by lorraine hansberrydirected by timothy mccuen piggee

September 30 - october 30, 2016

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Welcome to the powerful new 2016/17 season at the Rep, featuring our most ambitious and unique selection of plays yet. This year’s line-up reflects our fast-changing world, spanning a wide range of cultural backdrops and eras, while also weaving together timeless human themes about how we carve our own paths to find a sense of belonging.

First up is a classic about family, race, and power in America. This year felt like the right moment to produce A Raisin in the Sun, especially given the potency of the play’s galvanizing question taken from the Langston Hughes poem “Harlem” – “What happens to a dream deferred?” 57 years after the play’s debut, it’s a question many Americans continue to ask themselves with mounting urgency. Lorraine Hansberry’s play is brought to vivid life by director Timothy McCuen Piggee who leads an astonishing team of artists. This production marks a new chapter in Timothy’s long history with the play; he’s appeared in Raisin as an actor numerous times, and has made it a pivotal learning piece for his students at Cornish College of the Arts, where he has been a professor for the last 20 years. I’m thrilled that Raisin will be Timothy’s first directorial turn at the Rep, as he is so finely attuned to the play’s every critical detail.

What’s equally as exciting is the fact that the Rep has been given access to Lorraine Hansberry’s original notes, drafts, and other materials on Raisin, through the auspices of The Lorraine Hansberry Trust and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Timothy, in collaboration with our Literary Director, Kristin Leahey, has peeled back the layers of this invaluable material to gain new insight into the play through Hansberry’s own thoughts, labor, and life.

A Raisin in the Sun endures because at its heart, it tells the story of how the realization of the Younger family’s dreams depends on the course they chart together. It’s a fight for justice and a commitment to a larger American ideal that continues to resonate with our country today.

Thank you for joining us for what I promise will be an incredible performance and season ahead.

Braden AbrahamArtistic Director

from the artiStic director

board of truSteeSTerri Olson Miller

Chair

Earle J. Hereford President

Amy Bautista Vice President/Treasurer

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First up is a classic about family, race, and power in America. This year felt like the right moment to produce A Raisin in the Sun, especially given the potency of the play’s galvanizing question taken from the Langston Hughes poem “Harlem” – “What happens to a dream deferred?” 57 years after the play’s debut, it’s a question many Americans continue to ask themselves with mounting urgency. Lorraine Hansberry’s play is brought to vivid life by director Timothy McCuen Piggee who leads an astonishing team of artists. This production marks a new chapter in Timothy’s long history with the play; he’s appeared in Raisin as an actor numerous times, and has made it a pivotal learning piece for his students at Cornish College of the Arts, where he has been a professor for the last 20 years. I’m thrilled that Raisin will be Timothy’s first directorial turn at the Rep, as he is so finely attuned to the play’s every critical detail.

What’s equally as exciting is the fact that the Rep has been given access to Lorraine Hansberry’s original notes, drafts, and other materials on Raisin, through the auspices of The Lorraine Hansberry Trust and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Timothy, in collaboration with our Literary Director, Kristin Leahey, has peeled back the layers of this invaluable material to gain new insight into the play through Hansberry’s own thoughts, labor, and life.

A Raisin in the Sun endures because at its heart, it tells the story of how the realization of the Younger family’s dreams depends on the course they chart together. It’s a fight for justice and a commitment to a larger American ideal that continues to resonate with our country today.

Thank you for joining us for what I promise will be an incredible performance and season ahead.

Braden AbrahamArtistic Director

from the artiStic director

board of truSteeSTerri Olson Miller

Chair

Earle J. Hereford President

Amy Bautista Vice President/Treasurer

Adam Cornell Vice President

Winky Hussey Vice President

Aaron Rubenson Vice President

Robert Spieth Vice President

Becky Lenaburg Secretary

John Keegan Chair Elect

Tamra Chandler President Emeritus

Braden Abraham†

Clodagh AshSusan AshmunAmy BautistaLynne Bush

Tamra ChandlerElizabeth Choy, M.D.Donna M. Cochener

Jim CopacinoAdam Cornell

Tracy DawDottie Delaney†

Mark DickisonKaren Fletcher

Bill FranklinJ.P. Green

Edie HardingEarle J. Hereford

Jeffrey Herrmann†

Nancy HochmanWinky HusseyBrent Johnson

Bruce E.H. JohnsonJohn Keegan

Stellman KeehnelDeborah T. Killinger

Gwenann KroonSharon Lamm†

Becky LenaburgRachel Lerman

Marko LiiasCharlotte Lin

Marcella McCaffrayPhil McCune

Rick McMichael Kevin Miller

Terri Olson MillerKevin MillisonGlenna Olson

Rebecca PomeringTim Rattigan

Aaron RubensonRobert Spieth

Richard B. Stead, M.D.Julie Villegas

Pallavi Mehta WahiMarisa WalkerNancy Ward

Shauna WoodsTom Wright

TRUSTEES EMERITINancy AlvordPam AndersonRobert S. Cline Bill Gates, Sr. John HempelmannToni HoffmanRobert L. King, Jr.

H.L. (Skip) Kotkins, Jr.Lynn ManleyJohn A. Moga Ilse OlesAnn Ramsay-JenkinsDeborah RosenStanley Savage

Dorothy L. SimpsonCarlyn SteinerJanet TrueJames F. TuneJean Viereck Jill Watkins

ADVISORY COUNCILDavid AlhadeffChap Alvord

Debra DoranJoanne Euster

Mary Kay Haggard

HONORARY TRUSTEESNancy Mertel Robin Nelson Tammy Talman

SRT FOUNDATION BOARDBruce E.H. Johnson

Chairman

Carlyn SteinerVice-Chairman

Alta BarerAmy Bautista†

Margaret ClappAllan DavisEarle J. Hereford†

Terri Olson Miller†

Elizabeth D. RudolfJanet True

† ex-officio

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Emergency Evacuation Proceduresin the event of an emergency, please wait for an announcement for further instructions. Ushers will be available for assistance. please familiarize yourself with the exit route nearest your seat.

Emergency Numberin case of emergency, doctors and other emergency contacts may reach you at the theatre by calling 206.443.2210. Be sure to give your name and exact seat location to the house manager if you expect to be contacted.

Wheelchair SeatingWheelchair accessible seating is available. please request accommodations at the time of your ticket purchase.

Services for the Hearing ImpairedWe offer select captioned and asl-interpreted performances for all shows in both of our theatre spaces. see below for information about our new hearing loop.

Services for the Seeing Impairedlarge print programs are available at Coat Check. We provide select audio-described performances for each show in the Bagley Wright theatre. inquire at the Box office about the availability of braille programs.

Phones, Cameras, and PagersCell phones and pagers disrupt the performance. please turn them off or leave them with the house manager before the show starts. audio and video recording and photography are prohibited.

Coat Checkitems may be checked for $1 each in our lobby.

Food and Beveragepatrons are welcome to bring drinks in plasticware into the theatre. Food and glassware are not allowed in the theatre. You can avoid lines by pre-ordering drinks for intermission.

Smoking Policysmoking is not allowed in our building or within 25 feet of any entrance.

Firearms Policyno firearms of any kind are allowed in any part of the building.

Mailing Addressseattle repertory theatre155 Mercer st., p.o. Box 900923seattle, Wa 98109

Phone NumbersBox office: 206.443.2222administrative offices: 206.443.2210Box office Hours7 Days a Week: noon to curtain.

Group SalesGroups of 10 or more save! Call 206.443.2224 for information.

take advantage of our hearing loop, an assistive listening system that provides a clearer sound right to your personal hearing device using a wireless signal to transmit the sound from the

theatre’s pa system to the t-coils in your implant or hearing aid. Coverage is provided wherever you see the t-coil symbol. For more information, visit the coat check.

Tell us how it’s working! please stop by the coat check or email us at feedback@seattlerep.org.

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The 2015/16 season was a record-breaking hit for the Rep, and we were thrilled to see such a fantastic turnout and response to our plays. Riding the wave of that success, we’re so excited to introduce the 2016/17 season ahead, which features truly unique and compelling shows. With dark comedies, heart-wrenching dramas, and an exciting, interactive musical, we are pushing the boundaries and challenging our audiences to forge a new path for modern theatre.

Our first production of the season cannot come at a more critical time. A Raisin in the Sun gracefully zeroes in on the ever-relevant issues of racial and social inequality. Our brilliant cast brings to life Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking play about the Younger family and the racial tensions they faced in a world that still has many similarities to today’s world. The Rep’s Education Department has prepared an incisive, in-depth, and personal look into the history and culture surrounding Raisin, and we encourage you to access the Play Guide on our website to gain a richer understanding of this important production.

Thank you all for your continuing support of the Rep and we hope you’re just as excited as we are for this powerful new season!

Terri Olson Miller Board Chair

Jay Hereford Board President

Braden Abraham, Artistic Director | Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director

presents

Running time is approximately three hours with two intermissions.

Note: There will be explicit language throughout this production.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

† At certain performances. See schedule on page 15.

A Raisin in the Sun is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

september 30 - october 30, 2016

The CasT

Lena YoungerTravis Younger

George MurchisonBobo

Ruth YoungerMoving Men

Joseph AsagaiKarl Lindner

Beneatha YoungerWalter Lee Younger

Stage ManagerAssistant Stage Manager

Denise Burse*Jalani Clemmons †

Catalino Manalang †

Tré Cotten*Andrew Lee Creech*Mia Ellis*Brace EvansAnthony SimmonsRicardy Charles Fabre*Charles Leggett*Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako*Richard Prioleau*

Stina Lotti*Jessica C. Bomball*

2016-17 season sponsor

Scenic DesignerCostume DesignerLighting Designer

Sound DesignerFight DirectorDialect Coach

DramaturgScript Consultant

Michael GanioMelanie Taylor BurgessRobert J. AguilarMatt StarrittGeoffrey AlmAlyssa KeeneKristin Leahey, Ph.D.Joi Gresham

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A RAISIN IN THE SUNby Lorraine hansberrydirected by timothy mccuen piggee

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Emergency Evacuation Proceduresin the event of an emergency, please wait for an announcement for further instructions. Ushers will be available for assistance. please familiarize yourself with the exit route nearest your seat.

Emergency Numberin case of emergency, doctors and other emergency contacts may reach you at the theatre by calling 206.443.2210. Be sure to give your name and exact seat location to the house manager if you expect to be contacted.

Wheelchair SeatingWheelchair accessible seating is available. please request accommodations at the time of your ticket purchase.

Services for the Hearing ImpairedWe offer select captioned and asl-interpreted performances for all shows in both of our theatre spaces. see below for information about our new hearing loop.

Services for the Seeing Impairedlarge print programs are available at Coat Check. We provide select audio-described performances for each show in the Bagley Wright theatre. inquire at the Box office about the availability of braille programs.

Phones, Cameras, and PagersCell phones and pagers disrupt the performance. please turn them off or leave them with the house manager before the show starts. audio and video recording and photography are prohibited.

Coat Checkitems may be checked for $1 each in our lobby.

Food and Beveragepatrons are welcome to bring drinks in plasticware into the theatre. Food and glassware are not allowed in the theatre. You can avoid lines by pre-ordering drinks for intermission.

Smoking Policysmoking is not allowed in our building or within 25 feet of any entrance.

Firearms Policyno firearms of any kind are allowed in any part of the building.

Mailing Addressseattle repertory theatre155 Mercer st., p.o. Box 900923seattle, Wa 98109

Phone NumbersBox office: 206.443.2222administrative offices: 206.443.2210Box office Hours7 Days a Week: noon to curtain.

Group SalesGroups of 10 or more save! Call 206.443.2224 for information.

take advantage of our hearing loop, an assistive listening system that provides a clearer sound right to your personal hearing device using a wireless signal to transmit the sound from the

theatre’s pa system to the t-coils in your implant or hearing aid. Coverage is provided wherever you see the t-coil symbol. For more information, visit the coat check.

Tell us how it’s working! please stop by the coat check or email us at feedback@seattlerep.org.

SEATTLE REP IS EQUIPPED WITHA HEARING LOOP!

follow #seattlerep #raisinattherep

from the board

The 2015/16 season was a record-breaking hit for the Rep, and we were thrilled to see such a fantastic turnout and response to our plays. Riding the wave of that success, we’re so excited to introduce the 2016/17 season ahead, which features truly unique and compelling shows. With dark comedies, heart-wrenching dramas, and an exciting, interactive musical, we are pushing the boundaries and challenging our audiences to forge a new path for modern theatre.

Our first production of the season cannot come at a more critical time. A Raisin in the Sun gracefully zeroes in on the ever-relevant issues of racial and social inequality. Our brilliant cast brings to life Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking play about the Younger family and the racial tensions they faced in a world that still has many similarities to today’s world. The Rep’s Education Department has prepared an incisive, in-depth, and personal look into the history and culture surrounding Raisin, and we encourage you to access the Play Guide on our website to gain a richer understanding of this important production.

Thank you all for your continuing support of the Rep and we hope you’re just as excited as we are for this powerful new season!

Terri Olson Miller Board Chair

Jay Hereford Board President

Braden Abraham, Artistic Director | Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director

presents

Running time is approximately three hours with two intermissions.

Note: There will be explicit language throughout this production.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

† At certain performances. See schedule on page 15.

