THEATER J’s

Celebrating Theater J’s 30th Anniversary

Honoring Al Munzer

Awarding our Inaugural Jewish Play Prizes

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020

7:00 P.M.

ORDER OF EVENTSWELCOME

Jojo Ruf, Theater J Managing DirectorTheater J: Thirty Years from Strength to Strength

A Documentary Adam Immerwahr, Theater J Artistic Director

THEATER J PATTY ABRAMSON JEWISH PLAY PRIZE

Introduction by Les SilvermanNicole Cox, Inaugural Winner

HONORING AL MUNZERIntroduction by Mita Schaffer, Theater J Council Member

Al Munzer, Theater J Council Member

THEATER J TRISH VRADENBURG JEWISH PLAY PRIZE

Introduction by George VradenburgJoshua Harmon, Inaugural Winner

EXCERPT: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC BY JOSHUA HARMON, DIRECTED BY DAVID CROMER

TOASTDava Schub, Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center

Chief Executive Officer

PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLICBy Joshua Harmon

Directed by David Cromer

Marcelle ...................................................................... Betsy Aidem* Molly ...................................................................................................Molly Ranson* Elodie .................................................................................... Francis Benhamou*Charles ........................................................................................... Tony Shalhoub*Danie .................................................................................................... Yair Ben-Dor*

Stage Manager .............................................. Anthony O. Bullock*Casting Director ..................................................... Chelsea Adams

*denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Prayer For The French Republic was developed as part of the Martha Heasley Cox Virgin Play Festival at Magic Theatre in

San Francisco, Loretta Greco, Artistic Director.

Prayer For The French Republic as originally commissioned by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director,

Barry Gove, Executive Producer, with funds provided by Bank of America.

We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions:

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

SAG-AFTRA

through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program

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JOSHUA HARMONWinner of the inaugural Theater J Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize, which awards $15,000 to an established playwright in recognition of a new play that celebrates, explores, and/or struggles with the complexities and nuances of the Jewish experience.

Joshua Harmon’s plays include Bad Jews (Roundabout Underground; Roundabout/Laura Pels; West End), Significant Other (Roundabout; Broadway/Booth Theatre), Admissions (Lincoln Center Theater; West End), and Skintight (Roundabout). His plays have been produced across the country including at The Magic, Geffen Playhouse, Studio Theatre, Theater Wit, Speakeasy, and Actor’s Express, and internationally in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, and throughout the U.K. He is a two-time MacDowell Colony Fellow and under commission at Manhattan Theatre Club and Roundabout, where he is an Associate Artist. Education: Juilliard.

VRADENBURG PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE: Adam Immerwahr, Chad Kinsman, Ellen Peltz, Kevin Place, Jojo Ruf

NICOLE COXWinner of the inaugural Theater J Patty Abramson Jewish Play Prize, which awards $3,000 and a stage reading to a promising emerging woman, trans, or non-binary playwright n recognition of a new play that celebrates, explores, and/or struggles with the complexities and nuances of the Jewish experience.

Nicole Cox is a writer in DC. Her play, Office of the Speaker, won Best Drama at Capital Fringe 2019, and her poem, “I Want Lou Reed” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She’s had productions and readings at the 1-Minute Play Festival, Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage, and Citizens Play Festival. Paula Vogel and Dan O’Brien invited Nicole to workshop her play, All Other Nights, at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. Her work is published in literary magazines including American Book Review, Tablet Magazine, Split Lip, Electric Literature, Briar Cliff Review, and Hanging Loose. Nicole earned her MFA from Emerson College.

Abramson Prize First Round Readers: Josh Adams, Nephelie Andonyadis, Colin K. Bills, Anthony O. Bullock, Jose Carrasquillo, Andrew Cohen, Bruce Cohen, Sarah Corey, Jenna Duncan, Billy Finn, Nancy Firestone, Ann Gilbert, Kimberly Gilbert, Rae Grad, Paige Hathaway, Patti Herman, Tyler Herman, Eric Hissom, Adam Immerwahr, Laurie Levy-Page, Misha Kachman, Dan Kaplan, Arlene Klepper, Drew Kopas, Steve Lachter, John Lescault, Laurie Levy-Page, Ellen Malasky, Howard Menaker, Paul Morella, Sherry Nevins, Sarah O’Halloran, Sasha Olinick, Ellen Peltz, Saul Pilchen, Kevin Place, Elaine Reuben, Susan Rome, Bella Rosenberg, Evelyn Sandground, Bob Schlossberg, David Schlumpf, Manny Strauss, Pam Weiner, Michael Willis.

