Joy with Maria Simpkins

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with Maria Simpkins
OCT 16
thru
NOV 8

CONTEMPORARY PHYSICAL THEATER
Paata Tsikurishvili, Founding Artistic Director
Irina Tsikurishvili, Founding Associate Artistic Director
Jason Najjoum, Managing Director
SYNTHESIS:
the coming together of distinct elements to form a whole
KINETIC:
pertaining to or imparting motion, active, dynamic
SYNETIC THEATER:
a dynamic synthesis of the arts
Founded in 2001 by the husband and wife team of
Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, Synetic Theater is the region’s premier
contemporary physical theater, dedicated to the fusion of dynamic
art forms from text and drama to movement, acrobatics, dance, film
and music. In the span of 20 years, Synetic received 143 Helen Hayes
nominations and 35 awards. Each season, Synetic Education & Outreach
programs reach 15,000 students.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rick L. Hardy, Chair
Michael Haskett, Vice Chair
Allison Foster Ruckh, Treasurer
Timothy Carlton, Secretary
Tracy Sayegh Gabriel
Stephanie King
Diane Dippold MacIntosh
Julianna Mahley
Ryan E. Merkel
Jason Najjoum, ex officio
Blair Ruble
Jeffrey Schragg
Paata Tsikurishvili, ex officio
EMERITUS BOARD
Daniel S. Cox
Ina Milton
Dimitri Simes
ADVISORY BOARD
Angela Fox
Sue & Amnon Golan
Hanna Haskett
Freddi Lipstein
Amy M. Nice
Lloyd Rose
Victor Shargai, deceased
Cecil Thompson
Jay Zawatsky
Our work is not possible without your help!
Please visit synetictheater.org/support to learn
how you can support dazzling theater and meaningful
theater education in the Washington, DC area!
joy
performed & co-directed by Maria Simpkins
conceived and adapted by chris rushing
directed by katherine dubois
choreographer
Katheine Lopes Zukeri
costume supervisor
Stacy Walker
presents
composer and sound designer
Sinan Refik Zafar*
Production Manager
Raymond Simeon
Stage Manager
Jade Brooks-Bartlett
Digital Streaming and Lighting Operator
Jenn Nichols
Audio and Video Engineer
Thomas Sowers
Master Electrician
Alex F. Keen
Carpenters
Phil Charlwood, Joshua Cole Lucas, Tony Richie
+Member of United Scenic Artists
production designer
Raymond Simeon
associate production designer
Yaritza Pacheco
This production was made possible by the generous support of Ryan E. Merkel.
The 2020/21 season is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the
National Endowment for the Arts, and Arlington Arts (Arlington Commission for the Arts).

NOTE from the Artistic Director
Welcome to the first production in Synetic’s 20th Anniversary
season — a two-part celebration of virtual and in-person
experiences that commemorates our legacy and expands the
boundaries of Synetic’s artistry with new technologies and
engaging narratives. Over the past two decades, our work has
become synonymous with cinema and though we cannot be
together in our theater, it has been refreshing to reimagine how
the Synetic form transforms to this “virtual stage.”
Joy was pitched by Chris Rushing, Synetic’s Education Director. I was fascinated
by the idea of presenting two distinct stories that share the same narrative
structure. Joy is something that must be sought out, especially in a muddled
and corrupt world. To have a Maestro Syneticon like Vato and a newcomer to our
work like Maria perform in rotating repertory was an added bonus. The two of
them offer two very perceptive experiences for our audiences and I urge you to
witness both of their performances.
For the past several weeks, I have been directing my son. Well . . . that is a
question who is directing whom! Usually when I work alongside Vato, the
circumstances are different. The cast is usually a large ensemble and he’s
playing a character that is different from himself. In Joy, he is the sole performer
and is tasked with telling his story. I have enjoyed watching him strip away
the confines of character and simply be himself. It has also been rewarding to
witness how his development and the story of Synetic intersect.
