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KEN LUDWIG’SDEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE

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WORLD-PREMIERE LOVE STORY

KEN LUDWIG’SDEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISEBY KEN LUDWIGDIRECTED BY JACKIE MAXWELLKREEGER THEATER | NOVEMBER 21 – DECEMBER 29, 2019When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous, heart-warming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.

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DISNEY’SNEWSIESMUSIC BY ALAN MENKEN | LYRICS BY JACK FELDMANBOOK BY HARVEY FIERSTEIN | A MUSICAL BASED ON THE DISNEY FILM WRITTEN BY BOB TZUDIKER AND NONI WHITEORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONSDIRECTED BY MOLLY SMITH | CHOREOGRAPHED BY PARKER ESSEMUSIC DIRECTION BY LAURA BERGQUISTFICHANDLER STAGE | EXTENDED THROUGH DECEMBER 29, 2019In the summer of 1899, the newsboys of New York City took on two of the most powerful men in the country — Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst — and won. Inspired by true events, the Broadway smash hit is a testament to the power of standing up and speaking out. Newsies is “a winning, high-energy musical” (Entertainment Weekly) just in time for the holidays and perfect for the whole family.

WORLD-PREMIERE LOVE STORY

KEN LUDWIG’SDEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISEBY KEN LUDWIGDIRECTED BY JACKIE MAXWELLKREEGER THEATER | NOVEMBER 21 – DECEMBER 29, 2019When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the joyous, heart-warming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.

COURAGEOUS VOICES

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNSADAPTED BY URSULA RANI SARMABASED ON THE NOVEL BY KHALED HOSSEINIDIRECTED BY CAREY PERLOFFKREEGER THEATER | JANUARY 17 – MARCH 1, 2020Adapted from the New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner), the lives of two Afghan women are inextricably bound together. In the war-ravaged Kabul, Miriam and Laila become unlikely allies in the face of the insurmountable odds of a brutal and oppressive way of life. Called “emotionally stirring” (Los Angeles Times), this gripping and heart-rending fight for survival will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

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MOTHER ROADBY OCTAVIO SOLIS | DIRECTED BY BILL RAUCHFICHANDLER STAGE | FEBRUARY 7 – MARCH 8, 2020As William Joad sets out on an epic journey to pass down his family farm, he is humiliated to find that the only surviving descendant of his family is a Mexican-American named Martín Jodes, an ex-migrant worker. Inspired by John Steinbeck’s classic, The Grapes of Wrath, the two men forge an unlikely bond and come to terms with their brutal past. This powerful new play examines the crossroads of family, immigration and the American dream.

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KEN LUDWIG’SDEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISETABLE OF CONTENTS 7 Artistically Speaking

9 From the Executive Producer

10 Dramaturgy Note

13 Title Page

15 Time / Cast

17 For this Production

19 Bios — Cast and Creative Team

25 Arena Stage Leadership

26 Board of Trustees / Theatre Forward

27 Thank You — Full Circle Society

29 Thank You — Annual Fund

32 Thank You — Institutional Donors

33 Thank You — Special Event Donors

34 Theater Staff

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When I came to Arena over 20 years ago, Washington, D.C., theaters were rarely producing world premieres.

Occasionally Woolly Mammoth and Signature would, but there was a dearth of new work. I came from Alaska with a passion for living writers and we created a conference called, ‘Who Needs New Plays?’ — a provocative title that drew a few hundred theater makers under a big white tent in our parking lot. Programs included a fainting couch where audience members would be questioned by a psychiatrist about why they were afraid of new plays, and invigorating panels opening everyone’s eyes to the pleasure of taking a risk on new work. Out of that crazy experience, more theaters began developing new work and the Kennedy Center created Page to Stage.

New work begets more new work and Washington is now known as a center nationally for launching new plays and musicals. I like to think our little conference struck a match that has turned into a city on fire with living writers. Along with playwright Karen Zacarías, Theatre Communications Group recently named Ken Ludwig as one of the most-produced playwrights of the 2019 – 2020 season. To have two Washingtonians on this list is quite the achievement.

This season, we’re presenting three world premieres and two plays that are in their second or third production and I’m thrilled to welcome Ken Ludwig back to Arena. Ken’s repertoire, by nature, is epic in scale. He’s recognized internationally for his adaptations of classics, like The Three Musketeers and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. He’s also one of the American theater’s finest comedic writers. It’s evident in farces like Fox on the Fairway and, of course, Lend Me A Tenor. Our audiences will remember Ken’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery or our premiere of Shakespeare in Hollywood.

Dear Jack, Dear Louise is a departure from Ken’s usual writing, and I think it’s his finest play yet. True, there are fewer hijinks, less door slamming and only two actors; yet the play manages to capture all that we love about Ken’s voice — his ability to close the void between people with compassion and laughter.

The play is a love letter to Ken’s parents. Each time I read through the script, I’m swept into their romance. What is it about love stories that draw us in time and time again?

I think the answer is quite simple: love stories ask big questions. How does love change us? What are the limitations of love? What are we willing to risk for the person we love? Love stories are about the human condition and what it means to be human. At Arena, love stories are always included in our season planning sessions because they breathe new life into our mission and further our investigation of the American spirit.

Presenting a world premiere is an exciting time in the life of any theater. A commitment on the part of a writer, tenacity, perseverance, talent and a little bit of standing in the right place at the right time helps a new play land in the world. Arena’s production team, headed by the excellent Jackie Maxwell, has done a beautiful job in bringing this love story to the stage.

Molly Smith Artistic Director

ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERWe are thrilled to present three world-premiere productions as part of our 70th Season — the second being Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise. Part of our commitment to building a healthy, dynamic and powerful artistic community can be found in our partnership with local writers like Ken. By presenting their work on our stages, we can better gauge what our immediate community is thinking about, what they value and, through the lens of our mission, what they envision the American identity to be.

We are fortunate to have a relationship with local writers like Ken who are part of the national discourse. Since moving into

the Mead Center, we have managed to present the work of nationally recognized local playwrights like Karen Zacarías and John Strand. Our audiences may be familiar with Karen’s play Native Gardens, which was co-presented with the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, or Destiny of Desire, which was part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival and was a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Her voice has been instrumental in deepening the discourse around Latinx stories on our stages and in theaters across the nation.

John Strand’s The Originalist was born at Arena Stage in 2015 and has gone on to tremendous success; after its premiere at Arena, the production was remounted a few seasons later and played in Chicago, Sarasota, Pasadena and ultimately Off-Broadway. We’ve commissioned John on multiple occasions, but I am still in awe of what he captured in Justice Scalia — a polarizing figure teeming with pathos and humanity.

We also support the work of local playwrights through Playwrights’ Arena, a year-long program focused on investigating artistic process and dramaturgical practice. Under the guidance of dramaturg Jocelyn Clarke, the program is providing local playwrights with individual dramaturgical support and evaluation of their personal artistic processes. The cohort includes Audrey Cefaly, Annalisa Dias, Paige Goodwin, Psalymayene 24 and Alan Sharpe. The plays and projects generated by members of the Playwrights’ Arena have been presented in theaters across the country — including Intelligence by inaugural cohort member Jacquline E. Lawton in our 2016/17 season.

Dear Jack, Dear Louise is not my first interaction with Ken’s body of work. In fact, my friendship with Ken was formed in the Broadway sphere as a producer of Lend Me A Tenor and his musical adaptation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. At Arena Stage, we have had the pleasure of presenting several of Ken’s plays in the past, including Shakespeare in Hollywood and Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. His biting wit and ability to find grace within farce have brought him international acclaim. This piece you are about to witness is an excellent addition to his repertoire and we are honored to present the world premiere in the Kreeger.

If this is your first time experiencing Ken’s writing, you’re in for a treat.

Edgar Dobie Executive Producer President of the Corporation

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DRAMATURGY NOTE

“YOU WRITE, HE’LL FIGHT”:LETTER-WRITING IN AMERICA — NOW AND THEN

by Naysan Mojgani, Literary Manager

When was the last time you wrote a letter? Not an email, not a text message, not a postcard or a bulk Christmas card with a quickly scrawled wet signature “to show a personal touch,” but an actual, physical, personal letter? If you're like most Americans in 2019, it’s been a while. According to the U.S. Post Office, the average American household sends about four personal letters per year.

Can you blame us? In the time it takes to find paper and a pen and an envelope, I can pull out my phone, send a text message and get a reply. And I have to buy a stamp? And find a mailbox? Then there’s delivery time, of course — in the two days it takes a letter to make its way across the country, the average American will receive about 50 emails. The ubiquity of the home telephone after World War II, followed by the rise of the Internet and digital communications, made the hand-written personal letter seem archaic and inconvenient.

And yet, despite all of that, there’s no denying the very real impact of receiving a hand-written personal letter — to know that a loved one cared enough to take that time, to hold the same piece of paper that they held...Is it any wonder that throughout our history, our soldiers have been desperate for letters from home? During World War II, there were so many letters between soldiers and their families that the military introduced “V-mail,” which involved transferring letters onto microfilm and reproducing them on paper at their final destination. Even today, our military continues to write and receive far more personal letters than the average American; soldiers who don’t receive regular mail can even sign up for services that match them with civilian correspondents to create that sense of connection.

During World War II, letters were how soldiers kept up with the gossip and goings-on back home, and how they reminded themselves what they fought for. Letters were how parents and significant others knew their boys were safe, and how they learned what conditions were like on the front (within the restrictions of the military censors). Today, those very same letters are tremendously important to modern readers, they provide insight to the personal experience of historic battles and events, they help researchers understand wartime conditions and — like this play — they remind us all that the men and women we send to war are human beings.

To any veterans or current military service members reading this: thank you for your service. And enjoy the show.

