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& the Vineyard’s musical theatre future
the SONGS ofCeLebraTING
VINeyarD THeaTre
WITH a SPeCIaL SaLuTe TO aKa6:00pmCocktails
7:30PM Dinner and remarks
Jennifer Garvey-BlackwellExEcutivE ProducEr
Jill S. GabbeBoard chair
8:30PM Gala Performance
Musical dirEction By Jon SpurneydirEctEd By Rachel Chavkin
associatE ProducEr Robert LevinsteinProduction stagE ManagEr Abigail Strange
We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions: Actors’ Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists, & SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear in this event.
Very SPeCIaL THaNKS TO Our GaLa SuPPOrTerS
Kathleen & Henry ChalfantCity National Bank/ Richard V. McCuneCon Edisongabbegroup/Jill & Jim GabbeKen & Rande GreinerMark Lerner & Steven FrankWilliam A. Popeleski, Jr. & I. Steven GoldsteinAnnette Stover & Richard Feiner
Douglas Aibel
Loraine Boyle
Ted Chapin
Jane Chesnutt
John Coles
Joe DiPietro
Megan Foley
Barbara Freitag
Roy Furman
Ellen Gould
Kip Gould
Iliana Guibert
Nancy Heller & Holly Gewandter
Kate Lear
Scott Moore
Enid Nemy
Rick Nicita
Daniel Posener
Mike Schall
David Schwartz & Trudy Zohn
Michael Simonson & Beth Lief
Paula Wagner
Shawn Wietstock
William Morris Endeavor
Kate Babb Shone & Chanel
Faith West Events
our thanks to all ticket buyers, whose support for this event and for the vineyard is invaluable.
abOuT VINeyarD THeaTrevinEyard thEatrE is one of America’s preeminent non-profit theatre companies. Dedicated to the creation and production of bold new plays and musicals, our premieres include the Tony Award®-winning avEnuE q, Kander and Ebb’s thE scottsBoro Boys, Nicky Silver’s thE lyons, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Wig out!, Bell & Bowen’s [title of show], Will Eno’s MiddlEtoWn, Becky Mode’s Fully coMMittEd, the Laura Nyro musical Eli’s coMin’, Jenny Schwartz’s god’s Ear, Colman Domingo’s a Boy and his soul, Douglas McGrath’s chEcKErs, and two Pulitzer Prize-winning dramas, hoW i lEarnEd to drivE and Edward Albee’s thrEE tall WoMEn. Works premiered at The Vineyard have garnered two Pulitzer Prizes, three Tony Awards, and numerous OBIE, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, and Vineyard Theatre is proud to be the recipient of special OBIE, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards for Sustained Excellence. Our artistic development and education programs serve hundreds of artists and students each season. It is our goal to bring a spirit of adventure and risk to the art of making theatre, and to produce new work that challenges both our audiences and artists.
THe WaLL STreeT JOurNaL
“The Vineyard is now a staple in New York, premiering Pulitzer-Prize winning plays, launching Tony-winning musicals and
nurturing some of the city’s most talented playwrights.”
Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE The cast of AVENUE Q. Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa in THE LYONS.
Photos by Carol Rosegg.
THe NeW yOrK TIMeS
“Vineyard Theatre has the longevity and track record of a theater three times its size.”
Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, Heidi Blickenstaff and Susan Blackwell in [title of show]. Colman Domingo in A BOY AND HIS SOUL.
Photos by Carol Rosegg.
The cast of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS.
VINeyarD bOarD OF DIreCTOrSJill S. Gabbe chair
Ken Greiner vicE chair
Annette Stover PrEsidEnt
William A. Popeleski, Jr. vicE PrEsidEnt
Judy Kuhn sEcrEtary
Richard McCune trEasurEr
Christopher W.D. Gould at largE
Douglas AibelCeline Armstrong
Kathleen ChalfantJane Chesnutt
John ColesJennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Nancy HellerTerry KinneyMark LernerJoe Morton
Daniel M. PosenerDavid Schwartz
MarK LerNer & STeVeN FraNKCongratulatePauLa VOGeL aWarD WINNer
CHrISTOPHer CHeNand join Vineyard Theatre
in celebrating the music of Dory Previn.
THaNK yOu FOr beING a CHaMPION FOr OrIGINaL aMerICaN VOICeS.
