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Directed by Kirsten Brandt
B A Y A R E A P R E M I E R E
by Elizabeth Irwin
2015 - 16 SEASON | OCT 29 –NOV 22
Jasson Minadakis | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Michael Barker | MANAGING DIRECTOR
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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S
5 FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
8 MEET THE INTERNS
11 PROGRAM
13 CAST
16 DRAMATURGY
16 FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT
18 AFFORDING THE AMERICAN DREAM
20 FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION
23 WHO’S WHO
32 MTC STAFF AND BOARD
34 THANKS TO OUR DONORS
41 PATRON INFORMATION
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MY MAÑANA COMES Originally Produced by Playwright’s Realm in 2014, New York City.
This production of MY MAÑANA COMES is supported in part by The Playwrights Realm's Next Stage Production Fund.
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY
My Mañana Comesby Elizabeth Irwin
Directed by Kirsten Brandt+
Scenic Designer Sean Fanning**
Costume Designer Brandin Barón**
Lighting Designer David Lee Cuthbert**
Sound Designer/Composition Theodore J.H. Hulsker
Dialect Coach Lynne Soffer
Stage Manager Sean McStravick*
Properties Artisan Lizabeth Stanley
Casting Director Dori Jacob
Dramaturg Maddie Gaw
Assistant Director Trevor Scott Floyd
F E AT U R I N G
Eric Avilés*, Caleb Cabrera, Carlos Jose Gonzalez Morales
and Shaun Patrick Tubbs*
JASSON MINADAKIS | ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL BARKER | MANAGING DIRECTOR
BAY A R E A P R E M I E R E
O C T 2 9 - N O V 2 2 | B O Y E R T H E AT E R
This production of
My Mañana Comesis generously underwritten by the following:
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MTC PARTNERS
The Bellebyron Foundation | Terry Berkemeier & Lori Lerner
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My Mañana Comesby Elizabeth Irwin
Cast of Charactersin order of appearance
Peter � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Shaun Patrick Tubbs*
Jorge � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Eric Avilés*
Whalid � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �Caleb Cabrera
Pepe � � � � � � � � � � � � � � Carlos Jose Gonzalez Morales
*Member, Actors’ Equity Association
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Summertime in New York City—a time for tourists, for bodies crammed onto sidewalks, for squashed subway cars and for stifling humidity. Those eating lunch outside on hot, hot pavement demand constant refills on water. The men who earn their livelihood replenishing drinks as fast as they can know their own thirst will always come second.Playwright Elizabeth Irwin worked for years alongside these overworked and underappreciated foundations of the service industry. Here in her own words, Elizabeth Irwin shares why she decided to tell their story, and her inspirations and aspirations for My Mañana Comes and the rest of her writing. —Maddie Gaw
What was the initial inspiration behind My Mañana Comes?
I was inspired to write this play to put the question of what a political issue like undocumented immigration actually means to people who are directly affected by it, both those who
are undocumented and those who work alongside and have relationships with them. I worked in the restaurant industry for a long time and am fortunate to be able to chronicle this story.
An Interview withPlaywright Elizabeth Irwin
D R A M AT U R GY
Elizabeth Irwin.
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What makes this story important? What makes these characters so interesting to you, even though their backgrounds are so different from your own?
Instead of looking at the interests of someone like a politician around the issue of immigration, this story looks at the people it actually affects and explores the complications and nuances of their lives. These characters and this story are interesting to me because they're human - none of them are perfect and none of the conflicts exist in a clearly black and white way.
You've been a teacher in both New York City and Mexico. What attracted you to teaching?
It’s not so much an attraction as a propulsion. I believe deeply in the power of education and the relationships between teachers and students to expand the choices of students and to remove limitations. Education as a tool to erase inequality is something that keeps me up at night. (Though I’m currently working on a play about this which fortunately is giving me a healthy outlet so I can sleep more!)
The play is set in New York, but it feels very relevant to California. Is the story of undocumented immigrants in America different in different parts of the country? What does your play say about the American Dream?
I think there is a common thread which is that when one is willing to make a change as drastic as leaving behind one’s country, one’s family, everything one knows, the stakes of success are much higher. That being said, “success” can mean different things to different people and this play looks at those differences because there is no one immigrant story. I hope this play sheds light on just how challenging it is to simply survive in the U.S. We can talk about the
American Dream as something that you can achieve through hard work but we must also acknowledge the enormous amount of luck it involves and that the circumstances that one is born into have an enormous effect on whether it can be realistically achieved.
Who did you write this play for and why?
Like everything I write, this was something I couldn’t stop thinking about or talking about and eventually you get tired of just having conversations about something and then you sit down and try to make some art that can reach an audience and get people to think about things beyond their own everyday experience. This play is for everyone who cares about their fellow human and wants to understand them better. I hope this play inspires conversation, compassion, action, and/or acknowledgement of one’s privilege, depending on how it relates to an audience member.
“ These characters and this story are interesting to me because they're human - none of them are perfect and none of the conflicts exist in a clearly black and white way.”
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expected to stretch a minimum wage of $8.75 an hour to live in one of the most expensive cities in the country.
For both the Bay Area and NYC, there is a discrepancy between the
income earned by full-time, minimum-wage employees and the actual cost of living in the cities where they work—and in some cases where they have lived their whole lives. In the Mission District in San Francisco, a historically working-class Latino neighborhood, gentrification has taken over at almost lightning-speed ever since newcomers employed by Silicon Valley companies moved in. Whole generations of families are being forced out,
losing the rent control they’ve relied on for years.
