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NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE EXCHANGE presents
The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare
September 18–October 10, 2021
Inwood Hill Park
Pier 46
CREATIVE TEAM
Director
Liz Thaler
Producer
Sam Leichter
Sound Designer/Composer
Cosette Pin
Costume Designer
Julia Squier
Puppet/Props Designer
Ethan Gould
Production Stage Manager
Madeleine Ash
Assistant Stage Manager
Tala Munsterman
Covid Compliance Officer/ASM
Carli Visconti
Sound Technician/Master Electrician
Gustavo Blaauw
STARRING
Rolls André Sarah Nedwek
Zac Jaffe Rahoul Roy
Adin Lenahan Max Samuels
Christina Liang Heaven Stephens
John Richard DeAnna Supplee
Mateyko Justin Yorio
* Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’
Equity Association without benefit of an Equity
contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.
The Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
~In Sicilia~
LEONTES, King of Sicilia
HERMIONE, Queen of Sicilia
CAMILLO, a noble of the court
PAULINA, a noble of the court
ANTIGONUS, noble and husband to Paulina
Various lords, servants, and officers
~In Bohemia~
POLIXENES, King of Bohemia
FLORIZEL, Prince of Bohemia
PERDITA, a shepherdess
Old Shepherd, father of Perdita
Clown, his son
AUTOLYCUS, a rogue
Various shepherds, rustics, and mariners
SCENE:
Sicilia and Bohemia
DIRECTOR’S NOTE If I may begin at the end: forgiveness is a sticky subject. Both as a king and as a husband/father, Leontes does the unthinkable--and, to most, the unforgivable. I don’t know that the play asks us to forgive him, but it does ask us to find a happy ending in the forgiveness he receives. It’s a strange ending--miraculous as it is, it’s not enough, and the messy heartbreak of that is what I’ve always loved about the play--but there’s forgiveness at its core that can’t be reasoned away. As we gather in these parks, thirsty to rebuild our community from thoroughly avoidable national traumas, ones that leave us unable to trust the people around us, forgiveness is something we’ll struggle with. To what extent must we forgive in order to move forward? What does forgiveness with accountability look like? It’s a survival tool to remember our pain, but also to forget it--and we don’t always get to choose. I am not by nature a forgiving person, so these characters’ choices fascinate me.
This play is famously tricky to categorize as tragedy or comedy, and it’s not just because our ideas have changed on what constitutes a happy ending. Few of Shakespeare’s comedies center actual kings and queens*, and the royal stakes here show that Shakespeare knew full well he was working with the materials of classic tragedy. Yet with time and magic and pure chutzpah, he pulls a wounded happy ending out of all that horror. It’s a happy ending where no one is the same, and few hands are clean, but everyone has made the exhausting choice to change what genre of play they’re in. Just as the play instructs us on our moral duty to disobey a tyrant, it instructs us on how to rebuild joy in the ashes of our own folly. So, thank you for joining us! I don’t know if Camillo would approve of this production’s wild dedication to unpathed waters and undreamed shores, but the time had come for us to rebuild a little joy. ~Liz Thaler * only (ugh) Love’s Labours Lost.
CAST ROLLS ANDRÉ -he/ him- (Polixenes) Theatre: The Lehman Trilogy dir. Sam Mendes (Park Avenue Armory), wSuperterranean dir. Mimi Lien Rolls André headshot. and Dan Rothenberg (Pig Iron Theatre), Seagullmachine dir. Jess Chayes & Nick Benacerraf (The Assembly), Beardo Jason Craig/Dave Malloy dir. Ellie Heyman (Pipeline Theatre), Let Us Now Praise, Susan Sontag (Abrons Arts Center), 12 Shout Outs to the 10 Forgotten Heavens Winter Solstice 2017 (Whitney Museum) both written and dir. by Sibyl Kempson, Seen/By Everyone dir. Kristen Marting conceived by Five on a Match (Here Arts Center), Film: “Boys of Earth” dir. Isaac and Seth Calvin, “Lost Holiday” prod. and dir. by The Matthews Brothers, Podcast: “Life with Althaar” (Gemini Collisionworks) ZAC JAFFEE -he/ him- (Shepherd/ Lord) is honored to be working with this cast and crew bringing you this show outdoors. The last time he Zac Jaffe headshot.
