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the elaborate entrance of
chad deity
By Kristoffer Diaz /Directed by John Vreeke
sept 3-30, 2012 /WOOLLYMAMMOTH.NET/202-393-3939
WELCOME
MY ROOTS, MY REVOLUTION – this powerful rallying cry is the theme
of our 2012-13 season. It says, in effect: I claim who I am, where I
come from, all the things that are packed inside me, my ethnicity,
heritage, culture, upbringing, values. And I claim my own vision of a
world I want to bring about, even if it requires struggle and sacrifice.
Above all, it says these two things are connected: my inner being and
my personal revolution are fused, and I could no more deny one as
deny the other.
Our season is filled with tremendous humor, colorful locales, a rainbow
of perspectives, and great depth of feeling. Its characters trace their
roots to Puerto Rico, India, Korea, Africa, Russia, Maine, California,
and outer space. But all of them contribute to the melting pot that is
America. Their revolutions may be as tiny as a family vacation or as
big as a whole new form of art.
We begin with a play set in the unlikeliest of places: a wrestling ring.
Kristoffer Diaz’s hip hop-inspired The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
uses the larger-than-life world of professional wrestling as a metaphor
for the marketplace of America. When we buy a ticket or a video game
or album, the play asks, what values and images and stereotypes
are we buying into? Who is on top and who is on the bottom in these
stereotypes? Is there any way to change this and still satisfy the
hungry crowd?
Woolly’s brilliant artists will pour their hearts and souls into questions
like these throughout the coming season. But you complete the
process. Our work onstage, beyond its sheer entertainment value,
is intended to raise timely questions; and we encourage you to
pick up the conversation. There are post-show discussions after
every performance of Chad Deity. There are provocative activities
in the lobby, in-depth forums in our House Lights Up series, lively
perspectives on woollymammothblog.com, and opportunities to
express your views via e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter.
Your involvement and support gives meaning to everything we do
at Woolly Mammoth. Thanks for being here, and we look forward to
seeing you throughout this Woolly season.
Howard Shalwitz
Artistsic Director
Jeffrey Herrmann
Managing Director
What Makes Woolly Unique?
For 32 seasons, Woolly Mammoth has built
a reputation as “Washington’s most daring
theatre company” (The New York Times) and
has become one of the most influential new
play theatres in the nation. By throwing the full
might of our producing power behind risky new
work, we’ve helped launch the careers of major
American playwrights including Sarah Ruhl,
Nicky Silver, Amy Freed, and Danai Gurira. We
maintain our own company of artists, and we
frequently collaborate with other companies
to expand our skills and our impact. Most
importantly, we work in partnership with our
audience to try new theatrical innovations and
explore their relevance to our city and our world.
Your response—in person or online—helps
shape the future of American theatre. Please
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special thanks
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Al Snow
Jamin Olivencia
KJ Sanchez
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Karen Evans
Black Women Playwrights Group
Paige Hernandez
Thomas Little and Kerry Choe, FUNRGaming
WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY
Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director
Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director
Presents
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
By Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by John Vreeke+
Cast
Mace.......................................................................................................................José Joaquín Pérez*
E.K.O......................................................................................................................... Michael Russotto*+
Chad Deity................................................................................................................Shawn T. Andrew*
VP............................................................................................................................................ Adi Hanash*
The Bad Guy/Old Glory/Billy Heartland................................................................... James Long
Set & Costume Designer....................................................................................... Misha Kachman+
Costume Designer............................................................................................................ Ivania Stack
Lighting Designer.............................................................................................................Colin K. Bills+
Sound Designer...................................................................................................... Christopher Baine
Projection Designer................................................................................................. Jared Mezzocchi
Fight Choreographer................................................................................................... Joe Isenberg*
Dramaturg.................................................................................................................... Miriam Weisfeld
Production Stage Manager.................................................................William E. Cruttenden III*
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association +Woolly Company Member
Opening Night: September 7, 2012
Jeffrey Ahl & Toby Port
Lisa Martinez
Chuck & Jenny Lawson
Bob & Mary Lou McGee
SHOW SPONSORS
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The set and lighting designer of
this production is represented
by United Scenic Artists,
Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
The Babyface and the Heel
By Miriam Weisfeld, Dramaturg
In order to deliver an emotional catharsis, pro wrestling “puts the heat” on a bad guy,
who baits the audience until they’re desperate for the good guy to vanquish him. Negative
stereotypes present ready-made “heels” that promoters have famously exploited. Once in
a blue moon, a wrestler is able to successfully transcend the stereotype that defines his
character and achieve stardom based on his own personality. But – as playwright Kristoffer
Diaz points out – even the most charismatic babyface must rely on a cartoonish evil heel to
complete his story.
Hulk Hogan, possibly the most famous 1980s character of the World
Wrestling Federation (now known as World Wrestling Entertainment),
is played by Terry Gene Bollea. He became the WWF World Champion
in 1984 when he defeated the Iron Sheik at Madison Square Garden in a
match that lasted just over five minutes. The Hulk was inducted into the
WWE hall of fame after winning twelve World Championships; he has
now expanded his career into acting and reality television.
Introduced in 2000, John Cena is one of WWE’s biggest contemporary
stars. Representing an honorable, down-to-earth hero from Boston,
Cena updated Hulk Hogan’s cartoonish American iconography. He also
won twelve World Championships, and has expanded his career into
film, rapping, and high-profile charity appearances for the Make-a-Wish
Foundation.
The Rock, played by Dwayne Johnson, made his WWE debut in 1996
and has become one of the most successful pro wrestlers of all time.
Repeatedly turning from “babyface” to “heel” and back again, The Rock
is a master of promos and witty repartee. The son of a Samoan mother
and African American father (the wrestler Rocky Johnson), and nephew
of the negatively stereotyped Wild Samoan tag team, The Rock uniquely
balances a racially ambiguous identity. His malleable image has expanded into a wildly
successful Hollywood career.
