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Richard iiiMay 15 >> June 16

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In 2018, “Synetic is still firmly in the mesmerizing business”-The Washington Post

Founded in 2001 by the husband and wife team of Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, Synetic Theater is the region’s premier contemporary theater, dedicated to the fusion of dynamic art forms from text and drama to movement, acrobatics, dance, film and music. In the span of almost 20 years, Synetic received 134 Helen Hayes nominations and 32 Awards.

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Rick L. Hardy, ChairMichael Haskett, Vice ChairAllison Foster Ruckh, TreasurerTim Carlton, SecretaryPeter W. BerkDaniel S. CoxDiane Dippold MacIntoshJulianna MahleyRyan E. MerkelBlair RubleJeffrey SchraggPaata Tsikurishvili

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Ina Milton Dimitri Simes

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Angela FoxSue and Amnon GolanHanna HaskettFreddi LipsteinAmy M. NiceLloyd RoseVictor ShargaiCecil ThompsonJay Zawatsky

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Richard iiiBased on the play written by William Shakespeare

May 15 >> June 16

Production Manager Phill Giggey Sr.Master Electrician Alex KeenAudio & Video Engineer Thomas SowersLight Board Programmer & Operator Ian Claar Electricians Ian Claar, Brittany Shemuga, Christion Jones, Matt Lankford, Cassandra Saulski, Susannah Cai, Van Pham

Assistant Director Anne FlowersAssistant Lighting Designer Nicki FranklinAssistant Costume Designer Alexa DuimstraDraper Ré TeagueCarpenters Tony Ritchie, Chris Foote, Pete NealScenic Painter Tim Grant

The 2018/19 season is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Arlington Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington Economic Development & the Arlington Commission for the Arts, and the

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DirectorPaata Tsikurishvili

Resident ComposerKonstantine Lortkipanidze

Scenic & Multimedia DesignerTennessee Dixon

Lighting DesignerBrian S. Allard

Properties DesignerKelli L. Jones

Resident Stage ManagerMarley Giggey

ChoreographerIrina Tsikurishvili

AdapterNathan Weinberger

Costume Designer

Erik Teague*

Sound DesignerThomas Sowers

Video Producer & EditorScott Brown

Technical DirectorPhil Charlwood

Our new adaptation of Richard III was made possible by the generous support of David & Claire Maklan, Hans & Helen Kaper, Sue & Amnon Golan, and Bonnie N. & Jere Broh-Kahn.

Our 14th “Wordless Shakespeare”—Richard III—is also one of the Bard’s most popular and frequently staged plays, so if you’re going to produce it, you’d better have something new and exciting to say. Everyone knows the familiar image of the spidery, hunchbacked king, twisted in body and soul, leering at the grieving widow and wickedly raising an eyebrow at his two young nephews, innocently and obliviously “in his way” —so what can we bring to this play that’s new?

After all, for more than four centuries, Shakespeare’s legendary supervillain has limped across stages the world over and before cameras in everything from medieval

tights to fascist jackboots—a timeless and universal symbol of corruption, greed, and duplicity. He has taken every conceivable shape, literally and figuratively, his ruthless opportunism fitting any era, any age. But, like Iago, we’re never given a satisfactory explanation as to the source of Richard’s evil; he simply is. To get at the root of his motivations, and exploring the notion that evil is the absence of empathy and humanity, our adaptation substitutes Richard’s infamous deformities with another kind of physical defect—an almost complete mechanical reconstruction of Richard’s physical body after he is wounded in battle. This transformation is so drastic and his dependence on technology so complete as to leave hardly anything of Richard’s old self remaining, robbing him of his humanity and enabling him to do the unthinkable to reach his goals.

Scholars have referred to this play as a “moral holiday.” As inhuman as Richard is, we’re thrilled (and relieved) that he takes us into his confidence, sharing his plots and schemes through soliloquy and allowing us to accompany him on his rise to power. In spite of ourselves, we enjoy this fiendish trickster, sharing his secret fantasies of ultimate control while admiring his skill and audacity, however shocking and appalling his methods may be. I think this is why Shakespeare’s play, and why Richard himself, have endured: He repulses and fascinates all at once. Whatever else we may think of Richard, we just can’t look away, and by forcing us to like him in spite of his deeds, he manipulates us as much as he does his adversaries.

