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Meet the artists, bring a kid
to their first Shakespeare play,
dive deep during pre-show
discussions, and more during the
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and August Wilson’s Fences.
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First Look
Enjoy the groves on a
Sunday evening and
get a First Look before
performances begin!
Eric Ting moderates a
Q&A before rehearsal.
Previews
See the show before
Opening Night at a
discounted price.
Opening Night
Mingle with cast,
creative team, and
critics at a free postshow party.
Meet the Artists
Matinees
Enjoy an afternoon
performance and have
a post-show chat with
cast & creative team.
InSight Matinee
Post-show talk with
the dramaturg.
Camper Night
Students from our
prestigious Summer
Conservatories are
invited to come
together for preshow activities and
picnicking.
Civic Dialogues
Cal Shakes Civic Dialogue Series seeks to explore the
intersections between civic practice and theater. Through
facilitated dialogues with community organizations and
presentations of work by community-based artists, we
hope to explore how theater can be a tool for highlighting
voices of marginalized communities and for igniting
change.
This year’s Civic Dialogues will explore four different
themes related to Cal Shakes’ 2016 Season. The first
of these was in early May and was entitled “Breaking
the Binary: Building Trans/Gender Non-Conforming/
Non-Binary Inclusive Theater.” Future dialogues will be
scheduled for June, September, and October.
For complete descriptions of these and
other events, go to calshakes.org/events.
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BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
ADAPTED BY KENNETH LIN AND JACKSON GAY
WITH ADDITIONAL TEXT BY KENNETH LIN
DIRECTED BY JACKSON GAY
MAY 25-JUNE 19
AT THE BRUNS MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER, ORINDA
SCENIC DESIGNER ERIK FLATMO
STAGE MANAGER DANIEL T. SCHULTZ
COSTUME DESIGNER KARINA CHAVARIN
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER CHRIS WATERS
LIGHTING DESIGNER PAUL WHITAKER
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LEEANN DOWD
SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER OLIVE MITRA
SCENIC DESIGN ASSISTANT MEGHAN MCCARTHY
CASTING DIRECTOR CLEA SHAPIRO
COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT NATALIE BARSHOW
COMEDY CONSULTANT PATTY GALLAGHER
ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER HAMILTON GUILLÉN
TEXT & VOCAL COACH NANCY CARLIN
ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER MICHAEL KELLY
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ANNETTE KOEHN
CAST
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
PATRICK ALPARONE DON JOHN, BALTHASAR, WATCHMAN
JAMES CARPENTERBEATRICE
SAFIYA FREDERICKS HERO, VERGES
ANTHONY FUSCO DOGBERRY, LEONATO
LANCE GARDNER URSULA, DON PEDRO
DENMO IBRAHIMCLAUDIO
RAMI MARGRON MARGARET, BORACHIO, FRIAR
STACY ROSSBENEDICK
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In celebration of our “First Shakespeare” program, we asked Artistic Learning staff:
what was your first Shakespeare experience?
the audience gasped and screamed
At Amherst College, a professor took us to see a production of Richard III at
Hartford Stage. In the starring role was Richard Thomas (of the t.v. show
The Waltons). He entered at the top of the show and delivered “Now is the
winter of our discontent” in such a revelatory way. But what stands out happened
later in the play. At some point in the story, Richard entered holding a burlap
sack that carried an enemy’s severed head. At the very end of the scene, in a fit
of rage, before he exited, Richard delivered a passionate diatribe to everyone else
onstage. And as he exclaimed, he punctuated every iambic pentameter syllable
by slamming the sack on top of a table! The audience gasped and screamed...my
friend and I grabbed each other and squealed in glee and surprise and horror. It
was one of the most memorable moments of theater and one of my most exciting
introductions to Shakespeare.
— Andy Alabran, Teaching Artist
I wore... an eyeliner moustache
In fifth grade I saw an episode of I Love Lucy in which Lucy repeatedly botched the
“balcony” scene. It was repeated so many times that I unintentionally learned an entire
section of Elizabethan text. Later my beloved teacher, Jackie Owen, had us
act out a scene from any piece of writing we wanted and I said, “Guys! I know
a GREAT one!” I remember flipping through the text for the first time, trying
to match what I’d heard with what I was reading. A friend stood on a table and
wore my mother’s wedding dress (Juliet). I wore a hot pink Disneyland feather
with an eyeliner moustache (Romeo). We got special permission to hold a candle behind
the paper so that the light shone through. That’s still the magical image I try to capture
for students—fire shining through paper.
— Stephanie Ann Foster, Summer Shakespeare Conservatory Coordinator
the language bubbling up & spilling over
Ms. Early introduced me to Shakespeare in second period English Literature class. We
began to read Twelfth Night and I recall her deep passion for the work, for the language
bubbling up and spilling over. She got us out from behind the desk and insisted that
we play the scenes on our feet. I played Feste and I felt so joyful in the text, so full of
life and color. That’s what I knew Shakespeare to be from the very beginning: beating
heart and brilliant color. All thanks to Ms. Early.
— Lauren Spencer, Teaching Artist
you’re such a... maggot-pie
I was insulted into loving Shakespeare. In middle school, my core class had to perform
Henry VIII. Recruited to help teach Shakespeare, Clive Worsley came into a class filled
with weary, unsure students with their arms crossed. He passed out a piece of paper
with about 200 or so words total on the page. Two seconds later the whole class was
giggling. Words on this paper included things like “foot-licker” and “cockered.”
Starting with “you’re such a” and then using the three words they picked, students started
insulting each other in front of the class by saying things like “you’re such a vain, illnurtured maggot-pie,” and “you’re such a puking, earth-vexing barnacle.” With my
stomach sore from laughing, I realized at the end of that class that Shakespeare wasn’t all
that scary. He was funny. Once you learn his rhythm, you realize he understands humans
and their emotions better than any other playwright out there. After that class I found a
love for Shakespeare that led me to be in five Shakespeare plays, and eventually helped
me to land jobs with California Shakespeare Theatre.
— Elena Wasserman, Assistant Summer Shakespeare Conservatory Coordinator
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ACTING COMPANY
PATRICK ALPARONE
(Don John, Balthasar,
Watchman, Ensemble)
Mr. Alparone is happy to
be back at Cal Shakes
after appearing in last
season’s King Lear.
