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WOODY SEZ:

The Life & Music of

The Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Production

WOODY GUTHRIE

November 8December 2, 2012

From the Artistic Director

Post election productions are hard to program. Who knows how well be feeling the morning after November 6? Some will be despondent; others full of hope and vindication. A divided and hurting nation will turn back and find itself much the same, divided and still hurting, yet more in need of inspiring direction than what the political results or our media culture will be able to provide. What can the theater offer in the way of shared experience that might propel us forward with optimism, rejuvinated ambition and bravery of heart? Welcome Woody to the Rescue! When I learned of this wonderful show last spring, weeks after our initial line-up of plays had been set, I knew we just had to have it, and we had to have it at precisely this time! Were hoping that the Ghost of Guthrie, and his flesh-and-blood avatar and channeler, David M. Lutken, can sing us into a new year, and a new political moment, with moxie, fervor, fierce determination, and an open embrace of this countrys awesome breadth and potential. Woody Guthrie has come to DC on this, the centennial of his birth, to share his life and times and lead us forward, in song and common purpose, to a transformed place. Or lets put it another way: Theres nothing ailing us that a good ole fashioned hootenanny, with full-throttle singing in multi-part harmony, cant cure! And who better to lead us in song? Woody Guthrie sang of Dust Bowl Blues in the midst of the Great Depression and created a new folk and musical idiom. From the bruising, blighted landscape of an America in nose-dive, Woody Guthrie emerged as a crusading singer who emboldened those touched by his unflinching portraits. He fused art, politics, populism, and life experience in ways so unique and compelling that he became one of the great icons of the past Century. He was born an Okie, but he became a darling of the New York Left, role model for folk artists, rock stars, Jewish intellectuals, and summer camp song-leaders all over this great land. He was adopted and loved by many. He had intimate bonds that waxed, waned and grew stronger again even as his physical state weakened. Woody was revered while remaining unassuming; a patron saint for a secular age; a free spirit who bespoke communitarian values. He was a complex husband, father, son and musical mentor and one of the most prolific songwriters of our time. He sang the song of this nation. We all feel very lucky to have landed this time with Woody and his Corncob Trio. Hes a relative weve heard about for decades, but are only now getting the chance to meet. Hes part of our family and tonight, after this performance, well better understand what it means to be part of his. Were getting to know the man behind the myth; the I within the icon. Lets all be strengthened by the songs we sing together with Woody tonight. -Ari Roth
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The Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Fund

Honoring the memory and musical legacy of A. Arthur Tracy, The Street Singer, a celebrated singer and entertainer whose talent delighted millions around the world. Arthur Tracy was born to entertain. Having arrived in America with his family in 1905, Tracys outstanding abilities won him a place at the prestigious Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. However, his love of theater and, in particular, of popular music drew him to vaudeville and the variety theater where he developed his genius for music and his natural ability to delight an audience. Adopting the stage name, The Street Singer, Tracy appeared on CBS radio for five months without revealing his true identity. During that time, he became so popularthe station receiving thousands of fan letters a weekhe was given his own radio show, which was broadcast several times a week. Whenever the radio announcer began the introduction to his show, Down the corner and round your way comes the Street Singer.. the same warning was issued to millions of children across America Now, either be quiet or leave the room. The great popularity of Tracys radio show launched his successful career in Hollywood and the British film industry where he starred in many films including Command Performance, Limelight and The Street Singer. Having been invited to appear in England for seven weeks, Tracy was held over for six years. Tracy returned to the United States shortly after the outbreak of World War II. He settled in Washington, DC where he has was involved in real estate development and where his love of his Jewish heritage brought him close to the local Jewish community. The Street Singer made a comeback in the early 1980s when his 1937 recording of Pennies from Heaven was used in the movie of the same name. Tracy later toured with Lucy Arnez in the play Social Security and in 1996 was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Even at the end of his life, at age 98, Arthur Tracy needed no stage, microphone or film studio to entertain. He was a natural. If one other person was in the room, the performer in him came to life. His love of his work and his adoring audience kept him young and spellbinding. Like the Tracy family, the ancestors of many of the members and visitors to the Washington DCJCC immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe around the turn of the 20th Century. While many of these immigrants were achieving great success in their new homeland, they did not forget their Jewish roots, values, heritage and commitment to tzedakah. Many of their descendants followed in this tradition by supporting the relocation of the Washington DCJCC in 1996 back to its original home at 16th and Q, and by generously supporting the DCJCCs programs. Among these is the family of Arthur Tracy. Arthur Tracys passion for entertaining will be continued through the Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Fund. His legacy will support productions by Jewish musicians, dramatists, storytellers and entertainers featured at the Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, and through this fund, his ability to entertain will continue for years to come. 5

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

November 8December 2
Theater J Presents

WOODY SEZ: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie

Devised by David M. Lutken with Nick Corley and Directed by Nick Corley+
Darcie Deaville, Helen Jean Russell and Andy Teirstein

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

Artistic & Production Team

Associate Director Sherry Lutken Musical Director David M. Lutken Scenic Designer Luke Hegel-Cantarella** Lighting Designer Garth Dolan Costume Designer Jeffrey Meek Production Stage Manager Karen Currie* Light Board Operator Kevin Laughon Assistant Stage Manager Ryan Breen

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

Originally produced as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2007, by The Melting Pot Theatre and Paul Lucas Productions, by special arrangement with Mary and Pierre Cossette. First American production at the Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma City, 2009. West End premiere, The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square, London, January 13, 2011, by Mary Cossette Productions. The cast of Woody Sez extends heartfelt gratitude to Mary Jo Guthrie-Edgmon, Nora Guthrie, Michael Kleff, Anna Canoni, Tiffany Collanino, Michael Smith, Larry Richmond, Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook, Tamsin Rose, Emily Lutken, David and Mary Lou Wertz, Patrick Flaherty, Tom Wirtshafter, Murray Biedenharn and Denis Brown, to Louis Tyrrell, Tom Gabard, the entire staff at the Lyric Theater, Paul Lucas, Julia Schafranek and V.E.T., Gene Jones, Laurie Gamache, Kate Weeden, Jerry Silverman, Maurice Simpson, Larry Kartiganer, Brannon Wiles, Larry Hirschhorn, John Lahr, the indefatigable Helen Russell, and especially to Sam Ellis, Ruth, Pete and Sherry Lutken. Woody Sez would not have been possible without Mary Cossette. Her encouragement and generosity brought this project to life.
Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones and signal watches, and to refrain from taking photographs, text messaging, or making a recording of any aspect of this performance.

