Artistic Director Michael Stevenson & Managing Director Keith Riedell Present FADE
by Tanya Saracho
Directed by Dena Martinez
March 13 - April 14, 2024 PERFORMANCE LENGTH:  100 Minutes, No Intermission
FEATURING:
Caleb Cabrera*       Jordan Maria Don*
Scenic Designer Cameron Hoyt		Lighting Designer  Ethan Hollinger
Costume Designer Rebecca Redmond
Sound Designer Ed Lee		Properties Designer Christa Kinch
	Stage Manager Melissa Jernigan*
Assistant Stage Manager Maddie Hardiman
SEASON WINE SPONSOR:
FADE (SARACHO) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com Originally developed and produced at the Denver Center Theatre Company A division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Kent Thompson, Artistic Director New York City Premiere Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Executive Director, Shane D. Hudson), February 2017
*Member Actors' Equity Association

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Special Thanks

Marcy Barnett

Joe Bertolucci, Affordable Heating & Air, Inc.

Donna Chipps

Riley Cisneros-Gruenthal

Di Arie Vineyard & Winery

Jim Hensley, President Abbey Flooring, Inc.

Oak Park Brewing Company

Ian Wallace & Cameron Hoyt, Folsom Lake College

Many thanks to our Voice Over Actors: 

Kirk Blackinton

Tony Gabrielson

Yesenia Lopez

Dena Martinez

Oscar Quesada

Angel Rodriguez

Production Staff

Artistic Director - MICHAEL STEVENSON

Production & Company Manager - TONY GABRIELSON

Technical Director - CALEB JONES

Lead Carpenter - CONOR WOODS

Carpenter, Technician & Marketing Assistant - ANDREW FRIDAE

Carpenter, Painter - SUNNY MACKEY

Scenic Designer - CAMERON HOYT

Lighting Designer - ETHAN HOLLINGER

Scenic Charge Artist - SAMANTHA McLEAN HAAS

Sound Designer & Engineer - ED LEE

Lighting Supervisor - ISAIAH LEEPER

Lead Electrician - SHAE MERCER

Electricians - ISAIAH LEEPER, SHAE MERCER

Stage Manager - MELISSA JERNIGAN*

Assistant Stage Manager - MADDIE HARDIMAN

Assistant Director - MADDIE JUDD^

Properties Designer - CHRISTA KINCH

Costume Designer - REBECCA REDMOND

Build Crew - SUNNY MACKEY, CONOR WOODS 

Painters - SAMANTHA McLEAN HAAS, CALEB JONES, SUNNY MACKEY, CONOR WOODS

Wardrobe/Run Crew - MADDIE JUDD^, OSCAR QUEZADA^

The Supervisor/u/s Abel - OSCAR QUEZADA^

Sub Wardrobe/Run Crew - FATEMEH MEHRABAN^, SHELBY SAUMIER^

Production Associate - YASMINE SALMERON

BIAPOC Liaison - RICHARD FALCON

Resident Dramaturg - K. KEVYNE BAAR 

Intimacy Coordinator & Dramaturg - NICOLE C. LIMÓN

Infection Control Manager - ELIJAH PETERS

Graphic Designer, Webmaster - MISTY MCDOWELL

Photographer - CHARR CRAIL

^ Capital Stage Apprentice  |  * Member Actors' Equity Association

About The Play

by K. Kevyne Baar, PhD

“Write about your experiences! When I moved to L.A., I didn't have any friends, and the office janitor was the person who I saw the most. He would always come in at around 10:00 P.M., and I would still be at my desk, so I wrote a play about a first-year TV writer and the friendship that she developed with the janitor. Our stories matter.” – Tanya Saracho 

We have learned and then relearned the idea that it’s hard to imagine you can be it if you can’t see it. Over time this has come to include sex, race, religion, and gender identity among others. In both our last production, American Fast, and in the current one you are seeing today, another question of identity comes to mind: does a woman need to be irritatingly strong in order to succeed in the way we define feminine success? How do we see the role she is now trying to play? For playwright Kareem Fahmy it was a woman of ambition being tested by religion and how it is affected by that ambition. In FADE by Tanya Saracho, it is the idea that her lead character is only a diversity hire to meet an unstated quota, a role Saracho has played herself. Once again we see a character challenged by ambition.

