Beginnings, Belonging, Becoming and Breaking Through

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Announcing the 20122013 Season

BODY AWARENESS August 25September 23

By Annie Baker Directed by Eleanor Holdridge A touching comedy from the Obie-Award winning author of Circle Mirror Transformation. A non-traditional Vermont family is rocked by a visiting artist and his male gaze.

BOGED: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE January 12February 3

Presented in Partnership with Georgetown University and StreetSigns Center for Literature and Performance In the Gonda Theatre at the Davis Performing Arts Center

OUR CLASS October 10November 4

By Tadeusz Sobodzianek Translated by Ryan Craig Directed by Derek Goldman A moving epic drama about ten Polish classmates whose country and friendships are torn apart by invading Soviet and German armies.

English Language Premiere By Boaz Gaon and Nir Erez Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Joseph Megel A sudden chemical leak in an Israeli industrial park endangers the regions water supply, prompting a family feud that quickly turns into all-out political war.

RACE February 6March 17

By David Mamet Directed by John Vreeke Two male lawyers are called to defend a wealthy white client charged with the rape of a black woman,while their female associate betrays an agenda of her own.

SPECIAL EVENT! WOODY SEZ: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF WOODY GUTHRIE November 8December 2
Devised by David M. Lutkin with Nick Corley, Darcie Deaville, Helen Russel & Andy Teirstein

LOCALLY GROWN: COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ART ANDY AND THE SHADOWS April 328
A World Premiere By Ari Roth Directed by Daniella Topol The son of Holocaust refugees dreams of making a movie about his parents past in this comedy filled with Freudian hallucinations and pre-marital angst.

A boisterous retelling of the life of Americas troubadour, the man behind This Land is Your Land and more.

VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST FESTIVAL: DIALOGUES IN THE DESERT APPLES FROM THE DESERT December 15January 6
By Savyon Liebrecht Directed by Johanna Gruenhut This hit Israeli play follows Rivka, a young Sephardic woman and Dooby, a secular kibbutznik, who fall in love and travel to the Negev to escape her family in this moving tale of religious difference and reconciliation.

THE HAMPTON YEARS May 29June 30

A World Premiere By Jacqueline E. Lawton Directed by Shirley Serotsky A gutsy exploration of the early years of two great AfricanAmerican artists, John Biggers and Samella Lewis, and their Jewish teacher, Viktor Lowenfeld, during WWII.

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The Annual Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Production

THE HISTORY OF INVULNERABILITY

June 6July 8, 2012

From the Artistic Director

We end this exhilarating season dedicated to the staging of Brilliant Fictions/Shattering Facts as we began; with a new play of sexy, topical interest involving well-known heroes and villains wrought from a fusing of newspaper headlines and writerly fabulation, with the specter of the centurys greatest cataclysm looming surprisingly largesurprising for a work that might have bypassed The Shoah entirely save for a playwrights insistence that it be included; that it matter; that it inform motivation and discomfort; and cast a shadow over a protagonists trajectory in the same way that it sits on the shoulders of the Jewish people and all humanity. We opened last September with Deb Margolins audacious act of re-Imagining Madoff, as the infamous investor might have conversed with a famed Holocaust survivor and renowned author. Bar Katz provides the perfect framing complement with an equally surreal and arresting conversation between a famed Super Hero and an aggrieved author haunted by the specter of Hitlers annihilation of the Jews. This interweaving of the brutal and the beautiful; of the imagined and the actual, marks a season-long celebration of the craft and imagination of the American playwright. At our first day of Invulnerability rehearsals, our playwright shared stories of multiple producers so intrigued by his retelling of Jerry Siegels legal battles with publishers and with his creation, all the while imploring Bar Katz to simply banish all themes pertaining to the Nazis. Cant you just cut the Holocaust stuff? the playwright was asked over and over. Bar Katz, channeling his protagonists will of steel, refused. Whats come from the playwrights resolve is a wild, rigorous, audacious ride into comic book history and Holocaust fiction. The playwright recreates in us, his audience, the same uneasiness that Jerry Siegel no doubt stirred in the minds of his tittering publishers and sometimes shocked readership. Its a stirring discomfort that this theater embraces as part of its mission; this mandate that our artists take us to places we dare not go. Director Shirley Serotsky invoked another artist on our first day of rehearsal; beloved childrens book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, who had passed away earlier in the day. Shirley shared The New York Times online obituary which described Sendak as a frail child beset by a seemingly endless parade of illnesses, reared, according to the artist himself, in a world of looming terrors: the Depression; the war; the Holocaust, in which many of his European relatives perished; the seemingly infinite vulnerability of children to danger. In thinking about Sendaks audacious fusing of childhood innocence and the realities of death, anger and sorrow as expressed in an animated illustrated art from that was routinely dismissed as kids stuff--a form that couldnt possibly be considered real art or literatureShirley helped us think about the life-long struggle and achievement of Superman creator Jerry Siegel as well. Siegel intended great things for himself and, even more so, for his created son. Superman, in Bar Katzs treatment, is the Son Who Got Away; whose father continually tries to retrieve; to bring back; to re-direct and send into harms way and heroisms path; to make a difference to his people. Siegel is both domineering Jewish Mother and Anxious Jewish Father wrapped into one nervous, proud, petulant overweening Jewish artist. And yet for all the Jewish lore woven into the shared identities of Jerry Siegel and his Super Son (the Golem who might save his people), Siegels creation belongs to the larger world, and that world isnt giving its hero back to the Jews exclusively. Jews can claim Supermans paternity, but we cannot own his Super destiny. More crucially, that destiny of dominance is but a fiction; a figment; a dream, a piece of copyrighted ephemera, incapable of really stopping anything; neither a speeding bullet, nor the blast furnace of a crematorium. Jerry Siegels most poignant, powerful, and heartbreaking creation wasnt really Superman at all; it was himself. As full of thrills as this past season has been, our new one promises even more. More festivals of local and international work; more unities of fused polarities; more disquisitions on race, identity, the holocaust and the family. Join us again for more searing adventures. Long live the playwright and his superlative creationsand her sublime, insightful revelations! -Ari Roth
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Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater/Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts

June 6July 8, 2012

The Annual Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Production

THE HISTORY OF INVULNERABILITY

By David Bar Katz Directed by Shirley Serotsky

Cast

Jerry Siegel David Deblinger* Superman/Clark Kent Tim Getman* Young Jerry/Joel/Ensemble: Noah Chiet Harry Donenfeld/Saul/Ensemble: Conrad Feininger* Michael Siegel/Elia Kazan/Ensemble Brandon McCoy Joe Shuster/Benjamin David Raphaely* Sarah Siegel/Josette Frank/Ensemble Jjana Valentiner Lucky Luciano/Thornton Wilder/Ensemble James Whalen* Jolan/Lara/Ensemble Alyssa Wilmoth* (Amal Saade, June 16-17)

Artistic & Production Team

Scenic/Projections Designer Robbie Hayes Lighting Designer Dan Covey** Costume Designer Debra Kim Sivigny** Sound Designer Matthew M. Nielson** Properties Designer Andrea Dre Moore Fight Director Paul Gallagher Dialect Coach Jennifer Mendenhall Production Stage Manager Roy A. Gross* Assistant Stage Manager Becky Reed Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Soriano Assistant Projections Designer Brian Lignelli Associate Scenic Designer Patrick Lord Assistant Director Julia OConner Dramaturg Stephen Spotswood Scenic Artist Amy Kellett Head Electrician Garth Dolan Lighting Operator Aaron Waxman Sound Operator Jasmine Caviness

* Member of Actors Equity Association ** Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829

David Bar Katzs THE HISTORY OF INVULNERABILITY is presented by special arrangement with Bruce Miller, Washington Square Arts, NYC. www.washingtonsquarearts.com. Originally Produced by CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK (Edward Stern, Producing Artistic Director; Buzz Ward, Executive Director)

This play will be performed with one 15 minute intermission

Patrons are requested to turn off pagers, cellular phones and signal watches, and to refrain from taking photographs, text messaging, or making a recording of any aspect of this performance.

