CASTRotimi Agbabiaka * PeglegEl Beh Robert / George SchmidElizabeth Carter * AnneKevin Clarke * Old Uncle / DevilSteven Hess Bertram / Old & Young KunoGrace Ng WilhelmNoelle Viñas Kätchen

BANDJacy Burroughs Horn, TromboneTravis Kindred Tuba, Double Bass, UkuleleDavid Möschler Music Director/Conductor, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano Josh Pollock Electric guitar, Vibraphone, Pressure-Cap Marimba, Metal Cart, Toy Drum Set, Filing CabinetCarolyn Walter Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Tenor Sax, Ocarina

Production TeamLenny Adler Spotlight OperatorSarah Ancheta Music Direction MAD FellowR. Black Scenic ArtistChristine Crook Costume DesignerBrittany Foley Spotlight OperatorJessica Gallegos Costume Design AssistantAnton Hedman Live Sound Technical DirectorMark Jackson DirectorNikita Kadam * Stage ManagerHeather Kelly-Laws Production AssistantDevon LaBelle Props DesignerSean Riley Set DesignerAdeline Smith Scenic PainterMatt Stines Sound DesignerAllen Willner Lighting Designer

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. This Theatre operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Production SponsorsDeYoe Wealth ManagementNina & Claude GruenPepi Ross & Jason Marks

Season Sponsors Carol Amyx & Donald KaufmanKitty BosherGuy TiphanePeet’s Coffee & Tea

The Black Rider is generously supported by grants from The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation and The Bernard Osher Foundation.

The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets original direction by Robert Wilson

Music and lyrics by Tom Waits

Text by William S. Burroughs

Original musical arrangements by Greg Cohen and Tom Waits

Dramaturgy by Wolfgang Wiens

Video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means is prohibited.

Running time is 1 hour and 40 minutes with no intermission.

The Black Rider cast

Rehearsal and headshot photos by Melissa Nigro

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTORI don’t believe The Devil has ever made anyone do anything. We are each 100% responsible for our own actions. This thing we call “The Devil” is a metaphor for any impulses we’d rather not admit to having. That age-old myth of “The Deal with The Devil,” given form by countless artists—Bulgakov, Goethe, whoever wrote The Bible—is likewise a metaphor for the bargains we make with ourselves, participating in systems we don’t believe in, gambling away our integrity for the sake of our desires.

The three unique artists behind The Black Rider—William S. Burroughs, Tom Waits, and Robert Wilson—created a modern fairytale nightmare for adults that broods on the powerful and pervasive patriarchy. Like all truly great artists, this trio made no attempt to assume answers, favoring the audience’s imagi-nations instead and content to let us be responsible for our own interpretations. Maybe this open quality is why The Black Rider has been revived so often since it premiered in Hamburg, Germany, back in 1992. Maybe this is also why the show can be as unsettling as it is entertaining. Or maybe it’s unsettling because it entertains. In that respect alone, The Black Rider is a peculiarly American take on the traditional European fairytales that inspired it.

The last thing I’ll say is simply to acknowledge that our country is in a very particular place at the moment with regard to its systems and assumptions. Considering that, I do hope tonight’s performance unsettles and entertains. I don’t expect it to change the world, or America. That’s not the role of art anyway. It’s our role as citizens, making our own choices—not just when interpreting a musical or in key Novembers, but every single day. And when the sun is threatening to set and a crow clutching a nearby branch has its eye on us, do we truly value our integrity over our desires? The crow knows.

Sweet dreams, y’all. Wake well.

Mark J, The Black Rider Director

Tom Waits, according to American critic Robert Hilburn, is “clearly one of the most important figures of the modern pop era.” For over 30 years, his music has taken adventurous turns, from confessional country-blues and jazz-flavored lounge, to primal rock and avant-garde musical theater. His songs explore the dark underbelly of society as he gives his uniquely human voice to adventurers both romantic and mercenary, drifters, con artists and those forgotten characters on the fringe and in the fray. Waits has expanded and drawn from a deep well of American and European song idioms: folk, blues, country, jazz ballads, polkas, waltzes,

cabaret, swing, popular ballads, and a category that can only be described as Waitsian. In the early ‘70s, Tom Waits was working as a doorman at the Heritage nightclub in San Diego, where artists of every genre performed. Waits began developing his own idiosyncratic musical style, combining song and monologue. He took his newly formed act to Monday nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, where musicians from all over stood in line all day to get the oppor-tunity to perform onstage that night. Shortly thereafter, Waits was signed to Asylum Records. He was 21 years old.

