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The director is a member of the Society ofStage Directors and Choreographers, Inc.,an independent national labor union. Thescenic, costume, and lighting designers aremembers of United Scenic Artists. Thisseason is supported in part by an awardfrom the National Endowment for the Arts.

About TheatreWorksTheatreWorks is proud to be celebrating its 45th anniversary producing award-winning theatre in Silicon Valley. Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelleyand Managing Director Phil Santora, it presents a wide range of programming,from mainstage productions to education programs and new works for theAmerican theatre.

Founded in 1970, the company continues to celebrate the human spirit and thediversity of our community by nurturing new work, championing arts education,and revitalizing the great works of the past. TheatreWorks has produced 64world premieres and 150 US and regional premieres. In the 2014/15 season,TheatreWorks adds the world premiere of The Great Pretender and three moreregional premieres to its resume.

TheatreWorks’ 2013/14 season included the world premieres of The Loudest Man on Earth, as well as regional premieres of Other Desert Cities, Warrior Class, Silent Sky, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. The company also produced the musical Little Women, which became the second-highest sellingshow in TW’s history. In the course of the year, shows that debuted at TW played off-Broadway and at theatres throughout the US.

With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks produces eightmainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto and the MountainView Center for the Performing Arts. Fourteen years ago, TW launched the NewWorks Initiative, rededicating itself to the development of new works for the theatre. That program inspired The Mercury News to call the company “a premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on thenational map.” The Initiative has developed over 130 new works through retreats,workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, and the annual NewWorks Festival, offering plays and musicals in various stages of development.

TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valleycommunity. As a part of these efforts, the TW Education Department reachesmore than 35,000 students in 92 schools in 8 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile PackardChildren’s Hospital, the Young Playwright’s Initiative, specially-priced studentmatinees, school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, andconservatories for youth.

For more information on TheatreWorks’ 2014/15 season, New Works Festival,and Education Programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960.

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15 TheatreWorks presents

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16 Who’s Who

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From the Board ChairWelcome to TheatreWorks’ 45th season! When Robert Kelley

founded the company in 1970, he had no idea that within a fewdecades it would grow from a small community venture to a nationally respected professional theatre.

Even after 45 years, some people in our community have onlya fuzzy idea of what TheatreWorks is. After early years as a community theatre, the company grew by the 1990s into a much-acclaimed “regional theatre.” We are now the third largest theatre

in the Bay Area, most comparable to ACT and Berkeley Rep. Many of our actorslive in New York or Los Angeles, and travel here to play a particular role. Otherslive locally and appear in a variety of our productions over time. Virtually all aremembers of Actors Equity and full-time professional actors. The same is true forthe union musicians who make our musical performances so exquisite.

TheatreWorks will produce eight mainstage shows this year including oneworld and three regional premieres, as well as a 10-day New Works Festival of sixshows still in development (August 9–17). Our seasons are a diverse blend ofdrama, comedy, premieres, classics, and many musicals.

It can be a bit confusing that some of our productions happen here at theLucie Stern Theatre, and others at the Mountain View Center for the PerformingArts. But it gives us flexibility—we can take advantage of the strengths of eachvenue. Parking is free, with no long drive to San Francisco or Berkeley. And whenyou attend TheatreWorks, you not only see theatre of the highest caliber, you alsosupport the local community of artists, craftsmen, and restaurants.

Please look over our season brochure and pledge yourself to see at least three shows this season. I believe you will find an artistic home at TheatreWorks,just as I did almost 30 years ago. I would hate to miss even one production; they’re all different, all fascinating, all consistently great theatre that’s right here inour own backyard.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESJulie Kaufman, Chair

Jayne BookerBill Coughran

Jenny DearbornSusan Fairbrook

Anne HamblyJudy HeyboerLarry Horton Lisa Jones

Derry Kabcenell

Michael KahnRobert Kelley

Tom KelleyRobin KennedyMike Kwatinetz

Gayla LorthridgeRay A. RothrockAdam Samuels

Phil SantoraLoren Saxe

Barbara ShapiroNancy Ginsburg Stern

Debra SummersLynn Szekely-Goode

Mark VershelHolly Ward

Lisa Webster

BOARD EMERITUSNancy Meyer, Founder

William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein• Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe• Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Michael R. Flicker • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber •Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch •Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Dick Maltzman •Suzanne Martin • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Jeffrey Moore •Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus• Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts• Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus •Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson

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Each summer, TheatreWorks holds an intensive five-week, professional-level Conservatory for highschool students who are dedicated to the per-

forming arts and want to take their skill-set to the nextlevel.

As with summers past, the TheatreWorks NewWorks Conservatory creates a devised piece of theatrecentered on a common theme and this year, our groupof students will focus their creative energy aroundexploring the idea of “Generations.”

The hope is to discuss different generations of theatre, community, and connection, which will be recurring themes throughout TheatreWorks’ 45thanniversary season. During the course of creating thispiece, the Conservatory—comprised of Millennials—

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will explore what it means to be connected to other generations, whether they are past, present or future.

TheatreWorks Drama School invites everyone to thisjoyous performance of the next generation’s new works.This evening of original work from the 2014 New WorksConservatory is not to be missed!

“Generations”Preview August 7Final performance August 8Curtain 7:30pmLucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

For further information, please visitwww.theatreworks.org/learn/teens/conservatory/

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THE GREAT PRETENDER

POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS

with members of the cast & staff

Lucie Stern Theatre

Palo Alto

8/9

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL

INNER CIRCLE DINNER

For members of The Inner Circle

Donors of $1,500 and above

Lucie Stern Center

Palo Alto

8/9 – 8/17

FESTIVAL J. LOHR LOUNGE

For members of The Inner Circle

Donors of $1,500 and above

Enjoy complimentary wine

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performance

Lucie Stern Center

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8/23

WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

OPENING NIGHT

Post-show reception with

members of the cast & staff

Mountain View Center

8/27, 9/3, 9/10

WATER BY THE SPOONFUL

POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS

With members of the cast & staff

Mountain View Center

From the Artistic Director

THE GREAT PRETENDER

I almost missed The Great Pretender last summer. It wasthe only show in our New Works Festival that conflictedwith my own rehearsals for another production. But once this “puppet show” had its first reading, my emailexploded, my phone messages overloaded, and a steady

stream of staff members filed into my office, all with the same demand:“you must see this show!” So…we revamped a bunch of schedules, I broke a few speed limits getting from our rehearsal hall to the Lucie SternTheatre, and I soon discovered what so many fans and friends ofTheatreWorks already knew: We must do this show!

I love puppets. I grew up watching something called Kukla, Fran, and Ollie,then Lambchop and Shari Lewis, even the early days of Sesame Street.At TheatreWorks we did many shows with puppets, especially musicals,from Carnival in the 70s to Little Shop of Horrors in the 80s, and our firstproduction of Sweeney Todd in the 90s that began and ended with a turn-of-the-century Punch and Judy show. More recently, both The 39 Stepsand The Hound of the Baskervilles included comic shadow puppets, andThe Secret Garden featured a wonderful robin that hopped about the set,even popping out of the orchestra pit! But David West Read’s engaging“puppet show” was entirely different; here at last was a play about thepuppeteers themselves.

More importantly, this dramatic comedy was about everyone who had eversuffered a deep personal loss and struggled to put back the pieces. It wasabout letting go, starting over, coming to grips with the past, about thepower and potential and difficulty of true friendship. These were complexadult issues confronting a team of artists dedicated to turning life’s conflictsinto easily digestible learning experiences for the young. I found their real-world challenges immensely moving, bittersweet, and utterly human. Theidea that our childhood TV heroes and heroines were real people with reallives is obvious now, but was incomprehensible back in the days when Ieagerly absorbed the life lessons they taught me each week on our 13-inchscreen. But now, these puppeteers on our stage had more intriguing lessons to share, grown-up lessons they first had to learn themselves, rightbefore our eyes. These Pretenders needed to premiere at TheatreWorks,needed to anchor our 13th New Works Festival, needed to launch this 45thAnniversary Season. Glad you could come.

