wilson’sthe piano lessonSat. Nov. 1, 3:00 sSat. Nov. 8, 3:00 aD

Wed. Oct. 29, 2:00 oSun. Nov. 9, 2:00 o

hairspraySat. Dec. 13, 3:00 sSat. Dec. 20, 3:00 aD

Sun. Dec. 21, 2:00 oTue. Dec. 23, 2:00 o

in the next room, or the vibrator playSat. Feb. 7, 3:00 sSat. Feb. 14, 3:00 aD

Wed. Feb. 4, 2:00 oSun. Feb. 15, 2:00 o

sizwe banzi is DeaDSat. Mar. 7, 3:00 sSat. Mar. 14, 3:00 aD

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Sun. Mar. 15, 2:00 oC

other Desert CitiesSat. Apr. 18, 3:00 sSat. Apr. 25, 3:00 aD

Wed. Apr. 15, 2:00 oSun. Apr. 26, 2:00 o

American Sign Language = sSign Language Interpreted Performance Series supported in part by Welch Allyn, in memo-ry of Susan Thompson. An American Sign Language Interpreted performance is offered for every production. For the most advantageous viewing, be sure to mention your interest in sign interpretation when reserving tickets.

Open Captioned Performances = oOpen Captioning is provided for two matinee performances of every production. A small screen, placed to the side of the stage, displays text corresponding to the play’s dialogue and other sounds. Open Captioning can be viewed from most seats in the theatre. How-ever, for the most advantageous viewing, please contact the Box Office. Open Captioning is supported by grants from Theatre Development Fund’s TAP Plus Praagram, NYSCA and donations from individuals and corporations.

Audio-Described Performances = aDSimultaneous live narration and pre-show description for blind and visually impaired pa-trons. Please call the Box Office in advance to reserve headsets.

Audio Enhancement:Syracuse Stage offers an infrared hearing system for patrons with up to 70% hearing loss. Headsets can be reserved free of charge through the Box Office or at the Coat Room before curtain.

Wheelchair Seating and Accessibility:Syracuse Stage is wheelchair accessible. Please call the Box Office at 315-443-3275 to arrange wheelchair seating.

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Publications Director Joseph WhelanGraphic Designer Jonathan Hudakadvertising Katherine KeeneyProgram Cover art Brenna Merritt

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Winifred e. Greenbergann & Larry*HarrisBetsy Hartnett* Barbara & Brian* HowardMr. & Mrs. Claude* IncaudoTamara Jacobs & David

epsteinPeter Cannavo & Helen

JacobyMr. & Mrs. Dudley Johnsonrandy & elizabeth KalishBea Gonzalez* & Michael

LeonardMr. John F.X. Mannion* &

Mayor Stephanie a. Minernancy Green* & Tony

MarschallMargaret* & Don MartinSally Lou & Fran* nicholsKevin* & Michelle

o’ConnorJohn & Sheila ParkerWilliam & rosemary PoolerBob* & Kellie PomfreyDene a. Sarasonelaine & Michael* ShendeLeslie Kohman & Jeffrey

SmithDr. & Mrs. Sam SpaldingPatricia & Melvin* StithCindy Sutton & FamilySally & Bob Theiseileen & David ThompsonCherry & Peter ThunLinda & Jack* WebbGlenda & Larry WetzelLaurie & Michael* Zoanetti

Benefactors$1,000 - $1,499Marya & John Frantz

and Sutton real estate Company, LLC

Joyce HomanSusan Beth Burgess &

Michael S. nilanSandra Hurd & Joel Potashathenia rogersGeorge & rita Soufleris

Stars$500 - $999Dr. & Mrs. richard aubryMarion & Bob BarberoDaniel* & Sarah BermanLouise BirkheadPatti & Frank BorerCraig & Kathy ByrumDr. & Mrs. Paul S. Cohenann Clarke*

Frank n. DeckerDonald Blair & nancy DockLew & elaine DubroffClay & Dora elliottMichael & Jacki GoldbergBonnie & Gary GrossmanDeb & Sam Haines Theodore C. & antonia M.