Theater Js Angels
THE HISTORY OF INVULNERABILITY Michele & Allan Berman Lois & Michael Fingerhut Zena & Paul Mason Evelyn Sandground& Bill Perkins
This select group has provided generous support for:

Fisher Family Foundation Visiting Artists Initiative

The Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation with additional support from Amy & Kenneth Krupsky

Theater Js Passports Educational Program

The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation

New Play Development

Diane & Arnold Polinger

Theater J Council
Marion Ein Lewin Co-Chair Lois Fingerhut Co-Chair Carolyn Kaplan Vice-Chair Ellen Malasky Vice-Chair Mara Bralove Treasurer Joan Wessel Secretary Natalie Abrams Patty Abramson Michele G. Berman Deborah Carliner Mimi Conway Myrna Fawcett Ann Gilbert Cheryl Gorelick Arlene Fine Klepper Kenneth J. Krupsky Paul Mason Jack Moskowitz Al Munzer Elaine Reuben Evelyn Sandground Mita M. Schaffer Hank Schlosberg Andy Shallal Patti Sowalsky Stephen Stern Barbara Tempchin Trish Vradenburg Rosa Wiener Irene Wurtzel Margot Zimmerman

Artistic Director Ari Roth Managing Director Rebecca Ende Associate Producer Delia Taylor Director of Community Outreach & New Media Becky Peters Director of Literary & Public Programs Shirley Serotsky Director of Marketing & Communications Grace Overbeke Director of Patron Services Erin Shannahan Technical Director and Master Carpenter Thomas Howley Casting Director Naomi Robin Casting Associate Gerald Gleason MCCA Operations Director Daniel Risner Set & Load-in Crew Ellen Houseknecht, Antonio Bullock Front of House Kathleen Alvania, Bonnie Berger, Willette Coleman, Batya Feldman, Elizabeth Heir, Hadiya Rice and Lachelle Slade

Theater J Staff

Washington DCJCC Leadership

Chief Financial Officer Judith Ianuale President Mindy Strelitz Chief Development Officer Mark Spira Chief Executive Officer Carole R. Zawatsky Chief Operating Officer Margaret Hahn Stern Associate Executive Director Joshua Ford Director of Marketing & Communications Sara Rostolder Mandell 4

The Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Fund

Honoring the memory and musical legacy of A. Arthur Tracy, The Street Singer, a celebrated singer and entertainer whose talent delighted millions around the world. Arthur Tracy was born to entertain. Having arrived in America with his family in 1905, Tracys outstanding abilities won him a place at the prestigious Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. However, his love of theater and, in particular, of popular music drew him to vaudeville and the variety theater where he developed his genius for music and his natural ability to delight an audience. Adopting the stage name, The Street Singer, Tracy appeared on CBS radio for five months without revealing his true identity. During that time, he became so popular the station receiving thousands of fan letters a weekhe was given his own radio show, which was broadcast several times a week. Whenever the radio announcer began the introduction to his show, Down the corner and round your way comes the Street Singer.. the same warning was issued to millions of children across America Now, either be quiet or leave the room. The great popularity of Tracys radio show launched his successful career in Hollywood and the British film industry where he starred in many films including Command Performance, Limelight and The Street Singer. Having been invited to appear in England for seven weeks, Tracy was held over for six years. Tracy returned to the United States shortly after the outbreak of World War II. He settled in Washington, DC where he has was involved in real estate development and where his love of his Jewish heritage brought him close to the local Jewish community. The Street Singer made a comeback in the early 1980s when his 1937 recording of Pennies from Heaven was used in the movie of the same name. Tracy later toured with Lucy Arnez in the play Social Security and in 1996 was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Even at the end of his life, at age 98, Arthur Tracy needed no stage, microphone or film studio to entertain. He was a natural. If one other person was in the room, the performer in him came to life. His love of his work and his adoring audience kept him young and spellbinding. Like the Tracy family, the ancestors of many of the members and visitors to the Washington DCJCC immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe around the turn of the 20th Century. While many of these immigrants were achieving great success in their new homeland, they did not forget their Jewish roots, values, heritage and commitment to tzedakah. Many of their descendants followed in this tradition by supporting the relocation of the Washington DCJCC in 1996 back to its original home at 16th and Q, and by generously supporting the DCJCCs programs. Among these is the family of Arthur Tracy. Arthur Tracys passion for entertaining will be continued through the Arthur Tracy The Street Singer Endowment Fund. His legacy will support productions by Jewish musicians, dramatists, storytellers and entertainers featured at the Washington District of Columbia Jewish Community Center, and through this fund, his ability to entertain will continue for years to come. 5

Dramaturgy

COMIC BOOKS AND JEWISH CULTURE

Youre Samson. Youre the strongest Jew who ever lived.
-Jerry Siegel in The History of Invulnerability

A (Very) Brief History

**Theater Js dramaturgy! Free with the price of ONE theater ticket. Guaranteed to make you smarter and better looking!!** But what made it a comic book,not simply a book with pictures?

Many people consider the Comic Book one of the few true American art forms. But experts actually trace the first comic book to The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck, by Rodolphe Topffer, a Swiss teacher and artist.

Maybe we should do some definitions first?

WHOA!

Renowned Comic Book Artist Will Eisner (son of Romanian and Austrian Jewish immigrants and creator of The Spirit) uses the term sequential art when describing comics. Scott McCloud, in his ground-breaking 1993 book Understanding Comics,expanded the definition of COMICS to: Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce and aesthetic response in the viewer. Modern comic books grew out of comic strips, which were almost always humorous. A popular strip around the 1900s was The Yellow Kid about a group of mischievous kids from a poor area of New York City. Today, we recognize comics as a page that is segmented into panels (or frames), which have borders that separate them from other panels. In the above Yellow Kid strip, those borders are less defined than we see in later examples. Individual panels contain one part of a story (perhaps dialogue between characters), or a characters inner thoughts (represented by speech and thought balloons) that leads into the next panel. Panels are routinely separated by blank areas called gutters. Artists lay out each page so that panels logically flow from one to another, guiding the reader so that he or she absorbs the story in a sequential manner. That said, some of the most memorable comic book artists have been those who have broken these rules and created their own new forms
We need new forms of expression. We need new forms, and if we cant have them we had better have nothing! Anton Chekhov, The Seagull

In 1935, DC Comics (Detective Comics) printed one of the first comic books filled with mostly new material instead of reprints of already published comic strips. It was titled New Fun Comics No. 1. The sixth issue of New Fun featured work from writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster.

