Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee

CAMBODIANSEPT. 14 – OCT. 6, 2019
ROCK BAND

BY Lauren Yee
DIRECTED BY Marti Lyons

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Cassius Clay, Malcolm X,
Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown
together for a historic night

in Miami. It’s 1964 and
A Change Is Gonna Come.

BY Kemp Powers
DIRECTED BY Reginald L. Douglas

Produced by special arrangement with

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

The hottest play in America this season began with a late night visit to a

bar. We had commissioned Lauren Yee to write a play based on a residency and after a
day of visits around town, Lauren wanted to relax and go see a band called Dengue
Fever. There was something about the particular mix of surf rock, early 70’s psychedelic
Cambodian-infused music that sparked a creative impulse — something about the
past and the present, the fusion of cultures, and the interconnectedness of us all.
Setting her story against the backdrop of one of the worst atrocities in human history,
Lauren somehow managed to make a deeply personal play about a father and a
daughter, and infuse it with a dark sense of humor that sometimes emerges when we
face the toughest trials of survival.

After a year of development, the play opened in California to rave reviews and sold-out
houses. The production moved to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and won the
American Theatre Critics Association Best New Play Award. Victory Gardens in Chicago
and City Theatre have teamed up to bring it to our stages prior to its New York premiere
at Signature Theatre later this year. We are thrilled with the opportunity to introduce this
unique work and talented ensemble to our audiences.

Cambodian Rock Band kicks off a City Theatre season of diverse stories told by some of
the country’s most talented and energetic theatre artists. This season is highly personal
for me with some of the artistic relationships spanning forty years, and some more
recent. I believe in these artists and their creative use of music, love, language, and
theatricality to tell stories that resonate long after the curtain goes down. I invite you to
join us for the rest of the journey.

Marc Masterson

P.S.: I want to hear from you. Please share your experience with me at
[email protected]

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

City Theatre is deeply grateful to the following community of volunteers

who support City Theatre’s mission, programming, and artists by donating their time,
wisdom, financial resources, and public advocacy. The work we do would not be possible
without their ongoing leadership and support.

PRESIDENT MEMBERS James McNeel, ex officio
Alex Condron† David Betts† Marcia Morton
Tacy M. Byham, PhD Beth W. Newbold
VICE PRESIDENTS Steve Carpenter Barbara Rudiak, PhD
Judy G. Cheteyan † Norbert J. Connors Susan B. Smerd, PhD
Jeffrey D. Solomon† Lewis B. Gardner Nancy Traina
Kenneth A. Glick, MD Tamara Tunie
TREASURER Brian Jeffrey Gross Nancy D. Washington, PhD †
K. Scott Baker† Laura Penrod Kronk
Marc Masterson, ex officio † Executive Committee Members
SECRETARY Michelle McCreery, Esq.
Matthew J. Galando †

In 2018, by resolution of the board of the directors, City Theatre created an Honorary Board to
recognize the extraordinary service of previous volunteers and leaders who have been
instrumental to the organization’s continued growth and success.

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS

Carol R. Brown Thomas Hollander Dee Jay Oshry
David L. Porges
Robert M. Frankel, in memoriam Gerri Kay, in memoriam Iris Amper Walker
Ira H. Gordon, in memoriam Roslyn Litman, in memoriam Florence H. Zeve,
Edward H. Harrell David E. Massaro in memoriam

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MARC MASTERSON JAMES McNEEL
Artistic Director Managing Director

PRESENTS

by

Lauren Yee

Eileen Doan Featuring Songs by Christopher Thomas Pow
Peter Sipla* Aja Wiltshire*
Dengue Fever

Starring

Albert Park*
Greg Watanabe*

Yu Shibagaki** Izumi Inaba Keith Parham**

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design

Mikhail Fiksel Skyler Gray Matt MacNelly

Sound Design Dramaturg Music Director

Patti Kelly* Taylor Meszaros* Matt Hawkins

Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Fight Director

DIRECTED BY MARTI LYONS ~

September 14 – October 6, 2019
Cambodian Rock Band is presented with one 15-minute intermission

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association
** Members of United Scenic Artists
~ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers

Cambodian Rock Band is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Cambodian Rock Band is presented with Victory Gardens Theater and Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
Cambodian Rock Band commissioned and first produced by South Coast Repertory with support from the Time Warner Foundation.

This play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award.
Developed with support from The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA.
“Uku” “Family Business “One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula” “Cement Slippers” “Sni Bong” “Tooth and Nail” all written by Dengue Fever.
All Dengue Fever songs administered by Ellipsis Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Pentagon Lipservices (BMI) on behalf of
CHHOM CHIMNEY • 1 ARMED CRAB PUB • FOOLISH MORTAL PUB • NOON KEY MUSIC • S W O P SONGS • TROLL UNDER THE BRIDGE

Dengue Fever music and information are available from http://denguefevermusic.com
“The Times They Are A-Changin’” Written by Bob Dylan

Copyright © 1963, 1964 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1991, 1992 by Special Rider Music. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
CYCLO by YOS Aularan; TODAY I LEAN TO DRINK, OLD POT, TASTY RICE, I AM 16 by VOY Ho; and CHAMPA BATTAMBANG by SIN Sisamouth

All used by arrangement with Minky Records, Inc.
Additional Arrangements by Matthew MacNelly and Jane Lui.

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CHARACTERS

CAST
Pou Eileen Doan

Duch Albert Park*

Ted/Cadre/Leng Christopher Thomas Pow*

Rom Peter Sipla*

Chum Greg Watanabe*

Neary/Sothea Aja Wiltshire*

Setting: 1970s Cambodia, during Khmer Rouge Regime, to present day
Cambodia

LAUREN YEE’s (Playwright) Cambodian Rock Band, with music by Dengue

Fever, premiered at South Coast Rep, subsequent productions at Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, City Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Victory
Gardens, Signature Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Jungle Theatre. Her play
The Great Leap has been produced at the Denver Center, Seattle Repertory, Atlantic
Theatre, the Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Arts Club, and
InterAct Theatre, with future productions at Steppenwolf, Long Wharf, and Asolo
Rep. Honors include the Doris Duke Artists Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA
Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize,
Kesselring Prize, Primus Prize, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton, and the #1 and #2 plays on the 2017 Kilroys
List. She's a Residency 5 playwright at Signature Theatre, New Dramatists members, Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab
member, and Playwrights Realm alumni playwright. TV credits: PACHINKO (Apple), SOUNDTRACK (Netflix).
Current commissions include Geffen Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Second Stage, South
Coast Rep. BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD. laurenyee.com

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Cambodian Rock

[Setting the Scene]

As Phnom Penh fell on April 17, 1975 it marked the official start of Khmer Rouge
control of Cambodia. The rise of the communist regime and its leader Pol Pot are
rooted in a five-year civil war and deeply tied to American involvement in Vietnam.
Fearful of another Asian country falling under the U.S.S.R’s communist sphere of
influence, the U.S. supported the forces of Marshal Lon Nol, a Cambodian politician
who overthrew the country’s monarch, Prince Sihanouk, as head of state in 1970.
The Khmer Rouge forged an alliance with Sihanouk and, in turn, communist
Vietnamese forces supported their fight for control of the country. The bloody civil
war took a deep civilian toll including an American backed bombing campaign that
ravaged the countryside and killed thousands of civilians. When America withdrew
from Vietnam, they also abandoned their support of Lon Nol, leading to the Khmer
Rouge victory. And while there was a cease to hostilities on April 17, it did not mark
end of bloodshed.
The Khmer Rouge instituted a brutal system of control, ostensibly aimed at creating
an agrarian utopia. The regime began relocating vast amounts of the population from
urban to rural centers and establishing a systematic structure that exterminated
anyone deemed as opposition, including intellectuals, artists, musicians, and ethnic
minorities. The sites of these interrogation facilities and labor camps came to be
known as the Killing Fields. The Khmer Rouge maintained power in Cambodia for
less than four years during which up to two million people were murdered or died
of starvation. S-21, Tuol Sleng was one such interrogation site. The camp was housed
in a former school and between 14,000 and 17,000 prisoners were detained there
during the Khmer Rouge regime. Only 12 prisoners are believed to have survived.

