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The Public has had a wonderful year, a year in which many of our plans and
programs bore glorious and exciting fruit.
1. 2014/15 at The Public
2. Downtown Season
3. Free Shakespeare in the Park
4. Mobile Unit
5. Public Works
6. Joe’s Pub
7. Public Forum
8. Under the Radar / Devised Theater Initiative
9. New Play Development
10. Beyond The Public
11. Board and Staff
12. Support & 14/15 Season Sponsors
Our Master Writer Chair, Suzan-Lori Parks, produced a masterpiece: FATHER
COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3). This astounding play not only
expressed Suzan-Lori’s genius, it demonstrated the immense artistic benefits that
flow from giving a playwright a permanent staff position.
Joe’s Pub produced the most successful and exciting “cross-over” show we have yet
done, Bridget Everett’s bawdy and brilliant ROCK BOTTOM.
Lear deBessonet’s thrilling Public Works program began a massive national
expansion, with affiliate programs taking root in Dallas, Seattle and Detroit, and
more on the way.
Young Jean Lee, who originally came to us through the Devised Theater Initiative,
created her provocative and edgy STRAIGHT WHITE MEN in the Martinson.
All of these extraordinary women were joined by Cush Jumbo, Phyllida Lloyd, Anne
Kaufmann, Tracey Scott Wilson, Anne Hathaway, Julie Taymor and the amazing,
Tony Award-winning women of Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s FUN HOME on
Broadway to create one of the most female-centered seasons in our history.
Meanwhile, the Music Theater Initiative led to the moving FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE,
Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses’ breathtaking musical. The Mobile Unit
doubled in size, taking Shakespeare to our most marginalized citizens. “Free” came
downtown, with Free First Previews founding a tradition of making our downtown
shows as radically accessible as Free Shakespeare in the Park.
And, of course, there was HAMILTON. Already one of the great successes in
American theater history, Lin-Manuel’s brilliant show embodies everything The
Public stands for: inclusion, democracy, diversity, excellence.
And our supporters have rallied around us. From the unwavering commitment of
The LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust to record growth in our member base, our
community has been profoundly generous, and made all this work possible.
A year at The Public is as all-encompassing, as eclectic, as contradictory, as
inclusive as the city of New York. We invite you to turn these pages and reflect with
us on the work that has made us proud over the past 12 months. And then, we invite
you to come visit us in person. The strength of The Public is derived directly from the
strength of our community. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Oskar Eustis
Patrick Willingham
Arielle Tepper Madover
Artistic Director
Executive Director
Board Chair
Photo by Carol Rosegg
WHO WE ARE
FULL-TIME STAFF
DOWNTOWN AUDIENCE MEMBERS
“Love it, love it, love it.
The best lobby in town:
young, old, straight,
gay, every ethnicity.
Divine.” Patron
PART-TIME STAFF
JOE’S PUB AUDIENCE MEMBERS
INTERNS
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK AUDIENCE MEMBERS
ARTISTS
CREW
10 LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS
3 OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS
3 OBIE AWARDS
8 DRAMA DESK AWARDS
1 NY DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
7 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS
1 OFF-BROADWAY ALLIANCE
AND 5 TONYS FOR
THE PUBLIC’S PRODUCTION OF
FUN HOME ON BROADWAY
“ I feel lucky to be part of this family,
the family of The Public Theater.
It has held me up, inspired me, and
made me better than I am.” Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director
WEB VISITORS
WE
ARE
“There is nothing
like the energy
and electricity of
The Public. This
theater takes risks
and brings the
best material to
the stage.” Audrey Wilf, Trustee
ONE
PUBLIC
TRUSTEES
PARTNERS
Photo by Tammy Shell
ASON
0 15 SE
FEATURING
Sterling K. Brown, Louis
Cancelmi, Peter Jay
Fernandez, Jeremie Harris,
Russell G. Jones,Jenny
Jules, Ken Marks, Jacob
Ming-Trent, Tonye Patano,
and Julian Rozzell Jr.
FORTRESS OF
SOLITUDE
FATHER COMES
HOME FROM
THE WARS
(PARTS 1,2&3)
WRITTEN BY Suzan-Lori Parks
DIRECTOR: Jo Bonney
SET DESIGN: Neil Patel
COSTUME DESIGN: ESosa
LIGHTING DESIGN: Lap Chi Chu
SOUND DESIGN:
Dan Moses Schreier
BOOK: Itamar Moses
FEATURING
Ken Barnett, Kyle Beltran,
MUSIC & LYRICS: Michael Friedman
Adam Chanler-Berat,
CONCEIVED & DIRECTED BY: Daniel Aukin
André De Shields, Carla
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: Jonathan Lethem
Duren, Stephane Duret,
CHOREOGRAPHY: Camille A. Brown
Rebecca Naomi Jones,
SET DESIGN: Eugene Lee
Jahi Kearse, Kevin Mambo,
COSTUME DESIGN: Jessica Pabst
Malaiyka Reid, David
Rossmer, Conor Ryan,
LIGHTING DESIGN: Tyler Micoleau
Kristen Sieh, Britton Smith,
SOUND DESIGN: Robert Kaplowitz
Brian Tyree Henry, Akron
Watson, Alison Whitehurst,
& Juson Williams
ROCK BOTTOM
CREATED & PERFORMED BY: Bridget Everett
MUSIC & LYRICS: Bridget Everett,
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman,
After ROCK BOTTOM’s
with Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz
incredible run in the fall,
and Matt Ray
Joe’s Pub celebrated
DIRECTOR: Scott Wittman
Bridget Everett’s success
COSTUME DESIGN: Larry Krone for
by revising their calendar to
House of Larréon
accommodate an
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Jason Miller
encore run from January February 2015.