The real-life Jack Ludwig and Louise Rabiner, c 1942. Photos courtesy of the playwright

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Dear Jack, Dear Louise takes place from June 1, 1942 to May 8, 1945. Here are some details of American life in the early 1940s. y FDR was elected to his third term as president in 1940, winning 54.7% of the popular vote and taking the electoral college 449-82

y The US population was 132,164,569 — less than half of what it is today

y The average annual salary was $1,900

y Before the draft lowered these numbers even further, about 25% of adults graduated high school; 10% of men and 5% of women had a four-year college degree

y The first McDonald’s opened in San Bernardino, CA, on May 15, 1940

y Before the Selective Training & Service Act was signed in 1940, about 70% of Americans were in favor of compulsory military service; by the end of the war, 49 million men had registered with their draft boards and 16 million Americans served in the military (over 10% of the total population)

y Worldwide casualties for the war are estimated at up to 85 million people; of the 80,000 military service members reported missing in action during the war, over 72,000 are still unaccounted for today

y Most professional sports continued throughout the war, despite the loss of many players to the draft; that loss was so severe that in the 1943 NFL season, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers played as a combined team, referred to by fans as the “Steagles”

y Rationing was a daily part of life on the homefront, affecting everything from toothpaste to bacon — for instance, starting in January 1942, most civilians were barred from purchasing new tires, and could only have them repaired

y The most popular baby names in 1942 were James and Mary

y The average price of gasoline in 1940 was $0.18/gallon; milk was almost twice as expensive at $0.34/gallon

y In 1942, automotive manufacturers had to redesign their cars to do without nickel, aluminum or zinc (which were reserved for military use); after 1942, they stopped producing civilian cars entirely

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PRESENTS

KEN LUDWIG’SDEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE

BY KEN LUDWIGDIRECTED BY JACKIE MAXWELL

SET DESIGNER BEOWULF BORITT

COSTUME DESIGNER LINDA CHO

LIGHTING DESIGNER JASON LYONS

ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN LINDSAY JONES

WIG DESIGNER CHARLES G. LAPOINTE

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TIME / CAST

TIMEThe play takes place from June, 1942 – May, 1945.

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Jack Ludwig ........................................................................................................................JAKE EPSTEINLouise Rabiner ............................................................................................................. AMELIA PEDLOW

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FOR THIS PRODUCTIONAssociate Costume Designer ........................................................................................RICKY LURIEAssociate Wig Designer ................................................................................................ELLYN MILLERTechnical Director .............................................................................................................NATALIE BELLProperties Director .......................................................................................................... JENN SHEETZCostume Director ........................................................................................JOSEPH P. SALASOVICHMaster Electrician ...................................................................................CHRISTOPHER V. LEWTONSound and Video Supervisor ............................................................................... BRIAN BURCHETTVocal Coach ...................................................................................................................... LISA NATHANSStage Management Fellow .................................................................................STEPHEN BUBNIAKDirecting Assistant ...........................................................................................SHANARA GABRIELLEScript Supervisor ........................................................................................................... DANTE FLORESStage Carpenter ............................................................................................................. ALEKX SHINES Props..................................................................................................................................KYLE HANDZIAKLight Board Operator ..................................................................................................SCOTT FOLSOMAssistant to the Lighting Designer ..............................................................................MINJOO KIMSound Technician .....................................................................................................DREW MOBERLEYWardrobe Supervisor .....................................................................................................ALINA GERALLStitchers ...........................................................................ELIZABETH SPILSBURY, CARISSA CASH

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WHO’S WHO

CAST JAKE EPSTEIN (Jack Ludwig)

last appeared in D.C. as Melchior in the National Tour of Spring Awakening at The Kennedy Center. On Broadway, he originated the role of Gerry Goffin in the Tony-nominated Beautiful:

The Carole King Musical and survived playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Other favorite theater credits include: Straight (Off-Broadway); American Idiot (1st National Tour); Billy Elliot (Mirvish); Dog Sees God (Canadian premiere); and Therefore Choose Life (co-writer, HGJT). On television, he is best known for Degrassi (Gemini Award), Designated Survivor and Suits. Recently, Jake premiered his solo show Boy Falls from the Sky at the Toronto Fringe Festival (Best of Fringe, Outstanding Production). Graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. For Ness.

AMELIA PEDLOW (Louise Rabiner)’s D.C. credits include: Doubt (Studio Theatre); Love’s Labor’s Lost (The Folger); and The Metromaniacs, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice

(Shakespeare Theatre Company). Off-Broadway credits include: Intelligence (world premiere) (NYTW Next Door); Pride & Prejudice (world premiere by Kate Hamill) (Primary Stages); Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Red Bull Theatre Company); The Liar and The Heir Apparent (Classic Stage Company); and You Never Can Tell (The Pearl). Other regional work includes: The Guthrie, The Old Globe, The Hanger, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, The Huntington, Denver Center, Cleveland Playhouse and Virginia Stage Company. TV: The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, Shades of Blue and The Blacklist. BFA from The Juilliard School.

CREATIVEKEN LUDWIG (Playwright) is a two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright who has written 28 plays and musicals, including six shows on Broadway and seven in London’s West End. Lend Me A Tenor won two Tony Awards and was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century” by the Washington Post. Many of his works have become a standard part of the American repertoire, including Crazy For You (five years on Broadway; Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical); Moon Over Buffalo (starring Carol Burnett); Twentieth Century (starring Alec Baldwin); Baskerville, Shakespeare in Hollywood (Helen Hayes Award); The Game’s Afoot (Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year); A Fox on the Fairway; Leading Ladies; and a stage version of Murder on the Orient Express, written at the request of the Agatha Christie Estate. His book How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare won the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of the Year. His work has been performed in over 30 countries in more than 20 languages and is produced somewhere in the United States every night of the year. www.kenludwig.com

JACKIE MAXWELL (Director) previously directed Arena Stage’s Junk, Watch on the Rhine and Good People. Jackie most recently directed a critically acclaimed production of August: Osage County for Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre. Other recent productions include the world premiere of Paradise Lost for the Stratford Festival and the Canadian premiere of The Humans for the Canadian Stage/Citadel Theatre. In 2016, she finished a 14-year tenure as artistic director of the Shaw Festival. Some favorite productions directed there include Uncle Vanya, Sweeney Todd, The Divine (world premiere), Come Back Little Sheba, Major Barbara, Ragtime and Saint Joan. Jackie has worked extensively throughout Canada and in the U.S. and was artistic director of Toronto’s Factory Theatre for eight years. She has received many awards including two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for directing, two honorary degrees and the Order of Ontario. Upcoming projects include a remount of Paradise Lost for the Centaur Theatre Montreal and a return to the Shaw Festival to direct Playboy of the Western World.

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BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer)’s Broadway credits include: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony Nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony Nomination), Come From Away, Freestyle Love Supreme, Be More Chill, The New One, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince of Broadway, Hand to God, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin, Bronx Bombers, Grace, and The Two and Only. Broadway revival credits include: On the Town and Sunday in the Park… His Off-Broadway credits include 100 shows such as The Last Five Years, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish), Sleepwalk With Me and Miss Julie. He has designed for the NYC Ballet, Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia and Japan. He also received the 2007 OBIE Award for sustained excellence.

LINDA CHO (Costume Designer) won the Tony Award and the Henry Hewes Design Award for the Broadway musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. In 2017, she was nominated for the Tony, Outer Critic’s Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Best Costume Design of a Musical for the Broadway production of Anastasia. In 2018, she was proud to be part of Broadway’s first all-female creative team for Lifespan of a Fact. She is the recipient of the Theatre Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. Linda attended the Paris American Academy to study fine arts and fashion, received a B.A. from McGill University in Montreal majoring in psychology and received her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.

JASON LYONS (Lighting Designer)’s dynamic lighting has been featured worldwide, stylistically ranging from the sensitive minutia of the darkest drama to the kinetic drive and excitement of rock & roll. Recent theater productions include the Broadway revival of On the Town; Bring It On, The Musical (Broadway & National Tour); Rock Of Ages (Broadway, National Tour, Australia, London and Vegas); The Asian Tour of Jay Chou's The Secret; and the hit dark comedy Hand to God. Jason has designed special events for such organizations as Joe Torre's Safe At Home Foundation (over the years featuring Mariah Carey, Bruce

Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Garth Brooks), Project ALS (featuring Jennifer Hudson) and Friends In Deed (featuring Elvis Costello). Corporate clients have included Lifetime Television, AIG, Sony and The United Nations.

LINDSAY JONES (Original Music and Sound Design)’s Arena Stage credits include: Fiddler on the Roof, The Tallest Tree in the Forest, Five Guys Named Moe, The Mountaintop, Ruined, Well and Noises Off. Broadway credits include: Slave Play, The Nap, Bronx Bombers and A Time to Kill. Off-Broadway credits include: Bootycandy (Playwrights Horizons), Mr. Joy (LCT3), Privacy and Dry Powder (Public Theater) and many others. He’s worked regionally at Guthrie, Hartford Stage, Alliance, Goodman, Old Globe, ACT, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage and many others. He’s worked internationally with Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada), Royal Shakespeare Company (England) and many others. Awards include: seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and 24 nominations, two Ovation Awards and three nominations, three Drama Desk Award nominations, three Helen Hayes nominations, two Barrymore nominations and many others. Film scoring credits include HBO Films’ A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary) and many others. www.lindsayjones.com

CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Wig Designer) returns to Arena Stage, where his work is appearing in this season’s Disney’s Newsies and last season’s Anything Goes. He has designed over 100 Broadway productions including Hamilton, The Band’s Visit, Beautiful, Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, The Lifespan of a Fact, Jersey Boys, On Your Feet, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Color Purple, Newsies and In the Heights. Chuck’s work has also been seen Off-Broadway, in London’s West End, at numerous American Regional companies and with national and international touring companies. He is the proud recipient of the Drama Desk Award for the Broadway productions of The Cher Show and SpongeBob SquarePants. He received an Emmy nomination for The Wiz Live! and an Emmy nomination for Jesus Christ Superstar Live! where he was also honored with a Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award.