[A story takes shape]

Tuol Sleng’s legacy is one element of Lauren Yee’s epic Cambodian Rock Band which
weaves Cambodia’s complicated past with the very current music of Cambodian-
American indie rock band Dengue Fever. However, as Yee described in a recent
conversation with City Theatre’s Director of New Play Development, Clare Drobot,
“even if you know nothing about the history of Cambodia or the history of the
Vietnam war, I think that the music and the father-daughter relationship in this play
gives very many audience members a beautiful window into this world.”
Yee went on to explain that “Dengue Fever was the first part of this puzzle. In 2011,
one of my friends dragged me to see this band play that she loved, which was Dengue
Fever….As soon as I heard their music, I was hooked…then I discovered the story
that their music is based on, which is this psychedelic surf rock of Cambodia circa
1960s, 1970s…In the 60s and 70s there was this very modern, wild sounding music
scene [in Cambodia] that was this combination of French New Wave, American
Vietnam War Era Radio, traditional Cambodian music, all these influences put

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Band Primer

together in a sort of Afro-
Cuban rhythm.”

In discovering this music scene,
the history of how it survived
the Cambodian Genocide
struck Yee. “In 1975 when
Vietnam ended and the Khmer
Rouge took over, the first thing
that the communists did was
attempt to destroy all the music
and all the artists who made
that. To a large extent they were
really successful, in that 90% of
Cambodia’s musicians died
within four years. But there was this ten percent sliver of people who did survive and
they survived by hiding that part of their identity. If the Khmer Rouge had gotten
their way, all of the records and all of the musicians would be gone. But somehow
through chance or people risking their lives to save the music, some of these
recordings and these artists survived and that’s why you have bands like Dengue
Fever.”

“I think one of the big challenges of the Cambodian American population in the
United States today and probably the struggle of a lot of communities that have been
displaced by war or trauma or genocide, is that the most difficult part after surviving
and remaking your lives is how to tell the next generation what happened. I found
that story so moving because I think as an American artist, I’ve gotten to tell a lot of
stories and the stakes for why you tell those stories or what is to be lost or gained is
something that I take for granted—that there’s so much that we’re able to create and
that we really forget to think about what the power of story and plays and music can
do in society. One of the questions that Cambodian Rock Band asks is—what might
be worth risking your life over? Or why do we as a species need music?”

Ultimately, Yee is excited for audiences to embrace the show. “Cambodian Rock Band
is a funny, joyful defiant experience. It is not a play about victims; It’s a play about

survivors. It’s a play about the life buried in that
music and just how incredible Dengue Fever and
those Cambodian artists are.”

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom
Penh, the capital of Cambodia, chronicling the Cambodian
genocide. The site is a former high school which was used as
the notorious Security Prison 21 S-21 by the Khmer Rouge
regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979.
Photo 104430711 © Elisa Bonomini - Dreamstime.com

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WHO'S WHO

WHO'S WHO

EILEEN DOAN (Pou) Regional: Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens

Theatre), Anytown, New Kid (George Street Playhouse), Unto These Hills
(Mountainside Theatre), Starstruck, Hair (University of Kentucky), Jeff The Monster
(University of Central Lancashire). Music: Gently (single), A Matter of Time, Many
The Miles, One Of You. eileendoan.com @eileeneileend

ALBERT PARK (Duch) is ecstatic for his debut at City Theatre Company!

Regional and select credits: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (South Coast
Repertory); Yoga Play (MOXIE Theatre); Vietgone (East West Players, LA Drama
Critics Circle Award Nominee, Stage Scene LA Awardee); Soul Fire (Playwrights
Project); The Car Plays 2018 (Moving Arts/Segerstrom Center for the Arts); The
Oldest Boy (San Diego Repertory Theatre); All’s Well That Ends Well (The Old Globe);
Jade Heart (MOXIE Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (The Old Globe); The Car Plays 2012
(Moving Arts/La Jolla Playhouse, Craig Noel Awardee); Extraordinary Chambers
(Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, Craig Noel Award Nominee); The Odd Couple
(North Coast Repertory Theatre); A Man, His Wife, and His Hat (MOXIE Theatre); Golden Child (Chinese Pirate
Productions); Lend Me a Tenor (North Coast Repertory Theatre); Flower Drum Song (SDAART/La Jolla Playhouse);
Yellow Face (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company); BFE (SDAART/La Jolla Playhouse). Albert is grateful to City
Theatre Company, Jenny, Felix, Henry, and his newborn daughter, Coral.

CHRISTOPHER THOMAS POW (Ted/Cadre/Leng) is absolutely thrilled to

be working on Cambodian Rock Band here at City Theatre following its run at
Victory Gardens. Chris is a recent graduate of Northwestern University where he
studied theatre and sociology. Previous credits include: Nathaniel/Forrester/
Marcade in Love’s Labour’s Lost, U/S for Macduff in Macbeth, U/S for Posthumus/
Cloten/Guitar in Cymbeline (Great River Shakespeare Festival), U/S Ross and
Lennox in SS! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Nakatomi in Yippee Ki-Yay:
Merry Christmas (Yippee Productions LLC), Little John/The Sheriff in Robin Hood
(Adventure Stage Chicago), and Temple in Franklinland (Jackalope Theatre). He also appeared as Hank Barry in
Silk Road Rising’s reading of A Great Migration by Preston Choi, and voiced Jeff Balasco in Evil Kitten
Production’s audio drama The Continuing Adventures of John Blade: Super Spy by Kyle Encinas. At
Northwestern, Chris appeared as Macbeth in Macbeth, Niels Bohr in Copenhagen, and Benvolio in R&J, among
others. Chris Pow is represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent Inc.

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WHO'S WHO

PETER SIPLA (Rom) is thrilled to debut at City Theatre! He was most recently

seen in Chicagoland, as Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing at Oak Park Festival
Theatre, and in Cambodian Rock Band at Victory Gardens Theatre. Other credits
include Phra Alack in The King and I (Lyric Opera of Chicago), Henry in South Pacific
(Drury Lane Theatre), Short Shakes!: Romeo and Juliet and Passion (Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre), Newsies and City of Angels (The Marriott Theatre), Wizard of
Oz and Miss Saigon (Paramount Theatre), and work with TimeLine Theatre, Writers’
Theatre, First Folio Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre,
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GREG WATANABE (Chum) Broadway: Allegiance. Off-Broadway: Ballad of

Yachiyo (Public Theater), Golden Child (Signature Theater). Regional: Romeo and
Juliet (OSF), The Summer Moon (A Contemporary Theater, South Coast Rep),
Extraordinary Chambers (The Geffen Playhouse), The Happy Ones (South Coast
Rep), Exit The King (Shakespeare Theater of NJ), A Single Shard (People’s Light),
Our Town (South Coast Rep), Hold These Truths (Perseverance Theatre, New Century
Theatre). Film & TV: “Madam Secretary”, “Criminal Minds”, “Curb Your Enthusiam”,
“Reno 911”, “Aquarius”, Only The Brave, Life Tastes Good.

AJA WILTSHIRE (Neary/Sothea) is thrilled to be joining City Theatre!

Regional credits: Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore (Hypocrites & Olney Theatre
Center). Chicago credits: Cambodian Rock Band (Victory Gardens),
Aristophanesathon, Cinderella at the Theatre of Potatoes (Hypocrites), Merrily We
Roll Along (Porchlight Music Theatre), Little Fish (Kokandy Productions), Hookman
(Steep Theatre), Spring Awakening (Griffin Theatre), The Wedding Singer (Haven
Theatre), Closer, Next Fall, and The Lyons (AstonRep). Aja is represented by
Stewart Talent.

