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Directed by Shirley Serotsky
Featuring James Flanagan, Michael Glenn,
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March 23–April 24, 2011

From the Artistic Director
Let us contemplate the ways in which scientific discovery is so very
much like the breakthrough achieved on the best of new plays.
Both come only after endless research and development involv-
ing countless hours behind an instrument, devising outlines and
calculations while laboring to intuit a functional structure; an ar-
chitecture capable of holding an undulating, living thing within its
confines. Scientific theory is animated by hypothesis; a quest to
deduce; just as plays are triggered by a question to be challenged;
meanings to be teased out through the unfolding of action. The
work is sent out “on the road” to be tested, shared at conferences
and small professional gatherings. Mistakes are noted, models
scrapped and retooled, ideas borrowed, inspiration snatched and operations recali-
brated so as to arrive at a perfect crystallization; the realization of a form that com-
pletes itself and reveals its promise by taking a hitherto unexpected form, but once
realized, a form that feels inevitable, predestined to be the thing it has become.

This wonderful discovery, this triumphant new vessel of wisdom, competes in rarefied
company for a prize; for recognition; in some cases, forcing out other would-be con-
tenders for more ultimate prizes, as soon history comes to remember only the star
creators at the center, and generally not the contributors who helped make the revela-
tion possible. History is so frequently written by the victors, the award winners, the
fortunate few who snag the raves and live long enough to bask in the glow. Still the
Nobel laureate, like the Pulitzer winner, knows those to whom he (or she) is indebted.

The journey to map the contours of DNA that is told in this whip-smart play took its
own patient journey through the turnstiles of the American theatrical development cir-
cuit. After countless drafts and indefatigable refining, Anna Ziegler is bringing this play
home, coming full circle to the city of its inception with a work that has been pulled
apart, challenged and rethought, only to be embraced anew, always advancing and
evolving.

Part of the journey in this play’s finding its final form has been a training of focus on
that which kept Rosalind Franklin from realizing what seemed hers to achieve; on
the threshold of discovery, on the doorstep of recognition, ahead in the race, only to
stumble near the finish. Our playwright has questioned the meaning of race-running
in this wisp of a time-frame we call a life. And she’s found functionality for her chorus
of history-tellers, adding definition for the properties of its dyads—which is to say, its
different pairings—in this play about partnerships, collaboration and its discontents;
or “Combustible Couplets,” our season’s theme.

Anna Ziegler has been a determined pursuant of her subject, and we’re so grateful to
her artistic partners on this endeavor who kept her from running this marathon alone.
We salute the many institutional collaborators along the way, from Active Cultures
across the border in Maryland, to the Cape Cod Theatre Project, the Epic Theatre En-
semble, and finally to Ensemble Studio Theatre and their partnership with the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation who helped to make this DC production a reality.

There’s something deeply fulfilling for us—something deeply affirming—in participating

in this national collaboration of artistic development and helping our lead researcher
articulate this particular human tragedy and simultaneous historical triumph. Quite
the breakthrough indeed.
-Ari Roth

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Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater/Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts
March 23–April 24, 2011
PHOTOGRAPH 51
By Anna Ziegler
Directed by Daniella Topol
Cast
Maurice Wilkins Clinton Brandhagen*
James Watson James Flanagan*
Don Caspar Tim Getman*
Francis Crick Michael Glenn*
Rosalind Franklin Elizabeth Rich*
Ray Gosling Alexander Strain*
Understudy Maurice Wilkins Will Gartshore*

Artistic & Production Team

Scenic Designer Giorgos Tsappas
Lighting Designer Daniel Covey**
Costume Designer Ivania Stack
Stage Manager Roy A. Gross*
Sound Designer/Original Music Veronika Vorel**
Properties HannaH J. Crowell
Dialect Coach Tonya Beckman Ross
Scenic Artist Luciana Stecconi
Assistant Stage Managers Jen Bevan, Jay Chiang
Assistant Sound Designer Stephanie P. Freed
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Assistant Director Jessica Karp
Lighting Operator Aaron Waxman ** Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829

Theater J Extends Special Thanks To

Dr. Martin Kessel Dennis Goldman
The National Institutes of Health Roz & Donald Cohen
Photograph 51 was originally commissioned and produced by Active Cultures, the vernacular
theatre of Maryland (Mary Resing, Director). Opening Night Sunday, February 10, 2008. This
play is the winner of the 2008 STAGE International Script Competition and was developed, in
part, through the University of California, Santa Barbara’s STAGE Project by the Professional
Artists Lab (Nancy Kawalek, Director) and the California NanoSystems Institute.
Developed and produced by The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science & Technology Project.
This production is funded in part through the EST/Sloan Project Mainstage Initiative.

William Carden, Artistic Director Doron Weber, Vice President, Programs

Paul Alexander Slee, Executive Director

Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones and signal watches, and to refrain from tak-
ing photographs, text messaging, or making a recording of any aspect of this performance.
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Theater J’s Angels
This select group has provided generous support for PHOTOGRAPH 51
Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes Joan Wessel
Lisa Fuentes & Thomas Cohen Rosa D. Wiener
Marion & Larry Lewin Irene & Alan Wurtzel
Elaine Reuben Ellen & Bernard Young
The Arlene and Robert Kogod New Play Development Program
Arlene & Robert Kogod
Theater J’s Passports Educational Program
The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
The Ensemble Studio Theatre
The Ensemble Studio Theatre was founded on the belief that extraordinary support yields extraordinary work. We are a dynamic and expand-
ing family of member artists committed to the discovery and nurturing of new voices and the continued support and growth of artists through-
out their creative lives. Through our unique collaborative process we develop and produce original, provocative and authentic new plays that
engage and challenge our audience and audiences across the country. Founded in 1972 by Curt Dempster, the theatre’s membership has
grown from a core of 20 artists to a flourishing community of over 500 theatre artists of the highest caliber. Among them are winners of
accolades and higher awards including Pulitzer Prizes, Oscars, Tonys, Emmys, and Obies. EST is a lifelong artistic home for our member play-
wrights, directors, actors, designers, technical personnel and administrators. Each year EST, produces over 300 projects including workshops,
staged readings and fully produced mainstage productions. Over the past four decades we have developed more than 6,000 full-length plays,
which have been produced at more than 360 theatres across the United States.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Founded in 1934, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Doron Weber, Vice-President, Programs) is a philanthropic, non-profit institution that awards
grants in science and technology and economic competitiveness. Sloan’s program in public understanding of science and technology aims to
enhance people’s lives through a keener understanding of our increasingly scientific and technological world. The program also strives to con-
vey some of the challenges and rewards of the scientific and technological enterprise, and of the lives of the men and women who undertake it.

The EST/Sloan Project

Celebrating its thirteenth anniversary, the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project (Graeme Gillis,
Program Director; Linsay Firman, Associate Director) is designed to stimulate artists to create credible and compelling new theatrical works
exploring the worlds of science and technology, and to challenge existing stereotypes of scientists and engineers in popular culture. Each
season the EST/Sloan Project commissions and develops new works, and presents the results, at various levels from first readings to fully
mounted productions, in the FIRST LIGHT Festival. Since its inception in 1998, the EST/Sloan Project has commissioned, developed and
produced more than 200 playwrights, choreographers, composers and theatre companies.