HansenDonna Mahar & David

HeisigDella & Philip HoltzappleJohn & Gloria KennedyStephen & Janet KimatianGregg Lambert*Barbara Beckos & arthur

McDonaldJohn P. & elizabeth Y.

McKinnellJane MerrillJohn Macallister & Laurel

MoranzJustin Sawyers & Jeffrey T.

Morehead anne MorfordMark re & nancy Pasquale Jane Burkhead & robert

SarasonGracia & rick SearsWalter & nancy ShepardBrian & Kathy SischoCorinne & Lynn Smith James & Vicki Smithraymond & Linda Straubnancy Kramer & Doug

Sutherland Wanda Thompson*Tiso FamilyLeah WeinbergLorraine* Branham & Melvin

WilliamsLori ott & Jeffrey Woodward

Angels$250 - $499George & Sandra abbottMr. Timothy atseff & Ms.

Margaret G. ogdenanne BarashJoanne & Jim Beckman Diane & orville Bodenanthony & nancy BottarDick Bowman Susan & Thomas BrettMrs. William L. BroadMark & Maren BrownMarlene a. BrownMarion L. BurkeDr. & Mrs. r. J. CassadyDrs. alexander* & Margaret

In Memory of arlene alpaughallene ayling in honor of

Don aylingrose erma angotti in honor

of nancy DavenhauerMrs. Gwynne Bellos in honor

of Dr. neal S. BellosSherly Day-Bernthal in tribute

of Murray BernthalDr. Stuart Bretschneider

in tribute to Cindy Bretschneider

Carol Bryant in honor of Virginia Parker

Susan G. Dorn in memory of Phillip K. Dorn

June M. estes in honor of Gerald L. estes

Mrs. Blanche & Ms. Carol everingham, in honor of WWII, Purple Heart Veteran, robert I. everingham

Barbara Genton in honor of Donna Perricone

Peggy Ginniff in honor of my parents Harold & Mildred Ginniff

Jacki & Michael Goldberg - in tribute of natalie Goldberg Syracuse MT Student

Tom & Christine Hafner in tribute of Peter Hafner

Patti & Bill Haggerty in mem-ory of Marilyn Parratt

Kip & Terri Hargrave in honor of Gus Hargrave & rick Menke

Kathlyn Heaton in honor of Sharon Waletzko

Drs. Timothy & Lisa Izant in honor of the Izant Brothers

Linda & Bob Jackson in honor of Kevin Crewell

Doris King in memory of austin Hoffman II

richard & Joan Kollgaard in honor of Don Buschmann & Tracey White

robert & ellen LaBerge in tribute of Daniela Varon

Lorraine LaDuke in honor of Mrs. Cecile LaDuke

Janet W. Lowe in honor of Bob Moss

Mary S. Mahoney in honor of John Francis Mahoney

In Tributeontributions have been made to Syra-

cuse Stage to honor someone, celebrate a special occasion or offer an expression of sympathy in memory of a loved one.

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Chartersann & Steve ChasePat Colabufo*Goodwin CookeThomas & Deborah CoyleMr. W. Carroll CoyneMr. & Mrs. anthony

DannibleSandra Marie DiBiancoalan B. DolmatchJonathan & rosanne eckerMarsha & Benjamin J.

FerraraMaryann FinnMichael & Grace Fluscheanita & allen FrankDavid & Sylvia Fryallan & nirelle GalsonPenny & ernie GiraudDavid Jacobs & Douglas

GoldschmidtMarie & Joseph e. GrassoJean Jeffery GreeneJerry & Beth Groffellen & Dave HardyDr. & Mrs. Donald M.

Haswellnancy & Bud HaylorDrs. Joe & Paula

HimmelsbachMr. & Mrs. alexander

Holsteinanne Barash & eric

Holzwarthrandall LaLonde & Patricia

HomerCarrie Mae Weems &

Jeffrey* HooneDr. Peter & Mary

Huntingtonnorma KelleyPenelope J.M. & Stephen

M. KleinMary rose KottLinda & Dan Lowengard Candace & John Marsellusalbert MarshallPhilip & Kim Mazzaamy & Myles McHale, Jr.Sam & Margaret

McnaughtonBernard P. & Leslie a.