A Raisin in the Sun is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

september 30 - october 30, 2016

The CasT

Lena YoungerTravis Younger

George MurchisonBobo

Ruth YoungerMoving Men

Joseph AsagaiKarl Lindner

Beneatha YoungerWalter Lee Younger

Stage ManagerAssistant Stage Manager

Denise Burse*Jalani Clemmons †

Catalino Manalang †

Tré Cotten*Andrew Lee Creech*Mia Ellis*Brace EvansAnthony SimmonsRicardy Charles Fabre*Charles Leggett*Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako*Richard Prioleau*

Stina Lotti*Jessica C. Bomball*

2016-17 season sponsor

Scenic DesignerCostume DesignerLighting Designer

Sound DesignerFight DirectorDialect Coach

DramaturgScript Consultant

Michael GanioMelanie Taylor BurgessRobert J. AguilarMatt StarrittGeoffrey AlmAlyssa KeeneKristin Leahey, Ph.D.Joi Gresham

The arTIsTIC TeaM

A RAISIN IN THE SUNby Lorraine hansberrydirected by timothy mccuen piggee

TITLE SPONSOR MeDIa sponsors

SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE

(in alphabetical order)

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In an effort to present an uncontroversial, easy-to-embrace portrait of lorraine Hansberry,

popular biographies tend to downplay her theatrical acumen and committed social activism. they assert that Hansberry discovered the power of theatre by accident. as a college student in Madison, Wisconsin, she stumbled upon a production of irish playwright sean o’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and—in that moment—realized that theatre can relay the experiences of others. Biographies note that she dropped out of the University of Wisconsin and moved to new York City, where she met and married songwriter robert nemiroff. in Greenwich Village cafés, she wrote A Raisin in the Sun, loosely inspired by a childhood event of moving to a racially restricted—whites-only—neighborhood on Chicago’s south side. this play would catapult her to the pinnacle of theatrical celebrity. it would also insert her into the national conversation on race. Hansberry would die young, at the age of 34 in 1964, as The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, her second full-length work, played on Broadway.

a more complete portrait of lorraine Hansberry would place considerable emphasis on the esteemed playwright’s early life, revealing how Chicago’s culturally dynamic south side served as the wellspring for her artistry and political engagement. Born in 1930, Hansberry came of age during “Chicago’s Black renaissance,” two decades of extraordinary artistic experimentation and achievement. she was reared within a community that prominently featured theatre-makers, poets, jazz musicians, opera singers, novelists, and painters, such as langston Hughes, louis armstrong, Duke ellington, paul robeson, and Marian anderson, among others. The Chicago

Defender, an influential and widely circulating black newspaper, regularly noted the attendance of Hansberry family members at major cultural events. the indebtedness of lorraine Hansberry to Hughes, a poet, playwright, and cofounder of Chicago’s skyloft players theatre company, is evident in her embrace of the opening lines of his poem “Harlem” as a play title: “What happens

to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”

the Hansberry household stood near the center of african american social and political life in Chicago’s south side. in addition to their appearances in the society sections of The Chicago Defender, the Hansberry family was mentioned in the press for their social and political activism. lorraine Hansberry’s uncle William leo Hansberry, a Harvard–educated professor who taught at Howard University, was one the foremost scholars of early african civilizations and culture, and his lectures and international travels were often reported on in The Defender.

Hansberry’s mother, nannie perry Hansberry, was active in local ward politics. Her father Carl, a real estate broker and a member of the

naaCp, famously sought to challenge segregationist policies by purchasing and moving his family to a new home in a racially restricted neighborhood. He also employed the legal courts in an effort to end discrimination in housing and commercial transportation, such as the segregated passenger trains of the era. active in the movement to bring about social change and civil rights, Carl and

"chicago's culturally dynamic South Side served as the wellspring for [Lorraine's]

artistry and political engagement."

by harvey young, ph.d.LORRAINEthe real

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Dr. Harvey Young’s research on the performance and experience of race has been widely published in academic journals, profiled in The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal, and cited in The New York Times and The Boston Globe. He has published seven books including Embodying Black Experience and most recently Black Theater is Black Life: An Oral History of Chicago Theater (co–authored with Mecca Zabriskie). a former Harvard and stanford fellow, Young graduated with honors from Yale and holds a ph.D. from Cornell. He is currently president-elect of the association for theatre in Higher education, the largest association dedicated to college/university theatre with nearly 2,000 members, and is the editor of Theatre Survey, the journal of the american society for theatre research.

nannie Hansberry networked with and worked alongside prominent activists and intellectuals, whom they welcomed into their homes.

in addition to her local experiences in Chicago and her family’s robust activism, lorraine Hansberry was equally influenced by national and global events. in To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, a posthumously published collection of her writings, she reflects on some of the elements that shaped her social consciousness and worldview:

I was born on the Southside of Chicago. I was born black and female. I was born in a depression after one world war, and came into my adolescence during another. While I was still in my teens the first atom bombs were dropped on human beings in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and by the time I was twenty-three years old my government and that of the Soviet Union had entered actively into the worst conflict of nerves in human history.

this combination of her Chicago upbringing and the uncertainty triggered by world events such as the Cold War bolstered Hansberry’s resolve to work in support of civil rights.

these early experiences inspired a lifelong commitment to sociopolitical activism. they account for why she elected to drop out of a college that would not allow black students to live on

campus. they explain her involvement with and employment at paul robeson and louis Burnham’s weekly Harlem-based newspaper Freedom. they prompted her on-the-ground activism, such as attending rallies and protesting racial discrimination within the United states. these experiences informed her ability to write such politically engaged plays. A Raisin in the Sun asserts that black lives matter by placing an african american family at the heart of the drama, thus depicting the anguish caused by racial discrimination and prejudice. The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window is both a treatise on the need for real social change and an indictment of apolitical avant-garde artists.

although popular biographies often note the playwright’s engagement in politics, they rarely capture her increasing frustration at the slow pace of social change. Hansberry described her efforts alongside James Baldwin and freedom rider Jacob smith to convince the Kennedy administration to embrace civil rights reforms as “complete futility.” a few months before her death, she delivered a lecture in which she lamented, “the problem is that negroes are just as segregated in the city of Chicago as they were [in her youth].” Dissatisfied with the seeming lack of progress, she expressed an awareness of and, arguably, an appreciation and desire for far more aggressive forms of political protest. Hansberry observed, “there comes a time when a person has taken so

much hurt and insult that he rebels, so with a people.”

in an effort to create a widely appealing picture of an artist, popular biographies often understate lorraine Hansberry’s influences and activism. she emerges as a playwright shaped by european realist writers rather than the socially engaged african american artist who worked in Chicago. she appears as a novice theatre-maker who won wide acclaim by mining her biography rather than as a committed artist who understood the power of theatre to spark social change. she appears as a civil rights activist more aligned with nonviolent ideologies than a person increasingly sympathetic to the nascent, youth-driven revolutionary spirit that swept the nation in the 1960s. Hansberry is more complex than many popular biographies suggest. in spotlighting this complexity, we can better appreciate her contributions as an artist and activist.

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In an effort to present an uncontroversial, easy-to-embrace portrait of lorraine Hansberry,

popular biographies tend to downplay her theatrical acumen and committed social activism. they assert that Hansberry discovered the power of theatre by accident. as a college student in Madison, Wisconsin, she stumbled upon a production of irish playwright sean o’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and—in that moment—realized that theatre can relay the experiences of others. Biographies note that she dropped out of the University of Wisconsin and moved to new York City, where she met and married songwriter robert nemiroff. in Greenwich Village cafés, she wrote A Raisin in the Sun, loosely inspired by a childhood event of moving to a racially restricted—whites-only—neighborhood on Chicago’s south side. this play would catapult her to the pinnacle of theatrical celebrity. it would also insert her into the national conversation on race. Hansberry would die young, at the age of 34 in 1964, as The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, her second full-length work, played on Broadway.

a more complete portrait of lorraine Hansberry would place considerable emphasis on the esteemed playwright’s early life, revealing how Chicago’s culturally dynamic south side served as the wellspring for her artistry and political engagement. Born in 1930, Hansberry came of age during “Chicago’s Black renaissance,” two decades of extraordinary artistic experimentation and achievement. she was reared within a community that prominently featured theatre-makers, poets, jazz musicians, opera singers, novelists, and painters, such as langston Hughes, louis armstrong, Duke ellington, paul robeson, and Marian anderson, among others. The Chicago

Defender, an influential and widely circulating black newspaper, regularly noted the attendance of Hansberry family members at major cultural events. the indebtedness of lorraine Hansberry to Hughes, a poet, playwright, and cofounder of Chicago’s skyloft players theatre company, is evident in her embrace of the opening lines of his poem “Harlem” as a play title: “What happens

to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”

the Hansberry household stood near the center of african american social and political life in Chicago’s south side. in addition to their appearances in the society sections of The Chicago Defender, the Hansberry family was mentioned in the press for their social and political activism. lorraine Hansberry’s uncle William leo Hansberry, a Harvard–educated professor who taught at Howard University, was one the foremost scholars of early african civilizations and culture, and his lectures and international travels were often reported on in The Defender.

Hansberry’s mother, nannie perry Hansberry, was active in local ward politics. Her father Carl, a real estate broker and a member of the

naaCp, famously sought to challenge segregationist policies by purchasing and moving his family to a new home in a racially restricted neighborhood. He also employed the legal courts in an effort to end discrimination in housing and commercial transportation, such as the segregated passenger trains of the era. active in the movement to bring about social change and civil rights, Carl and

"chicago's culturally dynamic South Side served as the wellspring for [Lorraine's]

artistry and political engagement."

by harvey young, ph.d.LORRAINEthe real

Pho

to o

f Lor

rain

e H

ansb

erry

cou

rtes

y of

the

Lorr

aine

Han

sber

ry L

itera

ry T

rust

, lhl

t.org

Dr. Harvey Young’s research on the performance and experience of race has been widely published in academic journals, profiled in The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal, and cited in The New York Times and The Boston Globe. He has published seven books including Embodying Black Experience and most recently Black Theater is Black Life: An Oral History of Chicago Theater (co–authored with Mecca Zabriskie). a former Harvard and stanford fellow, Young graduated with honors from Yale and holds a ph.D. from Cornell. He is currently president-elect of the association for theatre in Higher education, the largest association dedicated to college/university theatre with nearly 2,000 members, and is the editor of Theatre Survey, the journal of the american society for theatre research.

nannie Hansberry networked with and worked alongside prominent activists and intellectuals, whom they welcomed into their homes.

in addition to her local experiences in Chicago and her family’s robust activism, lorraine Hansberry was equally influenced by national and global events. in To Be Young, Gifted, and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, a posthumously published collection of her writings, she reflects on some of the elements that shaped her social consciousness and worldview:

I was born on the Southside of Chicago. I was born black and female. I was born in a depression after one world war, and came into my adolescence during another. While I was still in my teens the first atom bombs were dropped on human beings in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and by the time I was twenty-three years old my government and that of the Soviet Union had entered actively into the worst conflict of nerves in human history.

this combination of her Chicago upbringing and the uncertainty triggered by world events such as the Cold War bolstered Hansberry’s resolve to work in support of civil rights.

these early experiences inspired a lifelong commitment to sociopolitical activism. they account for why she elected to drop out of a college that would not allow black students to live on

campus. they explain her involvement with and employment at paul robeson and louis Burnham’s weekly Harlem-based newspaper Freedom. they prompted her on-the-ground activism, such as attending rallies and protesting racial discrimination within the United states. these experiences informed her ability to write such politically engaged plays. A Raisin in the Sun asserts that black lives matter by placing an african american family at the heart of the drama, thus depicting the anguish caused by racial discrimination and prejudice. The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window is both a treatise on the need for real social change and an indictment of apolitical avant-garde artists.

although popular biographies often note the playwright’s engagement in politics, they rarely capture her increasing frustration at the slow pace of social change. Hansberry described her efforts alongside James Baldwin and freedom rider Jacob smith to convince the Kennedy administration to embrace civil rights reforms as “complete futility.” a few months before her death, she delivered a lecture in which she lamented, “the problem is that negroes are just as segregated in the city of Chicago as they were [in her youth].” Dissatisfied with the seeming lack of progress, she expressed an awareness of and, arguably, an appreciation and desire for far more aggressive forms of political protest. Hansberry observed, “there comes a time when a person has taken so

much hurt and insult that he rebels, so with a people.”

in an effort to create a widely appealing picture of an artist, popular biographies often understate lorraine Hansberry’s influences and activism. she emerges as a playwright shaped by european realist writers rather than the socially engaged african american artist who worked in Chicago. she appears as a novice theatre-maker who won wide acclaim by mining her biography rather than as a committed artist who understood the power of theatre to spark social change. she appears as a civil rights activist more aligned with nonviolent ideologies than a person increasingly sympathetic to the nascent, youth-driven revolutionary spirit that swept the nation in the 1960s. Hansberry is more complex than many popular biographies suggest. in spotlighting this complexity, we can better appreciate her contributions as an artist and activist.

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Denise Burse Lena YoungerDenise Burse lives and works in New York. With A Raisin in the Sun, Miss Burse returns to Seattle Repertory Theatre for the fourth time.

She was most recently seen in Kimber Lee’s brownsville song (b-side for tray) here in the Leo K. Theatre. Her first show at the Rep was The Piano Lesson directed by Lloyd Richards. Next was Radio Golf directed by Kenny Leon. Both plays were written by August Wilson. She just finished directing the premiere of Women of Adonai by Alana Barrett Adkins in NYC. Some of Miss Burse’s other credits include: an episode of “Black Mirror,” a Netflix series, new episodes airing in October; the newly released independent film Anesthesia by Tim Blake Nelson; a workshop of Nathan Alan Davis’ The Refuge Plays Trilogy directed by Patricia McGregor; and a workshop of Dominique Morisseau’s Autumn Harvest. You can still catch Miss Burse in the recurring role of Claretha Jenkins on Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne.” Denise is a Theatre World Award winner and an Audelco Award nominee and winner for acting.

Jalani ClemmonsTravis YoungerThis nine-year-old from Little Rock, AR, is extremely thrilled to be joining Seattle Repertory Theatre for the first time in A Raisin in the Sun.

Jalani first appeared in his kindergarten production of Where the Wild Things Are and took improv classes at Seattle Children’s Theatre. He then joined Broadway Bound appearing in: Grease (Doody); Cinderella (Prince); and High School Musical (Chad). Jalani thanks director Timothy McCuen Piggee, the cast, and crew for making this a valuable experience. In his spare time, Jalani enjoys playing soccer, building Legos, being around family, and just being a kid with his friends. Thank you to my mother, for teaching me to have confidence in myself, to dream big and visualize what I want to be, and for instilling in me a true appreciation for the performing arts. For Nana.

Tré Cotten George MurchisonA native of North Carolina, Tré is excited to be making his debut with Seattle Repertory Theatre. He will be receiving his M.F.A. in Acting

at the University of Washington School of Drama this upcoming year. Some of his previous work includes: Daisy (ACT Theatre); Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night (Virginia Shakespeare Festival); The Color Purple (City Stage Tour); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Cape Fear Regional Theater); Six Degrees of Separation (Wilmington, NC); A Chorus Line (Opera House Theater Company); Ragtime (Thalian Association); and Five Guys Named Moe (Opera House Theater Company). Film and television credits include “One Tree Hill” for the CW Network, “East Bound and Down” with HBO, and “Frat Brothers” for the BET Network. He would like to thank Timothy McCuen Piggee and everyone at Seattle Rep for the opportunity. Break legs everyone and God Bless!