did Shakespeare was in the basement of a pizza parlor in Berkeley, CA. He was last seen on stage in the Amios production of The Loneliest Number by Lizzie Vieh. Look for Zac next year as he plays different reporters on the big and small screen in JLo’s “Marry Me” and HBO’s “White House Plumbers”. He can also be seen as Gary in “Hustlers” and in roles on “Law and Order SVU”, “Friends from College”, and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”. ADIN LENAHAN -they/them- (Camillo) is a writer, performer and receptionist. Their work has gone up at The WILD Project, The Tank, Dixon Adin Lenahan headshot. Place, Ars Nova, Judson Memorial Church, and The New Ohio, among other venues. www.AdinLenahan.com CHRISTINA LIANG -she/her- (Perdita) is excited to return to the stage with for The Winter’s Tale with NY Shakespeare Exchange. Her Christina Liang headshot. other credits include Pride and Prejudice
(Triad Stage), Three Musketeers 1941 (Project Y Theatre), Quack (Alley Theatre), Issei, He Say (NJ Rep), In The Line (Project Y Theatre), A Christmas Carol (ACT), Ah, Wilderness (ACT), Love and Information (ACT). TV credits include “The Bite” and “FBI: Most Wanted”. MFA in acting from A.C.T. and BA in Individualized Studies from N.Y.U. JOHN RICHARD MATEYKO -he/him- (Clown/Cleomenes) is overjoyed to be making his NYSX debut in The Winter’s Tale! Previous work includes: Hamlet John Richard Mateyko headshot. (Hamlet), The Aliens (Evan) at Long Island Theatre Collective, and Love’s Labour’s Lost (King), Pericles (Pericles) at Braving The Bard. He’s extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with such an incredible cast and creative crew, and can’t wait to share this story with the audience. John is currently a junior at SUNY Purchase and an alumnus of Chautauqua Theater Company, and the National Theater Institute. www.johnrichardmateyko.com
SARAH NEDWEK -she/her- (Autolycus) is an actor, writer, producer and the founder of Partly Cloudy People. Favorite roles include Vanda in Venus in Fur Sarah Nedwek headshot. and Dolores in Dolores. She hosts a monthly artist salon at Jill Lindsey boutique to benefit local charities. This month’s show on Sept.24 will benefit Girl Rising. She is thrilled to be working with NYSX again after appearing in numerous ShakesBEER crawls and the Sonnet Project. Proud graduate of the CWRU Cleveland Play House MFA program. Much love and gratitude to my best pups: Greg, Isaac, Vie, the little angel on the way and to the amazing ladies at Encompass Arts and Pantera Murphy Agency. www.sarahnedwek.com RAHOUL ROY -he/him- (Antigonus/ Time/Priest) loves being a professional- amateur actor in New York. Rahoul nearly had his Off-Broadway debut as an extremely Rahoul Roy headshot. stoic, liquor-store delivery man who had to enter a scene, nod his head vigorously (yet
silently) for a few crucial seconds and leave, but narrowly lost out to an actor with more vigor. Rahoul is also a practicing attorney, a performance that has been dubbed by many as “particularly lifelike”. Rahoul finds it strange to be talking about himself in the third person, but when in Bohemia… MAX SAMUELS -he/ him- (Florizel/ Officer) - New York: American premiere of Angry Young Man (Urban Stages); world premiere of Hedda (Bridge Max Samuels headshot. Production Group). Regional: Guild Hall, Portland Stage, Northern Stage, New London Barn Playhouse. Developmental workshops with New Victory LabWorks, New York Theatre Workshop, Musical Theatre Factory, and Vox Theater among others. TV: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Max’s first audiobook narration, Never Quote The Weather to A Sea Lion (and other uncommon tales from the founder of the Big Apple Circus) is now available on Audible. Education: BA Dartmouth College, MA London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. www.maxbsamuels.com
DEANNA SUPPLEE -she/her- (Hermione/ Dorcas) is a Philadelphia-born, New York City-trained actress. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BA, DeAnna Supplee headshot. Theatre Arts & English), she has also studied at the British American Drama Academy at the University of Oxford and the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University (MFA, Acting). NYC Theater credits: On Strivers Row (Metropolitan Playhouse), Much Ado About Nothing (New York Shakespeare Exchange), The Trojan Women (The Flea Theater), Fires in the Mirror, Laundry & Bourbon, Platanos Y Collard Greens, and Romeo & Juliet. Regional: Skeleton Crew (TheatreSquared). International: Look/ Alive (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). DeAnna is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.deannasupplee.com HEAVEN STEPHENS -she/her- (Paulina) Heaven is thrilled to be working with New York Shakespeare Exchange again! She is a Brooklyn based actor, singer, and voice Heaven Stephens headshot. artist who specializes in creating compelling
complex characters as well as heightened language. Most recently Heaven performed in the Hudson Warehouse’s documentary What They Said: The Most Memorable Quotes from the Past 20 Years and was heard in the original song collaboration Graveyard with recording artist Sourya for the charity A Path Forward – Ballroom Basix streaming on YouTube. She is also the voice of Commander Rozlin in the upcoming and highly anticipated season 2 of the award-winning fantasy audio drama podcast Visionaries. Visit www. heavenstephens.com for more information. JUSTIN YORIO -he/they- (Leontes) NYSX debut. Justin has served as Artistic Director with AMiOS since 2012, and has worked in NY Justin Yorio headshot. with Dutch Kills, Three Day Hangover, The Assembly, and The Foundry Theater, among others. Training: National Theatre Conservatory.