Harlem, the famous Manhattan neighborhood that likely still evokes images of Langston Hughes, The Apollo Theatre and a populous African-American community, has not been
In both the national and local conversation, there is an ongoing debate about raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. The mayors of San Francisco and Oakland have already
backed successful initiatives to raise the minimum wage well above the statewide rate of $9 an hour, and are currently campaigning to raise the statewide minimum to $15 by the year 2021. For the four bussers in My Mañana Comes who live in New York City, they are
Who Can Afford the American Dream? By Maddie Gaw
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New York City restaurants like Dirt Candy, pictured here, are eliminating tipping altogether and raising wages; Dirt Candy pays its servers $25 an hour.
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a majority-black neighborhood since 2008, which has caused both an identity and economic crisis for born-and-raised New Yorkers like Peter in My Mañana Comes. While one component of the traditional American Dream—home ownership—has long been out of grasp for working and middle class families
of all races, the more abstract concepts of home, community and heritage are being threatened by the current economic climate.
Raising the minimum wage could be an important step towards bridging this economic gap, but some industries will require even more intervention and
Primary Source:“The truth of the matter is that illegal immigrants are important to the U.S. economy, as well as vital to certain industries like agriculture … Some people claim that illegal immigrants represent an assault on our sovereignty. If this is true, then it might be the first time in world history that a country has employed its invaders. When illegal immigrants cross the border, there’s a citizen waiting to hire them and benefit in some manner from their labor.” —H.A. Goodman.
This quote appeared in an opinion piece for The Hill, a non-partisan political newspaper that covers Congress, the White House, and the intersection of business, legislation, lobbying and campaigns. “Illegal immigrants benefit the U.S. economy.” April 23, 2014.
Protesters halt a Google Bus in San Francisco, a symbol of the tech-related affluence that is causing gentrification in the city.
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overtime, whether they are paid by the hour or the shift. In My Mañana Comes, shift pay becomes a contentious battleground.
While pursuing the American Dream is already challenging for many American citizens, it’s an even more complicated task for undocumented immigrants, whose path to citizenship can range from difficult to impossible. Because of their undocumented status, people like Jorge and Pepe in My Mañana Comes hold jobs that pay minimum wage—or less—and are more susceptible to workplace abuses and violations because they fear the repercussions of speaking out. It’s a fear that continues to dog people who have lived, worked and paid taxes in the United States for several years, people who earn enough to survive day to day but not enough to take on the considerable financial burden of applying for U.S. citizenship. The current citizenship application fee is $685, and the total cost for a green card application can be upwards of $2,000, depending upon circumstances.
restructuring to genuinely call their wages livable. The restaurant business and its previously unquestioned system of tipping has recently come under fire for a variety of reasons. Many servers and other tipped front of house employees are currently paid less than minimum wage, with the assumption being that the tips they earn per hour will more than make up for it. This does not account for slow nights or stingy customers, nor does it account for the fact that research shows that servers of color are tipped less, or that women feel compelled to put up with sexual harassment to procure good tips.
Tips are also the reason why some restaurants offer their front of house employees fixed shift pay, rather than the recommended hourly pay—a practice that has been the subject of recent lawsuits. While shift pay is not technically illegal, many restaurant employers have used shift pay as a way of avoiding paying their employees overtime. Any employee working more than 40 hours a week is entitled to
D R A M AT U R GY
For Further Consideration1) Why does coming to the United States to pursue the American Dream
still appeal to people, especially if the journey is not an easy one?
2) Do you believe that there is a correlation between low wages and low skill? If you are what you do, how do we as a society tend to view minimum-wage workers?
3) How well do you know the people working above, below and alongside you? Do you feel a sense of loyalty to them?
4) Have you ever lived in another country? What were the most challenging
aspects of living there?
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Elizabeth Irwin (playwright) was born in Worcester, raised by Brooklyn and finished by el D.F. (aka Mexico City). Before becoming a playwright, she was a high school English teacher followed by a very long stint as a wanderer. She was selected as a member of the 2012/2013 Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab while living shoe-free on a Mexican beach so she came back to New York. She then became a Playwrights Realm Writing Fellow in 2013, followed by Playwrights Realm’s Page One Resident Playwright in 2014/2015. Her play, My Mañana Comes (Lucille Lortel
Outstanding Play nominee, Drama Desk Outstanding Play Nominee, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award Nominee), received its critically acclaimed off Broadway debut at the Peter Jay Sharp theater in 2014. So far, it is also slated for productions in 2015-16 at San Diego Repertory Theatre, ArtsWest Seattle, and Teatro Vista in Chicago.