Song List
Act I
This Train Is Bound For GloryCompany
Adapted by Woody Guthrie (c) 1958 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc

I Aint Got No Home David

Act II

Why Do You Stand There In The RainDavid & Company

Words & Music by Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1975 by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie (c) 1961 (renewed) and 1963 (renewed) by TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc.

Nickel, NickelDarcie & Helen This Land Is Your LandDavid

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

By Alan Bradley Kent & Austen Herbert Croom-Johnson (c) 1939 General Publishing Group, Los Angeles, CA By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1956, 1958 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Going Down That Road Feelin BadCompany

By Woody Guthrie and Lee Hays. TRO (c) 1960 (renewed) by Hollis Music, Inc

Pastures Of PlentyDavid & Company GroundhogCompany

The Ballad Of Tom JoadDarcie

By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

By Woody Guthrie. TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc. Traditional. Arranged by David M. Lutken

Gypsy DaveyHelen, David & Darcie

New Words and Music Adaptation by Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1961 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Vigilante ManAndy & David Union MaidDarcie & Helen

Jackhammer JohnAndy*, Helen & Darcie I Ride An Old PaintAndy* & David

By Woody Guthrie. TRO (c) 1961, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc. By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1961 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1961, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc. Traditional. Words adapted by Woody Guthrie

Sinking Of The Reuben JamesCompany

Curly Headed BabyHelen, Darcie & David

By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1956, 1958 (renewed) by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.

By Woody Guthrie (c) 1942 (renewed) by MCA Music Publishers c/o Universal Music

Mule Skinner BluesDavid, Helen & Andy*

Traditional. Arranged by David M. Lutken

Talking Merchant MarineDarcie

By Woody Guthrie. (c) 1958 (renewed) by Sanga Music, Inc By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1961 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Oklahoma HillsCompany

Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever DoneCompany

By Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie (c) 1945 (renewed) by Michael Goldsen Music, Inc.

So Long Its Been Good To Know YuhCompany By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1940, 1950 (renewed) by
Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.

Them Old Cottonfields Back HomeCompany

By Huddie Ledbetter Published by TRO - The Richmond Organization

Riding In My CarDavid & Company

Talkin Dust BowlAndy*

By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1948 (renewed) by Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.

This Land Is Your Land (Reprise)David & Company

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

Dust Storm DisasterDavid By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1960, 1963 (renewed) by
Ludlow Music, Inc.

This Train Is Bound For Glory (Reprise)Company Do Re MiCompany

By Woody Guthrie TRO (c) 1961, 1963 (renewed) by Ludlow Music, Inc.

Jolly BankerDarcie & David

By Woody Guthrie (c) 1964 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc.

InternationaleHelen & Company

Words by Eugene Pottier. Music by Pierre Degeyter (c) Alistair Hulett

Ive Got To Know/Why Do You Stand There In The Rain (Reprise)David & Company

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie (c) 1963 (renewed)by TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. 15 minute Intermission

Dramaturgy Woody Guthries Jewish Family

It is good to be A simple person, Looking at the world with love, Thanking God for every small tree, For every blossom, For every blade of grass in the field... -Aliza Greenblatt (18851975) Aliza Greenblatt was an American Yiddish poet and an early, committed leader in Zionist and Jewish womens organizations. She moved to the United States with her family in 1900 from the Eastern European region known as Bessarabia, and settled in Philadelphia. There she married Isidor Greenblatt, also from Bessarabia, and they had five children: Herbert, David, Gertrude, Marjorie and Bernard. In 1945 Greenblatt added yet another title to her introduction: Woody Guthries mother-in-law. While we usually associate Guthrie with his early years in Okemah, Oklahoma and his travels out west, he actually spent a meaningfuland significantportion of his life in New York City. At the age of twenty-eight Guthrie moved to Manhattan where he was surrounded by a thriving community of similarly socially conscious artists like Pete Seeger, Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter), Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Woody joined Seegers folkprotest group, the Almanac Singers, which wrote songs collectively and hosted concerts called hootenannies (a word Pete and Woody had picked up in their crosscountry travels). The singers eventually moved into the cooperative Almanac House in Greenwich Village. Guthrie Woody Guthrie playing on the was perceived as adding authenticity to the groups work, New York subway since he represented a true working-class Oklahoman. There was the heart of America personified in Woody...And for a New York Left that was primarily Jewish, first or second generation American, and was desperately trying to get Americanized, I think a figure like Woody was of great, great importance, recalled friend and music journalist Irwin Silber in the biography Ramblin Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie. In 1940 Sophie Maszlow, a dancer with Martha Grahams Company, was interested in using some of Guthries music for a piece she was choreographing. When she visited Guthrie to ask if he would provide live accompaniment for the troupe, Marjorie Mazia, a fellow dancer, joined her. According to Guthrie family lore, Marjorie, already a fan, met Woody and decided thats the guy Im going to marry. And Im going to have his children! Woody agreed to play with the dancers, but that proved only the first hurdle. Nora Guthrie (daughter of Woody and Marjorie) wrote: The first rehearsal was a complete disaster, as Woody could/would not play the song the same way as he recorded it. Nor could he even play it through the same way twice. Rushing to get to their places, dancers were bumping into each other, falling all over each other, and being thrown up in the air with no one there to catch them on the way down Sophie pleaded for my mother, who was known for her organizational skills, to go and try to see what she could do. So Marjorie went with a mission: to teach Woody Guthrie how to play a song the same way twice. Marjorie succeeded, and the two fell in love. When Mazia left her Jewish husband to marry Woody, her father initially cut all ties with her. Aliza, on the other hand, was quite taken with her new son-in-law from the start. She was a poet and songwriter in her own right, and she immediately recognized Woodys talent, Arlo Guthrie said in interviews. 8