The political manipulation of all available means to get what we want and attain power has always been with us, and nothing has changed—except the tools with which it is done. Our technology is an essential part of our lives, but what happens when a Pandora’s box is opened which we cannot close? What could happen when an already corrupt human is fully synched with technology? Here, our Richard is half-human and half-artificial intelligence, and his desire for absolute power, combined with his new inhuman form, corrupts his soul completely. For us, this is today’s Richard III: An individual totally warped by the unfeeling machinery that consumes him, in a terrifyingly surreal synergy of the organic and the synthetic.

My thanks, as always, to our tremendous artistic and technical teams, who have been more entwined on this production than on any other in Synetic’s history. It’s been an enormous challenge bringing one of Shakespeare’s most iconic monsters to life in such unique fashion, and everyone, onstage and off, played a critical role. I’d also like to thank Crystal City BID and the Washington, DC theatre community for their ongoing support, and finally, please join me in welcoming Jason Najjoum, who is beginning his first season with us as Synetic’s new Managing Director!

Note from the Director

-Paata Tsikurishvili

Richard.........................................................................................................Alex Mills †Queen Elizabeth ...................................................................Irina Tsikurishvili †Buckingham......................................................................................Matt R. StoverLady Anne..............................................................................Maryam NajafzadaClarence....................................................................................Thomas Beheler †King Edward................................................................................Philip Fletcher †Richmond............................................................................Jordan Clark HalseyPrince......................................................................................................Tim Proudkii * Younger Prince....................................................................................Aaron Kan *Princess Elizabeth.................................................................Nutsa TediashviliTyrell................................................................................................Ana Tsikurishvili *Ratcliffe...................................................................................................Scean Aaron

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SCEAN AARON (Ratcliffe) Synetic: Sleepy Hollow. DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Peter Pan, Hairspray, Ragtime.ArtsCentric: The Color Purple, Jesus Christ

Superstar, Snapshots. CCTA: Seussical the Musical; Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. Regional: Signature Theatre: Jelly’s Last Jam (Swing), The Scottsboro Boys (Swing); Olney Theatre Center/Roundhouse Theatre: In The Heights.

THOMAS BEHELER (Clarence) Synetic: “Tweedledum” (Alice in Wonderland), “Ensemble” (Sleeping Beauty), John (Peter Pan), Franz (The Trial), Van Tassel (Sleepy

Hollow), Clarence (Richard III). Other: Founding member of Free Range Improv, Priest, Murder in the Cathedral (Compass Rose Theater), Mike, We Got It (Building Better People Productions), Tom, Between a Rock and a Fourth Wall (Annapolis Fringe Festival). Thomas is a Synetic Theater company member. He graduated with a degree in Theatre (University of Maryland, College Park) and was a recipient of the Creative and Performing Arts Scholarship. He studied Improvisation and Comedy Writing at the Second City Theater, Chicago.

PHILIP FLETCHER (King Edward) is a Synetic Theater Founding Company Member who has appeared in over 50 new and remount productions. Production

highlights include: Titus Andronicus (Titus Andronicus), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Claude Frollo), Twelfth Night (Orsino) [Helen Hayes Outstanding Ensemble], King Lear (Edmund) [HH Outstanding Ensemble and Supporting Actor nominated], Othello (Iago) [HH Outstanding Ensemble and Lead Actor nominated], A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) [HH Outstanding Ensemble], Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio) [HH Outstanding

Ensemble], Carmen (Lucas) [HH Outstanding Ensemble Nominated], Macbeth (Witch) [HH Outstanding Supporting Actor], and Hamlet…the rest is silence (King Hamlet’s Ghost/Player King) [HH Outstanding Ensemble].