The Wild Samoans, played by Arthur “Afa” Anoa’i and his brother Leati
“Sika” Anoa’i, wrestled with the WWF in the early 1980s. Although they
emigrated from Samoa to San Francisco early in life, their wrestling
promos showed them communicating with savage grunts and devouring
raw fish. Off-screen, the family later trained and managed several
successful wrestlers including their nephew, The Rock.
The Iron Sheik, the WWE character of Iranian pro wrestler Hossein
Khosrow Ali Vaziri, played the villain to high-profile 1980s heroes such
as Hulk Hogan. He returned to the WWE in the early 1990s as an Iraqi
sympathizer during the Gulf War. Famous for using the “camel clutch” as
a finisher, he still occasionally appears in promos, films, and television to
deliver profanity-laced insults against Americans.
One of the most controversial and short-lived heels in WWE history,
Muhammad Hassan was an Arab-American character embittered by
racial profiling and prejudice in the wake of the 9-11 attacks. Played
by Italian-American Marc Copani, Muhammad Hassan feuded with
many all-American “faces” including Hulk Hogan and John Cena. His
WWE contract came to an abrupt end following a notorious 2005 match
featuring Muslim “prayer” and masked terrorist-like henchmen, which unfortunately, aired
just after the suicide bombings of the London Underground system.
Is Wrestling Fake?
It’s complicated. During a 1989 hearing,
the World Wrestling Federation
testified before the New Jersey
Senate that professional wrestling is
“entertainment,” and that participants
“are trained to avoid serious injury”
(The New York Times). Many observers
took this as an admission that wrestling
is pure theatre, and not a dangerous
athletic feat.
In fact, both are true. Promoters,
writers, and wrestlers create
elaborate characters and storylines
that determine the rise and fall of
champions. A storyline includes the
“promo”– an inflammatory statement by
a wrestler about his opponent before a
match – and a “finisher”– the distinctive
final move with which a wrestler wins.
Each move the wrestlers make between
the promo and the finisher, however, is
improvised—and the audience itself is
an essential ingredient. Wrestlers listen
closely to the fans’ response to each
move, constantly recalculating how to
build suspense and deliver the finisher
in the most satisfying way.
Categorizing pro wrestling as
“entertainment” as opposed to a
sport allowed the WWF to avoid the
regulations – and taxes – that govern
athletic organizations. However, the
entertainment value of pro wrestling
goes hand in hand with the risk of
“serious injury” that accompanies every
move. Each “bump,” or fall onto the
wood and steel floor of the wrestling
ring, delivers the force equivalent to a
twenty-five mile-per-hour car crash.
Wrestlers must incorporate technique,
audience feedback, and cues from each
other to make a split-second decision
about how one of them will take that
bump. It’s a perilous dance that looks
like a war; and for playwright Kristoffer
Diaz, it’s a symbol of our nation itself.
On the second day of rehearsals for
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity,
several actors noticed the toll their
first wrestling lesson took on their
bodies: whiplash, burst blood vessels,
migraines, and soreness. James Long,
the lone professional wrestler in the
cast, smiled and pointed out: “Y’all are
the ones who keep saying it’s fake!”
cast
Shawn T. Andrew (Chad Diety) is
returning to Washington DC for the first
time since attending Howard University
‘96. He is a native New Yorker from
Brooklyn, and is very excited to be back
in this great city, performing at Woolly
Mammoth Theatre Company. Shawn
has numerous film and television credits
including Law & Order, Fringe, One Life
to Live, All My Children and The Cookout.
His regional theater credits include Hartford Stage and The
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis’ versions of Take Me Out. Shawn
also understudied for Chad Diety at 2econd Stage Theatre. When
Shawn is not on stage or in front of a camera performing, he is
also a voice over artist. Being an avid athlete involved in numerous
sports, Shawn has been a fan of professional wrestling since
he was six years old so this production is very special to him.
Adi Hanash (VP) is making his Woolly
Mammoth debut in The Elaborate Entrance
of Chad Deity. Past theater credits
include: Brooklyn Bound: Mohamed
Bouazizi/co-writer in Nothing Left to
Burn; ERA: Hassan Waked in AK-47
Sing Along; New York Classical Theatre:
Cymbeline; ART/MXAT: Zoya’s Apartment
and Kate Crackernuts. Film and TV
credits include roles on White Collar,
Rubicon, Our Idiot Brother, and The Bourne Legacy.
Received his MFA in acting from ART/MXAT at Harvard.
James Long (The Bad Guy/Billy
Heartland/Old Glory and Assistant Fight
Choreographer) is making his theatre
debut in The Elaborate Entrance of
Chad Deity. James resides in Louisville,
KY where he portrays the eccentric
character Paredyse as an Ohio Valley
Wrestling Superstar. Aside from
appearing on television as a wrestler
and working for nearly every major
professional wrestling company (WWE, TNA, ROH), James
had also appeared on reality tv including TruTV’s All Worked
Up and onstage at Chicago’s Second City Improv Club. Aside
from performing, he is also an accomplished artist graduating
with a fine arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University
with his work being displayed in all media around the world.
Jose Joaquin Perez (Mace) is
a graduate of the Conservatory of
Theatre Arts at Webster University. Some of his NY Theater Credits are
Summer Shorts 4 Festival: Fit by Neil
Koenigsberg, The Working Theater:
American Jornalero, LABryinth Theater
Company at The Public: Minotaur: A
Romance, INTAR: American Jornalero
and Drawn and Quartered, Repetorio
Espanol: Mariela en el Desierto, and NY Summer Stage:
Sangre. His Regional Theater credits include The Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis: Take Me Out, and Sherlock Holmes:
The Final Adventure, Hartford Stage: Take Me Out, Woolly
Mammoth: Oedipus El Rey (Helen Hayes Award Nomination
for Outstanding Ensemble). Selected film credits are We Need
to Talk About Kevin (2011 Cannes International Film Festival),
Cowboys and Aliens (directed by Jon Favreau), Adam Shaw,
Turtle Hill, Brooklyn (2011 New York NewFest), and Cruzando
(2009 New York HBO Latino Film Festival). He would like to thank
INTAR and the Perez/Cantu Family for their undying support.
