PERFORMANCES AND TRIBUTES
Welcome
Erin Daley, Artistic Director and Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director
“Surprise!” from Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams
by Terrence McNally
performed by Harold Surratt and Jennifer Van Dyck
“Pirate Jenny” from The Threepenny Opera
music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
performed by Charles Busch
pianist Jono Mainelli
“Marina Abramovic” from The Seven Year Disappear
by Jordan Seavey
performed by Jennifer Van Dyck and Taylor Trensch
“Hurt People” from Hard Road to Heaven
book by Willy Holtzman
music and lyrics by David Spangler, Jerry Taylor, and Marty Dodson
performed by Jackie Burns
**INTERMISSION**
“Always Almost” from The King’s Wife
music by Jamie Floyd and lyrics by Mêlisa Annis
performed by Keri René Fuller
“Rick’s Song” from Adrift in Macao
music by Peter Melnick and lyrics by Christopher Durang
performed by Orville Mendoza
“A Proposal” from Pride and Prejudice
by Kate Hamill
performed by Judy Gold and BD Wong
“Saturday Night in a Small Auditorium” from All the World’s a Stage
music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
performed by Adam Gwon
Program subject to change
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Together with our artists and supporters, we are building the future of the American Theater — one play at a time.
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ARTISTS
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MÊLISA ANNIS
(Writer, The King’s Wife)
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JACKIE BURNS
(Actor, Broadway’s Wicked, Off-Broadway’s Titanique)
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CHARLES BUSCH
(Playwright and Star of Ibsen’s Ghost and The Confession of Lily Dare at Primary Stages)
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KERI RENÉ FULLER
(Actor, Broadway’s SIX, Waitress)
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JUDY GOLD
(Playwright and Star of Yes, I Can Say That! and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother at Primary Stages)
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ADAM GWON
(Writer and Composer, Ordinary Days, All the World’s a Stage)
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KATE HAMILL
(Playwright and Star of Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, The Light and The Dark at Primary Stages)
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Willy Holtzman
(Playwright, The Morini Strad, Something You Did, Sabina at Primary Stages)
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Orville Mendoza
(Actor, Adrift in Macao at Primary Stages, Broadway’s Swept Away)
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Jordan Seavey
(Playwright, The Seven Year Disappear, developed in the Primary Stages Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group)
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Harold Surratt
(Actor, Broadway’s Serious Money, Impressionism)
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Taylor Trensch
(Actor, Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, Floyd Collins)
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Jennifer Van Dyck
(Actor, Ibsen’s Ghost, The Confession of Lily Dare at Primary Stages, Broadway’s Hedda Gabler)
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BD WONG
(Director, Judy Gold’s Yes, I Can Say That! at Primary Stages; Actor, Broadway’s M. Butterfly)
SOME OF OUR FAVORITE PRIMARY STAGES MEMORIES WITH OUR VARIETY SHOW ARTISTS
Isabella Rossellini and Jennifer Mudge in The Stendhal Syndrome by Terrence McNally, part of Primary Stages 2003/04 Season
The Company of The Stendhal Syndrome by Terrence McNally
Marian Seldes in Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams by Terrence McNally, part of Primary Stages 2005/06 Season
Nathan Lane and Alison Fraser in Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams by Terrence McNally
Nathan Lane in Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams by Terrence McNally
Calista Flockhart and Company in Bovver Boys by Willy Holtzman, part of Primary Stages 1989/90 Season
Marin Hinkle led the original production of Sabina by Willy Holtzman, in Primary Stages 1995/96 Season
Peter Strauss in Primary Stages 2004/05 revival of Sabina by Willy Holtzman
Joanna Gleason and Jordan Charney in Something You Did by Willy Holtzman, part of Primary Stages 2007/08 Season
The Cast of Something You Did by Willy Holtzman
Mary Beth Peil, Hanah Stuart, and Michael Laurence in The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman, part of Primary Stages 2011/12 Season
Hanah Stuart in The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman
Mary Beth Peil and Michael Laurence in The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman
Mary Beth Peil in The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman
Ibsen’s Ghost written by and starring Charles Busch, part of Primary Stages 2023/24 Season
Charles Busch, Jennifer Van Dyck, and Judy Kaye in Ibsen’s Ghost by Charles Busch
Thomas Gibson and Charles Busch in Ibsen’s Ghost by Charles Busch
Jennifer Van Dyck and Jen Cody in Ibsen’s Ghost by Charles Busch
Jennifer Van Dyck in Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne, part of Primary Stages 2015/16 Season
The Cast of Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne
Jennifer Van Dyck in The Confession of Lily Dare by Charles Busch, part of Primary Stages 2019/20 Season
Jennifer Van Dyck, Christopher Borg, and Charles Busch in The Confession of Lily Dare by Charles Busch
Howard McGillin and Charles Busch in The Confession of Lily Dare by Charles Busch
The Confession of Lily Dare, written by and starring Charles Busch
Julie Halston and Charles Busch in The Tribute Artist by Charles Busch, part of Primary Stages 2013/14 Season
The Cast of The Tribute Artist by Charles Busch
Cynthia Harris and Charles Busch in The Tribute Artist by Charles Busch
Richard Masur and Marcia Jean Kurtz in Olive and the Bitter Herbs by Charles Busch, part of Primary Stages 2011/12 Season
Dan Butler, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Julie Halston, David Garrison, and Richard Masur in Olive and the Bitter Herbs by Charles Busch, part of Primary Stages 2011/12 Season
Matthew Arkin, Charles Busch, and Nell Campbell in You Should Be So Lucky by Charles Busch, Charles' first play with Primary Stages in our 1994/95 Season
Orville Mendoza and the cast of Adrift In Macao by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick, part of Primary Stages 2006/07 Season
Rachel deBenedet and Alan Campbell in Adrift In Macao by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick
The Cast of Adrift In Macao by Christopher Durang and Peter Melnick
Yes, I Can Say That! written by and starring Judy Gold and directed by BD Wong, part of Primary Stages 2022/23 Season
Yes, I Can Say That! written by and starring Judy Gold and directed by BD Wong
Yes, I Can Say That! written by and starring Judy Gold and directed by BD Wong
Yes, I Can Say That! written by and starring Judy Gold and directed by BD Wong
Kate Hamill and Jason O’Connell as Lizzie and Darcy in Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, part of Primary Stages 2017/18 Season
Kate Hamill, Amelia Pedlow, John Tufts, Jason O’Connell, Nancy Williamson, and Kimberly Chatterjee in Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill
The Cast of Little Women by Kate Hamill, part of Primary Stages 2018/19 Season
Kate Hamill, Carmen Zilles, Ellen Harvey, Paola Sanchez Abreu, and Kristolyn Lloyd in Little Women by Kate Hamill
Nate Mann and Kristolyn Lloyd in Little Women by Kate Hamill
Kate Hamill and Wynn Harmon in The Light and The Dark by Kate Hamill, part of Primary Stages 2024/25 Season
Wynn Harmon, Kate Hamill, and Jason O'Connell in The Light and The Dark by Kate Hamill
The Light and The Dark, written by and starring Kate Hamill