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November 8–December 2, 2012

Theater J’s 2012–2013 Season

A World Premiere By Ari Roth • Directed By Daniella TopolThe son of Holocaust refugees dreams of making a movie about his parents’ past in this comedy filled with Freudian hallucinations and pre-marital angst. “A graceful, fluid writer”- The Washington Post

THIS IS WHO WE ARE: Beginnings, Belonging, Becoming and Breaking Through

By Savyon Liebrecht • Directed By Johanna GruenhutThis hit Israeli play follows Rivka, a young Sephardic woman, and Dooby, a secular kibbutznik, who fall in love and travel to the Negev to escape her family in this moving tale of reconciliation. Winner of Israel’s Best Play Award, 2006

English Language Premiere By Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez Based on the play By Henrik Ibsen • Directed By Joseph Megel

A sudden chemical leak in an Israeli industrial park endangers the region’s water supply, prompting a family feud that becomes a political war. By the award-winning author of Return to Haifa.

Presented with Georgetown University • In the Gonda Theatre at the Davis Performing Arts Center

VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL: DIALOGUES IN THE DESERT

By David Mamet • Directed By John VreekeTwo male lawyers are called to defend a wealthy white client charged with the rape of a black woman, while their female associate betrays an agenda of her own. Contains mature themes. “Scalpel edged...a topical detective story”- The New York Times

A World Premiere By Jacqueline E. Lawton• Directed By Shirley SerotskyA gutsy exploration of the early years of two great African-American artists, John Biggers and Samella Lewis, and their Jewish teacher, Viktor Lowenfeld, during WWII. “Amazing originality”- DC Theatre Scene

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BOGED (TRAITOR): • Jan 12–Feb 3 AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

RACE • Feb 6–Mar 17

LOCALLY GROWN: COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART

THE HAMPTON YEARS • May 29–Jun 30

ANDY AND THE SHADOWS • Apr 3–28

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WOODY SEZ:

November 8–December 2, 2012

VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL: DIALOGUES IN THE DESERT

LOCALLY GROWN: COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART

WOODY GUTHRIE The Life & Music of

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The Arthur Tracy ‘The Street Singer’ Endowment Production

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Post election productions are hard to program. Who knows how we’ll be feeling “the morning after” November 6? Some will be despondent; others full of hope and vindication. A divided and hurting nation will turn back and find itself much the same, divided and still hurting, yet more in need of inspiring direction than what the political results or our media culture will be able to provide. What can the theater offer in the way of shared experience that might propel us forward with optimism, rejuvinated ambition and bravery of heart?

Welcome Woody to the Rescue! When I learned of this wonderful show last spring, weeks after our initial line-up of plays had been set, I knew we just had to have it, and we had to have it at precisely this time! We’re hoping that the Ghost of Guthrie, and his flesh-and-blood avatar and channeler, David M. Lutken, can sing us into a new year, and a new political moment, with moxie, fervor, fierce determination, and an open embrace of this country’s awesome breadth and potential. Woody Guthrie has come to DC on this, the centennial of his birth, to share his life and times and lead us forward, in song and common purpose, to a transformed place.

Or let’s put it another way: There’s nothing ailing us that a good ole fashioned hootenanny, with full-throttle singing in multi-part harmony, can’t cure! And who better to lead us in song?

Woody Guthrie sang of Dust Bowl Blues in the midst of the Great Depression and created a new folk and musical idiom. From the bruising, blighted landscape of an America in nose-dive, Woody Guthrie emerged as a crusading singer who emboldened those touched by his unflinching portraits. He fused art, politics, populism, and life experience in ways so unique and compelling that he became one of the great icons of the past Century. He was born an Okie, but he became a darling of the New York Left, role model for folk artists, rock stars, Jewish intellectuals, and summer camp song-leaders all over this great land.

He was adopted and loved by many. He had intimate bonds that waxed, waned and grew stronger again even as his physical state weakened. Woody was revered while remaining unassuming; a patron saint for a secular age; a free spirit who bespoke communitarian values. He was a complex husband, father, son and musical mentor and one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. He sang the song of this nation.

We all feel very lucky to have landed this time with Woody and his Corncob Trio. He’s a relative we’ve heard about for decades, but are only now getting the chance to meet. He’s part of our family and tonight, after this performance, we’ll better understand what it means to be part of his. We’re getting to know the man behind the myth; the “I” within the icon. Let’s all be strengthened by the songs we sing together with Woody tonight. -Ari Roth

From the Artistic Director

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VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL

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APPLES FROM THE DESERT Dec 15–Jan 6By Savyon Liebrecht Directed By Johanna Gruenhut

Featuring Sarah Marshall, Michael Tolaydo, and Jennifer Mendenhall

“Savyon Liebrecht is one of [Israel’s] most popular authors… She writes intelligently about ordinary people in situations that reveal the depths and passions of their lives.”-The Jerusalem Post

Winner of Israel’s Best Play Award, 2006

English Language Premiere By Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez

Based on the play By Henrik Ibsen Directed By Joseph Megel

Featuring Sarah Marshall & Michael Tolaydo

BOGED: (TRAITOR) AN ENEMY OF

THE PEOPLE Jan 12–Feb 3

By the award-winning adaptor of Return to Haifa

DIALOGUES IN THE DESERT

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Washington DCJCC Leadership

Lois Fingerhut, Co-ChairEllen Malasky, Co-ChairCarolyn Kaplan, Vice-ChairMita M. Schaffer, Vice-ChairStephen Stern, TreasurerPatti Sowalsky, SecretaryNatalie AbramsPatty AbramsonMichele G. BermanMara BraloveDeborah Carliner

Mimi ConwayMyrna FawcettAnn GilbertCheryl GorelickArlene Fine KlepperKenneth J. KrupskyMarion Ein LewinPaul MasonJack MoskowitzAl Munzer

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WOODY SEZ: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie

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Honoring the memory and musical legacy of A. Arthur Tracy, “The Street Singer,” a celebrated singer and entertainer whose talent delighted millions around the world.

Arthur Tracy was born to entertain. Having arrived in America with his family in 1905, Tracy’s outstanding abilities won him a place at the prestigious Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. However, his love of theater and, in particular, of popular music drew him to vaudeville and the variety theater where he developed his genius for music and his natural ability to delight an audience.

