By Nick Payne Directed by Mark Cuddy February 2 - 20, 2022
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By Nick Payne • Directed by Mark Cuddy
February 2 - 20, 2022
The Fielding Studio Series
is supported in part by
The Gouvernet Arts Fund at
The Community Foundation.
Associate Producer
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ABOUT GEVA THEATRE CENTER Geva Theatre Center is your not-for-profit theatre company dedicated to creating and producing professional theatre productions, programs and services of a national standard. As Rochester’s flagship professional theatre, Geva is the most attended regional theatre in New York State, and one of the 25 most subscribed in the country, serving up to 160,000 patrons annually, including 20,000 students. Founded in 1972 by William Selden and Cynthia Mason Selden, Geva was originally housed in the Rochester Business Institute building on South Clinton Avenue. In 1982, Geva purchased and converted its current space – formerly a NYS Arsenal designed by noted Rochester architect Andrew J Warner and built in 1868 – and opened its new home at the Richard Pine Theatre in March 1985. Geva operates two venues – the 516-seat Elaine P. Wilson Stage and the 180-seat Ron & Donna Fielding Stage. As one of the country’s leading theatre companies and a member of the national League of Resident Theatres, Geva produces a varied contemporary repertoire from musicals to world premieres celebrating the rich tapestry of our diverse community. We draw upon the talents of some of the country’s top actors, directors, designers and writers who are shaping the American Theatre scene. Geva’s education programs serve 20,000 students annually through student matinees, in-school workshops, theatre tours, career day, the acclaimed Summer Academy training program, and opportunities such as the Stage Door Project, which pairs a local school with a production in the Geva season giving students an exclusive look into the entire process of producing a show. Geva has presented approximately 360 play readings and workshops since its inception. Geva’s New Play Development Programming offers new and established writers a nurturing environment from which to take their work to the next level. Programs such as the Festival of New Theatre, Plays in Progress, and Regional and Young Writers Showcases offer writers to have their plays workshopped and performed before an audience in a reading setting. Nearly 70 Geva-developed plays have had subsequent productions around the country. Geva’s nationally- recognized and innovative “Hornets’ Nest” series of play readings uses theatre to facilitate community discussions on contemporary topics. An active member of the Rochester community, Geva offers a multitude of opportunities for our audience and community members to engage with live theatre and the country’s best artists. Since the breadth of Geva’s programming cannot be sustained on ticket sales alone, this contribution to the region’s cultural, social and economic vitality is recognized by grants and charitable contributions from federal, state and local government agencies, national and local foundations, and businesses and individuals from throughout the region. For more information: GevaTheatre.org. Geva’s 49th Season was developed by the artistic staff with the invaluable input from our inaugural Artistic Council, made up of: Shawn Brown, Luticha André Doucette, Tonia Iakonikohnrio Galban, Stephanie Paredes, Mojgan Rabbani, and Esther Winter. 2 Season 49
ACKNOWLEDGING
THE LAND
A land acknowledgement creates a more accurate picture of the history of the lands and water-
ways we call home and pays respect to the Indigenous People who have stewarded them from
time immemorial. At Geva, we offer this statement as part of our anti-racist values and to help us all
unlearn and relearn the history that has brought us here to the land we call the United States. With
this understanding, we can envision a new path forward, led by the principles of equity and justice.
American society as it exists today owes its identity and vitality to generations from around the
world who contributed their hopes, dreams and resources to making the history that led to this
moment. Some were stolen and enslaved here against their will, some were drawn to leave their
distant homes in search of a better life, and some have stewarded this land for more generations
than can be counted. Acknowledging the hardships and atrocities that many peoples have suf-
fered on American soil is critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of
heritage and difference. By honoring this truth, we begin this effort to acknowledge what has been
purposefully buried.
There are 567 federally recognized Indian Nations (variously called tribes, nations, bands, pueb-
los, communities and Native villages) in the United States. Additionally, there are tribes located
throughout the United States who are recognized by their respective state governments.
Graphic by Eric E. Doxtator
Geva’s Acknowledgment
We are gathered in the ancestral and unceded territory of the Onöndowa'ga, or “the people of
the Great Hill.” In English, they are known as Seneca people, “the keeper of the western door.”
Together, with the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Tuscarora, the Seneca make up
the sovereign Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We pay respects to their elders, past and present.
Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, genocide and
migration that bring us together here today. And please join us in uncovering such truths at any
and all public events.
To learn more about the Native people in our region and the Canandaigua Treaty of 1794, visit
ganondagan.org.
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MESSAGE FROM GEVA'S
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Life and Art: Life in Art
Costume Designer Christina Selian and I recently celebrated
our 35th wedding anniversary. We have been together for over
37 years now, first meeting when we both worked on The
Taming of the Shrew in Boston. Since then we have lived in
four states, had two sons, and stayed true to each other and
our profession. Yes, Christina took some time away to spend
with our young children, but because I was always leading
a theatre somewhere, Max and Gus grew up immersed in
theatrical process and people. It’s the “family business.” So, of
course, seizing the opportunity for familial collaboration on Constellations, my final directorial
assignment as artistic director, was a natural.
Max was a fine young actor, starring as Petruchio (the role I was playing when I met
Christina) in his own Shrew while at McQuaid, and attending Geva’s Summer Academy.
Max chose a different path, however, becoming a passionate sociologist. His shy, younger
brother, Gus, followed him into the Summer Academy and surprised us all with his onstage
talent – eventually becoming a professional actor.
But wait, there’s more! In 2018, I returned to the stage after an 18-year hiatus, acting in
the world premiere of Heartland by Gabriel Jason Dean in the Fielding Stage. Cast as my
daughter was the New York City actress, Mari Vial-Golden. While we were performing in the
Fielding, The Diary of Anne Frank was running in the Wilson Stage. Playing Peter Van Daan
there was … you guessed it … Gus Cuddy, and soon Mari and Gus began dating. They now
live together in Brooklyn, deeply connected to each other and our profession.
So you see, it isn’t just that my son and wife are with me on this artistic farewell, his partner
has joined our family–and our family business–and I couldn’t be prouder of them all.
Constellations is an exploration of two people who somehow stay together through the
randomness of life and all of its surprises, split-second decisions and missed opportunities. I
wasn’t about to miss this one.
Enjoy,
Mark Cuddy, Artistic Director
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2021-2022
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Maggie Symington, Chair
William Weir, Treasurer and Chair, Finance Committee
Stephanie Caffera, Secretary
Philip L. Burke, Chair, Advancement Committee
Margaret Busch, Co-chair, Education/Curtain Call Committee
Dennis Bassett, At-Large, Immediate Past Chair and Chair, Committee on Trustees
Essie Calhoun-McDavid, At Large
Faheem Masood, At Large
TRUSTEES Shree Pandya John F. Kraushaar*
Dennis Bassett* Wolfgang Pfizenmaier Carol Love*
Peggy Boucher Jean Gordon Ryon Peter Messner*
Barbara Bruning Maggie Symington Michael B. Millard*
Philip Burke Mimi Tilton Emily Neece*
Margaret Busch Wynndy Turner Nannette Nocon
Stephanie Caffera William Weir
Essie Calhoun-McDavid David Perlman
Kathleen Whelehan
Gloria Culver John C. Rasor*
John Williams
Hope Drummond Robert Saltzman
Bonnie Garner Paul Seidel
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Suzanne Gouvernet Paul L. Smith
Helen H. Berkeley*
Todd Green Mary Kay Taber
William A. Buckingham
Christina Gullo John Tyler Jr.
