2014/15 season: the complete history of comedy (abridged)

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2014 - 15 SEASON | NOV 28 - DEC 21Jasson Minadakis | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Barker | MANAGING DIRECTOR

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Because of you, we are able to produce intelligent, adventurous plays on our main stage that are second to none. With your support, we have become a respected leader in commissioning and developing the works of living American playwrights to help create

the classics of tomorrow. For example, in 2013, Marin Theatre Company produced the world premiere of I and You by Lauren Gunderson. Six months later, that play went on to win the prestigious Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for best new play premiered outside of New York and is on track to be the most produced play in America this year. You helped make that happen.

Some of the most important work we do is in our community. Because of you, we are able to inspire and engage more than 8,500 children each year through our robust arts education programs. We are proud to send teaching artists into Marin’s public schools to work with underserved students and to offer subsidized tickets for those who couldn’t otherwise afford to attend live theater. We’ve expanded our children’s productions to bring quality theater to the families of Marin, reaching audiences as young as three years of age. Because of you, we can offer acting classes and drama workshops to budding amateurs, both adults and kids alike.

During this season of giving, we are asking you to help us do more.

Ticket sales and other earned revenue only cover 41% of our annual expenses. The rest comes from individual contributions of people like you who understand how much Marin Theatre Company already does and how much more we can do with your generous support.

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On Monday, November 10 at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater in San Francisco, Marin Theatre Company won the inaugural Theatre Bay Area Award for Outstanding Production of a Play in recognition of our April/May 2014 production of August Wilson’s Fences. This is the second year in a row that we have claimed the top Bay Area theater prize. Last year, MTC’s March/April 2013 production of Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man won the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards in Outstanding Achievement for Entire Production, as well as Ensemble.

7pm start time for The ConvertDue to the three-hour run time of Danai Gurira’s The Convert, which runs February 19 – March 15, 2015, we have changed the start time of all evening performances to 7:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please contact our Box Office at 415.388.5208, between 12:00 noon and 5:00pm, seven days a week.

NEW! Children’s musical theater programMTC is proud to partner with Mill Valley Recreation to produce Annie Jr. on March 27-29 at the Mill Valley Golf Clubhouse. Children ages 6-14 years old are eligible to join either the cast or technical team. The enrollment deadline for this performance camp-like experience is December 16. Auditions follow on December 16 and 18, with rehearsals beginning on January 13. To learn

more or enroll your child, call 415.322.6026 or visit marintheatre.org.

New play prize winnersArtistic director Jasson Minadakis, managing director Michael Barker and director of new play development Margot Melcon recently announced the winners of our two new American play prizes, a program now in its seventh year. Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau won the 2014 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize and Martyna Majok won the 2014 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize for her play Ironbound. The winners were selected from over 900 eligible submissions.

Adrian Roberts and Carl Lumbly in August Wilson’s Fences at MTC.

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In the last three years, Marin Theatre Company’s education programs have seen a tremendous amount of growth, increasing participation by 50% to more than 8,500 students. The Education Department has met and surpassed its two goals. The first was to create opportunities for age groups whom we hadn’t reached before with our programs, like middle schoolers and adults, so that anyone of any age could participate in theater. The second goal was to make a long-term commitment to bring theater into schools in the underserved communities of Marin County.

New partnerships with public schoolsThe Creative Learning Residency Program is a comprehensive drama integration program that uses theater to support the academic and social development goals of each of our partner schools. We have commissioned an innovative curriculum that intertwines drama with the Common Core Standards in Reading Comprehension and Public Speaking. Schools enrolled in the Residency Program also receive subsidized tickets to a Student Matinee at MTC or an onsite performance of our School Tour. We believe it is vital to expose students from a

Reaching more hearts and mindsOur education programs have grown by leaps and bounds.

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Jason Gorelick rehearses with Once on This Island cast members during this past summer’s Professional Actor’s Training Program.


young age to professional theater, while giving them the tools for analysis and creative processing to further investigate artistic experiences.

In three years, we have gone from serving 200 students in 2012—at Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy in Marin City and three continuation high schools—to serving approximately 1,800 students in 2014—adding Women Helping All People Inc. and Willow Creek Academy in Sausalito, and Next Generation Scholars, Davidson Middle School and Bahia Vista Elementary School in San Rafael.

Expanded programs for youth & adultsSince 2012, we have expanded our traditional class offerings. These continue to be after school, targeted to elementary school students, and offered through parks and recreation departments and school enrichment programs. Now called Creative Drama, we’ve grown from six locations to sixteen, offering a year-long trajectory that culminates with our Summer Performance Camp.

In 2013, we piloted a program for middle school students, because there was a dearth of theater training programs for that age group. Modeled after the format of a dance studio, Youth Conservatory has three skill levels, each focusing on a different style

of training. Students pick a class time in their level that works with their schedule and make a one-year commitment to the program. This year we have 24 students enrolled, 16 of who are also in our Youth Company, which performs at community events throughout the year.