Abramson Prize Semi-Finalist Readers: Adam Immerwahr, Ellen Peltz, Kevin Place

Abramson Prize Final Selection Committee: Michele Berman, Johanna Gruenhut, Jojo Ruf, Leigh Silverman

TWO NEW JEWISH PLAY PRIZES

HONORING AL MUNZERDr. Alfred Munzer is a recently retired physician specializing in diseases of the lung who was Director of the Pulmonary Medicine Department at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park. He has served as President of the American Lung Association and in 2000 he was awarded the Will Ross Medal, the highest honor given by the association for volunteer service at the national level. He currently chairs the Board of Trustees of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and remains intimately involved in the global implementation of the

first treaty developed under the auspices of the World Health Association, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Dr. Munzer was born in the Netherlands during WWII and lost his father and two sisters in the Holocaust. He spent the first four years of his life hidden from the Nazi occupiers with an Indonesian family residing in The Hague. He and his mother immigrated to the United States in 1958. For the past eight years he has been a volunteer at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum translating diaries from Dutch into English for a five-volume series called Jewish Responses to Persecution and as a docent for the museum’s permanent and special exhibitions.

Dr. Munzer has told the story of his family and of his rescue countless times through the museum’s First-Person series and to groups of judges, law enforcement officers and high school and college students. Five years ago, he had the especially moving experience of sharing the story of his rescue by an Indonesian family with a group of Indonesian students at Temple University. At their invitation, Dr. Munzer went to Indonesia to bring the lesson of courage and compassion in a time of hate to an audience completely unfamiliar with the Holocaust.

Four years ago, he was invited to speak at a Holocaust Commemoration in Scotland where he, a child survivor of the Holocaust was paired with Arn Chorn Pond, a child survivor of the Khmer Rouge. Their bond brought him to Cambodia where he witnessed first-hand the power of music and the arts in bringing healing and reconciliation to a people ravaged by atrocities and genocide. He now serves on the board of the organization dedicated to that vision, Cambodian Living Arts.

Dr. Munzer joined the Theater J Council in 2011, and served as a Co-Chair of the Council from 2015 to 2017. He joined the EDCJCC Board of Directors in 2016.

THEATER J BENEFIT HONORARY COMMITTEE Babs and Rabbi A.N. AbramowitzMichele and Allan BermanJoyce and Fred BonnettJohanna Chanin and Randall LevittGinny and Irwin EdlavitchMyrna FawcettCheryl GorelickMartha Winter Gross and Robert TracyElizabeth Karmin and Emanuel StraussArlene and Martin KlepperDianne and Herb LernerMarion Ein LewinFrances Marshall and Lewis SchragerPaul and Zena MasonRona and Allan MendelsohnPatricia Payne and Nancy FirestoneSaul and Nancy PilchenDiane and Arnold PolingerKay Richman and Daniel KaplanBella RosenbergEvelyn Sandground and Bill PerkinsHelene and Robert SchlossbergLes SilvermanMichael Singer and James SmithPatti and Jerry SowalskyMimi Tygier and Robert RubinGeorge VradenburgJoan S. WesselNatalie Wexler and James FeldmanJudy and Leo Zickler* List as of November 13, 2020

GOLD SPONSORSAnn and Frank Gilbert Bonnie and Alan Hammerschlag

Kenneth and Amy EisenKrupsky

Sandra and Stephen LachterSherry and Louis NevinsDori Phaff and Dan RavivRichard SollowayCathy and Peter TorenAmy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

SILVER SPONSORSJoan and Alan Berman Susan and Dixon Butler Nancy and Cary Feldman Dina Gold Patti and Mitchell Herman Ellen and Gary Malasky Howard Menakerand Patrick Gossett

Elaine ReubenJune and Marvin Rogul

BRONZE SPONSORSMara Bralove and Ari Fisher Bunny Dwin John Edelmann Jill and Robert GranaderWilliam Kreisberg Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin

Alfred Munzer and Joel WindSylvia Shenk and YoramAharoni

Dr. Stuart Sotsky Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Thirty years ago, Theater J began as a handful of productions in a townhouse, quickly growing to become the largest and most prominent Jewish theater in the country. Throughout the last three decades, we have produced work that celebrates, explores, and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition. We have examined ethical questions of our time, intercultural experiences that parallel our own, and the changing landscape of Jewish identities. We have preserved and expanded our Jewish theatrical tradition and foster commonality across our community and commonality through theater-going experiences. Over half of Theater J’s budget comes from the generous gifts of contributors like you, who see the value of having a thriving Jewish cultural center in the heart of our city, and we are immensely grateful that you have been an important part of our history.

