BWW Stage Mag Fairview - Capital Stage Stage Mag
 

Artistic Director Michael Stevenson &
Managing Director Keith Riedell Present


FAIRVIEW

by Jackie Sibblies Drury

Directed by Anthony D'Juan

September 4-29, 2024

PERFORMANCE LENGTH:  1 Hour, 35 Minutes, No Intermission


FEATURING:

Kathryn Smith-McGlynn*      Adrian Roberts*      Brooklynn T. Solomon

Kali Honeywood      Shannon Mahoney*      Brandon Lancaster

Alissa Doyle      Scott Coopwood*

 
Scenic Designer
Eric Broadwater
 
Lighting Designer 
Isaiah Leeper
 
Sound Designer
Ed Lee
 
Costume Designer
Rebecca A. Valentino
     
Properties Designer
Riley Cisneros-Gruenthal
  Choreographer
Shannon Mahoney*
     

 

Stage Manager
Melissa Jernigan*
 
     
Assistant Stage Manager
Yasmine Salmeron

 

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FAIRVIEW was originally commissioned and presented by
Soho Rep, New York, NY
(Sarah Benson, Artistic Director; Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director)
and
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA
(Tony Taccone, Artistic Director; Susan Medak, Managing Director)

 
*Member Actors' Equity Association 
 

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Cast

Kathryn Smith-McGlynn*
Beverly
Adrian Roberts*
Dayton
Brooklynn T. Solomon
Jasmine
Kali Honeywood
Keisha
Shannon Mahoney*
Suze
Brandon Lancaster
Mack
Alissa Doyle
Bets
Scott Coopwood*
Jimbo

Creative Team

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Playwright

Anthony D'Juan

Director

Michael Stevenson

Artistic Director

Keith Riedell

Managing Director

Tony Gabrielson

Production & Company Manager

Caleb Jones

Technical Director

Melissa Jernigan*

Stage Manager

Yasmine Salmeron

Assistant Stage Manager

Eric Broadwater

Scenic Designer

Isaiah Leeper

Lighting Designer

Rebecca A. Valentino

Costume Designer

Ed Lee

Sound Designer

Riley Cisneros-Gruenthal

Properties Desginer

Shannon Mahoney*

Choreographer

Samantha McLean Haas

Scenic Charge Artist

Nicole C. Limón

Intimacy Coordinator & Dramaturg

Special Thanks

Joe Bertolucci, Affordable Heating & Air, Inc.

Donna Chipps

Di Arie Vineyard & Winery

David Fulk (Faux Food Designer)

Jim Hensley, President Abbey Flooring, Inc.

Oak Park Brewing Company

Shirlee Tully

Irene Velasquez (Faux Cake Designer)


 

 

Production Staff

Artistic Director - MICHAEL STEVENSON

Production & Company Manager - TONY GABRIELSON

Technical Director - CALEB JONES

Lead Carpenter - CONOR WOODS

Technician & Marketing Assistant - ANDREW FRIDAE

Carpenter, Painter - SUNNY MACKEY

Lead Electrician - SHAE MERCER

Scenic Charge Artist - SAMANTHA McLEAN HAAS

Sound Designer & Engineer - ED LEE

Lighting Designer/Supervisor - ISAIAH LEEPER

Electricians - ISAIAH LEEPER, SHAE MERCER, EVA HERNANDEZ

Stage Manager - MELISSA JERNIGAN*

Assistant Stage Manager - YASMINE SALMERON

Scenic Designer - ERIC BROADWATER

Properties Designer - RILEY CISNEROS-GRUENTHAL

Faux Food Designer - DAVID FULK

Faux Cake Designer - IRENE VELASQUEZ

Costume Designer - REBECCA A. VALENTINO

Choreographer - SHANNON MAHONEY*

Build Crew - SUNNY MACKEY, CONOR WOODS 

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

Wardrobe/Run Crew - JAROD WIGGINS^, RACHEL LAU-KEE BROWNE^

Sub Wardrobe/Run Crew - ZAARA LITTLE^, KATIE HALSTEAD^ 

BIAPOC Liaison - KRISTI QUESADA MATHISEN

Intimacy Coordinator & Dramaturg - NICOLE C. LIMÓN

Resident Dramaturg - K. KEVYNE BAAR 

Infection Control Manager - ELIJAH PETERS

Graphic Designer, Marketing Manager, Webmaster - MISTY MCDOWELL

Photographer - CHARR CRAIL

 

