2013/2014 Season

JANUARY 8 THRU

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

From the Artistic DirectorBlanka ZizkaWelcome to the world of Cherokee. About a year and a half ago, Anne kauffman brought Cherokee to my attention as a possible world premiere. Lisa D’Amour had recently burst to national attention with her Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Detroit, and Anne felt the Wilma would be a good home to nurture this companion piece. Anne and Lisa are long-time collaborators: most recently, Anne direct-ed the critically-acclaimed production of Detroit at Playwrights horizons.

this marks Anne’s third production at the Wilma, where she has previously treated the audience to Gina Gionfriddo’s BeCky ShAW and Annie Baker’s BoDy AWAreneSS. Since BeCky ShAW, she has become one of the most in-demand directors in the country, and i’m delighted that she wanted to bring Cherokee here.

Lisa D’Amour grew up in new orleans and still splits her time between there and new york City. hurri-cane katrina has had a huge impact on her writing. in an email last winter, Lisa wrote: “Cherokee is about the urge i sometimes have to ‘start all over.’ the two couples who head out on their camping trip are in very specific threshold places, not realizing how ripe they all are for transformation.” What i love about Lisa’s writing is how she shows both couples (as well as Josh, whom they meet on their journey) coping with transformation, as well as large ques-tions of American life at the beginning of the 21st century, with humor, wonder, and perhaps a little magic.

i’m writing this while i’m in the middle of an inten-sive workshop for the second world premiere of this season, Paula Vogel’s Don JuAn ComeS home from irAq. Don Juan has truly been a case of set-ting sail in search of a destination: we cast the play last spring before a word of the play was written, and only last week, working with Paula and our cast of amazingly talented Philadelphia actors, discovered exactly where the protagonist was heading. i think this will be a remarkable play.

i hope that you will share my enthusiasm about these new works and that you will have a good time today while watching Cherokee. enjoy.

i am typically asked to submit my remarks for Wilmabill at least two months before you are here to read them. i am usually late. today is Giving tuesday (and yes, i am late). i know, for you, it is the new year, but you recall those days after thanksgiv-ing when your email inbox was flooded with special offers and gift requests?

if you didn’t give back to the community on Giv-ing tuesday or you didn’t make a tax-deductible contribution before the end of 2013, please keep in mind that we are happy to receive your support at any time during the year. nonprofit theater com-panies frequently state that ticket sales cover only 50% of what it actually costs to produce a play. this is indeed true for us as it is for our colleagues. And for those of you who took advantage of yesterday’s Cyber monday sale, the percentage is even lower!

We are in the midst of producing two back-to-back world premieres. today, you are here to experience Lisa D’Amour’s fun and mysterious new play Cherokee and we hope you will join us again in the spring for Paula Vogel’s Philadelphia-focused Don JuAn ComeS home from irAq. our ability to bring you exciting new work from two of Ameri-ca’s celebrated female playwrights is only possible because of the contributed support we receive from foundations, corporations, government agencies, and people like you.

We are very fortunate in the Philadelphia region for the philanthropic spirit and generous support we receive from a variety of sources. But i’m still contemplating a series of articles in the PhiLA-DeLPhiA inquirer last fall that described major shifts in Philadelphia’s funding climate. Support from individuals is becoming more and more critical for the health and welfare of arts and culture in our community, and the Wilma is no exception.

you are among the first people to encounter Lisa D’Amour’s play Cherokee. you share in our antici-pation, wonder, and expectation of the yet-unknown impact this play will have. We have no reviews of previous productions or reports on ticket sales from other theaters. We enjoy the risk of sharing a script that is completely new and unknown. We enjoy it so much that we’re going to do it again in the spring with Don JuAn!

if you share in our joy and anticipation of the new, please help us continue these adventures into the future. Join me in my Giving tuesday state of mind.

From the Managing DirectorJames Haskins

under the direction ofBlanka Zizka

Artistic Director

S E A So N S po NSo RS

The Wilma Theater is grateful for significant support provided by:

o pEN i N g N igHT S po NSo RS

Wyncote Foundation

The Horace Goldsmith Foundation

Student Sunday EveningsThis program is generously underwritten by the Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts Education Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation and provides $10 tickets to students. The Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Family Campaign to Build

the Audiences of Tomorrow, provides positive early theater experiences for Philadelphia area students.