Molldremalejandro amezcua & David

MurrayBetty Jane & Larry MyersMaria Maniscalco & James

nellisMike & Maggie o’ConnorPhyllis & Chuck olmsted

Janice & David Panascirobert & Teresa Parkerobert & Jane PickettMarilyn PinskyKathy & Dan rabuzzirissa & Michael ratnerJames* & Theresa reedarnie & Libby rubensteinellen & Lome rungeLois & Ted SchroederMarilyn & Mike SeesJames W. Shultsrhoda SikesLaurence SovikSharon Springer, MDHelene & George StarrDr. J. Martin & Jackie Talcikrobert & rosemarie TenneyCynthia G. Tracyelizabeth a. TumbridgePastor Phil M. Turner/

Bethany Baptist Church Sara & Jay WasonMarylou & Kurt WatsonLynda & Terry WheatJohn & Mitzi WolfMary Jane WoodwardKathy, Tony, Victoria &

Lucas Zappala

Supporting Cast$100 - $249Dr. & Mrs. Jerrold abrahamJudy & Bud adamsBev & George adamsSally aldenHoward & Sara alexanderDavid & amy allynKal alstonKristi andersenrobert & Jeanne andersonalice & Bob andrewsnathan andrewsJames & nancy asherHolmes & Sarah BaileyGeorge S. Bained & Joan Bangelnancy BarnumGerhard & Carole Bauleandrew & Margot BaxterMs. Gwynne BellosMr. & Mrs. ronald BergerDr. & Mrs. William BerkeryWanda Warren BerryCynthia a. BlumeGary & Fran BockusKatherine & Jack BoyceMary BradyBernard B. & ona Cohn

Bregman

John Huppertz & Diane Mastin in honor of Fran & Sally Lou nichols

Carl Peterson & Margaret Maurer in memory of Jacquline Coley

richard Midlam in tribute of Barbara Midlam

Lois Moran in honor of Joan & raymond Lee

Janice nelson in honor of Bea & Irving Solomon

Pamela K. reisman Monaco in tribute of Dorothy & Marshall reisman

Mark Cywilko & Marianne Moosbrugger in honor of Isabell a. Cywilko

In honor of Kathryn MulliganLiz nguyen in tribute of Jack

P. BleichJoy & al oliver in honor of

rebecca oliver & Hillary Gale

Joan & Lawrence Page – in tribute of the musicians of the orchestra who accom-pany some productions

Susan a. Parker in honor of Virginia B. Parker

Karleen Preske in tribute of Kathleen Wilkinson

anita rathbun in honor of Mildred rathbun

David relyea in tribute of Paula relyea

nancy remchuk – in honor of Tim Bond, for a job well done

Terry & Marilyn ryan in honor of Shirley Gersony

nancy Scheutziw in tribute of Syracuse Stage Staff/Volunteers

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob H. Schuhle in memory of William Whiting

Mansukh L. Shah in memory of Indira M. Shah

John W. Sivak, Jr. in memory of Phoebe P. Sivak

Vivan Summerville, June 7, 1968 Darcie Bowden

Judy & Jim Sweet in memory of Kara Sweet Gobron

Peter & Hanora Vander Sluis in memory of Hildegarde B. Vander Sluis

ron Theel in memory of Karen Theel

Gary Walters in memory of Patti Grycka

Carol Bryant & richard Ward in honor of Virginia & Fritz Parker

Terry & Lynda Wheat in memory of Kathy Goldfarb-Findling

octavia Wilcox in honor of ethel May Pierce

Janet & Larry Wolf in memo-ry of Frederick I. Wolf

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robert Moss & Michael Brennan

James & Joyce Bresnahanrachel May & Tom

BrockelmanG. Martin & Kathleen

BroganPhilip & Helen Buckrobert & Mary BurdickMary & Bill ButlerFrank & Kathy CampagnaFran & Larry Campbellronald M. CaponePeter CarneyTom & Maryann Carrantirobert e. & Dorothy C.

