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Contents DECEMBER 20114 Artistic Director’s Welcome 18 Donors7 Three Pianos Program 22 General Information16 About the A.R.T. 23 Staff and Emergency Exits17 A.R.T./MXAT InstitutePLUS:25 Guide to Local Theater 28 Guide to Cambridge DiningSTAFFPresident/Publisher: Tim MontgomeryArt Director: Scott RobertoAssociate Art Director: John Herron GendreauAssistant Editor: Paul AdlerEditorial Interns: Bailey Marquis,Kim Prosise, Nikki TruongVice President Publishing: Rita A. FucilloVice President Advertising: Jacolyn Ann FirestoneSenior Account Executive: Robert LeyAccount Executive: Tony EnslowVice President Operations: Tyler J. MontgomeryBusiness Manager: Melissa J. O’ReillyInformationTechnology Manager: Mike HippstheatrebillPublishing services are provided by Theatrebill, a publicationof New Venture Media Group LLC, publisher ofPanorama: The Official Guide to Boston, 332 CongressStreet, Boston, MA 02210, 617-423-3400.WARNING: The photographing or sound recording of anyperformance or the possession of any device for such photographingor sound recording inside this theatre, withoutthe written permission of the management, is prohibitedby law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violationsmay render the offender liable for money damages.EMERGENCIES: In case of emergency, contact the HouseManager or nearest usher.FIRE NOTICE: Please take a moment to locate the nearestemergency exit. In the event of a fire or other emergency,remain calm and listen for directions frommanagement and/or via our public address system.To advertise in Theatrebill, call 617-423-3400.THREE PIANOS 3

Artistic Director’s WelcomePhoto: Dario AcostaWelcome to Three Pianos! I am thrilled to bring thisOBIE Award-winning production to the A.R.T., anddelighted to have you here to experience this witty,wonderful expedition through Schubert’s Romanticsong cycle, Winterreise.The creative minds behind Three Pianos are some ofthe most exciting young theater artists in America today.It is my great pleasure to have them here, performing onthe mainstage at the A.R.T. Multi-talented creator/performersAlec Duffy, Rick Burkhardt, and Dave Malloy conceived of this showon a wintry night in Manhattan when they stayed up late drinking wine andplaying through Schubert’s song cycle to each other’s delight. What began asthree classical-music aficionados hanging out and having fun turned into anidea for great theater. Their warm, obvious passion for the music combinedwith their distinctive brand of humor is at the heart of what makes ThreePianos such a tremendously unique theatrical ride.Director Rachel Chavkin has joined us once before—with her extraordinarycompany The TEAM—at OBERON in 2010 as part of our inaugural EmergingAmerica Festival. It is a joy to have her back for Three Pianos.We all know how cold it gets in Boston around this time of year. So we hope youenjoy this cozy evening with good friends, good wine, and great music. Thankyou for joining us for Three Pianos, and here’s to an inspired holiday season!4 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATERPRESENTSTHR EEPIANOSWRITTEN, ARRANGED, AND PERFORMED BYRICK BURKHARDT* ALEC DUFFY* DAVE MALLOY*SCENIC DESIGNANDREEA MINCICCOSTUME DESIGNJESSICA PABSTLIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN VIDEO DESIGNAUSTIN R. SMITH MATT HUBBS DAVE MALLOYPRODUCTION MANAGERDAVE POLATOSTAGE MANAGERJESSIE VACCHIANO*DIRECTORRACHEL CHAVKINFirst performance at the Loeb Drama Center on December 7, 2011THREE PIANOS was originally produced in association with the Ontological-Hysteric Incubator atthe Ontological Theater at Saint Mark’s Church in February 2010.The Off-Broadway Premiere of THREE PIANOS was produced by New York Theatre Workshop,Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, William Russo, Managing Director in 2010.(*) members of Actors’ Equity AssociationTHREE PIANOS 7

Winterreise (Op. 89, D 911)By Franz Schubert (1797–1828)Text by Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827)Part One1. Gute Nacht (Good Night)2. Die Wetterfahne(The Weathervane)3. Gefrorne Tränen (Frozen Tears)4. Erstarrung (Numbness)5. Der Lindenbaum(The Linden Tree)6. Wasserflut (Flood Water)7. Auf dem Flusse (On the Stream)8. Rückblick (Retrospect)9. Irrlicht (Will O’ the Wisp)10. Rast (Rest)11. Frühlingstraum (Spring Dream)12. Einsamkeit (Solitude)Part Two13. Die Post (The Post)14. Der greise Kopf(The Grey Head)15. Die Krähe (The Crow)16. Letzte Hoffnung (Last Hope)17. Im Dorfe (In the Village)18. Der stürmische Morgen(The Stormy Morning)19. Täuschung (Illusion)20. Der Wegweiser (The Signpost)21. Das Wirtshaus (The Inn)22. Mut (Courage)23. Die Nebensonnen(The Phantom Suns)24. Der Leiermann(The Hurdy-Gurdy Man)Photo: Joan MarcusDave Malloy, Alec Duffy, and Rick Burkhardt in Three Pianos at the New York Theatre Workshop.8 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

A Toast To SchubertA.R.T. Dramaturg Ryan McKittrick speaks with Three Pianos creators Rick Burkhardt, AlecDuffy, and Dave Malloy and director Rachel Chavkin.Ryan McKittrick: I’ve heard that this projectbegan at a late-night party in New York. Couldyou describe how you got the idea to turnSchubert’s famous song cycle Winterreise into atheatrical event?Dave Malloy: I attended a concert at JudsonMemorial Church on Valentine’s Day a fewyears ago, and after the performance there was aparty in the church with a bunch of musiciansand theater friends, including Alec and Rick.There was whiskey, wine, beer, and a grandpiano, so it quickly turned into this raucousparty with people playing the piano and othermusicians playing their instruments. At somepoint I stumbled off into the choir loft, wherethere was all of this water-damaged sheet musicthat had been laid out to dry. As I was lookingthrough it I found a copy of Winterreise. I knewthat Alec really enjoyed the piece, so I brought itdownstairs. Rick was there as well, and he said,“This is one of my favorite pieces of music of alltime!” And so we started to play the first songand sang it all together around the piano. Andafter we finished the first song, we said, “Ooh,well the second song’s pretty good too,” and weplayed through the second song. Other peoplewere joining us and leaving us, and we were alltaking turns playing piano—Alec Duffy: “Ooh, I like the third song!”Dave Malloy: “Ooh, I like the third song, too!”Eventually it became clear that we were goingto play through the whole thing that night.Rick Burkhardt: I was in town that night bycoincidence. I had met Dave a couple of yearsbefore at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, whenhis theater group, Banana Bag & Bodice, andmy theater group, The Nonsense Company,were both performing there. But I hadn’t metAlec before. So this was my first party ever withthese guys. And I just assumed that this waswhat they always did—find a Romantic songRick, Dave, and Alec.cycle and plow through it. It was really a veryexciting experience for me to be plunged intothis subterranean Schubert milieu in the deadof February in New York.RM: How well did you know Winterreise beforethe party at Judson Memorial Church?AD: I knew it through my father, John Duffy,who first sang the cycle when he was in college.RM: Was your father a professional singer?AD: No, he was an amateur musicologist. He hadreceived his PhD in musicology, and then spentthe rest of his life working in computers. This wasa big outlet for him. So I had been exposed toSchubert quite a bit, especially to this song cycle,and would try to play it at home, and then I’dtry to sing it. But I would always feel embarrassedbecause my dad was in the next room listening.That’s what sparked my first show in New York:The Top Ten People of the Millennium Sing theirFavorite Schubert Lieder, which featured Einstein,Marx, Galileo, and Copernicus sitting arounddrinking and singing Schubert songs. Later, I didan autobiographical piece about my father’s obsessionwith the song cycle called Winter Journey.RM: When you played through Winterreise thatfirst night in the church, what made you wantto turn it into a dramatic event?DM: The song cycle itself is amazing and beautiful.But it was also the idea of the“Schubertiades”—the intimate musical salonsthat Schubert used to host with his friends—Photo: Ryan JensenTHREE PIANOS 9