The Wilma Theater’s in-school residency program WILMAGINATION is made

possible with the support of

H o N o R A RY pRo dUcER

Set DesignerMimi Lien

Lighting DesignerDrew Billiau

New York Casting DirectorLaura Stanczyk Casting, CSA

DramaturgWalter Bilderback

Costume DesignerMaiko Matsushima

Sound Designer and Music Composer

Brendan Connelly

Philadelphia Casting DirectorDavid Stradley

Production Manager Clayton Tejada

under the direction ofBlanka Zizka

Artistic DirectorJames Haskins

Managing Director

This theater 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.

presents

featuring

CHEROKEE was COmmissiOnEd by stEppEnwOlf tHEatRE COmpany, CHiCagO; maRtHa lavEy, aRtistiC diRECtOR, david HawKansOn, ExECutivE diRECtOR.

Ashley Everage, David Ingram, Kevin Jackson, Kalani Queypo, Marcia Saunders

o pEN i N g N igHT S po NSo RS

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

Resident Stage Manager Patreshettarlini Adams

The Actors and Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Children policySome subject matter may be deemed objectionable for children; therefore, children under 12 will not be permitted in the theater.

distracting noise and lightThe noise of cellular phones and candy wrappers, and the light from electronic devices are distracting to both audiences and actors. Please turn off all cellular phones and electronic devices. Also, please be sure that your watch alarm does not sound during the performance.

smoking, eating, and drinking are prohibited inside the theater.

please notePhotography or sound recording inside the theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be asked to leave the theater and may be liable for financial charges.

the wilma theater is a member of the following organizations: greater philadelphia Cultural alliance, league of Resident theatres, Rittenhouse Row, and theatre Communications group, inc.

Ashley Everage........................................................................TraciDavid Ingram...........................................................................JohnKevin Jackson..........................................................................MikeKalani Queypo..........................................................................JoshMarcia Saunders...................................................................Janine

There will be one 15-minute intermission

A campground in Cherokee, North Carolina, USA

LISA D’AMOUR (PLAY-WRIGHT) is a play-wright and co-artistic director of PearlDamour, an Obie-award winning interdisciplinary perfor-mance company. Most recently, Lisa’s plays have been produced by Playwrights Horizons (NYC), ArtSpot Produc-tions (New Orleans), The National Theater

(London), and Steppenwolf Theatre (Chicago). Her play DeTrOiT was a finalist for both the 2011 Pulitizer Prize for Drama and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is a past recipient of the Alpert Award for the Arts, the Stein-berg Playwright Award, and is a 2013 Doris Duke Artist. Lisa is a core alum of the Playwrights’ Center and a past resident playwright at New Dramatists. She lives with her husband, composer Brendan Connelly, in Brooklyn and New Orleans.

ANNE KAUFFMAN (DIRECTOR) At The Wil-ma Theater, Anne Kauff-man directed BeCKY SHAW (Barrymore for Best Direction and Best Overall Production) and BODY AWAreNeSS (Barrymore for Best Direction and Best Over-all Production). Most recently she directed SMOKeFALL at the

Goodman Theatre and South Coast rep; SOMeWHere FUN at the Vineyard Theatre; BeLLeViLLe (Lucille Lortel nomination) at New York Theatre Workshop, Steppenwolf and Yale rep; DeTrOiT at Playwrights Horizons; SLOW-GirL at LCT3; YOU BeTTer SiT DOWN: TALeS FrOM MY PAreNTS’ DiVOrCe at Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Flea Theater; MAPLe AND ViNe at Playwrights Horizons. Additional credits include GOD’S eAr by Jenny Schwartz at the Vineyard and New Georges, STUNNiNG by David Adjmi with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and LCT3, THiS WiDe NiGHT at Naked Angels (Lucille Lortel nomination), THe FLeA AND THe PrOFeSSOr at Arden Theatre Company (Barrymore for Best Overall Pro-duction of a Musical), COMMUNiST DrACULA PAGeANT at American repertory Theater, HAVe YOU SeeN STeVe STeVeN with 13P, THe LADieS by Anne Washburn with THe CiViLiANS at Dixon Place and Cherry Lane Theater. Other plays with Lisa D’Amour are 16 SPeLLS TO CHArM THe BeAST and THe reD DeATH, both with Clubbed Thumb. She won the Obie Award for THe THUGS by Adam Bock at SoHo rep, is a recipient of the Lilly Award, the Alan Schneider Director Award, Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for exceptional Creativity, and several Barrymore Awards. She is a Program Associate with the Sundance institute, a Usual Suspect at NY Theatre Workshop, an alumna of the Soho rep Lab, a current member of Soho rep’s Artistic Council, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Drama League, a founding member of The Civilians, and Associate Artist with Clubbed Thumb and New Georges.