Our audiences have come to know Maria Simpkins through memorable
performances in The Snow Queen and The Decameron. Every time she steps on
the stage, or more recently on the screen, you can’t help but fall in love with her
personality and her story. The heart and soul Maria brings to this production is
truly the perfect salve for Zoom fatigue. Under the direction of Katherine DuBois,
a veteran Syneticon and our own Company Director, Maria’s production is filled
with humor and pathos and offers a completely different perspective on the
pursuit to manifest joy.
I would like to extend a thank you to our Board for their guidance through these
trying times, our staff who worked tirelessly this summer to reimagine our 20th
Anniversary season, the creative teams for both of these tremendous pieces,
and to you — our audience — for continuing to lean into our work with curiosity
and endless support.
Madloba,
Paata Tsikurishvili
Founding Artistic Director
joy
joySYNOPSIS
When things are tough it can be hard to find joy in
our lives. Thank goodness for good theater and good
people! Maria Simpkins acts as your own personal guide
to finding joy! In this virtual, interactive one-woman
show, Maria shares experiences from her own life about
what brings her joy. Using dance, poetry, and dynamic
movement, Maria takes the audience along a magical
and personal journey. Maria shares the joy she’s found
in art, family, theater, and her own struggles, all with the
hope you leave the show with a little more of your own
joy than when you started.
BEFORE THE SHOW BEGINS... Joy requires that you allow access to your
device’s camera and microphone, which may be toggled on/off by our house manager.
We suggest that you close any other programs on your device to maximize speed and limit
any feedback that will disrupt the performance.
Keep in mind that we cannot control connections that may be dropped, if you lose service
or access to the call, please exit and reenter. If you are unable to regain access to the
performance, please email boxoffice@synetictheater.org.
We’d love you to share a photo to social media and tell us what you thought of the show!
Feel free to take as many photos as you like of our set before and after the performance.
PLEASE NOTE: Photos are not allowed during the performance for the safety of our
performers and out of respect for other audience members.
What you are looking at is the work of the team of designers below, so show them some
love with a shoutout.
Production Designer: Raymond Simeon @rpsimeon
Costume Supervisor: Stacy Walker @coupleofchumpscosplay
Associate Production Designer: Yaritza Pacheco @yaritzapachecodesign
Composer and Sound Designer: Sinan Refik Zafar @Sinonomon
@SyneticTheater | #FINDYOURJOY

BIOGRAPHIES
MARIA SIMPKINS
(Performer, Co-Director)
Synetic credits: The Snow
Queen, The Decameron.
DC credits: Boiling Point,
Convergence Theater,
Into The Great Unknown,
Discovery Theater; The Winter’s Tale,
The Wheel; Cat in the Hat, Adventure
Theater. Regional credits: For Colored
Girls, touring; Pushing Sue Aside and Never
Been Touched, Charlevoix Gallery Theatre;
In the Blood, Yong Fenix Fellowship. Maria
is a movement based theatrical artist.
She defines herself as a Creativist, a
person who constructs spaces for positive
change.
KATHERINE DUBOIS
(Director, Company
Director) first joined Synetic
in 2009 as a performer.
She has focused on the
movement technique of
Droznin, Grotowski, Meyerhold, Jazzo,
and Synetic, recently performing in
The Tempest. Most recently, she was
the Associate Director for Synetic’s
The Phantom of the Opera. As Synetic
Theater’s Company Director, Katie
nurtures the growth of Synetic actors,
artists, and creators, as well as cultivates
new and emerging talent. Katie is also
on Synetic’s producing team, focused
on creating an exciting 2020 Anniversary
Season and launching Synetic Motion
Pictures - Synetic’s film production
branch. Katie has independently
produced documentaries and narrative
films including an award-winning profile
on Aerospace Engineer and astronaut
hopeful Natalie Panek called Space to
Explore. Katie has performed in and/or
created over 60 digital videos spanning
from comedy sketch shows to digital
episodics to viral talk shows. She is
currently producing the documentary
Leverage on MMA/UFC wrestling coach
Carolyn Wester and a sports culture at the
brink of change. You can learn more about
her portfolio at www.katherinedubois.com.