Encore Presentation of the Sold-Out Helen Dramaturgy (continued) Hayes Award-Nominee for Outstanding Resident Play
Then, in June 1938, Superman appeared. He had been mailed to the offices of National Periodical Publications from Cleveland, by a couple of Jewish boys who had imbued him with the power of a hundred men, of a distant world, and of the full measure of their bespectacled adolescent hopefulness and desperation. The artist, Joe Shusterseemed to understand from the first that the big rectangular page of the comic book offered possibilities for pacing and composition that were mostly unavailable in the newspapersThe writer, Jerome Siegel, had forged, through the smelting intensity of his fanatical love and compendious knowledge of the pulps and their antecedents, a magical alloy of several previous characters and archetypes from Samson to Doc Savage -The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
A strip which we sincerely believe will SWEEP THE NATION! The greatest single event since the birth of comic-strips ! -Press release penned by Jerry Siegel before the actual publication of The Superman.

Though Shuster and Siegel were Jewish, Superman has always been represented as raised with a solidly Protestant (Methodist) upbringing by his adoptive Midwestern parentsJonathan and Martha Kent. Batman was created by Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn) and Bill Finger, both Jewish kids from the Bronx. The Joker was (allegedly) created by Jerry Robinson, a Jewish youth from New Jersey. And Captain America was created by Jack Kirby (born Jake Kurtzberg) and Joe Simon (born Hymie Simon).

There were many Jewish Comic book writers and artists. Secret identity stories always reverberated with the children of Jewish immigrants...because they were so much about the wearing of masks that enabled one to become an American, a Modern, a secular consumer, but still part of an ancient society, a link in an old chain, when safely among those who knew ones secret. Men of Tomorrow, by Gerard Jones Stan Lee (originally Stanley Lieber) worked with Jack Kirby to create The Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk. Later he collaborated with Steve Ditko (who was Slovak, not Jewish) to create the teenaged superhero, Spiderman.

... tay tuned to hear the ongoing adventures of comic books in America!

KA-POW!
For more dramaturgy visit theaterj.org

Sources: How Comic Books Work by Nathan Chandler; Men of Tomorrow by Gerard Jones, Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud; Compiled by Shirley Serotsky. 7

Additional Programming for The History of Invulnerability

mics by Jewish women. Bronfman Gallery Presents... The DCJCCs Ann Loeb This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels touring exhibition, Graphic Details presents the powerful work of 18 international artists, whose intimate, provides the first confessionalat a has influenced the world of comics over the last four in-depth look work unique and prolific decades, creating an entirely new genre.
niche of graphic storytelling autobiographical comics by Jewish women. A groundbreaking

This exhibition of original drawings, full comic books and graphic novels presents the powerful work of 18 international artists, whose intimate, confessional work has influenced the world of comics over the last four decades, creating an entirely new genre.

Featuring David Deblinger and Tomoko Miyagi and others

LUCKY PENNY: A Multimedia Play-full Search for Father Written & Directed by David Deblinger Monday, June 25 at 7:30 pm Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater/Washington DCJCC Free Admission

A man is given a theater to facilitate a wide variety of community members, performers and nonperformers, live and on video, to think, talk, sing, dance and play, inspired by one word, that is.... father. As the evening progresses he finds himself facilitated in ways he does not expect. Videos include interviews of playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and his father, Father James Martin SJ, Rabbi Daniel Brenner, and The Venerable T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki.

Theater J Thanks The Kosher Kitchen Catering Company, for catering the opening night reception of The History of Invulnerability To learn more about The Kosher Kitchen, please visit their website at: www.thekosherkitchen.com or call: (202) 777-3209
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About the Artists

David Deblinger (Jerry Siegel) is a Co-founder of Labyrinth Theater Company. He has appeared at Labyrinth Off-Broadway in The Atmosphere of Memory by David Bar Katz, Wheres My Money? and Dirty Story written and directed by John Patrick Shanley and Our Lady of One Hundred and Twenty First Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Regionally he played Pablo Picasso in Villa America at Williamstown Theater Festival. He appeared in In this Corner at The Old Globe in San Diego and many more. David has had lead roles in Law and Order, Showtimes Clubland, produced by Dustin Hoffman, Sex in the City, and The Sopranos. David is also a facilitator, and now, a new small business owner having recently founded Ensemble Force Inc. committed to the use of STORY to increase connection between people and create content for people. Thanks to T and M and A, Theater J and of course DBK. Tim Getman (Superman/Clark Kent) is thrilled to be returning to Theater J where he last appeared in After the Fall as Mickey and Dan, and equally pleased to be collaborating with Shirley. He has also been seen in Photograph 51, Shylock, the original production of The Chosen, The Last Seder and Passing the Love of Women. Tim has worked at numerous theaters in the area including Arena Stage (Death of a Salesman, A View from the Bridge, Christmas Carol: 1941, The Misanthrope and A Streetcar Named Desire); Folger Theatre (Midsummer Nights Dream, Elizabeth the Queen); Olney Theatre Center (Night Must Fall, An Enemy of the People, Somewhere in the Pacific); Rep Stage (A Lie of the Mind, In the Heart of America); Signature Theatre (The Lieutenant of Inishmore, In the Absence of Spring); Woolly Mammoth (Gruesome Playground Injuries, The Distance from Here, Savage in Limbo, The Unmentionables) and Everyman Theatre (Two Rooms, All My Sons, Exonerated). He holds a BA from Macalester College and Trinity College, Dublin and is a recipient of a Mary Goldwater award and a Helen Hayes Nomination. Noah Chiet (Young Jerry/Joel/Ensemble) His DC credits include Liberty Smith (Helen Hayes Nomination for Best Ensemble), A Christmas Carol and 2011 Annual Gala at Fords Theatre; The Hollow at Signature Theatre and Falsettos at Ganymede Arts. He was also a performer at the 2011 Helen Hayes Awards. Noah will soon appear in the feature film, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He has also appeared in several student films and commercials. Noah has trained at, and performed in numerous productions at Adventure Theatre MTC. He attends A. Mario Loiederman Middle School for the Performing Arts. Next Fall, Noah can be seen in Over The Tavern at Olney Theatre. Conrad Feininger (Harry Donenfeld/Saul/Ensemble) just finished performing in Husbands and Lovers at the Washington Stage Guild, where he has been a company member for nineteen years. Conrad is a three time Helen Hayes award nominee, and a recipient of the Mary Goldwater award. His next appearance will be in the Shakespeare Theatre Free-For-All performance of Alls Well That Ends Well. Love to Kathy, Josie and Bella.

