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A WORLD PREMIERE
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About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
July 2016
Volume 48, No. 1
Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 47th season of award-winning
theatre. Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director
Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a wide range of productions
and programming throughout the region.
Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity
of our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing
great works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new works
for the American theatre. TheatreWorks has produced 66 world premieres
and 160 US and regional premieres. In the 2016/17 season, we add the world
premiere of Confederates and four more regional premieres to our résumé.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2015/16 season included the world premiere of
the musical Triangle, as well regional premieres of The Country House, Hershey
Felder as Irving Berlin, tokyo fish story, Cyrano, and The Velocity of Autumn.
Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin broke all our box office records, becoming the
highest-grossing show in TheatreWorks’ history. In the course of the year,
shows that debuted here were produced at theatres around the world.
With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Sixteen years ago, we
launched the New Works Initiative, dedicating ourselves to the development of
new plays and musicals. The Initiative has since supported over 150 new works
through retreats, workshops, staged readings, developmental productions,
and the annual New Works Festival, inspiring The Mercury News to call us “a
premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on
the national map.”
TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley
community. Our Education Department reaches on average 25,000 students in
70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs that include
the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the Young
Playwrights’ Initiative, specially-priced student matinees, extensive school
tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and conservatories
for youth.
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From the Board Chair
Where to begin… First, a big welcome to TheatreWorks’ Silicon
Valley’s 47th season! So many terrific happenings this summer: the
world premiere of Confederates, the upcoming New Works Festival
(August 12–21), and rolling out the red carpet for the musical The
Life of the Party (August 24–September 18) and our friends across
the pond. Let’s take them in order…
We have an amazing season ahead including a world premiere,
regional premieres, reprised and reimagined favorites, comedies,
dramas, and musicals. There’s clearly something for everyone—including students
home for the summer. Which leads me to a small detour.
Did you know that attending live theatre engages students in ways that movies or
books never can? Researchers from the University of Arkansas confirmed that live
theatre encourages a deeper understanding of plot while also promoting greater
tolerance and more empathy among 7th to 12th graders than either reading the play
or watching the movie. So what are you waiting for? Summer is the perfect time to
bring your kids to TheatreWorks.
And the timing couldn’t be better. Confederates’ politically charged tale of media
muckraking during a Presidential campaign is headline hot and leads directly into
our 15th Annual New Works Festival, an incredible array of plays and musicals about
people and issues as diverse as the artists who created them. With their shows still
in development, playwrights ask our audience to experience and help shape the final
product. The works invariably change from reading to reading, and the process of
playmaking becomes as rewarding as the product. It’s a unique theatre experience,
perfect for the whole family. Consider a Festival Pass, which gives you access to all
five staged readings. I’ll be seeing each one at least twice and it would be great to
see you there.
Lastly, I want to let you know how excited we all are to partner with London’s
acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory theatre and its very talented artistic director,
David Babani, on the American premiere of The Life of the Party. How wonderful it
will be to celebrate the brilliant music of Broadway composer Andrew Lippa with all
of you.
So let the fun begin! And once again...welcome to TheatreWorks’ 47th season...
Barbara Shapiro
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Barbara Shapiro, Chair
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Larry Horton
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Derry Kabcenell
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Julie Kaufman
Robert Kelley
Phil Santora
Loren Saxe
Nancy Ginsburg Stern
Debra Summers
Lynn Szekely-Goode
Ewart Thomas
Tzipor Ulman
Mark Vershel
Holly Ward
Lisa Webster
Jane Weston
Gayla Lorthridge Wood
In this Issue
2
About TheatreWorks
Silicon Valley
4
THE 2016/17 SEASON
7
From the Artistic Director
8
10
12
13
From the Festival to Premiere
on TheatreWorks’ Main Stage
On the Trail: A Conversation with
Playwright Suzanne Bradbeer
Director’s Notes by Lisa Rothe
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
presents CONFEDERATES
18
The New Works Festival
22
The Life of the Party
24
The Party of the Decade
25
Outside Mullingar
26
Contributors
28
The Healing Project Expands
30
TWSV Staff
31
TWSV General Information
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A HIGH STAKES POLITICAL DRAMA
A JOYOUS MUSICAL REVUE
Confederates
The Life
of the Party
By Suzanne Bradbeer
Directed by Lisa Rothe
A Celebration of the Songs of Andrew Lippa
WORLD PREMIERE
Father’s running for President. Daughter’s
running wild. And the press is running
out of time. With the campaign in full swing, someone unfurls a
confederate flag and the scandal hits the fan. The provocative hit
of TheatreWorks’ 2015 New Works Festival, this headline-hot
political drama is a fresh, fascinating look at today’s muckraking
media and the world it relentlessly pursues.
Contains mature language.
July 13 – August 7, 2016
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
Conceived by David Babani & Andrew Lippa
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed by David Babani
American Premiere
Reprising its hit run in London, this spectacular musical evening
stars renowned Tony Award®-nominated composer Andrew Lippa
and friends in a sexy, tantalizing revue of hits from Broadway’s
hilarious The Addams Family and tender Big Fish, his award-winning
The Wild Party, poignant I Am Harvey Milk, and many more. Expect
sensational surprises along the way in this laugh-filled evening of
song and sophistication.
Contains mature subject matter.
“Sexy, sophisticated, and funny. 5 Stars!” The Telegraph, London
August 24 – September 18, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
A CLASSIC AMERICAN COMEDY
Crimes of
the Heart
By Beth Henley
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
NY Drama Critics Circle Award
Three hard-luck Mississippi sisters are betrayed by their passions
in this Southern Gothic classic—a zany, warm-hearted, and
brilliantly imaginative tale of relationships run amok and dreams
gone awry. In a hurricane of hilarity and hurt, Lenny’s turning
30, Meg’s fresh from rehab, and Babe’s out on bail, testing the
boundaries of sisterhood in a world full of pitfalls and a town
without pity.
“Overflows with infectious high spirits.” The New York Times
AN EAST/WEST COMIC DRAMA
Calligraphy
By Velina Hasu Houston
Directed by Leslie Martinson
Regional Premiere
Two continents, two cultures, two estranged
sisters, and the two cousins determined to
bridge the gap between them—all are boldly calligraphed in this
international comic drama set in Los Angeles and Tokyo, past and
present. East and West collide as biracial American Hiromi and
Japanese free spirit Sayuri confront tradition, prejudice, and their
heritage of filial duty in one final attempt to reunite their aging parents.
“Intimate, sensitive…the emotional stakes are high.” LA Times
March 8 – April 2, 2017
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
January 11 – February 5, 2017
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
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A WRY ROMANTIC COMEDY
Outside
Mullingar
By John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Robert Kelley
Tony Award® Nominee, Best Play 2015
Regional Premiere
With a touch of blarney and a wealth of heart, the Oscar, Pulitzer,
and Tony Award-winning author of Moonstruck and Doubt conjures up a wry and wondrous romantic comedy with a dark Irish
twist. Family feuds and rustic fences have kept two eccentric,
lovelorn neighbors apart since childhood, but in this passionate,
compassionate Broadway hit it’s never too late to take a chance
on love.
“Shanley’s finest work since Doubt.” The New York Times
October 5 – 30, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
A MUSICAL ROMANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Daddy Long Legs
Book by John Caird
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Based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster
Directed by Robert Kelley
Proof
Reprising TheatreWorks’ World Premiere
By David Auburn
From the creator of Jane Austen’s EMMA and the adaptor of Les
Directed by Leslie Martinson
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daughter, a young woman caught in a quest for legitimacy
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male-dominated world of top-level science. It is a mystery o
witty letters and glorious songs.
family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarating, fu
“An absolute charmer suitable for the whole family.”
and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our wo
The Mercury News
of equations, equivocations, and codes.*
November 30 – December 23, 2016
“Rich andPalo
compelling.
Full of life, laughter, and hope.”
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A MUSICAL SAGA OF IMMIGRANT AMERICA
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Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Directed by Robert Kelley
America’s Greatest Unknown Musical
Hope, good will, and fierce determination
light the ragtag journey of Jewish immigrant Rebecca and her
son from European persecution to new lives in the teeming, turnof-the-century tenements of New York in this exhilarating musical
from the creators of Fiddler on the Roof and Wicked. A soaring,
tuneful score highlights this sweeping saga of dreams and
disillusion, love lost and inspiration found, of the heart and soul
of the American character.
“A winner, warm and witty. You are tempted to rise cheering.”
The Mercury News
April 5 – 30, 2017
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BACKGROUND: FRANCIS JUE IN TOKYO FISH STORY / PHOTO KEVIN BERNE
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AN
EXTRAORDINARY MUSICAL PLAY
Hershey Felder,
BEETHOVEN
By Hershey Felder
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
Directed by Joel Zwick
Regional Premiere
Following his triumph as Irving Berlin, the brilliant Hershey Felder
now brings Ludwig van Beethoven to life through the eyes of a
Viennese Doctor who as a boy spent Beethoven’s last years by the
Maestro’s side. Featuring some of the composer’s greatest works,
from the “Moonlight Sonata” to the “9th Symphony” and the
“Emperor Concerto,” this intense, illuminating, and unforgettable
journey through time will immerse you in the astounding life of
the Maestro and his genius that transcended it all.
