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Dear Friend,

Welcome to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, our second mainstage show of the 2013-2014 Season and one of the enduring classics of musical theatre.

The production history of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum reads as a long legacy of firsts. Its characters are inspired by the works of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, whose use of songs and music has been considered by many an early form of musical theatre. In the 1960s, Forum burst onto the stage as a farce—and the first Broadway show in Stephen Sondheim’s career to feature both his music and lyrics. D.C. has a special connection as well: it was here that the song “Comedy Tonight” was added to solve a problematic show opener, following a pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum marks yet another first, the STC mainstage directing debut of our Associate Director Alan Paul. Alan’s sense of comedy and timing and his boundless enthusiasm for musical theatre make him the perfect director for this production. I have great faith that this is only the beginning of a long, successful directing career for Alan. I feel confident you will see his remarkable talent in tonight’s production, and you can say, “I saw his work at STC first!”

Many of our talented cast members have a New York acting pedigree, on Broadway and beyond, and several are making their first STC appearances in this production. Bruce Story, Pseudolus, was the brilliant Bottom in last season’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream here, and Tom Story endeared audiences in The Winter’s Tale last spring. Please help me warmly welcome all of our artists, as you enjoy this classic ‘comedy tonight.’

Thank you for your continued patronage.

Warm regards,

Michael Kahn Artistic Director Shakespeare Theatre Company

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Title Page 9

About the Playwright 11

Cast 13

Musical Numbers 14

Cast Biographies 15

Direction and Design Biographies 20

About STC 23

Support 25

For STC 38

STC Staff 42

Audience Services 43

Table of ContentsSTC Board of Trustees

Board of TrusteesMichael R. Klein, ChairRobert E. Falb, Vice ChairJohn Hill, TreasurerPauline Schneider, SecretaryMichael Kahn, Artistic Director

TrusteesNicholas W. AllardAshley M. AllenStephen E. AllisAnita M. AntenucciJeffrey D. BaumanAfsaneh BeschlossWilliam C. Bodie Landon ButlerDr. Paul CarterChelsea ClintonDr. Mark EpsteinAndrew C. FloranceMiles GilburneBarbara HarmanJohn R. HaugeStephen A. HopkinsLawrence A. Hough

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It’s the spring of 1962, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is in trouble. It had taken the talented trio of Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and Stephen Sondheim four years and a seemingly endless series of drafts to put the musical together. The show had gone through a dizzying number of producers, directors and stars before settling on Harold Prince, George Abbott and Zero Mostel. Most frustratingly, there was no finale. Instead, Pseudolus and Hysterium crossed downstage and engaged the audience in a coy attempt at suspense:

PSEUDOLUS. Come back tomorrow night and see Hysterium win his freedom—

HYSTERIUM. Oh Pseudolus!

PSEUDOLUS. Or die in attempt!

Curtain.

As fate would have it, the proper ending would be found through changing the beginning. Forum’s original opening number, “Invocation,” started in a suitably classical tone:

Gods of the theatre smile on us,Those who look down on actors,And I’m sorry to say who doesn’t?Bless our show and smile on us.

But George Abbott didn’t like it. He didn’t think it was “hummable.” Consequently, “Invocation” was revoked; Sondheim would use it as the opening number for his 1974 adaptation of The Frogs. Instead, for the first of the show’s out-of-town tryouts, in

late March, 1962, at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Sondheim came up with a song called “Love is in the Air.” This song is charming, sweet and appears as underscore at the top of Act Two. It also appears, for unknown reasons, in Mike Nichols’ film The Birdcage, when Robin Williams and Christine Baranski duet. In New Haven, however, the number (and the show) didn’t work. Nobody could figure out why. As Larry Gelbart said, “Audiences laughed at the show but they didn’t like it.”

In April of 1962, Forum moved to the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. Still, the show felt unfinished. Richard Coe, the critic for The Washington Post, suggested the unthinkable, closing the show three weeks before it reached New York. George Abbott, who had a reputation as “the show doctor,” was stuck. He was used to coming in at the last minute to fix Broadway shows before opening, but how was he supposed to punch up his own show? “I don’t know what we should do,” he said, “I think we should call George Abbott!”

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Forum had started as a labor of love, an attempt to return “low comedy” to the Broadway stage. As Shevelove said of New York in the early 1960s, presumably in reference to musicals of the Oscar Hammerstein variety: “There were plenty of touching, even tragic, lovers, plenty of dream ballets, and plenty of important truths, stated and restated, but no fun.”

Bringing Roman comedy to Broadway had long been one of Shevelove’s dreams. In 1938, while an undergraduate at Brown,

Comedy TonightThe Making of a Modern CoMedy ClassiC

he wrote the lyrics for Plautus Potpourri, an irreverent adaptation of Plautus’ Mostellaria. In 1942, while getting his Master’s at Yale, Shevelove mounted a musical called When in Rome, based on two more of Plautus’ plays: Miles Gloriosus and Pseudolus.

The third time would be the charm. Teaming with Larry Gelbart, a joke writer for Sid Caesar, and Stephen Sondheim, a brilliant young songwriter fresh off the success of writing lyrics for West Side Story, Shevelove & Co. methodically pieced together a plot combining the best of Plautus’ plays. The result, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, features a veritable who’s who of ancient Roman comedy: ingenious house slave Pseudolus, young lovers Hero and Philia, unhappy old married couple Senex and Domina, lecherous pimp Marcus Lycus and his cast of courtesans and eunuchs, Erronius, “the oldest man living in Rome” and, of course, Miles Gloriosus, the ultimate braggart warrior. The script also calls for a Mostellaria, a haunted house which is revealed to be nothing of the sort.

Above all else, Forum is a masterpiece of farcical plotting. As Gelbart would later write: “Add or subtract one character and his or her absence or altered presence affects the behavior of every other character in the piece.” Sondheim concurred, calling Forum the “tightest, most satisfyingly plotted and gracefully written farce I’ve ever encountered.” Shevelove, Gelbart and Sondheim had achieved the seemingly impossible: a musical comedy that obeyed the classical criteria laid out by Aristotle. In 1972, Shevelove noted the utter academic seriousness of the project, easily mistaken for low-brow silliness: “We preserved the classic unities of time, place, and action. We had no anachronisms or sly references to today. We used Plautus’ characters, but had to invent a plot (the original plots are negligible) to accommodate the characters we wanted to use.”

The overall effect is of a crash course in the Plautine dramaturgy of mistaken identities, stock characters and farcical reversals that would define comedy through Shakespeare, Molière and Shaw, all the way up to the modern situation comedy. As Sondheim says, “Everybody thinks that it was whipped up over a weekend because it plays so easily. The plotting is intricate, the dialogue is never anachronistic, and there are only two or three jokes—the rest is comic situation. It’s almost like a senior thesis on two thousand years of comedy.”

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Sondheim speaks the truth—mostly. One thing was whipped up in a weekend. Back in 1962 in Washington, Forum was in trouble. As a last, desperate measure, the team called in Jerome Robbins, who had turned the play down in 1958 in order to direct Gypsy. The problem, Robbins said, was the opening number. It didn’t set up the show. Sondheim replied that he had already written a new opening number, “Love is in the Air.” That song may be charming and hummable, Robbins replied, but it wasn’t funny. After a weekend spent at his piano, inspiration struck. Sondheim emerged from his Washington hotel with a new song and an immortal classic: “Comedy Tonight.” The rest is history.

Drew Lichtenberg, Literary Associate

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Set DesignerJames Noone

Costume DesignerDavid C. Woolard

Lighting DesignerRui Rita

Music Director/Additional Dance ArrangementsAdam Wachter

Sound DesignerJason Tratta

Wig Designer Paul Huntley

Orchestrations Dan DeLange

New York CastingBinder Casting

Resident Casting DirectorDaniel Neville-Rehbehn

Head of Voice and TextEllen O’Brien

Literary AssociateDrew Lichtenberg

Assistant DirectorGus Heagerty

Associate ChoreographerLee Wilkins

Production Stage ManagerJoseph Smelser*

Assistant Stage ManagersHannah R. O’Neil*Robyn M. Zalewski*

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is presented by The HRH Foundation.

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Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry GelbartMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimOriginally produced on Broadway by Harold S. PrincePerformances Begin November 21, 2013Opening Night December 3, 2013Sidney Harman Hall

Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award® Artistic Director Michael Kahn Managing Director Chris Jennings

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About the Playwright

The life of the Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254-184 B.C.) remains shrouded in mystery. Most of what we know comes from Cicero, writing a century later. His 21 surviving plays exist only in fragments, many having been cut and adapted for performance in “acting versions.” Even his name is unclear: “Titus” was the Latin word for “phallus,” “Maccus” a name for clowns in ancient Italian farce, and “Plautus” derives from the Latin term planis pedibus—a “flat-foot,” or a pantomime dancer. Given these clues—theatrical rather than literary texts, and his possession of arguably the first stage name in Western civilization—it seems likely that Plautus was involved in the theatre as a

craftsman first, and an artist second. Put simply, he made them laugh.