ACTORS’ EQUITY
ASSOCIATION (“Equity”),
founded in 1913, is the
U.S. labor union that
represents more than
51,000 professional Actors
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and Stage Managers.
Equity fosters the art of live theatre as
an essential component of society and
advances the careers of its members by
negotiating wages, improving working
conditions and providing a wide range of
benefits, including health and pension
plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the
AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an
international organization of performing
arts unions. #EquityWorks
* Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’
Equity Association without benefit of an Equity
contract in this Off-Off Broadway production.
CREATIVE TEAM
MADELEINE ASH -she/her- (Production
Stage Manager) is a Dallas-born transplant
to NYC who is thrilled to be working
with NYSX for the first time. Recent
credits include Life is a Dream (PSM – The
Onomatopoeia Theatre Company), From the
Ground Up (PSM – Forklift Danceworks),
Oklahoma! (PSM – Seagle Festival), and The
Marriage of Figaro (PSM – Seagle Festival).Thanks to Cheyney, Eric, and Jerry for their mentorship, guidance, and friendship. Love to Mom, Dad, Will, and countless family members and friends for their unwavering support. www.madeleineash.com GUSTAVO BLAAUW -he/they- (Master Electrician/Sound Engineer). ETHAN GOULD -he/him- (Puppet/Props Designer) is a visual and dramatic artist based in New York. He has been a puppet and props designer for off-off-Broadway for many years, with a smattering of television, commercial and film production credits as well. He is currently art director for the TTRPG Stillfleet, and creator of The Sometimes Kingdom audio drama and game due out in autumn. He is happiest artistically when place and persona collide, psychopomp bear regencies inclusive. He wishes everyone the best health and safety in the coming year. SAM LEICHTER -he/him- (Producer) is thrilled to be a part of The Winter’s Tale. A member of New York Shakespeare Exchange’s Leadership Council, Sam previously performed as Don John and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, which ran in NYC before traveling to College Station, TX. Sam is a member of The New
Collectives, which most recently produced Bug Play, a TYA play he co-wrote with Giverny Petitmermet. Sam has worked for many years as a teaching artist, and currently teaches 4th Grade in the Bronx. TALA MUNSTERMAN -she/they- (Assistant Stage Manager) - This is Tala’s first production with New York Shakespear Exchange and she is very excited to be joining the team! Some of her previous credits as stage management include Matilda, Sweeney Todd, Legally Blond, Mamma Mia, and Annie, all with the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre. She looks forward to pursuing professional stage management here in NYC. She would like to thank her friends and family for supporting her and encouraging her to follow her dreams. COSETTE PIN -any- (Sound Designer/ Composer) is an international, multi- disciplinary designer and artist based out of New York City. She has been designing lighting, sound, projections, and sets for theatre and live performance for the past 11 years across Canada, The United States, and the UK. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in Production Design and Technical Arts, UK she is excited to be collaborating with such an excellent group of artists. Recent design credits
include Pygmalion (Guild Festival Theatre, Lighting Design), The Nutcracker (Canada’s Ballet Jörgen, Lighting Direction), Coppelia (Canada’s Ballet Jörgen, Lighting Direction), The Wolves (Howland/Crows Theatre, Sound Design Asst), Grace (Nightwood, Sound Design Asst), Cannibal (Scrap Paper Theatre, Lighting/Sound Design), Chicago (Jazz Hands Productions, Scenic Design), Every Day She Rose (Nightwood, Sound Design), Box 4901 (Timeshare Productions, Lighting Design *Dora Nominated), Embodying Power and Place (Nightwood, Sound Design), Orestes (Acropolis Now, Video and Digital Design), Prospect Hill (Piper Theatre, Sound Design), She Said (Edinburgh Fringe, Sound Design), Into the Woods (Secret Theatre, Scenic Design). Her work is available at: www.cosettepin.com JULIA SQUIER -she/her- (Costume Designer) is a recent graduate from Marymount Manhattan College, earning a BFA in Costume Design. Her most recent costume credits include designing An Ideal Husband (Theresa Lang Theatre), The Little Mermaid (Pequannock Township High School), A Chorus Line (Pequannock Township High School), The Lesbian Play (The Tank), and wardrobe supervising for A Sleepless Play (The Tank), Ivories (The Tank), Twelfth Night (Hip to Hip Theatre Co.), and