Kirsten Brandt (director) is an award-winning playwright, director and producer; making her MTC debut with My Mañana Comes. Regional credits: Arizona Theatre Company, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, San Jose Rep, Theatreworks, The Old Globe, San Diego Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, North Coast Repertory, Sierra Repertory and Diversionary Theatre. For seven years, she served as Executive Artistic Director of Sledgehammer Theatre, San Diego’s alternative theatre known for innovative and provocative world premieres and reinterpretations of classics. Notable productions include Macbeth, The Dream Play, Furious Blood, Richard III, and Sweet Charity. She is the author of the award-winning plays Berzerkergang, NU, The Waves and The Frankenstein Project. She is the co-adaptor of new version of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and a co-author of the new musical The Snow Queen. Brandt lectures in UCSC’s Theatre Arts Department. She is a member of SDC and a proud alumna of UC San Diego. www.kirstenbrandt.com
Eric Avilés (Jorge) makes his MTC debut with My Mañana Comes. He’s performed in the remount of Borderlands Theatre’s Maria’s Circular Dance for the first National Latino Theatre Festival “Encuentro” in 2014 at Los Angeles Theatre Company. A resident of NYC, his credits include production of Theatre 167 and New Ohio’s I Like to be Here. At Queens Theatre in the World's Fair Play Festival. He’s performed in original works; Dance for a Dollar at INTAR, and The Golden Drum Year with Radical Evolution. California credits include world premiere cast of Oedipus: El Rey at Magic Theatre, La Virgen del Tepeyac at El Teatro Campesino,
and La Victima at Teatro Vision. A native of Chicago, his credits include; Zoot Suit at Goodman, Boiler Room a co-production with Teatro Vista and Steppenwolf; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at Steppenwolf. As a teaching artist he offers theatre workshops for schools, prisons, and community organizations. www.ericaviles.com
Caleb Cabrera (Whalid) is making his MTC debut with My Mañana Comes. He was most recently seen as Elliot in Water by the Spoonful (Dirty Hands) at the A.C.T Costume Shop. Past credits include; A Maze (Theatre Battery), Year of the Rooster (Impact Theatre), This Is All I Need (Mugwumpin), and The Tempest (Do It Live! Productions). He received his B.A. in Drama - Performance from San Francisco State
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University's Department of Theatre Arts. His next project is Cloud Tectonics (Blue House Arts) at Thick House. Caleb lives in San Francisco with his lost brothers, in a hollow tree of a flat, at the top of the rich, where it's always purple, and all for the lady Venus.
Carlos Jose Gonzalez Morales (Pepe) is making his MTC debut with My Mañana Comes. As a student at San Jose State University, he was last seen in the 50th anniversary celebration for Luis Valdez in Zoot Suit (Enrique/Rafas). Other San Jose State credits include The Giver (Father), Marat/Sade (Marquis De Sade) and Wuthering Heights (Edgar Linton). Other notable productions include, Eurydice (Big Stone), The Diviners (Dewey Maples), Almost, Maine (Easton) and 12 Angry Jurors (Juror #4). He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Rio
Hondo’s California Repertory Theatre. He has trained with NYU Tisch School of the Arts Head of Graduate Acting, Janet Zarish. Carlos is from Hacienda Heights, California.
Shaun Patrick Tubbs (Peter) is making his MTC debut in My Mañana Comes. Regional Theatre: The Tempest (Eureka Suitcase), Chosen (HERE Arts Center), The Art of Depicting Nature As It Is Seen By Toads (Dixon Place), The Book of Grace (Zach Scott Theatre), The Tempest, An Ideal Husband, Macbeth (Austin Shakespeare Theatre), A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits (Salvage Vanguard Theatre), Crossing America (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Lobby Hero (Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara), Boys Next Door (Whitmore Lindley Theatre), Jitney (Human Race Theatre Company). Other Theatre: Pride and Prejudice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bad Penny, The Shadow Box, Elephants Graveyard, and Don Juan In Hell (The University of Texas at Austin); Shaun received his M.F.A. from The University of Texas at Austin, and B.F.A. from Wright State University. He is a proud member of the AEA, SAG-AFTRA, and the SDC. www.shaunpatricktubbs.com
Sean McStravick (stage manager) has previously stage managed MTC’s productions of The Oldest Boy, Choir Boy,The Convert, The Whale, Fetch Clay, Make Man and Good People. He has worked for numerous Bay Area theaters including Shotgun Players, 42nd Street Moon and Willows Theatre Company, where he was the production stage manager from 2010 to 2012. Regionally, he has also supported productions at North Coast Repertory Theatre, Blue Trunk Theatre Company, Back Seat Theatre, the Reduced Shakespeare Company and
Actors Alliance of San Diego. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Sean Fanning (scenic designer) is a San Diego based designer making his MTC debut with My Mañana Comes. Recent credits include Full Gallop, A Doll’s House, Kingdom, Plaid Tidings (The Old Globe), Everybody’s Talkin’: The Music of Harry Nilsson, Honky (Craig Noel Award Nomination), In the Heights, Walter Cronkite is Dead (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Hay Fever, The Vortex, Dogfight, The Whale, Sons of the Prophet, Pageant, Maple & Vine, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties (Cygnet Theatre Company), West Side Story (San Diego Musical Theatre), South Pacific, Jane Austen’s Emma, Little Shop of Horrors (Summer Repertory Theatre), The Improv at Harrah’s and Menopause The Musical (Harrah’s Las Vegas).
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His designs have also appeared at Moxie Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Intrepid Shakespeare Company, as well as the Old Globe/ USD Graduate Acting Program. He holds an M.F.A. in Scene Design from San Diego State University. www.seanfanningdesigns.com
Brandin Barón (costume designer) Regional Credits: Asolo Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, The Aurora Theatre (Berkeley), The Apollo Theater (Chicago), La Jolla Playhouse, Marin Theater Company, The Magic Theatre (San Francisco), The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Theatreworks (Palo Alto), and Z Space (San Francisco). He is currently an Associate Professor of Design at The University of California,
Santa Cruz. His chapter on Mariano Fortuny’s innovations in scenic and lighting design was published in Palgrave’s “Theatre, Performance and Analogue Technology: Historical Interfaces and Intermedialities” (2013), edited by Kara Reilly. In 2015, his artwork was exhibited in juried group exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami and Chester, UK. www.brandinbaron.com.
David Lee Cuthbert (lighting designer) is making his MTC debut. Broadway: Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays 2004, 2013, and HBO. Off Broadway: The Snow Queen at NYMF and The Open Theater’s Terminal at PS122. Bay Area: The Magic, California Shakespeare, Theaterworks, Center Rep, San Francisco Playhouse and over two-dozen productions at San Jose Rep, including winning the BATCC award for best lighting of The Kite Runner. Regional: ART, Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego Rep, Intiman, A Contemporary Theatre, Indiana Rep, Sledgehammer Theatre (Resident Artist) and he has designed at least a production per season for Arizona Theater Company since 2008, including deigning sets, media and lighting for last seasons production of Romeo and Juliet also directed by Kirsten Brandt. He is a Professor of Design at UC Santa Cruz.