Adopting the stage name, “The Street Singer,” Tracy appeared on CBS radio for five months without revealing his true identity. During that time, he

became so popular—the station receiving thousands of fan letters a week—he was given his own radio show, which was broadcast several times a week. Whenever the radio announcer began the introduction to his show, “Down the corner and round your way comes the Street Singer…..” the same warning was issued to millions of children across America “Now, either be quiet or leave the room.”

The great popularity of Tracy’s radio show launched his successful career in Hollywood and the British film industry where he starred in many films including Command Performance, Limelight and The Street Singer. Having been invited to appear in England for seven weeks, Tracy was ‘held over’ for six years.

Tracy returned to the United States shortly after the outbreak of World War II. He settled in Washington, DC where he has was involved in real estate development and where his love of his Jewish heritage brought him close to the local Jewish community.

“The Street Singer” made a comeback in the early 1980s when his 1937 recording of “Pennies from Heaven” was used in the movie of the same name. Tracy later toured with Lucy Arnez in the play Social Security and in 1996 was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Even at the end of his life, at age 98, Arthur Tracy needed no stage, microphone or film studio to entertain. He was a natural. If one other person was in the room, the performer in him came to life. His love of his work and his adoring audience kept him young and spellbinding.

Like the Tracy family, the ancestors of many of the members and visitors to the Washington DCJCC immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe around the turn of the 20th Century. While many of these immigrants were achieving great success in their new homeland, they did not forget their Jewish roots, values, heritage and commitment to tzedakah.

Many of their descendants followed in this tradition by supporting the relocation of the Washington DCJCC in 1996 back to its original home at 16th and Q, and by generously supporting the DCJCC’s programs. Among these is the family of Arthur Tracy. Arthur Tracy’s passion for entertaining will be continued through the Arthur Tracy “The Street Singer” Endowment Fund. His legacy will support productions by Jewish musicians, dramatists, storytellers and entertainers featured at the Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, and through this fund, his ability to entertain will continue for years to come.

The Arthur Tracy “The Street Singer” Endowment Fund

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Theater J Presents

WOODY SEZ: The Life & Music of Woody GuthrieDevised by David M. Lutken with Nick Corley andDarcie Deaville, Helen Jean Russell and Andy TeirsteinDirected by Nick Corley+

CastDavid M. Lutken*Darcie Deaville David Finch* (11/8-11/18)Helen Russell* Andy Teirstein (11/20-12/2)

Artistic & Production Team Associate Director Sherry LutkenMusical Director David M. LutkenScenic Designer Luke Hegel-Cantarella**Lighting Designer Garth DolanCostume Designer Jeffrey MeekProduction Stage Manager Karen Currie*Light Board Operator Kevin LaughonAssistant Stage Manager Ryan Breen

Originally produced as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007, by The Melting Pot Theatre and Paul Lucas Productions, by special arrangement with Mary and Pierre Cossette.

First American production at the Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma City, 2009.

West End premiere, The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square, London, January 13, 2011,by Mary Cossette Productions.

The cast of Woody Sez extends heartfelt gratitude to Mary Jo Guthrie-Edgmon, Nora Guthrie, Michael Kleff, Anna Canoni, Tiffany Collanino, Michael Smith, Larry Richmond, Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook, Tamsin Rose, Emily Lutken, David and Mary Lou Wertz, Patrick Flaherty, Tom Wirtshafter, Murray Biedenharn and Denis Brown, to Louis Tyrrell, Tom Gabard, the entire staff at the Lyric Theater, Paul Lucas, Julia Schafranek and V.E.T., Gene Jones, Laurie Gamache, Kate Weeden, Jerry Silverman, Maurice Simpson, Larry Kartiganer, Brannon Wiles, Larry Hirschhorn, John Lahr, the indefatigable Helen Russell, and especially to Sam Ellis, Ruth, Pete and Sherry Lutken. Woody Sez would not have been possible without Mary Cossette. Her encouragement and generosity brought this project to life.

Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones and signal watches, and to refrain from taking photographs, text messaging, or making a recording of any aspect of this performance.

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater/Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts

November 8—December 2

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association ** Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829+Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

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This Train Is Bound For Glory—Company Adapted by Woody Guthrie • (c) 1958 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc

Why Do You Stand There In The Rain—David & CompanyWords & Music by Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1975 by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Nickel, Nickel—Darcie & HelenBy Alan Bradley Kent & Austen Herbert Croom-Johnson • (c) 1939 General Publishing Group, Los Angeles, CA

This Land Is Your Land—DavidBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1956, 1958 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

The Ballad Of Tom Joad—DarcieBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Gypsy Davey—Helen, David & DarcieNew Words and Music Adaptation by Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1961 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Jackhammer John—Andy*, Helen & DarcieBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1961, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

I Ride An Old Paint—Andy* & DavidTraditional. Words adapted by Woody Guthrie

Curly Headed Baby—Helen, Darcie & DavidBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1956, 1958 (renewed) byFolkways Music Publishers, Inc.

Mule Skinner Blues—David, Helen & Andy*Traditional. Arranged by David M. Lutken

Oklahoma Hills—CompanyBy Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie • (c) 1945 (renewed) by Michael Goldsen Music, Inc.

So Long It’s Been Good To Know Yuh—CompanyBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1940, 1950 (renewed) by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.

Talkin’ Dust Bowl—Andy*By Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Dust Storm Disaster—DavidBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.This Train Is Bound For Glory (Reprise)—CompanyDo Re Mi—CompanyBy Woody Guthrie • TRO (c) 1961, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Jolly Banker—Darcie & DavidBy Woody Guthrie • (c) 1964 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.

Internationale—Helen & CompanyWords by Eugene Pottier. Music by Pierre Degeyter(c) Alistair Hulett

I’ve Got To Know/Why Do You Stand There In The Rain (Reprise)—David & CompanyWords and Music by Woody Guthrie (c) 1963 (renewed)by TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.

Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater/Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association ** Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829+Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Song List

I Ain’t Got No Home — DavidWords and Music by Woody Guthrie(c) 1961 (renewed) and 1963 (renewed) by TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.