It is night when we first meet Lucia as she enters her “new” writer’s office in the writers’ building of an unnamed studio. She is described by the playwright as “Late twenties, Mexican-born, acculturated. When in Mexico one would call her a “fresa,” but here, she’s just an Americanized Mexican who navigates the code-switching between Spanish and English as well as the rest of her (globalized) generation.” She is college educated with few street smarts which becomes clear as the play proceeds. Trying to place a large-framed poster on a high shelf, it comes crashing down forcing her to call out for the janitor who has been heard vacuuming down the hall. 

Enter Abel, “Early thirties, born in the U.S., Mexican American but quite Mexicanized. Born and raised in LA, proud of his Mexican heritage. Got a little bit of a chip on his shoulder.” With little in common save for their mutual heritage, the play moves forward as Abel becomes the only person Lucia can really talk to/complain to as she does when she explains to him that the “all-male, all-white writing staff sees her merely as a token and her boss sees her as a translator for when he needs to scold his Latina maid.” Lucia’s growth in the role of television writer changes over the course of the play, as does her need for Abel’s attention and understanding as well as his knowledge of a different way of being Mexican. 

One of the more interesting, albeit surprising, aspects of this play comes as the author sends her audience into the world of Spanglish/Espangles. As Saracho explains it, “I have 16 plays, and we don't ever do subtitles. You can't do subtitles in the theater, so I was like, 'I'm not gonna do subtitles.' You'll never lose the story. There might be a little joke that you might miss, but you'll never miss the story, even in the Spanglish of it.”

Who we are and who gets to tell our story has become one of the defining challenges for theatres around the country. The theme for this year’s Capital Stage season is “True Identity,” and the work this season has made all of us look closer at how we define that identity. How wonderful it is that we get to share this experience together.

About The Playwright

by K. Kevyne Baar, PhD

“We came together because we realized that the stories and experiences of Latina/Hispana women were undervalued and underrepresented not only on the Chicago stage, but beyond. We were also concerned that the few parts written for Latina women often went to non-Latina actresses. We felt that we had to do something.” – Tanya Saracho

In FADE, we have the great good fortune that Capital Stage is once again presenting an award-winning playwright who has dedicated a career to not only writing interesting, entertaining, and challenging works for the theatre, but in doing so, also represents and supports that culture through word and deed. If this sounds familiar, the biography of this playwright, Tanya Saracho, is showing us her culture in much the same way as Kareen Fahmy chose to do it in our last production, AMERICAN FAST.

Born in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, Tanya Saracho spent most of her childhood commuting between Reynosa, Tamaulipas where her father lived, and across the border in McAllen, Texas where she and her mother chose to reside. Middle and high school were in McAllen followed by a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University. 

In 1998, she moved to Chicago to be an actress, but found that opportunities for a Latina were limited. In 2000 she joined with Coya Paz to form Teatro Luna whose original ensemble consisted of ten Latina women from diverse backgrounds. Ten years later, after numerous productions and awards, she left the group to focus on her playwrighting. At the same time, and once again similar to Fahmy, she co-founded The Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists (ALTA) of Chicago described as “a service organization dedicated to furthering the Chicago Latinx Theater movement by promoting, educating, representing, and unifying Latinx-identified artists and their allies.”

By the next year, Saracho found herself the resident playwright emeritus at Chicago Dramatists, resident playwright at Teatro Vista, and a Goodman Theatre Fellow. Her numerous awards include being named the Best New Playwright by Chicago Magazine, one of the nine national Luminarios by Café magazine, and received the first Revolucionario award in theater by the National Museum of Mexican Art. She also won the Goodman Theatre's Ofner Prize, a 3Arts Artists Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts Distinguished New Play Development Project Grant with About Face Theater. In 2019, she was presented with the Final Draft New Voice Award for Television, and the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for VIDA. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride Parade, Queerty named Saracho among the fifty heroes “leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people.” 

In 2012, she made the leap to television which it seems also informs her plays such as this one. As she tells it, “No one guided me through it, but here is how it happened: I was in New York doing a play, and an agent got in touch with me and said he wanted to take me out for lunch. In the theatre, they never want to take you out for lunch, so I thought, 'Yes!' I went, I ordered steak, and he told me he thought I should write for TV.” She has written for Devious Maids, HBO’s Girls and Looking as well as ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder. For Saracho, “When you change media, perception is changed and then policy is changed.”