In response to demand, we created our first Adult Classes, to much success last season. We have since expanded our programming to include performance classes and Shakespeare.

Theater for young audiencesMarin Theatre Company has long aspired to provide a full-season of theater programming suitable for families. Through the advantageous partnership with Bay Area Children’s Theatre, we have been able to bring quality professional children’s theater to Marin County since the spring of 2013. We are now in our second season of providing a five-show Theatre Series for Young Audiences to youth and families in Marin County.

I am very proud of the growth we have seen over the last two years and look forward to what is possible in the future as each program matures and deepens its service to our community.

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Written and directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor

Costumes Skipper Skeoch

Props Alli Bostedt, Tim Holtslag, Michael Rossk

Puppets Barbara McFadden (Supremes), Alli Bostedt (Richard)

Slides Barry Martin, Annie Ruygt, Jenn Ruygt

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Timeline Reed Martin, Phil Rundle, Austin Tichenor

Stage manager Sean McStravick*

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Dominic Conti*, Reed Martin* and Austin Tichenor*

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This production of

The Complete History of Comedy (abridged)is generously underwritten by the following:


MTC PARTNERS

Anonymous | The Bellebyron Foundation | Terry Berkemeier & Lori Lerner

Estate of Jack Bissinger | N.J. “Sky” Cooper

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Gage Schubert | The Shubert Foundation

Christopher B. & Jeannie Meg Smith

SEASON PARTNERS

Marin Community Foundation | Beth & James Wintersteen

VIP PRODUCERS

Mrs. Gale K. Gottlieb | The Haughton Family Charitable Fund

Carol & Duff Kurland | Shirley Loubé | Melanie & Peter Maier

Venturous Theater Fund at the Tides Foundation

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

Linden & Carl Berry | Gerald Cahill & Kathleen King | Bobbie & Dave Chapman

John & Shelley Chesley | Clay Foundation - West | Molly & Brett Dick

Dyett / Richardson Family Fund | Brian & Tracy Haughton

Susan & Russ Holdstein | The Kimball Foundation | National New Play Network

Bernard Osher Foundation | Peter J. Owens Fund | Kiki Pescatello

Ivan & Lochiel Poutiatine | Stacy Scott Catering | Vickie Soulier

Fred & Kathleen Taylor | Dr. Hugh Vincent & Joan Watson

Th e C OM PLeTe hISTORY OF COMeDY (ABRIDGeD) PRODUCER

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Cast of Charactersin order of appearance

Austin � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Austin Tichenor*

Dom � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Dominic Conti*

reed � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Reed Martin*

For their contributions to the development of the script, the authors wish to thank:

Dominic Conti; Alli Bostedt; Elaine Randolph; Dustin Sullivan; Jennifer King; Michael Ross

and Napa Valley Playhouse; Blake Robison, Michael Haney and Buzz Ward at Cincinnati

Playhouse in the Park; Charles Towers at Merrimack Repertory Theatre; Alan Ernstein;

David Carlyon; Dee Ryan; Damian Cruden; Daisy Tichenor; Bernard Levin; Quincy Tichenor;

Campbell and Cian Martin; Jane Martin; Gary Rudoren; Russ Lees; Peter Marks; Sonoma

Valley High School Drama Department; Roger Rhoten of Sebastiani Theatre; Anthony

Clarvoe; Vanessa Lee; and Dodds Delzell, Dan Saski, Jennifer Ruygt, Travis Brown and Chad

Yarish. No sheep were harmed in the making of this stage play.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.


“BrevitY is the soul of wit.” This motto sums up the essence of reduced shakespeare Company, famous for condensing grand and serious subjects (including The Bible, American history, “Great Books” and, of course, shakespeare) into fast-paced, three-actor farces.

The “other rsC” – not to be confused with the royal shakespeare Company – was founded in 1981 by Daniel singer, Jess

winfield and Adam long, who performed a 25-minute version of Hamlet at the renaissance Pleasure faire in Novato. for several years, they continued to play renaissance fairs around California, adding Romeo and Juliet to their repertoire in 1983. in 1987, the first full-length rsC show The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) premiered at the edinburgh fringe festival, establishing

Seriously FunnyReduced Shakespeare Company takes us from the beginning of civilization to now, one joke at a time.

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Reduced Shakespeare Company’s Reed Martin, Dominic Conti and Austin Tichenor.


the company’s international reputation. since then, Austin tichenor and reed Martin – current rsC writers, performers and managing partners – have written eight more touring stage shows and made a variety of tv and radio appearances, including a six-episode BBC radio show and a PBs special.

The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) is rsC’s ninth and newest show. it was developed with a workshop production in Napa, and premiered at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in November 2013. This time, rsC tackles the one subject more central to their existence than shakespeare: humor itself. As tichenor and Martin discussed the process of creating The Complete History of Comedy (abridged), they considered the importance of humor in all of our lives.

