DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
PRESENTS
SCENIC DESIGNER
Izmir Ickbal
Leah Nanako Winkler
DIRECTED BY Michelle Chan
MUSIC DIRECTION BY
Rebecca Karpoff
COSTUME DESIGNER
Dina El-Aziz
STAGE COMBAT AND INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHY
Erica Murphy
STAGE MANAGER
Fotini Lambridis
CHOREOGRAPHY BY Lauren Schweers
LIGHTING DESIGNER Reyna Sanchez
Ethan Wilson BY
DRAMATURG
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Eleanor Holdridge
April 24 - May 3, 2026
SEASON SPONSOR
SOUND DESIGNER
Kevin O’Connor
ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGNER
Sera Borgeau
This production was supported in part by the Professor Sawyer Falk/Jerry Stiller ‘50 Endowment for Drama.
Kentucky received its world premiere on April 20, 2016 in a co-production presented by the Ensemble Studio Theatre (William Carden, Artistic Director; Paul A. Slee, Executive Director) / Radio Drama Network, (Melina Brown, President) and Page 73 Productions (Michael Walkup, Producing Artistic Director; Jennifer Lagundino, Managing Director; Liz Jones and Asher Richelli, Founding Directors) | Kentucky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
CAST
Jessica Chien.............................................................Masako
Nika Jomei Cospolite................................................Da’Ran
Christian Ellwood........................................................Adam
Emily Kiyomi Gorin...................................................Sophie
Zia Gulson............................................................Bridesmaid
Ellis Eunjin Honma..........................................................Hiro
Abigail Hunnewell........................................................Sylvie
Jordan Massey..............................................................Nicole
Livia Nieves.........................................................Bridesmaid
Sofía Peralta........................................................Bridesmaid
Tuleck Porchia..............................................................Ernest
Mia Rohan........................................................................Amy
Sam Ryan.................................................................Grandma
Sofia Slaman..................................................................Laura
Harrison M. Wei...................................Larry, Groomsman
Seth Winnick.................................................................James
UNDERSTUDIES
For Adam, Larry, James – David Bellin
For Sophie – Jessica Chien
For Hiro – Emily Kiyomi Gorin
For Amy, Grandma, Sylvie – Violet Lanciloti
For Da’Ran, Ernest – Jordan Massey
For Bridesmaids, Nicole, Laura – Mia Rohan
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Assistant Directors: Aliana Aspesi, Aasha Puri, Julia Zhu
Fight Captain: Fotini Lambridis
Intimacy Captain: Harrison M. Wei
Assistant Scenic Designer: Lilly Berget
Assistant Costume Designer: Sari Shaffer
Assistant Lighting Designer: Ren Nygaard
Lighting Programmer: Hannah LoGiudice
Assistant Stage Managers: Aileen Espino, Jarel Reed
Faculty Advisor to Student Designers: Izmir Ickbal
Faculty Advisor to Stage Managers: Don Buschmann
Light Board Operator: Finn Sheehan
Sound Board Operator: Nashaly Bonilla
Deck (Run Crew): Brody Kostyszyn, Eunchae Kim, Rion Emery, Sawyer Ricehall Dressers (Run Crew): Becca Supcoff, Ciara Funk, Lexie Lewis, Rowan Modisher, Grace Nwamadi
Electrics: Abby Larkin, Bella Molino, Bennie Shaffer, Declan Hall, Eunchae Kim, Finn Sheeran, Maya Ross, Nashaly Bonilla
Costume Maintenance: Mia Szirovecz, Miller Asch
SPECIAL THANKS
A special thanks to Emily Bubeck and Bailey Pavitt-Graff for their support with our music!
INTERMISSION
Kentucky will be performed with one fifteen-minute intermission.
CAST
David Bellin (he/him) (u/s: Adam, Larry, James) is a sophomore acting major from Pittsburgh, PA and has most recently appeared in …Humming in the background (small scale) and in the company of the children’s tour My Robot (Children’s Tour), as well as in the ensemble of The Rocky Horror Show with Black Box Players. Lots of love to his family, friends, professors, and Sofia and Bodey his French Bulldog and Tabby Cat.
Jessica Chien (she/her) (Masako, u/s: Sophie) is a sophomore acting major from Taiwan. This is her second production at the Department of Drama. She is thrilled and very grateful to be part of this incredible production.
