THE WILMA THEATER PRESENTS

MINOR CHARACTER

SIX TRANSLATIONS OF UNCLE VANYA AT THE SAME TIME

CREATED BY NEW SALOON
TEXT BY ANTON CHEKHOV
TRANSLATIONS BY MARIAN FELL, LAURENCE SENELICK, PAUL SCHMIDT, CAROL ROCAMORA, MILO CRAMER, AND GOOGLE TRANSLATE
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY DEEPALI GUPTA
ADDITIONAL MUSIC BY MICHAEL KILEY
ORIGINAL DRAMATURGY BY ELLIOT B. QUICK
DIRECTED BY YURY URNOV

On Stage Oct. 5–24, 2021
Streaming Oct. 25-Nov. 7, 2021

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/MOVEMENT DIRECTOR JAROD HANSON
DRAMATURG KELLIE MECLEARY
EDI OFFICER NOELLE DIANE JOHNSON
STAGE MANAGER PATRESHETTARLINI ADAMS
PRODUCTION MANAGER CHRIS NELSON
SET DESIGNER MISHA KACHMAN
LIGHTING DESIGNER J. DOMINIC CHACON
COSTUME DESIGNER IVANIA STACK
SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER/MUSIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL KILEY
VIDEO DESIGNER/VIDEO CAPTURE DESIGNER/VIDEO EDITOR LESLIE RIVERA

CAST

ROSS BESCHLER

KEITH CONALLEN

SARAH GLIKO

SULI HOLUM

JUSTIN JAIN

JERED MCLENIGAN

CAMPBELL O’HARE

LINDSAY SMILING

HotHouse Company Member Taysha Marie Canales will perform the roles usually played by company member Justin Jain for two matinee performances: Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 23 at 2 p.m.

MINOR CHARACTER CREW

Technical Director: Matt Zumbo
Head Carpenter: Benjamin Henry
Assistant Stage Manager: Anastassia Vertjanova
Run Crew/Carpenter: Elliot Greer
Master Electrician: Michael Hamlet
Light Board Programmer: John Allerheiligen
Light Board Operator: Jacks Katz
Properties Master: Kimitha Cashin
Wardrobe Supervisor: Morgan Porter
Audio Engineer: Amanda Hanna
Assistant Audio Engineer: Edward Smith
Scenic Artist: Ada Cheung
Electricians: John Allerheiligen, Beatrice Chenkin, George Spencer, Anastassia Vertjanova, and Ximena Violante
Scenery Constructed by: Proof Productions
Special Thanks: Andrew Nelson, Colin Sass, Yi Zhao

STREAMING VIDEO CREDITS

Video Capture Directors
Yury Urnov
Leslie Rivera

Camera Operators
Kayla Watkins
Stephen Schaffer
Leslie Rivera

Audio Describer
Nicole Sardella

Video Editor
Leslie Rivera

This recording is meant for private viewing only and may not be screened for any other purpose. Under no circumstances may this recording be shared or duplicated. This recording has been made available in partnership with the employees represented by Actors Equity Association, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists, Local USA 8291 IATSE

WILMA THEATER LEADERSHIP

Lead Artistic Director, 2021-22 Season: James Ijames
Co-Artistic Directors: Morgan Green, Yury Urnov
Managing Director: Leigh Goldenberg
Artistic Director Emeritus: Blanka Zizka

Season Lead Honorary Producers

Linda and David Glickstein
Mari and Peter Shaw

Season Honorary Producers

Peggy and Richard Greenawalt
John and Theresa Rollins
Jeralyn Svanda

Honorary Producers Circle

Tobey and Mark Dichter
Helen and Herman Fala
Eva and Michael Leeds
Tom Mahoney
Barbara and Don Parman

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LAND AND LABOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Over the past year, the Wilma has implemented many new policies and practices to make our organization more equitable and inclusive. To that end we have committed to offering a land and labor acknowledgement for each show of this season. We ask you to join us. 

Take a breath. Breathe. Inhale.

Feel the earth beneath you. Ground yourself. The ground has got you.

We are here. We made it.

We stand on the shoulders of so many who have come before us. We acknowledge. / We honor.

Our theater is located on land that is not ours. We acknowledge the Lenni Lenape are the original people of this land. Lenapehoking. The Lenape continue to be a vibrant community. Living. Breathing. People.