Mr. Alparone’s credits
include The Normal
Heart, Elektra (American
Conservatory Theatre); Red (Portland Center
Stage); Every Five Minutes, Buried Child, A
Lie of the Mind, Any Given Day, Mrs. Whitney,
Octopus (Magic Theatre); Phaedra (Shotgun
Players); Period of Adjustment, One Flew Over
the Cuckoo’s Nest (San Francisco Playhouse);
Man of Rock (Climate Theatre); Twelfth
Night, Ambition Facing West (TheatreWorks);
Olive Kitteridge, 36 Stories (Word for Word/
Zspace); All’s Well That Ends Well (Livermore
Shakespeare Festival); Lolita Roadtrip (San Jose
Stage Company); A Streetcar Named Desire
(Marin Theatre Co.); Skin (Encore Theatre Co.);
Hamlet (Impact Theatre); Little Dog Laughed
(B Street Theatre); Karima’s City for the Cairo
International Festival for Experimental Theatre
(Golden Thread Productions). Mr. Alparone’s
film credits include The Etruscan Smile, The
Wisdom Tree, Seducing Charlie Barker, This is
Hamlet and Youth. When he isn’t performing,
he’s folding clothes and cooking dinner for his
family.
JAMES CARPENTER
(Beatrice, Ensemble)
Mr. Carpenter has
appeared at Cal Shakes
in many productions
during his 14-year tenure
as Associate Artist.
His other Bay Area
credits include: Berkeley
Repertory Theatre,
American Conservatory Theater, Aurora Theatre
Company, Cutting Ball Theater, Magic Theatre,
Marin Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory
Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Shotgun
Players and TheatreWorks. His regional credits
include work at Arizona Theatre Company,
Huntington Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre,
the Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
and Yale Repertory Theatre. He is the recipient
of the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle’s Barbara
Bladen Porter award for Excellence in the Arts
and their Lifetime Achievement Award, and in
2010 was named a Lunt-Fontanne Fellow. Mr.
Carpenter’s film and TV credits include Nash
Bridges, Metro, and The Rainmaker, and the
independent projects Presque Isle, Singing, and
For The Coyotes.
SAFIYA FREDERICKS
(Hero, Verges,
Ensemble)
Ms. Fredericks is
honored to be making
her Cal Shakes
debut. She was most
recently seen in the
world premiere of
Aubergine at Berkeley
Repertory Theatre. Other recent credits
include Idris Goodwin’s West Coast premiere
of Blackademics at Crowded Fire Theatre,
the Witch in Into the Woods at SF Playhouse
(BATCC Nominee) Once on This Island (Asaka)
at Theatreworks, Merry Wives of Windsor
(M.Page) at African American Shakespeare
Co., and the title role in Antigone at San Jose
Rep. She has been featured in The Civilians
production of In the Footprint, and By Hands
Unknown at the New York Fringe festival. She
studied at the London Academy of Music and
Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and received her BA in
Drama from the University of California Irvine.
Learn more at safiyafredericks.com.
ANTHONY FUSCO
(Dogberry, Leonato,
Ensemble)
Mr. Fusco has appeared
in major roles at Cal
Shakes in Pygmalion,
Blithe Spirit, Candida,
King Lear, The
Importance of Being
Earnest, The Tempest, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Arms and the
Man, among others. He is a Resident Artist at
A.C.T. in San Francisco, where he has been in
more than 30 productions over the years. A few
recent favorites include Ah, Wilderness, Love
& Information, Indian Ink, Dead Metaphor, and
The Homecoming. Bay Area audiences may
also have seen his work at Berkeley Repertory
Theatre (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and
Spike and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide
to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the
Scriptures) and the Magic Theater (Sister Play).
Mr. Fusco is thrilled to be a part of this new
chapter in the ongoing story of Cal Shakes.
LANCE GARDNER
(Ursula, Don Pedro,
Ensemble)
Mr. Gardner is a Bay
Area native who recently
returned to the stage
after a four year familyfocused hiatus. He last
appeared at Cal Shakes
as Flute in the 2009
production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
He has worked as an actor with TheatreWorks
(Proof, Superior Donuts, Auctioning the
Ainsleys, Anna in the Tropics, Intimate Apparel
[u/s]), Marin Theatre Company (Equivocation,
Fuddy Mears, A Streetcar Named Desire,
Lovers and Executioners, A Brief History of
Nearly Everything), Berkeley Repertory Theatre
(Yellowjackets, Passing Strange [u/s]), Magic
Theatre, Climate Theatre, Just Theatre, City
Lights and more. He has also directed locally,
and was a teaching artist with Red Ladder
Theatre Company. When he’s not acting, he’s
either home with his two boys, out running Bay
Area trails, or responding to 911 calls as an
EMT in Santa Clara County.
DENMO IBRAHIM
(Claudio, Ensemble)
Ms. Ibrahim is thrilled
to be making her Cal
Shakes debut. An
award-winning actor
and writer living in the
San Francisco Bay Area,
her most recent play,
BABA, won Best Original
Script (SFBATCC) and was nominated for Best
Performance of a Solo Show (SFBATCC & TBA
Awards). Recent credits include the West Coast
premiere of I Call My Brothers at Crowded Fire
and an excerpted performance of the bestselling novel A Thousand Splendid Suns with
musical talent David Coulter at A.C.T.’s New
Strands Festival. She has collaborated with
multi-instrumentalist Carla Kihlstedt and OBIE
Award-winning director Rinde Eckert in the title
role of Necessary Monsters (YBCA). All-time
favorite moments include understudying all
female roles in Bill Irwin’s Scapin! (A.C.T.),
Intisar in George Packard’s haunting drama
Betrayed (Aurora Theatre), Katy in Thomas
Bradshaw’s The Bereaved (Crowded Fire)
and Velouria in Sue Butler’s Beautiful (Elastic
Future). Her work has been generously
supported by the National Endowment for the
Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Wallace
Gerbode, and Theatre Bay Area for which she
wrote her first full length play, Ecstasy I A Water
Fable, a two-year commission produced by
Golden Thread. Ms. Ibrahim holds an M.F.A. in
Lecoq-Based: Actor Created Physical Theatre
from Naropa University and a B.F.A. in Acting
from Boston University. She is a founding
artistic director of Mugwumpin. adenmoproject.
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RAMI MARGRON
(Margaret, Borachio,
Friar, Ensemble)
Ms. Margron was last
seen at Cal Shakes as
Orsino in Twelfth Night
and Agatha and Plimdale
in Lady Windermere’s
Fan. Other credits
include Macbeth and
Pericles (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Moll
Flanders, Twelfth Night and The Country Wife
(Pacific Rep), Comedy of Errors (SF Shakes),
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol and Around the
World in 80 Days (Marin Theatre Company),
Antigonick, Precious Little and Dog Act
(Shotgun Players). She studied acting at the
Bennett Theatre Lab in SF, clown and buffoon
in Paris, and over twenty styles of dance and
movement in the US, Haiti, Cuba, Brazil,
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and Indonesia. She is a company member of
Crowded Fire Theater and Rara Tou Limen
Haitian dance company, and she co-hosts The
SHOUT, a monthly storytelling event in Oakland.