a toast to schubert (continued)and the realization that we had just experienceda kind of Schubertiade, that made us aware ofthe theatrical potential.RM: What do you need for a good Schubertiade?RB: A group of friends. Schubert’s music was notsuccessful in his time. It was very rarely performedin public, and the only reason it survived is becausehis friends, who by and large were poetsand artists, threw private musical parties namedafter Schubert and built a kind of culture forthemselves around those. And after Schubert diedthey decided that they would create a posthumouscareer for this composer as well as sort of amyth about him and what kind of a person hewas. So because this history was all writtenretroactively, it’s hard to know exactly what reallyhappened at the Schubertiades, but the story isthat a group of people who were all writingpoems, at the time when the romantic poem wasa new idea, found in Schubert a wonderful championof their work, who would not only set theirwork to music, but also illuminate its meaningsin ways that they themselves hadn’t considered.So you have a social setting in which a group ofpeople get together to witness this strange musicaltransformation of their words. Apparentlythere was dancing at these events, games wereplayed, and music was only a part of the evening.There’s also an indication that “Schubertiade” becamekind of a code word for this group’s selfawarenessas an artistic movement. There’s oneletter I particularly love in which one of thesepoets says, “I was feeling really lonely the othernight so I threw myself a Schubertiade in my ownroom.” So apparently it also works with just oneperson. You can get a little ego boost from the experienceof a personal Schubertiade.RM: Rachel, when did you get involved in thisproject and how did you know that this was aproject that you wanted to direct?Rachel Chavkin: I joined the group a coupleweeks before rehearsals for the first production atthe Ontological-Hysteric Theater in New York. Icame to this without a background in music andRick and Alec.without knowing Winterreise. So I was really concentratingon the storytelling. It was clear earlyon that there were three tracks running throughthe show: first, the story of Winterreise and thewanderer’s journey through the snow; second,the biographical story about Schubert and the“Schubertiades”; and lastly, the friendshipamong Alec, Dave and Rick, and their philosophicalarguments about music. What drew meto the project was just sitting in the room withthese guys. That’s one of the great joys of ThreePianos—being in the room and listening tothem argue about music. I’ve always loved listeningto people talk passionately about somethingthat they love, and that’s the kind of divineexperience you get in this show. I don’t think I’veever laughed as hard as when these guys aregoing off on Greeks singing The Odyssey.RM: One of the wonderful things about thisproduction is the way the audience is includedin the event. Could you discuss your relationshipwith the audience in Three Pianos?DM: I’ve played in a lot of rock and jazz clubs,and the idea of a fourth wall in those environmentsis completely foreign. You’ll never see arock band get up on stage and pretend the audienceisn’t there. We think of Three Pianos as amusic and a theater piece, but the music is verymuch in the foreground. So it just feels naturalto acknowledge the audience. A few years ago,my company Banana Bag & Bodice performedmy rock opera version of Beowulf in a beautiful700-seat theater. It was wonderful, but some ofour friends couldn’t afford the tickets. So the followingnight we did the show again in an artist’sloft in San Francisco on this tiny stage without aset. Everyone brought their own beer, and webasically did the show in a rock club. It was suchPhoto: Joan Marcus10 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

a toast to schubert (continued)an eye-opening experience for me to do a theatershow in that kind of environment. It felt soliberating and unstuffy and joyous. So I reallywanted to create that environment for ThreePianos and give the audience a feeling of freedom.Serving wine during the show helps dothat. Brecht once said, “A theater without beeris just a museum,” which is something that hashappened to a lot of theater in the last thirty orforty years. Alex Ross, the music critic for TheNew Yorker, has written about audiences in the18th and 19th centuries, and how they wouldscream and shout during performances, “Wewant to hear the second movement again!” Orthey’d boo pieces they didn’t like. It’s not likethat at all now. You pretty much sit down anddon’t applaud at all between movements.RB: When kids go to their first classical musicconcert, one of the first things many of themlearn is that there are a lot of rules. You have tosit and obey the rules and hopefully enjoy themusic a little bit. Chamber music is calledchamber music because it took place in smallrooms, which often meant people's homes.Schubert wasn't a professional performer, but heplayed the piano and the violin, and his entirefamily got together in their home and readstring quartets. That’s what they did instead ofplaying Yahtzee. So to me, it’s quite appropriatethat we’re treating large theaters like the A.R.T.mainstage as if they were small rooms in whichyou can have an intimate experience.MAKE A SMART MOVEVISITTHE GAMES PEOPLE PLAYForeign and Domestic Board Gamesand Table GamesChess Sets, Clocks, BooksMathematical Puzzles and ToysJig Saw Puzzles from 35 to 32,000 PiecesSince 1974RC: My theater company, The TEAM, has donea lot of different interactive work. In the firstshow we performed at the A.R.T., Particularly Inthe Heartland, the audience throws eggs at theperformers, and there’s a whole Q&A section inthe middle of the show. I love the feeling inThree Pianos that the audience gets to hang outwith Dave, Alec, and Rick. It’s like going to aparty with people who are really prepared toteach and entertain you.This interview was excerpted from the A.R.T. Winter/SpringGuide. To read the complete interview, please visit:www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/three-pianos“We’re A.R.T. fans!”watertownsavings.comNot your average bank.Member FDIC Member DIFTHREE PIANOS 11

12 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATERFranz SchubertBy Christina FarrisBorn in 1797, Franz Schubert grew up during an oppressive periodof Viennese history. Fearful of conspiracies and foreign invasions,the Austrian Emperor Francis II enforced allegiance among hissubjects by encouraging his police force to carry out arrests, interrogations,and exiles. Politics was a forbidden subject in many circles,especially at intellectual salons. Vienna made up for its gloomy politicalatmosphere with its elegant parties, music, and balls. Dancingbecame exceedingly popular for both the rich and the poor.As a child, Schubert played in his family’s quintet with his fourother siblings. He began his musical training in this group as wellas privately under his father, Franz Theodor Schubert, and his brother Ignaz. Schubert’s fatherwas a schoolteacher, and the family occupied the little schoolhouse in the Viennese suburb ofHimmelpfortgrund.When Schubert was eleven years old, he was awarded the honor of attending theStadkonvikt, one of Vienna’s best schools. He studied under the famous Italian composerAntonio Salieri, who became a friend and supporter of Schubert’s both while he was inschool and later in life. The young Schubert constantly composed and proved to be avaluable member of the school’s orchestra.Schubert left the school in 1813 and returned home to become a teacher’s assistant at hisfather’s school. His passion for composition continued, and during this period (1813–1815)he wrote three symphonies, three masses, several piano solos, and a number of his mostfamous lieder [art song], including “Gretchen am Spinnrade.” This piece in particularshowcased Schubert’s desire to push music into a new dramatic form. He used every note ofthe music to enrich the drama of the poetry, revolutionizing the way in which songs werecomposed and performed.Schubert’s intimate group of friends included the playwright Franz Grillparzer, the painterMoritz von Schwind, the nobleman and councilor Joseph von Spaun, the operatic baritoneMichael Vogl, and the poets Franz von Schober, Johann Mayrhofer, and Johann Senn. In the early1820s, Senn and Schubert were among those arrested by the police and interrogated. Senn wasbanished because of his affiliation with a radical student political group that fought for a moredemocratic form of government. Schubert was detained in prison and then quickly released.Through all of this, Schubert continued to compose and organize Schubertiades, or privatemusical salons. These parties were different from the popular Viennese salons where guestssipped tea and listened to recent compositions in music and literature. Schubertiades featuredparlor games, field trips to the countryside, a close sense of camaraderie, and, of course, FranzSchubert performing his latest pieces. The only performance of Winterreise during Schubert’slifetime occurred at one of these Schubertiades.Schubert died in 1828 after contracting syphilis, at the age of thirty-one. In his tragicallyshort life, the amount of music he produced is staggering: eight symphonies including his“Great” Symphony in C Major, five Masses, several abandoned opera scores, solo piano works,chamber ensemble pieces, and 600 lieder. His impact on today’s musicians and audiences hasbeen immeasurable. Composers and musicians alike have wondered over the past two centurieswhat the musical world would have been like if he had lived longer. Schubert’s dear friend,Franz Grillparzer mourned the loss of an incredible artist by writing the following epitaph forhis grave: “The Art of Music Here Entombed a Rich Possession; but Even Far Fairer Hopes.”Christina Farris is a second-year dramaturgy student at the A.R.T./Moscow Art Theater SchoolInstitute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University.