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Woody was aware of the family tensions instigated by their interfaith marriage and so he started studying Judaism. He wanted to know what he had gotten himself into and, with his typical thoroughness, started reading every book he could find and took courses on Judaism at Brooklyn Community College, Arlo said of his father. The couple moved to Coney Island in 1942, across the street from the Greenblatt family. Aliza and Woody seemed to appreciate having another writer in the family, and were known to share their work with each other. Guthrie penned Woody Guthrie & Marjorie Mazia a number of songs inspired by this relationship, both personal and political, leading some to surmise that Guthrie connected the struggle of the Jewish people with that of his fellow Okies and the other disenfranchised peoples he wrote about. In the spring of 1944, Woody also met and first recorded for Moses Asch (son of Yiddish language novelist and dramatist Sholem Asch and the younger brother of novelist Nathan Asch) who ran a succession of independent labels that would eventually become the legendary Folkways Records. They continued their relationship until Woody stopped recording in the early 1950s, and together recorded over 100 songs. In 2006 the globally renowned Klezmer band The Klezmatics crafted new music from previously unproduced Guthrie compositions, creating the award-winning album Wonder Wheel and its sequel, Woody Guthries Happy Joyous Hanukkah. When Wonder Wheel was awarded a Grammy, it marked the first time an explicitly Jewish music group received this honor. Billboard magazine wrote of the album, Where does klezmer meet American folk music and social activism? Thanks to The Klezmatics, we discover common ground on Brooklyns Mermaid Avenue, where Woody Guthrie lived in the late 1940s. Mermaid Avenue thats the street Where the sun and storm clouds meet; Where the ocean meets that rockwall Where the boardwalk meets the beach; Where the prettiest of the maidulas Leave their legprints in that sand -Woodie Guthrie, Mermaid Avenue The Klezmatics album cover

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Thursday, November 15 at 9:00 pm: Post Show Talkback with the cast of Woody Sez Sunday, November 18 at 5:00 pm: Post Show Clergy-In-Conversation Discussion Moderated by Rabbi Noah Fabricant of Washington Hebrew Congregation Sunday, November 11, November 18, November 25 & December 2 at 9:00 pm: Free Post Show Hootenanny! Join the cast of Woody Sez for an informal folk music jam session.
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About the Artists

David M. Lutken Originally from Texas, David studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He has performed in Europe and the United Kingdom, at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y and Carnegie Hall. His debut in the West End was the 2011 production of Woody Sez, which was included in the long list of nominees for the Ned Sherrin Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. BROADWAY: Inherit the Wind; Ring of Fire; The Civil War; The Will Rogers Follies. NY CITY OPERA: Benjamin Brittens Paul Bunyan (Balladeer). OFF-BROADWAY: Southern Comfort, Stars in Your Eyes; The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show; Woody Guthries American Song; Winter Man. REGIONAL THEATER (UK): Dark of the Moon, Bonnie and Clyde, A Month in the Country. (USA): Man of La Mancha; Elmer Gantry; Finians Rainbow; Big River; Pump Boys and Dinettes; The Love List; Death in England; On Golden Pond; The Man Who Came to Dinner; Fire on the Mountain; Stand By Your Man; In the Deep Hearts Core. Darcie Deaville Pilots and musicians are of the same breed. They all have their heads in the clouds, Darcie muses. Born in Toronto to bush helicopter/journalist parents, she lived in Northern Canada and constantly moved around North America, from one culture to another. At 16, she left home, making her living as a Toronto street musician, and has since toured from the Yukon Territories to Central America, Europe to the Far East. Now in Austin, Texas, Darcie is well known for her fiery fiddling and singing her American roots -based songs, and working with artists including Ani di Franco, Tom Paxton, Mary Gauthier, David Lindley, Eliza Gilkyson, and Slaid Cleaves. A multi-instrumentalist, Darcies guitar playing is a well-kept secret. She was the first woman (and first Canadian) to enter the National Flatpicking Championships in Windfiled KS, taking her place in the top 10. A writer, producer, musical director and coach, Darcies theater work includes the 2001 multiple productions of Woody Guthries American Song, Back Bog Beast Bait, Cottonpatch Gospel, and Always, Patsy Cline. The latest of her five CDs is called Livin on the Lucky Side (Taller Dog Music). Darcie is currently in a band called the Austin Lounge Lizards. David Finch (11/811/18) An actor/musician specializing on strings and horns, Mr. Finch has played beside artists as diverse as Alan Cumming, Serj Tankian, Tony Bennett Amanda Palmer, Justin Bond, and Dee Snider. As a member of the cast of the Tony award-winning revival of Cabaret, he performed on Broadway at the infamous Studio 54 and toured with the show throughout the US, Canada and Japan. He made his London West End debut in 2011 with Woody Sez. Other productions of Woody include its US premiere at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City, the American Repertory Theatres production and appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe and Glasgow Celtic Connection Festivals. Mr. Finchs Off-Broadway credits include Fame on 42nd Street and the New York premiere of Tennessee Williams 60-year-old play, Spring Storm. He also spent several years touring Europe, the U.S. and Canada with Fame the Musical and regionally has performed in Prometheus Bound also at A.R.T., Hank Williams Lost Highway, Grapes of Wrath, 1940s Radio Hour, Fiddler on the Roof, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story and Cotton Patch Gospel. Mr. Finch is proud to have been an Associate Producer at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in NYC from 20042006. His CDthe fiddle made me do itis on iTunes. He is also the co-creator and Musical Supervisor of Careless Love: A Down Home Musical. Mr. Finch makes his home in Brooklyn, NY. Helen (Jean) Russell grew up making music. After relocating from a small town in Maryland to New York City, she switched her focus to acting, which led to producing variety shows that featured The City Singers, an a capella choir that she cofounded and directed. Helen is an original cast member of Woody Sez and was part of its 2007 debut in Edinburgh, as well as subsequent tours throughout the UK and Europe, the American debut at the Lyric in Oklahoma, the Arts Theatre in Londons West End, and at A.R.T. in Boston. At home in Manhattan, she works as an actor, musical director and publishing technology consultant. Her debut CD, Holly Days, was released in 2008, and she is currently working on a second. Her voice, pure and supple, handed down through generations, recalls the rich and rolling piedmont of her native home. Andy Teirstein (11/2012/2)In addition to performing, Andy Teirstein writes music inspired by the rich and diverse folk roots of modern culture. His compositions have been described by The New York Times and The Village Voice as magical, ingenious, and superbly crafted. A student of Leonard Bernstein and Henry Brant, Teirstein writes music for the concert hall, film, theater, and dance. His newest CD, The Open String, will be released on Naxos Records in August, featuring David Lutken narrating The Shooting of Dan McGrew. He has composed film scores for BBC and PBS. A Blessing on the Moon premiered in 2012, and two of his musicals, Winter Man and Skels recieved NEA Opera/ Musical Theatre Awards. Andy received his MFA at NYU, where he studied with Stephen

