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Craftsman by Bruce Graham
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STREAMING ON DEMAND MARCH 2 – 28, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2
Welcome ..........................................................3
From the Dramaturg............................... 4-8
Johannes Vermeer ................................... 4
The Netherlands and World War II .....7
From the Artistic Director .........................9
From the Director .......................................10
Who’s Who ................................................11-17
About the Lantern ...................................... 18
Thanks to Our Donors......................... 19-31
Annual Fund.............................................. 19
Ticket Donations .................................... 26
Our poster art for The Craftsman is Girl Reading
a Letter by an Open Window by Johannes
Ian Merrill Peakes as Joseph Pillel in The Craftsman Vermeer (1659), courtesy of the Staatlichen
All production photos by Mark Garvin Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany.
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WELCOME 3
LANTERN THEATER COMPANY
Charles McMahon Stacy Maria Dutton
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
presents
The
Craftsman A World Premiere by Bruce Graham
Meghan Jones Kayla Speedy
SCENIC DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER
Shannon Zura Christopher Colucci
LIGHTING DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER
Janelle Kauffman Rebecca Smith
PROJECTION DESIGNER STAGE MANAGER
DIRECTED BY
M. Craig Getting
SPECIAL THANKS
The Craftsman is part of Plays from the Lantern
Archives, a new program celebrating some of the
finest productions from recent Lantern seasons,
brought vividly back to life on screen. This world
premiere performance was professionally filmed
with a live audience in November 2017.
The Craftsman was commissioned and developed
through the Lantern’s New Works Program.
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FROM THE DRAMATURG 4
“Would you—in your role as critic and scholar—call this painting
a national treasure?”
“All Vermeers are.” —The Craftsman
Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is central to The Craftsman. Though he never appears
onstage, his work drives nearly every character to action, particularly art dealer
Han van Meegeren. Now considered one of the Dutch Old Masters, among the
company of artists like Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, and Frans Hals, Vermeer
was essentially ignored until the 1860s. Who was Vermeer, and why is his work so
cherished now, more than 300 years after his death?
Vermeer was born in Delft, a bustling city in the Netherlands. His father was a
successful weaver and art dealer, and the young Vermeer would have been exposed
to many great paintings through his father’s business. In 1653, Vermeer converted to
Catholicism to marry Catharina Bolnes, with whom he had eleven children.
Beyond that, little is known of Vermeer’s youth or career. We do not know how
he came to be a painter, where he studied, or who his teachers were. There are
theories, including his spending time in Italy to learn from Caravaggio’s paintings,
or studying under important Delft artists, but none of these positions can be
View of Delft (1660-1663) and The Little Street
(1657-1661), both views of Vermeer’s hometown.
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confirmed by the historical record. All
we have are his masterful paintings,
and even those works are shrouded
in mystery. Rembrandt – perhaps the
greatest of the Dutch Old Masters –
was stunningly prolific, leaving behind
hundreds of paintings and thousands
of drawings. But a mere 34 confirmed
Vermeer paintings survive today, with
The Procuress (1656; possible the attribution of three more still up
Vermeer self-portrait in the left figure)
for debate. Scholars estimate perhaps
another ten existed at one point and are
either lost or destroyed, bringing the
maximum tally of his paintings to just
47.
This scarcity of paintings contributed
both to Vermeer’s obscurity in life and
to his celebration in posterity. There
were too few paintings during his
short life to earn him fame, and the
ones he left behind when he died at
age 43 were kept by private collectors
or attributed to other artists. In 1866,
The Milkmaid (1657-1661)
a French painter-critic investigated
these false attributions and published
enthusiastic descriptions of Vermeer’s
paintings. The rarity of Vermeer’s work
was now special, making the paintings
precious. His popularity skyrocketed
at the turn of the 20th century when
new Vermeers were discovered, and his
niche treasures became international
sensations.
Once his paintings were firmly
enshrined among the masterpieces
of his contemporaries, nowhere
The Girl with a Wine Glass (1659-1662)
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was his work more valued than in
the Netherlands, his home. By the
beginning of World War II, Holland was
hungry for Dutch cultural treasures that
would separate them from the Germans.