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WHO'S WHO

MARTI LYONS (Director) is thrilled to direct Cambodian Rock Band at City

Theatre as part of a collaboration with Victory Gardens Theater, where she directed
the show in the Spring, and Merrimack Rep where this production is headed next.
Marti recently directed Witch by Jen Silverman at the Geffen Playhouse, playing in
LA now. Marti also directed Witch at Writers Theatre in Chicago last season. She
directed How to Defend Yourself by Lily Padilla for the 2019 Humana Festival as
part of a co-world premiere with Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, where Marti
will direct the play again in 2019. Marti has directed Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan
Tannahill (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company); The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and Kings by Sarah Burgess
(Studio Theater); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Court Theatre); Short Shakes! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare
Theater), Title and Deed by Will Eno (Lookingglass Theatre Company) and Wondrous Strange together with Meg
Miroshnik, Jiehae Park and Martyna Majok for the 2015 Humana Festival (Actors Theatre of Louisville). This
season Marti will direct The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess (Writers Theater), Jen Silverman’s The Moors (A Red
Orchid Theatre), and the world premiere of The Scarlet Letter by Kate Hamill (South Coast Repertory). Marti is a
proud member of SDC. For more information: martilyons.com

MATT MACNELLY (Music Director) is a musician and actor living in Los

Angeles. Music direction: Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory, Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse): Original music: This might be the end
(The Trip); Our Town (La Jolla Playhouse); In Search of Duende (UNESCO World
Theater Festival, Peru). Acting: Glengarry Glen Ross (La Jolla Playhouse); Time
Sensitive (Guthrie Theater); Woyceck (Ensemble Theater Company); Lysistrata
(Synetic Theater); Fourteen Flights (New York Fringe Festival); Much Ado about
Nothing (Folger Theatre); F*king A (Studio Theatre); Film: Minor Turbulence, lady-
like, The War Inside; TV: "Rizzoli and Isles"; Education: MFA in Acting, UC San Diego; BA in Theatre and
Performance, Georgetown University. matthewmacnelly.com

MATT HAWKINS (Fight Director) is a Chicago-based director, actor, fight choreographer and movement

director. He has been nominated for thirteen Jeff Awards and has received five. He holds a BFA in acting from
Southern Methodist University and an MFA in directing from The University of Iowa. He is currently an Assistant
Professor at the University of Notre Dame, where he serves as Creative Producer of the New Works Lab and
Head of Musical Theatre for the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre. He is married to actor/director/
playwright Stacy Stoltz.

YU SHIBAGAKI (Scenic Designer) is a Chicago and NYC based set designer, born and raised in Japan.

Recent credits include Pride and Prejudice (Heritage Theater Festival) Cambodian Rock Band, Fun Home
(Victory Gardens Theater); Witch, Vietgone (Writers Theatre); Mansfield Park (Northlight Theatre); The Father
(Remy Bumppo Theatre); and more. Upcoming productions are Cambodian Rock Band (Merrimack Repertory
Theatre), Her Honor Jane Byrne (Lookingglass Theatre), How to Defend Yourself (Victory Gardens Theater) and
School Girls (Goodman Theatre.)

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WHO'S WHO

IZUMI INABA (Costume Designer) is originally from Tokyo, Japan and currently based in Chicago.

Recent Chicago: Twilight Bowl (Goodman), A Doll’s House, Part Two, We Are Proud To Present... (Steppenwolf),
Cambodian Rock Band, If I Forget (Victory Gardens), A Doll’s House (Writers) The Mother of the Maid
(Northlight). Regionnal: Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theatre at St. Louis, Baltimore Center Stage, Kirk Douglas
Theatre. Awards and Exhibitions: Jeff Awards, USITT, Prague Quardrennial (2019). Izumi is a resident artist at
Albany Park Theater Project and holds MFA in Stage Design from Northwestern University.

KEITH PARHAM (Lighting Designer) BROADWAY: Therese Raquin (Roundabout Theatre Company). OFF-

BROADWAY: Man from Nebraska (2econd Stage Theatre); The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois, Between Riverside
and Crazy (Atlantic Theater Company); Tribes, Red Light Winter (Barrow Street Theatre); Stop the Virgens (Karen
O at St. Ann’s Warehouse/Sydney Opera House); Ivanov, Three Sisters (CSC); A Minister's Wife (Lincoln Center
Theatre); Adding Machine A Musical (Minetta Lane). REGIONAL: Father Comes Home From the Wars, The
Wolves, Uncle Vanya (Goodman Theatre); All My Sons, The Hard Problem, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Man in the
Ring (Court Theatre); The Way the Mountain Moved (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Wild Goose Dreams (La Jolla
Playhouse); Carousel (Arena Stage); TUTA Company Member: The Edge of Our Bodies, Gentle, Music Hall, The
Anyway Cabaret, The Jewels, The Silent Language. AWARDS: Obie, Lortel.

MIKHAIL FIKSEL (Sound Designer) Victory Gardens Theater: Rightlynd, Lettie, Native Gardens, Wonder

in My Soul, Oedipus El Rey, Mojada. Cambodian Rock Band (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); This Flat Earth, The
Treasurer, A Life (Playwrights Horizons); King of the Yees (Center Theatre Group, Goodman Theatre); The Wolves
(Studio Theatre, Goodman Theatre) The Old Man and the Old Moon (Writers Theatre, Williamstown Theatre
Festival, New Victory, City Theatre, and The Old Globe); Mary Stuart, Book of Joseph, SS! Romeo and Juliet
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Witch, Buried Child, The Hunter and The Bear (Writers Theatre); The
Undertaking (The Civilians/Brooklyn Academy of Music); Seize The King, Tiger Style (La Jolla Playhouse);
Learning Curve (Albany Park Theater Projet/Third Pail Projects; We are only Alive a very short amount of time,
Lady in Denmark, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, 2666, Venus in Furs, Buzzer (Goodman Theatre); The
World of Extreme Happiness (Goodman Theatre, Manhattan Theater Club); others.

PATTI KELLY (Production Stage Manager) is happy to return to City

Theatre for another season and thrilled to be working with Marc Masterson again.
Having been with the company for over half of its lifetime, some of Patti’s favorite
shows at City Theatre include The Old Man and the Old Moon, The Royale, Hand to
God, The 39 Steps, Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, Hedwig and the Angry Inch,
Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde,
Molly Sweeney, The Baltimore Waltz, and Our Country’s Good. Other credits include
Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Hartford Stage; Hysteria for Pittsburgh Public
Theater; Richard II, The Tempest, Othello, As You Like It, Horse of a Different Color, Romeo and Juliet, and
Macbeth for Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival; and over 30 plays for the Carnegie Mellon Showcase of New
Plays. Patti is a recipient of the Fred Kelly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre and is a proud
member of Actors’ Equity.

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WHO'S WHO

TAYLOR MESZAROS (Assistant Stage Manager) is delighted to begin

another season at City Theatre Company. A proud member of Actors’ Equity
Association, Taylor graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2010 with a BA in
Theatre Arts. Most recently, Taylor was ASM for Berkshire Theatre Group’s produc-
tion of The Skin of Our Teeth. Past credits include The Momentum Festival (’15-’18),
The Burdens, Where Did We Sit On the Bus?, The White Chip, The Absolute
Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Wild With Happy, Feeding the Dragon, The Last
Match, Sex with Strangers, Some Brighter Distance, A Broadway Holiday, Sunset
Baby, Oblivion, Grounded, Smart Blonde, Little Gem, Seth Rudetsky’s 70s Show, two Late Nite Catechism pro-
ductions, Maple and Vine, Seth Rudetsky’s Big Fat Broadway Show, Charles Ives Take Me Home, Electile
Dysfunction: Kinsey Sicks for President, Tigers Be Still, Young Playwrights Festival (’11-’17) , Sam Bendrix at
the Bon Soir (City Theatre Company); Fixing King John, Oedipus and the Foul Mess in Thebes (No Name Players);
Madamma Butterfly, Die Fledermaus (Undercroft Opera); All Things for All People (PNWF 2013); Hair!, The
Wizard of Oz, Moonchildren, A Christmas Carol, and No Wake (Berkshire Theatre Group). She has also instructed
at Chatham University’s Music and Arts Day Camp for three summers. Love to Kevin, family, and friends for
their unwavering support.