I Ride An Old Paint (Reprise)—Darcie, Helen & Andy*Columbus Stockade — Helen & Darcie Adapted by Woody GuthrieTRO (c) 1974, 1977 by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Going Down That Road Feelin’ Bad—CompanyBy Woody Guthrie and Lee Hays. TRO (c) 1960 (renewed) by Hollis Music, Inc

Pastures Of Plenty—David & Company By Woody Guthrie. TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Groundhog—CompanyTraditional. Arranged by David M. Lutken

Vigilante Man—Andy” & DavidBy Woody Guthrie. TRO (c) 1961, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Union Maid—Darcie & HelenBy Woody GuthrieTRO (c) 1961 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Sinking Of The Reuben James—CompanyBy Woody Guthrie(c) 1942 (renewed) by MCA Music Publishers c/o Universal Music

Talking Merchant Marine—DarcieBy Woody Guthrie. (c) 1958 (renewed) by Sanga Music, Inc

Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done—CompanyBy Woody GuthrieTRO (c) 1961 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Them Old Cottonfields Back Home—Company By Huddie LedbetterPublished by TRO - The Richmond Organization

Riding In My Car—David & Company By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1948 (renewed) by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.

This Land Is Your Land (Reprise)—David & Company

* Andy Teirstein (11/20 - 12/2), David Finch (11/8 - 11/18)

15 minute Intermission

Act IIAct I

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Woody Guthrie’s Jewish FamilyIt is good to be A simple person, Looking at the world with love, Thanking God for every small tree, For every blossom, For every blade of grass in the field... -Aliza Greenblatt (1885–1975)

Aliza Greenblatt was an American Yiddish poet and an early, committed leader in Zionist and Jewish women’s organizations. She moved to the United States with her family in 1900 from the Eastern European region known as Bessarabia, and settled in Philadelphia. There she married Isidor Greenblatt, also from Bessarabia, and they had five children: Herbert, David, Gertrude, Marjorie and Bernard. In 1945 Greenblatt added yet another title to her introduction: Woody Guthrie’s mother-in-law.

While we usually associate Guthrie with his early years in Okemah, Oklahoma and his travels out west, he actually spent a meaningful—and significant—portion of his life in New York City. At the age of twenty-eight Guthrie moved to Manhattan where he was surrounded by a thriving community of similarly socially conscious artists like Pete Seeger, Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Woody joined Seeger’s folk-protest group, the Almanac Singers, which wrote songs collectively and hosted concerts called “hootenannies” (a word Pete and Woody had picked up in their cross-country travels). The singers eventually moved into the cooperative Almanac House in Greenwich Village. Guthrie was perceived as adding authenticity to the group’s work,

since he represented a true working-class Oklahoman. “There was the heart of America personified in Woody...And for a New York Left that was primarily Jewish, first or second generation American, and was desperately trying to get Americanized, I think a figure like Woody was of great, great importance,” recalled friend and music journalist Irwin Silber in the biography Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie. In 1940 Sophie Maszlow, a dancer with Martha Graham’s Company, was interested in using some of Guthrie’s music for a piece she was choreographing. When she visited Guthrie to ask if he would provide live accompaniment for the troupe, Marjorie Mazia, a fellow dancer, joined her. According to Guthrie family lore, Marjorie, already a fan, met Woody and decided “that’s the guy I’m going to marry. And I’m going to have his children!”

Woody agreed to play with the dancers, but that proved only the first hurdle. Nora Guthrie (daughter of Woody and Marjorie) wrote:

The first rehearsal was a complete disaster, as Woody could/would not play the song the same way as he recorded it. Nor could he even play it through the same way twice. Rushing to get to their places, dancers were bumping into each other, falling all over each other, and being thrown up in the air with no one there to catch them on the way down…Sophie pleaded for my mother, who was known for her organizational skills, to go and try to see what she could do. So Marjorie went with a mission: to teach Woody Guthrie how to play a song the same way twice.

Marjorie succeeded, and the two fell in love. When Mazia left her Jewish husband to marry Woody, her father initially cut all ties with her. Aliza, on the other hand, was quite taken with her new son-in-law from the start. “She was a poet and songwriter in her own right, and she immediately recognized Woody’s talent,” Arlo Guthrie said in interviews.

Dramaturgy

Woody Guthrie playing on the New York subway

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Woody was aware of the family tensions instigated by their interfaith marriage and so he started studying Judaism. “He wanted to know what he had gotten himself into and, with his typical thoroughness, started reading every book he could find and took courses on Judaism at Brooklyn Community College,” Arlo said of his father.

The couple moved to Coney Island in 1942, across the street from the Greenblatt family. Aliza and Woody seemed to appreciate having another writer in the family, and were known to share their work with each other. Guthrie penned a number of songs inspired by this relationship, both

personal and political, leading some to surmise that Guthrie connected the struggle of the Jewish people with that of his fellow Okies and the other disenfranchised peoples he wrote about. In the spring of 1944, Woody also met and first recorded for Moses Asch (son of Yiddish language novelist and dramatist Sholem Asch and the younger brother of novelist Nathan Asch) who ran a succession of independent labels that would eventually become the legendary Folkways Records. They continued their relationship until Woody stopped recording in the early 1950s, and together recorded over 100 songs.

In 2006 the globally renowned Klezmer band The Klezmatics crafted new music from previously unproduced Guthrie compositions, creating the award-winning album Wonder Wheel and its sequel, Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah. When Wonder Wheel was awarded a Grammy, it marked the first time an explicitly Jewish music group received this honor. Billboard magazine wrote of the album, “Where does klezmer meet American folk music and social activism? Thanks to The Klezmatics, we discover common ground on Brooklyn’s Mermaid Avenue, where Woody Guthrie lived in the late 1940s.”

Mermaid Avenue that’s the streetWhere the sun and storm clouds meet;Where the ocean meets that rockwallWhere the boardwalk meets the beach;Where the prettiest of the maidulasLeave their legprints in that sand-Woodie Guthrie, “Mermaid Avenue”

Keep up with Woody Sez online, as we add rehearsal pictures, dramaturgical content and more!

Thursday, November 15 at 9:00 pm: Post Show Talkback with the cast of Woody Sez

Sunday, November 18 at 5:00 pm: Post Show Clergy-In-Conversation Discussion Moderated by Rabbi Noah Fabricant of Washington Hebrew CongregationSunday, November 11, November 18, November 25 & December 2 at 9:00 pm: Free Post Show Hootenanny! Join the cast of Woody Sez for an informal folk music jam session.

Theater J is dedicated to taking its dialogues beyond the stage, offering an array of public discussion forums which explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of our art. All topics, panelists and dates are subject to change.Visit theaterj.org and click “beyond the stage” for updates.