Theodore J.H. Hulsker (sound designer) former baby model and Mill Valley native, is making his debut at MTC. Previous work includes Assassins, Woyzeck, Strangers Babies, Harry Thaw Hates Everybody and Our Town with the Shotgun Players. His work can also frequently be heard at the San Francisco Playhouse where past credits include Into the Woods, Seminar and Tree. He is a Mugwumpin Company member and past work with them includes The Great Big Also, Luster and Blockbuster Season. In 2012 He received the Eric Landismen Fellowship
for emerging designer and has been thrice nominated for a BATCC award for Sound Design. In addition to his work as a sound designer he curates a monthly art event called Klanghaus in North Oakland. For more information and sounds visit: theodore-hulsker.squarespace.com.
Lynne Soffer (dialect and text coach) has provided coaching for 28 MTC productions, including The Oldest Boy, Good People, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Othello: the Moor of Venice, A Steady Rain and The Glass Menagerie. She has served as dialect/text coach on over 250 theater productions, including A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, Magic Theatre, Cal Shakes, SF Playhouse, Marin Shakespeare Company, the Old Globe, Dallas Theater Center, Arizona Theatre Company, the Arena Stage, Seattle Rep and Denver Center Theatre Company. Her film
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Maddie Gaw (dramaturg) is a dramaturg and arts administrator who joined MTC this season as their Literary Intern. She was most recently an Artistic Apprentice at Cleveland Play House, where she played a key role in production research and audience engagement programming. At Cleveland Play House she was the assistant to director Bruce Jordan on Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and worked on a reading of Rebecca Gilman’s Soups, Stews and Casseroles: 1976. Previous production dramaturgy credits include The
Love of the Nightingale at Constellation Theatre Company in Washington, DC. She has read scripts for Cleveland Play House, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and the Inkwell. She is a proud graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.
Lizabeth Stanley (props artisan) recently returned to Marin Theatre Company after a year as the Production Manager for Bay Area Children’s Theatre. She designs and creates props for a number of theaters, including Impact Theatre, Golden Thread and A.C.T.
Jasson Minadakis (artistic director) is in his tenth season as artistic director of MTC, where he has directed The Convert, The Whale, Failure: A Love Story, the world premiere of Lasso of Truth, The Whipping Man (San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for best production and best acting ensemble), Waiting for Godot, Othello: the Moor of Venice, The Glass Menagerie, Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice, the world premiere of Seagull, Happy Now?, Equivocation (SFBATCC Award
for best director), the world premiere of Sunlight, Lydia, The Seafarer, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, A Streetcar Named Desire, said Saïd, Love Song and The Subject Tonight is Love. As artistic director of Actor’s Express Theatre Company, he directed The Pillowman, Bug, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Echoes of Another Man, Killer Joe, Burn This, The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, Blue/Orange and Bel Canto. As producing artistic director of Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, he directed Jesus Hopped the ’A’ Train, Chagrin Falls (2002 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Production) and numerous others, including 19 productions of Shakespeare. Regional credits include The Whipping Man at Virginia Stage Company, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Hamlet at G eorgia Shakespeare, Copenhagen at Playhouse on the Square (2003 Ostrander Theatre Award for Best Dramatic Production) and Bedroom Farce at Wayside Theatre.
Michael Barker (managing director) joined MTC in 2013. He was previously the general manager of Laguna Playhouse in Southern California, the managing director for the Los Angeles classical theater ensemble The Antaeus Company, associate managing director at Yale Repertory Theatre and managing director of Yale Summer Cabaret. Prior to graduate school, Michael was associate director of marketing for Court Theatre in Chicago and also worked with Goodman Theatre, American Theater Company, Sansculottes
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JEWELS* DEC 5, 2015
THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS DEC 17, 2015
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Theater Company and the Playground Theater. He holds an MFA in theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management. At Yale, he was the recipient of the Daniel and Helene Sheehan Scholarship for theater management. He is the chair of the Mill Valley Arts Commission and serves on the board of the Yale School of Management Alumni Association.
Margot Melcon (director of new play development) joined Marin Theatre Company as literary manager and dramaturg in 2008 and has served as dramaturg for all productions in the past seven seasons in addition to managing new play development for the company. She has worked on new plays with the Kennedy Center, the New Harmony Project, The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, Shotgun Players, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor and Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and was a fellow at the National Critics Institute at the O’Neill Playwrights
Festival. She is a graduate of California State University, Chico.