Sergio Esteban*
Tomás Hernández Linda Cornell Weinstein*
Barbara LaVerdi David L. Fiedler*
Ronald H. Fielding Deborah Wilson
Dawn Lipson
Faheem Masood Betsy T. Friedman*
Diane McCue Patrick Fulford*
Steve Metzger Joanna Grosodonia*
Michael Ninnie A. Thomas Hildebrandt
Frank Novak David L. Hoffberg*
Pamela O’Connor-Chapman Maureen D. Holtzman
Trustees are volunteers and receive no compensation. *Indicates Former Board Chair
TICKETS Tickets can be purchased online at Group Rates are available for groups of 10 or more.
www.GevaTheatre.org, or by phone at 585-232-4382. Call the Box Office at 232-4382 or email groups@
Box Office Hours are: GevaTheatre.org for more information.
Tuesday – Saturday … Noon – 6:00pm Student Rush Tickets are available from $15 for all
Sunday – Monday … Closed non-sold out performances, beginning 15 minutes
prior to curtain time. Students must present valid ID.
Telephone: (585) 232-Geva (4382) One ticket per person.
Gift Certificates in any dollar amount may be
purchased year round from the Box Office.
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Artistic Director Executive Director
MARK CUDDY CHRISTOPHER MANNELLI
Present
CONSTELLATIONS
By NICK PAYNE
Directed by MARK CUDDY
Scenic & Lighting Design Costume Designer
CHRISTOPHER BOWSER CHRISTINA SELIAN
Sound Designer Dramaturg
JOANNA LYNNE STAUB CLAUDIA NOLAN
Dialect Coach Stage Manager
BLAKE SEGAL VERONICA AGLOW*
Originally produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove,
Executive Producer, and The Royal Court Theatre by special arrangement with Ambassador Theatre Group and Dodgers on
December 16, 2014.
The sets, costumes and props used in this production were created by Geva Theatre Center production staff.
The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
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WHO'S WHO
THE CAST
GUS MARI
CUDDY VIAL-GOLDEN
Marianne.............................................................................................................. Mari Vial-Golden*
Roland........................................................................................................................... Gus Cuddy*
There will be one intermission.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kate Duprey, Production Assistant
Adriano Gatto, Fight and Intimacy Coordinator
Luane Davis Haggerty, ASL Consultant
Meggins Kelley, Movement Consultant
*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by the United Scenic Artists,
Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
Geva Theatre Center operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a consortium of
regional theatres throughout the nation; Actors Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage
managers in the United States; the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), an independent national
labor union; and United Scenic Artists (USA), a union of scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers.
Geva Theatre Center is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for
the American Theatre.
Geva Theatre Center is an associate member of the National New Play Network, an alliance of non-profit
professional theatres dedicated to the development, production, and continued life of new plays.
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Please note that the taking of photographs or use of recording devices
during the performance is not permitted. Cell phones and all other electronic
devices are strictly prohibited in the theatre.
8 Season 49WHO'S WHO
GUS CUDDY (Roland) is an actor and writer Center productions have been Private Lives,
who is grateful to be making his return to the Sylvia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Good People, The
stage at Geva Theater Center, where he was Road to Where (world premiere), Clybourne
last seen in The Diary of Anne Frank. He has Park, Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Midsummer
performed regionally at the Humana Festival and Night’s Dream, The Agony and Ecstasy of
Arizona Theater Company, as well as various Steve Jobs, You Can’t Take It With You,
theaters in New York. Thanks to Mari, Mom, and Company, Superior Donuts, The Music Man,
Dad. guscuddy.com Five Course Love, Fences, Sweeney Todd, A
Christmas Story, Pride and Prejudice (which
MARI VIAL-GOLDEN (Marianne) is a Brooklyn-
he also co-adapted), Bad Dates, Our Town,
based theater artist. As an actor, Mari has
Tuesdays With Morrie, Urinetown, Splitting
developed and performed work with PTP/
Infinity, Vigil, A Chorus Line, Hamlet, That
NYC, Marin Theatre Company, Geva Theatre
Was Then (American premiere), Convenience
Center, Hangar Theater, Corkscrew Festival,
(world premiere musical), 1776, Proof, the
Triad Stage, Urbanite Theater, American Stage,
world premiere of Thornton Wilder’s Theophilus
HVSF, Merrimack Rep, Cal Shakes, Florida Rep,
North, which was also seen at Arena Stage in
Maaa Theater and more. Education: Middlebury
Washington, D.C., The Miser, the East Coast
College, British American Drama Academy. Mari
premieres of both House and Garden, Quilters,
is also a teacher, a writer, and a community
Art, Famous Orpheus (world premiere musical)
herbalist and organizer. marivialgolden.com
with Garth Fagan Dance, Every Good Boy
NICK PAYNE (Playwright)’s plays include If Deserves Favor with the RPO, Golf With Alan
There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet (Bush Theatre Shepard, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and State
and Roundabout Theatre Company, New York), of the Union. In 2013, he was also appointed
Wanderlust (Royal Court Theatre), Sophocles' the Producer and Chief Executive of The Cape
Electra (Gate Theatre), One Day When We Were Playhouse in Dennis, MA. Prior to his tenure
Young (Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres and at Geva Theatre Center, Mr. Cuddy directed a
Shoreditch Town Hall), Lay Down Your Cross number of world and American classics while
(Hampstead Theatre), Constellations (Royal Artistic Director of the Idaho Shakespeare
Court Theatre and Duke of York’s), and The Festival and Sacramento Theatre Company.
Same Deep Water As Me (Donmar Warehouse).
CHRISTOPHER BOWSER (Scenic and
He is the recipient of the 2009 George Devine
Lighting Designer) is a production, event, and
Award for Most Promising Playwright, 2012
food/hospitality designer/host based in Brooklyn
Harold Pinter Playwright’s Award, and the 2012
and upstate NY. He is a frequent collaborator
London Evening Standard Theatre Award for
of Salty Brine’s Living Record Collection (Joe’s
Best Play for Constellations.