Meet the Company

Caleb Cabrera*

Abel

Caleb Cabrera is a Chicano actor, figure model, & pedicabber based in San Francisco. Originally from Sacramento, Caleb is truly grateful to be back in The City of Trees for a homecoming debut with Capital Stage. Since moving to the Bay Area, he has had the pleasure of performing with Shotgun Players, Magic Theatre, MTC, SF Playhouse, Crowded Fire, Cal Shakes, Cutting Ball, SFIAF, Central Works, Theatre Battery, Impact Theatre, Mugwumpin, & Pixar. He received a B.A. in Drama - Performance from SFSU & an A.A. in Film & Media Studies from Cosumnes River College. Once upon a time, he was a niñero.

Jordan Maria Don*

Lucia

Jordan Maria Don is a Xicana actor, director and producer originally from East Los Angeles, currently splitting her time between LA and the Bay Area. She was most recently seen as Clara Couture in EDIT ANNIE for Crowded Fire Theater in San Francisco. Jordan holds a B.A. in Sociology and Theater from UC Berkeley and has trained with A.C.T., SITI Company, Kimball Studios NYC, LA Acting Studio and The Groundlings. All her work is dedicated to her late brother, Christopher Paul Don, whose bold spirit guides her every step of the way.

Oscar Quezada

Supervisor/Understudy for Abel

Oscar is over-the-moon excited for the opportunity to work with Capital Stage and the entire staff! They have just returned to Sacramento after completing five years of overall college study and achieving their BFA in Theatre with an emphasis in Directing from Southern Oregon University. Before SOU, Oscar studied theatre at Folsom Lake College. They are very happy to be back in Sacramento’s rich and beautiful art community as a young professional. Oscar’s main passions lie in directing, technical theatre, education, and producing though he dabbles in acting and studies all areas when given the opportunity! He has been volunteering and working in education for nine years and currently holds a position as a theatre teaching artist with NORCAL School of the Arts. They are also a local drag performer (@the_fool_bush on Instagram)! He is invigorated by theatre’s continuing comeback and he hopes to make a positive impact on its revival. They would like to say thank you to his family, friends, and a very special thank you to Logan Heller for the opportunity of a young professional’s lifetime and the advocacy to be expected from theatre at the level Capital Stage is leading.

Tanya Saracho

Playwright

Tanya Saracho was born in Sinaloa, México. She is a playwright and television writer who's worked on How To Get Away With Murder and HBO's Looking, among other shows. Currently, she serves as the creator and showrunner of the series VIDA on Starz. She is also developing a television series called Brujas with Big Beach, which deals with the intersection between Brujería culture and feminism. Named “Best New Playwright” by Chicago magazine, Saracho has had plays produced at: Dallas Theatre Center, Victory Gardens Theatre, Theatreworks, Primary Stages and 2nd Stage in NYC, Denver Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, Fountain Theater, Clubbed Thumb, NEXT Theater and 16th Street Theater. Saracho was named one of nine national Latino “Luminarios” by Café magazine and given the first “Revolucionario” Award in Theater by the National Museum of Mexican Art. She is the founder of Teatro Luna (all-Latina Theatre Company) as well as the founder of ALTA (Alliance of Latino Theatre Artists). She is currently under commission with South Coast Repertory and Two River Theatre.

Dena Martinez

Director

Dena Martinez has worked as an actor and director for Capital Stage. She directed THE HOMBRES, THE ROOMMATE and 2 seasons for the Playwrights Revolution and played the role of Church Lady in BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, Karen in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and Maria in MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY. Directing credits elsewhere include: LA PASTORELLA, At the Crest Theater for Latino Center for Art and Culture; MANZI, THE STORY OF CESAR CHAVEZ, The Bay Area Childrens Theater; THE PRAYING MANTIS, City Lights Theater; and directed over many years for The Marsh and Vector Theater Co. She was part of the Directing Team for LOVE IS A DREAM HOUSE IN LOREN with Shotgun Players and Marcus Gardley. She has also directed 16 years at the Sierra Institute for Arts and Music where she runs the theater arts program and was Artistic Director of Latina Theater Lab in San Francisco, which she founded. Dena was a Casting Director for The Speakeasy SF, the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation, SF Playhouse, Cal Shakes, The Jewish Theater of SF and for Shotgun Players. She has worked both on camera and on stage and has voice over experience with such names as Pixar and Zoetrope/Coppola Studios. She has toured nationally, with The San Francisco Mime Troupe, Culture Clash, and with the acclaimed El Teatro Campesino. Her many theater credits include: leading roles at Arizona Theater Co. Denver Center Theater Company, St Louis Rep, Marin Theater Company, San Jose Rep., San Jose Stage, B St Theater, Magic Theater, Theaterworks, PCPA, Pacific Rep and Shotgun Players. Dena Martinez is a Talent Agent with Cast Images Talent Agency.