Vermeer’s masterpieces became a
particular symbol of Dutch pride, and
museums featuring his paintings hid
them away for safekeeping, to ensure
they would remain in Holland where
they belonged through the upheaval
the war would bring.
Other than their scarcity, what made
Vermeers so distinctive? His work is
characterized by painstaking attention
to detail, which perhaps contributed to
Girl with a Pearl Earring (1655-1657)
his small output. His paintings are also
especially prized for their treatment
of light, often shining from a window
to the left of the subject. His subjects,
too, are celebrated, as he often painted
domestic scenes of women living lives
recognizable to Delft citizens. Each one
is deeply expressive, eliciting sympathy
and a sense of relationship with the
viewer. The paintings are enlivened by
Vermeer’s extraordinary use of color,
especially blues and yellows.
Over 250 years, Vermeer’s work
transformed from curiosities to art
sensations to emblems of Dutch pride
at a time of foreign occupation. Though
Vermeer did not live to see it, there
was ultimately a terrific fervor – and a
market – for his paintings as the world
struggled through a second Great War.
The Astronomer (1668)
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The Netherlands and World War II
The Amsterdam of The Craftsman is a city emerging from a war it never expected
to be a part of. During the First World War, the Netherlands remained neutral, and
the country hoped to retain that status when the Second World War broke out.
Germany’s assurances that the Dutch would be left alone proved false, however, and
in 1940 the Nazis occupied the country after just five days of fighting.
The Dutch Resistance, of which The Craftsman’s Captain Pillel was a member, sprang
up quickly. Though the Germans initially treated the Netherlands with more care
than other occupied countries, hoping to woo the Dutch into becoming Aryanized,
thousands of Dutch citizens formed ragtag Resistance cells. They were purposefully
scattered, with no central command and little communication between groups in an
effort to protect their anonymity. By the time the war was over, nearly every town in
the Netherlands was home to a Resistance cell.
Their action was largely nonviolent: forging paperwork, printing newspapers,
distributing stolen ration coupons, or – most perilously – smuggling Jewish families,
downed Allied airmen, and other people into safe hiding places. Dutch industry
also resisted, staging the only anti-pogrom strike in an occupied country when the
most oppressive laws against Jews were enacted. Some, though, did resist violently;
telegraph stations and railroads were blown up, ration centers were burgled, and
school girls dressed as first aid workers rode their bicycles through the heart of
town, passing out grenades.
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Despite the Resistance efforts and the slow ratcheting of the German oppression,
the Dutch people suffered significantly. The Netherlands lost 75% of its Jewish
population. And in Amsterdam, the last winter of the occupation would prove to be
harrowing.
In September 1944, the Dutch railway industry went on strike. The German occupiers
retaliated by cutting off all food deliveries to the western part of the country, and
the already meager rations quickly ran out. By November, an exceptionally harsh
winter set in, and Amsterdam was hit especially hard. During this so-called Hunger
Winter, many of the four million residents of Amsterdam were essentially kept alive
by community kitchens serving boiled potato peels and cabbage. The tulip industry
chipped in, providing bulbs for hungry city dwellers to boil and eat.
Heating fuel was also cut off that winter, and residents of Amsterdam began
stripping bridges, their homes, and the destroyed houses in the Jewish Quarter for
firewood, pulling up floors and pulling down every other roof beam. By war’s end,
about 18,000 Dutch people had died from malnutrition.
When the Netherlands was fully liberated in May 1945, the moment when The
Craftsman begins, the effects of the Hunger Winter were still being felt by the
Dutch. The fervor for retaliation and revenge in the weeks immediately following
liberation was not just driven by post-war trauma and a rejection of Nazism, but
fueled by the painful realities of starvation and deprivation.
—Meghan Winch
Amsterdam families pulled wood from tram tracks and public parks for heat fuel.
They also lined up in droves at community soup kitchens.
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FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 9
If the role of the artist is to hold the mirror up to nature, then perhaps the role
of Han van Meegeren was to bend and distort that mirror such that strange and
unnoticed details of the natural image were thrown into stark definition, while
other details were obscured or altered almost unrecognizably. His story is not only
a fascinating one, but also presses on us serious questions about how we see the
world around us: what is authentically real, and how much does this authenticity
even matter in one’s subjective experience?