STACY ROSS
(Benedick, Ensemble)
Ms. Ross lives and
works in the Bay Area.
She was last seen at Cal
Shakes as Malvolio in
Twelfth Night (2015).
Prior to that, she played
Mrs. Erlynne in Lady
Windermere’s Fan,
Tamora in Titus Andronicus, Lady Macbeth in
Macbeth, and Mrs. Warren in Mrs. Warren’s
Profession. Other recent roles include Audrey
in Between Riverside and Crazy at American
Conservatory Theater, Annie in In the Next
Room, or the Vibrator Play at Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, and A in Terminus and
Jackie in Any Given Day at the Magic Theatre.
She is a member of Symmetry Theatre,
Playground, and Actors’ Equity. Ms. Ross was
most recently seen in Between Riverside and
Crazy at A.C.T. as well as the world premiere of
Bauer at SF Playhouse and 59E59 (New York).
CREATIVE TEAM
JACKSON GAY
(Director)
Ms. Gay is a founding
member of New
Neighborhood. She is
the Director of Artistic
Programming for Fuller
Road Artist Residency
and teaches directing
at Columbia University
School of the Arts and Yale College. Upcoming
projects include Three Sisters / No Sisters
by Chekhov and Aaron Posner (co-production
New Neighborhood / Washington DC’s Studio
Theater) Suzanne Vega’s An Evening with
Carson McCullers (Rattlestick and Rattlestick
West LA). Recent: Jen Silverman’s The Moors
(Yale Rep); Grounded (Alley Theatre); These
Paper Bullets! Adapted from Shakespeare’s
Much Ado About Nothing by Rolin Jones
with music by Billie Joe Armstrong (Atlantic
Theater Company, Geffen Playhouse, Yale Rep
- Critics Pick Time Out NY, Best Production
and Adaptation LA Sage Awards, Best of 2015
Time Out Los Angeles, Connecticut Critics Circle
Award Best Production and Best Director); I Saw
My Neighbor On The Train And I Didn’t Even
Smile by Suzanne Healthcote (co-production
New Neighborhood / Berkshire Theatre Festival);
Elevada by Sheila Callaghan (Yale Rep); The
Insurgents by Lucy Thurber (Labyrinth Theater
Company); 3C by David Adjmi (Rattlestick/
piece by piece/Rising Phoenix); Lucy Thurber’s
Where We’re Born - 2014 Obie Award-winning
The Hilltown Plays (Rattlestick); Rolin Jones’s
The Jammer (Atlantic Theater Company) and
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic
and Yale Rep, Connecticut Critics Circle Award
Outstanding Production of a Play); A Little
Journey (Mint Theater Company, Drama Desk
nomination Outstanding Revival of a Play);
Other Desert Cities, August: Osage County,
Red and Kenneth Lin’s Intelligence-Slave (Alley
Theatre). BFA University of the Arts. MFA Yale
School of Drama. Ms. Gay is from Sugar Land,
Texas.
KENNETH LIN
(Adaptor)
Mr. Lin’s plays Warrior Class (TCG Edgerton
New Play Prize), Fallow (Barrymore Nomination:
Outstanding New Play, Brown Martin
Philadelphia Award), Intelligence-Slave, Po
Boy Tango, (TCG Edgerton New Play Prize),
said Saïd (Kendeda Graduate Playwriting
Competition Winner, L. Arnold Weissberger
Award, Princess Grace Award), Life On Paper,
Agency* and Genius In Love have been seen
at theaters throughout the country, including
the Second Stage Theatre Company, Alliance
Theatre, Northlight Theatre Company, Alley
Theatre, People’s Light and Theatre Company,
South Coast Rep, Williamstown Theatre
Festival, Marin Theatre Company and East
West Players. He is a writer/producer on the
Emmy-award winning House of Cards, and
is currently developing a number of original
series. Theatrical Commissions: Rob Ahrens
Productions, Alley Theatre, Ensemble Studio
Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, South
Coast Rep, Wilma Theater and Arena Stage.
Residencies: Ojai Playwrights Conference,
Ucross Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund,
Lark Playwrights Workshop, Interstate 73, New
York Stage and Film, McCarter Playwrights
Retreat. Education: Cornell University, Fulbright
Sc holarship, Yale School of Drama.
ERIK FLATMO
(Set Designer)
Mr. Flatmo previously designed the sets for
American Night, Richard III, Uncle Vanya and
Mrs. Warren’s Profession at Cal Shakes. He has
designed scenery for many Bay Area theatres
including A.C.T., Berkeley Repertory Theatre,
San Jose Repertory Theatre, The Magic Theatre
and TheatreWorks. Regionally he has worked
at South Coast Repertory, Asolo Repertory
Theatre, and Yale Repertory Theatre. His work
in opera has premiered at Opera Santa Barbara,
Opera Jose and San Francisco Opera’s Merola
Program. His work in dance has debuted in
New York City at venues such as The Kitchen,
Danspace Project, Dance Theatre Workshop and
The American Realness Festival in addition to
international presentations in Poland, France,
Germany, Mexico and Sweden. He is a graduate
of Columbia University and The Yale School
of Drama. He teaches set design at Stanford
University.
KARINA CHAVARIN
(Costume Designer)
Ms. Chavarin is honored to be making her
Cal Shakes Costume Design debut and her
comeback to Cal Shakes for a fourth season.
She is a Bay Area designer who has worked
with companies that include the Magic Theatre,
SF Playhouse, and Santa Cruz Shakespeare.
