Grapes of Wrath program

John Steinbeck’S The Grapes of Wrathadapted by

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2013–2014 Season at the Lederer Theater Center under the direction ofCurt Columbus and Michael GennaroThe Richard L. Bready Executive DirectorArtistic Director

THE ARTISTIC TEAM Directed by Brian McEleneySet design by Michael McGartyCostume design by William LaneLighting design by John AmbrosoneSound design by Peter Sasha HurowitzOriginal music composed by Sherri Eldin & Zdenko MartinMusic arranged & performed by 3pileSpeech & voice direction by Thom JonesProduction stage managed by Buzz Cohen*

September 5 – October 6, 2013 in the Sarah and Joseph Dowling, Jr. Theater

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This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Trinity Rep gratefully acknowledges the support of the B.B. Lederer Sons Foundation, the State of Rhode Island, and the City of Providence.

The Grapes of Wrath was originally produced on the Broadway stage by The Shubert Organization, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Suntory International Corporation and Jujamcyn Theatres Corporation.

The Grapes of Wrath is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

JOHN STEINBECK’S The Grapes of WrathADAPTED BY

FRANK GALATITHE CASTTom Joad Stephen Thorne*Ma Joad Anne Scurria*Pa Joad Richard Donelly*Granma Janice Duclos*Grampa Stephen Berenson*Uncle John Fred Sullivan, Jr.*Noah Joad, Ensemble, 3pile Ben GrillsRuthie Joad, Ensemble, 3pile Nikki MassoudWin� eld Joad, Ensemble, 3pile Ted MollerRose of Sharon Jessica Crandall*Connie Rivers, Ensemble, 3pile Alex CurtisAl Joad, 3pile Matt E. Russell

Jim Casy Joe Wilson, Jr.*Muley Graves, Ensemble Charlie Thurston* Floyd, Ensemble, 3pile Zdenko MartinMrs. Wainwright Mia Ellis*Proprietor, Ensemble, 3pile Sherri Eldin

The Grapes of Wrath is performed with one intermission.

Production Director Laura E. Smith

* Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

PLEASE NOTE: Audience members are requested to turn o� all cell phones, beepers, pagers, and watch alarms during the perfor-mance. Texting and other cell phone use is limited to intermission, outside the theater. Photography is not allowed during the show.

ON THE COVER: ANNE SCURRIA & STEPHEN THORNE; PHOTO BY MICHAEL GUY

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Dear Friends,We all know how important it is to

mark the milestones in life — birthdays and anniversaries are causes for celebration and, sometimes, retrospection. We can look backwards on our past triumphs with nostalgia, or perhaps regret, and say wistful sentences that begin with “Remember when….” There’s usually cake, speeches (long speeches), and accolades at such occasions.

But we are Trinity Repertory Company. The people who founded our theater 50 years ago were visionaries. They looked forward, they saw the future, they built for the nex t generation.

They were community leaders who rallied the resources to open Trinity Rep because they knew a lasting cultural institution would have a profound impact on the future of Providence, Rhode Island, and all of Southern New England. They were artists who broke ground with an in-your-face house style and a love of great stories and language. They were artisans and administrators who kept the place running in the most challenging of circumstances, with not a word of recognition on most of those occasions. And I want to celebrate their incredible accomplishments by doing what they did — by looking forward.

When I look forward for Trinity Rep, I see generations of learners

who will be impacted

by our programming. Project Discovery students will keep coming through our doors, as will the students in our Young Actors Studio and summer programs, and they will keep having their lives forever changed by the power of live art. Lifelong learners are also a part of our future, as well as students on the autism spectrum and with special needs. We will grow as an integrated learning commu-nity, one that is fueled by great theater.

When I look forward for Trinity Rep, I see our place in an ever-expanding Rhode Island cultural community. Long-time audience

members know that the face of Providence has vastly improved since we moved into the Lederer Theater in 1973, with the many seedy establishments now replaced by rows of swanky restaurants and inspiring public art (take a look at our new mural on Washington Street! Thank you, AS220!). Our collaborations with other local arts organizations will grow and deepen, continuing this process of positive change.

When I look forward for Trinity Rep, I also see many more years of great artistry. Our MFA programs with Brown University are just entering their second decade, and they are already recognized as being among the finest in the country, with an important impact on the entire field. Our resident company will

continue to be our vital engine, the force behind all of the great work on our stages. We have added three new company members this season (welcome Mia Ellis, Becky Gibel, and Charlie Thurston), and through them, we will continue our commitment to great, local artists making one-of-a-kind, local art for local audiences.

When I look forward for Trinity Rep, I see great new plays, indeed, a whole generation of new writers. In late July, we completed our seventh company development workshop, where our resident company and writers from

around the nation worked on eight new plays in four days, all candidates for the next several seasons. Our writers will challenge form and provoke thought in ways that I cannot even conceive,

but they will remain committed to the live, performed event. In the future, our work will be as primal and necessary as ever, a living, breathing story in an over-mediated world.

Trinity Rep may be entering middle age as an institution, but it is far from feeble in its potential, its energy, its impact. We celebrate 50 years with Picasso’s sentiment ringing in our ears. We celebrate our youthful vitality. We celebrate our future and the next 50 years for Trinity Repertory Company. I look forward to being with you on the way, and to seeing you in the theater.

—Curt ColumbusThe Richard L. Bready Artistic Director

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Trinity Rep’s strong Ties to steinbeck and shepardIn 1981 Trinity Rep was invited by the Inter-national Communication Agency to take an American classic as well as a more adventur-ous contemporary play on tour to India and Syria. Artistic Director Adrian Hall chose to remount his acclaimed productions of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (1976) and Sam Shepard’s Buried Child (1980). The tour was a huge success. Pictured here are (left to right) Ford Rainey and Amy Van Nostrand in Buried Child, and Richard Jenkins and Keith Jochim in Of Mice and Men. Trinity Rep bookends its 50th season with John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind, a return to two playwrights integral to the company’s history.

PRODUCTION DESIGN BY EUGENE LEE, COSTUMES BY WILLIAM LANE & PHOTOS BY CONSTANCE BROWN

Tony Medeiros was a marathoner – until a knee injury sidelined him. He had to quit running, gained fifty pounds, and experienced increasing pain when he walked. “An orthopedic surgeon told me I needed a total knee replacement and I told him, ‘No, I don’t.’” Tony was right. Dr. Robert Marchand of South County Orthopedics

performed partial knee replacement surgery using the surgeon-controlled robotic arm MAKOplasty™ system. “Two days later, I’m home walking around, not even a crutch,” Tony remembers. And just three months after the surgery, he was running 5Ks again, winning15 of the 17 races he competed in that year. “Dr. Marchand gave me my life back,” Tony says.

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Brian Mceleney: Directing The Grapes of WrathTrinity Rep’s Lauren Ustaszewski talks to Associate Director Brian McEleney about the challenges of putting an American classic onstage.

lAuRen: The most important question I have for you is, although The Grapes of Wrath is certainly a classic text, why produce the show now, in 2013?

BRiAn: There are two major currents in the story. One is the travails of the Joad family, who are beset by a natural disaster, the Dust Bowl, that is exacerbated by the malfeasance and inaction of government

and banking interests during the Great Depression. We have seen a number of similar events in the past 20 years. We have natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina, but we have also had the collapse of the economy that has caused widespread poverty and homelessness, as well as distrust in our banking institutions. The Joad family experiences similar tribulations, and there is a heroic example to be found in their ability to not be overwhelmed and endure.

Another, more personal thread, is the emergence of Tom Joad’s social conscious-ness. His friendship with Casy the preacher helps him develop an understanding of sacrifi ce for the common good. They get involved in a labor uprising and that is

another contemporary issue. We have had a decimation of the labor industry. When the minimum wage was established, certain sectors of industry were excluded, particularly farm workers.

Migrant farm work is another big issue of this play. Migrant labor these days is made up of both legal and illegal immigrants who are excluded from any kind of protection, just like the Joads. So the novel and the play are a strong call toward taking care of each other.

The fi nal moment of the play is a rather startling act of charity on the part of Rose of Sharon, who’s just been through a tremen-dous personal loss yet fi nds the strength to use that for the cause of good. I fi nd the

issues and the content incredibly compelling and incredibly relevant.

lAuRen: What will be diff erent about this particular production?

BRiAn: It’s going to be really different! It’s going to be unrec-ognizable from a lot of past productions. I didn’t want the play to be about “spectacle.” I didn’t want it to be a movie. As written it ’s very cinematic. I wanted it to be much more of an interior story, a story about music and poetry and people. One of the dif f iculties is that it began as a novel. It’s

not a play in the way that we think of a play. It’s very plot oriented and that can allow the audience to just sit back and watch. I’ve always loved theater that requires the audience to engage imaginatively rather than sitting back and watching it unfold before them. And that was the great danger in this piece I was trying to avoid.

I believe in this novel tremendously — I believe in the issues in the novel and the story of the novel. I wanted to fi nd a way of telling the story that would make it contemporary and relevant rather than nostalgic. The issues of the play, with the natural and man-made disasters that people have to endure, are very contemporary and I want to put it in a context in which the

audience has to ask the questions, “What does this have to do with me?” So I decided to put it in a musical venue, in a bar. We have a band, 3pile, made up of acting students in our Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program, and they have composed original contemporary folk-rock music specifi cally for this produc-tion. And in the same way that we did The Crucible on the steps of City Hall, we’re setting this play in a bar, because we need to tell the story now. So that’s going to be very diff erent.