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare tells us that “the lunatic, the lover,
and the poet are of imagination all compact.” The story of Van Meegeren similarly
instructs us that the artist, the teacher, and the con man are from the same breath
commonly inspired. The artist takes an urgent and inchoate feeling and struggles
to give it form; for this, artists are rewarded with admiration. The teacher derives
a feeling from that form and struggles to explain it, hoping to make the inspiration
of the artist more accessible to the many; for this, teachers are rewarded with
respectability. The con man has a desire for admiration and respectability but hopes
to avoid all the struggle and labor. They start out trying to deceive us with an easy
trick, and often set out to create with extraordinary, painstaking labor and risk
something that fools the eye for an instant.
Van Meegeren was a kind of creative genius, but not the kind he wanted to be –
and certainly not the kind he set out to become. While a genuine artist can show
us a deep truth by means of an illusion, Van Meegeren created illusions from other
artists’ truths. His illusions were deemed so effective that it has caused some to call
into question whether the truth previously believed ever really existed at all. How
reliable is judgment? If the origin of a work of art is completely different from what
we thought it was, is it still art?
Art can inspire in us powerful feelings. So how does finding out something new –
maybe something uncomfortable – about the artist change our experience of that
art? We place high value on the notion of authenticity, and authenticity presumes
that we are driven for the most part by objective reality. But we are not. Humans are
driven by narrative storytelling, which is not the same as truth. Personal narrative,
family narrative, cultural narrative, historical narrative all intersect to inform every
impression that we take in. The complex subjective framework of storytelling not
only colors our experiences, but indeed makes all experience possible.
The Craftsman explores precisely this territory. Its characters struggle to separate
one set of artistic images from another, and their memories are changed by the
knowledge gained since those memories were made.
—Charles McMahon
These notes originally appeared in the show program for our world premiere production of The Craftsman in 2017.
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FROM THE DIRECTOR 10
“There is an art to many, many things.” —Van Meegeren
“I’ve had all these years of fear and...and hatred. The Germans are gone – that takes
care of the fear, but...” —Capt. Pillel
I’ve never painted. Well, I suppose that’s not true. I attended art class in middle
school. But I’ve never since sat down and tried to paint a painting. To capture with
brush and oil the mood of a particular place or the story behind a particular face.
I’ve also never been in a war. Never fired a gun. Never lived in occupied territory.
Never feared that I would be pulled from my bed and erased – just for who I was or
where I came from.
But...I know what it is to hate. I’m not proud of it, but I do. I know what it is to
envision the world I want, see those standing in the way, and hate them for it.
It’s a scary feeling, when you catch yourself hating. You tell yourself you’re a kind
person (but there are things you just won’t tolerate). You tell yourself you just want
what you deserve (but suddenly you’re cutting down those who have what you
want).
The Craftsman drops us in Amsterdam just after the end of German occupation. The
Resistance was real. The Nazis were real. And in the war, the lines were clear. Good
versus evil, Axis versus Allies. But after the war, the lines got fuzzy. Who was doing
what it took to survive and who was collaborating?
In short, who can you hate?
I think about that a lot these days. I wonder how we build a better world when some
of our sharpest tools are forged in anger and fear. As an artist, I want my work to
improve the world, not tear it down. But as a human, seeing friends and neighbors in
pain, there are things I’d tear down. But where do I draw the line?
—M. Craig Getting
These notes originally appeared in the show program for our world premiere production of The Craftsman in 2017.
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MARY LEE BEDNAREK (Johanna van Meegeren)
is an actress based in Philadelphia. She has worked
with many companies in the region including Theatre
Exile, Azuka Theatre, Simpatico Theatre, Philadelphia
Artists’ Collective, EgoPo Classic Theater, Act II
Playhouse, and New Paradise Laboratories. She has
also worked internationally with Teatro delle Due in
Italy and the Jo Strømgren Company in Norway.