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TOM WAITS

Photo by Robert Sebree

William S. Burroughs was a Beat Generation author and pop culture legend. Having written eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories, and four collections of essays, he also collaborated with numerous performers and musicians and appeared in many films. He was born into a wealthy family in St. Louis, Missouri. He left home in 1932 to attend Harvard University, studied English and anthropology as a postgraduate, and later attended medical school in Vienna. In 1942, Burroughs enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve during World War II, but was turned down. He befriended Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac

in New York City in 1943. His work is primarily drawn from his experiences as a heroin addict as he lived throughout Mexico City, London, Paris, Morocco, and the Amazon. Burroughs acciden-tally killed his second wife, Joan Vollmer, in 1951 in Mexico City with a pistol during their “William Tell Act” and was subsequently convicted of manslaughter. He is aruably best known for his third novel Naked Lunch (1959), which sparked national controversy when it became the subject of a court case alleging that it violated the U.S. sodomy laws. Burroughs died from a heart attack in his home in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1997.

WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Interview with the DirectorPhoto by ShowSTUDIO

The CastROTIMI AGBABIAKA (Pegleg) Rotimi recently appeared in Booty-candy (Brava Theater) and Sojourners (Magic Theatre), and he is a Collective Member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. His latest solo play, Type/Caste, is currently touring the country and in 2018 he will appear in Father Comes Home From the Wars at Yale Rep and ACT. Rotimi studied at the Moscow Art Theatre and received an MFA in acting from Northern Illinois University. rotimionline.com

EL BEH (Robert / George Schmid) Shotgun company member El Beh was last seen in Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music at the Curran and St. Anne’s Warehouse in New York, as well as in Shotgun’s 2016 Repertory Season (Hamlet, Village Bike, and Caught). Her cello playing has been heard with The Bengsons and the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony, among others. She is also a proud company member of Mugwumpin and detour dance and was named one of KQED’s 2017 Women to Watch.

KEVIN CLARKE (Old Uncle / Devil) Kevin is a Shotgun company member who: originated roles in Shotgun’s Death of Meyerhold, Forest War, Beardo, God’s Plot ; appeared in Hamlet, Village Bike, Grand Concourse, Antigonick, New Electric Ballroom, Woyzeck, Traves-ties, Cryptogram, and Macbeth; and co-directed Faust Pt1. Other origi-nated roles include Salomania (Aurora), Ada and The Memory Engine (Central Works), She Rode Horses… (Crowded Fire), and the feature film Test. kevinclarkeactor.com

ELIZABETH CARTER (Anne) Elizabeth was most recently seen as Trigorin in Utopia Theatre’s The Seagull. Having worked at numerous Bay Area theaters, including California Shake-speare Theater, The Aurora Theatre Co., Magic Theatre, Marin Theater Co., and TheatreWorks, Elizabeth has been nominated for multiple SFBATCC and TBA Awards. In early 2018, she will be directing for TheaterFirst, re-mounting Bondage for AlterTheater at the ACT Costume shop and acting in Eureka Day at The Aurora Theatre Co.

NOELLE VIÑAS (Kätchen / Animal) Noelle is a Northern Virginia transplant and theater-maker. She has written, directed, produced, and performed with TheatreFirst, Ubuntu Theater Project, Berkeley Rep, SF Playhouse, PianoFight, FaultLine Theatre, Opera Unlimited, and others. Previously a high school theater educator, Noelle is a resident playwright at Playwrights Foundation, a company member of Ubuntu Theater Project, and an Emerson alumna. Thanks to the KV (life co-producer) and la familia on the East Coast.

GRACE NG (Wilhelm) Grace is a Bay Area native and proud of it. Previously seen in Crowded Fire’s You For Me For You, her past productions include Bagyo, Life Is a Dream, Hair, Fiddler on the Roof, and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2014 Winner of Theatre Bay Area Awards), to name a few. She holds a BA from San Francisco State University ’s Theatre Ar ts Program.