Additional Programming

Dramaturgy (continued)

Woody Guthrie & Marjorie Mazia

The Klezmatics album cover

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David M. Lutken Originally from Texas, David studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He has performed in Europe and the United Kingdom, at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y and Carnegie Hall. His debut in the West End was the 2011 production of Woody Sez, which was included in the long list of nominees for the Ned Sherrin Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. BROADWAY: Inherit the Wind; Ring of Fire; The Civil War; The Will Rogers Follies. NY CITY OPERA: Benjamin Britten’s Paul Bunyan (Balladeer). OFF-BROADWAY: Southern Comfort, Stars in Your Eyes; The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show; Woody Guthrie’s American Song; Winter

Man. REGIONAL THEATER (UK): Dark of the Moon, Bonnie and Clyde, A Month in the Country. (USA): Man of La Mancha; Elmer Gantry; Finian’s Rainbow; Big River; Pump Boys and Dinettes; The Love List; Death in England; On Golden Pond; The Man Who Came to Dinner; Fire on the Mountain; Stand By Your Man; In the Deep Heart’s Core.

Darcie Deaville Pilots and musicians are of the same breed. They all have their heads in the clouds, Darcie muses. Born in Toronto to bush helicopter/journalist parents, she lived in Northern Canada and constantly moved around North America, from one culture to another. At 16, she left home, making her living as a Toronto street musician, and has since toured from the Yukon Territories to Central America, Europe to the Far East. Now in Austin, Texas, Darcie is well known for her fiery fiddling and singing her American roots -based songs, and working with artists including Ani di Franco, Tom Paxton, Mary Gauthier, David Lindley, Eliza Gilkyson, and Slaid Cleaves. A multi-instrumentalist, Darcie’s guitar playing is a well-kept secret. She was the first woman (and first Canadian) to enter the

National Flatpicking Championships in Windfiled KS, taking her place in the top 10. A writer, producer, musical director and coach, Darcie’s theater work includes the 2001 multiple productions of Woody Guthrie’s American Song, Back Bog Beast Bait, Cottonpatch Gospel, and Always, Patsy Cline. The latest of her five CDs is called Livin’ on the Lucky Side (Taller Dog Music). Darcie is currently in a band called the Austin Lounge Lizards.

David Finch (11/8–11/18) An actor/musician specializing on strings and horns, Mr. Finch has played beside artists as diverse as Alan Cumming, Serj Tankian, Tony Bennett Amanda Palmer, Justin Bond, and Dee Snider. As a member of the cast of the Tony award-winning revival of Cabaret, he performed on Broadway at the infamous Studio 54 and toured with the show throughout the US, Canada and Japan. He made his London West End debut in 2011 with Woody Sez. Other productions of Woody include its US premiere at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, the American Repertory Theatre’s production and appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe and Glasgow Celtic Connection Festivals. Mr. Finch’s Off-Broadway credits include Fame on 42nd Street and the New

York premiere of Tennessee Williams’ 60-year-old play, Spring Storm. He also spent several years touring Europe, the U.S. and Canada with Fame the Musical and regionally has performed in Prometheus Bound also at A.R.T., Hank Williams’ Lost Highway, Grapes of Wrath, 1940s Radio Hour, Fiddler on the Roof, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story and Cotton Patch Gospel. Mr. Finch is proud to have been an Associate Producer at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in NYC from 2004–2006. His CD—the fiddle made me do it—is on iTunes. He is also the co-creator and Musical Supervisor of Careless Love: A Down Home Musical. Mr. Finch makes his home in Brooklyn, NY.

Helen (Jean) Russell grew up making music. After relocating from a small town in Maryland to New York City, she switched her focus to acting, which led to producing variety shows that featured The City Singers, an a capella choir that she cofounded and directed. Helen is an original cast member of Woody Sez and was part of its 2007 debut in Edinburgh, as well as subsequent tours throughout the UK and Europe, the American debut at the Lyric in Oklahoma, the Arts Theatre in London’s West End, and at A.R.T. in Boston. At home in Manhattan, she works as an actor, musical director and publishing technology consultant. Her debut CD, Holly Days, was released in 2008, and she is currently working on a second. “Her voice, pure

and supple, handed down through generations, recalls the rich and rolling piedmont of her native home.”

Andy Teirstein (11/20–12/2)In addition to performing, Andy Teirstein writes music inspired by the rich and diverse folk roots of modern culture. His compositions have been described by The New York Times and The Village Voice as “magical,” “ingenious,” and “superbly crafted.” A student of Leonard Bernstein and Henry Brant, Teirstein writes music for the concert hall, film, theater, and dance. His newest CD, The Open String, will be released on Naxos Records in August, featuring David Lutken narrating “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.” He has composed film scores for BBC and PBS. A Blessing on the Moon premiered in 2012, and two of his musicals, Winter Man and Skels recieved NEA Opera/Musical Theatre Awards. Andy received his MFA at NYU, where he studied with Stephen

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Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. He extended his musical education in the pubs of Ireland and performing as a musical clown with a Mexican circus. He is currently an Associate Arts Professor at NYU.

Sherry Lutken (Associate Director) Off-Broadway and Regional musical staging, choreography and directing credits include: The Bourgeois Gentleman, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Stars in Your Eyes and Anything Goes. Sherry was part of the regional reinvention of Ring of Fire in 2009 at North Carolina’s Flat Rock Playhouse. She directed subsequent productions at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse and in Ivoryton, Connecticut. She has danced in New York at the Duke on 42nd with Tap City, Town Hall with Bill Irwin, at the Joyce Soho and many others. Her acting credits include: Crimes of the Heart (Babe), The Last Night of Ballyhoo(Lala), Brighton Beach Memoirs (with Robert Sean Leonard), and Abigail in the 2008 Off-Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.

Nick Corley (Director/Co-Deviser) made his West End directing debut with Woody Sez, which he also co-wrote. (Evening Standard Award “Best Musical” nomination) Other directing credits include the NYC productions of Tall Grass, Flight (Callaway nomination), About Face (NYMF Best Direction nom.), Mother Russia (Carnegie Hall), Fables In Slang, Tim and Scrooge and The Overcoat. As director and co-author, credits include premieres of A Young Lady of Fashion (Fulton Opera House) and Eliot Ness…in Cleveland (Denver Theatre Centre). Regional credits include Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (former artistic director), A.R.T., Chicago’s Northlight Theatre, Houston’s Alley Theatre, Adirondack Theater Festival, St. Louis Rep., Vermont’s Commons Group. As a performer credits include Broadway (the current revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol and She Loves Me) Off-Broadway, regional theater, film (Kissing Jessica Stein), recordings and television.