SOUND DESIGN: Jon Shriver
FEATURING
Austin Pendleton,
Pete Simpson,
James Stanley, and
Gary Wilmes
The journey of FATHER COMES
HOME began in 2008 when
Suzan-Lori Parks was selected
as our Master Writer Chair. This
full-time staff position gave
her the opportunity to work
consistently on the play, staged
two Public Lab productions
(2009 and 2014), and finally
premiere the fully-realized
production, deemed by the New
York Times “THE BEST NEW
PLAY OF THE YEAR.”
STRAIGHT
WHITE MEN
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Young Jean Lee
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Emilyn Kowaleski
SET DESIGN: David Evans Morris
COSTUME DESIGN: Enver Chakartash
LIGHTING DESIGN: Christopher Kuhl
SOUND DESIGN: Jamie McElhinney
“This is by far the most important and high-profile
theater in terms of broadening one’s NYC audience.”
Young Jean Lee
DOWNTOWN
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Starting with FORTRESS
OF SOLITUDE, we proudly
offered free tickets to
the first preview of
each production in our
Downtown Season.
Photo by Joan Marcus
DOWNTOWN
Here’s how we made sure New Yorkers of every
background got to see this game-changing show.
299
1ST PREVIEW
TICKETS FOR
FREE!
3,148
TICKETS:
LOBBY LOTTERY
FEATURING Carleigh Bettiol,
Andrew Chappelle, Ariana
DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux,
Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise
Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff,
Sydney James Harcourt,
Sasha Hutchings, Christopher
Jackson, Brian D’Arcy James,
Thayne Jasperson, Jasmine
Cephas Jones, Stephanie
Klemons, Lin-Manuel Miranda,
Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom Jr.,
Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony
Ramos, Jon Rua, Phillipa Soo,
Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness,
Ephraim Sykes, and Voltaire
Wade-Greene
RUSH &
STUDENT
8,792
TICKETS
SOLD FOR
<$20
202
$10 “ HAM4HAM”
TICKETS
“Hooray for The Public Theater’s
Mobile Shakespeare Unit!
You have opened the eyes of some
‘swear to never smile’ tough guys.”
Mobile Shakespeare Unit Audience Member at
Rikers Island Men’s Correctional Facility
FEATURING Raffi Barsoumian, Christopher Kelly,
Ben Mehl, Flor De Liz Perez, Amanda Quaid, David Ryan
Smith, Tiffany Rachelle Stewart, and J.D. Webster
PERICLES,
PRINCE OF TYRE
BY: William Shakespeare
DIRECTOR: Rob Melrose
SET DESIGN: Wilson Chin
COSTUME DESIGN: Moria Sine Clinton
COMPOSER: Michael Thurber
HAMILTON
MUSIC, LYRICS, BOOK: Lin-Manuel Miranda
DIRECTOR: Thomas Kail
INSPIRED BY THE BOOK ALEXANDER HAMILTON BY Ron Chernow
CHOREOGRAPHER: Andy Blankenbuehler
ORCHESTRATIONS & MUSIC DIRECTION: Alex Lacamoire
SET DESIGN: David Korins
COSTUME DESIGN: Paul Tazewell
LIGHTING DESIGN: Howell Binkley
SOUND DESIGN: Nevin Steinberg
The Mobile Unit’s
JOSEPHINE AND I
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY:
1,846 audience members
Cush
Jumbo
had never been to Joe’s
Pub, where the show was
DIRECTOR: Phyllida Lloyd
presented, before seeing
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN:
JOSEPHINE AND I!
Anthony Ward
LIGHTING DESIGN: Kate Ashton
SOUND DESIGN: Will Pickens
FEATURING Grantham
Coleman, Tessa Ferrer, and
Michael Stahl-David
BUZZER
BY: Tracey Scott Wilson
DIRECTOR: Anne Kauffman
SET DESIGN: Laura Jellinek
COSTUME DESIGN: Clint Ramos
LIGHTING DESIGN: Matt Frey
SOUND DESIGN: Bray Poor
In conjunction with the run of
BUZZER, audience members
reflected on the themes of the
show through an interactive
art installation in our
lobby. Find it on Instagram!
#theneighborhoodproject
Photo by Joan Marcus
DOWNTOWN
ToasT was complemented
by La Doña, a digital short
film created in partnership
with the Time Warner
Foundation that reached
audiences beyond the theater
to generate conversation
and awareness around
incarceration. La Doña was
viewed online by three times
as many audience members
than saw the production.
Public Lab
TOAST
BY: Lemon Andersen
DIRECTOR: Elise Thoron
SET DESIGN: Alexis Distler
FEATURING Phillip James
COSTUME DESIGN: Dede Ayite
Brannon, Dan Butler,
LIGHTING DESIGN: Jen Schriever
Teddy Cañez, Keith David,
SOUND DESIGN / ADDITIONAL MUSIC:
F. Hill Harper, John Earl
Robert Kaplowitz
Jelks,Jonathan Peck, and
Armando Riesco
The Mobile Unit’s
For the first time since the
re-launch of the Mobile Unit in
2011, we were thrilled to expand
the program by touring a second
production in the spring.