MARC MASTERSON (Artistic Director) has been a leader in the American

Theatre for over 35 years with a demonstrated track record of artistic
accomplishment, civic engagement, and organizational development. He previously
served as Artistic Director of City Theatre for 20 years and helped to build the
organization and its current facilities on the South Side. In a distinguished career
he has commissioned and developed over 100 world premieres including Pulitzer
finalists, Broadway and Off-Broadway successes and notable works in the
American theatre canon including A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, The
Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon, Vietgone by Qui Nguyen, Mr. Wolf by Rajiv Joseph and Office Hour by Julia
Cho. More than 50% of the new plays he has produced were written by women. Previously, he served as Artistic
Director of South Coast Repertory in California where he conceived and launched two major initiatives for
diverse voices in the American theatre, the CrossRoads commissioning program and the Dialogos bi-lingual
site-specific project. He served for 11 years as artistic director of Actors Theatre of Louisville where he produced
more than 200 productions and the Humana Festival of New American Plays. Plays directed at the Humana
Festival include works by Charles Mee, Wendell Berry, Craig Wright, Eric Coble, Adam Bock, Gina Gionfriddo,
Melanie Marnich, and Rick Dresser. Recent directing credits include Shakespeare in Love, All the Way, Going to a
Place where you Already Are, Zealot, Death of a Salesman, Eurydice and Elemeno Pea at SCR; Cry It Out at Dorset
Theatre Festival; Hand to God at the Alliance Theatre; Byhalia, Mississippi by Evan Linder at the Contemporary
American Theatre Festival; As You Like It for the Houston Shakespeare Festival; and The Kite Runner at Actors
Theatre of Louisville and the Cleveland Play House. He is thrilled to back home in Pittsburgh with many friends
and some of the best audiences in the world.

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WHO'S WHO

JAMES McNEEL (Managing Director) joined City Theatre as its Managing

Director in January 2015. He came to Pittsburgh after four seasons in the same role
at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia,
where he was integral in the development and production of 20 new plays
(including 10 world premieres and four commissions). Previously, he served as
Literature Specialist at the National Endowment for the Arts focusing on grants to
nonprofit presses, magazines, and literary organizations, as well as awards to
individual poets, writers, and literary translators. While at the NEA he also worked
on the development of such national initiatives as Operation Homecoming, Shakespeare in American
Communities, Poetry Out Loud, and the National Book Festival. In 2005, James moved to New York City where
he was General Manager and project consultant for the arts management firm, The Center for Creative
Resources. At the Center, he worked with numerous individual artists and arts organization in all facets of
institutional development and was a team leader in the feasibility study, opening, and first year management
and operation of The Times Center, owned by The New York Times Company and designed by Renzo Piano. In
addition, he was Director of Development and Marketing at the historic Cherry Lane Theatre, located in
Greenwich Village. James holds a degree from Shepherd University and studied Arts Management at American
University. He is currently a board member of the South Side Chamber of Commerce and is on the national
board of the League of Resident Theaters (LORT), the largest theatre association if its kind in the United States.

TONY FERRIERI (Director of Production / Resident Scenic
Designer) Awards and milestones include: nearly 40 years with City Theatre, The

Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award for Established Artist, New Works
Festival Lifetime Achievement Award, “Designer of the Year” by Pittsburgh City
Paper and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Frankel Award,” “Fred Kelly Award for
Outstanding Achievement,” “Harry Schwalb Excellence in the Arts Award,” features
in Live Design and Stage Directions, and nearly 550 designs. Recent CTC designs
include: The Roommate, Pipeline, Citizens Market, A Funny Thing Happened On the
Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City, Feeding the
Dragon, Hand to God, Sex With Strangers, Sister’s Easter Catechism, Sunset Baby, The Night Alive, Elemeno
Pea, and the world premieres of Mr. Joy and Smart Blonde. Other recent designs include: Feeding the Dragon for
Hartford Stage in CT and Primary Stages at The Cherry Lane in NYC; Sweeney Todd, Big Fish, Mary Poppins,
Shrek, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Little Mermaid for Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center; Perfect
Wedding, Pump Boys and Dinettes, The Toxic Avenger, The 39 Steps and First Date for CLO Cabaret; Uncle
Tom’s Cabin for The Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory; Miss Julie, Clarissa & John, The Piano Lesson, Dulcy
and Fences for Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company; The Master Builder, The Winter’s Tale for Quantum
Theatre; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Streetcar Named Desire for barebones; Scared of Sarah and A
Feminine Ending for Off the Wall; Tell it to the Marines for The International Poetry Forum; and You Say Tomato I
Say Shut Up! for Dana Phil Playhouse Productions. Other credits include designs for Bricolage, Jewish Theatre
of Pittsburgh, Carrnivale Theatrics, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, Emelin Theatre, Northlight Theatre,
Madison Rep, TheatreWorks, 1812 Productions, Playhouse Rep, Tuesday Musical Club, and Unseam’d. Tony
wishes to express his gratitude and appreciation to all those who make our productions possible.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SPECIAL THANKS

Joshua Kahan Brody
Comcast

Erica Daniels
Bolster Dettart
Matt Knight
Devin Loney
Merrimack Repertory Theatre

n’stuff
Scotty Perry
Aaron Tarnow
Victory Gardens Theater
Vincent Lighting System
Chay Yew

A huge thank you to Iris Amper Walker
for her years of service to City Theatre.

City Theatre receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

The Allegheny Regional Asset District, a county agency created to support and finance
regional assets, including libraries, parks, cultural groups, sports, and civic facilities, and
to distribute tax relief to the 128 municipalities of Allegheny County.

Actors marked with * and the Stage Manager in this production are members of Actors’ Equity
Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented
by the United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc.,
an independent national labor union.

City Theatre is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American
theatre. City Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Each season, we go on a journey. You take a chance on plays you’ve never

seen before, often by playwrights you might not know. Our pledge to you is that we scour the country for
the very best work possible—plays that speak truthfully, passionately, and urgently (and, of course,
entertainingly) about the here and now. New plays are risky, but they’re filled with the excitement of the
unknown, too. City Theatre is deeply grateful to our community for helping to sustain our theatre year
after year. Donors acknowledged here made gifts between July 1, 2018 and August 1, 2019. Every effort
has been made to accurately record and acknowledge all donors. If your name is listed incorrectly, please
contact Dianne Duursma at 412.431.4400 ext. 278 or [email protected]

CITY THEATRE CIRCLE NEW PLAY CIRCLE Mark Crisci & Scott Ludwick
($15,000+) ($3,000-$4,999) Jamini Vincent Davies
Stanley P. DeGory, Esq; Bonya,
Anonymous Donor (1) K. Terry Carskaddan & Art Wiland Gazza & DeGrory, LLP
Judy & Michael Cheteyan Thomas H. Hollander Ruth Deutsch
Educational and Charitable Clyde B. Jones, III Jean Dexheimer
Foundation Joseph Koscinski Tamara Dudukovich
Norbert J. Connors, Jr. Patrick & Alice Loughney Dianne & Ron Duursma
Brian Jeffrey Gross Luci & David Massaro Barbara & Phil Ehrman
Laura Penrod Kronk Marc Masterson & Tony & Annette Ferrieri
David Betts & Anne Mundell Jenny Ewing Allen Matthew J. Galando
Nancy & John Traina James McNeel Thomas & Terri Galante
Beth Newbold & Patrick Winkler Jerry Morosco & Paul Ford, Jr Catherine & Kenneth Glick, MD
Estate of Florence H. Zeve James E. Parrish & Jim & Sharon Goldberg
Christiane Siewers Betsy & Fritz Graf
PLAYWRIGHTS CIRCLE Gabriela & David Porges Barbara & Arthur Grossman, MD
($10,000 - $14,999) K. Oliver Rea Irving and Aaronel deRoy Gruber
Richard Scheines, PhD & Family Foundation
Tonja & Alex Condron Martha Harty, PhD Andrew M. Homyak
Celine & Paul O’Neill Susie & Arnie Silverman John D. Houston, II
Susan & Philip Smith Susan & Peter Smerd Dr. Richard Kasdan
Frederick W. Steinberg Arthur J. Kerr, Jr.
DIRECTORS CIRCLE Nancy F. & Michael Weissman David Klahr & Pamela Weiss
($5,000-$9,999) Philanthropic Fund Laurie Klatscher & Greg Lehane
Lisa M. Kuzma
Dr. Kerry Bron & CENTER STAGE Diane M. Lally
Mr. Robert C. Levin ($1,000-$2,999) Dr. Larry Leahy &
Carol R. Brown John Van De Grift
Tacy M. Byham, PhD Anonymous Donor (1) Mary C. McCormick
Cooper-Siegel Family Foundation Russell & Kathy Ayres Pam & Ken McCrory
Jane & Bud Kahn K. Scott & Leslie Baker Karen & Richard Miller
Lawrence Martin & Paul E. Block Amy B. Morgan
Matthew Wensel Diana & Robert Bowden Susan & James Morris
Marcia & Tom Morton Patricia Grable Burke Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack
Mark R. Power Annette Calgaro & William A. Perry
John C. Schlotterer Terrance Lewis Mark T. Phillis
Susie & Arnie Silverman Nancy & Stanley Cieslak The Thomas J. Phillis Family
Sandra & Jeffrey Solomon Family Foundation
Iris Amper Walker