Michael Russotto (EKO) is a
Company Member at Woolly and has
appeared in many Woolly productions.
Highlights include Will in A Bright
New Boise (Helen Hayes Nomination),
Alexandra in She Stoops to Comedy
(Helen Hayes Nomination), The Soul in
Vigils, Lou in Lenny & Lou, and Cosmo
in The Pitchfork Disney. Most recently
he played Jody in the MetroStage production of Lonely Planet, and a talking Moose (oh, yes) in
the Adventure Theatre MTC production of If you Give a Moose a
Muffin. In the DC area, Michael has also performed at Signature
Theatre, Arena Stage, Folger Theatre, Kennedy Center, Olney
Theatre Center, Theater J, Rep Stage, The Washington Stage
Guild, Theater Alliance, Wayside Theatre, and The Studio
Theatre. Michael teaches acting and directing at The Theatre
Lab, and is a long-time narrator of recorded books for the
Library of Congress and several commercial companies. creative team
Kristoffer Diaz (Playwright) is a
playwright and educator living and
working in Brooklyn. Full-length titles
include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad
Deity, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Guernica, and
#therevolution. Awards include the 2011
New York Times Outstanding Playwright
Award; finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for
Drama; winner, 2011 Lucille Lortel Award
for Outstanding Play; winner, 2011 OBIE
Award, Best New American Play; and the
inaugural Gail Merrifield Papp Fellowship
from The Public Theater (2011). His work
has been produced, commissioned, and
developed at The Public Theater, Dallas
Theater Center, Geffen Playhouse, Center
Theatre Group, Goodman Theatre, Second
Stage Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater,
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors
Theatre of Louisville, and many others. He
is currently developing The Unfortunates,
his first full-length musical collaboration,
at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
John Vreeke (Director) is a Company
Member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company. He is a five-time Helen Hayes
Nominee for Best Director. His productions
for Woolly Mammoth include A Bright New
Boise by Samuel D. Hunter, Gruesome
Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, Boom
by Peter Sinn-Nachtrieb, Homebody/Kabul
by Tony Kushner, Our Lady of 121st Street
by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Martha, Josie &
the Chinese Elvis by Charlotte Jones, and
The K of D by Laura Schellhardt. John has
also directed at Theater J, Washington
Shakespeare Company, MetroStage,
Everyman Theatre, Olney Theatre Center,
Forum Theatre, Source Festival, Charter
Theatre, Theater Alliance, Kennedy Center
TYA, Imagination Stage, and Helen Hayes
Awards. Regionally at Alley Theatre,
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Attic Theatre,
Salt Lake Acting Company, and First Stage in
Milwaukee. He was the Associate Producer
and Casting Associate for the CBS TV
Series: Northern Exposure. His upcoming
project is Theater J: Race by David Mamet.
Misha Kachman (Set and Costume
Designer) is a Woolly Company Member
and a native of St. Petersburg, Russia. At
Woolly he designed sets and costumes for
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play, A Bright
New Boise, Oedipus el Rey, Gruesome
Playground Injuries and Fever/Dream. Since
moving to DC twelve years ago Misha has
worked for Signature Theatre, Round House
Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Maryland
Opera Studio, Theatre J, Shanghai Dramatic
Arts Center and Milwaukee Shakespeare,
among many other companies. Misha
serves as Associate Professor of Scene
and Costume Design at University of
Maryland. Prior to moving to the United
States, Misha had worked as a staff museum
designer at The State Hermitage Museum
in St. Petersburg from 1994 to 1998; he is
also a renowned painter and printmaker
whose work has been shown at numerous
exhibitions. More of Mr. Kachman’s work
can be seen at www.mishakachman.com.
Ivania Stack (Costume Designer)
previously designed A Bright New Boise,
Full Circle and Boom for Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company, and was the associate
designer for Oedipus El Rey. Her other
design credits include: Theater J:The
Whipping Man, After the Fall, The Odd
Couple, Photograph 51, The Four of Us, and
In Darfur ; Studio Theatre: Time Stands Still
and Adding Machine: A Musical; Studio
Theatre 2nd Stage: Bloody Bloody Andrew
Jackson, Pop! and F***ing A; Everyman
Theatre in Baltimore: 50 Words; Forum
Theatre: bobrauschenbergamerica and
Angels in America; Gala Hispanic Theatre:
Ana en el Tropico, Lucido, and True History
of Coca Cola in Mexico; Rorschach Theatre:
1001 and Lord of the Flies; MetroStage:
Savage in Limbo, Lonely Planet, The
Real Inspector Hound, and Heroes; The
Contemporary American Theater Festival:
Lidless and Breadcrumbs; and dog & pony
dc: Beertown and Mother Courage and
Her Children. She received her MFA in
Design from the University of Maryland.
Colin K. Bills (Lighting Designer) is a
Company Member at Woolly, where he has
designed over thirty productions including
Mr. Burns, A Post –Electric Play, A Bright
New Boise, Oedipus el Rey, Gruesome
Playground Injuries, Clybourne Park,
Full Circle, and Dead Man’s Cell Phone.
He is a Conspirator with dog & pony dc,
creating sets and lighting for Beertown,
Courage, and Punch. His designs have been
seen at The Berkshire Theater Festival,
CENTERSTAGE, Contemporary American
Theatre Festival, Everyman Theatre, Forum
Theatre, Imagination Stage, Intiman Theatre,
The Kennedy Center, Metro Stage, Olney
Theatre Center, Portland Center Stage,
Round House Theatre, The Smithsonian
Institution, Signature Theatre, The Studio
Theatre, Synetic Theater, Theatre for
the First Amendment, Theater J, the
Washington Revels, and The Williamstown
Theatre Festival. Mr. Bills has won three
Helen Hayes and is a 2009 recipient of
a Princess Grace Fellowship in Theater.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
christopher Baine (Sound Designer)
Recent design credits with Woolly Mammoth
include Gruesome Playground Injuries and
A Bright New Boise for which he won the
2012 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding
Sound Design. Other credit includes Heir
Apparent and Julius Caesar FFA with The
Shakespeare Theater and Taming of the
Shrew with Folger Theater. He has also
designed for over 30 different companies
in the region including the The Kennedy
Center TYA, The Studio Theatre, Olney
Theater Company, Everyman Theatre, Forum
Theatre, Theater J, Adventure Theatre
MTC, Imagination Stage, Children’s Theater
of Charlotte, Synetic Theater, and Theater
Alliance. He has also been a guest artist
with The University of Maryland, Catholic
University, and American University. He
was a Kenan Fellow at The Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts in 2012.