Pub). Recently: production design for Good
MARK CUDDY (Director) is in his 27th News, or Harry the Dog (Public Theater’s
and final season as Artistic Director of Geva Under the Radar Festival), production design
Theatre Center. He will retire from Geva on for Heather Christian’s Animal Wisdom filmed
July 31, 2022. Recent productions include at Woolly Mammoth, service design for Another
A Christmas Carol, Ring of Fire, Once, The Rose onboard Virgin Voyages new ship Scarlet
Humans and Erma Bombeck at Wit’s End. Lady. Upcoming: lighting design for Dave Malloy’s
Mr. Cuddy is well known for his staging of Octet at Berkeley Rep. His work is seen around
premieres, contemporary comedies and New York City and at ART Oberon in Cambridge,
musical theatre. Among his Geva Theatre MA, The Curran Theater in SF, Seattle Theatre
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Group, Cape Repertory Theater in Brewster, CLAUDIA NOLAN (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg
MA, and festivals in Warsaw, Edinburgh, and based in upstate New York. Her work focuses on
Nottingham, U.K. ChristopherJBowser.com new play development and sustainable theater-
making practices. She received her M.F.A.
CHRISTINA SELIAN (Costume Designer) has
at UMass Amherst, has worked at Premiere
designed costumes for Ring of Fire, Once, The
Stages, Geva Theatre Center, McCarter
Humans, The Road to Where, Superior Donuts,
Theatre, New Georges, and HERE, and is part
Evie’s Waltz, Tuesdays with Morrie, Below the
of the Re/Emergence Collective.
Belt and Art at Geva Theatre Center and served
as assistant director for Beast on the Moon. She VERONICA AGLOW (Stage Manager) is
graduated from Emerson College and began her delighted to return to Geva, where she has stage
professional career in New York City working managed over 15 productions. Favorites include
for the Riverside Shakespeare Company, A Christmas Carol, At Wit's End, Company, and
Theatre for the Open Eye and The Actor’s You Can’t Take It With You. Broadway: The
Outlet. Ms. Selian later became an artist-in- Lightning Thief, The Last Ship. Off-Broadway:
residence with the Boston-based TheatreWorks, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Fiddler on the Roof in
where she met her husband Mark Cuddy. For Yiddish, On the Grounds of Belonging (Public
three seasons, she was associate producer Theater), The Mad Ones (Prospect Theatre
of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, where she Company), A Taste of Things to Come (York
established and directed the apprentice program Theatre), and Brits Off-Broadway (59E59
and was assistant director for Othello, The Theaters). National Tour: The Lightning Thief.
Comedy of Errors and Sherlock Holmes. When Other Regional: Utah Shakespeare Festival,
not designing, Ms. Selian teaches craft sewing Cape Playhouse, Bucks County Playhouse, and
classes to children out of her Highland Park Arkansas Repertory Theatre. As always, thank
home. you to my family for your unwavering support.
JOANNA LYNNE STAUB (Sound Designer) KATE DUPREY (Production Assistant) is
has designed at Alliance Theatre, Asolo Rep, excited to be back behind the Fielding Stage for
Ensemble Studio Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, the first time in almost two years. She has worked
Goodman Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, with Geva in many different capacities over the
The Nashville Children’s Theatre, New York past 10 years, from painting on A Midsummer
Theatre Workshop, Oregon Shakespeare Night’s Dream and You Can’t Take It With You to
Festival, Public Theatre, and Seattle Rep. Ms. run crew and automation for A Christmas Carol
Staub has extensive credits engineering and and Vietgone and assistant stage manager for
associate designing Broadway shows and Cry It Out. She has also been a stage manager
touring companies. Her TV credits include audio in the Rochester area with companies such as
engineering for the NBC-Live! Productions of WallByrd (Duchess of Malfi), RCP (Much Ado
The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, and The Wiz. About Nothing), and The Company Theatre (An
She is a 2022 Grammy Nominated Recording Afternoon of Shakespeare).
Engineer for Best Musical Theatre Album for
Snapshots. She has lectured Sound Design BLAKE SEGAL (Dialect Coach) is an actor
at Ithaca College, Princeton University, and and dialect coach, and he is delighted to return
University of Cincinnati. She holds degrees in to Geva after coaching last season’s Once.
music, audio engineering and technical theatre Dialect coaching credits include NYC: Ensemble
from Ithaca College and the University of Illinois Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Araca
Urbana-Champaign. jlssound.com Project, Fault Line Theatre; Regional: Syracuse
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Stage, Berkshire Theatre Group, Two River of SUNY Brockport. Meggins is well known in
Theater, PlayMakers Rep, Cleveland Musical the area as a dance instructor and was founder
Theatre, Luna Stage, Passages Theatre, and artistic director of Best Foot Forward Dance
and Walkerspace at SoHo Rep; Educational: Company and Dancers’ Alley Dance Studio. As
Yale School of Drama, Fordham, Columbia, a theatrical choreographer, she has worked with
Syracuse, Kean, and Stella Adler. Blake currently JCC Center Stage, Blackfriars Theatre, Eastman
serves on the Voice/Verse faculty of Syracuse School of Music, Nazareth College and, of
University’s Department of Drama. As an actor, course, Geva.
he has performed on film and television, off-
Broadway, in major regional theaters across LUANE DAVIS HAGGERTY (ASL Consultant)
the country, and on the national tour of Mary has a Ph.D. in leadership and change through
Poppins. M.F.A in Acting, Yale School of Drama. the arts with a focus on deaf theater. She was
BlakeSegal.com nominated for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for her play
Windows of the Soul. She is a Principal Lecturer
ADRIANO GATTO (Fight and Intimacy at RIT/NTID and was an original co-founder of
Coordinator) returns to Geva this season the IRT theater in New York City. Awards for
having previously worked on the world her direction, which blend deaf and hearing
premieres of Revival: The Resurrection of Son actors for over 20 years, include Emperor
House and Heartland, as well as The Niceties, Jones (NYC off-off-Broadway Review Award), A
To Kill a Mockingbird, Last Gas, The Diary of Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Little Shop Of
Anne Frank, and Wait Until Dark (w/ Arizona Horrors (Rochester CITY newspaper’s “Most
Theatre Company). Regionally, Adriano’s select Popular Local Theatrical Production” award).
work as a Fight Director includes One Man, Her recent production of Fences for the National
Two Guvnors, Into the Breeches! (Chautauqua Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) won the
Theatre Company); Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Irish Kennedy Center College Theater Festival Award
Classical Theatre Company); Equivocation, The for Excellence in Ensemble and three of the
Crucible (Kavinoky Theatre); Carmen (Rochester actors won nominations for Irene Ryan Acting
Philharmonic Orchestra); Amadeus, The Scholarship awards. She was recently featured
Bourgeous Gentleman (Buffalo Philharmonic in the Avant Guard production at IRT in New
Orchestra); Don Giovanni,Out of Darkness/ York’s Greenwich Village titled YOVOs. She
Into the Fire, and The Marriage of Figaro is honored to have been the first post-COVID
(Eastman Opera Theatre). As an internationally production of Rochester’s Shakespeare in
Certified Fight Director and Instructor with Fight the Park with The Tempest, nominated for the
Directors Canada, he has taught stage combat Broadway World Central New York category for
for various institutions, including the AFDC innovative production.