^ Capital Stage Apprentice  |  * Member Actors' Equity Association


 

About The Play

by K. Kevyne Baar, PhD

 

“It’s all just…so beautiful! I love these women. Joy. And Dancing and Singing! My future just looks so big and bright, I can’t wait for it to hurry up and Get Here. I want to know all there is to know and be all there is to be. But. But I feel like something is keeping me from all that. Something… Yes, something is keeping me from what I could be. And that something. It thinks that it has made me who I am.” – Keisha 

 

Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2019, and ignited numerous conversations. There are assumptions made, and discussed and sometimes dismissed. Critics have called it “blazingly inventive;” “Hard-hitting drama;” “dangerous, no doubt about it, but it’s also enlightening and provocatively fun,” as well as “dazzling and ruthless.” Those who have worked on her plays say that the “balance between intellectual rigor and emotional resonance is what makes Drury’s work so powerful."

Sarah Benson, who directed the original production of Fairview calls Drury a consummate theatremaker. “One of the themes that threads through all her work is Otherness and creating structures that really theatricalize how we feel about other people and think about other people. She’s very, very much writing for the theatre.”

As the lights come up on Act 1, we meet a few members of the Frasier family (“all Black, beautiful, and well-off’) as they gear up for Grandma’s birthday. In a beautifully decorated townhouse - think The JeffersonsFresh Prince of Bel-Air or more recently Blackish - the preparations involve obsessive cooking, cleaning, and organizing since one of Grandma’s daughters, Beverly, is insistent that the night goes well. Everything has to be top-notch for company—she even swaps her Nikes for chic sandals to assure it. Her neurotic desire to please immediately sets the stakes for this celebration, which feels doomed before it’s even begun. 

“Things do get weird, and then even weirder, as the silverware's wrong, the radio's on the fritz, Jasmine is drinking, Dayton isn't helping, Keisha's a teenager, and Tyrone might not show up at all!” Any discussion of this play’s aims and effects, beyond what you have just read, must now become blanketed in spoiler alerts. Sit back and allow yourself to experience this “glorious, scary reminder of the unmatched power of live theater to rattle, roil and shake us wide awake.” -New York Times

It might help if you understand that nothing pleases this playwright more than the reactions of her audience. “I think that I just have really, deeply been moved by [the fact] that the people are having very different reactions in the same audience — and that the reactions don't fall distinctly along color lines. It's not that all people of color are moved by it, and all white people are uncomfortable and angered. It seems much more complex than that. And that to me has been really deeply exciting as a human and as an artist.”

In The Light of the Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader, Ida B. Wells, co-founder of the NAACP, journalist, educator and truth seeker, writes, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” The time has come dear audience for us to let this play shine its own light of truth here at Capital Stage.

 


 

About The Playwright

by K. Kevyne Baar, PhD

 

“It feels nice to have written something vaguely thoughtful enough to still be part of a conversation that’s continuing... it’s weird that there’ve been different waves of realization of how far we’ve come and how much the conversation around identity has changed and shifted and become more complex, and more combative at the same time. That feels crazy.” – Jackie Sibblies Drury

 

Described by several interviewers as “a quiet, six-foot-tall woman with a sneaky, self-effacing sense of humor,” Drury, a first-generation American, grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. The daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, she was raised by her mom and grandmother, grew up middle class, and went to a private school. Though there are no artists in the family, her mother took her on trips to Manhattan to see Broadway shows. She attended Yale University, majoring in literature, and received her MFA in playwriting from Brown University in 2010.

Jackie Sibblies Drury’s breakout work came in 2013. Initially developed as her graduate playwriting thesis at Brown University, the title alone, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915, announced to the theatre world the arrival of an original and exciting new voice. This was followed by Social Creatures in 2013. Drury admits that she takes “time to marinate with her ideas,” which explains why, although they premiered in 2018 and 2019, she actually began writing Fairview and the play Marys Seacole in 2015. 