Theater J Council
Marion Ein Lewin Natalie Abrams Mita Schaffer
Co-Chair Patty Abramson Hank Schlosberg
Paul Mason Michele G. Berman Andy Shallal
Co-Chair Deborah Carliner Patti Sowalsky
Lois Fingerhut Mimi Conway Stephen Stern
Vice-Chair Myrna Fawcett Manny Strauss
Carolyn Kaplan Ann Gilbert Barbara Tempchin
Vice-Chair Cheryl Gorelick Trish Vradenburg
Mara Bralove Yoav Lurie Joan Wessel
Treasurer Jack Moskowitz Rosa Wiener
Ellen Malasky Elaine Reuben Irene Wurtzel
Secretary Evelyn Sandground Bernard Young
Margot Zimmerman
Washington DCJCC Leadership
President Mindy Strelitz Chief Financial Officer Judith Ianuale
Chief Executive Officer Arna Meyer Mickelson Chief Development Officer Mark Spira
Chief Operating Officer Margaret Hahn Stern Chief Programming Officer Joshua Ford
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From the Playwright
This play is a work of fiction, though it is based on the story of the
race to discover the double helix in England in the years between
1951 and 1953. I am greatly indebted to The Dark Lady of DNA by
Brenda Maddox, The Double Helix by James Watson, and The Third
Man of the Double Helix by Maurice Wilkins—all of which I highly
recommend, and served as entertaining and invaluable research
aides. That said, please note that I have altered timelines, facts and
events, and recreated characters for dramatic purposes.

This play was written with the generous assistance of the follow-
ing organizations and individuals: William Carden, Graeme Gillis,
Linsay Firman and The Ensemble Studio Theatre, Doron Weber and
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Mary Resing and Active Cultures Theatre, Lynne Mead-
ow, Jerry Patch and Annie MacRae of The Manhattan Theatre Club, Andy Polk and The
Cape Cod Theatre Project, Aria Alpert, Simon Levy and The Fountain Theatre, Evan
Cabnet, The Rattlestick Theatre, Zak Berkman and Epic Theatre Company, Ari Roth,
Shirley Serotsky and the amazing staff at Theater J.

A special thanks to the heroic and brilliant Daniella Topol, whose sage guidance in mat-
ters of dramaturgy and life has greatly aided both me and my plays time and time again.

A final thanks to the incredibly inspiring Rosalind Franklin, whose life lends itself to
drama in part because it ended so tragically—would that this had not been the case.

-Anna Ziegler

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About Rosalind Franklin
Adapted from The Rosalind Franklin Papers at the National Library of Medicine at the National
Institutes of Health

You look at science…as some sort of demoralizing invention of

man, something apart from real life, and which must be cau-
tiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence.
But science and everyday life cannot and should not be sepa-
rated. Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so
far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.
- Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind’s life before PHOTOGRAPH 51

Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born in London on
July 25, 1920, the second of five children in a
prominent Anglo-Jewish family. Rosalind attend-
ed the prestigious St. Paul’s School for Girls. She
excelled in math and science, and showed facil-
ity for languages. Franklin family vacations often
included walking and hiking tours; Rosalind re-
mained an avid hiker as an adult.
“All her life,” Rosalind Franklin’s mother noted,
“Rosalind knew exactly where she was going,
and at sixteen, she took science for her subject.”
In 1938 she entered Newnham College, one of
two women’s colleges at Cambridge University,
where she majored in physical chemistry. Her un-
dergraduate years were partly shaped by WWII; Structure B, Photo 51, taken by Rosalind E. Franklin
and R.G. Gosling. May 2, 1952
many instructors, especially in the sciences, had
been pulled into war work. In one letter, Franklin noted,“Practically the whole of the Cavendish
[laboratory] have disappeared.”
Franklin received her BA in 1941, and in 1942 she had to decide whether to be drafted for more
traditional war work or pursue a Ph.D-oriented research job in a field relevant to wartime needs.
She chose the latter, and began work with the recently-organized British Coal Utilization Re-
search Association (BCURA) that summer. For the next four years, Franklin worked to illuminate
the micro-structures of various coals and carbons. Her work at BCURA yielded a doctoral thesis—
she received her Ph.D from Cambridge in 1945—and five scientific papers.
After the war, Rosalind got a position in Jacques Mering’s lab at the Laboratoire Central des Ser-
vices Chimique de l’Etat in Paris. There she learned how to analyze carbons using X-ray crystal-
lography (also called X-ray diffraction analysis). This work earned her an international reputation
among coal chemists. She enjoyed the collegial professional culture of the Laboratoire Central,
and formed many lifelong friendships there.
Though happy in France, in 1949 Franklin began seeking a position in England. In 1950 she
was awarded a Fellowship to work in John T. Randall’s Biophysics Unit at King’s College, London.
Randall had originally planned to have Franklin build up a crystallography section and analyze
proteins. At the suggestion of the assistant lab chief, Maurice Wilkins, however, Randall asked
Franklin to investigate DNA instead. Wilkins had begun doing X-ray diffraction work on some un-
usually good DNA samples. He expected that he and Franklin would work together, but Randall’s
communication to Franklin did not convey this; it said that she and graduate student Raymond
Gosling would do the DNA work. Her subsequent relations with Wilkins suffered from this misun-
derstanding. It is here that we pick up with Franklin’s life in the play, Photograph 51.

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 About Rosalind Franklin (continued)
Rosalind’s life after PHOTOGRAPH 51
Rosalind’s story in Anna Ziegler’s play begins to wind down in April 1953 after Watson and
Crick’s announcement in Nature about the structure of DNA.
By that time, Franklin had arranged to transfer to J.D. Bernal’s crystallography laboratory at Birk-
beck College, also in London, where she turned her attention to the structure of plant viruses,
particularly the tobacco mosaic virus. There, Franklin made meticulous X-ray diffraction photos of
the viruses. Her expertise in virus structures was recognized by the Royal Institution in 1956, with
a request to construct large-scale models of viruses for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair.
In the fall of 1956, Franklin was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. For the next 18 months she
underwent treatment; she had several periods of remission, during which she continued work-
ing in her lab. She died in London on April 16, 1958.
Throughout her 16-year career, Franklin published steadily: nineteen articles on coals and car-
bons, five on DNA, and twenty-one on viruses. During her last few years, she received numerous
invitations to speak at conferences all over the world.
Franklin’s scientific achievements, both in coal chemistry and virus structure research are con-
siderable. Her peers in those fields acknowledged this during her life and after her death. But it
is her role in the discovery of DNA structure that has garnered the most public attention. Crick,
Watson and Wilkins shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their work on
the structure of DNA, but no one gave Franklin credit for her contributions at that time.
Ironically, Franklin’s work on DNA may
have remained a mere footnote had Wat-
son not caricatured her in his 1968 mem-
oir, The Double Helix, presenting Franklin
as “Rosy,”—bad-tempered and arrogant—
and jealously guarding her data from col-
leagues. His book proved popular, even
n though many featured in the story pro-
tested Watson’s treatment of Franklin. In
h 1975, Anne Sayre published a biography
further revealing Rosalind’s role in the dis-
covery. Numerous articles and documenta-
ries have highlighted her part in “the race
.
for the double helix,” often casting her as
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a feminist martyr—cheated of a Nobel Prize
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death. However, as her second biographer, Professor Maurice H. Wilkins (Medicine); Dr. Max Perutz
Brenda Maddox, has noted, this too is cari- (Chemistry); Dr. Francis Crick (Medicine); author John
- cature, and unfairly obscures both a bril- Steinbeck (literature); Prof. James D. Watson (Medicine);
and Dr. John Kendrew (Chemistry).
- liant scientific career and Franklin herself.
n More information
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Websites:
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/KR/
e http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/dna/people/franklin.html
The 2011 Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival: Portraits of Home is supported in part by an
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/Phase2/Franklin,_Rosalind@841234567.html
award from the National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from The Jewish Federation of Greater
http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~cwp/articles/franklin/piper.html
Washington to support Israel Programming through the Arts. This engagement of The Cameri Theatre
e is a DC Performing Arts Presenters Initiative project, made possible through funding by the Mid Atlantic
Books:
Arts Foundation
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s Rosalind Franklin and DNA by Anne Sayre
d The Path to the Double Helix by Robert Olby
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson
- Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Theater J thanks Jacqueline Lawton, for providing additional research for this production.
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Who’s Who in PHOTOGRAPH 51
Don Caspar is an American academic who has made significant scientific
contributions in structural biology, X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction,
and protein plasticity. He has served as a Professor of Biology at the Insti-
tute of Molecular Biophysics at Florida State University. He is a member
of the National Academy of Sciences and is also a fellow of the American
Academy of Arts & Sciences.
“[Near her death, Rosalind] was still optimistic and confident that things
were going to get better…Up until the end, she was still working away.”
-Don Caspar
Don Caspar
Maurice Wilkins was born in New Zealand in 1916. He was raised in Bir-
mingham, UK and attended St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he studied
physics. During WWII he applied his expertise on phosphorescence to the
development of improved radar screens, and then moved on to work on the
separation of radioactive isotopes for use in nuclear bombs. This took him to
the Manhattan Project where he stayed until the bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. This experience nearly drove him to give up science for art (which
was another of his pursuits) but instead he moved into biophysics. His autobi-
ography, The Third Man of the Double Helix was published in 2003.
“We had a very stressful aspect, which did not help the joint work in our Maurice Wilkins
laboratory.” - Maurice Wilkins, on his relationship with Franklin

