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Artistic Director’s WelcomeWelcome to Prometheus Bound!

I could not be more excited to share this production withyou. When Tony and Grammy Award-winning lyricist andplaywright Steven Sater first approached me with histranslation of Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, I immedi-ately fell in love with it. We both heard “music” in thetext, and were thrilled to find the composer of our dreamsin the Grammy Award-winning System of a Down leadsinger Serj Tankian—an artist who has always been deeplyengaged with human rights issues. This new musical castsPrometheus as the first prisoner of conscience. Our pro-

duction is a tribute to the courage of those who raise their voices in the face oftyranny and injustice.

As part of our work on this production, we have nurtured a relationship betweenhuman rights activism and artistic expression. Over the past year, we have beencollaborating closely with Amnesty International, and together we have createdThe Prometheus Project. Central to this initiative is the dedication of the per-formances of this production to eight “Amnesty actions”—prisoners of con-science and individuals at risk from around the world who are currently beingsilenced by their governments. We hope that as part of your experience ofPrometheus Bound, you will learn more about these cases and how you canmake a difference.

I have always envisioned this piece as a perfect fit for OBERON, our second stageof the 21st century that has allowed the A.R.T. to achieve its mission to “expandthe boundaries of theater” by creating whole new kinds of relationships betweenperformers and audiences. Prometheus Bound exemplifies how we can betouched by theater, and how can it change us.

Thank you for being a witness tonight.

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AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATERPRESENTS

SCRIPT AND LYRICS BY MUSIC BY

STEVEN SATER SERJ TANKIAN

SET DESIGN COSTUME LIGHTING SOUND DESIGNRICCARDO DESIGN DESIGN CLIVEHERNANDEZ EMILY REBHOLZ KEVIN ADAMS GOODWIN

VOCAL DESIGN MUSIC SUPERVISORS BAND LEADERANNMARIE DEBRA BARSHA VINCENTMILAZZO and LANCE HORNE PEDULLA

CASTING STAGE MANAGERMELCAP CASTING KATHERINE SHEA*

CHOREOGRAPHYSTEPHEN PETRONIO

DIRECTED BY

DIANE PAULUS

CO-PRODUCED WITH SAMUEL NAPPI, HARMONY PICTURES

First performance on February 25, 2011 at OBERON

PRODUCTION SPONSORSarah Hancock

is being made possible through a generousgrant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

(*) member of Actors’ Equity Association

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CastPrometheus ......................................................................................GAVIN CREEL*Force ................................................................................................LEA DELARIA*Oceanos......................................................................................MICHAEL CUNIO*Hephaistos/Hermes ............................................................................GABE EBERT*Daughter of the Ocean ......................................................................JO LAMPERT*Daughter of the Ocean ............................................................CELINA CARVAJAL*Daughter of the Ocean ........................................................ASHLEY FLANAGAN*Io ........................................................................................................UZO ADUBA*Groupies ............................EMMANUEL AVELLANET, KEVIN LIN, BART MATHER

(*) members of Actors’ Equity Association

UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement

for the appearance is made at the time of the performance.For Prometheus—MICHAEL CUNIO*; for Io—CELINA CARVAJAL; for the Daughters ofthe Ocean/Force—JORDY LIEVERS; for Oceanus/Hephaistos/Hermes—STEVEN GOOD

Associate Director—ALLEGRA LIBONATIAssistant Director—MIA WALKERAssistant Casting—LAUREN PORT

Assistant Choreographer—GINO GRENEKSound Consultant—WILL REID

Dramaturgy—RYAN MCKITTRICK, SARA BOOKIN-WEINER, TYLER MONROEProduction Associate—TAYLOR ADAMIK

Stage Management Intern—KEVIN SCHLAGLE

BANDConductor—DEBRA BARSHA

Associate Conductor—LANCE HORNEGuitars/Sitar—CHARLIE CHRISTOS

Trumpet/Flugelhorn/Piccolo Trumpet/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Melodica—TOM DUPREYViolin/Trombone/Viper/Mandolin—DAVID FINCH

Drums/Percussion/Synth—JEFF MUZEROLLEBand Leader/Synth/Guitar/Sampler—VINCENT PEDULLA

Bass Guitars—ROBB SIMRING

RUNNING TIME: 80 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION

SPECIAL THANKSHelen Garrett, Director, Marketing & Special Projects, Amnesty International;

Harvard Chinese Association; Pearl Studios NYC; Physicians for Human Rights,Local Group 133; Karen Scott, Manager, Music Relations, Amnesty International;

Susannah Sirkin

The A.R.T. wishes to thank its institutional partners,whose support helps to make the theater’s programs possible:

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Writer and Lyricist’s NoteTwenty-five hundred years after Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound

was first performed, it remains astonishing that the play was everstaged at all. For, this towering work is perhaps the most searingindictment of tyranny ever written. And it was written, and stagedbefore the entire body politic of Athens, at the rose-fingered dawnof Western democracy.

In a very real way, Prometheus’ cry is the cry of conscience. Thecry of a prisoner who will not yield. At heart, this is a play about re-sistance. About the power of a tortured individual to stand aloneagainst evil. And, the action of Aeschylus’ original drama is sub-lime. It embodies the truth of inaction—the Gandhian power ofstanding alone. Of saying no. Of defeating one’s enemy by master-ing one’s own soul—and never acknowledging the legitimacy of

anyone to rule over it.From our earliest conversations about my translation from the Ancient Greek, Diane

Paulus and I have been determined to honor the radical nature of this play, and perhaps—with our mad, maverick partner Serj Tankian—to suggest that the creation of a piece oftheater can be, itself, a radical act.

Witnessing the atrocities of the Second World War, the Ancient Greek scholar and polit-ical activist Simone Weil wrote: “Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in thisworld but people capable of giving them attention.” For fifty years, Amnesty Internationalhas helped answer that need, teaching our world how to pay attention to those unjustlytaken, tortured, and detained.

On behalf of this production, Amnesty has identified eight silenced individuals fromaround the world; week by week, our performances are dedicated to them. It will forever bea part of the honor of this ancient play that it has now been staged, here at the A.R.T., forthe sake of Jafar Panahi, Dhondup Wangchen, David Kato, Tran Quoc Hien, Doan Van Dien,Doan Huy Chuong, Norma Cruz, Reggie Clemons and Nasrin Sotoudeh. These prisoners ofconscience are themselves models of Prometheus’ defiance and of his greatness.

—Steven Sater

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Composer’s NoteWhen I first read Steven Sater’s translation of Prometheus

Bound I was immediately hit with a lot of profundities. My wholelife I’ve been not only a musician but also an activist. Injustice isdefinitely a thorn in my side—as well as everyone else’s—and thePrometheus story really resonated with me in terms of injusticeand tyranny, and also the creation of civilization. The ending ofcivilization is something I’ve been dealing with a lot, especially onmy last album. So I was interested in being a part of something thatdeals with its beginning, and with the tools that were given to hu-mans to create.

Just like we shouldn’t put borders on our thoughts, I don’t thinkwe should put borders on music. I don’t think we should say musicis designed for one purpose or another. So to say that it is only de-

signed for entertainment would be shortcutting music, as would saying that music is de-signed solely for messages. That would be not giving music the wide span that it deserves.Music is used for many, many purposes, and I think it’s an intuitive medium that comesfrom the universe, connects us and co-inspires us—the presenter as well as the listener.Music has the ability to move people and change hearts, and the heart has the power tochange the mind, and the mind has the power to change the world.

My goal was to bring a really diverse, different type of sound to this piece. I’ve been read-ing about the mythological power of music and its relationship to the origins of man, andhow the original word was music. How we are music—we’re all made from vibrations andour physical interconnections are also musical. They carry harmony of some sort, some-times dissonant, sometimes perfectly harmonic. So it makes sense to me for music to be in-volved in the Prometheus story, because I see this as a myth about the creation ofcivilization, the rise of man as a neo-god.

—Serj Tankian

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The Prometheus ProjectA Note from Amnesty International

Written nearly 2500 years ago, Prometheus Bound could be an allegory based on today’sheadlines. Are we in ancient Greece? Or is Prometheus a defiant dissident in modern-dayNorth Africa? Or China? Perhaps Iran or Belarus?

The play is a brooding commentary on the arbitrary rule of a nervous tyrant. Just likeZeus, dictators exert their will, anxious to quash any whisper of dissent. Dissidents behaveas if they were living in a free society. The Soviet physicist and Nobel Peace Prize laureateAndrei Sakharov once declared that “A man may hope for nothing, but nonetheless mustspeak because he cannot remain silent.” And in Burma, the opposition figure Aung San SuuKyi, who is also a Nobel Laureate and was just released this November after spending 15 ofthe past 20 years in confinement, made clear that “It is not power that corrupts but fear.Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corruptsthose who are subject to it.”