VINeyarD STaFFDouglas Aibel artistic dirEctor
Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell ExEcutivE ProducEr
Eric Pargac MarKEting dirEctor
Ali Skye Bennet associatE ProducEr
Erica Mann ManagEMEnt assistant
Henry Russell Bergstein casting
Julie Berger Education assistant
Christopher Chen Paula vogEl aWard
PlayWright-in-rEsidEncE
Maggie Baker, Samantha Ciavarella housE ManagErs
David S. Berlin, Esq., Schreck Rose Dapello & Adams, LLP counsEl
David J. Schwartz, Debevoise & Plimpton, counsEl
Sam Rudy, Shane Marshall Brown, Sam Rudy Media Relations PrEss rEPrEsEntativEs
Sarah Stern co-artistic dirEctor
Dennis Hruska dirEctor oF BusinEss aFFairs
Jordan McArthur MarKEting ManagEr
Katie Roscher Box oFFicE ManagEr
Miriam Weiner litErary associatE
Dax Valdes Education associatE
Sonia Feigelson artistic & dEvEloPMEnt rEsidEnt
Drayton Hiers litErary intErn
Charlotte Murray, Katie Roscher, Sonia Feigelson scriPt rEadErs
Chris Czyz, Maggie Baker, Libby Fox, Anthony Freitas, Kaitlin Stern Box oFFicE staFF
Nancy Heller, Peck & Heller counsEl
Schall & Ashenfarb accountant
Carol Thomas accounting consultant
Carol Rosegg PhotograPhEr
DOry PreVINdory PrEvin was an influential American lyricist, singer-songwriter, playwright and poet. During her lifetime, Previn released six acclaimed albums of original songs, including ON MY WAY TO WHERE, MARY C. BROWN AND THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN, MYTHICAL KINGS AND IGUANAS and REFLECTIONS IN A MUD PUDDLE. She was the lyricist of several Oscar nominated songs, including “You’re Gonna Hear From Me” and “Come Saturday Morning”. After a successful period in Hollywood in the 1960s, collaborating with her then-husband Andre Previn on numerous popular songs for film - including “Faraway Part of Town” and “Theme from Valley of the Dolls,” Ms. Previn rose to prominence in the 1970s, writing and performing a remarkable collection of powerful, witty and haunting songs chronicling her own often harrowing autobiographical experiences, with extraordinary honesty, passion, humor and insight. Ms. Previn also wrote several works for the stage, including a musical version of her acclaimed album MARY C. BROWN AND THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN and several autobiographical works of nonfiction including BOG TROTTER and MIDNIGHT BABY. Ms. Previn passed away in 2012 at the age of 86.
MIKe NICHOLS
“Dory Previn’s lyrics are first-rate poems, which is a rarity. Dory Previn is a poet and that is rarer still.”
THeODOre S. CHaPIN, intro to ‘THe DOry PreVIN SONGbOOK’
“Dory Previn defines the word ‘extraordinary’. She has lived through more in this lifetime than many of us can hope to live in several.
And she has put it all down on paper.”
-rOberT NaSH, ‘reCOrD WOrLD’
“One of the most articulate, perceptive and sensitive of modern songwriters, she goes deep beneath the surfaces of the relationships between people…Dory Previn’s songs are unlike those of anyone in the music business.”
Photos courtesy of Joby Baker.
CaSH bOx MaGazINe
“She is an extraordinary songwriter, one distinguished by her intelligence and candor. She is a superior artist.”
Photos courtesy of Joby Baker.
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Chalfant, Chanel, City National Bank, Classic Harbor Line, Daryl Roth Theatricals, Michael David, Ensemble Studio
Theatre, Eileen Fisher, Will Eno, Vinnie Favale, John Flavin, Folger Theater, Foods of NY Tours, Freema Gluck, HERE
Arts Center, Hotoveli Dress Shop, International Center for Photography, Cheryl Jacobs Wellness, Branden Jacobs-
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Kuhn, Le Fanion, Leanne Schanzer Promotions, Magnolia Bakery, Manhattan Theatre Club, Peter Max, Michael
Mayer, Richard McCune, MCC, Mint Theater, Lauren Mitchell, MUJI, Julia Murney, NAMCO, New York Theatre
Workshop, New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Paper Mill Playhouse, Annie Parisse & Paul Sparks, Lyn
Paulsin, Playwrights Horizons, Daniel Posener, Primary Stages, PS 122, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Red Bull
Theatre Company, Sam Rudy Media Relations, Second Stage, Serious Strength, Shake Jo Booty, Kate Babb Shone,
Signature Theater Company, Soho Repertory Theater, St. Luke’s Theatre, Christopher Steubing, Stone Productions,
Susan Stroman, Cecily Strong, TADA! Youth Theatre, The Flea Theater, TheaterMania, Theater for a New Audience,
Three Lives Bookshop, Transport Group Theatre Company, Trattoria Dell’Arte, TriBeCa Health and Fitness, Vital
Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, The Women’s Project Theatre, York Theatre, Yunker Acupuncture,
Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner... and very special thanks to Joby Baker.