And it’s not going to be a musical. It’s not even a play with music. The brilliant musicians in 3pile were asked to come up with music and songs over the summer that were inspired by reading the play and the novel, but no characters in the play are going to sing. The band will sing the songs and interspersed between that, we’re telling the story of this play.

lAuRen: How will that support the story?

BRiAn: The songs are a counterpoint to the story. Steinbeck’s writing is poetic and almost religious in its weight. I wanted to have something that will heighten the theatrical event and I hope that the music will do that. And I’m also hoping that the songs will give us a chance to take a breather from the story to refl ect on it.

lAuRen: Apart from just tackling the challenges, what are you most looking forward to about this particular production?

BRiAn: I’ve never done anything like this — we’re almost trying to reinvent a new genre of play and music. So I’m excited about the adventure, I’m excited about having 17 people on stage, which is a tremendous opportunity that we don’t get very often. We have very minimal scenic production values, which is a strong artistic choice. You could go with the water and the fi re, and the dust and the car, all of which is great, but that’s been done. Or you can go extremely minimalist and you can say, “We actors are going to create this story.”

l Au R e n: What do you want the audience to come away with?

BRiAn: I think that one of the functions of art is to make us see things in a new way. I just don’t want people to take this story for granted and say, “Oh that was fun, that was nice, that was nostalgic, that was a piece of Americana.” I really hope they will experience this truly great American novel as a contemporary experience.

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In 2007, Brian McEleney tackled another American classic — All the King’s Men by Adrian Hall, adapted from the novel by Robert Penn Warren. Set design by Michael McGarty, costumes by William Lane, lighting by John Ambrosone. PHOTO BY MARK TUREK


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john steinbeckAuthor Born in 1902 in Salinas, California, he attended Stanford University but never graduated. Steinbeck first achieved critical success with Tortilla Flat (1935). As his career progressed, his novels espoused a social criticism in presenting the American experience. Notable works include In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), and The Long Valley (1938), a collection of short stories. In 1939 he published what is considered his best work, The Grapes of Wrath, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Later novels include East of Eden (1952), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), and Travels with Charley (1962). Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. He died in 1968.

Frank GalatiPlaywright Frank Galati won two Tony Awards for his adaptation and direction of Steppenwolf’s production of The Grapes of Wrath on Broadway. Although he is known primarily as a director of epic plays and musicals (Steppenwolf’s Homebody/Kabul, Broad-way’s Ragtime) he is an equally adept actor (Steppenwolf’s The Drawer Boy) and adaptor (Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for The Accidental Tourist). Recently he has directed his adaptation of Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore and appeared in The Tempest. He is also an Associate Direc-tor at The Goodman Theatre and Professor of Performance Studies at Northwestern University.

brian Mceleney Director As a Trinity Rep Associate Director, produc-tions include House & Garden, The Crucible, Twelfth Night, Absurd Person Singular,The Dreams of Antigone, A Raisin in the Sun, All the King’s Men, Our Town, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Master Class, Proof, Sparrowgrass, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, A Christmas Carol, Stones in His Pockets and Dinner With Friends. As a resident acting company member, he has appeared in over 60 plays, including King Lear, Richard II, Richard III, The Completely Fictional — Utterly True — Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe, The Odd Couple, Twelfth Night, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Cider House Rules, Angels in America, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Cherry Orchard, Amadeus. He is also Head of Brown/Trinity Rep’s MFA Acting Program.

Michael McGarty Set Designer Trinity Rep: 30 years, including King Lear, Three by Three in Rep, Steel Magnolias, It’s a Wonderful Life, Absurd Person Singular, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Cabaret, A Christmas Carol, A Raisin in the Sun and The Importance of Being Earnest. Broadway: Master Class, Wait Until Dark, and God Said “Ha.” Other Theaters: NY Shakespeare Festival, Old Globe Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, NY City Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Pacific, Wilma Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Seattle Rep, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Philadelphia Theater Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Williamstown Theater Festival, Bay Street Theater and the Kennedy Center. He teaches design at Brown University and RISD.

williaM lane Resident Costume Designer Bill is a native of St. Louis, Missouri. He has an MFA in theatrical design from Northwestern University. Before moving to Providence he was a teacher and freelance designer in Chicago. This is Bill’s 35th season as Trinity Rep’s resident costume designer. He has designed over 265 productions with this extraordinary company and has had the opportunity of collaborating with all of Trinity Rep’s artistic directors: Adrian Hall, Anne Bogart, Richard Jenkins, Oskar Eustis, Amanda Dehnert and Curt Columbus. Bill shares a home in Providence with his longtime partner and friend Robert Whitney and their Wheaten Terrier Maggie.

john aMbrosone Lighting Designer Trinity Rep: Boeing-Boeing, It’s a Wonderful Life, Absurd Person Singular, Twelfth Night, Shooting Star, A Raisin in the Sun, The Dreams of Antigone, Blithe Spirit, All the King’s Men, The Fantasticks, You Never Know, A Christmas Carol, The Henriad, Songs of Innocence/Songs of Experience, West Side Story, Proof, Stones in His Pockets, The Skin of Our Teeth, Sylvia. Broadway: The Old Neighborhood. Off Broadway: Nocturne. National Tour: The King Stag. Regional: American Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Long Wharf, Prince Music Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Merrimack Repertory, People’s Light & Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Royal George Chicago, Virginia Stage, PlayMakers Repertory.

Peter sasha hurowitzResident Sound Designer Peter Hurowitz has designed the sound for over 75 productions at Trinity Rep. Last season’s designs include Social Creatures, The How and the Why and House & Garden. This is

his 18th season with the company, where he serves as sound engineer. Mr. Hurowitz also designed sound for the East Coast premiere of A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters at Emerson College and the world premiere of On the Line at the Cherry Lane Theatre, as well as for Perishable Theatre and the Brown New Play Festival.

thoM jones Speech and Voice DirectorFourteen seasons with Trinity Rep. He is also the Head of Voice and Speech for Brown/Trinity Rep’s MFA program. Regional credits: Chautauqua Theatre Festival, The Public Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival, Yale Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Huntington Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Long Wharf, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Film/Television: Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole (Academy Award nomination for Best Actress), The Paperboy, Grace of Monaco, Just Go with It, Trespass; Emma Watson, The Bling Ring; Sandra Bullock, The Heat; Alan Rickman, Vanessa Redgrave, Robin Williams, Minka Kelly, James Marsden, Alex Pettyfer, The Butler; Ben Mendelsohn, The Place Beyond the Pines, Trespass; Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Edge of Darkness; Brendan Gleeson, Melissa Leo, Black Irish; Brotherhood (Showtime pilot).

3Pile3pile is composed of third-year Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting students. They are thankful for the opportunity to share their music on the Trinity Rep stage.

AdditionAl stAffAssistant to the Director: Rebecca MaxfieldFight Consultant: Craig HandelAssistant Lighting Designer: Alison Hall

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from the University of California, Berkeley. Alex is also a director, improviser, and teaching artist. He is founding member of the theater company Threshold.

RichARd donelly*trinity Rep: An Ameri-can Cocktail; Come Back, Little Sheba; A Christmas Ca ro l; B o o t s o n th e Ground; Some Things Are Private; Dead Man’s Cell Phone; His Girl Friday; Sparrow Grass; Love Alone. other theaters:

Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, RI Shakespeare Theatre, 2nd Story Theatre, Charles Street Playhouse. film: Urban Relics, By a Thread, Say You’ll Be Mine. He appears as Congressman Sanders in the upcoming David O. Russell movie American Hustle. television: Empire State, Law & Order, Providence, Brotherhood, Body of Proof.

JAnice duclos*trinity Rep: In 29 seasons, favorites include: Rose, Dancing at Lughnasa; Sister Mary, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You; Miss Hannigan, Annie; Polonius, Hamlet; Melony, The Cider House Rules; Josie, A Moon for

the Misbegotten; Wanda, The Waiting Room; Virginia, The Clean House; Henriette, Paris by Night; Beverly, The Receptionist; Lady Bracknell, The Importance of Being Earnest; Fraulein Kost, Cabaret; Jean, Dead Man’s Cell Phone; Morgan Le Fay, Camelot; M’Lynn, Steel Magnolias; and One for the Money, which she wrote and directed. other theaters: American Repertory Theater, Arena Stage. other: She is a graduate of CCRI and URI.

sheRRi eldinOff-Broadway: Roar, The New Group, NY Arab-American Comedy Festi-val. other nyc theater: Broadway workshop, The Threepenny Opera, Roundabout Theatre Co., various roles at Fordham University and

other venues. Brown/trinity Rep: A Bright Room Called Day, Marisol, Jedermann, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It (also as composer/music director). other: Osbournes: Reloaded, Fox; CollegeHumor.com video series. Sherri is a third-year acting student in Brown/Trinity Rep’s MFA Program and majored in Bilingual Literature and Creative Writing at Fordham, where she received a scholarship to study acting in Italian in Rome.

THE casT stephen BeRenson*

trinity Rep: 25th season; The Fool, King Lear (and at Dallas Theater Center); Shylock, The Merchant of Venice; Sydney, Absurd Person Singular; Herr Schultz, Cabaret; Harry, Paris by Night; Puck, A M i d s u m m e r N i g h t ’s

Dream; Jack, Into the Woods; Scrooge (2001, ’02, ’04). other theaters: NYC’s Town Hall; BAM; Kennedy Center; 17 summers with Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble (Polonius, Dogberry, Friar Lawrence); tours in the U.S. and Canada; appearances at The White House and on a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. other: Director of Brown/Trinity MFA Programs and member of the Acting faculty; New England Theatre Conference Award; Providence Mayor Citation; Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.