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JOCELYN CLARKE (Dramaturg) is currently theater advisor to the Arts Council of Ireland and dramaturg at American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He has taught dramaturgy at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin. He was the commissioning and literary manager of the Abbey Theatre for four years, and lead theater critic with the Sunday Tribune for nine years. He is an associate artist with The Civilians and Theatre Mitu in New York. He has written six plays for Anne Bogart and the SITI Company, including Bob, Alice’s Adventures Underground, Room, Score, Antigone, Trojan Women (After Euripides) and Chess Game No. 5.

LISA NATHANS (Vocal Coach) is thrilled to be coaching again for Arena Stage after coaching Newsies and Anything Goes. Other D.C.-area credits include various productions with the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Center, Signature Theatre, Theater Alliance, Keegan Theatre and MetroStage. Regional credits include Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis), The 5th Avenue (Seattle), The Road Theatre Company and Theatricum Botanicum (Los Angeles). TV credits include National Geographic’s “Elemental: Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg.” She offers private coaching / workshop development and is a VASTA member. Teaching (USA and UK): University of Maryland: TDPS (Assistant Professor, Voice, Speech, and Acting); CalArts; Stella Adler Academy; RADA; Royal Welsh; Royal Central; University of Washington (PATP MFA); University of Minnesota (Guthrie BFA). Training: Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: MFA (Voice Studies); Boston University: BFA (Acting); Linklater Voice Designation; Colaianni Speech Practitioner. Break legs all!

GEOFF JOSSELSON, CSA (New York Casting) is pleased to continue his association with Arena Stage. Broadway and Off-Broadway productions include The Velocity of Autumn starring Estelle Parsons; Southern Comfort; Yank!; Enter Laughing; Pretty Filthy; John and Jen, Himself and Nora; and Altar Boyz. He

has also cast productions for Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, Bay Street Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Civilians, Cleveland Play House, Bucks County Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, Denver Center, Marriott Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theatre and the York Theatre Company. For more information: www.geoffjosselson.com

KURT HALL (Stage Manager)’s Arena Stage credits include Right To Be Forgotten, Jubilee, Indecent, The Great Society, The Pajama Game, Smart People, Watch on the Rhine, Carousel, Born for This, All the Way, Sweat, The Blood Quilt, Our War, Smokey Joe’s Café, Mother Courage and Her Children starring Kathleen Turner, Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life, Good People, Red Hot Patriot starring Kathleen Turner, The Normal Heart, Red, Ruined, every tongue confess starring Phylicia Rashad, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Looped starring Valerie Harper, Next to Normal starring Alice Ripley, Awake and Sing! and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia. He has additional regional credits at the Kennedy Center, Roundabout Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage and Signature Theatre. Thanks to his family for all their support.

RACHAEL DANIELLE ALBERT (Assistant Stage Manager) is delighted to return to Arena Stage. Credits include: Junk, Native Gardens, A Raisin in the Sun, Watch on the Rhine, Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End and The City of Conversation. Regional credits include: She A Gem and Bright Star (Kennedy Center); Fairview, Describe the Night, and Botticelli in the Fire (Woolly Mammoth); The Wolves (Studio Theater); Seize the King, Up Here, Ether Dome and Peer Gynt (La Jolla Playhouse); The Odd Couple, Sylvia and Souvenir (New London Barn Playhouse); and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Stage 773). New York credits include: The Roads to Home (Primary Stages); Maize & Blue on Broadway; and The Last Word (NYMF). Founding member: Ubuntu Theater Project (Oakland, CA). MFA: University of California, San Diego. BFA: University of Michigan. Proud AEA member.

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ARENA STAGE LEADERSHIPMOLLY SMITH (Artistic Director) has served as Artistic Director since 1998. Her more than 30 directing credits at Arena Stage include large-scale musicals like Anything Goes, Carousel, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Cabaret, South Pacific; new plays like Sovereignty, The Originalist, Camp David, Legacy of Light, The Women of Brewster Place, How I Learned to Drive; and classics like Mother Courage and Her Children, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Great White Hope, and All My Sons. Her directorial work has also been seen Off-Broadway at 59E59 in New York, Portland Center Stage, Canada’s Shaw Festival, The Court Theatre, The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Trinity Repertory, Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, Montreal’s Centaur Theatre and Perseverance Theater in Juneau, Alaska, which she founded and ran from 1979 – 1998. Molly has been a leader in new play development for over 40 years. She is a great believer in first, second and third productions of new work and has championed projects including Dear Evan Hansen; Next to Normal; Passion Play, a cycle; and How I Learned to Drive. She led the re-invention of Arena Stage, focusing on the architecture and creation of the Mead Center for American Theater and positioning Arena Stage as a national center for American artists through its artistic programming. During her time with the company, Arena Stage has workshopped more than 100 productions, produced 39 world premieres, staged numerous second and third productions and been an important part of nurturing nine projects that went on to have a life on Broadway. In 2014, Molly made her Broadway debut directing The Velocity of Autumn, following its critically acclaimed run at Arena Stage. She was awarded honorary doctorates from American University and Towson University. In 2018, she was honored as Person of the Year by the National Theatre Conference and inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame.

EDGAR DOBIE (Executive Producer) Born in Vernon, British Columbia, a village next to the Rocky Mountains (three years after Arena had its first performance in 1950), I am one of five brothers raised by my Dad Edgar, a mechanic and small businessman, and Mom Connie, a telephone operator and union organizer. I am the only Dobie to make a career in theater. Luckily for me, drama was an arts elective I was offered at the tender age of 12 so I hung up my hockey skates and joined the drama class, led by teacher Paddy Malcolm and her fledgling Powerhouse Community Theater after school. By the time I graduated from high school, we volunteers had built ourselves a 200-seat, fully equipped theater on its own piece of land in the center of town and found a sold-out audience for the full season of plays we had on offer. That experience taught me so many lessons about the power of theater to foster collaboration and share meaningful stories, as well as the public values that attach themselves to building a safe place where everyone is welcome. All those lessons served me well as a managing leader and producer both sides of the border and both sides of the commercial and non-profit theater divide. Arriving here in Southwest with my good wife Tracy and our daughter Greta Lee in 2009 makes me feel like I am well-equipped to do a good job for you all.

This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association.

The actors and stage managers are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

Arena Stage is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theater.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES / THEATRE FORWARD

THEATRE FORWARD FUNDERS (as of October 2018)

Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following Education through Theatre funders:

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000+)AT&TThe Hearst FoundationsThe Schloss Family Foundation

BENEFACTORS ($25,000 – 49,999)The Augustine FoundationWells Fargo

PACESETTERS ($15,000 – 24,999)The Music Man FoundationLisa OrbergSouthwest Airlines †TD Bank

DONORS ($10,000 – 14,999)EverGreene Architectural ArtsDewitt SternAlan & Jenni FreedmanDaryl and Steven Roth FoundationWestlake Reed Leskosky

† Includes In-kind support

YOUNG PATRONS BOARD 2019/20The Arena Stage Young Patrons Board seeks to strengthen and support the future of American theater at Arena Stage. The Young Patrons Board supports the artistic mission of Arena Stage by being active ambassadors to the community and arranging opportunities for people under 40 years old to engage with the theater.

MEMBERSMichael BaylisPaul BolajiVictoria ClarkSarah CohnCaitlin DutkiewiczReshad FavorsBrandon GayWhitney HubbardSakisha JacksonLucrecia JohnsonJason KelleyAshley LawrenceAshley M. LewisMarisa Maleck

Brittany McCantsShannon McNealAnna Katherine (AK) MoodyMary Kathryn NagleChibundu NnakeJosh RubinMargaret RubinBrandon SladeMignon SmithHillary StempleAdrienne ThompsonTony WoodsConrad WoodyYvesner Zamar

ARENA STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2019/20CHAIRDecker Anstrom

VICE CHAIRSJudith N. BattyMichele G. BermanSander BieberEric BravermanEdgar DobieRichard FeinsteinRick FroehlichCatherine

Guttman-McCabeSue HenryVicki J. HicksDaniel KorengoldJoyce MooreheadRichard A. NewmanLucia RiddleBeth Newburger Schwartz

TRUSTEESAndrew R. Ammerman Linda A. BaumannDavid BeckerMarc BlakemanJoseph P. DigangiJohn EdelmannElliot FeldmanMaggie FitzpatrickStephenie FosterNicholas GoadAnn O. HamiltonEllen K. HarrisonAlethia JacksonDr. Donald Wallace JonesRicki KanterElissa LeonardJohn Lynham B. Thomas MansbachDavid B. H. MartinRonald A. Paul M.D.Robert PincusIlene RosenthalDavid Bruce Smith Molly SmithSheila StampfliNneka Ukpai Shawna Watley

HONORARY TRUSTEESJim AbdoAshok BajajJoanne BarkerSteven R. Bralove Susan Haas Bralove John DerrickJeri EpsteinNancy M. FolgerLarry Franks Natwar GandhiFruzsina HarsanyiPatti Herman Kay KapoorMargot Kelly Judy Lansing KovlerMark Levine David O. Maxwell Joan P. MaxwellTerry R. PeelBeverly PerryJudy Lynn Prince Gene SamburgRaymond SczudloDavid E. Shiffrin Richard W SnowdonRobert StoutMargaret Tomlinson

LIFE TRUSTEESNorman BernsteinLee G. Rubenstein

EMERITUS TRUSTEESArlene And Robert KogodHubert M. Schlosberg

CORPORATE OFFICERSPRESIDENTEdgar Dobie

TREASURERJoe Berardelli

SECRETARYAlison Irvin

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THANK YOU — FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY

CREATE A LEGACY BY JOINING THE FULL CIRCLE SOCIETYYou don’t have to be wealthy to make a significant gift. Bequests and other planned gifts allow you the opportunity to make a significant contribution that will ensure the future of Arena Stage. The Full Circle Society allows us the opportunity to recognize you for that gift during your lifetime. For more information about making a planned gift or to inform us of your existing planned gift, please contact Maya Weil at 202-600-4158 or [email protected].

