The Three Musketeers

By Kirsten Childs
Adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Music and Lyrics by Kristen Childs

Featuring

Cast

• Torée Alexandre*
• Zoe Anastassiou*
• Edwin Brown III*
• Darius Deon*
• Sam Encarnacion*
• Max Antonio Gonzalez*
• Ty Camren Hawthorne
• Travis Raeburn*
• Christopher Then*
• William Oliver Watkins*
• Eunice Woods*
• Caro Zeller*

 

Director	Kent Gash
Scenic Design	Edward E. Haynes, Jr.
Costume Design	Ann Hould-Ward
Lighting Design	Dawn Chiang
Sound Design & Orchestrations	Lindsay Jones
Fight Coreography	J. David Brimmer
Intimacy Coordinator	Ann James
Hair & Wig Design	J. Jared Janas
Voice & Speech	Xavier Clark
Choreographer	Byron Easley
Music Direction	J. Oconer Navarro
Additional Music	Carson Childs, Lindsay Jones
Production Stage Manager	Melissa Richter*
Assistant Stage Manager	Josh-Andrew Wisdom*

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

Cast ListIn alphabetical order

• Torée Alexandre* (Constance and others)
• Zoe Anastassiou* (Lady Lannoy, Monsieur Bonacieux, Jussac, and others)
• Edwin Brown III* (Rochefort and others)
• Darius Deon* (D’Artagnan)
• Sam Encarnacion* (Athos, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas)
• Max Antonio Gonzalez* (The Duke of Buckingham, Vittori, and others)
• Ty Camren Hawthorne (King Louis XIII, Mirecourt, Treville and others)
• Travis Raeburn* (Porthos)
• Christopher Then* (Aramis)
• William Oliver Watkins* (Alexandre Dumas, Cardinal Richelieu and others)
• Eunice Woods* (Milady de Winter)
• Caro Zeller* (Queen Anne and others)

Creative and Production Team

• Kate Pitt, Assistant Director
• Row Walters, Production Manager and Audio Supervisor
• Kis Knekt, Assistant Scenic Designer and Props Supervisor
• Robin McGee, Associate Costume Designer
• Tony Lauro, Associate Hair and Wigs Designer
• Adam Munoz, Associate Choreographer
• Amanda Stutzman, Tour Wardrobe Supervisor
• Olivia Hern, Sammy Mainzer and Jannette Fischer, Costume Assistants
• Ien DeNio, Associate Sound Designer
• Luzmyrna Crespo, Associate Fight Choreographer
• Leon Qin and Miles Segura, Fight Choreography Interns
• Devan Kelty, Tour Lighting Supervisor
• Dan Mullins and John Anselmo, Production Electrician
• Sara Rosenthal, Production Assistant
• X Casting/Victor Vazquez, CSA, Casting Agent

The Acting Company Staff

• Devin Brain, Producing Director
• Kent Gash, Artistic Director
• Erik Schroeder, Managing Director
• Brianna Rafidi, Associate Producer
• Pamela Reichen, General Manager
• Hillary Cohen, Director of Development
• AJ Jackson, Company Manager
• Nayah Ferris, Development Associate
• Maddie Hopfield, Office Manager and Bookkeeper

Playwright’s Note

by Kirsten Childs

I remember reading The Three Musketeers when I was a young girl growing up in twentieth century Civil-Rights era America. The story was a perfect escape from the cares of Black life; full of excitement and derring-do and romance, and wild, wonderful exploits of bold young men. As I reveled in the story’s enchantment, it was not lost on me, however, that bold young men I personally knew would have been summarily mowed down by the powers-that-be, had they exhibited a mere fraction of the boldness of The Musketeers. Because my bold young men were Black men in America (google Emmett Till), and the Musketeers clearly were White, since their story was written by a White man.

Or so I thought.

Imagine my surprise to learn that Alexandre Dumas, the author of this wonderful tale was himself Black, born of a Black man.