ChambersSteve & Mary ChapinJoseph L. & Janice L. CharlesJoan CincottaMalcolm Clarkr. Peter & Janet H. ClarkeCarolyn & Sam ClemenceJames a. ClintonMr. & Mrs. Craig CobbGregory CohenMartha ColeMilt & Miggs ColemanJames a Traver & Marguerite

ConanBob & Sue CongelMr. & Mrs. robert D.

Conineroger & Judy CorwinMr. & Mrs. richard CoteMr. & Mrs. Douglas L.

CottonMike & Larae Cottrellorazio & Genevieve Covellielizabeth CowanTracy CrompGeorge W. CurryPeter & Margaret DarbyJohn S. & Catherine J.

DaviesClive & Sandra Davisarthur & Juleen DelaneyPaula a. DendisMr. & Mrs. robert H.

DerrenbackerDavid C. DickinsonDelores r. Dixonelizabeth & evan DreyfussDavid & robin DruckerWalter & Linda DudasLynn Cleary & David

Duggannancy & Tony ebersoleDr. nabila a. elbadwi/

radiotherapy associates of

Upstate nYBetsy & Bill elkinsSusan a. estabrookCissie FairchildsLori & Christopher FarrellTom & Jane FergusonJames & Barbara FinlonJoseph & Lillian FischerDan & Colleen FisherKaren & William FisherKatherine Flackrobert & Terry Flower Theresa FlynLen FontePhilip & Marilyn FrankelDrs. Tess & Jeff Freedmanellie & Cyril FreemanMr. & Mrs. Kenneth FreerMartin & Daisy FriedMelanie & Mark Fullertonedgar & eva GalsonDavid & Bernice GaynorMargaret GelfusoBarbara W. GentonDr. & Mrs. Henry George IIIMr. & Mrs. John GersonMichele GildemeyerFrank & anne GirardiPeggy GinniffJames GodleskiSheila Goldierobert & Karen GoldmanGretchen & Jeff Goldsteinannette GoodmanLinda Fabian & Dennis

GoodrichLawrence & Dorothy

GordonDrs. Michael & Wendy

GordonDavid GrahamStephen & Julia Grazianoroger & Vicki GreenbergJames M. Hahnelaine & Gregory HallettMr. & Mrs. Daniel HalseyStewart & ruth HancockKevin & Denise HanlonCarole & Mark HansenMilena HansenBill & Kathy HarmandDavid & Lib HayesLionel Lee Hectoralan & Dorothy HellerLee & nancy HerringtonMary HershbergerCelaine & Victor

HershdorferJudy & John HoepnerMarcia Hayden-Horan &

Philip HoranPatricia & John HottensteinMr. & Mrs. richard HoveyGuy & Patricia HowardKaren Heitzman & James

HoweDr. anne HuntJim & Sherri HylaPam HylandJohn & Linda IsaacJanet & John Isabelleelaine & Steven JacobsMr. & Mrs. JastrzabDaniel & rhea JezerSisters Janet & JoanJames aiello & Pam JohnsonDr. & Mrs. Howard C.

JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Stephen L.

JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Thomas

JohnstonMichael & Lynette JozefczykMarjorie T. & Joseph V.

JulianJan & James Kaplan Phil & Judy Kaplanrobin & Mark KasowitzJohn & Jane KeeganDavid & noel KeithScott & Cheryle KelleyJean KimberBarbara & richard Kimmrussell & Joan KingSally & Dick Kinseyrichard & Joan KollgaardBarbara Sutton & Liz

KolodneyDr. Sylvia Betcher & Martin

KornDonald & Margo KotenKathy & Scott KrellMargaret KufelStephen & Cheryl

LadenheimHume & Peggy LaidmanJay & Linda LandPhyllis & Harlan LaVineLinda & Jim LeMessurierMark & Jeannette LevinsohnBonnie Levyelizabeth D. Liddyedward & Carol LipsonBrian & Susan LisonK.B. LloydPaul Brown & Susan

LoevenguthHarlan London, Ph.D.Betsy LongJohn & Marian Loosmann

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nick & Cathy Lozoponieugene & Christine LoznerThomas LuckTom Miller & Mary