RICK BURKHARDTWriter, Arranger andPerformerA.R.T: Beowulf—AThousand Years of Baggage,Oberon (2010), EmergingAmerica Festival (2011).Harvard, Loeb DramaCenter: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1987) andAunt Dan and Lemon (1989). Rick is an OBIEAward-winning composer, performer, songwriter,and playwright. His original chamber music, theaterand text pieces (including Simulcast, GreatHymn of Thanksgiving, The Climb Up MountChimborazo, Conversation Storm and Storm Still)have been performed by dozens of ensembles inover forty U.S. cities, as well as in Europe, Mexico,Canada, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand, andhave been published by the journals Cannot Exist,Mirage, admit2 and Plays and Playwrights. His songshave been covered and recorded by a wide varietyof artists, including Holly Near, Charlie King andDavid Rovics, and featured on two CDs by hiscabaret band The Prince Myshkins (The PrinceMyshkins’ Shiny Round Object and Total MyshkinAwareness). He is a founding director of TheNonsense Company, a touring experimentalmusic/theater trio. A CD of his complete saxophonemusic, Audition, was released in 2009. Helives in Brooklyn. www.rickburkhardt.com.ALEC DUFFYWriter, Arranger andPerformerA.R.T.: Debut. Alec is thefounder and Artistic Directorof Hoi Polloi, a collaborativetheater company he foundedin 2007. Recent work he’s directedincludes John Cassavetes’ Shadows (TheCollapsable Hole, Brooklyn) and Murder in theCathedral (The Church of St. Joseph, Brooklyn).With Hoi Polloi, he conceived and directed The lesswe talk and Dysphoria (Ontological Theater, NYC)and The Top Ten People of the Millennium Sing TheirFavorite Schubert Lieder (Bank Street Theater, NYCand the Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago). Duffy isa Drama League Directing Fellow and was selectedfor the 2007–09 NEA/TCG Career DevelopmentProgram for Directors. Duffy is also an award-winningsongwriter—his song “Condoleezza” was featuredon NPR’s All Songs Considered and his song“Every Day is Christmas” was selected by SufjanStevens as the winner of his Xmas Song XchangeContest in 2009. www.hoipolloiworld.com.Creative TeamDAVE MALLOYWriter, Arranger,Performer andVideo DesignerA.R.T: Beowulf—AThousand Years of Baggage,Oberon (2010), EmergingAmerica Festival (2011).Dave is a composer/performer/sound designer, thewinner of a Special Citation OBIE Award and the2009 Jonathan Larson Grant, a recipient of the2009–11 NEA/TCG Career Development Programfor Theatre Designers, and the 2011 composer-inresidenceat Ars Nova. He has written six fulllengthmusicals, including Beowulf—A ThousandYears of Baggage (2011 Edinburgh Herald Angel,2008 Glickman Award, New Yorker Best of 2009)with Banana Bag & Bodice, with whom he hasbeen a company member since 2002. Other showsinclude Beardo, Sandwich, Clown Bible (“Best Play ofthe Year,” “Best Music,” East Bay Express 2007) and(The 99-cent) Miss Saigon, a shoe-string adaptationcomplete with a toy helicopter on a zip line, forwhich he was musical director, pianist, and Chris.He is currently working on Natasha, Pierre & TheGreat Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based onTolstoy’s War & Peace. He lives in Brooklyn.www.davemalloy.com.RACHEL CHAVKINDirectorA.R.T.: Particularly in the Heartland, EmergingAmerica Festival (2010). Rachel is an OBIE Awardwinningdirector, educator, and Artistic Director ofthe critically acclaimed ensemble the TEAM. Withthe TEAM, she has directed/co-authored sevenworks, including Mission Drift (co-produced by NY’sPerformance Space 122 and Lisbon’s Culturgest,winner of the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe First, HeraldAngel and Edinburgh International Festival FringePrize), Particularly in the Heartland (2006 Fringe First,Top Ten 2007 Time Out New York) and Architecting(2008 Fringe First, Top Ten 2009 Portugal’s Publico),produced by the National Theatre of Scotland. Shehas also collaborated with Three Pianos’ DaveMalloy on his musical adaptation of Book 8 ofTolstoy’s War and Peace (entitled Natasha, Pierre andthe Great Comet of 1812) at Ars Nova,playwright/performer/activist Taylor Mac on TheLily’s Revenge at HERE (with whom she'll re-unite forthe National Theatre of Scotland’s production ofLily’s, Summer 2012), playwright/composer MollyRice and composer Stephanie Johnstone on TheAgee/Evans Project about James Agee’s and WalkerEvans’ seminal book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,THREE PIANOS 13

creative team (continued)playwrights Steve Yockey on Wonder and KeithReddin on Acquainted With the Night (NYU GradActing). She serves on the directing faculty atPlaywrights Horizons Theater School, and teachesShakespeare at Pace University. Rachel is an ArtisticAssociate at Classic Stage Company, for whom shehas directed a number of readings/workshops andserved as Mandy Patinkin’s Shakespeare Coach, analum of the Drama League Directors Project, theWomen’s Project Director’s Lab, a New GeorgesAffiliate Artist, and an NYTW Usual Suspect.ANDREEA MINCICScenic Designer/IllustrationsA.R.T.: Debut. Set Design credits: Three Pianos (ObieAward), NYTW and Incubator Arts Project; Shadows,Murder in the Cathedral, Urinetown with Hoi Polloi;Storm Still with Nonsense Theater Company; PonyPalace/Football, The Seagull, Nurses in New England withHalf Straddle; Here At Home, Red Over Red, AssemberDilator with 31 Down; Ring Cycle 2 with PL115;Mosheh/Video Opera with Yoav Gal. Collaborated onnumerous shows at: The Public Theater; St. Ann’sWarehouse; Ohio Theater; PS122; Here Arts Center;3LD; Hudson Stage; Buro Fur OFF Theater; The Place,London; National Theatre, Bucharest.JESSICA PABSTCostume DesignerA.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: Lidless, P73; ThreePianos, New York Theatre Workshop; The MetalChildren, The Vineyard Theatre (Henry HewesDesign nomination); Civilization (all you can eat),Clubbed Thumb; Be A Good Little Widow, Ars Nova;Asuncion, The Hallway Trilogy, There are No More BigSecrets, That Pretty Pretty, or The Rape Play, RattlestickPlaywrights Theatre; The Tenant, The ConfidenceMan, 12 Ophelias, Woodshed Collective. Regional:THIS, Kirk Douglas Theatre. Jessica is a member ofWoodshed Collective, and a Clubbed ThumbAssociate Artist. Her work has also appeared at St.Ann’s Warehouse, NYU School of Opera, AtlanticTheatre School, Columbia University, HERE, DixonPlace, Dance Theatre Workshop, The Joyce Theatre,SPF, NYMF, and the New York International FringeFestival. Graduate NYU Tisch School of the Arts.AUSTIN R. SMITHLighting DesignerA.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway/Regional: Rocky: TheMusical, Alex Timbers/Stage Entertainment/Developmental; Beckett, Creative Insteps Inc.; BalmIn Gilead, Brian Mertes/Chashama; Sleep No MoreNYC, Punchdrunk; Allegiance, The Old Globe; Clear,Dixon Place; Three Pianos, NYTW & Incubator Arts.Various associate work at The Public, The Vineyard,Second Stage, KC Rep, Center Theatre Group. Moreat www.austinRsmith.com.MATT HUBBSSound DesignerA.R.T.: Debut. Sound Design credits: A Devil at Noon,Humana Festival of New American Plays; ThreePianos, NYTW; Futura, NAATCO; The Human Scale,Public Theater; Telephone, Foundry Theatre;Hammock, The Matter of Origins: Tea, Blueprints ofRelentless Nature and 613 Radical Acts of Prayer, LizLerman Dance Exchange; 100 Saints You Should Know,Playwrights Horizons; the National PlaywrightsConference, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. A companymember of the TEAM, he has designed MissionDrift, Architecting, Particularly in the Heartland and AThousand Natural Shocks. B.A. in Philosophy as aUniversity Scholar at Xavier University.DAVE POLATOProduction ManagerA.R.T.: Particularly in the Heartland, The TEAM,Emerging America Festival (2010). InternationalTours: Mission Drift, Architecting, Particularly in theHeartland, The TEAM. U.S. Tours: Archictecting,Particularly in the Heartland, The TEAM; UnderConstruction, Who Do You Think You Are, SITICompany; Hell Meets Henry Halfway, Pig Iron.Music: Alarm Will Sound. Off Broadway: Othello,The Bacchae, The Public; Blasted, Soho Rep. Training:University of Rochester International TheatreProgram. Dave is a proud member of the TEAM.JESSIE VACCHIANOProduction Stage ManagerA.R.T.: Debut. Recent stage management credits includeOff Broadway: Three Pianos, New York TheatreWorkshop; Mongo, The Working Theatre; and TheMagdalene, Emerald Green Productions. Regional: TheBreakup Notebook and Little Shop of Horrors, RevisionTheatre; Murder in the Cathedral, Brooklyn Arts HQ;Five Flights, Red Stage Theatre. New York/Educational:Storm Still, PS122; The Vigil, Impetuous TheatreGroup; Sea Marks, Rutgers Theater Company.Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union ofProfessional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, representsmore than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the UnitedStates. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatreas an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages andworking conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including healthand pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliatedwith FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. TheEquity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.orgThe scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers inLORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic ArtistsLocal USA-829 IATSE.14 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