Imagine my glee upon hearing a story (possibly apocryphal but definitely awesome) about Dumas where he was confronted with the racist question, “If you are a quarter Black, and your father’s half Black and your grandfather’s all Black, does that make your great-grandfather a monkey?” To which Dumas replied, “And that’s where my ancestry ends and yours begins.”

Well, damn! How could such a writer and his works not be completely seductive to a young girl who had to watch her Black brethren chafe against the strictures of a society determined to quell their arrogant fabulousness?

And so, this work is my love letter to my supremely confident, arrogantly fabulous hero Alexandre Dumas. Long may he swashbuckle while throwing shade at those who deserve it.

Cast BiosIn alphabetical order

Torée Alexandre (Constance and others). Hailing from Yonkers, NY, Torée is a graduate of Point Park University where she studied Acting and Musical Theatre. Torée is honored and humbled to be working with The Acting Company. Her mother first introduced her to Shakespeare with Sonnet 29, “When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes…” and she has had a deep appreciation for the Bard’s words ever since. Giving many thanks to the people who inspire her: Paige, Mama, Mommy and CHI Talent. Glory to the Most High!

Zoe Anastassiou (Lady Lannoy, Monsieur Bonacieux, Jussac, and others) is a Greek-Aussie-Brit. She is currently seen in Emily Bohannon’s Virtue featuring Margaret Colin and Joshua Henry, streaming on Broadway on Demand. Zoe was just seen in Megan Lohne’s Sharing Silence as part of the Emerging Artists Theatre’s New Work Series, as Lady Capulet and in a reading of King Lear directed by Austin Pendleton as part of The Workshop Theater’s Annual Will-a-Thon. For more information, please visit www.zoeanastassiou.com.

Edwin Brown III (Rochefort and others) is from DC. Off-Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man (Royal Family), Separate and Equal (59E59); Fly (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Wig Out!, Three Sisters (Studio Theatre); The Freedom Trial of Anthony Burns (Coterie Theatre); Freedom Rider (KCRep), Venus (Ira Aldridge Theatre). TV credits: Lincoln’s War at Washington (Smithsonian Channel). Brown is a Howard and BADA alum with an MFA in Acting and Directing at KC Rep/UMKC.

Darius Deon (D'Artagnan) is a Grand Prairie, Texas native who is elated for this to be his National Tour debut! Previous credits include: Brutus in Julius Caesar (Kentucky Shakespeare Tour) and Orlando/Sebastian in As You Like It/Twelfth Night (Texas Shakespeare Festival). He would also love to give all Glory and Honor to God, his family, and his friends for their neverending support.

Sam Encarnación (Athos, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas) is proud to join The Acting Company in its 50th season. Credits include: The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (Indiana Rep), The Bandaged Place (New York Stage & Film), Peter and the Starcatcher (VSC), Skin Deep Skin Tight (Precariat Prod), Long Way Go Down (Harold Clurman Lab), The Brothers Size (Syracuse Stage and South African tour), Topdog/Underdog (Peoples Theater Lab). Television credits: Law & Order: SVU and Jessica Jones. He is an alumnus of the conservatory at the Stella Adler Studio.

Max Antonio Gonzalez (The Duke of Buckingham, Vittori, and others) is an actor, singer, and dancer based in New York City. He graduated from the New Studio on Broadway at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Credits: For You, Paige (Symphony Space), Cinderella (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), The Fantasticks, West Side Story, and Joseph… Dreamcoat (Tibbits Opera House). Max is thrilled to be a part of The Acting Company. Sending love to Juan, Joan, Ana, Leo, and Sophie! Socials: @Maxgonzo13 and maxantoniogonzalez.com.