ASHLEY EvERAGE (TRACI) was raised in San Antonio, TX. She received a BA in Psy-chology and Drama from Spelman College and an MFA in Acting from rut-gers University Mason Gross School of the Arts (MGSA). Some regional theatre credits include- A rAiSiN iN THe SUN (Huntington Theatre

Company), THe NOrTH PLAN (Portland Center Stage) and FiNiAN’S rAiNBOW (Berkshire Theatre Group). Other favorite theatre credits include iN THe BLOOD, MArAT/SADe and FeN (rutgers Theatre Company). She is currently an adjunct faculty member teaching acting at rutgers MGSA BA program. This is her debut at The Wilma Theater and she is thrilled to be a part of this new work.

DAvID INGRAM (JOHN) was last seen at interAct Theatre in SOMe OTHer KiND OF PerSON, and at People’s Light (with Marcia Saunders) in NOiSeS OFF. Also at People’s Light (where he has been a company member since 1989) he was in eND DAYS, YOUNG WOMAN FrOM rWANDA, and TUeS-DAYS WiTH MOrrie.

Other credits include CLYBOUrNe PArK at the Arden, LAUGHTer ON THe 23rD FLOOr and OUr SHOW OF SHOWS at 1812 Productions, THe TeMPeST at Act ii Playhouse, THe GOVerNMeNT iNSPeCTOr at the Lantern, THe rANT at interAct, and TArTUFFe, THree SiSTerS, and MeASUre FOr MeASUre at Temple rep. David is a faculty member of the Theater Department at Temple. All my love to Melanye, Adam and elise.

KEvIN JACKSON (MIKE) has appeared on Broadway in TOPDOG/UNDerDOG, MULe BONe, and FeNCeS. Other New York credits include reFereNCeS TO SALVADOr DALi MAKe Me HOT, MACBeTH, DANCiNG ON MOONLiGHT, THe CAUCASiAN CHALK CirCLe, and SPUNK

(Obie Award) for The Public Theater/NYSF. His regional credits include PLAYBOY OF THe WeST iNDieS at Yale repertory Theatre and SPUNK and THe CiDer HOUSe rULeS (Garland Award, Ovation Award) at Mark Taper Forum, and THe HArD WeATHer BOATiNG PArTY at Actors Theatre of Louisville. His television credits include NCiS, AWAKe, CriMiNAL MiNDS, COLD CASe, WiTHOUT A TrACe. Mr. Jackson’s film credits include CADiLLAC reCOrDS, MVP, BrOTHer TO BrOTHer, STAND DOWN SOLDier, KiLLiNG rUTH, HerO, BO-GUS, rOSeWOOD, CONSPirACY THeOrY, BrOWN’S reqUieM, CeMeNT, STANLeY’S GiG, SiN KiTCHeN, and the upcoming STrANGe eYeS OF DOCTOr MYeS.

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KALANI QUEYPO (JOSH) is a founding member of the National American indian Com-mittee at SAG/AFTrA. He is also an active collaborator with Na-tive Voices Theater at the Autry, where he proudly serves on the Advisory Council. Before moving to Los Angeles, Kalani trained

in New York City, and was featured on stages all over the country — Goodspeed Opera House, Trinity repertory Company, Mark Taper Forum, and The Ordway. Hol-lywood has embraced Kalani with prestigious acting projects such as the Oscar-nominated Terrence Malick film THe NeW WOrLD, and Steven Spielberg’s emmy Award-winning mini-series iNTO THe WeST. Other television credits include MAD MeN, NUrSe JACKie, BONeS, A$PeN: THe SerieS, and THe MiNOr AC-COMPLiSHMeNTS OF JACKie WOODMAN. Kalani has just returned from New Zealand where he was shooting the upcoming feature film SLOW WeST with Michael Fassbender. The producers (KiNG’S SPeeCH, SHAMe) are planning a 2014 release. SAG/ AFTrA / AeA