More recently, she designed Mfoniso Udofia’s
Sojourners and runboyrun, directed by Ryan
Purcell and Sean San Jose at the Magic. She
was also the Associate Designer on Magic’s
Dogeaters directed by Loretta Greco, and on
Twelfth Night at Cal Shakes, as well as the
Design Assistant on The Mystery of Irma Vep
and King Lear. Karina studied Theatrical Design
at UC Santa Cruz, where she won the Art’s
Dean’s Award for Costume Design. Some of
her noteworthy costume designs include Henry
V and Rent both directed by Danny Scheie,
Machinal directed by Kirsten Brandt, and In A
Word directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
PAUL WHITAKER
(Lighting Designer)
New York credits include The Public Theater,
MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second
Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, The
Play Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company, The
LAByrinth Theater Company, Intar Theatre, The
Mint Theater Company and others. Regional
credits include Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory
Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast
Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf
Theatre, Alley Theatre, Huntington Theatre
Company, Children’s Theatre Company, Center
Stage, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center,
George Street Playhouse, Two River Theater and
others. Paul is a Senior Lighting Designer/Senior
Theatre Consultant for Schuler Shook. www.
paulwhitakerdesigns.com
OLIVE MITRA
(Sound Designer/Composer)
Mr. Mitra is a Bay Area musician, composer, and
actor. He has composed and performed original
music for California Shakespeare Theater’s
touring production of The Tempest and will be
composing for their upcoming production of
Othello. As a musician and performer, Olive has
most recently worked with the San Francisco
Symphony in their January Sound Box series,
played “The Old One” in the We Players 2015
production of Ondine, and has performed
with San Francisco Playhouse (Bloody Bloody
Andrew Jackson), Shotgun Players (Beardo, Sea
of Reeds, and Daylighting), Killing My Lobster
and Speechless, an improvisation Power Point
based comedy show. Olive composes for and
leads The Eggplant Casino, a theatrically driven,
genre-bending Cabaret band and is the bassist
and singer for the Freeze, an improvised hip hop
group performing monthly with the Bay Area
chapter of the national literary show, Mortified.
Olive is always excited to work with California
Shakespeare Theater and their talented
performers, staff, and crew.
NANCY CARLIN
(Text and Vocal Coach)
Ms. Carlin has appeared in numerous Cal
Shakes productions including Man and
Superman, Nicholas Nickleby, Julius Caesar,
Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
and The Two Noble Kinsmen. She has
performed and directed extensively in regional
theaters, including the American Conservatory
Theater, Berkeley Rep, Oregon Shakespeare
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Festival, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, San Jose
Rep, Shotgun Players, African-American
Shakespeare, Center Rep, TheatreWorks, and
the Aurora Theatre where she just closed a
run of Sarah Treem’s The How and The Why.
Ms. Carlin is the co-author of a new musical,
Max Understood, which was developed at the
O’Neill National Music Theater Conference
and premiered at the Cowell in SF last year.
An audition coach, dialect coach, and theater
arts lecturer for UCSC, she holds a BA in
comparative literature from Brown University
and an MFA in acting from A.C.T.
PATTY GALLAGHER
(Comedy Consultant)
Ms. Gallagher is delighted to be working at Cal
Shakes again, after appearing in Comedy of
Errors, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream and Happy Days. She is Professor
of Theatre Arts at UC Santa Cruz. Her
collaborators include: Santa Cruz Shakespeare,
Folger Theatre, Rogue Theatre, Ranga Shankara,
Jagriti (India), The Jewel Theatre, The New
Pickle Circus, Ripe Time, Two River, Grupo
Malayerba (Ecuador). Favorite roles include:
Maria Callas (Master Class), Rosencrantz
(Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are Dead), Red
Peter (Kafka’s Monkey), Hoopoe (Conference
of the Birds), Ranevskaya (Cherry Orchard),
Ariel (The Tempest), and Orlando (Orlando).
Directing projects include Tom Jones, Love’s
Labours’ Lost, Twelfth Night, and Krapp’s Last
Tape. She was a Director in Residence at the
Clown Conservatory (SF Circus Center). She
is a Fulbright Scholar and holds a Ph.D from
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
DANIEL T. SCHULTZ
(Stage Manager)
Mr. Schultz is honored to be working with
Cal Shakes’ production of Much Ado. He is
the resident production stage manager at
Performance Riverside, and his credits there
include: Big Fish, Mary Poppins, Ragtime,
Shrek, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, The
Drowsy Chaperone. Off Broadway: Apres
Moi, WikiMusical Regional: Into the Woods
(Adrianne Arsht Center, Miami, FL); Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor™ Dreamcoat (Summer
Theatre of New Caanan, Connecticut); Where’s
Charley?, Jubilee, Three Sisters, A Funny Thing
Happened..., and Lady Be Good (42nd Street
Moon, San Francisco), and Cuckoo! (Jump!
Theatre). In addition to stage managing, Daniel
is also an actor and has played Angel in 6th
Street Playhouse’s RENT, Duane/IQ (Mountain
Play Association, Hairspray), Cockney Quartet
(Lamplighters Musical Theatre, My Fair Lady),
and a featured dancer in White Christmas
(Diablo Theatre Company). Mr. Schultz is a
proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
CHRIS WATERS
(Assistant Stage Manager)
Mr. Waters is thrilled to be back with Cal
Shakes after King Lear last season. He has
had the pleasure of working with American
Conservatory Theater, Aurora Theatre Company,
Bay Area Children’s Theater, Cabrillo Stage,
Magic Theatre, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and Z
Space. He holds an MA in theatre management
from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Mr. Waters is a proud member of Actor’s Equity
Association
CAL SHAKES STAFF
ERIC TING
(Artistic Director)
Mr. Ting is an Obie Award-winning director and
was appointed Artistic Director of California
Shakespeare Theater in November of 2015.
Deeply committed throughout his career to
the development of new and diverse voices for
the theater, Mr. Ting has directed new works
(many of them world premieres) by Sam Hunter,
Aditi Kapil, Kimber Lee, Jackie Sibblies Drury,
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Frances Ya-Chu
Cowhig, Laura Jacqmin, Kenneth Lin, Kristoffer
Diaz, Anna Deavere Smith and others. Beyond
his advocacy for new plays, Ting has also been
recognized for his co-adaptation of Hemingway’s
Old Man & the Sea and his controversial
interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth set
during the Vietnam War. Mr. Ting has directed
productions at Manhattan Theatre Club, Soho
Rep, the Public Theater, Goodman Theatre,
Victory Gardens, Williamstown Theatre Festival,
A.R.T., Hartford Stage, BAM Next Wave,
Cincinnati Playhouse and the Alliance Theatre;
as well as internationally, including Singapore,
France, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic,
Hungary and Bali. No stranger to the Bay Area,
his work has been seen at Shakespeare Santa
Cruz, and through workshops and readings at
A.C.T., Berkley Rep, Marin Theatre Company,
and the Bay Area Playwrights Festival. He
recently relocated to the Bay Area with his wife,
director and producer Meiyin Wang, and their
baby daughter Frankie.