Jared Mezzocchi (Projection Designer)
is a recent winner of a Princess Grace
Theater Fellowship and begins this fall as
theater faculty at University of Maryland,
College Park in Projection Design. Jared
has created several original works at Andy’s
Summer Playhouse in NH in which he won
Best Original Playwright at the NH Theater
Awards (2011) for his adaptation of The Lost
World. Other notable original works include
Powerhouse Theater: The Projectionist
(2010), and The Process Series: Poppa, God
Bless (2011). As a video designer, Jared
recently designed The Studio Theater:
Astro Boy and the God of Comics, Arena
Stage: The Glass Menagerie and continues
working in NYC and with Caden Manson /
Big Art Group: SOS, The Sleep, The People,
HEREarts: You Are Dead. You Are Here,
The Builders Association, 3-Legged Dog,
and New Georges. Jared has also taught
at NY’s Playwrights Horizons and the PIMA
graduate program at Brooklyn College.
Miriam Weisfeld (Dramaturg) is the Director of Artistic
Development at Woolly Mammoth, where she was lead
producer on the 30th anniversary conference on theatre,
democracy, and engagement. Her other credits include
work for New York Theatre Workshop (projects with
JoAnne Akalaitis, Ivo van Hove, and Universes); ART (with
Robert Woodruff, Anne Bogart, and Paula Vogel); Two
River Theatre/Folger Theatre (with Teller); Steppenwolf
Theatre; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Lookingglass
Theatre; and NovaStage, Toronto. She has lectured on
theatre at Harvard University, MIT, The Kennedy Center,
and the Moscow Art Theatre School. She holds an MFA
in Dramaturgy from the ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard
University. Her essays on theatre and life in Moscow
will be published in an upcoming anthology by MXAT.
William E. Cruttenden III (Production Stage
Manager) is excited to be starting his 2012/2013 season
at home at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. His previous
Woolly credits include Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play,
A Bright New Boise, Bootycandy, Clybourne Park, Full
Circle, BOOM!, Maria/Stuart, Measure for Pleasure,
and No Child… among others. His past credits include
The Public Theater (NYC): Wild With Happy; Gulfshore
Playhouse: Race; The Kennedy Center: Knuffle Bunny;
Off-Broadway: Perfect Harmony; Signature Theatre:
And the Curtain Rises, Sunset Boulevard, Chess, I Am
My Own Wife; Shakespeare Theatre Company: 2010 Will
Awards; West Virginia Public Theatre: Doubt: A Parable;
Olney Theatre Center: Is He Dead?, Bad Dates, Of Mice
and Men; and Imagination Stage: Twice Upon a Time.
Joe Isenberg (Fight Choreographer) designed and
taught the fight sequences for Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company’s productions of Civilization and A Bright New
Boise. Recently his choreography has been seen in
Signature Theatre’s production of God of Carnage. Joe’s
fight work has been seen at Arena Stage, Florida Stage,
The Studio Theatre, Folger Theatre, InterAct Theatre Co.,
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Humana Festival,
and The Metropolitan Opera. From 2010-11, Joe was
titled the Kennedy Center/Kenan Fund for the Arts Fight
Choreographer-in-Residence. Joe is a member of Actors’
Equity and the Society of American Fight Directors. In 2010
he was awarded the Society of American Fight Directors
Swashbuckler Award. Joe would like to thank Al Snow
for his mentorship, friendship, and generous insight into
the unique and exciting world of professional wrestling.
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staff
Artistic Director......................................................................Howard Shalwitz
Managing Director.............................................................. Jeffrey Herrmann
Assistant to the Artistic Director....................................... Jecamiah Ybañez
Assistant to the Manager Director..............................................Kelly Garvis
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Finance and Administration................................Allyson Quirico
Operations Manager......................................................................Paul Kappel
Legal Advisor..................................... Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
CONNECTIVITY
Connectivity Director............................................................... Jocelyn Prince
Connectivity Assistant................................................................. Jordan Beck
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development........................................ Sarah Slobodien Dovere
Development Manager, Annual Giving................................. Rachel Dutcher
Development Manager, Special Events.................................Shelley Weber
Development Manager,
Foundation & Corporate Relations.......................... Sabrina Sikes Thornton
Development Operations Manager.......................................Martha Burson
Development Assistant..........................................................Emily Cauthorne
LITERARY
Director of Artistic Development.........................................Miriam Weisfeld
Literary Manager............................................................................ John Baker
Producer-in-Residence................................................................ Ronee Penoi
Literary Assistant............................................................................. Sam Lahne
MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Director of Marketing and Public Relations...........................Deeksha Gaur
Marketing & Communications Manager.................... Anneliese DeDiemar
Marketing & Communications Assistant..................................Stacey Sulko
Director of Business Development.....................................Zacory Boatright
Rentals Operations Manager.............................................Bethany Finnegan
Audience Services Manager.....................................................Rachel Loose
Box Office Supervisors........................................... Mia Branco, Mindy Hoff,
Jon Rubin, Jason Schlafstein
Patron Services Representatives............................................. Jordan Beck,
Cynthia Perdue, Haley Raines
House Managers...................................Myra Cruz, Kevin Faragher, Cat Gill
Allie Heiman, Jecamiah Ybañez
Concessionaires.................... Hannah Fogler, Maureen Reed, Kelly Garvis
PRODUCTION
Production Manager...................................................................Taryn Staples
Artist Relations Manager........................................................Kevin Faragher
Technical Director............................................................................Scott Little
Asst. Technical Director.....................................................Brian J. McVicker
Properties Master....................................................................Jennifer Sheetz
Scenic Charge.......................................................................... Jason Edwards
Master Carpenter........................................................................... Joel Garcia
Master Electrician..............................................................................Ann Allan
Audio Visual Engineer.................................................................. Aaron Fisher
Properties Assistant .............................................................Kasey Hendricks
Assistant to the Production Manager.......................................Omar Ingram
Lighting Assistant................................................................... Ashley Promisel
Technical Assistant......................................................................David Phelps
Additional Production Staff
Assistant to the Director...............................................................Chris Owens
Resident Assistant Stage Manager..................................... Jason Caballero
Assistant Stage Manager..........................................................Trevor A. Riley
Assistant Dramaturg............................................................Jecamiah Ybañez
Wardrobe Supervisor................................................................... Haley Raines
Light Board Operator...............................................................Ashley Promisel
Sound Technician.......................................................................... Alan Chaikin
Electricians.............................. Karen Biloti, Austin Byrd, Olivia Rubenstein
Painter.............................................................................................Sam Shelton
Show Art Concept & Design....................................................Carolyn Sewell
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Jeremy Rissi
Howard Shalwitz
season sponsors
We would like to thank our most generous supporters – individuals, foundations, corporations,
and government agencies – who are supporting our Season 33 Annual Fund with gifts of $10,000
or more. We would not be successful in pursuing our mission without this amazing support.