Receiving awards for her work also began in 2015, when she won the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for Drama. The award acknowledged that, “Jackie Sibblies Drury deftly blends historical inquiry and meta-theatrical experiment to challenge assumptions about race, performance, and individual responsibility.” Four years later it was the aforementioned Fairview that became a multi-awarded play. It receive the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize followed by the Steinberg Playwright Award, and finally, the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 

In 2022, Drury received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theatre Award, “given to an American playwright in mid-career with an outstanding voice.” Even more recently Drury found herself nominated for a Tony Award as co-author with Justin Peck for the book of the Broadway musical, Illinoise.

During an interview on NPR’s All Things Considered, Drury was asked what she likes about theater to which she replied, “I grew up as a theater dork who memorized all the lyrics to Rent and Les Miz, and I was in plays in elementary school after school always. And so ... even as I grew older and experienced other things, I just — I really like the form. I like that you have to be in a room with other people. I like that you hear other people cough, and you get annoyed at people who have big hair sitting in front of you, and that there's just this crazy, embodied experience. And so I like that a lot of different people can come into a room and have a similar point of focus, but really, really different experiences. And that just is something that is inspiring to me.”

 


 

Meet the Company

Kathryn Smith-McGlynn*

Beverly
Kathryn Smith-McGlynn* - Beverly Regional: HENRY V, directed by Johanna McKeon (The Old Globe, CA), WAKEY WAKEY with Tony Hale, directed by Anne Kauffman (American Conservatory Theatre, CA), CLYDE'S (Capital Stage Company, SWEAT (Capital Stage Company, CA), A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN RENO and HOLMES AND WATSON (B Street Theatre, CA), DISGRACED (San Jose Stage Company, CA), TROJAN WOMEN, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis (Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC), THE PEOPLE’S TEMPLE, directed by Leigh Fondakowski (Perseverance Theatre Company, AK), LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TWELFTH NIGHT, and PERICLES (Marin Shakespeare Company, CA). Film: The Surrogate (aka Beautiful Dreamer), Mazerunner: The Scorch Trials, and The Best Man. Television: "Pulse" (NETFLIX), “The Cleaning Lady” (FOX) “Deputy” (FOX), "Better Call Saul” (AMC), “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “Friday Night Lights” (NBC), “Scoundrels” (ABC), “In Plain Sight” (AMC), “As the World Turns” (CBS), “The Deep End” (ABC), “Hysteria” (AMAZON), “The Lying Game” (ABC). Producing Credits: FRESH GLASS (KPBS). MFA in Acting, Carnegie Mellon University, BA in Theatre and Drama, University of Michigan, MPA in Public Administration and Policy Analysis, Baruch College. For a complete listing of Kathryn’s current projects and appearances as well as links to social media, visit www.kathrynsmithmcglynn.com.

Adrian Roberts*

Dayton
Adrian Roberts* - Dayton Adrian Roberts is happy to be back at Capital Stage. Mr. Roberts was last seen in last season’s production of CLYDE’S in the role of Montrellus. Also at Cap Stage Lucius in JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN and Steve in HOW TO USE A KNIFE. Other credits include George in WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF at Oakland Theater Project, Willie in MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS, at Aurora Theater Company, Macbeth in MACBETH at African American Shakespeare among many other regional credits including Lincoln Center and three seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Television credits include SCRUBS, CRIMINAL MINDS, CHANCE, among others.

Brooklynn T. Solomon

Jasmine
Brooklynn T. Solomon - Jasmine Brooklynn T. Solomon has been acting for over 20 years. She was last seen at Capital Stage in THE ROYALE and MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY. Some of her favorite performances include Big Idea Theatre’s BOOTY CANDY and SKELETON CREW, Celebration Arts' SPELL #7, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, SUNSET BABY, STICK FLY, THE BLUEST EYE and BOURBON AT THE BORDER. Most recently, she appeared in Sacramento Theatre Company’s CLUE: THE MUSICAL, GLORIA: A LIFE and WHEN WE WERE COLORED: A MOTHER’S STORY. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Sacramento State University.

Kali Honeywood

Keisha
Kali Honeywood - Keisha Kali Honeywood is thrilled to be making her professional theater debut in FAIRVIEW. She is a proud Sacramento native who recently graduated from Sacramento State University, where she also starred as Cinderella in the CSUS Theatre Department’s product of INTO THE WOODS. She is grateful to her girlfriend and family for their love and support and would like to thank everyone involved in FAIRVIEW for making this the most rewarding experience of her life.