SUSIE FALK
(Managing Director)
Ms. Falk was appointed Cal Shakes’ Managing
Director in February 2009, after serving for
four years as Cal Shakes’ Marketing Director,
overseeing all marketing, sales, and public
relations efforts for the Theater, as well as box
office and front of house operations. During her
tenure, the company has seen ticket revenue
increase by 24% and completed a rebranding
effort. She previously served for five years as
Press and Public Relations Director for Berkeley
Repertory Theatre. Prior to that, she spent five
years in the PR and Marketing Departments at
American Conservatory Theater, and one season
as part of the Professional Arts Training Program
at Seattle Rep. A Berkeley native, Susie studied
at Cal Shakes (then the Berkeley Shakespeare
Festival) as a teenager, performing at John
Hinkel Park. She recently completed seven
years on the board (four as vice president) of
Theatre Bay Area, the local service organization
for theater companies and theater workers. She
is a graduate of Vassar College and completed
course work in organizational psychology at JFK
University in Pleasant Hill. She lives in Berkeley
with her husband, lighting designer York
Kennedy, and their daughter Pippa.
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COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES
CLIVE WORSLEY
(Director of Artistic Learning)
Mr. Worsley assumed the leadership of
California Shakespeare Theater’s Educational
programs in 2013, having been one of its
premier Teaching Artists since 2002. He
was instrumental in the development of their
Classroom Residency programs, has taught
and directed at its Summer Shakespeare
Conservatories and is the moderator of the
popular Student Discovery Matinee program. He
was formerly the Artistic Director of the Town
Hall Theatre (2008-13), a company member
at Shotgun Players (2000-05), TheatreFirst
(2008-15), Aqueduct Theater Company (199498) and a founding member of Armitage Shanks
sketch comedy troupe (1992-95). As an awardwinning actor he has appeared on many Bay
Area stages including Cal Shakes, Berkeley
Rep, TheatreWorks, Marin Theatre Company,
Magic Theatre, Center REP, Shotgun Players,
TheatreFirst and many others.
PHILIPPA KELLY
(Resident Dramaturg)
Dr. Kelly’s work has been supported by many
foundations and organizations, most recently the
HAAS Foundation which awarded her a team
grant for the Oakland Schools project, Making
Shakespeare Real and Relevant (2016), and
the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the
Americas which co-awarded her a Bly grant for
Innovation in Dramaturgy (2014). She has also
received fellowships and travel grants from the
Fulbright, Rockefeller, and Walter and Eliza Hall
Foundations, the Commonwealth Awards, and
the Centre for Human Emotions. She publishes
widely, from books on Shakespeare (The King
and I) to papers on dramaturgy and cultural
engagement. Her most recent discussions of
dramaturgy can be found in Howlround (2015,
2016), the Cambridge Journal of Postcolonial
Inquiry (Spring 2014), and, with Laura Hope,
the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of
the Americas Special Topics issue, 2014.
Besides her work for Cal Shakes, Dr. Kelly is
part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this
year (production Dramaturg for Hamlet) and
the Napa Shakespeare Festival (dramaturgy
and enrichment). She is professor and Chair
of English at the Berkeley Jazz School, and
teaches regularly for the Osher Lifelong
Learning Institute at UC Berkeley. For most
of the summer she can be found here at Cal
Shakes, where she is a regular pre-show Grove
Talk speaker. She is married to composer Paul
Dresher and mother to Cole.
PRODUCERS
ELLEN & JOFFA DALE
(Executive Producers)
Long-time subscribers and donors, Ellen and
Joffa Dale live in Orinda. Ellen is serving her
second stint on Cal Shakes’ Board of Directors;
she was also on the board in 1991 when
the Bruns Amphitheater first opened. While
Ellen and Joffa thoroughly enjoy picnics and
performances at the Bruns, the primary focus
of their donations is Artistic Learning. They
believe that the lives of children reached by Cal
Shakes’ education programs are enormously
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enriched and that these children are the artists
and audiences of the future. Ellen and Joffa
also helped establish the Moscone Permanent
Endowment and are charter members of the Cal
Shakes Legacy Circle.
CRAIG & KATHY MOODY
(Executive Producers)
Craig & Kathy Moody love Cal Shakes. Craig is
from a theatrical family; his mother and father
both acted and directed professionally, and Craig
acted through high school, college, law school,
and summer stock. The Moodys first saw Cal
Shakes’ production of The Taming of the Shrew
15 years ago, the same week as the RSC’s
inferior production of Shrew at the Herbst. From
that time on they have been ardent Cal Shakes
supporters, ushering, donating, and bringing
friends to every production. Craig joined Cal
Shakes Board of Directors in 2012. They have
one child, Ross, a recent graduate of UCLA (BA)
and Cambridge (M.Phil) who, they are happy
to say, works in San Francisco and lives eight
blocks from them. They reside in Piedmont
where Kathy was a teacher’s aide until last year.
Craig recently retired from his antitrust litigation
practice.
SHELLY OSBORNE & STEVE TIRRELL
(Executive Producers)
Shelly Osborne and Steve Tirrell have been
subscribers and donors to Cal Shakes for
many years. They were long-time residents of
Lafayette and now live in Rossmoor. They have
donated to the Moscone Permanent Endowment
for Artistic Learning and to the Cal Shakes
Legacy Circle. Shelly spent many years teaching
and using literature in a performance setting as
students learned tolerance, cooperation, and
understanding of characters and themselves.
Her main Board of Directors focus is Artistic
Learning: school residencies, after-school
residencies, providing for students to attend
matinee performances, and professional
development for teachers.
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Peet’s Coffee is proud to be the exclusive
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on another wonderful season of reimagining the
classics and bringing new works to the stage.
In 1966, Alfred Peet opened his first store on
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been committed to the Berkeley community
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AFFILIATIONS
The Actors and Stage Managers employed in
this production are members of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States.
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M.J. Stephens & Bernard Tagholm
Janis Kate Turner
Carol Jackson Upshaw
Arthur Weil
Jay Yamada
Monique Young
Interested in joining the Circle?
Contact legacy@calshakes.org
for more information.
SEE YOUR
NAME HE R E
Become a
Cal Shakes
CHAMPION
inside access
invaluable impact
Champions are people who
strengthen our community’s
cultural vitality by making
annual contributions to
support our artistic and
educational programs.
To learn more contact
champions@calshakes.org
510.548.3422 x134
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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
We are grateful for the generous investment of the following foundations, corporations, and government agencies, which support our
2016 artistic and educational programs. Multiyear grants are designated with an asterisk (*).
$100,000 AND ABOVE
BART
Meyer Sound
The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation*
The James Irvine Foundation*
The Dean and Margaret
Lesher Foundation*
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation*
$50,000-$99,999
San Francisco Magazine
$25,000–$49,999
Anonymous
Chevron Corporation
City National Bank
John Muir Health
McRoskey Mattress Company
The Dale Family Fund
The Shubert Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous
Baker Avenue
Clarence E. Heller Foundation
KBLX
Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa
MCJ Amelior Foundation
Peet’s Coffee & Tea
Sidney E. Frank Foundation
United Airlines
$5,000–$9,999
California Arts Council
– Artists Activating
Communities Program
Dodge & Cox Investment
Managers
North Highland Worldwide
Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Read Investments
The Bernard Osher Foundation
The Ida and William Rosenthal
Foundation
UP TO $4,999
Ann and Gordon Getty
Foundation
California Arts Council &
National Arts and Disability
Center (NADC)
Kiwanis Club of Moraga Valley
Lafayette Community
Foundation
TWANDA Foundation
ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING
MATCHING GIFTS
Adobe
Apple
Autodesk
Bank of America
Chevron
Clorox Company Foundation
Gartner Co.