Nika Jomei Cospolite (Da’Ran) is a sophomore acting major from Miami, FL. Prior credits include: Revolutionary in Marie Antoinnette (small scale). This is his first mainstage production and he is very honored to portray his most authentic work. Nika would like to thank his family for all the love and support they have given him on his journey as an actor. Special shoutout to his younger brother Kingsley who misses class to come support him.
Christian Ellwood (he/him) (Adam) is a junior musical theater major from Princeton Junction, NJ. Prior credits include Sr. Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night (mainstage), Laurie in Little Women (mainstage), and music director to Alice by Heart (Black Box Players). Christian would like to thank his family and friends for supporting his dreams and making the journey so much fun.
Emily Kiyomi Gorin (she/her) (Sophie, u/s: Hiro) is a junior acting major from Los Angeles, California. She was previously seen as Valentine/Ursula in Twelfth Night (mainstage) with the Syracuse University Department of Drama. She is more than grateful to be a part of this incredibly hardworking cast and crew. She would like to thank her Mom for her unconditional support and the rest of her family, friends, and mentors.
CAST
Zia Gulson (Bridesmaid) is a sophomore acting major from Kennebunk, Maine. She is so happy to be making her Department of Drama debut. Prior credits include Swing in Marie Antoinette (small scale), Eurydice in Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Governor's School for the Arts. Zia would like to give special thanks to all of the wonderful people who have loved and supported her in her artistic aspirations. An extra thank you to the coolest cast of people in Kentucky
Ellis Eunjin Honma (Hiro) is a sophomore acting major from Oahu, HI. She is so honored to be working alongside this incredible company. Prior credits include My Robot (Children’s Tour).
Abigail Hunnewell (she/her) (Sylvie) is a junior acting major from Boston, Massachusetts. Her recent credits include Rosalind in As You Like It (Prague Shakespeare) and Samantha-Maude/Molly-Lulu u/s in In Sisters We Trust (studio project). This is her first mainstage production at the Department of Drama and she is so thrilled and honored to be a part of this incredible company. She is grateful for the support of her peers, friends, and family.
Violet Lanciloti (she/her) (u/s: Amy, Grandma, Sylvie) is a junior acting major from Newton, MA. Previous Department of Drama credits: Irma, u/s Flo, Mrs. Potts in Picnic (mainstage), Kit/Jemma in In Sisters We Trust (studio project) and Bertha in Hedda Gabler (studio project). Violet would like to thank her family and friends for all their love and support, and the whole company for making this show great!
Jordan Massey (Nicole, u/s: Da’Ran, Ernest) is a junior acting major at Syracuse University and is very excited to be a part of this production of Kentucky! Jordan has previously been a part of three other productions in the Department of Drama (In Sisters We Trust, What the Moon Saw, Marie Antoinette) and is preparing for their final year at Syracuse University. Jordan is grateful for the time they’ve had here and the opportunities they’ve been able to experience.
CAST
Livia Nieves (she/her) (Bridesmaid) is a sophomore musical theatre major from Rochester, IL. Prior Syracuse University Department of Drama credits include Caterpillar in Alice by Heart (Black Box Players) along with Swing, u/s Poncia, u/s Magdalena in Bernarda Alba (mainstage). She sends love and gratitude to her family, friends, Department of Drama professors, and the entire company of Kentucky! @livnieves
Sofía Peralta (Bridesmaid) is a junior acting major from McAllen, TX. Prior credits include: Clytaemnestra, Agemmemnon, Cassandra, Ifigenia Watchman, and Chorus in Agamemnon/Agamenón (International Collaboration SUxCENTRO), Understudy in What the Moon Saw (mainstage), GIRL #1 in MEN>women (Black Box Players), and Hope in Pandora's Suitcase (Children's Tour). Sofía would like to thank her family, friends and educators for always supporting her and enriching her curiosity. !Soy lo que me enseño mi padre, el que no quiere su patria no quiere a su madre!
Tuleck Porchia (he/him) (Ernest) is a sophomore acting major from Los Angeles, CA. Tuleck’s previous credits include Marie Antionette (Louis), Urinetown (Officer Barrel), and American High’s upcoming Netflix show Minimum Wage (Customer) Tuleck strives to bring a piece of belonging to everything he touches with laughter and love, and he is honored to have worked with this incredible company. He is very grateful for the love and support from his family, friends, and instructors. For more updates, you can follow him on Instagram @tuleckporchia
Mia Rohan (she/her) (Amy, u/s: Bridesmaids, Nicole, Laura) is a junior acting major from Maryland. Last spring, she appeared in Black Box Players’ production of Assassins and understudied the fall children’s tour Pandora’s Suitcase. Mia is eternally grateful for her family, friends, and the support of the Department of Drama’s faculty, as well as her wonderful peers.