James Watson graduated from the University of Chicago in 1947, at age

19. He received a degree in Zoology and a Fellowship for graduate study at
Indiana University, where he received his Ph.D in Zoology. In 1951, he at-
tended a lecture in Naples given by Wilkins, and first saw the X-ray diffraction
pattern of crystalline DNA, which inspired him to change the direction of his
research, toward the structural chemistry of nucleic acids and proteins. In
1962, he was one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize for discovering the
structure of DNA. He then went on to work at Harvard University’s Biologi-
cal Laboratories and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. In 1994 he became
President of the Human Genome Project, and later served as its Chancellor
James Watson until resigning in 2007.
“Rosy had evidence for a new three-dimensional form of DNA…Maurice went into the adja-
cent room to pick up a print of the new form they called the “B” structure. The instant I saw
the picture my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race.”- James Watson

Raymond Gosling pioneered X-ray diffraction research at King’s College,

collaborating closely with Wilkins in analyzing samples of DNA. Following
the discovery of DNA, Gosling remained at King’s, where he completed his
thesis in 1954. After lecturing in physics abroad, he returned to the UK in
1967 and became a lecturer at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, and Profes-
sor in Physics Applied to Medicine.
“She didn’t suffer fools gladly, she was very intelligent, and she desperately
wanted to get on with this work. She was so convinced that it was there like
a ripe plum to be plucked from the tree.”- Raymond Gosling
Ray Gosling
Francis Crick became James Watson’s partner in 1951, when the two be-
gan collaborating at the Cavendish Lab, working to uncover the structure
of DNA. Crick brought to the project his knowledge of X-ray diffraction,
while Watson brought knowledge of phage and bacterial genetics. Follow-
ing the discovery of the double helix, Crick worked on finding the relation-
ship between DNA and genetic coding. In 1976, Crick began studying
the brain and consciousness. His book The Astonishing Hypothesis: The
Scientific Search for the Soul described his ideas. Francis Crick died in
2004 at the age of 88.
Francis Crick “The major credit I think Jim (Watson) and I deserve ... is for selecting the
right problem and sticking to it.” - Francis Crick
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Additional Programming for PHOTOGRAPH 51
Theater J is dedicated to taking its dialogues beyond the stage, offer-
ing an array of innovative public discussion forums which explore the
theatrical, psychological and social elements of our art. Discussions
take place weekly, following Sunday matinees and other selected
evenings. All topics, panelists and dates are subject to change. For
additional discussions, names of panelists, and updates, please visit
theaterj.org and click “beyond the stage”
Thursday, March 31 at 9:00 pm: A conversation with Francis Collins, Director of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Wednesday, April 6 at 9:00 pm: A Conversation with Kindra Crick, Visual Artist and grand-
daughter of Francis Crick (see Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery below)
Thursday, April 7 at 9:00 pm: A Conversation with the cast of Photograph 51
Sunday, April 10 at 4:30 pm: Women Scientists: Breaking Through the SiO2 silica +
sodium carbonate Na2CO3 + CaCo3 Ceiling
Sunday, April 17 at 4:30 pm: DNA in the 21st Centery: A Look at Genetic Testing, in
Partnership with Genetic Alliance
Sunday, April 24 at 4:30 pm: The Path Less Taken: Gender Equity in the Teaching of
Science, Math and Technology

Upcoming Readings: The Emma Goldman Project

Two Plays by Jessica Litwak • Directed by Dorothy Neuman
Sunday, April 3, 5:00 pm: Love, Anarchy and Other Affairs
Written and performed by the author, as Emma Goldman. Tickets free.
Monday, April 4, 7:30 pm: The Snake and the Falcon Tickets $10.
A play about J. Edgar Hoover and Emma Goldman, set during the “Red Scare” in 1919.

The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington DCJCC

What Was There To Be Seen an exhibition featuring
Carolyn Bernstein’s Yew Tree Project and
Kindra Crick’s Paradigm Shifts: Bonds and Binds
January 26–April 24, 2011
What Was There to Be Seen is an exhibition that focuses on the complexity
of science and human biology as seen through the eyes of artists. The works
shown come from Carolyn Bernstein and Kindra Crick, granddaughter of
Francis Crick, who contributed to the discovery of DNA. Each featured artist
uses different techniques while employing scientific and medical imagery to
convey emotions, experiences, fantasies and fears.
Bernstein’s Yew Tree Project is a powerful installation that focuses on the
development of the cancer drug Taxol, the complex network of the drug
industry and the “diseased” bodies and symptoms of cancer patients.
Paradigm Shifts: Bonds and Binds explores the idea of how we perceive the
world around us. Crick uses scientific and anatomical drawings as playful
metaphors for human emotions.
Currently on display
Guided Gallery Tours will accompany these select performances of Photograph 51:
Wednesday, March 30, before the evening performance
Wednesday, April 6, following the matinee and before the evening performances
Thursday, April 21, before the evening performance
The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery and the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts are supported in part by the DC
Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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 About the Artists
Clinton Brandhagen (Maurice Wilkins) has appeared in Master Class,
Mister Roberts, Shear Madness, Color Me Dark and A Light in the Storm
at The Kennedy Center; All My Sons, Shipwrecked!, Two Rooms, The Mys-
tery of Irma Vep, The Cherry Orchard, Doubt, A Parable, and A Nightin-
gale Sang at Everyman Theatre; Love and Whiskey at Charter Theatre;
School for Scandal and The Comedy of Errors at Folger Theatre; Stunning
at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; Christmas Carol, 1941 and Anna
Christie at Arena Stage; The Picture of Dorian Gray and Orson’s Shadow
at Round House Theatre; Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
at Ford’s Theatre; Democracy, The Foreigner and Anna Karenina at Olney Theatre Center; An
Experiment with an Air Pump and Piaf at Potomac Theatre Project; Romeo and Juliet at The
Shakespeare Theatre; Macbett and Love’s Labour’s Lost at Washington Shakespeare Company
and Dr. Faustus, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, Merchant of Venice, Richard
II, Much Ado about Nothing and The Knight of the Burning Pestle at American Shakespeare
Center. Clinton is a member of Everyman Theatre’s Resident Acting Company.