Google
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Salesforce
Sidley Austin
Wells Fargo
GALA IN-KIND
American Conservatory
Theater
Annmarie Skincare
Aurora Theatre Company
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Beach Blanket Babylon
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Bleu Leman Design
Blue Waters Kayaking
Cave & Mine Adventures
Circus Center
Claremont Hotel Club & Spa
Classic Catering
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Di Rosa Art Alive
PRESENTING PARTNERS
Elizabeth Spencer Winery
Exploratorium
Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco
Four Seasons Hotel San
Francisco
Freight & Salvage
Coffeehouse
Grace Street Catering
Harley Farms Goat Dairy
Judd’s Hill
Kaur Photography
King Bag Company
Ladera Vineyards
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Oakland Museum of
California
SEASON PARTNERS
ODC
Opus One
Outside Lands Music & Arts
Festival
Paco’s Collars
Ratna Ling Retreat Center
Rotary Club of Lafayette
Russian River Vineyards
San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Opera
Scott’s Seafood Grill & Bar
SF Bay Adventures
Shakespeare Vodka
Shotgun Players
SEASON PRODUCTION
The Contemporary Jewish
Museum
PARTNERS
The Crucible
The Dailey Method
The French Laundry
The Olympic Club
The Oyster Girls
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe
The Tail Haven
The UC Theater
UC Botanical Garden
Vichy Springs Resort & Inn
Walnut Creek Yacht Club
Walt Disney Family Museum
Wilbur Hot Springs
credits (left-right): Marco Barricelli and Lura Dolas in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1991), photo by David Allen; L. Peter Callender and Joe Vincent in Julius Caesar (1995),
photo by Ken Friedman; Colman Domingo in The Winter's Tale (2002), photo by Ken Friedman; Susannah Schulman in As You Like It (2006), photo by Kevin Berne; Omoze
Idenhere and Tyee Tilghman in Spunk (2012), photo by Kevin Berne
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Bruns Amphitheater, we reached out to
Cal Shakes supporters who have been with us since the early days and who remember the
excitement of moving in to our own space. We are so grateful to have so many steadfast patrons,
volunteers, supporters, and donors who have stayed with us over the years and witnessed the
transformation of our theater.
Barbara Jones
subscriber and supporter
Why Cal Shakes?
“We were delighted when we discovered the Berkeley
Shakespeare Festival in Berkeley’s Hinkle Park. We subscribed, were thrilled when it
became the California Shakespeare Festival at the Bruns 25 years ago and the company
grew. I particularly like Cal Shakes’ fine productions, its commitment to bringing theater
to young people and its internship program, which brings young people into the life of this theater company.
Because of my many years in education, I strongly support these outreach programs and want to help ensure
that live theater as offered by Cal Shakes will be available to future generations.”
Favorite Bruns memory:
“I think my most memorable evening at the Bruns was the first
King Lear presented there. It was a cold, windy night and about midway in the performance, heavy fog poured
in. Lear was out on the heath bellowing “Blow wind. . . .” and indeed it did! His hair and beard stood straight
out, his voice was lost in the wind even for those of us in the first rows. It was so cold, the audience sat
bundled up in mounds of coats and blankets. In spite of the weather and physical misery, not one single
person left the theater early. All were spellbound! This was theater at its very best!”
Phil & Chris Chernin
board of directors (Phil) and Legacy Circle members
Why Cal Shakes?
“When my wife and I moved to the Bay Area
many years ago, at first we had a hard time finding outdoor theater experiences
like those I had loved growing up in the Midwest. We discovered Cal Shakes
and created a tradition with four other couples where we’d get together and
read the plays over dinner, then meet up again to go see the shows together. Cal Shakes became a place for
building camaraderie and sharing our love of theater with our friends.”
Favorite Bruns memory:
“I have so many memories of amazing performances at the
Bruns. You’ll hear everyone mention Nicholas Nickelby—off the charts! I have always admired the way
that Cal Shakes is able to present Shakespeare’s works in unique and creative ways—it is truly spectacular
theater unlike anything you have seen before. Seeing a show at the Bruns never fails to warm my heart.”
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
CONTACT US
ACCESSIBILITY
Box Office: 510.548.9666
(Mon–Fri, 10am–6pm; Sat, 10am–2pm; Sun 12-4)
Mailing & Box Office Address: 701 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710
Website: www.calshakes.org
Social Media: @calshakes
Wheelchair Lift-equipped Shuttle: See info above, under “Take BART and our
free shuttle.”
Wheelchair seating: Available in sections A, C, Terrace Rear, and Boxes.
We can also book seats, adjacent to yours, for up to three companions. (Make
sure to request this seating at time of purchase.)
Assistive Listening Devices: Available at no charge from the blanket kiosk on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Open-captioned Performances: Cal Shakes is proud to provide open captioning
for patrons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing during the four main stage shows
over our regular season. Open captioning utilizes an unobtrusive screen at the
front of the theater to display dialogue spoken during a performance. No special
equipment is required by patrons; one can simply glance at the screen to read
the text while watching the action on stage.
Group Sales (10+): 510.809.3290
General: 510.548.3422 or info@calshakes.org
Donations: 510.548.3422 x107 or sswide@calshakes.org
Program Advertising: Mike Hathaway, Encore Media Group, 800.308.2898
x105 or mikeh@encoremediagroup.com
Facilities Rental: 510.548.3422 x123
Costume Rental: 510.548.3422 x111
TICKETS AND SEATING
Ticket Exchange & Replacement: Subscribers and Flex Subscribers may
exchange tickets at no cost up to 24 hours in advance of the time and date
of their scheduled performance; single ticket holders may do so for a $10
fee. If you lose or misplace your tickets, the Box Office can arrange for
replacements at no extra charge.
Discounts: For information on discounted tickets for military, age 30 and
younger, and student/senior rush, visit calshakes.org/discounts.
20 for $20 Policy: We’ve set aside 20 $20 tickets for each performance this
season, making it easier for more people to enjoy theater. Simply call the Box
Office between noon and 2pm the day of the show and ask to purchase “20
for $20” tickets. (Subject to availability.)