Andrew Lee Creech BoboA Raisin in the Sun holds a truly special place in Andrew’s heart and he is absolutely thrilled to be making his Seattle Rep debut in this

production. Andrew is a locally grown writer, performer, and hip-hop artist whose work has been showcased throughout the city. Most recently, Mr. Creech has been seen on the stages of Seattle Shakespeare Company (Romeo and Juliet), ArtsWest (Wonderful Life), and ACT (Mr. Burns, a post-electric play and Buzzer). Film credits include Better Than Love (in post-production). Andrew received his B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts and serves as the Regional Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild of America. He gives many thanks to his family and friends. www.andrewleecreech.weebly.com

Mia Ellis Ruth YoungerRegional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania/Hippolyta; Hamlet, Ophelia (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); To Kill a Mockingbird,

Calpurnia; Blues for Mister Charlie, Juanita; Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical, Joan; The Glass Menagerie, Laura; Intimate Apparel, Esther; Grapes of Wrath, Mrs. Wainwright/Ensemble; A Christmas Carol, Christmas Past/Sister-in-Law; Clybourne Park, Francine/Lena (Trinity Rep/Resident Acting Company); The Book Club Play, Lily (Virginia Stage); Good People, Kate (The Sandra-Feinstein Gamm Theatre); Hamlet, Ophelia (Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble); Sharon’s Shorts, Stephanie (Robert Moss Theatre); Broken Homes, Emmy (Under St. Marks). Film: Louder Than Words. TV: “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “What Would You Do.” Training: Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. in Acting.

Brace Evans Moving ManBrace Evans graduated from Garfield High School, University of Washington (’91, Business and Drama), Brooklyn

College (M.F.A.), completed training in Freehold’s Meisner Series and ETI program, and participated in the Acting Shakespeare course this past summer 2016 at RADA. He was the Grandfather in Force Continuum at the University of Washington, Newt Lee in Parade for Sound Theatre, and Hud in Hair at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Next up is House of Dinah at On the Boards in December. His passion is to inspire individuals to ‘exist’ and ‘BE’ themselves through self-reflection as inspired by seeing oneself in performed characters. This is his debut performance at Seattle Rep, where he once worked in the front of house. It took a while, but it was worth it!

Ricardy Charles Fabre Joseph AsagaiRicardy Charles Fabre is excited to make his debut at Seattle Repertory Theatre! Ricardy is a New York-based actor,

and a former Bat, the Obie-award Resident Acting Company of the Flea Theatre under the artistic direction of Niegel Smith. In New York, he performed in The Weekend Cottage and The System at Flea Theatre. Regionally, he’s performed in Our Town, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and Othello at Portland Center Stage, as well as in The Convert at Underground Railway Theatre, and Belleville at Third Rail Repertory Theatre. He is also a

recent member of Actors’ Equity Association. Ricardy would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support. www.RicardyCharles.com

Charles Leggett Karl LindnerAt Seattle Repertory Theatre: Mycroft Holmes and Solomon Moses, Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem; Sir Charles

Baskerville and Frankland, The Hound of the Baskervilles; Donnie Dubrow, American Buffalo; Lennie, Of Mice and Men; Dave Moss, Glengarry Glen Ross; Carl, Opus; Sir Toby Belch, Twelfe Night; Mortimer Durham, The Constant Wife; Brighella, The King Stag; and Sturdyvant, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Charles is a recipient and three-time nominee of the Theatre Puget Sound Gregory Award for Outstanding Actor for work here as well as at ACT Theatre (Ray in Steven Dietz’s Yankee Tavern) and Seattle Shakespeare Company (Shylock, The Merchant of Venice).

Catalino Manalang Travis YoungerCatalino is very excited to perform for the first time at Seattle Repertory Theatre. He has been active in his school drama programs

appearing as The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, and the Cat in the Hat in Seussical at Hawthorne Elementary. Catalino has also performed as Mr. Lyons in Thriller at Columbia City Youth Theatre, and has appeared in a YouTube special entitled “Archetype Pie” as The Kid at Orca Middle School. For the past two summers, Catalino performed in the Seattle Parks and Recreation Summer Musical Program. In 2015, he was cast as Mini in Snow White and the Seven, and this year as a pirate in Peter Pan and My Brother’s Keeper. In addition to acting, Catalino is learning to play the trumpet and sings R&B, pop, and gospel!

Claudine Mboligikpelani NakoBeneatha YoungerClaudine Mboligikpelani Nako makes her Seattle Repertory Theatre debut in the iconic

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Denise Burse Lena YoungerDenise Burse lives and works in New York. With A Raisin in the Sun, Miss Burse returns to Seattle Repertory Theatre for the fourth time.

She was most recently seen in Kimber Lee’s brownsville song (b-side for tray) here in the Leo K. Theatre. Her first show at the Rep was The Piano Lesson directed by Lloyd Richards. Next was Radio Golf directed by Kenny Leon. Both plays were written by August Wilson. She just finished directing the premiere of Women of Adonai by Alana Barrett Adkins in NYC. Some of Miss Burse’s other credits include: an episode of “Black Mirror,” a Netflix series, new episodes airing in October; the newly released independent film Anesthesia by Tim Blake Nelson; a workshop of Nathan Alan Davis’ The Refuge Plays Trilogy directed by Patricia McGregor; and a workshop of Dominique Morisseau’s Autumn Harvest. You can still catch Miss Burse in the recurring role of Claretha Jenkins on Tyler Perry’s “House of Payne.” Denise is a Theatre World Award winner and an Audelco Award nominee and winner for acting.

Jalani ClemmonsTravis YoungerThis nine-year-old from Little Rock, AR, is extremely thrilled to be joining Seattle Repertory Theatre for the first time in A Raisin in the Sun.

Jalani first appeared in his kindergarten production of Where the Wild Things Are and took improv classes at Seattle Children’s Theatre. He then joined Broadway Bound appearing in: Grease (Doody); Cinderella (Prince); and High School Musical (Chad). Jalani thanks director Timothy McCuen Piggee, the cast, and crew for making this a valuable experience. In his spare time, Jalani enjoys playing soccer, building Legos, being around family, and just being a kid with his friends. Thank you to my mother, for teaching me to have confidence in myself, to dream big and visualize what I want to be, and for instilling in me a true appreciation for the performing arts. For Nana.

Tré Cotten George MurchisonA native of North Carolina, Tré is excited to be making his debut with Seattle Repertory Theatre. He will be receiving his M.F.A. in Acting

at the University of Washington School of Drama this upcoming year. Some of his previous work includes: Daisy (ACT Theatre); Julius Caesar and Twelfth Night (Virginia Shakespeare Festival); The Color Purple (City Stage Tour); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Cape Fear Regional Theater); Six Degrees of Separation (Wilmington, NC); A Chorus Line (Opera House Theater Company); Ragtime (Thalian Association); and Five Guys Named Moe (Opera House Theater Company). Film and television credits include “One Tree Hill” for the CW Network, “East Bound and Down” with HBO, and “Frat Brothers” for the BET Network. He would like to thank Timothy McCuen Piggee and everyone at Seattle Rep for the opportunity. Break legs everyone and God Bless!

Andrew Lee Creech BoboA Raisin in the Sun holds a truly special place in Andrew’s heart and he is absolutely thrilled to be making his Seattle Rep debut in this

production. Andrew is a locally grown writer, performer, and hip-hop artist whose work has been showcased throughout the city. Most recently, Mr. Creech has been seen on the stages of Seattle Shakespeare Company (Romeo and Juliet), ArtsWest (Wonderful Life), and ACT (Mr. Burns, a post-electric play and Buzzer). Film credits include Better Than Love (in post-production). Andrew received his B.F.A. from Cornish College of the Arts and serves as the Regional Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild of America. He gives many thanks to his family and friends. www.andrewleecreech.weebly.com

Mia Ellis Ruth YoungerRegional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania/Hippolyta; Hamlet, Ophelia (Santa Cruz Shakespeare); To Kill a Mockingbird,

Calpurnia; Blues for Mister Charlie, Juanita; Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical, Joan; The Glass Menagerie, Laura; Intimate Apparel, Esther; Grapes of Wrath, Mrs. Wainwright/Ensemble; A Christmas Carol, Christmas Past/Sister-in-Law; Clybourne Park, Francine/Lena (Trinity Rep/Resident Acting Company); The Book Club Play, Lily (Virginia Stage); Good People, Kate (The Sandra-Feinstein Gamm Theatre); Hamlet, Ophelia (Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble); Sharon’s Shorts, Stephanie (Robert Moss Theatre); Broken Homes, Emmy (Under St. Marks). Film: Louder Than Words. TV: “Elementary,” “Person of Interest,” “What Would You Do.” Training: Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. in Acting.

Brace Evans Moving ManBrace Evans graduated from Garfield High School, University of Washington (’91, Business and Drama), Brooklyn

College (M.F.A.), completed training in Freehold’s Meisner Series and ETI program, and participated in the Acting Shakespeare course this past summer 2016 at RADA. He was the Grandfather in Force Continuum at the University of Washington, Newt Lee in Parade for Sound Theatre, and Hud in Hair at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Next up is House of Dinah at On the Boards in December. His passion is to inspire individuals to ‘exist’ and ‘BE’ themselves through self-reflection as inspired by seeing oneself in performed characters. This is his debut performance at Seattle Rep, where he once worked in the front of house. It took a while, but it was worth it!

Ricardy Charles Fabre Joseph AsagaiRicardy Charles Fabre is excited to make his debut at Seattle Repertory Theatre! Ricardy is a New York-based actor,

and a former Bat, the Obie-award Resident Acting Company of the Flea Theatre under the artistic direction of Niegel Smith. In New York, he performed in The Weekend Cottage and The System at Flea Theatre. Regionally, he’s performed in Our Town, Ain’t Misbehavin’, and Othello at Portland Center Stage, as well as in The Convert at Underground Railway Theatre, and Belleville at Third Rail Repertory Theatre. He is also a

recent member of Actors’ Equity Association. Ricardy would like to thank his friends and family for their love and support. www.RicardyCharles.com

Charles Leggett Karl LindnerAt Seattle Repertory Theatre: Mycroft Holmes and Solomon Moses, Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem; Sir Charles

Baskerville and Frankland, The Hound of the Baskervilles; Donnie Dubrow, American Buffalo; Lennie, Of Mice and Men; Dave Moss, Glengarry Glen Ross; Carl, Opus; Sir Toby Belch, Twelfe Night; Mortimer Durham, The Constant Wife; Brighella, The King Stag; and Sturdyvant, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Charles is a recipient and three-time nominee of the Theatre Puget Sound Gregory Award for Outstanding Actor for work here as well as at ACT Theatre (Ray in Steven Dietz’s Yankee Tavern) and Seattle Shakespeare Company (Shylock, The Merchant of Venice).

Catalino Manalang Travis YoungerCatalino is very excited to perform for the first time at Seattle Repertory Theatre. He has been active in his school drama programs

appearing as The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz, and the Cat in the Hat in Seussical at Hawthorne Elementary. Catalino has also performed as Mr. Lyons in Thriller at Columbia City Youth Theatre, and has appeared in a YouTube special entitled “Archetype Pie” as The Kid at Orca Middle School. For the past two summers, Catalino performed in the Seattle Parks and Recreation Summer Musical Program. In 2015, he was cast as Mini in Snow White and the Seven, and this year as a pirate in Peter Pan and My Brother’s Keeper. In addition to acting, Catalino is learning to play the trumpet and sings R&B, pop, and gospel!

Claudine Mboligikpelani NakoBeneatha YoungerClaudine Mboligikpelani Nako makes her Seattle Repertory Theatre debut in the iconic

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role of Beneatha Younger. She is thankful for the opportunity to share this ever relevant, classic American story at this time in our nation’s history. Nako is a 2016 Gregory Award Nominee for her performance in My Heart is the Drum (Village Theatre). Claudine won the 2015 Gregory Award for Outstanding Actress for her portrayal of the title character in Little Bee (Book-It). Selected credits: The Mountaintop (Snowy Range), Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (ACT), Hair (ArtsWest), Big River (Village). Film/TV: “Grimm” (NBC), The Kickback (RSA Productions), Octopus (Moxie Pictures), Hearsay (Rotten Orchard). Commercial: Discovery Channel, Toyota, Amazon, Microsoft, Kroger Corp. Many thanks to her wonderful family for their unending support.

Richard PrioleauWalter LeePrioleau was last seen at TheatreWorks in Confederates (world premiere). His Off-Broadway credits include A Persistent Memory with Beckett

Theatre/Theatre Row and as Tom in The Glass Menagerie with Masterworks Theater Company. His regional credits include Actors Theater of Louisville, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Intiman Theatre/Williams Project, Clarence Brown Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. NYC credits include Access Theater, The Gallery Players, La MaMa ETC, and The New Ohio Theatre. Film and television credits include “Madam Secretary,” HBO’s “The Normal Heart,” and “30 Rock.” Mr. Prioleau earned his B.A. from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and his MFA from American Conservatory Theater.

Anthony Simmons Moving ManAnthony Simmons is a recent graduate of Cornish College of the Arts. He is making his Seattle Rep debut with A Raisin in the Sun. Recent

credits include Our Lady of 121st Street (Rooftop) at Seattle University, Black Bear Radio (ParkChestah) at the O.G. Theatre, and Hooded or Being Black for Dummies (Marquis) at Theatre Battery. Anthony would like to thank friends and family and the Cornish faculty for their love and support.

Lorraine HansberryPlaywrightWhen Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun appeared on Broadway in 1959, she became the youngest American playwright, the fifth woman, and the only African American to date to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. The play was a landmark, and made it impossible for the American stage to ignore African American creativity and subject matter thereafter. Her second Broadway produced play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, was in its early run when Hansberry died of cancer at age 34. As if prescient, in the six years she had between the triumph of her first play and her death, she was extraordinarily prolific. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, an autobiographical portrait in own words adapted by her former husband and literary executor Robert Nemiroff, was posthumously produced in 1969. In 1970, Les Blancs, her play about the inevitability of struggle between colonizers and colonized in Africa and the impending crisis that would surely grow out of it, ran on Broadway to critical acclaim. Hansberry wrote numerous articles and essays on literary criticism, racism, sexism, homophobia, world peace, and other social and political issues. At her death, she left behind file cabinets holding her public and private correspondence, speeches and journals, and various manuscripts in several genres including plays for stage and screen, essays, poetry, and an almost complete novel. Her published writings also include The Drinking Gourd, What Use Are Flowers? and The Movement. Check out the official Lorraine Hansberry website at www.lhlt.org.

