THE HELEN HAYES THEATER

2NDSTAGE
Carole Rothman President & Artistic Director
Khady Kamara Executive Director

PRESENTS

CLYDE’S BY

LYNN NOTTAGE
WITH
UZO ADUBA RON CEPHAS JONES EDMUND DONOVAN REZA SALAZAR KARA YOUNG
SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN
TAKESHI KATA JENNIFER MOELLER CHRISTOPHER AKERLIND
SOUND DESIGN HAIR AND WIG DESIGN ORIGINAL MUSIC
JUSTIN ELLINGTON COOKIE JORDAN JUSTIN HICKS
VOCAL COACH PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER STAGE MANAGER
GIGI BUFFINGTON DONALD FRIED ALEXANDRA HALL
PRESS CASTING ADVERTISING PRESS & MARKETING OUTREACH
POLK & CO THE TELSEY OFFICE AKA NYC LINDA J. STEWART
WILLIAM CANTLER, CSA
KARYN CASL, CSA
DESTINY LILLY, CSA
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
DIRECTOR OF ARTISTIC PRODUCTION GENERAL MANAGER DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION & COMMUNICATIONS
BENNETT LEAK REED WILKERSON PETER DEAN LAURA DILORENZO
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES,
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
SAMUEL J. BELLINGER LINDSEY FORDEN JIM JOSEPH MANUEL BEJARANO
DIRECTED BY
KATE WHORISKEY
Supported by Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors,
and by Terry and Bob Lindsay, with additional support provided by American Express.
World Premiere by the Guthrie Theater. Originally commissioned by Joe Dowling and
produced by Joseph Haj, Artistic Directors

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Aduba Jones

Edmund Reza Kara

Donovan Salazar Young

Pascal Kevin Brandi dL Stephen Michael

Arquimedes Kenerly Porter Sams Spencer

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without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones,
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Clyde.................................................................................................................... UZO ADUBA
Montrellous........................................................................................... RON CEPHAS JONES
Jason......................................................................................................EDMUND DONOVAN
Rafael............................................................................................................ REZA SALAZAR
Letitia................................................................................................................KARA YOUNG

PLACE: A sandwich shop that sits on a nondescript stretch of road,

in Berks County, Pennsylvania. A liminal space.

UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed performers unless
a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.
For Rafael–PASCAL ARQUIMEDES; for Montrellous–KEVIN KENERLY; for Letitia–
BRANDI PORTER; for Clyde/Letitia–dL SAMS; for Jason–STEPHEN MICHAEL SPENCER.

CLYDE’S WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST

UZO ADUBA (Clyde) is an Emmy-winning
actor and producer whose work spans
television, film and theatre. Aduba recently
launched her production company, Meynon
Media, and signed a multi-year producing
deal with CBS Studios. Broadway: Godspell,
Coram Boy. West End theatre: The Maids.
Off-Broadway: Venice, Mrs. Jones and the
Man From Dixieland, The Seven. Regional:
Prometheus Bound, Dessa Rose, Translations of
Xhosa. Past film: Tallulah, American Pastoral,
Candy Jar, My Little Pony. Past television: “In
Treatment,” ”Solos,” “Mrs. America,” “The
Wiz Live!,” “Orange Is the New Black.”
RON CEPHAS JONES (Montrellous) is
best known for his Emmy-winning, and
three-time nominated, performance playing
William on “This Is Us.” Ron’s other
acclaimed television work includes starring
opposite Octavia Spencer in Apple’s thriller
drama series “Truth Be Told.” Ron Cephas
Jones can also be seen in Hulu’s “Looking
For Alaska”. Ron also stole his scenes as the
inspiration for Dolemite, in the Netflix film
opposite Eddie Murphy. His other powerful
television work includes “Luke Cage,” “Mr.
Robot” and “The Get Down.”
EDMUND DONOVAN (Jason) last ap­
peared as Joe in Greater Clements at Lincoln
Center, a performance which garnered
him Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Outer
Critics Circle and Obie awards. Theatre
credits include Lewiston/Clarkson (Drama
Desk nomination, Clive Barnes Award;
Rattlestick); The Snow Geese (MTC/MCC);
and Xander Xyst, Dragon: 1 (Ars Nova).
Film/TV credits include Glob Lessons, The
Vizitant, Akron, “Betty,” “High Fidelity,”
“Hightown,” “The Blacklist,” “Blue Bloods,”
“Unforgettable,” “Orange Is the New Black”