JessicA cRAndAll*trinity Rep: Christmas Past, A Christmas Carol ’05; Ensemble, A Christ-mas Carol ’04. Brown/trinit y Rep: Jul iet , Romeo and Juliet; Eliza-beth, Richard III; Dottie, Killer Joe; Lydia, Big Love; etc. other theaters:

Antigone, Burial at Thebes, Kassandra, Agamemnon, La MaMa (Innovative Theatre Award nomination for outstanding featured actress); Andrea Pearl, Birds on a Wire, Sorel, Hay Fever, VOICETheatre (NY); two seasons at the Warehouse Theatre (SC) including Isabella, Measure for Measure, Bride, Blood Wedding, and Portia, Julius Caesar; Shanty (one-woman play), Perishable Theatre; Gray Green Canals, Concrete Temple Theatre (NYC). other: Brown/Trinity Rep MFA 2006.

Alex cuRtisBrown/ trinity Rep: Po o r N e i g h b o r/ Fa t Cousin, Jedermann; Old Gentleman/Fireman, Rhinoceros; Florizel, The Winter’s Tale; Adam/William, As You Like It; Baz, A Bright Room Called Day. other theaters:

Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Marin Shake-speare Company, Cutting Ball Theater, Crowded Fire Theater Company, SF Playhouse, Performers Under Stress, The Un-Scripted Theater Company, and Threshold. other: Alex is a third-year acting student in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program, and holds a BA with Honors in Theater and Performance Studies

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MiA ellis*trinity Rep: The Ghost of Christmas Past, A Christ-mas Carol; Francine/Lena, Clybourne Park. Brown/ trinity Rep: E l e a n o r S t o d d a r d , U.S.A.; Minola McKnight, Parade; Stevie, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Olga,

Three Sisters; Titania, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Valeria, The Rover; Wesley, The Time of Your Life; Synecdoche, Meronymy; Julia Roberts, O Guru Guru Guru. other theaters:Hamlet, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble; A Christ-mas Carol, New Stage Theatre. tv: What Would You Do?, ABC; Person of Interest, CBS. other: Mia is a graduate of the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program. She received her BA in music and vocal performance from Tougaloo College. She sends a special thanks to Mom, Semoune, and L.B., and is ecstatic to be a new member of the resident acting company.

Ben GRillsBrown/ trinity Rep: Faith, Jedermann; Lenny, Marisol; Orlando, As You Like It; Shepherd, The Winter ’s Tale ; Monk , Small Craft Warnings. other theaters: Bassa-nio, The Merchant Of Venice; Barfee, The 25th

Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Hakija, Small Tragedy; Pierce Butler, Unbound; Victor Chandebise/Poche, A Flea in Her Ear. other: Ben is a third-year student in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program and holds a BFA in Acting from the University of RI.

zdenko MARtinBrown/ trinity Rep: Autolycus, The Winter's Tale; Husz, A Bright Room Called Day; Duke Senior, As You Like It; Golf Club/I ce Cream, Marisol ; Mammon, Jedermann. nyc theaters: Hudson to Ch i n a , St . A n n's

Warehouse; In His Bold Gaze My Ruin Is Writ Large, La Tea Theatre; The Maderati, The Red Room; Flowers, Center Stage; Lost, Looking Glass Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, Manhattan Rep; Cowboy Mouth, 45th Street Theatre; The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Abrams Art Center. other theaters: I Am Not Batman, The Open Road Anthology, Pizza Theology, Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville; Interna-tional Kukla Festivali, Istanbul, Turkey. other: Zdenko is a third-year student at Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program. He is also a stage combat instructor, fi ght choreographer, musician and composer.

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tickets Much Ado & Twelfth Night: $10 general admission, $5 for students (with valid ID) and seniors (62 and older). Middletown: $12 general admission, $6 for students and seniors. Call (401) 351-4242 or visit trinityrep.com. all PerForMances at the Citizens Bank Theater, Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire St., Providence.


chARlie thuRston*trinity Rep: Mr. Smith, Social Creatures; Edgar, The Completely Fictional — Utterly True — Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe. Brown/trinity Rep: Leo Frank, Parade; Eddie, Tango; Nick, The Time of Your Life; Rocky, Lake

Untersee. other theaters: Three Sisters, Arden Theatre Company; …Poe, Baltimore Center-stage; Hamlet, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble; You Can’t Take It ith You, Three Sisters, Carve, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Chautauqua Theater Company; To Fool the Eye, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Wonderful Noise, Creede Rep; Prosperity, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Riverside Theatre; Twilight Orchard, Redmoon Theater. other: He a Brown/Trinity Rep MFA graduate and thrilled to join the resident acting company.

Joe Wilson, JR.*trinity Rep: In eight seasons, plays include: King Lear, House & Garden, B o e i n g - B o e i n g , T h e Merchant of Venice, It’s A Wonderful Life, Clybourne Park, Camelot; Yellow-man, Cabaret, Twelfth Night, The Odd Couple,

A Raisin in the Sun, A Christmas Carol, Paris by Night, All The King’s Men,The Fantasticks, Cherry Orchard, Topdog/Underdog (2005 I.R.N.E. Award), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (2006 I.R.N.E. Award), Hamlet. Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar. off Broadway: Little Ham and Josephine’s Song. other theaters: Penumbra Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Alliance Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Guthrie Theatre, Ordway Music Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, New Repertory Theatre, and American Players’ Theatre. other: MFA, University of Minnesota; BA, Notre Dame.

Buzz cohen*Production Stage Managertrinity Rep: The How and the Why, The Merchant of Venice, Absurd Person Singular, Twelfth Night, A Raisin in the Sun, Richard III, Our Town, The Molière Impromptu, Proof, Copenhagen, Thunder Knocking on the Door, The Piano Lesson, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. Broadway: The Tempest, The Secret Rapture, The Queen and the Rebels, Ned & Jack. off Broadway: 27 years at the Public Theater/NYSF, stage-managing 60 productions since 1986, including 30 Shakespeare productions (most recently, this summer’s Comedy of Errors); last season’s Neva; Compulsion; Road Show; Durango; Stuff Happens; The Ruby Sunrise; The Story; Lacka-wanna Blues; Stop Kiss; Golden Child. other: Honored with the only OBIE ever presented for Distinguished Stage Management.

nikki MAssoudBrown/ trinity Rep: Marisol, Marisol; Cook/T h e D e b to r 's W i f e , Jedermann; Celia, As You Like It; Time/Oracle, The Winter’s Tale; Rosa Malek, A Bright Room Called Day; Alba, Religiones Gringas, Writing Is Live Festival.

other theaters: Ensemble/Laura, The Glass Menagerie Project, Arena Stage; Vasanti, Sanyasi, DC Fringe Festival; Maryam, Crazy Blood, Zeitgeist Festival/Arena Stage; Mary, The Grace of Mary Traverse, Wife/Moon, Blood Wedding, “Z”/Zaynab, You Are Dead You Are Here, Georgetown University. other: Nikki is a third-year student in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program and holds a BA in History, Theatre, and Psychology from Georgetown. ted MolleR

trinity Rep: Barry Love, House & Garden. Brown/tr i n i t y R e p : J e a n , Rhinoceros; Touchstone, As You Like It; Antigonus;The Winter’s Tale; Doc, Small Craft Warnings.other: Ted is a third-year student in the Brown/

Trinity Rep MFA Acting program and holds a BA in Theater from Boston College.

MAtt e. RussellBrown/ trinity Rep: Jedermann, Jedermann; Bill McCorkle, Small Craft Warnings; Polixenes, The Winter’s Tale; Botard/Café Proprietor, Rhinoc-eros; Corin, As You Like It. other theaters: Levi, Joseph and…Dreamcoat;

Drew, In a Dark Dark House; Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Harcourt, The Country Wife. other: Matt is a third-year student in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Acting Program and will teach Introduction to Acting and Directing at Brown this fall. He holds a BA in Economics and Theatre from Vanderbilt University.

Anne scuRRiA*trinity Rep: Highlights from over 100 produc-t i o n s : B e v / K a t h y , Clybourne Park; Marion, Absurd Person Singular; Elizabeth, The Syringa T r e e ; H o m e b o d y , Homebody/Kabul; Vivian Bearing, Wit ; Martha,

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Into Night. other theaters: New York Public Theater, Circle Rep, Intiman Theatre, Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, William-stown Theatre Festival, Circle Rep, Lyric Stage, SpeakEasy Stage, New Century Theater, and Perseverance Theatre. other: Anne was a Kaplan Fellow and a graduate of the Trinity Rep Conservatory. She teaches acting in the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program.