Timothy McCuen Piggee DirectorTimothy has appeared on most Seattle stages, in leading roles with ACT Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Showtunes Operating Theater, Seattle Group Theatre, The Empty Space Theatre, and Tacoma Actor’s Guild, among others. Nationally, his work has been seen on Broadway and at the Denver Center Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, and Pioneer Theatre Company, among others. His film and television credits include Navy Diver, Outpatient, After, Crocodile Tears, Take One, “The David Letterman Show,” and the “65th

artiStic/productionAnnual Tony Awards.” Timothy has directed numerous productions at Cornish College of the Arts, as well as productions and readings at Theater Schmeater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, and Village Theatre. As an educator, he has taught courses at Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio, Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts, where he is currently a professor in the Theatre Department. His awards and honors include the 2015 Gregory A. Falls award for Sustained Achievement, the 2015 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship, 2012 University of Utah Distinguished Alumnus Award, Gregory and Gypsy Rose Lee Awards for his performance in Angels in America, Cornish College of the Arts Teaching Excellence Award, 4 Seattle Times Footlight Awards, Seattle Weekly Critics Award (‘97), Seattle Post-Intelligencer Performance of the Year Award, Utah Holiday Award, 2003 ARTSFUND Special Recognition, and nominations for AriZoni and Golden Laurel Awards.

Michael Ganio Scenic DesignerMichael Ganio previously designed Luna Gale, Doubt, You Can’t Take It With You, and By the Waters of Babylon for Seattle Repertory Theatre. For Intiman Theatre, he has designed productions of The Little Foxes, The Royal Family, and Having Our Say. Other American theatres include Asolo Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis, South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, and American Players Theatre. Opera designs include Handel’s Agrippina, Fidelio, Tristan und Isolde, The Ship of Fools, and Sight Unseen. He received his graduate degree in design from New York University, and is currently a professor at Dartmouth College. A sampling of his work can be viewed at MichaelGanio.com.

Melanie Taylor Burgess Costume DesignerMelanie Taylor Burgess returns to Seattle Rep having designed Sylvia, Three Tall Women, and Bad Dates. Also in Seattle, she has designed for Seattle Opera, ACT, Village Theatre, Intiman, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Empty Space, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, New Century Theatre Company, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, and Tacoma Actors Guild. Regionally

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role of Beneatha Younger. She is thankful for the opportunity to share this ever relevant, classic American story at this time in our nation’s history. Nako is a 2016 Gregory Award Nominee for her performance in My Heart is the Drum (Village Theatre). Claudine won the 2015 Gregory Award for Outstanding Actress for her portrayal of the title character in Little Bee (Book-It). Selected credits: The Mountaintop (Snowy Range), Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (ACT), Hair (ArtsWest), Big River (Village). Film/TV: “Grimm” (NBC), The Kickback (RSA Productions), Octopus (Moxie Pictures), Hearsay (Rotten Orchard). Commercial: Discovery Channel, Toyota, Amazon, Microsoft, Kroger Corp. Many thanks to her wonderful family for their unending support.

Richard PrioleauWalter LeePrioleau was last seen at TheatreWorks in Confederates (world premiere). His Off-Broadway credits include A Persistent Memory with Beckett

Theatre/Theatre Row and as Tom in The Glass Menagerie with Masterworks Theater Company. His regional credits include Actors Theater of Louisville, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Intiman Theatre/Williams Project, Clarence Brown Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. NYC credits include Access Theater, The Gallery Players, La MaMa ETC, and The New Ohio Theatre. Film and television credits include “Madam Secretary,” HBO’s “The Normal Heart,” and “30 Rock.” Mr. Prioleau earned his B.A. from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and his MFA from American Conservatory Theater.

Anthony Simmons Moving ManAnthony Simmons is a recent graduate of Cornish College of the Arts. He is making his Seattle Rep debut with A Raisin in the Sun. Recent

credits include Our Lady of 121st Street (Rooftop) at Seattle University, Black Bear Radio (ParkChestah) at the O.G. Theatre, and Hooded or Being Black for Dummies (Marquis) at Theatre Battery. Anthony would like to thank friends and family and the Cornish faculty for their love and support.

Lorraine HansberryPlaywrightWhen Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun appeared on Broadway in 1959, she became the youngest American playwright, the fifth woman, and the only African American to date to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. The play was a landmark, and made it impossible for the American stage to ignore African American creativity and subject matter thereafter. Her second Broadway produced play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, was in its early run when Hansberry died of cancer at age 34. As if prescient, in the six years she had between the triumph of her first play and her death, she was extraordinarily prolific. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, an autobiographical portrait in own words adapted by her former husband and literary executor Robert Nemiroff, was posthumously produced in 1969. In 1970, Les Blancs, her play about the inevitability of struggle between colonizers and colonized in Africa and the impending crisis that would surely grow out of it, ran on Broadway to critical acclaim. Hansberry wrote numerous articles and essays on literary criticism, racism, sexism, homophobia, world peace, and other social and political issues. At her death, she left behind file cabinets holding her public and private correspondence, speeches and journals, and various manuscripts in several genres including plays for stage and screen, essays, poetry, and an almost complete novel. Her published writings also include The Drinking Gourd, What Use Are Flowers? and The Movement. Check out the official Lorraine Hansberry website at www.lhlt.org.

Timothy McCuen Piggee DirectorTimothy has appeared on most Seattle stages, in leading roles with ACT Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Showtunes Operating Theater, Seattle Group Theatre, The Empty Space Theatre, and Tacoma Actor’s Guild, among others. Nationally, his work has been seen on Broadway and at the Denver Center Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, and Pioneer Theatre Company, among others. His film and television credits include Navy Diver, Outpatient, After, Crocodile Tears, Take One, “The David Letterman Show,” and the “65th

artiStic/productionAnnual Tony Awards.” Timothy has directed numerous productions at Cornish College of the Arts, as well as productions and readings at Theater Schmeater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, and Village Theatre. As an educator, he has taught courses at Freehold Theatre Lab/Studio, Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts, where he is currently a professor in the Theatre Department. His awards and honors include the 2015 Gregory A. Falls award for Sustained Achievement, the 2015 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship, 2012 University of Utah Distinguished Alumnus Award, Gregory and Gypsy Rose Lee Awards for his performance in Angels in America, Cornish College of the Arts Teaching Excellence Award, 4 Seattle Times Footlight Awards, Seattle Weekly Critics Award (‘97), Seattle Post-Intelligencer Performance of the Year Award, Utah Holiday Award, 2003 ARTSFUND Special Recognition, and nominations for AriZoni and Golden Laurel Awards.

Michael Ganio Scenic DesignerMichael Ganio previously designed Luna Gale, Doubt, You Can’t Take It With You, and By the Waters of Babylon for Seattle Repertory Theatre. For Intiman Theatre, he has designed productions of The Little Foxes, The Royal Family, and Having Our Say. Other American theatres include Asolo Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis, South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, and American Players Theatre. Opera designs include Handel’s Agrippina, Fidelio, Tristan und Isolde, The Ship of Fools, and Sight Unseen. He received his graduate degree in design from New York University, and is currently a professor at Dartmouth College. A sampling of his work can be viewed at MichaelGanio.com.

Melanie Taylor Burgess Costume DesignerMelanie Taylor Burgess returns to Seattle Rep having designed Sylvia, Three Tall Women, and Bad Dates. Also in Seattle, she has designed for Seattle Opera, ACT, Village Theatre, Intiman, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Empty Space, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, New Century Theatre Company, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, and Tacoma Actors Guild. Regionally

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she has designed for The Guthrie, Tantrum Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hawaii Theatre for Youth, Hawaii Opera, Idaho Theatre for Youth, and Idaho Repertory Theatre. Melanie is the recipient of the 2010 Gregory Award for Outstanding Costume Design and has received numerous Seattle Times Footlight awards for her work. She holds an M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Washington and is an instructor of costume design at Cornish College of the Arts.

Robert J. Aguilar Lighting DesignerRobert J. Aguilar’s recent design work includes Wedding Band (Intiman Theatre Festival); Daisy (ACT); Luna Gale (Seattle Rep); and How to Succeed in Business... (The 5th Avenue Theatre). Other local credits include Jasper in Deadland (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Lizard Boy (Seattle Rep); The Three Sisters (The Seagull Project); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika (Intiman Theatre Festival); Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre/ACT Theatre); Next to Normal (Contemporary Classics); and A Crack in Everything (zoe | juniper). Noted designs include: Full Gallop (The Old Globe); Seven Spots on the Sun (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Buyer & Cellar, Dear Elizabeth, The Vaudevillians, Bo-Nita, Inspecting Carol, I Am My Own Wife, Of Mice and Men, The K of D, an urban legend, Speech & Debate, and boom! (Seattle Rep); Trails (Village Theatre); The Yellow Wood, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Zanna Don’t! (Contemporary Classics); The Lady with All the Answers (ACT Theatre); If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Seattle Children’s Theatre); A New Brain with Brandon Ivie; The Bridge of San Louis Rey with Sheila Daniels; The Museum Play with Marya Sea Kaminski; Stones in His Pockets with Jerry Manning; and Cloud Tectonics with Aimée Bruneau. Robert is the Managing Director and Resident Lighting Designer of Contemporary Classics. He is the Lighting Associate for Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Matt Starritt Sound DesignerMatt Starritt is a Seattle-based, freelance sound designer for theatre and dance. In Seattle, he has designed for Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Book-It Repertory Theatre, ArtsWest, The Cherdonna and Lou Show, New Century Theatre Company, BenDeLaCreme, Waxie Moon, zoe | juniper, and Washington Ensemble Theatre.

Nationally, he has designed for Alley Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cornerstone Theater Company, The Old Globe, and South Coast Repertory. He is a part-time lecturer for the University of Washington’s School of Drama and was a founding member of Washington Ensemble Theatre.

Stina LottiStage ManagerSelected stage management credits include: The Servant of Two Masters (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, ArtsEmerson); Production Stage Manager, Angels in America (Intiman Theatre Festival 2013-2014); A View From the Bridge, All The Way and The Great Society, The Piano Lesson, Boeing Boeing, Of Mice and Men, Fences, Pullman Porter Blues, The Seafarer, You Can’t Take It With You, The Night Watcher, Birdie Blue, Gem of the Ocean (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Paint Your Wagon, Cinderella, Guys and Dolls, White Christmas, Cabaret (The 5th Avenue Theatre); A Doctor In Spite of Himself, Othello (Intiman Theatre); Brooklyn Bridge, Lyle the Crocodile, I Was A Rat (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Nabucco, Aida, L’Italiana in Algiers (Seattle Opera). Additional stage management: ACT Theatre, Icicle Creek Theatre Festival (Seattle); Ordway Center For Performing Arts, History Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis/St. Paul). Former associate producer at The Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.

Jessica C. Bomball Assistant Stage ManagerJessica is delighted to be back at Seattle Rep. Previous credits include Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem, Buyer & Cellar, The Comparables, Inspecting Carol, Of Mice and Men, God of Carnage, The Imaginary Invalid, and Doubt. Some of Jessica’s regional credits include How to Succeed in Business..., The Music Man, Rent, Disney’s Aladdin, A Christmas Story: The Musical, and Sunday in the Park with George (The 5th Avenue Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Seattle Children’s Theatre); A Christmas Carol and The Education of Randy Newman (ACT Theatre); John Baxter is a Switch Hitter, Bootycandy, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika (Intiman Theatre Festival); Steel Magnolias (Village Theatre); As You Like It, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); and Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Comedy of Errors (Seattle Shakespeare Company).

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she has designed for The Guthrie, Tantrum Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hawaii Theatre for Youth, Hawaii Opera, Idaho Theatre for Youth, and Idaho Repertory Theatre. Melanie is the recipient of the 2010 Gregory Award for Outstanding Costume Design and has received numerous Seattle Times Footlight awards for her work. She holds an M.F.A. in Costume Design from the University of Washington and is an instructor of costume design at Cornish College of the Arts.

Robert J. Aguilar Lighting DesignerRobert J. Aguilar’s recent design work includes Wedding Band (Intiman Theatre Festival); Daisy (ACT); Luna Gale (Seattle Rep); and How to Succeed in Business... (The 5th Avenue Theatre). Other local credits include Jasper in Deadland (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Lizard Boy (Seattle Rep); The Three Sisters (The Seagull Project); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika (Intiman Theatre Festival); Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre/ACT Theatre); Next to Normal (Contemporary Classics); and A Crack in Everything (zoe | juniper). Noted designs include: Full Gallop (The Old Globe); Seven Spots on the Sun (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Buyer & Cellar, Dear Elizabeth, The Vaudevillians, Bo-Nita, Inspecting Carol, I Am My Own Wife, Of Mice and Men, The K of D, an urban legend, Speech & Debate, and boom! (Seattle Rep); Trails (Village Theatre); The Yellow Wood, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Zanna Don’t! (Contemporary Classics); The Lady with All the Answers (ACT Theatre); If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Seattle Children’s Theatre); A New Brain with Brandon Ivie; The Bridge of San Louis Rey with Sheila Daniels; The Museum Play with Marya Sea Kaminski; Stones in His Pockets with Jerry Manning; and Cloud Tectonics with Aimée Bruneau. Robert is the Managing Director and Resident Lighting Designer of Contemporary Classics. He is the Lighting Associate for Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Matt Starritt Sound DesignerMatt Starritt is a Seattle-based, freelance sound designer for theatre and dance. In Seattle, he has designed for Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Book-It Repertory Theatre, ArtsWest, The Cherdonna and Lou Show, New Century Theatre Company, BenDeLaCreme, Waxie Moon, zoe | juniper, and Washington Ensemble Theatre.

Nationally, he has designed for Alley Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cornerstone Theater Company, The Old Globe, and South Coast Repertory. He is a part-time lecturer for the University of Washington’s School of Drama and was a founding member of Washington Ensemble Theatre.

Stina LottiStage ManagerSelected stage management credits include: The Servant of Two Masters (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Guthrie Theater, ArtsEmerson); Production Stage Manager, Angels in America (Intiman Theatre Festival 2013-2014); A View From the Bridge, All The Way and The Great Society, The Piano Lesson, Boeing Boeing, Of Mice and Men, Fences, Pullman Porter Blues, The Seafarer, You Can’t Take It With You, The Night Watcher, Birdie Blue, Gem of the Ocean (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Paint Your Wagon, Cinderella, Guys and Dolls, White Christmas, Cabaret (The 5th Avenue Theatre); A Doctor In Spite of Himself, Othello (Intiman Theatre); Brooklyn Bridge, Lyle the Crocodile, I Was A Rat (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Nabucco, Aida, L’Italiana in Algiers (Seattle Opera). Additional stage management: ACT Theatre, Icicle Creek Theatre Festival (Seattle); Ordway Center For Performing Arts, History Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis/St. Paul). Former associate producer at The Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.

Jessica C. Bomball Assistant Stage ManagerJessica is delighted to be back at Seattle Rep. Previous credits include Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem, Buyer & Cellar, The Comparables, Inspecting Carol, Of Mice and Men, God of Carnage, The Imaginary Invalid, and Doubt. Some of Jessica’s regional credits include How to Succeed in Business..., The Music Man, Rent, Disney’s Aladdin, A Christmas Story: The Musical, and Sunday in the Park with George (The 5th Avenue Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Seattle Children’s Theatre); A Christmas Carol and The Education of Randy Newman (ACT Theatre); John Baxter is a Switch Hitter, Bootycandy, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika (Intiman Theatre Festival); Steel Magnolias (Village Theatre); As You Like It, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); and Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Comedy of Errors (Seattle Shakespeare Company).

