Democracy: An Issues Project
September 14th – October 2nd, 2005
Artistic Director of the Evening: Pippin Parker
Co-Artistic Director of the Evening: Frank Pugliese
Talent Impressario: Bruce MacVittie
Lead Producer: Alicia Arinella
Consulting Producer: Tamlyn Fruend
Associate Producers: Mary Elizabeth Peters, Marin Gazzaniga, Joffre Myers
Coordinator of Musical Acts: Patricia McGuire
Coordinator of Guest Speakers: Julianne Hoffenberg
Set Design: Diana Whitten
Lighting Design: David Szlasa
Lighting Consultant: Jim French
Sound Design: Peter Michael Garcia
Costume Design: Jessica Jahn
Costume Assistant: Jodi Zanetti
Everything Else: Aaron Forste
EVENING ONE
September 14th – 17th
How We Get To Where We’re Going By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Sheryl Kaller
with: Chris Messina, Tim Ransom
An American Dream By Nicole Burdette
Directed by Pippin Parker
With: Frederick Weller, Matthew G. Rashid
The American Past Time (or Team Sports) By Josh Ben Friedman
Directed by Jeffery Glickman
with: Mark Margolis, Peter Fernandez, Mike Hodge, Gideon Glick
Lip Service by Jerome Hairston
Directed by Karen Kohlhaas
with: Alex Draper, Ray Anthony Thomas
The Dying City by Chris Shinn
Directed by Will Frears
with: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Emily Bergl, Jordan Bridges
Guest Speakers Kurt Vonnegut, Lewis Lapham, Alan Brinkley
EVENING TWO
September 18th-22nd
Nosotros by Hugh Murtagh
Directed by Daniel Goldstein
with: Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
Patriot Schmatriot by Louise Rozett
Directed by Geoffrey Nauffts
with: Jodie Markell, Rocco Sisto
To Be Human by Stephen Belber
Directed by Lucie Tiberghien
with: Stephen Belber, Dominic Fumusa
Coopman & Dink by Graham Gordy
Directed by Frank Pugliese
with: Mike Doyle, Austin Lysy
The Art Of The Practical by Doug Cordell
Directed by Jonathan Bernstein
with: Talia Balsam, Lynn Wright, Ed Hajj
Lip Service by Jerome Hairston
Directed by Karen Kohlhaas
with: Alex Draper, Ray Anthony Thomas
Guest Speakers: David S. Bennahum, Reno
Musical Guests Metropolitan Klezmer & Isle Of Klezbos
EVENING THREE
September 23rd – 28th
Reagan In Hell by Lee Blessing
Directed by Daniel Goldstein
with: Robert Sella, Frank Raiter
The Fitting by Frank Pugliese
Directed by Sheryl Kaller
with: John Braden, Chris Messina
The Least We Can Do by Andrew Yerkes
Directed by Tamlyn Freund
with: Timothy Britten Parker, Nathan Dean, Kellie Overbey, Jessica Stone
Medieval Scene Written & Directed by Kenneth Lonnergan
with: Josh Hamilton, Casey Affleck, Nathan Dean, Chris Messina
Samsara by Juana Kennedy
Directed by Seret Scott
with: Denise Burse, Anna Antonia Li, Brian Ibsen, Keith Reddin, Salvatore Froio, Brian Gianci
The Arizona Rule by Pippin Parker
Directed by Jonathan Bernstein
with: Michael Esper, Kat Foster
Guest Speakers: Evangeline Morphos, Kathleen Chalfant, David S. Bennahum
Musical Guests: Phillip Johnston, The Hazzards, Gary Lucas, Mike Doughty
EVENING FOUR
September 29th – October 2nd
Kandor by Tom Fontana
Directed by Frank Pugliese
with: Bruce MacVittie, David Eigenberg
Fear: Network News by Warren Leight
Directed by Neal Freeman
with: Maddie Corman, Mike Doyle, Michael Brian Dunn, Maria Couch, Piter M. Fatoucche, Heather Collis
Instant Girl Written & Performed by Joanna Heimbold, Janet Bogardus, Susan Trout
The Conductor by Eduardo Machado
Directed by Karen Kohlhaas
with: Daphne Rubin-Vega
White Jesus by Deirdre O’Connor
Directed by Annie Dorsen
with: Kathleen McNenny, Kevin Thoms, Christopher Evan Welch, Lily Rabe
PS I’m Glad You Sent Your Hair by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld & Kerri-Ann McCalla
Directed by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
with: Victor Rasuk, Kerry Washington
Guest Speakers: Eric Bogosian, Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., John Podesta