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2012 Pulitzer Prize for DramaRegional Premiere In this healing, Pulitzer-winningdrama, strangers share secrets in a chat room for troubledsouls, a safe haven for lives inrecovery. A sensitive webmastermoderates this community, butin real life her relationshipscrumble. As living and virtualworlds weave together, the true meaning of family becomesapparent, proving that no oneis above reproach—or beyondredemption. From the TonyAward-winning playwright of In the Heights.*

“Moving and compelling.“ Boston Globe

August 20 – September 14, 2014 Mountain View Center

2 PIANOS 4 HANDSBy Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt

In a comic coming-of-age journey from Bach andBeethoven to Joplin and JerryLee Lewis, two endearing pianostudents reach the edge ofgenius only to fall an octaveshort of stardom. Featuring two grand pianos, two grandactors, and a delightful gallery of pushy parents and eccentricteachers, this acclaimed international hit captures theagony and ecstasy of anyonewho’s ever struggled to be thebest—at anything!

“Utter enchantment. A grandsuccess.“ New York Post

January 14 – February 8, 2015 Mountain View Center

THE LAKE EFFECTBy Rajiv Joseph

Jefferson Award, Chicago—Best New Play 2013

West Coast Premiere

Pungent memories of tandoorsand tikka masala linger in ashuttered Indian restaurant,where the owner’s grown-upchildren ponder the legacy of their family business, Dad’smysterious bookie, and theirsuddenly entangled lives. New from Pulitzer Prizenominee Rajiv Joseph, this engrossing “Best Play“ offers a spicy menu of family secrets, sibling rivalry, and surprisingreconciliation, served up by the acclaimed author of The

North Pool.* “Simply brilliant.“ Showbiz Chicago

March 4 – 29, 2015 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

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r 45th anniversary seasonSWEENEY TODDThe Demon Barber of Fleet StreetBook by Hugh Wheeler Music & Lyrics by Stephen SondheimFrom an adaptation byChristopher Bond

Winner of 8 Tony Awards®

including Best Musical

Sondheim’s soaring, heart-pounding musical masterpiecetells the tale of a mysterious barber seeking justice for thecorrupt London judge who exiled him. Partnered with a delicious pie shop proprietress,Sweeney exacts a fearsomerevenge as she concocts an alarming new recipe.

Hysterically funny yet chillingly intense, this intimate revival will have you on the edge of your seat—in the barber’s chair!“One helluva show!“ The NY Times

October 8 – November 2, 2014 Mountain View Center

PETER AND THESTARCATCHERBook by Rick Elice Based on the novel by Dave Barry & Ridley PearsonMusic by Wayne Barker

Winner of 5 Tony Awards®

A hilarious romp through theNeverland you never knew, this exhilarating prequel to Peter Pan will have you hooked from the moment your imagination takes flight. In a madcap, music-filled adventure for the entire family, a joyful troupe of actors brings dozens of memorablecharacters to swashbuckling life, creating a whimsical,

endlessly inventive celebration of the Boy who never grew up, and the Girl he’ll never forget. “Sensational. This show never stops flying.“ The NY Times

December 3 – 28, 2014 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

FIRE ON THEMOUNTAINBy Randal Myler & Dan Wheetman

Regional Premiere

From the creators of It Ain’tNothin’ But the Blues comes a poignant, passionate musicalrevue about the lives of mining families in the heart of Appalachia. Alternately exuberant and melancholy,joyous and gripping, it is a bluegrass tribute to the workingfamilies of America’s heartland.Told in the unique rhythms of a music all our own, this is afoot-stomping celebration of the culture, hardships, and heroics of life on the Blue Ridge.

“What a rich musical motherlode!“ Seattle Times

April 1 – 26, 2015 Mountain View Center

FALLEN ANGELSBy Noël Coward

In this champagne cocktail ofelegant wit, effervescent charm,and endless laughter, fabulousfriends Jane and Julia learn that the dashing French flamethey shared years ago is back in town and eager for a reunion. With husbands on holiday and plenty of bubbly to banish reserve, conspiracygives way to competition in asparkling Noël Coward gem,London’s scandalous hit of 1925.

“Comedy heaven.“ Variety

June 3 – 28, 2015 Mountain View Center

* Contains mature language

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Peterand the Starcatcher

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Fallenangels

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Liars 8pm

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Disappearing Man8pm

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Disappearing Man 8pm

An Illustrated Musical

Norman Rockwell’sAmericaBook by Lynne KaufmanMusic & Lyrics by Alex Mandel

8/9 @ 8pm • 8/13 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 4pm

From belittled illustrator to ballyhooed artist,from whimsical covers to unforgettable images of the Civil Rights Movement, NormanRockwell captured America’s heart by discovering its soul. This is his story—and ours.

Lynne Kaufman is the author of twenty full-lengthplays, three novels, and dozens of short stories.Her play, Our Lady of the Desert, was seen inTheatreWorks’ 1989/90 season. Since then, herwork has been performed at theatres across the country including Magic Theatre, Marin TheatreCompany, Actors Theatre of Louisville, andAbingdon Theatre in NYC.

Alex Mandel composed songs for Pixar’sAcademy Award-winning film, BRAVE: “Touch the Sky” & “Into the Open Air.” He is MusicalDirector for NPR’s Snap Judgment LIVE. He hasscored several films, including East Side Sushi(Cinequest Audience Choice Award). He’sreleased albums with The Echo Falls & TheFingers. This is his first musical.

Lynne Kaufman

Alex Mandel

A Big-Top Country-Rock Musical

The Disappearing ManMusic, Lyrics, & Book by Jahn Sood

8/10 @ 8pm • 8/14 @ 8pm • 8/17 @ 12pm

A ramshackle circus wows the hinterlands in1936, but backstage its bright-light attrac-tions prove dark and depleted. Purveyors ofdreams, makers of magic, these center-ringsurvivors grasp at change, but the trapezemay be just out of reach.

Jahn Sood writes musicals, plays and songs forall purposes in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He isproud to be a founding member of MusicalTheatre Factory, a new theatre arts collectivebased in New York City. For more, check outJahn’s latest record Arts & Crafts on iTunes, orvisit www.jahnsood.com.

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Our Festival, a nationally-acclaimed incubator for new works, includes “script-in-hand”debuts of five new musicals and plays, a special late night extra solo performance, andMeet the Festival Artists Panel.

Single tickets: $19 each • Special Late Night Extra: $10Or see it all with a FESTIVAL PASS for $65 • Subscriber Festival Pass: $49Food trucks will be available on each performance day. Check theatreworks.org for specific information.

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One Woman Show10:30pm

Disappearing Man12pm

Meet Artists Panel 4pm

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A Provocative Political Drama

LiarsBy Rajiv Joseph

8/10 @ 2pm • 8/16 @ 8pm

From the author of The North Pool andBroadway’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,this stimulating drama probes the mysterious2010 crash of a Polish airplane, uncovering 90years of lies, infidelity, war, secrets, and love.

Rajiv Joseph’s The North Pool was developedand produced at TheatreWorks under the direction of Giovanna Sardelli. Rajiv wrote forthe Showtime series Nurse Jackie for seasons 3and 4. He also served for three years in thePeace Corps in Senegal, West Africa.

Love Bites

An Entomologist’s Love StoryBy Melissa Ross

8/12 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 12pm

The love lives of bugs fascinate two 30-something researchers at New York’sMuseum of Natural History, but their ownconflicted love affairs are under the micro-scope in this hilarious, edgy, and explicit look at love in our times.