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Prepare to be dazzled by the Third Piano Concerto and the Second Symphony, two pivotal works that blazed a path to glory for young Beethoven. The fascinating Polish-born composer and soprano Agata Zubel, recently hailed by The New York Times, brings a brand new orchestral work.

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Cirque de la Symphonie returns to the Benaroya Hall stage with an all-new program of awe-inspiring physical feats of power and beauty! Paired with the music from blockbuster movie classics, including Gone With the Wind, Chariots of Fire, The Magnificent Seven, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Gladiator, this thrill ride includes the spectacle of acrobats, jugglers and aerial flyers soaring high above the heads of the orchestra.

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Legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman graces a concerto by Bach — and then he trades his bow for a conductor’s baton to lead Mozart’s swan song, the Requiem. The Seattle Symphony Chorale breathes new life into this haunting masterpiece.

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Seattle Repertory Theatre is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a nationwide association of not for profit theatres.

This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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

Scenery Construction and Operations performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E. locals 15 and 488. Wardrobe services are performed by employees represented by T.W.U Local 887

Seattle Repertory Theatre is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.

affiLiationS

Seattle Repertory Theatre is a member of Theatre Puget Sound.

additionaL StaffAmy JerkiewiczChild Wrangler

Aishe KeitaChild Wrangler

performance ScheduLe

9/30 Jalani10/1 Catalino10/2 Jalani10/4 Catalino10/5 Jalani10/7 Catalino10/8 Jalani10/9 Catalino10/11 Jalani10/12 Catalino10/13 Jalani10/14 Catalino10/15 Catalino

10/16 Jalani10/19 Catalino10/20 Jalani10/21 Catalino10/22 Jalani10/23 Catalino10/25 Catalino10/26 Catalino10/27 Jalani10/28 Catalino10/29 Jalani10/30 Catalino

Jalani Clemmons and Catalino Manalang play travis Younger at certain performances. see below for schedule.

Subject to change.

for SeattLe repBraden AbrahamArtistic DirectorBraden Abraham joined Seattle Rep in 2002, starting as an artistic intern, then holding several positions on the artistic staff. He served as Associate Artistic Director for seven years before his recent appointment as Artistic Director. During his tenure at the theatre, Braden has re-envisioned the New Play Program, starting the Writers Group for local playwrights, and bringing exciting new voices to the Rep such as Samuel D. Hunter, Laura Schellhardt, and Anna Ziegler. An accomplished director, he has directed many productions for the Rep, including Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Samuel D. Hunter’s A Great Wilderness, and Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51. He has developed plays with The O’Neill, Ojai Playwrights Conference, The Denver Center, Inge Festival, Portland Center Stage, The Playwrights Center, and Perseverance Theatre.

Jeffrey HerrmannManaging DirectorJeffrey Herrmann joined Seattle Rep in July 2014 after seven years as Managing Director at Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. During his time there, he oversaw 18 world premieres, a 100% increase in the operating budget, the execution of a $4 million artistic capital campaign, and the purchase of Woolly’s award-winning theatre facility. Prior to joining Woolly Mammoth, he served as Producing Director for eight years at Perserverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Jeffrey received his B.A. in English at Vassar College and his M.F.A. in Theatre Management at the Yale School of Drama.

Seattle Repertory TheatreFounded in 1963, Seattle Rep is led by Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America’s premier not-for-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops, and special presentations. Visit seattlerep.org.

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Friday/Saturday, November 11 & 12, 2016 | Moore Michelle Dorrance along with Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and Derick

Grant (both previously featured dancers in Bring In Da Noise…), are the co-creators and choreographers, music composed by Toshi Reagon.

COMPANY WAYNE McGREGOR - “ATOMOS”Friday, January 20, 2017 | Moore The resident company at Sadler Wells Theatre, London’s Dance House, 10 dancers perform McGregor’s sculptural, rigorous,

jarring and hauntingly beautiful style.

DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEMSaturday/Sunday, March 11 & 12, 2017 | Paramount

Eclectic, demanding dance from treasured classics to neoclassical works. The Company brings new life to

the art form of classical ballet. Power. On Pointe!

SHAPING SOUNDSunday, March 26, 2017 | Paramount Emmy® Award-winning choreographer Travis Wall, well-known for his work on So You Think You Can Dance, has introduced his dance troupe – now in their fourth season of touring – to a new world of viewers.

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY – “LAST WORK” BY OHAD NAHARINPerformed by Batsheva Dance Company dancers - season 2016/17

Saturday, February 11, 2017 | ParamountOne of the world’s foremost dance companies, critical acclaim comes

from the over 75,000 spectators the company reaches every year.

Dance Series prices are $371, $225, $150, & $90 depending on seating choices.

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Seattle Repertory Theatre is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a nationwide association of not for profit theatres.

This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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

Scenery Construction and Operations performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E. locals 15 and 488. Wardrobe services are performed by employees represented by T.W.U Local 887

Seattle Repertory Theatre is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre.

affiLiationS

Seattle Repertory Theatre is a member of Theatre Puget Sound.

additionaL StaffAmy JerkiewiczChild Wrangler

Aishe KeitaChild Wrangler

performance ScheduLe

9/30 Jalani10/1 Catalino10/2 Jalani10/4 Catalino10/5 Jalani10/7 Catalino10/8 Jalani10/9 Catalino10/11 Jalani10/12 Catalino10/13 Jalani10/14 Catalino10/15 Catalino

10/16 Jalani10/19 Catalino10/20 Jalani10/21 Catalino10/22 Jalani10/23 Catalino10/25 Catalino10/26 Catalino10/27 Jalani10/28 Catalino10/29 Jalani10/30 Catalino

Jalani Clemmons and Catalino Manalang play travis Younger at certain performances. see below for schedule.

Subject to change.

for SeattLe repBraden AbrahamArtistic DirectorBraden Abraham joined Seattle Rep in 2002, starting as an artistic intern, then holding several positions on the artistic staff. He served as Associate Artistic Director for seven years before his recent appointment as Artistic Director. During his tenure at the theatre, Braden has re-envisioned the New Play Program, starting the Writers Group for local playwrights, and bringing exciting new voices to the Rep such as Samuel D. Hunter, Laura Schellhardt, and Anna Ziegler. An accomplished director, he has directed many productions for the Rep, including Rebecca Gilman’s Luna Gale, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Samuel D. Hunter’s A Great Wilderness, and Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51. He has developed plays with The O’Neill, Ojai Playwrights Conference, The Denver Center, Inge Festival, Portland Center Stage, The Playwrights Center, and Perseverance Theatre.

Jeffrey HerrmannManaging DirectorJeffrey Herrmann joined Seattle Rep in July 2014 after seven years as Managing Director at Washington, D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. During his time there, he oversaw 18 world premieres, a 100% increase in the operating budget, the execution of a $4 million artistic capital campaign, and the purchase of Woolly’s award-winning theatre facility. Prior to joining Woolly Mammoth, he served as Producing Director for eight years at Perserverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Jeffrey received his B.A. in English at Vassar College and his M.F.A. in Theatre Management at the Yale School of Drama.

Seattle Repertory TheatreFounded in 1963, Seattle Rep is led by Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America’s premier not-for-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops, and special presentations. Visit seattlerep.org.

Celebrate the West Coast debut of the nationally traveling exhibition, 30 Americans, featuring the most influential African American artists of our time. Inspiring, provocative, healing, celebratory…Unforgettable.

Hank Willis Thomas, Who Can Say No to a Gorgeous Brunette? from the Unbranded series, 1970/2007. Digital C-print, Edition 1 of 5, 31⅛ × 30 inches. Courtesy of the Rubell Family Collection.

30 Americans is organized by the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. Support provided by Union Bank and ArtsFund.

253-272-4258 www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

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Theatre Forward advances American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to Seattle Repertory

Theatre and other leading nonprofit theatres. Theatre Forward and its member theatres are most grateful to the following funders:

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000-$99,000)Bank of America*The Schloss Family Foundation◊Wells Fargo*◊

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999)Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr*◊BNY MellonSteven & Joy Bunson*◊CitiDeWitt Stern*Goldman, Sachs & Co.MetLifeMorgan StanleyJames S. & Lynne Turley*◊Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP*

PACESETTERS ($15,000 $24,999)American Express*BloombergCisco Systems, Inc.* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EY*Alan & Jennifer Freedman*◊Frank & Bonnie Orlowski*◊Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.National Endowment for the Arts◊Pfizer, Inc.Southwest Airlines◊†Theatermania / Gretchen Shugart*◊ George S. Smith, Jr.* ◊UBS

DONORS ($10,000 $14,999)Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

Epiq Systems*Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy FoundationLisa Orberg◊Presidio*Thomas C. Quick*RBC Wealth Management◊Daniel A. Simkowitz*◊S&P GlobalTD Charitable Foundation◊Isabelle Winkles*◊

SUPPORTERS ($2,500 $9,999)Mitchell J. Auslander*◊Disney/ABC Television Group*Paula A. Dominick*◊Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. ◊Dramatists Play Service, Inc.*Kevin & Anne DriscollJohn R. Dutt*◊Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing*◊Jessica Farr* Mason & Kim Granger*◊Brian J. Harkins*◊Gregory S. Hurst*◊Howard and Janet Kagan◊Joseph F. Kirk*◊John R. Mathena *◊Ogilvy & Mather†Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*◊Dina Merril & Ted Hartley*Newmark Holdings*Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. *John Thomopoulos*◊Evelyn Mack Truitt*Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust

CURRENT FUNDERS List as of August 2016

* Theatre Forward/DeWitt Stern Fund for New American Theatre

† Includes In-kind support

◊ Educating through Theatre Support

Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre

Fund and Impact Creativity.

public works seattleSEATTLE REP’S mAjoR nEw iniTiATivE

Inspired by The Public Theater in New York’s groundbreaking civic experiment, public works seattle is a year-long city-wide collaboration between Seattle Rep and community partners, culminating in the fall of 2017 in a GiaNt spectacle productioN in the Bagley Wright Theatre, featuring over 100 citizens from across Seattle.

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Theatre Forward advances American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to Seattle Repertory

Theatre and other leading nonprofit theatres. Theatre Forward and its member theatres are most grateful to the following funders:

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000-$99,000)Bank of America*The Schloss Family Foundation◊Wells Fargo*◊

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999)Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr*◊BNY MellonSteven & Joy Bunson*◊CitiDeWitt Stern*Goldman, Sachs & Co.MetLifeMorgan StanleyJames S. & Lynne Turley*◊Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP*

PACESETTERS ($15,000 $24,999)American Express*BloombergCisco Systems, Inc.* The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.EY*Alan & Jennifer Freedman*◊Frank & Bonnie Orlowski*◊Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.National Endowment for the Arts◊Pfizer, Inc.Southwest Airlines◊†Theatermania / Gretchen Shugart*◊ George S. Smith, Jr.* ◊UBS

DONORS ($10,000 $14,999)Dorsey & Whitney Foundation

Epiq Systems*Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy FoundationLisa Orberg◊Presidio*Thomas C. Quick*RBC Wealth Management◊Daniel A. Simkowitz*◊S&P GlobalTD Charitable Foundation◊Isabelle Winkles*◊

SUPPORTERS ($2,500 $9,999)Mitchell J. Auslander*◊Disney/ABC Television Group*Paula A. Dominick*◊Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. ◊Dramatists Play Service, Inc.*Kevin & Anne DriscollJohn R. Dutt*◊Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing*◊Jessica Farr* Mason & Kim Granger*◊Brian J. Harkins*◊Gregory S. Hurst*◊Howard and Janet Kagan◊Joseph F. Kirk*◊John R. Mathena *◊Ogilvy & Mather†Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart*◊Dina Merril & Ted Hartley*Newmark Holdings*Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. *John Thomopoulos*◊Evelyn Mack Truitt*Leslie C. & Regina Quick Charitable Trust

CURRENT FUNDERS List as of August 2016

* Theatre Forward/DeWitt Stern Fund for New American Theatre

† Includes In-kind support

◊ Educating through Theatre Support

Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre

Fund and Impact Creativity.

public works seattleSEATTLE REP’S mAjoR nEw iniTiATivE

Inspired by The Public Theater in New York’s groundbreaking civic experiment, public works seattle is a year-long city-wide collaboration between Seattle Rep and community partners, culminating in the fall of 2017 in a GiaNt spectacle productioN in the Bagley Wright Theatre, featuring over 100 citizens from across Seattle.

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Ann Ramsay-Jenkins and the William M. Jenkins Fund

Faye Sarkowsky

Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation

Mary Snapp and Spencer Frazer

Arlene A. Wright

First Chair$5,000 - $9,999Chap and Eve AlvordBill and Nancy BainSteve Behnen and Mary HornsbyMichael P. BentleyCreelman FoundationPeter and Susan DavisThe Hugh and Jane Ferguson

FoundationKevin FoxWilliam FranklinRod FujitaFuruta Lee FoundationAlice Ikeda Ed KimLoeb Family Charitable FoundationsMack FoundationBlanche and Stephen MaxwellAnthony and Erica MilesLeigh and Louise RabelRosanne Esposito-Ross and Louis

RossDaryl RussinovichAlane and Doyle Simons

Brad Smith and Kathy Surace-SmithJames and Katherine TuneBrad VanderburgVijay and Sita VasheeAnn P. WyckoffLynn Hubbard and David ZapolskyAnonymous (1)

Encore$2,500 - $4,999Bob and Clodagh Ash

Jim and Barb Barnyak

Kumi and Anthony Baruffi

John H. Bauer

Annette and Daniel Becker

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Sue and Artie Buerk

C. Kent and Sandra C. Carlson

Linda Cheng

Leslie and Dale Chihuly

Melanie Curtice

Lynne Eskil

Robert Fleming

Eric Freyberg

Lynn and Brian Grant Family

Maria Gunn

Wes Hagen

Richard and Marilyn Herzberg

Pete Higgins and Leslie Magid Higgins

Mari Horita

Heather Howard

Dan and Connie Hungate

David Jones and Grace Lao

Janet Wright Ketcham Foundation

Anna Kinney

Ken and SaSa Kirkpatrick

Dana and Roger Lorenze

Tim Mauk and Noble Golden

Karen and Rick McMichael

Yazmin Mehdi and Liam Lavery

Alison and Glen Milliman

Charlie and Eleanor Nolan

Douglas E. & Nancy P. Norberg

Glenna Olson and Conrad Wouters

Brooks and Suzanne Ragen

Scott Redman

Roberta Romero

Stan and Ingrid Savage

Schoenfeld-Gardner Foundation

Keith Schreiber and Clare Kapitan

Heather Lowenthal and Jonathan Sposato

Rich and Leslie Wallis

Gail and Bill Weyerhaeuser

Korynne Wright

$100,000 - $349,999$350,000 and up

$25,000 - $49,999DLA Piper*

K&L Gates*

Perkins Coie*

Stoel Rives LLP*

Washington State Combined Fund Drive*

$10,000 - $24,999Amazon

CenturyLink

Clise Properties Inc.