Melissa Jernigan*

Stage Manager

Melissa most recently worked at Capital Stage on GEORGIANA & KITTY: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, CLYDE’S, THE HOMBRES, THE CHINESE LADY, THE ROYALE, THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, PASS OVER, MISS BENNET and HOLD THESE TRUTHS, and has been stage managing at Capital Stage since 2016. Some of her other favorites include VIETGONE, THE NETHER, AN OCTOROON, AND STUPID F##KING BIRD. Other theatrical credits include Production Assisting on Broadway’s LENNON, Off-Broadway: FELA! the Lagos Tour, David Cromer’s OUR TOWN, John Leguizamo: A WORK IN PROGRESS, BEAUTY OF THE FATHER at Manhattan Theatre Club, BREATH & IMAGINATION at Hartford Stage, OUR TOWN starring Helen Hunt at The Broad Theatre in Santa Monica and THE LASSO OF TRUTH at Marin Theatre Company. This past year she was a sub stage manager on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in SF. She is a proud Equity Member. When she’s not inside the stage management booth Melissa enjoys spending time with her Husband and two sons.

Maddie Hardiman

Assistant Stage Manager

Maddie Judd

Assistant Director

Maddie Judd is an artist, educator, and Sacramento native. She possesses a BFA in Musical Theatre from Viterbo University, as well as a minor in Dance. Past credits include: James (JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH), Christmas Eve (AVENUE Q), Jan (GREASE), The Baker (INTOTHE WOODS). She is so excited to learn new things and meet new people every day here at CapStage.

Cameron Hoyt

Scenic Designer

Cameron is thrilled to be designing with Capital Stage again. A designer and technical director based in Sacramento, Cameron has primarily worked with Folsom Lake College's theatre department, where he serves as the Shop Foreman. Some of his recent projects include ANTIGONE, PREDICTOR, 20,000 LEAGUES, and CABARET. He extends his gratitude to the entire Capital Stage company for inviting him to collaborate in creating art together and hopes that you enjoy the show.

Ethan Hollinger

Lighting Designer

Ethan Hollinger is thrilled to fade up the lights at Capital Stage! A new transplant to California, he's joined UC-Davis as the Head of Theatrical Design. An avid writer, artist, musician, and advocate, his lighting, sound, & media designs have spanned theatre, dance, opera, art installations, concerts, and beyond from coast to coast. A few recent favorites include ONCE (Duluth Playhouse), STUPID FUCKING BIRD (UMD), TERMINER (NHT), and SLEEPY HOLLOW (MN Ballet). BA: NGU, MFA: Illinois State. Thanks to all those who light up his life. Deep Breath. Follow the shenanigans at ethanjhollinger.com & IG: ethanjhollingerdesigns.

Rebecca Redmond

Costume Designer

Rebecca Redmond is happy to be back at Capital Stage where she has designed many productions including SMART PEOPLE, BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY, THE TOTALITARIANS, ANNA KARENINA, MAPLE & VINE. Rebecca earned her MFA in theater from UC Davis and is professor at Folsom Lake and Sierra Colleges. Her other recent designs have been seen at San Francisco’s Theater Rhinoceros (PILLOW TALK, THE REVIEW), Sacramento Theater Co. (WAIT UNTIL DARK, GLORIA: A LIFE), Sierra College (THE CRUCIBLE, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS), Folsom Lake College (MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, MARAT/SADE, HAIR), and Sacramento City College (THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM, THE GREAT GATSBY). Follow her on social media @ModernDalliance.

Ed Lee

Sound Designer/Engineer

Ed is delighted to be part of another season at Capital Stage. He has been involved in almost every production since the company’s aquatic days at the Delta King, from artwork for SPEECH AND DEBATE to appearing in FIRST PERSON SHOOTER. Favorite sound design credits include: MASTER CLASS; SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME; 4000 MILES; MISTAKES WERE MADE; RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN; and UNCANNY VALLEY.