About the A.R.T.The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) is one of the country’s most celebrated theaters andthe winner of numerous awards, including the Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize and ElliotNorton and I.R.N.E. Awards. In May of 2003 it was named one of the top three regionaltheaters in the country by Time magazine. The A.R.T. was founded by Robert Brustein in1980, who served as Artistic Director until 2002, when he was succeeded by Robert Woodruff.In 2008, Diane Paulus became the A.R.T.’s Artistic Director. During its 31-year history, theA.R.T. has welcomed many major American and international theater artists, presenting a diverserepertoire that includes premieres of American plays, bold reinterpretations of classicaltexts and provocative new music theater productions. The A.R.T. has performed throughoutthe U.S. and worldwide in 21 cities in 16 countries on four continents.The A.R.T. is also a training ground for young artists. The Theater’s artistic staff teachesundergraduate classes in acting, directing, dramatic literature, dramaturgy, voice, and designat Harvard University. In 1987, the A.R.T. founded the Institute for Advanced TheaterTraining at Harvard University. A two-year, five-semester graduate program that operatesin conjunction with the Moscow Art Theater School, the Institute provides world-classprofessional training in acting, dramaturgy and voice.Since becoming Artistic Director, Diane Paulus has programmed innovative work that hasenhanced the A.R.T.’s core mission to expand the boundaries of theater. Productions suchas Sleep No More, The Donkey Show, Gatz, The Blue Flower, Prometheus Bound andDeath and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera have immersed audiences in original theatricalexperiences. The A.R.T.’s club theater, OBERON, which Paulus calls a “second stage for the21st century,” has become an incubator for local artists and has also attracted national attentionfor its groundbreaking model for programming. Through all of its work, the A.R.T.is committed to building a community of artists, technicians, educators, staff and audience,all of whom are integral to the A.R.T.’s mission to expand the boundaries of theater.A.R.T. Board of TrusteesDonald Ware, ChairmanPaul ButtenwieserKevin Cole CostinMike DreeseMichael FeinsteinProvost Alan M. GarberLori GrossAnn GundSarah HancockFumi MatsumotoRebecca MilikowskyWard MooneyDiane PaulusJames RheeDiana SorensenLisbeth TarlowA.R.T. Board of AdvisorsKathleen Connor, Co-ChairRachael Goldfarb, Co-ChairFrances Shtull AdamsJoseph Auerbach*Philip Burling*Greg CarrAntonia Handler Chayes*Bernard ChiuSusan Edgman-LevitanErin GilliganCandy GoldBarbara GrossmanHorace H. Irvine IIDan MathieuTravis McCreadyEllen Gordon ReevesLinda U. SangerMaggie SeeligJohn A. ShaneMichael ShinagelSam WeismanAlfred WojciechowskiYuriko Jane YoungFounding DirectorRobert Brustein*Emeriti16 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

A.R.T./MXAT InstituteFor Advanced Theater TrainingScott Zigler, Director Julia Smeliansky, Administrative DirectorMarcus Stern, Associate DirectorNancy Houfek, Head of Voice and Speech Andrei Droznin, Head of MovementAnatoly Smeliansky, Co-Head of Dramaturgy Ryan McKittrick, Co-Head of DramaturgyAmerican Repertory TheaterDiane Paulus, Artistic Director/CEOMoscow Art Theater SchoolAnatoly Smeliansky, HeadThe Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University was established in 1987 bythe American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) as a training ground for the professional American theater.Its programs are fully integrated with the activities of the A.R.T. In the summer of 1998, theInstitute commenced a historic joint program with the Moscow Art Theater (MXAT) School.Students engage with two invaluable resources: the work of the A.R.T. and that of the MXAT, aswell as their affiliated schools. Together, this exclusive partnership offers students opportunities fortraining and growth unmatched by any program in the country.The core program features a rigorous two-year, five-semester period of training in acting,dramaturgy, or voice pedagogy, during which students work closely with the professionals atthe A.R.T. and the MXAT as well as with the best master teachers from the United States andRussia. At the end of the program, students receive a Certificate of Achievement from HarvardUniversity and an M.F.A. degree from the Moscow Art Theater School.Further information about this program can be obtained by calling the Institute for a free catalogat (617) 495-2668 or going to our web site at www.harvardtheatertraining.org.FacultyDonna AmesSingingRobert Brustein Criticism and DramaturgyErin CooneyYogaThomas DerrahActingAndrei DrozninMovementJane Guyer FujitaVoiceTatyana Gassel Russian Language and CultureJeremy GeidtActingDavid HammondActing, ShakespeareArthur Holmberg Theater History, DramaturgyNancy HoufekVoice and SpeechRobert LadaAlexander TechniqueJodi Leigh AllenCoordinator ofMovement TrainingWill LebowVoice-overRyan McKittrick Dramaturgy, Dramatic LiteraturePamela MurraySingingRobert NajarianCombatDiane PaulusTheater PracticeAnatoly Smeliansky Theater History, DramaturgyJulia Smeliansky History of Set Design, TranslationMarcus SternActingTommy Thompson Alexander TechniqueMarina Van WinkleBalletRobert WalshCombatSam WeismanDirector of ProfessionalDevelopmentScott ZiglerActing, DramaturgyStaffJanie Rangel Student Financial Aid AdministratorChelsea KeatingInstitute AssociateChristopher Viklund Production ManagerSkip CurtissTechnical DirectorActingDavid AbramsMilia AyacheElizabeth BatesKristen Alyson BrowneMatthew ChristianLiza DickinsonSamantha EggersMarisa FrattoTeri GambleAshruf GhanimahAlison GregoryDustyn GulledgeElijah GuoRose HoganMegan HoppAmen IgbinosunCarl JamesMichael KaneRushi KotaLuke LehnerLindsey LiberatoreLisa MaleyScott RaySarah Beth RobertsAdeola RoleLanise ShelleyHenry Austin ShikongoDereks ThomasRobert TorresKatherine VosRoland WalshLuke WoodruffAlexandra WrightJing XuDara YazdaniDramaturgyAnnie DiMarioJenna Clark EmbreyChristina FarrisKenneth MolloyLiana StillmanTyler MonroeVoiceRonald CarlosSarah JessopTHREE PIANOS 17