We acknowledge. We honor. That we benefit from systems rooted in capital created and expanded by the free labor of Black people, in the form of chattel slavery and legal and cultural segregation. Redlining. Systemic racism. The prison industrial complex. We stand in solidarity with Black people in fierce advocacy for equality and justice. For equity and liberation. Liberty and justice for all.

We made it. We are here. And we are so honored.  Happy. Grateful.  To welcome you back.

–Minor Character Land and Labor Acknowledgement language by Noelle Diane Johnson and Wilma Portable Studio

WILMA THEATER ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES

• Curiosity: A willing, playful, open-minded approach to each encounter, each person, our work and ourselves with an inquisitive imagination about what may emerge.
• Courage: A desire to approach our work with boldness and openness, despite fear. 
• Care: Thoughtfully considering the needs and wants of others with empathy.
• Rigor: Fostering an environment in which we individually and collectively continue to learn, practice, and deepen our craft.
• Joy: Actively creating the conditions for presence, pleasure, and vitality. 
• Collaboration: A mode of working towards a common goal dependent on trust, respect, active listening, and mutual support; in which the ideas and experiences of all participants inform the outcome.
• Liberation: Inclusivity and equity in our work, ensuring a dynamic and productive environment in which everyone is empowered, heard, and valued.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT MINOR CHARACTER

Real and Ridiculous: Personal Reflections on Chekhov

“I have a confession to make. I have historically struggled to connect with Chekhov’s plays.” 

Kellie Mecleary, Production Dramaturg

An interview with Minor Character Co-Creator and Wilma Co-Artistic Director Morgan Green

Which Uncle Vanya Character Are You?

The Plot of Uncle Vanya in Two Minutes

REMEMBERING ELLIOT B. QUICK

The production team would like to honor the memory Elliot B. Quick, the dramaturg for the original production of Minor Character, who died a year ago. Please read this remembrance of his work in CultureBot.

“Elliot was the one, initially in jest, to suggest that we layer three translations of Uncle Vanya on top of each other…for the duration of the play. It was his audacity that launched this remarkable challenge, Minor Character, which brought us together on different stages, different rehearsal rooms, and different kitchen tables for years. The work was endless, and with Elliot, it was joyous.” 
-Wilma Co-Artistic Director Morgan Green, whose company New Saloon created Minor Character

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MEET THE MINOR CHARACTER CREATIVE TEAM

Click on the headshots to read the bios

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NEXT ON STAGE AT THE WILMA

THE CHERRY ORCHARD

BY ANTON CHEKHOV
DIRECTED BY DMITRY KRYMOV

April 12 – May 1, 2022

The New York Times recently called Dmitry Krymov “one of the world’s finest theatermakers.” For this new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, the world-renowned Russian director collaborates with the Wilma’s acclaimed HotHouse Acting Company to blast apart one of theater’s enduring masterworks.

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FAIRVIEW

BY JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY
DIRECTED BY JAMES IJAMES

May 31-June 18, 2022

WINNER, PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA

The Frasier family is preparing to celebrate grandma’s birthday, cooking dinner, drinking wine, and hiding secrets. But what starts as a sitcom about a Black family explodes into a raucously brilliant look at race in America.

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ON THE DIGITAL STAGE

HOTHOUSE SHORTS

The HotHouse Shorts, digital productions created by the Wilma’s acclaimed acting company, are free to the public, though donations are encouraged to support our company and the Wilma’s ongoing work. These shorts are as varied in style as they are in content, reflecting both the diversity of passions and variety of talents of local Philadelphia artists.

Register once to get immediate access to all six shorts. 

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WILMA EDUCATION AND PORTABLE STUDIO

WILMA EDUCATION

Wilma Education supports the larger Wilma mission by striving to cultivate the artists and audiences of tomorrow through meaningful engagement with the art today. Whether through interactive pre-show workshops with cast members, backstage tours with our production team, or classroom residencies with Wilma company members and teaching artists in which students develop their own theatrical responses to Wilma productions, we invite students into the conversations around our work at the deepest levels. By encouraging students to reflect on the complexities of contemporary life today, we nurture the audiences, innovators and global citizens of tomorrow.

PORTABLE STUDIO

The Wilma Theater’s Portable Studio offers FREE and FUN theater classes for adults who want to meet new people and inspire each other by seeing a show and collaborating creatively together. Classes are led by professional artists and take place in public spaces all over the city. No previous experience is required but the Portable Studio has become a creative home to much of Philadelphia’s hidden talent. Many Portable Studios are offered virtually and in-person. We are expanding in-person programming as it is safe to do so, and we are so excited to welcome you! 