The show’s framing device is a fictional ancient Chinese treatise on humor, The Art of Comedy, which the two writers conceived as a means to codify the major forms of comedy and give the script a logical sequence and structure. “[some]thing we figured out – and we’re not the first ones to call attention to it – is the very close relationship between comedy and violence,” remarked tichenor. “even that the language of comedy and violence is similar: you know, you go out there to ‘kill,’ you don’t want to ‘die’ onstage, you don’t want to ‘bomb’ onstage… everybody knows about The Art of War, written by Chinese general sun tzu; well we ‘discovered’ The Art of Comedy… This show needed a way to define what we were going to talk about, and the thirteen chapters of The Art of Comedy did that.”

Martin continued, “we write the sketches first, and sometimes we know what the framework is and sometimes we

don’t. so on this one, we started with lots of sketches that we liked, and then it’s retrofitting – ‘what’s the construct? how do we justify it?’”

while The Art of Comedy provides that framework, the real justification comes from their zany physical humor and from the delicate balance between total irreverence and a serious appreciation for the value of comedy. said Martin, with no outward irony, “People don’t take comedy seriously,” a statement that itself shows rsC’s dedication to the form and their ability to turn a phrase.

“The trick, for me,” tichenor said, “was to find a way to justify why this [topic] is

so important to me. And in a certain way, comedy is my religion and the theater is my temple, and that’s a glib response, but it’s kind of true. But also, that was a good starting point, because i figured out that i can exaggerate that aspect of something that i truly feel and turn it into something.”

Now rsC has made it their mission to spread the good word and, if comedy is their religion, we promise you’re about to experience church like you never have before.

– Gabriela Schneider Literary Intern

want to hear more? Go to marintheatre.org/productions/learn-more/the-complete-history-of-comedy/ for links to full episodes of rsC podcasts.

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Dominic Conti (performer) makes his MTC debut in The Complete History of Comedy (abridged). He helped develop tonight’s production in its world premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse, where he also performed The Complete History of America (abridged) and All the Great Books (abridged) with the RSC. He also performed and helped develop Completely Hollywood (abridged) at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and the Kennedy Center, and has performed America (abridged), Hollywood (abridged) and The Bible: The Complete

Word of God (abridged) at Chicago’s Royal George Theater and San Diego Rep, and The Complete World of Sports (abridged) all over. He’s appeared at regional theaters across the country including Plasticene (Original Theatre Award for Best Ensemble, Live Feed: 11/11/05), Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Second City, Goodman Theatre, The Noble Fool Theater, Next Theatre Company (Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Ensemble, Among the Thugs), A Red Orchid Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago; Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles; Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts; Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut; Beaver Creek Theatre Festival in Colorado; and Madison Repertory Theatre in Wisconsin. His film credits include the title role in Martian American (Best Actor, Glendale International Film Fest), A Zombie Possession, Nothing in Los Angeles, Fiona’s Fortune, Hinnon Valley, Shades of Hope, The Interview (Best Actor in a Short, Chicago Comedy Film Fest; also co-wrote/produced), Another Stupid Day, Zombie Holocaust and You!, April, The Real Truth Behind the Real True Story: Donnie Miller, I Am He and Gentlemen, Gentlemen. Conti also performed in The Roaring Twenties television pilot. He has also appeared in the webisodes Red Scare, Broken Dreams Boulevard, The Family Curse and The Best Friend (also Associate Producer and co-wrote three episodes).

Reed Martin (writer, performer, managing partner) has appeared at MTC in Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) and The Complete History of America (abridged). He co-created and performed in the original productions of The Bible, History of America, Western Civilization: The Complete Musical (abridged), All the Great Books (abridged), Completely Hollywood (abridged), The Complete World of Sports (abridged) and The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged). He also contributed

additional material to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). He has performed in London’s West End, at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, A.C.T. San Francisco, McCarter Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, the White House and Madison Square Garden, as well as in 11 foreign countries. He toured for two years as a clown/assistant ringmaster with Ringling Brothers/Barnum & Bailey Circus. Reed has written for the BBC, National Public Radio, TBS, Britain’s Channel Four, RTE Ireland, Public Radio International, Sky TV UK, The Washington Post and Vogue magazine. Reed’s work has been nominated for an Olivier Award in London, a Helen Hayes Award in Washington, DC, and a San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critic’s Circle Award. He lives in Northern California with his wife and two sons, all three of whom are much funnier than he is.