Christa Kinch

Properties Designer

Christa Kinch is a popular freelance Props Designer in the Sacramento area and has worked with many local companies since earning her BA in Theatre from CSU Sacramento in 2012. You may have previously seen her work at Broadway at Music Circus, B Street Theatre, Sacramento Ballet, or recently; the Sacramento Philharmonic Opera. Past Capital Stage credits include: The CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY plays, AMERICAN FAST, VIETGONE, & SWEAT. www.christakinch.com

Michael Stevenson

Artistic Director

For Capital Stage, Michael has directed ARCHDUKE, HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, GLORIA, THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, ADMISSIONS, THE HUMANS, THE OTHER PLACE, SWEAT, THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, LUNA GALE, STUPID F##KING BIRD, HOW TO USE A KNIFE, DISGRACED, MR. BURNS, IDEATION, CLYBOURNE PARK, MAURITIUS, ERRATICA (World Premiere), and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES. He has directed at regional theaters including: B Street Theater, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Company, Perseverance Theater Company, and Sacramento Theater Company. As an actor he has appeared at many regional theaters including: 42nd Street Moon, American Conservatory Theater, The Aurora Theater, Bailiwick Repertory Theater, Capital Stage, B Street Theater, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Marriott’s Lincolnshire Theater. He holds an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater.

Keith Riedell

Managing Director

Keith celebrates his 17th year at Capital Stage, joining the company early in the second season. He brings to Capital Stage his varied experiences in the theatre, management, team building, counseling, training and corporate improvement. In his role as Managing Director he hopes to make Capital Stage a world class place to work, while playing an important role in the social justice efforts in our region.

Tony Gabrielson

Production Manager

Tony has worked with many theaters and dance companies locally and around the country over the last 15 years as a stage manager, carpenter, painter, and technician. Favorite productions include: DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST with Barter Theater in Abingdon, VA, ON BORROWED TIME at Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ, and developmental workshops of BOTTLESHOCK! THE MUSICAL. He is blessed and beyond grateful to continue working as an artist in our community. Love and thanks to Jessa and Piper - his favorite people.

Caleb Jones

Technical Director

Caleb is proud to be joining Capital Stage as Technical Director for the 23/24 season. He is new to Sacramento but has worked at the San Diego REPertory theater and with several theaters within Fresno county. This year serves as his 10th year in the field, and he hopes you enjoy our shows. Lots of love to Clarissa and all of his loved ones.

Samantha McLean Haas

Scenic Charge Artist

Samantha has been painting sets for over a decade in the greater Sacramento area. She's worked at Sacramento City College, Sierra College, University of California Davis, Sacramento Theatre Company, B Street, and Broadway at Music Circus. This is her fourth season with Capital Stage.

Nicole C. Limón

Intimacy Coordinator & Dramaturg

Nicole is a multidisciplinary theatre artist: an actor/director/dramaturg, and theatre faculty at California State University, Sacramento. She most recently directed: BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK (Celebration Arts,) JUST A PINCH: A UTERUS PLAY (Matriarchy,) EVERYBODY; and DANCE NATION (CSUS,) and WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Teatro Espejo.) She is also a Theatrical Intimacy Director committed to creating consent-forward spaces for artists and is honored to be working with Capital Stage in this capacity. Locally, she has consulted with and staged intimacy for Capital Stage, B Street Theatre, CSUS, Teatro Espejo, Celebration Arts and Sacramento Theatre Company. She is founder of Matriarchy Theatre and local collective Sacramento Theatres of Color, an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and holds an MFA in Acting from UC Davis. Follow her work @matriarchytheatre

K. Kevyne Baar

Resident Dramaturg

Kevyne is thrilled to be a member of the Capital Stage family as the Resident Dramaturg. Productions include GLORIA, HEROES of the FOURTH TURNING, PREDICTOR, and most recently, ARCHDUKE. A member of Viola Spolin’s Young Actors’ Company who became an Equity Stage Manager, and then the Field Representative for Actors’ Equity’s Western Regional Office, she returned to school in 2001 to work on a PhD. This led to her being Equity’s archivist at the Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University. Kevyne moved from Brooklyn, NY to Davis, CA in 2015, and in 2019 her book, Broadway and the Blacklist was published.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)

Founded in 1913, this union represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence.