The example of Prometheus underscores this contemporary lesson. There is a dimensionof willed martyrdom in Prometheus, who appears to have foreseen his inevitable punish-ment. Is that so different from what it can mean to be an activist today in a repressive soci-ety? The human rights movement does not attract ordinary, cautious citizens. Given itsobvious risks, to defy a regime or a zealous god requires a willingness to suffer the conse-quences. What normal citizen would willingly face the risk of imprisonment or torture? Butthere are always such people; they emerge like grass through the cracks in concrete. We sawthem in the American South in the struggle to end Jim Crow. In Eastern Europe in the late1980s. In South Africa under apartheid. In Tunisia and Egypt today.

We congratulate the American Repertory Theater along with Serj Tankian and StevenSater for this thrilling new production of Prometheus Bound. We are honored for the invi-tation to join them and encourage audiences to take the lesson of Prometheus to heart.

Joshua RubensteinNortheast Regional DirectorAmnesty International USA

The Prometheus Project Team:

Harvard:David RuffinJulie Rogers

Laura Hogikyan

Amnesty International:Cynthia Gabriel Walsh

A.R.T:Allegra Libonati

Jared FineBrendan Shea

Sara Bookin-WeinerTyler Monroe


The Prometheus Project is a partnership between the American Repertory Theater,Amnesty International and local Boston activists to bring the theater arts to the service ofhuman rights work.

By singing the story of Prometheus, the God who defied the tyrant Zeus by giving thehuman race both fire and art, this production hopes to give a voice to those currently beingsilenced or endangered by modern-day oppressors. Through our hero’s struggles, we experi-ence the power of the individual to take action in the service of another human being

The A.R.T. is therefore dedicating its run of Prometheus Bound to eight Amnesty Appealscalling to free prisoners of conscience and aid individuals at risk all over the world. Aftereach performance, the audience will be given the tools to become activists: postcards will becollected, petitions signed and opportunities provided to engage with Amnesty and humanrights advocates. The text, music and movement of this production fuse to create a workthat inspires—and aspires to—social activism through artistic collaboration.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

The Prometheus ProjectAbout the Prometheus Project

The 8 Amnesty AppealsFebruary 25–March 4COUNTRY: IranNAME: Jafar PanahiAI CONCERN: Prisoner ofconscience/Unfair trial

OCCUPATION: FilmmakerBACKGROUND: Has been sentenced to sixyears in prison plus a twenty-year ban on all hisartistic activities, including filmmaking, writingscripts, traveling abroad and speaking withmedia. Convicted of propaganda against thestate for having exercised his right to peacefulfreedom of expression through his filmmakingand political activism, he was specifically ac-cused of making an anti-government film with-out permission and inciting opposition protestsafter the disputed 2009 presidential election.

March 7–9COUNTRY:Democratic Republicof CongoNAME: Survivors of

Sexual ViolenceAI CONCERN: Rape as a WeaponBACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic ofthe Congo (DRC) has been called the rape cap-ital of the world. Every year, thousands ofrapes are reported. Many more rapes go unre-

ported because of the personal risk and shameassociated with being attacked. The frequencyof rape as a weapon of war by all sides in theCongo, and the almost total impunity for per-petrators of these atrocious crimes, have led toan increase in the incidence of rape in all cor-ners of the country. The Congolese govern-ment, in collaboration with the UN, mustdevelop a long-term, comprehensive actionplan to end impunity for crimes committed inthe country. The perpetual cycle of violenceagainst women in the DRC must end.

March 10–16COUNTRY: ChinaNAME: Dhondup WangchenAI CONCERN: Prisoner ofConscience, Torture & Other

Ill-Treatment, Human Rights DefendersOCCUPATION: FilmmakerDATE OF SENTENCE: December 28, 2009BACKGROUND:Detained in Qinghai Provinceand held in various detention centers fromMarch 2008 to December 2009 for his involve-ment in making a film that expresses Tibetan at-titudes toward the Beijing Olympics and theDalai Lama. He was sentenced to six years’ im-prisonment for subversion of state power onDecember 28, 2009 after a secret trial by Xining

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It is not known where he is currently detained.He was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

COUNTRY: VietnamNAME: Doan Van DienAI CONCERN: Prisoners ofConscienceOCCUPATION: Trade Unionist

DATE OF SENTENCE: December 10, 2007BACKGROUND: Doan Van Dien, leadingmember of the United Workers-FarmersOrganization, was arrested on November 14,2007 in Dong Nai province before the APECmeeting began. At his trial on December 10,2007 (International Human Rights Day), hewas accused of collecting complaints aboutland use and sending them overseas, whichwere then used on Web sites. He was foundguilty of “abusing democracy and freedomrights to infringe on the interests of the state,and legitimate rights and interests of organiza-tions and citizens.”

COUNTRY: VietnamNAME: Doan Huy ChuongAI CONCERN: Prisoners ofConscienceOCCUPATION: Trade Unionist

BACKGROUND: A founding member of theUnited Workers-Farmers Organization, DoanHuy Chuong was imprisoned for 18 monthsin 2006 for establishing an organization topromote the rights of workers and farmers.During this time, he was placed in solitaryconfinement for 48 days and was subjected tophysical and psychological torture.

March 24–25COUNTRY: GuatemalaNAME: Norma CruzAI CONCERN: Prisoners ofConscience Freedom of

Association; Unfair trial, repressive legislationOCCUPATION: Leader of FundacionSobrevivientesDATE OF SENTENCE: December 10, 2007BACKGROUND: Leads FundacionSobrevivientes (Survivors Foundation), a

City Intermediate Court. He has reportedlybeen tortured and is suffering from Hepatitis B,for which he has not been treated, and he hasbeen denied access to a lawyer and family visits.

March 17–18COUNTRY: UgandaNAME: David Kato (deceased)AI CONCERN: Human RightsViolations Against LGBT per-

sons/Investigation into his murderOCCUPATION: Kato was a LGBT HumanRights ActivistBACKGROUND: Amnesty International de-mands that Uganda conduct a credible inves-tigation into the appalling attack that killedDavid Kato, a gay activist who successfullysued a national newspaper that pictured himin an article among “100 Top UgandanHomos.” David Kato, the advocacy officer forthe organization Sexual Minorities Uganda,died on his way to the hospital on Wednesday,January 26, 2011 after he was hit on the headby an unknown attacker at his home in theMukono district, outside Kampala.

March 21–23COUNTRY: VietnamNAME: Tran Quoc HienAI CONCERN: Prisoners ofConscience Freedom ofAssociation; Unfair trial,

repressive legislationOCCUPATION: Director of LegalConsultancy in Ho Chi Minh City; LegalAdviser; spokesperson for the UnitedWorkers-Farmers Organization (UWFO)DATE OF SENTENCE: May 15, 2007BACKGROUND: As the Director of the LegalConsultancy in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran QuocHien provided advice to farmers whose landhad been confiscated by the authorities. OnMay 4, 2007 he was arrested and it was reportedin the official media that he would be broughtto trial by Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court,charged under Articles 88 (conducting propa-ganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam)and 89 (disrupting security) of the penal code.

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women’s rights organization based inGuatemala City. Since 2009, she has receivednumerous death threats for her work docu-menting cases of violence against women inGuatemala and helping women fight for jus-tice. However, the Public Prosecutor’s Officehas not reported any progress in the investiga-tion into the remaining death threats againstNorma Cruz, her relatives or members of theFundacion Sobrevivientes. Even though theGuatemalan authorities have provided NormaCruz, her family and her office with policeprotection the threats continue. To date, no-body has yet been held to account.

March 28–29COUNTRY: U.S.A.NAME: Reggie ClemonsAI CONCERN: Abolish theDeath Penalty

DATE OF SENTENCE: 1991BACKGROUND: A death row prisoner whowas convicted for his alleged role as an ac-complice in a 1991 murder of two women,Julie and Robin Kerry, in St. Louis. Clemonshas consistently maintained his innocence,and there is no physical evidence against him;

his case illustrates the flaws inherent in theU.S. death penalty system. More than 1,200people have been executed in the UnitedStates since 1977, their lives extinguished by asystem corrupted by economic and racial biasand tainted human error.

March 30–April 2COUNTRY: IranNAME: Nasrin SotoudehAI CONCERN: Prisoner ofconscience/Unfair trial

OCCUPATION: Human rights defender andlawyerDATE OF SENTENCE: October 1, 2010BACKGROUND: The persecution of NasrinSotoudeh is just one example of the Iraniangovernment’s campaign against human rightsattorneys who struggle to carry out their workin a deeply flawed legal system. NasrinSotoudeh was threatened for her efforts to rep-resent Arash Ramanipour, a juvenile offenderexecuted in January 2010. She was detainedafter her house and office were searched on 28August and she was summoned to appear incourt. Her assets have also been frozen.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT THESE CASES• Sign an action postcard (to be distributed at end of performance)• Text ACTION to 90999 to opt in to our mobile action alert list• Join a local group• Form a group at your high school or college• Text AMNESTY to 90999 to donate $10

Amnesty International is a movement of people from across the world stand-ing up for humanity and human rights. Our purpose is to protect peoplewherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. We investigate andexpose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societiesto create a safer, more just world.