DAN HODGE (Boll) is delighted to be back at the
Lantern where he last appeared in Hamlet. As an actor,
he has been seen at Arden Theatre Company, Walnut
Street Theatre, The Wilma Theater, InterAct Theatre
Company, Theatre Exile, Delaware Theatre Company,
and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Dan is a
proud founding member of the Philadelphia Artists’
Collective where he has been seen in The White Devil,
Creditors, Changes of Heart, and The Fair Maid of the
West, in addition to creating his solo show The Rape of Lucrece. He holds an
MFA from the Old Globe, San Diego.
ANTHONY LAWTON (Han van Meegeren) has acted in
Philadelphia for 28 years. Favorite roles include George
in Of Mice and Men (Walnut Street Theatre); “man” in
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1812 Productions);
Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden Theatre
Company); and Austin in True West, Coleman in The
Lonesome West, and Storyteller in A Christmas Carol
at the Lantern. In 2005, Lawton, in partnership with
the Lantern, wrote and developed The Foocy, which
garnered five Barrymore Award nominations including Best New Play. In
2016, his adaptation of The Light Princess (with music by Alex Bechtel)
was nominated for eight Barrymores, winning for Best Original Music.
Philadelphia City Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre’’ for his
solo productions of The Devil and Billy Markham, The Great Divorce, and The
Screwtape Letters. For more information on these shows, go to
www.anthonylawtonactor.com.
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BRIAN MCCANN (Augustun / Rotke / Judge)
has appeared on the Lantern stage in The Gospel
According To..., Coriolanus, Happy Days, Othello,
Travels with My Aunt, King Lear, and The Lady
from the Sea. Regional credits include Delaware
Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre, Pennsylvania
Shakespeare Festival, George Street Playhouse, Arden
Theatre Company, and 1812 Productions, among
others. He is very proud to be a regular performer
with the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective. Brian is also a longtime member of
ComedySportz Philadelphia.
PAUL L. NOLAN (Abraham Bredius) has been
performing on stage, in front of cameras, and behind
microphones on the right and left coasts and points
in between since the Nixon administration. He
appeared most recently at Walnut Street Theatre in
The Best Man, which closed during previews because
of you-know-what. Some other stage highlights: The
Mousetrap, August: Osage County, Of Mice and Men,
The Birthday Party, Richard III, and The Long Christmas
Ride Home. Film and TV credits include All Square, My One and Only,
Ascension, The Wire, Signs, Ocean’s Eleven, Homicide: Life on the Street, Killer
Tomatoes Eat France (seriously; it’s how I got my SAG card!), and Contact.
Awards for acting and writing: Two Hollywood Drama Logue Critics’ Awards
for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre, Best Light Feature-Radio, San Diego
Press Club Journalism Award, and a Golden Mic Award from the Radio & TV
News Association of Southern California.
IAN MERRILL PEAKES (Joseph Pillel) Philly—
Lantern Theater Company: Molly Sweeney and The
Craftsman; Arden Theatre Company: Equivocation,
Macbeth, La Bête, Something Intangible (Barrymore
Award), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, All
My Sons (Barrymore Award), and Three Days of Rain;
The Wilma Theater: Body of an American and The
Invention of Love; Philadelphia Theatre Company:
Sideman (Barrymore Award); Theatre Exile: Red
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Light Winter and The Invisible Hand (Barrymore Award nominations);
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival; Walnut Street Theatre: Matilda, A Woman
of No Importance, Peter and the Starcatcher. Regional— ACT; Seattle
Rep; Shakespeare Theatre: Charles III; Folger Theatre: Amadeus, Timon of
Athens, R&G Are Dead (Helen Hayes Award), Henry VIII, Macbeth, and The
Game of Love and Chance (Helen Hayes nominations); Denver Center for
the Performing Arts: The Catch and Glengarry Glen Ross (Best of Denver
Awards), and When Tang Met Laika; Actors Theatre of Louisville: The Crucible
and Twelfth Night; Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Much Ado About Nothing and
The Winter’s Tale; Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre: The False Servant.