MARCIA SAUNDERS (JANINE) recently completed a run of NOiSeS OFF (with Da-vid ingram) at People’s Light & Theatre and at Montgomery Theatre she appeared in MirACLe ON SOUTH DiViSiON STreeT. She is no stranger to the Philadelphia theater community. Up next

will be Mrs. Bennet in PriDe & PreJUDiCe at People’s Light and Theatre and then on to the Arden for iNCOr-rUPTiBLeS in the spring. New York credits include a production of THe iNTeLLiGeNT DeSiGN OF JeNNY CHOW at Atlantic Theater Company. She is the recipient of an emmy award for her narration of the Discovery Channels TeACHer TV. Marcia is a long- standing act-ing company member of People’s Light & Theatre. Much love to Charles & Colin. And many thanks to Annie.

MIMI LIEN (SET DESIGNER) is a designer of sets and environments for theater, dance, and opera. She is an artistic associate with Pig iron Theatre Company and the Civilians. Previously at the Wilma: BODY AWAre-NeSS, MACBeTH, BeCKY SHAW, eUrYDiCe, THe LiFe OF GALiLeO, CLOUD 9/A NUMBer, OUTrAGe. recent work includes NATASHA, Pierre, & THe GreAT COMeT OF 1812 (Kazino), A PUBLiC reADiNG…ABOUT THe DeATH OF WALT DiSNeY (Soho rep), THe DANCe AND THe rAiLrOAD (Signature), reD SPeeDO (Studio Theater). Lien has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, and is a recipient of the NeA/TCG Career Development Pro-gram, the American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award, Barrymore Award, four Barrymore nominations, and Bay Area Critics Circle nomination. in 2012, she received an Obie Award for Sustained excellence.

MAIKO MATSUSHIMA (COSTUME DESIGNER) is a costume and set designer who designs for theatre, dance, opera and film in NYC, Philadelphia, and regional theatres. Since 2011 she had been resident designer and faculty member at Bryn Mawr College teaching set and

costume design. She collaborates with Headlong and David Brick with whom she premiered iSLAND iN TO-KYO in 2012. Other recent designs include ZerO COST HOUSe and eNJOY by Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada; TWeLFTH NiGHT (Pig iron Theater Company) which is currently on tour. MY WONDerFUL DAY, THe UNDerSTUDY (Wilma); PrOLiFerATiON OF THe iMAGiNATiON (BalletX); THiS (Playwrights Horizons, NY); reSCUe Me (Ohio Theatre, NY); MOre (Head-long Dance Theater); THe CHiLDreN OF VONDerLY (Classic Stage Company, NY); ADDiNG MACHiNe, SUiTCASe, Or THOSe THAT reSeMBLe FLieS FrOM A DiSTANCe (La Jolla Playhouse, CA) and many others. She also has worked as an associate costume designer on Broadway productions such as SPriNG AWAKeN-iNG, rADiO GOLF, LeSTAT, ASSASSiNS, GOOD BODY, PACiFiC OVerTUreS (with Junko Koschino), and WiCKeD in Japan.

DREW BILLIAU (LIGHTING DESIGNER) recent light-ing designs include THe MAGiC FLUTe for Pittsburgh Opera; TeA: A MirrOr OF SOUL for Vancouver Opera; BOOTYCANDY at The Wilma Theater; HeNrY V for The Lantern Theater; COCK at Theater exile; BeAUTi-FUL DeCAY for BalletX. Upcoming projects include TrAiN at The Lantern Theater and reD eYe TO HAVre De GrACe for Lucidity Suitcase. Past lighting design credits include Opera Philadelphia’s LA BOHeMe, CArMeN, TUrANDOT, FiDeLiO and POrGY AND BeSS; Lucidity Suitcase’s THe MeLTiNG BriDGe, FLAMiNGO WiNNeBAGO and WHALe OPTiCS; ABDUCTiON OF THe SerAGLiO for Teatri of Treviso; irON, eNGLiSH BriDe and GrUeSOMe PLAYGrOUND iNJUrieS for Theater exile; New Paradise Laboratories FATeBOOK and PrOM; Arden Theatre’s CHArLOTTe’S WeB, FrOG AND TOAD and ALL MY SONS; BalletX’s riSK OF FLiGHT and SiLT. Drew also holds the positions of Associate Designer at the corporate lighting firm of Fine Design Associates and Asst. Professor of Lighting Design at The University of the Arts.