Columbia Bank

The Commerce Bank of Washington*

Dapper + Associates

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP*

Dorsey & Whitney LLP*

Getty Images

GMA Research Corporation

R.D. Merrill Company

RealNetworks Foundation

Safeco Insurance

Seattle Mariners Baseball Club

Union Bank

$5,000 - $9,999Alaska Airlines, Inc.

Alaskan Copper & Brass Company and Alaskan Copper Works

Bessemer Trust

BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Ernst & Young LLP

Foss Maritime Company

Gensler Architects

KING 5

Medical Consultants Network, Inc.*

Moss Adams - Seattle*

Nintendo of America Inc.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Puget Sound Business Journal

Raisbeck Foundation

Vulcan Inc.

Arts Benefactor Circle

Support from Microsoft Corporation, The Boeing Company, Sellen Construction, Starbucks Coffee Company and POP includes employee workplace giving.

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Pledges and donations made between 7/1/15 - 5/31/16Visit www.artsfund.org for a full list of our donors and to learn more about ArtsFund

Thank you to all our donors for sharing and supporting our vision of a community with a dynamic and world-class arts and cultural sector where the arts are accessible to all and valued as central and critical to a healthy society.

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thanK you!seattle repertory theatre gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more made during our 2015-2016 season (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). this list includes gifts made to our annual Fund and endowment, Gala raise the paddle donations, Matching Gifts, and special projects.

each year, contributions from audience members, subscribers, and single ticket buyers help ensure seattle rep’s artistic excellence and financial stability. every gift makes a difference. We thank all of you for being a part of the rep community.

Join Seattle Rep’s donor family. To make your gift, please go to seattlerep.org/support/donate or contact Director of Development Jamie Herlich at 206.443.2532 or jamie.herlich@seattlerep.org.

Mary tedd allen & George scottChap & eve alvordMrs. e.C. alvordBob & Clodagh ash*steven a. & Connie e. Ballmer*Margaret ClappDonna Cochener*allan & nora DavisJay Hereford & Margaret Winsor*rod & nancy HochmanWinky & peter Hussey*

$10,000 - $14,999Kenny & Marleen alhadeff Fund

for theatre practitionersstuart & sue ashmunamy & Bob Bautista*Betty BottlerMichael & lynne Bush*anne e. GittingerJudith Jesiolowski & David thompsonlynn Manley & lex lindseyrebecca & Grant pomering*rachel M. & David p. robertCarlo & lalie scandiuzzirichard B. stead & elizabeth a. ryll*sherry & John stilinJanet & Doug trueMary ann & John Underwoodshirley & David UrdalKenneth & rosemary Willmanthomas Wright & alexandra Brouwer-Wrightanonymous (2)

$5,000 - $9,999paige & Doug armentroutDavid & Joanna BeitelBobbe & Jon BridgeMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey BrotmanJeanne & Jon Cantalinitom & Cynthia Captaintamra Chandler & Jeff MosierJeffrey Chavez & Camden Hallelizabeth Choy & James e. lobsenzDeanna CochenerBob & loretta Comfort FundJames & Jacqueline Copacinoadam & Whitney CornellDick & Jill Davistracy & suzanne DawMark & Julie DickisonJoanne r. eusterKaren & Doug Fletcheranne Middleton FosterDick & Mary Beth GemperleKatharyn GerlichMrs. robert e. GilmanJean-pierre Green & Jennifer ladd*

Cumulative gifts received and pledges made during the 2015-2016 Season, July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016

indiViduaL donorS

$250,000 and aboveanonymous

$100,000 - $249,999eliza shelden

ann ramsay-Jenkins & the William M. Jenkins advised trust*

$75,000 - $99,999stellman Keehnel

$50,000 - $74,999Kenny & Marleen alhadeff & the alhadeff Charitable Foundation

Marcella McCaffray*

linda & ted Johnson*Deborah t. Killingerthe Knossos Foundationtom Miller & terri olson Miller*elizabeth D. rudolfrobert & susan spiethCynthia stroumBagley & Virginia Wright Fundann p. WyckoffMarcia & Klaus Zechanonymous

$25,000 - $49,999

alta & stan BarerJoan CreminWilliam e. FranklinBrent & Catherine JohnsonBruce e. H. Johnson & sandra e. DavisKawasaki Foundation*John & nancy Jo Keegan*

$15,000 - $24,999Becky lenaburg & paul UrlaVic & Mary Kay Mosestimothy & paula rattiganpaula & steve reynoldstaucher Family FoundationJean Baur Vierecknancy Ward & toby Bright*

edith W. HardingJohn & Maureen HarleyMr. & Mrs. richard C. HedreenJohn & ellen Hilltoni & rod Hoffmanelise Holschuh & Brian McandrewsDonna & Gary iversonnorman & lisa JudahGwenann & thom KroonMichael leakeCharlotte lin & robert porterphilip & Jill McCune*Christine & sandy McDadeKaren & rick McMichaelKevin Millison & Jeanne Ballot*Karen rose MitchellJerry & Marcia nagaerobin & Dave nelson*Janice newellGlenna olson & Conrad WoutersDrs. rod & Christen oskouianeverett p. & andrea paupKate riordan*David & Valerie robinsonDeborah & Doug rosenJudy & Kermit rosenaaron rubensonHerman & Faye sarkowsky

Charitable FoundationMr. & Mrs. Douglas scheumannBeverly & Chris schubertCatherine & David skinnerHal & ann strongJames & Katherine tunepallavi & ashish WahiBruce & peggy Wantashauna Woods & Benjamin arenas*John & terri Zagulaanonymous (2)

$3,000 - $4,999Diana & Warren aakervik, Jr.pam andersoneileen Birgestephanie Cook-Burzyckirhoda altom & Cory Carlsonsusan & Dave DentonJohn Gray & Jeanne eaglesonlonnie and susan edelheitnancy Gallupnatalie GendlerDan & Molly Goldmanted & sandy Greenleelaura & David HeardKristin ovregaard HeeterJeffrey Herrmann & sara Waisanensuzanne HittmanDale & Donna Holpainenparul & Gary HoulahanJoan e. Mathews JulnesMorris & Carolyn KremenDena & ron levineBarbara & Michael luxenbergDr. peter & Jackie MansfieldMay McCarthy & Don smithKevin Miller & stephanie McBainsamantha neukomMrs. e.a. nowogroski

roberta riley & peter Masonstanley D. & ingrid H. savageCarlyn J. steinerDelphine & Charles stevenstammy a. talmanVijay & sita Vasheerichard & Catherine WakefieldMarisa & Brad WalkerMichael & Marsha WardenWyman Youth trustJane Zalutsky & Mark Kantoranonymous (2)

$2,000 - $2,999Virginia Anderson • Lucius & Phoebe Andrew • Susan & William Block • Bruce Bradburn & Meg Holgate • Darrel S. Cowan • Todd & Sylvie Currie • Mary Kay Haggard • William & Angela Kennedy • Cathy Kitto • Mike & Debbie Koss • Mark Levine & John Keppeler • Sandy & Jack McCullough • Joy McNichols • Chuck & Nancy Mertel • Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. • Stuart & Ilse Oles • Peter D. Olson • Cheri & Lou Perazzoli • Anne Simpson & Charlie Conner* • H. Warren & Nancy Smith • Christopher & Cameron Snow • David & Nancy Thacher • Doug† & Margaret Walker • Kinnon W. Williams • Su Chang & Peter Williams • Annie & Dan Wilson • Anonymous (3)

$1,500 - $1,999Craig S. Bartholomew • Douglas & Maria Bayer • Rod & Mary Jo Bench • George & Joan Berry • Patrick & Mary Callan • Stephen & Stacy Carlson • William T. Cavender • Judy & Bob Cline • Richard & Marlene Fallquist • Carol Finn • Jamie Herlich • Connie & Dan Hungate • Terry L. Jones & Walter Yund, Jr. • Karen Koon & Brad Edwards • Blanche & Stephen Maxwell • Susan Mersereau & Philip White • Mark & Susan Minerich • Kevin J. Murphy & Karen Freeman • Declan O’Neill • Terri & Ron Pehrson • Kyle & Michele Peltonen • Charles & Mary Jo Pepka • Greg & Sherre Piantanida • Dyann Provenzano • Andrea & Alan Rabinowitz • Sharon K. Ramey & Paul B. Ramey • Bill & Rae Saltzstein • Jeanne Sheldon & Marvin Parsons • Richard & Barbara Shikiar • Nathalie & Marty Simsak • Helen R. Stusser • Judith A. Whetzel • John Wicher & Travis Penn • Anonymous (5)

$1,000 - $1,499Braden Abraham & Cheyenne Casebier • Allison Augustyn • William & Nancy Bain • Patty & Jimmy Barrier • Marshall L. Booker • Anita Braker & David Olsen • Bruce Burger • Corinne A. Campbell • Gretchen C. & Don E. Campbell • Rich Carlblom & Mary Wagner • Dennis & Aline Caulley • D. Thompson & Karen Challinor • Kirk Redmond & Connie Clark-Redmond • Theodore J. & Patricia S. Collins • Joellen Congleton • Gary & Consuelo Corbett • Susan Coughlin & John Lauber • Barbara Crowe • Don & Suzanne Dally • Heidi de Laubenfels & Harris Clarke • Johnny & Fran Delashaw • Dennis & Deborah DeYoung • Jeff & Deb Doran • Elizabeth & Miles Drake • Jon & Laurene Ekse • Dan & Nancy B. Evans • Vicki Fabre • Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland & Gary Moreland • Kent Fisher & Barbra Richardson • Ann Frothingham • Betti Fujikado • Dot Fuller • Lisa Garbrick • Mr. & Mrs. Carver Gayton • Lynn & Brian Grant Family • Katharine Graubard • Lyn & Jerry Grinstein • Jeannie Hale • Kathleen Hamilton • Sandy & Dave Hanower • Lawrence & Hylton Hard Fund • Nancy & Hamilton Harris • Drs. Michael & Teresa Hart • Sherri Havens • Jan P. Havlisch • John W. Hempelmann • Jan Hendrickson & Chuck

In memory of Clara & Ray Katekaruby rayna liekweg

In memory of Dick Miyoshiby amy Henry

In memory of Coleen Yearyby Glenn Yeary

In honor of Jim Copacinoby Betti Fujikado

In honor of Joanne Eusterby sharon euster

In honor of Jay Herefordby David lord & Debi preston

In honor of Nancy Hochmanby lorna Kneeland

In honor of Winky Husseyby ellen look & tony Cavalieriby Dr. sarajane Milderby Janet Vogelzang

In honor of Cheri Perazolliby David Myers

In honor of Marisa Walkerby rachael Hannah & alan Kahn

tribute gifts to seattle repertory theatreare a wonderful way to remember a loved one, honor a friend, or celebrate a special occasion. seattle rep joins in paying tribute to the following individuals:

Leighton • Lisa Henry • Peter Hiatt & Ron Huden • Steve & Sandy Hill • Alyssa Hochman • Mack Hogans & Anastasia Miles • Bruce & Bridget Horne • Shaun & Kathleen Hughbanks • Jo Iaciofano & Gary Caldwell • Mark Igra & Nancy Simon • Joe & Emily Inslee • Gary & Susan Jones • Janet W. Ketcham • Cal & Maureen Knight • Greg Kucera & Larry Yocom • Sherry & Jim Ladd • Stuart Lane • Sen. Marko Liias • Stephen H. & Ellen O. Lutz • Debbie Macomber • Kerry & Steve Mauri • Patrick & Rosalie McHale • Scott & Shelley McIntyre • Marta Schee & Langdon Miller • Nick Gerner & Susan Moskwa • Matt & Jenny Muilenburg • David Myers • Robert & Claudia Nelson • Carla & Dean Nichols • Neil Oldenburg • Lee & Allison Parsons • Kathleen Pierce • Judy G. Poll • Geoff Prentiss • Nancy Price • Mrs. Harry Pryde • Carrie Rhodes • Jean & Kirk Robinson • John Rudolf • John Ryan & Jody Foster • Julie Sandler • Barbara Sando • Lisa Simonson & Harold Hollingsworth • Eileen & Jim Simpkins • Mrs. Dorothy L. Simpson • Greg Smith & Betty Mattson-Smith • Kathleen & Rob Spitzer • Dr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens, Jr. • Leonard & Marsha Stevens • Todd & Jane Summerfelt • Carolyn & Mike Tierney • Rick & Suzy Titcomb • Judge Brain & Mrs. Linda Toffeson • Annette Toutonghi & Bruce Oberg • Bill & Alice VanPelt • Dirk & Mary Lou Van Woerden • Julie S. Villegas • Andrew Volk & Jessica Dymsza-Volk • Michael Von Korff & Linda Le Resche • Dr. Jerry & Cheryl Waldbaum • Bev Linkletter & Paul Weiden • Susan Brandt & Van White • Nancy Williams • HS Wright III & Katherine Janeway • Mrs. Howard S. Wright • Brien Wygle • Anonymous (8)

* Member of seattle rep’s Multi-Year Giving Club† Deceased

the accuracy of this list is important to us;we welcome notification of unintended omissions.(heidip@seattlerep.org or 206.443.2203)

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thanK you!seattle repertory theatre gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more made during our 2015-2016 season (July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016). this list includes gifts made to our annual Fund and endowment, Gala raise the paddle donations, Matching Gifts, and special projects.

each year, contributions from audience members, subscribers, and single ticket buyers help ensure seattle rep’s artistic excellence and financial stability. every gift makes a difference. We thank all of you for being a part of the rep community.

Join Seattle Rep’s donor family. To make your gift, please go to seattlerep.org/support/donate or contact Director of Development Jamie Herlich at 206.443.2532 or jamie.herlich@seattlerep.org.