Shannon Mahoney*

Suze
Shannon Mahoney* - Suze Shannon Mahoney is thrilled to be back at Capital Stage! She is a Sacramento based actor, director and choreographer. Acting credits include GLORIA, LUNA GALE, MAPLE AND VINE, CLYBOURNE PARK, and ENRON at Capital Stage; THE LADIES FOURSOME and THE SOUND OF FREEDOM at B Street Theatre; Sacramento Theatre Company’s production of THE CRUCIBLE; KILLER JOE and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Big Idea Theatre. Some recent choreography credits include: VIETGONE, MR. BURNS, ANNA KARENINA at Capital Stage; RENT at Falcon’s Eye Theatre; and CARRIE THE MUSICAL for Sacramento City College. She has her MFA from CSU Fullerton and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Brandon Lancaster

Mack
Brandon Lancaster - Mack Brandon is a proud Alumnus of the Acting Apprenticeship Program at Capital Stage, where he appeared in the company's production of GOOD PEOPLE by David Lindsay-Abaire, and various other roles. Previous credits also include THE MOTHER F**KER WITH THE HAT (Big Idea Theatre), MACBETH (Sacramento Shakespeare Festival), BRILLIANT TRACES (Ovation Stage), THE GRAPES OF WRATH, and JULIUS CAESAR (Sacramento Theatre Company).

Alissa Doyle

Bets
Alissa Doyle - Bets Alissa is a Sacramento-based actor, educator, and director. Local performing credits include PREDICTOR (Capital Stage), DANCE NATION (B Street Theatre), BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS (Capital Stage), GRAPES OF WRATH (Sacramento Theatre Company), and several traveling school shows bringing professional theatre to children all over Northern California (B Street Theatre). As a theatre educator, she hopes to make all her students proud. Deep breaths. All love to Ry & B, the light when the lights go off.

Scott Coopwood*

Jimbo
Scott Coopwood* - Jimbo For CapStage: DIRTY STORY, THE SCENE, SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME, ANNA KARENINA, A DOLL’S HOUSE, MACBETH, ARCHDUKE, and others. The title roles in: CYMBELINE, CYRANO DEBERGERAC, KING JOHN, THE ODYSSEY, MACBETH, HAMLET, and others. Theatres: Berkeley Rep, Center Rep, Artists Rep, Capital Rep, Arkansas Rep, Seattle Rep, San Jose Rep, Portland Center Stage, Arizona Theatre Co, SF Playhouse, Marin Theatre Co, The Seattle, Marin, Utah, Orlando and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals, and more… Also work with NPR and the Toronto, Windsor, Oregon and Chicago Symphony Orchestras. Happy to be alive and sharing the human experience.

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Playwright
Jackie Sibblies Drury - Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her critically acclaimed play FAIRVIEW premiered at Soho Rep. Other plays include WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HERERO OF NAMIBIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SOUTH WEST AFRICA, FROM THE GERMAN SUDWESTAFRIKA, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1884-1915, REALLY, and SOCIAL CREATURES. Drury's plays have been presented by New York City Players and Abrons Arts Center, Soho Rep, Victory Gardens, Trinity Rep, Woolly Mammoth, Undermain Theatre, InterAct Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Company One, and The Bush Theatre in London, among others. Her work has been developed at The Bellagio Center, Sundance, The Ground Floor, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ars Nova, A.C.T., The Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, NYTW, PRELUDE, The Bushwick Starr, and The MacDowell Colony. Drury is a NYTW Usual Suspect, a United States Artists Gracie Fellow, has received a Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists, a Jerome Fellowship at The LARK, a Windham-Campbell Literary Prize in Drama, and is a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