Antony and Cleopatra (Hip to Hip Theatre Co.). Julia wants to give a big thanks to her friends and family for all of their support, as well as to her talented team and cast for the amazing work they were able to create! LIZ THALER -she/they- (Director) is a native New Yorker and current member of the New York Shakespeare Exchange Leadership Council. Liz served five years as Artistic Director of All Out Arts/The Fresh Fruit Festival, New York’s most inclusive celebration of LGBTQ theatre and art. She has produced and directed shows in Edinburgh Fringe, NY Fringe, and at venues throughout NYC. She was the founding Artistic Director of In Extremis Theater Company, where she curated the “Most Unkindest Cut” classics series. She has written and directed countless short plays for Amios’s monthly theatre event, Shotz. Recent directing credits include Different Worlds and Kara Sevda (Now What Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (IETC), and The President Plays (ANT Fest). In addition to her theatre work, she directed the new web series “Settling Up,” which you can now watch on Amazon Prime! She is an alum of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art’s graduate directing program, and of Wesleyan University. Liz’s play about The Winter’s Tale (“Hermione Ages, or, How
I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the
Bear”) was a semi-finalist for American
Shakespeare Center’s Shakespeare’s New
Contemporaries project.
CARLI VISCONTI -she/her- (Assistant
Stage Manager/COVID Safety Officer)
is a production and stage manager in
the greater NYC area, most recently
collaborating on the world premiere off-
Broadway, The Last Boy. She has enjoyed
a multi-faceted production career in
both nonprofit settings and for-profit
organizations for over a decade in the
greater Philadelphia area before moving to
New York. This is her first show with NYSX
and she is thrilled to be a part. Outside of
theater, she has a passion for community-
building and bringing incredible events and
experiences to life.
FOR NYSX
CRISTINA LUNDY -she/her- (Co-Artistic
Director) joined NYSX as Associate Artistic
Director in 2011, and has been serving as
Co-Artistic Director since 2020. In her time
with the company, some of her proudest
achievements have been leading the NYSX
intern program from 2012-2019, founding
and co-curating the Freestyle Lab series,
and running the casting operations for all
live programming since 2014. Her NYSXdirecting credits include The Rape of Lucrece (2016), Othello (2013); staged readings of The Wall, Spring’s Awakening and Romeo & Juliet; and far more ShakesBEER scenes than she can count with her shoes on. Cristina feels incredibly fortunate to call NYSX home, and looks forward to many more years of exciting collaboration with this ever-growing family of artists. ROSS WILLIAMS -he/him- (Co-Artistic Director) is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of New York Shakespeare Exchange (NYSX). With NYSX, Ross has created numerous shows including Much Ado About Nothing; Hamlet10; Titus Andronicus; and The Life and Death of King John. He has also worked closely with NYSX Resident Playwright Kevin Brewer on world premieres of his plays Island and The One Man (Two Man (not quite)) Hamlet. Ross has had the pleasure of directing and teaching internationally in Canada, Brazil, and Japan, most notably Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in Tokyo, Japan for Neptune Theater. Prior to diving into the world of directing and producing, Ross appeared on stage throughout North America. Most notably, he created the role of Gimli the battle-axe-wielding dwarf in the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings musical extravaganza in Toronto. He holds an MFA
from the Cleveland Play House Professional
Actor Training Program, and a BFA from
Southern Methodist University.