Austin Tichenor (writer, performer, managing partner) has appeared at MTC in Reduced Shakespeare Company’s The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) and The Complete History of America (abridged). He’s performed with the RSC around the world,

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off-Broadway, in London’s West End and in the PBS version of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). He has written stage adaptations of Frankenstein, a Kafka-for-kids adaptation of The Metamorphosis called Dancing on the Ceiling, and (with Reed Martin) the irreverent reference book Reduced Shakespeare: The Complete Guide for the Attention-Impaired (abridged), the comic e-book memoir How the Bible Changed Our Lives (Mostly for the Better) and the stage comedies History of America, The Bible (Helen Hayes Award

nomination for Best New Play), All The Great Books (abridged), Completely Hollywood (abridged), The Complete World of Sports (abridged) and The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged), all of which are published and/or translated into over a dozen languages. His television credits include recurring roles on Alias, 24, The Practice, Ally McBeal and Felicity, as well as Guys In Ties on ER, X-Files, West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Nip/Tuck and shows like them. Tichenor produces and hosts the weekly Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast, now in its eighth year, available on iTunes, Stitcher, and at reducedshakespeare.com. He is a fifth-generation San Franciscan born on the 54th anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake and the 185th anniversary of Paul Revere’s Ride, which makes him older than he looks but short for his weight. Follow him on Twitter @austintichenor.

Sean McStravick (stage manager) has previously stage managed MTC’s productions of The Whale, Fetch Clay, Make Man and Good People. In the Bay Area, he has stage managed for Shotgun Players, 42nd Street Moon and Willows Theatre Company, where he was the production stage manager from 2010 to 2012. Regionally, he has worked with North Coast Repertory Theatre, Blue Trunk Theatre Company, Back Seat Theatre and Actors Alliance of San Diego. Sean is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

Skipper Skeoch (costume design) has previously designed costumes for the original production of The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged). Most recently, she designed A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for Napa Valley Playhouse and Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Sweeney Todd, My Way and Comedy of Errors at Napa Valley College, where she serves on the faculty.

Joe Winkler (sound design) is the resident sound designer for Main Street Theatre in Sebastopol and 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa. His recent designs include The Complete World of Sports (abridged), The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged) and Stones in his Pockets, and he appeared as Willy Loman in the Napa Valley College production of Death of a Salesman.

Prior to joining RSC and sleeping with Reed, Jane Martin (Reduced Shakespeare Company general manager) was artistic director of the Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo, Ireland, and producer of the physical comedy troupe The Right Size in London, England. In her copious free time away from RSC business, Jane spends time raising three boys (if you count Reed) and teaching Theater at Sonoma Valley High School.

Daniel Singer (Reduced Shakespeare Company founder) has been a theatrical impresario from the moment he looked up “impresario” in the dictionary. Upon his return from studying “proper dramatic technique” in London, he became a director at the original

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Renaissance Pleasure Faire, where he founded the subversive Reduced Shakespeare Company. In 1989, Daniel hung up his doublet-and-hose to design theme park attractions at Walt Disney Imagineering, and became a freelance designer, writer and event producer in Los Angeles. His new hit comedy A Perfect Likeness chronicles Lewis Carroll’s (fictitious) attempt to get his literary hero Charles Dickens to pose for a photograph in 1866 Oxford. Coming soon to a theater near you!

Jasson Minadakis (artistic director) is in his ninth season as artistic director of MTC, where he has directed The Whale, Failure: A Love Story, the world premiere of Lasso of Truth, The Whipping Man (San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for best production and best acting ensemble), Waiting for Godot, Othello, the Moor of Venice, The Glass Menagerie, Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice, the world premiere of Seagull, Happy Now?, Equivocation (SFBATCC Award for best director), the world premiere of Sunlight, Lydia, The Seafarer, Frankie

and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Streetcar Named Desire, said Saïd, Love Song and The Subject Tonight is Love. As artistic director of Actor’s Express Theatre Company, he directed The Pillowman, Bug, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Echoes of Another Man, Killer Joe, Burn This, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Blue/Orange and Bel Canto. As producing artistic director of Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, he directed Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Chagrin Falls (2002 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for best production) and numerous others, including 19 productions of Shakespeare. Regional credits include The Whipping Man at Virginia Stage Company, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hamlet at Georgia Shakespeare, Copenhagen at Playhouse on the Square (2003 Ostrander Theatre Award for best dramatic production) and Bedroom Farce at Wayside Theatre.

Michael Barker (managing director) joined MTC in February 2013. He was previously the general manager of Laguna Playhouse in Southern California, the managing director for the Los Angeles classical theater ensemble The Antaeus Company, associate managing director at Yale Repertory Theatre and managing director of Yale Summer Cabaret. Prior to graduate school, Michael was associate director of marketing for Court Theatre in Chicago and also worked with Goodman Theatre, American Theater Company,

Sansculottes Theater Company and the Playground Theater. He holds an MFA in theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management. At Yale, he was the recipient of the Daniel and Helene Sheehan Scholarship for theater management. He serves on the Mill Valley Arts Commission and the board of the Yale School of Management Alumni Association.