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and “Gossip Girl” (HBO Max). Edmund is a
graduate of Boston University, LAMDA and
Yale School of Drama.
REZA SALAZAR (Rafael). Broadway: Sweat
(Studio 54). Off-Broadway: Richard II, Mobile
Unit’s The Tempest, Oedipus El Rey (The
Public Theater), My Mañana Comes (Lortel
Award nomination). He appeared regionally in
the world premiere of Floyd’s by Lynn Nottage
(Guthrie Theatre) and Sweat (Arena Stage). TV:
“The Accidental Wolf,” (Topic) “Unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt,” “Daredevil,” (Netflix) “The
Blacklist,” “Believe,” “Law & Order,” “Law
& Order: Criminal Intent,” (NBC) “Louie,”
(FX) “The Knick,” (Cinemax). Film: The
Imperialists Are Still Alive, See Girl Run, The
Inquisition of Camilo Sanz.
KARA YOUNG (Letitia). Making her
Broadway debut, Kara earned a Lucille Lortel
Award nomination for her starring role in the
MCC Theater play All the Natalie Portmans.
Other theatre credits include Halfway Bitches
Go Straight to Heaven, The New Englanders,
Syncing Ink and Pretty Hunger. On screen
she starred in the winner of Sundance 2018’s
Short Film Jury Award in U.S. Fiction, Hair
Wolf, and was featured on HBO’s “Random
Acts of Flyness” as well as the Amazon
feature Chemical Hearts.
PASCAL ARQUIMEDES (u/s Rafael)
is a Dominican-American actor based in
New York. He studied at the New York
Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. He appeared
as George Gibbs in the Open Eye Theater
production of Our Town. Other credits include
Let Night Fall on the Cote D’Azure (Signature
Theater) and the lead in the independent film
Skin of the Teeth. He is extremely excited to
work on this production and to set foot in the
Hayes Theater is a dream come true.
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KEVIN KENERLY (u/s Montrellous).
Broadway debut! Member of the Acting
Company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
in Ashland for over 24 years, favorite credits
include The Book of Will, Shakespeare in
Love, The Liquid Plain, Henry IV Part 1,
Macbeth, Topdog/Underdog, Ma Rainey’s
Black Bottom and Romeo and Juliet, among
others. Regional/NY (selected): Sweat (Arena
Stage), All the Way and The Great Society
(Seattle Rep), Throne of Blood (BAM).
Audiobooks (selected): “Lovecraft Country,”
“The Hard Thing About Hard Things,” “The
Running Man,” “Nobody Knows My Name”
(Sovas Award).
BRANDI PORTER (u/s Letitia). Broadway:
A Bronx Tale (Swing). First national tour: A
Bronx Tale (Frieda, Jane u/s). Off-Broadway:
Trevor: A New Musical, Junie B. Regional:
Nunsense, Little Shop of Horrors, Avenue Q
and Rent. Endless gratitude to MSA Agency,
Heidi Marshall, The Telsey Office and this
team. MFA: Boston Conservatory. Love to my
husband, Armen, Mom, family and friends.
Broadway play debut! IG: @thebrandiporter
dL SAMS (u/s Clyde/Letitia) is elated to be
making her Broadway debut! Select credits
include “Dietland,” “Confetti” and “Happy!”
She can be seen in the upcoming holiday film
Holiday in Harlem. Special thanks to her
friends and family.
STEPHEN MICHAEL SPENCER (u/s
Jason). Recent credits include Julius Caesar
(Theatre for a New Audience), Cymbeline
and Much Ado About Nothing (Hudson
Valley Shakespeare). Stephen appeared in
Sweat at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (world
premiere) and Arena Stage. Regional credits
include productions at Oregon Shakespeare
Festival (four seasons), the A.R.T, Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, Cleveland Play House
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and Triad Stage, among others. International (Vineyard), Through a Glass Darkly
credits include The Heart of Robin Hood (Atlantic). Regional: Alley, Berkeley Rep,
with Mirvish Productions in Toronto. Film/ Geffen, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Kirk
TV: “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS). Graduate of Douglas, La Jolla, Taper, The Old Globe,
UNC-Greensboro and Case Western Reserve/ Steppenwolf, Williamstown, Yale Rep and
Cleveland Play House. more. Obie and Jeff awards. Drama Desk,
LYNN NOTTAGE (Playwright). Lynn Nottage Ovation, San Francisco Critics Circle, TBA
is the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer and Barrymore award nominations. Kata is an
Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced associate professor at University of Southern
widely in the United States and throughout the California, School of Dramatic Arts.
world. Recent work includes the libretto for the JENNIFER MOELLER (Costume Design).
opera Intimate Apparel (LCT), MJ (Broadway) Recent credits: “Dickinson” (Apple TV+),
and co-curating the performance installation Sweat (Broadway), The Wrong Man (MCC),
The Watering Hole (Signature Theatre). Other Mlima’s Tale (The Public), Tiny Beautiful
work includes the musical adaptation of The Things (The Public), Floyd’s (Guthrie),
Secret Life of Bees (Atlantic); Mlima’s Tale; Cardinal (Second Stage), Aubergine (Play­
Sweat (Pulitzer Prize, Obie, Evening Standard wrights Horizons), Candide (L.A. Opera),
Award, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); By the La Bohème (Kennedy Center). Jennifer
Way, Meet Vera Stark (Lilly Award); Ruined has designed productions for Signature
(Pulitzer Prize, Obie, Lortel, NY Drama Theater; Shakespeare in the Park; Manhattan
Critics’ Circle, AUDELCO, Drama Desk and Theatre Club; WP Theater; Primary Stages;
OCC awards); Intimate Apparel (American Shakespeare Theatre Company; Arena Stage;
Theatre Critics and NY Drama Critics’ Circle). The Old Globe; Williamstown Theatre
TV: writer/producer of “She’s Gotta Have It” Festival; McCarter, Baltimore Center Stage;
(Netflix), consulting producer on “Dickinson” Yale Rep; Oregon Shakespeare Festival;
(Apple TV+). Awards: PEN/Laura Pels Master Municipal Theater of Santiago, Chile; Opéra
Dramatist Award, Doris Duke Artist Award, National de Bordeaux; Théâtre du Capitole
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, de Toulouse; and others.
MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship and is CHRISTOPHER AKERLIND (Lighting
an associate professor at Columbia University Design). Recent: Paula Vogel’s new play
School of the Arts and a member of the Indecent, Sting’s musical The Last Ship,
Dramatists Guild. Rocky the Musical, The Gershwin’s Porgy
KATE WHORISKEY (Director). Broad­ and Bess on Broadway and Fire Shut Up in
way: Sweat (Studio 54), Miracle Worker my Bones at the Metropolitan Opera. A two-
(Circle in the Square). Off-Broadway: All time Tony Award winner, he is the recipient
the Natalie Portmans (MCC), Songs for of an Obie for Sustained Excellence, three
a New World (Encores! Off Center), The Drama Desk Awards, the Merrit Award in
Cardinal, How I Learned to Drive (Second Design and Collaboration and many others.
Stage), Ruined (Manhattan Theatre Club), Currently serves on the faculty of the
Her Requiem (Lincoln Center Theatre), CALARTS School of Theater.
Aubergine, Fabulation and Inked Baby JUSTIN ELLINGTON (Sound Design)
(Playwrights Horizons), The Piano Teacher is an award-winning sound designer whose
(Vineyard), among others. Regional credits work has been featured on stages nationally
include the Goodman, the Geffen, South and internationally on Broadway and off.
Coast Rep, The Guthrie Sundance Theatre Broadway credits include Pass Over, Other
Lab, Shakespeare Theatre, American Desert Cities. Off-Broadway theatres include
Repertory Theatre, the Huntington, Oregon Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center,
Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Center ArsNova, New York Theatre Workshop,
Stage, Arena, among others. Her opera Signature Theater, Theatre for a New
direction has been seen at the Chatelet in Audience and others. Additional theatres
Paris and Teatro Municipal in Brazil. include Steppenwolf, Goodman Theatre,
TAKESHI KATA (Scenic Design). Broad­ Guthrie, The Royal Shakespeare Company
way: Derren Brown’s Secret. Recent Off- (UK) and The Old Vic (UK).
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Broadway: Man From Nebraska (Second COOKIE JORDAN (Hair and Wig Design)
Stage), Cambodian Rock Band (Signature), Broadway: Once on This Island; Sunday in the
Office Hour (The Public), Until the Flood Park With George; In Transit; Eclipsed; Side
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(Rattlestick), Forever (NYTW), Gloria Show; After Midnight; Fela!; A View From the
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Bridge. Off-Broadway: In the Blood, The Death King and I, An American in Paris, If/Then,
of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World Rocky, The Bridges of Madison County, I’ll Eat
(Signature Theatre); Public Works’ Hercules, You Last and Kinky Boots. Off-Broadway: West
Ain’t No Mo’, Mlima’s Tale (The Public); A Side Story, Stage Around, Tokyo and Othello
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night (The (NYTW). Recent TV projects include creations
Public’s Shakespeare in the Park). Tours: Fela! for “Fosse/Verdon” and “Samantha Bee.”
(national and European tours); Dirty Dancing. GIGI BUFFINGTON (Vocal Coach).
Television: Emmy-nominated for makeup Dramaturg/text consultant for Spike Lee and
design, “The Wiz Live!” (NBC). Ron Wimberly’s screenplay Prince of Cats.
JUSTIN HICKS (Original Music) is a Recent on and off Broadway credits: Pass
Drama Desk-nominated singer-songwriter Over, The Minutes, Linda Vista, Heroes of the
and sound artist. He’s worked with notable Fourth Turning, The Thin Place, Our Dear
artists such as Abigail DeVille, Kaneza Dead Drug Lord. Steppenwolf company vocal
Schaal, Meshell Ndegeocello, Hilton Als, coach for five seasons; Royal Shakespeare
Bill T. Jones and Steffani Jemison. His work Company; arts professor, Tisch Drama, NYU.
has been featured at Lincoln Center for the DAN O’DRISCOLL (Fight Consultant).
Performing Arts, The Public, Baryshnikov Recently, the associate fight director for