CHRIS RUSHING (Conceiver, Adaptor,
Education Director) is an actor, playwright,
educator and director. As a playwright,
his show “The Olympians” toured
throughout Georgia in 2017 and his play
“Journey’s End” was selected as a Cultural
Experience Project Winner for 2019 by the
Atlanta Mayor’s office. While in Orlando
Chris generated new works and created a
short-play festival with students at United
Cerebral Palsy Chart Schools. His series
“Americana” also survived the Atlanta
Serial Killers competition in 2015. Chris is
the Education Director at Synetic Theater
and he currently lives in Northern Virginia
with his amazing wife, Mandi Lee, and their
two puppies Penny and Pippin!
KATHEINE LOPES ZUKERI (Choreographer)
is an Alumnus of the Professional
Performing Hip Hop/Urban Styles Dance
Company Culture Shock DC, local Crew
TeamWeGonMakeIt and George Mason’s
Urbanknowlogy 101, where she served as
Artistic Director from 2009-2012. Through
those companies and the George Mason
School of Dance, Katherine has been
trained in jazz, modern, contemporary and
commercial dance as well as urban styles
(street styles, funk styles and club styles).
She has choreographed and performed
numerous pieces in various events, including
the Prelude Dance Competition, World
of Dance: New York, and Culture Shock’s
International Choreographers Showcase.
Katherine’s teaching career began when
she joined the faculty of Born 2 Dance
Studio based in Vienna, Virginia in 2012.
There she has taught Hip Hop/Urban
Styles, K-Pop, and Dancehall classes for
adults and youth. Through Born 2 Dance
Studio, she continues to choreograph adult
and youth performance pieces for the
semi-annual Awaken The Dancer Within
Gala, and youth competitions. She also
performs with the Hip Hop faculty at the
semi-annual studio showcase and directs
and choreographs for their Music Video
Series. Since 2017, Katherine has been
the artistic and program director for Born
2 Dance Studio’s Urban Styles program:
Urban Theory and Movement, which is a
dance curriculum written by Katherine,
based on the collective foundational
movement of American Urban styles.
Katherine is an avid student of dance,
and continues to pursue furthering her
knowledge of human expression through
movement through classes and workshops
whenever possible.
RAYMOND SIMEON (Production Designer,
Production Manager) A Cuban-American
originally from Miami, Florida, Raymond
is a graduate of Barry University and
Marymount University, holds a MBA and a
MHRM. Raymond also has an educational
background in the arts through continued
certifications and courses, including “The
Cycle: Management of Successful Arts
and Cultural Organizations” through The
University of Maryland, and “Theatre and
Globalization” through Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universität München (LMU). Raymond
is thrilled to be taking on the mantle of
Production Manager with Synetic Theater
having previously been the Production
Manager for The Tempest (2019). He holds
the position of Production Manager with the
Washington Improv Theater, having been
the production manager and designer for
numerous shows and festivals since 2016.
Previously an Intern with Ford’s Theater,
and a Fellow at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company.
YARITZA PACHECO (Associate Production
Designer) is a Northern Virginia based
Designer, Artisan and Craftswoman. Her
most recent credits include ¿Rigoberta,
Donde Estas? with GALA Hispanic Theatre
(Sound Design), The Mountain Top with
NextStop Theatre Company (Sound Design),
Head Over Heels and Daddy Long Legs with
Monumental Theatre Co. (Charge Artist).