MacBlanePatricia & James MacKillopJohn & Janet MallanJ.r. ManierJon M. MaloffLouis & nancy MarescaMary K. MassadFred & Virginia Martyelizabeth G. MasciaGrace & richard MasonJohn & Gloria Mandlyrick Manierann M. Marshallnancy & Tony MarshallFrederick & Virginia MartyMary K. MassadMr. & Mrs. Peter MazzaferroDrs. Toni & Bob McCormickDon & rena McCrimmonMichael McGrathPat McGrathBrian & Cheryl McIntyreBev & Dave McKayMarilyn McKnightDiane Cass & Tim

McLaughlinDr. & Mrs. James L. MegnaMary & eckart MeisterfeldClifford & Marjorie Mellorann r. MelvinSis MerrellDavid Michelo & Peggy

ruzzieMr. & Mrs. Charles MillerDan &Terry MillerMerrill L. Miller, M.D.David & Beth MitchellGail & Peter MitchellJune M. Mitchell James Mitscherrobert & Barbara MooreJohn Palmer & Liz

MorgentheinJanet S. Munrorichard & Barbara natoliDorothea & Douglas nelsonStephen W. nevinsJohn & Joan nicholsonDouglas & Gail nielsenDennis & Doren norfleetneil novellirobert & Beth oddyHoward McLaughlin & Mary

o’Hara Sally o’HerinDonna & richard o’neil

Timothy & JoDean orcuttCathy L. PalmConnie & Peter PalumbFrancis McMillan ParksDavid & Cynda PenfieldMr. & Mrs. ralph PennerKenn & annette* PetersDavid & Susan PickardMary & Barry Pickardrichard & neva PilgrimDavid & Linda PitonzoJoe & Karen PorcelloHoward & ann PortTom & Camille PotterDavid & Linda rezakMr. & Mrs. David a. a.

ridingsBrian & Chris riegeravard & Patricia rogersHoward J. rosenancy Machles rothschildelaine rubensteinMaria & richard a. russellLinda & Bob ryanDon & Florence Salehrichard & Jill SargentKelly & Tony ScalzoM. Gelfuso & P. ScheibeKeith SchroederJanice ScullyJeffrey & abby Scheernancy Mudrick& eric SchiffGeorge & Sharon SchmitHerbert & Hillery

SchneidermanMargaret Schuhleellen Schwartzruth SeamanConstance SemelDrs. Peter Cronright & Judy

Setlarick & Betsy Severancerob & Cheryl ShallishMark Watkins & Brenda

SilvermanDr. & Mrs. robert SlavensDr. & Mrs. L. ryan Smart Craig & Martha SmithDebbie & David SmithJudith B. Smithrobert & Sheila SmithHarold & ruth SmulyanCarol & Dirk SonnebornMarcene Sonnebornrosemary Baker & Stu

SpiegelHelen e. Stacyanne StagnittiDr. & Mrs. Dennis J.

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AT&TAllied-Signal, Inc.American express CompanyAvon Products, Inc.AXA equitableBank of AmericaBorden, Inc.CIGNA CorporationCNA FoundationChemical BankChubb Group of Insurance CompaniesCiticorp & Citibank, N.A.Coopers Industries FoundationCrouse Hinds Co. – Cooper IndustriesDeluxe CorporationDigital equipment Corporationemerson electric Co.equitable Life Assurance SocietyFarmer & Traders Life Ins. Co.Fireman’s Fund InsuranceGe FoundationGeneral Foods CorporationGlaxoSmithKlineJohn Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceThe Home Depot FoundationHoneywellIBM CorporationJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co.Johnson & JohnsonKemper National P&C Co.Key FoundationLever Brothers CompanyMarine Midland Bank, N.A.McDonald’s CorporationMerrill LynchMobil Oil CorporationThe MONY GroupMutual Life Insurance Co.NCR CorporationNational GrangeNew York TelephoneNiagara Mohawk FoundationOwens-Illinois, Inc.Pitney BowesThe Prudential FoundationCharles SchwabRadio ShackRockwell Automation TrustSmithKline Beecham LabsThe St. Paul’s CompaniesThe Travelers Companiesunited Parcel Serviceunited Technologies Corp.VerizonWelch AllynXerox Corporation

MatchingGift Program

he following companies will match gifts of

their employees, retirees and spouses with a gift of their own to Syra-cuse Stage. Ask your personnel office for a matching gift form, send the completed form with your gift – and we’ll do the rest!