Art Center, Festival steirischer herbst (Graz, Pass Over on Broadway. Assistant fight
AT) and The Albertinum Museum (Dresden, director on 12 other Broadway productions.
DE). Hicks was a member of Kara Walker’s Off-Broadway: fight director on HIR for
6-8 Months Space and holds a culinary Playwrights Horizons; Picnic, Summer and
diploma from ICE in New York City. Smoke and Come Back, Little Sheba for
KIRK CAMBRIDGE-DEL PESCHE Transport Group and Lost Girls for MCC.
(Makeup Designer). Born on St. Vincent and the For Second Stage: assistant fight director for
Grenadines, an eclectic mix of races.Exposed Cardinal, movement/fight consultant for The
from childhood by his grandparents and mother Underlying Chris and Mary Page Marlowe.
to a mix of cultures, foods and people developed CHRISTOPHER BAYES (Movement
an understanding of hard work and sacrifice, Consultant). Broadway: The 39 Steps (move­
always giving 110% to what he does has indeed ment, choreography, physical comedy;
made for a unique individual. Having worked Roundabout, Hayes, Cort, also national
for M•A•C Cosmetics, Broadway, tours, tour), Moulin Rouge! (farce consultant;
TV, ballet, opera, Boston and NY symphony Hirschfeld). Directing NYC: The Servant of
orchestras, has curated a unique outlook on Two Masters (TFANA), Even Maybe Tammy
color, techniques and applications. “KCD” (The Flea). Multiple shows: Juilliard, NYU
makes his Broadway debut as makeup designer Grad Acting. Regional: Yale Rep, Berkeley
for Trouble in Mind and Clyde’s. Rep, Seattle Rep, Intiman, Guthrie, Court
JESSIE MOJICA (Tattoo Designer and Theater, Idaho Shakes, Arts-Emerson. Fa­
Hair and Makeup Supervisor). Broadway culty: David Geffen School of Drama head
makeup design credit: Linda Vista. Broadway of physical acting, professor in the practice of
styling credits: Anything Goes (2011 revival), acting. Founder: The Pandemonium Studio.
After Midnight, A Bronx Tale. Supervisor DONALD FRIED (Production Stage Mana­
credits: On Your Feet!, Harvey Fierstein’s ger). Second Stage: Cardinal, Engagements.
Torch Song. Film/television: “Pose” (FX, Broadway: Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, The 39
Emmy nomination for Outstanding Period Steps, 700 Sundays, A Raisin in the Sun (Sean
Hair and or Character Hairstyling, season Combs), The Producers, Kat and the Kings,
two). Jessie is very happy to be back at the Sandra Bernhard’s I’m Still Here…Damn it!
Hayes Theatre. Loads of gratitude to Bill Off-Broadway: The Atlantic, LCT3, MCC,
Calaway, Duke, Maverick, Spike and Chre MTC, NYTW, Playwrights Horizons, The
for always showing me love and support. Public, ten productions at Signature Theatre.
KATHY FABIAN/PROPSTAR LLC (Props Regional: NY Stage & Film, Intiman, Geffen
Supervisor). Recent Broadway credits in­ Playhouse, Goodspeed, Williamstown, Westport
clude A Christmas Carol, Burn This, The Country Playhouse, Yale Rep. Tours: An Iliad,
Sons, Blast!, Scooby-Doo Live and Buddy: The Buddy
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Woman. Other favorites include Indecent, ALEXANDRA HALL (Stage Manager).
Sunday in the Park With George, Falsettos, Broadway: Tootsie, Sweat, She Loves Me.
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the Field (London), Sweat (The Public MU, by Stephen Sondheim; Afterbirth: Kathy
national), …blank page (SITI Company), & Mo’s Greatest Hits by Mo Gaffney and
First Wives Club, the Musical (Chicago). Off- Kathy Najimy; This Is Our Youth by Kenneth
Broadway: All the Natalie Portmans (MCC), Lonergan; Coastal Disturbances by Tina
About Alice (TFANA), Sweat, Manahatta Howe; A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller;
(The Public), Cardinal (Second Stage), What The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda
I Did Last Summer, The Wayside Motor Inn, Barry; and Tiny Alice and Peter and Jerry
The Open House (Signature), The Baroness by Edward Albee. The company’s more than
(SATC), Around the World in 80 Days and 130 citations include six 2017 Tony Awards
more. Juilliard guest artist. Regional: Chester for Dear Evan Hansen (Best Musical; Best
Theatre. MFA: Columbia University. Lead Actor in a Musical, Ben Platt; Best
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With Featured Actress in a Musical, Rachel Bay
offices in both New York and Los Angeles, Jones; Best Book of a Musical; Best Original
The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, Score; Best Orchestrations); the 2009 Tony
television and commercials. The Telsey Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Musical
Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable (Alice Ripley, Next to Normal), Best Score
and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, (Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, Next to Normal)
artistry, heart, accountability and advocacy. and Best Orchestrations (Tom Kitt and
SECOND STAGE THEATER (Producer) Michael Starobin, Next to Normal); the 2007
under the artistic direction of Carole Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (Julie
Rothman, operates three New York City White, The Little Dog Laughed); the 2005
venues exclusively dedicated to producing Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
living American playwrights. Second Stage’s Rachel Sheinkin, …Spelling Bee) and Best
first season on Broadway at The Hayes Featured Actor in a Musical (Dan Fogler,
Theater included Lobby Hero by Kenneth …Spelling Bee); the 2002 Tony Award for
Lonergan, directed by Trip Cullman (Tony Best Director of a Play (Mary Zimmerman
nominee for Best Revival of Play, Best for Metamorphoses); the 2002 Lucille Lortel
Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role, Award for Outstanding Body of Work, 29 Obie
Michael Cera and Brian Tyree Henry) and Awards, eight Outer Critics Circle Awards,
Straight White Men by Young Jean Lee and three Clarence Derwent Awards, 13 Drama
directed by Anna D. Shapiro. Among Second Desk Awards, nine Theatre World Awards,
Stage’s 180 productions are the 2015 Pulitzer 20 Lucille Lortel Awards, the Drama Critics
Prize winner Between Riverside and Crazy Circle Award and 23 AUDELCO Awards.
by Stephen Adly Guirgis; the 2010 Pulitzer In 1999, Second Stage Theater opened The
Prize winner Next to Normal by Tom Kitt Tony Kiser Theater, its state-of-the-art, 296-
and Brian Yorkey; the 2012 Pulitzer Prize seat theatre, designed by renowned Dutch
winner Water by the Spoonful by Quiara architect Rem Koolhaas. In 2002, Second
Alegría Hudes; Grand Horizons by Bess Stage launched Second Stage Theater
Wohl; Mary Page Marlowe by Tracy Letts; Uptown to showcase the work of up-and-
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown; coming artists at the 99-seat McGinn/Cazale
Dogfight by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Theater. The theatre supports artists through
Duchan; Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek, several programs that include residencies,
Justin Paul and Steven Levenson; By the
Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage; Trust fellowships and commissions, and engages
and Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv students and community members through
Joseph; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad education and outreach programs. In 2018,
Deity by Kristoffer Diaz; Everyday Rapture Second Stage began producing at its 589
and Whorl Inside a Loop by Dick Scanlan seat Broadway home, The Hayes Theater.
and Sherie Rene Scott; Let Me Down Easy Originally named The Little Theater and
and Notes From the Field by Anna Deavere built in 1912, the city landmark has been
Smith; Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo; remodeled by David Rockwell of Rockwell
Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein; Eurydice Group. Second Stage Theater is investing in
by Sarah Ruhl; The Little Dog Laughed by its future by commissioning over 20 living
Douglas Carter Beane; Metamorphoses by American playwrights. For more information,
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Opening Night: November 23, 2021
SECOND STAGE THEATER
CAROLE ROTHMAN
President & Artistic Director
KHADY KAMARA
Executive Director
ADMINISTRATIVE
Director of Finance....................... Samuel J. Bellinger
Administrative Manager........................John Mackessy
Controller..............................................Guanying Lan
Finance Management Associate,
Payroll/HR........................................Matthew Lowe
Finance Management
Associate, AP/AR............................. Benjamin Trela
Executive Assistant to Khady Kamara.........Adan Sanchez
General Manager................................ Reed Wilkerson
Associate General Manager......................Connor Davis
Company Manager, Hayes Theater............... Lee Poulin
Art for Justice Fund Apprentice.......... Nashaun Hodges
Director of Operations............................... Jim Joseph
Database Administrator....................... Kathleen Smith
Assistant Manager/
Network Administrator IT...................Curtis Edwards
Systems Support Technician...................... Terry Kollie
Tony Kiser Theater Building Manager.... Steven Ganpat
Art for Justice Fund Apprentice................. Jack Brandt
Director of Human Resources,
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion...........Manuel Bejarano
Director of Development...................... Lindsey Forden
Director of Institutional
Partnerships................................ Catherine Sumner
Director of Special Events................. Brianna Sauvage
Senior Manager of Individual Giving.......Eleanor Regan
Senior Associate of Individual Giving.... Connor Stribling
Membership Benefits Associate............ Willyan Ferreira
Grants Coordinator..................................Cassidy Kaye
Special Events Associate........................Kayla Juntilla
Director of Marketing &
Communications.............................Laura DiLorenzo
Sales & Marketing Manager................. Dayna Johnson