National Certification Conference (Calgary, AB),
MARK CUDDY (Artistic Director) is in his
Eastman School of Music, SUNY Buffalo State 27th and final season as Artistic Director of
and Niagara University, where he serves as the Geva Theatre Center. He will retire from Geva
Artist in Residence. Heartfelt gratitude to the on July 31, 2022. During his tenure he has
entire team and family here at Geva. Huge love worked alongside talented and dedicated staff,
to my H2RO! artists and trustees to build Geva into a regional
theatre powerhouse. Geva boasts one of the
MEGGINS KELLEY (Movement Consultant) largest audiences of any professional regional
received her dance training at The School of theatre in the Northeast and has a reputation
American Ballet and was a soloist with the for excellence in education programming
Orange County Ballet Theatre. She is a graduate and new play production. Having completed
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an eleven million dollar facility renovation in first ever tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2016, including the purchase of new housing in Scotland. Before moving to Chicago, Chris
for visiting artists, Geva has since focused its was the Managing Director for HotCity Theatre
future on engaging the Rochester region in in St. Louis, Missouri. In this capacity, he was
meaningful theatrical experiences that unite instrumental in the company’s financial and
and strengthen our community through the programmatic growth, which included education
celebration of our shared humanity. Mr. Cuddy programs, new play initiatives, and several
has directed over fifty productions here, and in collaborations with prominent arts organizations.
2018 acted in the world premiere of Heartland, He has served on the board of directors of the
and the musical La Cage Aux Folles in the fall League of Chicago Theatres, as a steering
of 2019. Mr. Cuddy is a founding member of committee member for Enrich Chicago (a
the Board of Directors for the Rochester Fringe group of arts organizations in Chicago working
Festival and served on the Board of Directors of collectively to address racial equity), and as a
the national organization for non-profit theatres, board member for the Lincoln Park Chamber of
Theatre Communications Group. Mr. Cuddy has Commerce and the community board of Emerald
also served as Artistic Director of Sacramento City Theatre. In 2017, he was appointed to the
Theatre Company, Producing Director of the New York State Council on the Arts’ Theatre
Idaho Shakespeare Festival and on the directing Advisory Panel, where he served for two years.
staff of the Denver Center Theatre Company. He has also served on the board of directors
He received his B.A. in Theatre/Honors from the
for the League of Resident Theatres (LORT),
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he
and the Washington Square Park Community
was a Commonwealth Scholar. He resides in
Association. He currently serves on the
the Highland Park neighborhood with his wife,
corporate board for the Joseph A. Floreano
theatre and visual artist Christina Selian. Their
older son, Maximilian, is writing his doctoral Rochester Riverside Convention Center and the
dissertation in Sociology at the University of board of the Rochester Downtown Development
Illinois, Chicago. Their younger son, Augustus,is Corporation (RDDC) as a member of the
an actor in New York City. executive and nominating committees. Chris
grew up on Long Island and began his career
CHRISTOPHER MANNELLI (Executive as an actor and a musician, touring nationally
Director) joined Geva in 2016 from Victory and internationally. He holds a B.A. in opera
Gardens Theater in Chicago, a Tony Award- performance from the SUNY Geneseo School
winning institution dedicated to new plays of Performing Arts, an M.F.A. in Arts Leadership
and playwrights, where he has served as from DePaul University, and an Executive
Managing Director. During his five-year tenure Scholars Certificate in Nonprofit Management
he led the reorganization of the institution and from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School
was responsible for the strategic planning, of Management.
fundraising, and audience development
initiatives that created the theatre’s new business
model. Chris oversaw numerous award-winning
ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR
productions, increased contributed income,
and launched innovative membership and CONSTELLATIONS
audience engagement initiatives. Prior to his
work with Victory Gardens, he served as Deputy
Director at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, one T CONDÉ
of the largest nonprofit theatres in Chicago. Light Board Operator
He oversaw operations and helped to produce
the theatre’s “World Stage” international ERIN HOLT
programming, including Chicago Shakespeare’s Sound Board Operator
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Through Story Space
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by Claudia Nolan
T
he idea of the multiverse has become common parlance for many people (just
ask any Marvel fan). But in 2010, the theory was still in the early stages of gaining
popular awareness. One night, playwright Nick Payne stumbled upon physicist Dr.
Brian Green’s documentary The Elegant Universe and it changed his world.
The documentary explores the seeming incompatibility of General Relativity and
Quantum Mechanics, two cornerstones of modern physics. General Relativity explains
the interactions between objects that we encounter in our daily lives and on a large
scale, but breaks down at the microscopic level. For example, gravity does not hold
true for the mathematics involved in understanding how atoms behave. Quantum
Mechanics deals with the realm of atomic and subatomic particles and waves, which
often behave entirely differently than objects we can see.
Scientists worked for decades to find a way to unify these two seemingly disparate
theories, which led to the development of String Theory in the ‘80s. However, for String
Theory to work, the universe would need to consist of 10 or 11 different dimensions
(some scientists now believe it may even be many more), as opposed to the four
dimensions of space-time that most of us are accustomed to thinking about. Physicists
have proposed some innovative solutions to this problem, including that if time as
we think of it does not exist, there is no obstacle to unifying Quantum Mechanics and
the Theory of Relativity. And some physicists believe that the behavior of very large
objects, such as the universe, may be better understood if they can be described at a
quantum level.
One result of the mathematics of String Theory is that our universe may not be the
only universe in existence. The specifics of this idea have spawned many different
multiple universe theories, as well as scientists who do not believe it is plausible at all.
Having just lost his father when he encountered The Elegant Universe, Payne was
particularly drawn to the Quantum Multiverse Theory, or Many Worlds Interpretation.
16 Season 49E. Siegel / Beyond the Galaxy / Image from Medium.com
In it, every time a physical particle (including such tiny items as electrons and quarks)
has multiple options, it takes all of them – each in a different, newly spawned universe.
In an article he wrote for The Telegraph, Payne states, “For months, I struggled
continually with the startling finality of [my father’s] absence. I would eventually
try to forget him because calling upon his memory would become too difficult. Yet
forgetting him felt unnaturally cruel, not to mention selfish. In part, then, Constellations
is my attempt to dramatize this dilemma: the urge to remember versus the need
to forget… However maudlin it might now sound, the notion that there might be
a universe in which my dad was yet to have died was both curiously unhelpful and
quietly consoling. Because, of course, there must too be a universe in which he died
years ago. A universe in which we have never met. A universe in which he refuses to
speak to me.”
Payne’s comments speak to the double-edged sword of the multiverse idea. It can be
both reassuring and devastating. Trying to conceive of all the different ways one’s life
may turn out through any singular change can be debilitating, and almost impossible
to conceive of. Just think about The Butterfly Effect: one may never even know the full
ramifications of the actions they do or do not take.
The Butterfly Effect / Image from the Creative Commons
GevaTheatre.org 17Constellations explores some of the possible trajectories the characters’ lives could take
as a result of their different choices. Payne deliberately uses the structure of the play
itself to present some of these thematic ideas in a way that becomes visceral – we see
the different results of their decisions play out before our eyes. Even a slight change
in body posture, tone, or context can alter the meaning and experience of a moment,
both for the characters and for us.