Melissa Ross’s play Thinner Than Water hasreceived productions in NYC and Chicago and is included in “New Playwrights—Best Plays of 2011.” Her new play, Of Good Stock, willreceive its world premiere at South CoastRepertory in 2015. She is a graduate of theJuilliard School and a member of LabyrinthTheater Company.

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August 9–17Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

Journey of a Lifetime

One Woman ShowWritten & Performed by Shakina Nayfack

Features new takes on some classic covers andoriginal songs by Joe Iconis (NBC’s Smash),Julianne Wick Davis (Southern Comfort), NikkoBenson, Sam Salmond, & Joel Waggoner

8/15 @ 10:30pm

For our most adventurous theatregoers,this darkly funny and powerful musicalchronicles the misadventures of a transgender artist now on the brink ofreassignment surgery. Told with a cabaretedge, it is a story of surviving the 90s with determination and pride.

Shakina Nayfack is a theatre director, choreographer, producer, and performanceartist. Her autobiographical One WomanShow has played Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, andSophie’s in NYC. It is the flagship project ofher high profile KickStartHer campaign tocrowd-source funds for gender confirmationsurgery. www.ShakinaNayfack.com @shakeenz

A Test of Tradition

tokyo fish storyBy Kimber Lee

8/15 @ 8pm • 8/17 @ 8pm

Generations, gender, and tradition collideas a Sushi Master struggles to preserveancient artistry in a society obsessed withchange. In pursuit of perfection, a brilliantprotégé, eager apprentices, and the master himself have much to learn.

Kimber Lee’s plays include fight, differentwords for the same thing (2014 WorldPremiere CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre, dir. NeelKeller), and brownsville song (b-side for tray),which premiered at the 2014 Humana Festivaland has upcoming productions at LCT3, LongWharf, and Philadelphia Theatre Company.She is a Lark Playwrights Workshop Fellow(2013/14), Ma-Yi Writers Lab, and recipient of2014 Ruby Prize, 2013/14 PoNY Fellowship,and 2014/15 Aetna New Voices Fellowship.

SPECIAL LATE NIGHT EXTRA

Meet the Festival Artists The Festival’s featured playwrights and composers share their anec-dotes and insights into creating brave new works for the AmericanTheatre. Bring your questions and become a part of the conversationwith writers who are shaping the theatre landscape of tomorrow.

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We sat down with The GreatPretender playwright David WestRead to talk about puppets, theNew Works Festival, and writingabout the complexities of the grieving process.

TheatreWorks: What inspired The Great Pretender?

David West Read: With my firstplay, The Dream of the BurningBoy, I was exploring various manifestations of grief in the immediate aftermath of a suddenloss. That play was produced byRoundabout Theatre Company in New York, andwhen they commissioned me to write another play, Iknew I wanted to, in some way, examine a laterstage in the grieving process.

In particular, I was interested in the choices peoplemake in new relationships when they’ve lost a lovedone. Do you look for someone who reminds you of the person you’ve lost, or someone completelydifferent? Is it possible to fill some of the hole in yourheart with another person, or is that effort—to eventry to replace someone who can’t ever be trulyreplaced—ultimately fruitless and more painful thancomforting? These are some of the questions thatinspired The Great Pretender.

TW: How has the show changed since its inception?

DWR: The characters and general structure of theplay have basically been in place since the first draft,which I wrote as a student at The Juilliard Schoolabout two and a half years ago. Carol the Pony hasalways been a pony, Mr. Felt has always been Mr.Felt, and it has always been about how the new girlchanges the dynamic of the show when she takesover for Roy’s wife.

But with each successive draft I’ve focused more andmore on the relationships between Roy, Carol andTom. These are people who have known each othertheir entire working lives, and yet it takes the loss of

Speaking Directly to Camera: An Interview with Playwright

someone they all loved for them toform the kind of friendship that Caroland Tom have always wanted, andRoy has always needed.

TW: Are there any significantchanges since the version we sawin the 2013 New Works Festival?What did you learn from the audiences there?

DWR: There are no significantchanges to the plot, but the 2013New Works Festival audiences reallyhelped me deepen and enrich thecharacters and relationships,

and also cut away some of what wasn’t working aswell, especially with regard to the comedy, which youcan only really tell when you have an audience.

TW: Can you talk about the TV shows that TheGreat Pretender is based on?

DWR: The Mr. Felt show is meant to pay tribute toall the classic children’s TV shows that featured amiddle-aged host with puppet friends speakingdirectly to camera. That whole subcategory basicallydisappeared in the early-2000s, which is when theplay takes place—shows like Mr. Rogers’Neighborhood, Captain Kangaroo, and Lamb Chop’sPlay-Along.

The most direct influence on Mr. Felt was a showthat I grew up with in Canada called Mr. Dressup. Mr. Dressup would find a new costume in his “TickleTrunk” every day, and play games and make craftswith his puppet sidekicks: an androgynous childnamed Casey, and a non-speaking dog namedFinnegan. I loved it.

TW: There’s a lot of grief in The Great Pretender,and it’s not a children’s show…so why are puppets the best means to tell this story?

DWR: I was thinking a lot about the experience ofwatching The Muppets after Jim Henson died andnoticing the slight change in Kermit the Frog’s voice

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as the new puppeteer took over. In theatre, understudies are often asked to take over a role and emulate the performance of the actor who has preceded them, but we can still see that it’s a newperson standing on the stage.

With a puppet, you can change puppeteers, but thepuppet itself looks the same, so the illusion is initiallymore successful. But then the puppet begins tomove and speak and you realize that it’s an extensionnot only of the puppeteer’s hands, but of the puppeteer’s personality, and without the originalpuppeteer, that can never be perfectly recaptured.

Throughout the course of The Great Pretender, Royattempts to treat Jodi like his own personal puppet,but finds that she can’t be so easily manipulated.

TW: Which of the characters do you identify withthe most?

DWR: Like Jodi, I grew up imitating whatever I sawon TV (Mr. Dressup in my case) and drove my familycrazy by taking apart the furniture and turning it intoforts. But I probably identify a little with all of thecharacters, including Meatball Moose.

TW: Did you have the Platters song “The GreatPretender” in mind while you were writing theplay?

DWR: Yes. I came up with the title The GreatPretender before I started writing the play, and Ithink the lyrics of that song really capture Roy’s stateof mind: “Too real is this feeling of make-believe…Pretending that you’re still around.” Like the subjectof that song, Roy puts on a brave face, but in theend, his imagination fails to save him from his grief.

TW: The 2014 New Works Festival is coming up inAugust. Do you have any words of wisdom foraudience members who are looking forward toattending? Or to those who have never heard ofthe Festival before?

DWR: The New Works Festival is a fantastic opportu-nity to see new plays and musicals at an early stagein their development, and to participate in that development with your feedback. I read all of thecomment cards after my readings, and the responsesI received from audience members really helped toguide my rewriting process.

Puppets designed and created by David Valentine.

David West Read

Become a member of The Inner Circle, and get exclusive access towhat makes the Festival the highlight of the summer!

What Festival benefits do members of The Inner Circle receive?

• Two complimentary Festival Passes—see every show! • Enter the theatre early for priority seating• Exclusive access to the J. Lohr Lounge, located in the Fireside

Room, open pre-show and during intermission. The Lounge is also made available to the creative and artistic teams, so you may find an opportunity to clink glasses with a well-known playwright or composer.The J. Lohr lounge is proudly sponsored by

For more information and to join The Inner Circle, please call Anne Holmes

at 650.463.7113 or email innercircle@theatreworks.org.

“Being part of The Inner Circle makes an alreadygreat New Works Festival experience even better!”