Ty Camren Hawthorne (King Louis XIII, Mirecourt, Treville and others) is an NYC-based artist hailing from the distant shores of Monterey, California. Ty is a recent graduate of The New Studio at NYU Tisch where he was humbled to receive the Outstanding Achievement in Studio award. Recent credits include immersive collaborations with Netflix such as Stranger Things: The Experience, Money Heist: the Experience. He is overjoyed to be joining The Acting Company and sharing the stage with this talent group. @_CaffeinatedCreative_

Travis Raeburn (Porthos) is a graduate of SUNY Purchase’s Acting Conservatory (BFA) and LaGuardia High School (Drama). Last in MCC Theater production of Soft. Some credits include Wu-Tang: An American Saga, First Match, commercials for MasterCard USA, Xfinity, and Pop Tarts, and In the Southern Breeze at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. Raeburn thanks his mother, grandmother and family for their support. Black lives always will matter. His music is streaming on all platforms under TravRae. Instagram @travierae.

Christopher Then (Aramis) Take the A train to 168th street and you’ll find yourself in Washington Heights where Christopher Then comes from. This bilingual NY native states: “Acting was something that I found myself always coming back to.” He received his M.F.A from The New School for Drama. Previous credits: Last Train to Tomorrow (Alice Tully hall), Blu (Roscoe Brown Theater), The last days of Judas Iscariot (NSD). He is beyond excited to make his Acting Company Debut with this talented group of actors. www.ChristopherThen.com

William Oliver Watkins (Alexandre Dumas, Cardinal Richelieu and others). Stage credits: Perseverance (Portland Stage), Jordan (Northern Stage), Thirst (CATF), Sweat, Ruined, Jackie & Me, One Night in Miami (Denver Center), Othello, Twelfth Night (Cincinnati Shakes), Antigone, Camp Logan (National Black Theatre), The Christians, Merchant of Venice (Gulfshore Playhouse), A Raisin in the Sun (Studio Arena). Screen credits: The Endgame, New Amsterdam, The Forty-Year-Old Version, Bull, L&O, SVU, Blindspot, The Blacklist, Madam Secretary, Nasty Baby, Nurse Jackie. Will is originally from Cincinnati, OH.

Eunice Woods (Milady de Winter) is delighted you came to the show! Theatre credits: Bayard Rustin Inside Ashland (People’s Light), Paradise Blue (City Theatre), Pipeline (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Ohio State Murders (Goodman Theatre), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and Her Portmanteau (American Conservatory Theater) among others. Television credits: Shameless and Chicago P.D. Eunice is represented by Gray Talent Group. Many thanks to God and her family for all their support! IG: @eunicewoods www.eunicewoods.com.

Caro Zeller (Queen Anne and others). Credits include: Imogene in The Cymbeline Project; Margarita Chacon, Alwynne/Ensemble in The Copper Children; Amelia/Ensemble in Mother Road; Luciana in La Comedia of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Ginny in Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (Center Theatre Group); Emma in Fefu and Her Friends (Circle X Theatre Company, Just Toys); Film and television credits: The Morning Show, Bruising for Besos, Over the Moon, Kiss Me, Crime School. Training: MFA in Acting, USC.

Kirsten Childs (Playwright) is the award-winning writer best known for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Bella: An American Tall Tale. She has received Obie, Kleban, Larson, Richard Rodgers, Audelco and Frederick Loewe Awards, Lortel and Drama Desk nominations. Kirsten has written for Disney, the American Songbook, and many more. She is an adjunct professor in NYU’s Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program, a member of the Dramatists Guild Council. Upcoming: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ Broadway 2023.

Kent Gash (Director) Off-Broadway: Barbecue (Public Theatre), Lockdown (Rattlestick), coauthor, director of Langston in Harlem, (2010 Audelco Award, Best Musical), New York premiere of Miss Ever’s Boys and revival of Home (Melting Pot Theatre), Beggar’s Holiday (The York). Selected Regional: Choir Boy (Steppenwolf [Jeff Award Nominee], Studio Theatre DC and Marin Theatre), Paradise Blue (City Theatre), Master Harold… (Arizona Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Guthrie), The Wiz (Ford’s), The Gem of the Ocean (South Coast Rep), The Mountaintop and Topdog/Underdog (Norton Award, Trinity Rep), Wig Out (Studio Theatre DC, Sundance), Comedy of Errors (OSF). Upcoming: The Three Musketeers (OSF) and the world premiere musical Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For. Mr. Gash was Associate Artistic Director of Alliance Theatre and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He is the Founding Director of the New Studio on Broadway at Tisch, NYU. Carnegie-Mellon (BFA, Acting) and UCLA (MFA, Directing).