Capital Stage Staff

MICHAEL STEVENSON - Artistic Director

KEITH RIEDELL - Managing Director

KIRK BLACKINTON - Development Manager

TONY GABRIELSON - Production & Company Manager

MISTY MCDOWELL - Marketing Manager

LOGAN JACOB GERMANO-HELLER – Education & Box Office Manager

THEODORE ALEXANDER - House Manager

CALEB JONES - Technical Director

CONOR WOODS - Lead Carpenter

SUNNY MACKEY - Carpenter, Painter

ED LEE - Resident Sound Designer & Engineer

ISAIAH LEEPER - Lighting Supervisor

SHAE MERCER - Lead Electrician

ANDREW FRIDAE - Carpenter, Technician & Marketing Assistant

CECILIA CASTILLO JUAREZ - Concessions & Box Office Associate 

YASMINE SALMERON - Production Associate

K. KEVYNE BAAR - Resident Dramaturg

JAMIE JONES, PETER MOHRMANN, GAIL RUSSELL, JANIS STEVENS – Associate Artists

ELIJAH PETERS - Infection Control Manager, Payroll & Administrative Assistant

FAYE CROOK - Marketing Intern

2023/24 SEASON APPRENTICE COMPANY - Maddie Judd, Fatemeh Mehraban, Oscar Quezada, Shelby Saumier

Capital Stage Board Members

Chastity E. Benson
California State Association of Counties

Dan Brunner, Treasurer
Arts Patron

Melissa Conner
Seed Communications Design

Kathryn E. Doi, Board President
Feldesman Leifer LLP

Sherry Hartel Haus
Downey Brand

Leili Khalessi
California Dept. of Human Resources

Steve Koonce
Arts Patron

Dena Martinez
Talen Agent, Director, Actor

Kristi Quesada Mathisen
Sacramento Country Day School

Lori Abbott Moreland
Arts Patron

Brian Rickel
Dean of Arts, Media & Entertainment at Cosumnes River College

Vince Sales
Everyday Impact Consulting

Mike Tentis
University of the Pacific

Peggy Wheeler
California Hospital Association

Board Emeritus:

Stephanie Gularte, Founding Artistic Director
Capital Stage

Peter Mohrmann, Co-founder
Capital Stage

Jonathan Williams, Co-Founder
Capital Stage

Clif McFarland
Mitchell Chadwick

Arlen Orchard
SMUD

Julie Stark
Arts Patron

Donors

Special Thanks to our Donors

Donation Totals from 3/13/23 to 3/13/24

Please alert us to any errors or omissions by contacting Development Manager, Kirk Blackinton at kblackinton@capstage.org.

Founder's Circle: $20,000+

Kathryn Doi
Lesley & Steve Koonce
Anita Scuri & James Simon

Executive Producer: $10,000+

John Abbott & Lori Abbott Moreland
Dan Brunner
Gloriette C. Fong
Kris Martin
Art & Sue Scotland

Producer: $6,000+

Chastity Benson
Susie & Jim Burton
Donna Chipps
Ted Cobb
Steven Debry
Jeffrey Farley & Mike Tentis
Deborah Franklin & Douglas Mitten
Linda McAtee & Steve Sphar
Sacramento City Office of Arts and Culture
Leonard Vincent Sales
Ed Telfeyan & Jeri Paik

Director: $3,000+

Melissa Conner & Theodore Harris
Theresa Corrigan
Drs. John & Lois Crowe
Downey Brand
Susan Edling
Foundation for California Community Colleges
Patty Garcia & Jim Mattesich
Tuan Hoang
Scott & Linda Lasher
Bob Mandelson
Clif McFarland
Keetha Mills & Phil Nanni
Kim Silvers & Sheila Cardno
Howard Slyter
Marty & Janet Steiner
Patricia Wall & David Stavarek
Susan Wheeler
Gloria & Don Yost

Lead Actor: $1,200+

Jacob Appelsmith
Peggy Beasley
David Bell & Katherine Newman
Linda Brandenburger
John & Randi Brooklier
Lyndsay Burch
Margaret L Buss
Kathleen Collins
Kathy Davenport & Ken Weiss
Gayle Dax-Conroy
Gail Finney
Donald Fraulob & Melissa Brown
Patty French
Carole Fritz
Curtis Fritz
Catherine Globus
Patricia & James Grieshop
Stephanie Gularte
Mary Hargrave
James R Hargrove
Sherry Haus
Eileen Heaser
Larry Hendrick
Josh Horowitz & Patti Baggett
Brian & Dorothy Landsberg
Doron Levitan
Janet Lial
Dena Martinez & Paul Verke
Kristi Quesada Mathisen & Josh Mathisen
Ed Mills
Peter Mohrmann & David Harris
Katherine Muris
Sara Nichols
Gretchen Peralta
Gail Pereira
Christopher Price
Laurie Nelson Randlett & Jim Randlett
Nathan Rangel
Marshall & Maureen Rice
Brian Rickel
Glenn Rondeau
Ken Rothaus
Chuck & Nancy Shulock
Roger & Barbara Smith
Barbara Sommer
Rae-Nani Stokes & Griff Field
Shirlee Tully