“A hypnotic production...a chamber music piece of exquisite
beauty.” Chicago Sun Times
June 7 – July 2, 2017
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From the Artistic Director
NEW WORKS FOR A NEW NOW
American politics have changed dramatically since Suzanne
Bradbeer’s Confederates electrified our 14th New Works
Festival last summer. The play focuses on both the ethics
of the press and the lingering impact of racist symbolism
throughout the country. When we decided to premiere this
headline-hot play during both national political conventions,
we wondered what America would be thinking at the time.
Now we know: racial and cultural prejudice have become
critical issues of the campaign, the press has become a political piñata, and
inflammatory rhetoric has replaced civility as the national norm. And the
nation seems more divided than ever before.
Confederates explores the critical ways in which the media affects the
political discussion, shaping the choices we make about our leaders and our
future. It is a reality that Americans both relish and resent. Our press is free
to speak but inherently not free of opinion, and we therefore pick our media
to match our own vision of the country. Confederates suggests that the
truth is inevitably altered by the prism of human interpretation.
Today’s world is absorbed with symbols. We wear the colored caps of our
sports teams and colored ties of our political parties; our leaders dare
not appear without a flag pinned to their lapels; we’ve even begun to
communicate via emojis. Until recently, some states displayed symbolically
racist flags before their capitol buildings, a practice that only began to
change when a mass murderer appeared online wrapped in just such a flag.
Yet throughout the past year, sales of “rebel” flags have skyrocketed
throughout the country. Confederates puts a human face on this world of
symbols, acknowledging that in our current political landscape, what are
negative symbols to some may be positive to others. We once celebrated
the tumbling of the symbolic Berlin Wall; now many Americans champion
the building of one of our own.
Confederates is TheatreWorks’ 67th world premiere and marks the first
phase of our 15th Annual New Works Festival. It is followed, from August 12
to 21, with the Festival itself, offering professional staged readings of five
remarkable new plays and musicals. Some may be destined for our next
season, as were Festival hits Confederates and tokyo fish story, the latter
produced here last April. The excitement is palpable at TheatreWorks,
where the memory of our first Festival in 2002 still lingers. It previewed the
musical Memphis, subsequent winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical,
and we hope that similar success awaits the thrilling new shows we’ll all
soon share. Come discover these new works for yourself, and witness the
future of American theatre.
Robert Kelley
Upcoming
TWSV Events
July, Aug, Sept
7/20, 7/27, 8/3
CONFEDERATES
POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS
Question and Answer with
the cast and staff following
the performance
8/10 & 8/11 @ 7:30pm
SUMMER STUDIO @ TW
PRESENTATION
Students grades 8–12 present
The Feathers, their own wacky
adaptation of Aristophanes’
The Birds. FREE
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
8/12–8/21
15TH ANNUAL
NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Staged readings of 3 musicals
and 2 plays as well as exciting
extras, including keynote
addresss by Pulitzer Prize
finalist Rajiv Joseph and
meet-the-artists panel
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
See schedule on page 21
8/27
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
OPENING NIGHT
Post-show reception with the
cast and staff
Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts
8/31, 9/7, 9/14
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS
Question and answer with
the cast and staff following
the performance
Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts
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From the Festival to Premiere on TheatreWorks’ Main Stage
2004
2004
Memphis
My Ántonia
James Monroe Iglehart & Cast
Photo David Allen
2010
2013
Auctioning
the Ainsleys
Jessica Lynn Carroll
Photo Tracy Martin
Jessica Meyers & Ian Leonard
Photo David Allen
2011
The North Pool
Remi Sandri & Adam Poss
Photo Tracy Martin
Wild with Happy
Sharon Washington & Colman Domingo
Photo Mark Kitaoka
2013
2013
The Loudest Man
on Earth
Being Earnest
Maureen McVerry
Photo Mark Kitaoka
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Julie Fitzpatrick, Adrian Blue, & Mia Tagano
Photo Mark Kitaoka
2005
2004
2007
Baby Taj
Striking 12
Valerie Vigoda
Photo David Allen
2011
Sunita Param & Sam Younis
Photo David Allen
2012
Upright Grand
Emma
TImothy Gulan & Lianne Marie Dobbs
Photo David Allen
2012
Dan Hiatt & Renata Friedman
Photo Mark Kitaoka
Fly By Night
Wheelhouse
Wade McCollum
Photo Mark Kitaoka
Brendan Milburn, Gene Lewin,
& Valerie Vigoda
Photo Tracy Martin
2015
2014
The
Great Pretender
Triangle
Ross Lekites & Zachary Prince
Photo Kevin Berne
2016
tokyo fish story
Francis Jue & James Seol
Photo Kevin Berne
Steve Brady & Sarah Moser
Photo Kevin Berne
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On the Trail: The Cre
e
A Conversation with Playy
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley:
Has your background always
been in playwriting?
Suzanne Bradbeer: When I
was growing up I fantasized
that I was the reincarnation of
Louisa May Alcott, but that’s
about as close to being a
writer as I could imagine
myself. Both of my parents tell
Playwright Suzanne Bradbeer
a good story and so does my
brother. My dad is great at long form humor—often a
swashbuckling adventure from his childhood that will
end in a belly laugh. My mother’s stories tend to focus
on loss and redemption and will make your heart
break. We didn’t go to plays much. I remember seeing Jesus Christ Superstar and, and…that’s about it.
My mother had a few cast albums and years later I
discovered that I had written on her copy of The King
and I—in my sprawling five-year-old print—“Mommy,
I love this record.” In high school I played sports
(field hockey and lacrosse). I was also, which is more
pertinent to this play, on the staff of the school newspaper and was editor my senior year.
It wasn’t until my last year in college that I discovered
theatre (by way of New Zealand, long story). I
auditioned for the fall play, which was Mark Medoff’s
When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? The exhilaration
of working on that play with those folks changed my
life. I eventually moved to New York and was a (not
great) actor, but I was in a small do-it-yourself theatre
company (we produced two shows a year, did the
fundraising, swept floors, acted, ran the lights, etc)
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and when we were offered a writing workshop, I
jumped at the chance. And that was it—that was the
missing piece of the puzzle for me.
TWSV: Can you talk about the creation of
Confederates? Where did the idea come from?
SB: The idea for the play came from a few places.
I had just spent two years researching and writing
a play (The God Game) where a politician is asked
to compromise one of his most cherished values in
order to reach the bigger prize. Among the materials
I read as research was the David Foster Wallace
book, McCain’s Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk
Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of
Actual Reporters, Thinking About Hope. Rolling
Stone has a tradition of hiring non-journalists to
follow a presidential campaign and Mr. Wallace was
their guy in 2000. Wallace happened to be in South
Carolina during a critical week in McCain’s campaign
and the resulting article (and later, book) is so
beautifully composed—it’s one of my favorite pieces
of writing, in any genre. That book eventually led
me to the Alexandra Pelosi (journalist daughter of
Nancy) documentary called Journeys with George,
documenting George W. Bush’s rise through the
primaries. Ms. Pelosi later covered the Democrats in
the 2004 campaign and her book, Sneaking Into the
Flying Circus, is an irresistible, yet depressing read.
I am fascinated (and horrified) by the idea
that one misstep could ruin your life: this
is true if you’re in the public eye, of
course (unless you’re Donald Trump?),
but not just there. With the modern
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Suzanne Bradbeer
loss of privacy I think it is a risk that we all share, and
you don’t have to have skeletons in your closet to be
vulnerable. As Matt Bai asks in his recent book about
the Gary Hart debacle, should we be defined by our
worst moment?
Very early in the writing the Confederate flag made its
disturbing appearance. It was unplanned actually,
although I wrote that scene while I was visiting my
parents in Virginia. Once the flag materialized I knew
it was going to be a vital part of the story.
TWSV: How did being in TheatreWorks’ New Works
Festival last summer benefit the script for Confederates?
What has your experience been with the development
of this piece?
SB: I’ve been fortunate with the development support
that I’ve had with Confederates. I started writing it in
my Playwright/Director’s Workshop at the Actors
Studio, working with the director and journalist Ellen
Maguire. I was also able to work on the play through
the Labyrinth Theater’s Summer Intensive and then
Lisa Rothe and I did a workshop at The Lark, all in
New York City. After that, the New Works Festival was
just the opportunity I had been hoping for, and with
Lisa and our big-hearted, smart cast I was able to
focus on certain questions in a very targeted way. For
example, I felt I could push the urgency for Will
throughout the play, and I also wanted to apply
more pressure in the climax.
TWSV: You put these three characters
into a tough situation together—is
there one character you identify with
the most? One you feel has the moral
right-of way? Or are you as conflicted
bout them as people were, watching
the New Works Festival reading?
SB: I am just as conflicted!
TWSV: Although Maddie’s presidential candidate
father is a pivotal person in the story of the play, he’s
offstage the entire time. Did you ever think about
including him as a character onstage?