BRUCE GRAHAM (Playwright) is the author of fourteen published plays:
thirteen with Dramatists Play Service and one with Samuel French. His plays
include Burkie, Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar & Grille, Moon Over the
Brewery, Minor Demons, Belmont Avenue Social Club, The Champagne Charlie
Stakes, Desperate Affection, Coyote on a Fence (Winner of The Rosenthal
Prize), According to Goldman, Something Intangible (winner of seven
Barrymore Awards, including Best New Play), Any Given Monday (Barrymore
winner for Best New Play), The Outgoing Tide (Joseph Jefferson Award, Best
New Play), Stella and Lou, North of the Boulevard, White Guy on the Bus,
Rizzo, and Funnyman. Fully Accessible and The Happy F!@#$%G Blind Guy
have been published in Best Ten Minute Plays of 2013 and 2014. His one-man
show The Philly Fan plays semi-continuously throughout the Philadelphia
area. Graham recently returned to acting, appearing as Ernie in Rumors,
Eddie in Lost in Yonkers, Richard in Time Stands Still, Milt in Laughter on the
23rd Floor, Artie in Hurlyburly, and Arthur in Pterodactyls. He has received
grants from the Pew Foundation, the Princess Grace Foundation (Statuette
Award Winner), the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Philadelphia Theatre
Initiative. Along with Michele Volansky, he is the author of the book The
Collaborative Playwright. A graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
he teaches film and theater courses at Drexel University and divides his time
between South Philadelphia and Elkton, Maryland with his wife Stephanie.
M. CRAIG GETTING (Director) is the Lantern’s education director as well as
a freelance director and teaching artist. Directing credits include productions
with the Lantern, Curio Theatre Company, Murmuration Theater, Theatre
Horizon, Commonwealth Classic Theatre Company, and The Renegade
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Company. He helps run the Lantern’s collaboration with Thomas Jefferson
University, The Empathy Project, and he co-hosts a book podcast called
Overdue. He received his BA in drama from Kenyon College in Gambier, OH.
Thanks to the amazing artists who helped to create this show, and love to
Laura and his family.
MEGHAN JONES (Scenic Designer) Scenic designs for the Lantern include
The Vertical Hour, Betrayal, The Craftsman, Red Velvet, and Coriolanus.
Meghan designs throughout the Philadelphia region; recent designs include
The Hound of the Baskervilles with Delaware Theatre Company and Theatre
Horizon. She teaches stagecraft and design for Ursinus College and is the
technical director for their theater and dance department. Meghan holds her
MFA from Temple University. Most appreciation to Lantern staff, cast, and
crew for all their love and support.
KAYLA SPEEDY (Costume Designer) is excited to be working with the
Lantern for the first time on this incredible show’s debut! Getting to put
her mark on a new production is a dream come true. Recent credits include
Next to Normal (Resident Theatre Company), Spamalot (Resident Theatre
Company), LIZZIE! (11th Hour Theatre Company), A Child’s Christmas in
Wales (Walnut Street Theatre), Shrek (Upper Darby Summer Stage), and The
Servant of Two Masters (Hedgerow Theatre). Much love and many thanks go
to my family, friends, and Kyle! Without their support I wouldn’t be where I
am today. Check out her work at kaylaspeedy.com.
SHANNON ZURA (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be returning to the
Lantern with The Craftsman. Previous design credits include lights for
the Lantern’s The Vertical Hour and An Iliad, Portland Stage Company’s
Papermaker and InterAct Theatre Company’s productions of Straight White
Men, Three Christs of Manhattan, and Some Other Kind of Person; sound for
Portland Stage Company’s Veils, Last Gas, God of Carnage, Red, and Our Man
in Havana; and sets for PORTopera’s La Fille du Regiment and InterAct’s Black
Pearl Sings. Shannon holds an MFA in lighting design from Temple University
and is a lighting designer with Christensen Lighting.
CHRISTOPHER COLUCCI (Sound Designer) Lantern: Molly Sweeney, A
Christmas Carol, The Last Match, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Betrayal,
The Heir Apparent, Hapgood, The Craftsman, Mrs. Warren’s Profession,
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The Hound of the Baskervilles, Doubt, Arcadia, Emma, Heroes, The Liar,
Private Lives, Vigil, Uncle Vanya, The Breath of Life, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, The
Hothouse. Pre-pandemic regional theater sound design work includes The
Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company,
People’s Light, 1812 Productions, Walnut Street Theatre, Azuka Theatre,
Inis Nua Theatre Company, Gulfshore Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Portland
Stage, Weston Playhouse, and the National Constitution Center. 2016 Pew
Fellowship in the Arts. BA in philosophy/theology from Eastern University.