And yet even as Constellations demonstrates how the different choices the characters
make affect their lives, there is a sense of inevitability. The play moves back and
forth through time in a way that is difficult to make sense of at first, but seems to be
building toward a climax. Humans generally find time to be a one-way experience: the
teacup falls to the floor and is shattered; the teacup never spontaneously reassembles
onto the table. But one of the challenges of Quantum Mechanics is that the element of
time does not factor into the mathematical equations.
Image from Quantamagazine
In 1988, British physicist Stephen Hawking published A Brief History of Time, where
he identified three distinct “arrows of time”: a psychological arrow that includes our
memories of the past and how we imagine the future, a thermodynamic arrow that
follows the direction to which entropy (the measure of the disordering of things)
increases, and a cosmological arrow that follows the increasing size of the universe.
Hawking argued that even the psychological arrow of time is ultimately dependent
on the thermodynamic arrow: we can only remember past things because they form
a relatively small set compared to the nearly infinite number of possible disordered
future sets. In other words, we anticipate the unknown future and automatically move
forward towards it; and while we are able to remember the past, we do not try to go
backward to change what has already occurred.
Payne incorporates this uncertainty about the direction of time into his storytelling.
While the experience as an audience member may seem jarring and confusing at first,
it lends itself to a moment of beautiful synchronicity near the end of the play. And
18 Season 49Playwright, Nick Payne / Image from The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
much like in the play, we are often only able to make sense of things that happened in
our lives through reflecting back on them.
Many people think mathematics and the hard sciences are at odds with art; however,
this could not be further from the truth. There are countless examples of scientists and
mathematicians who are also artists, and there are many who find the tools of poetry
(especially metaphor) to be extremely useful to their own work. Mathematician and
author Michael Frame explains Quantum Mechanics and String Theory through the
lens of personal identity and storytelling: “All moments of our lives are immensely
rich, with many — perhaps infinitely many — variables we could notice. We can view
our lives as trajectories, parameterized by time, through story space. We can never
simultaneously view all of the possible variables; rather, we focus on a few variables
at a time, restricting our attention to a low-dimensional subspace of story space. Our
trajectories through these subspaces are the stories we tell ourselves about our lives;
they are how we make sense of our lives, but always they miss some elements of our
experiences.”
Constellations then asks us to make choices, and to live with the ramifications of those
choices. But it also reminds us that we have myriad choices to make, over and over, in
every moment. It is our reflecting upon these choices that allows us to tell the story of
our lives – to see what we did and who we loved that mattered most.
GevaTheatre.org 19WHO'S WHO
WE INVITE YOU TO COME AS YOU ARE.
We want you to enter the theatre with curiosity and authenticity, to
laugh when you feel like laughing, cry when you feel like crying and
verbally show signs of support to our actors in ways that are not
disruptive to their performance.
WE INVITE YOU TO FEEL WELCOME
IN OUR SPACES.
Whether you are a first-time visitor or a long-time supporter,
you are equally entitled to relax and be at home at Geva Theatre
Center. Every space we have is a precious resource with which
we serve you, our community.
WE INVITE YOU TO LEAN INTO
YOUR DISCOMFORT.
Theatre doesn’t only make us feel good; theatre makes us feel. It
creates the space where we can wrestle with big issues and with
questions we do not yet know how to answer. We want you to explore
those challenges here at Geva.
WE INVITE YOU TO BE BRAVE.
Help us challenge assumptions and amplify voices of those who have
long been silenced. Here at Geva, we are all part of the fabric of the
American story. Join us in making our theater reflect the multiplicity of
the world, country, and city that we live in.
WE INVITE YOU TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
Please share your constructive feedback with us - about our
productions, our seasons, our spaces or your individual experience.
You can reach us at dialogue@gevatheatre.org.
WE INVITE YOU TO BE IN COMMUNITY
WITH ONE ANOTHER.
Introduce yourself to your neighbor and forge new relationships as part
of your theatre-going experience. We’re all in this together.
Thank you for being a part of our community.
20 Season 4921
RESIDENT STAFF
& ARTISTS
MARK CUDDY CHRISTOPHER MANNELLI
Artistic Director Executive Director
STAFF LEADERSHIP COSTUMES MARKETING & ADVANCEMENT
MELISSA BOYACK CASEY McNAMARA ELAINA BACHMANN
Director of Marketing Costume Shop Manager Advancement Assistant & Database
Coordinator
SKIP GREER JANICE FERGER
Director of Education/Artist Draper ABBEY NOBLE
in Residence Marketing & Communications
KATHERINE McCARTHY Coordinator
JENN LYONS First Hand
Director of Production
NOEL O’DAY AMANDA RIEKSTINS
ALANA SANSONE Costume Craftsperson Graphic Designer
Director of Finance
and Operations MICHAELA LINCOLN EMILY RHONE
Stitcher Manager of Special Events
LAURA SADOWSKI
Director of Institutional LIGHTING AMANDA SERIANNI-DAVIS
Advancement DEREK A. MADONIA Manager of Annual Giving
Lighting Supervisor
JENNI WERNER AUDIENCE SERVICES
Director of Literary and Artistic CHRIS NIMICK TIMOTHY INTILI
Development Programs Electrician/ Board Operator Director of Ticketing
EDUCATION MICHAEL REHOR JOHN HAMOLSKY
LARA BIDUS RHYNER Electrician Ticket Services Manager
Associate Director
of Education SOUND DEJA COTTON
ANDREW MARK WILHELM ANDREW GERMUGA
CAITLIN MILIZIA Sound Supervisor HOPE KOLLARIK
Education Associate SARAH MAYFIELD
JOHN WILCOX ISA REESE
DANNY HOSKINS Audio Engineer ASHLEY ROBB-CROCKETT
JACK LANGERAK NICK SCHULMERICH
BRIGITT MARKUSFELD PROPERTIES Box Office Associates
JONATHAN NTHEKETHE THERESA GRANGER
DELORES JACKSON RADNEY Props Supervisor KELSEY MATHES
MARY MENDEZ RIZZO Guest Services Manager
MARCY SAVASTANO BUTCH KANE
TERRAN SCOTT Props Artisan CARLEA GRANT
SHAWNDA URIE Assistant Guest Services Manager
SCENERY CONSTRUCTION
ESTHER WINTER
ALEXANDRA ANTHONY LAURA CHEKOW
Artist/Educators
Technical Director IJLAL GUNAY-LENIO
LITERARY TAJ SMITH
JEAN GORDON RYON CHRIS DAKE House Managers
Literary Associate/ Asst. Technical Director
NANETTE FALCHI
Dramaturg
OLA KRASZPULSKA Gift Shop Coordinator
ARTISTIC Scenic Charge
RACHEL DEGUZMAN FINANCE & OPERATIONS
Engagement Programs Producer FRANK DEL VECCHIO
GIANNA DECAMELLA Associate Director of Finance
Assistant Scenic Charge
ANGELA GIUSEPPETTI CLIFF LAMPLEY
Company Manager MAYA SCHUETZ Facilities Manager
CHELSEA WHITTEMORE Lead Carpenter
LAURIE MASOOD
Assistant Company Manager Finance Volunteer
ELIAS KOCH
JARED LEE MORGAN CLARISSA PUTMAN MESSER ANNA BECK
Stage Operations Supervisor Carpenters Finance Assistant
CLAUDIA NOLAN
Administrative Assistant
22 Season 49BUSINESS, FOUNDATION &
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Geva Theatre Center gratefully acknowledges the following businesses, foundations and government agencies
for their generous support.