SB: I never thought about Maddie’s father as an
onstage character but your question reminds me
that in a lot of my plays there is at least one very
strong offstage presence. The play started out as a
20 minute one-act, and was called Maddie and Will.
When I decided to expand it to a full-length, I knew
there would be at least one more character. At first
I tried adding Will’s mother, but I stopped after a
couple of scenes because it brought Will out of the
crucible of the campaign trail, and that felt wrong.
Eventually I landed on having a second reporter,
senior to Will—Stephanie—and at that point I knew
I had found the people of this play. I love working
on plays with three characters; it lends itself to such
interesting, even primal dynamics.
TWSV: Is there anything else you’d like the audience
to know?
SB: I am just so grateful to premiere this play here
with this cast, with Lisa as director, and with the
support of [New Works Director] Giovanna, [Casting
and Associate Artistic Director] Leslie, [Artistic
Director] Kelley, and everyone at TheatreWorks. I
received so much great energy from the community
last summer, and I left so inspired. To come back
for this next and most important step in the play’s
journey is an extraordinary gift.
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A
Director’s Notes by Lisa Rothe
few years ago, I directed a reading of Suzanne Bradbeer’s play The God Game, at
Hudson Theatre in upstate New York. This smart and provocative play is about a
Senator who is tapped to serve as the running mate for a conservative Presidential
candidate, and as a popular, moderate politician, it is clear that he would add balance and
appeal to the ticket. However, there is just one problem: he needs to sound a bit more
Christian and unfortunately, the Senator is agnostic. It’s a troubling conversation about the
private dilemmas that drive the public side of politics. Suzanne has done it again with
Confederates, but this time around, the story revolves around the Senator's daughter. In The
God Game, Maddie was an offstage character, but in this play, she is a central figure with quite
a dilemma on her hands.
Over the last few years, I have spent time with Suzanne while facilitating a writer’s retreat in
Vermont, where she has been a playwright in residence. When she approached me about
working on Confederates as part of the Lark Studio Retreat series in 2014, I was thrilled. I was
captivated by Suzanne’s passion for political journalism, and followed her recommendation to
check out David Foster Wallace's book, McCain's Promise, a compelling read dealing with
questions of ethics and authenticity on the campaign trail. Presidential elections today are
more akin to theatre, if not reality television. Confederates addresses these ethical conundrums
and more.
At the center of the play is the Confederate flag, a symbol of our vexed racial history, the
repercussions of which still persist today. It’s convenient to use the flag to scapegoat the south
for what is clearly a national rather than regional scourge. Ultimately, the Confederate flag
represents the original sin of the United States. Witness the shootings in South Carolina that
inspired that state to finally outlaw the Confederate flag on state property, though it is still
flown proudly—if such an adverb really captures the motive behind the impulse—on private
property. Witness the school district in Cleveland, Mississippi, that is finally getting around to
desegregating its schools, 123 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law
and 62 years since the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation unconstitutional in Brown vs
Board of Education.
This play is both timely and prescient. When we presented the reading of Confederates during
the New Works Festival last August, the shooting in South Carolina had just taken place a
month prior. Since then, the discussion over the Confederate flag’s place in the country
has increased. Just this past June, the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant
Christian denomination in the U.S. with 15.8 million members, adopted a resolution that said
the flag was an emblem of slavery, and called members to discontinue its display. During the
run of Confederates, we will follow both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
and there will be an abundance of sensational news coverage. Needless to say, this election
season reminds us of what is at stake.
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TheatreWorks
S I L I C O N V A L L E Y
presents
the
WORLD PREMIERE of
CONFEDERATES
By
Suzanne Bradbeer
D
Directed
by
Scenic Designer
S
Costume Designer
C
LLighting Designer
Sound Designer
S
Casting Director
C
New
York Casting Director
N
Stage
Manager
S
L
Lisa
Rothe
Andrew Boyce
A
Noah Marin
N
Pamila Z. Gray
P
Brendan Aanes
Leslie Martinson
L
Alan
Filderman
A
Randall
K. Lum*
R
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Confederates was developed at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as part of their New Works Festival.
Confederates was also developed at The Lark, the Labyrinth Theater Company’s Summer Intensive,
the Actors Studio P/D Workshop, and the Dorset Theatre Festival / Theresa Rebeck Writer’s Colony.
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CONFEDERATES plays July 13–August 7, 2016
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Questions for the
Car Ride Home...
What would you do with the
central conflict of the play?
Do you think there’s a right
answer to Will’s question? With
which character did you most
sympathize?
Confederates tackles the
intersection of media and
politics. In today’s world—
especially in this lead up to
the presidential election
this fall—what do you think
is the media’s responsibility
when it comes to politics?
Tasha Lawrence, Jessica Lynn Carroll, & RIchard Prioleau / Photo Kevin Berne
What have you noticed
about the portrayal of politics
over the last year in the
media? Have you noticed
inconsistencies?
We say children shouldn’t
have to pay for the sins of
their parents. Do you think
parents, especially those in
the public eye, should
be held accountable for
mistakes made by their
children? Should Maddie’s
father have to answer for
the secret Will uncovers?
What do you think happens
after the final scene of the
play? What do you think is
left for these characters?
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THE CAST
In order of appearance
Stephanie Tasha Lawrence
Will Richard Prioleau
Maddie Jessica Lynn Carroll
The actors and Stage Manager employed in this production are Members of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
TIME & PLACE
Presidential primary season.
Various.
CONFEDERATES WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION.
SPECIAL THANKS
Ellen Maguire; John Clinton Eisner, Suzy Fay, Lloyd Suh; Dina Janis; Andy
Lucien, Florencia Lozano, Emily Kratter. Tim Weiner, Steve Wink. Thank you
Padraic Lillis, Neil Tyrone Pritchard, Paola Lazaro-Munoz; Amy Wagner and
Abrams Artists; Brandon Gill, Charlotte Graham, Carol Halstead, Jeremy
Tardy, Will Harper; Chris Campbell. Bart and Nancy Westcott. Giovanna,
Kelley, Leslie and all the lovely folks at TheatreWorks. Lisa Rothe and our
dreamy cast: Jessica, Richard, and Tasha. Also! Randall and Becca and our
swell design team. And finally, the Playwrights Unit at The Ensemble
Studio Theatre.
Who’s Who
JESSICA LYNN
CARROLL (Maddie)
is delighted to return
to TheatreWorks,
having previously
appeared in
Auctioning the
Ainsleys and multiple New Works
Festivals. She most recently performed at Cincinnati Playhouse in
the Park in The Revolutionists as
Marie Antoinette; other regional
credits include I and You and
Bellwether at Marin Theatre
Company, Jesus in India at Magic
Theatre, and The Big Meal at
San Jose Repertory Theatre.
Additionally in the Bay Area, she
has been seen at Crowded Fire
Theater (Truck Stop), Center
REPertory Company (BoeingBoeing), and Encore Theatre
Company (Hookman), where she is
also an associate artist. Ms. Carroll
earned her BFA in acting from
Southern Methodist University in
Dallas, Texas.
TASHA LAWRENCE
(Stephanie) has
been seen on
Broadway in Good
People (Manhattan
Theatre Club),
Wilder Wilder
Wilder (Circle in the Square, Willow
Cabin), and the National Tour of
Proof. Off-Broadway credits include
Lost Girls (MCC Theatre); The Few
(Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre);
The Whale (Playwrights Horizons—
Drama Desk Nom.); Asheville, and
Bhutan (Cherry Lane Theatre).
Regional credits include A Great
Wilderness (Williamstown Theatre
Festival); The Roommate (Actors
Theatre of Louisville Humana
Festival); Bad Dates, Human Error
(City Theatre Company); Les Liaisons
Dangereuses (Huntington Theatre
Company); and Clover Road
(Contemporary American Theatre
Festival). Film: Romance and
Cigarettes (dir. John Turturro),
Hangnail (Slamdance), Pooka, and
Irma and Floyd. TV: Unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt, Law and Order
(Classic, SVU, Criminal Intent), Third
Watch (recurring), Deadline, Kevin
Hill, Royal Pains, Life with Boys, and
The Line (ACTRA, Gemini
Nominations: Best Actress).
RICHARD
PRIOLEAU (Will)
was last seen at
TheatreWorks in
Wild with Happy
(Terry). Off-Broadway
credits include A
Persistent Memory with Beckett
Theatre/Theatre Row, and Tom in
The Glass Menagerie with
Masterworks Theater Company. His
regional credits include Actors
Theater of Louisville, The Repertory
Williams Project, Clarence Brown
Theatre, American Conservatory
Theater, and Arkansas Repertory
Theatre. NYC credits include Access
Theater, The Gallery Players, La
MaMa ETC, and New Ohio Theatre.
Film and TV: Madam Secretary,
HBO’s The Normal Heart, and 30
Rock. Mr. Prioleau earned his BA
from Fordham University at Lincoln
Center, and his MFA from American
Conservatory Theater.