MACBETH
FEATURING Rob Campbell,
Keith Eric Chapelle, Jennifer
Ikeda, Nicole Lewis, Teresa Avia
Lim, Nick Mills, Daniel Pearce,
James Udom
BY: William Shakespeare
DIRECTOR: Edward Torres
SET DESIGN: Wilson Chin
COSTUME DESIGN: Amanda Seymour
COMPOSER: Michael Thurber
Public Forum took GROUNDED’s
conversation about the
implications and morality of
drone warfare beyond the stage
in “Our Drone War,” a panel with
Julie Taymor and experts Missy
Cummings and Andrew Cockburn.
“I’m so lucky to call this my
home away from home...
So many of my dreams have
taken flight here.”
Anne Hathaway, Public Theater Trustee & featured in
this season’s production of Grounded
GROUNDED
BY: George Brant
DIRECTOR: Julie Taymor
PERFORMED BY: Anne Hathaway
ORIGINAL MUSIC & SOUNDSCAPES:
Elliot Goldenthal
SET DESIGN: Riccardo Hernandez
LIGHTING DESIGN: Christopher Akerlind
SOUND DESIGN: Will Pickens
Production Support for our 2014/15
season: TodayTix was the sponsor
of Free First Previews. HAMILTON
was made possible with the
generous support of The Blavatnik
Family Foundation / Warner Music
Group, Rhoda R. Herrick, and the
Wilf Family Foundation. Josephine
& I was made possible through the
support of the Ian Madover & Arielle
Tepper Madover Family Foundation.
ToasT was developed, in part, at the
Sundance Institute Theatre
Program. Funding for the
development of ToasT was provided
by Time Warner Inc., and the MAP
Fund, a program of Creative Capital
supported by the Doris Duke
Charitable Foundation and The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Photo by Joan Marcus
UPTOWN
THE TEMPEST
FEATURING Jordan Barrow, Louis
BY William Shakespeare
Cancelmi, Francesca Carpanini,
DIRECTOR:
Michael Greif
Nicholas Christopher, Jesse Tyler
SET DESIGN: Riccardo Hernandez
Ferguson, Chloe Fox, Rosharra
COSTUME DESIGN: Emily Rebholz
Francis, Thomas Gibbons, Frank
Harts, Sunny Hitt, Brandon Kalm,
LIGHTING DESIGN: David Lander
Olga Karmansky, Tamika Sonja
SOUND DESIGN: Acme Sound Partners and
Lawrence, Rico Lebron,Danny
Jason Crystal
Mastrogiorgio, Tim Nicolai,
ORIGINAL
SCORE: Michael Friedman
Matthew Oaks, Charles Parnell,
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Denis Jones
Chris Perfetti, Rodney Richardson,
Laura Shoop, Cotter Smith, Sam
Waterston, and Bernard White
CYMBELINE
FEATURING Teagle F.
BY William Shakespeare
Bougere, Kate Burton,
DIRECTOR: Daniel Sullivan
Emma Duncan, Raúl
SET DESIGN: Riccardo Hernandez
Esparza, David Furr,
COSTUME DESIGN: David Zinn
Hamish Linklater, Tim
LIGHTING
DESIGN: David Lander
Nicolai, Jacob MingSOUND DESIGN: Acme Sound Partners
Trent, Patrick Page, Lily
Rabe, Steven Skybell and
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Tom Kitt
David Ryan Smith
CHOREOGRAPHER: Mimi Lieber
SHAKESPEARE
IN THE PARK
The Public continued our 53-year summer
tradition of Free Shakespeare in the Park,
bringing free theater to more than 100,000
audience members. Since 1962, over five
million people have enjoyed more than
150 free productions of Shakespeare and
other classical works and musicals at the
Delacorte Theater in Central Park through
our flagship program.
“I have always believed in ongoing artistic
relationships, long term ones, as the
most important thing to try and achieve
in the theater. The continuity of these
relationships is inseparable from the quality
and success of our work.”
–OSKAR EUSTIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
The Public continued our mission to
make SITP accessible to all by offering
our first-ever Spanish language opencaptioned performances.
Daniel Sullivan, Hamish Linklater,
and Lily Rabe are all Shakespeare
in the Park regulars! Sullivan has
directed 7 critically acclaimed
productions at the Delacorte, and
Hamish Linklater & Lily Rabe have
appeared in 3 shows there together.
Additional Delacorte Programming:
PUBLIC WORKS’
THE WINTER’S TALE
FEATURING Todd
Almond, Christopher
BY William Shakespeare
Fitzgerald, Isaiah
CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED BY:
Johnson, Lindsay
Lear
deBessonet
Mendez, David
MUSIC & LYRICS: Todd Almond
Turner and the Public
Works Community
CHOREOGRAPHY: Chase Brock
Ensemble.
SET DESIGN: Justin Townsend
COSTUME DESIGN: Paul Carey
LIGHTING DESIGN: Tyler Micoleau
SOUND DESIGN: Acme Sound Partners
FALL FOR DANCE
NEW YORK CITY CENTER’S FALL FOR DANCE
FESTIVAL, IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE PUBLIC THEATER
FEATURING: New York City Ballet,
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Bill T.
Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Company,
and Lil Buck.
Photo by Carol Rosegg
14/15 Mobile Unit Tour Stops:
Charlotte’s Place
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House / Women’s
Mental Health Shelter at Park Ave. Armory
Brownsville Recreation Center
Crossroads Juvenile Detention Center
Queensboro Correctional Facility
Faber Park Field House
Rikers Island Correctional Facility
Fortune Society
Taconic Correctional Facility
Hamilton Partnership for Paterson
Rikers Island Correctional Facility
GO Project
Horizon Juvenile Center
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
St. John’s Recreation Center
DreamYard Project
Pelham Fritz Recreation Center
Highbridge Recreation Center
Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
Metropolitan Detention Center - Brooklyn
Metropolitan Correctional Center - New York
Fort Hamilton
ICL Personalized Recovery-Oriented Services
“Being incarcerated brings gloom
to my life, but today brightened
because of your wonderful play.”