Amnesty International is funded by people like you. We do not accept anyfunding from governments.

For more information contact Amnesty International’s Northeast RegionalOffice, 58 Day Street, Somerville, MA 02144

Telephone: 617-623-0202 email: [email protected] visit www.amnestyusa.org

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UZO ADUBAIoA.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:Coram Boy. New York: TheSeven, New York TheaterWorkshop; Love Accordingto Luc, Greenwich St.Theatre; Romeo & Juliet,

Pulse Ensemble; Passin’, Afrikan Women’s Rep.Regional theater: Venice, Center TheaterGroup, Kansas City Rep; Dessa Rose, NewRepertory Theatre; Eclipsed, Woolly MammothTheatre; A Civil War Christmas, TheHuntington Theatre; Godspell, Paper MillPlayhouse and MUNY; The Spirit in Translationsof Xhosa, Olney Theatre; Sheila’s Day,Crossroads Theatre Company; The Seven, LaJolla Playhouse; Crowns, Denver Center;Abyssinia, Goodspeed. Film: Notes, Over There,WWJD. She has been a featured vocalist atThe White House and at Notre DameCathedral in Paris.

CELINA CARVAJALDaughter of the Ocean,u/s IoA.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:Tarzan, Dracula, 42ndStreet, Cats. Off-Broadway:Starring roles in The ToxicAvenger, Radiant Baby,

Bedbugs!!!, NYMF. Film: Sex And The City, TheBig Gay Musical, The Graduates. Television: “AllMy Children,” “Legally Blonde, The Search forElle Woods” (MTV). Carvajal started her careersinging for Pope John Paul II at CandlestickStadium for more than 50,000 people at thetender age of 7. Check out her rock bandTheDeafening.com, her websiteCelinaCarvajal.com and her podcast oniTunes called The Broken Leg.

GAVIN CREELPrometheusA.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:Hair (Tony nomination);La Cage Aux Folles;Thoroughly Modern Millie(Tony nomination).London: Hair, Mary

Poppins. Regional: Bounce, The GoodmanTheatre/Kennedy Center. Television: “Eloise atthe Plaza,” “Eloise at Christmastime.” Originalrecordings: Goodtimenation, Quiet (both oniTunes). Passion: Marriage Equality.

MICHAEL CUNIOOceanos, u/sPrometheusA.R.T.: Debut. New York:Hairspray (Corny Collins),The Rockae (Dionysus).Chicago: Jersey Boys(Tommy DeVito). Film:

The Fluffer, Cradle 2 the Grave, Motocrossed.Television: “The West Wing,” “The OprahWinfrey Show.” Cuniois the co-founder and lead singer of thealternative rock band Reckless Place. Theirdebut album innocence is no excuse… iscurrently available on iTunes and theirsophomore effort Six Shooter will be availablethis spring. For more information visitwww.RecklessPlace.com.

LEA DELARIAForceA.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:On the Town (Obie,Theatre World and DramaDesk nominee), The RockyHorror Show. Off-Broadway/Regional: On

the Town, Midsummer Nights Dream, McCarterTheater; As You Like It, Williamstown TheaterFestival; Happy Days (Drama League Honoree),Little Fish, Cinderella, NY City Opera; The MostFabulous Story Ever Told, Encores! and Reprise!,Li’l Abner, Boys from Syracuse (Ovation nomi-nee). National tour: Chicago. Film: Edge ofSeventeen, The First Wives Club, Sgt. Bilko,Rescuing Desire, Mercury in Retrograde, Fat Rose& Squeaky, Ass Backwards. Television: “One LifeTo Live,” “The Oblongs,” “Law & Order: SVU,”“Friends,” “Further Tales of the City,”“Matlock,” “Saved By The Bell: The NewClass.” Featured Vocalist for the 50th anniver-sary of the Newport Jazz Festival; four CDs onthe Warner Jazz label; Lea’s Book of Rules is inits third printing with Dell Publishing.www.delariadammit.com.

GABE EBERTHephaistos/HermesA.R.T.: Debut. Broadway:Noel Coward’s BriefEncounter (Stanley); JohnLogan’s Red (Ken under-study). Off-Broadway:Alena Smith’s The

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Sacrifices (Justin). Training: The JuilliardSchool (Group 38.)

ASHLEYFLANAGANDaughter of the OceanA.R.T.: Debut. Regional:The Sound of Music, ANight on BroadwayCabaret, John W.Engeman Theater;

Footloose (Rusty), Stephen Foster. BFA inMusical Theater, Elon University. Thanks toMom, Dad, Sean, Jake and all of my wonderfulfriends for their constant love and support!

JO LAMPERTDaughter of the OceanA.R.T.: Debut. New York:The Last Goodbye(Mercutio), Joe’s Pub, TheWild Project; Dance,Dance Revolution, dir. AlexTimbers, Ohio Theatre;

The Daughters (Aphrodite), Joe’s Pub; Hamlet(Composer, Player), Galapagos Art Space.Regional: The Last Goodbye, WilliamstownTheater Festival; Raindogs, dir. AndrewMacBean, Bay Street Theater; The Daughters,dir. Mark Brokaw, Yale Institue of MusicTheater. Film: “Declare Independence,” dir.Michel Gondry (Bjork music video). BA,NYU Tisch School of the Arts (PlaywrightsHorizons Theater School/ExperimentalTheater Workshop).

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STEVEN SATERWriter and LyricistAuthor and lyricist of Spring Awakening, win-ner of eight Tony Awards on Broadway andproduced in 25 countries around the world.He has also collaborated with Duncan Sheikon Umbrage (HERE); Nero (Magic Theatre, NewYork Stage and Film); The Nightingale (La JollaPlayhouse and American ConservatoryTheater); and the critically acclaimed albumPhantom Moon (Nonesuch). Other plays in-clude the long-running Carbondale Dreams;Perfect For You, Doll (Rosenthal Prize); Umbrage(Steppenwolf New Play Prize); A Footnote to theIliad (New York Stage and Film); Asylum(Naked Angels); and a reconceived musicalversion of Shakespeare’s Tempest (LyricHammersmith). He is currently at work withBurt Bacharach on a new musical as well.Additionally, Sater works as a pop/rock lyricistand screenwriter (the forthcoming ChittyChitty Bang Bang remake for Sony Pictures).Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score, theDrama Desk and Outer Critics’ Circle awardsfor Best Lyrics, the 2008 Grammy Award forBest Musical Show Album and the 2010Olivier Award for Best New Musical forSpring Awakening.

SERJ TANKIANComposerA singer, poet, songwriter, activist and com-poser, Tankian is an Armenian immigrantborn in Lebanon and re-rooted in Los Angeles.He is the lead singer and songwriter of theGrammy Award-winning rock band System ofa Down. Tankian has released two critically ac-claimed solo albums, Imperfect Harmonies andElect the Dead, both produced by Tankian him-self at his home studio in Los Angeles. He alsoformed a record label, Serjical Strike Records(established in 2001) that has released albumsby eight artists, including Fair To Midland,Buckethead and Death By Stereo. With a mis-sion of spreading diversity and understandingthrough music, poetry and activism, Tankian,together with fellow musician Tom Morello(Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), co-founded the non-profit organization Axis OfJustice in 2002. Axis strives to bring togethermusicians, fans of music and grassroots politi-cal organizations to fight for social justice. Hehas also acted as co-host of the Axis Of JusticeRadio Network, which can be heard via SiriusSatellite Radio and KPFK in Los Angeles.

DIANE PAULUSDirectorArtistic Director of the A.R.T. Her A.R.T. creditsinclude Johnny Baseball, Best of BothWorlds,The Donkey Show (also six years Off-Broadway,tours to London, Edinburgh, Madrid, Evian,France). Other theater includes HAIR (GielgudTheater, London, Al Hirschfield Theater, TonyAward, Best Revival for of a Musical, Tony Awardnomination, Best Direction of a Musical); LostHighway (Young Vic/English National Opera);Kiss Me, Kate (Glimmerglass Opera); AnotherCountry (Columbia Stages); Turandot: Rumble forthe Ring (Bay Street Theater); Swimming withWatermelons (Vineyard Theater and Music-Theatre Group); Eli’s Comin,’ (Obie Award),Brutal Imagination (Vineyard Theater); TheGolden Mickeys (Disney Creative Entertainment);The Karaoke Show (Jordan Roth Productions);Running Man (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Music-Theatre Group). Opera: The Magic Flute(Canadian Opera Company), Il mondo della luna(Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of NaturalHistory, Gotham Chamber Opera), Don Giovanni,Le nozze di Figaro, Turn Of The Screw, Cosi fan tutte,Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria, L’incoronazione diPoppea and Orfeo (Chicago Opera Theater).Upcoming at the A.R.T.: Death and the Powers:The Robots’ Opera (premiered in Monaco inSeptember 2010) and Porgy and Bess. Paulus wasnamed one of the 50 Most Powerful Women inBoston by Boston magazine this year.