MA in philosophy from Western Kentucky University. Eight Barrymore Awards
for Outstanding Original Music and Sound Design. Independence Fellowship
in the Arts (2012, 2019). Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/cmsound).
YouTube (https://tinyurl.com/yd89tm64). Instagram @cmcolucci.
JANELLE KAUFFMAN (Projection Designer) is new to the Lantern, but not
to other Philly stages. Previous design credits include The Radicalisation
of Bradley Manning (Inis Nua Theatre Company), Bloody Bloody Andrew
Jackson (Drexel University), Penelope (Inis Nua), Ciphers (Inis Nua), The
Grapes of Wrath (Drexel), and more. As always, all the gratitude to Dan for
tolerating and even encouraging such a hectic schedule.
REBECCA SMITH (Stage Manager) has been the stage manager at the
Lantern since 2008. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, she has
previously worked with Theatre Exile, New Paradise Laboratories, and Brat
Productions, among others. She is a graduate of Temple University with a BA
in European history and a minor in theater.
CHARLES MCMAHON (Artistic Director) co-founded Lantern Theater
Company in 1994 and serves as artistic director in addition to directing,
acting, and writing for the company. He has directed all but one of the
Lantern’s annual Shakespeare productions, including recent productions
of Othello, Measure for Measure, The Tempest, Coriolanus, and As You Like
It. Other Lantern directing credits include The Resistible Rise of Arturo
Ui, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, New Jerusalem, Romeo & Juliet, A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Othello, La Ronde (also translator and
adapter), Richard III (Barrymore Award, Outstanding Production of a Play),
The Comedy of Errors (Barrymore nomination, Outstanding Direction of a
Play), Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear, The House of Bernarda Alba, and
A Doll’s House. His acting credits include reprising the role of Heisenberg in
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Copenhagen, and his writing credits
include Oscar Wilde: From the Depths
and co-creating an original adaptation
of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas
in Wales, which was honored with
two Barrymore Awards and five
nominations, including a nomination
for Outstanding New Play. A native
Philadelphian, he is a graduate of New
York University’s theater department
where he studied acting and directing.
STACY MARIA DUTTON (Executive
Director) was named executive
director of Lantern Theater Company
in 2016, after serving on the company’s
Board of Directors for over a decade. Mary Lee Bednarek as Johanna van
Meegeren and Ian Merrill Peakes as
Her prior career in investment Joseph Pillel in The Craftsman
management spanned 25 years,
including serving as managing partner
of Brandywine Global Investment
Management and as co-founder and
chief operating officer of Hygrove
Partners. She served on the Board of
Directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra
Association from 2007 to 2019,
including service as Audit Committee
Chair and Investment Committee
Chair. In 2011, she was named Business
on Board Member of the Year by the
Arts & Business Council of Greater
Philadelphia. She earned an MBA from
the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania, a BA in philosophy
from the University of Chicago, and
pursued graduate studies at the Nitze
School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins Anthony Lawton as Han van Meegeren,
University. Paul L. Nolan as Abraham Bredius, and
Dan Hodge as Boll in The Craftsman
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ARTISTIC & EDUCATION
Artistic Director ........................................................................................ Charles McMahon
Associate Producer .......................................................................................Rebecca Smith
Education Director ..................................................................................... M. Craig Getting
Artistic Associate .............................................................................................Hannah Spear
Resident Dramaturg ......................................................................................Meghan Winch
Commissioned Artists ........................................ Christopher Colucci, Bruce Graham,
Anthony Lawton, Forrest McClendon, Thom Weaver
Teaching Artists ..............................Marissa Barnathan, Carly Bodnar, Susan Chase,
Mike Dees, Charlie DelMarcelle, L Feldman,
Donovan Lockett, Jarrett McCreary, Bi Jean Ngo,
Charlotte Northeast, Geneviève Perrier, David Pica,
Lillian Ransijn, Ryan Walter, Harry Watermeier
Illumination Actors............. Benjamin Brown, Tyler Elliott, Victoria Aaliyah Goins,
J Hernandez, Dave Johnson, Travoye Joyner,
Annette Kaplafka, Keith Livingston, J Paul Nicholas,
Krystal Ortega, Ebony Pullum, Melissa Rakiro,
Nick Schwasman, Jahzeer Terrell, Frank X
ADMINISTRATION
Executive Director ................................................................................ Stacy Maria Dutton
Finance & Communications Consultant ....................................................... Anne Shuff
Mission Operations Manager ......................................................................Ileana Fortuño
Grants Manager .............................................................................................. Ali Nebistinsky
Administrative Associate ................................................................................Emily Wilson
PRODUCTION for THE CRAFTSMAN
Stage Manager ................................................................................................Rebecca Smith
Filmmakers ..................................................................................... Natural Light Films, Inc.