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Jan Grimes Ripper & Janice Harrison Arlene Carbone-Wiley &
Doug Ripper Rhoda & David Hartmann Dr. Clayton Wiley, MD
Dr. Barbara Rudiak, PhD Deborah & Mark Henzes Marta & Phillip Wilkin
Karen & George Schnakenberg Thomas Joseph George & Patty Williams
Kristi Rogers & Janis & Jonas Johnson Stephen & Lisa Wolfe
Jody R. Schurman Susan & Greg Kaminski Stephen M. Wolfe
W. Henry & Mary Snyder Dolores Kara Jane Yanosick
Robert CT Steele & Bernard Latterman Dr. Samuel A. Yousem
Tony Hernandez Prof. Hazel Carr Leroy
M. Ellen Tarpey & John Battaglia Elsa Limbach FRONT ROW
Mary Lou & John Terreri Katherine & H. Lewis Lobdell ($100-$499)
Tom & Judy Thompson Jacqueline & Lawrence Lobl
Tamara Tunie Dennis Lynch & Barbara Dixon Anonymous Donors (25)
Janet & Chuck Vukotich Timothy Martin Barbara Abraham
Catherine & Deepak Wadhwani Linda Mauro & Michael Coelho Carolyn Hess Abraham
Linda Whitney J. Kevin & Kristen McMahon Sharon & Bob Abraham
Bruce & Barbara Wiegand John McSorley, MD Katheryn Albers
Judy & John Woffington Carol F. Miller Victoria Al-Ebrahim
Jayme & Kevin Miller J.R. Ambrose & Eliza Swann
SPOTLIGHT ($500-$999) Michelle Minyon Joan Frank Apt
Sophia Monsour Linda Argote & Dennis Epple
Anonymous Donors (9) Laurie Moser & Stewart Barmen Laura Arnold, MD & George Arnold
Francine D. Abraham Barb & Jim Moyer Earl C. Aussenberg
Viviana Altieri & Tayfun Gol Joyce & Clifford Mull Lindsay Austin
Samuel C. Badger Kathleen Musante Gloria & Herbert Barnett
Erin & Tom Baker Gail K. Neustadt Harriet & Raymond Baum
Sean & Nancy Barrett Mary Novick Bahar Bazmi
Gerald & Marielle Bartolomucci Eileen & John Olmsted Edwin H. Beachler, III
Christine & Beaumont Beard William A. Perry Noreen & David Begg
Philip E. Beard Richard Pietroski & Susan Stuart Sharon & David Bellotti
Robin Bernstein Mary & Chris Rawson Benedek Family Fund
Virginia A. Broz Donald & Sylvia Robinson Richard Berg
Laurie & Frank Bruns Family Foundation Patti & Sandy Berman
James A. Craft Edward Rockman & Joan & Keith Bernard
Charles Culbertson & Mary Ellen Johnson Betensky-Kraut Family Fund
Nancy Simpronio Carol Berger & Lee Rosenblum Thomas G. Black
Edwin and Kathryn Clarke Mindy & Zal Sanjana Charlotte Bluestone
Family Foundation Marty Santalucia Demeatria Boccella
Grace M. Faber Karen L. Scansaroli Pamela Bolkovac
Craig Falatovich & Daniel Krack Dr. & Mrs. Gary Schurman Nicholas Bonesso &
Richard Ferro Preston & Annette Shimer Kendra McLaughlin
Dr. John & Therese Gallagher Myrna & Lee Silverman Kevin Brewer
Andrea & David Glickman Mary & Thomas Smolinski Karen & Tom Bricker
Barbara Broff Goldman Henry Snyder David Brockway
Sue W. Golier Terri & Ned Sokoloff Lynette Brooks
Majorie C. Greenberger Erik C. Wagner Linda S. Brown
Art & Clare Guzzetti T.C. Brown & Victor Capone
Adam & Norma Jean Hahn Jan F. Bruno

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William R. Cadwell Lewis & Julie Gardner Stephen & Susan Jordan
Sandra Caffo & Richard Headley Paul S. Garrard Portia Kamons
Yvonne Campos Robin Gussey Rebecca Kasavich
James Casey Barbara Gengler & Patricia Ward Kelly
Sheila & Alvin Catz Randy Weinberg Donna Hansen & Ralph Kemp
Dr. Patricia Cluss Meesha Gerhart Betsy Kennon
Lynne & Alan Colker Colleen Geyer Louise Ketchum & Even Goodman
Estelle Comay, Esq. & Margaret & William Ghrist, III Donald & Jeanne Keys
Bruce Rabin, MD Carol & Robert Gomola Nita & James Kincaid
Amy & Michael Couch Candice Gonzalez Stefi Kirschner & Gil Schneider
Fredrica Cryan Byron & Marcia Gottfried Gloria Kleiman
Rebecca Culyba & Barry Ries Pamela Grabowski Barbara Knowles-Pinches
Mary Nell Cummings Betsy Graf John Kocur
Ada Davis Carolyn Graffam David & Roberta Konefal-Shaer
Falco DeBenedetti Fund Carolyn Graham Lauren Kornick
Anthony DeCaria Kathie & Arnie Green Betty & Bob Kripp
Nick & Judy DeGregorio Nancy & David Green Maureen Kroll
Barbara DeRiso, MD & Donna & Jerrold Green Karen Dorey Kuhar
Don Newman Dana & Richard Green Earl & Marilyn Latterman
Barbara Dewitt Barbara & David Greenberg Susan & David Laurent
James DiBenedetto Bernard & Mary Grimes Suzanne & Thomas Lazaroff
Gene Dickman Carol Sikov Gross Ellie & Shelly Levine
Adrienne K. Dickos Marvin Gross Mary Lieberman
Teodora & Bruce Dietrich Susan Gross Paula M. Lockhart
Ave Maria Dlubak Arlene & Alfred Grubbs Carole & Armand Lombardo
John Dolphin Constance & James Guggenheimer Judith & James Longo
Ellie Duursma Ellie Jeffers Hall David Longstreet
Merel Elisabeth Duursma Jo Ann Haller Dr. Erin M . Lopata
Karen & John Dymun Ed Harrell & Chas Pelusi Paul & Dawn Lorincy
Ami & Nurit Elis Lou & Roger Haskett, MD Carol & Paul Love
Marlene Ellis Tracy Hawkins Kilolo Luckett
Dr. Nancy S. Elman Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Heidenreich Janet Lunde
Gloria & Robert Ennis Mark Heine & Helene Bender David Lynch & Dorothy Ann Davis
Stephanie & Fred Fall Alan Helgerman & Sandra LaPietra Margaret MacCall
Robert Ferguson Mary Jo & Michael Hennessy Eric MacDonald
Bob & Paula Fey Alice & Martin Hickey Nanci Maguire
Marsha & Robert Fidoten, PhD Steve & Char Higgins Andrea & Glenn Mahone
Mr. & Mrs. David F. Figgins Janet Hilderbrand Kathryn Malesic
Laryn & Moses Finder Elena Hilf Dr. Bernard Mallinger
June & Bernie Fineman Donna Hoffman & Richard Dum Robert & Dow Malnati
Ilene & Jay Fingeret Anna Hollis Virginia Mance
Sylvia Fischer Trish Hooper & Julian Neiser Jason & Beverly Manne
Stephanie Flom Joan & Ken Horoho Ellen & Lewis March
Linda Fowler Mary Helen & Thomas Hutchins Kathy Marks
Harriet & Kenneth Franklin Jean Ann’s Angel Fund Earla Marshall
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Fronduti Hans Jonas Joan & Charles Marstiller
James L. Gallagher Patrick Jordan Timothy S. Martin