JORDAN CLARK HALSEY (Richmond) is delighted to return to Synetic after appearing in Sleepy Hollow earlier this season. Other DC Area performance credits

include: Theatre Alliance: Blood at the Root; Keegan Theatre: How to Catch a Leprechaun, The Ice Child; Imagination Stage: Beauty and the Beast; Peter’s Ally: Speech and Debate; Rorschach: Klexography; Jordan is a proud graduate of American University.@jordanclarkhalsey

AARON KAN (Younger Prince) is a freshman at Langley High School. Aaron has performed with the Synetic Teen Company since he was 11. Past roles in the Teen

Company include Gremio in Taming of the Shrew, Maurice in Lord of the Flies, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He has also been in a few school musicals in the past. Past roles in schools musicals include Prince in Beauty and the Beast, Shrek in Shrek the Musical. He is very excited to perform in Richard III.

ALEX MILLS (Richard) Local credits include Studio Theatre: Wig Out!, Torch Song Trilogy, 2-2 Tango, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Signature Theatre:

Shakespeare’s R&J. Synetic Theater; A Tale of Two Cities, The Man in the Iron Mask, Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog) (Helen Hayes Nomination: Outstanding Supporting Actor), Antony and Cleopatra, Othello (Helen Hayes Nomination: Outstanding Lead Actor), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helen Hayes Nomination: Outstanding Supporting Actor).

Cast Bios

MARYAM NAJAFZADA (Lady Anne) is a classically trained dancer from Baku, Azerbaijan.She has numerous dance credits with the Azerbaijan Opera and

Ballet Theater, Azerbaijan Musical Theater, and Manassas Ballet Theatre including The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Thumbelina, La Bayadere, and Cinderella, among others. Synetic credits include: Roxanne, Cyrano de Bergerac; and Horse Spirit, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Maryam has served as an Understudy for Synetic’s productions of Sleeping Beauty, Adventures of Peter Pan, and Titus Andronicus, as well as performing with Synetic’s Outreach program. Locally Maryam teaches ballet, character dance, and pantomime as well as choreographing dance pieces. Graduated from Baku Choreography Academy.

TIM PROUDKII (Prince) is a Senior at Marshall High School. He started acting at the age of 9 and has appeared in a multitude of musicals over the years. He joined

the Synetic Teen Company at 13 and performed in multiple shows; most notably as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Outside of theatre, Timothy loves to play piano, swim, and study physics. He is honored to play one of the Princes in Synetic Theater’s rendition of Richard III.

MATT R. STOVER (Buckingham) is grateful to be part of this talented cast! Matt would like to thank his loving and supportive parents for always being present.

Previous Synetic Theater credits include: Cyrano (Christian), Sleepy Hollow (Ensemble), Titus Andronicus (Quintus/Ensemble), Peter Pan (Pirate u/s). The Little Theater of Alexandria: West Side Story, In the Heights, The Rocky Horror Show, Spamalot. IG:@Redstover Ouridiosyncrasies.com “Stay whimsy”

NUTSA TEDIASHVILI (Princess Elizabeth) A native of the Republic of Georgia, graduate Shota Rustaveli Theater and Film University, Synetic credits: The Taming of

the Shrew (Bianca) Titus Andronicus (Ensemble) My Fathers Dragon (Ensemble) Additional theater credits: The Seagull (Masha), Uncle Vania (Sonia), Dirty Hands (Olga), The House of Berdnarda Alba (Martirio) and A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) .

ANA TSIKURISHVILI (Tyrell) was last seen as Time in Synetic Theater’s Cyrano de Bergerac and Tinkerbell in Synetic Theater’s The Adventures of Peter Pan.

She is pleased to be performing in her third mainstage show with Synetic. Other roles have included the Nurse, Katherine, the Player Queen, and Puck in the Synetic Teen Company productions of Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet... the rest is silence, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. IG: Anna.Eastonn

IRINA TSIKURISHVILI (Queen Elizabeth) a native of the Republic of Georgia, is a 33-time Helen Hayes Award Nominee and has received Helen Hayes

Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet...the rest is silence and was nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress for her roles as Viola in Twelfth Night, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, among others. In addition to nominations for Outstanding Ensemble in Faust and Carmen. Ms. Tsikurishvili starred in such Synetic standouts as Hamlet...the rest is silence, Macbeth, Host and Guest, Salome, The Master and Margarita, the Dybbuk, Carmen, A Midsummers Night’s Dream, Anthony and Cleopatra, and Othello.