Mobile Unit Audience Member
@ Rikers Island Women’s Correctional Facility
The Mobile Unit is made possible with the
support of The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation, The Ford Foundation and The
Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Additional
generous support provided by Bloomberg
Philanthropies and Robins, Kaplan, Miller &
Ciresi LLP.
The Mobile Unit doubled its impact
this year with two tours, presenting
critically acclaimed free Shakespeare
to prisons, shelters, and other
community venues in all five boroughs.
In addition to a three-week tour,
each Mobile Unit production then
“sits down” at The Public Theater
downtown, providing New York
audiences with access to worldclass Shakespeare.
This season, the two tours –PERICLES
and MACBETH—visited 23 venues in
NYC and New Jersey.
IN THE COMMUNITY
The Public is committed to challenging
assumptions about who is allowed to
experience theater. Our community
programs tear down barriers to the art
form, with the Mobile Unit building new
audiences and Public Works fostering
new participants in its creation.
Photo by Tammy Shell
IN THE COMMUNITY
YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITY:
PUBLIC WORKS seeks to engage the people of
New York in making theater that is not only for the
people, but by and of the people as well. Working
deeply with five partner organizations representing
each borough, Public Works invites members of
diverse communities to participate in workshops,
take classes, attend performances at The Public,
and, most importantly, to join in the creation of an
annual pageant production that is free to the people
of the city of New York at the Delacorte.
CLASSES
SHAKESPEARE
IMPROV
STORYTELLING
CHOREOGRAPHY
PLAY
READINGS
NEW IN 2015
THE WINTER’S TALE opened
the Public’s 14-15 season,
marking our 2nd annual pageant
production featuring our entire
Public Works Community
Ensemble onstage at the
Delacorte.
We launched ACTivate
with 15 community
members to plan activity
for Public Works alumni.
We saw 23 shows at The
Public with new audience
members as part of the
Ambassador Program.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
1) DreamYard Project (Bronx)
2) Domestic Workers United
(all boroughs, including
Staten Island)
3) Children’s Aid Society
(Manhattan)
4) Fortune Society (Queens)
5) Brownsville Recreation
Center (Brooklyn)
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Photo by Joan Marcus
Lead support for Public Works is provided by The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, New
York City Theater Subdistrict Council, The Tow
Foundation, and The Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Additional support is provided by the New York
Community Trust, New York State Regional Economic
Development Council, David Rockefeller Fund, and
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP.
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support selected New York-based
emerging and established artists
by providing administrative
resources, physical space and
curatorial services.
Pub Club Artists:
Bridget Barkan
Ali Grieb
Larry Krone
Danny Lipsitz
Michael Mwenso
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“There is nothing like the thrill of
discovery… Joe’s Pub is one of the
best places in New York to find
talent potentially strong enough
to overcome the barrier facing
singers outside the pop-rock-hiphop mainstream.” The New York Times
MANCES
PERFOR
Joe’s Pub supports young and
developing artists while providing
established artists with an intimate
space to perform and develop new
work. A destination for audiences from
around the world, standout
performances this year included Jon
Stewart, Betty Buckley, Ibeyi (US
debut), Jane Lynch, John Early, The
Hot Sardines, Madisen Ward & The
Mama Bear (NYC debut), Beth Malone,
Michael Cerveris, Ron Rifkin, Kool
Keith, Cristin Milioti and Leslie Odom
Jr. Additionally, the Pub hosts
productions in The Public’s downtown
season, including this season’s ROCK
BOTTOM and JOSEPHINE & I,
productions at Under the Radar, and
Public Forum.
DRAMA CLUB: Seagulls
by Caryl Churchill
OCTOBER 26, 2014
PUBLIC FORUM
DRAMA CLUB: The Good
Book by Denis O’Hare &
Lisa Peterson
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Public Forum presents the theater of ideas:
conversations and performances with leading
voices in politics, media, and the arts.
Throughout the year, Public Forum enhanced
the conversations we began in our downtown
season through curated evenings of performance
and dialogue during the run of select productions.
DUET: Alison Bechdel &
Jonathan Lethem
OCTOBER 27, 2014
DRAMA CLUB: Protest by
Vaclav Havel
NOVEMBER 9, 2014
Highlights from every Public
Forum in the 2014-2015
season were made available
online immediately following
each event. Watch them on
The Public’s YouTube.
DRAMA CLUB: The Long
Christmas Dinner by
Thornton Wilder
DECEMBER 14, 2014
DRAMA CLUB:
An Evening with
Desdemona & Emilia
MARCH 16, 2015
Praised for highlighting themes of
domestic violence in Huffington Post’s
“Most Powerful Domestic Violence
Moments of the Year.”
DRAMA CLUB:
Celebrating 50 Years of
Fighting For Justice with
El Teatro Campesino
APRIL 13, 2015
DRAMA CLUB: Antigone
by Sophocles MAY 10, 2015
OUR DRONE WAR
MAY 19, 2015
BEYOND THE STAGE
While FUN HOME prepared to open on Broadway and FORTRESS
OF SOLITUDE played in the Newman Theater, authors Alison
Bechdel (Fun Home, Are You My Mother?) and Jonathan
Lethem (The Fortress of Solitude, Dissident Gardens) came
together to discuss storytelling, graphic novels, and what it’s like
to see their lives turned into musicals.