FOUNDATION, CORPORATE, AND
GOVERNMENT SEASON SPONSORS
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bank of America
The Share Fund of The Community
Foundation for the National Capital Region
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Theatre Communications Group
The Trust for Mutual Understanding
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
Anonymous
Anne & Ronald Abramson
Arlene & Robert Kogod
Tom Leahey
Joan & David Maxwell
Scott B. & Evelyn Schreiber
PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE
Louis & Bonnie Cohen
Anthony & Jacqueline Dobranski
Miles Gilburne & Nina Zolt
Cathy MacNeil Hollinger & Mark Hollinger
Tom McCormick
Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny
Julie Rios
Judy & Leo Zickler
SEASON SPONSOR
Anonymous
Donna Ari
Mark & Cindy Aron
Susan L. & Dixon M. Butler
William Caldwell
David S. Cohen & Craig A. Benson
Jeffrey P. Cunard
Sheryl & Rick Donaldson
Michael Klein & Joan Fabry
Michael Fitzpatrick & Miriam Gonzales
Gerry Widdicombe
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is
a participant in the New Generations
Program, funded by Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation and administered by Theatre
Communciations Group, the national
organization for the American theatre.
Woolly Mammoth has also been awarded
a grant through the Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation’s Continuing Innovation Program.
show sponsors
Thank you for supporting an individual production with gifts of $1,500 or more.
World Premiere Show Sponsors
David Alpert & Stefanie Schneider
J. Chris Babb & James Martin
Josette Bailey
Jeff & Stacie Banks
Don & Nancy Bliss
Lorraine E. Chickering
Elizabeth & Paul L. Friedman
Melissa Galetto
Wendy & Don Hagen
Nancy Hartsock, The HasenbergHartsock Group at Merrill Lynch
Wealth Management
Charlotte Hollister & Donald Clagett
Linette S. Hwu
Victoria Isley
Rick Kasten
Karen Lefkowitz & Allen Neyman
Anthony Lupo & Jean Hsu
Annie & Paul Mahon
Lisa Martinez
Michael Ramirez & John Ralls
Jeremy & Erika Rissi
Ted & Amanda Walker
Producing Show Sponsors
Jeffrey Ahl & Toby Port
Chas Hausheer & Sheila Sweeney
Karl K. & Carrol Benner Kindel
Chuck & Jenny Lawson
Bob & Mary Lou McGee
David & Peggy Shiffrin
Presenting Show Sponsors
Kenneth W. Crow & Basil Halabi
Barbara L. Strack
Join the Woolly family as a Season or Show Sponsor. For more information please contact Sarah
Slobodien Dovere, Director of Development, at 202-312-5275 or [email protected].
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ANNUAL FUND CONTRIBUTORS
Woolly Mammoth is committed to the evolution of American theatre, and we could not fulfill our mission without the generous support of
our loyal donors. We would like to thank the following donors for contributing $250 or more between March 1, 2011, and August 1, 2012
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION,
AND GOVERNMENT
SPONSORS
Accenture
Alice Shaver Foundation
The Anthony LucasSpindletop Foundation
Arent Fox LLP
Arnold & Porter
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP
Bank of America
British Council USA
Busboys & Poets
CA, Inc
Center for International
Theatre Development
Center for Nonprofit
Advancement
Combined Federal Campaign of
the National Capital Area
The Share Fund of The
Community Foundation of
the National Capital Region
Cooper Thomas, LLC
The Dallas Morse Coors
Foundation for the
Performing Arts
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
D.C. Commission on the
Arts and Humanities
Democracy Engine LLC
Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation
E & B Family Trust
East Banc, Inc
The Eugene & Agnes E.
Meyer Foundation
Evans Constituent Services Fund
Exxon Mobil Matching
Gift Programs
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Freddie Mac Foundation
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
Greene-Milstein Family
Foundation
H Rubenstein Family
Charitable Foundation
Harman Family Foundation
Anne and Henry Reich
Family Foundation, Lee G.
Rubenstein, co-President
HITT Contracting, Inc.