Designer: $600+

Chris Abare
John Angell
Stephen & Melva Arditti
Walter Barnes
David & Marsha Baskins
Karen Broido
Bill Bronston & Lisa Levering
Donna Campbell
Les & Peggy Chisholm
Michael Cohen
Edward Condon
Annabel Cooper
Jim & Kathleen Deeringer
Fred Deneke & Jim Eastman
Stuart Eldridge
Richard & Barbara Falcon
Ellen Ferguson
Brian Galacio
Carol & Steven Goldberg
Alex Gonzalez
Adrienne Graham
Helen & Glenn Hakanson
Ed Hall & Warren Lindeleaf
Stephanie & David Hunt
Gary & Eva Incaudo
Laura Jackson
Janet Jensen
Leili Khalessi
Dawn & Dave King
Charles & Elizabeth Kuehner
Dr. John & Rosemary Lamb
Nancy Lee
Shannon Mahoney & Kirk Blackinton
Dennis Mangers & Michael Sestak
James McElroy & Ann Gerhardt
Colin A Miller
Roger & Kristina Montero
Shelley Mydans & John Griffing
Suzanne Ness
Richard Pearson & Jean Hart
David Pitman & Rani Pettis
Bob & Shirley Rosenberg
Lori Saper
Michael Scheible
Diane Schertz
Susan & Ross Siragusa
Peggy Stare
Julie Stark
John Stefanki
Stephanie Tucker
Megan Van Voorhis
Kim Varner
Marian Ver Wey
Denise Verbeck
Chris Wagner
James Watkins
Tim Whalen
John Wilson & Susie Monary-Wilson
Buzz Winfield
Claudia Wrazel & Frank Horowitz

Ensemble: $300+

Candace & Doug Adams
Merle Axelrad
Barbara Black
Sandra Briggs-Howell
Margaret & Stephen Brush
Carin & Bob Bryans
Celia Buckley
Sharon Cammisa & Joseph Orr
Kathryn & Jim Carlson
Melissa Cirone
Idelle & Dan Claypool
James Crouch
Daniel DeFoe
Katherine Downey
Cindy Dunning
Anne & Hal Eisenberg
Tracie & Richard Fike
Sara Floor
Muffy & Terry Francke
David Fulk & Keith Riedell
Mary Graziose
Suzanne Hanrahan
Courtney & Nate Hans
Dalinda Harman
Brian & Tiffany Heacox
Charlotte Hegle
Zheyla Henriksen
Kim Hunter
Linda Iseri
Barbara Jeffus
Anne Jennings
Lial Jones
Margaret Kane & Richard Frey
Dean & Sandi Karagianes
Shenandoah & Andrew Kehoe
Jolanta Kieturakis
Jane Kirkland
Pamela Kisor
Nancy LaCasse
Beverly & Ronald Lamb
Susie LaPointe
Daniel Leahy
Sandy Lee
David & Ruth Lindgren
Spencer Lockson
Olga Mandrussow
John Marinko
Elizabeth McClatchy
Carol McCormick
Steve & Cheryl Meyer
Shirley Nelson
Allison Noren
Tracey O'Reilly
Frank Pajerski
Steve Patwell
Sarah Phelan
Ron Robie
Allan Robin
Donald Rubin
Elaine Silver
Harold Smith
Robert Snider
Susanne Sommer & George Ramsey
Michael Stevenson
Robert Suskind & Leslie Lewinter-Suskind
Patrica Symkowick
Carrie Thomsen
Jelena Tiemann
Elaine Verbarg
Bryan Weare
LeRose Weikert
Martha West
Peggy Wheeler
Richard Williams
Karen Willstatter
Claudia & Olin Woods
Robert Young
Karen Ziskind
Wendy & Mark Zlotlow