Marketing Manager................................... Paul Marte
Digital & Social Media Associate............Jake Lebowitz
Community Outreach &
Group Sales Manager............................ Stacy Leigh
Marketing and Development Intern......... Bailey Vought
Director of Ticket Services.......................Artie Sievers
Ticket Services Managers.................. Kayla Eisenberg,
Ed Precht
Ticket Services Assistants.................... Tora Alexander,
Ian Edlund, Marleny Figueroa,
Aaron Roitman, Nyani Totty
ARTISTIC
Director of Artistic Production................. Bennett Leak
Manager of Artistic Development.............. George Strus
Manager of Artistic Programs.............. Will Steinberger
Artistic Assistant............................... Jonathan Chang Associate Costume Designer..........................Annie Le
Time Warner Foundation Commission....... Rajiv Joseph
Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Commission...........................Melissa James Gibson
New York State Council on the Arts
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Commission.........................................Laura Eason
Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Commission . ....JC Lee
Second Stage Commissions.................... Jocelyn Bioh,
Lydia R. Diamond, Johnny Lloyd, Assistant Tattoo Designer........................ Kyle Krueger
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Jen Silverman, Danielle Stagger,
Bess Wohl, Anna Ziegler
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Commission.......................................... Lauren Yee
2ST/CTG Stage-2-Stage Commissions.......David Adjmi,
Jon Robin Baitz, Lisa D’Amour,
Larissa FastHorse, Lisa Kron,
Young Jean Lee, Matthew Lopez,
Lynn Nottage,Sarah Ruhl, Paula Vogel
Stage-2-Stage Commissions
are supported in part by.................... Louise Bryson,
Terry Lindsay, Chula Reynolds, Sophia Collier
PRODUCTION
Director of Production............................... Peter Dean
Production Manager........................... Michael Catalan
Associate Production Manager..................Kyrie Bayles
Lead Technician, Kiser Theater.......... Benjamin Eckert
Art for Justice Fund Apprentice........ Tanay Burton-Hart
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
POLK & CO.
Matt Polk Tom D’Ambrosio
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CASTING
THE TELSEY OFFICE
William Cantler, CSA Karyn Casl, CSA
Destiny Lilly, CSA Charlie Hano
SPECIAL SERVICES
Advertising Agency .....................................AKA NYC
Press and Marketing Outreach .......... Linda J. Stewart,
It Is Done Communications
Branding.............................................................2x4
Attorney....................................... Carolyn Casselman,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Attorney.......................................... Stephanie Grassi,
Stephanie Grassi, Esq. P.C.
Real Estate Attorney.......................... Robert S. Nash,
Erin L. Chizner
Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP
Accountant.........................WithumSmith+Brown, PC,
Karen Kowgios
Banking............................................ Signature Bank/
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Insurance.................................... DeWitt Stern Group
Web Design and Development.......................Plusthink
STAFF FOR CLYDE’S
Company Manager..................................... Lee Poulin
Production Stage Manager....................... Donald Fried
Stage Manager.................................... Alexandra Hall
Production Assistant............................Caroline Duffin
Covid Safety Manager...................... Flora Stamatiades
Assistant Director..................................... NJ Agwuna
Associate Scenic Designer........................ Se Hyun Oh
Assistant Lighting Designer........................ Natali Arco
Assistant Sound Designer.............................. DJ Potts
Associate Hair and Wigs Designer.........Joya Giambrone
Makeup Designer............... Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche
Tattoo Designer and Hair and
Makeup Supervisor............................. Jessie Mojica
Assistant to Lynn Nottage................. Elisabeth Frankel
Food Consultant.......................................Lisa Adams
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 Special Effects Consultant..................Jeremy Chernick
Movement Consultant..................... Christopher Bayes
Fight Consultant...................................Dan O’Driscoll
Knife Consultants............................... Daniel Breaker,
Benjamin Liquet
Production Audio............................Elizabeth Coleman
Audio Operator...................................... Heather Motz
Audio Operator........................................ Denise Hills
Props Master............................Kathy Fabian, Propstar
Associate Props Supervisor...................... Kate Lundell
Props Artisans.................Jon Knust, John Ruegsegger,
John Estep
Electrics Programmer............................ Warren Cherry
Flyman........................................Christopher Gossard
Pyro Operator........................................... Joe Pizzuto
Deck Properties........... M. Scott Moore & David Nelson
Dressers.......................... Adina Wells, Katherine Sorg
Production Photographer......................... Joan Marcus
CREDITS
Scenery built and automated by Great Lakes Scenic
Studios. Special effects built and deigned by J &
M Special Effects. Lighting and sound equipment
provided by Production Resource Group. Specialty
props by Propstar LLC, Bad Monkey Props LLC , Gloria
Sun. Flame treatment by Turning Star Inc. Tailoring by
Troy Anicete.
SPECIAL THANKS
Julia McCarthy, Jessica Crawford
All food waste is collected for composting
following each performance.
HAYES THEATER STAFF
Director of Operations............................... Jim Joseph
Head Carpenter.................................McBrien Dunbar
Head Electrician............................................Mia Roy
Head Properties............................Katherine McCauley
Wardrobe Supervisor................................ Jeni Ahlfeld
Box Office Treasurer.................................David Dillon
Assistant Box Office Treasurer.............Kelsey Kennedy,
Joseph Sims
House Manager................................... Richard Ponce
House Staff........................... Issa Best, Jaime Burgos,
Kathleen Curran, Robert Eddy,
Marleny Figueroa, Libby Fox,
John Franco, Emily Jeppesen,
Theo Kalaitzis, Rebecca Kaye,
Bradley Levine, Zoë Lillis,
Kentrell Loftin, Fanny Mero,
Angela Moreno, Janie Paw,
Jennifer Rico, Rachel Roberson,
Mel Ryan, Clare Solly,
Felix Telsey, Berd Vaval,
Lauren Wohlmacher
Stage Door.....................Kevin Deleon, Theo Kalaitzis,
Olivia Mancini, Marcos Paez, Tony Riley,
Walter Talton nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the
Security.....................................GBA Consulting, Inc.
Chief Engineer..................................Ricky Deosarran
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Deosarran of others by lighting matches or smoking in prohibited
Porter............................................... Travis Chinapen areas during the performances and intermissions. This
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THEATER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Architects ......................... David Rockwell, Architect/
The Rockwell Group,
Michael Fischer, Architect/
The Rockwell Group
Theatre Consultant......Joshua Dachs & Bob Campbell/FDA
Construction Management...................Bob Goldberg &
Russell Dodson/
Yorke Construction
Building and Zoning Consultant.............William Dailey
Architectural Consultant..... James L. Bodnar, Architect
Broadway Green Alliance with/without website
Structural Engineering...... McLaren Engineering Group
Mechanical Engineering.........................Kohler Ronan
Acoustic/AV............................................ Jaffe Holden
Lighting.............................................. Focus Lighting
Owner’s Representative..................... Susan Wallace &
Toby Rappaport/
Zubatkin Owner’s Representation
Attorneys................. Robert S. Nash & Erin L. Chizner/
Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP;
Frank Chaney/Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.;
Joel Marcus/Marcus & Pollack, LLP;
Robert J. Ward & Brian T. Kohn
This Theatre operates under an agreement between
the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’
Equity Association, the Union of Professional
Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The Actors and Stage Managers employed in
this production are members of Actors’ Equity
Association, the Union of Professional Actors and
Stage Managers in the United States.
Backstage Employees are represented by the
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press
Agents & Managers (IATSE Local 18032),
represents the Press Agents, Company Managers
and House Managers employed on this production.
WARNING
The photographing or sound recording of any performance
or the possession of any device for such photographing or
sound recording inside this theatre, without the written
permission of the management, is prohibited by law.
Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may
render the offender liable for money damages.
FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign
street. In the event of fire or other emergency please do not
run—WALK TO THAT EXIT.
Thoughtless persons annoy patrons and endanger the safety
violates a city ordinance and is punishable by law.
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 THE ARTISTIC ANGLE
I first met Lynn Nottage 30 years ago. She was working for Amnesty International and had
written a monologue for a play I was producing at Second Stage in our 100 seat Uptown
theater, A...My Name is Still Alice. The monologue was about a woman at a bus stop.