Edward E. Haynes, Jr. (Scenic Design) Credits include: 777 Theater, Two River Theatre Co., Trinity Rep., The Muny Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Ebony Repertory Theatre Company, South Coast Rep., Kirk Douglas Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Berkeley Rep., East West Players, Pasadena Playhouse, The Hollywood Bowl, Antaeus Theater Co., Marin Theatre Co., Lone Tree Arts Center, TheatreWorks, Intiman Theatre, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and many he can no longer remember. Television Credits include: MTV’s Spring Break, Hip Hop Harry for the Discovery Kids/TLC Channel, and Culture Clash for Fox TV.

Dawn Chiang (Lighting Design) Broadway: Zoot Suit; co-designer Tango Pasion; Off- Broadway: Roundabout Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, co-designer Encores! concert musicals (New York City Center); Opera: Resident lighting designer at New York City Opera; Regional: Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, and many more. Awards: Lighting Designer of the Year Awards (Syracuse Area Live Theatre), Dramalogue awards. Nominations: Maharam Design Award from American Theatre Wing, Los Angeles Drama Critics’ and San Francisco Bay Area Critics’ award.

Lindsay Jones (Sound Design & Orchestrations) Broadway: Slave Play, The Nap, Bronx Bombers, A Time To Kill. International: Royal Shakespeare Company (England), Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada). Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Goodman Theatre, and many others. Film: A Note of Triumph (2006 Academy Award, Best Documentary) for HBO Films. Awards: two Tony Award nominations (Best Score and Best Sound Design Of A Play), seven Joseph Jefferson Awards and 24 nominations; two Ovation Awards and three nominations; and many others. www.lindsayjones.com

Ann Hould-Ward (Costume Design) A Tony winner for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Tony nominee for the original Broadway productions of Into the Woods and Sunday in the Park with George. Ms. Hould-Ward’s stage credits include the West End production of The Prince of Egypt, as well as countless Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Ms. Hould-Ward’s work has been seen in over 35 international companies of Beauty and the Beast, and her other designs are featured in shows all over the world. She has more than 150 regional theatre credits. Ms. Hould-Ward is the recipient of the inaugural Patricia Zipprodt Award for “Innovative Costume Design.”

J. David Brimmer (Fight Choreograph) Broadway: Pass Over, American Buffalo, Hangmen, Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Grace, Speed the Plow, Thérèse Raquin, Long Day’s Journey into Night; NY premieres: Tambo and Bones, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Socrates, Fairview, Barbecue, Is God Is, Yen, Gloria, An Octoroon, Blasted, Bethany, Blackbird, Bug, Killer Joe. “Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone.” G. Fox

Ann C. James (Intimacy Coordinator) has an extensive career in international stage direction and theater education spanning three decades. James recently made her debut as the first Black Intimacy Coordinator of Broadway for Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over. She served as Intimacy Director and Sensitivity Specialist® for the Off-Broadway productions of Moises Kaufman’s Seven Deadly Sins by Tectonic Theatre Project, Seize the King produced by Classical Theatre of Harlem, Twilight Los Angeles:1992 at Signature Theater, F*cking A at Fordham University and most recently for Dominique Morisseau's Confederates. On the West Coast, James provides consultation and intimacy coordination for television and film. Her company, Intimacy Coordinators of Color, has partnerships with Adelphi University, New York University, Columbia University, American Conservatory Theater, Brown University, Trinity Repertory Theater, Harvard and A.R.T./New York.

J. Jared Janas, (Hair and Wig Designer) Broadway: & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin' the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All about Me.

Xavier Clark (Voice and Speech) is a bilingual Voice & Speech practitioner from Turkey. He studied under teachers like Alithea Phillips, Ursula Meyer and apprenticed with Dawn-Elin Fraser as part of her inaugural Dialect Coaches of Color cohort. He is a Pilot Instructor with New York Speech Coaching and an adjunct faculty member at NYU Tisch U.G. Drama through the Stella Adler Studio and Atlantic Acting School. Training: RADA, NYU (B.F.A.) and UCSD (M.F.A.).