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presents

the WORLD PREMIERE of

The Great PretenderBy David West Read

Directed by Stephen Brackett

Original Songs by David West Read

Scenic Designer Daniel Zimmerman

Costume Designer Cathleen Edwards

Lighting Designer Paul Toben

Sound Designer Cliff Caruthers

Puppet Designer David Valentine

Casting Director Leslie Martinson

New York Casting Alan Filderman

Stage Manager Jamie D. Mann*

Assistant Stage Manager Ashley Taylor Frampton*

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

THE GREAT PRETENDER was originally commissioned by Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NYTodd Haimes, Artistic Director Harold Wolpert, Managing Director Julia C. Levy, Executive Director

Developed at TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, CA as part of the 2013 New Works Festival

PRODUCERSSteven & Karin Chase

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERSEd Hunter & Michelle Garcia

SEASON SPONSORSThe Container Store • Fenwick & West LLP • Garden Court Hotel

J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • The Sobrato Family Foundation

SEASON MEDIA SPONSORThe Mercury News

THE GREAT PRETENDER plays July 9 – August 3, 2014

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THE CAST

Roy Steve Brady*Carol Suzanne Grodner*Tom Michael Storm*Jodi Sarah Moser*

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

TIMEMost of the action takes place in early 2001, with one flashback to 1986.

PLACEIn and around a small TV studio in Astoria, Queens.

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

SPECIAL THANKSSharon Ridge and Michelle Baker

Who’s WhoSTEVE BRADY (Roy) just closed a four-monthrun as Dr. Bob in Bill W.and Dr. Bob (SohoPlayhouse). Recent creditsinclude A Christmas Carol(Syracuse Stage), Hughie(Shakespeare TheatreCompany, DC), and NewMusic–Better Days (Triad

Stage, North Carolina). He shared the stagewith Christopher Plummer in Broadway’s Inheritthe Wind, toured the world with West SideStory, and played the Royal Alexandra Theatre(Toronto) with Donald Sutherland in EnigmaVariations. He was last seen in the Bay Areawith the National Tour of The Exonerated withRobin Williams. Regional credits include TwelveAngry Men (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis),King O’ the Moon (Cincinnati Playhouse), andTartuffe (Gulfshore Playhouse, Florida). He was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for StringFever (Theatre J), and received a Detroit Free-Press Best Actor Award for Wild Honey(Hilberry Theatre).

SUZANNE GRODNER(Carol) is delighted to beback at TheatreWorkswhere she was last seen atthe New Works Festival inThe Great Pretender. Her11 TW productions include Distracted, Emma,Twentieth Century, LivingOut, and Into the Woods.

Her Broadway credits include Bye Bye Birdiewith John Stamos, and The Rose Tattoo with

Mercedes Ruehl. Her off-Broadway creditsinclude Old Jews Telling Jokes, Cakewalk andDeath Defying Acts (both with Linda Lavin),and Sarah/ Sarah, and she toured for threeyears with The Phantom of the Opera. Herover 70 regional productions include TheSisters Rosensweig (Indiana RepertoryTheatre), Becky Shaw (SF Playhouse), Annie(Pioneer Theatre), Angels in America (ActorsTheatre of Louisville), Wintertime (ACT/Seattle), and Yentl (Cleveland Playhouse).Suzanne has played Mothers and Judges andDoctors and Teachers on six episodes of Law& Order. For Alba.

SARAH MOSER (Jodi) is delighted to return to TheatreWorks whereshe was last seen in Time Stands Still andLaugh (2013 New WorksFestival). She alsoappeared in TW’sEducation Department’sOskar and the Big Bully

Battle. Recent credits include Coast of Utopia(Shotgun Players); A Maze (Just Theater);Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness(Shotgun Players); StoryWorks (Tides Theatre);The Lily’s Revenge (Magic Theatre); You, Nero (Berkeley Repertory Theatre and ArenaStage); and In the Next Room (or The VibratorPlay) and Hamlet (City Lights TheaterCompany). She trained at the Royal Academyof Drama and Studio A.C.T., and holds a BAfrom Stanford University. Ms. Moser is a proudrecipient of the 2014/15 Theatre Bay AreaTitan Award.

MICHAEL STORM (Tom)is making his debut withTheatreWorks. Regionaltheatre credits include aseason with AlabamaShakespeare Festival which included Romeo andJuliet and Two Gentlemenof Verona; a season withthe California Shakespeare

Festival where he appeared in The Tempest,The Merchant of Venice, and King Lear; threeseasons with the San Francisco ShakespeareFestival appearing in Twelfth Night, AMidsummer Night’s Dream, and Pericles,Prince of Tyre; and Berkeley RepertoryTheatre’s production of Missing Persons. Hehas also worked with San Jose Stage Companyin The Turn of the Screw, Glengarry Glen Ross,and The Lonesome West, among others. Othercredits include Crowded Fire, Napa ValleyRepertory, Pacific Alliance Theatre Company,and TheatreFIRST where Mr. Storm has servedas Artistic Director for the past five years,www.theatrefirst.com.

DAVID WEST READ (Playwright andComposer) developed The Great Pretenderat TheatreWorks’ 2013 New Works Festival.The play was originally commissioned byRoundabout Theatre Company and later workshopped at the Old Globe New VoicesFestival. His other plays include The Performers(Longacre Theatre on Broadway; Broadway.comAudience Choice nominee for Best New Play);The Dream of the Burning Boy (O’Neill TheaterConference, Roundabout Underground; JohnGassner Award nomination, Drama LeagueAward nomination); Happy Face (South CoastRepertory Pacific Playwrights Festival); and TheDark Pines (Cape Cod Theatre Project). He is a

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Who’s Whograduate of the Lila Acheson WallacePlaywrights Program at The Juilliard Schooland the MFA program at NYU’s Tisch School ofthe Arts, where he is now an adjunct teacherin the Department of Dramatic Writing. Mr.Read is a native of Toronto, Canada.

STEPHEN BRACKETT (Director) is returningto TheatreWorks after directing the workshopproduction of The Trouble with Doug and theNew Works Festival reading of The GreatPretender. He recently directed the LucilleLortel Award-winning world premiere ofJonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar (Rattlestick and Barrow Street Theaters, National Tour).Other credits include Percy Jackson and theLightning Thief (Theatreworks USA), LucasKavner’s Carnival Kids (Lesser America), KenUrban’s The Correspondent (RattlestickPlaywrights Theater), Chad Beckim’s After(Partial Comfort Productions), BekahBrunstetter’s Be A Good Little Widow (ArsNova), Dan Fishback’s The Material World(Dixon Place), and The Tenant (WoodshedCollective). Mr. Brackett is a company memberof Lesser America and Partial Comfort, and analumnus of the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab.

CLIFF CARUTHERS (Sound Designer) is pleased to be designing his 66th production for TheatreWorks. Recent workincludes TheatreWorks’ The Hound of theBaskervilles and The Loudest Man on Earth;American Night and The Tempest forCalifornia Shakespeare Theater; Elektra andDead Metaphor for American ConservatoryTheater; Troilus and Cressida for OregonShakespeare Festival; Lasso of Truth andCircle Mirror Transformation for Marin TheatreCompany; TRAGEDY: a tragedy for BerkeleyRepertory Theatre; The Happy Ones for MagicTheatre; Gidion’s Knot and The ElaborateEntrance of Chad Deity for Aurora TheatreCompany; Happy Days for Guthrie Theater;Julius Caesar for The Acting Company; Onthe Waterfront for San Jose Stage Company;Bug for SF Playhouse; and Ubu Roi andPelleas & Melisande for Cutting Ball Theater.

CATHLEEN EDWARDS (CostumeDesigner) returns to TheatreWorks where herprevious work includes, among others, Onceon This Island, Somewhere, Clementine in theLower 9, Grey Gardens, The SistersRosensweig, and The Elephant Man. Well-established in the Bay Area, she has designedcostumes for numerous productions atAmerican Conservatory Theater, Opera SanJosé, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, andAmerican Musical Theatre of San Jose.Among her several awards are two Drama-Logues and two Bay Area Critics CircleAwards. Her work has been seen as far awayas New York (Hard Times at the JoyceFestival); Alaska (Noises Off, All My Sons, andWatch on the Rhine for Alaska RepertoryTheatre); and Moscow (Desire Under the Elmsat the Moscow Theatre Festival).