SUZANNE BRADBEER (Playwright)
has written Naked Influence (Capital
Repertory Theatre); The God Game
(Gulfshore Playhouse/Capital
Repertory Theatre, Hudson Stage,
etc); Full Bloom (Barrington Stage,
Vital Theatre Company, etc.); and
Bethlehem, PA (City Theatre of
Miami). She has received grants from
the New York Foundation for the
Arts, the Berrilla Kerr Foundation,
the Anna Sosenko Trust, and the
BMI Foundation’s Harrington Award
for Creative Excellence. She has
twice been a Kilroy’s Honorable
Mention, and was a winner of the
Ashland New Plays Festival. Her
work has been developed at The
New Harmony Project, PlayPenn,
the LAByrinth Theatre Company’s
Summer Intensive, the Alabama
Shakespeare Festival’s Southern
Writers’ Project, the Dorset Theatre
Festival, and as a Fellow in the Lark
Theater Playwright’s Workshop.
Ms. Bradbeer is a member of the
Ensemble Studio Theatre and the
Dramatists Guild.
LISA ROTHE (Director) directed the
2015 New Works Festival reading of
Confederates. Recent productions
include Ropes at Two River Theater;
Dear Elizabeth and The Harassment
of Iris Malloy at People’s Light; and
Science Fair at HERE Arts Center.
She was nominated for SDC’s Joe
A. Callaway Award for Direction for
Hold These Truths (this fall at the
Guthrie Theater), and has developed
plays with New York Theatre
Workshop, Epic Theatre Ensemble,
Women’s Project Theater, Primary
Stages, Ensemble Studio Theatre,
and The New Harmony Project.
She has directed at NYU's Graduate
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Who’s Who
Acting Program, Yale School of
Drama, and The Juilliard School.
Ms. Rothe is the co-President of the
League of Professional Theatre
Women, and for over five years was
the Director of Global Exchange at
the Lark Play Development Center.
She received her MFA in Acting
from NYU.
BRENDAN AANES (Sound Design)
has designed sound for a variety of
performances, most recently for
TheatreWorks’ The Velocity Of
Autumn, Triangle (TBA Award for
Outstanding Sound Design), The
Country House, and The Lake Effect.
Elsewhere, he has designed The
Unfortunates (American Conservatory
Theater); Fire In Dreamland (Kansas
City Repertory Theatre); The Way
West (Marin Theatre Company);
Rapture Blister Burn (Aurora Theatre
Company); Truck Stop and The
Hundred Flowers Project (Crowded
Fire Theater); Mutt: Let’s All Talk
About Race! (Impact Theatre);
Abigail’s Party, Bloody Bloody
Andrew Jackson, and The Aliens
(San Francisco Playhouse).
ANDREW BOYCE (Scenic Design)
designed TheatreWorks’ The
Velocity of Autumn and Now Circa
Then. He is a Chicago and NYCbased designer working in theatre,
opera, and film/TV. He has credits
with Lincoln Center Theater,
Roundabout Theatre Company,
Atlantic Theater Company, Primary
Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights
Theater, The Play Company,
Playwrights Realm, Cherry Lane
Theatre, and more. Regional credits
include American Conservatory
Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville,
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Alliance Theatre, Asolo Repertory
Theatre, California Shakespeare
Theater, Curtis Opera Theater,
Dallas Theater Center, Geffen
Playhouse, George Street Playhouse,
Goodman Theatre, Kirk Douglas
Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre,
Magic Theater, Mark Taper Forum,
Milwaukee Repertory Theater,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Portland Center Stage, Syracuse
Stage, and Yale Repertory Theatre.
Mr. Boyce is a member of
Wingspace Theatrical Design, a
graduate of The Yale School of
Drama, and an Assistant Professor
in the Northwestern University
Theater Department.
andrewboycedesign.com
PAMILA Z. GRAY (Lighting
Designer) designed TheatreWorks’
Cyrano, Once on This Island, Sense
and Sensibility, The Light in the
Piazza, Tinyard Hill, Baby Taj, My
Ántonia, Kept, and A Civil War
Christmas. Her work on Bingo! The
Musical was seen in Chicago, Ft.
Lauderdale, and the Bay Area’s
Center REPertory Company. Her
designs have also been seen in Los
Angeles, Portland, Sacramento,
Houston, Dallas, and Washington,
DC. She has won seven Bay Area
Theatre Critics Circle Awards
including her TheatreWorks designs
for Grey Gardens, Floyd Collins,
Cabaret, and Almost September,
which also garnered a Bay Area
Drama-Logue Award. She has won
four Dean Goodman Awards, including both Ragtime and The Cripple
of Inishmaan, at TheatreWorks. Ms.
Gray is a graduate of Northwestern
University.
RANDALL K. LUM (Stage Manager)
has stage managed TheatreWorks’
The Velocity of Autumn, Jane
Austen’s EMMA, The Country House,
Fallen Angels, The Lake Effect, Peter
and the Starcatcher, Water by the
Spoonful, Marry Me a Little, Once
on This Island, Little Women, Time
Stands Still, and Other Desert Cities.
Other credits include five years at
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
(Equivocation; American Night:
The Ballad of San Juan José; Dead
Man’s Cell Phone; Ruined; The
Unfortunates), Denver Center Theatre
Company, La Jolla Playhouse,
Center Theatre Group, The Old
Globe, American Conservatory
Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre,
California Shakespeare Theatre,
Seattle Repertory Theatre, Laguna
Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, and
18 seasons and over 90 productions
as Resident Stage Manager at South
Coast Repertory (Wit, Intimate
Apparel, Three Days of Rain, Blue
Door, The Further Adventures of
Hedda Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo).
NOAH MARIN (Costume Designer)
is TheatreWorks’ Assistant Costume
Designer, and designed costumes
for Proof, 2 Pianos 4 Hands, and
Warrior Class. He has assisted on
many TheatreWorks productions,
including Wheelhouse, Of Mice and
Men, Now Circa Then, The Pitmen
Painters, The Secret Garden,
Clementine in the Lower 9, and
Sense and Sensibility. He also
assisted on Broadway productions
of Ragtime and Blithe Spirit. Other
assistant design credits include
Westport Country Playhouse
(She Loves Me), Berkeley Repertory
Theatre (Three Sisters), California
Who’s Who
Shakespeare Theater (Titus
Andronicus), Marin Theatre
Company (Seagull), and Magic
Theatre (Why We Have a Body). His
film credits include Disney’s The
Sorcerer’s Apprentice. He earned
his MFA from Brandeis in Boston
and BFA from San Francisco State,
both in Costume Design.
LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting
Director) is TheatreWorks’
Associate Artistic Director and
Casting Director. Her many
TheatreWorks directing credits
include Proof, the regional premieres of Water by the Spoonful
and Time Stands Still, and the
West Coast premieres of The
Pitmen Painters and Superior
Donuts. A graduate of Occidental
College, she has been a Watson
Fellow in political theatre, a member
of Lincoln Center Director’s Lab,
a member of the La MaMa
International Directing Symposium,
and has served on Theatre Bay
Area’s Theatre Services Committee
since 2002. She was awarded an
Individual Artist Fellowship in Stage
Direction from the Arts Council of
Silicon Valley for artistic achievement and community impact. She
leads master classes and audition
workshops throughout the Bay
Area, and is a Performance Coach
in leadership communication training with Stand and Deliver Group.
Paine Knickerbocker Award for lifetime achievement; BATCC Awards
for Outstanding Direction for his
productions of The Hound of
Baskervilles; Into the Woods; Pacific
Overtures; Rags; Sweeney Todd;
Another Midsummer Night; Sunday
in the Park with George; Jane Eyre;
and Caroline, or Change; and Back
Stage West Garland Awards for his
direction of Side Show and Sunday
in the Park with George. He recently
directed Cyrano, Jane Austen’s
EMMA, The Country House, Fallen
Angels, Peter and the Starcatcher,
Sweeney Todd, Marry Me a Little,
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Once
On This Island, and Little Women.
PHIL SANTORA (Managing
Director) joined TheatreWorks in
2007. He has served as Managing
Director of Northlight Theatre
(Chicago) and Georgia Shakespeare
Festival (Atlanta), as well as
Development Director for Great
Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland)
and George Street Playhouse (New
Brunswick). He holds an MFA in
Theatre Administration from the
Yale School of Drama and a BA in
Drama from Duke University. He is
Vice President of the National
Alliance for Musical Theatre Board.
Prior board service includes the
League of Chicago Theatres,
Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, and
the executive committee of the
League of Resident Theatres
(LORT). He was named 2000’s Best
Arts Administrator by Atlanta
Magazine and received the Atlanta
Arts and Business Council’s 1998
ABBY Award for Arts Administrator.
GLEIM
ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Director)
is a Bay Area native and Stanford
University graduate. He founded
TheatreWorks in 1970 and has
directed over 165 TheatreWorks
productions, including many world
and regional premieres. He has
received the Silicon Valley Arts
Council’s Legacy Laureate Award;
the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle
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S I L I C O N
THE DRAMA OF A NEW CENTURY
Archduke
By Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
V A L L E Y
15TH
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph is the author of the Broadway play Bengal Tiger
at the Baghdad Zoo, a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama.
Other plays include Guards at the Taj (recipient of the 2016
OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play), The
North Pool (TW 2011), Gruesome Playground Injuries,
Animals Out of Paper, and The Lake Effect (TW 2015).