Fred Sullivan, Jr.*trinity Rep: 110 produc-tions, 30 seasons: Teddy, House & Garden; Walter Burns, His Girl Friday ; Charles, Blithe Spirit (Norton Award); Jamie Tyrone, A Moon for the Misbegotten; Edmund, Long Day’s Journey into

Night; Joe, Angels in America; Harold Hill, Falstaff, Alfie Doolittle, Oscar Madison, Creon, Scrooge, Warbucks, Belch, Captain Hook. directing: Boeing-Boeing, Shooting Star, A Christmas Carol. other theaters: Common-wealth Shakespeare Co. (Bottom, Jaques, Parolles. Menenius), ATL, DTC, Berkeley Rep, NJ Shakespeare. Gamm Theatre: Rothko, Red; and resident director: Hamlet, Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Tempest, Barrymore, Glass Menagerie, Glengarry Glen Ross, boom, The Real Thing, Awake and Sing! (Norton Award). other: Fred teaches acting at Gamm, Trinity Rep and RISD.

stephen thoRne*trinity Rep: This is Mr. Thorne’s 14th season. Favorite roles: Homer Wells, The Cider House Rules; John Proctor, The Crucible; Arthur, Camelot; Hamlet; Stephen, The Long Christmas Ride Home; Hal/Henry V, The

Henriad; Matt, The Fantasticks; Heisenberg, Copenhagen; Quango, Homebody/Kabul; Garry, Noises Off. other theaters: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Long Wharf Theatre and Riverside Shakespeare Festival. He has been a member of the Bread Loaf School of English Acting Ensemble since 1999. other: Stephen also wrote The Completely Fictional – Utterly True – Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe, produced at Trinity Rep in 2011, and Veronica Meadows, to be produced this season at Trinity Rep.

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lAuRen ustAszeWski: How many times have you played Scrooge?

Fred Sullivan, Jr.: I’ve only played Scrooge once before, in 1999. I remember I was performing on Christmas Eve , and I was out in the audience dancing in the Christmas morning scene, and a little girl stood up in her chair, put her arms out and said, “I love you Mr. Scrooge!” My family happened to be there that night, and it was just incredible.

lAuRen: What a beautiful moment!fRed: Yeah, it really was. A Christmas

Carol is so important to people. People propose marriage and celebrate anniversa-ries at the theater, and bring their kids and their grandkids. When they call it Rhode Island’s greatest holiday tradition, it’s more than just a catch phrase; it’s really, deeply true. I’ve played the gamut of roles from Old Joe to the Nephew Fred. One time I played all the ghosts: I played the Narrator who turned into Marley, who turned into Ghost of Christmas Past, who turned into Ghost of Christmas Present, who turned into Ghost of Christmas Future and then turned into the Turkey Boy! That was actually one of my family’s favorite ones. We’ve produced it 37

times, and this piece has such a great history with this theater. The reason the audience keeps coming back is not just tradition, but because we re-imagine it year after year. Eight generations ago Charles Dickens wrote this story as personally as Eugene O’Neill would write any American play. Dickens sat up all night and thought about his past and wrote this incredible story about his own youth and his view of the world, mostly his view of poverty and our responsibility to each other. And he made this masterpiece that is going to live forever and is powerful as any myth that we share. To me it’s as profound and as magical as Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, or The Lord of the Rings.

lAuRen: It’s a parable in so many ways.fRed: It’s true. The character has been

played so many different times and in various ways he might as well be Hamlet, or Macbeth or Lear. All of Shakespeare’s greatest characters come face to face with their own mortality, and here we have a character who is literally crying on his own grave. And that’s the reason why Scrooge is a great part and why I’m looking forward to play him again.

lAuRen: What are some of your favorite Christmas Carol’s from years past?

fRed: I have three favorite perfor-mances of Scrooge from popular culture. The first is Albert Finney in the musical film, and it’s great because he was a young man at the time so in the flashbacks you see how young he was. I also love the George C. Scott one, in which Scrooge is such a business man with such gravitas, and the moment at the grave is heartbreaking and brilliantly acted. Then my third favorite, I admit, is Mr. Magoo.

lAuRen: There’s a Mr. Magoo version of A Christmas Carol?!

fRed: There’s a Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol and it’s in the shape of a Broadway musical, with Mr. Magoo as a Broadway actor playing Scrooge. They use the Dickens text

Scrooge ReduxThe second time is a charm for resident acting company member Fred Sullivan, Jr.

and it’s actually quite charming and moving. I have so many favorites from Trinity Rep

productions and I’ve learned something from each and every one. If I couldn’t be in it, I’ve always gone to see it. The technical staff says A Christmas Carol is their favorite production every year because the audiences are great.

And to hear the laughter and honest reactions of children is amazing to me. I’ve played Marley and flown out over the audience and had kids scream and gasp, and that response is very difficult to get in live theater. A really good Christmas Carol can produce that. Some of the people who come to see this play don’t come to see any other play during the year. It’s great to have every walk of life and every age group in the theater. It’s a big responsibility. It needs to be great and I have every confidence and hope that it will be.

A christmas carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming and directed by Tyler Dobrowsky, runs Novem-ber 9 – December 28 in the Chace Theater with Fred Sullivan, Jr. as Ebenezer Scrooge.

From curmudgeonly to cuddly: Fred Sulllivan, Jr. as Ebenezer Scrooge in Trinity Rep’s 1999 production of A Christmas Carol, with (from left) Stephen Berenson, Mauro Hantman, Jim Barton, Peter Husovsky, Shaelyn Olivia Ray as Tiny Tim, and Barbara Orson. Directed by Mark J. Lerman, set by Tom Buckland and Kathrine Lovell, costumes by William Lane, and lighting by Deb Sullivan.

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In 1973, Trinity Repertory Company moved to its present home in the Lederer Theater Center at 201 Washington Street, downtown Providence. Formerly known as the Majestic Theatre, the historic build-ing houses two performance spaces: the 500-plus seat Chace Theater and the 300-seat Dowling Theater, as well as offices, production shops, and rehearsal halls. The theater is wheelchair accessible and offers an Assistive Listening System for the hearing-impaired.

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Curt ColumbusThe Richard L. Bready Artistic Director

Curt Columbus joined Trinity Rep as artistic director in Januar y 2006. His directing credits for Trinity Rep include His Girl Friday, The Merchant of Venice, C a m e l o t , C a b a r e t , The Odd Couple, The

Secret Rapture, The Receptionist, A Christmas Carol, Memory House, Blithe Spirit, Cherry Orchard and the world premiere of Stephen Thorne’s The Completely Fictional — Utterly

True — Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Social Creatures. Three of his plays — Paris by Night, The Dreams of Antigone, and Sparrow Grass — premiered at Trinity Rep. His adaptation of Crime and Punishment (with Marilyn Campbell) is published by Dramatists’ Play Service. Curt’s translations of Chekhov’s plays are published by Ivan R. Dee, include a collection, Chekhov: The Four Major Plays. The Dreams of Antigone and Sparrow Grass are published by Broadway Play Publishing. Curt lives in Pawtucket with his husband, Nathan Watson.

miChael GennaroExecutive Director

Michael joined Trinity R e p a s e x e c u t i v e director in 2007. He was executive direc-tor for eight years at Steppenwolf Theatre where Curt Columbus was associate artistic director. He has also

been executive director at Pennsylvania Ballet, managing director at Ford’s Theatre and Producing Director and CEO at Paper Mill Playhouse. Michael has served on grant panels for the NEA, TCG and the Doris Duke Foundation and was a RI Foundation Fellow in 2011. He is also licensed in NY as an attorney and is currently a referee with the Providence Roller Derby. Michael’s wife Donna Lee is a special events coordinator and his son Brendan is a musician in Chicago.

tyler DobrowskyAssociate Artistic Director

Tyler has worked at Trinity Rep since 2003, where he has directed Its A Wonder ful Life (2010, 2011), Love Alone (2012, co-directed with Deborah Salem Smith), A C h r i s t m a s C a r o l (2012). As Trinity Rep’s

Education Director, he was instrumental in the expansion of the Young Actors Studio after-school and summer arts programs, and helped to strengthen Trinity Rep’s landmark Project Discovery program. Tyler is the associate producer for Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep, and teaches for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program as well as Trinity Rep’s educational programs for children and adults. Tyler received his MA from Brown University, and studied theater at Holy Cross.

laura smithProduction Director

Ms. Smith is in her 17th season with Trinity Rep. She was the associateproduction manager at Trinity Rep for six years and the capital projects manager for two years, overseeing the construction of the

Pell Chafee Performance Center. In the past, she has been the production manager for the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance at Brown University and the Berkshire Opera Company. She has also stage managed for institutions such as the Metropolitan Opera, the New York Philharmonic, and the Juilliard School.

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RESIDENT ACTING COMPANYStephen Berenson, Angela Brazil, Timothy Crowe, Janice Duclos, Mia Ellis, Rebecca Gibel, Mauro Hantman, Phyllis Kay,Brian McEleney, Barbara Meek, Anne Scurria, Fred Sullivan, Jr., Stephen Thorne, Charlie Thurston, Rachael Warren,Joe Wilson, Jr.