Partner: $5,000–$9,999AnonymousBernard ChiuClarke and Ethel D. CoggeshallSusan and Gerald CohenMarc George Gershwin andAndrea GershwinErin Gilligan and Hoil KimRachael GoldfarbSponsor: $2,500–$4,999AnonymousDr. Millicent BellDavid and Nancy BermanLinda Cabot Black FoundationPatron: $1,000–$2,499Anonymous (2)Elizabeth AdamsFrances Shtull AdamsSheldon AppelBarbara E. Bierer andSteven E. HymanSheldon and Dorothea BucklerWalter Fey and Jan BergstromEastern BankM. Dozier GardnerCandy Kosow GoldSeth Goldman and Julie FarkusJill Goldweitz and Morris LevitzNicholas and Marjorie GrevilleLori E. GrossGardner Hendrie and Karen Johansen18 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATERAnnual Fund DonorsThe American Repertory Theater is deeply grateful for the generous Annual Fund support fromindividuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies, whose contributions make our workpossible. The following gifts were received between September 1, 2010 and November 4, 2011.Patron CircleVisionary: $100,000 and aboveIra and Lenore Gershwin Philanthropic FundThe President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeAndrew W. Mellon FoundationBenefactor: $50,000–$99,999AnonymousThe Carr FoundationThe Dana FoundationArtistic Committee: $25,000–$49,999Bank of AmericaPhilip and Hilary BurlingPaul and Katie ButtenwieserMichael and Laura DreeseDoris Duke Charitable FoundationSarah HancockHershey Family FoundationEdgerton FoundationThe E.H.A. Foundation, Inc.KarmaloopLizbeth and George KruppProducer: $10,000–$24,999Anonymous (2)Marcia HeadLeo L. Beranek Foundation DuBose and Dorothy HeywardCambridge Trust Company Memorial FundKevin Cole CostinBarbara W. HostetterTed and Joan† CutlerHorace H. Irvine IIBernadette Mannix Feeney Judi and Douglas KruppMichael Feinstein and Denise Waldron Heni KoenigsbergFrances Gershwin Godowsky Trust Fumi and Kako MatsumotoBarbara Wallace Grossman andSteve GrossmanJoseph W. HammerThe Roy A. Hunt FoundationPaul and Wladzia McCarthyJerome and Sheridan KassirerLars FoundationMr. and Mrs. Richard LevitanJohn D.C. LittleNick and Jennifer LittlefieldGregory MaguireJames and Marie MarlasAlan MuraokaFinley and Patricia PerryCarol and Steve PieperDr. Lawrence PrattEllen Gordon ReevesMr. and Mrs. Andres RodriguezPatricia Romeo-Gilbert andPaul B. GilbertThe Schneer FoundationRebecca and Nathan MilikowksyThe Shubert FoundationThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable TrustLisbeth Tarlow and Stephen KayMassachusetts Cultural CouncilDon and Susan WareAnn and Graham GundWard K. and Lucy MooneyNational Corporate Theatre FundNational Endowment for the ArtsCokie and Lee PerryJames RheeGreg and Dina SelkoeTrust for Mutual UnderstandingWelch and ForbesYuriko Jane YoungJohn Hancock FinancialValerie Beth Schwartz FoundationSteve and Rosemarie Johnson Maggie and John SeeligDan Mathieu and Neal Balkowitsch/ The Shane FoundationMAX Ultimate FoodSwissnex BostonPhilip MayBeth WeirBob and Alison Murchison Ted and Mary WendellDiane Paulus and Randy Weiner Alfred Wojciechowski andJanet and Irv PlotkinTammerah MartinRobert and Janine PenfieldCynthia SamuelsonRick and Christine SheaJohn TravisMichael Shinagel andMarjorie NorthMarshall SirvetzMason and Jeannie SmithJohn Snow, Inc.Wendy Shattuck and Sam PlimptonDr. Clive StandleyDeborah Sweet and Steven LazarThe Joseph W. and Faith K. TiberioCharitable FoundationPaul TraubFrancis H. WilliamsSusan WhiteheadZipcar

annual fund donors (continued)Contributor: $500–$999Howard and Leslie ApplebyJim and Chris BarkerLeonard and Jane BernsteinDiane BorgerHerrick Chapman andLizabeth Anne CohenAntonia H. ChayesLiz Coxe and David ForneyThomas Engelman and Laurie BurtHoward GardnerDena and Felda HardymonMr. and Mrs. James JoslinCarol and Jonah KaninCC King and Tom TarpeyLawrence KotinEllen Kulik and Bill BarryLiberty Mutual Give withLiberty ProgramBarbara ManocherianErica and Bob MasonMark NataleNSTAR FoundationJeryl and Stephen OristaglioVincent Piccirilli andAnita MeiklejohnSkip Pile and Mary Jane PatroneThomas and Jennifer PincinceSally C. Reid and John D. SigelCharles and Patty RibakoffJoan Arbetter RosenbergJanice SaragoniMark SlovenkaiMichele StecklerMindee Wasserman, Esq.Ms. Kelsey Wirth andDr. Samuel MyersPeter and Dyann WirthSupporter: $250–$499Anonymous (2)Karen AllenClark and Susana BernardRonnie BretholtzPaul and Cris CarterJudith Chernoff, in honor ofAudra McDonaldMichael and Linda FriezeRobert and Kathleen GarnerTiffani GavinMark GlasserMarie and Daniel GlennDr. Jeffrey and Laurie GoldbargProfessor Byron Good andProfessor Mary-Jo DelVecchio GoodHomer HagedornMargaret and Timothy HeitzAlison M. Hodges andThomas F. ClarkeHurlbut Family CharitableLead TrustDr. Joseph KahanTosh KawakamiBill and Lisa LaskinMary Pfeifer Lentz and Tom LentzGreg and Mary Beth LesherLorraine LymanBarbara A. ManzolilloSteven and Kelly MiglieroMichael and Annette MillerEvelyn MusserDrs. Hilda and Max PerlitshMarita RiveraEmily RooneyBelinda and Evan SchapiroMary ShannonEllen SimonsMr. and Mrs. Andrew SniderDiana SorensenStephen StulckWendell SykesArnold and Gloria TofiasChristopher WhiteKirk and Glynis Wood† deceasedIn-Kind SupportersThe A.R.T. thanks the following individual and corporate supporters for their invaluable in-kind donations.MAX Ultimate Food/Dan Mathieu & Neal BalkowitschThe Weekly DigBoston Beer CompanyCambridge 1The Catered AffairThe Charles HotelEvent IlluminationsGoogle Inc.Grafton StreetGrendel’s DenHenrietta’s TableIlex DesignsOMSandrine’sRobert StolzbergTory RowThe Urban GrapeUpstairs on the SquareThe Hotel VeritasZipcarOur 2011/12 Season is generously supported by:Every effort has been made to ensure that all donor information is accurate, but if you have anyquestions or concerns, please contact the Development Office: 617.496.2000 x8847.THREE PIANOS 19