STEVEN HESS (Bertram / Old & Young Kuno) Steven is a founding member of 23 Elephants Theatre Company, with his wife and partner, Bidalia E. Albanese. 23 Elephants won Best of Fringe for their production of The Unspeakable Act at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival. Right now, 23 Elephants is producing Legally Blonde for 10–18 year olds in Marin (omigod, you guys!). Steven’s previous Shotgun credits are Harry Thaw Hates Everybody and Assassins. Shout out to Shotgun for a third go around! Love to Monty and the Hun Bun.

TRAVIS KINDRED Travis’s previous work includes Woyzeck and God’s Plot. He plays with various community theatre companies in the Bay Area, including: Ray of Light, YMTC, Center Rep, SF Playhouse, and Woodminster. He also spends most of his time working as a game developer at Ubisoft and volunteers with the Oakland Videogame Museum. You can see Travis host his own YouTube channel (High Score) where he gives in-depth analyses about video game music and desperately tries to justify his masters in music education!

JACY BURROUGHS, no relation to William Burroughs, is a marketing manager at Sheet Music Plus by day and a freelance musician by night. She has a masters of music from the Univer-sity of North Carolina at Greensboro. Jacy performs frequently in orchestras in the North Bay. While classical music is her first love, her favorite non-classi-cal performances include Mountain Play’s Beauty and the Beast and Under-Cover Presents Stand!

DAVID MÖSCHLER (Music Director) David is an award-winning Bay Area conductor, musical director, and lecturer. He has conducted over 100 dif ferent theater productions throughout the country, with The Black Rider marking his fourth Shotgun Players production. In addition to theatrical adventures, Möschler has served as faculty and guest lecturer at many institutions. In 2013, he founded the Awesöme Orchestra Collective. davidmoschler.com

The BAND

CAROLYN WALTER Carolyn fell in love with playing music as a student in elementary school band class. She went on to receive her BM in clarinet performance at SFSU, branching out to record and perform professionally on a variety of woodwind instruments. This pursuit has taken her to strange and wonderful places like the Rock-in-Opposition Festival in France, Yoshi’s Oakland, Monterey Jazz, and Shotgun Studios. The other great musical adventure of her life is teaching.

JOSH POLLOCK Josh is an award-winning actor and composer and a not particularly award-winning musician who has performed all over the world in about 4,000 bands and in collabo-rations with the likes of John Cale, Flea, Acid Mothers Temple, Van Dyke Parks, and Jandek, amongst others. Previous Shotgun appearances include Woyzeck, Beardo, and God’s Plot. joshpollockinc.com

The SONGS“Come on Along with the Black Rider”

“But He’s Not Wilhelm!”“November”

“The Briar and the Rose”“Just the Right Bullets”

“Chase the Clouds Away!”“The Flash Pan Hunter”

“In the Morning”“News From The Duke”

“Crossroads”“Bones (T’aint No Sin)”

“I’ll Shoot the Moon”“Russian Dance”

“Gospel Train”“Some Lucky Day”

“The Last Rose of Summer”

Music engraving by Ayelet FirstenbergNew orchestrations created collectively by the band

PRODUCTION TEAM MARK JACKSON (DIRECTOR)Mark’s diverse range of work in theater, dance, and performance has been seen at various Bay Area venues, as well as in Denver, New York, Washing-ton D.C., Germany, Japan, and the UK. His book, Playing Hamlet Roulette: Failure, Expectation, Possibility & Democracy, was recently published by EXIT Press. Mark has been a Shotgun company member since 2010. markjackson-theatermaker.com

CHRISTINE CROOK (COSTUME DESIGNER)Christine designs costumes for theatre, dance, and opera. She’s the resident costume designer with Opera Parallèle in San Francisco and is a company member of Shotgun Players. In 2015, she was awarded a TBA CA$H Grant for her project Hawkmoon and, in 2016, a Bridging The Gap Grant from Shotgun Players for a residency with Institut Für Alles Mögliche in Berlin 2017. Christine has an MFA in costume design from UC San Diego and teaches design with University of San Francisco and Academy of Art University. christinecrook.squarespace.com

ANTON HEDMAN (LIVE SOUND TECHNICAL DIRECTOR)Anton was born and raised in the Bay Area. He is the owner of Hedman Sound and general manager of Sound Productions. He has worked in several venues, including SF Playhouse, Victoria Theatre (Jerry Springer the Opera, Carrie, Lizzie, The Silence…), Pier 39, Eureka Theatre, Brava, Shotgun Players (Assassins, Woyzeck), Cape Fear Regional Theatre, and LaMaMA. He thanks his family and friends for their support and the cast and crew of this show for their hard work and talent! hedmansound.com