Luke Hegel-Cantarella (Scenic Designer) Luke made his London debut with Woody Sez which he originally designed for the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. New York credits include work at The Atlantic Theatre Company, Lucille Lortel, HERE, The Lambs, and the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Internationally he designed Blue Shade at the Rozentheatre, Amsterdam and Redwood Curtain for the American University-Cairo. Luke has worked extensively in regional theatre, including projects at Yale Rep., Pittsburgh Public Theatre, CITY Theatre, Two Rivers Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, TheaterWorks, Barrington Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and the Prince Music Theatre. Designs for Opera include La Clemenza di Titio at Wolftrap, Cosi fan Tutte at Curtis and La Traviata at Peabody. He was art director for the second season of the hit FX show Damages (starring Glenn Close) and has worked as a set designer on the films Julie & Julia, Pink Panther 2, State of Play, Synecdoche New York and The Accidental Husband. Luke is head of the set design program at the University of California-Irvine and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

Garth Dolan (Lighting Designer) designed Theater J’s productions of The Kinsey Sicks in Oy Vey In A Manger, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, Dai and Amy Ziff’s Accident. Garth is delighted to be spending more time designing for theater productions after more than 12 years of event production in NYC and DC. Garth has an MFA in lighting from the University of South Carolina.

Jeffrey Meek (Costume Designer) Jeffrey is in his twelfth season as costume designer and this past fall was privileged to costume his fiftieth production with Oklahoma’s Lyric Theatre. For ten years, Jeffrey served as principal costumer for The Ohio Light Opera. He has been privileged to work with such companies as The Point Theatre, Jewel Box Theatre, Carpenter Square, The Eastman School of Music and Colossal Studios. Jeffrey also designed Romeo and Juliet for Oklahoma City’s Reduxion Theatre Company. He has designed A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Annie and Disney’s High School Musical for Casa Manana Theatre. For the past five years he has designed A Very Merry Pops for the OKC Philharmonic. He has also branched out into film, designing wardrobe most recently for Pearl Carter Scott with Media 13.

Mary Cosette Productions (Executive Producer) Mary’s generosity and enthusiasm have brought Woody Sez to life. A long-time fan of Woody Guthrie’s music and message, she is pleased to have been the executive producer of this show from its initial development and production at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 through its European engagements to the West End premiere, which was nominated for the Evening Standard Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical of 2011. From her childhood in Hollywood in its heyday, to twenty-five years as the wife of the late, legendary impresario Pierre Cossette, Mary Cossette has been a strong theatrical presence behind the scenes. Cossette Productions’ music and entertainment credits, thirty-five years of the televised Grammy Awards and numerous other U.S. and Canadian programs, include acclaimed Broadway productions: The Egg, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Tommy Tune Tonight, The Civil War and The Will Rogers Follies which garnered six Tony Awards. Mary Cossette Productions carries on this tradition with support of works both Off-Broadway—Mind Games starring Keith Carradine and directed by Ken Russell, and On—The Addams

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Family, Bonnie and Clyde, That Championship Season starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric, and Peter and the Starcatcher, which won five 2012 Tony’s.

Karen Currie (Production Stage Manager) previous productions with Theater J include Body Awareness, The Whipping Man, The Religion Thing, Imagining Madoff, The Moscows of Nantucket, The Odd Couple, The Four of Us, Lost in Yonkers, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, Honey Brown Eyes, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, Speed the Plow and Either Or, as well as numerous readings. In addition, Karen has worked locally on One Arm and the Tennessee Williams Centennial Festival at Georgetown University; Cymbeline at The Shakespeare Theatre; Saturday Night, Sycamore Trees, Les Miserables and The Happy Time at Signature Theatre; Seascape, Thicker than Water, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Drama Under the Influence and The Autumn Garden at The American Century Theatre; The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore and Titus Andronicus at WSC Avant Bard. Other productions include Twelfth Night, The Last Session and Hear My Song. Karen holds an M.A. in Arts Management from American University.

Ari Roth (Artistic Director) is enjoying his 16th season as Artistic Director at Theater J where, together with a dedicated staff, he has produced 107 full productions, including 35 English language world premieres, and many more workshop presentations. Also a playwright, Mr. Roth has seen his work produced across the country, as well as at Theater J, where productions include Goodnight Irene, Life In Refusal, Love & Yearning in the Not-for-Profits, Oh, The Innocents and a repertory production of Born Guilty, originally commissioned and produced by Arena Stage, based on the book by Peter Sichrovsky, together with its sequel, The Wolf in Peter (recently presented as The Born Guilty Cycle by the Epic Theatre Ensemble and The TheatreLab School of the Dramatic Arts). His plays have been nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards, including Best Resident Production and two Charles A. MacArthur Awards. He is a 1998 and 2003 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts playwriting grant, three-time winner of the Helen Eisner Award, two-time winner of the Avery Hopwood Award, four-time recipient of commissions from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and recipient of the Mertyl Wreath Award from Hadassah. He has taught for the University of Michigan for 16 years, currently for their “Michigan in DC” program, as well as for Brandeis, NYU and Carnegie Mellon Universities.

Rebecca Ende (Managing Director) Before stepping into the role of Managing Director, Rebecca worked in arts marketing as Director of Marketing and Communications for Sitar Arts Center, Director of Marketing and Communications for three seasons at Theater J and Marketing Associate at Ford’s Theatre. She is also the President of the Board of Forum Theatre and served as a Helen Hayes Judge for four years. She holds an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University and a Certificate in Budgeting and Finance from Georgetown University.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org

Artistic Director Ari RothManaging Director Rebecca EndeAssociate Producer Delia TaylorDirector of Community Outreach & New Media Becky PetersDirector of Literary & Public Programs Shirley SerotskyDirector of Marketing & Communications Grace OverbekeDirector of Patron Services Erin ShannahanDevelopment Associate Betsy RemesTheater J Apprentice Adi SteinTechnical Director and Master Carpenter Thomas HowleyCasting Director Naomi Robin Casting Associate Gerald GleasonMCCA Operations Director Daniel RisnerFront of House Lauren Alexander, Kathleen Alvania, Bonnie Berger, Willette Coleman, Elizabeth Heir, Hadiya Rice, Lachelle Slade and Richard Steacy

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Theater J is, at its core, a playwrights’ theater, and as such, we have named our giving levels in honor of Jewish playwrights and two of their director/producers. We gratefully acknowledge the following generous donors who have given since July, 1, 2011 towards our 2012 and 2013 fiscal years. We particularly acknowledge those who have given since July 1, 2012 towards our 2013 fiscal year (as indicated by a star *). We ask our many long-time supporters and new friends of the theater to join them in underwriting this exciting season. Interested in joining our community of season supporters? Contact Betsy Remes, Development Associate, at (202)777-3225. (This list is current as of October 4, 2012).