Sounds ordinary, but the writing was anything but. It was smart, funny and had that sparky
language that I look for in a writer. So I commissioned her to write a work which became her
first play, Crumbs from the Table of Joy.

I may have opened a door for Lynn, but her great success as a writer, and two time Pulitzer
Prize winner, is entirely her own. And now I have the privilege of producing her newest play,
Clyde’s, on Broadway for a much wider audience.

The group of incredibly talented artists who are part of this production, from Lynn’s long
time collaborator Kate Whoriskey to a first time member like Takeshi Kata, have come
together after 18 months of silence to start a conversation with the audience.

It is with great joy that we re-open the Hayes, that we contribute to the process of healing,
that we continue to be a Broadway theater exclusively dedicated to the voices of living
American writers.

Carole Rothman
President and Artistic Director

Board of Trustees
Terry Lindsay Sally Dayton Clement Robert Nash ARTISTIC ADVISORY
Board Chair Lawrence G. Creel Elin Nierenberg BOARD
Laurie Erlandson Laurie Erlandson Lynn Nottage Amith Chandrashaker
Co-Vice-Chair Frances Daly Fergusson Alice Pacthod Steve Cohen
Tony Goldwyn Mary Tavener Holmes Bambi Putnam Joshua Dachs
Co-Vice-Chair Wendy Evans Joseph Carole Rothman* Rajiv Joseph
Stewart R. Smith Khady Kamara Nathan E. Saint-Amand Ian McKellen
Treasurer Anthony C. M. Kiser** Ira Schreck Joe Morton
Gabrielle London Palitz Steven B. Klinsky Stephen C. Sherrill** Emilio Sosa
Secretary Janet Lynne Knopf Sydney R. Shuman David Stone
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Patricia J. Langer John Sorkin Meryl Streep
Elizabeth C. Berens Gina Maria Leonetti Angela Sun Tessa Thompson
Kevin Brockman Dre Taylor Lindsay Susan Wasserstein Bess Wohl
Louise Henry Bryson George S. Loening Candace K. Weir Liza Colón-Zayas
Mia Campbell Timothy J. McClimon *Co-Founder
Debra Martin Chase Oren Michels **Chairman Emeritus

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Munsee Lenape and Wappinger Lenape people and honor and pay our respects to the many
diverse indigenous peoples still connected to this land.
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 WELCOME TO SECOND STAGE!
Welcome back to Broadway, and welcome to Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage, a new play about second chances and last
resorts. One of the many gifts of great art is the way it can move us to real life action. The characters in Clyde’s and
their stories have inspired us to take action around the issues of second chance hiring, reentry, and how the arts are
a way to express, heal, and grow.
This season, we are addressing the need to create a more diverse pipeline of arts workers and audiences. We will
connect underrepresented communities with our work through a variety of audience engagement programming.
Further, we will offer targeted theater apprenticeships and be a conduit to employment assistance between
Returning Citizens (people formerly incarcerated) and the Broadway theater industry and its affiliates.
We have planned a series of thought-provoking post-show panel discussions. These conversations will feature
professionals working in the social justice field, criminal justice system reform advocates, and people with lived
experience of incarceration and the criminal justice system. We have connected with incredible partners to bring
you the following schedule of talkbacks: Prison Creative Arts Project on November 11, Rehabilitation Through the
Arts on November 18, Fortune Society on December 2, Art for Justice Fund on December 9, Ameelio on December
15, Youth Justice Network on December 16, Project Renewal on December 21, League of Women Voters and Hour
Children on January 6, and Lehman College’s Reentry@Lehman on January 13.
Please explore our virtual art exhibit organized by the Prison Creative Arts Project. PCAP exhibits bring the work of
incarcerated artists into the public realm to humanize prisoners, break stereotypes, and create dialogue about mass
incarceration. (2ST.com/clydes).
Thanks to the generous support of Art for Justice Fund, we are excited to announce our pilot apprenticeship program
for Returning Citizens in partnership with the Youth Justice Network. These apprenticeships provide hands-on job
training with a focus on general management, production management, and front of house operations.
Another exciting initiative is our job fair. Theatergoers appreciate the connection among restaurants, bars, hotels,
and attending theater; the job fair provides an opportunity to connect people who are looking for work with
these vital industries that support our greater community. All our partners commit to an open hiring policy that
encourages employing Returning Citizens.
You can learn more about these programs and additional ways you can support Returning Citizens by visiting
2ST.com/clydes.
Thank you for joining us for Clyde’s, enjoy the show.

Khady Kamara
Executive Director

SECOND STAGE THEATER GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS

FOR PROVIDING LEADERSHIP FUNDING FOR OUR CORE MISSION AND PROGRAMS.
CREATING NEW PLAYS SPECIAL THANKS
American Express Our season programs are made possible with public
The Edgerton Foundation funds from the New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature and
Warner Media the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in
partnership with the City Council.
BUILDING NEW AUDIENCES
Con Edison

MAKING THEATER MORE ACCESSIBLE

The Affordable Ticket Initiative is supported The 2021-22 Season is supported by a generous grant
by the J.L. Greene Arts Access Fund in the from the Howard Gilman Foundation.
New York Community Trust.
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 2NDSTAGE MOVING FORWARD CAMPAIGN
Second Stage Theater launched a $75 million capital campaign to purchase and renovate the Hayes theater on
44th Street. This is our first permanent home, and is the only Broadway stage dedicated exclusively to works
by living American playwrights. Our campaign includes the New American Voices Fund, designed to facilitate
our organizational growth, allow us to continue taking artistic risks, and support the play development,
audience outreach and education initiatives needed to fill our stages.