Brandon McCoy (Michael Siegel/Elia Kazan/Ensemble) DC credits include New Jerusalem at Theater J; Pride and Prejudice at Round House; The Glass Menagerie, In the Heart of America (Helen Hayes nomination Best Ensemble), and Hamlet at Rep Stage; Harvey, Apocalyptic Butterflies and Picnic at the Bay Theatre Company; Touch at No Rules; Dark Play or Stories for Boys and Marisol with Forum Theatre; Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven at Studio Theatre 2nd Stage; Ambition Facing West with Theater Alliance; 13 Rue De LAmour at Olney Theatre Center; Peace at WSC Avant Bard and Tartuffe at Journeyman Theater Ensemble. He holds an MFA in Acting from Catholic University and a BFA in Acting/Directing from Marshall University in his hometown of Huntington, WV. Brandon is also a professor, musician, and stand up comedian. 10

About the Artists (continued)

David Raphaely (Joe Shuster/Benjamin) is a Philadelphia native and is thrilled to make his Theater J debut. Earlier this season he was in The Bombbitty of Errors with 11th Hour Theatre Company and Proof at The Walnut Street Theatre, which toured nationally, beginning with the Bermuda Arts Festival. Other recent stage credits include Saturn Returns (Theatre Exile); If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Arden Theatre) which received a Barrymore nomination for Outstanding Overall Production of a play and the world premiere of The Eclectic Society at the Walnut Street Theatre. Some other Philadelphia credits include: House Divided (InterAct); A Prayer for Owen Meany, Sleeping Beauty (Arden); Slasher (Luna Theatre), The Ballad of John Wesley Reed (Theatre Catalyst); Far Away (Flashpoint) and eleven productions with the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre. Jjana Valentiner (Sarah Siegel/Josette Frank/Ensemble) is thrilled to be at Theater J and reuniting with Ms. Serotsky. She has appeared off-Broadway as Emer in The Only Jealousy of Emer with Handcart Ensemble and was most recently seen in Sideman at 1st Stage in Tysons Corner. Other DC credits include As You Like It with Folger Theatre; Pride & Prejudice and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest at Round House Theatre; F***ing A at Studio Theatre; All My Sons at Everyman Theatre; Kid-Simple and Amazons and their Men at Forum Theatre; birds and Skin of Their Teeth at Rorschach Theatre; Birds of a Feather at Hub Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for Best Ensemble); Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip Hop Creation Myth at Imagination Stage; and The Oresteia with Constellation Theatre. Ms. Valentiner holds an MFA from the Shakespeare Theatre Companys Academy for Classical Acting and a BFA from Brigham Young University. James Whalen (Lucky Luciano/Thornton Wilder/Ensemble) is pleased to join The History of Invulnerability at Theater J. Since returning to the area seven years ago, he has worked for several DC and Baltimore theatres while finishing his MFA at Catholic University. Some favorite roles include Nick in Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center; Whalen in STAY and Clay Bayliss in Two Bit Taj-Mahal at Theatre for the First Amendment; Dracula in Dracula at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Charlie in Da at The Olney Theatre Center and Jerry in Betrayal at Everyman Theatre. He has also worked with The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Open Circle Theatre, St. Marks Theatre and the Chernukin Theatre, ATA in New York. His recently released feature film, Money Matters, is a top Indy Drama on Netflix and his next film, Raltat, is scheduled for release this year. He will be in The Happy Fews Hamlet at this years Capital Fringe Festival. He is a proud member of Actors Equity. Alyssa Wilmoth (Jolan/Lara/Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Theater J debut! She recently moved from NYC, having performed on Broadway in Thomas the Tank Engine, Live Onstage!; Off Broadway at LaMama E.T.C. in Agamemnon and at Snapshot NYC in The Vagina Monologues, staring Judy Gold. Alyssa received her MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Companys Academy for Classical Acting in 2011, and made her DC debut in No Rules Theatre Co.s production of Stop Kiss with director Holly Twyford. She is currently working with Only Make Believe, an organization that takes performances of childrens shows into pediatric hospitals. Other credits include six years with The American Shakespeare Center, where she performed in over 20 plays and took on such roles as Viola in Twelfth Night, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Titania in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Imogen in Cymbeline and Malcolm in Macbeth. Much love to her family and her wonderful fiance, who she will call husband on June 16th! David Bar Katz (Playwright) co-wrote and directed the Broadway production of FREAK, which was nominated for two Tony Awards (including Best Play), and earned Katz an Emmy nomination for the HBO presentation of the play (directed by Spike Lee), and star John Leguizamo an Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Special. Katz co-created and was a head writer for the Emmy nominated FOX TV series House of Buggin, which was the first all-Latino comedy show in network history. Other theater projects include: The History of Invulnerability (2011 ACTA/Steinberg New Play Award Citation, CEA Best Premiere of the Year and Acclaim Award for Outstanding Play, World Premiere at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 2010; LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2006); Oh The Power (LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2010, Philip Seymour 11

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Hoffman, director); Philip Roth in Khartoum (Developmental Production at the LAByrinth Theater Company, December 2008; Barn Series, 2007); Burning, Burning, Burning, Burning (Red Bull Theaters Obie Award winning Revelation Readings series, 2010; LAByrinth Theater Company, Barn Series, 2008); What A Way To Go (New York Playwrights Lab, 2009); and The Atmosphere of Memory (LAByrinth Theater Company, 2011; Barn Series, 2009). He is currently working with Will Wright (Sim City/Spore) on a film set in the world of online gaming; writing a musical theater version of the film The Hebrew Hammer; adapting a Graham Greene novel and developing the series Sober Coach for Showtime and Denis Learys Apostle Productions. He is a member of New Yorks LAByrinth Theater Company. Shirley Serotsky (Director) is the Director of Literary and Public Programs at Theater J, where she has also directed The Moscows of Nantucket, Mikveh and The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall (which received a 2010 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding New Play). She works as a freelance director in the Washington, DC area and beyond, and is particularly interested in the development of new work. Recent directing credits include: Working (Keegan Theatre); Blood Wedding (Constellation Theatre); Juno and the Paycock (Washington Shakespeare Company); a staged reading of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo for the National New Play Network at Arena Stage; This is Not a Timebomb (The Source Festival of New Work); a staged reading of Clementine and the Cyber Ducks (Inkwell Inkubator Festival); Picnic at Hanging Rock (Catholic University); Five Flights and Two Rooms (Theater Alliance); Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake) and We Are Not These Hands (Catalyst Theater); References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (Rorschach Theater, for which she received a 2007 Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Director); Sovereignty (The Humana Festival of New Plays); As American As and After Darwin (Journeymen Theater); Steel Magnolias (The Ice House); Powerhouse (2008 CapFringe Festival);Cautionary Tales for Adults and the Many Adventures of Trixie Tickles (2007 CapFringe); LUNCH (2007 New York Musical Theater Festival & 2006 CapFringe), Titus! The Musical (2009 Capfringe and Source Theatre); The Winters Tale (Sonnet Repertory); The Superfriends of Flushing, Queens (Columbia University) and Starlet for Sale (Expanded Arts). Training: BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts. Shirley is a Company Member of the Hub Theatre in Northern Virginia. She was a member of the 2002 Designer/Director Workshop with Ming Cho Lee and the 2003 Lincoln Center Directors Lab. Robbie Hayes (Scenic Designer) is happy to return to Theater J, having designed The Moscows of Nantucket, Laughter Through Tears and The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall. Robbie serves as the Technical Director and Designer for the Theater and Performance Studies Program at the Davis Performing Arts Center at Georgetown University. At Georgetown, he has been the Lighting Designer for The Race, Wisconsin Death Trip, Trees and Ghosts, Big Love, Eurydice, Gospel at Colonus, The Skin of our Teeth, Dream Boy, Right as Rain, Sleep, and Dr. Korczak and the Children. And, he has been the Scenic Designer for The Glass Menagerie, The Grace of Mary Traverse, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Pentacost, Lysistrata, Anansi, Stuff Happens, and Dr. Korczak and the Children. DC Design credits include scenery for The Pavillion (The Hub), References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, This Storm is What we call Progress, The Skin of our Teeth, Living Dead in Denmark (Rorschach Theatre where he is a company member); As American As, Neglect, and Getting Out with Journeymen Theater, Scenes from the Big Picture and Lighting for The Drunkard (Solas Nua), and Crumble (Lay me down Justin Timberlake) with Catalyst. He has also designed in Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, New York and Hong Kong. Dan Covey (Lighting Designer) surges to the rescue with impossible strength to contribute his lighting ideas to this production of The History of Invulnerability at Theater J. Previously Dan designed the lights for Theater Js productions of After the Fall, Imagining Madoff, The Moscows of Nantucket, Photograph 51, Mikveh, In Darfur, The Seagull on 16th Street, Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears, Hannah & Martin (Helen Hayes Award nomination), and Passing The Love of Women. Dan has worked at many of the other cool theaters locally. His Off-Broadway credits include taking Sholom Aleichem to the The National Yiddish Theatre/Folksbiene, Beyond Glory to Roundabout Theatre, and columbinus to The New York Theatre Workshop. He is a member of the United Scenic Artists Local 829. In 2008 Dan received Portland, Oregons Drammy Award for his work at Portland Center Stage. In 2001 he received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for his work at Folger Theatre. Visit dancovey.com. Debra Kim Sivigny (Costume Designer) is thrilled to be back at Theater J where she designed Imagining Madoff, The Moscows of Nantucket, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall, Mikveh and String Fever. Most recent credits include Macbeth at Georgetown University where she is a fac12