STEPHEN PETRONIOChoreographerArtistic Director/Choreographer of the StephenPetronio Company. He was born in Newark,New Jersey, and received a BA from HampshireCollege in Amherst, Mass., where he begandancing in 1974. Initially inspired by the danc-ing of Rudolf Nureyev and Steve Paxton,Petronio was the first male dancer of the TrishaBrown Company (1979 to 1986). He foundedStephen Petronio Company in 1984 and hasgone on to build a unique and powerful lan-guage of movement in collaboration with someof the finest contemporary innovators in thefields of music, visual arts and fashion includingLou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright,Son Lux, Nico Muhly, Cindy Sherman, DonaldBaechler, Benjamin Cho, Imitation of Christ,Tony Cohen and Rachel Roy. Petronio recentlycompleted two new works in collaboration withcomposer Ryan Lott (aka SON LUX)—Tragic Lovefor Ballet-de-Lorraine and By Singing Light, for

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and Ebb, Rinde Eckert, Richard Greenberg, TonyKushner, Terrence McNally, Charles Mee Jr., NeilSimon, Anna Deveare Smith and Paula Vogel. 2002Obie for Sustained Excellence. Other: SteppenwolfTheatre, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, DonmarWarehouse, NY City Opera, Kennedy Center,HBO’s “Mildred Pierce,” Magnetic Fields’ 69 LoveSongs, concerts by Audra McDonald, Patti Luponeand Sandra Bernhard. www.ambermylar.com.

CLIVE GOODWINSound DesignerA.R.T.: The Blue Flower, Cabaret, Alice vs.Wonderland, Paradise Lost. Sound Design cred-its: London: BBC: “Dancing With The Stars,”“Later with Jools Holland,” “The Sound ofMusicals,” “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.”ITV: “Parkinson.” Music: Radiohead, Jamiroquai,Paolo Nutini, Orbital, Sparks, The Waterboys,Glastonbury Festival, London PhilharmonicOrchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, BBCSymphony Orchestra, Royal College of Music.Woodhouse Players: The Dresser, Wyrd Sisters,Dracula—The Vampire Strikes Back. Work on numer-ous shows including work at: Brooklyn Academyof Music, Hollywood Bowl, Madison SquareGarden, Royal Festival Hall, Avignon Festival.

ANNMARIE MILAZZOVocal DesignerVocal designer: Spring Awakening, the Broadwaymusical at the Eugene O’Neil Theater; Next ToNormal, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadwaymusical at The Booth Theater; Bright Lights BigCity Off Broadway at The New York TheaterWorkshop; The Marc Pease Experience, theParamount Feature film with Ben Stiller; CarmenThe Musical, at the La Jolla Playhouse; ReluctantPilgrim, the music of Stephen Schwartz.Composer/lyricist: Pretty Dead Girl, SundanceFilm Festival, book by David Henry Hwang; SeaChange, book by Karen Hartman; lyricist forCarmen The Musical at La Jolla Playhouse; lyricistfor Le Reve at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.Current projects: Dangerous Beauty at thePasadena Playhouse; “Didi Lightful,” Disney TV,music by David Shire; Carrie, based on the movieby Steven King, music by Dean Pitchford andMichael Gore. AnnMarie Milazzo is a Grammy-nominated singer of The East Village OperaCompany on Universal Records.

DEBRA BARSHAMusic Supervisor/ConductorA.R.T.: Cabaret (Music Director). Winner of theJonathan Larson Performing Arts Award for the

the National Dance Company of Wales. He iscurrently working on a memoir with the work-ing title Notes from A Life in Motion.

RICCARDO HERNANDEZSet DesignerClose to 20 A.R.T. credits including Alice vs.Wonderland, Best of BothWorlds, The Seagull,Julius Caesar, Britannicus. On Broadway he de-signed Caroline, or Change; Topdog/Underdog (alsoRoyal Court, London); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (alsoWest End’s Old Vic, London and national tour);Parade (Tony and Drama Desk nominations); BellsAre Ringing; Noise/Funk (also national tours andJapan); The Tempest. Other New York credits includeover a dozen productions at New York ShakespeareFestival/Public Theater; as well as Santa Fe Opera,Lincoln Center, Second Stage, New York TheaterWorkshop, MTC, MCC, Playwrights Horizons,Cherry Lane, BAM; and numerous regional theatersand opera houses, including Il Postino for LosAngeles Opera and the Kennedy Center this season.

EMILY REBHOLZCostume DesignerBroadway credits include Bloody, Bloody AndrewJackson (also at The Public Theater and CenterTheater Group). Other New York designs in-clude When I Come To Die; On The Levee; Broke-ology, Clay (Lincoln Center); Honey Brown Eyes(The Working Theater); Bottom of the World(Atlantic Theater); Bachelorette (Second StageUptown); This Wide Night (Naked Angels);Killers and Other Family (Rattlestick Theatre); TheLanguage of Trees (Roundabout Theatre); Sax andDixon, Jollyship the Whizbang, Boom (Ars Nova).Select Regional: Dinner With Friends (WestportCountry Playhouse); Becky Shaw (The WilmaTheatre); Six Degrees of Separation (The OldGlobe); Murderers, Doubt, Expecting Isabel (AsoloRepertory Theatre); Caroline in Jersey, BeyondTherapy (Williamstown Theatre Festival).

KEVIN ADAMSLighting DesignerBroadway: American Idiot (2010 Tony Award forLighting), Spring Awakening (2007 Tony Awardfor Lighting), The 39 Steps (2008 Tony Award forLighting), Hair (2009 Tony nomination forLighting), Next to Normal (2009 Tony nominationfor Lighting), Passing Strange, Everyday Rapture,Take Me Out, Hedda Gabler, solo shows for JohnLeguizamo, Eve Ensler and Kevin Bacon. Off-Broadway includes the original production ofHedwig and the Angry Inch, premieres by EdwardAlbee, Eric Bogosian, Christopher Durang, Kander

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score to Radiant Baby (the life of graffiti artistKeith Haring), produced at the Public Theater,directed by George C. Wolfe. Radiant Baby re-ceived three Lucille Lortel nominations includ-ing Outstanding Musical. Composer creditsinclude: Blackout (Amas), Sophie (JRT), SongsFrom an Unmade Bed (NYTW) and her one-woman shows Go To Your Womb and A Wombwith a View. Children’s musicals: Cloudy With aChance of Meatballs and The Emperor’s NewCondo. Songs recorded/performed by: GeorgeClinton, Jackie Mason, Marty Balin, RebeccaLuker, Michael Winther and Bootsy Collins.Original CDs: Women in Windows and BarshaRaw! Live at Ars Nova. Barsha played keyboardsand sang on Thomas Dolby’s Flat Earth Tour andperformed roles in the original off-Broadwaycompanies of both Tony ’N’ Tina’s Wedding andCharles Busch’s Swingtime Canteen (MusicDirector for both). She created Debra and Mary’sNight on Town, a live talk/music show with MaryCleere Haran, with guests Tim Gunn, TerryJones, Michael Feinstein and Rupert Holmes.Barsha is the Music Supervisor for the upcomingPeter Gabriel musical US and currently playskeyboard and is the Assistant Conductor ofBroadway’s Jersey Boys.

LANCE HORNEMusic Supervisor/Associate ConductorA.R.T.: Cabaret (Music Director). MD for AlanCumming, Justin Bond, Meow Meow, TaylorMac, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater’s upcom-ing Alice By Heart. Vocal arrangements for LittleWomen on Broadway, performances with SeoulPhilharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, DwightYoakam, Edinburgh and Sydney Festivals, PinaBausch’s Tanzfestival and with Amanda Palmerat Sydney Opera House, New Year’s Eve withBoston Pops, The Dresden Dolls Tour andopening for Death Cab for Cutie.Composer/lyricist for upcoming musicals The$trip, Amandine and The Center, VEGAS! TheShow currently at Planet Hollywood Casino inVegas in addition to film scores, classical andpop/rock works seen at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall,Sydney Opera House, American Opera Projects,Toronto’s Luminato Festival and the Vaudevilleon the West End. A recipient of an Emmy forDaytime Best Original Song, he holds aBachelor’s and Master’s in Music Compositionfrom the Juilliard School where he studied withMilton Babbitt and Robert Beaser, currentlycompleting his Doctorate at CUNY GraduateCenter with David Del Tredici. Former facultyof Juilliard School Precollege, EAMA Paris and

visiting professor at Hyperlsland Stockholmand the Interlochen Arts Academy, Mr. Horneco-produced Mr. Cumming’s debut record con-current with engagements at the Sydney OperaHouse, Lincoln Center Songbook Series and theWest End. Mr. Horne returns to the LincolnCenter Songbook Series in January concurrentwith the premiere of his album on YellowSound/Warner Brothers. www.lancehorne.com.