According to one story, Plautus left his homeland of Umbria at an early age for Rome and an apprenticeship in the theatre. He lost his savings in an overseas business venture, and was forced to work as a servant in a grain-mill. Most likely, this story was inspired by similar incidents in Plautus’ plays, which are filled with shipwrecks, kidnapping pirates and clever servants. Like the seacoast of Shakespearean comedy, the world of Plautus’ plays is a comic fantasyland in which the world is turned upside down, transformed in startling ways. Children overcome parents; slaves outwit masters; romance defeats reality.

In nearly all of Plautus’ plays a young, middle-class lover is blocked from his beloved and enlists the help of a clever slave, whose wild scheme forms the contours of the plot. Alongside the clever slave and young lover, Plautus’ company of broad stock figures includes such still-recognized comic figures as the squabbling older married couple, the greedy pimp and the braggart soldier. Plautus’ verse could be both witty and bawdy, and his love of mistaken identity often resulted in violent scenes of farcical slapstick.

Despite his obscure origins, Plautus’ plays were famous throughout the ancient Roman world. Since their rediscovery in the mid-1400s, they have proven enormously influential in the development of Western drama. Shakespeare modeled The Comedy of Errors on Plautus’ The Menaechmi Twins. Molière’s The Miser owes much to his The Little Cash Box. The “Miles Gloriosus” would evolve into the Capitano of the Italian commedia dell’ arte, not to mention Shakespeare’s Falstaff, Corneille’s Dorante from The Liar (1644) and Shaw’s Sergius from Arms and the Man (1894).

Plautus’ most significant influence, however, may be on popular, “low” forms. His mixture of lyricism and colloquialism suggests vaudeville and burlesque alongside Shakespeare and Molière. Along with Forum (1963), other Broadway mainstays such as Rodgers and Hart and Cole Porter have also adapted Plautus’ stories into musicals with shocking ease. In fact, scholars have cited Plautus’ use of canticum—songs, music and dance—as an early form of musical comedy. Burt Shevelove famously said that A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was a “scenario for vaudevillians.” He might as well have said: it is a play by Plautus.

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Cast

Senex, an old man ............................................................................................................................ Steve Vinovich*Domina, his wife .................................................................................................................................. Julie Johnson*Hero, his son, in love with Philia ........................................................................................................ Nick Verina*Hysterium, slave to Senex and Domina .............................................................................................Tom Story*Pseudolus, slave to Hero ......................................................................................................................Bruce Dow*Erronius, an old man ..........................................................................................................................Harry Winter*Miles Gloriosus, a warrior.................................................................................................................Edward Watts*Marcus Lycus, a buyer and seller of courtesans ................................................................Danny Rutigliano*Tintinabula, a courtesan ................................................................................................................ Ashley MarinelliPanacea, a courtesan ........................................................................................................................ Chelsey Arce*The Geminae, courtesans ................................................................... Ashley Blair Fitzgerald*, Sarah Meahl*Vibrata, a courtesan ................................................................................................................................ Lisa Karlin*Gymnasia, a courtesan ..................................................................................................................Jennifer Frankel*Philia, a virgin .................................................................................................................................... Lora Lee Gayer*The Proteans .........................................................................................................Matthew Bauman*, Nick Flatto,

Blakely Slaybaugh*

UnderstudiesMatthew Bauman* (Hero), Bob Brenner (Erronius), Lisa Karlin* (Domina), Maria Logan (Female Swing),

Francesca McGrory (Female Swing), Sarah Meahl* (Philia), Thomas Ortiz (Male Swing), Danny Rutigliano* (Pseudolus), Blakely Slaybaugh* (Hysterium),

Ethan Watermeier (Marcus Lycus/Miles Gloriosus), Harry Winter* (Senex)

Dance Captain: Thomas Ortiz

Rehearsal Pianist: Jonathan Tuzman

Production Assistant: Maria Tejada

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Cast Biographies

Chelsey Arce*PanaceaNATIONAL TOUR: Memphis (first national tour, Tony Award-winning show). REGIONAL: Barrington Stage Company: Guys and Dolls. INTERNATIONAL: Daniel Ezralow’s OPEN tour. FILM: Gone With the

Bullets, The Other Guys, The Women. TELEVISION: Italian hit show AMICI, Ugly Betty. OTHER: Commercials: Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Avon, Dancepaws, Microsoft, Verizon. OTHER: Assistant to Daniel Ezralow: 2014 Winter Olympics Sochi; MOMIX; commercial dance credits include Beyoncé, Nicola Roberts, DJ Fresh. TRAINING: The Boston Conservatory: BFA.

Matthew Bauman*ProteanNEW YORK: Off-Broadway: Peccadillo Theatre: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; City Center Encores!: Pipe Dream; Musicals Tonight: I’d Rather Be Right. REGIONAL: Goodspeed Opera House: The Great American Mousical

(dir. Julie Andrews), Hello! My Baby; Berkshire Theatre Group: A Chorus Line; North Shore Music Theatre: Tarzan; St. Louis MUNY: Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, Footloose. INTERNATIONAL: Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Joan Rivers: A Work in Progress. OTHER: Founder of CoachMeNYC.com. TRAINING: Brown University: BA in Theatre Arts. WEB: Matthew-Bauman.com

Bruce Dow*PseudolusSTC: Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. NEW YORK: Broadway: King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Henry T. Dobson in Anything Goes (benefit LCT), Jacey Squires in The Music Man, Robert in Jane Eyre.

Off-Broadway: Wechsler’s Grenadine (NYC premiere reading; Yale Drama Award Winner). INTERNATIONAL: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto: Leigh Bowery in Of A Monstrous Child (Dora Award Winner, Best Actor Musical); Harry/Larry in Tim Luscombe’s PIG (world premiere); Stratford Festival: 12 seasons (selected credits): The Tempest (starring Christopher Plummer, also Melbar film), The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Julius Caesar, Into the Woods, Cabaret, Patience, Man of La Mancha. FILM/TELEVISION: Murdoch Mysteries, Rick Mercer Report, My Big Big Friend, Total Drama Island. OTHER: Member MACnyc, Chicago Cabaret Professionals. Solo recordings (available on iTunes): Lucky to be Me, Keepin’ Out of Mischief. TRAINING: University of British Columbia: BFA in Acting, MFA in Directing. WEB: BruceDow.com

Ashley Blair Fitzgerald*GeminaeNEW YORK: Off-Broadway: New York Philharmonic: Company. NATIONAL TOURS: Come Fly Away (Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress), Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage, Fosse, Dirty

Rotten Scoundrels. REGIONAL: Center Theater Group: Leap of Faith; Maine State Music Theater: Cats, Mame; Gateway Playhouse: Fosse; Houston’s Theater Under the Stars: Cats. INTERNATIONAL: Trip of Love (pre-Broadway, Japan). FILM: Image Entertainment Company. TELEVISION: NBC’s SMASH; 2011 Tony Awards; 2010 Tony Awards; Directors Film Company’s KINDER Bueno. OTHER: Radio City Christmas Spectacular; The Fosse Verdon Estate’s 2013 Fosse Workshop Archival Video. TRAINING: The Boston Conservatory: Dance Major; Joffery Ballet; ABT Summer Intensive; Broadway Theater Project.

Nick FlattoProteanNEW YORK: Off-Broadway: Vineyard Theatre: Wanda’s Monster; MMAC: The Berenstain Bears Live! NATIONAL TOURS: ArtsPower: Jigsaw Jones. REGIONAL: Pennsylvania Youth Theatre: The Happy Elf (with Harry

Connick, Jr.); Fulton Theatre: Hairspray; Palace Theatre: Grease; Bucks County Playhouse: All Shook Up!; Gretna Theatre: Meet Me in St. Louis, Hello, Dolly! TRAINING: Muhlenberg College: BA in Theatre and Dance. WEB: NickFlatto.com

Jennifer Frankel*GymnasiaNEW YORK: Broadway: Catch Me If You Can, Curtains, Spamalot, Chicago, Never Gonna Dance, The Wild Party, On The Town, Ain’t Broadway Grand; Lincoln Center Theater: Anything Goes;

Off-Broadway: Girl Crazy, Ziegfeld Follies of ‘36, Radio City Music Hall Rockette. NATIONAL TOURS: Sunset Boulevard, 42nd Street, Chicago, Song and Dance. REGIONAL: Yale Repertory Theatre: Vera in Big Night; Long Wharf Theatre: Gloria in Let’s Do It; Huntington Theatre Company: Virginia in Marty; Ahmanson Theatre: Sylvie in Minsky’s; Fireside Theater: Bonnie in Anything Goes. INTERNATIONAL: Showgirl at Le Club Sporting (Monte Carlo, France). TELEVISION: NYPD Blue, One Life To Live; Commercials for Dr. Pepper, Wendy’s, Casio, NY Lottery; Appearances on Rosie O’Donnell, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Regis and Kelly, David Letterman, The Tony Awards, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Musical Numbers