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Deborah & Jim Stewartnona StewartJill & ron Strattonnan StricklandThomas TalbotJoan & Gene TarolliLaura M. TerpeningDr. & Mrs. James a. TerzianJim & Terry TooleDr. richard & Mavis

TornatoreJean & John TromansTom & Mollie TuckerMarc & Susan ViggianoDina & Gershon VincowMeghan & T.J. VitaleFred & Patricia von MechowFrank & alice VreelandBarbara Vuralanita S. & robert L. WagnerKashi & Kameshawar WaliDr. & Mrs. Donald

WashburnWilbur & Linda Webb –

audio DescriptionSally WebsterMiriam WeinerSteven Shahan & elizabeth

Weinsteinruth S. WeinstockMargaret Harding & Joseph

Whelanevelyn D. WhiteStacey Whiteelizabeth r. WigginsPauline & robert Williamsonalex & Lola WinterTina WinterIvan & Bonnie WolfTom & Carol WolffKelly WypychCynthia a. ZacharekJudy & Steve Zdep, DDS

Friends$75 - $99al & Jane arrasJohn & Mary ann BaichiGail & Dennis BaldwinTheresa & Dennis BardenettJon & Trish BoothDr. & Mrs. Denis F. Branson Bob & Kathy BrownDr. & Mrs. Deane CadySharon F. CampanelliTimothy McLaughlin &

Diane CassTim CassidyGary & Shannon CominsPaula derBoghosianMary ellen DrabotJames & Marlene DunfordMolly FitzpatrickCliff & Jane ForstadtJudith Foxn. Gordon GrayWilliam J. GrayJane GuilesHolly S. Hartrobert & Denise Heaterelizabeth B. HumphreysJanet Jaffenancy Freeborough-KaczmarKankus Familyalexander & Joan KeilenJohn & Susan KlineMr. & Mrs. Sheldon Kruthrobert & Lauren LalleyLois M. easterday & Susan J.

Lamannaeileen & James Lantier Joanne LloydPatricia & Donald

MacLaughlinThomas a Brisk & Gerald

M. MagerDoug & randi Matousek

ryan & alyson McDermottnancy & John Merrillrobt & Maureen MinichVerner & Jane Mizerobert MooreDavid & Janet MuirDr. & Mrs. Charles MuniakDeirdre neilenBrenda neussellen o’ConnorKaren orranita PisanoBrian Silfer & amy romanoBarbara rothschildDr. & Mrs. Bernard

SchneiderJohn SteinburgDr. Lawrence StewartLennie & elizabeth TurnerMarc & Marcy WaldauerJoann WallaceMrs. Barbara WanamakerLarry Volan & Sara WarnerDianne D. Webbanna Giacobbe & Peter

Welge

e endeavor to provide a com-

plete listing of all donors in all individual giving categories. However, if your gift is not listed or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact the Develop-ment Office at (315) 443-9848.

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Producing artistic Director..........................................................................................Timothy BondManaging Director..................................................................................................Jeffrey Woodwardresident Dramaturg.............................................................................................................Kyle Bassartistic assistant...............................................................................................................Chris BotekDirector of educational outreach...........................................................................Lauren Unbekant education outreach Manager.................................................................................Kate M. Laissle education assistant.........................................................................................................Len Fonte