Executive Producing Show Sponsor($25,000 and above)The Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation*The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington*The Posen FoundationThe Shubert Foundation

Wendy Wasserstein Grand Angel($15,000 - $24,999)The DC Commission on the Arts & HumanitiesCarolyn & Warren Kaplan*The New World FoundationPatti & Jerry Sowalsky*The Share Fund*Trish & George Vradenburg*The George Wasserman Family Foundation

Harold Clurman Champion Angel($10,000 - $14,999)Louie & Ralph DweckThe Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman FoundationIrene & Alan WurtzelNancy & Harold Zirkin

Tony Kushner Collaborating Angel($7,500 - $9,999)Esthy & James AdlerDeborah Carliner & Robert Remes*The Max & Victoria Dreyfus FoundationG. Scott Hong Charitable TrustMarion & Larry z”l LewinEvelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins*Ellen & Bernard YoungNatalie Wexler & James Feldman

Joseph Papp Producing Angel($5,000 - $7,499)Patty Abramson & Les Silverman*The Family of H. Max and Josephine F. Ammerman, and Andrew Ammerman*Joan & Peter AndrewsMichele & Allan Berman*The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Donald A. BrownRyna Cohen, Marcy & Neil Cohen*CrossCurrents Foundation*Lois & Michael Fingerhut*Kovler Foundation-Judy & Peter Kovler*Judith Morris & Marvin WeissbergFaye & Jack MoskowitzDiane & Arnold Polinger*Elaine Reuben*Mita Schaffer & Tina Martin*Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg* in memory of Larry LewinMargaret Hahn Stern & Stephen Stern*Rosa D. WienerJudy & Leo ZicklerRory & Shelton Zuckerman

Lillian Hellman Supporting Angel($3,000 - $4,999)Natalie & Paul Abrams*The Bralove Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney*Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan* Amy Eisen & Kenneth Krupsky*Myrna FawcettBarbara & Jack KayEllen & Gary Malasky*Zena & Paul J. MasonAlfred Munzer & Joel Wind*Loretta Rosenthal*Chaya & Walter RothThe Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation, Inc.Jane & Daniel SolomonThe Robert H. and Jane L. Weiner Cultural Arts Fund at the DCJCC*Joan Wessel*Margot & Paul Zimmerman* Arthur Miller Mentor($1,500 - $2,999)Susan & Dixon Butler*Debbie J. GoldmanDr. Kenneth z”l & Cheryl Gorelick FundThe Kosher Kitchen Catering Co. Serving the Metropolitan DC AreaBarbara KurshanLeshowitz Family FoundationMelamed FoundationMelanie & Lawrence Nussdorf*The Reich Family Foundation* by Lee G. Rubenstein, Co-presidentMarjan & Andy Shallal

David Mamet Muse($1,000 - $1,499)Agatha & Laurence AurbachElizabeth BerryKit Gage & Steven MetalitzAnn & Frank GilbertMarjory GoldmanSherry & Neil Green*Keiko & Steven KaplanLaine & Norton KatzArlene Fine Klepper & Martin KlepperSandra & Arnold LeibowitzJacqueline & Marc LelandRona & Allan Mendelsohn*Jeff MenickNancy PickJanet SolingerCynthia Wolloch & Joseph Reid

Neil Simon Stage Benefactor($500 - $999)Karen & John Burgess*Rosalind & Donald CohenSteven des Jardins*Elliot FeldmanEsther & Norm GelamnJeffrey Gibbs*Ira Hillman & Jeremy BarberLinda Lurie Hirsch Dana & Ray Koch*Steven Mandel*

Sherry & Louis NevinsTrudy & Gary Peterson*Steven M. Rosenberg & Stewart C. Low IIIAlison Schneider & Richard AvidonMarsha E. Swiss & Dr. Ronald M. CostellBarbara & Stanley Tempchin*Tenleytown TrashBeverly WalcoffEllen Wormser*Julie & David Zalkind

Sholom Asch Admirer($350 - $499)Alexandra Aron & Pablo Aslan Helen Darling & Bradford Gray*Linda & Jay FreedmanIris & Michael Lav*Dianne & Herb LernerDavid LiptonSherry & Louis NevinsToby Port & Jeffrey AhlBarbara RappaportMolly SchuchatJanet Solinger*Cathy & Bob Solomon*Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt*Susan Wedlan & Harold Rosen

Paddy Chayefsky Champion($175 - $349)Anonymous (2)Heather AddisonRosalyn Bass & James Greene*Penny BondaMady ChalkDiane & Burton Epstein, in honor of Paul Mason*Ina GinsburgHedda & Alan GnaizdaShoshana & Peter Grove*Aaron HeinsmanPatti & Mitchell HermanSarah Kagan & Henry FoxJean & Robert KappDorothy & Edward KirbyPhyllis Kline & Norman LordBeth Kramer*David MarlinWesley MacAdamCaroline & Michael Mindel*Sue & Lester Morss*Dorothy Moss & Lawrence MeyerM Craig Pascal*Erica & Douglas RosenthalRochelle & Richard Schwab*Nina Scribanu-Ragovis & George RagovisLinda SegalBeverly & Harlan SherwatMichael SingerTerry SingerDavid Bruce SmithMargaret Sohn Cohen & Harvey Cohen*Rochelle Stanfield & Edward Grossman*Stephanie van ReigersbergGitta Fajerstein Walchirk*Diane Abelman WattenbergMarjorie & Allan Weingold*Stephen Werner

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Ben Hecht Booster($75 - $174)Anonymous (2)*7 Dots Media CorporationSusan & Alan ApterCharlotte & Michael BaerSharon BernierJodie & Lionel BernsteinGoldie Blumenstyk*Nina & Tony BorwickDr. Lloyd BrodskyWallace Chandler*Edward Collins*Janis & Robert ColtonDavid Connick*Helen & Lowell Dittmer*Leona & Donald Drazin*Alison Drucker & Thomas HolzmanEvelyn & Barry Epstein*Sheri & Stuart FischerRichard FiskeAnne & Al Fishman*Miriam & Ben GlassmanStacie & Bruce Goffin*Jerald M. GoldbergMark Goldberg