(Donations listed are for the time period 1/1/21 through 12/31/21.)
49th SEASON SPONSOR ASSOCIATE PRODUCER LEADING PERFORMER ($500 - $999)
ESL Federal Credit Union ($5,000 - $9,999) All Season Property & Services
3 City Center Exele Information Systems, Inc.
49th SEASON All Occasions Catering Get Caked ***
HONORARY PRODUCER CNY Latino ROC Brewing Co.
Dr. Dawn Lipson The Joseph & Anna Gartner Foundation
Glover Crask Charitable Trust MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAMS
49TH SEASON Gray Locey CPA, PC Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
FIELDING STAGE SPONSOR Julia K Caters Amica Companies Foundation
The Gouvernet Arts Fund at M&T Bank AXA Foundation
Rochester Area Community Foundation Madeline’s Catering Bank of America
News 10 NBC Constellation Brands, Inc.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ($25,000+) Guido & Ellen Palma Foundation* Dell Foundation
City of Rochester Radio 95.1 ExxonMobil Foundation
County of Monroe Rubens Family Foundation* Johnson & Johnson
ESL Charitable Foundation Theatre Development Fund Johnson Controls Foundation
William & Sheila Konar Foundation* – NSYCA/TDF TAP Plus Xerox
Mary S. Mulligan Charitable Trust** Wegmans Food Markets*
New York State Council on the Arts** Fred & Floy Willmott Foundation*
The Shubert Foundation WDKX FM
WLGZ Legends
CO-PRODUCER ($10,000 - $24,999)
Buckingham Properties, LLC ASSISTANT PRODUCER
CITY ($2,500 - $4,999)
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation* Max A. Adler Charitable Foundation
Davenport-Hatch Foundation Ames-Amzalak Memorial Trust
Donald F. & Maxine B. Davison Foundation* in Memory of Henry Ames,
Max & Marian Farash Charitable Foundation Semon Amzalak & Dan Amzalak*
Joan & Harold Feinbloom Caldwell Manufacturing Co.
Supporting Foundation at Center for Adolescent & Young Adult Health
Rochester Area Community Foundation* Forté Capital, LLC
The Donna Fielding Memorial Fund Hildebrandt Family Artistic Enhancement
Flaum Management Company, Inc. Fund
Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP immaginé Photography
Heveron & Company, CPAs, PLLC Marshall Street Bar and Grill
KeyBank Riedman Foundation
News 8 WROC-TV Louis S. & Molly B. Wolk Foundation
Rockcastle Florist
St. John’s DIRECTOR ($1,500 - $2,499)
Joseph & Irene Skalny Charitable Trust* RG&E***
Tasteful Connections, Inc.
Ukrainian Federal Credit Union STAR ($1,000 - $1,499)
WARM 101.3 Radio Actors’ Equity Foundation
WXXI Cornell/Weinstein Family Foundation*
Paychex, Inc.
The Vesper
*Education Supporter
**Literary or New Works Supporter
***Home for the Holidays Supporter
GevaTheatre.org 23ANNUAL FUND
Geva Theatre Center thanks the following individuals for their generous contributions.
(Donations listed are for the time period 1/1/2021 through 12/31/2021.)
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE (cont.) DIRECTOR'S FORUM (cont.)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ($25,000+) Susan & Robert Touhsaent* Edith M. Lord
Anonymous Janet & John Tyler Dan & Nancy LoughranPS
Dr. Dawn Lipson (Honorary Season Thomas & Ann Ward Carol & Nick LovePS
Producer) Philip & Anne Wehrheim Dan & Kiki MaharPS
The Gouvernet Arts Fund at The Carol J. Whitbeck Annabelle MartinPS
Community Foundation (Fielding Eric I. Zeller Fund at Rochester Area Faheem & Laurie MasoodPS
Stage Season Sponsor) Community Foundation Pamela McGreevy
Peter & Beth MessnerPS
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIRECTOR'S FORUM
Steve Metzger
($10,000-$24,999) ASSISTANT PRODUCER Wes & Mary Micket
Anonymous ($2,500 - $4,999) Paul+ & Barbara Mitacek**
Ted+ & Peggy BoucherPS Daniel & Elizabeth Abbas PS Mike & Mary Ninnie
Barbara & John BruningPS Robert D. Baden Frank Novak & Paul MutoPS
Margaret & Tim Busch Deanna G. Baker**PS Dr. Vivian PalladoroPS
Joan S. Dalberth
Anna Marie & David Barclay PS Shree PandyaPS
David & Patricia Gardner
Carol & John Bennett PS Wolfgang PfizenmaierPS
Suzanne Gouvernet
Barbara Berman Loren & Janet RanalettaPS
Eric & Elizabeth Rennert*PS
Elise RosenfeldPS Nelson A. Blish PS Janet S. Reed
Joan & Ken SlaterPS Robert & Diane Boni Dr. Gerald & Maxine RosenPS
Mimi & Sam TiltonPS David L. Brooks Raymond H. Ruby Family Fund
Krestie Utech PS William Buckingham Mr. John B. Rumsey
Charis & Rich WarshofPS Philip & Sharon BurkePS Laura J. SadowskiPS
Joyce & William Weir PS David J. & Margaret M. BurnsPS Drs. Carl & OJ Sahler PS
Margaret & Tim Busch Robert & Hedria Saltzman
CO-PRODUCER ($7,500-$9,999) Stephanie Caffera Kelly & Kathleen Shea
Bonnie Garner Center for Adolescent Gail ShoemakerPS
Joanna & Michael GrosodoniaPS & Young Adult HealthPS Malcolm & Elaine Spaull
Barbara LaVerdi & Bryan DonnellyPS Essie Calhoun-McDavid Richard & Sandy Stein
The Pace Family Fund & Bernard McDavidPS Franceen Elias-Stein & Todd Stein
Averil & Michael Riley Suzanne & Allan Chapman James & Georgine StengerPS
Vicki & Richard SchwartzPS Bob & Gayle StilesPS
Mary CowdenPS
Wolf & Elizabeth Seka Jim & Pam StoffelPS
Ann Dozier & Guy Martin PS
Sherwin & Linda Cornell Joshua Stubbe & Katie Baynes
Weinstein*PS Hope DrummondPS
Kim & Janet TenreiroPS
Peter & Suzanne DurantPS
John S. TrittenPS
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Peter Fackler & Kelly BarrettPS
Scott Turner
($5,000-$7,499) Stan & Reenie Feingold
& Mary Worboys-TurnerPS
Dennis & Mary Bassett Richard & Joan Fenton*PS
Wynndy Turner
Betsy & John CarverPS Paul & Mary Fromm
Patricia Ward-Baker
Gloria Culver & Joe AndersonPS Todd & Stephanie Green PS
Dr. Stephen R. Webb
Dr. Eric M. Dreyfuss+ Christina Gullo & John A. Mueller PS
Ms. Kathleen R. Whelehan
Dave & Nance FiedlerPS Sue & Jim HaefnerPS John WilliamsPS
Patrick & Barbara FulfordPS Terry & Eileen HartmannPS Herb Winkelmann, Jr.