James Flanagan (James Watson) is honored to be performing at Theater J

for the first time. Credits include House of Gold at Wolly Mammoth; dark
play or stories for boys at Forum Theatre; The Intelligent Design of Jenny
Chow at Studio Theatre 2nd Stage; columbinus at Round House Theatre;
Hamlet, Kimberly Akimbo, and Arcadia at Rep Stage; and other produc-
tions with Quotidian Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Chesa-
peake Shakespeare Company, Maryland Shakespeare Festival, VSA arts,
The Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences, Longacre Lea Produc-
tions, Taffety Punk’s Bootleg Shakespeare, Hub Theatre Company, and
New York Theatre Workshop. Later this spring, he’ll return to Theater J for
the world premiere of Sam Forman’s The Moscows of Nantucket, while also appearing in his first
award winning independent feature film, Absentia (written and directed by amazing older sibilng,
Mike Flanagan; screening info at absentiamovie.com). James earned his bachelor’s degree
from Towson University and is a company member at Hub Theatre in Reston, VA. Special thanks
to everyone at Theater J, the Flanagan family, and Grace.

Tim Getman (Don Caspar) is thrilled to be returning to Theater J where he

last appeared in Shylock. He has also been seen in the original production
of The Chosen, The Last Seder, and Passing the Love of Women. Tim has
worked at numerous theaters in the area including Arena Stage (Death of a
Salesman, View from the Bridge, Christmas Carol: 1941, The Misanthrope,
and Streetcar Named Desire) ; Folger Theatre (Midsummer’ Night’s Dream,
Elizabeth the Queen); Olney Theatre Center (Night Must Fall, An Enemy of
the People, Somewhere in the Pacific); Rep Stage (A Lie of the MInd, In the
Heart of America); Signature Theatre (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, In the
Absence of Spring); Woolly Mammoth (Gruesome Playground Injuries, The
Distance from Here, Savage in Limbo, The Unmentionables) and Everyman Theatre (Two Rooms,
All My Sons, Exonerated). He holds a BA from Macalester College and Trinity College, Dublin and
is a recipient of a Mary Goldwater award.

Michael Glenn (Francis Crick) recently appeared in Constellation

Theatre Company’s On the Razzle. Michael has been a DC based
actor for over a decade, appearing in dozens of productions in many
area theaters. Some favorites include Cat’s Cradle, The Hothouse,
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Helen Hayes Nomination),
Dumb Waiter, and Dogg’s Hamlet/Cahoot’s Macbeth with Longacre
Lea; Henry VIII, Arcadia, and Twelfth Night at the Folger Shakespeare
Library; Clybourne Park at Woolly Mammoth; A Flea in Her Ear with
Constellation Theatre Company; The Lieutenant of Inishmore and
Fallen From Proust at Signature Theatre; O’Flaherty V.C., Man of Destiny, A Skull in Conne-
mara, The Underpants, and Major Barbara (Helen Hayes Nomination) with Washington Stage
Guild; Blood Knot (Mary Goldwater Award) and As You Like It with ACTCo. Michael can be seen
next in Theater J’s The Moscows of Nantucket and in Woolly Mammoth’s summer remount of
Clybourne Park.
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 About the Artists (continued)
Elizabeth Rich (Rosalind Franklin) is delighted to be back at Theater J
where she appeared in Hannah and Martin (Helen Hayes Nomination).
Based in NYC, she has appeared Off-Off Broadway in The Common Swal-
low at The Bleeker St Theatre and Couldn’t Say at The Abingdon (MITF
Nomination and Talkin Broadway Citation). Regionally, Elizabeth has ap-
peared in The Pillowman, Cherry Orchard, and Tale of Two Cities at Step-
penwolf Theatre Company, Dollhouse at The Goodman, The Scene at
The Alley, Enemies, A Love Story at the Wilma, Cradle of Man at Florida
Stage and Rx at Chautauqua. Some of her previous Chicago credits
include Hannah and Martin at Timeline Theatre Co. (Jeff Award and
After Dark Award); Writers Theatre (Our Town and The Duchess of Malfi); Famous Door (Cider
House Rules, Early and Often, Ghetto); Irish Rep (Bailegangaire); About Face (Seven Moves,
Xena); Greasy Joan (The Lady from the Sea); and Strawdog (Our Country’s Good, Measure for
Measure, HurlyBurly). Television credits include “Law and Order,” “Law and Order SVU” and
“Missing/Reward.”
Alexander Strain (Ray Gosling) has performed at Theater J in New Jerusa-
lem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza (2011 Helen Hayes Nomina-
tion), The Rise and fall of Annie Hall, Honey Brown Eyes and Pangs of the
Messiah (Helen Hayes nomination - Supporting Actor) and The Seagull on
16th Street as Theater J’s first Artist in Residence. Other performances
include Scorched and Angels in America (Forum Theatre); In the Heart of
America, Bach at Leipzig (Rep Stage), My Name is Asher Lev, Lord of the
Flies (Round House Theatre), Caligula, Medea (Washington Shakespeare
Company), The Monument, Gross Indecency (Theater Alliance), The School
for Scandal (Everyman Theatre), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
(LongAcre Lea Productions, Helen Hayes nomination - Ensemble). He has directed Marisol and
One Flea Spare (Forum Theatre), Life’s A Dream (Journeymen Theater Ensemble), Peace (Wash-
ington Shakespeare Company—World Premiere). He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch
School of the Arts where he studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

Will Gartshore (Understudy, Maurice Wilkins) returns to Theater J following performances in

The Sunshine Boys and David In Shadow and Light. DC credits include Show Boat, Merrily We
Roll Along, My Fair Lady, Assassins, Sex Habits of American Women, Urinetown, Pacific Over-
tures, Elegies, Allegro, Twentieth Century, Grand Hotel, Side Show and Floyd Collins (Signature);
Passion (Kennedy Center); The Velvet Sky (Woolly Mammoth); Orson’s Shadow, A Year with Frog
and Toad (Round House); Monster (Olney); Privates on Parade and A New Brain (Studio). Will
has performed on Broadway in Parade, Off-Broadway in The Last Session and Ziegfield Follies
of 1936, and regionally in Elegies (PTC); Myths + Hymns (Prince); 3hree (Ahmanson, Prince) and
Fanny Hill (Goodspeed). Will has two Helen Hayes awards and eight nominations for Best Actor.

Daniella Topol (Director) recent productions include the world premieres of Sheila Callaghan’s
Lascivious Something (Women’s Project/Cherry Lane, NY), Willy Holtzman’s The Morini Strand,
(City Theatre, PA), and Janet Allard and Niko Tsakalakos’ Pool Boy (Barrington Stage, MA). Up-
coming world premiere productions include: Rajiv’s Joseph’s Monster at the Door (Alley Theatre,
Houston, TX – May 2011), and Adriana Sevahn’s Nights Over Erzinga (Golden Thread Produc-
tions in partnership with the Lark and Silk Road Theatre Project, San Francisco, CA - September
2011). Committed to developing programs that support new writers and new voices, Daniella
has served as the New Works Program Director for the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and
the Artistic Program Director of the Lark Play Development Center. Originally from the suburbs
of Washington, DC, Daniella is a JDS alumna who received a BFA in Directing and a Masters of
Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon and now lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Joe Slott.