Consider joining the MOVING FORWARD campaign by visiting 2STonBroadway.com or call 212-787-8302 x141.

THANK YOU TO OUR LEADERSHIP SUPPORTERS

Anonymous (2)
Elizabeth & Rodney Berens
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Creel
Empire State Development
Ford Foundation
The William & Mary Greve
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton E. James
Anthony C.M. Kiser & Lisa Atkin
Terry & Robert Lindsay
George Loening & Kimbrough
Towles
Robert Nash and Schulte Roth &
Zabel LLP
New York City Council
New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs
Office of the Manhattan Borough
President, Gale A. Brewer
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Brent & Laura Nicklas
Kirk A. Radke
Dr. Nathan E. Saint-Amand
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
Stephen & Kitty Sherrill
The H. Russell Smith Foundation
Robin A. Ferracone & Stewart R.
Smith
The New American Voices Fund is
made possible with a lead gift from
David Stone.

THANK YOU TO OUR CAMPAIGN DONORS

42nd Street Development Barbara & Peter Georgescu Caroline O’Donnell
Corporation Nancy Gibbs Gabrielle & Michael Palitz
Brooke Adams & Tony Shalhoub The Howard Gilman Foundation Frances Pandolfi & Friends
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Barclay Janet L. Glass John & Carol Anne Partilla
Stiff Bob Goldberg James A. Patterson & Tim Donahue
The Allen Family Foundation Tony Goldwyn & Jane Musky Dean Pitchford & Michael Mealiffe
American Express Joshua Goodman Adam & Billy Porter-Smith
Anonymous (3) Robyn Goodman Bambi Putnam
The Lily Auchincloss Foundation Nicky & Jamie Grant Nancy & George Putnam
Zack Bacon Joanne Guerrerio Alexis Rhodes
Erika & Alan Bartelstein The Marc Haas Foundation The Rolfe Company, Inc.
David Benkof Barbara Hauptman & Jonathan Falk Sharon Robinson
Anne L. Bernstein Tamara L. Harris Foundation Donna Perret Rosen & Ben Rosen
Daryl & Joe Boren Joseph Herron & Dana Klein Betty Jane Rothman
Jessica Bowlin Mary Tavener Holmes Joshua & Julia Ruch
Kevin Brockman & Dan Berendsen William S. Hoover Ann & Tim Salutz
The Brown Foundation, Inc. of J & AR Foundation Didi Fenton Schafer & Oscar Schafer
Houston Wendy Evans Joseph Ira Schreck & Barbara Ginsberg
T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton Mitchell Josephs Brooke Shields
Foundation, Inc. Tom Kazmark & Michael Schiff Susan Schulman
Louise & John Bryson Steven B. Klinsky & Maureen Sherry Amanda Seyfried & Thomas Sadoski
Jeffrey & Mary Elizabeth Bunzel Klinsky Susan & Victor Shedlin
James Capalino David Knight Sydney & Stanley S. Shuman
Cathy Chernoff Matthew Kwatinetz Margaret Simon
Lois Chiles Keri & Rafael Landeiro Tracy & Jay Snyder
Sally & Stephen Clement The Blanche & Irving Laurie Janet Stahl & David Herz
Sophia Collier & Chula Reynolds Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg
Sharon & Thomas Collins Sabrina Lee & Daniel Baumol Charitable Trust
Con Edison Harrison LeFrak Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
Melanie Coronetz Karen & David Lehmann-Eisner John M. Sullivan, Jr. & Eleanor
Zoe Cruz Michael Lehrman Sullivan
Judy & Kim Davis Gina Maria Leonetti Angela Sun & Ate Atema
Suzanne Davidson Kay & Chris Linneman James & Eileen Thomas
The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Judith Light The Tow Foundation
Foundation Jennifer Manocherian Patricia Tulchin
Carla Emil & Rich Silverstein Ed Martin George Van Pelt
The Charles Engelhard Foundation Marsha Mason Paula Vogel
Cindy Fascia Christy H. McGraw Nancy & George Walker
Lily M. Fan & Anthony P. Arnold Anne McMillen Time Warner, Inc.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson & Justin Mikita Terrence McNally Candace K. Weir
Frances D. Fergusson William Megevick Susan A. Herz Wilkins & Maury N.
Russel & Hazel Fershleiser S. Epatha Merkerson Wilkins
Caryl & Kenneth Field LuEsther T. Mertz Advised Fund Meryl & Charles Witmer
Lori & Ed Forstein Marianne & Steven Mills John Yarmick
Cynthia L. Frybarger PLAYBILL.COM
Mary & Garrett Moran Christian & Lonna Yegen
David Ganek Robert & Joann Nash Zubatkin Owner Representation
Richard Garvey New York State Council on the Arts
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 CONTRIBUTORS
Second Stage Theater gratefully acknowledges the individuals and institutions listed below for their annual
fund support. Gifts received after August 13, 2021 will be acknowledged in future programs.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
$50,000+
American Express
Art for Justice Fund, a sponsored
project of Rockefeller
Philanthropy Advisors
The Howard Gilman Foundation
Peter R. Gimbel & Elga Andersen-
Gimbel Memorial Trust
$25,000-$49,999
Achelis & Bodman Foundation
Ausolus Trust
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill &
Co., Inc.
$10,000-$24,999
Con Edison
Fredrick R. Courdert Foundation
Horace W. Goldsmith
Foundation
$5,000-$9,999
The Allen Family Foundation
Charles E. Culpeper Fund of the
New York Community Trust
Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
Elroy & Terry Krumholz
Foundation
$2,500-$4,999
Richenthal Foundation
Signature Bank
Theatre Development Fund
INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
PREMIER PATRONS ($50,000+)
Louise & John Bryson
Sally Dayton Clement & Stephen
Clement
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Creel
Peter T. Grauer & Laura M. Grauer
Foundation
PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE ($25,000-$49,999)
Anonymous (1)
Elizabeth & Rodney Berens
Kevin Brockman & Dan Berendsen
Mia & Fergus Campbell
Laurie Erlandson
Tony Goldwyn & Jane Musky
Wendy Evans Joseph & Jeffrey Ravetch
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($15,000-$24,999)
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Frances Daly Fergusson
Peter B. Lichtenthal & Perry Eisman
Janet & Tom Montag
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J.L. Greene Arts Access Fund in
the New York Community Trust
The William & Mary Greve
Foundation
Berlanti Family Foundation
Marc Haas Foundation
Fletcher Jones Foundation
T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton
Foundation
The Durst Organization
Edgerton Foundation
Leon Levy Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Hyde & Watson Foundation
The Peter T. Joseph Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis
Ropes & Gray LLP
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Dorothy Loudon Foundation;
Lionel Larner, Executive
Director
$1,000-$2,499
AARP
Actors’ Equity Foundation
Mary Tavener Holmes
Mitchell & Amy Josephs
Anthony C. M. Kiser & Lisa Atkin
Terry & Robert Lindsay
Gina Maria Leonetti
George S. Loening
Steven B. Klinsky & Maureen Sherry
Klinksy
Patricia J. Langer & Barry Weprin
The Arthur Loeb Foundation
Natalie Diggins & Oren Michels
Elin & Michael Nierenberg
Gabrielle & Michael Palitz
Marc and Julie Platt
Garrett & Mary Moran
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Lynn Nottage & Tony Gerber
Daniel and Alice Pacthod
James and Marilyn Simons
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Blanche & Irving Laurie
Foundation
New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs
Select Equity Group
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Warner Media
New York State Council on the
Arts
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels
Foundation
SHS Foundation
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
The Shubert Organization
Michael Tuch Foundation
New York City Council at the
request of Speaker Corey
Johnson
Jerome Robbins Foundation
The Lambs Foundation
Silver Mountain Foundation
for the Arts
Dr. Nathan E. Saint-Amand
Ira Schreck & Barbara Ginsberg
Stephen & Kitty Sherrill
Sydney & Stanley Shuman
Robin A. Ferracone & Stewart R. Smith
Hartley Rogers & Amy Fall
Emilia Saint-Amand
Marjorie & Charles Van Dercook
Susan Wasserstein & George Sard
Candace K. Weir
Barbara Whitman
Meryl & Charles Witmer
John Sorkin
Angela Sun & Ate Atema
Paul Taubman
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 PRODUCER’S CIRCLE ($10,000-$14,999)
Anonymous (2) Katie Couric & John Molner Musa & Tom Mayer
Jen Ablon Terry & Mary-Jane Hogan Stacey & Eric Mindich
David Benkof Maxine Isaacs Janet & Tom Montag
Svante Bergstrom Dr. Brian Kaltner Bambi Putnam
Anne L. Bernstein Judi & Douglas Krupp Kay Rothman & Tom Bundrick
Lee Wolf & Dr. Jordan Cohen Pitch & Dre Lindsay Susan & Victor Shedlin
Cynthia Coudert Kay & Chris Linneman The Stepanski Family Charitable Trust