annual fund donors (continued)National Corporate Theatre FundNational Corporate Theatre Fund is a not-for-profit corporation created to increase and strengthensupport from the business community for ten of this country's most distinguished professionaltheatres. The following foundations, individuals and corporations support these theatres throughtheir contributions of $10,000 or more to National Corporate Theatre Fund:Bank of America #BloombergBNY MellonWealth Management *Steven BunsonChristopher Campbell/Palace ProductionCenter *Cisco Systems, Inc. *Citi Foundation #Datacert, Inc.The Gershwins’ Porgy and BessGala CelebrationOn September 10, 2011, the A.R.T. celebrated the landmark homecoming of this cultural treasurewith a special gala, which raised funds to support the production and its education and outreachactivities. We are grateful to all who made the event a resounding success.Honorary CommitteeGovernor Deval Patrick andFirst Lady Diane PatrickHarvard University PresidentDrew FaustDr. Maya AngelouAlexis BittarTed CutlerHarry J. Elam, Jr.Morgan FreemanHenry Louis Gates, Jr.John LithgowDiane PaulusStephen SchwartzTommy TuneIndividual SponsorsJim Bailey andRoAnn CostinKatherine Chapman andTom StembergKevin Cole CostinTed CutlerAnn and Graham GundBarbara W. HostetterDorsey and WhitneyFoundationErnst & YoungGoldman, Sachs & Co.Marsh & McLennanCompaniesThe McGraw-HillCompanies #MetLifeMorgan StanleyPfizer, Inc.GALA SPONSOR: Bank of AmericaEvent Co-Chairs: Ann Gund, Trustee • Kevin Cole Costin, TrusteeSteve and RosemarieJohnsonHost CommitteeAndrew E. S. AndersonCarol BeggyMillicent BellLinda Cabot BlackJoe and Helen BouscarenAlan Brinkley andEvangeline MorphosLiz Buckner and Leonard OrrPhil and Hilary BurlingLaurie BurtPaul and Katie ButtenwieserAmy Fine Collins andBrad Collins, Jr.Kathy ConnorDaher Interior DesignNancy DearmanMike and Laura DreeseAlan and Suzanne DworskyMichael Feinstein andDenise WaldronPat Romeo-Gilbert andPaul Gilbert20 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATERRBC Wealth ManagementRVM/Vincent Brunettisalesforce.com *Sharp Electronics ^George S. Smith, Jr.James S. TurleyUBSUSA Today * ^Vernalis Systems ^Wells Fargo #Erin Gilligan and Hoil KimKiki and David GindlerRachael GoldfarbAlicia and Martin GordonBarbara Lemperly-Grantand Frederic GrantSarah HancockPriscilla S. Hunt andRichard M. HuntHod Irvine IIPeter and Nina KleinLizbeth and George KruppRenée Landers andThomas L. Barrette, Jr.Barbara and Charles LelonDan MathieuKathleen McCartneyRebecca and NathanMilikowskyWard K. and Lucy MooneyKaren and Gary MuellerDavid G. MugarBob and Alison MurchisonOfer and Shelly NemirovskyArthur and Gwen PierWilkie Farr & GallagherLLP ** NCTF/BNY Mellon Fundfor New AmericanTheatre^ Includes In-kind support# NCTF Fund for TheatreEducationAs of June 2011A.R.T. in N.Y.C.This new initiative is expanding the A.R.T.’s presence and supporters in New York City. The firstevent, held in June 2011 in conjunction with Sleep No More, was a success thanks to the work ofthe A.R.T. in N.Y.C. Committee:Kevin Cole Costin, ChairDevon Aoki and James Bailey, Jim Bailey and RoAnn Costin, Rachel Berman and David Finch, Caroline Costin,John and Jill Dietz, Stephanie Altman Dominus and Andrew Dominus, Leigh Fondakowski, Scott Frankel, DavidGoldweitz, Erin Jacobs and Rob Valentine, Brian Kenny, Annmaria Mazzini and Rob Sedgwick, Brina Milikowsky,Rebecca Milikowsky, Becky Mode, Joan Parker, Julia Pearlstein, Julia Pershan and Jonathan Cohen, Gwen andWoody Pier, Ellen Gordon Reeves, Maura Costin Scalise and Bob Scalise, Angus Shillington and Lisa Tornell,Todd Shuster, Steven Skybell, Robert Stanton, Don and Susan Ware, Ann Wozencraft Willey and Craig WilleyFor more information about getting involved with A.R.T. in N.Y.C. please call the Development Office: 617.496.2000 x8847Ellen Gordon ReevesBeatrice RoySaragoni and CompanyRick and Terry StoneJames SwanKingsley Taft andGillien ToddLis Tarlow and Stephen KayMike and Sarasina TuchenDon and Susan WareSteven and Judith WolfbergYuriko YoungGala Donors($250 or more)Brian and Eleanor ChuSilvia GosnellLarry HirschhornSusan KaplanGregory MaguireWilliam and Lia PoorvuSheldon Simon andRuth Moorman

A.R.T. EDUCATION EXPERIENCE& COMMUNITY CONNECTIONSThe A.R.T. outreach initiatives are designed to provide anunprecedented level of access to A.R.T. artists and productions.The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess outreach program served over1,100 students and community members. Over the course of the 2011/12Season, over 2,250 students and community members will participate inthe A.R.T.’s education and outreach activities.The Education Experience engages the theater’s resources to provide adeep arts education experience for students in the Greater Boston area.Each of the A.R.T.’s partner schools enters into a season-long collaborationwith the A.R.T., during which students are provided subsidized access toA.R.T. performances, mentoring opportunities, classroom visits from A.R.T.artists and staff, and innovative workshops that tie curricular concepts tospecific A.R.T. productions.Community Connections aligns the theater with Greater Boston nonprofitorganizations, for the purpose of providing under-resourced familiesand individuals with access to high-quality arts experiences. CommunityConnections partners get a custom-built arts program that pairssubsidized tickets to the A.R.T. with an array of enrichment programming—ranging from private artist talks to creative workshops.Our 2011/12 Community Connections Partners:Artists for HumanityBoston Learning CenterDowntown Boston Veterans ShelterBrookview HouseGoddard HouseMssng LnksMGH Center forCommunity Health ImprovementNational Center for Race AmityPrimary SourceStudents Organized Against RacismWheelock Family TheaterYWCA BostonThe A.R.T. would like to thank the following for being our “connectors”:Susan Edgman-Levitan, Erin Gilligan, Mike Feinstein, Sheldon Fisher,Sarah Patrick Morgese and Ann Moritz.Both the Education Experience and Community Connections aredependent upon charitable contributions. Providing support foreducation and outreach not only underwrites a ticket, but alsoprovides a student or community member with an unforgettablearts experience.A Gift of $25 sponsors a child for a performanceA Gift of $50 sponsors a child and a parent for a performanceA Gift of $100 sponsors a child for the entire 2011/12 SeasonFor more information on supporting the Education Experience orCommunity Connections programming, including opportunities tosponsor an entire school or non-profit organization,please call the Development Department at 617.496.2000x8847or email megan_hinckley@harvard.edu