NIKITA KADAM (STAGE MANAGER) Nikita is a stage manager and occasionally a production manager if you ask her nicely. She started her crusade to organize art at UC Berkeley, where she graduated with a degree in theatre and performance studies in 2014. She began working with Shotgun in 2015 with Heart Shaped Nebula and since then has managed Eurydice, Hamlet, Caught, and Grand Concourse. When not working at Shotgun, she works with other theatre and dance companies in the Bay Area, like JustTheater and World Arts West. In her spare time, she also coaches gymnastics at Golden Bear Gymnastics.

HEATHER KELLY-LAWS (PRODUCTION ASSISTANT)

Heather is a stage manager, playwright, and award-winning mixtape-maker from San Francisco. Recent credits include Phèdre at Cutting Ball and The Precious Damsels with Troupe Theatre, where she is also production manager and managing director. She is a 2017 Crowded Fire Ignite Fund grantee and proud Shotgun company member.

DEVON LABELLE (PROPS DESIGNER) Devon is a multidisciplinary artist who focuses on vivid visual and special effects components. In nine short seasons she has fueled over 100 Bay Area productions with the physical artifacts that make them work. Devon is a Resident Artist with Crowded Fire Theater and a TBA-award-winning Props Designer. She is the Props Shop Coordinator at San Francisco State University. Check out her blog to see what she makes: giveherprops.wordpress.com. Love to Sam, Jo, and Roscoe.

SEAN RILEY (SET DESIGNER)Sean has a 20-year career in suspension, design, and theater. As an award-winning scenic designer, he incorporates all of these skills to create unique environments for time-based art. In collaboration with a wide spectrum of artists around the world and through many genres, he has created installa-tions that commonly reflect his lifelong obsession with gravity, architecture, and Newtonian physics. visiblegravity.com

MATT STINES (SOUND DESIGNER)Matt makes noises for plays, and he has won some awards for a few of them. He is a stoked company member of Shotgun Players, and The Black Rider will mark his 16th project with the company. Once upon a time, he taught theatre sound at his alma mater, SF State, and presently helps to manage his family’s self-storage business. His experimental percussion collective, full grownmin, will celebrate its 73rd release tomorrow. Matt’s contribution to this production is dedicated to the memory of Don Bratman. mattstines.wordpress.com

ALLEN WILLNER (LIGHTING DESIGNER)Allen most recently collaborated with Shotgun on brownsville song (b-side for Tray) and Nora. Previous lighting designs for Shotgun include Eurydice, God’s Ear, Top Girls, The Threepenny Opera, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Theater awards and nominations include 2017 TBA We Players Beowulf, 2016 TBA Shotgun Players Eurydice, 2013 Theater of Yugen’s This Lingering Life, Bay Area Critics Circle Eurydice and God’s Ear, 2012 Broadway World lighting and set design for Symmetry Theater’s Patience Worth.

Production SponsorS

DEYOE WEALTH MANAGEMENTDeYoe Wealth Management is a Berkeley-based registered investment advisor that provides comprehensive financial planning and asset management to clients throughout the Bay Area. Established by Jonathan K. DeYoe in 2001, DeYoe Wealth Management’s mission is to inspire clients to pursue their passions and make meaningful financial decisions that are firmly rooted in their values. Mr. DeYoe and his associates work with individuals, families, trusts, and non-profit organizations like Shotgun Players.

NINA & CLAUDE GRUENNina Jaffe Gruen, a longtime supporter of Shotgun Players and a sponsor for The Black Rider, passed away on September 15th. Nina was the principal behavioral analyst and sociologist at Gruen Gruen + Associates and a pioneering feminist. She was an art connoisseur specializing in contemporary Russian art and a leader in the real estate industry. Her recently authored book, Believe it or Not: The Challenges Facing One Professional Woman a Half Century Ago, is available on Amazon.com.