A N N U A L
NEW
Giovanna Sardelli (Director) is the Director of New Works for
TW and has directed 12 productions of Rajiv Joseph’s plays,
including TW’s World Premieres of The North Pool (2011) and
The Lake Effect (2015).
8/16 @ 8pm • 8/20 @ 12 noon
WORKS
FEST
IVAL
OF LOVE AND LUST
I Enter the Valley
By Dipika Guha
Directed by Kirsten Brandt
Dipika Guha
Kirsten Brandt recently directed tokyo fish story for TW. She is
an award-winning director and playwright with many regional
credits including Arizona Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory,
Marin Theatre Company, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory,
La Jolla Playhouse.
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
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8/19 @ 7pm • 8/21 @ 3pm
SPECIAL EXTRA
Rajiv Joseph Keynote Address
“The Black Cat That Isn’t There”
Rajiv Joseph is the author of the Broadway play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
(2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama). His other plays include Guards at the Taj
(recipient of the 2016 OBIE and Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play), The
North Pool (TW 2011), Gruesome Playground Injuries, Animals Out of Paper, and
The Lake Effect (TW 2015). Rajiv has written for television and film and is the librettist
for the opera Shalimar the Clown, adapted from the novel of the same name by
Salman Rushdie. He served for three years in the Peace Corps in Senegal and now
lives in Brooklyn, NY.
8/12 @ 8pm
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Augusto has loved, must love. Now in the twilight of life,
the famous poet gathers lovers like birds, each with gifts
to give, memories to take, dreams to share. But who will
remain when summer ends? Inspired by the life of Pablo
Neruda.
Dipika Guha had two Bay Area premieres this spring:
Mechanics of Love at Crowded Fire and The Rules at SF
Playhouse. The Art of Gaman was developed by Ground Floor
at Berkeley Rep. She is currently under commission from
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Rep, and Playwrights Horizons Theatre School. MFA: Yale School of Drama
under Paula Vogel.
August 12–21
Our Festival, a nationally-acclaimed
incubator for new works, includes
“script-in-hand” debuts of five new
musicals and plays, Meet the Festival
Artists Panel, and Special Extras.
Can one man, one moment, define a century? Pulitzer
Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph explores the assassination of
Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, 1914—the flash
that lit the fuse of World War I.
A HAUNTING MUSICAL THRILLER
Something Wicked This
Way Comes
Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury
Music & Lyrics by Neil Bartram / Book by Brian Hill
Directed by Brian Hill
Neil Bartram
Brian Hill
1938. A tiny town. A mysterious carnival. A time-traveling
carousel. Freaks and fireworks, lingering memories. And
two boys bent on escaping the midway of life to find
adventure, and themselves. Look there! In the dark—
a tuneful, tantalizing musical parable for all ages and
all time.
Neil Bartram (Music & Lyrics) BROADWAY: The Story of My
Life (four Drama Desk Award nominations). REGIONAL: The
Adventures of Pinocchio, The Story of My Life, The Theory of
Relativity, You Are Here, Senza Luce, Bedknobs & Broomsticks. CAST ALBUMS: The Story of My Life, The Theory of
Relativity (PS Classics).
Brian Hill (Book/Director) BROADWAY: The Story of My Life
(four Drama Desk Award nominations), The Little Mermaid
(Associate Director), The Lion King (Resident Director).
REGIONAL: Brigadoon (revised book), The Adventures of
Pinocchio,The Story of My Life, The Theory of Relativity, You
Are Here, Senza Luce, Bedknobs & Broomsticks.
8/13 @ 8pm • 8/17 @ 8pm • 8/20 @ 4pm
Dan Moses & Kate Kilbane
AN INNOVATIVE NEW MUSICAL
Eddie the Marvelous:
Who Will Save the World
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Kate Kilbane & Dan Moses
Directed by Becca Wolff
Eddie the Marvelous fronts a band, struts the stage, saves
the world. Eddie the Real can’t leave the house, can’t hold
a job, can’t keep a friend. His mom makes every sacrifice,
but when she finds a new man neither Eddie knows what
to say or what to sing.
The Kilbanes, a theatrical rock band led by married songwriting duo Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses, are the authors of
Weightless (won “Best of Fringe” at the SF Fringe Festival in
2012) and the medea cycle (2010). Eddie the Marvelous got
its start at Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor in 2014.
Becca Wolff (Director) has directed and developed premieres
by writers including Lauren Yee, Dan LeFranc, Krista Knight,
Emma Donaghue, Jon Caren, Dorothy Fortenberry, and Bess
Wohl. She co-founded Tilted Field. MFA (Directing): Yale.
8/19 @ 9:30pm • 8/21 @ 7pm
FROM THE FUNNY PAGE TO THE STAGE
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Min Kahng
Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama
Translated as The Four Immigrants by Frederik L. Schodt
Bad Kitty On Stage, and The Song of the Nightingale. He is a
Resident Playwright with Playwrights Foundation and received
the 2014 Titan Award for Playwrights. minkahng.com
In a comic musical drawn from one of the first graphic
novels ever created, four endearing Japanese immigrants
discover turn-of-the-twentieth-century America as a world
of both possibility and prejudice. Can they succeed with
limited options in the land of opportunity?
Leslie Martinson (Director) is TW’s Associate Artistic Director.
Her TW directing credits include Proof, Water by the Spoonful,
and Superior Donuts. She also works with Theatre Bay Area
and Stand & Deliver Group.
Directed by Leslie Martinson
Min Kahng
Min Kahng is a Bay Area playwright and composer whose
recent works include Where the Mountain Meets the Moon,
8/14 @ 7:30pm • 8/18 @ 8pm • 8/20 @ 8pm
Meet the Festival Artists
SPECIAL EXTRA
A NEWTONIAN MUSICAL
Gravity
Created by Joel Chapman, Weston Gaylord,
Matt Herrero, Jessia Hoffman, and Ken Savage
Directed by Ken Savage
Modern day physicist Sophie travels back in time to 1666, meeting young
Isaac Newton but upsetting the applecart of history in the process. An
original comedy with a fresh, contemporary score, Gravity is a delightful tale
of romance, feminism, and the art of science.
Gravity co-creators Joel Chapman, Weston Gaylord, Matt Herrero, Jessia Hoffman,
and Ken Savage are artists and friends from their time working together on
The Festival’s featured playwrights and composers
share their anecdotes and insights into creating brave
new works for the American Theatre. Bring your questions and be a part of the conversation with writers who
are shaping the theatre landscape of tomorrow.
8/21 @ 12 noon
various musical projects at Stanford University. Since winning
the Stanford Arts’ 72-Hour Musical competition in January
2015, they have developed their Newtonian musical with
support from Stanford Arts, Z Space, and Encore Theatre
Company.
8/14 @ 3pm
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Accessibility
TheatreWorks strives to create an environment that is
accessible for all members of our community. The
following services are available to assist patrons with
limited mobility, visual impairments, and hearing loss.
WHEELCHAIR ACCESS
Both the Mountain View Center for the Perfoming Arts
and the Lucie Stern Theatre offer accessible parking,
wheelchair ramps, and ADA with companion seating.
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES
Audio description is a verbal commentary that tells
patrons who are visually impaired what is happening
on the stage during the parts of the performance
where there is no dialogue.
Audio described performance dates:
Confederates: Aug 5 @ 8pm, Aug 6 @ 8pm,
Aug 7 @ 2pm
The Life of the Party: Sep 16 @ 8pm, Sep 17 @ 8pm,
Sep 18 @ 2pm
Outside Mullingar: Oct 28 @ 8pm, Oct 29 @ 8pm,
Oct 30 @ 2pm
Daddy Long Legs: Dec 11 @ 2pm, Dec 17 @ 8pm,
Dec 23 @ 8pm
Crimes of the Heart: Feb 3 @ 8pm, Feb 4 @ 8pm,
Feb 5 @ 2pm
Calligraphy: Mar 31 @ 8pm, Apr 1 @ 8pm,
Apr 2 @ 2pm
Rags: Apr 28 @ 8pm, Apr 29 @ 8pm, Apr 30 @ 2pm
Hershey Felder, BEETHOVEN: Jun 30 @ 8pm,
Jul 1 @ 8pm, Jul 2 @ 2pm
OPEN CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES NEW!
Open captioning is a text display of words and sounds
heard during an event, and is provided for patrons
with hearing loss. The display is positioned in such a
way that is open for anyone to see in a particular seating area. It is considered passive assistance, a service
that is there to use or ignore. No one is labeled as
needing the captioning with special equipment
required at his or her seat. Caption seating is available
for best viewing of the screen.
Open captioned performance dates:
Confederates: July 31 @ 2pm and 7pm, Aug 3 @ 2pm
The Life of the Party: Sept 4 @ 2pm, Sept 11 @ 7pm,
Sept 14 @ 2pm
Outside Mullingar: Oct 23 @ 2pm and 7pm,
Oct 26 @ 2pm
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Daddy Long Legs: Dec 18 @ 2pm and 7pm,
Dec 21 @ 2pm
Crimes of the Heart: Jan 29 @ 2pm and 7pm,
Feb 1 @ 2pm
Calligraphy: Mar 26 @ 2pm and 7pm, Mar 29 @ 2pm
Rags: Apr 23 @ 2pm and 7pm, Apr 26 @ 2pm
Hershey Felder, BEETHOVEN: June 25 @ 2pm and
7pm, June 28 @ 2pm
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES
Both of our venues offer assistive listening devices in the
lobby prior to performance. No advance reservations are
required.