Dori Jacob (casting director and associate producer) Dori Jacob joined Marin Theatre Company as the Casting Director and Associate Producer in May 2015. For the past 4 seasons, she served as the Director of New Play Development for Magic Theatre in San Francisco and dramaturged the world premieres of Octavio Solis’ Se Llama Cristina, Linda McLean’s Every Five Minutes, Christina Anderson’s pen/man/ship and John Kolvenbach’s Sister Play. As the resident producer for Magic Theatre’s developmental programming, Jacob’s credits include 2011 - 2015 Virgin Play Series, the 2012 Asian Explosion Reading Series and the 2013 Costume Shop Festival. Further Bay Area dramaturgy/producing/casting credits include Assassins at Shotgun Players, Marilee Talkington’s The Creative Process at SOMArts, and Laura Schellhardt’s The Comparables and Elizabeth Hersh’s Shelter In Place at Playwrights Foundation. Jacob previously served on the executive board and literary committee for the National New Play Network, is a current member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and is a graduate of UC Santa Cruz and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Marin Theatre Company is the Bay Area’s premier mid-sized theater and the leading professional theater in the North Bay. We produce a six-show season focused on new American plays, and a four-show Family Series. We are committed to the development and production of new plays, with a comprehensive New Play Program that includes productions of world premieres, two nationally recognized annual playwriting awards and readings and workshops by the nation’s best emerging and established playwrights. Our numerous education programs serve more than 8,500 students from over 40 Bay Area schools each year. MTC strives to create intimate, powerful and emotional experiences that engage audiences to discuss new ideas and adopt a broader point of view. We believe in taking risks and inspiring people to participate in live theater, regardless of personal means. MTC celebrates the intellectual curiosity of our community, and we believe that theater is an important tool to help build empathy. MTC was founded in 1966 and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
MTC is a proud member of the National New Play Network, the country’s alliance of nonprofit professional theaters that champions the development, production and continued life of new plays for the American theater.
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MARIN THEATRE COMPANY'S ANNUAL SPRING FUNDRAISER
You’re invited to Cast Party! 2016An Unscripted Dinner Party with your favorite MTC artistsSAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, April 2, 2016Mill Valley Community Center | Call 415.322.6043 for details.
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Grand Prize - I Í NYExperience the Big Apple for five days, four nights! Package includes theater tickets and a beautiful one-bedroom apartment in the Manhattan Club centrally located near Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue & Central Park. Travel must be complete by May 2017.
Second Prize – Six Dinners, Six Shows for two.Enjoy a dinner for two followed by a night at the theatre for an entire season! Includes two subscription packages to MTC’s 2016/2017 season and gift certificates to six different Mill Valley restaurants to pair with your viewing.
Third Prize – MTC Goodie BundleWin a bundle of MTC goodies to show your support.
$50 per ticket – Drawing takes place July 3, 2016
For more information visit marintheatre.org or call Gabriella Giannini at 415.388.5200 x3317
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MTC STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jasson MinadakisArtistic Director
Michael BarkerManaging Director
A R T I S T I C
Margot Melcon | Director of New Play
Development & Dramaturg
Dori Jacob | Casting Director & Associate
Producer
Josh Garcia-Cotter | Company Manager
Thomas Bradshaw, Martyna Majok, Amelia
Roper | Playwrights Under Commission
DEVELOPMENT
Noralee Monestere McKersie | Development
Director
Gabriella Giannini | Development Associate
Lauren Luedtke | Special Events Associate
ADMINISTRATION
Stephanie Palmer | General Manager
Safi Manzoor | Business Manager
Gordon Opfer | I.T. Manager
Perotti And Carrade | Auditors
EDUCATION
Courtney Helen Grile | Director of Education
and Engagement
Ashleigh Worley | Education Program Manager
Adam Odsess-Rubin | Education Coordinator
Hannah Keefer, Randy Muchowski | Resident
Teaching Artists
ARTS LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM
Haley Bertelsen, Matthew Faul, Regina
Fields, Trevor Floyd, Sarai Gallegos, Maddie
Gaw, Caroline Gully Brown, Rachel Hurado
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Sara Waugh | Marketing Director
Jeff Berlin | Graphic Designer
FRONT OF HOUSE
Bethany Byrd-Hill | Director of Ticketing
Jamie Arrambide | Box Office Manager
Pablo Hamlin | Front of House Associate
Sissel Grove, Donna Platt, Sue Urquhart | Café
PRODUCTION
Mike Post | Production Manager
Josh Garcia-Cotter | Assistant Production
Manager
Jeff Klein | Technical Director
Danny Osburn | Master Electrician
Ashley Holvick | Costume Shop Manager
Caroline Gully Brown | Production Assistant
Regina Fields, Rachel Hurado | Wardrobe
Liam Rudisill | Head Carpenter
Paul Collins | Carpenter
Lizabeth Stanley | Props Artisan
Sibilla Carini | Costume Builder
Zoe Gopnik-McManus, Anna McGahey |
Scenic Artists
Andrew Broadston | Board Op
Cassie Barnes, Andrew Broadston, Charles