El Teatro Campesino founder Luis Valdez and a cast of major
Latino talents and thinkers joined Public Forum to discuss
whether art can change social policy. This Forum celebrated
the 50th anniversary of the company’s founding on the front
lines of the Delano Grape Strike in 1965.
Photo by Simon Luethi
UNDER THE
social practice, the Festival fills The
Public for 10 days of performance
and discussion that point to the
future of the art form. 2015 marked
the Festival’s 11th year.
RADAR
& THE DEVISED
THEATER INITIATIVE
UTR 2015:
8,564
AUDIENCE MEMBERS
200
ARTISTS FROM
7
COUNTRIES
UNDER THE RADAR / DEVISED THEATER INITIATIVE
2015 Companies in the Festival
Agrupación Señor Serrano (SPAIN)
Daniel Fish (USA)
Companhia Hiato / Leonardo Moreira (BRAZIL)
Under the Radar Festival provides a
Marie-Caroline Hominal (SWITZERLAND)
high-visibility platform to support
Taylor Mac (USA)
artists from diverse backgrounds
Mehr Theatre Group / Amir Reza Koohestani (IRAN)
who are redefining the act of making
Mariano Pensotti (ARGENTINA)
theater. Showcasing artists from
Toshi Reagon (USA)
Stan’s Café (UK)
around the world, richly distinct
Ikechukwu Ufomadu (USA)
in perspectives, aesthetics, and
Reggie Watts (USA)
“The Devised Theater Working
Group helped us widen our lens and
think more deeply and intentionally
about what we’re doing.” DarkMatter, DTWG Artist
2015 Devised Theater
The Devised Theater Initiative
Working Group Companies:
extends the activities of UTR
Lucy Alibar
year-round at The Public. This year
Katherine Brook + Shonni Enelow / TELE-VIOLET
we launched the Devised Theater
DarkMatter
Working Group, bringing together
The Deconstructive Theatre Project
artists who are creating new notions,
Daniel Koren
The Mighty Third Rail and PUBLIQuartet
visions, and rhythms of theater,
James Harrison Monaco & Jerome Ellis
from real-time film to the spoken
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble
word, from absurdist comedy to scifi concerts. Their work is featured in
the Incoming! series at UTR.
Photo by Tiph Browne-Nerdscarf Photography
The 2015 Under the Radar
Festival was made possible
with the generous support of
the Howard Gilman
Foundation, the Ford
Foundation, and the Robert
Sterling Clark Foundation.
EARLY STAGINGS
& WORKSHOPS
The Time Warner Foundation
is the Founding Sponsor of the
Emerging Writers Group.
Public
Studio
FIDELIS by Christina Gorman
Emerging
Writers Group
2015 EWG class: Kevin Artigue, Damon Chua,
ENT
LOPM
Keli Goff, Ricardo Pérez González, Glenn
Gordon, Elizabeth Irwin, Paola Lázaro-Muñoz,
Patricia Ione Lloyd, Jiehae Park, Sarah Sander
Summer
Retreat
with Vineyard Arts Project for
new works in development
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Master
Writer
Chair
Suzan-Lori Parks’ 8th year as
ACTIVE COMMISSIONS
The Public’s Master Writer Chair
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PING PONG by Rogelio Martinez
NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT
Each year, The Public works with hundreds
of artists at every stage of their careers
on projects at every stage of development.
Our relationships throughout the artistic
community are lifelong and the bedrock of the
work we produce each year. From reading a
first script to fully realized productions, this
is a snapshot of our new play development
activities over the past 12 months.
FULL PRODUCTIONS
Many shows developed
at The Public receive a
full production on one
of our six stages and
often go on to a future
life, including cast
recordings, tours, and
Broadway runs.
Photo by Tammy Shell
BEYOND THE PUBLIC
BEYOND
THE PUBLIC
This year, four of The
Public’s recent productions
came to life beyond our
stages. After beginning their
journeys at The Public, we
are proud to share these
productions with the world.
APPLE FAMILY
PLAYS
Toured Germany, Austria, UK
4/23 – 5/23/14
HERE LIES LOVE
Opened in London
10/14/14
FUN HOME
2015 Tony Best Musical
HAMILTON
Opened on Broadway
8/6/15
Photo by Joan Marcus
Oskar Eustis (Artistic
Director), Arielle Tepper
Madover (Board Chair),
and Patrick Willingham
(Executive Director)
BOARD & STAFF
THE BOARD OF
Oskar Eustis
Liev Schreiber
Joseph Papp†
Speaker of the New
TRUSTEES
Stephen L. Feinberg
Alexandra Shiva
HONORARY COUNCIL York City Council
CHAIR
Hilary C. Feshbach
Warren J. Spector
Laurie Beckelman
Honorable Tom
Arielle Tepper Madover Candia Fisher
Steven C. Taub
Colin Callender
Finkelpearl
VICE CHAIR
Faith E. Gay
Teresa Tsai
Joan K. Davidson
Commissioner,
Pat Fili-Krushel
Anne Hathaway
Grace Lyu
Morgan Freeman
Department of
TREASURER
Kevin Kline
Volckhausen
Ruth W. Houghton
Cultural Affairs
Jim Steinberg
Debby Landesman
Robin Wagner
Gil Shiva
Honorable Mitchell
SECRETARY
Ashley Leeds
Sam Waterston
George C. Wolfe
Silver
Gail Merrifield Papp
Barbara Manocherian Audrey Wilf
EX-OFFICIO
Commissioner, New
TRUSTEES
Julio Peterson
Timothy Wilkins
Honorable Bill de
York City
Renée Beaumont
Lisa Garcia Quiroz
Frances Wilkinson
Blasio
Department of Parks
Andrea E. Bernstein
Charlotte Relyea
Patrick Willingham
Mayor of the City of
and Recreation
Zach Buchwald
Wendi Rose
Anne Clarke Wolff
New York
CHAIRMEN EMERITI
Gordon J. Davis, Esq.