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Kipp Delbyck

Asst. Secretary

Carl BerryDave ChapmanMolly DickMichael DyettBrian HaughtonSusan HoldsteinLori HorneCarol Kurland

Kiki PescatelloIvan PoutiatineStacy ScottChristopher B. SmithMartha SmolenBeverly TannerBeth Wintersteen

Jasson MinadakisArtistic Director

Michael BarkerManaging Director

A R T I S T I CMargot Melcon | Director of New Play Development & DramaturgRobby Lufty | NNPN Producer-In-Residence Edgar Gonzalez | Company ManagerThomas Bradshaw, Amelia Roper | Playwrights Under Commission

D e V e L O p M e n TNoralee Monestere McKersie | Development Dir.Alex Burnham | Development Associate

M A R k e T I n G & p u B L I C R e L AT I O n SPatty Gessner | Marketing DirectorSasha Hnatkovich | Communications Director Jeff Berlin | Graphic Designer

A D M I n I S T R AT I O nMira Greene | General ManagerSafi Manzoor | Business ManagerGordon Opfer | I.T. ManagerPerotti And Carrade | Auditors

e D u C AT I O nDaunielle Rasmussen | Director of Education and Community EngagementSantina Moran-Seaborne | Education Coordinator & Resident Teaching Artist Edgar Gonzalez | Resident Teaching Artist &

TYA Associate Producer

LeShawn Holcomb | Resident Teaching Artist

A R T S L e A D e R S h I p T R A I n I n G p R O G R A MLauren Luedtke, Gabriela Schneider, Jenna

Smoger, Allison Sokol, Isabel Swartz

F R O n T O F h O u S eBethany Byrd-Hill | Director of Ticketing

Margot Manburg | Group Sales & Box Office Mgr.

CourtneyToepel | House Manager

Jamie Arrambide, Isabel Swartz | Box Office Assoc.

Sissel Grove, Lauren Luedtke, Donna Platt,

Gabriela Schneider, Sue Urquhart | Café

p R O D u C T I O nDouglas Frazer | Production Manager

Joe Mizzi | Technical Director

Jeff Klein | Asst. Technical Director

Danny Osburn | Master Electrician

Ashley Rogers | Costume Shop Manager

Betsy Norton | Production Assistant

Liam Rudisill | Carpenter

Caitlin Steinmann | Head Electrician & Board Op

Charles Clear, Kyle Herbert, Minerva Ramirez,

Valerie Tun | Electricians

Krista Smith | House Lighting Associate

A D V I S O R Y B O A R D

Ellen ArensonMichael AxelrodLinden BerryJoseph BodovitzJerry CahillAnn CameronDavid CataniaBobbie Chapman

Peter T. EstyDouglas P. FergusonNancy GoldbergGerry GoldsholleBrian GolsonGail HarrisJerry HermanPeter Jacobi

Kimberly JessupDirk LangeveldShirley LoubéMelanie MaierPeter MaierAndrew PoutiatineRussell PrattChristopher Raker

Laura ScottDana ShapiroGary ShapiroTara J. SullivanHugh VincentJennifer Yang WeednPhil Woodward


INDIVIDUALS

pARTneR CIRCLe

MTC Partner$50,000 & aboveTerry Berkemeier & Lori LernerEstate of Jack Bissinger Jr.N.J. “Sky” CooperGage SchubertChristopher B. &

Jeannie Meg Smith

Season Partner$25,000 to $49,999Beth & James Wintersteen

pRODuCeR CIRCLe

VIP Producer$15,000 to $24,999Mrs. Gale K. GottliebCarol & Duff KurlandShirley LoubéMelanie & Peter Maier

Executive Producer$10,000 to $14,999Linden & Carl Berry

Gerald Cahill & Kathleen KingBobbie & Dave ChapmanJohn & Shelley ChesleyMolly & Brett DickDyett / Richardson Family FundBrian & Tracy HaughtonSusan & Russ HoldsteinPeter J. Owens FundKiki PescatelloIvan & Lochiel PoutiatineVickie SoulierFred & Kathleen TaylorDr. Hugh Vincent & Joan

Watson

Producer$5,000 to $9,999Janet BrownGerry Goldsholle & Myra

LevensonJim & Barbara KautzCharles & Barbara LavaroniHersh MarkusfeldTina McArthur & Richard

Rubenstein

Robin & Rick RiceBeverly Tanner & Jerry HermanToni K. Weingarten Fund

Associate Producer$3,000 to $4,999Kipp & Roy DelbyckDennis & Susan GilardiKenneth & Joan GoslinerLori & Mark HorneStacy Scott & Chuck CiaccioDana & Gary ShapiroRoger J. SipplMartha & Jonathan SmolenThe Estate of Nancy Thomson

Premiere Producer$1,000 to $2,999Dennis & Tracy AlbersJosh Brier & Grace AlexanderEllen & Ron ArensonBetty BlumlenJohn Boneparth & Gail HarrisCheryl & Rick BrandonKen & Jackie Broad Family

Fund

MARIN THEATRE COMPANy ACKNOWLEDGES THE GENEROuS SuPPORT of the following individuals, foundations and corporations whose contributions make our extraordinary theater productions and outreach programs possible. To join our family of contributors, or get information about gift opportunities, please contact MTC’s Development Department at 415.388.5200 x3306. The following gifts were received between october 15, 2013, and october 15, 2014.