Michael Goldberg*Roberta & Morton GorenDW GregoryMerna & Joseph GuttentagBennett Harte*Betty-Chia Karro & Henry GassnerAviva KempnerMartin Krubit*Joy Lerner & Stephen KelinMichael LewisLee LevineHannah & Tim Lipman*Madeline & Gerald Malovany*Noreen Marcus & Jay SushelskyMarlene & Ken Markison*Bruce Mayor*Nancy & Richard Millstein*Barbara & Herbert Mintz*Vanessa MitchellMona & Leonard MitnickCarl & Undine Nash*Tena Nauheim & David HarrisonDiane Orentlicher & Morton H. Halperin*Susan & Dennis PapadopoulosThomas RomigNorman RosenJoan & Ludwig Rudel*Froma & Jerome Sandler, in honor of Paul Mason*Phyllis & Raymond Scalettar

Anne & Barry SchenofManuel SchiffresMolly & Michael Schuchat*Joan Searby*Linda SegalRachel & Ethan SeidelMichelle SenderCelia & Arnold Serotsky*Emily Sheketoff*Jay ShushelskyMaurice SingerScott SklarHelen & Jonathan SunshineDaoma & Murray StrasbergSusan Tannenbaum & David Osterhout*Susan & Burton TaylorMarcia & Marvin Thomas*Elizabeth & Joel Ticknor*Michael Ellis-TolaydoVali Tschirgi & Adam NemzerVirginia & James Vitarello*Raymond Wolfe*

Theater J would like to thank all our many donors for the important impact they have on our work.

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The Washington DCJCC wishes to thank all those who made contributions to help support our programs and Annual Fund during the 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011–June 30, 2012). Your support has been invaluable in allowing us to create and sustain programs of excellence throughout the year.

$100,000 +Ann Loeb Bronfman* FoundationJewish Federation of Greater Washington

$50,000 - $99,999AnonymousThe Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationMelanie and Lawrence NussdorfHoward and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999Diane and Norman BernsteinDC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesDC Office on AgingLouie and Ralph DweckBrenda Gruss and Daniel HirschThe Posen FoundationRuth and Samuel Salzberg Family FoundationThe Schoenbaum Family FoundationThe Shubert FoundationDavid Bruce SmithUnited Jewish Endowment Fund

$15,000 - $24,999Suevia and Rudolph B. Behrend Fund at UJEFLisa and Josh BernsteinSusie and Kenton CampbellRose and Robert CohenGinny and Irwin EdlavitchRena and Michael GordonAlexander GreenbaumTamara and Harry HandelsmanSusy and Thomas KahnBarbara and Jack KayStuart S. Kurlander and David L. MartinJacob and Charlotte Lehrman FoundationThe New World FoundationDeborah and Michael SalzbergThe Abe & Kathryn Selsky FoundationClarice SmithPatti and Jerry SowalskyTrish and George VradenburgWashington Fine PropertiesGeorge Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.

$10,000 - $14,999Patty Abramson and Les SilvermanMichele and Allan BermanDeborah Carliner and Robert RemesEdith Cohen*CrossCurrents FoundationLois and Richard EnglandLois and Richard England Family Foundation

Martha Winter Gross and Robert TracyCarolyn and Warren KaplanIrene and Edward KaplanJudy and Peter Kovler - Kovler FoundationThelma and Melvin LenkinThe Annette and Theodore Lerner Family Foundation -Debra Lerner Cohen and Edward CohenMarion and Larry* LewinFaye and Jack MoskowitzDiane and Arnold PolingerRhea Schwartz and Paul WolffThe Share FundFrancine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Joel TrachtenbergUnited Way of the National Capital AreaRobert Weiner and FamilyNatalie Wexler and James FeldmanIrene and Alan WurtzelNancy and Harold Zirkin

$5,000 - $9,999Natalie and Paul AbramsAnne and Ronald AbramsonEsthy and Jim AdlerJoan and Peter AndrewsJamie and Joseph A. BaldingerRyna, Marcy and Neil CohenSara Cohen and Norman RichThe Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.Myrna FawcettLois and Michael FingerhutLisa Fuentes and Thomas CohenBarbara Gervis FundMarilyn and Michael GlossermanDina GoldDeborah Harmon and Robert SederG. Scott Hong Charitable TrustMark Hunker and Jeff ShieldsJewish Community Center of Greater WashingtonWilliam KreisbergJoy Lerner and Stephen KelinElyse and Jeffrey LinowesStacey and Gregory LubarAlan MeltzerJudith Morris and Marvin WeissbergLinda and Sid MoskowitzAlfred Munzer and Joel WindNaomi and Nehemiah Cohen FoundationKathy and Thomas RaffaRatner Family Foundation - Kelly RatnerThe Reed FoundationRenay and Bill RegardieElaine ReubenRae Ringel and Amos HochsteinJudith and Darrel RippeteauLynn and John SachsEvelyn Sandground and Bill PerkinsMita Schaffer and Tina MartinTina and Albert Small Jr.

Margaret Hahn Stern and Stephen SternMindy Strelitz and Andrew CornblattMatthew WatsonSusan Wedlan and Harold RosenJoan WesselRosa D. WienerCarolyn and William WolfeEllen and Bernard YoungJudy and Leo ZicklerRory and Shelton Zuckerman

$2,500 - $4,999Babs and Rabbi A.N. AbramowitzAmy and Stephen AltmanAtlantic TrustRhoda BaruchJoan and Alan BermanMax BerryJoan Bialek and Louis LevittSusan and Dixon ButlerClark EnterprisesCyna and Paul CohenCooper Carry, Inc.Margery Doppelt and Larry RothmanJamie and David DorrosEmbassy of IsraelEmily and Justin FisherJoanne FungaroliDebra Goldberg and Seth WaxmanRoberta HantganHOPE worldwideAviva KempnerArlene and Martin KlepperStacey and Daniel KohlKenneth and Amy Eisen KrupskyBarbara KurshanRoselin and Edward J. LenkinLeshowitz Family FoundationMeredith Margolis and Gary GoodweatherZena and Paul J. MasonMelamed FoundationJames & Theodore Pedas FoundationPNC BankAnne & Henry Reich Family Foundation by Lee G. Rubenstein, co-PresidentToni A. RitzenbergLoretta RosenthalChaya and Walter RothSharon Russ and David RubinDebra and Jonathan RutenbergSaul Schottenstein Foundation BMichael SingerJane and Daniel SolomonKatherine and Thomas SullivanThe Washington Post CompanyDiane Abelman WattenbergJudith WeintraubCarole R. ZawatskyMargot and Paul Zimmerman