Artistic and Leadership BiosPAATA TSIKURISHVILI (Founding Artistic Director, Director), a native of the Republic of Georgia, is an innovative, award-winning international artistic director, director and educator with more than 30 years of experience fusing the classical elements of drama, movement, dance, mime, and music. Since Synetic Theater’s founding in 1996, Mr. Tsikurishvili has directed and performed in Hamlet...the rest is silence, The Master and Margarita, The Crackpots, Dracula, Host and Guest and Frankenstein. He has also directed Salomé, Bohemians, Jason and the Argonauts, The Dybbuk, Faust, Frankenstein, Macbeth, Animal Farm, The Fall of the House of Usher, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen, Dante, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, King Arthur, King Lear, Don Quixote Macbeth, Home of the Soldier, The Taming of the Shrew, Jekyll and Hyde, The Tempest, The Three Musketeers, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Twelfth Night. Synetic’s inaugural production, Hamlet…the rest is silence, received 3 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, Outstanding Resident Play, and Outstanding Choreography. Over the past twelve seasons, Synetic Theater has drawn critical acclaim and 120 Helen Hayes award nominations. Mr. Tsikurishvili has earned 24 individual Helen Hayes Award Nominations including 10 for Outstanding Resident Play and 5 individual Helen Hayes Awards, receiving the Award for Outstanding Director four times (Hamlet…the rest is silence, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello). As an educator, Mr. Tsikurishvili has trained hundreds of actors in movement technique through Synetic Theater and by teaching at leading universities such as American University, Catholic University of America, and Georgetown University. He holds a MFA in film directing from Tbilisi State University and a BFA in acting for the State Institute of Theater and Film in Tbilisi, Georgia.

IRINA TSIKURISHVILI (Co-Founding Choreographer, Associate Artistic Director, Choreographer), a native of the Republic of Georgia, is a 33-time Helen Hayes Award Nominee and has won the award for Outstanding Choreography nine times for her choreography of Twelfth Night, The Three Musketeers, The Idiot, Faust, Hamlet...the rest is silence, The Master and Margarita, Frankenstein, Macbeth and Carmen, which won over her other nomination in 2009 for Romeo and Juliet. For acting, she received Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet...the rest is silence and was nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress for her roles as Viola in Twelfth Night,

Reagan in King Lear, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, in addition to nominations for Outstanding Ensemble in Faust and Carmen. Ms. Tsikurishvili starred in such Synetic standouts as Hamlet...the rest is silence, Macbeth, Host and Guest, Salomé,The Master and Margarita, The Dybbuk, Carmen, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew. She has also choreographed for the Stanislavsky Theater Studio. Her choreography was also featured in the film Swan Song directed by John D. Hancock. Ms. Tsikurishvili trains Synetic Theater actors and has taught at American University, Catholic University, and Georgetown University where she choreographed Lysistrata. With her husband, Paata, she is the co-founder of Synetic Theater. Paata and Irina were named Washingtonians of the Year in 2014. She has choreographed over 60 productions. Ms. Tsikurishvili is a graduate of the Chabukiani National Ballet Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia and holds a BFA in Performing Arts.

JASON NAJJOUM (Managing Director) is honored to lead Synetic Theater in partnership with Founding Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili. Jason was recently the Managing Editor for the Yale Theater Management Knowledge Base, where he oversaw its strategic planning process and designed the first integrated people development system for an arts organization. Previously, he served as Company Manager for Yale Repertory Theatre, Public Service Fellow for New Haven’s Department of Arts, Culture, and Tourism, and Management Fellow for Baltimore Center Stage. Prior to joining New Haven’s nonprofit arts community, Jason served as Producing Director for New York Theatre Barn in New York City, where he developed the work of over 50 musical theater writers through NYTB’s signature new work development and community building program. Jason has served numerous other theater and arts organizations across the country as a producer, general manager, and casting director including Prospect Theater Company, The Cell, and New York Music Theater Festival. Jason’s arts background is augmented by several transformative experiences in the private sector. Most recently, he was a Senior Associate at McChrystal Group, a global advisory services and leadership development firm advising a global energy company on internal communications,

culture change, and decision-making. Prior to that, he was a Senior Management Associate for Bridgewater Associates, where he was trained in their principles-based management system. Jason earned a Master of Fine Arts in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama, a Master of Business Administration from Yale School of Management, a Bachelor of Arts in Music and History from Emory University, and is a graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute. Jason co-founded the Analyzing and Mobilizing Privilege Group at Yale School of Drama and previously served on the board of directors of an Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services nonprofit in New Haven, CT. He is trained as an intercultural group facilitator and is an active member of Resource Generation, a multiracial membership community of young people with wealth or class privilege committed to the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power. Jason is a native of Northern Virginia, and currently resides in the U Street Corridor of Washington, DC.