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Sondheim and Arthur Laurents. He extended his musical education in the pubs of Ireland and performing as a musical clown with a Mexican circus. He is currently an Associate Arts Professor at NYU. Sherry Lutken (Associate Director) Off-Broadway and Regional musical staging, choreography and directing credits include: The Bourgeois Gentleman, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Stars in Your Eyes and Anything Goes. Sherry was part of the regional reinvention of Ring of Fire in 2009 at North Carolinas Flat Rock Playhouse. She directed subsequent productions at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse and in Ivoryton, Connecticut. She has danced in New York at the Duke on 42nd with Tap City, Town Hall with Bill Irwin, at the Joyce Soho and many others. Her acting credits include: Crimes of the Heart (Babe), The Last Night of Ballyhoo(Lala), Brighton Beach Memoirs (with Robert Sean Leonard), and Abigail in the 2008 Off-Broadway revival of Arthur Millers The Crucible. Nick Corley (Director/Co-Deviser) made his West End directing debut with Woody Sez, which he also co-wrote. (Evening Standard Award Best Musical nomination) Other directing credits include the NYC productions of Tall Grass, Flight (Callaway nomination), About Face (NYMF Best Direction nom.), Mother Russia (Carnegie Hall), Fables In Slang, Tim and Scrooge and The Overcoat. As director and co-author, credits include premieres of A Young Lady of Fashion (Fulton Opera House) and Eliot Nessin Cleveland (Denver Theatre Centre). Regional credits include Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma (former artistic director), A.R.T., Chicagos Northlight Theatre, Houstons Alley Theatre, Adirondack Theater Festival, St. Louis Rep., Vermonts Commons Group. As a performer credits include Broadway (the current revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Mary Poppins, A Christmas Carol and She Loves Me) Off-Broadway, regional theater, film (Kissing Jessica Stein), recordings and television. Luke Hegel-Cantarella (Scenic Designer) Luke made his London debut with Woody Sez which he originally designed for the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma. New York credits include work at The Atlantic Theatre Company, Lucille Lortel, HERE, The Lambs, and the 2004 Whitney Biennial. Internationally he designed Blue Shade at the Rozentheatre, Amsterdam and Redwood Curtain for the American University-Cairo. Luke has worked extensively in regional theatre, including projects at Yale Rep., Pittsburgh Public Theatre, CITY Theatre, Two Rivers Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, TheaterWorks, Barrington Stage Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and the Prince Music Theatre. Designs for Opera include La Clemenza di Titio at Wolftrap, Cosi fan Tutte at Curtis and La Traviata at Peabody. He was art director for the second season of the hit FX show Damages (starring Glenn Close) and has worked as a set designer on the films Julie & Julia, Pink Panther 2, State of Play, Synecdoche New York and The Accidental Husband. Luke is head of the set design program at the University of California-Irvine and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Garth Dolan (Lighting Designer) designed Theater Js productions of The Kinsey Sicks in Oy Vey In A Manger, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, Dai and Amy Ziffs Accident. Garth is delighted to be spending more time designing for theater productions after more than 12 years of event production in NYC and DC. Garth has an MFA in lighting from the University of South Carolina. Jeffrey Meek (Costume Designer) Jeffrey is in his twelfth season as costume designer and this past fall was privileged to costume his fiftieth production with Oklahomas Lyric Theatre. For ten years, Jeffrey served as principal costumer for The Ohio Light Opera. He has been privileged to work with such companies as The Point Theatre, Jewel Box Theatre, Carpenter Square, The Eastman School of Music and Colossal Studios. Jeffrey also designed Romeo and Juliet for Oklahoma Citys Reduxion Theatre Company. He has designed A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Annie and Disneys High School Musical for Casa Manana Theatre. For the past five years he has designed A Very Merry Pops for the OKC Philharmonic. He has also branched out into film, designing wardrobe most recently for Pearl Carter Scott with Media 13. Mary Cosette Productions (Executive Producer) Marys generosity and enthusiasm have brought Woody Sez to life. A long-time fan of Woody Guthries music and message, she is pleased to have been the executive producer of this show from its initial development and production at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 through its European engagements to the West End premiere, which was nominated for the Evening Standard Ned Sherrin Award for Best Musical of 2011. From her childhood in Hollywood in its heyday, to twenty-five years as the wife of the late, legendary impresario Pierre Cossette, Mary Cossette has been a strong theatrical presence behind the scenes. Cossette Productions music and entertainment credits, thirty-five years of the televised Grammy Awards and numerous other U.S. and Canadian programs, include acclaimed Broadway productions: The Egg, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Tommy Tune Tonight, The Civil War and The Will Rogers Follies which garnered six Tony Awards. Mary Cossette Productions carries on this tradition with support of works both Off-BroadwayMind Games starring Keith Carradine and directed by Ken Russell, and OnThe Addams 11