Anna Ziegler (Playwright) Plays include Photograph 51 (previously produced at Ensemble Stu-
dio Theatre, The Fountain Theatre and Active Cultures), Dov and Ali (Playwrights Realm @ The
Cherry Lane; Chester Theater; Theatre 503, London), Life Science (Brown/Trinity Playwrights
Rep), Variations on a Theme (New Play Workshop at Chautauqua Theater Company, directed by
Ethan McSweeny; 2010 TheatreWorks’ New Work Festival), The Minotaur (McCarter Theatre’s
Lab Festival 2010), An Incident (2010 New Play Workshop at Chautauqua Theater Company),
BFF (W.E.T., 2007), and Novel (SPF, 2007). Ziegler’s plays have also been developed by The
Manhattan Theatre Club, Rattlestick Theatre, The Sundance Theatre Lab, The Old Vic New Voic-
es program, Primary Stages, The Lark, The Cape Cod Theatre Project, The Geva Theatre Center,
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Soho Rep, The Flea, The Playwright’s Center PlayLabs Festival, Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, The
New Harmony Project, Epic Theatre Ensemble, Icicle Creek Theatre Festival, Catalyst Theater,
Rorschach Theatre, and The Berkshire Playwrights Lab. She holds commissions from the Sloan
Foundation, New Georges and the Virginia Stage Company, and is the winner of the 2010 Doug-
las T. Ward Playwriting Prize, awarded by Tisch, which is given to an alumnus of the dramatic
writing program in celebration of her/his work. Ziegler’s work has been published in New Play-
wrights: The Best Plays of 2007, Best Ten-Minute Plays 2010, Ten-Minute Plays for 2 Actors: The
Best of 2004 and New American Short Plays 2005. BFF, Life Science and Photograph 51 are
published or forthcoming from Dramatists Play Service.
Daniel Covey (Lighting Designer) gleefully returns for this fun production of Photograph 51
starring most of his favorite actors. Previously he designed Theater J’s productions of Mikveh, In
Darfur, The Seagull on 16th Street, Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears (with Theodore
Bikel), Hannah & Martin, and Passing The Love of Women. His Off-Broadway credits include
taking productions of Sholom Aleichem to the The National Yiddish Theatre/Folksbiene, Beyond
Glory to Roundabout Theatre, and columbinus to The New York Theatre Workshop. Though Dan
lives and mainly works locally, his work has been seen at regional theaters around the country.
He is a member of the United Scenic Artists Local 829. Dan received Portland, Oregon’s Dram-
my Award for work at Portland Center Stage’s production of Sometimes A Great Notion. In 2001
he received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for his work on The Tempest
at Folger Theatre. Please visit dancovey.com.
HannaH J. Crowell (Properties) has most recently designed props for The Four of Us, Zero Hour
and The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall at Theater J and was the scenic and props designer for In
Darfur. She primarily works as a scene designer in the Washington, DC area. Her local scene
design credits include Locomotion at Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences; Touch at No
Rules Theatre Co.; Forever Plaid and Ain’t Misbehavin at Olney Theatre Center; Spot’s Birthday
Party, Holes, and If You Give A Mouse A Cookie at Adventure Theatre; Receptionist at Studio
2ndStage and Separated At Birth at Dog&Pony DC. HannaH will be returning to Theater J for The
Moscows of Nantucket. Other upcoming projects include If You Give a Cat a Cupcake at Adven-
ture Theatre and The Glass Menagerie at Georgetown University. HannaH received her degree
from North Carolina School of the Arts.
Roy A. Gross (Stage Manager) is happy to return to Theater J, having been the Production Stage
Manager for New Jerusalem and Something You Did. Roy has worked as a producer, production
manager and stage manager in the DC metro area for 10 years. A proud member of Actors’
Equity Association, he serves as a member of the DC/Baltimore AEA Liaison Committee and the
regional campaign coordinator for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Roy had the privilege of
bringing Tribute Productions’ Beyond Glory to US Military Personnel around the world as part of
Operation Homecoming. Roy holds a BA from James Madison University and is the recipient of
a US Army Southern European Task Force Scroll of Appreciation, a US Army 282nd Base Support
Battalion Scroll of Appreciation, and a League of Washington Theatres Offstage Honor Award.
Currently, Roy is the Executive Director of Artists’ Bloc, an organization that presents the devel-
oping performing art work of over 40 creating artists each year.
Ivania Stack (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing for Theater J again (The Odd
Couple, The Four of Us, In Darfur). Other design credits include: Full Circle and Boom for Woolly
Mammoth Theatre Company, Adding Machine: A Musical at Studio Theatre; F***ing A for Studio
Theatre 2ndStage; Angels in America at Forum Theatre (co-design); Lucido and True History of
Coca Cola in Mexico at Gala Hispanic Theatre; 1001 and Lord of the Flies for Rorschach Theatre
Company; Five Flights and Gretty Good Time for Theatre Alliance, Heroes for MetroStage; Three
Sisters for Constellation Theatre; Mother Courage and Her Children for dog & pony dc; and Way
Out West for the Berkshire Theatre Festival. She received her MFA in Design from the University
of Maryland.
Giorgos Tsappas (Scenic Designer) is very happy to be designing for Theater J for the first
time. Other theater set credits include Our Town, Waiting for God and The Lieutenant of Inish-
more, for The National Theatre of Cyprus; Quantanamo, John Epperson in rep. (As I Lay Lip-
synching and Show trash) for The Studio Theatre; Passing strange, Fucking A, Jerry
Springer the opera, Reefer Madness, Dog Sees God, Terrorism, Tommy, Polaroid stories,
Nocturne, This Is Our Youth, Wonderland Alice, A Clockwork Orange, The Velocity of Gary, The
Wild Party, Kerouac, Hair, Mad Forest, Silence Cunning Exile, Capote at Yaddo and 2-2 Tango;
for The Studio Theatre 2ndStage; Lucido and Blood Wedding for the GALA Hispanic Theatre;
Macbeth, Medea, The Maids, Macbett and Entertaining Mr. Sloane for WSC; The Resistible Rise
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of Arturo Ui, Cloud 9, Turcaret and Woyzeck, for Catalyst theater company; Harlem Rose: A Love
Song to Langston Hughes for Metrostage and Porcelain for Tsunami theatre Company. Giorgos
was a part of the delegation representing Cyprus to Prague Quadrennial 2007 as a part of the
new generation of Cypriot Stage designers.He earned a Masters of Architecture degree from
North Carolina State University.
Veronika Vorel (Sound Designer/Original Music) has designed The Odd Couple, Something You
Did and Mikveh at Theater J; Full Circle, Eclipsed and Fever/Dream at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Company; Black Pearl Sings! at Ford’s Theatre; The Way of the World at the Shakespeare Theatre