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Director of Production operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann assistant Production Manager..................................................................................Dianna angell Company Manager/Production Management assistant...............................................Brian Crotty Production Management Intern...........................................................................Bridget andersonTechnical Director.......................................................................................................randall Steffen assistant Technical Director...................................................................................rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman..................................................................................................Michael King Master Carpenter..............................................................................................elizabeth nosewicz Carpenters...........................................................................................Mike Kuhla, Simone Scalici Graduate assistant............................................................................................Christopher Zacher Student work study................................................................................................Mylene QuijanoScenic Charge artist................................................................................................Holly K. LaGrow assistant Scenic artist..............................................................................Kristen Prescott-ezickson Graduate assistants...............................................................Loren Bartnicke, Carlie Miller SherryProperties Coordinator................................................................................................Mary Houston Props Carpenter.....................................................................................................Tammy Goetsch Props artisan.................................................................................................................Lisa Letson Graduate assistants.............................................................................James Gallagher, Lucia Sanz Student work study.....................................................................................................ashley KykerCostumer.....................................................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty assistant Costumer..................................................................................................Meggan Camp Cutter-Drapers...........................................................................Catherine Hennessy, Jennifer Peet First Hand...............................................................................................................Victoria Lillich Stitchers...................................................................................amanda Moore, Cynthia Papworth Craftsperson/Shopper................................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor.......................................................................................Sarah Stark Hair Stylist.............................................................................................................Kristina Scalone Student work study.................................Kathryn Bailey, Kiersten Kozbial-Wu, Charity Van TasselMaster electrician.................................................................................................David M. Bowman electrician...............................................................................................................Miles Dudgeon electrics apprentice......................................................................................................ann archer Student assistants....................................................Gregory Folsom, ryan Gibson, anna LiDestriresident Sound Designer/audio engineer............................................................Jonathan r. Herter assistant audio engineer......................................................................................Kevin o’Connor Sound apprentice........................................................................................................Jade Taggert Graduate assistant......................................................................................................Stefan Zoller

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Production Stage Manager........................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager....................................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Stage Management Journeyman..................................................................................erin C Brett Stage Management apprentice...............................................................................Marisa andrews

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administrative Director...................................................................................................Diana ColesDirector of Marketing and Communications...............................................................Patrick Finlon Publications Director/assistant Marketing Director................................................Joseph Whelan Public relations Manager....................................................................................Kristina Starowitz Group/Corporate Sales Manager................................................................................Tracey White Group Sales assistants...........................................................................amanda Kurey, Julia Slater Graphic Designers.......................................................................Jonathan Hudak, Brenna Merritt Production Photographer.........................................................................................Michael DavisDirector of Development............................................................................................Barbara Beckos assistant Director of Development......................................................................Katherine Keeney Development assistant.........................................................................................Meggan Madden Development Intern...............................................................................................Shantel BobbittComptroller...................................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Human resources administrator/assistant Business Manager..................................Kathy Zappala Student assistant...............................................................................................emily BuonsignoreDirector of Information Management & Technology................................................Garrett Wheeler Student assistants.....................................................................................................David amadoDirector of Ticketing & Subscription Services...............................................................Sandra Boyer assistant Director of Ticketing & Subscription Services.............................................Ben Murphy assistant Box office Managers...................................Lisa Doerle, Stasya erickson, Miguel Tarrats angel appeal Telefunding Manager..........................................................................Kathy Zappala Patron Sales and Services.......................Brian Balamut, Jasmin Fink, Dennis Lennox, Terri Wicks Box office assistants..........................................Kenia Cevallos, Madeline Corliss, Tatiana Fenner

Daniella Franco, amy Gleitsman, Jessica MooreBenjamin odom, Jesse roth, Maggie Siciliano, Danielle Spinello

Interpreters for the Deaf.....................Brenda Brown, angelo Coppola, Mikki evans Sue FreemanJoanne Jackowski, Sarah Korcz, Zenna Preli, Shaun Standford

Director of audience Services................................................................................Wayne Yaddow, Jr. S.U. Main Stage House Manager..........................................................................Tammy Goetsch Student assistant House Managers..............Katie Ball, Hannah Daly, Betty etheredge, Jesse roth Bartender.......................................................................................................................Meg PuseyCommunity Services officer......................................................................................Stacey emmonsCustodians........................................................................Kitty ashby, Delores Bachus, Tony rogers

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SyracuSe Stage820 east Genesee StreetSyracuse, nY 13210-1508administration: 315/443-4008Box office: 315/443-3275www.SyracuseStage.org

Single ticket PriceSopening night: $54, $50, $30evenings: Fri., Sat.: $51, $48, $30Sun., Tues., Wed., Thurs.: $40, $37, $30Matinees: Wed., Sat., Sun.: $47, $43, $30Previews: $35, $32, $30all tickets can be purchased at the Syracuse Stage Box office or online anytime at www.SyracuseStage.org. Prices may vary for opening nights and for Hairspray.