When she is not designing, she can be
found creating sustainable recycled art,
for her business, Yesterday’s Present. She
is thankful to be making her design debut
with Synetic Theatre, especially in the time
of COVID. It brings her joy to know that she
has created a present for the audience
members. Yaritza holds a dual Bachelor’s
degree in Studio Arts and Theatre from
Radford University. Yaritzapacheco.com
STACY WALKER (Costume Consultant)
Stacy is excited to help bring joy to the
Synetic stage! She is a Florida native and
FSU graduate, and has been in DC for two
years. She has worked with Synetic Theater
for the past year as a wardrobe manager on
shows from Cyrano to Phantom of the Opera.
SINAN REFIK ZAFAR (Composer and
Sound Designer) is a New York based
sound designer and composer. Broadway:
What The Constitution Means to Me.
Off-Broadway: MCC, NYTW, The Public,
Clubbed Thumb, The Movement Theater
Company. Regional: Kennedy Center, The
Guthrie, Mark Taper Forum, Berkeley Rep,
Williamstown Theatre Festival, and more.
Education: MFA: Yale School of Drama; BA:
UC Irvine. sinanzafar.com
JADE BROOKS-BARTLETT (Stage
Manager) Jade is excited to return to
Synetic after having been involved in The
Trial (Wardrobe Manager), Titus Andronicus
(Wardrobe Manager), and Wizard of Oz
(Assistant Stage Manager). Other Credits
include E2 at REPstage (Assistant Director);
Museum 2040 at 4615 Theatre Company
(Production Manager); Beauty and the
Beast (Wardrobe), Wake Up, Brother Bear!
(Stage Manager) at Imagination Stage;
Assassins (Props Coordinator, ASM) at
Nextstop Theatre Company.
THOMAS SOWERS (Audio & Video
Engineer) Synetic Theater credits: Treasure
Island, Richard III, The Wonderful WIzard
of Oz, Much Ado About Nothing, The Island
of Dr. Moreau, Three Men in a Boat, Twelfth
Night, Three Musketeers. Other design
credits include: Reykjavik (Rorschach
Theatre), Building the Wall (Forum Theatre),
The Freshest Snow Whyte (Imagination
Stage), Collective Rage (Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company), The Miraculous Journey
of Edward Tulane (Imagination Stage),
Blackberry Winter (Forum Theatre), Flowers
Stink (The Kennedy Center), The Shipment
(Forum Theatre), Passion Play (Forum
Theatre), Spark (Theatre Alliance), Titus
Andronicus (Faction of Fools), Pluto (Forum
Theatre), 12 Days of Christmas (Adventure
Theatre), Clementine in the Lower 9 (Forum
Theatre), Side Man (1st Stage).
ALEX F. KEEN (Master Electrician)
graduated from Radford University in
Spring 2010. Since graduation, he has
been working primarily in the DC area
with occasional stints at Busch Gardens,
Williamsburg, as a pyrotechnician. Over
the past three years, he has served as
a lighting Designer at WSC Avant Bard,
The GW Lisner Auditorium, Metrostage,
and GALA Hispanic Theater. His master
electrician credits include WSC Avant
Bard, The Catholic University of America,
Constellation Theatre Company, GALA
Hispanic Theatre, Artisphere, MetroStage,
and the GW Lisner Auditorium. Alex is
thrilled to be working with Synetic Theater
this year.
JASON NAJJOUM (Managing Director)
Jason Najjoum has been the Managing
Director of Synetic Theater since March
2019, and was recently elected to the
Board of Directors of the National Landing
Business Improvement District. Jason
has led Synetic to stabilizing its financial
position, drawing record audiences prior to
the pandemic, transitioning to the digital

BIOGRAPHIES
THANK YOU to our Donors
space during the pandemic, and applying
an equity lens to all Synetic activities.