The world has changed dramatically since we began planning our 2019-2020 Season, a season celebrating 30 years of excellence. We may not be able to gather in person, but we continue serve our mission. Safely. From a distance. And that has only been possible because of your support. Thank you for standing with us during this tumultuous time and helping us ensure that one day soon we will welcome you from your home back into ours.

Here’s to the next 30 years.

Warmly,

Jojo Ruf Adam ImmerwahrManaging Director Artistic Director

ABOUT THE EDLAVITCH DCJCCTheater J is a program of the Edlavitch DCJCC. Guided by Jewish values and heritage, the Edlavitch DCJCC engages individuals and families through its cultural, recreational, educational, and social justice programs by welcoming people of all backgrounds to connect, learn, serve and be entertained together in ways that reflect the unique role of the Center in the nation’s capital.

The Edlavitch DCJCC will not stand for racism or injustice to anyone. During this tumultuous time, we as a community must come together and avail ourselves as allies to the black community. We must take a stand against police brutality. It is through our voices that we can make a difference in the greater DC area and in the world. We say the names of those murdered just in the last few months: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and mourn the senseless loss of countless other sacred black lives.

We must be the change we want to see, so immediately we commit to looking internally and making changes to ensure that we are an anti-racist organization. We pledge to:

• Listen, learn, and deepen our understanding of racism and the violence it brings so we can move our organization towards being more anti-racist;

• Create programming for our community on being anti-racist and how to become better allies;

• Recognize and center the voices of our staff, members, and community who are People of Color.

We know this is only a beginning and that accountability must exist both in the present and in the long-term. We hope you will join us to fight for a world where equality prevails.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTTheater J is honored to welcome everybody to our virtual event. Our building sits on the traditional homeland of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), farmers and traders who lived along the banks of the Anacostia River. Beginning in 1608, European settlers decimated the Nacotchtank with disease, warfare, and forced removal. By the 1700s, the survivors fled to join other tribes to the north, south, and west, including the Piscataway Peoples, who continue to steward these lands from generation to generation. We know this acknowledgement is only a small step towards justice, and we ask that all of us learn about the past and present and invest in the future of our country’s Indigenous communities wherever we are.

EDLAVITCH DCJCCChief Executive Officer: Dava SchubChief Financial Officer: Craig MintzChief Operating Officer: Bini W. Silver

THEATER J STAFF Artistic Director: Adam ImmerwahrManaging Director: Jojo Ruf

Associate Producer: Kevin PlaceLiterary Director: Ellen Morgan PeltzResident Casting Director: Jenna DuncanCommissioned Writers: Lila Rose Kaplan, Drew Lichtenberg, Alix Sobler

Director of Marketing and Communications: Laurie Levy-PageDirector of Patron Experience: Chad KinsmanDevelopment Coordinator: Tyler CarcyTicket Office Manager: Corinne Williams

Technical Director: Tom HowleyProduction Coordinator: Daniel DebnerResident Production Stage Manager: Anthony O. BullockHead Electrician: Garth DolanLead Shop Associate: Ellen Houseknecht

Artist Ticket Office Associates: Diana Abadi, Charles Aube, Arpan Bhattacharyya, Willette Coleman, Trevor Comeau, Rayna Cook, Carol Jones, Zenia Laws, Katherine Lim, KJ Moran, Kaitlin Pennington, Hadiya Rice, Sam Rollin, Jill Roos, Mary-Margaret Walsh.

BENEFIT STAFFLine Producer: Cheryl MintzProduction Coordinator: Alison CoteVideo Editor: Seth MellmanIT Manager: Peregrin JonesDocumentary Director: Adam ImmerwahrTheater J Production Coordinator: Danny Debner

2020-2021 THEATER J COUNCILPatti HermanCo-ChairHoward MenakerCo-ChairBob TracyTreasurerAnn GilbertSecretary

Mara BraloveBruce A. CohenAlan ElsnerNancy FirestoneMindy GasthalterCheryl GorelickRae GradDaniel KaplanArlene KlepperKenneth Krupsky

Stephen LachterEllen MalaskyMeredith MargolisAlfred MunzerSherry NevinsSaul PilchenElaine ReubenBella RosenbergEvelyn SandgroundMita M. SchafferRobert SchlossbergLewis SchragerTerry SingerStuart SotskyPatti SowalskyManny StraussKathryn Veal