IBM International Foundation
Arlene & Robert Kogod
The Kresge Foundation
Legacy Venture IV, LLC
MARPAT Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mile High United Way
Morgan Stanley
National Capital Arts and
Cultural Affairs
National Endowment for the Arts
National New Play Network
Northrop Grumman
Pennsylvania Performing
Arts on Tour
PEPCO
Pew Charitable Trust
Matching Gift Program
Pfizer Foundation
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw
Pittman Foundation
Posner-Wallace Foundation, in
Honor of Jason McCool and
New Music Theater of DC
PSCC LTD
Razoo Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
The Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation
The Leon Foundation
The Morris and Gwendolyn
Cafritz Foundation
The Second City
Theatre Communications Group
The Tom Lane Fund
The Troy Foundation
The Trust for Mutual
Understanding
United Way of the National
Capital Area
Vanguard Charitable
Endowment Program
The Washington Post Company
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Anonymous (6)
Anne & Ronald Abramson
Adler Family Fund
Swati Agrawal
Jeffrey Ahl & Toby Port
Shannon & Michael Alford
Jo & John Allen
Carolyn Alper
David Alpert & Stefanie
Schneider
Gabriela Anaya & Bruce Tanzer
Karen Ancillai
Joan & Peter Andrews
Donna Ari
Catherine & Paul Armington
Mark & Cindy Aron
J. Chris Babb & James Martin
Josette Bailey
Orrin & Cheryl Baird
Nicole Baker
Jeff and Stacie Banks
William & Melinda Becker
Jamie Bennett
Philip D. Berlin
Deborah Berman, in Honor
of Jeffrey Herrmann &
Catherine MacNeil Hollinger
Michele & Allan Berman
Emily Betsill and Erik DuMont
Lori Bettinger & Jeffrey Francer
Beryl Bills, In Memory
of David B. Bills
Martha Blaxall & Joe Dickey
Don & Nancy Bliss
Donn Block
Christie and Mike Bloomquist
Eleanor Bochner
Eliza Booth
Karen Bradley, in Honor
of Howard Shalwitz
Patrick Browne &
Nathan Victoria
Rich & Amy Buckley
Joan Bullmer
Michael L. Burke & Carl Smith
Rita Burke
Susan L. & Dixon M. Butler
William Caldwell
Marianne Morse Callahan
Wade Carey & Ted Coltman
Brenda M. Carter
David & Anne Case
Athena Caul & Brian Bayliss
Gina Cavalier
David Cherry
John Chester
Lorraine E. Chickering
Bruce A. Cohen
David S. Cohen &
Craig A. Benson
Louis & Bonnie Cohen
David Cohn & Patricia
Alper-Cohn
Andy Colb & Nancy Chapman
Eric Conn
Harald and Nancy Cordes
Tim & Susan Cowles
Kenneth W. Crow & Basil Halabi
Jeffrey P. Cunard
Miriam J. Cutler & Paul Salditt
Ross Dannenberg &
Meredith Whitely
Donna J. Dean & John L. Meyer
Justin Dean
John E. Decker
Stephen Deets
Allison Denny & Topher Kandik
Steven desJardins
Liz Dobbins
Sheryl & Rick Donaldson
Margaret Dotseth
Lis & Kevin Driscoll
Elizabeth Duncan
Joe Dunne & Elena Grigorieva
Daniel & Toby Edelman,
in Honor of Catherine
MacNeil Hollinger
Jim and Elizabeth Engel
Robert & Helen Fall
John G. Fallat
James Feldman &
Natalie Wexler
Todd Feldman & Randy Carswell
Marcia Feuerstein &
Ronald Schwarz
Charlie & Jane Fink
Tracy Fisher
Sandra & James F. Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick &
Miriam Gonzales
Ryan & Amelia Fogarty
Krista Fogleman
Elizabeth & Michael Foley
Nancy McElroy Folger
Revocable Trust
Mary Candace Fowler &
Robert Brookhiser
Molly M. Frantz
Elizabeth & Paul L. Friedman
Bruce Frishman
Christopher & Catherine Frost
Denny A. Fuller
Tim Fuller
Barry & Mary Ann Fulton
Melissa Galetto
Paul Gamble
Erik Gaull
Jim Geletka
Jaquelin Gellhorn
Miles Gilburne & Nina Zolt
Kim Godwin
James Robert Golden
Victor & Karen Goodman
David Gossett & Dena Ringold
Gale Gottlieb
Steve & Sally Gresham
Jeffrey H. Grotte
Jane Gruenebaum &
Leslie Calman
Shirley Gustafson
Wendy & Don Hagen
Frona G. Hall
William and Melissa Hall
Audrey D. Hallett
Andrea & James Hamos
Laura Handman & Harold Ickes
Brenda Hansen & David Seide
John Hardisty
Nancy Hartsock, The Hasenberg
Hartsock Group at Merrill
Lynch Wealth Management
Chas Hausheer &
Sheila Sweeney
Monica Jeffries Hazangeles
& John Peter Hazangeles
Terry Heide
Aaron Heinsman
Meredith Hendrickson &
Michael Kemper
Margaret Hennessey
Jeffrey Herrmann &
Sara Waisanen
Mitchell F. Hertz
Dr. Alison Burgess Hickman
Michael Higgins &
Judith A Kirvan
Linda Lurie Hirsch
Charlotte Hollister &
Donald Clagett
Earl-Rodney Holman
Judy Honig
William L. Hopkins &
Richard Anderson
Barbara Horvath
Glen & Lauren Howard
Daniel C. Hudson &
Karen Garnett
Elizabeth Hughes
Linette S. Hwu
Victoria Isley
Julie Jacobson
David Jasinski & John Glowacky
Edward & Victoria Jaycox
Susan Jeffries
Christopher & Christina Junker
Richard Kamenitzer &
RoseMarie Pfaffe
Jennifer Kandler
Rick Kasten
Christine Kearns
Jean Keeting & Edward Barrese
Robert & Wendy Kenney
Michael Kerst
Michael Killoren
Robert L. Kimmins
Karl K. & Carrol Benner Kindel
Michael Klein & Joan Fabry
Rebecca Klemm
Lauren S. Kogod
Leslie S. Kogod
Arlene & Robert Kogod
Stuart A. Kogod
John Kuehn
Meredith Kurz
Beth Ann Kyle
Lauren Daniels Laitin
& Mark Laitin
James Lambert
Nels Larson & Anne Thompson
Chuck & Jenny Lawson
Tom Leahey
Karen Lefkowitz & Allen Neyman
Gretchen Lehman
Samuel Lehr
Steve Leinwand & Ann Lawrence
Josh & Debra Levin
Randall & Patricia Lewis
Eleanor Roberts Lewis
& Roger K. Lewis
Erik Lichtenberg & Carol Mermey
Russell C. Lindner
Norm & Susan Linsky, in Honor
of Gerry Widdicombe
Anthony Lupo & Jean Hsu
Raphael Lupo &
Deborah Browder
John Macgaffin
Cathy MacNeil Hollinger
& Mark Hollinger
Julianna & Donald Mahley
Annie & Paul Mahon
Harvey Maisel & Andrea
Boyarsky-Maisel
Jeffrey Maletta & Catherine May
Lory Manning
Sarah Pierce Martin
Tina M. Martin & Mita
M. Schaffer
Lisa Martinez
Mark Mason & Robin Cantor
Gerri Mason-Hall
Peter Mathers & Bonnie Beavers
Winton E. Matthews, Jr.