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ulty Artist in Residence; The Language Archive at Forum Theatre; The Snowy Day at Adventure Theatre; Mouse on the Move and Dr. Dolittle at Imagination Stage and The Soldiers Tale/El Amor Brujo with the Post Classical Ensemble/Peridance. She has also worked at the Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences, Woolly Mammoth, Studio Theatre 2ndStage, Colorado Shakespeare Fesitval, Academy for Classical Acting, WSC Avant Bard, Theater Alliance, and Rorschach Theatre, where she is a company member. She has an MFA in costume design from the University of Maryland and a BA from Middlebury College. Matthew M. Nielson (Sound Designer) is returning for his sixth production at Theater J. Past productions include The Whipping Man, New Jerusalem, Honey Brown Eyes, The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall and In Darfur. He is the Resident Sound Designer at Round House Theatre, where his design and composition credits include Around the World in 80 Days, My Name is Asher Lev, Treasure Island and A Prayer for Owen Meany (Helen Hayes Award). Other designs include 1984 for Catalyst Theatre (Helen Hayes Award) as well as designs for Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Kennedy Center, Rorschach Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Barrington Stage, CATF, the Smithsonian and Adventure Theatre. Off-Broadway credits include the Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival. He is currently opening recording and production house Sound Lab Studios. Samples online at matthewnielson.com. Andrea Dre Moore (Properties) has made theatrical properties for nine years and has been a freelance theatre technician for more years that she cares to admit. Her work has graced the stages of Adventure Theatre (Five Little Monkeys, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day); Round House Theatre (Crown of Shadows); Imagination Stage, The Kennedy Center, Olney Theatre and Rep Stage. She assists in the education of our future theatre designers and craftspeople at the University of Maryland College Park, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Roy A. Gross (Production Stage Manager) is grateful to return to Theater J, having been the Production Stage Manager for New Jerusalem, Something You Did, Photograph 51 and After The Fall. Roy has worked as a producer, production manager and stage manager in the DC metro area for over 10 years. A proud member of Actors Equity Association, he serves as a member of the DC/Baltimore AEA Liaison Committee. Roy holds a BA from James Madison University and is the recipient of a US Army Southern European Task Force Scroll of Appreciation, a US Army 282nd Base Support Battalion Scroll of Appreciation, and a League of Washington Theatres Offstage Honor Award. Currently, Roy is a Facility Lead at Artisphere and he is also the Founder and Executive Director of Artists Bloc, an organization that presents the developing performing art work of over 40 creating artists each year. Ari Roth (Artistic Director) is enjoying his 15th season as Artistic Director at Theater J where, together with a dedicated staff, he has produced 105 full productions, including 35 English language world premieres, and many more workshop presentations. Also a playwright, Mr. Roth has seen his work produced across the country, as well as at Theater J, where productions include Goodnight Irene, Life In Refusal, Love & Yearning in the Not-for-Profits, Oh, The Innocents and a repertory production of Born Guilty, originally commissioned and produced by Arena Stage, based on the book by Peter Sichrovsky, together with its sequel, The Wolf in Peter (recently presented as The Born Guilty Cycle by the Epic Theatre Ensemble and The TheatreLab School of the Dramatic Arts). His plays have been nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards, including Best Resident Production and two Charles A. MacArthur Awards. He is a 1998 and 2003 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts playwriting grant, three-time winner of the Helen Eisner Award, two-time winner of the Avery Hopwood Award, four-time recipient of commissions from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and recipient of the Mertyl Wreath Award from Hadassah. He has taught for the University of Michigan for 15 years, currently for their Michigan in DC program, as well as for Brandeis, NYU and Carnegie Mellon Universities. Rebecca Ende (Managing Director) Before stepping into the role of Managing Director, Rebecca worked in arts marketing as Director of Marketing and Communications for Sitar Arts Center, Director of Marketing and Communications for three seasons at Theater J and Marketing Associate at Fords Theatre. She is also the President of the Board of Forum Theatre and served as a Helen Hayes Judge for four years. She holds an M.A. in Arts Administration from Columbia University and a Certificate in Budgeting and Finance from Georgetown University.
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Friends Of Theater J
Theater J is, at its core, a playwrights theater and as such, we have named our giving levels in honor of Jewish playwrights and two of their director/producers. We gratefully acknowledge the following generous donors who have given since July, 1, 2011 towards our 2012 fiscal year. We ask our many long-time supporters and new friends of the theater to join them in underwriting this exciting season. Interested in joining our community of season supporters? Contact Harriet Newman, Development Associate, at (202)777-3262. (This list is current as of May 9, 2012). Linda & Jay Freedman Executive Producing Al Munzer & Joel Wind* Iris & Michael Lav Diane & Arnold Polinger Show Sponsor Dianne & Herb Lerner* Loretta Rosenthal ($25,000 and above) David Lipton Chaya & Walter Roth The Robert M. Fisher Sherry & Louis Nevins The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Memorial Foundation Toby Port & Jeffrey Ahl Foundation, Inc. The Jewish Federation of Barbara Rappaport Jane & Daniel Solomon* Greater Washington Molly Schuchat Joan Wessel* The Posen Foundation Cathy & Bob Solomon Margot & Paul Zimmerman* The Shubert Foundation Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt Arthur Miller Mentor Gitta Fajerstein Walchirk Wendy Wasserstein Grand Angel ($1,500 - $2,999) ($15,000 - $24,999) Susan Wedlan & Harold Rosen Susan & Dixon Butler* The DC Commission on the Arts Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan & Humanities Paddy Chayefsky Champion Debbie J. Goldman The New World Foundation ($175 - $349) Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg Dr. Kenneth zl & Cheryl Gorelick Fund Anonymous (2) Patti & Jerry Sowalsky The Kosher Kitchen Catering Co. Heather Addison Trish & George Vradenburg* Serving the Metropolitan DC Area Penny Bonda The George Wasserman Family Barbara Kurshan Mady Chalk Foundation Leshowitz Family Foundation Edward Collins Melamed Foundation Hedda & Alan Gnaizda Harold Clurman Champion Angel The Reich Family Foundation Helen Darling & Brad Grey ($10,000 - $14,999) by Lee G. Rubenstein, Co-president* Anne & Al Fishman Louie & Ralph Dweck Ina Ginsburg Marjan & Andy Shallal Carolyn & Warren Kaplan* Aaron Heinsman The Jacob & Charlotte David Mamet Muse Patti & Mitchell Herman Lehrman Foundation ($1,000 - $1,499) Sarah Kagan & Henry Fox The Share Fund Agatha & Laurence Aurbach Jean & Robert Kapp Irene & Alan Wurtzel* Elizabeth Berry Dorothy & Edward Kirby Nancy & Harold Zirkin Mara Bralove & Ari Fisher Phyllis Kline & Norman Lord Kit Gage & Steven Metalitz Dana & Ray Koch Tony Kushner Collaborating Angel Ann & Frank Gilbert* David Marlin ($7,500 - $9,999) Marjory Goldman Wesley MacAdam Esthy & James Adler* Keiko & Steven Kaplan* Sue Morss Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes* Laine & Norton Katz Dorothy Moss & Lawrence Meyer The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Arlene Fine Klepper & Martin Klepper Undine & Carl Nash Foundation Sandra & Arnold Leibowitz Nina Scribanu-Ragovis & George Ragovis G. Scott Hong Charitable Trust Jacqueline & Marc Leland Erica & Douglas Rosenthal Marion & Larry zl Lewin Rona & Allan Mendelsohn Linda Segal Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins* Jeff Menick* Beverly & Harlan Sherwat Ellen & Bernard Young Trudy & Gary Peterson Michael Singer Natalie Wexler & James Feldman Nancy Pick Terry Singer Janet Solinger David Bruce Smith Joseph Papp Producing Angel Cynthia Wolloch & Joseph Reid Rochelle Stanfield & Edward Grossman ($5,000 - $7,499) Stephanie van Reigersberg Natalie & Paul Abrams Neil Simon Stage Benefactor Gitta Fajerstein Walchirk Patty Abramson & Les Silverman ($500 - $999) Diane Abelman Wattenberg Joan & Peter Andrews Karen & John Burgess Stephen Werner Michele & Allan Berman Rosalind & Donald Cohen Linda Winograd The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Steven des Jardins Susan & Ronald Wynne Donald A. Brown Elliot Feldman CrossCurrents Foundation Ben Hecht Booster Esther & Norm Gelamn Lois & Michael Fingerhut* ($75 - $174) Ira Hillman & Jeremy Barber Kovler Foundation-Judy & Peter Kovler Linda Lurie Hirsch 7 Dots Media Corporation Judith Morris & Marvin Weissberg Anonymous (2) Ellen & Gary Malasky* Faye & Jack Moskowitz Susan & Alan Apter Sherry & Louis Nevins Elaine Reuben Steven M. Rosenberg & Stewart C. Low III Charlotte & Michael Baer Mita Schaffer & Tina Martin Rosalyn Bass & James Greene Alison Schneider & Richard Avidon Margaret Hahn Stern & Stephen Sharon Bernier Marsha E. Swiss & Dr. Ronald M. Stern* Jodie & Lionel Bernstein Costell Rosa D. Wiener* Goldie Blumenstyk Barbara & Stanley Tempchin Judy & Leo Zickler Nina & Tony Borwick Tenleytown Trash Rory & Shelton Zuckerman Dr. Lloyd Brodsky Beverly Walcoff Wallace Chandler Ellen Wormser Lillian Hellman Supporting Angel Janis & Robert Colton Julie & David Zalkind* ($3,000 - $4,999) David Connick Myrna Fawcett Sholom Asch Admirer Alison Drucker & Thomas Holzman Amy Eisen & Kenneth Krupsky ($350 - $499) Evelyn & Barry Epstein Barbara & Jack Kay Alexandra Aron & Pablo Aslan Sheri & Stuart Fischer Zena & Paul J. Mason*