D O N O R S

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Beverly ButlerMarcus & Sara ByruckDavid Catania & Diana Gay-

CataniaLynne CarmichaelBrian Chadbourne & Diane

MurakamiGeorge & Katherine CouchValerie & Paul Crane DorfmanSteven De Hart & Sheldon

DonigSteve & Bunny FayneGatian’s FundThe Gensler Family FoundationBrian & Alisa GolsonElisabeth & Howard JaffeBruce JohnsonBob Kaliski & Linda NelsonDiane & Larry MartinKevin & Paula McGrathKen & Vera MeislinIris & Henry MetzVivienne MillerLetitia & Milan MomirovMark & Mauree Perry in honor

of Carl & Linden BerryRobert & Donys PowellJane & Peter RichmondLeigh & Ivy RobinsonEric SchwartzMichael & Susan Schwartz

FundDiana & Richard ShoreKathleen SkeelsJoel & Susan SklarBeryl Jean SymmesBob & Valli Tandler

Will & Leslie ThompsonMeg Wallhagen & William

StrawbridgePeter B. Wiley

CReATIVe CIRCLe

Director | $500 to $999AnonymousKedar K. AdourRichard L. BarnesRichard Bergmann & Denise

FilakoskyJoseph E. Bodovitz & Margaret

KaufmanNick & Joan BoodrookasDr. Paula CampbellGraham & Theresa CampbellRichard & Veronica CharvatMark DarleyRuth DellStuart & Emily DvorinWilliam S. Farmer & Leida

SchoggenMargot Fraser FundDavi HarringtonGail HenricksonSandra HessRichard IdellDwight JohnsonTom & Harriet KosticTracy MacLeodDavid MadfesWilliam & Janet McAllisterScott MacLeod & Linda

Kislingbury Franklin & Mary MeredithMary & Steve Mizroch

Nancy MutnickJohn S. OsterweisRichard & Janet PearsonPeirce Family FundCynthia PillsburyStephanie & Jon PlexicoMichael & Hailey PoutiatineLarry & Diane RosenbergerPaul & Sylvia RoyeFred & Dolores RudowEllen & Donald SchellDr. Stephen Schoen

& Ms. Margot FraserSusan SeefeldEve & Ryan SimonTara J. Sullivan & Jim HoranMary & Herman WaetjenPatti & Tim Warner in honor

of Gale GottleibThomas & LeRose WeikertTappan WilderHarvey & Susan WittenbergNathan Wolfe & Lauren

GundersonJim & Travis WrightGlea G. Wylie

Designer | $250 to $499Anonymous (2)Drs. Paul & Geraldine AlpertTom & Lois AshleyBarbara & Larry BabowRobert & Irene BelknapDavid & Rosalind Bloom

Philanthropic FundAmanda BrownDonna BrownWendy Buchen

Board member Brian Haughton, actor Liz Sklar, Joel and Susan Sklar.

John & Deborah BuehlerC.J. & Donna CarrilloAlan & Caren CascioGary CecchiniSidney & Bernice Clyman

Family FoundationPaul & Valerie Crane DorfmanAnthony & Martha EasonSabrina EliasophKit EvertsLeland H. FaustDennis & Pam FiscoJay Framson & Joseph LaneAlison FullerSusan Moseley GeorgeVera GertlerLewis & Helene GibbsLaurel & Michael GothelfWilliam & Kathryn HarrisonSheryl HausmanKaren HaydockMary & Doug HerrWilliam & Susan HoehlerTara J. Sullivan & James

Horan JrRoger & Jean HumphreyAnne IrwinGlenn & Gabriella IsaacsonLeonard & Flora Lynn IsaacsonEllen K. JasperPeter & Bonnie JensenSheila-Merle JohnsonVirginia & Michael KahnDan & Lyra KellyJane KramerNeal KreitzerCourtney LearyWarren & Barbara LevinsonAlbert Martin & Diana Richmond

Chantelle Morrier MasdeaJohn McCauleySteve & Patricia McMahonPurple Lady - Barbara J. Meislin

FundRandy MichelsonJane MillerSusan B. MillerKathleen & Michael MontagueGloria MosesHarry Murphy & Deborah GlidenVirginia NewhallMichelle OconnellRichard & Janet PearsonRobert & Madeleine ProvostMatthew PurdonAmy RabeBarbara & Joel RenbaumPaula & Bob ReynoldsGrace RogersAlan & Enid RubinRichard & Sara SchaeferWilliam SchwarzerValerie S. SchwimmerRod & Sandy SeegerConnie ShapiroMichael & Marsha SilbersteinPatricia SilverEve SimonDon & Jane SlackRoger & Kay SmithTimothy StandingStephen & Elizabeth SutroCarol & Sanford SvetcovBeatrice TocherDavid & Sara TresanEve WeinsheimerKirke & Patti WrenchAlan & Monica Zimmerman