Anthony D'Juan

Director
Anthony D'Juan - Director Anthony D'Juan is a Sacramento based director-playwright who has been active since 1996. He was assistant & protégé to Ed Claudio from 1997-2005. Playwriting credits include: THEORY OF THE DREAM, SAFE AT HOME, MEN IN RIFFS, POTENTIAL LITERATURE, 3:BLACK GIRL BLUES (with Danielle Mone’ Truitt), THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED, DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE (with Carla Fleming & Joe Archie), BIRDMOCKING and ANY’PERSON. Directing credits include SUBURBIA, OTHELLO, FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (THE MUSICAL), Jack Partington’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND (world premier), ENDGAME (best drama 2004), BASH:LATTER DAY PLAYS, THE DISTANCE FROM HERE, OUR TOWN, THE SEAGULL, THE DUMB WAITER, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG (2007), Dan Fagan’s A TIGER WITHOUT MERCY (world premier), Richard Hellesen’s THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES (world premier), THE MOUNTAINTOP, BOOTYCANDY (nominated best director), SKELTON CREW, PASS OVER, THE ROYALE, DIRECT FROM DEATH ROW:THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, 3:BLACK GIRL BLUES, FATSO (with Logan Heller - 2023 revival), PAPI ME AND CESAR CHAVEZ, Carla Fleming’s DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE (world premier), CLYDE’S, Jerry Montoya’s ROBIN HOOD (world premier), THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA?, and PROOF. He dedicates this production to his Grandmother, Corine Hall (1930-2019).

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 Riedell is celebrating his 17th year at Capital Stage and brings to the company his varied experiences in the theatre, management, team building, counseling, training and corporate improvement. While at Capital Stage he has grown box office operations and installed online ticketing and donor systems, developed sound accounting and financial policies and systems, led efforts to provide living wages and benefits to the staff and artists, and has been an outspoken voice for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts. Working with the board of directors Mr. Riedell is leading a five-year strategic planning process with Michael Kaiser and the DeVos Institute of Arts Management. The plan, completed in the Summer of 2023 is now in the implementation phase. Along with Artistic Director Michael Stevenson, Keith has worked on capacity building projects with Third Plateau and the University of the Pacific.

Tony Gabrielson

Production & Company 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.

Melissa Jernigan*

Stage Manager
Melissa Jernigan* - Stage Manager Melissa most recently worked at Capital Stage on FADE, 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.

Yasmine Salmeron

Assistant Stage Manager
Yasmine is thrilled to be a part of the team at Capital Stage. Recent graduate from the University of California Davis earning a BA in Theatre & Dance and Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies. At UC Davis earning credits as ASM for DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI (The Musical) and ALONE/TOGETHER. In collaboration with directors and designers they have also assisted on SMART PEOPLE, GLORIA, THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, and THE CHINESE LADY. A true jack of many trades - stagehand, wardrobe and makeup assistant, production manager, etc. Yasmine looks forward to fostering community through her passion for theatre and the arts and continuing to master her craft.

Eric Broadwater

Scenic Designer
Eric Broadwater is currently Professor of Scene Design for the Theater Department at California State University Stanislaus where he has designed and supervised over 30 productions. His professional work includes scenic designs and set painting in regional and local theaters all over the country. Recent credits include CLYDE’S, GEORGIANA & KITTY, THE ROYALE, THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, and THE WICKHAMS: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY at Capital Stage, KINKY BOOTS with Ray of Light Theatre, ZORA & LANGSTON at Celebration Arts, and COSMO ST. CLAIR IS DEAD at B St. Theatre. He also works as a freelance 3D digital artist with a focus on Interactive Environments. www.BroadwaterScenic.com

Isaiah Leeper

Lighting Designer
Isaiah Leeper is very excited to be lighting up Capital Stage again after working on NOW CIRCA THEN, AMERICAN FAST, CLYDE’S, PREDICTOR, HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, THE ROYALE, SMART PEOPLE, PASS OVER, and others. He was also able to bring light to the world CABARET at Folsom Lake College. He would like to take the time to thank the cast, crew, and entire company for their support and wonderful energy.

Rebecca A. Valentino

Costume Designer
Rebecca is delighted to return to Capital Stage where previous productions include CRY IT OUT, AMERICAN FAST, HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, GLORIA, THE WOLVES and THE GREAT LEAP! Rebecca has worked with many local companies including, The Aurora Theatre Company, 42nd Street Moon, Center REPertory Theatre and Solano College Theatre where she also served as the Costume Shop Supervisor from 2005-2012 and Adjunct professor of Costume and Theatre from 2007-2020. In addition she designed costumes for the Short Film GENERATIONS directed by Kourosh Ahari (The Night). She earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MFA from the University of Michigan. Rebecca is currently the Costume Director for the Theatre and Dance Department at UC Davis.

Ed Lee

Sound Designer
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.