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

The Wilma Theater is a member of the following organizations: Avenue of the Arts, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, League of Resident Theatres, Midtown Village Merchants Association, Professional Non-Profit Theater Coalition, and Theatre Communications Group.

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please accept our apologies and kindly notify us by contacting the Development Department at 215-893-9456 x108.

Thanks to the following funders for their generous organizational and programmatic support:

The Barra Foundation • Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation  • The Christopher Ludwick Foundation • Connelly Foundation • Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation • Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund • Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce • Hamilton Family Charitable Trust • The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation • Independence Foundation • Kline and Specter • National Endowment for the Arts • The Patricia Kind Family Foundation • Pennsylvania Council on the Arts • The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage •  PNC Charitable Trusts • The Shubert Foundation • Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development Fund • The Victory Foundation • Tides Foundation • U.S. Small Business Administration •  Universal Health Services Inc. • William Penn Foundation • Wyncote Foundation • Zeldin Family Foundation

Thank you to our individual supporters:

This list represents gifts of $25+ made since Aug. 1, 2020.

Final Dress

Wray and Michelle Broughton • Clare D’Agostino, Esq. • Judd Flesch and Timothy Sabol • Robert T. Foley •  Carole Haas Gravagno • Jeffrey Harbison and Valerie Arkoosh • Ellen and Lewis Johnston • Katherine Kelton • Gay and Donald Kimelman  • Matthew and Cindy Lewis

Rehearsal

Siv Anantuni • Grace and James Betts • John and Fern Culhane • Robert M. Dever • Mindy and Jerry Goldberg • Gretchen Tenny Hall • James D. Haskins and Michael L. Whistler • Brad and Jane Hollingsworth • Medha Kapil • Christina Kind • Andy and Valerie Kind•Rubin • David Lerman and Shelley Wallock • David E. Loder • Janice Madden • Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation • Louis and Megan Minella • Barbara A. Oldenhoff • Howard and Vesna Sacks • Karen G. Scholnick • Paulette Singleton • David and Gayle Smith • George R. Smith • Evelyn G. Spritz • Jonathan and Judith Stein • Phil Straus and Margaret Harris • Robert J. Wallner • Geraldine Wang • Stephen and June Wolfson • Stephen and Florence Zeller

Workshop

Quan A. Nguyen and Jessica L. Geyer • Rachel R. Reynolds • Thomas and Jacqueline Zemaitis

Read Through

Krista M. Apple and Scott Klaum • Rich and Nancy Bevan • Carol Caswell • Carol S. Cook • John A. Detre and Wendy Beetlestone • Melanie Dubin • John H. Erickson and Harry I. Zaleznik • Edward and Shannon Farmer • William Goebel • Seth Goldenberg • William and Joan Goldstein • Ralph and Natalie Hirshorn • John and Barbara Holum • Winifred S. Hope • Wallace F. Hussong • Robert and Sally Huxley • Manuel and Laura Jain • James and Eleanor McGillin • Jerome L. Napson • Patrick E. O’Bannon • Patricia Saddier • Richard A. Speizman and Faith A. Horowitz • Kathleen A. Stephenson Esq. • William R. Towcimak • Richard and Barbara Woods

Casting

Anonymous • David Bromley and Emily Crane • Michael P. Buckley • Nick and Ellie Cernansky • Daniel C. Drecksage and Leslie A. Sudock • Robert and Rachel Duplessis • Jeffrey Edelson • Julie K. Gale • Peter and Donna Hasselmo • Philip Hauser • Jim T. Heenehan and Carolyn Guss • David Howey • Michael J. Hozik • Sol Katz and Pauline A. Candaux • Larry and Helen Kirschner • Atul Kohli and Marie Gottschalk • Joe and Virginia Leonard • Peter J. Manus and Susan F. Schiro • John A. Matthews • Julia L. Mayer • Donna Mayforth • Laura K. McKenna • Barbara McTiernan • Rachel Mohrmann • Brian Moore • Deborah Morley • Eileen M. O’Brien • David and Lynn Oppenheim • Steven J. Peitzman • Vanessa Pizzuto • Leonard Pratt • Claire J. Rocco • Gordon and Karen Rose • Anthony Rostain and Michele Goldfarb • Daniel Rottenberg and Barbara Rubin Rottenberg • Christopher Serata • Antoinette Seymour • Irving and Sharon Shapiro • Valerie A. Smith • Howard Spodek • Susan Szabo • Roger Thomas • Douglas R. Veasey • David Wade • Barbara Wilson • Harry and Mary Ann Woodcock