MELCAP CASTING/DAVID CAPARELLIOTISCastingCurrent and recent Broadway: Bengal Tiger atthe Baghdad Zoo, The House of Blue Leaves, GoodPeople, Fences, Lend Me A Tenor. Also: SecondStage, MTC, Atlantic, Williamstown TheatreFestival (three seasons), ARS NOVA, TheGoodman, Arena, Ford’s, City Theatre,Hartford Stage and ACT. Film/television:“Brotherhood,” “Gossip Girl” (two seasons),“Rubicon,” Love & Other Drugs (NY casting),Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (upcoming).

VINCENT PEDULLABand Leader/Synth/Guitar/SamplerA graduate of Berklee College of Music’s FilmScoring program, Vincent Pedulla is a musi-cian, composer and orchestrator whose recentcredits include music for clients: Syfy, Bravo,Lion’s Gate, Samsung, Absolut, U.S. Cellularand Mass Mutual. Pedulla provided additionalorchestrations for Serj Tankian’s ImperfectHarmonies album, and was assistant mix engi-neer for Tankian’s Elect The Dead Symphony. Asstudio manager at Junkie XL’s Computer Hell,he worked on countless high level remix, filmand video game composition projects forElectronic Arts, Summit Entertainment andothers. He has also composed and coordinatedoriginal music for over 40 DVD releases, in-cluding series starring Bob Harper, BillyBlanks, Jane Fonda, George St. Pierre andBrooklyn Decker.

CHARLIE CHRISTOSGuitars/SitarCharlie Christos is a guitarist, singer andsongwriter. He has released two solo albums,Overawake and Widow’s Gun. The title track fromthe latter reached into the top 200 on theNational AMA radio charts in 2010. Alongsidehis work with the American Repertory Theater,Christos can be seen touring and performinghis original work. For more info, visitwww.charliechristos.com.



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TOM DUPREYTrumpet/Flugelhorn/Piccolo Trumpet/Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/MelodicaTom Duprey has been actively playing trumpet inthe Boston area since 1986 when he moved hereto receive his Master’s degree in JazzStudies/Composition at the New EnglandConservatory of Music. Since then he has per-formed in many regional, college and downtownmusical theater productions. He has also per-formed for many star acts such as DionneWarwick, Johnny Mathis, Robert Goulet, TommyTune and various other artists. He has playedtrumpet for the past eight years with the BostonGay Man’s Chorus. These performances includeworld premieres at Symphony Hall and the CutlerMajestic Theatre, as well as performances atJordan Hall and the Boston Pavillion. He can alsobe heard on two of the group’s CDs. Duprey’s lat-est musical project is playing cornet withTickleJuice, featuring the music of JamesMerenda. The group is an exploration of improvi-sation utilizing Merenda’s compositions as thematerial of inspiration. This is Duprey’s secondA.R.T./OBERON production, having just finishedplaying trumpet and accordion for Cabaret thispast fall. He’s totally pumped to play PrometheusBound with its excitement, strong and timelessmessage and the challenge of playing no less thansix instruments! It has been an absolute pleasureto work with such wonderfully talented individu-als to put this show together from the ground up.

DAVID FINCHViolin/Trombone/Viper/TromboneSpecializing on strings and horns, Finch hasplayed from Lincoln Center to the Castro Theatrein San Francisco beside artists asdiverse as Alan Cumming, Amanda Palmer, TonyBennett, Justin Bond and Dee Snider. In Januaryhe played for a bevy of stars in the AmericanSongbook series at Jazz at Lincoln Center featuringthe music of Lance Horne. He recently returnedfrom London where he made his West End debutas an actor/musician in the show Woody Sez. Healso appeared in this original production aboutWoody Guthrie in its American premiere inOklahoma City and in its month-long run at theEdinburgh Fringe Festival in 2009. Last fall DavidFinch played in A.R.T.’s production of Cabaret.He was a cast member of the Tony Award-win-ning Broadway revival of Cabaret at the infamousStudio 54, and toured with the show in theUnited States, Canada and Japan. His off-Broadway credits include Fame on 42nd St. andthe New York premiere of Tennessee Williams’s

sixty-year-old play Spring Storm. He spent severalyears touring Europe, the U.S. and Canada withFame the Musical and has performed regionally inHank Williams’ Lost Highway, Grapes of Wrath,1940s Radio Hour, Fiddler on the Roof, Buddy: TheBuddy Holly Story and Cotton Patch Gospel. DavidFinch is proud to have been an AssociateProducer at Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDSin NYC from 2004–2006 where he met his wifeRachel. They live in Brooklyn.

JEFF MUZEROLLEDrums/Percussion/SynthJeff Muzerolle began his journey behind thedrums at the tender age of 5 years old andplayed his first professional gig at the age of 10.After spending his teens gigging around theNortheast he won a scholarship to BerkleeCollege of Music. Muzerolle studied thereunder the tutelage of drummers such asKenwood Dennard, Jon Hazilla, Jon Ramsey,Skip Hadden and Larry Finn. Since graduatingMagna Cum Laude in 1999 with a major inperformance, he has been a very active musi-cian in the Boston scene as well as performingfor national and international tours. His per-formances span multiple genres with manyartists including Eddie Kirkland, DavidMinehan, Anthony Vitti, Makoto Takenaka,Tomo Fujita, Rick Berlin, Tom Appleman, JoeMusella, James Merenda, Dennis Brennan andmany others. In May of 2009, he wrote andpublished an internet course entitled TheGigging Drummer that helps drummers world-wide learn how to establish and maintain theircareers in the music industry. In addition to hisperformance career, Muzerolle gives private andgroup instruction at his studio in Winchester,Mass. He also runs his own publishing com-pany Grooving Media and works as an engi-neer/producer in several recording studiosthroughout the greater Boston area. For moreinfo check out his website: www.jeffmusic.com

ROBB SIMRINGBass GuitarsBorn and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., RobbSimring began his musical studies at age 5 onpiano. Fifteen years later, he picked up a bass,and hasn’t looked back since. His diverse expe-rience includes original bands (includingAtlantic Records recording artists Angry Salad),session work for jingles/soundtracks/originalartist releases, local and regional musical the-ater pit orchestras and national/internationaltours. He has performed at Symphony Hall, the



Boston Garden and Fenway Park, on nationalTV with the Boston Pops and on internationalTV (Univision’s “Don Francisco Presenta”). Hehas also performed off-Broadway with BlueMan Group, and is currently the full-timebassist in their Boston production.

ALLEGRA LIBONATIAssociate DirectorAllegra Libonati is the Artistic Associate at theAmerican Repertory Theater, Resident Directorof The Donkey Show and initiator of the A.R.T.Instigators. She has assistant directed for DianePaulus: The Donkey Show, Best Of Both Worlds,Death And The Powers: The Robots’ Opera andthe Tony Award-winning revival of HAIR. AtHarvard University she curates The ChairsRevue, a festival of theater in Harvard Yard. ForOBERON she directed/wrote Once In Hell—a ten-course dinner through Dante’s Inferno. She di-rects outdoor Shakespeare at the SummerTheater of New Canaan, including Twelfth Night,Taming of the Shrew and H4, an original adapta-tion of Henry IV (parts 1 and 2). Other directingcredits include The Island, Romeo and Juliet, Life’sa Dream, The Just Assassins, Accidental Death ofan Anarchist and The Illusion. She holds anM.F.A. in directing from Carnegie MellonUniversity, she studied Commedia Dell’Arte atthe Accademia Dell’Arte and is a graduate ofNYU, Tisch School of the Arts.

MIA WALKERAssistant DirectorMia Walker holds a B.A. in FilmProduction/Studies, Magna Cum Laude, fromHarvard University. Walker has trained at TheBerkshire Theatre Festival, AmericanConservatory Theater, NYU Tisch and VassarPowerhouse. This year, she is one of fourResident Directors at The Flea Theater, where shedirected the world premiere of Trista Baldwin’sAmerican Sexy. Assisting experience includes:Johnny Baseball (American Repertory Theater,dir. Diane Paulus) and Paul Simon’s The Capeman(The Public Theater, dir. Diane Paulus). Love andthanks to her wonderful family and to Diane.

KATHERINE SHEAStage ManagerA.R.T.: Stage Manager: The Blue Flower;Cabaret; Johnny Baseball; Paradise Lost;Best of Both Worlds; Romance; Endgame;The Communist Dracula Pageant; When It’sHot, It’s Cole; Donnie Darko. Assistant StageManager: The Seagull; Oliver Twist; The

Onion Cellar. Production Associate: Island ofSlaves; Desire Under the Elms. A.R.T.Institute: Stage Manager: The Front Page;Arabian Night; Zoya; Mayhem; A Bright RoomCalled Day; The Island of Anyplace; The Bacchae;Spring Awakening; Donnie Darko. GloucesterStage Company: Production Stage Manager:The Woman in Black. Lyric Stage Company:Production Stage Manager: Kiss Me, Kate; ThreeTall Women; Adrift in Macao. Actors’Shakespeare Project: Stage Manager: King John.