“ We feel the long-term viability of theater really has to come from two sources — annual fundraising efforts and long-term donations [in the form of a planned gift] from the people who love the theater and are willing to commit to it in perpetuity.”— Beth Newburger Schwartz and the late Richard Schwartz

THANK YOU FOR LEAVING YOUR LEGACY AT ARENA STAGE

FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY — ARENA STAGE’S PLANNED GIVING PROGRAMArena Stage gratefully acknowledges these individuals who ensure the future of Arena Stage by making a planned gift. These gifts assure that Arena Stage will continue to challenge, educate and entertain audiences, and maintain its excellence in theater nationally, and internationally, for generations to come.Arena can help you accomplish your personal, family and philanthropic goals while benefiting the theater. Supporters who make planned gifts to Arena are invited to join the Full Circle Society and enjoy special benefits. For more information about planned giving, please contact Maya Weil at 202-600-4158 or [email protected].

THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS AS OF OCTOBER 15, 2019MEMBERSAnonymous (9)Esthy and Jim AdlerDr. Bill Santford AshleySue BensonSteven BraloveDr. Robert and Mary Jo BrennerBonnie and Jere Broh-KahnLouise BudelisJohn P. CahillEllen MacNeille CharlesDonald J. and Anita P. CowanCaptain Joan Darrah and

Ms. Lynne KennedyJoseph P. DiGangiJohn Edelmann and Jeff LoveLisa EggersJeri and Gary EpsteinWilliam E. FaragherDonald H. FlandersNancy M. FolgerCatherine F. and James F.* Fort, Sr. Larry Franks and Ellen BerelsonArlene FriedlanderGeorge and Duffy* FtikasBob GronenbergDr. JC HaywardVicki J. HicksSallie L. HolderLauren and Glen HowardDavid Insinga and Robert McDonald

Thomas JesulaitisMargot KellyDrs. Susan and Perry KleinDr. Seth A. Koch and

Barbara Bellman KochHerb and Dianne LernerJohn and Patricia LongJohn and Lenora LynhamJudy Lynn PrincePaul RoseHank SchlosbergRichard Schwartz* and

Beth Newburger SchwartzDr. and Mrs. Mark ShugollMolly Smith and

Suzanne Blue Star BoyDick and Katie SnowdonSheila StampfliHelga TarverTerri L. TedfordHelene ToivMargaret L. TomlinsonBEQUESTS AND GIFTS IN REMEMBRANCEEstate of Dr. and

Mrs. Clement C. AlpertEstate of H. Max and

Josephine F. AmmermanEstate of Audrey J. BarnettEstate of Harry J. Boissevain

Estate of Henrietta T. BraunsteinEstate of Dorothy BunevichEstate of Patricia CarrollEstate of Albert ChaikenEstate of Helen G. CoddingEstate of Marcus CohnEstate of Israel and Augusta ConvisserIn Memory of Martin "Marty" DavisEstate of Robert D. Davis Jr. and

Henry J. SchalizkiEstate of Zelda FichandlerIn Memory of Helen W. and

Felix E. GeigerEstate of Ann GibbonsEstate of Ezra GlaserEstate of George GrizzardEstate of Giselle HillEstate of Joan E. KainIn Memory of Jean Russ Kern

and Jeannette G. KernEstate of Herbert A. LindowEstate of LaRue R. LutkinsEstate of Suzy PlattEstate of Toni RitzenbergEstate of Gruine RobinsonBarbara R. Walton EndowmentFund for New PlaywrightsEstate of Eric WeinmannEstate of Frankie and Jerry Williamson* Deceased

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THANK YOU — ANNUAL FUND

THE ANNUAL FUNDArena Stage gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, families, foundations and corporations who support the theater’s work by contributing to the Annual Fund. These gifts make it possible for the theater to continue presenting high-quality productions and innovative education programs that strengthen the community in which we live.For more information on the benefits of becoming an Annual Fund contributor, call the Development Department at 202-600-4177. The following are contributors as of October 23, 2019.

OVATION CIRCLEAnonymous (3)Decker Anstrom and

Sherry HiemstraJoanne Barker Larry Franks and

Ellen BerelsonArlene and Robert KogodThe Estate of

Herbert A. LindowLola C. ReinschBeth Newburger Schwartz

and Richard Schwartz*

FOUNDER’S CIRCLEAndrew R. Ammerman The Family of H. Max* and

Josephine* F. AmmermanDiane and Norman

Bernstein FoundationSusan and Steven BraloveThe Estate of

Dorothy A. BunevichJohn and Linda DerrickMaggie FitzPatrickDavid C. Frederick and

Sophia LynnJoan and David MaxwellThe Estate of

Henry J. SchalizkiDavid Bruce Smith

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLEAnonymous (1)Judith N. BattySander M. Bieber and

Linda E. RosenzweigBarbara* and Arthur BushkinDavid Becker and

Leslie SeemanEllen MacNeille CharlesThe Drutz Family Fund

for Musical TheaterPam and Richard FeinsteinDrs. Elliot J. Feldman and

Lily Gardner FeldmanVirginia McGehee FriendGeorge and Duffy* FtikasAnn O. HamiltonEllen K. HarrisonSue Henry and Carter PhillipsDr. Donald Wallace Jones,

Dr. Betty Jean Tolbert Jones and Tracey Tolbert Jones

Margot KellyMr. and Mrs. Daniel KorengoldDavid and Martha Martin Richard and Janice NewmanToni and Ronald PaulThe Revada Foundation

of the Logan FamilyR. Lucia RiddleThe Estate of

Toni A. RitzenbergSteven and Ilene RosenthalGene SamburgMr. and Mrs.

Richard W. SnowdonSheila Stampfli

LEADERSHIP CIRCLEAnonymous (1) Linda A. BaumannMichele and Allan BermanMarc BlakemanEric Braverman and

Neil Brown

Community Foundation for Northern Virginia/ James I. Chatman Fund

Joseph P. DiGangiEdgar and Tracy DobieJohn Edelmann and Jeff LoveJeri and Gary EpsteinMr. and Mrs. David FisherStephenie FosterRick and Carol Froehlich Henock Gebreamlak and

Nicholas GoadChris and Catherine

Guttman-McCabePatti and Mitchell HermanVicki J. HicksAlethia JacksonRicki and Joel KanterSheldon and Audrey KatzJudy and Peter Kovler/

The Kovler FundJohn and Lenora LynhamB. Thomas MansbachThomas and

Joyce MooreheadAnn and Terry R. PeelMr. and Mrs. Robert P. PincusHubert (Hank) SchlosbergRaymond and

Deborah Sams SczudloPeggy and David ShiffrinMolly Smith and

Suzanne Blue Star BoyRobert and Jan StoutNneka UkpaiShawna WatleyThe Estate of Frankie

and Jerry Williamson

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLEAnonymous (1)Jeff BuschKimberly Engel and Family—

The Dennis and Judy Engel Charitable Foundation

Seth and Caroline HurwitzHerb and Dianne LernerMark T. LewellynThe Robert and Natalie

Mandel Family FoundationPeggy and Alec* TomlinsonBill and Terry WitowskyChristopher Wolf and

James Beller

PRODUCER’S CIRCLEAnonymous (2)Jim and Mai AbdoEsthy and Jim AdlerCelia and Keith ArnaudAlan Asay and

Mary SturtevantJim Bellas and Kip FentonMorton and Grace BenderDr. Sharon A. BennettRichard and Evelyn BynumWes Callender and

Mary DavisKathy and Jody DreyfussThe Lois and

Richard England FamilyAmitai EtzioniNancy M. FolgerAmnon and Sue GolanWoolf GrossSusan B. HaightFruzsina M. Harsanyi and

Raymond Garcia

Meg and John HaugeJohn and Shelly HazelThomas Jesulaitis and

Barrie SeidmanLiz Hilder and Randy SmithJames and Deborah KareshMark Levine and

Sara ImersheinRobert Liberatore and

Debra Kraft Nancy and Dan LongoLaura L. McAuliffeRichard and Erin MillsDr. Alfred Munzer and

Mr. Joel WindMelanie and Larry NussdorfCraig Pascal and

Victor ShargaiBeverly PerryWesley Pickard and

Jeanette StudleyJudy Lynn PrinceFranklin D. Raines and

Denise GrantJanis Reed and Jack RequaMargaret Ann RossWilliam and Linda RuleSusan ScanlanGeorge L. Shields FoundationShugoll ResearchMcAdo Shuler, Jr.Thalia Sinnamon in memory

of Lyn SinnamonJudi and Richard SugarmanGladyce T. SumidaTerri L. TedfordTim and Grace TerpstraAnne Marie TigheAnita WinsorJudy and Leo Zickler

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEAnonymous (5)Carolyn AlperPriscilla AycockElfreda BaptistDr. and Mrs. C. Wrandle BarthKyle and Alan BellDeborah BowlesCynthia BoyerJoe and Sue BredekampBonnie and Jere Broh-KahnArlene Brown and

Gene BialekBlain and Peg ButnerLee CalligaroJohn ChesterRichard H. ClevaGeri and David CohenEllen and Michael CroninBelle N. Davis in Memory of

Martin “Marty” DavisMr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis, IIIThe Charles Delmar

FoundationBarbara and David EhrlichSkip and Laurette FarmerLorraine Fleming and

Harry ParrishChristopher and

Carol FrombolutiThe Honorable William and

Linda GarvelinkDavid and Anne GrizzlePaul R HendersonTheo W. Hodge Jr., MD and

Frederick Eugene Taylor, Jr.

Kay Kendall and Jack DaviesJudge Gladys KesslerKnight KiplingerCal and Barbara KlausnerCaroline S. KlempLauren S. KogodLeslie S. KogodStephen and

Willoughby LaycockCaroline LewisAbby MandelSteve Mayer and

Vera Oye' Yaa-AnnaRobert G. and

Joelen K. MerkelSue Cunningham and

Howard MooreAlan and Roberta MunroTimothy and Diane NaughtonFrank and Linda NutterMichael and Penelope PollardNan and Robert RatnerBill and Donna RobertsTalmadge and

Mary E. RobertsBruce and

Lori Laitman RosenblumHelen RossEugene* and Alice SchreiberJames Johnson and

Matthew ShepardDr. and Mrs. Gene SimaitisThe Souders FamilyDr. Harvey A. Sweetbaum and

Mrs. Selma SweetbaumLaura L. TosiSarah Whitesell and Wan KimJim and Elizabeth WilliamsJoan WillsRichard and

Leslie WojciechowiczRichie and Jim WrightDeborah and David YaffeJean Schiro-Zavela and

Vance ZavelaMargot Lurie Zimmerman in

memory of Paul Zimmerman

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLEAnonymous (3)The Estate of Dr. and Mrs.