Instruction pamphlets are available to provide you with
helpful tips on how to best use your hearing aid or
assistive listening device. They are available in the lobby,
or download them from our website:
theatreworks.org/about/accessibility
SCRIPTS
We have scripts of the play available to read prior to
your performance. To request a script, email
[email protected].
DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE HEARING?
We have partnered with Pacific Hearing Service to
help create the best possible audio experience for our
communities. If you have questions or concerns about
hearing loss, we encourage you to call their office at
650.249.4088 or visit their website today.
pacifichearingservice.com.
New Works Festival Schedule at a Glance
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A Celebration of the Songs of
ANDREW LIPPA
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The Telegraph, London
Aug 24 – Sept 18
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
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Coming Next at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
THE LIFE OF THE PARTY
Conceived by David Babani & Andrew Lippa
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
“It’s a really satisfying
Directed by David Babani
to play—they love it.
AMERICAN PREMIERE
Reprising its hit run in London, this spectacular musical evening
stars renowned Tony Award®-nominated composer Andrew Lippa and
friends in a sexy, tantalizing revue of hits from Broadway’s hilarious
The Addams Family and tender Big Fish, his award-winning The Wild
Party, poignant I Am Harvey Milk, and many more. Expect sensational
surprises along the way in this laugh-filled evening of song and
sophistication.
Contains mature subject matter.
Meet some of the cast members:
ANDREW LIPPA’s work has been seen on and
off-Broadway and around the world. His musicals
include The Addams Family, The Wild Party, Big
Fish, John & Jen, A Little Princess (TheatreWorks
2004 World Premiere), I Am Harvey Milk, and more.
SALLY ANN TRIPLETT is making her TheatreWorks
Silicon Valley debut. She has appeared on Broadway
in Finding Neverland (Mrs. DuMaurier), The Last
Ship (Peggy White), and Carrie (Sue Snell), and in
fifteen West End/UK Tours.
TEAL WICKS is making her TheatreWorks Silicon
Valley debut. She appeared on Broadway in Finding
Neverland (Mary Barrie), Jekyll & Hyde (Emma
Carew), and Wicked (Elphaba), as well as the National
Tours of Jekyll & Hyde and Wicked.
show for the performers
And for the audience, it
delights and entertains
in act one, and then goes
very dark and sexy, and
then gets heartfelt, then
goes all show-biz at the
end. It really does have
something for everybody.”
David Babani
Co-conceiver and Director
The Life of the Party
AMERICAN PREMIERE
FUN FACTS
The Life of the Party producer
Menier Chocolate Factory also
produced the revival of The Color
Purple, directed by John Doyle.
The production opened in London
in 2013, and on Broadway in 2015,
recently winning the 2016 Tony
Award® for Best Revival of a
Musical. Cynthia Erivo also took
home a Tony® for Best Actress in a
Musical for her portrayal of Celie.
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PARTYOFTHEDECADE
THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY
(Really, we’re not bragging!)
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club
5:30 pm
This November, journey back with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as we celebrate our
inaugural Party of the Decade. Each fall, we will pick a decade from the past 150
years to explore the fashion, trends and music of a bygone era. This gala evening will
include sumptuous food, dancing, an action packed live auction, and a peek at the
theatre of the time.
The Party of the Decade promises to be the party of the year!
Mark your calendars now!
For more information contact Events Manager Jodi Corwin
[email protected] 650.463.7112
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It’s never too late
to take a chance on love...
Outside
Mullingar
By John Patrick Shanley
REGIONAL PREMIERE
Tony Award® Nominee, Best Play 2015
With a touch of blarney and a wealth of heart,
the Oscar, Pulitzer, and Tony Award®-winning
author of Moonstruck and Doubt conjures up
a wry and wondrous romantic comedy with a
dark Irish twist. Family feuds and rustic fences
have kept two eccentric, lovelorn neighbors
apart since childhood, but in this passionate,
compassionate Broadway hit it’s never too
late to take a chance on love.
Meet the cast:
STEVE BRADY starred in
TW’s The Great Pretender
(2014). He has appeared on
Broadway in Inherit the Wind,
toured nationally in The
Exonerated, and toured the
world with West Side Story.
ROD BROGAN was seen in
TW’s Other Desert Cities
(2014). He has appeared on
Broadway in Mauritius, in the
National Tour of Doubt, and
off-Broadway and at regional
theatres around the country.
LUCINDA HITCHCOCK CONE
“Shanley’s finest work since Doubt.”
The New York Times
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was most recently seen at
TW in Big River (2012). She
performed off-Broadway in
Eyes on the Harem, and in
the National Tour of Big
River, as well as at regional
theatres around the country.
JESSICA WORTHAM is mak-
ing her TW debut. She has
performed off-Broadway in
Green Girl and Bone Portraits,
and won a Bay Area Theatre
Critics Circle Award for her
performance in San Jose
Rep’s Black Pearl Sings.
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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors
THE PRODUCER CIRCLE
TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select
a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits.
Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information.
Visionary Producers
($50,000 and above)
Ann S. Bowers
Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr.
Anne & Larry Hambly
The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell
Foundation
Ray & Meredith Rothrock
TheatreWorks Board Emeritus
Executive Producers
Morgan Family Foundation
Cynthia Sears
Rick Stern &
Nancy Ginsburg Stern
Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins
Lynn Szekely-Goode &
Dr. Richard Goode
Mark & Teri Vershel
Lisa Webster & Ted Semple
Gayla Lorthridge Wood &
Walt Wood
($25,000 to $49,999)
Anonymous
Bruce Cozadd
Yogen & Peggy Dalal
The John & Marcia Goldman
Foundation
William Green
Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally
Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler
Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz
Mendelsohn Family Fund
Producers
($10,000 to $24,999)
Marsha & Bill Adler
Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson
Paul Asente & Ron Jenks
Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer
Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt
Jayne Booker
Bredt Family Fund at Truckee
Tahoe Community Foundation
45 for 45Circle
TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year
pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and
TW’s 45th Anniversary. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or
[email protected] for more information.
Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer
Ann S. Bowers
Suzanne Martin &
John Doyle
Gayle & Steve Brugler
Mendelsohn Family Fund
Bruce Cozadd
Rebecca & James Morgan
Gordon & Carolyn Davidson
Cynthia Sears
Sylvia & Ron Gerst
Barbara Shapiro &
Anne & Larry Hambly
Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally
Julie Kaufman
Mark Lewis
Rick Stern &
Nancy Ginsburg Stern
Tom & Sharon Kelley
Mark & Teri Vershel
Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler
Lisa Webster
Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz
Watkins Family Charitable
Dorothy Lazier
Trust
Mark & Debra Leslie
Carol Watts
Carole & Michael Marks
Janne & Bill Wissel
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Steve & Gayle Brugler
Steven & Karin Chase
George & Susan Crow
Gordon & Carolyn Davidson
John & Susan Diekman
Susan Fairbrook
Dan & Catharine Garber
Sylvia & Ron Gerst
William J. Higgs
Larry Horton & George Wilson
Lisa & Marc Jones
Mike & Martha Kahn
Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein
Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro
Tom & Sharon Kelley
Robin & Don Kennedy
Dick & Cathy Lampman
Dorothy Lazier
Mark & Debra Leslie
Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro
Marks Family Foundation
The Marmor Foundation/
Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor
Suzanne Martin & John Doyle
Gillian & Tom Moran
Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian
Yvonne & Mike Nevens
Adam Samuels
Philip Santora & Cristian Asher
Dorothy Saxe
Loren & Shelley Saxe
Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka
Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky
Larry & Barbara Sonsini
Debra Summers & John Baker
Watkins Family Charitable Fund
Carol Watts
Harriet & Frank Weiss
Nancy & Bart Westcott
Jane Weston & J. Horn
Bill & Janne Wissel
THE INNER CIRCLE
Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy
a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and
exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists
events. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more
information.