Terrace Seating: Chairs are pre-placed in all sections. If you’re seated in our
Terrace or Terrace Preferred sections, you have the options of bringing your
own chair. If you choose to bring your own, it must be a low-backed beach
chair with a seat no more than six inches off the ground and a backrest no
taller than shoulder height.
BRUNS AMPHITHEATER
100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda, CA 94563
Hours: Box office and grounds open two hours before performance time.
Come prepared for the outdoors: Blankets are available to the right of the
main Amphitheater entrance for a suggested $2 donation; please dress
warmly for cold nights and bring sunscreen and a hat for matinees. To keep
yellow jackets at bay, keep food covered whenever possible and promptly
dispose of trash and recyclables. We’ve also found fabric softener dryer
sheets work well to repel yellow jackets.
Take BART and our free shuttle: Cal Shakes provides free, wheelchair liftequipped shuttle service between the Orinda BART station and the Theater
beginning 2 hours prior to and at the end of each performance. The shuttle
runs approximately every 20 minutes; the final shuttle leaves the Orinda
BART station approximately 20 minutes before curtain. Orinda BART pickup
is in the BART parking lot to the right of the station exit; after the show,
catch the shuttle on the Sue & George Bruns Plaza.
SHARON SIMPSON CENTER AMENITIES
Café by Classic Catering: Offering a wide selection of gourmet meals, wine,
beer, Peet’s coffee and tea, hot cocoa, and desserts, the café opens two
hours before the performance and at intermission. Catering is available for
groups (10+) and special events; call 925.939.9224.
Bar: In addition to beer and wine at the café, we are now serving handcrafted cocktails at our new bar located next to the café.
Gender-diverse restrooms: Located to the left of the café. All are welcome to
use the restroom that best fits their identity. Single-stall portable restrooms
are available in the Upper Grove.
First Aid: For assistance, please go to the House Management Office,
located inside to the left of the restrooms.
Emergency Phone: Since we ask all patrons to silence cell phones
during performances, you may leave the House Office phone number
(925.254.2395) as your contact number during a performance.
FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL
Be respectful: Part of Cal Shakes’ mission is to inspire and cultivate diverse and
inclusive theater experiences. We reserve the right to ask patrons to leave.
Arrive on time: Latecomers will be seated at an appropriate interval at the
House Manager’s discretion.
Silence all electronic devices before the performance begins.
Recording: Do not take photos of the performance. The use of any type of
camera, video or audio recorder in the amphitheater is strictly prohibited. Such
devices may be confiscated at the House Manager’s discretion.
Keep the aisles clear during the performance.
Observe all signage including directional signage on the grounds. It is posted for
your safety.
Smoking is restricted to area designated: Look for the bench and ashtray on
the plaza across from the café. Electronic cigarettes are allowed in the groves,
plaza, and anywhere on the grounds with the exception of the Amphitheater.
Be scentsitive: Perfumes or scented lotions may cause discomfort to other
patrons and may attract yellow jackets. Please keep use to a minimum.
Picnicking: You’re welcome to enjoy food and beverages during the performance,
but please be courteous to others. Unwrap all items before the performance
begins or at intermission so as not to disturb your fellow patrons.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
Our Land: The Bruns is located on the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s
watershed land. In agreeing to lease to the theater, EBMUD seeks to serve the
public with a community facility while preserving the watershed with minimal
disruption to the pastoral surroundings.
Recycling: Please use the labeled recycling bins to discard glass, aluminum,
plastic, and paper; a portion of the proceeds from the value of our recycled
materials is donated to area schools.
Solar: Cal Shakes is one of the largest solar-powered outdoor professional
theaters in the country. The 144 260-watt panels and four 9000-watt inverters
of our Turn Key 37.4 kilowatt DC solar electric system are designed to supply up
to 98% of the power needs to the Bruns Amphitheater.
Living Roof: Like much of the Bruns Amphitheater grounds, the Sharon
Simpson Center’s living roof boasts native, drought-resistant plants.
EVACUATION PLAN
STAGE
EXIT
EXIT
EXIT
THE SHARON SIMPSON
CENTER
P
EXIT
EXIT ROUTE
PRIMARY AREA OF REFUGE
(MEETING PLACE FOR ALL
AUDIENCE MEMBERS)
UPPER
GROVE
SECONDARY AREA OF REFUGE
FIRE HYDRANTS
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2016 COMPANY
Eric Ting ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 2016 ARTISTIC COMPANY
Brendan Aanes, SOUND DESIGNER
Patrick Alparone, ACTOR
Anaiya Asomugha, ACTOR
Nina Ball, SCENIC DESIGNER
Natalie Barshow, COSTUME DESIGN
ASSISTANT
Aldo Billingslea, ACTOR
Alina Bokovikova, COSTUME DESIGNER
Nancy Carlin, TE X T & VOCAL COACH
James Carpenter, ACTOR
Elizabeth Carter, ACTOR
Russell Champa, LIGHTING DESIGNER
Karina Chavarin, COSTUME DESIGNER
Khalia Davis, ACTOR
Erik Flatmo, SCENIC DESIGNER
Safiya Fredericks, ACTOR
Anthony Fusco, ACTOR
Patty Gallagher, COMEDY CONSULTANT
Lance Gardner, ACTOR