Actor | $150 to $249AnonymousJulia AlthoffJerome & Susan ApartonErnest & Marilyn AuSusan C. BeechPhilip BernsteinDaniel & Betsy BikleHoward & Susan BlairDavid & Rosalind Bloom

Philanthropic FundMelinda Booth & Robert LeaCatherine BradshawUte & Jack BrandonDaphne Bransten in honor of

Melanie Maier’s birthdayKaren CarmodyJames & Linda CleverJanet & Alan ColemanBob & Betty CoppleLinda DanielsPatricia & Authur DavidsonMJ DeeryAnne Kelny DenebeimRichard & Loree DraegerTom & Rebecca EdwardsJohn Eichhorst & Jennifer

BlackmanKerry Weiner & Andy ElkindSamuel & Shari EsterkynDavid Fain & Fran AndersonErdmuth FolkerLee & Lyn FollettRobert FossumDonna & Michael FranzblauCarin Garland & Paul GoldsmithKent & Rita GershengornJoan GordonTheresa & Richard Gordon

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Board member John Chesley, Shelley Chesley, Bill McGinnis and Janet Brown.

CORPORATIONS / FOUNDATIONS / GOVERNMENT

pARTneR CIRCLe

MTC Partner$50,000 & AboveThe Bellebyron FoundationThe William & Flora

Hewlett FoundationThe Shubert Foundation

Season Partner$25,000 to $49,999Google, Inc.*

Marin Community Foundation Marin Independent Journal*YP*

pRODuCeR CIRCLe

VIP Producer$15,000 to $ 24,999The Capital Group CompaniesThe Haughton Family

Charitable Fund

KCBS All News 740AM & 106.9FM*

Kurland Family FoundationNational New Play NetworkVenturous Theater Fund

of the Tides Foundation

Executive Producer$10,000 to $14,999Bernard Osher FoundationClay Foundation – West


David Greene & Starna HillMichelle GriffinDr. Joseph GutstadtRobert HallKathe HardyMarc & Peggy HaymanAnn HinesLouis HonigKare HornschuchJohn HowardKip & Sara HowardGeorgia HughesAuban A. JacksonCary & Elaine JamesKatelyn JohnsonJohn & Catharine KalinPat & Marshall KilduffSusan KolbRoger & Lynn KuhnRobert Lea & Melinda BoothDavid LesniniDavid & Carolyn LongGarrett Loube & Marcie RodgersLewis ManchesterMyrna MargolinToni MartinWilliam McGinnisDon MillerHerbert MillerKelli Murray & Laurence

PulgramRobert Newcomer & Susanne

LightLucienne O’KeefeHarry OppenheimerJack & Gail Osman

Derek & Nancy ParkerGary & Gisela PeasleyJonathan & Susan PeckMr. & Mrs. Henk PeetersDavid & Cathryn PerottiLynn PerryHal V. & Mary PlimptonStuart PollakBill & Barbara RichHector RichardsDeborah L. Robbins & Henry

NavasRichard C. RobertBarbara RosenblumMeline & Jirayr RoubinianMark & Tobi RubinAngelo & Kimberly SalarpiHerb SchuytenLaura & Michael ScottJane & Michael ScurichTerry SeligmanRolf & Jettie SelvigBarry & Esther ShafranDouglas & Carole SheftPatricia Sims

Glenn Smith & Verlinda RoseDrs. Shayna & Elliott SteinRoger A. StollDavid & Vicki StollmeyerLarry & Judy SweetWilliam & Utta TelliniJoe & Eileen TennJames TustinMarilyn & Ivan WeinbergEve WeinsheimerRachel WeinsteinHarriet WellerValerie WestenSue & Richard WollackMarina WrightIn Memory of Susanne Light - Sandy & Lenny Komen Diane & Bob Neuhaus Barbara & William Dittman Charlene Harrington

If your name has been misspelled or omitted, please call MTC’s Development Department. 415.388.5200 x3317.

Actors L. Peter Callender and Peter Coyote at Cast Party! 2014.