ARTISTIC AND MABEL T. WOOLLEYLITERARY DEPARTMENTThe Richard L. Bready Artistic Director .................. Curt ColumbusAssociate Artistic Director ................................... Tyler DobrowskyResident Designer ....................................................... Eugene LeeAssociate Directors ..........................Brian McEleney, Brian MertesResident Costume Designer ......................................William LaneResident Artist.....................................................Michael McGartyPlaywright in Residence .............................Deborah Salem SmithDirector of Voice & Speech ..........................................Thom JonesLiterary Intern ..........................................................Lexi DiamondArtistic Administrative Intern ...................................Molly Greene

EDUCATIONEducation Programs Manager & Teaching Artist .................................. Jordan ButterfieldSchool Partnerships Manager ................................Matthew TibbsEducation Intern .............................................. Zia Affronti MorterTeaching Artists .........................Jamie Arnold, Shura Baryshnikov

Angela Brazil, Ted Chylack, Jackie Davis, Lexi DiamondTyler Dobrowsky, Amanda Dolan, Billy Domineau

Vicki Dorazio, Daniel Duque-Estrada, Mia Ellis, Rebecca GibelMauro Hantman, Anne Harrigan, Katie Leeman

Zdenko Martin, Nikki Massoud, Mike Miele, Sophie NetanelBeth Nixon, Cari Platt, Barry Press, Dave Rabinow

Matt Russell, Anne Scurria, Marcus Stacy, Fred Sullivan Jr.Linda Sutherland, Stephen Thorne, Charlie Thurston

Hans Vermy, Rachael Warren, Joe Wilson Jr., Diana Young

PRODUCTIONProduction Director .................................................Laura E. SmithAssociate Production Director..................................... Mark TurekAsst. Production Director ....................................Anne L. HarriganProduction Assistants ................ Meg Tracy Leddy, Carolyn Reich

Sara SheetsStage Management Intern ................................. Meagan E. Garcia

SCENERYTechnical Director...........................................................Karl OrrallDraftsman ................................................................ Dylan CalleryMaster Carpenter ......................................................... Ryan DavisCharge Scenic Artist ..................................................Philip CreechCarpenter .........................................................Christopher LevineOverhire Carpenter .....................................................Jason InmanStage Carpenter ................................................ Thomas Buckland

LIGHTINGMaster Electrician....................................................... Ross ChabotAssistant Master Electrician .............................Matthew DonnellyFirst Electrician .......................................................Steve McLellanBoard Operator ........................................................... Kristen RothLighting Intern .....................................................Virginia Herbert

COSTUMESCostume Shop Director................................ Alison Walker CarrierCutter/Draper ...................................................... Kerry DeLaGarzaCostume Technicians/Wardrobe ............... Erin Meghan Donnelly

Gillian Green, Rachel DuludeCostume Technician/Craftsperson ....................................Sylvi ReCostume Intern ...................................................Patria Ferragamo

PROPERTIESMaster ................................................................... S. Michael GetzArtisan .....................................................................Natalie Kearns

AUDIOSound Engineer ........................................... Peter Sasha HurowitzSound Technician ......................................Andrew Bradford FerrySound Board Operator ...............................................Brian MerckxSound Intern................................................................... Sarah Jick

ADMINISTRATIONExecutive Director ...............................................Michael GennaroGeneral Manager ........................................................Katie ByrnesSenior Accounting Assistant ............................... Kathy SantagataStaff Accountant .........................................................Cyndi WoodExecutive Assistant ........................................ Lauren UstaszewskiBusiness Assistant .................................................. Camron ParkerHouse Manager ........................................................... Ted ChylackAssistant House Managers ..................Ann Hayes, Stephen Lehrer

Kelly McDonald, Karen Pigeon, Jennifer WilsonGeneral Management Intern ................................ Christian Leahy

BUILDING OPERATIONSDirector of Operations & Capital Projects ........... Robert WhitneyFacilities Supervisor ............................................. Michael BeasleyMaintenance Technician ........................................... Kaii AlmeidaSecurity Supervisor .............................................. Shawn WilliamsSecurity ...........................................Daniel Meath, Ian Sauvageau

MARkETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONSDirector of Marketing & PR...................................... Marilyn BuschCreative Director ....................................................... Michael GuyDirector of Sales ........................................................Linda BaronePublic Relations and Advertising Manager ................. Myah Shein

Marketing Intern ..................................................... Corrie IgnagniGraphic Design Intern...........................................Lauren Prospere

DEVELOPMENTDirector of Development .................................. Kathryn A. CalnanAssociate Director of Development ...................... Jennifer CanoleManager of VIP Services & Special Events ................ David AzulayAnnual Fund & Database Manager............................Kristen OrrallIndividual & Legacy Giving Officer ....................... Carol E. DrewesDonor Programs & Individual Giving Officer ................Kate KatajaGrants Writer .........................................................Emily AtkinsonDevelopment Intern ............................................... Rebecca Miller

BOX OFFICE AND AUDIENCE SERVICESBox Office Manager .................................................Brian AndradeTicket Sales Supervisors ..................Amanda Mann, Walter PrinceLead Ticket Sales Reps ................ Daniel Meath, Katherine Rourke

Lenny Schwartz, Evan TessierTicket Sales Reps ............................Dan Boucher, Stephanie Carey

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Corinne SouthernVolunteer Coordinator ........................................... Stephen LehrerAudience Service Reps..................Desiree Clements, Mike DanielsLeslie Gerundio, Michael Grabosky

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BROwN UNIvERSITY/TRINITY REP MFA PROGRAMThe Richard L. Bready Artistic Director Trinity Repertory Company ........................ Curt ColumbusDirector, Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs ..... Stephen BerensonHead, MFA Acting .................................................. Brian McEleneyHead, MFA Directing ................................................. Brian MertesHead, Voice & Speech ..................................................Thom JonesHead, Movement & Physical Theatre ......................... Daniel SteinChair, Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies ............................................ Erik EhnDirector, Academic Graduate Studies ..................... Patricia YbarraArtistic Director, Rites and Reason Theatre .....Elmo Terry-MorganProgram Administrator .................................................... Jill JannProduction Manager ........................................ Margaret E. O’NeilPCPC Tech Supervisor ...........................................Jason EckenrothProduction Coordinator............................................ Cole RatkoskiActing .............. Stephen Berenson, Lowry Marshall, Anne ScurriaDirecting ................................... Curt Columbus, Melissa Kievman

Kym Moore, Joanna SettlePlaywriting ........ Erik Ehn, Marcus Gardley, Deborah Salem SmithVoice ..................................................... D’Arcy Dersham, Carol GillSinging .............................................................Kathryne JenningsDance ....................... Shura Baryshnikov, Michelle Bach-Coulibaly

Julie Adams StrandbergDesign ......................................................................... Eugene LeeClown/Mask .................................................................. Kali QuinnAlexander Technique .......................................... Christine StevensYoga ................................................................... Olivia D’AmbrosioProfessional Development .................................. Tyler DobrowskyCommunications ........................................ Barbara TannenbaumTheatrical Modernism/Theory ............................... Spencer GolubTheatre History ........................................................... John EmighPerformance Studies ....................................... Rebecca SchneiderBrown/Trinity Rep Intern ..................................Christina Henricks

BOARD OF TRUSTEESJonathan Duffy ChairPaul Choquette Vice-ChairBarbara Schoenfeld Vice-ChairJohn S. Lombardo TreasurerSuzanne Magaziner SecretaryHannah Bell-LombardoRichard BerettaAngela Brazil Acting CompanySandra CarsonLinda CohenCurt Columbus The Richard L. Bready Artistic DirectorBrian Daniels Tracey DaughertyJoseph L. Dowling, Jr.Michael Gennaro Executive DirectorMark K.W. GimPhilip GouldWilliam F. GreeneLaura HarrisSally HerreidElizabeth (Beppie) HuidekoperDeb ImondiPeter L. LewissDoris LichtPeter LipmanGil MacLeanJoseph MaddenChris MarsellaBrendan McCarthy

BOARd OF TRUSTEESJack McConnellBrian McGuirkHeidi Keller MoonJohn Palumbo Marc PerlmanMichael PrescottDonald R. QuattrucciKibbe ReillyKathryn SabatiniD’Anna D. SoehngeAllison VareikaMaribeth Q. Williamson

TRUSTEES EMERITUSRichard L. BreadyArnold B. Chace, Jr.Johnnie C. ChaceLiz ChaceMichael CorrenteGeoffrey B. DavisSally T. DowlingConstance EvrardRhoda FlaxmanFrederick G. Frost IIILeslie Y. GuttermanLouis HafkenJohn M. HarpootianMary D. HigginsRobert J. HigginsBarry G. HittnerMichael E. HogueJohn H. HowlandCharles T. Hutchinson Eugene LeeMayer A. LevittRobert A. ReichleyMyrna K. RosenLila Sapinsley

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Three’s CompanyTrinity Rep adds three actors to the resident company

Trinity Rep’s Lauren Ustaszewski sat down with Mia Ellis, Rebecca Gibel and Charlie Thurston to talk about joining Trinity Rep’s prestigious and longstanding resident acting company.

lAuRen ustAszeWski: The entire Trinity Rep family couldn’t be more excited for the three of you to join our acting company — are you excited?

ReBeccA GiBel: Excited is an under-statement! Having graduated from the Brown/Trinity Rrep MFA program, we got a window into that world and never expected the opportunity.

MiA ellis: I’m excited to be working with a company of people that have been working together for a long time. I think being in an acting company will help me learn my strengths, and help me strengthen my weaknesses as a n actor.

lAuRen: How did you get your start in acting?

ReBeccA: I started in dance, but I wasn’t very good. (Laughs) In New Mexico, where I’m from, we didn’t have anything like Project Discovery so I was never exposed to theater specifically.

chARlie thuRston: I started as an athlete in high school, and I auditioned for a play and was cast. I was attracted to theater because it was a whole different world, and it was such a vibrant community of people sharing the same energy.

MiA: I’ve always been fascinated at how theater brings people together. I started as a music major, but I was desperate to find a community. I fell in love with a production of Pride and Prejudice that I did, and after that I performed in a lot of community theater before deciding to pursue acting as a career.

lAuRen: What drew you to the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA program?