Dr. Claude Gruen is principal economist at Gruen Gruen + Associates. He specializes in the evaluation and implementation of real estate development and public policy opportunities and tradeoffs. He has provided the economic foundation and real estate development programs for successful shopping, entertain-ment, housing, industrial, and mixed-use projects sponsored by public and private entities. He is the author of New Urban Devel-opment: Looking Back to See Forward, published by Rutgers University Press.

PEPI ROSS & JASON MARKSThe world is unpredictable, disturbing, exciting, and—especially these days—more than a little scary. Why should theater be any different? Jason and Pepi are happy to help Shotgun Players give us a jolt of augmented reality.

Season Sponsors

CAROL AMYX & DONALD KAUFMAN

KITTY BOSHERHaving had the opportunity to raise four great children and two lovely step-daughters waay over in Virginia, I am fortunate to have ten precious grandchildren. Although I’ve lived in one town my whole life, and in a post-Civil War farmhouse since 1973, my family is far-flung: El Salvador, Indonesia, Charlottesville, and—Berkeley—which is why I often refer to myself as a “frequently-flying grandmother.” When Shotgun’s Artistic Director Patrick Dooley was in his 20’s I wondered whether he would go into politics or into theater. To my great joy, he’s done both.

GUY TIPHANEGuy just loves Shotgun Players and sometimes can’t resist seeing a play several times. He writes at guytiphane.wordpress.com.

PEET’S COFFEE & TEA

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTORWelcome to the Ashby Stage, home of the Shotgun Players, where the greatest compliment isn’t that you love all our plays, but that you always feel welcome, and it’s always an adventure! If you’re new here, hopefully we’ll prick your interest enough to get you coming back for more. If you’re a regular, try starting up a conversation with someone nearby. Friendliness and theatre go together. It’s just the truth. Along those lines, I’d love for you to consider sticking around after the performance to take part in one of our brief post show conversations. We’ve been doing these for a year now, and I can’t tell you how inspiring and revelatory they’ve been. That bit of insight you share (or hear) could be the spark of something meaningful. I also hope you’ll check out our season announcement (on the back of this program) and consider joining us as a subscriber. I already know what you’re thinking: “But I’m just not the subscriber type!” If having an amazing time 5–6 times a year with great seats, free parking, flexible scheduling, and tasty cocktails sounds fun to you, then maybe we can change your mind. Plus, remember: friendly and adventurous!

For over 25 years, honesty and encouragement from folks like you have inspired us to keep looking for new and exciting ways to be a positive force in our community. Sometimes that means putting 88 solar panels on our roof, selling local baked goods, and covering our building with beautiful murals. But when it’s all said and done, it’s about working with local artists, opening our doors, and enjoying some theatre—together. Thanks for coming,

Patrick Dooley, Artistic Director

Our DonorsThank you to the following people for generously donating to Shotgun Players between July 1, 2016 and October 1, 2017. Donors who contributed to our Make a Difference Program are notated with

VISIONARIES $25,000+Carol Amyx & Donald Kaufman, Kitty Bosher, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, E. Craig & Kathy Moody

, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Ragesh Tangri & Da-ralyn Durie , Tiphane Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Found, The Phyl-lis C. Wattis Foundation, Tamara White

HEROES $10,000+Anonymous (1), City of Berkeley Civic Arts Fund, DeYoe Wealth Management, Naomi Janowitz & Andrew Lazarus, Joe Kane, Janice Berman & Richard Nelson

, Jason Marks & Pepi Ross , Bob Fabry & Susan Taylor, Richard & Kate West , Zellerbach Family Foundation

PEOPLE OF ACTION $7,500+East Bay Community Foundation, Al Hoffman & David Shepherd , Carolyn Jones , Lynn MacDonald, The Sam Mazza Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation

INNOVATORS $5,000+R.G. “Pete” & Christine C. “Tina” Bosher Family Fund #2 of the Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Michael Choy & Shannon Moffett, The Grubb Company, Nina & Claude Gruen, Virginia King & Stuart Rickey, Joseph Mallon & Sue Trow-bridge , Ivan & Maris Meyerson, The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, Les & Sue Polgar, Michael & Gretchen Schnitzer, Patricia & Merrill Shanks

DYNAMOS $2,500+Remo Arancio & Ann Gabor Arancio, Mark Chaitkin & Cecilia Storr , Eric Brown & Nguyet Chau , Anne & Mary Fund at the East Bay Community Foun-dation, Kathleen Kahn, Erica Maier D’Ambrosio & Brett D’Ambrosio , Stanley & Miriam Schiffman, Peter Skarpelos & Linda Schmidt, Charlotte von der Hude