Clear, Hamilton Guillén, Kyle Herbert,
Harrison Moye, Minh Nguyen, Minerva
Ramirez, Kyle Slaugh, Benjamin Smith,
Ericka Sokolower-Shain | Electricians
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Uses of Funds
B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S
Fred W. TaylorPresident
John Chesley Secretary
Robin RiceTreasurer
Kipp DelbyckVice President
Terry Berkemeier
Carl Berry
Cheryl Brandon
David Chapman
Molly Dick
Michael V. Dyett
Gale Gottlieb
Brian Haughton
Susan Holdstein
Lori Horne
Barbara Kautz
Carol Kurland
Buffington Miller
Ivan Poutiatine
Stacy Scott
Martha Smolen
Vickie Soulier
Beverly Tanner
H. Hugh Vincent
Suparna Vohra
Beth Wintersteen
A D V I S O R Y B O A R D
Linden Berry
Joseph Bodovitz
Jerry Cahill
David Catania
Bobby Chapman
Doug Ferguson
Nancy Goldberg
Gerry Goldsholle
Brian Golson
Gail Harris
Peter Jacobi
Dirk Langeveld
Shirley Loubé
Melanie Maier
Peter Maier
Andrew Poutiatine
Chris Raker
Laura Scott
Dana Shapiro
Gary Shapiro
Christopher B. Smith
Tara Sullivan
Jennifer Yang Weedn
Philip Woodward
Sources of Funds
Marin Theatre Revenue and Expense
Ticket Sales and Other Earned Revenue 47%
Artistic and Production 52%
Special Events 6%
Individual Contributions 15%
Director Gifts 14%
Foundation, Government and Corporate Support 18%
Education 13%
Fundraising and Development 8%
Marketing 9%
Administration 18%
INDIVIDUALS
PARTNER CIRCLEMTC Partner$50,000 & aboveTerry Berkemeier & Lori LernerN.J. “Sky” CooperGage SchubertChristopher B. &
Jeannie Meg SmithBeth & James Wintersteen
Season Partner$25,000 to $49,999Kiki Pescatello
PRODUCER CIRCLEVIP Producer$15,000 to $24,999Gerald Cahill & Kathleen KingMolly & Brett DickMrs. Gale K. GottliebTracy & Brian HaughtonThe Haughton Family
Charitable FundCarol & Duff KurlandShirley Loubé
Melanie & Peter MaierBuffington Clay Miller & George
MillerVickie SoulierFred & Kathleen TaylorDr. Hugh Vincent & Joan
Watson
Executive Producer$10,000 to $14,999Linden & Carl BerryThe Dave & Bobbie Chapman
Family TrustJohn & Shelley ChesleyGale Kolker Gottlieb, Michael
David Kolker Gottlieb and Tamar Kolker McLachlan in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Berndt and Eva Kolker
Sandra HessSusan & Russ Holdstein
Producer$5,000 to $9,999Cheryl & Rick Brandon
Ken & Jackie Broad Family Fund
The Brown Ortiz-Aragon Family Fund
Tom L. Davis & Marden N. PlantKipp & Roy DelbyckMolly & Brett DickDyett / Richardson Family FundIra & Leonore S. Gershwin
Philanthropic FundGerry Goldsholle & Myra
LevensonLori & Mark HorneBarbara & Jim KautzBarbara LavaroniFrank LossyTina McArthur & Richard
RubensteinIvan & Lochiel PoutiatineRobin & Rick RiceStacy Scott & Chuck CiaccioMartha & Jonathan SmolenBeverly Tanner & Jerry HermanSuparna Vohra DDS
Marin's Family Dentist
MARIN THEATRE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES THE GENEROUS SUPPORT of the following individuals, foundations and corporations whose contributions make our extraordinary theatre productions and outreach programs possible. To join our family of contributors, or get information about gift opportunities, please contact MTC’s Development Department at 415.388.5200 x3306. The following gifts were received between October 1, 2014 and October 1, 2015.
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Steven Fugaro, Jasson Minadakis and Jill Fugaro at our annual fundraiser Cast Party! 2015 at the Mill
Valley Community Center.
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Associate Producer$3,000 to $4,999Drue & Arthur GenslerDennis & Susan GilardiKen & Vera MeislinSusan & Michael SchwartzDana & Gary ShapiroEstate of Nancy Thomson
Premiere Producer$1,000 to $2,999Kedar K. AdourEllen & Ron ArensonValerie Barth & Peter WileySusan & Bill BeechRichard Bergmann & Denise
FilakoskyJohn Boneparth & Gail HarrisJosh Brier & Grace AlexanderBeverly ButlerGeorge & Katherine CouchGatian's FundSteven De Hart & Sheldon
DonigThe Enersen FoundationLeland & Susan FaustSteve & Bunny FayneAmy & Mort FriedkinDavid Catania & Diana Gay-
CataniaSteve GenslerElisabeth & Howard JaffeKatz Family FoundationFred M. Levin & Nancy
Livingston, The Shenson Foundation
Kevin Lima & Brenda Chapman-Lima
Castilian FundIris & Henry MetzRandy MichelsonVivienne MillerMilan & Letitia MomirovMark & Mauree PerryRobert & Donys PowellPaula & Bob ReynoldsRosenberger Family FundThomas & Jill SampsonEric Schwartz & Magda
WesslundLaura & Michael Scott
Kathleen SkeelsJoel & Susan SklarIrene & Peter TabetBob & Valli TandlerWill & Leslie ThompsonMuffy ThorneMeg Wallhagen & William
StrawbridgePhil & Connie WoodwardWendy WyseSusan York
CREATIVE CIRCLEDirector | $500 to $999Anonymous (1)Joseph Bodovitz & Margaret
KaufmanJoan & Nick BoodrookasBrian Chadbourne & Diane
MurakamiStuart & Emily DvorinAnthony & Martha EasonRichard FabianSteven and Jill FugaroBrian & Alisa GolsonLenore GordonDavi & Michael HarringtonPeter and Maggie HaywoodKimberly HughesDwight L. Johnson
Bob Kaliski & Linda NelsonCindi KingHarriet & Tom KosticDirk & Madeleine LangeveldDavid LesniniScott MacLeod & Linda
KislingburyTracy MacLeodDavid MadfesDiane & Larry MartinWilliam & Janet McAllisterJane MillerMary & Steve MizrochMilton & Liz MoskowitzJohn S. Osterweis Philanthropic
FundSuzie PollakMatthew PurdonDeborah L. Robbins & Henry
NavasLeigh RobinsonJoseph Rokovich & Aileen
DillonSylvia & Paul RoyeFrancis ScherDr. Stephen Schoen & Ms.
Margot FraserWilliam S. Farmer & Leida
SchoggenSusan Seefeld
MTC board member Terry Berkemeier and Cast Party! committee
member Lori Lerner at at Cast Party! 2015.