ANNE FLOWERS (Assistant Director) is a DC transplant originally from Montana. She studied theatre and biology at Ohio Wesleyan University and also completed the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. Synetic credits include: Cyrano de Bergerac (Priest), Sleepy Hollow (Ensemble), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Ensemble), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Ensemble) and Dante’s Inferno (Ensemble). Other DC credits; Pointless Theatre: Rite of Spring (Elder) and TBD Immersive: Cabaret Rising (Ghost). She is thrilled to be on the other side of the table with the R3 team. Thank you to Alan and our families for everything.

NATHAN WEINBERGER (Adapter) is a founding company member of Synetic Theater, having started with the company in 2001. He has been resident dramaturg since 2005 and has adapted many of Synetic’s most successful productions, including Dracula, Faust, Animal Farm, The Fall of the House of Usher, Jekyll & Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Trial, Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, and Much Ado About Nothing for Synetic’s wordless Shakespeare series. His adaptations of The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Sleepy Hollow each received a Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Original Play or Musical Adaptation.

PHILL GIGGEY SR. (Production Manager) is originally from the South Shore of Massachusetts, and has made the Washington area his home since 2010.

He has worked at several theaters around town, most recently as the assistant wardrobe supervisor for Signature Theatre. Regionally, he has worked for theatre and opera companies in Vermont, Florida, New Mexico, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Missouri. Phill has worked with Synetic since 2011 in a multitude of roles, and is excited to be serving as the Production Manager. Special thanks goes out to his family, his wife, Marley, his perfect son PJ, and latest addition Gracie.

PHIL CHARLWOOD (Technical Director) has been working with Synetic Theater since 2008. His most notable achievements have been Helen Hayes Award Nominee for Outstanding set design for The Island of Dr. Moreau and King Lear. He was Technical Director for Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet...the rest is silence, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Alice in Wonderland, The Master and Margarita, Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Dracula, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in The Iron Mask. He was also the Technical Director for King Arthur and The Tempest, where the stage was covered in water. He loves the creative process of working with the Synetic team to set the stage for these amazing shows. He comes from a varied background but is mainly self-taught. He likes working with Jr. High and High schools in the area to encourage the technical theater arts.

MARLEY GIGGEY (Resident Stage Manager) This is Marley’s sixth season as Synetic’s resident stage manager. She has worked on over thirty Synetic productions including tours to Connecticut and Mexico. Favorite shows stage managed at Synetic include The Tempest, A Trip to the Moon, Twelfth Night, Beauty and the Beast, Much Ado About Nothing, Alice in Wonderland,The Man in the Iron Mask, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Adventures of Peter Pan. She has worked locally at Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, and The Kennedy Center, and regionally at Heritage Theatre Festival, Firehouse Theatre, New Harmony Theatre, and The Conciliation Project. Many thanks to her supportive family, perfect husband Phill, perfect son PJ, and recent addition perfect baby Gracie. BFA, Stage Management, Virginia Commonwealth University.

ERIK TEAGUE (Costume Designer) Erik Teague is excited to be returning to Synetic Theatre for his second Shakespeare with the company. Some previous Synetic designs are Sleepy Hollow, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Man in the Iron Mask, Titus Andronicus and The Trial . Other designs of note are The Cunning Little Vixen, La bohème, The Flying Dutchman, Odyssey,

Trouble in Tahiti, and Ariadne in Naxos for the Glimmerglass Festival, Costumes and Puppets for The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me at the Washington National Opera, Lohengrin for Opera Southwest, The Touchstone for Wolf Trap Opera, The Snow Queen, Cabaret and Evita at Serenbe Playhouse, Master and Margarita, EQUUS, Arabian Nights and The Wild Party for Constellation Theatre Co. and the upcoming Blackbeard at Signature Theatre.www.erikteaguedesign.com