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Family, Bonnie and Clyde, That Championship Season starring Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric, and Peter and the Starcatcher, which won five 2012 Tonys. Karen Currie (Production Stage Manager) previous productions with Theater J include Body Awareness, The Whipping Man, The Religion Thing, Imagining Madoff, The Moscows of Nantucket, The Odd Couple, The Four of Us, Lost in Yonkers, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, Honey Brown Eyes, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, Speed the Plow and Either Or, as well as numerous readings. In addition, Karen has worked locally on One Arm and the Tennessee Williams Centennial Festival at Georgetown University; Cymbeline at The Shakespeare Theatre; Saturday Night, Sycamore Trees, Les Miserables and The Happy Time at Signature Theatre; Seascape, Thicker than Water, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Drama Under the Influence and The Autumn Garden at The American Century Theatre; The Royal Hunt of the Sun, The Milk Train Doesnt Stop Here Anymore and Titus Andronicus at WSC Avant Bard. Other productions include Twelfth Night, The Last Session and Hear My Song. Karen holds an M.A. in Arts Management from American University. Ari Roth (Artistic Director) is enjoying his 16th season as Artistic Director at Theater J where, together with a dedicated staff, he has produced 107 full productions, including 35 English language world premieres, and many more workshop presentations. Also a playwright, Mr. Roth has seen his work produced across the country, as well as at Theater J, where productions include Goodnight Irene, Life In Refusal, Love & Yearning in the Not-for-Profits, Oh, The Innocents and a repertory production of Born Guilty, originally commissioned and produced by Arena Stage, based on the book by Peter Sichrovsky, together with its sequel, The Wolf in Peter (recently presented as The Born Guilty Cycle by the Epic Theatre Ensemble and The TheatreLab School of the Dramatic Arts). His plays have been nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards, including Best Resident Production and two Charles A. MacArthur Awards. He is a 1998 and 2003 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts playwriting grant, three-time winner of the Helen Eisner Award, two-time winner of the Avery Hopwood Award, four-time recipient of commissions from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and recipient of the Mertyl Wreath Award from Hadassah. He has taught for the University of Michigan for 16 years, currently for their Michigan in DC program, as well as for Brandeis, NYU and Carnegie Mellon Universities. Rebecca Ende (Managing Director) Before stepping into the role of Managing Director, Rebecca worked in arts marketing as Director of Marketing and Communications for Sitar Arts Center, Director of Marketing and Communications for three seasons at Theater J and Marketing Associate at Fords Theatre. She is also the President of the Board of Forum Theatre and served as a Helen Hayes Judge for four years. She holds an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University and a Certificate in Budgeting and Finance from Georgetown University.
Actors Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equitys mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org

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Artistic Director Ari Roth Managing Director Rebecca Ende Associate Producer Delia Taylor Director of Community Outreach & New Media Becky Peters Director of Literary & Public Programs Shirley Serotsky Director of Marketing & Communications Grace Overbeke Director of Patron Services Erin Shannahan Development Associate Betsy Remes Theater J Apprentice Adi Stein Technical Director and Master Carpenter Thomas Howley Casting Director Naomi Robin Casting Associate Gerald Gleason MCCA Operations Director Daniel Risner Front of House Lauren Alexander, Kathleen Alvania, Bonnie Berger, Willette Coleman, Elizabeth Heir, Hadiya Rice, Lachelle Slade and Richard Steacy 12