Diana & Richard ShoreEve & Ryan SimonJane & Dan SlackWilder Family Charitable TrustHarvey & Susan Wittenberg
Designer | $250 to $499Tom & Lois AshleyLee & Hannah AubryHoward & Susan BlairWendy BuchenJohn & Deborah BuehlerAnn CameronNick CarlinLynne CarmichaelRichard & Veronica CharvatWilliam & Diane ClarkeRon Clyman & Francoise
MaurayJanet & Alan ColemanKarl & Mari DanneckerRichard & Loree DraegerVirginia & William Felch JrStolyavitch FundHelene & Lewis GibbsMarie Golf-TuttleMarc & Peggy HaymanWilliam & Susan HoehlerBill & Catherine HonigEric Bolt & Georgia HughesKarena IngersollEllen & Robert JasperBonnie & Peter JensenDan & Lyra Kelly
Steve & Gail LazarusWarren & Barbara LevinsonNoel & Roslie MarcovecchioChantelle & John MasedaJohn & Cindy McCauleySteve & Patricia McMahonPurple Lady - Barbara J. Meislin
FundHerbert MillerJerry & Judith MillerSusan Moseley GeorgeRobert NewcomerMichelle OconnellSusan OrbAudrey & Bob PedrinCynthia PillsburyStephanie & Jon PlexicoLee & Stuart PollakRussell & Joan PrattSheila Raviv & Myma PeskinMarianna RexanHector RichardsMeline & Jirayr RoubinianAlan & Enid RubinFred & Dolores RudowHerb SchuytenRolf & Jettie SelvigJames & Connie ShapiroGlenn SmithDrs. Shayna & Elliott SteinTara J. Sullivan and James
Horan Jr.Elizabeth & Stephen Sutro
Svetcov Family FundBeryl Jean SymmesPatti & Tim Warner in honor of
Gale GottleibThomas & LeRose WeikertEve WeinsheimerSue & Richard WollackKirke & Patty WrenchGlea G. Wylie
Actor | $150 to $249Anonymous (2)Julia AlthoffRobert Anderson & Lois StevensStephen BischoffDavid & Rosalind Bloom Philanthropic FundMelinda Booth & Robert LeaJanis BosenkoUte & Jack BrandonAlan & Caren CascioJames & Linda CleverBob & Betty CoppleRoberta DillonJohn Eichhorst & Jennifer
BlackmanKerry Weiner & Andy ElkindKit & Caroline EvertsErdmuth FolkerRobert FossumDonna & Michael FranzblauRita and Kent GershengornArlene GetzTheresa & Richard GordonLaurel & Michael GothelfMichelle GriffinRobert HallKathe HardyBart & Auban JacksonSusan KolbKathleen LeonesMyrna & Fred MargolinMichael & Sharon MarronPatti McWilliamsFranklin & Mary MeredithWorth MillerMargaret MosterKelli Murray & Laurence
PulgramGary Nelson & Kellie Magee
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D O N O R S
MTC Advisory Board members Melanie Maier and Linden Berry
at Cast Party! 2015.
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Lucienne O'KeefeJack & Gail OsmanGary & Gisela PeasleyJonathan & Susan PeckHenk PeetersLynn PerryStephen PiatekBarbara & Joel RenbaumMark & Tobi RubinMr. & Mrs. William RyanRichard & Sandra SchaeferMichael & Jane ScurichBarry & Esther Shafran
Timothy StandingBruce SuehiroLarry & Judy SweetJoe & Eileen TennBlake & BeverlyThormanConnie VandamentValerie WestenMs. Victoria Woo
In Honor of Molly Dick's BirthdayNancy & Joe Blum
In Memory of Ann ReissJoyce Tayer
In Memory of Selma PinskerJoyce Tayer
In Memory of Susanne LightBarbara & Willam Dittman Charlene Harrington Sandy & Lenny KomenCharlotte MaloneyDiane & Bob Neuhausee
Gifts in Kind, Producer level and aboveTerry Berkemeier & Lori LernerLinden & Carl BerryCheryl & Rick BrandonDavid Catania & Diana
Gay-CataniaGale K. GottliebMelanie & Peter MaierStacy Scott & Chuck Ciaccio
To join our family of donors or increase your gift, call MTC's Development Department @ 415.388.5200x3317. Current donors, please let us know if your name has been misspelled or omitted.