Jackson Gay, DIRECTOR
Kailynn Guidry, ACTOR
Hamilton Guillén, ASSISTANT LIGHTING
DESIGNER
Margo Hall, ACTOR
Denmo Ibrahim, ACTOR
Guiesseppe Jones, ACTOR
Michael Kelly, ASSISTANT SOUND
Susie Falk MANAGING DIRECTOR
Pantoja, Susan Pfeffer, Vanessa
Ramos, Belgica Rodriguez, Stacy
Ross, Patrick Russell, Dan Saski,
Michael Shipley, Anna Smith, Lauren
Spencer, Teddy Spencer, Michael
Storm, Jacinta Sutphin, Tina Taylor,
Cat Thompson, Trish Tillman, Simon
Trumble, Maryssa Wanlass, Alison
Whismore, Valerie Weak, Michael Ray
Wisely, Wendy Wisely, Elena Wright,
Kat Zdan
ARTISTIC
Clea Shapiro, CASTING
DIRECTOR /
INTERN PROGR AM MANAGER
Philippa Kelly, RESIDENT
DR AMATURG
ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT
Lisa Evans, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Tierra Allen, ARTISTIC
ENGAGEMENT
COORDINATOR
ARTISTIC LEARNING
Clive Worsley, DIRECTOR
OF ARTISTIC
LE ARNING
Beverly Sotelo, ARTISTIC
LE ARNING
Philippa Kelly, DR AMATURG
York Kennedy, LIGHTING DESIGNER
Donald Lacy, ACTOR
Kenneth Lin, ADAP TOR
Michael Locher, SCENIC DESIGNER
Dave Maier, FIGHT DIRECTOR
Rami Margron, ACTOR
Olive Mitra, SOUND DESIGNER /
COORDINATOR
COMPOSER
ELECTRICIAN
ASSOCIATE
Kimberlee Hicks, LE AD
CARPENTER
Jasmine Malone, BOX
Kirt Siders, Luis Garcia, BOARD
ASSOCIATE
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OFFICE
PROGR AMMERS
SOUND
Brendan Aanes, SOUND
FRONT OF HOUSE
Jane Eisner, HOUSE
MANAGER
ENGINEER
2016 PROFESSIONAL IMMERSION
PROGRAM
LeeAnn Dowd, ARTISTIC FELLOW
Regina Fields, ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT
COSTUMES & WARDROBE
Naomi Arnst, COSTUME DIRECTOR
Jessa Dunlap, RENTALS MANAGER
Megan Finley, CR AF TSPERSON
Marcy Frank, MILLINER
Natalie Barshow, Karina Chavarin,
Tasa Gleason, DESIGN ASSISTANTS
Kitty Wilson, CUT TER /DR APER
Linda Ely, STITCHER
Jessica Carter, WIGS/HAIR
Natalie Barshow, WARDROBE LE AD
LE ARNING INTERNS
AND MAKEUP
Dorothy Voelker, COSTUME
Belgica Rodriquez, Kyo Tia Yohena,
INTERN
DRESSERS
Christopher Denson, Danielle Felten,
LE ARNING
PROPERTIES
Sarah Spero, PROPERTIES MASTER
Kirsten Royston, PROPERTIES ARTISAN
Brittany White, PROPERTIES OVERHIRE
OF PRODUCTION
FELLOW
Morgan Steele, PRODUCTION FELLOW
Margaret Chambers, Natalie Farrell,
Claire Ganem, Mimi Gilles, James
Gregory, Kaylee Herling, Olivia Hytha,
Cory Kennedy, Maddie Larson, Marshall
Pangilinan, Nick Whitlow, ARTISTIC
DESIGN
MANAGER
Camille Rohrlich, ASSISTANT
TECHNICIAN
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Winter Ives, FACILITIES TECHNICIAN
Reva Owens, SHUT TLE DRIVER
Nikki Harrigan, SHUT TLE DRIVER
Jamila Cobham, PRODUCTION
STAGE MANAGEMENT
Deirdre Rose Holland, Laxmi Kumaran,
Leslie Radin, Daniel T. Schultz, STAGE
Laxmi Kumaran, Chris Waters,
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Noralee Rockwell, FINANCE DIRECTOR
Joyce Fleming, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
RESOURCES
Cheryle Honerlah, Christina Larson,
Annette Koehn, PRODUCTION
OPER ATIONS MANAGER
MANAGERS
Jamie Buschbaum, SENIOR
Brian P. Luce, E XECUTIVE
ASSISTANTS
ASSISTANT /
OFFICE MANAGER
SCENERY
Colin Suemnicht, TECHNICAL
Melissa Dimon, ACCOUNTING
ASSISTANT
Charlotte Wheeler, SHOP FOREMAN
Carrie Barnes, LE AD CARPENTER
Jessica Tralker, SCENE SHOP
DEVELOPMENT
Chapin Cole, ASSOCIATE
ASSISTANT
Andrew Page, GR ANTS MANAGER
Jessie Backer, DONOR REL ATIONS
SCENIC ART
Letty Samonte, SCENIC
DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT
MANAGER
CHARGE ARTIST
Wallace Yan, PROPERTIES INTERN
Emily Curley, SOUND DESIGN FELLOW
Julia Formanek, Michaela Rubinfeld,
Kaz Valtchev, STAGE MANAGEMENT
INTERNS
FACILITIES
Kyle Cameron, FACILITIES TECHNICIAN
Jennifer Costley, FACILITIES
& FACILITIES
DIRECTOR
TEACHING ARTISTS
Anna Schneiderman, Heidi Abbott,
Amelia Adams, Andy Alabran, Michael
Barr, Amy Bobeda, Morgan Jade
Booker, Ron Campbell, Nancy Carlin,
Elizabeth Carter, Rebecca Castelli,
Michael Cavanaugh, Naya Chang,
Scott Coopwood, Tristan Cunningham,
Nara Dahlbacka, Kelsey Dickman,
Justin DuPuis, Lisa Evans, Amber
Flame, Britney Frazier, Stephanie
Ann Foster, Gary Grossman, SusanJane Harrison, Mary Cait Hogan, Rei
Jackler, Brett Jones, Thessaly Lerner,
Amy Lizardo, Dave Maier, Laura Marlin,
Nick Medina, Theresa Miller, Susan
Morgan, Areyla Moss-Maquire, Carla
BOX OFFICE
ASSOCIATE
COSTUME SHOP INTERNS
Jacinta Sutphin, ARTISTIC
PRODUCTION
Tirzah Tyler, DIRECTOR
BOX OFFICE
Derik Cowan, BOX OFFICE MANAGER
Kimberlee Hicks, BOX OFFICE
JinAh Lee, FOLLOWSPOT
Hamilton Guillén, SHOW ELECTRICIAN/
PROGR AMS MANAGER
DESIGNER
Raelle Myrick-Hodges, DIRECTOR
Meg Neville, COSTUME DESIGNER
J. Alphonse Nicholson, ACTOR
Lisa Peterson, DIRECTOR
Xavier Pierce, LIGHTING DESIGNER
Stacy Ross, ACTOR
Danny Scheie, ACTOR
Mikaal Sulaiman, SOUND DESIGNER
Eric Ting, DIRECTOR
Melissa Torchia, COSTUME DESIGNER
Sabina Zuniga Varela, ACTOR
Liam Vincent, ACTOR
Paul Whitaker, LIGHTING DESIGNER
OF
ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT
ELECTRICS
Taylor Frampton, MASTER ELECTRICIAN
Lauren Wright, ASSISTANT MASTER
Stephanie Swide, DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATOR
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Janet Magleby, DIRECTOR OF
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Den Legaspi, ART AND WEB DIRECTOR
Marilyn Langbehn, MARKETING & PR
MANAGER
Alicia Coombes, PUBLICATIONS
PROJECT MANAGER
PRODUCTION PROGRAM
Volume 25, No. 1
Eric Ting, EDITOR-IN- CHIEF
Janet Magleby, EDITOR
Alicia Coombes, EDITOR
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