Script

Bonnie Albertson • Fred and Susan Avery • David Ballard • Sonya Ball•Williams • Harry F. Bambrick • Fred A. Barfoot • Paul Barnes • Morris and Sally Barron • Elisabeth Beaird • Stacey Beckhardt • Sheldon J. Bell • Jeri Berc • Fern Beschler • Burton Blender and Libby S. Harwitz • Jane Bloom • Joshua Bloom • J. B. Bonham • Michael Boyle • Jeannette M. Brian • Martin K. Brigham and Harriet L. Rubenstein • Ellen Brodsky • David and Ann Brownlee • Linda Burnett • Marie Carroll • Emma Castrege • Mary Ann Champion • Kwan•Shei and Ann Chen • Beth E. Cohen • Jay and Joan Cohen • Timothy and Catherine Conahan • Douglas and Laurel Costa • Helen Cunningham • Carol Daeley • Barbara A. Daneluzzi • Margaret W. Darby • William A. Davis • Kathryn K. Deans•Schaub Esq. • Glenn and Susan Dempsey • Christine R. Deutsch • Stuart and Diana Donaldson • Evelyn Dracon • Jerilyn K. Dressler • Donald and Geraldine Duclow • Thomas Dunn • Jan Durbin • David W. Durham • Joel K. Edelstein and Elizabeth McKinstry • Mia Fabi • Gilbert Feinberg and Nadeen Vantuyle • Gladys Fenichel • Judy Finkel • Alan L. Folsom Jr. and Kathryn S. Ruch • Henry S. Fraimow M.D. and Jacqueline French M.D. • Bonnie Friedman • Miriam Galster • Dan Gannon • Andrew R. Gelber • Jeffrey Gelles • Roseann P. Gill • Stephen and Pat Gluckman • Joan D. Gmitter • Rosemary G. Goldberg • Phillip A. Graneto and Janice Breen • Margaret Green • Brent Groce and Donna Cordner • Barry D. Groebel • Terry Guerin • Adam Haines • Eric and Maureen Hall • Gretchen Hall • June L. Hament • James Hamlet • Janis R. Hawes • Murph Henderson • Michael E. Hennessey • Archibald C. Hewes • Robert and Binnie Holum • John D. Houle and Katherine A. Hayden • Chris Hoyler • James W. Ijames • Eva R. Jackson • Merilyn Jackson • Marie Jarboe • Brian Jones • Myla Kabat•Zinn • Steve Kallaugher • Daniel Kern and Nancy J. Boykin • Alan King • Gary King and Eleanor Kazdan • Patricia King • Allen J. Kuharski Ph.D. • Ron Lane and Raquel Benabe•Lane • A J. Laurino • Ann M. Lesch • Lawrence W. Lindsey and Carla M. Puppin • Frank and Carolyn Livoy • Laurel D. Lorenz • Susan Love • Russell and Suzanne Loverdi • Jane I. Lowe • Peggy MacGregor • Cirel and Howard Magen • Bruce Mainland • Blake C. Marles Esq. • Barbara J. Marshall • Jennings Mayne • Donna L. McCoy • Michael McKeever • Margaret McLenigan • Brian McManus and Laurie E. Mazer • Katherine Mead • Igor Medzhibovsky • Lawrence F. Meehan Jr. • Margaret W. Meigs • Hays Mershon • Javier Mojica • Gina Marie Moore • William B. Morrison • Ellen Murphy • Peter and Sonya Murphy • Michael Nailor • Bruce and Sharon Nicholls • Michael W. Nolan Jr. • Nathaniel and Nicole Nucci • Larry F. Pace • Daniel A. Perelstein Jaquette • Christopher Phipps • Claudia Pine•Simon • Jerome and Elizabeth Pontillo • Nicole Rademan • Anatol Radomy • Erik P. Rau and Arwen Mohun • Veronica J. Redd • Jay S. Reynolds • Michael Reynolds • Kenneth A. Richman M.D. • Simon Richter • Gary and Robin Risler • Michael Rissinger • Mauricio Rivera • Jerry and Joan Roller • Cynthia Rowland • Kevin J. Russell • Arlene D. Schaller • Joseph Schaller • Susan F. Schiro • Linda•Jean J. Schneider • Joann Seaver • Joanna Settle • Christine J. Shamborsky • Winifred Shaw Hope • Bruce Shaw • Ronald Siena • Morton J. Simon Jr. and Claudia Pine•Simon • Corey and Jonne Smith • Jackson Smith • Emily Sorensen • Susan B. Sorenson • Dirk and Christine Soutendijk • Amanda Spann • Joann Spause • Patricia Alexy Stoll • Charles S. Strickler Jr. • Bertram and Lynne Strieb • Patrick and Elaine Sweeney • Daniel B. Szyld and Kathleen Ross • John H. Thacher • Sheldon Tilney and Gail M. Harrity • Frank Trommler • Frank Trotta • Joan VanAntwerp • Rachel Vassar • Cindy Veloric • Mark A. Wade • Kent Wagner and Rosanna D’Orazio • Robert Waller • Russ Walsh • Stanley L. Ware • Robert M. Washburn and Judith R. Drasin Esq. • Len Weinberg and Frances B. Gallun • Robert and Eleanor Weinberg • Robert B. Weinberg • Marlene Weinstein • Rebecca Wells • Mark and Kathleen Wennell • Cynthia Weston • Carolyn L. Whitaker • Lauren White • Linsey Will • Doris A. Williams • Alan and Leni Windle • David Wolfsohn and Alexandra Gignoux • Tim Woods • Don Wynne and Bonnie Brown • Hilary M. Zankel