Byron Easley (Choreographer) Slave Play (Broadway & NYTW), X: Or Betty Shabazz V. The Nation (Lucille Lortel Award nomination), The Bubbly Black Girl (City Center Encores), Langston in Harlem (SDC’s Joe A. Callaway Award & Audelco Award). Regional: Matilda (Olney Theatre, Helen Hayes Nomination), Twelfth Night (Yale Repertory Theatre), Unison, The Wiz and A Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Five Guys Named Moe (Arena Stage, Helen Hayes Nomination); Jelly’s Last Jam, Sophisticated Ladies (Alliance Theatre, Suzi Bass Awards).

J. Oconer Navarro (Music Director) recently conducted Caroline, Or Change on Broadway and Los Otros Off-Broadway. Favorites: ART, The Guthrie, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Kennedy Center, the Public, Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center Theater. A Jonathan Larson Award Winner, works include Awakening and Breathe, which will premiere in 2023-2024. He is Head of Music and Vocal Performance at NYU-Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway, and Composer-in-Residence at the Church of Saint Paul the Apostle NYC @joconernavarro

Kis Knekt (Assistant Scenic Designer and Props Supervisor) holds an M.F.A. in Set Design from N.Y.U.’s Tisch School of the Arts and a B.F.A. from the University of Illinois. After working in New York as a freelance designer and assistant on Broadway, Regional Opera, and television, Kis relocated to Los Angeles where she designed theme parks, corporate events, retail interiors, and leading scenic on national commercials. Kis has recently returned to N.Y.C. and the theater! You can view her resume and portfolio at Www.Swipeshö.com/kis

Melissa Richter (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with The Acting Company for the first time! Select PSM credits include: The Mountaintop (Weston Playhouse), Attempts on Her Life (The New School), Native Gardens (Gloucester Stage), The Full Monty, Shakespeare in Love, The Royale, Ring of Fire, Blithe Spirit, and Sex with Strangers (Capital Repertory Theatre). Most recently she was the CSM for the touring productions of Pretty Woman: The Musical and Jersey Boys. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Josh-Andrew Wisdom (Assistant Stage Manager) is a New York City-based freelance Stage Manager who recently finished his Stage Management Apprenticeship at The Juilliard School. Wisdom is an Alum of The University of Miami with a BFA in Stage Management. Previous Credits include Juilliard productions of Indecent by Paula Vogel, and The Rake's Progress by Stravinsky, as well as Undiscovered Works’ Production of Hooded: Or Being Black for Dummies by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm.

Row Walters (Production Manager & Audio Supervisor) is thrilled to join The Acting Company family. She is a freelance production manager, sound and lighting designer & technician in Philadelphia, Atlanta, and NYC. Most recently she has been production managing independent films across the country. Favorite shows include Legally Blonde (Kidz Theater), A Hard Time (FringeArts), Sunday in the Park with George (Temple University). Row has her BFA in Lighting Design from Syracuse University. Much Love to Daria and Otto.

Erik Schroeder (Managing Director) served as managing director of The House Theatre of Chicago, director of marketing at Lookingglass Theatre, worked at the Manhattan Theatre Club and received the Leadership U Fellowship (Mellon Foundation, TCG). He is a co-producer of Hadestown (Broadway and National Tour). Erik was an adjunct instructor at Columbia College Chicago, board member of The Hypocrites, and guest speaker for UChicago, Loyola, NAMP, LoAO, and INTIX. He has produced/performed at 54 Below, Florida Studio Theatre, American Repertory Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Graduate of St. Olaf College and the Commercial Theatre Institute.