Riley Cisneros-Gruenthal

Properties Desginer
Riley Cisneros-Gruenthal is thrilled to be part of the team for FAIRVIEW, her fourth show with Capital Stage (their work was previously seen in CLYDES, ARCHDUKE, & CRY IT OUT). Riley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Southern Oregon University in 2020 with a degree in Theatre Arts. Previous credits include props designer for CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME, WAIT UNTIL DARK, and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS at Sacramento Theatre Company.

Shannon Mahoney*

Choreographer
Shannon Mahoney is thrilled to be back at Capital Stage! She is a Sacramento based actor, director and choreographer. Acting credits include LUNA GALE, MAPLE IN VINE, CLYBOURNE PARK, and ENRON at Capital Stage; THE LADIES FOURSOME and THE SOUND OF FREEDOM at B Street Theatre; Sacramento Theatre Company’s production of THE CRUCIBLE; KILLER JOE and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at Big Idea Theatre. Some recent choreography credits include: VIETGONE, MR. BURNS, ANNA KARENINA at Capital Stage; RENT at Falcon’s Eye Theatre; and CARRIE THE MUSICAL for Sacramento City College. She has her MFA from CSU Fullerton and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Samantha McLean Haas

Scenic Charge Artist
Samantha has been painting sets for over a decade in the greater Sacramento area. She’s thrilled to be painting for her fifth season with Capital Stage. In addition to Capital Stage, she’s worked at Sacramento City College, Sierra College, University of California Davis, Sacramento Theatre Company, B Street, and Broadway at Music Circus.

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

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

AVERY HERSEK - Audience Services 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/Lighting Designer

SHAE MERCER - Lead Electrician

ANDREW FRIDAE - Technician & Marketing Assistant

CECILIA CASTILLO JUAREZ - Concessions & Box Office Associate 

YASMINE SALMERON - Production Associate/Assistant Stage Manager

K. KEVYNE BAAR - Resident Dramaturg

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

ELIJAH PETERS - Infection Control Manager, Payroll & Administrative Assistant

2024/25 SEASON APPRENTICE COMPANY - Jarod Wiggins, Rachel Lau-Kee Browne, Zaara Little, Katie Halstead


 

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

Beth Hassett
CEO, WEAVE

Stephen C. Jones
Professor, CSUS

Leili Khalessi
California Dept. of Human Resources

Steve Koonce
Arts Patron

Elena Lopez-Gusman
Executive Director, California Chapter, American College of Emergency Physicians

Dena Martinez
Talen Agent, Director, Actor

Kristi Quesada Mathisen
Sacramento Country Day School

Clif McFarland
Attorney

Lori Abbott Moreland
Arts Patron

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

Vince Sales
Everyday Impact Consulting

Stephanie Rowe
Professor, Sacramento City College

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

Arlen Orchard
SMUD

Julie Stark
Arts Patron


 

Donors

Special Thanks to our Donors

Donation Totals from 8/27/23 to 8/27/24

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


 

Founder's Circle: $20,000+

John Abbott & Lori Abbott Moreland
Dan Brunner
Kathryn Doi
Golden 1 Credit Union
Lesley & Steve Koonce
Sacramento City Office of Arts and Culture
The Shubert Foundation

 

Executive Producer: $10,000+

Gloriette C. Fong
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
Art & Sue Scotland
Anita Scuri & James Simon

 

Producer: $6,000+

Chastity Benson
Susie & Jim Burton
Drs. John & Lois Crowe
Downey Brand
Susan Edling
James McElroy & Ann Gerhardt
Leonard Vincent Sales
 

Director: $3,000+

David Bell & Katherine Newman
Ted Cobb
Kathleen Collins
Melissa Conner & Theodore Harris
Theresa Corrigan
Kathy Davenport & Ken Weiss
Steven Debry
Jeffrey Farley & Mike Tentis
Gail Finney
Deborah Franklin & Douglas Mitten
Brian & Dorothy Landsberg
Scott & Linda Lasher
Linda McAtee & Steve Sphar
Clif McFarland
Gretchen Peralta
Diane Schertz
Howard Slyter
Marty & Janet Steiner
Ed Telfeyan & Jeri Paik
Susan Wheeler
Gloria & Don Yost

 