DiScountSavailable for senior citizens and students. Call the Box office for prices.

grouP DiScountS availableavailable for groups of 10 or more; additional discounts for student/senior citizen groups. Call Tracey White: 315/443-9844.

ruSh ticketSrush tickets are available for purchase at a discounted rate on the day of the show for all performances by cash or check. Limited availability.

box office hourSThe Box office is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. noon to 6 p.m., and two hours before each performance. Box office phone: 315/443-3275. Box office fax: 315/443-1408.

gift certificateSCall the Box office or visit us online at www.SyracuseStage.org.

Parkingentrance to the enclosed parking garage on Irving avenue is on the corner of Madison Street and Irving, next to the Madison-Irving Medical Building. For hours of operation and parking costs, call (315) 475-4742. There is an open parking lot between Phoebe’s Garden Cafe and the garage maintained by Syracuse University.

beePerS anD cell PhoneSFor the actors’ safety and in consideration of the audience please turn off all cell phones; check your beeper and leave your seat number with an usher at the Coat room prior to the performance. They will monitor your beeper and notify you if there is an emergency.

fire noticeThe exit indicated by a red sign nearest the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of an emergency, walk to that exit and follow the house staff ’s directions.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in this building or any public building in accordance with Syracuse University and new York State policy. We ask that our patrons who smoke do so outside of our theatre.

Quiet chilDrenQuiet children over the age of five are welcome at Syracuse Stage performances. We do ask that adults remove disrup-tive children to the lobby.

ticket exchangeall tickets may be exchanged. Please call the Box office 24 hours prior to the earliest performance involved in the exchange. Single ticket exchanges carry a $5 fee per ticket. 6Pack holders may make one free exchange per show. Subscribers may make unlimited free exchanges; upgrade charges may apply. Subscribers who missed a scheduled perfor-mance and did not exchange may use their extra Value Ticket or purchase a missed performance pass for $5.

latecomerSIn order to ensure the safety and concentration of the actors and the uninterrupted enjoyment of our patrons, latecomers will be seated at the earliest, appropriate break in the performance in the closest available seats.

buy it if you like it!Many of the items featured in our productions are available for purchase. For information contact Mary Houston, Props Master: (315) 443-2437.

to volunteer aS an uSherIf you would like to get a backstage view of Syracuse Stage, or would like to expand your social circle, this is the ideal opportunity for you. all we ask for is a positive attitude, a smil-ing face and the willingness to commit a few hours a month. Please call our House Manager at (315) 443-3219 for more information.

oPen caPtioningWe are pleased to offer two open captioned performances for each mainstage play. open captioning provides a simultaneous display of the play’s dialogue on a screen next to the stage.

auDio-DeScribeD PerformanceSSimultaneous live narration and pre-show description for blind and visually impaired patrons. Please contact Box office in advance to reserve headsets.

auDio enhancementWe offer an infrared listening system for patrons with up to a 70% hearing loss. Headsets can be reserved free of charge through the Box office or at the Coat room before curtain.

SigneD interPreteD PerformanceSTuesday evenings, the third or fourth week of each production, we offer performances for the hearing impaired.

Wheelchair accommoDationSSyracuse Stage is wheelchair accessible. Please call the Box office to arrange wheelchair seating.

emergency telePhone contactTo be reached in an emergency, please leave your name and seat location at the Coat room when you arrive. This is the only way we can locate you. In case of an emergency you may be reached at (315) 443-9922.

WWW.SyracuSeStage.orgSubscribe, purchase 6Packs and single tickets 24-7. Information, schedules, reviews and more.

PleaSe . . .The use of cameras and recording devices is not permitted. Please do not bring drinks and/or food into the theatre.

aDvertiSer SuPPortSyracuse Stage encourages audience members to support the businesses advertised in our program.

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tickets and season packages availaBle315.443.3275 | http://vpa.syr.edu/drama

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To find out more about the Stage Guild email:

SyracuseStageGuild@yahoo.com

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