2021 NYSX Leadership Council
Jessica Bauman, Christine Bruno, Jennifer
Curfman, Anaseini Katoa, Sarah Kinsey,
Sam Leichter, Anna Snapp, Liz Thaler
NYSX would like to send
Special Thanks to
Hayes and Leichter Infection Prevention
and Disinfection; Sean Gannet; Jen
Curfman; Sarah Kinsey; Old Stone House
of Brooklyn; Michael Haller Photography;
Gillian Sollenberger and David Rosen
Graphic design by Shane Breaux
Production photography by
ad for Michael Haller Photography.THANK YOU to everyone who
helped make our 2021 possible!
New York Shakespeare Exchange is a
federally-recognized nonprofit (EIN: 27-
0891301). We rely on the generosity of
patrons like you to continue generating the
conversation- and community-building work
for which we have become know. To make a
tax-deductible contribution visit
www.yourshakespeare.org.
PERFORMANCE SPONSORS
The Brandt Jackson Foundation
Friends of Jasper
The Thomas P. and Cynthia D. Sculco
Foundation
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Adam Guzik Anne Jaffe
Adin Heller Ashley Williams
Alden Ferro Aurora Seminara
Alexandra Braunstein Barbara Bowman
Alexis Holloway Barbara Reedy
Amanda Gabai Barton Williams
Amy Brown Bernard Bygott
Amy Hughes Blair Robertson
Amy Siemel Breanne Bautel
Andrea Haan Brendan Averett
Andrea Prestinario Brendan Esteban
Angela Pasquinelli O’Flaherty
Anita Sands Carol Regan
Anita Uotinen Carol Silverman
Anna Rusinek Carole SteeleCarolyn Lauer Frederick McKinnon Cathy Albers Gloria Ives Charles Cooper Hillary Fairbanks Chavez Ravine James Brennan Christian Vazquez Jarrett Spiro Christiana Mitchell Jennifer Metz Christine Choi Jesse Friedman Collin McConnell Jessica Tezen Cristina Lundy Joachim Steinberg David Haan Joe Bowen David Rosen John Mateyko Debra Stevens Jonathan Canter Dede Dunlevy Joseph J Latona Delta SialeMiles Judith Nedwek Diane Leichter justin lenahan Donna Curfman Justin Yorio Eduardo Contreras Karen Mulvey Elaine Davenport Katelin Wilcox Elena Maslova-Levin Katherine Haan Elizabeth Aaron Kathy Smachlo Elizabeth Babish Kathy Giordano Elizabeth Grace Kelly Anneken Elizabeth Harris Khris Lewin Ellen Marks Kristi Vega Emily Demko Laura Matheny Emily Fink Lauren Focarazzo Erin Keilty Lauren Miller Ethan Herschenfeld Lawrence Lundy Eva Andersen Leah Davis Eva Gil Lisa Brownstein Evan Cummings Lisa Douglass Florence & Bryan Lisa McFarland Cuneo Lisa White
Lois Kinsey Sakshi Kaul Malia Tae Sammy Tonga Marguerite Cudahy Sanders Whiting Marie and John Quinn Voice Mark Boergers Sandie Lehner Martin Harris Sandy Knight Mary Candler Sara Russell Mary Kathryn Blazek Sarah Jane Gibbons Mary Sahdev Sarah Kinsey Matthew Lundy Sarah Mercer Maya Bodinger Sarah Nedwek Megan Aaron Sheila Kane Megan Gaffney Shenhao Bai Melanie Brezniak Sileikahealani Reed Melissa Baker Stacie Piccinich Melissa Lord Stanley Chapman Melissa Lott Stephen Hammond Merritt and Lois and Alexis Trittipo Kinsey Steve Mentz Miles Beckwith Summer Ives and Molly Sheridan Tim Parsons Natalie Hegg Susan Van Norman Nora Slonimsky Teresa Malik Paea Pulu Thomas Eastman and Pamela Hayman Erik Andrews Patricia Yeghissian Thomas Giordano Patty Clark Timothy Parsons Rachel Herrel Tobie and John Olsan Richard Aven Tom Picasso Robert Garcia Uini Fiefia Robert Henderson Vince Gatton Robin Felsher Yvonne Hyde-Carter Sabia Siddiqi
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