Company; Alice at Round House Theatre; Arcadia and Henry IV Part One at Folger Theatre and
The Bread of Winter at Theatre Alliance. Regionally, she designed Anything Goes at the Kansas
City Starlight Theatre; Boleros For the Disenchanted at the Yale Repertory Theatre and Peer Gynt
and Titus Andronicus at the Yale School of Drama. She was a member of the Sound Design Staff
for West Side Story on Broadway and at the National Theatre. Ms. Vorel received her training at
the Prague Conservatory of Music, California Institute of the Arts and the Yale School of Drama.
She garnered three Helen Hayes Award nominations for her work in the 2009 season.
Ari Roth (Artistic Director) is enjoying his 14th season as Artistic Director at Theater J where,
together with a dedicated staff, he has produced 97 full productions, including 33 English lan-
guage world premieres, and many more workshop presentations. Also a playwright, Mr. Roth has
seen his work produced across the country, as well as at Theater J, where productions include
Goodnight Irene, Life In Refusal, Love & Yearning in the Not-for-Profits, Oh, The Innocents, and
a repertory production of Born Guilty, originally commissioned and produced by Arena Stage,
based on the book by Peter Sichrovsky, together with its sequel, The Wolf in Peter (recently pre-
sented as The Born Guilty Cycle by the Epic Theatre Ensemble). His plays have been nominated
for five Helen Hayes Awards, including Best Resident Production, and two Charles A. MacArthur
Awards. He is a 1998 and 2003 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts playwriting grant,
three-time winner of the Helen Eisner Award, two-time winner of the Avery Hopwood Award, four-
time recipient of commissions from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and recipient
of the Mertyl Wreath Award from Hadassah. He was recently named one of The Forward 50, a
recognition from The Forward newspaper honoring fifty nationally prominent “men and women
who are leading the American Jewish community into the 21st century.” He has taught for the
University of Michigan for 15 years, currently for their “Michigan in DC” program, as well as for
Brandeis, NYU and Carnegie Mellon Universities.
Sarah Rayer (Managing Director) is thrilled to be the newest member of the Theater J team.
She comes to Theater J with an MBA from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and a decade of
work in prominent New York Theaters including Playwrights Horizons and The Public Theater. At
the Public, she served as assistant to the Artistic Producer, Rosemarie Tichler and Administrative
Director of The Shakespeare Lab. Prior to her work in producing, Sarah worked for four years
in casting on projects such as “Law & Order,” The Lion King, and many of the Public Theater’s
Shakespeare in the Park (Initiatives and readings). She’s worked as an Associate Producer for
Eve Ensler’s V-Day (a social awareness and engagement initiative of The Vagina Monologues)
at Madison Square Garden; Sarah also Associate Produced for “A Net of Souls: A Borrowed
Light - Voices from Women in Prison.” In addition to her theater work, Ms. Rayer has a consulting
company: S. Rayer Associates.
Theater J Staff
Artistic Director Ari Roth
Managing Director Sarah Rayer
Associate Producer Delia Taylor
Director of Marketing & Communications Grace Overbeke
Director of Community Outreach & New Media Becky Peters
Director of Literary & Public Programs Shirley Serotsky
Director of Patron Services Tara Brady
Development Associate Gavi Young
Casting Director Naomi Robin
Technical Director and Master Carpenter Thomas Howley
MCCA Operations Director Daniel Risner
Construction Crew Ellen Houseknecht
Load-in Crew Ian Millholland, Kevin Laughon, Cathryn Salisbury-Valerien, Meaghan Toohey and Jason Krznarich
Front of House Raha Behnam, Bonnie Berger, Elizabeth Heir, JauNelle Hugee and Hadiya Rice
For a full list of Theater J staff bios, visit theaterj.org and click on “About Us”
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 Friends Of Theater J
Theater J is, at its core, a playwrights’ theater and as such, we have named our giving levels in honor of Jewish
playwrights and two of their director/producers. We gratefully acknowledge our current donors who have support-
ed us for the 2010–2011 season to date. We ask our many long-time supporters and new friends of the theater to
join them in underwriting this exciting season. (This list is current as of February 25, 2011.)
Executive Producing
Show Sponsor
($25,000 and above)
The Robert M. Fisher
Memorial Foundation
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Washington
National Endowment for the Arts
The Shubert Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The EST/Sloan Project
Wendy Wasserstein Grand Angel
($15,000 - $24,999)
Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg
Patti & Jerry Sowalsky
The George Wasserman
Family Foundation
Harold Clurman Champion Angel
($10,000 - $14,999)
Carolyn & Warren Kaplan
The Jacob & Charlotte
Lehrman Foundation
Trish & George Vradenburg
Irene & Alan Wurtzel
Ellen & Bernard Young
Tony Kushner Collaborating Angel
($7,500 - $9,999)
Esthy & James Adler
Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes
The Max & Victoria Dreyfus
Foundation
Marion & Larry Lewin
Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins
Joseph Papp Producing Angel
($5,000 - $7,499)
Patty Abramson & Les Silverman
Anne & Ronald Abramson
Joan & Peter Andrews
Michele & Allan Berman
Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation Daniel Edelman
Louie & Ralph Dweck
Lois & Richard England
Lois & Michael Fingerhut
Dr. Kenneth & Cheryl Gorelick Fund
Kovler Foundation-Judy & Peter Kovler Gayle & David Greene
Zena & Paul Mason
Judith Morris & Marvin Weissberg
Faye & Jack Moskowitz
The Omega Foundation
Elaine Reuben
Margaret Hahn Stern & Stephen Stern Estelle & Dr. Irving Jacobs
Natalie Wexler & James Feldman
Rosa D. Wiener
Judy & Leo Zickler
Lillian Hellman Supporting Angel
($3,000 - $4,999)
The Family of H. Max & Josephine F.
Ammerman & Andrew Ammerman
Natalie & Paul Abrams
The DC Commission on the Arts and
Humanities
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Al Munzer & Joel Wind
Diane & Arnold Polinger
Loretta Rosenthal
The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation
Joan Wessel
Arthur Miller Mentor
($1,500 - $2,999)
Susan & Dixon Butler
Ann & Frank Gilbert
Debbie J. Goldman
Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan
Lisa Fuentes & Thomas Cohen
Sandra & Arnold Leibowitz
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Marjan & Andy Shallal
Margot & Paul Zimmerman
David Mamet Muse
($1,000 - $1,499)
Elizabeth Berry
Mara Bralove & Ari Fisher
The Center for Cultural Judaism, Inc.
Myrna Fawcett
Marjory Goldman
Laine & Norton Katz
Amy & Kenneth Krupsky
Melanie Franco Nussdorf & Lawrence
Nussdorf
Rhea Schwartz & Paul Wolff