ACT 1Overture

Comedy Tonight – CompanyLove I Hear – Hero

Free – Pseudolus, HeroThe House of Marcus Lycus – Marcus Lycus, Courtesans

Lovely – Hero, PhiliaEverybody Ought To Have A Maid – Pseudolus, Senex, Hysterium, Marcus Lycus

I’m Calm – HysteriumImpossible – Senex, Hero

Bring Me My Bride – Pseudolus, Proteans, Courtesans, Marcus Lycus, Miles Gloriosus

ACT 2Entr’acte

That Dirty Old Man – DominaThat’ll Show Him – Philia

‘Lovely’ Reprise – Pseudolus, HysteriumFuneral Sequence – Proteans, Courtesans, Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus

Finale Ultimo: Comedy Tonight – Company

ORCHESTRAKeyboard 1/Music Director – Adam Wachter

Keyboard 2/Assistant Music Director — Jonathan TuzmanKeyboard 2 — George Fulginiti-Shakar

Violin/Music Contractor – Bruno Nasta Reeds (through Dec. 16) – Keith Daudelin

Reeds (after Dec. 16) – Lee LachmanTrumpet – Dennis Ferry

Trombone – Paul Schultz Percussion – Mark Carson

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Lora Lee Gayer*PhiliaNEW YORK: Broadway: Young Sally in Follies; Off-Broadway: Encores!: Mable in Pipe Dream, Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Elektra in These Seven Sicknesses. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center/Ahmanson: Follies; Bay

Street Theater; favorite roles include Carrie in Carou-sel, Rosemary in How to Succeed…, Rapunzel in Into the Woods, Mrs. Gottlieb in Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Silvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. OPERA: Monica in The Medium. FILM: Towheads (dir. Shan-non Plumb, coming out later this year). TELEVISION: PBS, HBO, Discovery I.D. AWARDS: NFAA ARTS finalist, Lucille Lortell Young Artist Award, National Society of Arts and Letters finalist. OTHER: Various readings and workshops. TRAINING: Interlochen Arts Academy; Carnegie Mellon University: BFA. WEB: LoraLeeGayer.com

Julie Johnson*DominaNEW YORK: Broadway: The Baroness in Hal Prince’s Candide; Off-Broadway: Das Barbecu (Drama Desk Nominee, Theatre World Award), Roadside, The Rink (workshop). REGIONAL: Dallas

Theater Center: Cabaret, Superman; Lyric Theater of Oklahoma: Ragtime; Morton Meyerson Symphony Center: Sweeney Todd; Lyric Stage: Hello, Dolly!; Always Patsy Cline (with Sally Struthers); Bass Hall: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas; Goodspeed Opera House/Walnut Street: Paper Moon; Rob Marshall’s Chess, Beauty and the Beast, Dirty Blonde, Plexiglass Slipper, Heartbeats, Nunsense, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Oliver, Night of the Hunter, So Help Me God, Big River. INTERNATIONAL: Memphis the Musical (first international tour, Helen Hayes nominee). FILM: Pure Country (with George Strait), The Apostle (with Robert Duvall). TELEVISION: PBS’ Barney and Friends. OTHER: Concert appearances: Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops, Fort Worth Symphony’s Summer Concert in the Garden series, Theatre Virginia concert series.

Lisa Karlin*VibrataNEW YORK: Broadway: Ancestor/understudy Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, swing/understudy Emma Goldman in Ragtime; Off-Broadway: The York Theatre: Delilah in Delilah. NATIONAL TOUR: Demeter/

understudy Grizabella in Cats. REGIONAL: The Paper Mill Playhouse/PCLO/KC Starlight: Aquata/understudy Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid; The Arvada Center: Florence Vassy in Chess, Eva Peron in Evita; The John W. Engeman Theatre: Nickie Pignatelli/understudy Charity in Sweet Charity; NCAA Papermill: Velma Kelly in Chicago. AWARDS: Best Supporting Actress New Hampshire Theatre Awards for Velma Kelly in Chicago. TRAINING: Illinois Wesleyan University: BFA in Musical Theatre. WEB: LisaKarlin.biz

Maria LoganSwingNATIONAL TOURS: Singer/Dancer in TAP–the Show, Singer/Dancer in Red Hot Hollywood. REGIONAL:Westchester Broadway Theatre/Ocean State Theatre Company: Brooke Wyndham in Legally Blonde;

After Hours Theatre: Woman 1 in Edges. TRAINING: Belmont University: BM in Musical Theatre. WEB: MariaLogan.biz

Ashley MarinelliTintinabulaNEW YORK: Off-Broadway: The Ballerina in Petrouchka, Dreydl Princess in The Klezmer Nutcracker, Viva in Puck’d, Tracy in City Lights. REGIONAL: Minnie/Margarita/Assistant Choreographer in West Side

Story, Dance Captain in Superstarz Live! OTHER: Disney Cruise Line; performances with Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Ne-Yo, Shakira. TRAINING: NYU, Tisch School of the Arts: BFA in Dance, BA in English Literature. WEB: AshleyMarinelli.com

Francesca McGrorySwing NEW YORK: Off-Broadway: Freckleface, The Musical; Tortoise and The Hare. INTERNATIONAL: HSM, Hairspray (Toronto). FILM: EXA (Cannes, Tribeca, available on Amazon), Send (dir. Peter Vack).

TELEVISION: MTV’s I Just Want My Pants Back, TLC’s Sextistics, Love Pact. INSTRUCTOR: Theatre: MYB, TPATC; Dance: MMAC. TRAINING: AMDA (Integrated). WEB: FrancescaMcGrory.com

Sarah Meahl*GeminaeNEW YORK: One For My Baby (workshop), 2013 Astaire Awards. REGIONAL: Papermill Playhouse: Pearl Lady in Thoroughly Modern Millie; Walnut Street Theatre: Zaneeta in The Music Man; The MUNY: Sister

Mary Leo in Nunsense, Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Aladdin, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Spamalot; Kansas City Starlight Theatre: Footloose!, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre: Victoria in Cats. TELEVISION: Natalee in Haunting Evidence: The Natalee Holloway Story; commercials for Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Cruise Line, Blizzard Beach, The Making of Expedition Everest; music video for Spill Canvas’ The Tide. OTHER: Voiceover work, dance competition judge out of NYC. TRAINING: Point Park University: BA in Musical Theatre/Dance. WEB: SarahMeahl.com

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Thomas OrtizSwingREGIONAL: Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre: Sketch in Hairspray; Paramount Theatre: Ensemble/Eugene understudy in Grease. OPERA: Washington National Opera: Dancer in Verdi’s La Forza del

Destino. OTHER: Concert dance: WalkerDance (Artistic Director Chet Walker); Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago (Second Company). TRAINING: Marymount Manhattan College: BFA in Dance.

Danny Rutigliano*Marcus LycusSTC: Two Gentlemen of Verona. NEW YORK: Broadway: Billy Elliot, Born Yesterday, The Lion King (original Broadway/Los Angeles), The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public; Off-Broadway: Fiorello!, Bells Are

Ringing, Kismet, The New Moon, One Touch of Venus (all at City Center Encores!), Godspell, Yiddle With a Fiddle, Daydreams: The Music & Magic of Doris Day, Lady Liberty, Rapunzel, Swiss Family Robinson. NATIONAL TOURS: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. REGIONAL: Numerous. INTERNATIONAL: Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel (New York/International Tour). FILM: 13, The Producers, Disney’s animated Dumbo II, Goodfellas. TELEVISION: Elementary, Bored to Death (HBO), Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: CI, Without a Trace, My Big Fat Greek Life (original pilot), Three Sisters, Brothers Garcia, Naked Brothers Band, The Equalizer. AWARDS: Los Angeles Ovation Award, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Timon in The Lion King. OTHER: Numerous commercials and voiceovers. WEB: DannyRutigliano.com

Blakely Slaybaugh*ProteanNEW YORK: Off-Broadway: Westchester Broadway Theatre: Harold Lloyd in ’S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical (New York premiere). NATIONAL TOUR: Pinocchio in SHREK: The Musical

(first national Broadway tour). REGIONAL: Great Lakes Theater: Rusty Charlie in Guys and Dolls (dir./chor. Dan Knechtges); Virginia Stage Company: Percy Floppingdale/Robelaire in Frog Kiss (world premiere); Maltz Jupiter Theatre: Mercedes in La Cage aux Folles; Merry Go Round Playhouse: Mike in A Chorus Line, Ripper in Disney’s High School Musical; Little Theatre on the Square: Dean in All Shook Up, A-Rab in West Side Story; Florida Repertory Theater: Eugene in Biloxi Blues, Brighton Beach Memoirs; CCM: Emcee in Cabaret, Hot Blades Harry in Urinetown, Appopolous in Wonderful Town, Dr. Tambourri in Passion. TRAINING: CCM: BFA. WEB: BlakelySlaybaugh.com