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Cari & David Maslow Esther Schreiber Nichole & Travis Williams
Bill Maurer & Carol Jean McKenzie Robert Schurko Helen F. Wingertzahn
Barbara McCracken Rita & Morton Seltman Jon Withrow
James McDonald Pauline R. Semans Thomas Wyse & Robert Neft
Ann M. McHoes & Bob Kleinmann Ron Senerius & Michael Madden, MD Fred & Ronnie Cook Zuhlke
J. Kevin McMahon Mabel Jeanette Shaner
Denise & William McNeel Linda & Richard Shaw FRIENDS
Anne & Thomas Medsger Rhoda Sikov (up to $99)
Marilyn Meltzer Barbara & Saul Silver
Nancy & Joel Merenstein Kerry & Scott Shiller Anonymous Donors (16)
Trudy & Don Metzger Kathleen Slencak Sarah & Elmer Allbee
Ann Miner Carol & J. Carl Slesinger Shirley & Stanley Angrist
Betty Minnotte Honorable Manny H. Smith & Ronna & C. Daniel Askin
Diana Misetic Mrs. Ileane O. Smith Julianne Avolio
Eugene Modic & Adele White Dr. Thelma Snyder Teresa Babyak
Janice L. Myers-Newbury Lori Sobol Angelo Baiocchi &
Patricia Nicoletta David Sogg & Lisa Parker Maureen Puskar
Somer Obernauer, Sr. Marcia & Mel Solomon Prof. Susan Balee
Dr. Susan O’Rourke Joseph M. Spirer Arcangela & John Balest
Andrew David Ostrowski Thomas & Deborah Stackrow Lydia Balogh
Dr. William Otto Stuart & Mary Staley Maggie Balsley
Dr. Reshma Paranjpe Shyrl Stange Steven Barilla
Scott & Kate Parker Claudia Steele Tanya Baronti
Jared Pascoe Judith & Daniel Stone David P. Barrett
Kimberly Patterson & Neill Stouffer & Bruce Harshman Phyllis M. Baskin
Dena Hofkosh Hayes & Patricia Stover Beth & Keith Battaline
John Patzer & Mary DuQinn Harmony Sullivan & Cheryl Y. Begandy
Louise & John Pavia Justin Cummings Dolly Bellhouse
Cynthia Pennington & Martha Summerfield Richard Beran
Christopher Donohue Stacia & Dennis Swanson Susan Beringer
Carla & Thom Pfahler Irene & David Tabish Diane L. Berman
Marilyn & David Posner Mary Ann Stuart Templeton Georgia Berner & James Farber
Martin Potoczny Kathleen & Louis Testoni Patricia Bibro
John Previs Dr. Edward T. Tomlinson & Bernadette Bishop-Pirollo
Mary Quigley Dr. Carol Wooten Christina Blackwood
Jessie Ramey & John Zimmerman Drs. Donna & Michael Tranovich Benjy Blanco
David & Denise Raves Nancy & Gary Tuckfelt Patricia Bloom
Mary & Chris Rawson Cynthia Tutera Cate Blouke
Bonnie M. Resinski Lyn Ultsch Nena Boax
Judith Roscow & Stephen Oliphant Tom Valenza Gloria & Alvin Bodek
Cynthia Ross-Katz Ronna Walters Susan Bonello
Mona D. Rush Elizabeth & James Webster Michael Bonenberger
Ruth & Russell Sacco Marvin M. Wedeen Lisa Borghesi
Joan Scheinholtz Ken Werner & Lynn Swanson Alec Boright
Joanne E. Schollaert Judge R. Stanton Wettick, Jr. & Miriam & Arnold Breslow
Paul & Carolynn Schrading Nancy Hazlett Donna Broderick
Lynn & Brian Schreiber Joyce & Wayne Wiester Andrea Brown
Pamela Brown

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Gail & John Buchanan Jennifer Foster Kay & J. Richard Jennings
Mary Alice Buck Roseanne Fowler Susan Johnson
Daniel Burns Frauke Frahm John P. Jones
Robert Burrows Robyn Francis Gregory Jordan
Alexandra Caffee Dr. Barbara Freeman Nancy Junker
Mary L. Callahan Erika Freiberger Rosalind Kaliden
Christine Cammarata Robert Friday Robin & Sally Kaye
Michele Capuano Michael Friedrich Lori Kayser
Paula & Marco Cardamone Margaret H. Fuhrman Lorna Kearns
Loretta Carnegie Mary Frances Gargotta Kristen & Matthew Keller
Allison Carns Ruth & James Garrett Maureen Kelly
Lady Dana Pamela Gaynor Alex M. Kindler
Christine & Peter Casillo Sherry & David Geis Michele Klingensmith
Nicholas Chreky Alice V. Gelormino Candice Komar
Dr. Vicky A. Clark Keren Gilboa Drs. Hanita & Ram Kossowsky
Colleen & Michael Colarusso Dr. Virgil Gligor & Carolyn & Randy Kakoff
Laura & Pierre Combemale Mrs. Alicia Avery Benjamin Kramer
Robin Connors Roslyn Goorin Karen Krieger
Janet & John Conomos Gail Lynne Gratton Benjamin Kyle Seltzer
Dr. Charles Cullen Anahid M. Gregg Jane & Christopher Lacey
Lloyd Cunningham Benay & Howard Grossinger Carol Hochman & William Lafe
Mary Kay Curran Hanna Gruen Samantha Laffey
Mary Pat Curran Natalie Guiler Jacqueline Lang
Kathleen Cypher Norton Gusky Adele Lawhead
Frances Czak Kathy Hancock Jill Leahy
Eric Dambrogi & James Douglas Leslie & Ronald Hartman Joyce Leifer
Marilyn & James Davis Sharon Hassick Patricia Lennox
Lawrence & Ruth Davis Luann Healy Richard & Susanna Levitt, MD
Susan Davis John Hess Grace Lincoln
Dr. Laura DeCastro Jeffrey L. Hinds Patti Lindsey
Chuck Denk Janell Hinton Prof. Diane Litman &
Prof. Sharon Dilworth Velma & Stuart Hirsch Dr. Mark Kahrs
Jane Dirks Laurie & Alan Hirschman Annie Loub
Steven Doerfler Mary Ann Hobson Ryan Lowe
Thalia Dorwick Margie & Gary Hoffman Kilolo Vera Luckett
Dr. Rita G. Drapkin Barb Holmes & Eric Falk Marcia Luek
Phyllis Dreyfuss Carole & Stephen Hopey Jim Lynch
Aida & Barry Dugan Donald Howley Sydney Macejka
Garbie Dukes Yvonne Hudson David March &
Theresa Dukovich Linda & Dennis Hurwitz Randall Kesterson
Leslie Dunn Mark J. Husnick Mark Marsen
Elaine Duvall Bret Ioli Demetria Marsh
Susan & William Evans Diane Ives Erin Martin
Kathleen Fechter Mary James Abigail Martz
Janice & Jack Fink Dr. Tom James, III Celeste Massaro
Katherine Flood, MD Lonnie Jantsch Linda Mauro
Judith Focareta Elena Jelezcova David D. Maxwell