Victor Shargai
Betsy Karmin & Manny Strauss
Rona & Allan Mendelsohn
Janet Solinger
Neil Simon Stage Benefactor
($500 - $999)
Babs & Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz
Carolyn Small Alper
Richard Belle
Michele & Alan Berman
Richard I. Bloch
Steven des Jardins
Marlin & David Feldman
Ina Ginsburg
Frances E. Goldman
Tamara & Harry Handelsman
Carol & Robert Hausman
Ira Hillman & Jeremy Barber
Linda & Steven Hirsch
Lauren & Glen Howard
Rachel Jacobson & Eric Olsen
In Memory of MJ Bear
Elizabeth Karmin & Emanuel Strauss
Ellen & Gary Malasky
David Marlin
Donald Myers
Undine & Carl Nash
Trudy & Gary Peterson
Toby Port & Jeffrey Ahl
Steven M. Rosenberg & Stewart C. Low III Loretta Rosenthal
Deborah & Michael Salzberg
Anne & Richard Solomon
Marsha E. Swiss & Dr. Ronald M.
Costell
Barbara & Stanley Tempchin
Annie & Sami Totah
Francine Zorn Trachtenberg &
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Betty L. Ustun
Beverly Walcoff
Julie & David Zalkind
Sholom Asch Admirer
($350 - $499)
Shoshana & Peter Grove
Barbara Harris
Iris & Michael Lav
Michael Lewis
Yoav Lurie
Linda Segal
Sandra & Dale Stein
Paddy Chayefsky Champion
($175 - $349)
Anonymous (2)
Paul S. Berger
Elaine & Richard Binder
Ronald Bleeker
Goldie Blumenstyk
Susan & Steven Bralove
Mady Chalk
Rosalind & Donald Cohen
Miriam J. Cutler & Paul Saldit
Peter & Shelly Dreifuss
Barbara & Samuel Dyer
Eva Feglova & Lawrence Somer
Susan & Michael Friedman
Marjory Goldman
Patricia & Stephen Goldman
Paula Seigle Goldman
Linda & Jack Golodner
Ellen & Barney Goodman
Martha Winter Gross & Robert Tracy
Ritalou Harris
Edith & Arthur Hessel
Faye & Aaron Hillman
Marvin Kalb
Joy Lerner & Stephen Kelin
Aviva Kempner
William Kreisberg
Neal Krucoff
Dianne & Herbert Lerner
Arthur Le Van
Tina Martin & Mita Schaffer
Joy Midman
Dianne Modell & Robert Hoffman
Sue Morss
Tena Nauheim & David Harrison
Vivian L. Pollock
Toby Port & Jeffrey Ahl
Barbara Rappaport
Erica & Douglas Rosenthal
Leona & Jerrold Schecter
Friends Of Theater J (continued)
Lois & Basil Schiff
Ms. Terry Schubach
Sylvia Shenk & Yori Aharoni
Beverly & Harlan Sherwat
Lynnette Spira
Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt
Deborah Tannen & Michael
Macovski
Susan Tannenbaum & David
Osterhout
Betty & Semih Ustin
Stephanie & Fernando Van
Reigersberg
Gitta Fajerstein Walchirk
Diane Abelman Wattenberg
Marjorie & Allan Weingold
T. Michael Wight
Deborah Yaffe
Debbie & Steven Young
Ben Hecht Booster
($75 - $174)
Susan & Alan Apter
Anonymous
Huguette Auerswald
Deborah Berkowitz & Geoffrey
Garin
Sharon Bernier
Edith Bralove
Dr. Lloyd Brodsky
Karen & John Burgess
Theater J Benefit Supporters
A big thank you to all our supporters who made our February 28, 2011 Benefit such a success.
BIKEL & BROCHU
Dr. Kenneth and Cheryl Gorelick Fund
Carolyn & Warren Kaplan
Melanie & Lawrence Nussdorf
Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins
Victor Shargai
Trish & George Vradenburg
Ellen & Bernard Young
BURNS & ALLEN
Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes
Amy & Kenneth Krupsky
ABBOT & COSTELLO
Anonymous
Babs & Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz
Patty Abramson & Les Silverman
Carolyn Small Alper
Richard Belle
Paul S. Berger
Joan & Alan Berman
Michele & Allan Berman
Elaine & Richard Binder
Richard I. Bloch
Mara Bralove & Ari Fisher
Susan & Dixon Butler
Miriam J. Cutler & Paul Saldit
Daniel Edelman
Myrna Fawcett
Eva Feglova & Lawrence Somer
Lois & Micheal Fingerhut
Susan & Marshall Bykofsky
Wallace Chandler
Esther Coopersmith
Lois & Michael Fingerhut
Marcia Goldberg
Helen Darling & Brad Gray
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb &
Ms. Minna Scherlinder Morse
Leona & Donald Drazin
Dr. & Mrs. Burton Epstein
Stuart Fischer
Anne & Al Fishman
Kit Gage & Steven Metalitz
Renee Gier
Morton Goren
Judith & Albert Grollman
Jack Hahn
Morton Halperin
Carol & Robert Hausman
Peggy Heller
Evelyn Hirsch
Rachel Jacobson & Eric Olsen
Rosalyn & Gary Jonas
Betty-Chia Karro & Henry Gassner
Helene & Allan Kahan
Dana & Ray Koch
Adrienne Kohn & Garry Grossman
Beth Kramer
Martin Krubit
Michael Lewis
Bill Levenson
Ann & Frank Gilbert
Frances E. Goldman
Marjory Goldman
Paula Seigle Goldman
Martha Winter Gross & Robert Tracy
Tamara & Harry Handelsman
Ritalou Harris
Carol & Robert Hausman
Lauren & Glen Howard
Estelle & Dr. Irving Jacobs
Elizabeth Karmin & Emanuel Strauss
Aviva Kempner
William Kreisberg
Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin
Marion & Larry Lewin
Michael Lewis
Arthur Le Van
Ellen & Gary Malasky
David Marlin
Joy Midman
Alfred Munzer & Joel Wind
Donald Myers
Carl & Undine Nash
Vivian L. Pollock
Toby Port & Jeffrey Ahl
Elaine Reuben
Loretta Rosenthal
Deborah & Michael Salzberg
Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg
Rhea Schwartz & Paul Wolff
Patti & Jerry Sowalsky
Faiga G. Levine
Mary & Edward Levy
Hannah & Tim Lipman
Susan & Donald Lubick
Rosalie Lurie
Madeline & Gerald Malovany
Noreen Marcus & Jay Sushelsky
Thomas Merrick
Jolynne Miller
Nancy & Richard Millstein
Caroline & Michael Mindel
Mona & Leonard Mitnick
Tena Nauheim & David Harrison
Nonna Noto
Susan & James Pitterman
Deborah Prigal
Lauren & Sam Racoosin
Joan & Ludwig Rudel
Froma & Jerome Sandler
Anne & Barry Schenof
Michelle Sender
Margaret Sohn & Harvey Cohen
Richard Solloway
Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt
Helen & Jonathan Sunshine
Virginia & James Vitarello
Mindy & Sheldon Weisel
Sandra Weiswasser
Marsha E. Swiss & Dr. Ronald M. Costell
Annie & Sami Totah
Francine Zorn Trachtenberg & Stephen
Joel Trachtenberg
Betty L. Ustun
Diane Abelman Wattenberg
Joan Wessel
Rosa D. Wiener
Margot & Paul Zimmerman
LAUREL & HARDY
Anonymous
Huguette Auerswald
Ronald Bleeker
Susan & Steven Bralove
Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan
Meredith Deborah
Dr. & Mrs. Burton Epstein
Marlin & David Feldman
Susan & Michael Friedman
Marcia Goldberg
Stephen & Patricia Goldman
Linda & Jack Golodner
Michael Gottesman
Ellen & Barney Goodman
Gayle & David Greene
Shoshana & Peter Grove
Barbara Harris
Peggy Heller
Edith & Arthur Hessel
Evelyn Hirsch
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Marvin Kalb Sandra Weiswasser
Adrienne Kohn & Garry Grossman Adam Winkleman
Bill Levenson Deborah Yaffe
Dianne Modell & Robert Hoffman
Tena Nauheim & David Harrison FRIENDS OF THEATER J
Nonna Noto Robert & Harriet Basseches
Deborah Prigal Deborah Berkowitz & Geoffrey Garin
Leona & Jerrold Schecter Edith Bralove
Lois & Basil Schiff Susan & Marshall Bykofsky
Linda Segal Miriam & M. Michael Cramer
Michelle Sender Judith & Albert Grollman
Sylvia Shenk & Yori Aharoni Jack Hahn
Richard Solloway Nancy Korman
Lynnette Spira Mary & Edward Levy
Sandra & Dale Stein Susan & Donald Lubick
Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt Thomas Merrick
Deborah Tannen & Michael Macovski Jolynne Miller
Susan Tannenbaum & David Osterhout
Stephanie & Fernando Van Reigersberg