Associate Producers
($6,000 to $9,999)
Anonymous
David & Ann Crockett
David E. Gold &
Irene Blumenkranz
Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke
Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia
Sue & Dick Levy
Rob & Ann Marangell
Richard Niblock
Bill & Janet Nicholls
Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey
Directors
($3,000 to $5,999)
Anonymous (2)
Carol Bacchetti
Paul & Debbie Baker
Joel & Wendy Bartlett
Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann
Anne & Buz Battle
Katherine Bazak & John Dohner
The BelleJAR Foundation
Steven & Michele Boal
Marah & Gene Brehaut
Bruce & Gail Chizen
Dean & Wilma Chu
Diane & Howard Crittenden
Randy Curry & Kay Simon
John & Wynne Dobyns
Richard & Josephine Ferrie
Gayle Flanagan
Lynda & Steve Fox
Peter & Rose Friedland
Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of
Robert Kelley
Peter & Laura Haas
Emeri & Brad Handler
Jerre & Nancy Hitz
D & J Hodgson Family Foundation
Barbara Jones
Claiborne S. Jones
Chris Kenrick
Hal & Iris Korol
John & Catharine Kristian
Bill & Terry Krivan
Arlene & Jack Leslie
Janet Littlefield & William Coggshall
The Merrimac Fund
Buff & Cindy Miller
Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD
Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks
Margo & Roy Ogus
Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott
Paul & Sheri Robbins
Ron & Lila Schmidt
Edward & Jane Seaman
Bart Sears
Ron & Ellen Shulman
Joyce Reynolds Sinclair &
Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair
Lisa & Matthew Sonsini
Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir
Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun*
Catherine & Jeff Thermond
Brent & Michèle Townshend
Ted & Betty Ullman
Holly Ward & Scott Spector
Griff & Lynne Weber
Mark & Sheila Wolfson
Players
($1,500 to $2,999)
Anonymous (4)
Marc & Sophia Abramson
Douglas & Loretta Allred
Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes
Peter Bacchetti in memory of
Ray Bacchetti
Lisa Backus &
Anthony Montefusco
Shirley Bailey
Doug & Marie Barry
Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre
Jane Baxter & Steve Beck
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach
Betsy & George Bechtel
Don & Deborah Bennett
Stuart & Marcella Bernstein
Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory
of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin
Caroline Beverstock
Charlotte & David Biegelsen
Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer
Bob & Martha Bowden
Lauren & David Boyle
Michael & Leslie Braun
Kathy Bridgman
Ellen & Marc Brown
Chet & Marcie Brown
Christine B. Butcher+
Eric Butler MD &
Suzanne Rocca-Butler
Jeff & Deborah Byron
Calvin & Jennifer Carr
Ron & Sally Carter
Josephine Chien &
Stephen Johnson
Nancy M. Cohen
Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny in
memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack
Jeff & Amy Crowe
Redwood Serenity Fund
Richard & Anita Davis
Scott & Edie DeVine
Douglas Dexter
Dennis & Cindy Dillon
Carl & Meredith Ditmore
Monica Donovan
Pamela Dougherty
Jack & Marcia Edelstein
Sue & Jeff Epstein
Frances Escherich
Patrick Farris
Sheldon Finkelstein &
Beatriz V. Infante
Kathleen Fitts
Peggy Woodford Forbes &
Harry Bremond
Diane & Bob Frankle
Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth
Francis Franklin
Jodye & Jonny Friedman
Jay & Joyce Friedrichs
Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz
Marilee Gardner
Nancy & Charles Geschke
Ciro & Eileen Giammona
Kenneth & Susan Greathouse
Renee & Mark Greenstein
Nancy & Bill Grove
Barbara Gunther
Jim & Linda Hagan
Kovin Hagan
Elaine & Eric Hahn
Russell & Debbie Hall
Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow
Susan Heller
Helen Helson
David & Noreen Henig
Craig & Deborah Hoffman in
memory of Susan Woods
Anne & Emma Grace Holmes
David Hornik &
Pamela Miller-Hornik
Susan M. Huch
Perry A. Irvine &
Linda Romley-Irvine
Ken Jaffee
Sudhanshu & Lori Jain
Leigh & Roy Johnson
Hilary Jones*
Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund
Jack Jorgenson
Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa
Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra
Louise Karr
Ruth Ann & David Keefer
Cynthia & Bert Keely
Arthur Keller
Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz
Jim & Marilyn Lattin
Marcia & Henry Lawson
Linda Lester
Donald & Rachel Levy
Robert J. Lipshutz &
Nancy Wong, MD
Drs. John & Penny Loeb
Tom & Sally Logothetti
Malcolm MacNaughton
Joe Margevicius
Anne B. McCarthy
Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan
Kevin McCoy
Gerald & Betty McIntyre
Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin
Rani Menon & Keith Amidon
Shauna Mika & Rick Callison
Sondra Murphy & Jeremy Platt
Melinda Nasif & Michael Scruggs
James Niemasik
Lynn & Susan Orr
Ellice & Jim Papp
Richard Partridge
David Pasta in memory of
Gloria J.A. Guth
Beth & Charlie Perrell
Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer
Carey & Josh Pickus
John & Valerie Poggi
Kathy & Gary Reback
In memory of Pearl Reimer
Karen & John Reis
Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones
Edward & Verne Rice
Orli & Zack Rinat
Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons
Betsy Boardman Ross
Rita & Robert Rove
Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein
Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann
Ellen & Jerry Saliman
Joseph & Sandy Santandrea
Elizabeth & Mark Schar
Lee & Kim Scheuer
Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor
Pamela & Rick Shames
Jack & Dorothy Shannahan
Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina
Marge & Jim Shively
Ursula Shultz
Carolyn & Rick Silberman
Gerry Sipes
Ellen & Ed Smith
Pamela Smith
Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown
Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy
The Sher-Right Fund
Polly Taylor
Jan Thomson & Roy Levin
Helaina Titus
Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein
Robert J. Van der Leest, MD
Mimi & Jim Van Horne
Thomas Vogelsang
Margaret & Curt Weil
Paul & Barbara Weiss
Elissa Wellikson & Tim Shroyer
Karen Carlson White
Ken & Ruth Wilcox
Bruce & Elinor Wilner
Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts
Neil & Ann Wolff
Bill & Sue Worthington
Benefactors
($750 to $1,499)
Anonymous • Sally Abel • Robert Block • Sharon & John Brauman • H. Hans Cardénas • Marni Brown & Gabe Garcia • Lee & Amy Christel • Robert A. Cook • Ursula &
Paul Cooney • Anne Dauer • Mary David • Ronald & Marion Dickel • James J. Elacqua • Suzanne & Allan Epstein • Patrick Farris • Aaron & Julia Gershenberg •
Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Mary Ann & John Grilli • Laura Hale • Susan & Don Hanson • Tom & Mary Haverstock • Anna Henderson • Mitzi Henderson •
In memory of Bridget Ross • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Laurie T. Jarrett • Dean & Patricia Johnson • Mary Louise Johnson • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • Deborah Karlson
• Professor & Mrs. David Kennedy • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Michael & Ina Korek • Jim & Marilyn Lattin • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Robert &
Paige Locke • Alexander & Anne Long • Richard & Charlene Maltzman in memory of Carol Adler • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Karen & Bob McCulloch • Nancy &
Patrick McGaraghan • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • William & Sue Miklos • Heidi & Jorge Ochoa • Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz • Mary Rodgers
in memory of David Rodgers • Nancy & Magnus Ryde • Jill Sagner & Steve Lipman • Emil J. & Barbara Sarpa • David & Harriet Schnur • Maria & Mitch Segal • Perry
Segal • Sheri Sobrato • The Fred Terman & Nan Borreson Fund • Thomas Vogelsang • Arlene & Bruce S. White • Judith & Peter Wolken • Joel & Linda Zizmor
Contributions listed were received between 6/6/2015 and 6/6/2016. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons.
For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Michelle Piasecki at 650.463.7132 or [email protected].
* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.
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ALL PHOTOS BY TRACY MARTIN
TheatreWorks’ Healing Project at Lucile Packard Is Expanding!
Since 2003, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has brought joy and laughter to the
patients at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Throughout the school year,
two gifted Teaching Artists visit the hospital and serve patients and their
siblings in elementary, middle, and high school. Through improvisation at
patients’ bedsides, creative drama workshops in the hospital classrooms and
comprehensive care units, as well as monthly special family workshops, these
artists shed a special light in patients’ lives.
On any given Wednesday you might see our artists playing a wacky version
of “American Idol” in the dialysis unit, four youngsters laughing uproariously
as they disqualify each actor's attempt to master a certain singing style. Or
you might witness fifteen high school students, some in various stages of
chemotherapy, playing with the language of Shakespeare. You may even
hear a couple of young siblings explaining why they were a superhero that
day. Through the Children’s Healing Project, patients have the opportunity
to forget their troubles and enjoy creative and imaginative exploration.
New this summer, we are very excited to announce that TheatreWorks is
expanding a portion of the Children’s Healing Project! TheatreWorks will
now visit the Comprehensive Care Unit for Teens with Eating Disorders
throughout the summer months, providing creative programming to these
patients even when school is out. This program is located at El Camino
Hospital in Mountain View and is part of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.
For information on how hospitals and arts organizations can implement
a similar program, please contact Amy Cole-Farrell, Director of Education,
[email protected], 650.463.7134.
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VISIONARY SPONSORS
CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS
Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12
students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits.
Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information.
Visionary Sponsors
Sponsors
Friends
($50,000 and above)
($10,000 to $14,999)
($1,000 to $2,499)
The Garden Court Hotel*
The William & Flora Hewlett
Foundation
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines*
The Mercury News*
Microsoft Corporation
The David & Lucile Packard
Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Sobrato Philanthropies*
Adams Wine Group*
The Leonard C. & Mildred F.