David & Judith Mauriello
Joan & David Maxwell
Theodore & Laura May
Al & Barbara McConagha
Tom McCormick
Bob & Mary Lou McGee
Elizabeth McGrath
Harriet McGuire
Mike McIntyre
Luann McKinney &
Phil Costello
John M. McNally
Alison E. Meiss
Kenneth & Barbara
Mendenhall
Russell Mikel &
Alison Hurst
Herbert and Patrice Miller
Dr. Jeanne-Marie Miller
Pete Miller & Sara
Cormeny
The Greene-Milstein
Family Foundation
James Miner &
Curtis Rozier
Grant Mitchell &
Sheila Manes
Jane & Paul Molloy
Hazel C. Moore
Ann K. Morales
Judith Morris &
Marvin Weissberg
Kristine Morris
Philip I. Myers
Carl & Undine Nash
Brian Nelson &
Barbara Calvi
Jo-Ann Neuhaus
Melanie & Lawrence
C. Nussdorf
Aimee Occhetti
Thomas & Barbara Oliver
Jean E. Osburn
Henry Otto & Judy
Whalley
Philip Owens
Ilga Pakalns
Charles Parsons
William E Pate &
Frances Burden
Teresa and Matt Philipp
Tim Plant
Lawrence Plotkin &
Ruth Hansen
Jonathan Poling &
Malcolm McCluksky
Ane Powers
Lutz Alexander Prager
Judy Lynn Prince
Joshua Quattlebaum
Michael Ramirez
& John Ralls
Larry Rampy
Deborah A. Rayworth
Renay & Bill Regardie
Peter Reichertz
Linda Caro Reinisch
Sheldon & Barbara Repp
Elaine Reuben
Mary & David Rich
Valerie S. J. Rind
Stephen Rintoul
Julie Rios
Jeremy & Erika Rissi
Cindy Roberts &
Andy Clark
Jill Robinson
Katie Root
Claudia Rosenshield
Ed Rosic & Marian Block
Trina & Lee G. Rubenstein
Toby Russell
Kathy Sanders and
Dag Sandbakken
Janet Schneider
Karen & Milton
Schneiderman
Scott B. & Evelyn
Schreiber
Richard Tucker Scully
& Lee A. Kimball
Howard Shalwitz
Janet Shalwitz &
Burt Feuerstein
Shirley Shalwitz
Victor Shargai
Michael and Riki Sheehan
Pat Murphy Sheehy
Playwrights Fund
David & Peggy Shiffrin
Mary Sies & Chris Stark
Linda Singer
Joe Slaughter
Bonnie and Michael
Slobodien
Rick Slobodien
Darrell Smith &
Tom Turnbull
Ed & Andy Smith
Marcus Smith &
Liz Jackson
Patricia Smith
Amy Smithson
Janet W. Solinger
Linda Sorkin
Stan M. Spracker
Daniel Squire
John Squire &
Debra Taylor
Edward Starr & Marilyn
Marcosson
Mary Ann Stein
Malcolm Stevenson
Barbara L. Strack
Stephen and Sylvia Taplin
Steven & Julia Theodore
Grant P. & Sharon
R. Thompson
Randall and Carol
Thompson
William S. Tinkler
Stan & Ilene Trachtenberg
Jennifer Trock
Meyer Tubin
William Turanchik
Sallie C. Tyler
Adrienne & David
Umansky
Jonathan and Ann Vitti
Elizabeth Vrenios
Jeremy P. Waletzky
Ted & Amanda Walker
Karl T. Walli
Julie Anne Watko
Caroline Watson
Elizabeth Wehrle
Richard Weibl &
Terri Nally
Harold & Marilyn Weiner,
in Honor of Louis
& Bonnie Cohen
Ruth Werner
Joan S. Wessel
Marlene Whiteley
Gerry Widdicombe
E. Marcus Wiggs, III
Dave & Joy Willey
Kristin Williams &
Howard Weissman
Nancy Witherell - in honor
of Gerry Widdicombe
Julie Wolf
Barbara and Paul Wolfand
Paul Wolfson
Kathryn & Abby Wood
Irene & Alan Wurtzel
Jeffrey Yablon
James Yap
James Yenckel &
Sandra LaFevre
Karen S. Yingst &
Tom Biederman
Roger Yoerges &
Denise Esposity
E & B Family Trust
David & Julie Zalkind
Judy & Leo Zickler
Margot & Paul
Zimmerman
David Zinn & Ellen Harris
Deborah Ziska
Jonathan Zucker
connectivity news
House Lights Up
Woolly wants its explosive engagement with you to reach past the footlights and into
real life. As such, we are proud to introduce “House Lights Up,” a series of highprofile panel discussions, lectures, debates, film-screenings, concerts, readings, and
other special events, to be curated by Woolly’s Connectivity Department. This series
will harness the vibrant viewpoints of Washington DC to illuminate the ideas in our
plays. It will also apply Woolly’s values of innovation and civic dialogue to life in our
city, encouraging a multiplicity of perspectives and providing audiences with direct
access to our artists. “House Lights Up” will mainly address themes and content
presented in our seasons, but will also, at times, reflect on current events important
to the DC community and the nation. For details on upcoming related events, visit
woollymammoth.net.