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Friends of Theater J
Theater J is, at its core, a playwrights theater, and as such, we have named our giving levels in honor of Jewish playwrights and two of their director/producers. We gratefully acknowledge the following generous donors who have given since July, 1, 2011 towards our 2012 and 2013 fiscal years. We particularly acknowledge those who have given since July 1, 2012 towards our 2013 fiscal year (as indicated by a star *). We ask our many long-time supporters and new friends of the theater to join them in underwriting this exciting season. Interested in joining our community of season supporters? Contact Betsy Remes, Development Associate, at (202)777-3225. (This list is current as of October 4, 2012). Executive Producing Show Sponsor ($25,000 and above) The Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation* The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington* The Posen Foundation The Shubert Foundation Wendy Wasserstein Grand Angel ($15,000 - $24,999) The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Carolyn & Warren Kaplan* The New World Foundation Patti & Jerry Sowalsky* The Share Fund* Trish & George Vradenburg* The George Wasserman Family Foundation Harold Clurman Champion Angel ($10,000 - $14,999) Louie & Ralph Dweck The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Irene & Alan Wurtzel Nancy & Harold Zirkin Tony Kushner Collaborating Angel ($7,500 - $9,999) Esthy & James Adler Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes* The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation G. Scott Hong Charitable Trust Marion & Larry zl Lewin Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins* Ellen & Bernard Young Natalie Wexler & James Feldman Joseph Papp Producing Angel ($5,000 - $7,499) Patty Abramson & Les Silverman* The Family of H. Max and Josephine F. Ammerman, and Andrew Ammerman* Joan & Peter Andrews Michele & Allan Berman* The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Donald A. Brown Ryna Cohen, Marcy & Neil Cohen* CrossCurrents Foundation* Lois & Michael Fingerhut* Kovler Foundation-Judy & Peter Kovler* Judith Morris & Marvin Weissberg Faye & Jack Moskowitz Diane & Arnold Polinger* Elaine Reuben* Mita Schaffer & Tina Martin* Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg* in memory of Larry Lewin Margaret Hahn Stern & Stephen Stern* Rosa D. Wiener Judy & Leo Zickler Rory & Shelton Zuckerman Lillian Hellman Supporting Angel ($3,000 - $4,999) Natalie & Paul Abrams* The Bralove Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney* Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan* Amy Eisen & Kenneth Krupsky* Myrna Fawcett Barbara & Jack Kay Ellen & Gary Malasky* Zena & Paul J. Mason Alfred Munzer & Joel Wind* Loretta Rosenthal* Chaya & Walter Roth The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation, Inc. Jane & Daniel Solomon The Robert H. and Jane L. Weiner Cultural Arts Fund at the DCJCC* Joan Wessel* Margot & Paul Zimmerman* Arthur Miller Mentor ($1,500 - $2,999) Susan & Dixon Butler* Debbie J. Goldman Dr. Kenneth zl & Cheryl Gorelick Fund The Kosher Kitchen Catering Co. Serving the Metropolitan DC Area Barbara Kurshan Leshowitz Family Foundation Melamed Foundation Melanie & Lawrence Nussdorf* The Reich Family Foundation* by Lee G. Rubenstein, Co-president Marjan & Andy Shallal David Mamet Muse ($1,000 - $1,499) Agatha & Laurence Aurbach Elizabeth Berry Kit Gage & Steven Metalitz Ann & Frank Gilbert Marjory Goldman Sherry & Neil Green* Keiko & Steven Kaplan Laine & Norton Katz Arlene Fine Klepper & Martin Klepper Sandra & Arnold Leibowitz Jacqueline & Marc Leland Rona & Allan Mendelsohn* Jeff Menick Nancy Pick Janet Solinger Cynthia Wolloch & Joseph Reid Neil Simon Stage Benefactor ($500 - $999) Karen & John Burgess* Rosalind & Donald Cohen Steven des Jardins* Elliot Feldman Esther & Norm Gelamn Jeffrey Gibbs* Ira Hillman & Jeremy Barber Linda Lurie Hirsch Dana & Ray Koch* Steven Mandel* Sherry & Louis Nevins Trudy & Gary Peterson* Steven M. Rosenberg & Stewart C. Low III Alison Schneider & Richard Avidon Marsha E. Swiss & Dr. Ronald M. Costell Barbara & Stanley Tempchin* Tenleytown Trash Beverly Walcoff Ellen Wormser* Julie & David Zalkind Sholom Asch Admirer ($350 - $499) Alexandra Aron & Pablo Aslan Helen Darling & Bradford Gray* Linda & Jay Freedman Iris & Michael Lav* Dianne & Herb Lerner David Lipton Sherry & Louis Nevins Toby Port & Jeffrey Ahl Barbara Rappaport Molly Schuchat Janet Solinger* Cathy & Bob Solomon* Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt* Susan Wedlan & Harold Rosen Paddy Chayefsky Champion ($175 - $349) Anonymous (2) Heather Addison Rosalyn Bass & James Greene* Penny Bonda Mady Chalk Diane & Burton Epstein, in honor of Paul Mason* Ina Ginsburg Hedda & Alan Gnaizda Shoshana & Peter Grove* Aaron Heinsman Patti & Mitchell Herman Sarah Kagan & Henry Fox Jean & Robert Kapp Dorothy & Edward Kirby Phyllis Kline & Norman Lord Beth Kramer* David Marlin Wesley MacAdam Caroline & Michael Mindel* Sue & Lester Morss* Dorothy Moss & Lawrence Meyer M Craig Pascal* Erica & Douglas Rosenthal Rochelle & Richard Schwab* Nina Scribanu-Ragovis & George Ragovis Linda Segal Beverly & Harlan Sherwat Michael Singer Terry Singer David Bruce Smith Margaret Sohn Cohen & Harvey Cohen* Rochelle Stanfield & Edward Grossman* Stephanie van Reigersberg Gitta Fajerstein Walchirk* Diane Abelman Wattenberg Marjorie & Allan Weingold* Stephen Werner