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Richard Fiske Miriam & Ben Glassman Stacie & Bruce Goffin Jerald M. Goldberg Mark Goldberg Roberta & Morton Goren Deloris Gregory Merna & Joseph Guttentag Bennett Harte Betty-Chia Karro & Henry Gassner Joy Lerner & Stephen Kelin* Aviva Kempner Martin Krubit Michael Lewis Lee Levine Madeline & Gerald Malovany Noreen Marcus & Jay Sushelsky* Marlene & Ken Markison Bruce Mayor Michelle Sender* Celia & Arnold Serotsky Nancy & Richard Millstein Jay Shushelsky Diane Orentlicher & Morton H. Maurice Singer* Halperin Scott Sklar Vanessa Mitchell Helen & Jonathan Sunshine Mona & Leonard Mitnick Margaret Sohn & Harvey Cohen Tena Nauheim & David Harrison Daoma & Murray Strasberg Susan & Dennis Papadopoulos* Susan & Burton Taylor Thomas Romig* Marcia & Marvin Thomas Norman Rosen Elizabeth & Joel Ticknor Joan & Ludwig Rudel Michael Ellis-Tolaydo Froma & Jerome Sandler Vali Tschirgi & Adam Nemzer* Phyllis & Raymond Scalettar Virginia & James Vitarello Anne & Barry Schenof Manuel Schiffres * Contributed to our 2012 Benefit Passports Appeal Rochelle & Richard Schwab Linda Segal* Due to space limitations, only donors of $75 or more are listed. Theater J would like to thank all our many Rachel & Ethan Seidel

donors for the important impact they have on our work.