Lizanne Rosenstein
FOUNDER
Honorable Melissa
Kenneth B. Lerer
Eric Ellenbogen
Mark Rosenthal
Mark-Viverito
Warren J. Spector
†Deceased
Photo by Simon Luethi
WE ARE ONE PUBLIC
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR:
Casting Associate:
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
Director, Individual and Fields
OSKAR EUSTIS
Kate Murray
WORKS AND RESIDENT Major Gifts: Sandra
Major Gifts Consultant:
Casting Assistant:
DIRECTOR:
Klass Hueskes
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Jan Gura
Rebecca Feldman
LEAR deBESSONET
PATRICK WILLINGHAM
Senior Development
Telefundraising
Associate Director of
Officer, Institutional
Executive Assistant to the Casting Intern:
Representatives:
Ari Rudess
Public Works:
Partnerships:
Artistic Director:
Norma Cesler, Ellen
Laurie Woolery
Alex Tonetta
Leah Cloney-Matthes
Liberty, A.G. Lommerse
Public Works Associate: Associate Director,
Administrative Chief of
DIRECTOR OF THE
Sarah E.R. Grosman
Development
Staff: Rosalind Barbour
DEVISED THEATER
CHIEF FINANCIAL
Public Works Community Administration:
Administrative Assistant to INITIATIVE/
OFFICER:
Leslie Brand
Impact Coordinator:
CO-DIRECTOR OF THE
the Artistic Director
RACHEL PIVNICK
Shariffa Ali
Corporate Relations
UNDER THE RADAR
and Executive Director:
Director of Finance:
Manager:
FESTIVAL:
Ellen Shadburn
Public Works Interns:
Danny Williams
Marquez Andrews
MEIYIN WANG
Alexandra Daniels,
Strategy and Planning
Director of Human
Donor Systems
Eden Schwartz
Co-Director of the Under
Manager: Ciara Murphy
Resources: Liz Sharp
Manager: Jason Cabral Director of IT:
the Radar Festival:
Executive Office Intern:
Mark Russell
Institutional Giving
Rhiannon Tasker
Resident Artists:
Arthur Pinori
Under the Radar
Tarell Alvin McCraney, Manager:
MASTER WRITER CHAIR:
Tessitura
Business
Kristen Gongora
Associate Director:
Daniel Sullivan
SUZAN-LORI PARKS
Services Manager:
Andrew Kircher
Individual Giving
Director Of Voice And
Frances O’Connell
Devised Theater
Speech: Andrew Wade Manager:
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC
Controller: Sara Harris
Gina
Napolitano
Initiative
Program
Shakespeare Scholar In
DIRECTOR:
Accounts Payable
Assistant:
Development Manager: Administrator:
Residence:
MANDY HACKETT
Lily Lamb-Atkinson
Becca
Niemeyer
James
Shapiro
Assistant to the Associate
Josiah Grimm
Donor Communications Payroll Administrator:
Music Contractor In
Artistic Director:
Coordinator:
DIRECTOR OF JOE’S
Residence:
Jack Phillips Moore
Natalie Wirshbo
Dani Lencioni
PUB: SHANTA THAKE
Dean Sharenow
Literary Manager and
Human Resources
Development
Manager,
Associate
Director
of
Assistant to the Master
Associate: Gina Chung
Special Events:
Joe’s Pub:
Writer Chair: Jesse Alick
Director of Special
Network Administrator:
Brooke
Benedetto
Alex
Knowlton
Artistic Projects:
Musical Theater Initiative
Development Associate, Ian Malinowski
Marketing Manager:
Stephanie Ybarra
Consultant: Ted Sperling
Web Developer:
Institutional
Giving:
Michele
Renkovski
Special Artistic Projects
Literary Interns:
Peter Appleby
Kim
Furano
Press
Manager:
Assistant:
Noah Rubenstein,
Development Associate, IT Analyst: Joe Reecher
Yuri Kwon
Andrew Broussard
Suzanne Willett
Artist Relations
Assistant Line Producer Individual Giving:
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF
Manager: Ben Easton
to Mobile Shakespeare Kelsey Moriarty
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER:
MARKETING:
Production Manager:
Unit: Roxanna Barrios Research Associate:
MARIA GOYANES
TOM McCANN
Susie Sofranko
Assistant to the Associate Jon Shriver
Director
of Marketing:
Development
Assistant,
Head
Lighting
Designer:
DIRECTOR OF
Producer: Jarrett Key
Shannon Lacek
Major Gifts:
Ania
Parks
PUBLIC
FORUM:
Line Producer:
Rachel Newman
Art Direction and Senior
Artist Relations &
JEREMY McCARTER
Jacob Padrón
Development Assistant, Graphic Designer:
Production
Associate:
Assistant Line Producer:
Kirstin Huber
Individual Giving:
Ashley MaGee,
Development
Trent Anderson
Michael
Norton
Membership
and
Jhani Randhawa
Administrator:
Associate Producer Intern: Press & Marketing
Individual Giving Intern: Marketing Manager:
Hemmendy
Nelson
Joshua Jaeger
Reynaldi Lindner Lolong
Caroline Lux
Intern: Callie Baker
Director of Special
CASTING: JORDAN
Digital