Mary tedd allen & George scottChap & eve alvordMrs. e.C. alvordBob & Clodagh ash*steven a. & Connie e. Ballmer*Margaret ClappDonna Cochener*allan & nora DavisJay Hereford & Margaret Winsor*rod & nancy HochmanWinky & peter Hussey*

$10,000 - $14,999Kenny & Marleen alhadeff Fund

for theatre practitionersstuart & sue ashmunamy & Bob Bautista*Betty BottlerMichael & lynne Bush*anne e. GittingerJudith Jesiolowski & David thompsonlynn Manley & lex lindseyrebecca & Grant pomering*rachel M. & David p. robertCarlo & lalie scandiuzzirichard B. stead & elizabeth a. ryll*sherry & John stilinJanet & Doug trueMary ann & John Underwoodshirley & David UrdalKenneth & rosemary Willmanthomas Wright & alexandra Brouwer-Wrightanonymous (2)

$5,000 - $9,999paige & Doug armentroutDavid & Joanna BeitelBobbe & Jon BridgeMr. & Mrs. Jeffrey BrotmanJeanne & Jon Cantalinitom & Cynthia Captaintamra Chandler & Jeff MosierJeffrey Chavez & Camden Hallelizabeth Choy & James e. lobsenzDeanna CochenerBob & loretta Comfort FundJames & Jacqueline Copacinoadam & Whitney CornellDick & Jill Davistracy & suzanne DawMark & Julie DickisonJoanne r. eusterKaren & Doug Fletcheranne Middleton FosterDick & Mary Beth GemperleKatharyn GerlichMrs. robert e. GilmanJean-pierre Green & Jennifer ladd*

Cumulative gifts received and pledges made during the 2015-2016 Season, July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016

indiViduaL donorS

$250,000 and aboveanonymous

$100,000 - $249,999eliza shelden

ann ramsay-Jenkins & the William M. Jenkins advised trust*

$75,000 - $99,999stellman Keehnel

$50,000 - $74,999Kenny & Marleen alhadeff & the alhadeff Charitable Foundation

Marcella McCaffray*

linda & ted Johnson*Deborah t. Killingerthe Knossos Foundationtom Miller & terri olson Miller*elizabeth D. rudolfrobert & susan spiethCynthia stroumBagley & Virginia Wright Fundann p. WyckoffMarcia & Klaus Zechanonymous

$25,000 - $49,999

alta & stan BarerJoan CreminWilliam e. FranklinBrent & Catherine JohnsonBruce e. H. Johnson & sandra e. DavisKawasaki Foundation*John & nancy Jo Keegan*

$15,000 - $24,999Becky lenaburg & paul UrlaVic & Mary Kay Mosestimothy & paula rattiganpaula & steve reynoldstaucher Family FoundationJean Baur Vierecknancy Ward & toby Bright*

edith W. HardingJohn & Maureen HarleyMr. & Mrs. richard C. HedreenJohn & ellen Hilltoni & rod Hoffmanelise Holschuh & Brian McandrewsDonna & Gary iversonnorman & lisa JudahGwenann & thom KroonMichael leakeCharlotte lin & robert porterphilip & Jill McCune*Christine & sandy McDadeKaren & rick McMichaelKevin Millison & Jeanne Ballot*Karen rose MitchellJerry & Marcia nagaerobin & Dave nelson*Janice newellGlenna olson & Conrad WoutersDrs. rod & Christen oskouianeverett p. & andrea paupKate riordan*David & Valerie robinsonDeborah & Doug rosenJudy & Kermit rosenaaron rubensonHerman & Faye sarkowsky

Charitable FoundationMr. & Mrs. Douglas scheumannBeverly & Chris schubertCatherine & David skinnerHal & ann strongJames & Katherine tunepallavi & ashish WahiBruce & peggy Wantashauna Woods & Benjamin arenas*John & terri Zagulaanonymous (2)

$3,000 - $4,999Diana & Warren aakervik, Jr.pam andersoneileen Birgestephanie Cook-Burzyckirhoda altom & Cory Carlsonsusan & Dave DentonJohn Gray & Jeanne eaglesonlonnie and susan edelheitnancy Gallupnatalie GendlerDan & Molly Goldmanted & sandy Greenleelaura & David HeardKristin ovregaard HeeterJeffrey Herrmann & sara Waisanensuzanne HittmanDale & Donna Holpainenparul & Gary HoulahanJoan e. Mathews JulnesMorris & Carolyn KremenDena & ron levineBarbara & Michael luxenbergDr. peter & Jackie MansfieldMay McCarthy & Don smithKevin Miller & stephanie McBainsamantha neukomMrs. e.a. nowogroski

roberta riley & peter Masonstanley D. & ingrid H. savageCarlyn J. steinerDelphine & Charles stevenstammy a. talmanVijay & sita Vasheerichard & Catherine WakefieldMarisa & Brad WalkerMichael & Marsha WardenWyman Youth trustJane Zalutsky & Mark Kantoranonymous (2)

$2,000 - $2,999Virginia Anderson • Lucius & Phoebe Andrew • Susan & William Block • Bruce Bradburn & Meg Holgate • Darrel S. Cowan • Todd & Sylvie Currie • Mary Kay Haggard • William & Angela Kennedy • Cathy Kitto • Mike & Debbie Koss • Mark Levine & John Keppeler • Sandy & Jack McCullough • Joy McNichols • Chuck & Nancy Mertel • Dr. Joe G. Norman, Jr. • Stuart & Ilse Oles • Peter D. Olson • Cheri & Lou Perazzoli • Anne Simpson & Charlie Conner* • H. Warren & Nancy Smith • Christopher & Cameron Snow • David & Nancy Thacher • Doug† & Margaret Walker • Kinnon W. Williams • Su Chang & Peter Williams • Annie & Dan Wilson • Anonymous (3)

$1,500 - $1,999Craig S. Bartholomew • Douglas & Maria Bayer • Rod & Mary Jo Bench • George & Joan Berry • Patrick & Mary Callan • Stephen & Stacy Carlson • William T. Cavender • Judy & Bob Cline • Richard & Marlene Fallquist • Carol Finn • Jamie Herlich • Connie & Dan Hungate • Terry L. Jones & Walter Yund, Jr. • Karen Koon & Brad Edwards • Blanche & Stephen Maxwell • Susan Mersereau & Philip White • Mark & Susan Minerich • Kevin J. Murphy & Karen Freeman • Declan O’Neill • Terri & Ron Pehrson • Kyle & Michele Peltonen • Charles & Mary Jo Pepka • Greg & Sherre Piantanida • Dyann Provenzano • Andrea & Alan Rabinowitz • Sharon K. Ramey & Paul B. Ramey • Bill & Rae Saltzstein • Jeanne Sheldon & Marvin Parsons • Richard & Barbara Shikiar • Nathalie & Marty Simsak • Helen R. Stusser • Judith A. Whetzel • John Wicher & Travis Penn • Anonymous (5)

$1,000 - $1,499Braden Abraham & Cheyenne Casebier • Allison Augustyn • William & Nancy Bain • Patty & Jimmy Barrier • Marshall L. Booker • Anita Braker & David Olsen • Bruce Burger • Corinne A. Campbell • Gretchen C. & Don E. Campbell • Rich Carlblom & Mary Wagner • Dennis & Aline Caulley • D. Thompson & Karen Challinor • Kirk Redmond & Connie Clark-Redmond • Theodore J. & Patricia S. Collins • Joellen Congleton • Gary & Consuelo Corbett • Susan Coughlin & John Lauber • Barbara Crowe • Don & Suzanne Dally • Heidi de Laubenfels & Harris Clarke • Johnny & Fran Delashaw • Dennis & Deborah DeYoung • Jeff & Deb Doran • Elizabeth & Miles Drake • Jon & Laurene Ekse • Dan & Nancy B. Evans • Vicki Fabre • Elisabeth Farwell-Moreland & Gary Moreland • Kent Fisher & Barbra Richardson • Ann Frothingham • Betti Fujikado • Dot Fuller • Lisa Garbrick • Mr. & Mrs. Carver Gayton • Lynn & Brian Grant Family • Katharine Graubard • Lyn & Jerry Grinstein • Jeannie Hale • Kathleen Hamilton • Sandy & Dave Hanower • Lawrence & Hylton Hard Fund • Nancy & Hamilton Harris • Drs. Michael & Teresa Hart • Sherri Havens • Jan P. Havlisch • John W. Hempelmann • Jan Hendrickson & Chuck

In memory of Clara & Ray Katekaruby rayna liekweg

In memory of Dick Miyoshiby amy Henry

In memory of Coleen Yearyby Glenn Yeary

In honor of Jim Copacinoby Betti Fujikado

In honor of Joanne Eusterby sharon euster

In honor of Jay Herefordby David lord & Debi preston

In honor of Nancy Hochmanby lorna Kneeland

In honor of Winky Husseyby ellen look & tony Cavalieriby Dr. sarajane Milderby Janet Vogelzang

In honor of Cheri Perazolliby David Myers

In honor of Marisa Walkerby rachael Hannah & alan Kahn

tribute gifts to seattle repertory theatreare a wonderful way to remember a loved one, honor a friend, or celebrate a special occasion. seattle rep joins in paying tribute to the following individuals:

Leighton • Lisa Henry • Peter Hiatt & Ron Huden • Steve & Sandy Hill • Alyssa Hochman • Mack Hogans & Anastasia Miles • Bruce & Bridget Horne • Shaun & Kathleen Hughbanks • Jo Iaciofano & Gary Caldwell • Mark Igra & Nancy Simon • Joe & Emily Inslee • Gary & Susan Jones • Janet W. Ketcham • Cal & Maureen Knight • Greg Kucera & Larry Yocom • Sherry & Jim Ladd • Stuart Lane • Sen. Marko Liias • Stephen H. & Ellen O. Lutz • Debbie Macomber • Kerry & Steve Mauri • Patrick & Rosalie McHale • Scott & Shelley McIntyre • Marta Schee & Langdon Miller • Nick Gerner & Susan Moskwa • Matt & Jenny Muilenburg • David Myers • Robert & Claudia Nelson • Carla & Dean Nichols • Neil Oldenburg • Lee & Allison Parsons • Kathleen Pierce • Judy G. Poll • Geoff Prentiss • Nancy Price • Mrs. Harry Pryde • Carrie Rhodes • Jean & Kirk Robinson • John Rudolf • John Ryan & Jody Foster • Julie Sandler • Barbara Sando • Lisa Simonson & Harold Hollingsworth • Eileen & Jim Simpkins • Mrs. Dorothy L. Simpson • Greg Smith & Betty Mattson-Smith • Kathleen & Rob Spitzer • Dr. & Mrs. Alexander R. Stevens, Jr. • Leonard & Marsha Stevens • Todd & Jane Summerfelt • Carolyn & Mike Tierney • Rick & Suzy Titcomb • Judge Brain & Mrs. Linda Toffeson • Annette Toutonghi & Bruce Oberg • Bill & Alice VanPelt • Dirk & Mary Lou Van Woerden • Julie S. Villegas • Andrew Volk & Jessica Dymsza-Volk • Michael Von Korff & Linda Le Resche • Dr. Jerry & Cheryl Waldbaum • Bev Linkletter & Paul Weiden • Susan Brandt & Van White • Nancy Williams • HS Wright III & Katherine Janeway • Mrs. Howard S. Wright • Brien Wygle • Anonymous (8)

* Member of seattle rep’s Multi-Year Giving Club† Deceased

the accuracy of this list is important to us;we welcome notification of unintended omissions.(heidip@seattlerep.org or 206.443.2203)

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inStitutionaL donorS

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seattle repertory theatre is proud to acknowledge the support of the following regional and national organizations. their generous gifts make possible a wide variety of artistic, educational, and outreach programs that serve more than 120,000 audience members each year. For more information about sponsorship programs and benefits, please contact Melissa Husby at 206.443.2210 ext. 1014 or melissa.husby@seattlerep.org. this list reflects contributions made through august 24, 2016; gifts received after this date will be recognized in future issues of encore.

*$150,000 and above

Seattle Repertory Theatre Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999

The Ballinger Family Foundation

The Chisholm Foundation

Nesholm Family Foundation

Seattle Repertory Organization

$100,000 - $149,999

John GrahamFoundation

$50,000 - $99,999

$10,000 - $24,999Baird Bruce G. Cochener FoundationClark Nuber edgerton Foundation new plays awardHD Fowler CompanyHomewood Suites by Hiltonthe Morgan Fundnordstromsummit law Group U.s. Bank Foundation Washington state arts Commission

$5,000 - $9,999Air CanadaAlaska Airlinesat&t FoundationDavis Wright tremaineDelta AirlinesHorizons FoundationHumanities WashingtonK&l GatesKpMG llpKutscher Hereford Bertram Burkart pllCloeb Family Charitable Foundation Italics represent in-kind gifts.

* includes capital support.

SeaSon SponSorArtsFund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy, and grant making. ArtsFund donors support nearly 60 local arts groups, large and small, so that they can provide stimulating and enlightening arts for our community. ArtsFund also helps arts groups improve how they run themselves through systematic feedback on their operations, based on its finely crafted allocations process. ArtsFund serves as an advocate for the arts through programs like Building for the Arts and the Board Leadership Training program. Through cash grants, capacity building, and other services, ArtsFund makes arts groups like Seattle Rep stronger so that we can serve this region and make it a great place to live, work, raise a family, and run a business. Our thanks to ArtsFund for season-long support!