Joanne Gianniny Nan & Tom HildebrandtPS Helen A. Zamboni
Richard & Kim Gray Gwendolyn & David HoffbergPS
Warren & Joyce Heilbronner & Steven I. Rosen
Daniel & Barbara Hoffman
Pamela & Ken HinesPS
In Honor of Lisa Hoffman, DIRECTOR ($1,500 - $2,499)
Glenn & Nancy KochPS
who loved her Geva Family Frank & Catherine Angevine
Diane & Jerry McCuePS
Jacqueline Holliday Abby & Doug Bennett
Michael & Frances Millard
Dan & Jo-Ann O’Brien & Andrew Holliday Drs. Karen & Mark Blazey
Kathy Purcell Jean Horton Ed & Sarah Bullard
Don & Robin Pulver PS Norman HortonPS Patrick & Gail Burke
Dr. Tomás C. Hernández Dr. Jack & Harriette Howitt John & Linda Buttrill
& Dr. Keith S. Reas Ralph F. Jozefowicz, M.D.PS Dr. John J. Condemi
Dr. Sidney & Barbara Sobel Harold & Christine KurlandPS Raymond Dreher
Maggie & Charlie SymingtonPS Connie L. Leary & Dr. Elaine Tunaitis
24 Season 49ANNUAL
WHO'SFUND
WHO
DIRECTOR'S FORUM (cont.) Lindsay & John Garrett Buchan Family Fund
M. Lois Gauch of The Community Foundation
Bill Eggers & Deborah McLean George & Helen Greer Advised Fund for the Greater Capital Region
Louise W. Epstein at The Community Foundation Jane Capellupo
Sergio & Mary Ann Esteban Brigitte & Klaus+ Gueldenpfennnig Jeanne Carlivati, In Memory of Philip Carlivati
James & Kathy Farrar Elmer C. Hartman Barbara Case
Betsy T. Friedman H. Larry & Dorothy C. Humm Victor Ciaraldi & Kathy Marchaesi
& Ram W. Rapoport Judy & Norm Karsten Keith & Celeste Cleary
Nancy D. Hessler Drs. Don & Nahoko Mark Cleary
Carol E. Hopkins Kawakyu-O’Connor James & Andrea Costanza
Victoria Kaminski Stephen & Susan Kelley Katherine Cove
Cleve Killingsworth Karen Kral Susan & Frank Crego
& Daren Chentow Mary Ellen Lansing Susan Davis
Paul & Lynne Kroner Jennifer Leonard Dan & Jody DiLoreto
Diane & Stephen LaLonde & David Cay Johnston Joel & Katy DiMarco
Doris & Austin Leve Barbara & John Lovenheim Richard & Janet Duff
Carol A. Lewis Patrick Macey & Jerry Casey Janice B. Durfee
Lundback Family Charitable Nanci Malin & Abe Weiss Marjorie & Stephen Elder
Gift Fund at Rochester Area H. Winn McCray Judith A. Emmanuel
Community Foundation Bruce & Eleanor McLear Sherman & Anne Farnham
Nannette Nocon Jonathan Mink & Janet Cranshaw Lynn & Neil Farrar
& Karl Wessendorf PS James C. Moore David & Anne Ferris
David & Marjorie Perlman & Geraldine Biddle Moore Elizabeth Fisher
Julie Emily Petit Don & Roxann Muller Dr. & Mrs. John Gerlach
Elke Phillips Dr. Gary & Ruth Myers Andrew Germanow
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Publow Kathy & Ted Nixon Sarah & John Gibson
William J. O’Connor Jr. William & Susan Gornall
Dr. Ramon & Judith Ricker
Jane Parker & Fran Cosentino Lori Green
Gary B. Schaefer
Robert & Jessica Perrilleon Martin & Sherrie Handelman
Dick Schieck & Joan Semrau
Craig & Becky Prophet Joe & Linda Hanna
Sharon & Leal Smith
Anne & Rob Quivey Carol K. Hardy
Judith & Richard Steinheider
Deborah Ronnen Marilyn+ & Dick Hare
Rev. Nancy D. Stevens
Daniel Ryan Brud & Molly Hedges
& Mr. David L. Williams
Mary Gayle Smith A. Dirk & Linda Hightower
Meg & Tom Therkildsen Paul Suwijn Donna Himmelberg
Jeffrey Schron Werner Schenk Barb & Art Hirst
& Barbara Tropiano-Schron Schreiner Family Fund John & Barbara Holder
Brad VanAuken & Stacey Miller Mary Kay & Bill Taber Louise D. Holmes
Mr. & Mrs. Justin L. Vigdor Thomas & Kelli Tarkowski John & Bonnie Hood*
Judy & Erik von Bucher Julia Thomas Mary M. Huth
Pierce & Elizabeth Webb Jim & Linda Varner Douglas & MaryAnne Jones
Deborah Wilson Nina Walker Emily Jones & Deborah Hughes
Charlotte J. Wright Robert+ & Anne Wallace Ebets & Tom Judson
Jean Carty Weaver Karen & Eugene Kehoe
STAR ($1,000 - $1,499) David J. Welker Phyllis A. Kemmerer
Anonymous Edward E. Klehr
Allan C. Anderson LEADING PERFORMER Mark & Mona Friedman Kolko
Michael & Susan Bargmann ($500 – $999) Ellen & Charles Konar
Jim & Linda Baroody Anonymous (2) Marcy & Ray Kraus
Jeanne M. Beecher Karen Abbas Michael & Marcy Kucharski
Mary & Brendan Brady Carol Adler Family Fund
John & Johanna Brennan David & Marca Anderson Kathleen & Alfred Laitenberger*
Mary Ellen Burris David & Jan Angus Robert & Patricia Larson
Mary Allison Callaway Virginia Bacheler & Skip Battaglia Nancy & Howard LeVant
Et Manu Corde Funde Gloria J. Baciewicz Amy Libenson & Brett Shulman
at the Rochester Area Bancroft-Tubbs Family Fund Meg & Bill Lloyd
Community Foundation Marcia & Eric Birken Mr. Robert L. Lowenthal, Jr.