Clement C. AlpertDean Amel and Terry SavelaLeon and Robyn AndrisErin and Derek ArrisonMichael F. Baylis IITed Bean and Kathy BrownJan BoyceRita Braver and

Robert BarnettJerry Bridges and

Sally TurnerSharie A. BrownJulie Burton and

Roger HickeySusan and Dixon ButlerBuffy and William Cafritz

Family FoundationWilliam Caldwell and

Michele TothDr. Myla CarpenterSusan CarterClaudette Christian and

Donald HertzmarkBeth and Ron CogswellSarah H. CohnNadine R. Cohodas

Dr. Jack H. Colwell and Dr. Rita R. Colwell

Annemargaret Connolly and Kenneth Frank

Stephen T. Cramolini and John R. Feather II

Janice CrawfordWoody Cunningham and

Jessie HarrisMr. and Mrs. James DakeMary Lou DaurayAnita Difanis and

Richard KrajeckDeirdre Donahue and

Jamie DahlbergPatricia D'OrazioCarolyn and William DoyingGloria EdwardsBob and Sue Faron Susan D. and Howard FeibusLorry M. Fenner, PhDMarc L. and

Phyllis S. FleischakerMartin and JoEllen FrostEdward GaddyMr. and Mrs.

Davis R. Gamble Jr.Colonel Lenue and

Colonel Barbara GilchristRuth Bader GinsburgSallie Forman and

Jonah GitlitzEstate of Ezra GlaserGregg H. S. GoldenMichael Greenbaum and

Sherry LiebesLinda Griggs and Bill SwedishJudy and Sheldon GrosbergCarol and Bill GrossTim and Norene Guilford,

Guilford Retirement Services

Loren and Phyllis HaagHonorable Robert and

Susan HaleLaura HartPatricia HarveySonia HersonSteven and Tanya HiltonLinda Lurie Hirsch Tom Healy and

Fred P. HochbergErich Hosbach and

Franklin MooreWhitney HubbardDavid Insinga and

Robert McDonaldSakisha JacksonJoseph and Anne JarboeAnnelle JohnsonAnne B. Keiser and

Doug LappTom and Clare KlandermanJean and John LangeAshley J. LawrenceAshley M. LewisDavid Lloyd, RealtorWalter and Betsy LohmannJohn and Trish LongLaird Lott and Linda GoodenWilliam and Ruth LubicDan and Karen MayersMark and Marsha MazzBrittany A. McCantsMary McGann and

Gerry LambNancy McGuire

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Shannon McNealNancy MironAnna Katherine MoodyDee MorrisDale Mott and Ken Hyle Meenakshi NandedkarMartha NewmanRay OlsonJoe Oppenheimer and

Edith FraserMr. and Mrs. David M. OsnosMarina and David OttawayDavid Pawlik and

Susan AlbertineMike Payne and

Barbara JohnsonHoward and

Dorothy PedolskyLaura Peebles and

Ellen FingermanDr. and Mrs. Nathaniel G. PittsMargaret J. Pollack and

Paula Reed LynchAllen Purvis and Jan JohnsonJohn and Wendy ReavesAnn RichardsTrina and Lee RubensteinJo Ella SampCarol SchwartzLinda and Arthur SchwartzRichard and

Rosemary Schwartzbard Steve and Nancy SilcoxMike and Patti SippleJames Skiles and

Lynne ChurchCarl Wayne Smith and

Michael BurkeKebharu and Mignon SmithLinda SmithLarry and Arlene SpinelliHillary M. StempleSeema SuekoMr. and Mrs. Robert SurovellMr. David Talbird and

Dr. Darlene Jean-PierreEileen and Michael TannerRobert TannerPeter and Ann TanousKeith and Jeanie ThackreyLinda and Steuart ThomsenRalph Timmons and Janet HillRear Adm. and Mrs.

Sidney WallaceAnne Paine and Fowler WestRichard and Susan WestinMark and Ria WestonConrad WoodyJane YanulisRobert and Anne YermanBeth York and Art RubinAnnette and Colin Young

STARAnonymous (6)Lynn J. and Lynne A. BardenNan BeckleyPeter and Ellen BertyGypsy BlackLucille A. BlandDavid and Judy BoniorRoger and Nancy BrownSharon M. BrownCandice C. BryantJoseph N Cannon Robert and Rose CaponEstate of Albert ChaikenN. Chesser and J.M. RoweManny and Ruthy CohenJohn and Sheila ComptonCamille CookValerie and John CuddyBeth CunninghamLorraine DayRegina K. Dillard, Esq.Diane and Lowell DodgeDouglas DowlingSue Duncan and Leo FisherSarah G. Epstein and

Donald A. Collins

Geraldine Feaster and Calvin Bethea*

Dan Felger and Jean HerzPeter and Alison FennJames and Patricia FlaniganMr. and Mrs. Michael FlyerThe Henry J. Fox TrustThe Samuel Freedman TrustLawrence and Joanie FriendAmy C. GilbertMark* and Sara GoldbergCatherine and Warren GorrellEd Gray and Sherri BlountGrace R. GreggAlfred and Lynne GroffEllie and John HagnerMr. and Mrs. Peter D. HartArdelia HaywardS. Ross and

Susan L. HechingerShawn C. Helm and

J. Thomas MarchittoLucia HillMichael Hindi and

Gregory SchultzRichard and Pamela HindsJudy HonigPaul and Bonnie HoplerThe S. Kann Sons Co.

FoundationGary KempMary KimbleKenneth and

Carol Doran KleinTuke and Pierce KlemmtPatricia and John KoskinenSimeon M. Kriesberg and

Martha L. KahnMs. Jane Mary KwassWilliam and Grace LaChancePatricia Lark and Lutz PragerRichard and Cecilia LarkinDrew Lebby and

Wendy SchwartzElizabeth C. LeeThelma K. LeenhoutsAlbert L. and

Doris M. LindquistRonald Long and

Barbara AtwellVirginia MacLauryPaul and Patricia MaennerJohn and Mary Lee MalcolmLinda MarksRussell MatthiasEmmy McArverEddie and Lynne McCormickJ. Douglas and

Martie McDowallMs. Jane McGrewEdward and Loretta MerrowJohn and Paula MillianNancy and Herbert MilsteinDavid MontgomeryMr. and Mrs. Thomas J. MooreJudie and Fred MopsikShelia NewmanRita O'Brien, Esq. and

John ImparatoGregg OttingerMr. and Mrs. P. David PappertCharles and Janet ParkerJ.F. PerryDr. Patricia Petrick and

Dr. William MullinsBeth PileGail Povar and Larry BachorikAne PowersWhayne and Ursula QuinJane Ellen Ramsey and

Joseph InbarJ. Paul and Diane ReasonJoe and Ginny RedishNancy ReganClyde Relick and Julie DavisDeborah RemmersAlan and Terry RettigMassimo and Marilou RighiniMarvin and Joan RosenbergBarry and Joan RosenthalMr. and Mrs. Arthur Rothkopf

Richard and Jacqueline Sellers

Dr. Sidney ShankmanJames and Lisa ShannonLeslie ShapiroMike and Patti SippleAnnelise and Robert H. SmithMargo Smith and

Gerry LevineDr. Earl P. Steinberg and

Claire E. ReadePatricia Stonesifer and

Michael KinsleyBarbara ToohillJoanne Tornow and

Neil LehrerJudge and Mrs.

James T. TurnerRoger and Diane WarinJoan and Mark WeissMr. Gerry WiddicombeSusan WienerKen and Dorothy WoodcockIrene and Alan Wurtzel

LEADAnonymous (3)Anthony AldwellMichele A. Manatt and

Wolfram AndersWilliam BalesAnn and Mal BaraschPaul and Jeanette BarkleyDr. and Mrs. John BarnesMichael Barrett and

Danielle BeauchampDavid and Janet BatlanDava BerkmanBenevity Community

Impact FundMs. Mindy BerryDennis and

Shirley BloomquistRichard and Eleanor BochnerKaren J. BoppDr. and Mrs. Gerald BorsukMarivi BryantHarold R. BucholtzPlater and Faye CampbellLouis and Karen CarsonCynthia Cessna and

Marc TobinHenry Chamberlain and

Lisa BurnsGail Chambers and

Scott BakerMr. and Mrs. John H. ClarkKenneth T. ClineFrancis and Terry CoatesSusan M. CrawfordPhil and Joan CurrieLisa and Tony DelityDavid DunnAnn ElliottJames Ellzy and

Franc O'MalleyCarol FaulbLinda and Jay FreedmanJean C. FultonJim and Lorrie FultonKatherine Ann GardnerLouise GaryLinda GehrRichard Gervase and

Stuart DeleryLaura GiffordEileen M GleimerLynne and Bill GlikbargDr. and Mrs. Michael GoldDr. Donna M. GollnickJohn M. GoodmanDebra and Chris GordonC. O. GregorySally Williams GreshamKaren T. GrisezRobert GronenbergSue and Bruce GuentherGail GulliksenFrank Guzzetta and

Paul ManvilleJack E. Hairston, Jr.