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Mark A. McDonald John E. Reilly Michael Steinberg
Kathleen McDonnell Adeline Rennekamp Shannon Stevenson
Donald McGillen Abby Resnick & Roger Day Karen & George Stipetich
Janis Williams Lauren & Daniel Resnick John D. Stofcik
Dr. & Mrs. Ryan McMillen Leila Richards Roslyn Stone
Linda Megela Agnes Riley Kay Stonemetz
William Meyer, Jr. JoAnn Riley Elizabeth Style
Alexis K. Miller Lori Rizzo Alison Styler
Barbara T. Miller Harriette & Ronald Roadman Ramona Sulkowski
Norah Miller Alison Robertson Irene Surmik
Margaret J. Mima Deborah J. Robinson Nancy Swanson
Joseph P. Moffitt Anna Rodgers Corky Tate
Catalina Moreno Kendra Ross Kathleen & Ronald Tekely
Shannon Musgrave Brian Rousseve Karen Thomas
Kathie Muzzey R. Douglas Rumbarger Joyce Trew
Barry Myers Janet Ruperto Sandra & John Turner
Luanne Neff Todd A. Russ Deborah Underwood
Julia Nesbitt Glenn & Patricia Russell Nikki Vanda
Cheyanne Neuenschwander Mary Russell David Vinski
Fed Noel & Rick Fredin Ina G. Sable Jen Von Ghoul
Marie Norman Stevo & Sal Caito Tina Walker
Katherine Nowak Sarnacki Family Kathleen Walton
Laurie & Dan O’Connell Penelope Sayles Teresa Coleman Wash
Rachel Ogilivie Lisa Scales Dorothy L. Washington
Martha & Charles Oliver Hon. Eugene & Sheila Scanlon Justin Weaver
Barb Ondo Sheila & Ralph Schmeltz Susan Bails & Howard Wein
Andrew Orient Jeffrey Schmoyer Ray Werner
John Robert O’Toole Ellie Schoenberger Dana & David Wettergreen
Robert O’Toole Phillip Schuller Jonathan & Elaine Widich
Thomas Pandolph Elizabeth T. Segel Beth Wierman
Sunwoo Park Victoria & David Serafini Jenna Wilkin
Gregory Parsons Sister Joyce Serratore Germaine Williams
Patricia Passeltiner Stevie Sheridan Jacqueline Wilson
China Payne Phyllis Silver Lynda Wingerd
Deesha Philyaw Larry Silverman Nora Wittich
Laurie A. Phythyon Donna Simms Toby Wolfe
Barbara Piskor Amanda Sinkus Dr. David Yaron &
Jeffrey L. Pollock, Esq. Doreen Smith Mr. Darryl Aspelin
Kathryn & Jeffrey Powell Mary Jo & Ray Smith Barbara & Marc Yergin
Ellen & Jeffrey Primis Beth & Randy Soergel Kathleen Zabetakis
Claudia J. Pryor Rhoda Sommer & Don Friedman Sandra & Howard Zaharoff
Eileen Quigley Ernie Sota Marilyn Zawoyski
Sotabdi Ray Jane Southern Steve Zelicoff
Elisa Recht Marlin Mary Lou & James Southwood Mary Zielinski
Allison Reddick Patricia Stack Jeanne Zoellner
Carol Reichbaum Francine Steger Robin Zucker

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Corporate Matching Gifts

Please check with your company’s personnel department to find out if your employer offers a matching gift
program.

If your donation and City Theatre (Arts and Culture) meet your company’s guidelines, the company cuts a
check to City Theatre for the same amount as the your donation (and sometimes even two, three, or four times
that amount!).

The following is a sample list of corporations with an employer matching gifts program. Those in bold
currently support City Theatre.

American Eagle Outfitters Eaton Corporation Insurance Company
American Express EQT Johnson & Johnson
Apple ExxonMobil JP Morgan
Applied Test Systems Federated Department MBIA
Avon Stores McKesson Corporation
Axiall Corporation Ford Foundation Merck
BNY Mellon GAP Corporation Microsoft
Boeing General Electric (GE) PepsiCo
BP (British Petroleum) GlaxoSmithKline Pfizer, Inc.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Google Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting
Car Max Hewlett-Packard (HP) PNC
Chevron Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield PPG Industries, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group H.J. Heinz Company Soros Fund Management
Coca-Cola The Home Depot Starbucks
Delta Houghton-Mifflin State Farm
Disney IBM Corporation Verizon
Dominion Foundation John Hancock Mutual Life Waste Management

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DONOR RECOGNITION

Corporate, foundation, and government support

City Theatre extends its sincere gratitude to the following businesses, foundations and public agencies for
their leadership support. Gifts acknowledged here were made between July 1, 2018 and August 1, 2019.

STEEL ($100,000 +) SILVER ($2,500-$9,999) BRONZE (up to $2,499)
Allegheny Regional Asset District The Benter Foundation Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous Byham Family Charitable AMPCO - Pittsburgh Foundation
Bloomberg Philanthropies Foundation B Corporation
Deloitte Consulting LLP Carmella’s Plates and Pints Carmi’s Soul Food
The Heinz Endowments Federal Home Loan Bank Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania
The Pittsburgh Foundation Fox Chapel Plaza Graeter’s Ice Cream
The Richard King Mellon Henne Jewelers Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Foundation Landesberg Design JKS Financial
DIAMOND ($50,000 +) Massaro Construction Group, Inc. K & L Gates LLP
EQT Foundation Pennsylvania Brewing Company Lawrenceville Distilling Company
The Grable Foundation Sarris Candies McGee Maruca & Associates, P.C.
The Hillman Foundation The Tides Foundation Mission Mahi
The Shubert Foundation (Venturous Theater Fund) Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
PLATINUM ($20,000-$49,999) W. I. Patterson Charitable Fund Pineapple Payments
The Buhl Foundation - Frick Wigle Whiskey Pittsburgh Pierogi
Educational Fund Pollock Begg Komar Glasser &
The Jack Buncher Foundation Vertz LLC
The Philip Chosky Charitable and Pond Lehocky Stern Giordano
Educational Foundation Smoke BBQ Taqueria
The Huntington National Bank South Side BBQ
LUXE CREATIVE Starbucks – South Side
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts The Vault Taproom
Pennsylvania Department of
Education
Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation
UPMC/UPMC Health Plan

GOLD ($10,000-$19,999)
Edgerton Foundation
The Fine Foundation
Giant Eagle Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National New Play Network
Opportunity Fund
PNC Charitable Trusts
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
James M. and Lucy K. Schoonmaker
Foundation
Staunton Farm Foundation

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DONOR RECOGNITION

In Honor Of gifts In Memory Of gifts IN MEMORY OF
Bingo O’Malley
Honor someone you love. Honor Memorial tributes honor special Given By
someone who loves theater. friends and family members. Anonymous
Eileen Quigley
IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF
Iris Amper Walker Sylvia & Sidney Busis IN MEMORY OF
Given By Given By Thomas J. Phillis
Hans Jonas Dodi Walker Gross Given By
The Honorable Manny H. Smith & Shirley Phillis
Mrs. Ileane O. Smith IN MEMORY OF Dennis Dean
Given By IN MEMORY OF
IN HONOR OF City Theatre Dodi Walker Gross & JoAnn Schlotterer,
Box Office Staff Daniel Edelstone, MD a sweet lady who
Given By adored the theater
Mona D. Rush IN MEMORY OF Russel Gries Given By
Given By Kathleen J. Marks
IN HONOR OF Dodi Walker Gross &
City Theatre Staff Daniel Edelstone, MD IN MEMORY OF
Given By Morton Spector
Caterine & Kenneth Glick, MD IN MEMORY OF Fred Lehman Given By
Given By Dodi Walker Gross &
IN HONOR OF Elliot Howsie's Dodi Walker Gross Daniel Edelstone, MD
New Judgeship
IN HONOR OF Mary McGinley IN MEMORY OF The IN MEMORY OF
Judicial Primary Victories Honorable Larry Kaplan Florence Zeve
Given By Given By Given By
Jeffrey L. Pollock, Esq. Dodi Walker Gross & Arthur Jack Kerr, Jr.
Daniel Edelstone, MD Frances & Michael Lando
IN HONOR OF Dr. Bernard Mallinger
Laura Penrod Kronk IN MEMORY OF Jack Marcus Marc Masterson
Given By Given By Susan & James Morris
Jayme & Kevin Miller Dodi Walker Gross Toby Wolfe

In honor of Tamara Tunie IN MEMORY OF
CTC Board Member Betty Jane Marcus
Given By Given By
Portia Kamons Dodi Walker Gross &
Daniel Edelstone, MD

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DONOR RECOGNITION

The Iris Amper Walker Fund

Established by Dodi Walker Gross and Brian J. Gross in honor of their mother and grandmother, Iris Amper
Walker, in 2016, The Fund’s purpose is to distribute gifts annually on or near Iris Amper Walker’s birthday
(July 31). These funds are to be utilized by City Theatre to purchase a tool, office item, technology, or piece
of equipment that will make work performed by City Theatre staff easier, more efficient, and/or improved in
some way.