Boeing’s generous support throughout the years has helped Seattle Rep stage productions as varied as last season’s Come From Away, the LBJ Plays, Pullman Porter Blues, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Boeing support does not stop on our stages; we have been honored to have a number of Boeing employees share their insight on our Board, including current trustee Kevin Millison, Vice President of Finance and Controller of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. We are grateful for The Boeing Company’s philanthropic leadership in our community.

titLe SponSor

Macy’sMoccasin lake FoundationMuckleshoot Charitable Fundsheridan Collegetreeline Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999Compton lumberCopacino + FujikadoHolland america line inc.KeyBankMorgan stanleyMoss adams Wealth advisors llC perkins Coie llppuget sound energy Foundation*tulalip tribes Charitable Foundation

under $2,499City Catering CompanyConsulate General of Canada - seattleFour Park Avenue LLCpeg & rick Young FoundationSavage Color LLCseattle spine & sports Medicine Triumph Bar

artisticMarya Sea Kaminski Associate Artistic Director

Kristin leahey Literary Director

Kaytlin Mcintyre Casting Director

William (l.B.) Morse* Resident Designer

simone Hamilton Artistic Engagement Coordinator

educationarlene Martínez-Vázquez Education Director

Jason sanford Education Associate

Jazzy DuCay Youth Ambassador

productionElisabeth Farwell-Moreland* Producing Director

Christy Bain* Director of Artist Relations

Brian Fauska* Technical Director

Matt Giles Associate Producing Director

sann Hall Production Associate

Wiley Associate Technical Director

robert J. aguilar Lighting Associate

CARPENTERS

Jon Zucker* Scene Shop Foreman

Denny Hartung* Master Shop Carpenter

patrick robinson*randall reeceJoel WilmotMike McKenna Scenic Carpenters

COSTUME SHOP

Denise Damico Costume Department Director

emily Blanche Assistant Costume Department Manager

Michaela petrovich Costume Design Assistant

naomi Weber Tailor/Draper

Christina Hobbs Draper

lisa lockard*laura Mé smith* 1st Hands

anji Wetherill robyn tarbetMorgana spake Stitchers

sarah Gladden* Costume Stock Manager

Joyce Degenfelder* Wig Master

Jennifer Hillsally Mellis Wig Assistants

Brent roberts Dyer/Props Artisan

imelda Daranciang* Bagley Wright Wardrobe Supervisor

Cindy sabye Leo K. Wardrobe Supervisor

pJ sheehy Dresser

PROPERTIES

Jolene obertin* Properties Director

Karla Davenport Properties Assistant

James severson*nicolette Vannais*angela Zylla Properties Artisans

SCENIC ARTS

Maureen Wilhelm* Charge Scenic Artist

ruth Gilmore Lead Scenic Artist

linda Jo nazarenus Scenic Artist

Stage creWSBAGLEY WRIGHT THEATRE

emil “Mo” ellis Master Stage Carpenter

andrew Willhelm* Master Electrician

Jeremiah Foglesong* Master Properties

nathan Kahler Head Sound Engineer

tony smith Head Flyman

Dave scamporlina Swing Technician

LEO KREIELSHEIMER THEATRE

Catharine Case lutes* Master Stage Carpenter

Jedidiah roe Master Electrician

Mark Krida Head Sound Engineer

Stage managementJessica C. Bomball

Michael John egan

stina lotti

Michael B. paul

Cristine anne reynolds

shellie stone

eXecutiVesarah newell* Director of Board Relations

human reSourceSKatrina Miller* Director of Human Resources

Dottie Kelly Volunteer HR Assistant

finance & operationSRachel M. Robert* Director of Finance & Operations

Gi Hara* Controller

sarah nguyen Accountant

John r. Mcnamara* Operations Director

Debra Forman* Receptionist

information technoLogyColin Warriner* Information Technology Director

Kyle spens Information Technology Assistant

marKeting & communicationSAndrew L. Haines Director of Marketing and Communications

steve Brown Marketing Director

rowena Yow Communications Director

Michelle s. leyva Publicist

Kina ackerman Social Media Coordinator

noelle McCabe Marketing Coordinator

shannon loys Lead Graphic Designer

angela nickerson Graphic Designer

richie Carpenter Web Production Specialist

patron eXperiencelexi Clements Director of Patron Experience

ryan rowell Tessitura Operations Manager

evan Cartwright Data Operations Manager

* Indicates an employee of 10 or more years. Bold = member of Seattle Rep Senior Leadership Team

Braden Abraham* Artistic Director Jeffrey Herrmann Managing Director

PATRON SERVICES

sarah Jo Kirchner Patron Services Manager

roland Carette-Meyers Group Sales Manager

Claire Koleske Patron Services Assistant Manager

Melissa lettis Marissa McKown Chris Quilicisutton Vie Marcus Williams Patron Services Specialist

Vee Butler Patron Services Lead

FRONT OF HOUSE

lance park Audience Services Director

sarah Komorowski Lead Lobby Manager & Volunteer Coordinator

sheryl Kool ASL Interpreting Coordinator

deVeLopmentJamie Herlich Director of Development

sean place Assoc. Dir. of Development –Individual Giving

Melissa Husby Assoc. Dir. of Development –Institutional Giving

lori Gicklhorn Grants Associate

Cam Williams Bernhardt Major Gifts Manager

Darragh Kennan Major Gifts Officer

anna strickland Major Gifts Coordinator

Heidi pardo* Major Gifts Administrator

sasha Habash Annual Fund & Volunteer Manager

SeattLe repertory theatre Staff

Janet shaughnessy Donor Services Specialist

Mariah Fraser Development Assistant

profeSSionaL artS training programlia Fakhouri Artistic: Casting

annika Bennett Artistic: Literary

alyssa Mowrer Costume Shop

Karissa elliott Education

Vada Briceno Lighting Design

esprit autenreith Production Management

Helen raines Properties

sarah Melo Scenic Art: Paint

Jordan lyles Technical Direction

rob Billups Stage Management

emily Wright Stage Management

commiSSionStodd almondDavid GrimmJustin HuertasHansol JungMarc Kenisonlisa petersonr. Hamilton Wrightanna Ziegler

WriterS grouptrista Baldwinramon esquivelKeiko GreenY York

artiSt in reSidenceConstanza romero

SRO EXECUTIVE BOARD

sharon lammPresident

Diane CodyFirst Vice President

Mike leakeSecond Vice President

Carol DinningTreasurer

Maureen HarleyRecording Secretary

Darla HammondCorresponding Secretary

Dottie DelaneySRT Representative

SEATTLE REPERTORY ORGANIZATION (SRO)the seattle repertory organization is a 100+ member volunteer group established in 1963 for the purpose of supporting seattle repertory theatre. through the shop at the rep, new York and london theatre tours, and more, the sro donates more than $30,000 and over 12,000 volunteer hours each season.

Learn more about SRO at seattlerep.org/volunteer

Meet the artists of A Raisin in the Sun. sro spotlight luncheons and interviews are an opportunity to informally visit with

the cast members, theatre artists, and staff who make each show possible.

seattlerep.org/SROspotlights

UPCOMING SRO SPOTLIGHT:

Thursday, October 1411:00 A.M. in the Rotunda

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inStitutionaL donorS

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seattle repertory theatre is proud to acknowledge the support of the following regional and national organizations. their generous gifts make possible a wide variety of artistic, educational, and outreach programs that serve more than 120,000 audience members each year. For more information about sponsorship programs and benefits, please contact Melissa Husby at 206.443.2210 ext. 1014 or melissa.husby@seattlerep.org. this list reflects contributions made through august 24, 2016; gifts received after this date will be recognized in future issues of encore.

*$150,000 and above

Seattle Repertory Theatre Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999

The Ballinger Family Foundation

The Chisholm Foundation

Nesholm Family Foundation

Seattle Repertory Organization

$100,000 - $149,999

John GrahamFoundation

$50,000 - $99,999

$10,000 - $24,999Baird Bruce G. Cochener FoundationClark Nuber edgerton Foundation new plays awardHD Fowler CompanyHomewood Suites by Hiltonthe Morgan Fundnordstromsummit law Group U.s. Bank Foundation Washington state arts Commission

$5,000 - $9,999Air CanadaAlaska Airlinesat&t FoundationDavis Wright tremaineDelta AirlinesHorizons FoundationHumanities WashingtonK&l GatesKpMG llpKutscher Hereford Bertram Burkart pllCloeb Family Charitable Foundation Italics represent in-kind gifts.

* includes capital support.

SeaSon SponSorArtsFund strengthens the community by supporting the arts through leadership, advocacy, and grant making. ArtsFund donors support nearly 60 local arts groups, large and small, so that they can provide stimulating and enlightening arts for our community. ArtsFund also helps arts groups improve how they run themselves through systematic feedback on their operations, based on its finely crafted allocations process. ArtsFund serves as an advocate for the arts through programs like Building for the Arts and the Board Leadership Training program. Through cash grants, capacity building, and other services, ArtsFund makes arts groups like Seattle Rep stronger so that we can serve this region and make it a great place to live, work, raise a family, and run a business. Our thanks to ArtsFund for season-long support!

Boeing’s generous support throughout the years has helped Seattle Rep stage productions as varied as last season’s Come From Away, the LBJ Plays, Pullman Porter Blues, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. Boeing support does not stop on our stages; we have been honored to have a number of Boeing employees share their insight on our Board, including current trustee Kevin Millison, Vice President of Finance and Controller of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. We are grateful for The Boeing Company’s philanthropic leadership in our community.

titLe SponSor

Macy’sMoccasin lake FoundationMuckleshoot Charitable Fundsheridan Collegetreeline Foundation

$2,500 - $4,999Compton lumberCopacino + FujikadoHolland america line inc.KeyBankMorgan stanleyMoss adams Wealth advisors llC perkins Coie llppuget sound energy Foundation*tulalip tribes Charitable Foundation

under $2,499City Catering CompanyConsulate General of Canada - seattleFour Park Avenue LLCpeg & rick Young FoundationSavage Color LLCseattle spine & sports Medicine Triumph Bar

artisticMarya Sea Kaminski Associate Artistic Director

Kristin leahey Literary Director

Kaytlin Mcintyre Casting Director

William (l.B.) Morse* Resident Designer

simone Hamilton Artistic Engagement Coordinator

educationarlene Martínez-Vázquez Education Director

Jason sanford Education Associate

Jazzy DuCay Youth Ambassador

productionElisabeth Farwell-Moreland* Producing Director

Christy Bain* Director of Artist Relations

Brian Fauska* Technical Director

Matt Giles Associate Producing Director

sann Hall Production Associate

Wiley Associate Technical Director

robert J. aguilar Lighting Associate

CARPENTERS

Jon Zucker* Scene Shop Foreman

Denny Hartung* Master Shop Carpenter

patrick robinson*randall reeceJoel WilmotMike McKenna Scenic Carpenters

COSTUME SHOP

Denise Damico Costume Department Director

emily Blanche Assistant Costume Department Manager

Michaela petrovich Costume Design Assistant

naomi Weber Tailor/Draper

Christina Hobbs Draper

lisa lockard*laura Mé smith* 1st Hands

anji Wetherill robyn tarbetMorgana spake Stitchers

sarah Gladden* Costume Stock Manager

Joyce Degenfelder* Wig Master

Jennifer Hillsally Mellis Wig Assistants

Brent roberts Dyer/Props Artisan

imelda Daranciang* Bagley Wright Wardrobe Supervisor

Cindy sabye Leo K. Wardrobe Supervisor

pJ sheehy Dresser

PROPERTIES

Jolene obertin* Properties Director

Karla Davenport Properties Assistant

James severson*nicolette Vannais*angela Zylla Properties Artisans

SCENIC ARTS

Maureen Wilhelm* Charge Scenic Artist

ruth Gilmore Lead Scenic Artist

linda Jo nazarenus Scenic Artist

Stage creWSBAGLEY WRIGHT THEATRE

emil “Mo” ellis Master Stage Carpenter

andrew Willhelm* Master Electrician

Jeremiah Foglesong* Master Properties

nathan Kahler Head Sound Engineer

tony smith Head Flyman

Dave scamporlina Swing Technician

LEO KREIELSHEIMER THEATRE

Catharine Case lutes* Master Stage Carpenter

Jedidiah roe Master Electrician

Mark Krida Head Sound Engineer

Stage managementJessica C. Bomball

Michael John egan

stina lotti

Michael B. paul

Cristine anne reynolds

shellie stone

eXecutiVesarah newell* Director of Board Relations

human reSourceSKatrina Miller* Director of Human Resources

Dottie Kelly Volunteer HR Assistant

finance & operationSRachel M. Robert* Director of Finance & Operations

Gi Hara* Controller

sarah nguyen Accountant

John r. Mcnamara* Operations Director

Debra Forman* Receptionist

information technoLogyColin Warriner* Information Technology Director

Kyle spens Information Technology Assistant

marKeting & communicationSAndrew L. Haines Director of Marketing and Communications

steve Brown Marketing Director

rowena Yow Communications Director

Michelle s. leyva Publicist

Kina ackerman Social Media Coordinator

noelle McCabe Marketing Coordinator

shannon loys Lead Graphic Designer

angela nickerson Graphic Designer

richie Carpenter Web Production Specialist

patron eXperiencelexi Clements Director of Patron Experience

ryan rowell Tessitura Operations Manager

evan Cartwright Data Operations Manager

* Indicates an employee of 10 or more years. Bold = member of Seattle Rep Senior Leadership Team

Braden Abraham* Artistic Director Jeffrey Herrmann Managing Director

PATRON SERVICES

sarah Jo Kirchner Patron Services Manager

roland Carette-Meyers Group Sales Manager

Claire Koleske Patron Services Assistant Manager

Melissa lettis Marissa McKown Chris Quilicisutton Vie Marcus Williams Patron Services Specialist

Vee Butler Patron Services Lead

FRONT OF HOUSE

lance park Audience Services Director

sarah Komorowski Lead Lobby Manager & Volunteer Coordinator

sheryl Kool ASL Interpreting Coordinator

deVeLopmentJamie Herlich Director of Development

sean place Assoc. Dir. of Development –Individual Giving

Melissa Husby Assoc. Dir. of Development –Institutional Giving

lori Gicklhorn Grants Associate

Cam Williams Bernhardt Major Gifts Manager

Darragh Kennan Major Gifts Officer

anna strickland Major Gifts Coordinator

Heidi pardo* Major Gifts Administrator

sasha Habash Annual Fund & Volunteer Manager

SeattLe repertory theatre Staff

Janet shaughnessy Donor Services Specialist

Mariah Fraser Development Assistant

profeSSionaL artS training programlia Fakhouri Artistic: Casting

annika Bennett Artistic: Literary

alyssa Mowrer Costume Shop

Karissa elliott Education

Vada Briceno Lighting Design

esprit autenreith Production Management

Helen raines Properties

sarah Melo Scenic Art: Paint

Jordan lyles Technical Direction

rob Billups Stage Management

emily Wright Stage Management

commiSSionStodd almondDavid GrimmJustin HuertasHansol JungMarc Kenisonlisa petersonr. Hamilton Wrightanna Ziegler

WriterS grouptrista Baldwinramon esquivelKeiko GreenY York

artiSt in reSidenceConstanza romero

SRO EXECUTIVE BOARD

sharon lammPresident

Diane CodyFirst Vice President

Mike leakeSecond Vice President

Carol DinningTreasurer

Maureen HarleyRecording Secretary

Darla HammondCorresponding Secretary

Dottie DelaneySRT Representative

SEATTLE REPERTORY ORGANIZATION (SRO)the seattle repertory organization is a 100+ member volunteer group established in 1963 for the purpose of supporting seattle repertory theatre. through the shop at the rep, new York and london theatre tours, and more, the sro donates more than $30,000 and over 12,000 volunteer hours each season.

Learn more about SRO at seattlerep.org/volunteer

Meet the artists of A Raisin in the Sun. sro spotlight luncheons and interviews are an opportunity to informally visit with

the cast members, theatre artists, and staff who make each show possible.

seattlerep.org/SROspotlights

UPCOMING SRO SPOTLIGHT:

Thursday, October 1411:00 A.M. in the Rotunda

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