Tom Story*HysteriumSTC: Affiliated Artist, The Winter’s Tale, The Government Inspector, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cymbeline, Twelfth Night (2010 Free For All and mainstage, Helen Hayes Award nomination), Richard II, Henry V,

Design for Living, Major Barbara, The Rivals, Twelfth Night (1995 Free For All), Measure for Measure. REGIONAL: Arena Stage: The Book Club Play; Ford’s Theatre: Our Town, Sabrina Fair, A Christmas Carol, 1776; Berkshire Theater Festival: The Book Club Play, The Glass Menagerie, Amadeus, Secret Lives of the Sexists, The Heidi Chronicles, The Misanthrope, Moby Dick–Rehearsed, Camelot, Life’s a Dream; Studio Theatre: POP! (Helen Hayes nomination), Legends!, The Invention of Love (Helen Hayes nomination), Prometheus, The York Realist, Ivanov, A Number (Helen Hayes nomination), The Pillowman, Rocky Horror Picture Show; Folger Theatre: The School for Scandal, Henry IV, Part 1; Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; McCarter Theatre Center; Kansas City Repertory; Provincetown Repertory; Great Lakes Theatre Festival; Seattle Repertory. AWARD: Fox Foundation Fellowship. TRAINING: Duke University; The Juilliard School.

Nick Verina*HeroNEW YORK: Broadway: Young Ben in Follies; Off-Broadway: York Theatre: That Time of the Year, NYMF: Wallenberg, Theatre Row/NYMF: Balls: The Musical (co-author). NATIONAL TOURS: Sonny

in Grease (first national 2010), Forbidden Broadway: SVU. REGIONAL: The Denver Center: Edward Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility; The Kennedy Center/Ahmanson Theatre: Follies; Abe in Altar Boyz (Chicago); Pittsburgh CLO: Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof; Bay Street Theater: Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. FILM: The Good Shepherd. TELEVISION: Josh Groban backup vocalist on America’s Got Talent, The Sopranos, The Book of Daniel. OTHER: Recordings: Follies (2011 revival), That Time of the Year (York Theatre, original cast recording). TRAINING: Second City Chicago; UCB New York; Wright State University: BFA. WEB: NickVerina.com

Steve Vinovich*SenexNEW YORK: Broadway: Loose Ends, Lost in Yonkers, The Magic Show, The Robber Bridegroom, The Grand Tour, The Secret Rapture; Off-Broadway: Old Jews Telling Jokes. NATIONAL TOUR: The Dinner Party. REGIONAL:

Westport Playhouse: Diary of Anne Frank; Pittsburgh Public: Ben Franklin in 1776; Pasadena Playhouse: The Little Foxes, The Foreigner; Laguna Playhouse: Art, The Price; Reprise: Kiss Me Kate, Strike up the Band, Babes in Arms; Pacific Resident Theater: Awake and Sing, Golden Boy, All My Sons; Stratford: Twelfth Night (with Lynn Redgrave); Public: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Nevada Conservatory Theatre: Who’s Afraid of Virginia

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Woolf?, How I Learned to Drive, Inherit the Wind. FILM: The Santa Clause, Awakenings, Mannequin, Puffin in The Swan Princess. TELEVISION: LA Law, Hill Street Blues, Roseanne, Star Trek, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Law & Order, Matlock, Malcolm in the Middle, Hannah Montana. AWARDS: three Drama-Logue Awards. TRAINING: Juilliard Acting School under John Houseman, Larry Moss.

Edward Watts*Miles GloriosusNEW YORK: Broadway: Neil Simon Theatre: Scandalous; St. James Theatre: Finian’s Rainbow; Off-Broadway: New York City Center Encores!: It’s a Bird…Plane…Superman; Snapple Theatre: The

Fantasticks; New York City Opera: The Most Happy Fella. NATIONAL TOURS: The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. REGIONAL: The Guthrie Theater: Roman Holiday; 5th Avenue Theatre: Saving Aimee (with Kathie Lee Gifford); Michigan Opera Theatre: A Little Night Music (with Leslie Uggams); Music Theatre of Wichita: Camelot, The Music Man; Stages St. Louis: Guys and Dolls, The Music Man, 1776; Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma: The Sound of Music; Goodspeed Opera: 1776; Aladdin Theatre: Beauty and the Beast. INTERNATIONAL: Kurt Weill Festival (Dessau, Germany). TELEVISION: The Carrie Diaries, Today with Kathie Lee and Hoda, Rescue Me, The Sopranos, As The World Turns, All My Children. TRAINING: Voice: Luba Tcheresky; Acting: Larry Singer, John Basil; The Ohio State University.

Harry A. Winter*ErroniusSTC: The Government Inspector. NATIONAL TOURS: Gigi, Jolson the Musical. REGIONAL: Signature Theatre: Allegro, 110 in the Shade, Pacific Overtures, Xanadu; Kennedy Center: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mame; Olney

Theatre Center: Racing Demon, Laramie Project, Bringing Up Amy; Washington Jewish Theatre: Pins and Needles, Forum. TELEVISION: Homicide, The Wire. TRAINING: Midwestern University; Edinboro University, BerkLee of Boston; Johns Hopkins University: BA in Music Education.

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James NooneSet DesignerSTC: Affiliated Artist, The Government Inspector, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Boys From Syracuse, The Alchemist, Design for Living, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Major Barbara, The Persians, Othello, Cyrano. NEW YORK: Broadway: A Bronx Tale, Come Back Little Sheba, Match, Urban Cowboy, A Class Act, Judgment at Nuremberg, Jekyll and Hyde, The Rainmaker, Night Must Fall, The Sunshine Boys, Getting and Spending, The Gin Game; Off-Broadway: The Persians, Three Tall Women, Fully Committed, Full Gallop, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Cowgirls, Ruthless!, Breaking Legs, Boys in the Band, The Women in Black; Manhattan Theatre Club; Signature Theatre; Lincoln Center Theater; Playwrights Horizons; Second Stage; National Actors Theatre; Atlantic Theater Company; Primary Stages; Roundabout Theatre. NATIONAL TOURS: Jekyll and Hyde, Full Gallop, The Gin Game, Stieglitz Loves O’Keeffe, Breaking Legs, Three Tall Women, Fully Committed. OPERA: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand, New York City, Glimmerglass, Canadian Opera, Portland Opera. TELEVISION: Sweeney Todd, Passion, Candide, Camelot, Company (shown in movie theatres). AWARDS: Drama Desk Award, American Theatre Wing Design Award, LA Ovation Award, two Helen Hayes Awards. INSTRUCTOR: Boston University School of Theatre Arts.

David C. WoolardCostume DesignerNEW YORK: Broadway: A Time to Kill, First Date, Lysistrata Jones, West Side Story, 33 Variations (Jane Fonda’s clothing), Dividing the Estate, The Farnsworth Invention, Old Acquaintances, Ring of Fire, All Shook Up, 700 Sundays, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Who’s Tommy, Bells Are Ringing, Marlene, Wait Until Dark, The Young Man From Atlanta, Damn Yankees, A Few Good Men; Off-Broadway: Signature Theatre: The Old Friends, Orphans’ Home Cycle; Primary Stages: Bronx Bombers. REGIONAL: La Jolla Playhouse: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; American Repertory Theater: The Donkey Show. OPERA: Opera Monte Carlo: Death and the Powers; Santa Fe Opera: Oscar (world premiere). AWARDS: Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Design Award (Orphans’ Home Cycle), 2001 Tony Nomination (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), 1993 Tony and Olivier Award nominations (The Who’s Tommy).

Rui RitaLighting DesignerNEW YORK: Broadway: Trip to Bountiful, Present Laughter, Dividing the Estate, Old Acquaintance, Enchanted April, The Price, A Thousand Clowns; Off-Broadway: premieres include Horton Foote’s The Old Friends and The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Hewes Award, Signature), Nightingale; Manhattan Theatre Club: Moonlight and Magnolias, Big Bill, The Carpetbagger’s Children; Lincoln Center Theater: Far East Ancestral Voices; Primary Stages: The Day Emily Married; Variety Arts Center: Dinner with Friends; revivals include Roundabout: The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore; Theatre for a New Audience: Engaged (Obie

Award); Second Stage; New York Shakespeare Festival/The Public Theater. REGIONAL: Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, Center Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, The Kennedy Center, Mark Taper Forum, Old Globe, Westport Country Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Adam WachterMusic Director/Additional Dance ArrangementsNEW YORK: Broadway: The Addams Family, Peter Pan, Radio City Christmas Spectacular; Off-Broadway: Old Jews Telling Jokes; MCC: Carrie; York Theatre: Yank!; Prospect Theater: Unlock’d. NATIONAL TOUR: Happy Days. REGIONAL: Royal George (Chicago): Old Jews Telling Jokes; The O’Neill Center; Barrington Stage Company; Northern Stage; North Shore Music Theatre; Weston Playhouse; Theatre-by-the-Sea. FILM: You Must Be Joking. TELEVISION: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, Making It, Submissions Only, The Battery’s Down. TRAINING: University of Michigan. AdamWachter.com

Jason TrattaSound DesignerSTC: Audio/Video Supervisor. REGIONAL: The Dallas Theater Center: Blur; Huntington Theatre Company: Breath, Boom (Associate Designer); American Theater Company: Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart?; Connecticut Repertory Theatre: The Trojan Women; Actors Theatre of Louisville: Chad Curtiss, Lost Again!; New Jersey Shakespeare Theatre: The Illusion; Berkshire Theatre Festival: A Dream Play.