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StaffAMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER STAFFARTISTICArtistic Director/CEO.......................................Diane PaulusProducer/Interim Managing Director..............Diane BorgerArtistic Coordinator .................................Chris De CamillisDirector of Special Projects ........................Ariane BarbanellDramaturg...................................................Ryan McKittrickSpecial Assistant to theArtistic Director/CEO...................................Lauren AntlerArtistic Associate .........................................Allegra LibonatiCompany Manager .......................................Mark LunsfordArtistic Director Fellow .............................Shira MilikowskyDramaturgy Intern ................................................Eli KeehnINSTITUTEDirector ...............................................................Scott ZiglerAdministrative Director..............................Julia SmelianksyAssociate Director ............................................Marcus SternCo-head of Dramaturgy ........................Anatoly SmelianskyCo-head of Dramaturgy..............................Ryan McKittrickResident Literary Advisor..........................Arthur HolmbergHead of Voice and Speech .............................Nancy HoufekInstitute Associate .......................................Chelsea KeatingProduction Manager............................Christopher ViklundTechnical Director..............................................Skip CurtissProduction Coordinator................................Taylor AdamikEXTERNAL AFFAIRSDEVELOPMENTDirector of Development ....................................Ellen KulikDeputy Director of Development...............Megan HinckleyInstitutional Giving Officer .....................Meghan ColemanDonor Information Coordinator .....................Emily O’NeilMARKETINGDirector of Marketing and Communications...Anna FitzloffDirector of Press and Public Relations........Katalin MitchellMarketing and Communications Manager ..........Jared FineGraphic Design Associate .....................................Joel ZayacOutreach and Education Associate.................Brendan SheaMarketing and Communications Associate......Grace GellerDonkey Show VIP Coordinator......................Sonia CarrionDonkey Show Intern .............................................Jake EganMarketing Interns ................................Olamide Babatunde,Rachel Karpoff, Vanessa Koo, Ariana PecoraroFINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIONComptroller................................................Barbara AddisonSenior Finance Accountant........................Stephen NishinoFinancial Administrator ....................................Stacie HurstPayroll Administrator ..................................Floyd PattersonStudent Financial Aid Administrator ...............Janie RangelTheater and Facilities Manager .........................Tracy KeeneFront of House Manager ........................Stephen WuycheckReceptionists ............................Sarah Leon, Maria MedeirosHouse Managers .........Kevin Cloud, Gretjen Hargesheimer,Michael Haviland, Heather Quick,Eleanor Regan, Courtney Smith,Matthew Spano, Matt WoodVolunteer Usher Coordinator .................Barbara LindstromBOX OFFICEHead of Patron Systems .................................Derek MuellerBox Office Manager ...........................................Ryan WalshBox Office and Group Sales Coordinator .........Alicia CurtisBox Office Representative ...............................Karen SnyderPRODUCTIONProduction Manager...................................Patricia QuinlanAssociate ProductionManagers .....................Christopher Viklund, Skip CurtissLoeb Technical Director ............................J. Michael GriggsCOSTUMESCostume Shop Manager ...........................Jeannette HawleyAssistant Costume Shop Manager ..................Mary R. HurdCrafts Artisan ......................................David Israel ReynosoCostume Artisan ..........................................Caitlin MenottiWardrobe Supervisor ...................................Stephen DruekeCostume/Props Stock Manager.....................Suzanne KadiffLIGHTSMaster Electrician ..........................................Derek L. WilesLight Board Operator ................................Matthew HoustlePROPERTIESProperties Manager ............................ Cynthia Lee-SullivanAssistant Properties Master ......................Rebecca HelgesonProperties Carpenter............................Stacey Horne-HarperProperties Intern........................................Samantha SewellSCENERYTechnical Director ....................................Stephen SetterlunAssistant Technical Directors.............................Nick Fouch,Chris SwetckyScene Shop Supervisor....................................David BucklerScenic Charge Artist..............................................Jerry VogtMaster Carpenter...........................................Peter DoucetteScenic Carpenters ............York-Andreas Paris, Jason Bryant,Kristin KnutsonCarpentry Interns .....................Nathaniel Drake, Jon SeilorPaint Intern .....................................................Laura MuñozSOUNDResident Sound Designer/Engineer ..............Clive GoodwinProduction Sound Engineer.......................Katrina McGuireSTAGEStage Supervisor .............................................Jeremie LozierAssistant Stage Supervisor ............Christopher EschenbachProduction Assistants ..........Kevin Klein, Matthew SebastianOBERONProducer .........................................................Randy WeinerAssociate Producer .....................................Ariane BarbanellProduction Manager ..........................................Skip CurtissVenue Manager....................................................Erin WoodProgramming Manager....................................James WetzelOBERON intern..............................................Eleanor ReganFRONTLOBBYWESTLOBBYNearest exit routeFire extinguishersDesignatedMeeting SiteCross Brattle St.to Radcliffe YardTHREE PIANOS 23

Monday, Februaryry 13, 20122at The Plaza Castleat The Plaza CastleAre you a princess or a wickedqueen?Celebrate your A.R.T. love for the.with the2nd Annual Valentine’s Gala, an enchantedevening of love potions and Grimm notions.To order packages and tickets or for more information contactEmily O’Neil at 617.496.2000 x8832 or emily_ _oneil@harvard.edu

GUIDE toLOCALTHEATERDecember 2011/January 2012DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICTAMERICAN IDIOT, Boston Opera House, 539 WashingtonSt., 866-523-7469. Jan 24–29. Based on Green Day’s smashhitalbum and featuring such songs as “Wake Me Up WhenSeptember Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track, thisBoston premiere tells the story of three lifelong friends forced tochoose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia.BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 617-931-2787 or 617-426-6912. Ongoing. This giddily subversiveoff-Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theaterwhere three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporaryart and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusingantics are matched only by the ingenious ways in whichmusic and sound are created. The show has recently been updatedwith new performance pieces and music.To make sure your art looksboffo, bring it to:30% off custom framingUnconditional Lifetime Guarantee3 LOCATIONS:Harvard Square1100 Mass. Ave.617.864.4487Belmont Porter Square493-B Trapelo Rd. 2044 Mass. Ave.617.484.5900 617.491.0011BigPictureFraming.comclick on “locations” ore-mail michael@bigpictureframing.comHIGH, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 TremontSt., 617-824-8000. Dec 6–11. Stage and screen star KathleenTurner triumphantly returns to Boston as Sister JamisonConnolly, a nun and rehabilitation counselor who agrees to sponsora 19-year-old drug user in an effort to help him combat hisaddiction, ultimately testing her own faith.LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, Citi Performing Arts Center, The ShubertTheatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 6–18. WhenGeorges (played by George Hamilton), the owner of a glitzynightclub in Saint-Tropez, and his partner Albin, who moonlightsas the glamorous chanteuse Zaza, meet the conservative parentsof the fiancée of Georges’ son, the bonds of family are putto the test and the feather boas fly in Jerry Herman and HarveyFierstein’s outrageous musical comedy.PETER PAN, threesixty° Entertainment, One City Hall Plaza,888-772-6849. Through Dec 30. This new production of J. M.Barrie’s classic story about the boy who never grew up featuresamazing puppets, epic music, dazzling flying scenes andthe world’s first 360-degree CGI theater set. Performed in astate-of-the-art theater pavilion, this magical new “in-theround”extravaganza is an extraordinary experience for thewhole family.THE RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR, Citi PerformingArts Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 2–28. Starring the world-famous Rockettes, thisglamorous production makes its triumphant return to Boston,featuring new scenes, new sets and new songs along with thetraditional favorites.THREE PIANOS 25

From the Tony Award-Winning Playwright ofGod of Carnagea comedy by Yasmina Rezatranslated byChristopher Hamptondirected by Antonio Ocampo-Guzmanfeaturing Doug Lockwood,Robert Pemberton and Robert WalshJanuary 15 – February 5, 2012production sponsorIN RESIDENCE AT THEARSENAL CENTER FOR THE ARTSnewrep.org617-923-8487charles mosesian theater321 ARSENAL ST. WATERTOWN MAfree parking!tickets start at $28supported byTheMerryWives ofWindsor12/7/11 - 1/1/12Davis Square Theater, SomervilleACTORSSHAKESPEAREPROJECT.ORG or 866.811.4111guide to local theater (continued)SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 WarrentonSt., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. This hilarious Boston-set whodunit,where the clues change every night and the laughscome fast and furious, is a worldwide phenomenon filled withup-to-the-minute spontaneous humor and quicksilver improvisationwhere the audience becomes part of the action and getsto solve the crime.LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATERART, New Repertory Theatre, Black Box Theater, Arsenal Centerfor the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Jan15–Feb 5. Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winner asks thequestion, “What does our taste in art say about who we are asindividuals?” When Serge, a novice art collector, asks his twofriends to view his newly acquired work of art, the “priceless”piece tests their 15-year friendship and causes them to validatetheir self-worth.CHRISTMAS REVELS, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge,617-496-2222. Dec 16–29. The 41st annual production of thebeloved Boston event finds pilgrims from across Europe streamingtowards a small French fishing village. It’s the 16th century and,led by their local Guild of Fools, villagers prepare for a great annualfeast and holiday pageant filled with music and dance fromEngland, France, Spain and the Middle East.A CHRISTMAS STORY, New Repertory Theatre, CharlesMosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St.,Watertown, 617-923-8487. Dec 11–24. The holidays are uponHohman, Indiana in the idyllic 1940s, and Ralphie Parker is fixatedon getting the most perfect, amazing Christmas gift—anofficial Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model airrifle! Witness the Parker family as they navigate through thecalamities and joys of the holiday season in this adaptation ofthe classic 1983 film.THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon,2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing theultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirrorballs, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells thestory of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s anthemsyou know by heart.THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Actors’ ShakespeareProject, Davis Square Theater, 255 Elm St., Davis Square,Somerville, 866-811-4111. Dec 7–Jan 1. Falstaff loves thathe’s got it all figured out—and you’ll love him for being sowrong. Braggadocio, buffoonery and tricks all makeShakespeare’s story jiggle and jounce with great delight.THE SNOW QUEEN, American Repertory Theater, Loeb DramaCenter, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Dec 10–31.Hans Christian Andersen’s exuberant ode to childhood comesto life in this new adaptation. When a young boy named Kai iskidnapped by a wicked sorceress, his neighbor Gerda mustembark on a perilous journey north to rescue her best friend.DANCETHE NUTCRACKER, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539Washington St., 617-931-2787. Through Dec 31. This mustseeholiday event has been delighting Boston audiences formore than four decades. Join Clara on her magical journeythrough an enchanted winter wonderland to a palace of sugaryconfections, all set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score.26 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