BRENDAN CONNELLY (SOUND DESIGNER AND MUSIC COMPOSER) recent sound design credits include: TOPDOG/UNDerDOG (Two river Theater, dir. Suzan-Lori Parks), rUiNeD (Fordham, dir. isis Misdary), A STreeTCAr NAMeD DeSire (Southern rep, New Orleans), ATMOSPHere OF MeMOrY (LAByrinth Theater, dir. Pam MacKinnon) and LA JUNGLA De LAS CiUDADeS (iCPNA, Lima, Peru, dir. Gisela Cardenas). Brendan is co-founder and composer of the Obie-win-ning Theater of a Two-headed Calf whose work includes the double chamber opera YOU, MY MOTHer, TriFLeS, rOOM FOr CreAM and DrUM OF THe WAVeS OF HOriKAWA. Other recent collaborations include Pearl-Damour’s HOW TO BUiLD A FOreST and the forthcom-ing MiLTON. Brendan has received composition awards from NYSCA, NYFA, Meet-The-Composer and is an alum of the TCG/NeA Career Development Program.

LAURA STANCZYK CASTING, CSA (NEW YORK CASTING DIRECTOR) Broadway: rAGTiMe, iMPreS-SiONiSM, THe SeAFArer, COrAM BOY, TrANSLA-TiONS, rADiO GOLF, WHO’S AFrAiD OF VirGiNiA WOOLF, and UriNeTOWN. Previously for the Wilma: THe CONVerT, BOOTYCANDY, ASSiSTANCe, BODY AWAreNeSS, MACBeTH, LANGUAGe rOOMS, BeCKY SHAW, COMiNG HOMe. Other: THe SHAWSHANK reDeMPTiON (Gaiety, Dublin; Wyndam’s Theatre, West end), THe CriPPLe OF iNiSHMAAN (Atlantic, irish Tour), rAGTiMe (Kennedy Center), DirTY DANCiNG (National Tour), BrOADWAY THree GeNerATiONS (Kennedy Center), NATiONAL ANTHeMS (Old Vic), TrYST (Promenade), DAMN YANKeeS

(encores! Summer Stars), GATe/BeCKeTT (LCF), DON’T DreSS FOr DiNNer (royal George), THe GLOriOUS ONeS (LCT), LONG DAY’S JOUrNeY iNTO NiGHT (Druid Theatre, Galway). She is also the resident casting director for McCarter Theatre and regularly works with the Alley, ACT, Goodman, and Huntington Theatres in the United States.

DAvID STRADLEY (PHILADELPHIA CASTING DIREC-TOR) is the Artistic Director of Delaware Shakespeare Festival. As a casting director, he has also worked for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and Delaware Theatre Company. As a director, David has directed for Delaware Theatre Company (eight productions), Walnut Street Theatre, Delaware Shakespeare Festival, and Philadel-phia Shakespeare Theatre. As an educator, David has worked for all of the above companies as well as for the Wilma, Folger Shakespeare Library, and People’s Light & Theatre Company. BFA Theatre Performance, University of evansville; MFA Acting, Asolo Conservatory/Florida State University. Many thanks to Blanka and Jamie for the opportunity. Much love to Michelle. For more informa-tion, please see davidstradley.com.

WALTER BILDERBACK (DRAMATURG) is proud to be back for his 10th season at The Wilma Theater and look-ing toward the future. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s residential College and Yale School of Drama. Favorite projects at the Wilma include SCOrCHeD, rOCK’N’rOLL, MACBeTH, iN THe NeXT rOOM, PrOLiFerATiON OF THe iMAGiNATiON, OUr CLASS, ANGeLS iN AMeriCA, and of course whatever he’s cur-rently working on.

PATRESHETTARLINI ADAMS (STAGE MANAGER/AEA) has been the production stage manager at the Wilma since the theater made its new home on the Avenue of the Arts in 1996. She has captained all but three produc-tions in her tenure here and is very happy and proud to be a part of the Philadelphia theater community. “Pat” is celebrating season #18 at the fabulous Wilma! Prior to her coming home to Philly, Pat was stage manager at the Tony Award- winning Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ. in past years, Pat has worked the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, GA and the National Black Theater Festival in Winston-Salem, NC. When not at the Wilma, she has found herself traveling the world with critically-acclaimed dance company Noche Flamenca! Most recently, she is using all her free time to spoil her grandsons, isaiah and elijah. God is Good!