The Lady With All the Answers 2012 Benefit Supporters

Carolyn & Warren Kaplan Kitty Kelley Aviva Kempner Judy & Peter Kovler Kovler Foundation ASK ANN LANDERS William Kreisberg Arlene & Martin Klepper Kenneth & Amy Eisen Krupsky Melanie & Larry Nussodrf Sandra & Stephen Lachter Toby Port & Jeffrey Ahl Kitty S. Lansdale Dianne & Herb Lerner HINTS FROM HELOISE Arthur C. Levan Grace Bender Robert & Dr. Gail Linn Linda & Jay Freedman Ellen & Gary Malasky Gayle & David Greene zl Lewin Tina Martin & Mita M. Schaffer Marion & Larry Zena & Paul Mason Daryl Roth Jeff Menick Victor Shargai & Craig Pascal Jolynne Miller Patti & Jerry Sowalsky Judith Morris & Marvin Weissberg Faye & Jack Moskowitz DEAR PRUDENCE Al Munzer & Joel Wind Babs & Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz Joan Nathan & Allan Gerson Natalie & Paul Abrams Ricki S. Peltzman Patty Abramson & Les Silverman Barbara Rappaport Esthy & James Adler Henry & Anne Reich Family Joan & Peter Andrews Foundation by Lee G. Rubenstein, Marilyn & Tom Bagel Co-president Judith Barnett Elaine Reuben Michele & Allan Berman Iris & Gene Rotberg J. Patrick Berry Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Cathy & Marc Scheineson Donald A. Brown Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg Susan & Dixon Butler Karen & Milton Schneiderman Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes Richard & Beth Newburger Schwartz Gary Cohen Rhea Schwartz & Paul Wolff CrossCurrents Foundation Linda Segal Louie & Ralph Dweck Robin Sherman Gayle & John Engel Deborah Shore & Andy Henson Myrna Fawcett Manuel & Fanchon Silberstein Lois & Michael Fingerhut Michael Singer Carla & Neal Freed Linda & Steve Skalet Esther & Norman Gelman David Bruce Smith Judith Gelman & Steven Salop Daniel Solomon Ann & Frank Gilbert Margaret Hahn Stern & Paula Seigle Goldman Stephen Stern Karin Goldstein zl & Cheryl Gorelick Cathy Sulzberger Joe Perpich Dr. Kenneth Barbara & Stanley Tempchin Fund Martha Winter Gross & Robert Tracy Tenleytown Trash John Tolleris Tamara & Harry Handelsman Vali Tschirgi & Adam Nemzer Linda Lurie Hirsch Stephanie Van Reigersberg G. Scott Hong Charitable Trust Diane Abelman Wattenberg Lauren & Glen Howard Susan Wedlan & Harold Rosen Lorna Jaffe
HONORARY CO-CHAIRS & BENEFIT ANGELS Trish & George Vradenburg

Andrea & Stephen Weiswasser Joan Wessel Natalie Wexler & James Feldman Rosa D. Wiener Irene & Alan Wurtzel Ellen & Bernard Young Julie & David Zalkind Margot & Paul Zimmerman Nancy & Harold Zirkin Rory & Shelton Zuckerman
DEAR ABBY

Anonymous Susan Agger Jodie Allen Cheri Artz Mr. & Mrs. Charles Banks Carol Bloomberg Penny Bonda Susan & Steven Bralove Mara Bralove & Ari Fisher Phyllis Cela Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan Dr. & Mrs. Milton Corn Joseph Fabiszewski John Friedson Nancy & Tom Garson Lynne Glassman Gayle & David Greene Rosalyn Levy Jonas & Gary F. Jonas Larry Kaye/ HOP Theatricals Dale & George Kramer Joy Lerner & Stephen Kelin Joan Kuriansky Arleen Enid Lustig Adam S. Mahr Noreen Marcus & Jay Sushelsky Amelia S. Mattler Jill Miller & Bruce Rabinovitz Susan & Dennis Papadopoulos Patricia Payne Dori Phaff & Dan Raviv Lois & Basil Schiff Leslie Shapiro Sylvia Shenk & Yori Aharoni Lynnette Spira Susan Tannenbaum & David Osterhout
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The Washington DCJCC wishes to thank all those who made contributions to the 16th Street J to help support our programs and Annual Fund during the 2011 fiscal year (July 1, 2010 June 30, 2011). Your support has been invaluable in allowing us to create and sustain programs of excellence throughout the year.
$100,000 + Ann Loeb Bronfman* Jewish Federation of Greater Washington David Bruce Smith $10,000 - $14,999 Patty Abramson & Les Silverman Esthy & Jim Adler Michele & Allan Berman Susie & Kenton Campbell Deborah Carliner & Robert Remes $50,000 - $99,999 Debra Lerner Cohen & Edward Cohen The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Rose & Robert Cohen Foundation Ryna, Marcella & Neil Cohen DC Office on Aging The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred Marilyn & Michael Glosserman P. Sloan Project Mainstage Initiative Martha Winter Gross & Robert Tracy Sandy & Bruce Hammonds Arlene & Robert Kogod Susy & Thomas Kahn Melanie & Lawrence Nussdorf Carolyn & Warren Kaplan Howard & Geraldine Polinger Elise & Marc Lefkowitz Family Foundation Thelma & Melvin Lenkin ServeDC- The Mayors Office on Marion & Larry Lewin Volunteerism Faye & Jack Moskowitz $25,000 - $49,999 Rhea Schwartz & Paul Wolff Diane & Norman Bernstein Tina & Albert Small Jr. The Samuel Burtoff Foundation Patti & Jerry Sowalsky DC Commission on the Arts and Trish & George Vradenburg Humanities Natalie Wexler & James Feldman Louie & Ralph Dweck Carolyn & William Wolfe Ginny & Irwin Edlavitch Irene & Alan Wurtzel Susan & Michael Gelman Ellen & Bernard Young Brenda Gruss & Daniel Hirsch $5,000 - $9,999 Tamara & Harry Handelsman Anonymous National Endowment for the Arts Anne & Ronald Abramson The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Joan & Peter Andrews United Jewish Endowment Fund Jamie & Joseph A. Baldinger $15,000 - $24,999 Suanne & Richard Beyda Anonymous Booz Allen Hamilton Suevia & Rudolph B. Behrend The Honorable Ann W. Brown & Fund at UJEF Donald A. Brown Lisa & Josh Bernstein Childrens National Medical Center Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Sara Cohen & Norman Rich Foundation CrossCurrents Foundation Lois & Richard England Family The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Foundation, Inc. Alexander Greenbaum Elizabeth & Richard Dubin The Robert B. & Rosalyn Hirsch Embassy of Argentina Family Foundation Embassy of Israel Barbara & Jack Kay Melvyn Estrin Stuart S. Kurlander Myrna Fawcett Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Candy & Gregory Fazakerley Foundation Lois & Michael Fingerhut Diane & Arnold Polinger Jane & Charles Forman Deborah & Michael Salzberg Lisa Fuentes & Thomas Cohen Charlotte & Hank Schlosberg Juliana Gendelman & Christopher Goldberg Schoenbaum Family Foundation Debra Goldberg & Seth Waxman The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Paula Seigle Goldman Foundation Rena & Michael Gordon Clarice Smith Dr. Kenneth* & Cheryl Gorelick Fund Office of the State Superintendent Gail & Benjamin Jacobs of Education The W.J.& Lillian Kemler Foundation Francine Zorn Trachtenberg & Kovler Foundation - Judy & Peter Kovler Stephen Joel Trachtenberg William Kreisberg George Wasserman Family Roselin & Edward J. Lenkin Foundation, Inc. Joy Lerner & Stephen Kelin Matthew Watson Elyse & Jeffrey Linowes Stacey & Gregory Lubar Zena & Paul J. Mason MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger Judith Morris & Marvin Weissberg Linda & Sid Moskowitz PLM Foundation Kathy & Thomas Raffa Renay & Bill Regardie Elaine Reuben Rae Ringel & Amos Hochstein Trina & Lee G. Rubenstein Evelyn Sandground & Bill Perkins Barbara & Michael Smilow Jane & Daniel Solomon Margaret Hahn Stern & Stephen Stern Mindy Strelitz & Andrew Cornblatt Diane Abelman Wattenberg Susan Wedlan & Harold Rosen Joan Wessel Rosa D. Wiener Nancy & Harold Zirkin $2,500 - $4,999 Natalie & Paul Abrams Amy & Stephen Altman The Family of H. Max & Josephine F. Ammerman & Andrew Ammerman Joan & Alan Berman The Honorable Stuart & Wilma Bernstein Elizabeth Berry Joan Bialek & Louis Levitt Beth & Stephen Borko Boston Properties Arlene & Harvey Cherner Cyna & Paul Cohen Margery Doppelt & Larry Rothman Beth & Ronald Dozoretz Lois & Richard England Federal Emergency Management Agency Joanne Fungaroli Norma Lee & Morton Funger Sarah & Bernard Gewirz Dina Gold Mary & Robert Haft Roberta Hantgan Deborah Harmon & Robert Seder Leslie & Martin Janis Bette & William Kramer Barbara Kurshan Meredith Margolis & Gary Goodweather Jeff Menick Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Alfred Munzer & Joel Wind Suellen & Nicholas Paleologos PNC Bank Regina & Herman Porten Dennis Ratner Ratner Family Foundation Toni A. Ritzenberg