KONSTANTINE LORTKIPANIDZE (Resident Composer) is a native of Tbilisi, Georgia, and has composed original music for over twenty Synetic productions. He has received the Helen Hayes award and five nominations for his sound design. His compositions for theater include work for Hunter from the Sun, Guest of the Night, Mimikria, Labyrinth and Decameron. He has also composed original music for film including First Steps, Essay (both directed by Paata Tsikurishvili) and Marriage. His work has been performed at music festivals across Europe, including the Maqs Ophulos festival in Germany and the International Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam. Mr. Lortkipanidze received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Tbilisi State Conservatory.

TENNESSEE DIXON (Scenic & Multimedia Designer) Recent theatre credits include the world premieres of END OF WAR and IN MY CHAIR with Virginia Repertory and Cadence Theatre, Several productions with Firehouse Theatre including PRELUDES, AN OAK TREE, UBU84 (premiere), THE BOY IN THE BATHROOM and WAR IN HEAVEN. Other theatrical credits include THE WHO’S TOMMY, JUNTA HIGH, SHADOW PLAY (Premiere), TRANSCRIPTS and STUPID F**KING BIRD at Richmond Triangle Players, OUR LADY OF KIBEHO at William&Mary College, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, JULIUS CAESAR, MR. DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS CAROL (premiere) with Quill Theatre. Dance projects include: CITY OF PAPER by Yin Mei Dance at Jacobs Pillow, VU by Ivan Angelus at Trafo in Budapest, K-DANCE SHORTS16, DONG DONG-TOUCHING THE MOONS an international multi-media touring production by komungo master Jin Hi Kim.

BRIAN ALLARD (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer for theatre, dance, and opera. He is a native of the Washington, DC area, and his work has been seen in DC, Virginia, Maryland, Off Broadway, and internationally. He was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for his work at 1st Stage and Adventure Theatre, and he has twice been a finalist for the DC Metro Dance Awards. Recently, he has worked with 1st Stage, Spooky Action Theater,

Theater J, Adventure Theatre, Christopher K. Morgan and Artists, Bowen McCauley Dance, CityDance, Rorschach Theatre, and several DC area universities. Brian is also a photographer, and a technical director for dance.

NICKI FRANKLIN (Assistant Lighting Designer) Nicki is thrilled to be back for another show at Synetic Theater! Past credits include The Trial, Titus Andronicus and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Thank you to the entire production team, especially Brian Allard, for a wonderful show!

THOMAS SOWERS (Sound Designer & Audio Engineer) Synetic Theater credits: Titus Andronicus, The Adventures of Peter Pan, The Man in the Iron Mask, As You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Beauty and the Beast, Twelfth Night, Three Musketeers, Other credits: Building the Wall (Forum Theatre), The Freshest Snow Whyte (Imagination Stage), Collective Rage (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Imagination Stage), Blackberry Winter (Forum Theatre), Flowers Stink (The Kennedy Center), The Shipment (Forum Theatre), Passion Play (Forum Theatre), Spark (Theatre Alliance), Titus Andronicus (Faction of Fools), Pluto (Forum Theatre), 12 Days of Christmas (Adventure Theatre), Clementine in the Lower 9 (Forum Theatre), Side Man (1st Stage).

ALEX F. KEEN (Master Electrician) graduated from Radford University in Spring 2010. Since graduation, he has been working primarily in the DC area with occasional stints at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, as a pyrotechnician. Over the past three years, he has served as a lighting Designer at WSC Avant Bard, The GW Lisner Auditorium, Metrostage, and GALA Hispanic Theater. His master electrician credits include WSC Avant Bard, The Catholic University of America, Constellation Theatre Company, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Artisphere, MetroStage, and the GW Lisner Auditorium. Alex is thrilled to be working with Synetic Theater this year.

KELLI L. JONES (Props Artisan) is an employee of Howard Community College. She has enjoyed working on Arts Collective’s wonderous 2018-19 season; most notably as Stage Manager for Shakespearean Shenanigans and Assistant Stage Manager and Props Designer for The Chronicles of Narnia. Kelli has also Assistant Stage Managed Folger Theatre and Third Rail Projects’ immersive show Confection (2019) and will be looking forward to working with Folger Theatre for their upcoming season. Thank you for coming!