Ferguson Foundation
Harrell Remodeling
Heising-Simons Foundation
Hengehold Motor Company*
Anonymous
Applied Materials Excellence in the
Arts Grants, a program of
Silicon Valley Creates
ChaseVP*
The Dramatists Guild Fund
International ProInsurance Services LLC
Nikon Precision, Inc.
Presenting Sponsor
($25,000 to $49,999)
Avant! Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Sand Hill Foundation
Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry*
Supporting Sponsors
PRESENTING SPONSORS
($15,000 to $24,999)
Applied Materials
Carla Befera Public Relations*
Fenwick & West LLP
The Kimball Foundation
The Harold & Mimi Steinberg
Charitable Trust
Benefactors
($5,000 to $9,999)
Dodge & Cox Investment
Managers
Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable
Trusts
Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund
Supporters
($2,500 to $4,999)
Avidbank
Cooley LLP*
Los Altos Community
Foundation
S. H. Cowell Foundation
The Morrison & Foerster
Foundation
Palo Alto Weekly*
Perkins Coie LLP
Synaptics
Wells Fargo
Matching Gifts
Many companies will double or triple their
employees’ contributions to nonprofits.
It’s a great way to make your gift to
TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost.
Call 650.463.7155 for more information.
* Indicates donors whose gifts include
in-kind goods or services.
ENDOWMENT FUND
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts.
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon
Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • Kathryn Green • The John & Marcia
Goldman Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Katz
Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds •
John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode
FUTUREWORKS
FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life
insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information.
SPONSORS
Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow
& Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers •
Steve & Gayle Brugler • Carol Buchser • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven &
Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John &
Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian
• Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green •
Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan
M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalone n • Barry Lee Johnson • Stanley
Earl Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Mike & Martha Kahn • Dr. Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill &
Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt
• Monte Mansir • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney
Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian
Asher • Dorothy Saxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce
Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M.
Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Laurie Waldman • Carol
Watts • Renee & Herm an Winick
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TheatreWorks SV Staff
ARTISTIC
Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora
Lighting & Sound Intern
Andrew Robbin
Associate Artistic Director
Leslie Martinson
SCENERY
Director of New Works
Giovanna Sardelli
Technical Director
Frank Sarmiento
Company Manager/
Casting Associate
Jeffrey Lo
Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman
Tom Langguth
FutureWorks Fellow
Akemi Okamura
Resident Musical Director
William Liberatore
New Works Reading Committee
Bill Adler, Cristian Asher,
Elaine Baskin, Doug Brook,
Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam,
Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears,
Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka
Artistic Engagement Apprentices
Davis Banta, Kieran Beccia,
Nina McMurtrie, Carolyn Murray
Company Management Intern
Benjamin Wong
New Works Festival Intern
Alexander Ronneburg
Literary Interns
Lillian Cole, Grace Hoffman,
Cameron Wells
PRODUCTION,
LIGHTING, & SOUND
Production Manager
David A. Milligan
Assistant Production Manager
Elizar Ivanov
Operations Manager/
Master Electrician
Steven B. Mannshardt
Master Carpenter
Bill Roberts
Associate Director of
Individual Gifts
H. Hans Cárdenas
Director of Marketing
Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez
Events Manager
Jodi Corwin
Development Operations Manager
Michelle Piasecki
Telefunding Associate
Constance Gannon
Development Apprentice
Jake Hurwitz
PROPERTIES
Development Intern
Cameron Wells
Properties Master
Christopher Fitzer
EDUCATION
Properties Stock Manager
Alfred Rudolph
Director of Education
Amy Cole-Farrell
Properties Intern
Justine Law
Associate Education Director
Katie Bartholomew
COSTUMES
Master Teaching Artist
Piper LaGrelius
Costume Director
Jill Bowers
Assistant Costumer
Noah Marin
Lead Cutter/Draper
Yen La Wong
Costume Rentals Manager
Conni Edwards
Wardrobe Manager
Sarah Hatton
Assistant Cutter/First Hand
Michelle Earney
Stitchers
Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham
Resident Wigmaster
Sharon Ridge
Production Coordinator
Karen Szpaller
Hair Stylist
Jeanne Naritomi
Electricians
Justin Barnett, Rudy Chapman,
Steven Fetter, Carolyn Foot,
A.C. Hay, Cosmo Hom,
Dan Kaminski, Sean Kramer,
Nick Kumamoto, Kelly Jean Mack,
Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson,
Seth Tuthall, Alex Underwood,
Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman
Costume Construction Intern
Alejandra Wahl
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MARKETING
Carpenters
Esteban Calvillo, Andrew Clark,
Rodrigo Frausto, Henry Ing
Resident Lighting Designer
Steven B. Mannshardt
Load-in / Strike Volunteers
Rick Amerson, Ed Hunter
DEVELOPMENT
Teaching Artists
Jake Arky
Brittany Caine
Lauren Mayer
Maggie Cole
Jennifer Debevec
Martin Rojas Dietrich
Vicki Graff
Meghan Hakes
Mary Kalita
Fredrika Keefer
Josh Marx
Jennifer Mitchell
Michileen Oberst
Kelly Rinehart
Cassie Rosenbrock
Elissa Stebbins
Kristina Sutherland
Amanda Wallace
Maryssa Wanlass
Education Intern
Hanna Berggren
Resident Stage Manager
Randall K. Lum
Associate Director of Marketing
Syche Phillips
Box Office Manager
Alix Josefski
Sales Manager
Sarah Benjamin
Digital Media Manager
Jennifer Gosk
Tessitura Specialist
Andrew Skelton
Marketing & Ticketing Supervisor
Heather Orth
Patron Services Coordinator
Tracy Hayden
Ticket Services Representatives
Andree Beals, Laura Henricksen,
Margaret Purdy, Michelle Skinner
Graphics Assistant
Katie Dai
Public Relations & Advertising
Carla Befera & Co.
Carla Befera, Molly Kullman
Company Photographers
Kevin Berne
Alessandra Mello
ADMINISTRATIVE
General Manager
Scott DeVine
Database Administrator
Ken Maitz
Bookkeeper
Jason Hyde
Staff Accountant
Barbara Sloss
Front Desk Volunteers
Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears
And thanks to our fabulous
TheatreWorkers!
Costume Rentals Interns
Laini Katheiser, Sara Yates
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Art Director
Ev Shiro
CONFEDERATES ADDITIONAL STAFF
Production Assistant Rebecca Sharpe
Light Board Operator Justin Buchs
Sound Board Operators
Quinn Pierron, Dimitri Wentworth
Show Carpenter Megan Hall
Properties Runner
Marissa Mendoza
Deck Crew Briana Billups
A MUSICAL ROMANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Daddy LongLegs
Book by
Music & Lyrics by Paul Gordon
Based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster
Directed by Robert Kelley
John Caird
Reprising TheatreWorks’ Hit World Premiere!
Nov 30 – Dec 23, 2016
Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
theatreworks.org 650.463.1960
SINGLE TICKETS ON SALE JULY 20!
TheatreWorks SV General Information
CONTACT US
GROUP SAVINGS
LOST AND FOUND
Mailing Address:
PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458
Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963
E-mail: [email protected]
Savings are available for groups of 8 or more.
For more information, call Sarah Benjamin at
650.463.7177 or email [email protected].
For Mountain View Center for the Performing
Arts lost and found, please call 650.903.6568.
For Lucie Stern Theatre lost and found, please
call 650.463.1960.
TICKET SERVICES
Tickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
performances are sold through the TheatreWorks
Silicon Valley Box Office
Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm;
Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm
Phone: 650.463.1960
Tickets may also be obtained through the
Mountain View Center Ticket Office
Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pm
Phone: 650.903.6000
WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES
The walk-up ticket office will open one hour
prior to each performance.
PERFORMANCE TIMES
Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm
Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm
Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm
Sunday Eve 7:00pm
Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm
INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES
Starting at $32 (balcony).
Discounts available for Seniors, Educators, and
Patrons 35 & Under. For pricing, call
650.463.1960 or visit theatreworks.org.
WHEELCHAIR SEATING
Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Please
telephone the Ticket Office in advance so that
special arrangements may be made.
LISTENING SYSTEMS
Both theatres are equipped with listening
systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Please see the house manager for details.
AUDIO-CAPTIONING
Audio captioning for the visually impaired is
available at certain performances. Please call
650.463.1960 for details.
OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES
Open-captioned performances for
Confederates: 7/31 at 2pm & 7pm, 8/3 at 2pm
The Life of the Party: 9/4 at 2pm, 9/11 at 7pm,
9/14 at 2pm
For more information about open captioning,
please contact the box office at 650.463.1960
or [email protected].
PLEASE REMEMBER
There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies.
Cameras and recording devices of any kind
are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink
is permitted in the theatres. Please ensure that
all electronic devices are set to the “off“
position while you are in the theatre.
Children 5 and under are not permitted in
the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be
accompanied by an adult. Every person,
regardless of age, must have a ticket.
Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are
subject to change.
Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but
are exchangeable for $15 per ticket.
Some restrictions apply.
Visit theatreworks.org
for detailed information or to purchase tickets.
LATE ARRIVALS
Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate
intervals, and may not be seated in their exact seat
locations until intermission.
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