Lead Actor: $1,200+

Jacob Appelsmith
David & Marsha Baskins
Peggy Beasley
Linda Brandenburger
Dr. William Bronston & Lisa Levering
John & Randi Brooklier
Lyndsay Burch
Margaret L Buss
Annabel Cooper
Ellen Covairt & Bernard Kalscheuer
Jim & Kathleen Deeringer
Cindy Dunning
Donald Fraulob & Melissa Brown
Patty French
Carole Fritz
Curtis Fritz
Stephanie Gularte
Mary Hargrave
James R Hargrove
Sherry Haus
Eileen Heaser
Josh Horowitz & Patti Baggett
Lisa Horst
Stephanie & David Hunt
Janet Jensen
Robert Klass & Katy Globus
Charles & Elizabeth Kuehner
Marion Leff
Doron Levitan
Janet Lial
Kris Martin
Kristi Quesada Mathisen & Josh Mathisen
Ed Mills
Peter Mohrmann & David Harris
Katherine Muris
Richard Pearson & Jean Hart
Gail Pereira
Christopher Price
Laurie Nelson Randlett & Jim Randlett
Nathan Rangel
Brian Rickel
Amy & Jason Rogers
Ken Rothaus
Lori Saper
Chuck & Nancy Shulock
Roger & Barbara Smith
Barbara Sommer
Rae-Nani Stokes & Griff Field

 

Designer: $600+

Chris Abare
John Angell
Stephen & Melva Arditti
Barbara Black
Karen Broido
Donna Campbell
Les & Peggy Chisholm
Edward Condon
Stuart Eldridge
Carol Enns
Richard & Barbara Falcon
David Fulk & Keith Riedell
Brian Galacio
Carol & Steven Goldberg
Adrienne Graham
Patricia & James Grieshop
Helen & Glenn Hakanson
Ed Hall & Warren Lindeleaf
Team Hanseth
Zheyla Henriksen
Kim Hunter
Gary & Eva Incaudo
Laura Jackson
Leili Khalessi
Jolanta Kieturakis
Dawn & Dave King
Jane Kirkland
Dr. John & Rosemary Lamb
Nancy Lee
Shannon Mahoney & Kirk Blackinton
Dennis Mangers & Michael Sestak
Dena Martinez & Paul Verke
Mr. Colin A. Miller
Keetha Mills & Phil Nanni
Roger & Kristina Montero
Shelley Mydans & John Griffing
Shirley Nelson
Suzanne Ness
Sara Nichols
Steve Patwell
Marshall & Maureen Rice
Glenn Rondeau
Fred & Polly Schack
Ann Siprelle
Susan & Ross Siragusa
Julie Stark
Stephanie Tucker
Kim Varner
Marian Ver Wey
Megan Van Voorhis
Chris Wagner
James Watkins
LeRose Weikert
Buzz Wiesenfeld
Karen Willstatter
John Wilson & Susie Monary-Wilson
Claudia Wrazel & Frank Horowitz

 

Ensemble: $300+

Elaine Alexander
David Alois & Jacquie Embs
Kathleen Anderson
Kristine Backus
Walter Barnes
Sue Blosl
Robert & Jean Bonar
Peter Botto
Bruce Bowers
Sandra Briggs-Howell
Margaret & Stephen Brush
Carin & Bob Bryans
Celia Buckley
Allison Cagley & Farel Brosio
Sharon Cammisa & Joseph Orr
Steven Chase
Donna Chipps
Idelle & Dan Claypool
Laura Dirrim
Katherine Downey
Anne Eisenberg
Tracie & Richard Fike
Muffy & Terry Francke
Patty Garcia & Jim Mattesich
Cynthia Gerber
Linda Gregory
Suzanne Hanrahan
Polly Hasemann
Brian & Tiffany Heacox
Patricia Hull
Patrick Hunt
Linda Iseri
Don Johnson & Elizabeth Miller
Shenandoah & Andrew Kehoe
JR Keith
Sally Knost
Nancy LaCasse
Beverly & Ronald Lamb
Susie LaPointe
Sandy Lee
John Leonard
Spencer Lockson
Olga Mandrussow
John Marinko
Steven Meinrath & Helen Nusbaum
Catherine Mulhall & Steve Danielson
Mary O'Byrne
Frank Pajerski
Sarah Phelan
Lowell Richardson & Paula Sugarman
Ron Robie
Bob & Shirley Rosenberg
Michael Scheible
Janet S Shibamoto-Smith
Elaine Silver
Harold Smith
Susanne Sommer & George Ramsey
Peggy Stare
Michael Stevenson
Patricia Sturdevant
Robert Suskind & Leslie Lewinter-Suskind
Patrica Symkowick
Carrie Thomsen
Rachel Tooker
Michael & Barbara Ullman
Elaine Verbarg
Denise Verbeck
Patricia Wall & David Stavarek
Bryan Weare
Martha West
Peggy Wheeler
Joan Williams
Richard & Kathryn Williams
Richard Williams
Claudia & Olin Woods
Robert Young
Karen Ziskind
Wendy & Mark Zlotlow