LEADERS ($6,500-$9,999)
Mary & Jeffrey Bunzel Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hahn Jonathan Ramot
Keely & J.T. Compton Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber Matthew Schermerhorn & Andy Rice
Jennifer L. Futch Marianne & Steve Mills Bernice Schoenbaum
James Gleick Darin Oduyoye Nancy E. Weiss
Laurie Goldberger & Leslie Kogod Renée Petrofes & Gerald McNamara
Robyn Goodman Barbara Raho

SPONSORS ($4,000-$6,499)
Anonymous Rachel Hutchinson Norma & Joe Rosenberg
Jody & John Arnhold Robin A. Jones Beverly Schnall
Barbara & Paul D. Bernstein David Kernahan Dr. Binita Shah
Roxanne & Scott Bok Chien Cho Liu Stephanie & Fred Shuman
Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Francis McKenzie Margaret Stern
William W. Donnell David R. Murray David & Linda Strauss
Richard A. Garvey Niclas Nagler & David Alberto Alvarez Eleanor & John M. Sullivan, Jr.
Robyn Goodman Dorinda J. Oliver Ward & Priscilla Woods
Barbara Hauptman & Jonathan Falk Lisa Orberg John J. Yarmick
David Herz & Janet Stahl Robert A. Press, M.D. Christian & Lonna Yegen

PATRONS ($2,500-$3,999)
Anonymous (9) Martin Friedman & Lakeisha Esau
Miriam & Robert Abramovitz Anthony Fross
Alyson Adler and William Green Sheryl & Henry Gaines
Joan & Mark Altman Danielle & David Ganek
Christine Amorossi Sandy Gansberg & Michael Rosenblum
Margot Astrachan Catherine A. Gellert
Debbi & Jay Baum Rosa & Robert Gellert
Stefany & Simon Bergson Robert Gender
Dr Stephen Bates Billick Melissa M. Gibbs
Allison M. Blinken Barbara Girz & Bruce Mintz
Robi & Ruth Blumenstein Robert Goldberg
Daryl Boren Joshua Goodman
Robert Brenner Laura & Daniel Grable
Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp Camille & Jim Greenwald
Leigh Butler Dr. Carol Greenwald
Daniel & Anne Capra Bruce & Jo Grellong
Linda R. Chen & Robert B. Schulthorpe Michael Grover
Cathy Chernoff David & Amy Hamermesh
Mary Cirillo-Goldberg & Jay Goldberg John Harris & Donald Press
James Costa Molly K. Heines & Thomas J. Moloney
Fisher Dachs Associates Elinor Heller
Pat De Rousie-Webb & Robb Webb The Honorable Marcia Hirsch
Scott Delman Chris & Elizabeth Hogbin
Jamie deRoy Suzanne & Robert Hoglund
David desJardins & Nancy Blachman Sally Horchow
Beth Rudin DeWoody Nancy & Neil Humphreys
Salvatore Dirschberger Bill Hutton
Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Kenneth & Alice Jacoby
Foundation Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang
William W. Donnell Sharon Karmazin & The Karma
The Fred & Suzan Ehrman Foundation Foundation
Michael Ellenberg Judith & Sheldon Kaufman
Amy H. Eller Rosalind Kochman
Mike Emmel & Michael Rozzi Jerry & Barbara Krasner
Roxanna Eyzaguirre John Kuehn & Elaine Crowley
Shachar Feldman & Akira Ozawa Stephanie & Sam Lebowitz
Russel & Hazel Fershleiser Karen Lehmann-Eisner & David Eisner
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Donna Fontana Elaine & Howard Leventhal
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Terina Golfinos & Robert Lisi
Mel Litoff & Judith Champion
Matt Loomis
William Low & Hana Ptacnikova
Anita & Allan Lubarsky
Jane & Bill Macan
Bridget & John Macaskill
Wanda & Tommy Mangan
Lynn & Elizabeth Mangum
Jody G. Mansbach
Wayne P. Marshall
Nina B. Matis & Alan Gosule
Karen May
Timothy J. McClimon & Suzanne
Berman
Scott C. McDonald
Jennifer Melin Miller & David Miller
Peter Mensch
Pamela & Michael Miles
Helene & Henry Morrison
Darnell-Moser Charitable Foundation
Robert & Guna Mundheim
Jane & Michael A. Murphy
Robert & Joann Nash
Daniel Oppenheim
John K. Orberg
Ellen Ozur & Stuart Brown
Dr. Rudolph Palmer & Ms. Madeline
Rogers
Cheryl & Mitchell Patt
Seth & Conseulo Pierrepont
Morris M. & Laurie Ferber Podolsky
Andrea & Andy Potash
Elisabeth Prial
Gail Propp
Susan Ramer
Lynne Randall & Tom Malone
Mindi Reich-Shapiro
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1912, became the Little, and finally, in 1983, The 1980s saw Ned and Jack; Faye Susan
the Helen Hayes Theatre. In the spring of Dunaway in Curse of the Aching Heart; and Ellen B
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2015, the theatre was acquired by Second Solomon’s Child. In 1977, Albert Innaurato’s Harold
Stage Theater. Under Second Stage’s owner- Off-Broadway hit, Gemini, ran for an amazing Jennife
ship, it is the only Broadway theatre dedicated 1,788 performances. Another 1970s hit: Paul C
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exclusively to living American playwrights. The Runner Stumbles.
Elizabe
Designed by David Rockwell of the Rockwell From 1964 to 1974 this theatre hosted the George
Group, the newly renovated and upgraded Merv Griffin and David Frost television shows. Fisher
theatre officially re-opened in March 2018 with Prior to that, the theatre housed Tambourines to MATCH
Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero, followed by Glory, a gospel-music play by Langston Hughes Americ
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Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men, Harvey and Jobe Huntley; the Paul Taylor Dance
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Fierstein’s Torch Song, What the Constitution Company; Habimah, the National Theatre of Bloom
Means to Me, Linda Vista and Grand Horizons. Israel;Baby Want a Kiss, with Paul Newman Ford Fo
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Recent productions include The Humans; and Joanne Woodward; and Pulitzer winner
Dames at Sea; Rock of Ages, which moved The Subject Was Roses, which moved here.
here from the Brooks Atkinson Theatre; Colin From 1942 to 1959 this house was known