Sam Ryan (she/any) (Grandma) is a sophomore acting major. This is her first production at the Department of Drama, and she is thrilled to make her debut with this amazing company. Thanks to friends, family, and instructors. Enjoy the show!
CAST
Sofia Slaman (she/her) (Laura) is a junior acting major from New Jersey. She was previously seen in Pandora’s Suitcase (Syracuse Stage Children’s Tour) as Pandora and What the Moon Saw or “I Only Appear to be Dead” (Department of Drama, mainstage) as Esme. Sofia sincerely thanks the cast, crew, and her family for their continued support and kindness!
Harrison M. Wei (he/him) (Larry, Groomsman, Intimacy Captain) is a junior acting major from Concord Massachusetts and is excited to be in his second mainstage performance and second Intimacy Captain role in Kentucky! Previously in the Department of Drama Harrison was an Understudy and Intimacy Captain for A Walrus in a Body of a Crocodile (mainstage), played Joaquin in In Sisters We Trust (student directed small scale), and played Hal Carter in Picnic (mainstage). Special thanks to Erica Murphy and Michelle Chan for giving me such a wonderful opportunity.
Seth Winnick (James) is a junior acting major from Hershey, PA. This is his third Department of Drama mainstage production after appearing in Twelfth Night and What the Moon Saw last year. Along with Syracuse University, he has received training from Shakespeare’s Globe in London and the Prague Shakespeare Company. He has also performed with the Harrisburg Shakespeare Company, Gamut Theatre, and the Popcorn Hat Players.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Rebecca Karpoff (Music Director) has been featured soprano soloist with the Syracuse and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, the Rochester Philharmonic, and the Rochester Oratorio Society in works of Szymanowski, Mozart, Handel, Bach, Schubert, Haydn, and Strauss. Operatic roles include the Countess, Fiordiligi, Rosina, Suor Angelica, Dorabella and Zerlina. As recitalist and chamber musician, Karpoff has been heard at the Ravinia, Aspen, and Skaneateles Festivals and Merkin Hall in New York City. A Teaching Professor of Voice in the Drama Department, she has worked on numerous productions as vocal coach, director, or music director.
Lauren Schweers (Choreographer) is a junior musical theater major from Houston, TX.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Izmir Ickbal (Scenic Designer) is an international multi-disciplinary designer who has designed more than 70 productions locally, regionally, and internationally, and has received several accolades. He currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Drama Department in Syracuse University. He is a member of USA-829. More info: izmirickbal.com
Dina El-Aziz (Costume Designer) Regional: English (Long Wharf/TheaterWorks, Hartford); The Scarlet Letter (American Stage); School for Lies (Dartmouth College); Forgiveness, (Barrington Stage); Selling Kabul (Northern Stage); English (Barrington Stage); Layalina (The Goodman); Selling Kabul (Seattle Rep); Unseen (OSF); When Monica Met Hillary (Miami New Drama); 9 Parts of Desire (Portland Center Stage); King Lear (Northern Stage); Noura (The Guthrie); Noura (The Old Globe); Selling Kabul (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Off-Broadway: The Waterfall (WP Theater); Show/Boat: A River (Target Margin Theater); We Live In Cairo (NYTW); The Mulberry Tree (La Ma Ma); Munich Medea, Weightless (WP Theater), Spindle Shuttle Needle (Clubbed Thumb); The Vagrant Trilogy (The Public Theater); Heartland (Geva Theater/59E59); First Down (Noor Theater/59E59); Hindsight (Fault Line Theater); One Night (Target Margin Theater); Dina is a Target Margin Associate Artist and Princess Grace Honorarium recipient.
Reyna Sanchez (she/they) (Lighting Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting and costume design. Other Department of Drama credits include costume design for Picnic (Department of Drama, mainstage), assistant costume design for Bernarda Alba (Department of Drama, mainstage), and assistant lighting design for Little Women (Department of Drama, mainstage).