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$1,000 - $2,499Wendi and Daniel AbramowitzSusan Agger and Richard BudsonSandy and Clement AlpertAmerica-Israel Cultural FoundationAgatha and Laurence AurbachBelman Klein Associates, Ltd.Grace and Morton BenderElizabeth BerryMelinda Bieber and Norman PozezRisë J. BirnbaumLynn and Wolf BlitzerMara Bralove and Ari FisherNancy Taylor Bubes and Alan BubesAmelie and Bernei Burgunder, Jr.Frances and Leonard BurkaSusan BykofskyRuth and Mortimer CaplinChevy Chase TrustRoz and Don CohenJacqueline and Edward CohenToby DershowitzDoing Small Miracles for OthersNava and Mark ElyEmbassy of the Federal Republic of GermanyEmbassy of the Federal Republic of PolandGayle and John EngelArlene and David EpsteinLaura and Michael FainoClaire FrankelCarla and Neal FreedLinda and Jay FreedmanKit Gage and Steven MetalitzGeico Philanthropic FoundationEsther and Norman GelmanJuliana Gendelman and Christopher GoldbergThe George Washington UniversityRichard GerberSarah and Bernard Gewirz

Ann and Frank GilbertDebbie J. GoldmanMarjory GoldmanPaula Seigle GoldmanJamie Gorelick and Richard WaldhornDr. Kenneth* and Cheryl Gorelick FundJane Gottesman and Geoffrey BiddleGayle and David GreeneErwin GudelskyAri and Ethan GutmanBeverly and Stuart HalpertMargit HamoshFlorence and Peter HartRenata Hesse and Josh SovenMartha Kahn and Simeon M. KriesbergSally KaplanKeiko and Steven KaplanLaine and Norton KatzLinda G. Klein* Charitable Lead UnitrustBette and William KramerSandra and Arnold LeibowitzJacqueline and Marc LelandJudith LeonardDianne and Herb LernerThe Samuel M. Levy Family FoundationSteven D. LockshinRobyn and Steven LustigEllen and Gary MalaskyKenneth MarksPaula Veiner McMartinRona and Allan MendelsohnJeff MenickLindsay and Aaron David MillerMyra and Allen MondzacJoan Nathan and Allan GersonShirlee OrnsteinPeggy ParsonsPartnership for Jewish Life and LearningTrudy and Gary PetersonNancy PickRuth and Stephen PollakToby Port and Jeffrey Ahl

Zelda PortePosner-Wallace FoundationIrwin RaijCarlyn RingCarol RisherSally RosenbergMarcia and James RosenheimDaryl and Steven RothSanford SchwartzVictor Shargai and Craig PascalJanet SolingerRichard SollowayState of Israel BondsThe Stempler Family FoundationCathy Sulzberger and Joe PerpichTabard CorporationTacelosky Tzedakah FundKaren and Sherman TelisBarbara and Stanley TempchinRita and David TrachtenbergVali Tschirgi and Adam NemzerLori and Les UlanowLise Van Susteren and Jonathan KempnerMarcia and Ira WagnerCynthia Wolloch and Joseph ReidWoodbury FundDeborah and Dov ZakheimJulie and David ZalkindEric Zelenko

Due to space limitations, only donors of $1,000 or more are listed. The DCJCC would like to thank all of our donors for the important impact they have on our work.

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Hailed by The New York Times as “The Premier Theater for Premieres,” and recipient of over fifty Helen Hayes Award nominations and awards, Theater J has emerged as one of the most distinctive, progressive and respected Jewish theaters on the national and international scene. A program of the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, the theater works in collaboration with other components of the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts: the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, and the Literary, Music and Dance Department.

Theater J produces thought-provoking, publicly engaged, personal, passionate and entertaining plays that celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy. Acclaimed as one of the nation’s premier playwrights’ theaters, Theater J presents daring contemporary work alongside spirited revivals and is a nurturing home for the development and production of new work by major writers and emerging artists exploring many of the pressing moral and political issues of our time. Dedicated above all to a pursuit of artistic excellence, Theater J takes its dialogues beyond the stage, offering an array of innovative public discussion forums and outreach programs which explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of our art. We frequently partner with those of other faiths and communities, stressing the importance of interchange among a great variety of people wishing to take part in frank, humane conversations about conflict and culture.

Performing in the 240-seat Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater in the vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, Theater J works with some of the world’s most distinguished authors for the stage. It has produced world premieres by Thomas Keneally, Robert Brustein, Wendy Wasserstein, Joyce Carol Oates and Ariel Dorfman, with many debuts from emerging writers like Stefanie Zadravec and Anna Ziegler. Theater J’s diverse body of work features thematically-linked festivals including its “Voices From a Changing Middle East” and “Locally Grown: Community Supported Art.” The Washington Post named Theater J’s Productions of Photograph 51 and The Cameri Theatre of Tel Aviv’s Return to Haifa among the top 10 productions of 2011. Washington City Paper recognized Imagining Madoff as one of the most notable cultural

events of 2011, and the Jewish Daily Forward named Return to Haifa among the top five productions of 2011. With hit productions ranging from Talley’s Folly and The Disputation to The Price, Honey Brown Eyes, The Chosen, (a Theater J production presented by Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater), Parade (a co-production with Ford’s Theatre) and After the Fall (2012 Helen Hayes Award Winners), it’s no surprise that Washingtonian Magazine notes, “Theater J productions keep going from strength to strength.”

Winner of the 2008 Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, Theater J offers a number of additional programs including Artistic Director’s Roundtables, Tea@2 and the Passports Educational Program. Theater J has garnered support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and The Shubert Foundation. Theater J is a member of the Cultural Alliance, the League of Washington Theatres, TCG and the Association for Jewish Theatre.

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Michael Tolaydo in New Jerusalem

Sarah Marshall in Mikveh

Jennifer Mendenhall in Imagining Madoff

David Emerson Toney, Mark Hairston and Alexander Strain in The Whipping Man

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