A New Post Show Conversation Model
Do you ever leave the theatre with lingering questions or feisty responses to what
you saw? Woolly is re-vamping its post-show discussion schedule to include a
conversation after every performance of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. These
audience exchanges will be held in the lower lobby and facilitated by a member of
Woolly’s community. What did you see? Why did it look like that? What did it mean to
you? Come discuss these and other questions with your fellow audience members.
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Atheist’s Paradise
by Bill Goodman
directed by Megan Behm
a new play concerning
two college students in
very different crises and
their bizarre mentor, an
aging rebel prof
Melton Rehearsal Hall,
Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company
Nov. 3-25
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202-355-6330
FREE THE BEAST! will support the production of 25 new plays
over a ten-year period (2013-2022)
It will allow Woolly to bust out of the cage and take our work to new levels, supporting long-term
commissions, research, and workshops that give playwrights the time to focus on their writing in
collaboration with actors, directors, and designers. It will increase rehearsal time for our actors
and support ambitious plans by our scenic, lighting, and costume designers. It will enable new
collaborations among the members of our superb company and guest artists, leading to work that
fulfills Woolly’s unique mission to challenge our audiences and engage deeply with our community.
For more information or to help FREE THE BEAST! visit woollymammoth.net/freethebeast
or call Sarah Slobodien Dovere, Director of Development, at 202-312-5275.
FREE THE BEAST!
Free the Beast! will support the production of 25 new plays over a ten-year period: 2013-2022. Some will be commissioned from
scratch; others developed from early drafts. All will be given the time and tending they require to reach maturity, drawing from a
menu of support including innovative commissioning models, comprehensive research, readings and workshops, larger casts, extra
rehearsals, increased technical resources, and the expertise of Woolly’s Company of Artists. Most importantly, all will receive full
productions on Woolly Mammoth’s stage. We would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of Free the Beast!.
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Mary Abbajay & Chris Marlow
Shannon & Michael Alford
Sunny & Bill Alsup
David Alpert & Stefanie Schneider
Donna Ari
Catherine & Paul Armington
J. Chris Babb & James Martin
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
Don & Nancy Bliss
Rich & Amy Buckley
Susan & Dixon Butler
Patricia G. Butler
William Caldwell
Lorraine E. Chickering
Kenneth W. Crow & Basil Halabi
Jeffrey P. Cunard
Anthony & Jacqueline Dobranski
Lis & Kevin Driscoll
Joe Dunne & Elena Grigorieva
Michael Fitzpatrick & Miriam Gonzales
Angela D. Fox
Jerry & Kathy Freshley
Elizabeth & Paul L. Friedman
Melissa Galetto
Wendy & Don Hagen
Nancy Hartsock, The Hasenberg Hartsock
Group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Chas Hausheer & Sheila Sweeney
Linette S. Hwu
Victoria Isley
Rebecca Klemm
Arlene & Robert Kogod
Karen Lefkowitz & Allen Neyman
Eleanor Roberts Lewis & Roger K. Lewis
Anthony Lupo & Jean Hsu
Catherine MacNeil Hollinger & Mark
Hollinger
Susan & Dan Mareck
Tina M. Martin & Mita M. Schaffer
Lisa Martinez
Peter Mathers & Bonnie Beavers
Tom McCormick
Bob & Mary Lou McGee
John Mendonca
Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny
CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE
Woolly Mammoth would like to thank the following donors for their generous support of the Capacity Building Initiative Campaign
between January 1, 2007 and July 1, 2008. The Capacity Building Initiative is an approach to organizational development that aims to
instill commitment and improve fundamental management and technical skills within an organization, thereby making the institution more
effective and sustainable.
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Mary Abbajay & Chris Marlow
Mark & Cindy Aron
J. Chris Babb & James Martin
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
Patricia G. Butler
Jeffrey P. Cunard
D.C. Commission on the Arts
and Humanities
Anthony & Jacqueline Dobranski
Sheryl & Rick Donaldson
Lis & Kevin Driscoll
The Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation
Elizabeth & Paul L. Friedman
Jeffrey Herrmann & Sara Waisanen
Linette S. Hwu
Arlene & Robert Kogod
Alex Hahn & Paige Lance Hahn
Karen Lefkowitz & Allen Neyman
Catherine MacNeil Hollinger
& Mark Hollinger
Pete Miller & Sara Cormeny
Hazel C. Moore
Jane McGrath Neal
Prince Charitable Trusts
Stacy & Jason Reed
Howard Shalwitz
The Morris and Gwendolyn
Cafritz Foundation
Grant P. & Sharon R. Thompson
Gerry Widdicombe
Dave & Joy Willey
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Friends,
Next up at Woolly, we travel across the globe to the
world’s most secretive regime—North Korea—for the
World Premiere of Mia Chung’s You For Me For You.
This gorgeous and quirky new play follows two sisters as
they attempt to escape the Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea. Unlike the “hyphenated American” wrestlers in
Chad Deity, these North Korean sisters are brand new to
the United States. They don’t even speak English, making
it even harder to navigate the tricky technology, customs,
social cues, and mores that we all take for granted. The play
illustrates the astonishing determination and perseverance
of those who walk this bewildering path, leaving their
families and homeland behind in search of a better life.
You For Me For You represents the very first production to
benefit from the support of Free The Beast, a campaign that
is raising $4 million to support 25 World Premieres at Woolly
Mammoth over the next ten years. With the support of this
fund, we have been able to build a much more intensive
development path for Mia’s play than normal, including a
3-day workshop at Woolly this past June; a month-long
workshop, produced in association with Ma-Yi Theatre
Company, in New York in August; and an extended five-week
rehearsal process leading to our November premiere. Free
The Beast has already proven to be a game-changer, and we
are looking forward to sharing the results of these artistic
investments over the next decade. You can learn more about
Free The Beast—and how you can support this effort—in
this program or on our website at woollymammoth.net.
Thanks for coming to Chad Deity, have a terrific fall, and we
will see you back here in November for You For Me For You.
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