Quinn: Long Story Short; Next Fall; The 39
Steps; Slava’s Snowshow; Xanadu; Jay
Johnson: The Two and Only; Kiki & Herb:
Alive on Broadway; Bridge & Tunnel, starring
Special Tony winner Sarah Jones; Latinologues;
Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed; Golda’s
Balcony, Frank Gorshin in Say Goodnight,
Gracie; By Jeeves; George Gershwin Alone;
Dirty Blonde; Getting and Spending; The
Last Night of Ballyhoo (Tony, Best Play); De-
fending the Caveman; Joan Rivers in Sally
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as the New York Times Hall and, later, the ABC
Television Studio.
Highlights of the 1930s included Edward G.
Robinson in Mr. Samuel; Elmer Rice’s The Left
Bank; and Honeymoon, One More Honey- FROM
moon, and Pre-Honeymoon by Anne Nichols. RECEP
At this time the theatre’s name was changed AN AR
to Anne Nichols’ Little Theatre. CONTE
In 1936 Sir Cedric Hardwicke made his
U.S. debut in Promise, and the following year, WANT
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Cornelia Otis Skinner entertained in her solo The In
show Edna His Wife. Hits of the 1920s included (212)

Shakespeare For My Father; Prelude to a Kiss; O’Neill’s Pulitzer-winning Beyond the Horizon;
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How Paul Tazewell created costumes that keep the cast of Ain’t Too Proud sica
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he Temptations reigned over the particular challenge: How to create stylish dem
airwaves from the 1950s through suits for The Temptations that allow the
the ’70s, and Ain’t Too Proud, the performers to execute Sergio Trujillo’s Bre
Broadway musical retelling of their Tony-winning choreography. The
story, covers that entire period. One “Most often it is about cleverly tailoring Pro
which, not incidentally, involved a lot of the cut of the suit to accommodate for ex- wri
changing fashions. treme movement,” Tazwell says. “Sometimes and
So how does a costume designer show it might also help to have a bit of stretch in Pul
the passage of time in a musical that never the fabric, but often that’s not possible with
ada
slows down? By keeping things simple. replicating period suits.”
spe
“One of the major challenges in designing Not that his designs are exact replicas
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the costumes was the fast pace of the whole of the period. Rather, Tazewell and McAnuff
the
production,” costume designer Paul Tazewell made stylishness and sexiness the keys to
for
says. “With the show’s non-stop structure, it the looks.
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was important to relay the passage of time “Because of transitions that didn’t allow
from the early 1950s through to 2019 as for costume changes when the year or period the
specifically as possible with rapid-fire cos- changed, there was some license taken in enj
tume changes.” the silhouettes of some of the looks,” Tazwell The
Combined with Des McAnuff’s direction says. “I think it’s important to have the feel 200
and Dominique Morisseau’s book, the de- of the design be nostalgic but, because of win
cades fly by clearly at the Imperial Theatre, the overall style of the production, not get
where the show is now in its second year. bogged down in historical accuracy. The Cyn
But while Tazewell points out the difference Temptations were trend setters and known Thi
between a musical versus a play comes for their flamboyant dressing, but it was it to
down to the former relying more heavily on very important for me and Des to have them Boo
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“the costume design to provide a clear visual always feel stylish and sexy to the modern sam
composition of time, place, and character,” audience’s eyes.” And audiences soon to Ha
Ain’t Too Proud also carries with it a more agree—mission accomplished.
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Pop Writers That Brought Original
Musical Scores to the Stage
We’re taking a look at artists who traded in the recording studio for the Broadway stage
By Logan Culwell-Block

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one are the days when radio artists looked to Broadway for the next chart-topping hit song,
but sometimes pop writers still go in the opposite direction, writing original scores for stage
musicals. Though we all love jukebox musicals like Beautiful and Tina that use an artist’s
song catalog to tell an original story or the biography of the artist themselves, we’re taking a look
at 5 times popular musicians wrote completely original scores as dramatic works for the stage.

Sara Bareilles, Waitress Lauper were friends, had the idea that Lauper
Having famously spent her might be the perfect songwriter for the proj-
childhood as a “theatre kid,” ect. After premiering on Broadway in 2013,

R Sara Bareilles wrote the music

for Waitress with screenwriter
Jessie Nelson providing the mu-
sical’s book. Waitress ultimately premiered on
Broadway in 2016. Bareilles even joined the
cast as Jenna for several stints on Broadway
including re-opening the production post-pan-
demic for a Broadway revival earlier this year.
Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray,
The Color Purple
Producer Scott Sanders tapped the song-
writing team of Brenda Russell, Allee Willis,
es and Stephen Bray to help turn Alice Walker’s
Pulitzer-winning novel (and its 1985 film
adaptation) into a stage musical. Russell had
spent most of her career as a songwriter and
music producer, probably best known for
f
the song “Get Here.” Willis was best known
for co-writing Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Septem-
ber” and “Boogie Wonderland,” along with
od the theme song to Friends, while Bray had
enjoyed a long collaboration with Madonna.
ell The Color Purple premiered on Broadway in
2006, and received a Tony- and Grammy–
winning revival production in 2015.
Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots
This Grammy-winning singer-songwriter made
it to Broadway writing the score to Kinky
m Boots, a musical based on the film of the
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same name. La Cage Aux Folles book writer
Harvey Fierstein had already been signed to
write the musical’s book when director-chore-
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ographer Jerry Mitchell, knowing Fierstein and written by Lorne Campbell.
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Kinky Boots would go on to win Best Musical
at the Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for
its Original Broadway Cast album.
Elton John, The Lion King, Aida, and Billy Elliot
Singer-songwriter Elton John was never a
stranger to theatricality, whether it was his
bedazzled costumes or the immense success
he enjoyed when Disney adapted their film
The Lion King—including John’s songs written
for the animated film with Tim Rice—into a
Broadway musical in 1997. But John did not
write a score expressly for the musical stage
until the also Disney–produced Aida in 2000.
The work enjoyed a four-year, 1,852-perfor-
mance run. In the years since, John collab-
orated with Lee Hall on an also-successful
musical adaptation of the film Billy Elliot. He’s
currently working with Shaina Taub and Paul
Rudnick on a musical adaptation of the novel
and film The Devil Wears Prada.
Sting, The Last Ship
A 17-time Grammy winner,
Sting turned his attentions
to writing a musical in 2011,
collaborating with book writers
John Logan and Brian Yorkey.
The work opened on Broadway in 2014, with
Sting joining the cast and replacing original
cast member Jimmy Nail towards the end of
what turned out to be a brief Broadway run.
In the years since, the musical has been per-
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