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Cruz and Kent University, England, respectively.When not in production, she trains with mêléeweapons at Davenriche European Martial ArtsSchool where she is an assistant instructor andapprentice to Sir Steaphen Fick.

JAMIE D. MANN (Stage Manager) hasstage managed TheatreWorks’ The Hound ofthe Baskervilles, Silent Sky, Warrior Class, The Loudest Man on Earth, Being Earnest,Somewhere, 33 Variations, Upright Grand, OfMice and Men, The Pitmen Painters, Fly ByNight, Snow Falling on Cedars, 39 Steps, and Superior Donuts; as well as Laugh, Triangle,

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Visionary Sponsors ($50,000 and above)Avant! FoundationThe William & Flora Hewlett

Foundation The David & Lucile Packard

FoundationThe Shubert Foundation

Presenting Sponsor($25,000 to $49,999)Sand Hill Foundation

Supporting Sponsors($15,000 to $24,999)Carla Befera Public Relations*Crescent Porter Hale FoundationThe Kimball FoundationThe Harold & Mimi Steinberg

Charitable Trust

Sponsors($10,000 to $14,999)Aeris Communications, Inc.DLA PiperEdgerton FoundationThe Leonard C. &

Mildred F. Ferguson FoundationHarrell RemodelingHurlbut-Johnson Charitable TrustsKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersNational Alliance for Musical TheatreSanDisk CorporationSidley Austin LLP

Benefactors($5,000 to $9,999)Capacity Interactive*Newedge USA, LLC*Palo Alto Weekly Holiday FundPillsbury Winthrop Shaw

Pittman LLPStar One Credit UnionWells Fargo

Supporters($2,500 to $4,999)AvidbankCooley LLP*Dodge & Cox Investment

ManagersEnterprise Holdings FoundationThe Morrison & Foerster

FoundationNatixisPerkins Coie LLPPalo Alto Weekly*Synaptics

Friends($1,000 to $2,499)AnonymousThe AML GroupBergeson, LLPChaseVP*C.M. Capital FoundationThe Community Giving Fund- ProSight

& Tangram Insurance ServicesDeMattei Construction, Inc.DES Architects + EngineersThe Dramatist Guild FundEvents, etc....Catering and Design*FacebookGoodwin Procter LLP*International ProInsurance Services LLCLuther Burbank SavingsNikon Precisions, Inc. Peninsula Urology Center, IncPeter Michael Winery*Servers Standing By Catering*The Law Office of Nanette S. Stringer

Matching GiftsMany companies will double or triple theiremployees’ contributions to nonprofits. It’s a great way to make your gift toTheatreWorks go further at no extra cost.Call 650.463.7135, for more information.

* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services.

CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair

Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits.Contact Kathleen Dederian at 650.463.7160 or kdederian@theatreworks.org for more information.

Visionary Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

Sponsors

Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & SharonHoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • The John & Marcia GoldmanFoundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Katz FamilyFoundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds • John &Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode

ENDOWMENT FUNDTheatreWorks thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts.

Anonymous (6) • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow & RonaldKauffman • Jayne Booker • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & KarinChase • Jodi Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • FrancesEscherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & RoseFriedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold •Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch •Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Claiborne S. Jones • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf •Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami &Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels & Frank Reyes •Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch •Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Susanne Stevens • Rick Stern & Nancy GinsburgStern • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

FUTUREWORKSFutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact legacy@theatreworks.org for more information.

Who’s WhoWild with Happy, and Fly By Night in theNewWorks Festival. Other credits include TheBook of Mormon (SHN); Mrs. Whitney (MagicTheatre); 2 X Malmud–The Jewbird and TheMagic Barrel (Word for Word/The JewishTheatre); The Last Yiddish Poet (The JewishTheatre); and, as production manager for SanJose Stage Company, Dirty Blonde, Rock ’N’Roll, Always…Patsy Cline, Altar Boyz, Blade to the Heat, The Diary of Anne Frank, andBeehive The Musical. He is a graduate of UCSanta Cruz.

LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting Director) isTheatreWorks’ Associate Artistic Director andCasting Director. For TheatreWorks, she willbe directing Water by the Spoonful this fall.Her other TheatreWorks credits include, mostrecently, the regional premieres of WarriorClass and Time Stands Still, and the WestCoast premieres of The Pitmen Painters andSuperior Donuts. A graduate of OccidentalCollege, she has been a Watson Fellow inpolitical theatre, a member of Lincoln CenterDirector’s Lab, a member of the La MaMaInternational Directing Symposium, and hasserved on Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre ServicesCommittee since 2002. She was awarded anIndividual Artist Fellowship in Stage Directionfrom the Arts Council of Silicon Valley forartistic achievement and community impact. In addition to directing, she leads masterclasses and workshops in the Bay Area, andteaches in the Musical Arts department atNotre Dame de Namur University.

PAUL TOBEN (Lighting Designer) designedTheatreWorks’ Silent Sky, The Loudest Man on Earth, Upright Grand, Fly By Night, [title of show], Daddy Long Legs, and Auctioningthe Ainsleys, and developmental productionsin the New Works Festival from 2010 through2012. His New York credits include The Story of My Life (Broadway), Side Street(TheatreLab), The Judy Show (DR2), SaturnNights (Incubator Arts Project), The Realmand Electra in a One Piece (The Wild Project),Futurity (HERE), Romeo & Juliet (ColumbiaStages), and The Redheaded Man (DownPayment). Regionally, he has designed forActors Theatre of Louisville, Magic Theatre,Dallas Theatre Center, Williamstown TheatreFestival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,Arizona Theatre Company, Flat Rock Play-house, and the Walker Art Center, among others. Mr. Toben is also the associate designerfor many Broadway and touring productions.www.paultoben.com

DAVID VALENTINE (Puppet Designer) hasbeen designing and building puppets for theatre in New York City for nearly ten years.Off-Broadway credits include: The Wong Kidsin the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!(La Mama); F#%king Up Everything (Off theLeash Productions); Vampire Cowboy TheatreCompany’s Alice in Slasherland (2010 NYITAward nomination) and Fight Girl Battle World

(2008 American Theatre Wing’s Henry HewesDesign Award nomination); and She KillsMonsters (The Flea Theatre). Mr. Valentine isthe resident puppet designer for VampireCowboy Theatre Company. He also works atThe Jim Henson Company and Puppet Heap.Film Credits include Muppets Most Wanted(2014). Follow David’s work on instagram@dvpuppets.

DANIEL ZIMMERMAN (Set Designer) is making his TheatreWorks debut with TheGreat Pretender. He has designed scenery for theatre companies across the country,including off-Broadway productions of SuicideIncorporated (Roundabout Theatre Company),I Call My Brothers (The Play Company), andHenry IV (The Pearl Theater Company). He hasworked on several world premieres includingBe a Good Little Widow by Bekah Brunstetter(Ars Nova), The Steadfast by Matt Smart (Slant Theatre Project), Seven Minutes inHeaven by Stephen Levinson (Colt Ceour),and many others. He has designed setsregionally for Portland Stage Company, ActorsTheatre of Louisville, The Pioneer Theatre, andMilwaukee Repertory Theatre. Mr. Zimmermanis an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb.MFA: NYU, Tisch.

ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Director) is a BayArea native and Stanford University graduate.He founded TheatreWorks in 1970 and hasdirected over 165 TheatreWorks productions,including many world and regional premieres.He has received the Silicon Valley ArtsCouncil’s Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay AreaTheater Critics Circle Paine KnickerbockerAward for lifetime achievement; BATCCAwards for Outstanding Direction for his pro-ductions of Into the Woods, Pacific Overtures,Rags, Sweeney Todd, Another MidsummerNight, Sunday in the Park with George, JaneEyre; and Caroline, or Change; and BackStage West Garland Awards for his directionof Side Show and Sunday in the Park withGeorge. He recently directed Marry Me aLittle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Once onThis Island, Little Women, Being Earnest, BigRiver, 33 Variations, and Of Mice and Men.