Mr. Maurice Hamilton CPAChris HarrisJoan B. HarveyMarianne HarwitA. H. HatryDoris HausserRobin Crawford HellerDonald E. Hesse and

Jerrilyn AndrewsJohn and Debra HowardDrew HuffmanDr. and Mrs. David HummAndrea JacksonTimothy S. JamesonRobin JenkinsOlivia and Brian KaneJackie Williams KayeJohn Keator and Virginia

SullivanDr. Sandra D. KeyMr. Albert KramerThomas KuchenbergSteven Leinwand and

Ann LawrenceJohn and Jane LewisDr. and Mrs. Randall J. LewisLucinda Low and

Daniel MagrawLory ManningKen Marks and Edith AriasLou MayoGlen McCarthyPatrick McGettigan and

Elliott GlassBernice K. McIntyreMichael McLeodPatricia McMahonDavid and Sarah McMeansCharles and Marilyn McMillionSally and Bill MeadowsStephen Meyer and

Erica SummersBernard MeyersDr. Florence K. MillerMaryAnn MillerRichard and Judith MorrisseyTerence Murphy and Patricia

Sherman MurphyDonald and Lynne MyersCarole and John NannesJeffrey Neal and

Kevin LoefflerSherry and Lou NevinsSonja M. PalomakiDoris Parker and

Michael SpatzJane PassmanNorval PeabodyNthakoana Peko and Don

SpicerAlan and Andrea PendletonAlvin A. PerkinsRandy PerryJeanne and Burnie PetersMary Irene PettRandy and Kathy PhersonWilliam PhillipsThomas and Jane ReckfordDavid and Susan ReichartMargaret Rice and Bill SetteDr. Tommie L. Robinson, Jr.Michael P. Rogan and

Susan SchafferGareth RosenauSteven M. Rosenberg and

Stewart C. Low IIIDr. Ted and

Judge Barbara RothsteinJeffery RussellAlan and Florence SalisburyArt and Nancy SaltfordJean SammonMs. Gail SattlerLinda B. SchakelJames F. and Ola S. ScottJoan H. SearbyDiane Seeger and

Tom ChristeinHarold Settler and Jean AllenM. Pat and Bob Shapiro

Ken Simonson and Jan Solomon

Ida Fernanders SmithLynette R.F. SmithAileen and Jack SullivanEmil and Judy SunleyTAA Services, LtdDr. Sheila TaubeElizabeth and Jerry TelesAl Thomson and

Carol MichaelsenRoberta K. Van HaeftenDr. Carolyn Peoples VeigaEd and Maria WardShani WaughCameron and

Susan WeiffenbachJohn and Val WheelerJack and Sue WhitelawRobert and

Gwendolyn WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Kevin WilshereRobert WilsonScott and Lucy WilsonJohn WingardMara YachninJeffrey and Johanna Zinn

SUPPORTING ROLEAnonymous (26)Gen. Clara L. Adams-Ender Dr. and Mrs. Nelson AdamsonJudith AgardBill Allen and Jenna LaneAmb. and Mrs.

Frank AlmaguerJames AmaralMarilena Amoni and Don RyanJohn and

Sarah Allen AndersonMs. Judith AndersonJean W. ArnoldDr. Bill Santford AshleyThomas and Sharon AtkinsMark AustrianDiana Aviv and

Sterling SpeirnMartin Malsch and

Jane AxelradElinor R. BaconNancy G. BarnumLoretta C. BeaumontCarolyn and John BeckMartin BellMark BellamahSusan and Don BennettJohn and Sylvia BenoitRobert C. and

Elissa B. BerniusThomas J. BillyAnn Blackman and

Michael PutzelJon Blake and

Elizabeth ShriverConstance Bohon MDVincent and Veronica BolesMickey and Sally BolmerRandall A. BowmanAnne BoydenTerri Brady and Steve VernaMr. and Mrs.

A. Stanley Brager, Jr.Kip and Kimberly BraileyAnn BreenValerie BriggsBill and Emily BrittleHazel BroadnaxPerry L. BrownMr. and Mrs.

Ronald K. BrowningRita BruceMarian BrunoSallybeth BumbreyMike and Susan BurkPatricia BurkeAvery BurnsTimothy BurrMatt Butcher and Liz PennisiDonna Butts and

William LibroSandra and Paul Byrne


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Christine CabellJohn CahillLeslie Calman and

Jane GruenebaumLarry and Caroline CarbaughWilliam and Kathleen CareyMr. and Mrs. Herb and

Ann CarlsonAngela CaroleMildred CarrethersMs. Patricia CarterCarla CartwrightMr. and Mrs. James CartyRuth CarverTanja CastroWallace ChandlerBrian and Allayne ChappelleMark and Linda ChastangJoy and Jerry ChoppinTracey ChunnMs. Maxine M. ClarkWilliam and Louise ClevelandAdam CohenEdward Cohen and

Charlene BarshefskyMr. and Mrs. W. Joseph

Coleman Jr.Kenneth ColemanMary Beth CollinsDrs. Houston and

Mary ConleyJohn and Barbara ConwayCarl and Nancy CooperAndrea and Tim CorcoranGina CourtneyBarbara and Paul CoutureDrs. Joanne and Frank CrantzJohn and Isabella CummingsTerrence CurrierKarla CurtisGeorge A. DalleyLinda DanielJohn Davies and Marty MoonDarrellene DavisDonald and Susan DavisDeanna K. DawsonTed Deming and Roz RidgwayMichael Denny and

Christel SchaefersMr. Jacob Heilbrun and

Sarah DespresKimberly DixonJames DonaldsonMarion DoddMolly Donovan and

Barry WepmanDon Douglas and

Carolyne WeilMr. John DowneyClark and Emilie DownsMs. Cheryl DragooBecky and Charlie DukesJoan DuncanMr. and Mrs. DunhemMichael and Mary DurrAlma EdgerlyBarry and Joyce EisensteinBrian and Sonja ElmerMarjorie and Anthony ElsonRoxanne EnglundTina EskridgeRalph and Gwendolyn EverettPeggy EwoniukMr. William FaragherRalph and Gae FasoldBeth FeldmanMr. and Mrs.

Charles FeldmayerGary FelserJoan FinaJack L. FinglassRobert and Sally FishDr. J.D. FletcherNicolle FleuryJames and Carla FlugDonale and Cathy FogelHeather FoleyRobert and

Carole FontenroseEllen FoxHarry Foxwell

David FranzKaren L. FrenchAllan FriedmanBob FugatePaul GambleMr. and Mrs. James GentleDr. Kirk GeterJane Glickman and

Charles SacksMaggie Godbold and

Steve BershaderJudy and Joel GoldbergPaula S. GoldmanMs. Alisa GoldsteinMr. Joel C. GoldsteinJannie GoldstonAndy and Donna GomerMichael M. GottesmanBarbara and Tom GottschlakA. Steven and

Janet Hall GraffMr. Alan GreenMadi Green, in memory of

Duff Green IIIMaxine GreenMike and Jen GreerChristian GriffinPatrick GriffinSusan Gutchess and

Helen IngallsRobert and Carol HallArtis Hampshire-CowanRoy HamrickMarilyn HandySusan and Allen HanenbaumDr. Michael HarringtonBetsy Ann HarrisPatricia Hartwell Toba and Tony HausnerJerry HawkeElizabeth HayesDeborah Healey and

Margaret MohrmannCynthia HeckmannJames HeegemanElizabeth HeringtonPaul Herman and

Karen GoldmanRuth HermanPeggy Herron and

John LibonatiRichard and Mary-Ellen HibeyTimothy HigginsDorothea HiltenbrandDonald and Diana HirschJessica Hirschorn and

Henry Howard, Jr.William and Marie HoffmanSallie L. HolderThomas HollandClarence G. HoopJohn and Claudia HopkinsLauren and Glen HowardJohn Hughes and

Estelle DeMaioSidney and Carol HurlburtStephen and Margaret HutThomas HydeGeraldine IngeAnn IngramMike and Carol IrelandPatricia Jackman and

Stephen L. JohnBarbara and John R. JacksonDr. and Mrs.

William B. Jackson, IILorie D. JacksonSmyrna N. JacksonLorna S. JaffePaul JaikaranEdward and Victoria JaycoxDaphne JeffersonLucrecia P. Johnson, Esq.Diane Johnson-Quinn and

Vincent QuinnJason JohnstonKenneth JohnstonKimberly and Tad JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Wayne and

Susan Jonas

Edward Jones and Peggy Marshall

Edward P. JonesElizabeth Blair JonesJoyce E. JordanBelinda KaneDr. and Mrs. Arnold KaplinJane C. KarpickJody Katz and Jeffrey GibbsPaul and Masako KaufmanMr. and Mrs. James KeightleyMr. Peter Kimmel and

Dr. Stephanie JacksonCarol KingJanet KingMrs. William KingsburyPris and Bill KirbyMarty and Marica KleinRobert M. KleinSteve and Karen KlempJohn KnappLindy KnappEmily KohlerJohn KramerKenneth KramerRichard and Teresa KramerMr. Robert LarkeEileen LawrenceLeslie LawsonRobin LeeSunita and Daniel LeedsStuart and Brock LendingMichael LestingiMichael and Paula LevyMarion Ein LewinMarjorie and John LewisFrank and

Marianne* LiebermannCarol Ann and

Kenneth LinderGail Lione and

Barry GrossmanAce and Linda LipsonMargo London and

Townsend BelserCynthia LongShirley LooKenneth LowenbergJan Lower and Paul BergerMary and Hal LuciusNan LukmireRonald and Marilyn LundquistJoan LunneyBonnie LutzRobert and Caroline LykeMargot Machol and

Mark BisnowChris and Christine MageeGerald and

Madeline MalovanyBarbara ManderHon. John E. MansfieldPhyllis and Philip MargoliusTeddi MarshallAnne MartinMichelle MasonStanley MatchettMarlene MayoHans and Marianne MayrLou MazaweyWilliam McBride and

Susan Caporaso McBrideSusan Hall McCannellFred and Jeanne McCarrollMichael and

Bonnie McClellanElizabeth Ann McGrathMr. and Mrs. William McKaigJohn and Marie McKeonMartha McQuadeCheryl McQueenTom and Terry MeloPhil MendelsonMr. William MichieBarbara MintzJohn E. MitchellPatricia MitchellDr. Robin Mockenhaupt and