Dan DeLangeOrchestrationsTHEATRE: Broadway, National Tours, regional theatres from coast to coast including 36 productions at Good-speed Musicals. OTHER: Scored for songwriter Paul Williams, The Jim Henson Company, Julie Andrews, Rosie O’Donnell, composers Jerry Herman, Harvey Schmitt, Charles Strouse, Mark Hollman. TRAINING: Interlochen Arts Academy; Oberlin Conservatory of Music. WEB: DanDeLangeOrchestrations.com

Binder CastingNew York CastingWith Jay Binder, CSA, Jack Bowdan, CSA, Mark Brandon, CSA, and Jason Styres, CSA. NEW YORK: Broadway: More than 70 Broadway shows including Dames at Sea (upcoming), Nice Work If You Can Get It, Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian’s Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, The 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Dead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Music Man, Iceman Cometh, Lion King, Charlie Brown, Sound of Music, Beauty & the Beast, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, King and I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl; every City Center Encores! production since its inception in 1994. FILM: Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine. AWARDS: Nine-time Artios Award winner.

Direction and Design BiographiesBurt SheveloveBookNEW YORK: Broadway: Writer, co-producer, director of Small Wonder revue (1948), Kiss Me Kate (revival, 1956), Hallelujah Baby! (1968), No, No, Nanette (1971), The Frogs (1974, written with Stephen Sondheim), Happy New Year (1980). REGIONAL: Yale: Lyrics for musical version of Plautus’ Mostellaria; resident director of Yale Dramatic Association. FILM: The Wrong Box (co-written with Larry Gelbart). TELEVISION/RADIO: Writer, director, producer; worked with Judy Garland, Red Buttons, Jack Paar, Cyril Richard, Nancy Walker, Victor Borge. AWARDS: Emmys, Peabody Awards. OTHER: Books: No, No, Nanette, Happy New Year. TRAINING: Yale: MFA in Theatre; Brown University.

Larry GelbartBookTHEATRE: My LA (1950), Sly Fox (1976), Mastergate (1989), The Conquering Hero (1960), One, Two, Three, Four, Five (1988), City of Angels (1989; winner of six 1990 Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical and Best Musical). FILM: The Notorious Landlady, The Thrill of It All, The Wrong Box (co-written with Burt Shevelove), Not With My Wife, You Don’t, The Chastity Belt, A Fine Pair, Oh, God, Movie, Movie, Neighbors, Tootsie, Blame It on Rio. TELEVISION: The All-Star Revue, The Red Buttons Show, Honestly, Celeste, The Patrice Munsel Show, Caesar’s Hour, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, The Danny Kaye Show, The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, M*A*S*H, Barbara Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments, Roll Out!, Karen, AfterMASH, Barbarians at the Gate (HBO television film). RADIO: The Eddie Cantor Show, The Maxwell House Coffee Time with Danny Thomas, Duffy’s Tavern, Command Performance, Jack Carter, The Jack Paar Show, The Joan Davis Show, The Bob Hope Show.

Stephen SondheimMusic and LyricsTHEATRE: Music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994), Road Show (2008). Lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965); additional lyrics for Candide (1973). FILM: Composed scores of Stavinsky (1974), Reds (1981); songs for Dick Tracy (1990). TELEVISION: Evening Primrose (1966). OTHER: Anthologies include Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me a Little (1981), You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993–1999), Sondheim on Sondheim (2010). Collected lyrics with attendant essays published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat (2010), Look, I Made A Hat (2011). Broadway theatre formerly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre renamed in his honor (2010).

Alan Paul DirectorSTC: Joined the company in 2007 as the Directing Fellow and worked for two seasons as the Resident Assistant Director, before becoming STC’s Associate Director in 2010; Director: The Boys From Syracuse, Twelfth Night (Free For All), numerous ReDiscovery Readings, and many special events including STC’s 25th Anniversary Gala; Assistant Director: 13 shows for Michael Kahn, David Muse, Maria Aitken, Jonathan Munby, Rebecca Bayla Taichman, Gale Edwards and Mary Zimmerman. DIRECTING: Signature Theatre: I Am My Own Wife; The Studio Theatre 2ndStage: The Rocky Horror Show (co-director); Kennedy Center: Fire and Air (with Bowen McCauley Dance); Catholic University: Man of La Mancha; University of Maryland: The Matchmaker; Apex Theatre Company: Richard II; Northwestern University: Six Degrees of Separation; readings for The Studio Theatre, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, The National Academy of Sciences, The Phillips Collection, The Goethe Institut, Georgetown University. OPERA DIRECTING: Urban Arias: Blind Dates, Before Breakfast, The Filthy Habit, Photo-Op; The In Series: Dido and Aeneas, El Amor Brujo; Strathmore: Butterfly/Saigon, Blind Dates; Victorian Lyric Opera Company: Iolanthe; finalist for the 2013 European Opera Directing Prize (Vienna, Austria). ASSISTANT DIRECTING: Arena Stage: Cabaret, 33 Variations; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: Dead Man’s Cell Phone. INSTRUCTOR: University of Maryland Opera Studio (Opera Scene Study); Shakespeare Theatre Company: Directing Shakespeare. TRAINING: Northwestern University: BS in Theatre.

Josh RhodesChoreographerNEW YORK: Broadway: First Date, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Outer Critic Circle, Astaire Award, and Drama Desk nominations); Off-Broadway: Vineyard Theatre: John Kander’s The Landing; performance credits include Fosse, Bells are Ringing, Sweet Smell of Success, Urban Cowboy, Man of La Mancha, The Boy from Oz, Chicago. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center: Broadway: Three Generations; Ravinia: Annie Get Your Gun (with Patti LuPone); Old Globe/Broadway Playhouse/Prospect Theater: Working; Asolo Rep Theatre: Barnum (Sarasota Theatre Award); Reprise: They’re Playing Our Song (with Jason Alexander); Philadelphia Theater Company: Stars of David; Maltz Jupiter: Academy; Papermill Playhouse: 1776; Ogunquit Playhouse: Breaking Up is Hard to Do; North Carolina Theatre: Dreamgirls, Chess; Aurora Theater: Clyde and Bonnie; Manhattan School of Music: Beautiful Girls; Town Hall: All Singing All Dancing, Legends!, Broadway by the Year–1954; creator/director: Westport Playhouse: The Full McNally. OTHER: The New York Philharmonic/PBS: Sondheim’s Birthday Concert; The New York Philharmonic/film: Company (with Neil Patrick Harris); creator/director: Broadway Bares 20 and 21, Avery Fisher: Paul Newman’s Dream, 2XIST Fashion shows.

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About STC

STC is the recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award® as well as 81 Helen Hayes Awards and 322 nominations.

Presenting Classic TheatreThe mission of the Shakespeare Theatre Companyis to present classic theatre of scope and size in animaginative, skillful and accessible American stylethat honors the playwrights’ language and intentionswhile viewing their work through a 21st-century lens.

Promoting Artistic ExcellenceSTC’s productions blend classical traditions andmodern originality. Hallmarks include exquisite sets,elegant costumes, leading classical actors and, aboveall, an uncompromising dedication to quality.

Fostering Artists and AudiencesSTC is a leader in arts education, with a myriad of user-friendly pathways that teach, stimulate andencourage learners of all ages. Meaningful schoolprograms are available for middle and high schoolstudents and educators, and adult classes are held throughout the year. Michael Kahn leads the

Academy for Classical Acting, a one-year master’sprogram at The George Washington University.Beyond the classroom, educational opportunitieslike Creative Conversations are available to all inthe community.

Supporting the CommunitySTC has helped to revitalize both the Penn Quarterand Capitol Hill neighborhoods and to drive anartistic renaissance in Washington, D.C. Each seasonprograms such as Free For All and Happenings at the Harman present free performances to residents and visitors alike, allowing new audiences to engage with the performing arts.

Playing a PartSTC is profoundly grateful for the support of those who are passionately committed to classical theatre. This support has allowed STC to reach out and expand boundaries, to inform and inspire the community and to challenge its audiences to think critically and creatively. Learn more at ShakespeareTheatre.org/Support or call202.547.1122, option 7.