CLAYTON TEJADA (PRODUCTION MANAGER) is in his third year as Production Manager after serving the Wilma as Technical Director for the previous seven years. Clayton started his professional career as an Apprentice at the Arden Theatre, and then worked there for several years as Stage Supervisor. Before coming to the Wilma, he worked as a freelance Technical Director or Produc-tion Manager for 1812 Productions, Mum Puppettheatre, Lantern Theater, and Azuka Theatre. Clayton is a gradu-ate of the Theater Arts program at The University of Puget Sound. He is proud to make Philadelphia his professional and artistic home. Many thanks to his sweet Kate and Alex the rascal.

BLANKA ZIZKA (FOUND-ING ARTISTIC DIREC-TOR) has been Founding Artistic Director of The Wilma Theater since 1981. in the fall of 2011, Blanka received the Zelda Fichan-dler Award from the Stage Directors and Choreogra-phers Foundation, which recognizes an outstanding director or choreographer

transforming the regional arts landscape. Most recently, Blanka directed richard Bean’s UNDer THe WHALe-BACK, Tony Kushner’s ANGeLS iN AMeriCA, Tadeusz Słobodzianek’s OUr CLASS, Sarah ruhl’s iN THe NeXT rOOM, which received eight Barrymore awards, and MACBeTH, which included an original score by Czech composer and percussionist Pavel Fajt. Blanka has direct-ed over 60 plays and musicals at the Wilma. Her recent favorite productions are Wajdi Mouawad’s SCOrCHeD, Tom Stoppard’s THe iNVeNTiON OF LOVe and rOCK ’N’ rOLL, Sarah ruhl’s eUrYDiCe (which featured an origi-nal score by composer Toby Twining, now available from Cantaloupe records), Brecht’s THe LiFe OF GALiLeO, Athol Fugard’s COMiNG HOMe and MY CHiLDreN! MY AFriCA!, and Caryl Churchill’s CLOUD 9. She collabo-rated closely with Dael Orlandersmith on her plays rAW BOYS and YeLLOWMAN, which was co-produced by McCarter Theatre and the Wilma and also performed at ACT Seattle, Long Wharf, and Manhattan Theatre Club. Blanka was also privileged to direct rosemary Harris and John Cullum in Ariel Dorfman’s THe OTHer SiDe at MTC. For the Academy of Vocal Arts, she directed the opera KáT’A KABANOVá by Leoš Janácek. She has collaborated with many playwrights including Yussef el Guindi, Doug Wright, Sarah ruhl, Tom Stoppard, Linda Griffiths, Polly Pen, Dael Orlandersmith, Laurence Klavan, Lillian Groag, Jason Sherman, Amy Freed, robert Sherwood, and Chay Yew. Her favorite productions are, even after all these years, Tom Stoppard’s THe iNVeNTiON OF LOVe and Jim Cartwright’s rOAD. She’s now collaborating with Paula Vogel on her new play DON JUAN COMeS HOMe FrOM irAq, which will open at the Wilma in March.

JAMES HASKINS (MANAGING DIRECTOR) joined the staff of The Wilma Theater as Manag-ing Director in 2006. He began his work in theater administration at Circle repertory Company and went on to work with a number of theaters in New York and Seattle. Upon moving to Philadelphia,

James worked as Managing Director of interAct Theatre Company and then executive Director of the Theatre Alli-ance of Greater Philadelphia before coming to the Wilma. Also an actor and director, James holds an MFA from the University of Washington and a BA from The College of Wooster (Ohio), where he currently serves as President of his alumni class and as a member of the Alumni Board. James is honored to serve on Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s Cultural Advisory Council and Pennsylvania Bal-let’s 50th Anniversary Advisory Council.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Blanka ZizkaMANAGING DIRECTOR: James Haskins