Susanna Ferris Bette Blakeney & Jim Dulmage Christopher & Susan Luedde
Ann & Steve Fox Jeff & Kathy Bowen Keith & Virginia Lyons
Bob & Bobbie Freitag Dr. Donald L. & Mary C. Boyd Dr. Thomas Madejski
Dahn Dean Gandell Chris Brown Swaminathan & Janice Madhu
GevaTheatre.org 25ANNUAL FUND
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Magee Nancy Bloom & Alan Cohen Susan Fredericks Hodes
Dr. & Mrs. Jack & Sandra Maniloff Dennis & Amy Boike & Joe Hodes
Massie Family Fund at Rochester Patricia Bradley Sheila Hollander
Area Community Foundation Sandy & Ged Brady Dan & Sandy Hollands
James McBride Paula & Craig Branson Audrey Holly
Lynette Dolby & Sandra McDonald Ken & Kathy Brickell James & Sherrill Ison
Jeanne B. McHugh Roberta Buckle Charles Jackson
Ralph & Martha Meyer Bruce & Marilyn Burkey Thomas & Mary Jones
Duane & Ida Miller Larry & Veronica Burling Lori & Frank Karbel
Sanford & Jill Miller Nancy Burns Rabbi Alan & Jan Katz
Helen Newman Dr. & Mrs. Richard Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kay
Dr. Alan Nye & Peggy Burton Michael Keefe & Joann Surre-Keefe
& Nancy BB Meyer-Nye Lori Busch William & Jean Keplinger
Marie & Donald Oakleaf John Cariani Susan J. Kinney
Elizabeth Osta Jeffrey Carlson Dr. & Mrs. Barry & Sharon Kissack
& Dave VanArsdale Harriet & Jeff Carter Hon. Joan S. Kohout
Lois & John Palomaki Dennis & Sharon Conheady Joel Krenis & Chari Briggs-Krenis
Phil Palumbo Toby Cook Thomas Krugh
Marion Payson & Helen Wiley Eileen Coughlin Robert & Sarah Kuehl
Thomas & Nancy Poeth Howard & Leslie Crane Robert & Judy Kukol
Dr. Lee D. Pollan Charles & Mary Crockett Werner & Susan Kunz
Dr. & Mrs. Brock Powell Bonnie R. Crawford Kim Kvocka & Brownlee Field
Marjorie Power John & Alison Currie David & Andrea Lambert
Mary Jane Proschel Joe & Judy Darweesh Bob & Kathy Landon
Ken & Sheila Reasoner Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Davey Thomas & Connie Lathrop
Valerie & Stefan Reuss Jacqueline Davis Margaret & John Lausin*
Elizabeth & Larry Rice Bill & Linda Delaney Dr. Paul A. Law
Nancy Robbins Joseph DeRuyter Richard & Linda Lawrence
David W. Ryon** Anthony D’Imperio John Lebens & Florence Higgins
Victor & Eileen Salerno Ken & Linda Dingman Philip & Susan Lederer
Peggy W. Savlov Mary Dinnan Terrie & Tom Lee
Francie & Larry Schenck Dan & Mary Draper Litt Family Fund
Jim & Daria Shaw Kevin & Marie Duhamel David & Julie Losee
Joseph E. Simpson Peter & Margaret Dundas Deborah Lydick
Judith & Michael Slade Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dwyer Ruth & Alfred Marchetti
Robert & Norma Snyder Judith & Dean Ekberg Gail Mazur
Mrs. Helga Strasser Joanne Everts Tom & Emily McCall
Robert & Amy Tait Trevor & Elizabeth Ewell William McCleary & Maxine Long
Edward Tanner & Elizabeth Treiber Robert & Cheryl Fehnel Gilbert K. McCurdy
David Evans & Sheree Usiatynski Clara Firth John & Kathleen McQueen
Wayne & Anne Vander Byl Cindy Fleischer Dr. George McVey
Susan B. Volpel Lisabeth Frarey & Michael Christie Daniel M. Meyers
Benjamin & Saundra Wallace Barabra L. Frank Christopher Mueller,
Peter Oddliefson+ & Kay Wallace Bruce & Elizabeth Freeland on behalf of Michael Millard
Stephen Wershing Marvin & Loretta Friedman Hilda J. Milham
& Gaelen McCormick D. Galvin Annette Miller & Lauren Frank
Jamie & Sally Whitbeck Gerlad & Pamela Garavuso Deborah Mulford & David Szulgit
Susan & Paul Wilkens Richard & Joyce Gilbert Kelly Nagle & R.T. Gilman
Kitty J. Wise Robert Goeckel & Gay Greene Sarah Nemetz, MD
Joy Goodman & John Sawyer & Michel Berg, MD
FEATURED PERFORMER Regina M. Gortych Thomas & Ronnie Nescot
($250 - $499) Ray & Ellen Grabb James & Lois Norman
Anonymous (3) Dr. & Mrs. William & Ruth Grace Maureen & Marty Palumbos
Betsy & Gerald Archibald Michael & Megan Gurell Eric & Penelope Pankow
Ryan Asato Family Charitable Account Dolores Parlato
Mary Jane Bafundo Rhonda & Earl Gurell Robert & Linda Pearles
Janet Barclay David Hardy & Carol Topping James Peters
Suzanne Bell Lynn Harris Thomas Petrillo & William Reamy
Michael Bellanca Mary E. Haverfield Patricia & Edward Polidor
Linda M. Betstadt Chris & Lisa Hayes Rev. Okke & Kathy Postma
John & Cindy Blawski Jeff & Ruth Hedin Mark Raeside
26 Season 49ANNUAL
WHO'SFUND
WHO
Cassandra George Ramos Norm & Jane Silverstein Patricia H. Wehle
James G. Reed Greg & Karen Sloan Michael+ & Robin Weintraub
Richard & Carol Reid Jo Anne & Fred W. Smith Advised Fund
Abby & Josh Reinhard Dr. & Mrs. David James & Kim Whittemore
Dawn Riedy & David Berg & Barbara Snyderman Brent & Amy Williams
Russell R. Roberts Jim & Marie Sorrentino John & Laurie Witmeyer
Linda Rubens Jean & Harold Stacey Sara W. Wood
Charles & Carolyn Ruffing Fred & Mabel Stehler Peng Wu
Richard & Louise Sadowski Ann H. Stevens & William J. Shattuck Charlie & Judy Zettek
Lenora T. & John F. Sands David Stornelli Mary Lou & David Zimpfer
Gerry & Fred Sauter Thomas & Linda Sullivan Barbara Zinker
Kenneth Schirmuhly Gina Suriano Benson & Mindy Zoghlin
Drs. David & Carolyn Schuler Thomas & Rose Swartz PS
Playwright’s Society
Caroline Schultz Kevin S. Sweeney (donors who have made a three-year
Jon & Katherine Schumacher Frank & Rose Swiskey commitment to Geva’s Annual Fund)
Anthony & Gloria Sciolino Sue & Gary Tebor
*Education Supporter
William A. Shaw Robert H. Thompson
Cheryl Shepherd & Bonnie DeVinney **Literary, New Works or
Marvin A. & Joan E. Shulman Mark & Eileene Tornatore Hornets’ Nest Suppporter
Advised Fund Charlene Varnis & James Vallino + Deceased
Barbara Siebert Sylvia Watkins
We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of these donor lists. However, if you see an error or omission,
please accept our apology, and kindly call the Advancement Office at (585) 420-2004.
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