ReBeccA: I applied four times before I got into the program. The reason I love Brown/ Trinity Rep is there are many programs that tear you down in order to build you back up again, and while that works for some people, I thrive best in a place that’s really supportive and that’s what drew me to the program. This week we’re involved in the annual new play workshops, and every person who comes in the room has a huge smile on their face and they’re so happy to see everyone and work together. This company is an amazing group of collaborators.

MiA : I can never really remember exactly how I found out about the program because it wasn’t on my list at first. But once

I auditioned, I told my mom immediately that I was going to be so disappointed if I didn’t get in. I was especially excited about the fact that there was a summer program that involved teaching kids.

chARlie: I think a lot of the appeal is the interdisciplinary nature of the program. I was able to get playwriting experience by studying under Deb Salem Smith, Trinity Rep’s playwright-in-residence, and Erik Ehn, the head of playwriting at Brown. Being connected to a professional theater is also really great. It’s nice to have a place where the goal is to create art for a community.

lAuRen: What have you been working on since you graduated from the MFA program?

ReBeccA: Since graduating in 2010, I have been lucky enough to return to Trinity Rep a number of times — for Camelot, A Christmas Carol, Boeing-Boeing, and Social Creatures. I also played a rather mouthy auxiliary cop on CBS’s Blue Bloods. I just finished playing Tessie Tura in Gypsy at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, and currently I’m rehearsing as Brooke/Vicki in Noises Off at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. This past winter, I helped Fiasco Theatre (a company of Brown/Trinity Rep alumni) workshop their re-imagining of Into the Woods. I’ve been exceptionally blessed with work these past few years, and all of it is directly linked to my relationship with Trinity Rep.

chARlie: I’ve moved five times in the last year! I went to Baltimore to reprise my role in Stephen Thorne’s …Poe at Baltimore CenterStage. After I went back to New York City from Social Creatures at Trinity Rep, I did a reading series at MCC.

MiA: I did A Christmas Carol here this past year, but before that I did some televi-sion and a little bit of film. After A Christmas Carol, I returned to New York and did another television spot and then started working on my solo show, which I started writing while I was in school here. So I’ve been keeping busy, with small projects on the side… and babysitting, because you’ve got to eat, right?

lAuRen: How did the invitation to join the company come about?

MiA : Curt invited me to be in the company the night before A Christmas Carol closed. It was a shock to me, I didn’t see it coming. I thought we were just getting sushi! (laughter)

ReBeccA: It wasn’t until Curt and the rest of the company had decided Charlie and I were good candidates that we were made aware joining the company was even on the table! There were a few conversations


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with company members and Curt over the last couple years that made my heart skip a beat — when I thought to myself, “Wow! Is this maybe a possibility?” I would broach the topic with Charlie, and the conversations always ended with one of us saying something like, “We shouldn’t get our hopes up. It’s too good to imagine.”

chARlie: Curt took Becky and me to dinner at an Afghani restaurant in Baltimore. It was opening night of Poe. At dinner, Curt officially offered us company positions. Becky cried; I did my best to not.

ReBeccA: We ordered appetizers, and just as the waiter was bringing our turnips, Curt formally invited us to be part of the company. That waiter must have been dumbfounded because he set the turnips in front of me, and I immediately started weeping! We couldn’t be more grateful or excited to be part of this incredible, dynamic, unique artistic family.

chARlie: As students, we’d seen the company work and learned about the institution. We secretly dreamed for something like that for us, but never thought it could happen here. It’s so rare, in this business, to have an artistic home and a stable artistic community. We are tickled pink to have this opportunity and make Providence our home.

fRoM top: Mia Ellis as Lena in Clybourne Park (2011) by Bruce Norris, directed by Brian Mertes, set design by Eugene Lee, costume design by Oliver Gajic and lighting design by Dan Scully. Rebecca Gibel as Guenevere in Camelot (2010) by Lerner and Loewe, directed by Curt Columbus, set and lighting design by Eugene Lee and costume design by William Lane. Charlie Thurston as Leo Frank in Parade (2011 Brown/Trinity Rep production) by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown, directed by Talya Klein, set design by Tilly Grimes, costume design by Cait O’Connor and lighting design by Scott Bolman.

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Picture this: students hard at work, noses in notebooks, pens flying, writing scripts, collaborating on sketch comedy, improvising, dancing, memorizing shakespeare, designing, acting! This may not be what springs to mind when you think of summer break, but this is what happens every day at Trinity Rep’s Young Actors Summer Institute (YASI).

But more on that a little later. First, I want to share a little about myself — my name is Mathew Tibbs, and I’m the newly hired School Partnerships Manager here at Trinity Rep. I actually worked as an intern in Trinity Rep’s education department back in the ’08–’09 season, and since then I’ve toured with a “Theater for Young Audiences” show, taught and toured with the New England Youth Theater and most recently worked down in Austin, Texas, at a charter school for at-risk youth. While in Austin, I also worked with a theater company focused on bringing free accessible theater to the community by performing in underutilized parks around the city.

However, when I learned that Trinity Rep had an opening, I knew it was time to migrate north. I arrived just in time to help run our summer program, YASI.

YASI is a special place. It’s special for many reasons, but most importantly it’s because we have the ratios right. We have the right amount of learning and laughter, of smiles and maturity, of bravery and acceptance; the right mix of memories and milestones. These aren’t easy ratios to get exactly right, but we’ve been blessed with some truly outstanding students. Through-out the course of the summer, time and again I watched as students came together

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to try new things, without fear of failure (and remember, this is theater camp, so we ask them to do some pretty strange things). Their bravery and the culture of acceptance allowed new ideas to grow into great ones. The students support their fellow classmates, and this familial environment allows true creativity to flourish.

When I looked in on our Sketch Comedy class I saw real collabora-tion — as if the students were in a professional writing room, working together to make the work of one student into a showcase for the entire class. In Page to Stage, their work adapting a Taylor Swift song into an original Moosical was incredibly imaginative. Speaking of songs, the Solos and Duets class performances were incredibly moving — and not just because of the performances. As one student moved to the front of the class to sing his or her song, the rest of the class sat off to the side, mouthing the words along with their fellow student, following along to every note. It was one of the clearest signs of support and encouragement I’ve seen. It was like every note the singer hit built up the whole class! The list of highlights goes on, but what I’m most proud of was their growth not just as artists but also as people.

Humans are social creatures. We like and need the companion-ship of others. That being said, it seems like most of our problems originate because of a failure to communicate. We push people away, build up walls between each other; we text instead of call, burying our noses in screens. At YASI we used theater and performance to tear down those walls. We became other characters, and as we walked a mile in those characters’ shoes and searched for understanding, our worlds expanded, our perspective broadened. We became more informed and better able to make clear decisions. This is one of the many reasons I wish the world were more like YASI, but then, with all of our students going out into the world, maybe it will be. That’s my favorite part. We are following Gandhi’s advice… we are trying to be the change we want to see in the world.

I saw the change happen all across YASI. The staff and I watched, laughed, and applauded the students all summer and now we have sent them out, having walked in the shoes of hundreds of characters, having built a capacity for understanding others. And now we have released them all back into the world knowing the world will be better for it. How truly awesome.

That’s the power of the arts. That’s the beauty of YASI. We make creative connections to people. President Obama said, “The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create,” and I couldn’t agree with him more. So as we go our separate ways at the end of summer it may be the last time we work with some of these students. I hope they will visit and I know that there will always be a safe space for them here. No matter where they go, I know they will continue to be YASI brave. They will be just fine, and I feel better knowing they are out there.

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Stephen Thorne AnonymousIn honor of Paul Brooks’ birthday Jane S. Nelson, Simon Poodle & Abigail PeagleIn honor of Dr. Sandra Carson Center for Reproduction & InfertilityIn honor of Nancy Chace Stephen Skuce & Raymond SchmidtIn honor of Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. for receiving the Pell Award for

Outstanding Leadership in the Arts Patricia & Melvin G. Alperin Fund Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Carlucci Jane S. NelsonIn honor of Paul & Libba Choquette The Radvany FamilyIn honor of David N. Cicilline Paul BrooksIn honor of Curt Columbus Ms. Edythe M. De Marco & Mr. Thomas W. Byrne Jane S. Nelson RIC Shinn Study AbroadIn honor of Curt Columbus &

Nate Watson’s union Stephen Berenson & Brian McEleney Paul Brooks Chloe Johnston Barbara Meek Mike Noonan & Phil Palmer Anne Scurria & Barry PressIn honor of John Cunningham Anita M. CunninghamIn honor of Clients of The De Marco

Group Ms. Edythe M. De Marco & Mr. Thomas W. ByrneIn honor of Development staff past &

present Heather Brigham Tiffany & Josh TiffanyIn honor of Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Dowling,

Jr.’s 50th wedding anniversary Susan & Robert Bahr Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Choquette, Jr. Rick & Mary Engle Rabbi & Mrs. Leslie Y. Gutterman