Dr. Ralph PoppHazel C. MooreMelanie and Rene Moreno

Kent and Dale MorrisonHelaine G. MorssMarilyn L. MuenchJim and Ellen MyerbergHedy Nash and

John WetterauValerie NealBrad NeilleyJohn and Carol NobleMatthew and Lillian NolanJeremy Novak and

Elaine MattaireKingsley and

Magdalene ObajiR. Frances O'BrienJudy OlmerMichael P. OnderMichael and

Kathleen OpincarJimmy OrtizColonel Tommy T. OsborneLaney OxmanElsie PageGary and Maxine PaglianoZannis and Jackie PappasAndrew and Ruth ParrWilson H. ParranJames T. Parson, Jr.Ms. Barbara PatockaKeith and Rhonda PattersonRenate G PawlikAlice PearsonKevin and Sherry PearsonMary PedigoAnne E. PeretMr. Gary PetersonKaren and Hugh PettigrewMargaret and Carl PfeifferMr. Daniel T Piekarski and

Ms. Ivin WayDr. Gwendolyn W. PlaDiane and Arnold PolingerJessica PollnerMrs. Ruth PontiusJean PoolAnna PowellJim and Sue PriceWendell and Kathy PrimusDr. Johnny RaileyEdward RamosMr. Charles RamseyJanice RasgusSandra Reed-BryantAnna Marie ReederElise and Dennis ReederPeter S. ReichertzCatherine RemijanMaria Farese RendineConnie and Richard RichardsDavid and Lynn RickardJo Ricks and Jeffrey ClarkLynda RobbClyde RobbinsMarkley RobertsMrs. Cheryl K. RobertsonMarietta S. RobinsonConstance RobeyMarietta RobinsonAnn and Vincent RogersDr. and Mrs. Norman RogersDr. Sheila Rogovin and

Dr. Stewart AledortDenise RollinsBob Rose and Lauren SwartzRosalind RosenbergMary Jane RossDr. Bernard and

Louise RostkerRichard and Carol RothMaryann RozzellNuhad D. Ruggiero Al RussellJane and Bruce RyanKathy Waldman and

Steve SabatBarbara SableMr. and Mrs. John SacchettiMs. Carol SacharKenneth and Chris SaleStephen and Doreen Sanborn

Beverly SappLee SaundersErnest Schichler and

John MurrayCarol Seary SchneiderLisa and Mark SchneiderPauline A. SchneiderDr. Frederick and

Peri SchuylerJ. Kenneth Schwartz Karren E. ScottSandra and David SellersErin ShannonRuth and Phil ShapiroThe Hon Mattie R. SharplessKathy SheehanJohn and Roma ShermanLaura ShiffrinBobbi and Larry ShulmanHugh and Ruth SickelDr. and Mrs. Rubin SiegelPatricia SilvermanSally SimmsIrene and Robert SinclairKathleen SmithMargaret SmithPamela Brown SmithCecile SrodesDonna StatonShellie SteinbergDonald R. and

Dorothy T. StoneBarbara Strong and

Michael KielbiewiczDeborah K. TatumAntia and Donald TaylorRyan TerryDebra TheritDennis and Rosalind ThomasDeborah ThompsonPatricia ThorneBarbara TobiasJuergen ToorenDarrell TotmanLyanne TrumbullSheila TruxonJudith TurnerCori UccelloKaty VicklandSusan and Jeff VincentJames VollmanMs. Maria WagnerMr. and Mrs. Bruce WaldMichael Waldman and

Linda CoeLee Allen and

Howard WalgrenPamela WalkerCynthia WallaceKrystyna WassermanDr. and Mrs. Harlan WatsonHelene Weisz and

Richard LiebermanStevenson WeitzJoseph and Rosemary WellerDrs. Stephan and Ann WernerMark A. Westman and

Christopher DuffCarolyn L. WheelerGreg and Mary WhitemanDr. and Mrs. Robert WhittenJon and Sandra WillenDr. Susan WillensDan and Debbie WilliamsBernetta and Kevin WillamsLawrence WilliamsJ. David WillsonPeter WorkBeth and John WrightElaine WunderlichJames YenckelBeverly and Daniel YettPatricia N. YoungSusan YurchakHeidi Zimmerman

* Deceased


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THANK YOU — INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

OUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS (as of September 15, 2019)

OVATION CIRCLE

National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/ U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

FOUNDER’S CIRCLE

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationShare Fund

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

AnonymousHattie M. Strong FoundationThe Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc.

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLEAPCO WorldwideArent Fox, LLPThe Bernstein CompaniesThe Boeing CompanyBoies, Schiller & Flexner, LLPThe Boston Consulting GroupBrookfield PropertiesCentral Parking System

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE (continued)Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing ArtsDiscovery Inc.The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.The Edelmann Love Group RealtorsK&L Gates, LLPThe Meredith FoundationNorthrop Grumman CorporationAlice Shaver FoundationTheatre ForwardVenable, LLP

PRODUCER’S CIRCLEAccentureAmtrakBMW of SterlingBP AmericaThe Bay & Paul FoundationsCareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldCatherine B. Reynolds FoundationClark-Winchcole FoundationCollins AerospaceDimick FoundationEdison Electric InstituteFriends of Southwest DCGraham Holdings CompanyHoffman Madison WaterfrontJBG SmithThe Knightsbridge Restaurant GroupMars FoundationSaul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLPSouthwest Business Improvement DistrictUnion Plus

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLEAronson, LLCBormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A.Foley & Lardner, LLPThe Kiplinger FoundationWawa FoundationWeissberg Foundation

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLECabot CreameryFisher Dachs Associates, IncFloyd E. David Family FoundationPotomac Law Group, PLLC

Legend:Ovation Circle $100,000 and aboveFounder’s Circle $50,000 – 99,999Benefactor’s Circle $25,000 – 49,999Leadership Circle $15,000 – 24,999President’s Circle $10,000 – 14,999Producer’s Circle $5,000 – 9,999Director’s Circle $2,500 – 4,999Playwright’s Circle $1,500 – 2,499Star $1,000 – 1,499Lead $600 – 999Supporting Role $300 – 599

We endeavor to provide a complete listing of all donors in the above categories. However, if your name is not listed, please contact the Development Department at 202-600-4177. We are also grateful to the thousands of other contributors to Arena Stage, whose names space will not permit us to print.

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THANK YOU — SPECIAL EVENT DONORS

OUR SPECIAL EVENT DONORSA special thank you to the many individuals, families and organizations who support Arena Stage’s award-winning Artistic Productions and Community Engagement Programs through their patronage and sponsorship of our fundraising events.

2019 ARENA STAGE GALATHURSDAY, MAY 21, 2019Event Chair Lavern J. Chatman and Honorary Chair Annie Simonian TotahBeth Newburger Schwartz Award presented to Nina Totenberg; Lindsey Brittain Collins recognized as Emerging Leader

PLATINUM SPONSORAT&TExelonArlene and Robert Kogod

GOLD SPONSORSSue Henry and Carter PhillipsThe Reef Team of

TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Beth Newburger Schwartz

SILVER SPONSORSAndrew R. AmmermanAPCO WorldwideArent Fox, LLPJoanne BarkerJudith N. BattyDavid Becker and

Leslie SeemanThe Bernstein CompaniesBoies Schiller Flexner, Inc.Deborah C. BrittainBrookfield PropertiesSusan E. CarmelCarol & Rick FroehlichAnn O. HamiltonSeth HurwitzRicki and Joel KanterDaniel Korengold and

Martha DippellDr. Sachiko KunoMele and Michael E. MeltonOurisman Automotive

of Virginia

A. Gene SamburgPeggy and David ShiffrinVenable

BRONZE SPONSORSAARP, Inc.Decker Anstrom and

Sherry HiemstraBMW of SterlingKatherine and David BradleySusan and Steven BraloveCareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldGEICOHoffman Madison WaterfrontJMA SolutionsR. Lucia RiddleSaul Ewing Arnstein

and Lehr, LLPSouthwest Business

Improvement DistrictTSG, Inc.George Vrandenburg

ADVOCATE SPONSORSAronson, LLCStephenie FosterJames Gale and Lisa BarryWilliam Kennard and

Deborah Kennedy KennardElissa LeonardHerb and Dianne LernerDavid and Martha MartinRidgewells CateringKeith Taylor and Enoh Ebong

PATRON SPONSORS:Michele and Allan BermanSander M. Bieber and

Linda E. RosenzweigDeborah BowlesEric Braverman and Neil BrownJeff BuschTony Cammarota,

ReMax DistinctiveJoshua and Moira CarinJoseph P. DiGangiThelma DugginJohn Edelmann and Jeff LoveJeri and Gary EpsteinNancy M. FolgerLarry Franks and Ellen BerelsonLinda and Jay FreedmanMs. Brooke FriedmanMr. Charles and

Dr. Barbara FriedmanMr. Yale FriedmanVirginia McGehee FriendHenock Gebreamlak and

Nicholas GoadMarilyn and

Michael GlossermanCatherine and

Chris Guttman-McCabeJerry HagstromSusan B. HaightSheila Harley-WashingtonBarbara Brown HawthornPatti and Mitchell HermanSonia HersonVicki J. Hicks

Dr. Donald Wallace Jones, Dr. Betty Jean Tolbert Jones and Tracey Tolbert Jones

Guinevere Jones-WoodKaren KaubGail W. Laster and

Donald B. VerrilliWilee and Finlay LewisHazel C. MooreDale Mott and Ken HyleNorthern Trust CompanyMrs. Robin O’Neil,

Passports to College, Inc.Ann and Terry R. PeelMichael and Maria PriceJudy Lynn PrinceDick and Katie SnowdonSheila StampfliDr. Nickolai TalaninGrace TerpstraPeggy TomlinsonMaya Weil