, Jon Wagner & Lynne Hollingsworth, Alex, Electra & Lucy White

THE FEARLESS $1,250+Anonymous (1), Alameda County Arts Commission, Elizabeth Balderston, Mi-chelle Barbour , Neil, Gene & Crish Barth, Nancy Wright Cooper, Lisa Esher-ick, Mary-Kay Gamel & Thomas Vogler, Jo & Michael Golub , Chris Hannafan & Debbie Katz, John & Rachel Horsch, Karin & Greg McClune , Russell Nel-

son, Thomas Owen, John & Michele Ruskin, Bonnie Stiles, Paul Templeton & Darrell Louie, Samuel Test, Ward & Susan Willats

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PROVOCATEURS $250+Jeff Akeley , Lauren Aloisio & David Salem, Barbara Anderson & Gordon Sil-vera, Victoria & Ken Ball, Natasha Beery & William McCoy , Carol Bledsoe & William Pursley, Paula Blizzard & David Brown , Stan Buller & Virginia Wallace, Susan & Ronald Choy, Jean Circiello, Ronald Clyman & Francoise Mauray, Mavis Delacroix , Amelia Ellis, Joan Emery & Eddy Rubin, Sheila Faraghan, Brigitte & Louis Fisher , Karen & Hartmut Fokken, Morgan Forsey, Gordon & Barbara Frassinelli, Michael & Katie Frassinelli , Kelli Frostad, Alvis Hendley & Robert Eakin, Linda Katz , Elizabeth Kellas & George Tomberlin, Martin & Linda Kelp, Elizabeth & Tim Kientzle, Amelia Krause , Karen Laws & Daniel Callaway, Sukey Lilienthal & David Roe , David Madson, Jill H. Matichak, John McGe-hee, Laurie & Derek Mims , Richard & Susanne Monson, Martha & Bill Moses, Claire Mosher, Patricia & David Munro, Daniel Murphy, Nor Cal Community In-volvement Fund, Risa & Bruce Nye, Thomas O’Brien, Linda Oliver & Tom Mont-gomery, Bob & Diane Olson , Michael Page & Stacey Wexler, Evan Painter & Wendy Polivka, Henri Picciotto & Irva Hertz , James Pine, Philip & Carla Reed, David Reid & Jayne Walker, Richard and Eleanor Reinholdt, Elizabeth & Steve Rosenberg, Cindy Snyder , John Stern, John Stroik, Einar and Cammy Sunde, Sharon Toth & Gary McDole , Elsa & Revan Tranter, Marcia Vastine, Jacqueline Volin, Jed & Alison Waldman, Dan Klang & Jean Waxdeck, Tom & Penny Whent, Viviana Wolinsky & Steve Hunter

INSTIGATORS $125+Anonymous (1), Mark Aaronson & Marjorie Gelb, Denise Abersold, Robert Alto,

Bob & Edie Bales, Barbara Baxter, David Beery & Norm Abramson, Catherine Betts, Jackie Black & Claudia McDonagh, Donna Brorby , Wayne Bryan, Gail & Eric Buchbinder, Jacob & Rachel Burnim, Calliope & Gordon Cameron, Miriam Ciochon, Susan Cony, in memory of Ruby Bernstein, Janice Cornwell, Andrea Dance, Barbara De Janvry, Thomas Diettrich, Vin Dunn & Judy Casey, Ann Ein-stein, A. Grant Elliot & Sharon Elliot, Tamar Offer Yehoshua/Baskin Family Foun-dation, Barbara Fritz, Este Gardner, Bozena GIlewska, Neil Goldstein & Sylvia Spears, Nora Goodfriend-Koven & Edwin Reano-Vasquez, Josephine Gray, Lee & Patrick Hackett, Michael Harris & Elizabeth Foster, In Memory of Gail Saliterman, Indivisible East Bay, Abbe Kalos, Donna & Gary Kasprowicz, Kevin Kelly, John Kelly & Mary Schmidt, Emily Kenyon & David Lipsky, Cortland & Donna LaVallee, Linda Lavelle, Tracey Ledel, Shalle Leeming, Joel Gomberg & Malvina Levy , Theresa Mack, Albert Martin, Ann Moen & Dean Pichotto, Molly Noble & Bob Guilbault , Anne Ogonowski, Susanne Olson, Stephen Pacheco, David Petta, Sally Picciotto, Gina Pulice & Aaron Krasner, Charles Rice, Deborah Robbins & Henry Navas, Josh & Anita Rotenberg, Richard Russell , Deborah Ruth, Gretchen Saeger, Brigitte Sandquist, Laura Scheflow, John Selawsky & Pamela Webster, John Shepherd & Katharine Gale, Alicia Sheppeck, Mary Shields, Don Smith & Jane Mickelson, Patricia Smith, Gloria Sparrow, Walter Norton & Joan Sullivan, Harry & Betsey Tabraham, Shelley Trott, Patrick J. Vaz, Gretchen vonDu-ering, John S. Waller, Peter Washburn, Gail Wiemann, Jim Ahrens & Anne Wolf, Mei Wong & Gregg McGlinn