Kevin O’Connor (Sound Designer) is currently in his 17th season working for Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. He graduated from St. Lawrence University with a B.A. in Music in 2008. Almost all of Kevin’s Design credits have been with the Department of Drama over the past 13 years, and some of his favorite designs have been; Touched (2024), Dance Nation (2023), In Love And Warcraft (2021), The Baltimore Waltz (2018), Laura and the Sea (2016), Measure for Measure (2015), and Stepping Out (2014). Kevin also created the Sound Designs for; My Robot (2025), Pandora’s Suitcase (2024), Red Riding Hood (2023), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2022), Danny, King of the Basement (2021), and Miss Electricity (2018) for the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama Bank of America Children’s Tour. Besides Sound Design, Kevin has also worked as the A1 posi-
ARTISTIC TEAM
tion, controlling the audio console/live mixing, for most of the musicals for both Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama over the past 16 years. Some of his favorite productions have been; Bernarda Alba, Little Women, Once, Disney ’ s Beauty and The Beast, Elf the Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Next to Normal, Ring of Fire, Berlin to Broadway, Nine, Avenue Q, Hairspray, Parade and Cabaret. He also feels privileged to have worked as the A1 on the productions of Thoughts of a Colored Man (2019) and How to Dance in Ohio (2022), during their Syracuse Stage runs before they went to Broadway.
Erica Murphy (she/her) (Stage Combat and Intimacy Choreography) is an actor, director, educator, and movement specialist. She has performed in world premieres in Chicago, Paris, N.Y.C., and Canada, and created multiple awardwinning productions through PortFringe. Recent performances include The Play That Goes Wrong (Portland Stage), Death Wings Project (Dramatic Repertory Company and The Theater Project), and Balloonacy (The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine). She studies with Theatrical Intimacy Education, and she has provided movement and intimacy choreography for productions with Syracuse University, Geva Theatre, Redhouse Arts Center, Portland Stage, and others. Murphy is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner, and a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University and the Jacques Lecoq International School of Theater in Paris. She has previously taught theater at Brandeis University and the University of Southern Maine and is currently an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University.
Fotini Lambridis (she/her) (Stage Manager, Fight Captain) is a junior stage management major from Long Island, N.Y. Other stage management credits in Syracuse include mainstage productions of Antigonick (SM), Head Over Heels (ASM), Pippin (ASM) with the Syracuse University Department of Drama, and Assassins: In Concert (SM) with Black Box Players. Fotini would like to thank the entire SM team for their amazing work and collaboration on this production as well as her instructors, friends, and family for their love and support.
Ethan Wilson (he/him) (Dramaturg) is a theater management major from Syracuse, N.Y., and he is so excited to be working on his first production at the Department of Drama!
Sera Bourgeau (she/her) (Associate Costume Designer) is a New York City based freelance Costume Designer. M.F.A.: University of California – Irvine. B.A.: University of New Hampshire.
AUTHOR
Leah Nanako Winkler is a playwright and screenwriter from Kamakura, Japan and Lexington, Kentucky. Her plays include God Said This, Two Mile Hollow, Kentucky, Hot Asian Doctor Husband, Thirty-Six, The Brightest Thing in the World and You Seem Sad as well as many short plays, all produced offBroadway and regionally. Accolades and fellowships: Yale Drama Series Prize, Mark O’Donnell Prize from The Actors Fund and Playwrights Horizons, Audible’s Emerging Playwrights Fund, Jerome New York Fellow at the Lark, Francesca Primus Prize, a 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award, the 2025 Will Glickman Award and the 2025 Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award. She is published by American Theatre Magazine, Nanjing University’s Stage and Screen Review, Yale University Press, Backstage, Smith and Krauss, Samuel French and Dramatists Play Service. TV credits include A24’s Ramy, where she along with the other writers won a Peabody Award, Love Life on HBO MAX, Schmigadoon!, The Summer I Turned Pretty and Elsbeth, among others. Upcoming: Memoirs of Amorous Gentleman with original music by Duncan Sheik and Crazy Rich Asians: The Musical.
DIRECTOR
Michelle Chan (she/her) is a director, theatremaker, and producer from Hong Kong. She is a first-gen Taiwanese-American whose work attempts to redefine the roles fabricating the American culture, usually through intersections of gender, class and/or race. Her directing work has been seen at Ringling Museum/Asolo Rep, WP Theater, Atlantic Stage 2, Connelly Theater, The Flea, Brick Aux, Theatre Row, Keen Company, Horizon Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hudson Guild, Dixon Place, The Tank, The Maker’s Space, Lime Arts, American Opera Project, as well as universities and fringe festivals across the nation. She is an alum of the Drama League, the newest member of Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective’s Artistic Leadership, and a member of SDC. michchan.com @michellechaann
ASSISTANTS AND ASSOCIATES
Aliana Aspesi (Assistant Director) is a sophomore theater management major from Norwalk, CT.
Lilly Berget (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from St. Petersburg, Florida.