PHIL SANTORA (Managing Director) joinedTheatreWorks in 2007. He has served asManaging Director of Northlight Theatre(Chicago) and Georgia Shakespeare Festival(Atlanta), as well as Development Director forGreat Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland) andGeorge Street Playhouse (New Brunswick). Heholds an MFA in Theatre Administration fromthe Yale School of Drama and a BA in Dramafrom Duke University. He is Vice President ofthe National Alliance for Musical TheatreBoard. Prior board service includes the Leagueof Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Coalition ofTheatres, and the executive committee of theLeague of Resident Theatres (LORT). He wasnamed 2000’s Best Arts Administrator byAtlanta Magazine and received the AtlantaArts and Business Council’s 1998 ABBY Awardfor Arts Administrator.

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Visionary Sponsors ($50,000 and above)Avant! FoundationThe William & Flora Hewlett

Foundation The David & Lucile Packard

FoundationThe Shubert Foundation

Presenting Sponsor($25,000 to $49,999)Sand Hill Foundation

Supporting Sponsors($15,000 to $24,999)Carla Befera Public Relations*Crescent Porter Hale FoundationThe Kimball FoundationThe Harold & Mimi Steinberg

Charitable Trust

Sponsors($10,000 to $14,999)Aeris Communications, Inc.DLA PiperEdgerton FoundationThe Leonard C. &

Mildred F. Ferguson FoundationHarrell RemodelingHurlbut-Johnson Charitable TrustsKleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersNational Alliance for Musical TheatreSanDisk CorporationSidley Austin LLP

Benefactors($5,000 to $9,999)Capacity Interactive*Newedge USA, LLC*Palo Alto Weekly Holiday FundPillsbury Winthrop Shaw

Pittman LLPStar One Credit UnionWells Fargo

Supporters($2,500 to $4,999)AvidbankCooley LLP*Dodge & Cox Investment

ManagersEnterprise Holdings FoundationThe Morrison & Foerster

FoundationNatixisPerkins Coie LLPPalo Alto Weekly*Synaptics

Friends($1,000 to $2,499)AnonymousThe AML GroupBergeson, LLPChaseVP*C.M. Capital FoundationThe Community Giving Fund- ProSight

& Tangram Insurance ServicesDeMattei Construction, Inc.DES Architects + EngineersThe Dramatist Guild FundEvents, etc....Catering and Design*FacebookGoodwin Procter LLP*International ProInsurance Services LLCLuther Burbank SavingsNikon Precisions, Inc. Peninsula Urology Center, IncPeter Michael Winery*Servers Standing By Catering*The Law Office of Nanette S. Stringer

Matching GiftsMany companies will double or triple theiremployees’ contributions to nonprofits. It’s a great way to make your gift toTheatreWorks go further at no extra cost.Call 650.463.7135, for more information.

* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services.

CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair

Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits.Contact Kathleen Dederian at 650.463.7160 or kdederian@theatreworks.org for more information.

Visionary Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

Sponsors

Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & SharonHoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • The John & Marcia GoldmanFoundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Katz FamilyFoundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds • John &Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode

ENDOWMENT FUNDTheatreWorks thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts.

Anonymous (6) • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow & RonaldKauffman • Jayne Booker • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & KarinChase • Jodi Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • FrancesEscherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & RoseFriedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold •Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch •Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Claiborne S. Jones • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf •Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami &Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels & Frank Reyes •Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch •Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Susanne Stevens • Rick Stern & Nancy GinsburgStern • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

FUTUREWORKSFutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact legacy@theatreworks.org for more information.

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TheatreWorks ContributorsTHE PRODUCER CIRCLE Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs Michael & Michelle Kwatinetz, Producer Co-Chairs

TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may selecta production to follow from “page to the stage“ by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening night. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits.Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or jfriedman@theatreworks.org for more information.

Visionary Producers($50,000 and above)

Ann S. BowersDr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr.Bruce Cozadd & Sharon HoffmanAnne & Larry HamblyJim & Becky MorganLynn Szekely-Goode &

Dr. Richard GoodeTheatreWorks Board EmeritusLisa Webster

Executive Producers($25,000 to $49,999)

AnonymousMarsha & Bill AdlerYogen & Peggy DalalThe John & Marcia Goldman

FoundationThe Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell

FoundationMichelle & Michael Kwatinetz

Mendelsohn Family FundRay & Meredith RothrockJanet Strauss & Jeff HawkinsThe Tiphane FoundationGayla Lorthridge Wood &

Walt Wood

Producers($10,000 to $24,999)

AnonymousKatharine & George AlexanderElaine Baskin & Ken KrechmerLucy Berlin & Glenn TrewittDavid & Lauren BermanJayne BookerBredt Family Fund at Truckee

Tahoe Community FoundationSteve & Gayle BruglerSteven & Karin ChaseGeorge & Susan CrowRandy Curry & Kay SimonJenny Dearborn & John Tarlton

Susan FairbrookDan & Catharine GarberSylvia & Ron GerstKathryn GreenRichard & Kathy HawesJudy HeyboerHarriet Heyman & Mike MoritzLarry Horton & George WilsonLisa & Marc JonesMike & Martha KahnJulie KaufmanRobert Kelley & Ev ShiroTom & Sharon KelleyRobin & Don KennedyPhil Kurjan & Noel ButlerDorothy LazierMark & Debra LeslieMark Lewis & Barbara ShapiroMichael & Carole MarksThe Marmor Foundation/Drs.Michael & Jane MarmorSuzanne Martin & John Doyle

THE INNER CIRCLE Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs

Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchasesand exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists events. Email innercircle@theatreworks.org for more information.

Associate Producers($6,000 to $9,999)AnonymousLois & Dr. Edward AndersonPaul Asente & Ron JenksSteven & Michele BoalWilliam J. HiggsLinda M. Hinton & Vince FoeckeJerre & Nancy HitzEdward Hunter & Michelle GarciaBill & Terry KrivanRob & Ann MarangellYvonne & Mike NevensBill & Janet NichollsJoe, Nancy, Sam & Sara RageyCarolyn Schutz*Joyce Reynolds Sinclair &

Dr. Gerald M. SinclairCatherine & Jeff ThermondCraig & Susie ThomHolly Ward & Scott Spector

Directors($3,000 to $5,999)AnonymousRay & Carol BacchettiJoel & Wendy BartlettAnne & Buz BattleKatherine Bazak & John W. Dohner

Elizabeth & George BechtelThe BelleJAR FoundationWendell & Celeste BirkhoferMarah & Gene BrehautMary Carr*John ChambersBruce & Gail ChizenDiane & Howard CrittendenJeff & Amy CroweJohn & Susan DiekmanJohn & Wynne DobynsRichard & Josephine FerriePeter & Rose FriedlandMarkus Fromherz & Heike SchmitzTerry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of

Robert KelleyAaron & Julia GershenbergDavid E. Gold & Irene BlumenkranzNancy & Bill GroveEmeri & Brad HandlerMaureen HobergD & J Hodgson Family FoundationSudhanshu & Lori JainBarbara JonesChris KenrickDick & Cathy LampmanArlene & Jack LeslieSue & Dick LevyJanet Littlefield & William Coggshall

Kevin McCoyThe Merrimac FundBuff & Cindy MillerEileen Nelson & Hugh FranksPeter NoslerMargo & Roy OgusBeth & Charlie PerrellIn memory of Pearl ReimerTom Rindfleisch & Carli ScottBetsy Boardman RossMark & Martha RossRita & Robert RoveRon & Lila SchmidtEdward & Jane SeamanBart SearsPamela & Rick ShamesSheri SobratoLisa & Matthew SonsiniDenise & Jim StanfordSusanne Stevens & Monte MansirAnthony & Rosina Lo Sun*Polly & Ted TaylorJohn & Sandi ThompsonBrent & Michèle TownshendTed & Betty UllmanGriff & Lynne WeberHarriet & Frank WeissBarbara & Paul WeissNancy & Bart Westcott