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The following list acknowledges the generous gifts received between February 18, 2018, and April 18, 2019, from Synetic’s individual, government, and institutional donors.

Underwriter ($20,000+)Arlington ArtsAnonymousRick & Vicky HardyHanna & Michael HaskettJulie JacobsonClaire & David MaklanIna MiltonLola ReinschJeffrey & Mary Jo SchraggThe Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationThe Robert P. & Arlene R. Kogod Family FoundationThe Virginia Arts Commission

Producer($10,000-$19,999)CCBIDCornelius James CoakleyDennis DeloriaAllison & Mark Foster RuckhAmnon & Sue GolanJohn Resor & Meg HaugeHans & Helen KaperJulianna MahleyFenner MiltonPrince Charitable TrustsThe Shubert FoundationThe Washington Forrest Foundation

Director ($5,000-$9,999)Jerrilyn Andrews & Donald Hesse

Tim J. CarltonDiane Dippold MacIntoshPinkie MayfieldRyan MerkelCarl & Margaret PfeifferJoseph ReidBlair & Sally RubleAlan SavadaSuzanne Thouvenelle

Choreographer($2,500-$4,999) Bonnie N. & Jere Broh-KahnSusan CalzoneTracy FisherMichael & Erna KerstCalvin Shintani

Lead Actor($1,000-$2,499)Irwin Monroe Arias & Lyuba VarticovskiLinda BartashKyle Z. BellAnn & Dave BensonPeter BiegerCarla BilinkiThomas BoothJohn Byrne ChamberlinDaniel & Barbara CoxSandra Cummins- HaidGary & Loretta HarrisJudy HonigMichael HorowitzDana & Ray KochBurgess LevinNancy LimprechtWes J. MacAdam

Kristie MillerChristine & Dennis MillerKarina & Keith MosserJason NajjoumJulie RiosRichard T. ScullyVictor ShargaiKay SheltonRon & Mary Jane SteeleMichael & Sharman StephensAnn TunstallSteve VernaEllen von Seggern Richter

Supporting Actor($500-$999)Dean F. AmelJerome AndersenArlington Community FoundationKatharine Austin BarnesBITCOBruce & Mary Josie BlanchardMichael BobbittKathleen ButoTim & Trish CarricoTim ChristensonRobert ChuBenjamin & Eva D. CohenMary Ann CohenJohn CozzensNancy DeKiefferBernard DeLeoLynn EtheredgePamela Frazier & Michael FinanDoris & Mark GreeneSuzanne Grinnan

Mary HartnettMarc & Mary HutchinsonRobert L. KimminsEdward T. Lis, Jr.Mary MalhiotJane MannBarbara L. McBrideNathan MusickCarl & Undine NashMarina OberlanderMitzi PetersonJudith RivlinIrwin L. SingerCatherine N. SrygleyJudith SunleyDean TrackmanTessa van der WilligenJoel WindDiane WinslowSusan YamadaDavid & Julie Zalkind Ensemble($250-$499)Donald AdamsChrister & Mireya AhlEleanor J. AllenPatricia ArnoldMichael BarrettJames BealeCharles BrownCandice BryantJeffrey BuczackiNadine CohodasKathy CrittenbergerLouis Delair, Jr.Ben DraffinWilliam DrawbaughBeth DriverMark FiumaraPamela B. FiumaraCameron FletcherCarol Fuller

Lifetime BenefactorsAnonymous

Hanna & Michael HaskettThe Robert P. & Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation

Ina Milton

Every effort has been made to ensure that this list is accurate & up-to-date. If your name is misspelled or omitted, please accept our apologies & inform us at 703-824-8060 Ext. 110, so we may correct the error.