Pen to Paper

John Abrams • Frank Accosta • Adele Acheson • Donald Ackerman and Gail Chapman • Donald Ackerman • Julie and Carl Ackerman • A’lain Adams • C. G. Akers • Yousiff Albahrani • Lee Aleksich • Mollie Alexander • Jo•Louise Allen • Iyad Alnahhas • Robert and Diane Alonso • Louise Altshtater • Richard Amdur • Ronald and Katherine Anderson • William Anderson • David W. Anstice and Ana•Maria M. Zaugg • Veronica Aplenc • Maryam Baig • Halima Bakillah • Carol A. Banford • Cecily M. Banks • Henry and Neena Bauer • Michael and Frances Baylson • Sylvia Bearden • Jill Beech • Charles F. Behling • Susan Behrend • James Benner and Janey E. Huber • Barbara L. Bennett • Phyllis Berman • Lessley Berry • Marc Beschler • Kathleen W. Beveridge • Howard Bilofsky and Margaret Shapiro • Aurelia Bizamcer • David and Michele Blask • Krista Bledsoe • John Blevins • Donna Boling • Robb Boyd • Deborah D. Braak • David and Margaret Bradley • David Breen and Cyndi E. Skripak • Johanna Brenner • Susan Brereton • Alan Bronstein • Alice Brown • Sandra L. Brown • Lisa Brownstein • Robert Buckles • Julia Burch • Erica E. Burden • Paul Burgmayer • Beth L. Burns and Gayle Reedy • Catherine Butcher • Donna Butchko • Kathleen Butts • Bruce and Barbara Byrne • Michael W. Cadden • Sandra L. Cadwalader • Muge A. Caglar • Dawn A. Calzada • Anthony and Jaquelin Camp • Iain and Kathleen Campbell • Iain Campbell • Michael and Jamie Cancro • Eileen Cannon • Ira and Jean Cantor • Jean Capece • Peter Cappelli and Virginia H. McKinnie • Daniel Casey • Eve Chamberlain • Russell H. Champa • Frank and Linda Chance • Linda Chance • Gary Charlestein • Herbert Chase • Arthur and Marcia Chernoff • Thomas Childers and John Hall • Monica W. Choi • Sviatlana Chudzina • Elena Ciletti • Terry Cobabe • Jano L. Cohen • Meegan E. Coll • Carol and Ramon Cook • Sharon Corbin • J. Alex Cordaro • Donna Cordner • Douglas Costa • Robin Cowper • Edwin and Patricia Coyle • Billie Karen Coyne • Margaret Crastnopol • Robert and Michelle Craven • David Crawford • John and Carol Culhane • Bernadette Cullen • Gerard R. D’Alessio • Rita C. Dame • Margaret C. Danelski • Polly Davis•Gall • Ellen Deacon • Chris DeFilipp • Frances Deitrich • Rachel DelConte • David DesJardins • Janet Detwiler • Allitia DiBernardo • Brenda Dixon•Gottschild • Kimiko J. Doherty • Teresa Dooley • David J. Dotzert • Marsha Dowshen • Kathryn M. Doyle and Maureen E. Alexander • Elise Drake • Martha M. Durkin • John and Lois Durso • Lois S. Durso • Jeff and Eve Edwards • Amanda Efron • Erin L. Elman • Joshua Engel • Colin Ennis • Lisa Ertl • Jeffrey Evelhoch • Lisa Every • Teresa Eyring • Corliss Faison • DAWN R. Falato • Eric Feldman • Jenny Filer • Betsy Filton • Richard Finch • M.J. Fine • Saul and Stephanie Finkle • Catherine S. Fischer • Aron and Joan Fisher • Sara Fleming • Ana Fontanez • Charlotte Ford • Phyllis Fox • Anne Francis • Allyson Frank • Terre S. Frank • Alan and Patti Friedman • Donald M. Friedman • Martin and Sheri Friedman • Edward Fristrom and Ann Green • Mary Jane Fullam • Stanley B. Gaddy • Jim Gallagher and Pam Mammarella • Timothy and Sarah Gallagher • Maureen Gallicchio • Kate Galvin • Dorothea Gamble • Linda D. Garfield • Jan Gartenberg • Luisa Georgov • James Gerhard • Beth Gertz • Marilyn P. Gilpin • Larry D. Glass and Myra Rosenberg • Elizabeth Glatfelter • Philip and Karen Glick • Kash Goins • Larry and Micki Goldberg • Stephen Goldberg • Kathleen R. Goldenberg • Margot Goldsmith • Nancy Goldy • Juliet Goodfriend • Luana Goodwin • Diane Green • Karen Greene • Laura Greene • Laurie Greene • Adrian Greenwood • Nan Gutterman • Jerry and Marian Haag • Leon Hamui • Mary Hardwick • Jennifer Hare • Karen S. Harkaway • Jean R. Haskell Ed.D. • Steve W. Hatzai • Beverly S. Hayden and J.H. Taylor • Luke Haynes • Ken Hecht • Gail L. Hecky • Roger Hedspeth • Stacey Helmers • Michael and Angela Hennessey • Thomas Herninko • C L. Hicks • Edward Hillis • Michael J. Hoad and Caroline J. Young • Edward J. Hochreiter • Richard and Kerry Hogan • Merle L. Holman • Bruce Hooper • Scott Horvitz • Stuart and Caren Hosansky • Vera Hough • Robert E. Howard • Samuel Howe and Dodi Fordham • Melinda Howell • Aaron Hoystk • K F F. Huck • Barbara C. Hughes • Leland Hutchinson • Jennifer Hwang • Mary F. Inman • Natalie Isser • Christie Iverson • Miriam N. Jacobson • David Jadico • Michel C. Jeruchim • Brad•Joi Jimison • Hannah Jopling • Alyce Jordan • Andrew Kahan • Lyn Sue Kahng • Gina Kaiser • Beth Kalisch • Bruce Katsiff • Terry Kattleman • Tracy Kelso • Jo Ann P. Kelton • Susan Kendra • Bill A. Keough • Myron Kerbel • Catherine Kernen • Regina Kessler • Andrew Khouri • Kenneth Kimerling • Patricia Kimmelman • Carol Kirkwood • Zelda Knapp • Deborah Kuehl • Neil Kutner and Naomi Grabel • William Kux • Jennifer Lally • Nancy Lanham • Patricia Larkin • Paul Laskow and Margaret W. Meigs • Daniel T. Lee • Dwight Lehman • Sarah Lenz • Linda LeRoy • Ruthie Levikoff • Susan Levin • Morton and Annette Levitt • Cindy T. Lewis • Howard Lewis • James Lewis • Joseph R. Lex • Adele Lindenmeyr • Deirdre Lindsay • Lynda Lochner • Kyle Loder • Joanne Loris • Jack Lovewell • Antonio Luis • Karyn Lyman • Christine MacArthur • Stephanie Majkut • Mark R. Makurath • Isabel•Lee Malone • Richard Mandel • Joseph M. Manko • Therese J. Marmion • Sandra Martin • Michelle R. Mason • Carol Massee • Holman and Gail Massey • Cary M. Mazer • Davis McCallum • Thomas and Linda McCarthy • Terrilyn McCormick • Diana McCulloch • Jihan McDonald • Paul McElwee • Barbara McIntyre • Patricia McIntyre • Kellie Mecleary • Mary•Ellen Mess • Elizabeth I. Meyer • Catherine Michini • David and Linda Mintzer • Laraine Mocenigo • Timothy Moir • Margaret Moore • Mark Moore • Hortensia R. Morell • James S. Morgan • Patricia Moser • Christie Muratore • Ana M. Negrón • Dana Nelson • Pamela Nelson • Cory Newman • Patricia A. Niblack • James C. Nicola • Michael E. Nicolazzo and Claire M. Stairiker • Diane B. Nissen • Katie Nocella • Joyce Nylund • Josephine O’Brien • Megan O’Donnell • Ajima Olaghere • Elizabeth Ollove • Helen O’Rourke • Rebecca Ortenberg • Amy Ostroff • Elizabeth Ott • Margaret Otte • Marilyn Paolino • David N. Pardys • Thomas Parente • Grace Parker • Jo A. Parker • Lynn Parkerson • John and Penelope Parkin • Maureen T. Parris • Vickie Pasternack • Joshua Pater • Alisa Peet • Joseph and Louise Perna • Devin Petersen • Andrew and Susan Peterson • Linda Pierce • Patricia Piro • Harriet N. Power • Michael Presser • Carla M. Puppin • Alison Purcell • Clarisa G. Quan • Joseph Ragan • Steve Ratcliffe • Paul Rathblott and Carol Saline • John Rawles • Fred D. Raymond • Peter and Diana Reed • Kara Reester • Philip J. Reeves and Nancy Zeppa • Krista Reichard • Sylvia Reid • Gloria Reisman • Rosina Reynolds • Meliza Reynoso • David Richman and Janet G. Perry • David Richman • Andrea and Erich Richter • Raymond D. Ricker • Andy Robinson • James and Mary Ann Robinson • Talia Ron • Jacqueline J. Ronchetti • Janet Rosen • Lester and K. Paula Rosenwinkel • Donna J. Ross • Gina Rothermel • Jonelle Rowe • Renee Rubin • Harriet Ruffin • Hector Ruiz • Diane S. Rurode • Lisa Ryan • Jeanne Sakata • Janice Sakkal • Christopher Scanlon • Lynn Schlesinger • Peter J. Schmidt • Mark Schreiner • Nancy L. Schulze • Barry Schwartz • Esta R. Schwartz • William and Sharon Schwarze • Stephen and Patricia Segal • Lisa Semeraro • Edith L. Serio • Jesse Shafer • Jo Shaflucas • Ulrike Shapiro • Arthur Sharon • James Shaw • Justin Shaw • Nicholas Shellenberger • Deanna W. Shelton • Tom Sherman and Nancy Middlebrook • Robert Shock • Frann Shore • Heather Simmons • Dianna Sinovic • Jeff Sirkin • Josie Smith • Kobie Smith • William Smith • Eileen Smyth • John F. Smyth Jr. • Marcie Soslau • Linton Stables • Mark N. Steinberger and Ann C. Lebowitz • Erica Stern • Judith Street • Phoebe Strome • William and Janet Stuart • Nina Stuccio • Steve and Maria Stumpf • Susanne Sulby • Mitchell and Gillian Swann • Karen Sylvester • Robert and Kelly Tannen • Charles F. Tarr and Roy Ziegler • David Tatgenhorst • Penny Tavormina • Miriam J. Tell • Charlotta Thunander • Bette S. Tiger • Steve Tillery • Miriam Tobin • Michael Toren • Howard and Shirley Trauger • Shira Turner • Maryann Udine • United Way Worldwide • . Valetta • Christopher and Lee Van De Velde • Fernando and Stephanie Van Reigersberg • Edward Vojik • Christa Walck • Billie E. Walker • Carla Walters • Karen Walters • Kristine Ward • Elizabeth Way • Donna Wechsler • George and Carol Weinbaum • Wendy Weinberg • Joan Weiner • Mary Wheeling • Howard J. Wiener and Rose Cheney • Elvedine Wilkerson • John Williams • Lisa A. Wolf • Fred M. Wolfe Jr. • Michael Wotypka • Richard Wright • F. Gordon Yasinow • Richard L. Yudell M.D. • Christine Zeppenfeld • Holly Zerbe • Diane Zilka • Liz Zimmerman • Michael Zuckerman and Sharon Ann Holt