Jane Weston & J. HornKaren Carlson White & Ken JaffeeKen & Ruth WilcoxMark & Sheila Wolfson

Players ($1,500 to $2,999)Anonymous (5)Marc & Sophia AbramsonAnonymousMary Ann Anthony & Ken FowkesLisa Backus & Anthony MontefuscoBill & Marti BaergShirley BaileyPaul & Debbie BakerDoug & Marie BarryPat Bashaw & Gene SegreJim Bassett & Lily HurlimannDon & Deborah BennettStuart & Marcella BernsteinDr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory of

Dr. Kevin J. GilmartinCharlotte & David BiegelsenBob & Martha BowdenMichael & Leslie BraunKathy BridgmanEllen & Marc BrownChet & Marcie BrownJeff & Maureen Burnham

Mary & Don McDougallJohn & Mary MeloLeslie & Douglas Murphy-ChutorianCarey & Josh PickusThe Frank & Denise Quattrone

FoundationAdam Samuels & Frank ReyesPhilip Santora & Cristian AsherDorothy R. SaxeLoren & Shelley SaxeCynthia SearsMartha Seaver & Scott WaleckaLeonard Shustek & Donna DubinskyLarry & Barbara SonsiniRick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg SternDebra SummersMark & Teri VershelWatkins Family Charitable FundCarol Watts in memory of VernBill & Janne Wissel

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Christine B. Butcher+

Eric Butler MD & Suzanne Rocca-Butler

Jeff & Deborah ByronCalvin & Jennifer CarrRon & Sally CarterMark ChandlerDean & Wilma ChuFran Codispoti & Ken SchroederWilliam & Nancy CohenMartha CohnClaudia & Bill ColemanLarry & Sara ConditRobert A. CookJodi Corwin and Irv Duchovny in

memory of Milton H. CorwinDavid & Ann CrockettGordon & Carolyn DavidsonRichard & Anita DavisScott & Edie DeVineDouglas DexterDennis & Cindy DillonPamela DoughertyRobert & Carol DresslerJack & Marcia EdelsteinAnn EisenbergJames J. ElacquaSue & Jeff EpsteinFrances EscherichFidelity Charitable Gift FundSheldon Finkelstein &

Beatriz V. InfanteKathleen FittsPeggy Woodford Forbes &

Harry BremondLynda & Steve FoxDiane & Bob FrankleBarbara Franklin & Bernie LothKatherine Fraser & Steve Larson

Jodye & Jonny FriedmanJay & Joyce FriedrichsBetsy & Tom FurstMarilee GardnerNancy & Charles GeschkeRenee & Mark GreensteinMary Ann & John GrilliBarbara GuntherPeter & Laura HaasElaine & Eric HahnRussell & Debbie HallJane Hamlin & Steven SchowDavid & Noreen HenigAnne & Emma Grace HolmesDavid Hornik & Pamela Miller-HornikSusan M. HuchPerry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-IrvineDean & Patricia JohnsonLeigh & Roy JohnsonClaiborne S. JonesHilary Jones*Craig & Gina Jorasch Family FundJack JorgensonMr. & Mrs. Abdo KadifaThomas KailathLouise KarrRuth Ann & David KeeferCynthia & Bert KeelyArthur KellerJames Kern & Monica DonovanSteve Knight & Steven SchwartzHal & Iris KorolMr. & Mrs. Lawrence KubalWoof Kurtzman & Liz HertzLinda LesterDonald & Rachel LevyRuthann Quindlen & David LiddleRobert J. Lipshutz &

Nancy Wong, MD

Lori & Randy LivingstonDrs. John & Penny LoebTom & Sally LogothettiAlexander & Anne LongReed Maltzman & Jennifer GosselinRichard & Charlene Maltzman inmemory of Carol Adler &

Dr. Howard WechslerJoe MargeviciusDarlene Markovich & Ron HaakLeslie MartinsonBob & Kathie MaxfieldAnne B McCarthyGerald & Betty McIntyreMyrna & Hy Mitchner, PhDCurtis & Wai MoGillian & Tom MoranDr. & Mrs. Brad NaylorRichard NiblockAnnie Nunan*O’Hanlan-Walker LGBT Equality Fund

of Horizons FoundationLynn & Susan OrrDavid Pasta in memory of

Gloria J.A. GuthJanine Paver & Eric BrownAmy Peabody & Brent Ingram+

Carrie Perzow & Von LeirerJames & Alma PhillipsJohn & Valerie PoggiSusan PritzkerKathy & Gary RebackKaren & John ReisEddie Reynolds & Ed JonesEdward & Verne RiceOrli & Zack RinatPaul & Sheri RobbinsBob Rodert & Bev KiltzAlicia Rojas & Howard Lyons

Libby Roth & Ron KatzRobert & Suzanne RubensteinAlan Russell & Fred ThiemannNancy & Magnus RydeJoseph & Sandy SantandreaElizabeth & Mark ScharLee & Kim ScheuerTom & Hilary SchroederCharles G. Schulz & Claire E. TaylorMary & Doug ScrivnerNancy & Greg Serrurier in honor of

Jeff CroweJim & Margie ShaughnessySarah Shema & Neyssa MarinaMarge & Jim ShivelyRon & Ellen ShulmanUrsula ShultzCarolyn & Rick SilbermanGerry SipesEllen & Ed SmithTimothy SparksJim Stephens & Abraham BrownThe Sher-Right FundLaura StrandMark & Sherrie TaguchiLydia TanHelaina TitusRobert J. Van der Leest, MDMimi & Jim Van HorneJulie Veitch & Peter NoslerMargaret & Curt WeilEdward Weiss, MD & Sydney MarsdenBruce & Elinor WilnerLynn Wilson & Howard RobertsDan & Sharon WinnikeNeil & Ann WolffBill & Sue WorthingtonM Yee*

Benefactors($750 to $1,499)Anonymous (2) • Douglas & Loretta Allred • Rick & Violet Boyle • Maria Brabb • Joan Brennan • James B. Brennock • R. Brush & J. Sprague • Bob & Maggie Cant • Lee& Amy Christel • George & Shirley Climo • Bud & Rebecca Colligan • Compass to College • Shazad Contractor • Andrew & Heidi Cotton • Peter & Melanie Cross •Bunny Dawson • Robert Dutton • Margaret Ann & Don Fidler • Leigh Flesher & Mark Bailey • Sue & Bill Gould • Sue Greathouse • Jim & Linda Hagan • Helen Helson •Craig & Deborah Hoffman in memory of Susan Woods • Ronald Hoffman & Joanie Freckmann • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Bill & Julie Hooper • Dennis Hopkins •Terry Huggins • Scott Joachim • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • The Guy Kawasakis • Lisa Kenkel • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Rob & Laurie Krolik • Shawn Lampron • Stephenand Nancy Levy • Dan’l & Susan Lewin • George & Ann Limbach • Alan Lo & A. Carmen Choy • Susan & Frederic Lucas-Conwell • Gerald C. McNamara & Renee K.Petrofes • Alex & Sue Meyers • Gus Meyner In memory of Miriam • Shauna Mika • Margaret Miller • Steven & Linda Monosson • Glenda & Thomas Murray • Shirley &David Negrin • Oshman Family Foundation • Mark & Margot Rawlins in honor of Aubrey Rawlins • Emil & Barbara Sarpa • Vic & Jan Schachter • Steven & Rita Schlosser• David & Jerilyn Schricker • Vera C. Scott • Jack & Dorothy Shannahan • Rob Skinner • Dane & Marnie Snow • Diane Talbert • Jan Thomson & Roy Levin • RobertTompkins & Kim Seitz • Antonia & Norman Tu • Dean Ujihara • Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein • Thomas Vogelsang • David Vroom • Susan S. Ware • Mrs. John A.Wilson • Judith & Peter Wolken • Glen Wong • Mike & Patti Workman • Alan & Judy Zafran

Contributions listed were received between 5/28/2013 & 5/28/2014. Program deadlines & space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. For corrections,or to make a contribution, please call Jodi Corwin at 650.463.7112 or jcorwin@theatreworks.org.

* Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts. Please considerTheatreWorks in your will or estate plan. Call 650.463.7135 or email legacy@theatreworks.org for more information.

Ensure that TheatreWorks will thrive well into the future.There are many vehicles to consider that will help you fulfill your financial, retirement, and philanthropic goals. As aLegacy Donor to TheatreWorks, you will be offered membership to FutureWorks and will be invited to exclusive events,and (if you choose) be acknowledged in a place of honor in our program.

For more information, call 650.463.7135 or visit theatreworks.org/give/ways/planned

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TheatreWorks Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora

SCENERY

Technical DirectorFrank Sarmiento

Lead Scenic Artist /CraftsmanTom Langguth

Master CarpenterBill Roberts

CarpentersChris Blackwood, Esteban Calvillo,José Crispin, Jaime Frausto, Rodrigo Frausto, Stephen Harris,Scott Henderson, Henry Ing

PROPERTIES

Properties MasterSarah Lowe

Properties ArtisansRebecca Willis

Properties Stock ManagerAlfred Rudolph

COSTUMES

Costume DirectorJill Bowers

Assistant CostumerNoah Marin

Lead Cutter/DraperYen La Wong

Wardrobe ManagerThom Hoffman

Costume Rentals ManagerConni Edwards

First HandMichelle Earney

StitchersNhan Thi Luu

Hair StylistJeanne Naritomi

STAGE MANAGEMENT

Resident Stage ManagersRandall K. LumJamie D. Mann

DEVELOPMENT

Director of AdvancementJodye Friedman

Director of Major GiftsAnne Holmes

Institutional Giving ManagerKathleen Dederian

Stewardship and Events ManagerJodi Corwin

Development InternStephanie Wong

EDUCATION

Director of EducationAmy Cole-Farrell

Associate Education Director—SchoolsKatie Bartholomew

Associate Education Director—PlaywritingJake Arky

Master Teaching ArtistPiper LaGrelius

Teaching ArtistsJennifer Debevec, Martin Rojas Dietrich, Lauren Dunagan,Theresa Giacopasi, Daryl Harper,Kalin Hove, Nicole Javier,Amanda Johnson, Emily Jordan,Emily Ludlow, Kyle Payne, Jessica Payne, Kelly Rinehart,Andrea Shockling, Kristina Sutherland,Mia Tagano, Maryssa Wanlass,Kathryn Zdan

Playwrights-in-ResidenceJake Arky, Jeffrey Lo

Education InternDor Gvirtsman

MARKETING

Interim Director of MarketingLorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez

Art DirectorEv Shiro

Associate Director of MarketingSyche Phillips

Ticket Services ManagerMargaret Purdy

Marketing and DigitalCommunications ManagerJonathan Amores

Marketing Tessitura SpecialistSera Cocora

Ticket Services SupervisorMichelle Piasecki

Ticket Services RepresentativesSarah Benjamin, Jennifer Gosk,Alix Josefski

Graphics AssistantKatie Dai

Telesales RepresentativesConstance Gannon, Gerald Gist

Lucie Stern House ManagersLarry Condit, Lois Hopp, Bill McFarland, Ray Vinall

Public Relations & AdvertisingCarla Befera & Co.Carla Befera, Molly Kullman

Digital Marketing & AdvertisingCapacity Interactive/Erik Gensler, Becca Goland-Van Ryn

Company PhotographerTracy Martin

Marketing InternsKelly Gregg*Akhila Gurumurthy

ADMINISTRATIVE

General ManagerScott DeVine

Business ManagerLona King

Database AdministratorKen Maitz

Staff AccountantBarbara Sloss

* Made possible through a collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Studies at Stanford University

THE GREAT PRETENDER ADDITIONAL STAFF

ARTISTIC

Associate Artistic DirectorLeslie Martinson

Director of New WorksGiovanna Sardelli

Company Manager/Contract AssociateJessica Mohr

FutureWorks FellowJeffrey Lo

TCG/Fox Foundation Resident ArtistCindy Im

Resident Musical DirectorWilliam Liberatore

New Works Reading CommitteeDoug Brook, Elisabeth Chowning, Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka

New Works InternJessia Hoffman*

PRODUCTION, LIGHTING, & SOUND

Production ManagerDavid A. Milligan

Operations Manager/Master ElectricianCarolyn Foot

Resident Lighting DesignerSteven B. Mannshardt

Sound SupervisorBrendan Aanes

Production CoordinatorKaren Szpaller

ElectriciansPatrick Biggs, Kelly Conard, Andrew Custer, Steven Fetter, Daniel Kaminski, Nick Kumamoto, Lee Mitchell, Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, Josh Rose, Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman, Henry Wilen, and Emily Wolf

Load-in/Strike VolunteerEd Hunter

Electrics InternElissa Webb

Light Board Operator Elizar IvanovSound Operator Jake Van TuylShow Carpenter Patrick BiggsProperties Runner Megan HallFloor Crew Sara RageyDressers Michelle Baker, Thom HoffmanWigs by Wigboys And thanks to our fabulous

TheatreWorkers!

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TheatreWorks General InformationCONTACT USMailing Address:PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963E-mail: boxoffice@theatreworks.org

TICKET SERVICESTickets to all TheatreWorks performancesare sold through the TheatreWorks Box OfficeHours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pmPhone: 650.463.1960

Tickets may also be obtained through theMountain View Ticket OfficeHours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pmPhone: 650.903.6000

WALK-UP TICKET SERVICESThe walk-up ticket office will open one hourprior to each performance.

PERFORMANCE TIMES Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pmTuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pmThursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pmSunday Eve 7:00pmWednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm

AUDIO-CAPTIONINGTheatreWorks productions have designated performances where audio captioning is avail-able for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Pleasecall 650.463.1960 for details.

LATE ARRIVALSLatecomers will not be seated until appropriateintervals, and may not be seated in their exactseat locations until intermission.

PLEASE REMEMBERThere is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies.Cameras and recording devices of any kind are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink ispermitted in the theatres. Please ensure that all electronic devices are set to the “off“ position while you are in the theatre.

Children 5 and under are not permitted in the theatre. Persons 14 and under must beaccompanied by an adult. Every person, regard-less of age, must have a ticket.

Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices aresubject to change.

Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, butare exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Some restrictions apply.

Visit theatreworks.org for detailed information or to purchase tickets.

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INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES* Preview Prices:Adult: $53 Senior: $43Educator: $43 30 & Under: $25

Premiere/Regular/Value:Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun Eves & Wed Matinee:

Adult: $68/$59/$25 Senior: $55/$47/$25Educator: $55/$47/$25 30 & Under: $35/$25/$19

Fri and Sat Eve, Sat and Sun Matinee:Adult: $74/$69/$25 Senior: $64/$56/$25Educator: $64/$56/$25 30 & Under: $42/$35/$25

*Prices do not include $6 per ticket convenience fee. Prices subject to change.

GROUP SAVINGSSavings are available for groups of 8 or more. For more information, call Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez at 650.463.7123 or email groupsales@theatreworks.org.

WHEELCHAIR SEATINGSeating is available for wheelchair patrons.Please telephone the Ticket Office in advanceso that special arrangements may be made.

LISTENING SYSTEMS Both theatres are equipped with listening systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Please see the house manager for details.

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