Patron: $150+

John & Kathleen Agnew
David Alois & Jacquie Embs
Rebecca Armstrong
John Atwood
Jose Barbosa
Robert & Jean Bonar
Peter Botto
Bruce Bowers
Carol Buck & Dennis Beaty
Russell Burgess (Marie Smith)
Margaret Burns & Roy Bellhorn
Allison Cagley & Farel Brosio
Steven Chase
Allison Claire
David A Combies
Mary Jo Compton
Kelly Coplin
Jennifer Cummings
Gretchen Cypin
Gail & Tom Devitt
Martha & Jim Dickson
Lily Douglas
Anne Duffey
David Felderstein & Dan Hoody
Stephanie Finelli
Mary Helen Fischer
James Fitzpatrick
James Flynn
Daphna Fram
Marc Gabrys
Jan Geiger
Anne Geraghty
Cynthia Gerber
Wayne & Mary Ginsburg
Barbara Greenwood
Linda Gregory
Shirley Hazlett
Robert Herne
Alexandra Hewitt
Hirst Law Group, P.C.
Mike & Doris Horton
Marlys Huez
Patricia Hull
Lydia Inghram
Don Johnson & Elizabeth Miller
Myrna Johnston
John Katonah
Jacquelyn M. Kelly
Kellie Kilgore
Anne Knuut
Patricia Levin
Lisa Luthra
Brian Lutz
Margaret McCarthy Household
George Ed McCune
Hallie Morrow
Karen Neuwald
Becky & Bob Norris
Douglas Patton
Catherinie Pierini
Enid Pritikin
Richard Rawson & Cynthia Neuman
Raymond Reis
Tina Reynolds
Lowell Richardson & Paula Sugarman
Patti Roberts
Myrna Rodriguez
Carol Rogers & Jon Courtway
Sunny Romer
Laura Rosenthal
Linda Roth
Nai Saechao
Lisa Sargent
Peter Saucerman
Seasons Coffee Roasters Inc.
Adrienne Shapiro
Adrienne Sher
Walter Sherwood
Chris & Julia Smith
Daniel G. Stone
Michael Storey
Harry & Linda Struthers
Patricia Sturdevant
Janet Summers
Penelope Taylor
Susan & Ken Taylor
Nina Thomson
Rachel Tooker
Patty Torbert & Ken Graber
Michael & Barbara Ullman
Roger Paul Villaluz
Peter & Karen Von Elten
Debra Waltz
Steven Winlock
Arnold Wolf & Fern Tablin
Megan Wygant
Timothy Zindel

"The Crew" - Recurring Donors

Chris Abare
John Abbott & Lori Abbott Moreland
Candace & Doug Adams
John Angell
Merle Axelrad
Jose Barbosa
Peggy Beasley
Bill Bronston & Lisa Levering
Margaret & Stephen Brush
Celia Buckley
Margaret L Buss
Ann Byfield
Kathryn & Jim Carlson
Bernice Chin
Les & Peggy Chisholm
Kathleen Collins
Kaoru Cruz
Jennifer Cummings
Daniel DeFoe
Gail & Tom Devitt
Martha & Jim Dickson
Lily Douglas
Katherine Downey
Stuart Eldridge
Ellen Ferguson
Mary Helen Fischer
Sara Floor
Muffy & Terry Francke
Deborah Franklin & Douglas Mitten
David Fulk & Keith Riedell
Mary Graziose
Kathryn Grey
Stephanie Gularte
Suzanne Hanrahan
Courtney & Nate Hans
Dalinda Harman
Josh Horowitz & Patti Baggett
Suzanne Houlton
Stephanie & David Hunt
Kim Hunter & Sherry Reser
Linda Iseri
Eillen Jacobowitz
Anne Jennings
Iris Johnson
Maria Jurado
Dean & Sandi Karagianes
Pamela Kisor
Dr. John & Rosemary Lamb
Sandy Lee
Doron Levitan
Shannon Mahoney & Kirk Blackinton
John Marinko
Kristi & Josh Mathisen
Linda McAtee & Steve Sphar
Carol McCormick
Shelley & James McFarland
Peter Mohrmann & David Harris
Diane & Lisa Moore
Suzanne Ness
Ann OConnell
David Pitman & Rani Pettis
Laurie Nelson Randlett & Jim Randlett
Carol Rogers & Jon Courtway
Sunny Romer
Linda Roth
Donald Rubin
Leonard Vincent Sales
Peter Saucerman
Diane Schertz
Susan Scott
Chris & Julia Smith
Jennifer Sommer
Peggy Stare
Michael Stevenson
Michael Storey
Linda & Scott Taylor
Martha West
John Wilson & Susie Monary-Wilson
Claudia Wrazel & Frank Horowitz

Learn more about "The Crew": capstage.org/play-a-part/donate/