SAMUEL “SAM” NAPPIProducerSam Nappi founded World HarmonyProductions/Harmony Pictures with the goal ofdeveloping socially conscious films, Broadwayshows and music. He is currently producing TheGift of the Magi in Los Angeles with lyrics bySteven Sater and music by Burt Bacharach, and aBroadway musical about Woodstock. Through hisHarmony Pictures division, Nappi is a producerwith DreamWorks of the Martin Luther King, Jr.biopic to be directed by Steven Spielberg. Nappi isa director on the board of the King Center inAtlanta, as well as the MLK National MemorialFoundation in Washington, D.C. He is co-author-ing two soon-to-be-released books with Rev.Bernice King, and also serves on the board ofRealizing the Dream, which was created by MartinLuther King III to champion freedom, justice, andequality through the elimination of poverty. Hewishes to thank Carol, Justin and Leah.


Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union ofProfessional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, representsmore than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United

States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatreas an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages andworking conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including healthand pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliatedwith FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. TheEquity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers inLORT Theatres are represented by United ScenicArtists Local USA-829 IATSE.

A.R.T. Musicians are members of the Boston Musicians'Association, Local 9-535 which has protected the interestsof musicians and promoted the art of live music since 1896.

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About the A.R.T.

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is one of the country’s most celebrated resident the-aters and the winner of numerous awards—including the Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize andregional Elliot Norton and I.R.N.E. Awards. In 2002 the A.R.T. was the recipient of theNational Theatre Conference’s Outstanding Achievement Award, and in May of 2003 it wasnamed one of the top three regional theaters in the country by Time magazine.

Founded by Robert Brustein in 1980, the A.R.T. during its 30-year history has welcomedmany major American and international theater artists, presenting a diverse repertoire thatincludes new American plays, bold reinterpretations of classical texts and provocative newmusic theater productions. The A.R.T. has performed throughout the U.S. and worldwide in21 cities in 16 countries on four continents. It has presented more than 200 productions, overhalf of which were premieres of new plays, translations and adaptations.

The A.R.T. is also a training ground for young artists. The Theater’s artistic staff teaches under-graduate classes in acting, directing, dramatic literature, dramaturgy, design and playwritingat Harvard University, and in 1987 the A.R.T. founded the Institute for Advanced TheaterTraining at Harvard University in conjunction with the Moscow Art Theater School. TheInstitute provides world-class graduate level training in acting, dramaturgy and voice.

In 2009, the A.R.T. welcomed its new Artistic Director, Diane Paulus. Armed with the A.R.T.’smission to expand the boundaries of theater, Paulus and her team have engaged thousands ofnew theatergoers at performances of Sleep No More, The Donkey Show, Gatz, Best of BothWorlds, Johnny Baseball and Cabaret as well as festivals like Emerging America. Critics andaudiences have embraced the immersive environments that have become hallmarks of A.R.T.productions. The Theater has broadened its focus to include the audience’s total experience,providing them with a sense of ownership in the theatrical event. The A.R.T.’s new club theaterOBERON, which Paulus calls a “second stage for the 21st century,” is an example of one initia-tive that has not only become an incubator for local artists but also has attracted national atten-tion as a groundbreaking model for programming. Through all of its work, the A.R.T. iscommitted to building a community of artists, technicians, educators, staff and audience, all ofwhom are integral to the A.R.T.’s core mission of expanding the boundaries of theater.

Diane Paulus, Artistic Director

A.R.T. 2010/11 Board of TrusteesDonald Ware, Chairman

Philip BurlingPaul ButtenwieserKevin Costin

Michael FeinsteinLori GrossAnn Gund

Sarah HancockProvost Steven HymanFumi MatsumotoRebecca MilikowskyWard MooneyDiane PaulusJames Rhee

Diana SorensenLisbeth Tarlow

A.R.T. 2010/11 Board of AdvisorsKathleen Connor, Co-Chair

Barbara Wallace Grossman, Co-Chair

Joseph Auerbach*Page BinghamGreg Carr

AntoniaHandler Chayes*Clarke CoggeshallSusan Cohen

Susan Edgman-LevitanErin Gilligan

Rachael GoldfarbJosephW. HammerHorace H. Irvine, II

Glenn KnicKrehmDan MathieuNatalie Reed

Ellen Gordon ReevesLinda U. SangerMaggie SeeligJohn A. ShaneMichael ShinagelSamWeisman

AlfredWojciechowskiYuriko Jane Young

*Emeriti

Founding DirectorRobert Brustein


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FacultyRobert Brustein Criticism and DramaturgyErin Cooney YogaThomas Derrah ActingAndrey Droznin MovementTatyana Gassel Russian Language and CultureJeremy Geidt ActingJanice Giampa SingingDavid Hammond Acting, ShakespeareArthur Holmberg Theater History, DramaturgyNancy Houfek Voice and SpeechRobert Lada Alexander TechniqueJodi Leigh Allen Movement, Movement

CoordinatorRyan McKittrick Dramaturgy, Dramatic LiteraturePamela Murray SingingRobert Narajan CombatDiane Paulus Theater PracticeRobert Scanlan Dramatic LiteratureAndrey Shchukin MovementAnatoly Smeliansky Theater History, DramaturgyJulia Smeliansky History of Set Design, TranslationMarcus Stern ActingJim True-Frost Acting for the CameraTommy Thompson Alexander TechniqueCatherine Ulissey BalletRobert Walsh Stage CombatSam Weisman Director of Professional

DevelopmentScott Zigler Acting, Dramaturgy

StaffAngela DeVivo Financial AidChelsea Keating Institute AssociateChristopher Viklund Production ManagerSkip Curtiss Technical Director

ActingMilia AyacheRenee-Marie BrewsterMegan BrothertonM. Zach BuboloMatthew ChristianNick CrandallLiza DickinsonJared EatonAnnika FranklinTeri GambleSteven GoodAlison GregoryChristian GrunnahDustyn GulledgeAngela GulnerRose HoganFaith ImafidonSarah JadinCarl JamesMichael KaneLuke LehnerDerek LettmanLindsey LiberatoreJordan LieversLisa MaleyMark ParrishScott Ray

Vincent Selhorst-JonesLanise ShelleyJennifer SooChristopher StaleyEd WalshErikka WalshRoland WalshLuke WoodruffAlexandra Wright

DramaturgySara Bookin-WeinerAnnie DiMarioJenna EmbreyChristina FarrisLaura HenryRachel HuttTyler MonroeJoe Pindelski

VoiceSarah Jessop

Special StudiesBarbaraWallaceGrossman

InstituteA.R.T./MXAT Institute For Advanced Theater TrainingScott Zigler, Director Julia Smeliansky, Administrative Director

Marcus Stern, Associate DirectorNancy Houfek, Head of Voice and Speech Andrei Droznin, Head of Movement

Anatoly Smeliansky, Co-Head Dramaturgy Ryan McKittrick, Co-Head Dramaturgy

American Repertory TheaterDiane Paulus, Artistic Director/CEO

Moscow Art Theater SchoolAnatoly Smeliansky, Head

The Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard was established in 1987 by theAmerican Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) as a training ground for the professional American theater. Itsprograms are fully integrated with the activities of the A.R.T. In the summer of 1998, the Institutecommenced a historic joint program with the Moscow Art Theater (MXAT) School. Students en-gage with two invaluable resources: the work of the A.R.T. and that of the MXAT, as well as their af-filiated schools. Together, this exclusive partnership offers students opportunities for training andgrowth unmatched by any program in the country.

The core program features a rigorous two-year, five-semester period of training in acting,dramaturgy, or voice pedagogy, during which students work closely with the professionals atthe A.R.T. and the MXAT as well as with the best master teachers from the United States andRussia. At the end of the program, students receive a Certificate of Achievement from the fac-ulty of the American Repertory Theater and an M.F.A. Degree from the faculty of the MoscowArt Theater School.

Further information about this new program can be obtained by calling the Institute for a freecatalog at (617) 496-2000 or going to our web site at www.americanrepertorytheater.org.

DonorsThe American Repertory Theater is deeply grateful for the generous support by individuals,foundations, corporations and government agencies whose contributions to our Annual Fundand our annual Fund-a-Need make our work possible. The list below reflects gifts and pledges

between January 1, 2010 and February 4, 2011.