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GUIDE toCAMBRIDGEDININGL–Lunch • D–Dinner • B–BreakfastC–Cocktails • VP–Valet ParkingSB–Sunday Brunch • LS–Late SupperBONDIR, 279A Broadway, 617-661-0009. This cozy, farmhousestylerestaurant showcases the pastoral and marine bounty ofNew England, and offers a finely curated selection of Americanand European wines and beers. Following a simple philosophy ofquality and care, Chef Jason Bond uses vegetables picked thesame day, fish hours out of the ocean and pasture-raised meatson his daily-changing menu. D Wed–Mon 5–10 p.m.CAMBRIDGE, 1., 27 Church St., Harvard Square, 617-576-1111; 1381 Boylston St., Boston, 617-437-1111. City dwellerslooking for refined, sophisticated pizzas can find comfort inCambridge, 1. Its Best of Boston award-winning, thin crust,charcoal-grilled pies include such toppings as grilled chicken,potato, arugula and even lobster. Both locations offer salads inaddition to beer and wine while the Fenway site features selectappetizers and pasta dishes. L, D, C, LS.DOLPHIN SEAFOOD, 1105 Massachusetts Ave., 617-661-2937. If you’re in the mood for quality seafood, then this longtimeneighborhood favorite is not to be missed. From friedseafood platters to healthier options like swordfish to all varietiesof shellfish, if it comes from the sea, Dolphin serves it updeliciously and fresh off the boat. L, D.FINALE, 30 Dunster St., Harvard Sq., 617-441-9797; OneColumbus Ave., Boston, 617-423-3184; 1306 Beacon St.,Brookline, 617-232-3233. A trendsetter among dessertfocusedrestaurants, Finale offers a wide array of time honoredfavorites and specialty desserts, savory fare for lunch anddinner, and an impressive selection of Illy coffee drinks, wineand cocktails. Sample award-winning creations like the gooeyMolten Chocolate Cake and enjoy carry-out options from theFinale Bakery including freshly baked cookies, cakes, minipastriesand tarts. Dunster St.: Mon 11 a.m.–11 p.m.; Tue–Thu’til 11:30 p.m.; Fri ’til 12:30 a.m.; Sat noon–12:30 a.m.; Sun’til–11 p.m. Columbus Ave.: Mon 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.; Tue–Thu’til 11:30 p.m., Fri ’til midnight; Sat 5 p.m.–midnight; Sun 4–11p.m. Beacon St.: Sun & Mon 11 a.m.–11 p.m.; Tue–Thu ’til11:30 p.m.; Fri–Sat ’til 12:30 a.m. www.finaledesserts.com.GRAFTON STREET, 1230 Massachusetts Ave., 617-497-0400.This neighborhood hotspot is named after the spirited cobblestone-linedshopping district in Dublin’s famed Temple Bar area.Grafton Street deftly combines a traditional Irish pub’s warmthand coziness with a comfortable full-service restaurant servingcontemporary American cuisine. L,D, LS, C, Sat & SB.28 AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

guide to cambridge dining (continued)HENRIETTA’S TABLE, The Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., 617-661-5005. Nothing but locally grown and organic produce isused to create a lively, textured menu of reinterpreted NewEngland classics. Private dining room available. B Mon–Fri6:30–11 a.m., Sat 7–11 a.m., Sun 7–10:30 a.m.; Sat and SBnoon–3 p.m.; L Mon–Fri noon–3 p.m.; D daily 5:30–10 p.m.LEGAL SEA FOODS, 20 University Road, Charles Square, 617-491-9400; 5 Cambridge Center, Kendall Square, 617-864-3400;Prudential Center, 800 Boylston St., Boston, 617-266-6800; otherlocations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50years, features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish aswell as an award-winning wine list. Named “Boston’s MostPopular Restaurant” (Zagat 2009). L & D. www.legalseafoods.com.NOIR, The Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., 617-661-8010. Thisaward-winning, stylish bar and lounge offers seasonally inspiredcocktails as well as classic drinks like the Sidecar andOld-Fashioned along with crispy pressed sandwiches, flavorfulflatbread pizzas, fresh salads and small bites in a sophisticatedsetting. C 4:30 p.m.–2 a.m.; D 5–11 p.m.NUBAR, Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden St., HarvardSquare, 617-234-1365. Under the glow of a Cambridge landmark,this restaurant and lounge boasts food reflective of its surroundingneighborhood: smart, seasonal and approachable. Nubar serves elegantcomfort food with a modern approach applied to classic dishes.Private dining & reservations available. B, L, D daily ’til 11 p.m. CSun–Thu ’til midnight, Fri & Sat ’til 1 a.m. www.nubarcambridge.com.SANDRINE’S BISTRO, 8 Holyoke St., 617-497-5300. Renownedchef Raymond Ost serves delicious French cuisine with Germanflair in a cozy, upscale atmosphere right around the corner fromHarvard University. Signature dishes include Alsatian pizza, escargots,steamed mussels, foie gras and creme brulee for dessert. LMon–Sat 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.; D daily 5:30–11:30 p.m.SHAYS PUB & WINE BAR, 58 JFK St., 617-864-9161. AHarvard Square fixture since 1984, this casual and comfortabletavern boasts an excellent beer and wine selection along withmade-from-scratch appetizers, burgers, sandwiches andMexican specialities, all at reasonable prices. L & D Mon–Sat11 a.m. –1 a.m., Sun noon–1 a.m.TORY ROW, 3 Brattle St., Harvard Square, 617-876-TROW.Located at the heart of Harvard Square, Tory Row takes itsname from the 1770s term for Brattle Street, once populated byBritish loyalists. Serving up an eclectic mix of Euro-Americandishes at affordable prices, this neighborhood bar and restauranthas shed the conservative roots of its name and replacedthem with a diverse and creative culinary aesthetic. L, D.UPSTAIRS ON THE SQUARE, 91 Winthrop St., 617-864-1933.Boasting an eclectic decor, this lush urban oasis featureseverything from poached Atlantic salmon to fire-roastedMeadow Farms lamb chops. A charming blend of eccentricityand culinary luxury. L, D, C, LS.ZOE’S, 1105 Massachusetts Ave., 617-495-0055. Offering a menuof delicious homemade Greek and American food in a fun atmosphere,this retro establishment serves breakfast all day, and take-outand catering are available. A popular destination for the weekendbrunch crowd, Zoe’s is also a great place for dinner, boasting anaffordable selection of beer and wine. For dessert, try the deliciouscheesecake frappe or the famous frozen hot chocolate. B, L, D, SB.Mon–Wed 7:30 a.m.–9 p.m.,Thu–Sat ’til 10 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.–9 p.m.Sustainable, fresh,local ingredients daily.279A Broadway | Cambridge, MA 021395–10 p.m. | Closed on TuesdayCall now for reservations: 617-661-00091-0009www.bondircambridge.comm58 JFK St.,Cambridge617.864.9161There’s something for everyone!• Greek specialties • Breakfast is served all day!MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 7:30 AM TO 10:00 PMSUNDAY 8:00 AM TO 9:00 PM1105 Massachusetts Ave.Cambridge • 617-495-0055THREE PIANOS 29

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