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WILMA THEATER STAFF

Lead Artistic Director, 2021-22 Season: James Ijames
Co-Artistic Directors: Morgan Green and  Yury Urnov
Managing Director: Leigh Goldenberg
Artistic Director Emeritus: Blanka Zizka

Artistic

Producing Director: Kellie Mecleary
Artistic Administrator: Mariah Ghant
HotHouse Company: Krista Apple, Ross Beschler, Taysha Marie Canales, Keith Conallen, Melanye Finister, Sarah Gliko, Suli Holum, Justin Jain, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Jered McLenigan, Campbell O’Hare, Jaylene Clark Owens, Brandon Pierce, Steven Rishard, Brett Ashley Robinson, Matteo Scammell, Lindsay Smiling

Education

Education Director: Anne K. Holmes
Education Associate: Alexandra Espinoza
Teaching Artists: Ang Bey, Taysha Marie Canales, Jess Conda, Elaina DiMonaco, Alexandra Espinoza, Kirstie Floyd, Briana Gause, Nick Hatcher, Marissa Kennedy, Donovan Lockett, Brennen Malone, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Lee Minora, Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez, Campbell O’Hare, Taj Rauch, Devon Sinclair

Portable Studio Program

Program Director: Lee Ann Etzold
Program Coordinator: Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez
Portable Studio Artists: Patreshettarlini Adams, Ezra J. Ali-Dow, Nick Hatcher, Anthony Martinez-Briggs, Lillian Ransijn,  Chris Davis, Deb Disbrow, Lindo Jones, Cat Ramirez

Development

Development Director: Jessica Betts
Individual Giving Manager: Rachel Spause
Institutional Giving Manager: Kelli Shermeyer
Development Coordinator: Emily Wanamaker

Marketing

Marketing Director: Bill D’Agostino
Marketing Associate: Alyssa Cole
Visual Communications Manager: Kristin Finger
Publicist: Bryan Buttler

Business/Administration

Business Manager: Sisi Wright
Business Associate: Minna Tran

Production

Production Manager: Chris Nelson
Associate Production and Facilities Manager: Chelsea Sanz
Resident Stage Manager: Patreshettarlini Adams
Technical Director: Matt Zumbo
Master Electrician: Michael Hamlet
Head Carpenter: Benjamin Henry
Properties Master: Kimitha Cashin
Wardrobe Supervisor: Morgan Porter
Audio Engineer: Amanda Hanna

Box Office

Box Office Manager: James Specht
Patron Services Liaison: Sarah Blask
Audience Services Manager: Maggie Campbell
Assistant House Managers: Kate Casey, Tiffany Hall, Jessica Merkins, Javier Mojica, Charnee Wilson
Box Office Staff: Kate Casey, Tiffany Hall, Kacy Hofstetter, Emily Wanamaker

WILMA THEATER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Wray Broughton, Chair
Katherine Kelton, Vice Chair
Clare D’Agostino, Secretary

Board Members

Siv Anantuni
Daniel Berger
Ross Beschler
Mark S. Dichter, Former Chair
Melanie Dubin
Herman C. Fala, Former Chair
Linda Glickstein
Jerry Goldberg
Peggy Greenawalt, Former Chair
Jeff Harbison, Former Chair
Jane Hollingsworth
Cindy Lewis
Thomas Mahoney
John D. Rollins, Former Chair
Tim Sabol
Lindsay Smiling
A.E. (Ted) Wolf, Former Chair

Ex-Officio

Leigh Goldenberg
Morgan Green
James Ijames
Yury Urnov
Blanka Zizka  

Emeritus                             

Harvey Kimmel   
Sissie Lipton
James F. McGillin
Dianne Semingson
Mari Shaw, Former Chair
Evelyn G. Spritz
David U’Prichard, Former Chair
Dr. R. J. Wallner
Jeanne P. Wrobleski

Wilma HotHouse Company

Wilma HotHouse Company is, at its heart, Wilma’s investment in the artistic community of Philadelphia. It serves as the central vehicle to bring our work to audiences. Launched in 2016, Wilma HotHouse has become an incubator for artists, artistic exploration, learning, and practice; allowing us to dive more deeply into new projects and develop them over longer periods of time. The core group of actors performing on our stage are members of Wilma Hothouse.