AnonymousCambridge Trust CompanyThe Carr FoundationTed and Joan+ CutlerMichael Feinstein and Denise

WaldronGoogle, Inc.*

Barbara W. HostetterHorace IrvineHeni KoenigsbergLizbeth and George KruppFumi and Kako MatsumotoDan Mathieu/Neal Balkowitsch/

MAX Ultimate Food*

Cokie and Lee PerryShiseido CosmeticsLawrence & Lillian Solomon Fund,

Inc.Trust for Mutual UnderstandingYuriko Jane Young

$10,000–$24,999

AnonymousJoel and Lisa AlvordPage Bingham and Jim AnathanBritish Council Cultural

DepartmentChung Family FoundationClarke and Ethel D. CoggeshallSusan and Gerald CohenRachael Goldfarb

Joseph W. HammerMichael and Wanda JacobsonSteve and Rosemarie JohnsonNancy P. KingGlenn A. KnicKrehmBob and Alison MurchisonBessie Pappas Charitable

FoundationDiane Paulus

Irving PlotkinBeth PollockValerie Beth Schwartz FoundationSwissnex BostonTed and Mary Wendell

$5,000–$9,999

AnonymousAnonymousElizabeth AdamsFrancis AdamsSheldon AppelLinda Cabot BlackStephen CoitRobert E. Davoli and Eileen

McDonagh Didriks*John DiMaggio and

Michelle OliverStephanie DominusDoris Duke Charitable Foundation

Nicholas GrevilleLori E. GrossGardner Hendrie and

Karen JohansenThe Roy A. Hunt FoundationLars FoundationLiberty Mutual,

Give with Liberty ProgramJohn D. C. LittleNick and Jennifer LittlefieldGregory MaguireBarbara ManocherianJames and Marie Marlas

Dan MathieuPaul and Wladzia McCarthyDiane PaulusRaymond PelletierThe Penfield Family Charitable

TrustFinley and Patricia PerryCarol and Steve PieperLawrence PrattAndres RodriguezPatricia Romeo-Gilbert and

Paul B. GilbertPaul and Ann Sagan

$1,000–$4,999

Boston Metro*Philip and Hilary BurlingPaul and Katie Buttenwieser

The E.H.A. Foundation, Inc.Ann and Graham GundMassachusetts Cultural Council

Ward and Lucy MooneyNational Corporate Theatre Fund

$25,000–$49,999

AnonymousEdgerton FoundationNew American Plays AwardSarah HancockHershey Family Foundation

Rebecca Gold Milikowsky andNathan Milikowsky

National Endowment for the ArtsThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg

Charitable Trust

Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen KayTheatre Communications GroupDon and Susan Ware

$50,000–$99,999

AnonymousDoris Duke Charitable FoundationThe President and Fellows of Harvard College

Massachusetts Cultural Council Facilities FundAndrew W. Mellon FoundationThe Shubert Foundation, Inc.

$100,000 and above


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The Schneer FoundationThe Shane FoundationMichael Shinagel and

Marjorie North

Sholley Foundation, Inc.Mark SlovenkaiClive StandleyDeborah Sweet and Steven Lazar

John TravisWagamama, Inc.*Francis H. WilliamsZipcar*

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Howard and Leslie ApplebyWilliam M. BazzyLeonard and Jane BernsteinAlan Brinkley and Evangeline

MorphosSheldon and Dorothea BucklerDina Catani and Edward GrayCaroline ChangAntonia H. ChayesMr. Bernard ChiuEvent IlluminationsStona and Ana FitchBarbara Wallace Grossman and

Steve Grossman

Sue and Don GuineyDena and Felda HardymonGretjen Helene Photography*Arthur and Susan HolcombeCC King and Tom TarpeyLawrence KotinMary Pfeifer Lentz and Tom LentzBarbara ManocherianMark NataleNSTAR FoundationJeryl and Stephen OristaglioAnthony PangaroVincent Piccirilli and

Anita Meiklejohn

Suzanne PriebatschSally C. Reid and John D. SigelWendy Shattuck and

Sam PlimptonMason and Jeannie SmithMichele StecklerCaroline Taggart and Robert SachsMay K. TakayanagiMindee Wasserman, Esq.Bill and Ruth WeinsteinJohn WeltmanMs. Kelsey Wirth and

Dr. Samuel Myers

$500–$999

AnonymousSharon AdamsVirgil AielloSue Beebee and Joe GagnéHelene B. Black Charitable

FoundationDiane BorgerRonnie BretholtzSusan DangelErica DeRosaWilliam EmeryBarbara EstrinFinale*Charles FlowersHoward GardnerRobert and Kathleen GarnerErin Gilligan and Hoil KimMark GlasserMarie and Daniel GlennProf. Byron Good and

Prof. Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good

Jim GrayHomer HagedornCynthia Harney and Rene BeckerAlison HodgesHurlbut Family Charitable Lead

TrustDr. Joseph KahanDr. and Mrs. Jerome P. KassirerTosh KawakamiMichael KiernanSusan KohnDeborah and Jonathan KolbCharles Kravetz and

Deborah SinayJeanne and Allen KriegerBill and Lisa LaskinGreg and Mary Beth LesherBarbara A. ManzolilloAnna MarcottePatricia Cleary Miller Ph.D.Evangeline Morphos

Roderick and Joan NordellDr. John O’NealStephen QuatranoBelinda SchapiroEllen SimonsKaren Snyder Photography*Diana SorensenThe Spencer FoundationAnne StetsonWendell SykesArnold TofiasJeremy Scott WoodKirkham WoodWilliam Zinn and Nancy Bridges

* denotes gift-in-kind+ deceased

$250–$499

Philip and Hilary BurlingKatie and Paul ButtenwieserKevin CostinCrystal Financial LLCMichael Feinstein and

Denise WaldronRachael GoldfarbSarah Hancock

Harvard University Provost’sOffice

Loro PianaFumi and Kako MatsumotoMAX Ultimate FoodRebecca and Nathan MilikowskyDiane Paulus and Randy WeinerBeth Pollock and Sheldon Appel

James RadoPat Romeo-Gilbert and

Paul GilbertMaura and Bob ScaliseLisbeth Tarlow and Stephen KayDon and Susan WareYuriko Jane YoungAnonymous

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48HourPrint.comBear Flag WinesBoston Beer CompanyCafe of IndiaCambridge, 1.Cambridge Trust CompanyThe Charles HotelChez HenriDarwin’sFinaleGoogle Inc.Grafton Street

Grendel’s DenHarvard CoopHenrietta’s TableLa MorraLegal Sea FoodsMAC CosmeticsMAX Ultimate FoodMETRONewbury ComicsNoirOMPolar Beverages

RialtoRussell HouseSandrine’sShiseidoSwissnex BostonTheatricalProjections.comTory RowUpStairs on the SquareWagamama Inc.The Weekly DigZipcar

Corporate PartnersThe A.R.T. would like to thank the following Corporate Partners for their support. Corporatepartners provide invaluable in-kind and monetary support for the programs of the A.R.T.

Mitchell J. AuslanderBank of America †BloombergBNY Mellon Wealth ManagementSteven M. BunsonChristopher Campbell/Palace

Production Center †Cisco Systems, Inc. †Citigroup °Davenport TheatricalsDorsey & Whitney FoundationDramatists Play Service, Inc. †John DuttErnst & YoungBruce R. EwingRichard FitzburghGoldman, Sachs & Co.Gregory S. HurstRon LeffertsMarsh & McLennan CompaniesMcCarter & English LLP †The McGraw-Hill Companies«

MetLife FoundationJohn G. MillerMorgan StanleyNBC/Saturday Night LiveNew York State Council

on the Arts **Jack O'BrienOgilvy & Mather *Edson PeresPfizer, Inc.Leslie PowellThomas C. QuickRBC Wealth ManagementBarbara W. RollhausRVM/Vincent BrunettiSamuel French, Inc. †*Marian SeldesSharp Electronics *Gretchen ShugartSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &

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StaffAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER STAFF

ARTISTICArtistic Director/CEO.......................................Diane PaulusProducer ...........................................................Diane BorgerArtistic Coordinator .................................Chris De CamillisDirector of Special Projects ........................Ariane BarbanellDramaturg...................................................Ryan McKittrickSpecial Assistant to the

Artistic Director/CEO...................................Lauren AntlerArtistic Associate .........................................Allegra LibonatiProducing Fellow ........................................Kathryn KozlarkArtistic/Dramaturgy Fellow ............................Brendan SheaArtistic Interns......................Charlotte Alter, Emily HymanDramaturgy Intern............................................Grace Geller

INSTITUTEDirector ...............................................................Scott ZiglerAdministrative Director..............................Julia SmelianksyAssociate Director ............................................Marcus SternCo-head of Dramaturgy ........................Anatoly SmelianskyCo-head of Dramaturgy..............................Ryan McKittrickResident Literary Advisor..........................Arthur HolmbergHead of Voice and Speech .............................Nancy HoufekAdministrative Associate.............................Chelsea KeatingFinancial Aid Director...................................Angela DeVivoProduction Manager............................Christopher Viklund

EXTERNAL AFFAIRSDEVELOPMENT

Director of Development ....................................Ellen KulikInterim Development Officer .........................Brendan SheaMARKETING

Director of Marketingand Communications ................................Anna Fitzloff

Marketing Manager...............................................Jared FineDirector of Press

and Public Relations .................................Katalin MitchellCommunications Manager .....................Amanda GutowskiDesign Associate ...................................................Joel ZayacAdvertising Consultant.......................................Blitz MediaMarketing Intern...............................................Emily Hecht