Fight Coordinator...........................................................................................................................Michael CosenzaDialect Coach.......................................................................................................................................Peter SchmitzMovement Consultant.......................................................................................................................Steve HoffmanAssistant Director................................................................................................................................Kate HopkinsAssistant Stage Manager.................................................................................................................Philip J. Vonada Assistant Set Designer........................................................................................................................Brittany VastaAssistant Costume Designer..................................................................................................................Katie CobleAssistant Lighting Designer.....................................................................................Christopher J. Frey, Jill KlechaAssistant Sound Designer.................................................................................................................Nick KourtidesProperties Master....................................................................................................................Kimitha Anne Cashin Light Board Programmer & Operator ............................................................................................. Ashley W. MillsAssistant Master Electrician..................................................................................................................Nicole roloSound Operator.....................................................................................................................Zachary Beattie-BrownCostume Supervisor.............................................................................................................................regina rizzo Running Crew......................................................................................................................Ben Henry, Tessa YoungCarpenters.................................Ben Henry, Alison Levy, Alyssa Cole, Lance Kniskern, elliot Greer, ivan Dillinger, George Spencer, Phil HaberekElectricians..............Nicole rolo, Michael Hamlet, Catherine Lee, Lucas Nguyen, Ani Leonhart, Ali Blair BarwickScenic Painter...................................................................................................................................Lance Kniskern

PRODUCTION CREW

ARTISTICDramaturg/Literary Manager - Walter BilderbackLiterary/Artistic Assistant - William SteinbergerLiterary interns - Sophie Peyton and Kate Herzlin

EDUCATIONeducation Director - Anne K. Holmes education Assistant - Lizzy Percora Teaching Artists - Kate Czajkowski, Mike Dees, elizabeth Filios, Katharine Clark Gray, Liz Greene, John Jarboe, Brian ratcliffe, ed Swidey, Tasha Milkman education intern - Doris Ottman

MARKETINGMarketing Director - Aaron immediatoPublic relations Manager - Johnny Van Heest Group Sales Manager - Alexa Smith

DEvELOPMENTDevelopment Director - iain CampbellGrants Manager - Justin BauerDevelopment Assistant - Debby LauDevelopment intern - Alyssa Guckin, Miljenka Sakic

BUSINESSGeneral Manager - Maggie ArbogastOffice Manager - Andrea Sotzing Marketing & Administrative Assistant - Megan O’DonnellTessitura Application Systems Analyst -Catherine Lachance-Duffy Tessitura Services & Support Specialist - Stephen Dombkoski Tessitura Training & Support Specialist - Andy Wertner

STAFF

PRODUCTIONProduction Manager - Clayton Tejada Assistant Production Manager/Master electrician - Ashley W. MillsTechnical Director - Matthew Zumboresident Stage Manager - Patreshettarlini AdamsFacilities Manager - Kenneth DeprezSound engineer - Zachary Beattie-BrownCostume Supervisor - regina rizzoProduction Fellow - Tessa YoungStage Management Fellow - Philip J. Vonada Production intern - Krista SheaferCustodian - Fetteroff F. Colen

FRONT OF HOUSEBox Office Manager - James SpechtAssistant Box Office Manager - Hilary AsareBox Office Staff - Nikki Bromberg, Amanda Grove, rich rubin, Alexa SmithHouse Manager - Javier Mojica

SERvICESPhotographer - Alexander iziliaevCatering - Chef’s Table Technology Services - Liberty TechnologyAuditors - Horty & Horty, P.A.insurance Brokers - Gallagher Benefits Services, SKCG Group, inc.

SPeCiAL THANKS

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HOW TO REACH US

Marina Hunley-Graham, Cherokee Historical Associa-tion; Linda Squirrel, Cherokee Historical Association; Jerry Wolfe, eastern Band of Cherokee indians

STAGES

Interview“LIFE IS LESS LINEAR THAN WE HAvE CONvINCED OURSELvES IT IS”

Walter Bilderback: You came to national attention as a playwright with DeTrOiT. You’ve described CHerOKee as a companion piece to De-TrOiT: how so?

Lisa D’Amour: DeTrOiT deals with two couples who feel incredibly at odds with their suburban environment. The two women in the play long to go camping, but they have absolutely no camping skills, to the point that when they try to drive to the campground, they get lost and wind up right back at home. i wrote CHerOKee specifically as a “camping play”. if DeTrOiT is about being trapped in the suburbs, CHerOKee is about trying to get back to nature, start from scratch in order to see what you might discover about yourself and your culture.