Mr. & Mrs. Norman E. McCulloch, Jr.,/ Trustees for the McAdams

Charitable Foundation Lila Sapinsley The Rosalyn Sinclair FamilyIn honor of Tony Estrella receiving the Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts Collette Vacations Jane S. NelsonIn honor of Alexandra Fortin Armand & Joan Fortin Christine & Todd Fortin Diane & MadeleineIn honor of Clare R. Gregorian Vartan GregorianIn honor of Judy Gorton Stephen Skuce & Raymond SchmidtIn honor of Mauro Hantman & Rachael Warren Mary Ann ScottIn honor of Phyllis Kay Alan, Marilyn & Jason HochmanIn honor of Phyllis Kay & Richard Donelly Paul BrooksIn honor of Kate Kataja Susan & Alan KatajaIn honor of Lois Kelly The Rhode Island FoundationIn honor of Marie J. Langlois Paul BrooksIn honor of Gil MacLean & Michelle Collie Susanna R. BeckwithIn honor of Judy & Robbie Mann Nicholas R. WallIn honor of Brian McEleney Mary Ann ScottIn honor of Br. Michael McKenery, FSC Elizabeth DawberIn honor of Barbara Meek Paul BrooksIn honor of Heidi Keller Moon Ann S. ZartlerIn honor of Jonathan & Judy Nelson’s anniversary Jane S. NelsonIn honor of John O’Rouke Anita M. CunninghamIn honor of Nancy Potter Paul BrooksIn honor of Project Discovery Alan, Marilyn & Jason HochmanIn honor of Hank Sharpe’s 90th Birthday Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Dowling, Jr.In honor of Steve Skuce & Ray Schmidt Nancy Chace Judy GortonIn honor of Art Solomon’s birthday Myrna & Hershey RosenIn honor of Nancy Sullivan Paul Brooks


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Make a lasting impression with a legacy gift to Trinity Rep!

We honor donor s who support our endowment (Endowment Society) and who have included Trinity Rep in their estate plans (Stanzler Society) with society membership and benefits. Did you know a gift to Trinity Rep can help you save on taxes? This year donors aged 70.5 or older can gift up to $100,000 and fulfill annual minimum disbursement requirements from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) by rolling funds over to Trinity Rep by December 31, 2013. Is Trinity Rep in your estate plan? Document your planned gift to Trinity Rep by December 31st and receive a complimentary copy of Hershey Rosen’s book Creating a Guide So Your Partner Can Go On Living! a useful guide to helping your survivors manage day-to-day matters and honor your philan-thropic intents. For more information, contact Individual and Legacy Giving Officer Carol Drewes at (401) 453-9285 or [email protected].

AnonymousAmica Susan & Robert Bahr Victor & Gussie Baxt Hannah Bell-Lombardo &

John S. LombardoLisa Bisaccia & Robert NaparstekMr. & Mrs. Russell BossRichard L. Bready Paul Brooks Scott & Cynthia BurnsCardi’s Furniture Letitia & John Carter/ Carter Family

Charitable TrustMr. & Mrs. Malcolm G. Chace/

The Chace FundChase Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Choquette, Jr. Linda & Steven Cohen Curt Columbus & Nathan Watson Marilyn & Ted Colvin Frank & Roberta Cook Joan Countryman & Edward B. JakmauhCVS Caremark Charitable TrustTracy & Bill DaughertyMs. Edythe M. De Marco &

Mr. Thomas W. ByrneSarah & Charley Denby James V. DeRentis & Brett P. SmileyLouise D. DinsmoreEdgar & Tracy Dobie Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Dowling, Jr. Angela Dowling Munro Jon & Julie Duffy David & Heidi Kirk DuffyThe Elms Foundation/

Merle & Stanley Goldstein, Larry & Jill Goldstein, Eugene & Melina Goldstein

Dr. Nathan B. Epstein The Norman & Rosalie Fain Family

FoundationPatricia Farley Donald & Maia FarishRhoda & B. Allen Flaxman Bill & Helena Foulkes Greg Frazier & Patricia M. Dwyer Joe & Helene Gemma Michael & Donna Lee Gennaro Mr. & Mrs. Mark K. W. Gim Gail A. Ginnetty Philip Gould & Athena Poppas/

Gould Charitable Lead UnitrustBill & Kira Greene Vartan & Clare GregorianElsa & Jerry Grieder GTECH CorporationDr. Louis Hafken & Ms. Lee Ann JohnstonAdam & Alicia HamblettMrs. Stephen Hamblett Mr. & Mrs. John M. Harpootian/

Paster & Harpootian, Ltd.Laura H. Harris Mary & Robert Higgins

Barry G. Hittner, Esq. & Kathleen HittnerLillian & Charles T. Hutchinson Douglas Jacobs & Connie PemmerlMr. & Mrs. V. Duncan JohnsonDavid Katzen, MD & Barbara R. BinderSusan A. Keller Lois Kelly & Greg Matta Carl H. Knerem & Thomas F. Matt Marie J. Langlois Sally E. Lapides & Arthur P. Solomon/

Residential Properties Ltd.Monica & Scott LauransGerry & Paula Levesque Dr. Mayer & Judy Levitt Peter L. Lewiss Doris Licht & Ron Borod Peter & Deborah Lipman Suzanne & Ira Magaziner Mandell Family Fund Judy & Robert Mann Emily A. Maranjian Ronald & Karen Markoff Ruth & Samuel Markoff FoundationDrs. Michael & Jean Marrapodi John & Rosalie Maxham Jack & Sara McConnellMr. & Mrs. Norman E. McCulloch, Jr.,

Trustees for the McAdams Charitable Foundation

Barbara Meek Maureen & Tom Moakley Dr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Montague Heidi Keller Moon The Murray Family Charitable FoundationNational GridThe Pacifica FoundationKathryn Palen John & Gail Palumbo Mrs. Nuala Pell Marc & Claire Perlman/

Ocean State Jobbers, Inc.George & Dominique Perrin Prince Charitable Trust/

Elizabeth Prince de Ramel/ Guillaume & Molly de Ramel

Providence Journal Charitable Foundation

Don & Patsy Quattrucci Herbert Rakatansky, MD &

Barbara SokoloffLynn RakatanskyKibbe & Tom Reilly Cathy & Tom Ryan Monica & Frank Schaberg Larry & Barbara Schoenfeld Hank & Peggy Sharpe/

Sharpe Family FoundationEls & Allan ShineRuth J. Simmons The Rosalyn Sinclair Family Jack & Maggie Skenyon Mr. & Mrs. Eric R. C. Smith Walter & D’Anna Soehnge Selma & Milton Stanzler

Dennis E. Stark & Robert F. AmarantesHarold and Mimi Steinberg

Charitable TrustWalter Stone Susan Symonds Alec & Susan TaylorTextron Inc. Flo TillesMr. & Mrs. William VareikaVanessa Toledo-Vickers Bob & Grace Vincent Roger & Linda Warren The Washington Trust Company Alan & Maria Weiss Taco / The White Family Foundation Jim & Maribeth WilliamsonDon & Kitty Wineberg Richard D. & Mary M. Worrell David B. Green & Myrth York/

Otto H. York Foundation

to coincide and commemo-rate our 50th Anniversary, we are seeking to raise $18 million in campaign and annual fund support by June 2014. Philanthropy now has a starring role and we invite you to step onto the stage and into the spotlight.

Won’t you join us? For more information or to make an online contribution, please visit theaterforeverygeneration.com or contact Kathy Calnan, Director of Development, at (401) 453-9238 or [email protected].

caMPaiGN GiFTsJoin us in support of Theater for Every Generation!On April 26, 2010 Trinity Repertory Company launched the Theater for Every Generation Campaign to ensure that the unique vision and values that have carried us through the past 50 years are preserved for future audiences. We are deeply grateful to the following donors, who made leadership gifts and/or multi-year commitments to the campaign prior to July 10, 2013.

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National Corporate Theatre Fun d (N C T F ) i s a n ot- f o r profit created to increase and strengthen support from the business community for this country’s most distinguished professional theatres. The following donors support these theatres through their contribu-tions to NCTF:

The stanzler society, named in honor of Milton Stanzler, one of Trinity Rep’s founders, the Stanzler Society recognizes those who have included Trinity Rep in their estate plans.

Potential benefits of planned gifts include avoiding capital gains tax, increasing current income, reducing income tax, and making a commitment to the theater and community that can be celebrated during your lifetime. To learn more about the Stanzler Society or planned gifts, please call Carol Drewes at (401) 453-9285.

Anonymous (1)Dr. & Mrs. Reid Appleby, Jr.The Estate of Victoria I. BallVictor & Gussie BaxtThomas & Linda BeallThe Estate of Anna H. BlanksteinLuz Bravo-Gleicher & David GleicherMr. Paul M. BrooksMrs. Frances BurrowsDennis & Adrianne CadyMr. & Mrs. Arnold B. Chace, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm ChaceLinda & Steven CohenAnne & Sean ConnorMr. W. Scott CorbettThe Estate of Richard CummingJoseph L. Dowling, Jr., M.D. & Sarah T. Dowling, Esq.The Estate of Ms. Jewel DrickamerThe Estate of Miss Edith C. ErlenmeyerThe Estate of Rosa GoddardSidney & Alice GoldsteinDr. Louis Hafken & Ms. Lee Ann JohnstonHoward & Myrna HallMr. & Mrs. Stephen HamblettBarry G. Hittner, Esq. & Kathleen HittnerBetty Ann HughsonSimone P. Joyaux & Tom AhernHerbert E. Kaplan & Christine TownsendMichael & Pamela KilloranLisa KogutGerry & Paula LevesqueJoananne & Jack MarshallJack & Sara McConnellEllen S. MillerBruce MurphyJane S. NelsonConnie PalagiThe Estate of Mr. Donald I. PerryMiss Mary C. Petrella & Miss Ann PetrellaDonald Ramos, MD Arthur RichterMartha P. ShermanMarion SimonSelma & Milton StanzlerDennis E. StarkSue SteinerCharles SullivanNorman & Flo TillesMarsha WelchGloria WinstonMrs. Mabel T. WoolleyAnn S. ZartlerAnna Elsa Zopfi

The endowment society recognizes donors to our endow-ment, which has been entrusted to the Rhode Island Foundation; annual disbursements support Trinity Rep’s operating costs. Gifts to our endowment help us secure a strong financial future.