Washington DCJCC Donors

The Washington DCJCC wishes to thank all those who made contributions to the 16th Street J to help
support our programs during the 2010 fiscal year (July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010). Your support has been
invaluable in allowing us to create and sustain programs of excellence throughout the year.
$100,000 +
Ann Loeb Bronfman
The Robert M. Fisher
Memorial Foundation
The Jewish Federation of
Greater Washington
$50,000 - $99,999
The Morris & Gwendolyn
Cafritz Foundation
DC Office on Aging
Melanie Franco Nussdorf
& Lawrence Nussdorf
Howard & Geraldine Polinger
Family Foundation
ServeDC - The Mayor’s Office on
Volunteerism
David Bruce Smith
United Jewish Endowment Fund
$25,000 - $49,999
Jamie & Joseph A. Baldinger
Diane & Norman Bernstein
DC Commission on the
Arts & Humanities
Louie & Ralph Dweck
Brenda Gruss & Daniel Hirsch
Tamara & Harry Handelsman
Stuart Kurlander
National Endowment for the Arts
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Robert H Smith* Family Foundation Francine Zorn Trachtenberg &
Patti & Jerry Sowalsky
$15,000 - $24,999
Lisa & Josh Bernstein
Ryna, Melvin, Marcella & Neil Cohen Judy & Leo Zickler
Ginny & Irwin Edlavitch
Susan & Michael Gelman
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Alexander Greenbaum
Martha Winter Gross & Robert Tracy
Carolyn & Warren Kaplan
Barbara & Jack Kay
Arlene & Robert Kogod
Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation
Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg
Schoenbaum Family Foundation
George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 - $14,999
Patty Abramson & Les Silverman
Esthy & Jim Adler
Michele & Allan Berman
Susie & Kenton Campbell
Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes
Debra Lerner Cohen &
Edward Cohen
Lois & Richard England
Family Foundation
Rena & Michael Gordon
Susy & Thomas Kahn
Judy & Peter Kovler
Thelma & Melvin Lenkin
Marion & Larry Lewin
Faye & Jack Moskowitz
Diane & Arnold Polinger
Deborah & Michael Salzberg
Rhea Schwartz & Paul Wolff
The Abe & Kathryn
Selsky Foundation
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Trish & George Vradenburg
Natalie Wexler & James Feldman
Carolyn & William Wolfe
Irene & Alan Wurtzel
$5,000 - $9,999
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences
American Jewish World Service
The Family of H. Max & Josephine F.
Ammerman & Andrew Ammerman
Melinda Bieber & Norman Pozez
Max N. Berry
Ann & Donald Brown
Naomi & Nehemiah
Cohen Foundation
Sara Cohen & Norman Rich
Rose & Robert Cohen
CrossCurrents Foundation
The Max & Victoria Dreyfus
Foundation, Inc.
Embassy of Israel
Lois & Richard England
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Marilyn & Michael Glosserman
Cheryl Gorelick
Deborah Harmon & Robert Seder
G. Scott Hong
Humanities Council of
Washington,DC
William Kreisberg
Jacqueline & Marc Leland
Joy Lerner & Stephen Kelin
Elyse & Jeffrey Linowes
Linda Lipsett & Jules Bernstein
MAZON: A Jewish Response to
Hunger
Linda & Sid Moskowitz
Kathy & Thomas Raffa
Renay & William Regardie
Elaine Reuben
Rae Ringel & Amos Hochstein
Beth Rubenstein & Evan Markiewicz
Lynn & John Sachs
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Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins
Emily Schoenbaum
Tina & Albert Small Jr.
Barbara & Michael Smilow
Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt
Lori & Les Ulanow
Joan Wessel
Rosa D. Wiener
Ellen & Bernard Young
Rory & Shelton Zuckerman
$2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous
Rabbi & Babs Abramowitz
Natalie & Paul Abrams
Amy & Stephen Altman
Larry Axelrod
Joan & Alan Berman
Elizabeth Berry
Rita & David Brickman
Nicholas Chocas
Cyna & Paul Cohen
Margery Doppelt & Larry Rothman
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Myrna Fawcett
Lois & Michael Fingerhut
Joanne Fungaroli
Marsha Gentner & Joe Berman
Debra Goldberg & Seth Waxman
The Aaron & Cecile
Goldman Foundation
Roberta Hantgan
Horning Brothers Corporation
Betsy Karmin & Manny Strauss
Connie & Jay Krupin
Barbara Kurshan
Susan & Samuel Lehrman
Sandra & Arnold Leibowitz
Edward Lenkin
Geoffrey Mackler
Zena & Paul J. Mason
Alfred Munzer & Joel Wind
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JCC Association Greater Washington
Sally Kaplan Rita & David Trachtenberg
Laine & Norton Katz United Way of the National Capital Area
Aviva Kempner Marion & Michael Usher
Ceceile Klein Lise Van Susteren & Jonathan Kempner
Linda Klein Cynthia Wolloch & Joseph Reid
Bette & William Kramer Margot & Paul Zimmerman
Lisa Landmeier & Hugo Roell
Sandra & Stephen Lachter
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Steven Lockshin would like to thank all of our many donors for
the important impact they have on our work.
Steven Lustig
Ellen & Gary Malasky
Peter Mancoll * of blessed memory
Cathryn & Scot McCulloch
Rona & Allan Mendelsohn
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Lindsay & Aaron Miller
Patrice & Herbert Miller
Shirlee Ornstein
Glenna & David Osnos
Peggy Parsons
Ruth & Stephen Pollak
Toby Port
Ravsak: The Jewish Community
Day School
Hillary & Jonathan Reinis
Carol Risher
Paula & Bruce Robinson
Joan & Barry Rosenthal
Chaya & Walter Roth
Jane Nathan Rothschild
Sharon Russ & David Rubin
Victor Shargai
Michael Singer
Ann Sislen
Richard Solloway
Jane & Daniel Solomon
Margaret Hahn Stern & Stephen Stern
Marsha E. Swiss & Ronald M. Costell
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About Theater J
Hailed by The New York Times as “The Premier Theater for Premieres,” and
nominated for almost fifty Helen Hayes awards, Theater J has emerged as one
of the most distinctive, progressive and respected Jewish theaters on the na-
tional and international scene. A program of the Washington DC Jewish Com-
munity Center, the theater works in collaboration with other components of
the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts: the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the
Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, and the Literary, Music and Dance Department.
Theater J produces thought-provoking, publicly engaged, personal, pas-
sionate and entertaining plays and musicals that celebrate the distinctive
urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy.
Acclaimed as one of the nation’s premiere playwrights’ theaters, Theater J
presents cutting edge contemporary work alongside spirited revivals and
is a nurturing home for the development and production of new work by
major writers and emerging artists exploring many of the pressing moral
and political issues of our time. Dedicated above all to a pursuit of artistic
excellence, Theater J takes its dialogues beyond the stage, offering an ar-
ray of innovative public discussion forums and outreach programs which
explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of our art. We fre-
quently partner with those of other faiths and communities, stressing the
importance of interchange among a great variety of people wishing to take
part in frank, humane conversations about conflict and culture.
Performing in the 240-seat Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater in the vibrant
Dupont Circle neighborhood, Theater J works with some of the world’s
most distinguished authors for the stage. It has produced world premieres
by Richard Greenberg, Thomas Keneally, Robert Brustein, Joyce Carol
Oates and Ariel Dorfman, with many debuts from emerging writers like
Stefanie Zadravec and Sam Forman. The late Wendy Wasserstein’s play
Third, which began at Theater J, received its New York premiere at Lincoln
Center Theatre, while Neena Beber received an OBIE for her New York pro-
duction of Jump/Cut. Theater J’s diverse body of work features thematically
linked festivals including its ongoing “Voices From a Changing Middle East”
series. In 2009 Theater J received a special citation in The Washington Post
recognizing Theater J’s Israel-related programming. With hit productions
ranging from Talley’s Folly and The Disputation to Pangs of the Messiah, The
Price, Honey Brown Eyes (Winner of the 2009 Helen Hayes Charles MacAr-
thur Award for Outstanding New Play), Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through
Tears, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, Zero Hour (for which Jim Brochu won
the 2010 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a non-resident
production) In Darfur, Mikveh and New Jerusalem (2011 Helen Hayes Award
Nominees), it’s no surprise that Washingtonian Magazine notes, “Theater J
productions keep going from strength to strength.”
Winner of the 2008 Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Disci-
pline, Theater J offers a number of additional programs including Artistic
Director’s Roundtables, Peace Cafés, Tea at 2 (a monthly reading se-
ries) and the Passports Educational Program. Theater J has garnered
support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communica-
tions Group (TCG) and The Shubert Foundation. Theater J is a member
of the Cultural Alliance, the League of Washington Theatres, TCG and the
Association for Jewish Theatre. Photos by Stan Barouh

Washington DCJCC Erika Rose in In Darfur

1529 Sixteenth Street NW Lise Bruneau in Mikveh
Washington, DC 20036
Alexander Strain and Michael
Info: (202) 777-3210 or Tolaydo in New Jerusalem
theaterj@washingtondcjcc.org Sarah Marshall in Mikveh
theaterj.org
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