Walter Bilderback: You’ve mentioned that the title DeTrOiT doesn’t refer to a literal setting for your play, but the idea of “Detroit;” what led you to set your new play in a version of Cherokee, NC?

Lisa D’Amour: The Cherokee of this play is much closer to the “real” Cherokee than DeTrOiT is to the real DeTrOiT. . . i’ve been fascinated by Cherokee for many years now – i have such vivid memories of camping there as a pre-teen, and i really think seeing UNTO THeSe HiLLS was the

with playwright Lisa D’Amourby Walter Bilderback

STAGESCARBON FOOTPRINTS Average yearly output of carbon dioxide (CO2) in metric tons:Houston, Texas: 17.54 Asheville, North Carolina (48 mi. from Cherokee): 13.55 Philadelphia, Pennsylva-nia:15.02 Harris County, Texas, the home of Houston, is the largest produc-er of CO2 in the country. Most of this pollution is the result of heavy industry, particularly the petroleum industry. Texas is the worst state for CO2 production. Pennsylvania is #3.

beginning of my obsession with site-specific theater, an obsession that has shaped my life and career. Cherokee is one of the most beautiful, complicated places on earth. The eastern Band of the Cherokee has managed to preserve their native culture and capitalize (yes i said it) on a Westernized tourist indus-try in ways that seem genius to some, suspect to others. When i spend time in Cherokee . . . i feel so many compli-cated emotions. The sublime beauty of the Smoky Mountains, the horror of the forced evacuation of the Cherokees, the resilience of those who marched on the trail of tears AND those who stayed behind, the face that the eastern Band must wear for tourists today, which is surely very different from the faces they show each other in private….all of this stirs productive conflict inside me, and i hope, lays the groundwork for CHerO-Kee.

Walter Bilderback:You have a sort of dual career of writing plays for conventional theater and also site-specific work with Katie Pearl. One of your recent PearlDamour projects - HOW TO BUiLD A FOreST – seems like it may have bled into Cherokee a little. Was that intentional?

Lisa D’Amour: i do find that both my playwriting and my PearlDamour work have taken a turn gently towards the political /real world /imme-diate contemporary issues. To be honest i think it has everything to do with Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Watching my hometown very nearly disappear (and then, almost entirely through sheer local force of will, rebuild itself), really shook me into a new phase in my art. i don’t neces-sarily think my art can solve big problems like climate change or rac-ism, but i’m more curious than ever about how it can create a space for contemplation about each individual’s personal, intimate relationship to problems that seem huge and out of our hands.

Walter Bilderback: Why should people go to the theater in this day and age?

Lisa D’Amour: Life is less linear than we have convinced ourselves it is. Theater is such a pliable form, and by going to see plays – especially new plays – one increases the chances of seeing and feeling the ragged, chaotic, idiosyncratic, dynamic process of being a human being.

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Cherokee, NC – Cherokee is located in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains in western North Carolina. it is the center of the qualla Boundary, the home of the easter Band of Cherokee indians. it is a major tourist attraction in the Southeastern U.S. because of its magnificent scenery, a Harrah’s casino, and a summer outdoor drama, UNTO THeSe HiLLS.

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians –the eastern Band of Cherokee indians is com-posed of descendants of those few Cherokee (perhaps as few as 700) who were able to remain in the east when the rest of the Cherokee Nation was forced to leave on the “Trail of Tears” in 1838.

The “Trail of Tears” – in 1830, the indian removal Act was passed, declaring that all members of the “Five Civilized Tribes” – the Cherokee, Choctaw, Semi-nole, Muscogee-Creek, and Chickasaw – be relocated to what is now Oklahoma. The Cherokee held out until 1838, taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court; in Florida, it prompted the Second Seminole War (1835-1842), in which approxi-mately 3,000 indians and soldiers died. The Cherokee “relocation” started in the dead of winter. Approximately 16,000 Cherokee started on the Trail of Tears; 4,000 died before reaching their destination.

THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND TEARS – is a fictional drama within the play. There is an actual sum-mer outdoor historical drama performed in Cherokee, NC, UNTO THe HiLLS, about the Cherokee in-dians and the events leading to the Trail of Tears. All of the details of the rehearsal process and produc-tion of THrOUGH MOUNTAiNS AND TeArS are entirely fictional, as are any references to actors or di-rectors involved in the production.

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