ASSISTANTS AND ASSOCIATES
Aileen Espino (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman stage management major from Woodbridge, NJ.
Hannah LoGiudice (Lighting Programmer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a concentration in scenic and lighting design from Wooster, OH.
Ren Nygaard (he/they) (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a sophomore theater design major from Schenectady, New York.
Aasha Puri (she/her) (Assistant Director) is a junior theater management major from Chicago, IL.
Jarel Reed (he/him) (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman theater management major who’s from Houston, TX but calls Singapore home.
Sari Shaffer (Assistant Costume Designer) is a freshman theater design and technology major with a focus in costume design from Nashville, Tennessee.
Julia Zhu (she/her) (Assistant Director) is a freshman musical theater major from Shanghai, China.
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Eleanor Holdridge Off-Broadway productions include world premieres of Selma ’65 (LaMaMa), Steve & Idi (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), and Cycling Past The Matterhorn (Clurman Theatre). Regional world premieres include Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, David Grimm’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists (Cincinnati Playhouse), NNPN Rolling World Premieres of Lauren Gunderson’s Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley and I and You, Meg Maroshnik’s Fickle: A Fancy French Farce, and Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ Queens Girl in the World (Theatre J). She has directed twenty-four of Shakespeare’s plays, some of them multiple times. Recently she directed Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Upcoming directing projects include a workshop of Ken Ludwig’s Napoleon at Pemberly and The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Olney Theatre in Summer 2026. She holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Syracuse University Department of Drama offers degree programs in acting, musical theater, theater design and technology, stage management, and theater management utilizing conservatory-style training in a university setting and in collaboration with Syracuse Stage. With much appreciation, the Department of Drama wishes to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Syracuse Stage staff.
DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Chair........................................................................................................................Eleanor Holdridge
Finance & Operations..........................................................................................................Erna Eno
Administrative Specialist..................................................................................................Jen Ballard
Director, VPA: NYC.................................................................................................Julia Smeliansky
Production Manager..............................................................................................Stuart Plymesser
Dean, VPA...................................................................................................................Michael S. Tick
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Christine Albright-Tufts
Robert Andrusko
Brian Cimmet
James A. Clark
Danyon Davis
Izmir Ickbal
Alex Jainchill
Rebecca Karpoff
Carly Allen
Dylinn Andrew
Alec Barbour
Kathleen Baum
Bradley Beckman
Kerry Bereza
Don Buschmann
Diane Coloton
Jed Daniels
Gretchen Darrow-Crotty
Adria Dawn
Adrianna DiRosio
Danita Emma
Kathryn Fathers
Jacob Kerzner
David Lowenstein
Celia Madeoy
Carmen Martínez
Michael McBride
Katherine McGerr
Thom Miller
Erica Murphy
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Marcus Herndon
Jacqueline R. Herter
Emily Holm
Aldo Kattón
Richard Koons
Nicholas Kowerko
Andy LiDestri
Zizi Majid
Michael McCurdy
Dela Meskienyar
Amanda Moore
Leslie Noble
Kevin O'Connor
Krystal Osborne
ACCOMPANISTS
Kerry Bereza, Abel Searor, Dan Williams
Ricky Pak
Felipe Panamá
Bradley Stone
Holly Thuma
Kathleen Wrinn
Ralph Zito
Whitney Pak
Stuart Plymesser
Mara Rich
Rebecca Schuetz
Hanni Schwarzlander
Abel Searor
Blake Segal
Randy Steffen
Katie Weber
Joseph Whelan
Joan Willard
Dan Williams
Matthew Winning
SYRACUSE STAGE STAFF
Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp
Managing Director.............................................................................................Carly DiFulvio Allen
Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo
Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann
Associate Director of Production Operations.......................................................Stuart Plymesser
Student Employee.............................................................................................Nikky Spencer†
Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty
Assistant Company Manager.....................................................................................Sarai Ford
Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen
Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz
Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King
Technical Assistant...................................................................................................Liz Daurio
Carpenters...............................................................................John Gamble, Brian McBurney
Student Employee................................................................................................Bailey Olson†
Student Workstudy..............................................................................................Bella Molino†
Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm
Lead Scenic Artist................................................................................................Laurel Arnold
Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan
Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich
Associate Props Supervisor...................................................................................Andrew Babb
Craftperson............................................................................................................Nora Galley
Student Employee..............................................................................................Emma Henry†
Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty
Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore
Cutter-Drapers..............................................................................Emily King, Kathryn Rauch
First Hand.......................................................................................................Katelyn Yonkers