Daniel Neville-RehbehnResident Casting DirectorSee For STC (page 39).

Ellen O’BrienHead of Voice and TextSee For STC (page 39).

Drew LichtenbergLiterary AssociateSee For STC (page 39).

Gus HeagertyAssistant DirectorSTC: Director: Macbeth (Fellows Project), Egmont, The London Merchant (ReDiscovery Readings); Assistant Director: Measure for Measure, Wallenstein, The Government Inspector, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Boys From Syracuse, The Heir Apparent (Directorial Assistant), Julius Caesar. NEW YORK: Off-Broadway: Playwrights Horizons and New York Theatre Workshop: The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World (John Langs). REGIONAL: The Studio Theatre: The Walworth Farce (dir. Matt Torney), The New Electric Ballroom (dir. Matt Torney); Folger Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (dir. Aaron Posner); Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences: Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred) (dir. Matthew Gardiner); Seattle Shakespeare Company: Hamlet (dir. John Langs). OTHER: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: William R. Kenan Directing Fellow (2010–2011). TRAINING: University of North Carolina School of the Arts: BFA in Directing (Gerald Freedman).

Lee WilkinsAssociate ChoreographerNEW YORK: Broadway: Associate Choreographer: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella; First Date; performance credits include Elf (original cast), SPAMalot, Wonderful Town, Kiss Me Kate. NATIONAL TOURS: Performer in Cats, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me, Kate, Guys and Dolls. TELEVISION: Associate Choreographer: The Hatfields and McCoys (NBC pilot, dir. Michael Mayer). OTHER: The New York Philharmonic/PBS: Sondheim: the Birthday Concert at Avery Fisher Hall; The New York Philharmonic/film: Company (with Neil Patrick Harris); Los Angeles Philharmonic: On the Town gala performance; Broadway Bares: Happy Endings; 2XIST fashion show.

Joseph Smelser* Production Stage ManagerSTC: Measure for Measure, Wallenstein, Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Government Inspector, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Strange Interlude, Much Ado About Nothing, The Heir Apparent, All’s Well That Ends Well. REGIONAL: Arena Stage: Let Me Down Easy; Seattle Repertory Theatre: An Ideal Husband, A Doll’s House, Play On!, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peter Brook’s The Tragedy of Hamlet, Golden Child, Don Juan, Purgatorio, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (with Lily Tomlin); American Conservatory Theatre: The Rivals, The Circle, The Government Inspector, Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, Vigil; Berkeley Repertory Theatre: Journey to the West, An Almost Holy Picture, Having Our Say; Regional Tour: Let Me Down Easy, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (both with Anna Deavere Smith). TRAINING: Oberlin College: BA.

Hannah R. O’Neil* Assistant Stage ManagerSTC: Assistant Stage Manager: Much Ado About Nothing (Free For All), Coriolanus, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, All’s Well That Ends Well (Free For All); Production Assistant: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Strange Interlude, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar (Free For All), The Merchant of Venice, An Ideal Husband, Candide, All’s Well That Ends Well; Stage Management Intern: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Richard II, Henry V, The Alchemist. REGIONAL: Huntington Theatre Company: Pirates!; Ogunquit Playhouse: The Producers, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, La Cage Aux Folles, The Full Monty, Menopause the Musical. TRAINING: Emerson College: BFA in Stage Management and Production.

Robyn M. Zalewski* Assistant Stage ManagerREGIONAL: Hartford Stage Company: Assistant Stage Manager: Twelfth Night, A Christmas Carol–A Ghost Story of Christmas, The Whipping Man, Gem of the Ocean; Production Assistant: Divine Rivalry, Antony and Cleopatra, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Noises Off; New London Barn Playhouse; Hangar Theatre; Northern Stage; Saint Michael’s Playhouse.

The Academy for Classical Acting

On any given evening of theatre in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding area, one is likely to see the inspiring work of actors of all ages who have graduated from the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s MFA in Classical Acting program, the Academy for Classical Acting (ACA), located at The George Washington University. Now in its 14th year, the ACA has trained 196 talented men and women to be the finest professional actors in the craft of classical acting. As indicated by Artistic Director Michael Kahn’s famous quote, “The actor who can perform the classics can perform anything,” and ACA alumni are enriching every kind of theatre experience, here and across the country.

Recent examples include Dawn Ursula (’07), appearing in the Arena Stage premiere of Love in Afghanistan, Kimberly Gilbert (’01) in The Laramie Project at Ford’s Theatre, Caitlin McColl (’12) in Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s Appropriate, and Elan Zafir (’13) in Signature Theatre’s upcoming

Tender Napalm. Last season: Stephanie LaVardera (’12) in Constellation Theatre’s world premiere of Zorro and Joel David Santner (’07) playing the title role in Gilgamesh, Brit Herring (’09) in Quotidian Theatre’s A Walk in the Woods, Jefferson Farber (’11) in Signature Theatre’s Shakespeare’s R&J and Alyssa Wilmoth-Keegan (’11) in Studio 2nd Theatre’s production of Contractions, just to name a few. Two grads, Matthew R. Wilson (’08) and Marcus Kyd (’01), have even gone on to found D.C. theatre companies of their own: Faction of Fools and Taffety Punk, respectively. Both companies are Helen Hayes Award recipients of the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company.

ACA grads regularly grace the stages of those companies listed above, as well as the Folger Theatre, Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, the Kennedy Center and more than 240 other theatres across the United States. Not bad for a 14-year-old.

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Members of the Society of 1616, the Theatre’s planned giving society

Supporters of the Academy for Classical Acting

Ambassadors of the Theatre, generous donors who help to develop and enhance our patrons’ relationship with the Theatre. To join, please contact Donor Services at 202.547.1122, option 7.

Members of the Bard Association, dedicated supporters of the Theatre who are members of the legal community. To join, please contact Emily Lynn at 202.547.3230 ext. 2325.

Members of the Board of Trustees

Deceased

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Miller and Virginia TaylorJohn A. TerryGrant P. and Sharon R. ThompsonJill and Scott ThompsonElizabeth TrangsrudMr. William H. TruettnerSilvia B. TrumbowerJocelyn and David TurkelMr. and Mrs. Stewart UmphreyDrs. Stephen and Susan UngarEli and Zahava VelderJames M. VerdierDr. and Mrs. Bruce WaldMartha WallachLinda WalshJennifer A. WarrenIn memory of Marjorie Hecht WatsonMr. Peter Q. Weeks - ElderCaringThomas and Elizabeth WehrSally B. Weinbrom-KramDavid WentworthDr. Karl Western and Aileen WorthingtonAshley M. WhiteMr. Donald White and Ms. Betty Good-WhiteKevin R. Gowen and Robert P. WilkinsonMichael WilliamsPaul WilsonMr. Scott WilsonGeorge E. WishonEllis WisnerNeville Withington and Kerry KinghamMs. Anita WoehlerKathryn WoodDr. Maria I. WoodSusan YamadaIrving and Carol Yoskowitz

Julie and David ZalkindMr. and Mrs. John J. Zeugner

Permanent support through the establishment of endowment funds

The Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Helen Harris Spalding and Herman Bernard Meyer Shakespeare Memorial Fund

Gizella Moskovitz Fund

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AnonymousHelen Alexander and Roland WeissLorraine E. ChickeringAnne CoventryPeter and Linda Parke Gallagher*Ms. Claudia J. GreerMichael Kahn T

Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. KonzeEstate of Gwenneth Lavin*Mrs. R. Robert LinowesShirley LooMarian MlayJudith E. MooreSusana and Roberto Morassi*Suzy Platt*Jennie RoseHenry J. SchalizkiAnne and Daniel Toohey

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Experience the glamorous architecture of L.A. without leaving D.C.William Pereira, Welton Becket, Charles Luckman, and Paul R. Williams. Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (completed 1961), 1958. Pencil, watercolor, and gouache on board. From the Alan E. Leib Collection. Image courtesy of and © Luckman Salas O’Brien.