Margaret GaffenMatthew GamserJo Anne GarrisonTheresa L. GoedekeJerald M. GoldbergBrooke HigdonSamuel S. JacksonDonald L. JonesHelen & David KenneyDouglas LanierTracy LushBob LynessRichard J. MetzgerWinkle W. NemethJoseph O’HareCarol PickensChristy M. PinoLutz Alexander PragerAnnette PuenteCarolyn A. PuraAmelia L. RamerJames RorkeBella H. RosenbergDouglas ShawAlison SigethyCorinne E. SmithPeter E. Threadgill

Understudy($100-$249)Wren AbramoLaura AdamsEsther AlpertJennifer H. ArnoldTed BairdThomas J. BakTeresa BallHarley BalzerMelanie BartonMelissa BehScott BergBill BerlinAnn BonnevilleDeneise BoydJean BruggemanChristine CacicCarol CataldoKathryn CataniaDeborah Lynne ConnorFrances CookArlene EdwardsSusan EnglishKarl EnsignCatherine FadelJohn FeatherFarley FisherPhilip FletcherJames FortRobert Gaines

John GiggeyLarisa GladEllen GoldbergVal Golovskoy & Julia BoskyRichard GrimesJody GundrumKarl R. HamadyEllen HarpelPerpetua Pagal HeggiMadeline HelbraunWillard HillegeistThomas HolzmanDorothy HoweAngela HughesIBMAntoinette IngramDebbie JacksonJulia JarvisMelbourne E. JenkinsNancy JerdanMary Ann JohnsonLori JonesFrederick JonesIttai KanCraig KarpJulia M. KarpeiskyDeborah KirkmanLauna Klimowicz BrownRenee KlishStephen KoppAlla & Igor KrupnikAnna LaurenzoTerrence & Mary LeveckGreg LewisPauline LiacourasLaura LittleEric LotkeJacqui LussierMolly LynchJulia MarshallWells McCurdySandy McKenzieRoy Ira MillerNeil MillerWilliam MoodyAlice MoorePeter NealNicholas NewlinNonna NotoMargy NurikSuyan OrsbornEmeline M. OteyJennifer PaxtonNatasha PerkinsSara PikofskyGeorge J. Prosnik

Jane QuenkWilliam RagenRoland ReedCurtis A. RitterJacquelyn RivasEdgar RomanStacy RussellMary Anne SalmonW. Geoffrey SeeleyDana D. SemmesSim ShanksAnastasia & Dimitri SimesStuart SirkinRick SmithKathleen M. SmithLynn SoukupLauren StemplerCarl StephensElena SterlinCarole StoverJulie StrempelErica L. SummersKatie SylvisLuis TamjuiDavid TannousElizabeth TinlingTamie TobeWilliam TompkinsCori UccelloRay & Barbara VanderbiltChristy VenturaTanya WhitingEd WildeThomas WisnowskiR. Cameron WolfEdith C. WolffJeff WrightGail YanoEric Zicht

Apprentice($50-$99)Wendy AndersonLeonardo AndujarBarbara BearNancy & Pete BentonAlan BergJesse BergBoeing CompanyDavid BradleyKalyn BruinMartha R. BuhlerTimothy A. BurrNancy CastellMichael ClineEmily CookJanice CrawfordBetsy CromwellAngela Cutter

Nicole D’AmecourtBabita DasToby DavisMargaret DotsethKathleen DuncanRoland D. EmenheiserEric FennerMaralita FreenyMatthew GanciElsie B. GarfieldBenjamin GaylordMarie GiovanelliAnne HarrisonAlan HaskelLaura HauptmanDonald & Julie HerrSara HillerCarol HowellBary JohnsonKristen JonesBrian David JonesPatricia KauffmanMarianne KelerIrina KnyazevaRonald LehmanMichael LevyDiane LiebeskindMichael LotkeJudith E. MichaelsAaralyn Liese MillsEd MonkAndrea E. NashAnne NeillJodi NiehoffFrances NozaryKevin ParkerMarcos D. PizarroWilliam PottEllen ReitermanPeter RothschildSallie RushSara G. SennettBrett SeylarSarah D. SplittThomas StappSam SteinbergAbby SternbergChristel StevensPatricia StoverAnne Marie StratosRachael TurnerDiana L. TylerClaire WadeMichael WeberRenee L. WeitznerJulia YoungCheryl Yuhas

Up next at Synetic Theater...

Treasure IslandJuly 17 >> August 18

This production is recommended for ages 13+.

Tickets: synetictheater.org

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