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONDirector of Finance

and Administration .......................................Tiffani GavinInterim Comptroller ......................................Ann KellegherAssistant General Manager................................Steven LeonAssistant Comptroller ...................................Angela DeVivoFinancial Administrator ....................................Stacie HurstTheater Facilities Manager.................................Tracy KeeneCompany/Front of House Associate ............Rachel CardilloReceptionists ............................Sarah Leon, Maria MedeirosHouse Managers .........Kevin Cloud, Gretjen Hargesheimer,

Michael Haviland, Heather Quick,Eleanor Regan, Matthew Spano, Matt Wood

Volunteer Usher Coordinator .................Barbara LindstromBOX OFFICE

Head of Patron Systems .................................Derek MuellerBox Office Manager ...........................................Ryan WalshBox Office Management Associate ...................Alicia CurtisBox Office Representative ...............................Karen Snyder

PRODUCTIONProduction Manager...................................Patricia QuinlanAssociate Production

Managers .....................Christopher Viklund, Skip CurtissLoeb Technical Director ............................J. Michael GriggsCOSTUMES

Costume Shop Manager ...........................Jeannette HawleyAssistant Costume Shop Manager ..................Mary R. HurdCrafts Artisan ......................................David Israel ReynosoCostume Shopper ........................................Caitlin MenottiWardrobe Supervisor ...................................Stephen DruekeCostume/Props Stock Manager.....................Suzanne KadiffLIGHTS

Master Electrician ..........................................Derek L. WilesLighting Assistant .........................................Kirsten OpstadLight Board Operator ................................Matthew HoustlePROPERTIES

Properties Manager ............................ Cynthia Lee-SullivanAssistant Properties Manager ............................Tricia GreenProperties Carpenter............................Stacey Horne-HarperProperties Intern..................................Samantha ProvilonisSCENERY

Technical Director ....................................Stephen SetterlunAssistant Technical Directors.............................Nick Fouch,

Chris SwetckyScene Shop Supervisor....................................David BucklerScenic Charge Artist..............................................Jerry VogtMaster Carpenter...........................................Peter DoucetteScenic Carpenters ............York-Andreas Paris, Jason Bryant,

Kristin KnutsonCarpentry Interns .....................Nathaniel Drake, Jon SeilorPaint Intern .....................................................Laura MuñozSOUND

Resident Sound Designer/Engineer ..............Clive GoodwinProduction Sound Engineer.......................Katrina McGuireSTAGE

Stage Supervisor .............................................Jeremie LozierAssistant Stage Supervisor ............Christopher EschenbachProduction Assistants ..........Kevin Klein, Matthew SebastianSTAGE MANAGEMENT

Production Stage Manager .......................Chris De CamillisStage Manager ..............................................Katherine Shea

OBERONProducer .........................................................Randy WeinerAssociate Producer .....................................Ariane BarbanellProduction Manager ..........................................Skip CurtissVenue Manager....................................................Erin WoodProgramming Associate ...................................James WetzelHouse Technician...........................................Garrett Herzig

FOR PROMETHEUS BOUNDCostume Design Assistant .....................................Lisa LoenStitchers ...........Jennifer Nieling, Lilli Rhiger, Michelle RossCostume Crafts.....................................................Eric ProppCostumes Intern .........................................Maria CampbellProperties Additional Staff .......................Rebecca HelgesonFollow Spots...............Jennifer Bertha, Jennifer Aqua LaneySound Board Operator.....................................Brian WaltersWardrobe..........................Emily Damron, Robin RittenourfCarpenters .................................Dan Black, Leigh Doughty,

Rena Luczkiewicz, Garrett McEntee,Ben St. Louis, Deborah Zometa

Scenic Painter ...............................................Heather Morris


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THE DONKEY SHOWSee it every Saturday night!At OBERONParty to the ’70s hits you know by heart as thisdisco adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dreamunfolds around you as a nightclub fantasy. Specialgroup rates available for bachelorettes, birthdaysand parties! Email [email protected] for more info.

WHAT IS OBERON?• The A.R.T.’s second stage for the 21st century• A Harvard Square hotspot, located at the

corner of Arrow St. and Mass Ave.• An incubator for the creation of new

works• A haven for local artists, more than 100

of whom have performed at OBERONsince its inception

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DEATH AND THE POWERS:THE ROBOTS’ OPERAMarch 18, 20, 22, and 25At The Cutler MajesticBy Tod Machover | Libretto by Robert PinskyStory by Robert Pinsky and Randy WeinerDirected by Diane Paulus | Conducted by Gil RoseThe groundbreaking new production devel-oped at the MIT Media Lab distinctivelyblends technological and artistic finesse tocreate a score that is passionately inventive,melodically rich, and emotionally charged.

ONCEAn A.R.T. First Look—April 22–29At OBERONA musical stage adaptation of the 2007Academy Award-winning film Once.

STORIES BY HEARTMay 2At the Loeb Drama CenterArmed with only an armchair and someyellowed pages, Tony Award winner JohnLithgow tells you not the story of his life,but the STORIES of his life.

MOUTH WIDE OPENAn A.R.T. First Look—May 24–29At the Loeb Drama CenterSoulful, transcendent, laugh-out-loud funny,Amy Brenneman (“Private Practice,” “JudgingAmy”) returns to her roots in an exuberanttheater piece.

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Soulful, transcendent, laugh-out-loud funny, Amy Brenneman (Private Practice, Judging Amy)returns to her roots in an exuberant theater piece.

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HOUSE OF YES, Counter-Productions Theatre Company, FactoryTheatre, The Piano Factory, 791 Tremont St., 866-811-4111.Mar3–20. As a hurricane approaches, Marty brings his fiancee, Lesly,home to his family’s Washington, D.C. estate to meet his unstable,Jacqueline Kennedy-obsessed sister and overprotective motherand brother. As the storm rages outside, shocking family secretsare unleashed in Wendy MacLeod’s searing drama.

THE LAST FIVE YEARS, New Repertory Theatre, Black BoxTheater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown,617-923-8487.Mar 27–Apr 17. In this award-winning musicalby Jason Robert Brown, audiences are taken on an intimatejourney witnessing both the birth and unraveling of a youngcouple’s five-year relationship. Join Cathy and Jamie as theyshare their emotional stories through celebrated songs like “StillHurting,” “The Next Ten Minutes” and “Shiksa Goddess.”

LIVING IN EXILE, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, The Storefronton Elm, 255 Elm St., Davis Square, Somerville, 866-811-4111.Mar 9–20. This stunning retelling of the Iliad by local play-wright Jon Lipsky draws parallels between the years spent byGreek soldiers on the beachheads of Asia Minor and the yearsspent by American soldiers on the beachheads of Vietnam, inthe mountains of Afghanistan and in the desert of Iraq.

MY NAME IS ASHER LEV, Lyric Stage Company, 140 ClarendonSt., 617-585-5678. Feb 11–Mar 12. This stage adaptation of theChaim Potok novel follows the journey of a controversial youngJewish painter whose artistic gift threatens to estrange him fromhis sheltered Hassidic community in postwar Brooklyn and theparents he loves.While his mother is caught between her son andher husband, Asher must choose between his art and his faith.

MY WONDERFUL DAY, Zeitgeist Stage Company, Plaza Theatre,Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600.Mar4–26.Winnie, off from school for the day, sits unnoticed in a cor-ner while her pregnant housekeeper mother busies herself clean-ing the house of her minor television celebrity employer.Whenher mother’s water breaks andWinnie is left in the house alonewith the celebrity, his mistress, his wife and his best friend, shefinds a wealth of source material for a shocking school essay.

ONE TOUCH OF VENUS, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31Hemenway St., 617-912–9222.Mar 3–6. In this musical byKurt Weill and Ogden Nash, a window dresser in a departmentstore feels a strange attraction to a statue in the display. Onenight, he impulsively kisses her and she comes to life, reveal-ing herself to be Venus, the goddess of love.

REASONS TO BE PRETTY, SpeakEasy Stage Company, RobertsStudio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center forthe Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600.Mar 4–Apr 2. Thisincendiary drama from Neil LaBute (Fat Pig, The Shape ofThings ) asks, “How much is ‘pretty’ worth?” Sparked by oneman’s offhand remark about his girlfriend’s appearance, theplay navigates the crumbling relationships of four youngfriends as they come to terms with their unfulfilling lives andquestion the American obsession with physical beauty.

TI-JEAN & HIS BROTHERS, Underground RailwayTheater and BostonPlaywrights’ Theatre,Central SquareTheater, 450MassachusettsAve.,Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Feb 10–Mar 13. DerekWalcott’s pow-erful folk parable—a celebration of Haitian art, music and spirit—portrays a Caribbean family in crisis: three brothers are pulled into adangerous game with the Devil in a fanciful, dark and ultimatelyhopeful story of battling despair through fierce humor and love.

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