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For STCMichael KahnArtistic DirectorSTC: Wallenstein, The Government Inspector, Strange Interlude, The Heir Apparent, Old Times, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Liar, Richard II, The Alchemist, Design for Living, The Way of the World, Antony and

Cleopatra (2008), Tamburlaine, Hamlet (2007), Richard III (2007), The Beaux’ Stratagem, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Othello, Lorenzaccio, Macbeth (2004), Cyrano, Five by Tenn (at the Kennedy Center), The Silent Woman, The Winter’s Tale (2002), The Duchess of Malfi, The Oedipus Plays, Hedda Gabler, Don Carlos, Timon of Athens, Camino Real, Coriolanus, King Lear (1999), The Merchant of Venice, King John, A Woman of No Importance, Sweet Bird of Youth, Peer Gynt, Mourning Becomes Electra, Henry VI, Volpone, Henry V, Henry IV, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Richard II, Much Ado about Nothing (also at McCarter Theatre Center), Mother Courage and Her Children, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, King Lear (1991), Richard III (1990), The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra (1988), Macbeth (1988), All’s Well That Ends Well, The Winter’s Tale (1987), Romeo and Juliet. NEW YORK: Broadway: Show Boat (Tony nomination), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Whodunnit, Night of the Tribades, Death of Bessie Smith, Here’s Where I Belong, Othello, Henry V; Off-Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club: Five By Tenn, Sleep Deprivation Chamber, Funnyhouse of a Negro, The Rimers of Eldritch, Three by Thornton Wilder, A Month in the Country, Hedda Gabler, The Señorita from Tacna, Ten by Tennessee; New York Shakespeare Festival: Measure for Measure (Saturday Review Award). Artistic Director: The Acting Company, 1978–1988. TEACHING: Richard Rodgers Director of Juilliard Drama Division July 1992–May 2006, faculty member 1967–; Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University. Previously: New York University; Circle in the Square Theatre School; Princeton University; British American Drama Academy; founder of Chautauqua Theatre Conservatory. REGIONAL: The Studio Theatre: Torch Song Trilogy; Arena Stage: A Touch of the Poet; Signature Theatre: Pride in the Falls of Autrey Mill, Otabenga; Guthrie Theater: The Duchess of Malfi; American Repertory Theatre: ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore; American Shakespeare Theatre: Artistic Director for 10 years, more than 20 productions; McCarter Theatre Center: Artistic Director for five seasons, including Beyond the Horizon, filmed for PBS; Chautauqua Theatre: Artistic Director, including The Glass Menagerie with Tom Hulce; Goodman Theatre: Old Times (MacArthur Award), The Tooth of Crime (Jefferson nomination); Ford’s Theatre: Eleanor. OPERA: Romeo and Juliette for Dallas Opera; Vanessa for the New York City Opera (2007); Lysistrata or The Nude Goddess for Houston Grand Opera and

New York City Opera; Vanessa for Washington Opera and Dallas Opera; Show Boat for Houston Grand Opera; Carmen for Houston and Washington Operas; Carousel for Miami Opera; Julius Caesar for San Francisco Spring Opera. INTERNATIONAL: Love’s Labor’s Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works Festival; The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival; Five by Tenn for The Acting Company’s tour of Eastern Europe; Show Boat for the National Cultural Center Opera House in Cairo; The White Devil for the Adelaide Festival. BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: Theatre Communications Group; New York State Council on the Arts; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts; Opera America’s 80s and Beyond. AWARDS: Honorary Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.); Theater Hall of Fame; seven Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director; 2011 CAGLCC Excellence in Business Award; 2010 WAPAVA Richard Bauer Award; 2007 Mayor’s Arts Award Special Recognition for Shakespeare in Washington; 2007 Stephen and Christine Schwarzman Award for Excellence in Theatre; 2007 Sir John Gielgud Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts; 2005 Person of the Year from the National Theatre Conference; 2004 Shakespeare Society Medal; 2002 William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre; 2002 Distinguished Washingtonian Award from The University Club; 2002 GLAAD Capitol Award; 1997 Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline; 1996 Opera Music Theater International’s Bravo Award; 1990 First Annual Shakespeare’s Globe Award; 1989 Washingtonian Magazine Washingtonian of the Year; 1989 Washington Post Award for Distinguished Community Service; 1988 John Houseman Award. HONORARY DOCTORATES: University of South Carolina; Kean College; The Juilliard School; The American University.

Chris JenningsManaging DirectorSTC: Joined the Company in 2004. ADMINISTRATION: General Manager: Trinity Repertory Company (1999–2004), Theatre for a New Audience (1997–1999); Associate Managing Director: Yale Repertory

Theatre; Assistant to the Executive Producer: Manhattan Theater Club; Founder/Producing Director: Texas Young Playwrights Festival; Manager: Dougherty Arts Center. MEMBERSHIPS: Currently serves on the Board of the Theatre Communications Group, DC Downtown BID, THE ARC, DC Arts Collaborative, the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association, Theatre Washington, and is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (served on AEA and SSDC Negotiating Committees); has served as a panelist for the NEA, DC Commission on the Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and Humanities, and Pew Theatre Initiative. AWARDS: Arts Administration Fellowship: National Endowment for the Arts. TRAINING: University of Miami: BFA in Theatre/Music; Yale School of Drama: MFA in Theatre Management.

Deborah VandergriftChief Production OfficerREGIONAL: Seventh season at STC, Production Manager at Hartford Stage for six seasons; Stage Manager for more than 30 shows at Hartford Stage working with directors including Mark Lamos, Michael Wilson, Michael Langham, JoAnne Akalaitis, Richard Foreman and Anne Bogart; Stage Manager for La Jolla Playhouse, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Phoenix Theatre and other theatres. INTERNATIONAL: Pearls for Pigs international tour (dir. Richard Foreman), International Production Associates. OTHER: Project Manager: Arts Festival Atlanta, International Festival of Arts and Ideas; Stage Manager for 1996 Olympic Games, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Opera. TRAINING: Oberlin College: BA in English and Theatre; UC San Diego: MFA in Stage Management.

Drew LichtenbergLiterary AssociateSTC: Measure for Measure, Coriolanus, Wallenstein, Hughie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Government Inspector, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Servant of Two Masters, Strange Interlude, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, The Heir Apparent. REGIONAL: STC/McCarter Theatre Center: The Winter’s Tale; Centerstage: Caroline, or Change, Cyrano, Around the World in 80 Days; Yale Repertory Theatre: Lulu (dir. Mark Lamos); Williamstown Theatre Festival: The Front Page, The Physicists, The Corn is Green; New York Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth (dir. Moisés Kaufman). OTHER: Yale School of Drama: Tarell McCraney’s In the Red and Brown Water (American premiere); Lecturer: Catholic University of America. TRAINING: Yale School of Drama.

Ellen O’BrienHead of Voice and TextSTC: More than 50 productions during 11 seasons. ACADEMY FOR CLASSICAL ACTING: 22 productions of Shakespeare and Jacobean plays. REGIONAL: Ford’s Theatre, Arena Stage, Charlotte Repertory Company, Aurora/Magic Theaters, People’s Light and Theatre Company, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. PUBLICATIONS: Articles in The Voice and Speech Review, Shakespeare in the Twentieth Century, Shakespearean Illuminations, Shakespeare Survey, Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare and the Arts; The Voice and Speech Review: Associate Editor for Heightened Text, Verse and Scansion. TRAINING: Yale University: MA, MPhil, PhD (English); Central School of Speech and Drama/ The Open University (London): Advanced and Post-Graduate Diplomas in Voice Studies. TEACHING: Academy for Classical Acting; University of California, Santa Cruz; Guilford College; Kirkland College.

Daniel Neville-RehbehnResident Casting DirectorSTC: Measure for Measure, Coriolanus, Wallenstein, Hughie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Government Inspector, All’s Well That Ends Well (Free For All), The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Servant of Two Masters, Strange Interlude, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Much Ado About Nothing, The Heir Apparent, The Merchant of Venice, Old Times, An Ideal Husband, Cymbeline, Candide. REGIONAL: The Studio Theatre: Assistant Production Management and Casting for several productions including American Buffalo, Reasons to be Pretty, In the Red and Brown Water, Adding Machine: A Musical, Grey Gardens, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Blackbird, Shining City, The History Boys, Jerry Springer: The Opera; Centerstage: Production Management Intern, 2006–2007 Season. TRAINING: Towson University: BS in Theatre Design.

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A Grownup’s Prequel to Peter Pan

EISENHOWER THEATER JAN. 28--FEB. 16

“ABSURDLY FUNNY”–ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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STC StaffArtistic Director Michael KahnManaging Director Chris JenningsExecutive Assistant to the Artistic Director and Managing Director David Olson

ARTISTICAssociate Director Alan PaulHead of Voice and Text Ellen O’BrienResident Casting Director Daniel Neville-RehbehnCasting Binder Casting; Jay Binder, CSA; Jack Bowdan, CSA; Mark Brandon, CSA; Jason Styres, CSACasting Assistant Joanna LevingerCasting Interns Stephanie McGillen, Caroline CollinsLiterary Associate Drew LichtenbergArtistic Fellow Garrett AndersonAssistant Director Gus HeagertyAffiliated Artists Keith Baxter, Avery Brooks,

Helen Carey, Veanne Cox, Aubrey Deeker, Colleen Delany, Franchelle Stewart Dorn,

Cameron Folmar, Adam Green, Edward Gero, Philip Goodwin, Jane Greenwood, Michael Hayden, Tana Hicken,

Simon Higlett, Christopher Innvar, Stacy Keach, Floyd King, Andrew Long, Ethan McSweeny, Jennifer Moeller, David Muse, James Noone, Patrick Page, Robert Perdziola, Nancy Robinette,