CONSPIRATORS $50+Anonymous (5), Gertraud Albert, Rebecca Allen, Joel Altman, Gene & Nancy Alward, Anna Armstrong, Dorothy Atkinson, Joan August, Barbato, Andrea Barello, Greg Barker, Deborah Barrera, Alvaro Barrios, Jack Baur, Val Beh, Charles Belov , Lance Belville & Lynn Lohr, Zoey Bloom, Edith Borrebach, Brittny Bot-torff, Elizabeth Brady, Stephen Breen, Daniel Bresnahan, Robert & Debbie Bridg-es , Chris Broglio, Ellen Brotsky, David and Pamela Bullen, Stephen Bush, Marianne Camp & Marta Shultz, Brooke Cannons, Matthew Cansler, Melissa Carre, Beth Charlesworth, Natalie Chriss, Peter Church, Murray Cohen, Linda Cole, Michael Conant, Steve & Wendy Cook , George Crowe, Anne Daley, Jessica Dalton, John Daniel, Joyce Davis, Victoria DeMara, Brian DeMarco, Blaine Dempsey, DeYoe Wealth Mgmt, in honor of Jed Waldman, Frances Din-kelspiel , Edmond Eger , Trina English, Margery Eriksson , Ilse & Jim Evans, Mary Eaton Fairfield, Sandra Falk, Sara Feldman, Jeni Finch, Jean-Anne Fitzpatrick, Mary & Tom Foote, Ian Freifeld, Michael Gaffney , Sika Gasinu, Hal & Pat Gelb, Bedojyoti Ghosh, David Lance Goines, Stuart Gold, Brenda Goldstein, John Gonzalez, Craig Gordon, Laura Gorjance, Paul Greenberg & Vic-toria Davis, Mark Greenside & Donna Umeki, Miles Gullingsrud, Anne Hallinan, Marjorie Hammer, Michelle Haner, Theo Hartman, Aren Haun, Barbara Hauser, Maureen Hawk , Irene & Geoffrey Heller, Kenneth Hempel, Teresa Hernandez, Richard & Valerie Herr, Lisa Hesselgesser, Susan Hoffman, Steven D. Horn & Clint Marsh, Scott Hovdey, Estie & Mark Hudes, Ann Humphrey , Michael & Elayne Isaacs, William Issel, Rosemary Jenckes, Sally Jones, Natasha Joseph, Catherine Karrass & Margo George, Jason Kelley, Jane & Tom Kelly, Faye Keogh, Evan

Kuluk , Andrew Lazarus , Mark Levine, Graham Lierley, Gwen Loeb, Fred Loebl, Katherine Lorber, Mads Ludvigsen, Christine Macomber, Joseph Markert, Susannah Martin , Ann Martin, Susan Maxwell, Barbara McEnerney, R.B. Mc-Sparran, Erin Meadows, John & Patricia Mengel, Greg Minshall, Ross Moody, Jubilith Moore, Everett & Julia Moore, Mina Morita & Adam Tolbert , Jerry Mosher, Laura Murra, Christine Murray, David Muzzy, Glen Nethercut, Stephen Ng, Margaret Norman , Anna Olson , Jane Orebic, Sinead O’Sullivan & Mark Redar, Richard Owen, Ruth Palmer, Stephanie & Charles Peters, John & Janet Petroni, Kenneth Preston, Elkhanah Pulitzer, Lisa Quaid , Jean Rabovsky