CAST PARTY! BUSINESS DONORS

A.C.T.Asian Art MuseumAt the Top Salon and GalleryBardessono Napa Valley-Lucy

RestaurantBay Area Discovery MuseumBear Valley Music FestivalBerkeley Repertory TheatreBody Kinetics of Mill ValleyBook PassageBR Cohn Winery & Olive Oil

CompanyCalifornia Academy of SciencesCalifornia Film Institute Calistoga InnCasa Don Juan, Mexico Charles SchwabClub at Harbor PointContemporary Jewish MuseumCooper Alley SalonDavid Haydon, Il DavidediPietro ToddEmporio RulliFabrizioFine Arts Museums

of San FranciscoFirst Republic Bank

FoodniksFrantoio RistoranteHalf Day CaféHaywood WineryHotel Casamar Suites, MexicoIlene Wolf, MFTImage FlowJacqueline Schwartz,

RSVP CateringJoshua Ets-HokinKathy A Fields MDKimpton HotelsKissy Kissy Lagunitas Brewing CompanyLark TheaterLuna Blu RestaurantMarin AirporterMarin Brewing CompanyMarin Shakespeare CompanyMarin Symphony AssociationThe Melting PotMichael Chiarello, CoquetaMill Valley Auto Service NapaStyle Nina McLemore, San FranciscoOctavia RiggsOregon Shakespeare Festival

Paradise FoodsPeju Family WineryPiatti Mill ValleyPresidio Bowling CenterRAB MotorsRistorante FabrizioRocco’s PizzaRound House TheatreRuth Livingston StudioSF JazzShowroom 383Silverado Resort and SpaSloat Garden CenterSol FoodSoul CycleSouth Coast RepertorySpot Pet CareStacy Scott CateringStefano’s PizzaThrockmorton TheatreToy CrazyTrader Joe’sTwo Percent GalleryV. Sattui WineryWe PlayersWellspring AcupunctureWoody’s Frozen Yogurt Place


The Kimball FoundationNational Endowment

for the ArtsNordstrom, Inc. Stacy Scott Catering*Yelp*

Producer$5,000 to $9,999California Arts CouncilThe Shenson FoundationThe Tournesol Foundation

Associate Producer$3,000 to $4,999Lagunitas Brewing Company*Whole Foods

Premiere Producer$1,000 to $2,999Anonymous

Bank of America Matching Funds

The Barth FoundationCenter for Cultural InnovationCheveron Texaco Matching Gift

ProgramCMS, Inc.*County of MarinFirst GivingFrancis S. North FoundationKoret FoundationMarin Charitable Mill Valley MarketMill Valley Rotary ClubPeju Province Winery*Savory ThymesWells Fargo Foundation Wigt Printing

CReATIVe CIRCLe

$150 to $999 Apple Matching Gifts ProgramArgo Group Matching

Contribution ProgramDee’s Executive

Limousine ServiceMacy’s Foundation Matching

GiftsRedwood Security SystemsThe Rock FoundationThe Samuel & Natalie Lipsett

FoundationStrahm Communications*Sweet Things*Wells Fargo Community

Support

*Denotes an in-kind donation

D O N O R S

WISh LISTThere are many ways to support MTC. Please take a look at our wish list and respond if you are able. If you or your business would like to contribute any of the items or services listed, please contact the Development Department at [email protected] or 415.322.6043

housing Support• Many of our actors and directors

don’t live in the bay Area. If you have a guest house or apartment with private entrance, bath and kitchen, please consider housing an actor for the run of a show. • Mid-size vehicle for visiting guest

artists

Administrative Support• New office carpeting• Office phone system • Laser printer• Computer(s) Minimum specs: Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz, 1 Gb RAM, 40 Gb Hard Drive• 17-inch flat panel SVGA monitor

Box Office• New curtains for the box office

window

education / Outreach Support• Digital Video Camera

new play program• Music stands (up to 12)• Set of folding/stackable chairs (12 or

more)• Airline miles/vouchers• Dining gift certificates (hospitality for

visiting artists)


COnTACT uS

Box Office: 415.388.5208Open daily, 12–5pm On performance days, open noon until show time.

Address: 397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941

General: 415.388.5200

Playbill Advertising: Sasha Hnatkovich, 415.388.5200 x3313

Main Stage Group Sales: Groups of 8 or more receive a discounted rate plus one free ticket for the organizer. Contact the Box Office 415.388.5208 or [email protected].

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Tue, Thu, Fri, and Sat 8:00pm

Wed 7:30pm, Sun 7:00pm

Matinees (please check dates online): Thu 1:00pm • Sat & Sun 2:00pm

TICkeT DISCOunTS

Under 30: $20, in advance or at the door for all performances, must show valid ID

Seniors: $4 off tickets to all performances

SeRVICeS & InFORMATIOn

Arrive on time: Performances begin promptly. Late patrons will be seated at a designated seating break or possibly intermission. Patrons returning late from intermission will be seated at the discretion of the house manager.

MTC Café: Food and beverages are available be-fore performances and during intermission. Save time and order intermission refreshments prior to the start of the performance.

Recycling: Please help MTC conserve resources. Recycle your programs in the racks provided on the way out of the theater, and use the labeled recycling bins for cans, bottles and paper.

Recording Equipment: The use of sound, video or photographic recording equipment during performances is prohibited.

Listening Devices: For patrons with impaired hearing, listening devices are available for free. Please see the box office for details.

For information about physical and program access at MTC, please call

415.388.5208 or dial 711 to use the California Telecommunications Relay Service.

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