IN-KIND SPONSORSTotal Wine & More

Legend:Platinum Sponsor $25,000 and aboveGold Sponsor $15,000 – 29,999Silver Sponsor $10,000 – 14,999Bronze Sponsor $5,000 – 9,999Advocate Sponsor $2,500 – 4,999Patron Sponsor $1,000 – 2,499

2018 WINE AUCTION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2018 Event Chairs Judith N. Batty, Gene Samburg and Beth Newburger Schwartz

GRAND CRU SPONSORSJudith N. BattyGene SamburgBeth Newburger Schwartz

PREMIER CRU SPONSORSDecker Anstrom and Sherry

HiemstraMichael and Stacie ArpeyHazel C. Moore

VINEYARD SPONSORSAnonymousMartha Dippell and

Daniel Korengold

Catherine and Chris Guttman-McCabe

William and Ruth LubicLola C. Reinsch

IN-KIND WINE SPONSORSTotal Wine & More Villa Maria New Zealand

Legend:Grand Cru Sponsor $5,000 Premier Cru Sponsor $2,000 Vineyard Sponsor $1,000

EIGHTH ANNUAL MILITARY THANKSGIVING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2018

LEAD SPONSORLockheed Martin Corporation

FOUR STAR SPONSORRaytheon Company

THREE STAR SPONSORSThe Boeing CompanyDiscovery Inc.Northrop Grumman Corporation

TWO STAR SPONSORSAccentureClark Construction Group, LLCRick and Carol FroehlichGEICODavid Bruce Smith in

honor of Max Smith

ONE STAR SPONSORSEnterprise Holdings

FoundationThe Wawa Foundation

IN-KIND SPONSORSAce BeverageThe Coca-Cola Company

Legend:Four Star Sponsor $25,000 and aboveThree Star Sponsor $10,000 – 24,999Two Star Sponsor $5,000 – 9,999One Star Sponsor $2,500 – 4,999

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THEATER STAFFArtistic Director .....................................................Molly SmithExecutive Producer ...........................................Edgar DobieFounding Director .............Zelda Fichandler (1924-2016)Founding Executive Director ..... Thomas C. Fichandler ..........................................................................................(1915-1997)

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTDeputy Artistic Director ................................ Seema SuekoLiterary Manager ..........................................Naysan MojganiCasting Director/Line Producer ................Teresa SapienDramaturg .........................................................Jocelyn ClarkeArtistic Development Administrative Assistant ...................................Asha MosesLiterary Fellow ....................................................Dante Flores*Directing Fellow...........................Gregory Keng Strasser*Current Commissioned Writers ..................Kia Corthron,

Nathan Alan Davis, Emily Feldman, Idris Goodwin, David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph,

Kenneth Lin, Craig Lucas, Eduardo Machado, Octavio Solis, Theresa Rebeck, Lauren Yee,

Karen Zacarías, Zack ZadekPlaywrights’ Arena 2019................................Audrey Cefaly,

Annalisa Dias, Paige Goodwin, Psalmayene 24, Alan Sharpe

ADMINISTRATIONChief Financial Officer ...................................Joe BerardelliLeadership Office Manager .............................. Alison IrvinLeadership and Business Fellow ...............JP McLaurin* General Counsel ...............Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &

Jacobson; Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orsek, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP

BUSINESS OFFICEController .............................................................John MonnettPayroll Manager ....................................................Larry BrightStaff Accountant ...................................... Christopher MurkAccounting Associate.......................................Mark RunionAuditors ................................... Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A.Counsel ...............................................................Arent Fox, LLP

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTDirector of Community Engagement/Senior Artistic Advisor ...................... Anita Maynard-LoshDirector of Education ..................................Ashley FormanSchool Programs Manager ..............Rebecca CampanaMaster Teaching Artist ............................... Psalmayene 24Training Programs Manager ..........Sean-Maurice LynchCommunity Programs Manager .................Mauricio PitaCommunity Engagement Assistant ..............................................Alan Gonzalez BisnesCommunity Engagement Fellows .......Tres McMichael*,

Megan Philippi*

DEVELOPMENTChief Development Officer ................Jon Kevin GossettDirector of Institutional Relations ..............Shayla Hines Director, Ovation Campaign .......................... Ryan MerkelDirector of Individual Giving ...............................Ann SagleDirector, Development Operations and Events ..............................................................Maria CorsoDirector of Board and Donor Relations ..........................................Anne Paine WestLeadership Giving Officer.................................... Ana TeslikDevelopment Research Analyst .......... Molly FedermanMajor Gifts and Campaign Manager .......Taylor RamboFoundation Relations Manager ....................Abigail CadyGift Planning Specialist ........................................Maya WeilCorporate Sponsorships Manager .......... Charity HarrisMajor Gifts Coordinator ............................... Casey RadnerMembership Manager ........................... Ryan ImpagliazzoMembership Coordinator ...........Gwendolyn TunnicliffeDevelopment Operations Assistant ............................................Hannah Guy-MozenterDevelopment Communications Assistant .............................................................Lauren LopatyDevelopment Fellow ........................................ Kayli Modell*

HUMAN RESOURCESDirector of Human Resources ........Jackie Rucker BohiHuman Resources and Benefits Associate .......................................... Kathryn Perry

MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIONManaging Director .........................................Khady Kamara

AUDIENCE SERVICESSenior Director of Sales and Audience Services ............. Lindsey Wareing PisaniAssistant Director of Audience Services ...........................................Sabrina ClarkAssistant Director of Sales Services .......... Isaac EvansVisitor Services Manager ............................. Jody BaraschHouse Managers ................Bruce Perry, Andrew Rampy,

Renata WilsonAssistant Manager of Group Sales .......Ellison RobertsGroup Sales Associates .............. Bria Hall, Jay WilliamsManager of Sales Services ................................Brian AntinAssistant Manager of Sales Services ..........................................Marsha KangasSales Associates ............. DJ Batchelor, Sean Carpenter,

X. Alexander Durden, Kiana Livingston, Colin O’Bryan, Jacob Savage, Austin Sternlicht

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THEATER STAFFEVENTS AND RENTALSAssistant Director of Events and Rentals ........................................Emma LatimerEvents and Rentals Assistant Managers ............................... Brittany Lamback,

Demi MohamedEvents and Rentals Assistant ................Cameron AppelEvents Fellow .....................................................Tommy Stack*

INFORMATION SYSTEMSDirector of Information Systems ........Travis ArmbusterSystems Administrator ......................................Jarett PooleDatabase Manager ........................................Rachel SchlaffHelp Desk Associate .................................Edward Wieland

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSSenior Director of Marketing and Communications ...........................Renée M. LittletonDigital Communications Manager .....Brieahn J. DeMeoPublicist ...........................................................Lauren McMillenCommunications Associate ......... Samantha SchneiderSenior Graphic Designer.................................Shawn HelmWebsite and New Media Manager ..................Ben NolanMultimedia Designer ......................................... Nicole BrateAssistant Manager of Publications .....Kate ThompsonMarketing Fellow ............................................... Tristin Evans*Publications Fellow .......................................Brandon Pelar*Media Relations Fellow .............................Caroline Austin*Artwork Creation ......................................... Nicky LindemanIllustrators ........... Jonathan Bartlett, Charles Chaisson,

Raul Colón, Charlie Davis, Tim O’Brien, Roberto Parada,

Paul Rogers, Jason Seiler, Owen Smith

OPERATIONS AND FACILITIESSenior Director of Operations ...............Marissa LaRoseOperations Manager .............................................Alicia SellsOperations Coordinator ..............................Jenna MurphyAssistant Company Manager ...................Maddie NewellCompany Management Fellow .... Katharine Templeton* Facilities and Engineering Manager .......Jerry SampsonMaintenance Technicians .......................... Vincent Gregg,

Henry Williams, Keaun Windear Porter ..................................................................Lawrence WiseStage Door Attendants .............................Ra’Chelle Carey,

Kay Rogers

PRODUCTIONDirector of Production .....................................Robert HandProduction Manager ...............................Karen O. MayhewAssistant Production Manager ................. Trevor A. Riley

SCENICTechnical Director .................................................Natalie BellAssociate Technical Director ........Zachary FullenkampAssistant Technical Director ...........................Travis SmithSenior Carpenter .................................................Norman LeeCharge Scenic Artist ..................................................Li QiangCarpenters ...........................Mick Coughlan, Craig Hower,

Sean Malarkey, Hannah Martin, Logan McDowell, Frank Miller, Amanda Srok

PROPERTIESProperties Director .....................................Jennifer SheetzAssociate Properties Director ..........Lance PenningtonAssistant Properties Director ............... Jonathan BorgiaMaster Prop Carpenter ..................................Michael RitoliProps Artisan ............................................................Niell DuValProperty Assistants .................... Marion Hampton Dubé, ..................................................................................Kyle HandziakLIGHTSMaster Electrician...........................Christopher V. LewtonAssistant Master Electrician .......................Paul VillalovozElectricians .................................Scott Folsom, Brian Flory,

Kelsey L. SwansonLighting Fellow .......................................................Minjoo Kim*

SOUNDSound and Video Supervisor ....................Brian BurchettMaster Sound and Video Technician .............................Timothy M. ThompsonSound Technicians ................................................Alex Cloud,

Adam W. Johnson, Drew Moberley

COSTUMESCostume Director ............................. Joseph P. SalasovichAssociate Costume Director ..........................Cierra CoanDrapers ...............................Carol Ramsdell, Steven SimonFirst Hands ............Michele Macadaeg, Mallory MuffleyCraftsperson .....................................................Deborah NashWardrobe Supervisors .......Alina Gerall, Alice HawfieldHair, Wig and Makeup Supervisor ............................................ Rayna C. RichardsonCostume Assistant ........................................ Kitt Crescenzo Costume and Wardrobe Assistant .......Adelle Gresock

STAGE MANAGEMENTStage Managers ..........................Rachael Danielle Albert,

Marne Anderson, Kurt Hall, Martha Knight, Emily Ann Mellon, Christi B. Spann, Susan R. White

Stage Management Fellows ..............Stephen Bubniak*, Delaynie Rizer*

* Allen Lee Hughes Fellow

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