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Linda Winograd* Susan & Ronald Wynne Ben Hecht Booster ($75 - $174) Anonymous (2)* 7 Dots Media Corporation Susan & Alan Apter Charlotte & Michael Baer Sharon Bernier Jodie & Lionel Bernstein Goldie Blumenstyk* Nina & Tony Borwick Dr. Lloyd Brodsky Wallace Chandler* Edward Collins* Janis & Robert Colton David Connick* Helen & Lowell Dittmer* Leona & Donald Drazin* Alison Drucker & Thomas Holzman Evelyn & Barry Epstein* Sheri & Stuart Fischer Richard Fiske Anne & Al Fishman* Miriam & Ben Glassman Stacie & Bruce Goffin* Jerald M. Goldberg Mark Goldberg Michael Goldberg* Roberta & Morton Goren DW Gregory Merna & Joseph Guttentag Bennett Harte* Betty-Chia Karro & Henry Gassner Aviva Kempner Martin Krubit* Joy Lerner & Stephen Kelin Michael Lewis Lee Levine Hannah & Tim Lipman* Madeline & Gerald Malovany* Noreen Marcus & Jay Sushelsky Marlene & Ken Markison* Bruce Mayor* Nancy & Richard Millstein* Barbara & Herbert Mintz* Vanessa Mitchell Mona & Leonard Mitnick Carl & Undine Nash* Tena Nauheim & David Harrison Diane Orentlicher & Morton H. Halperin* Susan & Dennis Papadopoulos Thomas Romig Norman Rosen Joan & Ludwig Rudel* Froma & Jerome Sandler, in honor of Paul Mason* Phyllis & Raymond Scalettar Anne & Barry Schenof Manuel Schiffres Molly & Michael Schuchat* Joan Searby* Linda Segal Rachel & Ethan Seidel Michelle Sender Celia & Arnold Serotsky* Emily Sheketoff* Jay Shushelsky Maurice Singer Scott Sklar Helen & Jonathan Sunshine Daoma & Murray Strasberg Susan Tannenbaum & David Osterhout* Susan & Burton Taylor Marcia & Marvin Thomas* Elizabeth & Joel Ticknor* Michael Ellis-Tolaydo Vali Tschirgi & Adam Nemzer Virginia & James Vitarello* Raymond Wolfe* Theater J would like to thank all our many donors for the important impact they have on our work.
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The Washington DCJCC wishes to thank all those who made contributions to help support our programs and Annual Fund during the 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011June 30, 2012). Your support has been invaluable in allowing us to create and sustain programs of excellence throughout the year. $100,000 +
Ann Loeb Bronfman* Foundation Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy Carolyn and Warren Kaplan Irene and Edward Kaplan Judy and Peter Kovler - Kovler Foundation Thelma and Melvin Lenkin The Annette and Theodore Lerner Family Foundation -Debra Lerner Cohen and Edward Cohen Marion and Larry* Lewin Faye and Jack Moskowitz Diane and Arnold Polinger Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff The Share Fund Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg United Way of the National Capital Area Robert Weiner and Family Natalie Wexler and James Feldman Irene and Alan Wurtzel Nancy and Harold Zirkin Margaret Hahn Stern and Stephen Stern Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt Matthew Watson Susan Wedlan and Harold Rosen Joan Wessel Rosa D. Wiener Carolyn and William Wolfe Ellen and Bernard Young Judy and Leo Zickler Rory and Shelton Zuckerman

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Anonymous The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Melanie and Lawrence Nussdorf Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

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Diane and Norman Bernstein DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities DC Office on Aging Louie and Ralph Dweck Brenda Gruss and Daniel Hirsch The Posen Foundation Ruth and Samuel Salzberg Family Foundation The Schoenbaum Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation David Bruce Smith United Jewish Endowment Fund

Natalie and Paul Abrams Anne and Ronald Abramson Esthy and Jim Adler Joan and Peter Andrews Jamie and Joseph A. Baldinger Ryna, Marcy and Neil Cohen $15,000 - $24,999 Sara Cohen and Norman Rich Suevia and Rudolph B. Behrend Fund The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. at UJEF Myrna Fawcett Lisa and Josh Bernstein Lois and Michael Fingerhut Susie and Kenton Campbell Lisa Fuentes and Thomas Cohen Rose and Robert Cohen Barbara Gervis Fund Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch Marilyn and Michael Glosserman Rena and Michael Gordon Dina Gold Alexander Greenbaum Deborah Harmon and Robert Seder Tamara and Harry Handelsman G. Scott Hong Charitable Trust Susy and Thomas Kahn Mark Hunker and Jeff Shields Barbara and Jack Kay Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Stuart S. Kurlander and David L. Martin Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation William Kreisberg Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin The New World Foundation Elyse and Jeffrey Linowes Deborah and Michael Salzberg Stacey and Gregory Lubar The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation Alan Meltzer Clarice Smith Judith Morris and Marvin Weissberg Patti and Jerry Sowalsky Linda and Sid Moskowitz Trish and George Vradenburg Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Washington Fine Properties Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation George Wasserman Family Foundation, Kathy and Thomas Raffa Inc. Ratner Family Foundation - Kelly Ratner The Reed Foundation $10,000 - $14,999 Renay and Bill Regardie Patty Abramson and Les Silverman Elaine Reuben Michele and Allan Berman Rae Ringel and Amos Hochstein Deborah Carliner and Robert Remes Judith and Darrel Rippeteau Edith Cohen* Lynn and John Sachs CrossCurrents Foundation Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins Lois and Richard England Mita Schaffer and Tina Martin Lois and Richard England Family Tina and Albert Small Jr. Foundation

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Babs and Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz Amy and Stephen Altman Atlantic Trust Rhoda Baruch Joan and Alan Berman Max Berry Joan Bialek and Louis Levitt Susan and Dixon Butler Clark Enterprises Cyna and Paul Cohen Cooper Carry, Inc. Margery Doppelt and Larry Rothman Jamie and David Dorros Embassy of Israel Emily and Justin Fisher Joanne Fungaroli Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman Roberta Hantgan HOPE worldwide Aviva Kempner Arlene and Martin Klepper Stacey and Daniel Kohl Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky Barbara Kurshan Roselin and Edward J. Lenkin Leshowitz Family Foundation Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather Zena and Paul J. Mason Melamed Foundation James & Theodore Pedas Foundation PNC Bank Anne & Henry Reich Family Foundation by Lee G. Rubenstein, co-President Toni A. Ritzenberg Loretta Rosenthal Chaya and Walter Roth Sharon Russ and David Rubin Debra and Jonathan Rutenberg Saul Schottenstein Foundation B Michael Singer Jane and Daniel Solomon Katherine and Thomas Sullivan The Washington Post Company Diane Abelman Wattenberg Judith Weintraub Carole R. Zawatsky Margot and Paul Zimmerman