Anonymous (1)Bertsche-Abraham Family+Barbara S. Cohen+Devra Cohen-Tigor+Comart Family+Joanna Coppola+Sarah & Charley Denby+The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation*Bud & Ellie FrankJoe & Helene GemmaElsa & Jerry Grieder+Mr. & Mrs. John M. HarpootianAlan, Marilyn & Jason HochmanLillian & Charles T. Hutchinson+Sussannah Skinner Kelly+The Kelman FamilyKopin Family+Barbara & George LevineBarbara MeekHeidi Keller Moon+Kathryn Palen+Mrs. Nuala Pell*Prince Charitable Trust*Family of Elaine Rakatansky*The Rotsky-Intraub Family+Dr. Anne Sisson Runyan & Mr. Albert A. Kanters+Monica & Frank SchabergJack & Maggie Skenyon*Sarah Skinner+Daniel von Bargen+Arline & Eugene WeinbergRichard D. & Mary M. Worrell

+ Made a gift to the endowment betweenJuly 1, 2012 and July 10, 2013.

* Contributed $10,000 or more to Trinity Rep’s endowment.

Trinity Rep is proud to partner with the Rhode Island Founda-tion to provide legacy giving guidance. To learn more, contact Gail Ginnetty at The Rhode Island Foundation, (401) 274-4564.

Currently, the following named funds have been established as part of Trinity Rep’s endowment: Victoria Irene Ball Fund for Theater Education, Buff and Johnnie Chace Fund, Richard Cumming Endowment Fund for Musical Programming at Trinity Rep, Doris Duke Endowment Fund, Oskar Eustis Fund for New Play Development, Ed Hall Memorial Fund, Stephen Hamblett Memorial Fund, John and Yvette Harpoo-tian Fund, Richard Kavanaugh Memorial Fund, Pell Fund for Arts Education, Elaine Rakatansky Memorial Fund, Margo Skinner Memorial Fellowship Fund, and Tilles Family Fund.

chAiRMAn’s ciRcle $250,000+Ford Foundation*The James S. and Lynne P. Turley

Ernst & Young Fund for Impact Creativity**

leAdeRship ciRcle $100,000+Clear Channel Outdoor**†CMT/ABC**†The Hearst Foundations**

tHeatre eXeCutiveS $50,000-$99,000AOL†Bank of AmericaBNY MellonErnst & Young

BeneFaCtOrS $25,000-$49,999American ExpressCisco Systems, Inc.CitiGoldman, Sachs & Co.MetLifeMorgan StanleyPfizer, Inc.Wells Fargo**

pAcesetteRs $15,000 $24,999Acquis Consulting Group†BloombergSteven Bunson**McGraw Hill Financial Frank Orlowski**Southwest Airlines**Theatermania.com/ Gretchen ShugartJames S. TurleyUBS

donoRs $10,000 $14,999James E. BuckleyChristopher Campbell/ Palace Production Center†Datacert, Inc.Dorfman and Kaish Family

Foundation, Inc.Dorsey & Whitney FoundationPamela FarrMarsh & McLennan CompaniesNew York LifeLisa Orberg**RBC Wealth Management**Sharp Electronics†Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher

& Flom LLCThe Schloss Family Foundation**George S. Smith, Jr.**John Thomopoulos**Time WarnerWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

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suppoRteRs $2,500 $9,999Mitchell J. Auslander**Dantchik FamilyDatacert, Inc.Disney/ABCPaula Dominick**Dramatists Play Service, Inc. John R. Dutt**Christ Economos**Epiq Systems**Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing**Richard FitzburghJohn Gore for Broadway.comJeffrey Gural/Newmark HoldingsMariska Hargitay**Gregory S. HurstHoward and Janet Kagan**Joseph F. Kirk**Michael Lawrence and

Dr. Glen GillenJonathan Maurer and

Gretchen Shugart**The Maurer Family Foundation**John G. MillerJohn R. MathenaOgilvy & Mather†Theodore Nixon**Edison PeresThomas C. Quick**TD BankEvelyn Mack TruittMichael A. WallIsabelle Winkles**

* NCTF/Ford Foundation Fund for New Work

† Includes In-kind support

**

Impact Creativity is an urgent call to action to save theatre education programs in 19 of our largest cities. Impact Creativity brings together theatres, arts education experts and individuals to help over 500,000 children and youth, most of them disadvantaged, succeed through the arts by sustaining the theatre arts education programs threatened by today’s fiscal climate. For more information on how “theatre education changes lives,” please visit: www.impactcreativity.org

List complete as of August 2013


On June 10, Trinity Rep held its 17th Pell Awards, honoring five recipients and welcoming more than 300 guests to its annual gala fundraising event. This event, created on the occasion of Senator Claiborne Pell ’s retirement, celebrates the late

Senator’s commitment to the arts while recognizing artistic excellence in Rhode Island and on the national level.

2013 Pell Award recipients included Joseph A. Chazan, M.D. (Pell Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, presented by Trinity Rep Trustee Emeritus Rabbi Les Gutterman), Martha Douglas-Osmundson (Charles Sullivan Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts, presented by Julia Eells, Head of School for Lincoln School), Tony Estrella (Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, presented by Sam Babbitt, Board Vice President of The Gamm Theatre ), John Krasinski (Pell Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, presented by longtime friend and colleague Mike Sablone), and Kate Burton (Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, presented by Brown University Professor of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies and 2011 Pell award recipient Lowry Marshall).

V I P t i c k e t h o l d e r s e n j o y e d a pre-ceremony cocktail reception in the beautifully restored Ship Room of the Providence Public Library, located across the street from Trinity Rep. Following the awards ceremony in Trinity Rep’s Chace Theater — at which recipients and present-ers alike delighted the crowd with funny, inspiring and heartfelt remarks — guests and honorees walked back to the library for a post-ceremony reception in the newly renovated Grand Hall of the library.

Honorary chair Mrs. Nuala Pell, along with event chairs Elizabeth “Beppie” Huidekoper and Joe and Michele Madden and a 20-member event committee, planned a lovely evening featuring a beautiful setting created by John Orton Events, delicious food stations from Russell Morin Fine Catering, and live music by the Music Performance Service Jazz Quartet.

Thanks to 25 generous sponsors, strong ticket sales and additional donations in support of the event, the 2013 Pell Awards grossed more than $170,000 for the theater, with proceeds supporting artistic program-ming at Trinity Rep.

—Kathy Calnan

THIS PAGE CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER RIGHT: Curt Columbus, Joe Madden & Kate Burton; Emily Blunt, Mike Sablone & John Krasinski; Tyler Starr, Joseph A. Chazan, M.D., Kathy Starr & Clayton Starr; Beppie Huidekoper & Kathy Calnan; Martha Douglas-Osmundson & her daughter Emma; Brian McEleney & Tony Estrella; Providence Public Library’s Ship Room.PHOTOS BY MARK TUREK & MICHAEL GUY

Gala, Indeed!The 2013 Pell Awards delight and inspire


THIS PAGE LEFT TO RIGHT FROM TOP: Guests enjoy the Pell Awards; Lowry Marshall, Stephen Berenson & Brian McEleney; Joe Wilson, Touba Ghabessi, Sally Lapides & Art Solomon; Chantel Whittle & Liz Morgan with living floral arrangement by TEN31 Productions.

An Island Getaway

In July, Merrill Sherman hosted Trinity Rep at her lovely home in Jamestown, RI. Guests enjoyed the water view and food by Russell Morin Fine Catering, and were treated to a special conversa-tion with Associate Artistic Director Tyler Dobrowsky and resident acting company member Fred Sullivan, Jr.

They discussed Fred’s 24 years as a resident actor at Trinity Rep, favorite roles, the Young Actors Summer Institute (YASI) and Trinity Rep’s myriad year-round education programs, and their upcoming collabora-tion as actor and director on A Christmas Carol. Following the discussion, Richard L. Bready Artistic Director Curt Columbus and campaign chair Suzanne Magaziner joined Tyler and Fred to talk about the status of our $18 million Theater for Every Generation campaign and how each guest could support the theater in our effort to provide top-notch artistic and education programming for the next 50 years. A great time was had by all!

—Jennifer Canole

LEFT TO RIGHT FROM TOP: Resident actor Fred Sullivan, Jr. & Associate Artistic Director Tyler Dobrowsky flank host Merrill Sherman; Theater for Every Generation Campaign Chair Suzanne Magaziner (front left), Seth Magaziner (center) & Julia McDowell (right) laugh along with Artistic Director Curt & Director of Development Kathy Calnan; Trinity Rep board member Heidi Keller Moon, Curt Columbus & Jeanne Keller; Brown/Trinity Rep MFA grads Ali Lawrence ’12 & Daniel Duque-Estrada ‘13. PHOTOS BY JENNIFER CANOLE


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