Assistant Stage Manager .....................................................................................Erika Graff
Wardrobe Supervisors ............................................ Natalia de la Torre, Asaki Kuruma
Master Electrician........................................................................................... Scott Halstead
Scenic Charge....................................................................................................... Katie Brown
Audio/Video Engineer ................................................................................. Zack McKenna
Scene Shop................................................................................................Flannel & Hammer
Electrician & Board Operator ....................................................................Samantha Wall
©2021 LANTERN THEATER COMPANY / WWW.LANTERNTHEATER.ORGAbout the Lantern
Lantern Theater Company produces plays that
investigate and illuminate what is essential in the
human spirit and the spirit of the times. We seek to be
a vibrant, contributing member of our community, exposing audiences
to great theater, inviting participation in dialogue and discussion, and
engaging audience members about artistic and social issues.
Illumination Education Program
Our Illumination education program complements and expands on
the work of classroom teachers to bring an essential artistic lens to
curricular material, allowing students to connect to classic stories in
a dynamic way and empowering teachers with new approaches to
traditional literature. Our lessons are designed to support student
development in three key areas: the ability to think critically and
problem solve, the ability to communicate effectively, and the ability to
collaborate. Following a decade of providing arts-integrated instruction
in the classroom, we have found that exposure to the theatrical
discipline deepens student understanding of assigned material and
fosters empathy and positive collaborative habits – essential skills that
will provide long-term benefits to students into their adult lives.
We are deeply grateful to the individuals, foundations, corporations, and government
partners listed here and on the following pages whose generosity provides critical support
for our award-winning artistic, education, and community programming. Please consider
making a tax-deductible donation by visiting us online at lanterntheater.org/support.
MAJOR SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
CHG CHARITABLE TRUST
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THANK YOU!
The following list includes annual fund gifts received between 1/1/20 and
12/31/20. Although space does not allow us to list donations under $100, we
are enormously grateful to everyone who helps support our artistic, education,
and community engagement programs. We can’t do it without YOU.
FOUNDATION, CORPORATE, and QUASARS ($7,500+)
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT Dana & Melissa Ash
Actors’ Equity Association Jim & Janet Averill
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Eugene & Joann Bissell
Bendita Foundation Stacy Maria Dutton
Brind Foundation Carole Gravagno
Charlotte Cushman Foundation Leonard & Mary Lee Haas
CHG Charitable Trust Gregory Kleiber & Harriet Ravdin
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Kevin & Sarah Kleinschmidt
Foundation Neal Krouse & Liz Knudsen
Christopher Ludwick Foundation Ellen Rosen Rogoff
Connelly Foundation
COVID-19 Arts Aid PHL Fund SPOTLIGHTS ($2,500 - $7,499)
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Anonymous
Forman Family Fund Sheila & Myron Bassman
Haley Foundation Peter Benoliel & Willo Carey
Harry G. & Pauline M. Austin Foundation Andrea Biondo & Kenneth Hartzell
Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial Michael Buckley & Mason Barnett
Independence Foundation John Coleman & Susan Lavine
Jana Foundation Jeffrey Cooper & Nancy Klaus