About The Acting Company

The Acting Company develops emerging actors and builds enthusiastic audiences for the theater by touring professional productions across the United States and providing education programs, in-school residencies, and teacher training workshops to thousands of audience members and students every year. Founded in 1972 by John Houseman and Margot Harley, the company now seeks to reinvent the definition of classical theatre through the lens of who we are as citizens of the world today under the new leadership of artistic director Kent Gash. The Acting Company has toured 143 productions to millions of people in 48 states and 10 countries, has been honored with Tony, Obie, AUDELCO and LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, and helped launch the careers of two generations of actors including Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, Rainn Wilson, Jesse L. Martin, Jeffrey Wright, Keith David, Hamish Linklater and Kelley Curran. Learn more at www.theactingcompany.org/learn-more

Special Thanks and Acknowledgements from The Acting Company 

The Acting Company would like to extend its gratitude to Howard Sherman and Robert Bronstein at Baruch College, Corey Atkins, Samantha Robbins, Nina Field, Mieka Van Der Ploeg, Carol Rosegg, Nina Wurtzel, Pinecrest Creative (Joe Carroll, Dan Tracy), Maddie Greenberg, Melinda Berk, Taryn Sacramone, Jay Rogers, Victor Catano, Scott McKowen, John Williams, Audio Gods, Stage 3 Productions, Gary Franke, Gail Brassard, Bobby's of Boston, Lofty Vintage and Andrea Levy, John Kristiansen New York Inc.

The Three Musketeers rehearsed at the Baruch Performing Arts Center, Baruch College, New York NY

Press Agent: Shane Marshall Brown, The Press Room Legal Representation: Jason Baruch, Sendroff & Baruch, LLP Set Constructed By: F&D Scene Changes Tour Lighting Equipment provided by: Hayden Production Services, LLC Sound Equipment provided by: Bauder Audio Systems Tour Trucking by: Clark Transfer Costume Rentals by: Western Costume, Angels Costumes, the Costume Collection, Goodspeed Costume rentals.

Board of Directors

Margot Harley, Founder Earl D. Weiner, Chair Robert T. Goldman, Vice President Lori-Ann Wynter, Secretary Timothy K. Saunders, Jr., Vice Chair Jean-Luc Sinniger, Treasurer J. Barclay Collins II Rufus Collins Alireza Esmaeilzadeh John N. Gilbert, Jr. Harriet Harris Dana Ivey Kevin Kline Ezra Knight Joan M. Leiman Patti LuPone Dakin Matthews Angela Pierce John Rando Richard J. Reilly, Jr. Tejal Wadhwani Nancy Bendiner Weiss Edgar Lansbury, President Emeritus Carol Crowley, Director Emeritus Mary Ann Fribourg, Director Emeritus

Hope College Great Performance Series

• Derek Emerson, Director of Events, Conferences, and the Haworth Hotel
• Jonathan Fegel, Technical Director for Events and Conferences
• Benjamin Oegema, Assistant Technical Director for Events and Conferences
• Jill Reitzel, Student Assistant – Press Releases and Event Support

Special Thanks from the Great Performance Series

• Hope College Ticket Office Staff
• Events and Conferences Student Technical Staff

The Acting Company’s 2022–23 National Tour is made possible, in part, by support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies; Booth Ferris Foundation; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Chapman and Cutler, LLP; Barclay Collins; Peter Darrow; Jodi Della Femina; John Rando & Eileen Donohue; Alireza Esmaeilzadeh; John and Jill Gilbert; Joseph & Carson Gleberman; Douglas Gray; the Howard Gilman Foundation; The Rona Jaffe Foundation; Kirkland and Ellis LLP; Edgar & Louise Lansbury; Dakin Matthews; Mayer Brown; Morgan Lewis LLP; Henry Moriello; the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts; Paul Hastings LLP; Richard J. Reilly & DLA Piper; Tim Saunders; Greg Schriefer; The Morris and Alma Shapiro Fund; The Shubert Foundation; Chris Shyer; Sidley Austin; Jean Luc Sinniger; Lorraine Toussaint; Tejal Wadhwani and Goldman Sachs; Earl Weiner; Kate & Seymour Weingarten; Nancy Weiss; Frank Wohl; and Lori-Ann Wynter.