HONORARY COUNCILPatty Abramson*Michele G. BermanMarion Ein LewinPaul J. MasonHank SchlosbergTrish Vradenberg*Joan S. WesselIrene Wurtzel

Saul PilchenJohanna ChaninDaniel HirschEric ZelenkoJonathan GrossmanDavid GoldblattBenjamin D. Loewy

Barbara AbramowitzJanet B. AbramsAndrew AltmanJoseph A. BaldingerJoan BermanMichele G. BermanJordan Lloyd BookeyJennifer BradleyJaclyn CohenEva DavisJonathan Edelman

Myrna FawcettMeg FlaxBrian Gelfand Dina GoldDebra GoldbergRena GordonEllen Kassoff GrayElise LefkowitzJulie LundyMeredith MargolisSid MoskowitzAlfred MunzerAlyson MyersMelanie Franco NussdorfArnold PolingerShannon PowersNorm J. RichSharon Russ Jonathan Rutenberg

Michael SalzbergJanis SchiffRhea SchwartzMichael SingerTina SmallCathy Toren Mimi TygierDiane Abelman Wattenberg

Dava Schub, Chief Executive Officer

ex-officio

Founding DirectorGinny Edlavitch

Vice President Emeritus Lee G. Rubenstein

EDLAVITCH DCJCC 2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Anonymous (1)Susan and Alan ApterDrs. Susan Arbuck andMartin Goldrosen

Rita Z. AschAlona BachDebby Berlyne and Danny Bachman

Michele and Allan BermanDiane BoehrJoanne H. BortsMara Bralove and Ari Fisher

Rachel and Steven BraunAmy Jacoby BudishBruce A. CohenKeith CohenDaniel and Audrey Crane-Hirsch

Lois FieldsMindy GasthalterAnn and Frank GilbertE Laura Goldberg andMichael D Hamilton

Anita GottliebRenata GreenspanFritzi K. and Robert J. Hallock

Mitchell HarrisMira Hirsch

Andrew IsenAriel JacobsonMelissa JonesKay Richman and Daniel KaplanDr. Judith KaufmanBarbara and Hank KimmelLisa KleinMartha Kahn and Simeon M. Kriesberg

Michael KyrioglouSandra and Stephen Lachter

Eileen LawrenceDavid LiuRobert LubranMrs. Yelena MadorskyEllen and Gary MalaskyMary Lynne MartinLouis MazaweyBrian MelroseHoward Menaker and Patrick Gossett

Libby and Ronald MerrillJudith NeibriefSherry and Louis NevinsMarc OkrandChristine PenaDiane Perry

Joseph PomperVicki RobinsonBella RosenbergTrina and Lee G. Rubenstein

Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins

Lois SbarRae Grad and Manuel SchiffresHelene and Robert Schlossberg

Share FundPeggy and David ShiffrinLes SilvermanTerry SingerMichael SmolyakAileen SolomonDr. Stuart SotskyJan Marie SteeleAlice StockElizabeth Karmin and Emanuel Strauss

Enid StubinAri WeinbergSeth WeisbergLeslie WeismanKaren Zuckerstein

Please consider joining your friends and neighbors in supporting Theater J and ensuring we move ahead with the spirit, resiliency, and ambition that has been a hallmark of this theater since its inception three decades ago. You can donate to 30 Years: Strength to Strength Campaign here: www.theaterj.org/strength-to-strength

Theater J gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have generously contributed to our “30 Years: Strength to Strength” campaign. This list is current as of November 13, 2020.

FRIENDS OF THEATER JTheater J gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have given since November 13, 2019. This list is current as of November 13, 2020.

LEADING PRODUCER ($100,000+)Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation

SPONSORING PRODUCER ($25,000-$99,999) DC Commission on the Arts and HumanitiesSusie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar FoundationSari R. HornsteinThe Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation

Revada Foundation of the Logan FamilyShare FundThe Shubert Foundation Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

SUPPORTING PRODUCER ($18,000-$24,999)Bruce A. CohenPatti and Mitchell HermanAlfred Munzer and Joel WindMelanie and Larry Nussdorf*Kay Richman and Daniel KaplanHank SchlosbergHelene and Robert Schlossberg

LEADING ANGEL ($10,000-$17,999) Esthy and James AdlerCathy S. BernardNational Endowment for the ArtsJames A. Feldman and Natalie WexlerNathan Goldman Marital TrustArlene and Martin KlepperMarion Ein LewinHoward Menaker and Patrick GossettThe Morgan Fund at the Seattle FoundationPatricia Payne and Nancy FirestoneDiane and Arnold PolingerNora Roberts FoundationBella RosenbergEvelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins

Terry SingerPatti and Jerry SowalskyGeorge Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc

SPONSORING ANGEL ($6,000-$9,999)Michele and Allan BermanJoyce and Fred BonnettMyrna FawcettMindy GasthalterCheryl GorelickElizabeth Karmin and Emanuel StraussSandra and Stephen LachterDianne and Herb LernerFrances Marshall and Lewis SchragerSherry and Louis NevinsElaine Reuben, The Timbrel FundLes SilvermanDr. Kathryn VealEllen and Bernard YoungJudy and Leo Zickler

SUPPORTING ANGEL ($3,000-$5,999) Andrea Boyarsky-MaiselMara Bralove and Ari FisherSusan and Dixon ButlerKathy Byrnes and John ImmerwahrThe Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Alan and Shulamit ElsnerLois and Michael FingerhutAnn and Frank GilbertMartha Winter Gross and Robert TracyMeg and John HaugeKenneth and Amy Eisen KrupskyEllen and Gary MalaskyMeredith Margolis and Gary GoodweatherJeff MenickUndine and Carl NashNancy and Saul PilchenMita M. Schaffer and Tina M. MartinRae Grad and Manuel Schiffres

Dr. Stuart SotskyAlan and Irene Wurtzel

ENTHUSIAST ($1,000-$2,999)Anonymous (1)Babs and Rabbi A.N. AbramowitzJohanna Chanin and Randall LevittGinny and Irwin EdlavitchLois FieldsPatricia and David FisherMichelle and Jonathan GrossmanBonnie and Alan HammerschlagArlene and Martin KlepperLiza LevyPaul and Zena MasonRona and Allan MendelsohnDori Phaff and Dan RavivTrina and Lee G. RubensteinJojo RufAnn SchwartzPeggy and David ShiffrinMichael SingerRichard SollowayCathy and Peter TorenMimi Tygier and Robert RubinVictoria and Neil WeisfeldJoan S. Wessel

ADMIRER ($500-$999)Joan and Alan BermanEva SchoeferSusan and George DriesenBunny DwinJohn EdelmannSuzanne FeferNancy and Cary FeldmanBenno GersonDina GoldPaula Seigle GoldmanCarol and Robert HausmanAndrew IsenMartha Kahn and Simeon M. KriesbergKenneth and Audrey KramerWilliam Kreisberg

Hannah LeftonNancy Limprecht and Rick HainesWinton Eaheart Matthews, Jr.Trudy and Gary PetersonGeraldine Fogel PilzerSusan and Firoze RaoNancy and Samuel RaskinGrace RobinowitzJune and Marvin RogulCathy and Marc ScheinesonSylvia ShenkBeverly and Harlan SherwatDiane Abelman WattenbergCarolyn and Richard ZieglerM B Bordman

DEVOTEE ($100-$499)Anonymous (4)Deborah AdlerLouis AltarescuRandi AltschulerSusan and Alan ApterMark E ArbesfeldCarole and Matthew AshDouglas AuerbachElaine AuerbachAmy and Lawrence BankerMike and Lissa BarryLinda A. BaumannTrudi BenfordMorton and Janet BerfieldCheryl BergerDebby Berlyne and Danny BachmanAmbassador Julia Chang Bloch andStuart Bloch

Sondra and Stewart BlockCarol BloombergLinda Blumberg and Stephen TurowDiane BoehrM B BordmanTamar BrillDr. Kenneth BrinLaurie Brumberg

Michael L. Burke and Carl W. SmithJudith BurnsAlice and Joel BurtonJamie and Stuart ButlerStuart CarlowWallace ChandlerLeah ChaninEdward and Ruth CogenClaudia De Colstoun-WerebeDave ConnickDaniel and Audrey Crane-HirschJanice CrawfordKathryn DahlBelle Negrin DavisKelly Devers and Kristin CarmanSharon Doner-FeldmanAlison Drucker and Tom HolzmanSuzanne Ducat and Stanley CohenPaula DurbinRachel and Steven EidelmanMichelle and Glenn EngelmannDavid and Ellen EpsteinEvelyn and Barry EpsteinSandra and Andrew EskinJune FalbRabbi Charles and Krayna FeinbergShari FeinbergMiriam FeinsilverEstelle and David FeitDr. John FinedoreMr. and Mrs. Harold FingerSheri and Stuart FischerTracy FisherDavid T. FoxBarry FriedmanShula FriedmanSusan and Michael FriedmanJanet GarberSteven GarronJanice GillumKenneth GlazerDebra Goldberg and Seth WaxmanMark Goldberg