Stitchers.................................................................................Sidney Barmoha, Sophie Shahan
Craftsperson/Shopper..............................................................................................Wyatt Kim
Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................................................Dylinn Andrew
Electrics and Projection Supervisor...............................................................................Jed Daniels
Associate Electrics and Projection Supervisor......................................................Andy LiDestri
Electrician/Board Operator...................................................................................Kat Larrabee
Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer......................................................Jacqueline R. Herter
Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor
Sound Engineer/Board Operator..........................................................................Garrett Frink
Stage Management Assistants................................................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy
Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale
Associate General Manager........................................................................................Jacob Ellison
Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler
Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez
Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez
Development Assistant............................................................................................Polly Gilmore†
Development Intern................................................................................................Natalie Haras†
Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow
Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle
Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid
Education Interns........................................................................Aliana Aspesi†, Nat Wilson†
Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joanna Penalva
Audience Development Manager..............................................................................Tracey White
Creative Director, Marketing..................................................................................Brenna Merritt
Marketing Content and Publications Manager.....................................................Matthew Nerber
Graphic Designer.................................................................................................Jonathan Hudak
Marketing Intern......................................................................................................Mady Mohat†
Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson
Assistant Box Office Manager.............................................................................Clari Atherlay
Show Supervisor......................................................................................................Lisa Doerle
Box Office Assistants.............................................Aliana Aspesi†, Josh Cooper†, Molly Evert†, Tess Feldman†, Ben Ferrara†, Polly Gilmore†, Skye Robinson†
Audience Services Manager.......................................................................................Luke Centore
Assistant Audience Services Manager..............................................................Bianca Stevenson
Audience Services Associates.....................................Hannah Blumenthal, Michelle Cannizzo, Khayman Clancy, Pat Condello, Roy Crosbie†, Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah, Asia Green, Mackenzie Green, Meg Pusey, Phineas Roy†, Reyna Sanchez†, Esme Schaus†
Executive Assistant............................................................................................................Judi Dixon
Sign Language Interpreters.....................................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman
Open Captioning........................................................................Jacob G. Ellison, Michael McCurdy
Audio Description..........................................................Brad Beckman, Kate Laissle, Joseph Whelan
Artistic Intern..................................................................................Ella Femino†, Amanda Podhurst†
Community Services Officers............................Chris Deutschman, Stacey Emmons, Martha Farmer
Custodians........................................................................Tony Rogers, Ron Taylor, Candace Velario
†Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.
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BERNARDA ALBA
WORDS AND MUSIC BY MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA | BASED ON THE PLAY THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA BY FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA | DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY WILLIAM CARLOS ANGULO | ASSOCIATE DIRECTION BY DIEGO ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ AND FELIPE PANAMÁ
MUSIC DIRECTION BY JACOB KERZNER
OCTOBER 10 - 19 | OPENING NIGHT: OCTOBER 11
ANTIGONICK
BY SOPHOKLES | A NEW VERSION BY ANNE CARSON
DIRECTED BY MATTHEW WINNING AND ERICA MURPHY
NOVEMBER 14 - 22 | OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 15
PICNIC
BY WILLIAM INGE | DIRECTED BY RALPH ZITO
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 1 | OPENING NIGHT: FEBRUARY 21
A REBEL PRAYER
BOOK AND LYRICS BY ELOISE T. GOVEDARE | MUSIC BY ALEKSANDRA M. WEIL | DIRECTED BY KATHLEEN WRINN | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHY BY BRADLEY STONE
MARCH 28 - APRIL 5 | OPENING NIGHT: MARCH 28
KENTUCKY
BY LEAH NANAKO WINKLER | DIRECTED BY MICHELLE CHAN APRIL 24 - MAY 3 | OPENING NIGHT: APRIL 25
DISNEY’S FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY KRISTEN ANDERSON LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ | BOOK BY JENNIFER LEE | BASED ON THE DISNEY FILM WRITTEN BY JENNIFER LEE | AND DIRECTED BY CHRIS BUCK AND JENNIFER LEE | ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED BY EMILY MALTBY | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARJORIE FAILONI | COPRODUCED WITH SYRACUSE STAGE
MAY 13 – JUNE 21, 2026 | OPENING NIGHT: MAY 15
* Please Note: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical is not included in the Department of Drama subscription package. However, discounts are available to Department of Drama subscribers.
Bernarda Alba is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com | Antigonick is presented by special arrangement with Paradigm Talent Agency | Picnic is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists. com) | Kentucky is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com) | Frozen is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com