Marketing
Special
Events
Archival
Artist:
Events: Kristina Hoge
THALER, HEIDI GRIFFITHS Michael Arthur
Associate: Alaina Bono
Assistant: Katharine
House Photographer:
Kevin Yatarola
Current as of August 2015
Burnell, Kate DeWall,
Seasonal Assistant
Marketing Associate:
Keli Goff, , Glenn Gordon,
Associate Production
Sal Nicosia
Managers: Chris
David Shum
Elizabeth Irwin, Paola
Manager: Caity Joy
Capozzi, Marissa Colon
Lázaro-Muñoz, Patricia
Graphic Designer and
Assistant Production
House Managers:
Photographer: Tammy
Manager: Leandro Zaneti Director of Operations Ione Lloyd, Jiehae Park,
Ricardo Pérez González,
Allegra Cottone,
Shell
Production Administrator: and Facility
Stefanie Febus, Jennifer Kelly Moore
Management: Ishmael Sarah Sander
Junior Graphic Designer:
Gaspard, Kat Glaudini,
(Izee) Figueroa
Kameron Neal
Assistant to the
Lourdes Mendez,
SPECIAL SERVICES
Operations Manager:
Marketing Assistant:
Production Executives:
Michael Raymond,
Helen Bennett
Michael Finnigan
Organizational
Gabriel Lozada
Michelle Resto
Development Consultant:
Building Engineers:
Sponsorship Consultant:
Production Office
Emergency Assistants:
Susan Adam
Rose Polidoro
Assistant: Rachel London Winslow Harrington,
Bonnie Davis, Jeff
Louis D Gioppo
Managing Partner of
Marketing Intern:
Programming Budget
Deglow, Joseph Fusco, Manager:
Joe’s Pub LLC:
Assistant
Building
Heather O’Donovan
Casey
Cordon
Peter Kendall,
Kevin Abbott
Engineer: Jefferson
Scenery Supervisor:
Karen Lichtman, Anne
David Aguilar
Associate Managers:
Joseph Powell
Director of
Marie Neisler, Megan
K.B. Berton, Ali Grieb,
Communications:
Assistant Scenery
Rogers, Manny Vega,
Christine McKenna,
Housekeeping
Candi Adams
Supervisors: Mary Beth
Jeffrey Vizcaino
Supervisor: Rob Resto Jersey Katz
Griffin, Jason Paradine
Senior Press Manager:
GENERAL MANAGER:
Assistant Housekeeping Zachary Faulisi, Chef of
Julie Danni
Charge Painter:
JEREMY ADAMS
The Public
Supervisor: Amparo
Hugh Morris-Stan
Associate Press Manager: Assistant General
Institutional
Design:
Lopez
De
Nova
Laura Rigby
Scene
Shop
Foreman:
Manager:
Operations Assistants: Pentagram/Paula Scher
Aaron Treat
Elisabeth Bayer
Photographers: George E.
Darnell Brown,
Costume Master:
Director of Ticket Services: General Management
Joseph, Joan Marcus,
Adonis Garcia, Javier
Luke McDonough
Administrator:
Jimmy Godsey
Morales, Jose Paulino, Carol Rosegg, Martha
Emily Hammond Cook
Costume Shop Manager:
Box Office Manager:
Swope, Simon Luethi
Hector
Rivera,
Vanessa Watters
Senior Company
Zachary Ford
Attorneys:
Davis Wright
Cleaners:
Frank
Fried,
Manager:
Costume Shop Foreman:
Associate Box Office
Tremaine LLP/Graham
Efrain
Martinez,
Alba
Rebecca
Sherman
Megan
McAfee
Manager: Anthony Conty
Coleman; Mitchell
Mendez, Aracelis
Company Manager:
Audio Supervisor:
Call Center Manager:
Silberberg & Knupp LLP/
Mendez,
Luisa
Varga,
Liza Witmer
Corrine Livingston
Kate Longosky
Gerald T. Hathaway;
Giodani Collado
Assistant Company
Assistant Audio
Proskauer Rose LLP/Allan
Head Call Center
Front
Desk
Manager:
Supervisor: Matt Bell,
Bloom; Gibson, Dunn &
Representative:
Administrator: Eric
Heather Lessard
Malachy Kronberg,
Crutcher LLP/ Andrew
Kaleda Davis
Delgado,
Jasmine
Ford
Kenien Spann
General Management
Lance; Venable LLP /
Ticket Services Staff:
Information Desk:
Intern: Spencer Lutvak
Susan E. Golden, Sharon
Video Supervisor:
David Armstrong, Iyanna
Jose
Paulissen-Dougan,
M. Connelly
Bryan Maier
Betaudier, Jay Bush,
Andy Reinhardt
Capital Projects
Jessica Cauttero,
Audio/Video Office
PRODUCTION
Consultant: Denham Wolf
Echevarria, Joseph Ford,
Assistant:
EXECUTIVE:
Script Readers:
Bethany Fustos,
Carrie Miller Freeman
RUTH E. STERNBERG
House Physician:
Ben
Beckley,
Brendan
Brian LaPerche, Brandon
Audio/Visual Shop
Associate Production
Leonard, David Loewy, Dr. Bruce Yaffe
O’Sullivan, Lizzy Perkins,
Foreman: Sean Kraft
Executive:
Accountants:
Dominique Brillon,
Marvin Rodriguez,
Angela Delaney Kircher Properties Master:
Lutz & Carr LLP
Jessica Owens, Laura
Josh Rozett, Derek Smith, Senior Production
R. Jay Duckworth
Caton, Lauren Keating, Architectural Consultant:
Bryna Turner
Manager: Jim Szekely
Prop Shop Manager:
Michele Travis, Rebecca Ennead Architects
Sara Swanberg
Production Managers:
Wear, Samantha Egle,
Insurance: Arthur J.