PARTNER CIRCLE
MTC Partner$50,000 & AboveThe Bellebyron FoundationThe William & Flora
Hewlett FoundationThe Shubert Foundation
Season Partner$25,000 to $49,999Google, Inc.*Marin Community Foundation Marin Independent Journal*
PRODUCER CIRCLE
VIP Producer$15,000 to $ 24,999Clay Foundation – WestNational New Play NetworkStacy Scott Catering*
Executive Producer$10,000 to $14,999Bernard Osher FoundationNational Endowment for the
Arts
Producer$5,000 to $9,999Acqua Hotel*Nordstrom, Inc. The Playwrights Realm, Inc.The Tournesol FoundationDr. Suparna Vohra, DDS
Associate Producer$3,000 to $4,999Haywood Winery*Lagunitas Brewing Company*Whole Foods*
Premiere Producer$1,000 to $2,999
Center for Cultural InnovationCMS, Inc.*Dramatist Guild Fund Koret Foundation Marin Charitable Mill Valley MarketPacific Union Real EstateThe Shenson FoundationWells Fargo Foundation
CREATIVE CIRCLE
$150 to $999 7 on Locust Actors’ Equity Foundation IncMacy’s Foundation Matching
GiftsStrahm Communications*Sweet Things*
*Denotes an in-kind donation
The Legacy Society of Marin Theatre Company
Linden & Carl BerryJack Bissinger*Dave & Bobbie ChapmanJohn & Shelley ChesleyFred Drexler*Joseph & Antonia FriedmanTracy & Brian HaughtonGladys Perez-Mendez*
Ivan & Lochiel PoutiatineGage SchubertBeverly TannerNancy Thomson**deceased
CAST PARTY! 2015 DONORS
A. C. T.Balboa CafeBay Area Discovery MuseumLori Lerner & Terry BerkemeierBerkeley RepBoo Koo RestaurantCheryl & Rick BrandonBuckeye RoadhouseCafe del SoulCalistoga Inn Restaurant and
BreweryCalifornia Film InstituteCalifornia Academy of SciencesLynne CarmichaelCartelligentDiana Gay-Catania and David
CataniaCavallo Point: The Lodge at the
Golden GateCellar CollectionsHeath CeramicsDave & Bobbie ChapmanChicago Architecture
FoundationCooper Alley SalonCritterland PetsElkhorn Slough SafariSteve & Bunny FayneKathy Fields MDFine Arts Museums of San
FranciscoFirst Republic BankFrantoio RistoranteMort & Amy FriedkinGene Hiller MenswearGrilly’s Restaurant
Patty Gessner & Dan BaconGet In Shape for WomenSylvia Gill Children’s WearGoodman TheatreGale Gottlieb Peter Haywood WinerySusan & Russ HoldsteinII Davide RestaurantInsalata’s RestaurantJ Vineyards and WineryJudd’s Hill WineryCarol & Duff KurlandLark TheaterLarks RestaurantLiquid Assets Wine BarLookingglass Theatre CompanyMelanie & Peter MaierMona MansourMarin Symphony Marin Theatre CompanyMarin Theatre Company Board
of DirectorsMarin Shaksespeare CompanyMassage EnvyMill Valley MarketJasson MinadakisModern Sailing School and ClubMountain Play AssociationNeuman Hotel GroupO’Brien Estate WineryOregon Shakespeare FestivalPLAJ RestaurantParadigm WineryPiazza D’ Angelo Ristorante Post Ranch InnQyady Winery
Ravenswood WineryKatie Rodan & Kathy A. Fields of
Rodan+FieldsEric Schwartz & Magda
WesslundStacy Scott CateringSea Trek ToursSea Plane AdventuresSea View InnCarol SeligSan Francisco OperaSFJAZZShowroom 383 SalonMary Catherine & John SiebelSignature TheatreSilverado Resort and SpaSloat Garden CenterSoulCycleTamalpie RestaurantBob TandlerFred & Kathleen TaylorKate TaylorTheatre for a New AudienceThe Public TheaterToy CrazyTrader Joe’sVasco RestaurantVentana Wildlife SocietyKim & Elaine von BlohmWBEZ/NPR Quiz Show: Wait
Wait...Don’t Tell Me!We PlayersBeth & James Wintersteen13 Bernard Salon142 Throckmorton
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D O N O R S
Please save the date for our next Cast Party!, Saturday April 2, 2016.
NEW AT MTC!
Family Improvisation Class(Age 6 and up)Nov 9 - 30 (3 weeks, no class Nov 23)Tuition: $100 (for 2), $40 for each additional family member!Mondays 6 - 7:30pm
Start a new family tradition and join us in this three (3) week course designed to bring families together in a fun, artistic endeavor in which basic improvisational rules will be taught and skills developed in a friendly and creative atmosphere! Learn to think quickly on your feet and create full and interesting scenes to entertain guests! Onstage and off, improvisation is a skill that will help you learn to think on your feet and problem solve effectively… and often, humorously!
For more info go to marintheatre.org/education or contact Ashleigh
Worley, Education Program Manager, 415-322-6026.
CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION | 2012Arwen Anderson, Julia Brothers Photo: Kevin Berne
D O N O R S
Join Jasson Minadakis to see the best drama in the country, meet top thespians and get the inside scoop
on new American theater.
Jan 21 - 24
New York City• Lodging: The Manhattan Club
• Group dinners at fine restaurants
• Broadway and Off-Broadway shows
An exclusive opportunity for MTC donors of $500 and above.
Call 415.322.6035 or email laurenl@marintheatre.org for details.
Regan Linton in Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land at OSF.
Photo: Jenny Graham
Take a Trip with MTC
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CONTACT US
Box Office: 415.388.5208Tues – Sun, 12–5pm On performance days, open noon until show time.
Address: 397 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley CA 94941
General: 415.388.5200
Playbill Advertising: 415.322.6022
Main Stage Group Sales: Groups of 8 or more receive a discounted rate plus one free ticket for the organizer. Contact 415.388.5200 X3323 or groupsales@marintheatre.org.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Tue – Sun 7:30pm,
Matinees (please check dates online): Thu 1pm • Sat & Sun 2pm , Sun preview 4pm
TICKET DISCOUNTS
Teens: $10
Under 30: $20, in advance or at the door for all performances, must show valid ID
Seniors: $4 off tickets to all performances
SERVICES & INFORMATION
Arrive on time: Performances begin promptly. Late patrons will be seated at a designated
seating break or possibly intermission. Patrons returning late from intermission will be seated at the discretion of the house manager.
MTC Café: Food and beverages are available before performances and during intermission. Save time and order intermission refreshments prior to the start of the performance. No food allowed in theater.
Recycling: Please help MTC concserve resources. Recycle your programs in the racks provided on the way out of the theater, and use the labeled recycling bins for cans, bottles and paper.
Recording Equipment: The use of sound, video or photographic recording equipment during performances is prohibited.
New! Open Captioning during Thursday matinee performances* For patrons who are hard of hearing or deaf.Contact Box Office for dates and times.
Listening Devices: For patrons with impaired hearing, listening devices are available for free. Please see the box office for details.
For information about physical and program access at MTC, please call
415.388.5208 or dial 711 to use the California Telecommunications Relay Service.
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Marin Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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