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Joan & Barry Rosenthal Loretta Rosenthal Debra & Jonathan Rutenberg Lynn & John Sachs Leslie & Leonard Shapiro Michael Singer Shirley & Albert Small Katherine & Thomas Sullivan United Way of the National Capital Area The Washington Post Company Joanna & John Driggs Nancy & Marc Duber Amy & Aboud Dweck Daniel Edelman Nava & Mark Ely Embassy of Germany Gayle & John Engel Laura & Michael Faino Ginny Feldman Barbara & Matthew Forman Betty & Roger Frankel Linda & Jay Freedman $1,000 - $2,499 Geico Philanthropic Foundation Anonymous (3) Richard Gerber Babs & Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz Barbara Gervis Fund Marnie Abramson Ann & Frank Gilbert Adas Israel Congregation The Honorable Joseph Carolyn Small Alper & Alma Gildenhorn Sandy & Clement Alpert Carol & Henry Goldberg America-Israel Cultural Foundation Diana & Stephen Goldberg Loleta & Larry Bailey Debbie J. Goldman Grace & Morton Bender Marjory Goldman Dorothy Bennett Pamela & Thomas Green Ris J. Birnbaum Sherry & Neil Green Steven Blacher Gayle & David Greene Lynn & Wolf Blitzer Sandi & Howard Hoffman Mara Bralove & Ari Fisher Jewish Youth Philanthropy Institute Julie Breslow Roberta Johnson Rita & David Brickman Martha Kahn & Simeon M. Kriesberg Nancy Taylor Bubes & Alan Bubes Craig R. Kallman Amelie & Bernei Burgunder, Jr. Sally Kaplan Frances & Leonard Burka Betsy Karmin & Manny Strauss Susan Butler Laine & Norton Katz Susan & Marshall Bykofsky Aviva Kempner Ruth & Mortimer Caplin Belman Klein Associates, Ltd. Rob Cavallo Linda Klein The Center for Cultural Judaism, Inc Amy & Kenneth Krupsky Chevy Chase Trust Jonathan Kurtis Nicholas Chocas Sandra & Stephen Lachter Judy & Richard Cohen Susan & Samuel Lehrman Patricia Alper Cohn & David Cohn Sandra & Arnold Leibowitz Mimi Conway & Dennis Houlihan Dianne & Herbert Lerner Joan De Pontet Richard Levy Deloitte Services LP Steven D. Lockshin Toby Dershowitz Robyn & Steven Lustig Nancy & Morris Deutsch Ellen & Gary Malasky Doing Small Miracles for Others Amy & Stewart Manela Phyllis & Philip Margolius Rona & Allan Mendelsohn Arna Meyer Mickelson & Alan Mickelson Michel Ouellette Peggy Parsons Ruth & Stephen Pollak Posner-Wallace Foundation Sally Rosenberg Chaya & Walter Roth Ruth & Samuel Salzberg Family Foundation Froma & Jerome Sandler Paul Sathrum Sanford Schwartz Michelle Sender Marjan & Andy Shallal Victor Shargai Sidwell Friends School Janet Solinger Richard Solloway Terri & Alan Spoon Sherry Sundick & Haskell Small Marsha E. Swiss & Dr. Ronald M. Costell Tabard Corporation Michael Tacelosky Barbara & Stanley Tempchin Annie & Sami Totah Rita & David Trachtenberg Lori & Les Ulanow Lise Van Susteren & Jonathan Kempner Trish & George Vradenberg Marcia & Ira Wagner Judith & Herbert Weintraub Ellen Witman Cynthia Wolloch & Joseph Reid Deborah & Dov Zakheim Margot & Paul Zimmerman
Due to space limitations, only donors of $1,000 or more are listed. The 16th Street J would like to thank all our many donors for the important impact they have on our work. * of blessed memory Members of the 2011 Washington DCJCC Board of Directors appear in italics

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Hailed by The New York Times as The Premier Theater for Premieres, and recipient of over fifty Helen Hayes Award nominations and awards, Theater J has emerged as one of the most distinctive, progressive and respected Jewish theaters on the national and international scene. A program of the Washington DC Jewish Community Center, the theater works in collaboration with other components of the Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts: the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, and the Literary, Music and Dance Department. Theater J produces thought-provoking, publicly engaged, personal, passionate and entertaining plays that celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy. Acclaimed as one of the nations premier playwrights theaters, Theater J presents daring contemporary work alongside spirited revivals and is a nurturing home for the development and production of new work by major writers and emerging artists exploring many of the pressing moral and political issues of our time. Dedicated above all to a pursuit of artistic excellence, Theater J takes its dialogues beyond the stage, offering an array of innovative public discussion forums and outreach programs which explore the theatrical, psychological and social elements of our art. We frequently partner with those of other faiths and communities, stressing the importance of interchange among a great variety of people wishing to take part in frank, humane conversations about conflict and culture. Performing in the 240-seat Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater in the vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, Theater J works with some of the worlds most distinguished authors for the stage. It has produced world premieres by Thomas Keneally, Robert Brustein, Wendy Wasserstein, Joyce Carol Oates and Ariel Dorfman, with many debuts from emerging writers like Stefanie Zadravec, Anna Ziegler and Sam Forman. Theater Js diverse body of work features thematically-linked festivals including its Voices From a Changing Middle East and Locally Grown: Community Supported Art From Our Own Garden. The Washington Post named Theater Js Productions of Photograph 51 and The Cameri Theatre of Tel Avivs Return to Haifa among the top 10 productions of 2011. Washington City Paper recognized Imagining Madoff as one of the most notable cultural events of 2011, and the Jewish Daily Forward named Return to Haifa among the top five productions of 2011. With hit productions ranging from Talleys Folly and The Disputation to The Price, Honey Brown Eyes, The Chosen, (a Theater J production presented by Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater), Parade (a co-production with Fords Theatre) and After the Fall (2012 Helen Hayes Award Winners), its no surprise that Washingtonian Magazine notes, Theater J productions keep going from strength to strength. Winner of the 2008 Mayors Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, Theater J offers a number of additional programs including Artistic Directors Roundtables, Tea@2 (a monthly reading series) and the Passports Educational Program. Theater J has garnered support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and The Shubert Foundation. Theater J is a member of the Cultural Alliance, the League of Washington Theatres, TCG and the Association for Jewish Theatre.
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Photos by Stan Barouh & C. Stanley Photography Rozina Kambos and Nisim Erez in Return to Haifa Mitchell Hbert in After the Fall Gabriela Fernndez-Coffey in After the Fall Jennifer Mendenhall in Imagining Madoff

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