Dr. Jesse GoodmanRoberta and Morton GorenRobert GramssGeoffrey GreenJody Green and Edward MaxDr. Larrie and Joyce GreenbergRobin and Jay HammerSusan and Allen HanenbaumSusan HausfeldKenneth HeitnerStephen HellmanEdith and Arthur HesselDavid HighnoteLucia HillElmina and Ernest HilsenrathSandra HoexterRobert Hollis and Don JewlerDeborah JaffeCarol Adaire Jones and Jay PendergrassLeslie and Samuel KaplanLori and Hal KassoffEllen Kassoff Gray and Todd GrayFran Katz and Robert WatsonRichard KelloggAviva KempnerEugene KenneyDr. Annette KillmerFaith and Jim KirkKay Klass and Mark LevittNancy and Everett KormanJudith KornEllen Kramarow and Jared GarelickBeth KramerMimi Brodsky KressBarry KropfSteven KrumSharon KuebbingRuth KurzbauerEileen LawrenceDarryl Lynn Lefcoe, DDSJoy Lerner and Stephen KelinMordechai LevovitzMarlene and Howard Levy

Roz and Sandy LevyPatricia and Randall LewisDiane Liff and Georgia KornIris LipkowitzSusan Liss and Rabbi Fred ReinerKen LudwigArleen Enid LustigDalya and Edward LuttwakMrs. Yelena MadorskyDevra C. MarcusMarlene and Ken MarkisonMary Lynne MartinCatherine MascelliCarol Mates and Mark KahanLouis MazaweyIrene MendelsonLibby and Ronald MerrillKit Gage and Steven MetalitzRoberta MilbergFrances J. MillerIna MiltonCaroline MindelBarbara and Herbert MintzCheryl Mintz and Harris RichterHannah MooreErica MorseLynne and Donald MyersCarolina and Mark NadelBeth Newburger SchwartzSamantha Nolan and Randall SpeckElisabeth NooneGayle Novig and Terry MahnAnne O’FlahertyMs. Judith PeresJoanne PerlmanJohn PetersonRoberta PieczenikZachary Pilchen and Samantha LockhartWayne PinesSusan PlaegerJessica PollnerMichael PosnerZack Powell

Francine RaizesErica Raphael and Richard FriedmanCaren RavitchRenay and Bill RegardieJonathan ReichnerVicki RobinsonSteven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low IIINancy and Herbert A. RosenthalRodney A. RossFrederick RufDeborah and Michael SalzbergNahma SandrowAndrea SavadaAnne and Barry SchenofPatricia SchnellGena Schoen and Rik EdwardsRhea Schwartz and Paul WolffRachel and Rabbi Ethan SeidelRuth SeifAnn-Louise and Stuart SilverPatricia SilvermanDavid SilversmithLisa K. SimmonsJoan and Irwin SingerArlene Farber Sirkin and Stuart SirkinJudy and Russell SmithRobert SnyderLinda M. SolomonJudith and Richard SternHarriett StonehillMindy Strelitz and Andrew CornblattGwydion and Maura SuilebhanMary SwansonSheila and Barry TaylorDr. Stanley TempchinJohn TollerisPhilippe TondeurLeslie TourignyJoan A. TreichelMartha TrunkVali Tschirgi and Adam NemzerJudith and Lester TurnerDrs. Marion and Michael Usher

Eric Van BuskirkIrene Vangsness and Richard BerzonShana WaggerRoberta WassermanElaine WeinsteinPhyllis Stanger and Michael WeissValerie and John WheelerGregory WilliamsAdam WinklemanJanet and Robert WittesChristopher WolfCarrie Wolfe and Mark GreenwoodSheri and Raymond Martin WolfeMark WolkowLori-Ann WynterRivka YerushalmiMargo Young and John BrillJulie and David ZalkindJudy ZimmermanSheila Zimmet *of blessed memory

ABOUT THEATER JTheater J is a nationally-renowned, professional theater that celebrates, explores, and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition. Our work illuminates and examines: ethical questions of our time, inter-cultural experiences that parallel our own, and the changing landscape of Jewish identities. As the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater, we aim to preserve and expand a rich Jewish theatrical tradition and to create community and commonality through theater-going experiences.