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Wendi and Daniel Abramowitz Susan Agger and Richard Budson Sandy and Clement Alpert America-Israel Cultural Foundation Agatha and Laurence Aurbach Belman Klein Associates, Ltd. Grace and Morton Bender Elizabeth Berry Melinda Bieber and Norman Pozez Ris J. Birnbaum Lynn and Wolf Blitzer Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher Nancy Taylor Bubes and Alan Bubes Amelie and Bernei Burgunder, Jr. Frances and Leonard Burka Susan Bykofsky Ruth and Mortimer Caplin Chevy Chase Trust Roz and Don Cohen Jacqueline and Edward Cohen Toby Dershowitz Doing Small Miracles for Others Nava and Mark Ely Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Embassy of the Federal Republic of Poland Gayle and John Engel Arlene and David Epstein Laura and Michael Faino Claire Frankel Carla and Neal Freed Linda and Jay Freedman Kit Gage and Steven Metalitz Geico Philanthropic Foundation Esther and Norman Gelman Juliana Gendelman and Christopher Goldberg The George Washington University Richard Gerber Sarah and Bernard Gewirz Ann and Frank Gilbert Debbie J. Goldman Marjory Goldman Paula Seigle Goldman Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn Dr. Kenneth* and Cheryl Gorelick Fund Jane Gottesman and Geoffrey Biddle Gayle and David Greene Erwin Gudelsky Ari and Ethan Gutman Beverly and Stuart Halpert Margit Hamosh Florence and Peter Hart Renata Hesse and Josh Soven Martha Kahn and Simeon M. Kriesberg Sally Kaplan Keiko and Steven Kaplan Laine and Norton Katz Linda G. Klein* Charitable Lead Unitrust Bette and William Kramer Sandra and Arnold Leibowitz Jacqueline and Marc Leland Judith Leonard Dianne and Herb Lerner The Samuel M. Levy Family Foundation Steven D. Lockshin Robyn and Steven Lustig Ellen and Gary Malasky Kenneth Marks Paula Veiner McMartin Rona and Allan Mendelsohn Jeff Menick Lindsay and Aaron David Miller Myra and Allen Mondzac Joan Nathan and Allan Gerson Shirlee Ornstein Peggy Parsons Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning Trudy and Gary Peterson Nancy Pick Ruth and Stephen Pollak Toby Port and Jeffrey Ahl Zelda Porte Posner-Wallace Foundation Irwin Raij Carlyn Ring Carol Risher Sally Rosenberg Marcia and James Rosenheim Daryl and Steven Roth Sanford Schwartz Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Janet Solinger Richard Solloway State of Israel Bonds The Stempler Family Foundation Cathy Sulzberger and Joe Perpich Tabard Corporation Tacelosky Tzedakah Fund Karen and Sherman Telis Barbara and Stanley Tempchin Rita and David Trachtenberg Vali Tschirgi and Adam Nemzer Lori and Les Ulanow Lise Van Susteren and Jonathan Kempner Marcia and Ira Wagner Cynthia Wolloch and Joseph Reid Woodbury Fund Deborah and Dov Zakheim Julie and David Zalkind Eric Zelenko Due to space limitations, only donors of $1,000 or more are listed. The DCJCC would like to thank all of our donors for the important impact they have on our work. * of blessed memory Members of the 2012 Washington DCJCC Board of Directors appear in italics

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About Theater J
Hailed by The New York Times as The Premier Theater for Premieres, and recipient of over fifty Helen Hayes Award nominations and awards, Theater J has emerged as one of the most distinctive, progressive and respected Jewish theaters on the national and international scene. A program of the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, the theater works in collaboration with other components of the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts: the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, and the Literary, Music and Dance Department. Theater J produces thought-provoking, publicly engaged, personal, passionate and entertaining plays that celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy. Acclaimed as one of the nations premier playwrights theaters, Theater J presents daring contemporary work alongside spirited revivals and is a nurturing home for the development and production of new work by major writers and emerging artists exploring many of the pressing moral and political issues of our time. Dedicated above all to a pursuit of artistic excellence, Theater J takes its dialogues beyond the stage, offering an array of innovative public discussion forums and outreach programs which explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of our art. We frequently partner with those of other faiths and communities, stressing the importance of interchange among a great variety of people wishing to take part in frank, humane conversations about conflict and culture. Performing in the 240-seat Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater in the vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, Theater J works with some of the worlds most distinguished authors for the stage. It has produced world premieres by Thomas Keneally, Robert Brustein, Wendy Wasserstein, Joyce Carol Oates and Ariel Dorfman, with many debuts from emerging writers like Stefanie Zadravec and Anna Ziegler. Theater Js diverse body of work features thematically-linked festivals including its Voices From a Changing Middle East and Locally Grown: Community Supported Art. The Washington Post named Theater Js Productions of Photograph 51 and The Cameri Theatre of Tel Avivs Return to Haifa among the top 10 productions of 2011. Washington City Paper recognized Imagining Madoff as one of the most notable cultural events of 2011, and the Jewish Daily Forward named Return to Haifa among the top five productions of 2011. With hit productions ranging from Talleys Folly and The Disputation to The Price, Honey Brown Eyes, The Chosen, (a Theater J production presented by Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater), Parade (a co-production with Fords Theatre) and After the Fall (2012 Helen Hayes Award Winners), its no surprise that Washingtonian Magazine notes, Theater J productions keep going from strength to strength. Winner of the 2008 Mayors Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, Theater J offers a number of additional programs including Artistic Directors Roundtables, Tea@2 and the Passports Educational Program. Theater J has garnered support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and The Shubert Foundation. Theater J is a member of the Cultural Alliance, the League of Washington Theatres, TCG and the Association for Jewish Theatre.
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