David Sabin, Miriam Silverman, Derek Smith, Walt Spangler, Tom Story, Rebecca Taichman,

Ted van Griethuysen, Craig Wallace, Adam Wernick

ADMINISTRATIONDirector of Administration James RoemerAssociate Managing Director Anne S. KohnHuman Resources Manager Lindsey MorrisHuman Resources Coordinator Danielle MohlmanAccounting Manager Mary Margaret FinneranAccounting Assistant Marco DimuzioReceptionist Ursula DavidGeneral Manaagement Intern Matthew RobertsDirector of Operations Timothy FowlerOperations/IT Assistant Melissa AdlerTheatre Building Engineer Dave F. HendersonTheatre Monitors Milton Garcia, Jeff WhitlowMaintenance Technician Al SandersCustodian Jorge RamirezHarman Porters Dennis Fuller, Mirna Guzman, Roderick ProctorLansburgh Porters Zulma I. Bonilla, David Menbreno, Isilma MenbrenoDirector of Information Technology Brian McCloskeySystems Administrator David HarveyDatabase Administrator Brian Grundstrom

DEVELOPMENTChief Development Officer Ed ZakreskiAssociate Director of Development Amy GardnerIndividual Campaigns Officer Emily LynnMajor Gifts Officer Eric C. BaileySpecial Events Manager Ray BrackenAssociate Director of Development Operations Meridith YoungDevelopment Operations Coordinator Kristina WilliamsDirector of Corporate Giving Noreen MajorCorporate Giving Manager Katie Burns-YocumManager of Foundation and Government Relations Meghann Babo-Shroyer

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSChief Marketing Officer Michael PortoAssociate Marketing Director Austin AuclairMarketing Manager Becca GurganiousMarketing Assistant Alison EhrenreichInterim Associate Director of Sales and Promotions Sarah CissnaAudience Services Manager Joy JohnsonTicket Managers Danielle Cox, Tim HelmerSales Associates Zindzi Ali, Benjamin Chase,

Evelyn Chester, Holly Cobb, Heather Hart, Christopher Hunt, Jessica Kaplan, Jennifer Ketcham, Emmy Landskroener, Andre McBride, Izetta Mobley, Kristin Nam, Christopher Pearson, Carmelitta Riley,

Marie Riley, Crystal Stewart, Julia Thompson, Michael Wharton, Genevieve Williams

Call Center Director Monte Hostetler Teleservices Associates Jasmine Baxter, Tom Brennan,

Kelly Carson, Jade’ Davis, Eric Garvanne, Cheryl Kempler, Jill McAfee, Elizabeth McMahon,

Sohna Millar, Joanna Morgan, Mychael Murray, Colin O’Bryan, Cynthia Perdue, George Sitter,

Amy Sloane, Kirk Sobell, Nancy TysonTheatre Services Manager Dora HoytHouse Manager Amanda Loerch Assistant House Managers Melissa Adler, Tim Bailey,

Quintin Cary, Julia Curry, Rae Davidson, Addie Gayoso,

Kieria Henderson, Susan Koenig, Aaron Lewis, Stephanie McLean, Carissa Milliken,

Laura H. Moore, Ali Peterson, Bach Polakowski,Carmelitta Riley, Marie Riley, Kelly Rubin, Justin Silverman

Retail Manager Christopher Levy Assistant Retail Manager Sue FraserHarman Reception and Usher Coordinator Jonathan DoucetteAssociate Communications Director Diane MetzgerPublicist Lindsay TolarWeb and Media Programmer Brien PattersonSenior Graphic Designer Chris Taylor-LowJunior Graphic Designer Elayna SpeightGraphic Design Intern Joseph Yates Photographers Kevin Allen, Margot Schulman,

Scott Suchman

EDUCATION PROGRAMSThe Academy for Classical Acting Director Gary LoganACA Program Coordinator Sloane A. L. SpencerDirector of Education Samantha K. WyerAssociate Director of Education Dat NgoAudience Enrichment Manager Hannah Hessel RatnerCommunity Engagement Manager Laura Henry BudaSchool Programs Manager Vanessa HopeEducation Coordinator Meaghan McFaddenTraining Programs Coordinator Brent Stansell Education Intern Stephanie Ramsey Resident Teaching Artist Jim GagneAffiliated Teaching Artists Wyckham Avery, Dan Crane,

Lewis Feemster, David Gaines, Brit Herring, Paul Hope, Rachel Hynes, Nafeesa Monroe, Victoria Reinsel,

Lorraine Ressegger, Melissa Richardson, Nancy Robinette, Amie Root, Kristala Smart, Marcy Spiro, Megan Thrift,

Eva Wilhelm, Jessica Shearer Wilson

PRODUCTIONChief Production Officer Deborah Vandergrift Production Manager Tom HaygoodAssociate Production Manager Tim KaufmannBookings Production Manager Genevieve CooperCompany Manager Jeanne HoslerProduction Administrator Tim BaileyProduction Management Intern Shelly Cohen Company Management Intern Hannah Rapaport-Stein Resident Production Stage Manager Joseph SmelserAssistant Stage Managers Elizabeth Clewley, Hannah R. O’Neil, Robyn M. ZalewskiProduction Assistants Christopher Kee Anaya-Gorman, Maria TejadaStage Management Interns Joseph Fernandez, Jr., Shannon DesmondCostume Director Wendy Stark PreyFloor Manager Julie RoseResident Design Assistant Lynda MyersDrapers Denise Aitchison, Tonja Petersen,

Randall Exton First Hands Jennifer Biehl,

Sandra Thomas, Sara TrebingStitchers Michele Ordway,

Jennifer Rankin, Donna Sachs, Pamela Wilcox

Lead Crafts Artisan Joshua KelleyWardrobe Supervisors Jeanette Lee Porter, Monica SpeakerWig Master Dori Beau SeigneurCostume Design Intern Kara Tesch Costume Tech Interns Ellis Greer, Claire RobinsonOverhire Wardrobe Alina Gerall

Technical Director Mark PreyAssistant Technical Directors Michael Bagley, Kelly DunnavantScene Shop Foreman Eric DixonScene Shop Administrator Margaret TrattaCarpenters John Cincioni, Carrie Cox, Christian Sullivan, Matt WolfeCharge Scenic Artist Sally GlassScenic Artist Jose OrtizScenic Painter Jamie KumpfScenic Art Intern Ashley BaileyProp Shop Director Chester HardisonAssociate Props Director Eric ReynoldsLead Props Artisan Chris YoungProps Painter/Sculptor Eric HammesfahrSoft Goods Artisan Rebecca WilliamsMaster Electrician Sean R. McCarthyAssistant Master Electrician Lauren A. HillHarman Electrician Erin TeachmanLansburgh Electrician Jacob Moriarty-StoneElectrician Micah ManningAssistant to the Lighting Designer Kimberly J. ScottAudio/Video Supervisor Jason TrattaLive Mix Engineer Brian BurchettLansburgh Board Operator Andrew SmithAudio/Video Engineer Geoff MooreStage Operations Supervisor Louie BaxterAssistant Stage Operations Supervisor Mic MurphyStage Carpenters Nick Custer, Katherine LucibellaRun Crew Catherine Russell, Megan ThomasOverhire Run Crew Owen Nichols

Audience ServicesLansburgh Theatre450 7th Street NW

Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW

Ticket and Group Sales: Tickets: 202.547.1122 Toll-free: 877.487.8849 TTY: 202.638.3863 Box Office fax: 202.608.6350 Bookings: 202.547.3230 ext. 2206

Box Office phone hours (both theatres): Daily: noon–6 p.m. (Box Office window open until curtain time)

The Lansburgh Box Office is closed on the weekends if there is no performance at the Lansburgh Theatre.

Concessions and Gift Shops: Food and beverages are available one hour before each performance. Pre-order before curtain for immediate pick-up at intermission. Lansburgh Theatre and Sidney Harman Hall gift shops are open before curtain, at intermission and for a short time after each performance.

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AccessibilityOur theatres are accessible to persons with disabilities. Please request special seating at time of ticket purchase and arrive 30 minutes before curtain for priority seating.

Sign-interpreted performance of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Monday, December 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Audio-described performance of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Saturday, December 21 at 2:00 p.m.

An audio-enhancement system is available for all performances. Both headset receivers and neck loops (to use with hearing aids outfitted with a “T” switch) are available at the coat check on a first-come basis.

Program notes in Braille and large print are available at the coat check.

Support for the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Accessibility Program provided by

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. As a courtesy, turn off pagers, telephones, watch alarms and all other electronic devices during the performance.

Audience members may be reached during a performance by calling house management at 202.547.3230 ext. 2517. Specify seat location.

Latecomers will be seated at management’s discretion.

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“If you can perform the classics, you can perform anything.”Michael Kahn Artistic Director, STC

AUDITIONS HELD

Feb 1 • Washington, D.C.Feb 8 • ChicagoFeb 15 • New YorkFeb 22 • Seattle