John Otto Haas 1955 Trust John & Fern Culhane
June & Steve Wolfson Family Lauren Dussault
Foundation Margaret Harris & Philip Straus
The Lida Foundation Ann S. & Steven B. Hutton
Lincoln Financial Foundation Jim McClelland & Lynn Miller
Manny & Ruthy Cohen Foundation Lynn & David Oppenheim
MKM Foundation David Pierson & Barrie Trimingham
National Endowment for the Arts Bette Renaud & Rob Hoffman
Nora Roberts Foundation Lucy Bell Sellers
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Kaki Short
Philadelphia Cultural Fund Jeanne Sigler & James Fratto
Rosenlund Foundation Bart & Sandy Silverman
Ross Family Foundation Rebecca & Rhys Williams
Shubert Foundation
Stewart Family Foundation LIMELIGHTS ($1,000 - $2,499)
Suzanne Roberts Cultural Dev. Fund Anonymous
Virginia Brown Martin Fund of the Lorinda Lou Beller
Philadelphia Foundation Bryce & Barbara Byrne
William Penn Foundation Elaine Woo Camarda
Wyncote Foundation Michael & Clairellen Catalano-Johnson
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Carol & Ray Cook TORCHES ($500 - $999)
Cynthia Cooke & Beth Anne Spanninger Anonymous (2)
Brendan & Christine Cox Elizabeth Armour & Philip Rakita
Robert M. Dever Michael Brooks
Mark & Tobey Dichter Pauline Candaux & Sol Katz
Gene F. Dilks Carol & Bruce Caswell
Mark Froehlich Joan I. Coale
Dr. Alice George Terry & Peter Conn
Eduardo Glandt & George Ritchie Peter DeLaurier
Linda & David Glickstein Rhonda Dickey
Stephen & Barbara Gold Dwight & Jennifer Edwards
Maxine & Jay Goldberg Nancy Ely-Rafael
Janice T. Gordon, PhD John & Nancy Fischer
Mark & Vivian Greenberg Oliver & Monca Flint
John & Susan Hansen-Flaschen Juliet Forster
Donna M. Hill, Esq. & John. R. Wilson, Jr. Sara & Dieter Forster
Kenneth Hutchins Mark & Sally Frazza
Annabelle Jellinek Elizabeth H. Gemmill
Betsy Kalish Howard & Norah Goldfine
Sampath Kannan Charles & Alison Graham
Everett Kenyatta George Graham & Kyle Merker
Leonard Kolins & Faye Goldman Kathleen Hovde & Kenneth Kulak
Wynn & Anne Silvers Lee Judith & Richard Hurtig
Charles McMahon Brearley B. Karsch
David McMahon & Rebecca Berman Eve & Ken Klothen
Ralph Muller & Beth Johnston Harry & Stacy LaBelle
Leonard Nakamura & Myra Leysorek Ann Lesch
Susan Odessey Lynn Mather
Barbara Oldenhoff Peggy Morgan
Thomas & Karin Pajak Susan B. Muller
David Richman & Janet Perry Anette Munt & Jonathan Israel
Pamela & Gresham Riley Liz & Reid Murray
Lee & Roy Shubert Zoe S. Pappas
Paulette Singleton Lance & Ginny Parry
Gayle & David Smith Lynn Paul
Robert Urquhart & Marsha Lester Steven J. Peitzman
June & Steve Wolfson Claire & Lud Pisapia, in memory of Joe
Crosley
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Gregory J. Kleiber, Chair • Donna Saul Millen, Vice President • Brendan P. Cox, Treasurer •
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John & Susan Smith Ron & Marcia Goldstein
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Robert & Susan Tafel Paul D. Green
Anne & Richard Umbrecht Melissa Greenberg & Peter Badgio
John & Christine Van Horne Margaret Hamilton
Karen Vesely & Evan Siegelman Bruce & Karen Harrison
Dr. Vaclav Vitek Leslie Hempling
Barb & Jim Wakefield Diane & Dan Hofer
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Lyn Wiesinger Marc Kittner & Ashley Hulsey
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Melanie Belinsky honor of Betsy Kalish
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David Girasole Nilmini Klur & Martin Bryant
Joan Gmitter Lorraine Kobeski
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A special thank you...
Special thanks to all of you who generously donated the value of your Othello
and The Misanthrope tickets back to the Lantern this past spring. We are so
grateful for your support, and we can’t wait to see you in person at St.
Stephen’s Theater when it is safe to gather.
Howard Aaronson Sheila & Myron Bassman Heidi Bowman
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