WILL POWER! Today is My Birthday, Yale Repertory Theatre

STUDY GUIDE SUPPLEMENT Today Is My Birthday By Susan Soon He Stanton Directed by Mina Morita YALE REPERTORY THEATRE James Bundy Artistic Director

Florie Seery Managing Director

Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. General Manager

STUDY GUIDE WRITERS Asa Benally David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’16

Kamilah Bush

EDITORS Taylor Barfield

Lead Editor David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’16; DFA Candidate

Amy Boratko Literary Manager, Yale Repertory Theatre

Molly FitzMaurice

Artistic Office Fellow David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’19; DFA Candidate

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Marguerite Elliott

Publications Manager, Yale Repertory Theatre | David Geffen School of Drama

Literary Manager, Portland Center Stage

Madeline Charne

David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’20 DFA Candidate

Eric M. Glover

Production Dramaturg for Choir Boy; Assistant Professor Adjunct of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, David Geffen School of Drama

Jisun Kim

Production Dramaturg for Today is My Birthday David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’22

Sophie Siegel-Warren

David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’19 DFA Candidate

Ashley M. Thomas David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’23

Sebastián Eddowes Vargas

Assistant Dramaturg for Between Two Knees David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’24

Faith-Marie Zamblé

Assistant Director for Choir Boy David Geffen School of Drama, MFA ’23

SUPPORTERS Cockrum Foundation New Alliance Esme Usdan SPECIAL THANKS Christopher D. Betts, The Cumberland County Historical Society, Julie Felise Dubiner, Jennifer Kiger, Amanda Luke, Kay Perdue Meadows, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Catherine Sheehy, Susan Soon He Stanton, The 1491s, Eric Ting.