Donors to the Iris Amper Walker Fund Purchased to date:
as of August 1, 2019
• Projector for Presentations
Anonymous Joan Bluestone Landorf • Safe for Box Office
Phyllis Baskin Georgian & Sally Lazer • Digital Camera for Marketing
Brian Jeffrey Gross Sheila & Thomas Lieber • iPad for Staff and Patron use
Dodi Walker Gross & James McNeel • Hoists for Production
Jan Grimes Ripper & • Bar/Concession Equipment
Daniel Edelstone • Conference Room Furniture
The Ceisler Family Doug Ripper • 3D Printer
Dianne & Ron Duursma Regina & Stuart Shapiro
Hans Jonas Cynthia Tutera
Jane & Bud Kahn Iris Amper Walker

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DONOR BENEFITS

The cast of F*ck7thGrade by Jill Sobule and Liza Birkenmeier at the Colorado New Play Festival.
F*ck7thGrade received a workshop at City Theatre before being selected for the prestigious Colorado New
Play Festival where they received a standing ovation. The world premiere will take place at City Theatre this
season. Photo credit: Bruce Thayer

Why Give?

New plays are risky, but essential. New plays capture the tenor of

society and tell the unique stories of contemporary life. And City Theatre continues
to be a national leader in shaping the field. But ticket sales account for less than
30% of our annual budget – the rest comes from a generous network of
community contributors. We rely on the support of these donors so that artists
have the opportunity to create freely and boldly. F*ck7thGrade will forever be
known as having its world premiere in Pittsburgh and you make this possible.
From the earliest readings to stunning world premieres, our patrons and artists
together develop the future of the American theater. Please consider making a
tax-deductible contribution today.

Contact Dianne Duursma at 412.431.4400 x278

or [email protected]
Or visit CityTheatreCompany.org and click on “Support City”

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DONOR BENEFITS

Become a donor today! Join the circle of influential theatre lovers whose donations

help us build sets, design costumes, house actors, and commission new plays by writers at the forefront of
the industry.

Friends (up to $99) Directors Circle ($5,000-$9,999)

n Acknowledgement in the playbill and All of the above benefits, plus:
on the website. n Attend three (3) private rehearsals.
n Coffee with the Artistic Producer.
FRONT ROW ($100-$499) n Private backstage tour with (2) friends with
the Artistic Producer.
All of the above benefits, plus:
n Advance notice of City Theatre events and Playwrights Circle
performances. ($10,000-$14,999)
n Invitation for two (2) persons to attend one (1)
first rehearsal. All of the above benefits, plus:
n Attend four (4) private rehearsals.
Spotlight ($500-$999) n Coffee with Managing Director.
n Private backstage tour with (4) friends with
All of the above benefits, plus: the Managing Director.
n Invitation for two (2) persons to attend two (2)
first rehearsals. City Theatre Circle ($15,000+)

Center Stage ($1,000-$2,999) All of above benefits, plus:
n Attend six (6) private rehearsals.
All of the above benefits, plus: n Attend six (6) private rehearsals.
n Private tour of the theatre for two (2) with the n Autographed cast poster of the World Premiere
Director of New Plays. production(s).
n Lunch with the Artistic Director.
New Play Circle ($3,000-$4,999) n Private backstage tour with six (6) friends with
the Artistic Director.
All of the above benefits, plus:
n Complimentary parking at the theatre.
n Invitation to Annual Brunch
(Last Sunday in May).
n Attend two (2) private rehearsals.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Enhance your City Theatre experience and Please turn off all electronic devices. Ringing
take advantage of discounted ticket prices by or vibrating cell phones, pagers, and watches
becoming a subscriber. Choose 3 and flex disrupt the performance and interfere with
options are available to best fit your interests the theatre’s sound equipment. No
and schedule. To subscribe, visit the Box Office, photography or video recording permitted
call 412.431.2489, or order online at during the performance.
CityTheatreCompany.org.
City Theatre is committed to providing
Group Sales an environment that is inclusive and
Save when you bring friends! Groups of 10 or welcoming to all patrons. Please identify
more are eligible for significant discounts. In any special seating needs to our Box
addition, we are happy to help you plan your Office staff when reserving your tickets in
event or party. For more information, contact Joel advance by calling 412.431.CITY (2489).
Ambrose at 412.431.4400 x286.
Wheelchair accessible seating is
Rush Tickets available in both the Mainstage and
Persons under 30 years of age may reserve $15 Hamburg Studio Theatres.
advance tickets, excluding Friday 8pm and
Saturday 5:30pm performances. For these excluded Selected performances of each pro-
show times, $15 student tickets may be pur- duction feature open captioning, audio
chased at the Box Office beginning two hours description, and pre-show introductory
prior to show time. Seniors age 62 and older may workshops for those who are hearing
also take advantage of rush tickets, $24 each. All impaired, blind, or have low vision. In
discounted/rush tickets are subject to availability. addition, select productions will
include an American Sign Language
Ticket Values Interpreted performance. Performance
Tickets prices vary by date and demand. In dates are available online or by
addition, pay-what-you-want performances are contacting the Box Office.
offered for each production. Call the box office
for dates. Assistive listening devices are
available. Please see the House
Parking Manager for details.
City Theatre provides safe, convenient parking
for $9 via lot access at 1317 Bingham St, Programs are available in both Braille
across from the theatre entrance. Parking is and large print. Please see the House
subject to availability. On-street parking meters Manager for details.
are monitored until midnight on Friday and
Saturday. Visit www.pittsburghparking.com for
more information.

Late Seating Policy
Our theatres are very intimate. Out of respect for
both the actors and audience, late arrivals will be
seated only at the discretion of house manage-
ment. Consider arriving early to enjoy a beverage
in the Gordon Lounge or to visit South Side’s many
eclectic shops and restaurants.

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STAFF

ARTISTIC PRODUCTION

Marc Masterson Artistic Director Tony Ferrieri Director of Production &
Resident Scenic Designer
Reginald L. Douglas Artistic Producer
Rachel D’Amboise Production Manager
Clare Drobot Director of New Play
Patti Kelly Resident Production
Development Stage Manager

Dennis Robinson, Jr. Director of Education & Paul Ford Technical Director

Accessibility David Maslow Associate Technical Director

Katie Trupiano Education & Accessibility Louise Phetteplace Properties Master

Manager Leah Blackwood Scenic Artist

Amber Holder Artistic Fellow John Michael Brucker Scene Shop Foreman

Alex Williams Artistic Fellow Andrew Homyak Scene Shop Carpenter &
Production Technician
ADMINISTRATIVE
Madison Hack Costume Shop Manager
James McNeel Managing Director
Brad Peterson Sound & Media Engineer
Natalie Hatcher General Manager
Greg Messmer Master Electrician &
Ryan Looke Company Manager Light Board Programmer

Dianne Duursma,CFRE Development Officer - Harbour Edney Light & Sound Assistant

Community Giving

Ryan Ferrebee Development Officer - FOR THIS PRODUCTION

Institutional Funding

Kerry Shiller Interim Finance Manager Megan Turnquist Associate Lighting Designer

Nikki Battestilli Marketing Director Joe Palermo Associate Sound Designer

Joel Ambrose Director of Ticketing & Lauren Connolly Production Assistant

Patron Services Amelia Benson Costume Shop Assistant

Jenna Wilkin Patron Services Manager Ali Roush Wardrobe Assistant

Kate Abel Box Office Associate Bradley Keller Production Technician - Scenic

Alec Davis Box Office Associate Courtney Chaplin Production Technician - Scenic

Megan Hamm Box Office Associate Jason Via Production Technician - Scenic

Dante Horvath Box Office Associate Lawrence Karl Production Technician - Scenic

Devon Mercurio Box Office Associate Peter Brucker Production Technician - Scenic

Abigail Sarnacki Ticketing Manager Nicole White Lighting Technician

Jena Grgurich House Manager Pat Andrews Production Volunteer

Caitlin Leasure House Manager Bob Follette Production Volunteer

Maggie Sulka House Manager CONSULTANTS

Landesberg Design Graphic Design
Program Design
Clayton Slater Design Website Development & Video
Photographer
Human Habits Animated Video Design

Kristi Jan Hoover

Matt Michalko

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