 

Patron: $150+

Meredith Abby
Candace & Doug Adams
John & Kathleen Agnew
Rebecca Armstrong
John Atwood
Merle Axelrad
Jose Barbosa
Brenda Betts
Eve Bressler
Donna Bridges
Marc Brown & Althea Cervantes
Margaret Burns & Roy Bellhorn
Susan & Richard Carlsen
Henry Chambers
Marilyn Champa
Allison Claire
Jay Cohen
Mary Jo Compton
Dennis Cook
Lyn & Jim Crouch
Gretchen Cypin
Gayle Dax-Conroy
Daniel DeFoe
Fred Deneke & Jim Eastman
Anthony & Margie Deriggi
Lily Douglas
Anne Duffey
Daniel & Diane Durawa
Valerie Durbin
Rachel Falsetti
Ellen Ferguson
Stephanie Finelli
Mary Helen Fischer
James Fitzpatrick
Jan Fleener
Sara Floor
James Flynn
Carolyn Foland
Daphna Fram
Anne Geraghty
Wayne & Mary Ginsburg
Sam Goby
Lisa Goodwill
Mary Graziose
Barbara Greenwood
Linda Hansen
Dalinda Harman
Havilyn Harrar
Linda Hayward
Shirley Hazlett
Mary Hellwig
Sharon Helmar
Robert Herne
Alexandra Hewitt
Beatrice Hildebrand
Hirst Law Group, P.C.
Suzanne Houlton
Marlys Huez
Lydia Inghram
Barbara Jeffus
John Johnson
Jamie Jones
David & Kathy Kahn
Margaret Kane & Richard Frey
Dean & Sandi Karagianes
Bobbie Keill
Jacquelyn M. Kelly
Mimi Khan
Kellie Kilgore
Pamela Kisor
Kay Michelle Khayat
Nancy Kniskern
Anne Knuut
Paul & Jane Lammerding
Renee Larsen
Lisa Luthra
Brian Lutz
Carol McCormick
George Ed McCune
Delta Mello
Briel & Alexandra Melvin
Michele D Mickela
Livia Moe
Everett and Julia Moore
Hallie Morrow
Julia Mullen & Charlene Jones
Allison Noren
Becky & Bob Norris
Erin O'Neil
Kellie Paredes
Barbara Payne
Cherril Peabody
Rani H Pettis
Catherinie Pierini
Rani Pettis
Ann Porten
Enid Pritikin
Diana & Bill Proctor
Richard Rawson & Cynthia Neuman
Tina Reynolds
Ted Ridgway
Margaret Roberts
Patti Roberts
Randy Roberts
Ramona Robinson
Myrna Rodriguez
Carol Rogers & Jon Courtway
Sally Rogers
Patrick Romano
Sunny Romer
Kurt Rosen
Ruth Rosenberg
Laura Rosenthal
Linda Roth
Donald Rubin
Vera Sandronsky
Peter Saucerman
Adrienne Shapiro
Adrienne Sher
Walter Sherwood
Harsev Singh
Chris & Julia Smith
Robert Snider
Lauren Weil Solomon
Daniel G. Stone
Harry & Linda Struthers
Shannon Sutherland
Paul & Gay Tanner
Penelope Taylor
Susan & Ken Taylor
Nina Thomson
Patty Torbert & Ken Graber
Mildred Torrance
SHIRLEY TOY
Irene Velasquez
Roger Paul Villaluz
Peter & Karen Von Elten
Anita & John Winslow
Arnold Wolf & Fern Tablin
Bill Wygant
Karen Zamarripa
Lydia Zeidner

 

"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/ 

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