Prior to Synetic, Jason enjoyed a decade of
experience in the arts and culture space,
having served as Managing Editor of the
Yale Theater Management Knowledge
Base, Company Manager for Yale
Repertory Theatre, Public Service Fellow
for New Haven’s Department of Arts,
Culture and Tourism, and Management
Fellow for Baltimore Center Stage. Prior
to joining New Haven’s nonprofit arts
community, Jason served as Producing
Director for New York Theatre Barn in New
York City, where he developed the work
of over 50 musical theater writers through
NYTB’s signature new work development
and community building program. Jason
has served numerous other theater and
arts organizations across the country,
including Prospect Theater Company,
The Cell, and New York Music Theater
Festival as a producer, general manager,
and casting director, and began his career
as a performer with The Flea.
Jason’s arts experience is augmented
by several transformative experiences
in the private sector. He was a Senior
Associate at McChrystal Group, a global
advisory services and leadership
development firm, advising a global
energy company on internal
communications, culture change,
and decision-making. Prior to that, he
was a Senior Management Associate
for Bridgewater Associates, where
he was trained in their principlesbased
management system.
Jason earned a Master of Fine Arts in
Theater Management from Yale School
of Drama, a Master of Business
Administration from Yale School
of Management, and a Bachelor of
Arts in Music and History from Emory
University, and is a graduate of the
Commercial Theater Institute. Jason
co-founded the Analyzing and Mobilizing
Privilege group at Yale School of Drama
and previously served on the board
of directors of Integrated Refugee
and Immigrant Services nonprofit in
New Haven, CT. He is trained as an
intercultural group facilitator and is an
active member of Resource Generation,
a multiracial community of young people
with wealth or class privilege committed
to the equitable distribution of wealth,
land, and power. Jason is a native
of Northern Virginia, and currently
resides in the Eckington neighborhood
of Washington, DC with his pup, Mia.
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Elena Velasco
Sunny Vinsavich
Roxanne Waite, in honor
of Julie Janson
Emily Whitworth
Ed Wilde
Margaret B. Wilson
Kirsten L. Winters
Nancy Yinger
Susan Yount
Cheryl Yuhas
Every effort has been made to ensure that this list is accurate & up-to-date. If your name is misspelled or
omitted, please accept our apologies & inform us at 703-824-8060 Ext. 110, so we may correct the error.

Synetic STAFF
Artistic
Founding Artistic Director
Founding Associate Artistic Director & Resident Choreographer
Resident Composer
Company Director
Paata Tsikurishvili
Irina Tsikurishvili
Konstantine Lortkipanidze
Katherine DuBois Maguire
Management & Producing
Managing Director
Associate Producer
Tour Director
Management Associate
Jason Najjoum
J.P. McLaurin
Scott Brown
Mandi Lee
Production
Production Manager
Technical Director
Master Electrician
Audio & Video Engineer
Raymond Simeon
Phil Charlwood
Alex F. Keen
Thomas Sowers
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vampire ball
Education & Outreach
Education Director
Education Associate & Camp Director
Teaching Artists
Marketing
Digital Marketing Consultant
Communications Consultant
Graphic Designer
Social Media Manager
Chris Rushing
Ashton Schaffer
Scean Aaron, Thomas Beheler, Joe Carlson,
Alex Mills, Maryam Najafzada, Ashton Schaffer,
Alicia Smith, Vato Tsikurishvili, Raven Wilkes
Capacity Interactive
Alysa Turner
Megan Elliot Kueny
Daria Butler
Development
Development Manager
Institutional Giving Consultants
Mandi Lee
Courtney Moran/Sarah Wilby for Elevate
Audience Experience
Audience Experience & Sales Manager
Front of House Associates
Shaquille Stewart
Florence Babatunde, Elena Forbes, Molly Jackson,
Melissa Katz, Steve Langley
Finance & Administration
Finance Manager
Bookkeeper
Auditor
Counsel
Carol Wells
Heidi Gaines
Mullins PC
Ballard Spahr LLP, Holland & Knight LLP
Box Office: 703.824.8060 x117 | Administrative Office: 703.824.8060
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