, Noam & Mindy Ragins, in honor of Richard & Kate West, Kathryn & Herb Ranharter, Ulla Reilly, Jared Rhizor, Frances Rosario, Marjorie Roth, Marilyn & Da-vid Rowland , Julietta Rybczynski, Carolyn Sanders, Yolanda Sandoval, Su-zanne Sattergren, Clifford & Pat Saunders, Joan Saxton, Mark Schallert, Bobbi Schear, Margaret Scheving , Edward Schoenberger, Gregg & Pat Schwinn, Erin J Searfus, Tara Seekins, Sarang Shah, Denise Shermer, Joe Silber, Sharon Silva & Kristin Krueger, Jeunee Simon, Harriet Simpson, Brady Singh, Heather Skelley, Sherry Smith, Ben Smith, Jeffrey Smith, Karl Soehnlein & Kevin Clarke

, Anthony Somkin, Gregg Sorensen, Beth Steckler, Kenny Stone , Diane Swan, Alexandra Thebert, Shara Tonn, Elizabeth Trask, Siciliana Trevino , Van Truskett, Anil Vora, Rob Walker, Michael Walvick, Susan Wansewicz, Janet Wells, Sarah Wheeler, Joanne Winter & Adrian Elfenbaum, Rebecca Woiwode, Justin Wong, Frank Wu, Christopher Yee

THE SHOTGUN PLAYERS MANIFESTO

Shotgun Players is a company of artists determined to create bold, relevant, affordable theatre. We believe in theatre that inspires and challenges audience and artist alike to re-examine our lives, our community, and the ever-changing world around us. We are:

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Andy AlabranNina BallEl BehKevin ClarkeValera CobleChristine CrookPatrick Dooley

Mark JacksonNikita KadamHeather Kelly-LawsLiz Hitchcock LisleDave MaierSusannah MartinJoanie McBrien

Trish MulhollandJudy PhillipsRichard ReinholdtKatja RiveraLeigh Rondon-DavisMichelle TalgarowJon Tracy

Megan TroutMatt StinesBeth WilmurtHanah Zahner-Isenberg

Jo GolubTony DrummondJohn Horsch

Carolyn JonesLynn MacDonaldClaire Mosher

Richard NelsonPepi RossMaggie Salop

Michael SchnitzerRagesh TangriJed Waldman

Patrick Dooley Founding Artistic Director

Liz Hitchcock LisleManaging Director

Joanie McBrienDevelopment Director

Hanah Zahner-IsenbergProduction Manager

Shokai SinclairMarketing & Communications Director

Amy LangerBox Office & Patron Services Manager

Brady Brophy-HiltonDevelopment Associate

Chris SwartzellTechnical Director

Daniel AlleyBox Office Associate

Jennifer LightAccounting Associate

Trish MulhollandCasting Director

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3 WEEKS ONLY! FEB 27 - MAR 18 AT Z SPACE | TICKETS AT ZSPACE.ORG

Z Space and piece by piece productions presentthe world premiere production of

WEIGHTLESS

FEATURING

DIRECTED BY Becca Wolff

SISTERHOOD. LOVE. BETRAYAL.

"TOP TEN THEATRE PICK 2016" - SF Chronicle

A NEW ROCK OPERA BY THE KILBANES

Lila Blue, Julia Brothers, Dan Harris, Kate Kilbane,Dan Moses & Josh Pollock

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HOTEL SHATTUCK PLAZA is a Downtown Berkeley landmark. Just a few steps from BART, our hotel is surrounded by a diverse selection

of restaurants & bars, wonderful shops, theatres, and musical venues.

History Reinvented

FEBRUARY 2–13, 2018

A Fortnight of Explorationand Collaboration

2017/18 SEASON

THE CUTTING BALLVARIETY PACK

LUCIA BERLINSTORIES BY

A Z SPACE & WORD FOR WORD PRODUCTION

Comic, harrowing stories from a beloved Bay Area writer,from the Bay Area’s beloved literary theater company.

Directed by JoAnne Winter & Nancy ShelbyStarring Jeri Lynn Cohen

FEB 14 TO MAR 11 AT Z BELOWTICKETS AT ZSPACE.ORG

Z SPACE

WORD FOR WORD25YRS