Theater Manager:
Jonathan Grenay,
Tom Herman
Gallagher Risk
Lighting Supervisor:
Richard C. Denney III
Jonathan Pellow,
Management Services/
Zach Murphy
2014-15 Emerging
Jeff Harris
AliceFay Prine
Writers Group: Kevin
Assistant Lighting
Artigue, Damon Chua,
Supervisors: Holly
12% Special Events
9% Corporations
THE LUESTHER T. MERTZ
CHARITABLE TRUST
2% Members
5% Summer Supporters
26% Foundations
Provides Leadership Support for the Public Theater’s Year-Round Activities
20% Partners &
Young Partners
THE PHILIP AND JANICE
LEVIN FOUNDATION
Lead Supporter of The Public’s Access & Engagement Programming
7% Government
19% Major Gifts, Trustees &
Production Supporters
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT:
Gary K. Lippman
Tiger Baron Foundation
$500,000+ Steinberg Charitable Trust
Frederick Loewe
TodayTix
The Blavatnik Family
The Andrew and Dana
Foundation
Foundation
Stone Family Foundation
Anne Clarke Wolff
William
&
Aimee
Maroney
Theater Subdistrict
Ford Foundation
Anonymous (2)
Council, LDC
Sally
Klingenstein
Martell
The LuEsther T. Mertz
$25,000 - $49,999
Time Warner Inc.
Charitable Trust
Diane & Adam Max
Renée Beaumont
The Tow Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon
McKinsey
& Company, Inc.
Andrea & Tom Bernstein
Foundation
Teresa Tsai
MetLife
Foundation
The Blackstone Group
Bernard & Anne Spitzer
Venable LLP
Mr.
&
Mrs.
Donald E.
Zach Buchwald & Buddy
$100,000 - $499,999
Newhouse
Audrey and Zygi Wilf
Hammonds
Patty & Jay Baker
Anonymous (4)
Luigi Caiola & Sean McGill The Jerome A. & Estelle R.
Newman Assistance Fund
Bank of America
$50,000 - $99,999
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
News Corporation
Timothy & Michele Barakett
American Council of
Cleary Gottlieb Steen &
Foundation
Matt
Pincus
& Sarah Min
Learned Societies The
Hamilton LLP
Bloomberg Philanthropies
George T. Delacorte Fund
Playwrights
of New York
Consolidated Edison
for Maintenance
The New York Community
Lisa Garcia Quiroz
Company of New York, Inc.
One57 and Extell
Trust - The George
Judith B. Resnick
Davis
Polk
&
Wardwell
LLP
Development Company
T. Delacorte Fund for
Performance at the The Ruth Easton Fund of the Gordon J. Davis and Peggy The David Rockefeller Fund
Cooper Davis
Delacorte Theater in Edelstein Family Foundation
Wendi Rose
Central Park
Debevoise
&
Plimpton
LLP
May & Samuel Rudin Family
Edgerton Foundation
Delta Air Lines
Foundation
Scott M. Delman
Stephen Feinberg &
Doris Duke Charitable
Celia
Rumsey
The
Gladys
Krieble
Delmas
Susan Foote
Foundation
Foundation
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
The Fan Fox & Leslie R.
Susan Edelstein
James G. Dinan
Samuels Foundation, Inc.
Anne & Adam Shulman
Hilary & Joe Feshbach
Eric Ellenbogen Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Faith Gay
Candia Fisher
LLP
EMC Arts
Herman Goldman
Foundation
The Howard Gilman
Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Barbara H. Freitag
Foundation
Meagher & Flom LLP
The Horace W. Goldsmith Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver
Foundation
Rhoda R. Herrick
Warren Spector &
& Jacobson LLP
Margaret Whitton
Ashley Leeds and
The Philip and Janice Levin
Gail Furman
Christopher M. Harland
Foundation
Jim & Lori Steinberg
Rebecca Gold
The Ian Madover &
The New York Community
The
Ira and Leonore S.
Roslyn Goldstein
Arielle Tepper Madover
Trust
Gershwin Philanthropic
Family Foundation
Fund
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, The Marc Haas Foundation
JANA Partners LLC
Barbara Manocherian
Wharton & Garrison LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Joel Isaacson & Co., LLC The Henry and Marilyn Taub
Stavros Niarchos
Penguin Random House
Foundation
Foundation
Mark Rosenthal & Kirkland & Ellis Foundation
Lisa Roumell
Alexandra Shiva &
Judi & Douglas Krupp
Sally K. Tycher
Jonathan Marc Sherman
The SHS Foundation
Pat Fili-Krushel &
The Walt Disney Company
The Shubert Foundation
Kenneth Krushel
Robert Sterling Clark
Timothy A. Wilkins
Foundation Debby & Rocco Landesman
The Harold & Mimi
Frances & Frank Wilkinson
Steven & Benay Taub
Jayne Lipman &
Anonymous (6)
Robert Goodman
TIDE
THE IAN MADOVER & ARIELLE TEPPER
MADOVER FAMILY FOUNDATION
THE HAROLD & MIMI STEINBERG
NEW PLAY DEVELOPMENT FUND
At The Public Theater Supports the Creation & Development of New Plays
14/15 SEASON SPONSORS
Nearly $22 million
in contributions
supported our work
over the past year:
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