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  On Becky Shaw

  For every production at the Huntington, we make a resource packet filled with images and information to help the actors and director develop their take on the play. We found some of the sources we gathered for Becky Shaw so entertaining, we thought we would share them with you.

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  Becky Shaw: What's In A Name?

  Don’t be surprised if the title character in Becky Shaw seems familiar; she’s the girl that, whether intentionally or not, manages to find herself in the eye of the storm.

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  "The Stranger and The Beggar Are From Zeus"

  In Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw, Suzanna sets her best friend Max up on a blind date with one of her husband’s coworkers. That night, she invites them both over for a drink to break the ice. As they arrive, she has some distant reminder of a term she may have learned in an undergrad classics seminar – the Greek concept of xenia.

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  Razor-Sharp Wit: Gina Gionfriddo's Comic Heart

  “There are a lot of nasty things people would like to say to each other,” writer Gina Gionfriddo says, referring to her characters. “Their way of doing this without getting punched or looking like a jerk is saying them as a joke. But, after you finish laughing, you realize, ‘Oh. They probably meant that.’”

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  Interview with Playwright Gina Gionfriddo

  The following interview was conducted by Walter Bilderback, Dramaturg/Literary Manager of the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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  Collaborators in Conversation

  This season at the Huntington, we are telling seven distinct American stories. To tease out the connections between the shows, we’ve asked artists from different productions to interview each other about their work. Below, playwright Gina Gionfriddo (Becky Shaw) talks with Kirsten Greenidge, Huntington Playwriting Fellow.

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Features

• Keira Naughton Suzanna Slater Keira Naughton Suzanna Slater
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  Keira Naughton

  Suzanna Slater

  Keira Naughton appeared on Broadway in The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater), Dance of Death and Three Sisters (Roundabout Theatre Company) 

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• Seth Fisher Max Garrett Seth Fisher Max Garrett
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  Seth Fisher

  Max Garrett

  Seth Fisher previously appeared in the Huntington's productions of Becky Shaw (2010), Persephone (2007), and Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2006). His Broadway credits include Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll and Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington.

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• Maureen Anderman Susan Slater Maureen Anderman Susan Slater
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  Maureen Anderman

  Susan Slater

  Maureen Anderman appeared in The Cocktail Hour (2013), Becky Shaw (2010),  Third (2008), Rabbit Hole (2006), and The Sisters Rosensweig  (2005) at the Huntington.

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• Eli James Andrew Porter Eli James Andrew Porter
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  Eli James

  Andrew Porter

  Eli James previously appeared in Becky Shaw (2010) at the Huntington. His one-man play William and the Tradesmen has been performed at numerous venues around New York, including Ars Nova and Breedingground’s Spring Fever Festival.

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• Wendy Hoopes Becky Shaw Wendy Hoopes Becky Shaw
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  Wendy Hoopes

  Becky Shaw

  Wendy Hoopes previously appeared in the Huntington's production of Becky Shaw (2010). Her Off Broadway credits include Love, Janis (Village Theatre); Vienna Lusthaus (Revisited) (New York Theatre Workshop); Walking Off the Roof (Signature Theatre Company); Asylum, Sullied, and LoveSoup (Naked Angels); SubUrbia (Lincoln Center Theater)...

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• Gina Gionfriddo Playwright Gina Gionfriddo Playwright
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  Gina Gionfriddo

  Playwright

  Gina Gionfriddo was a 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Rapture, Blister, Burn (2013)(commissioned by and premiered at Playwrights Horizons and produced at the Huntington in 2013) and a 2009 finalist for Becky Shaw (2010). Becky Shaw had its world premiere at Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays and its New York premiere Off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre. Ms. Gionfriddo’s other plays include Can You Forgive Her? (2016) (Huntington Theatre Company), After Ashley (Humana Festival and Off Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre) and US Drag (Off Broadway by Clubbed Thumb and the stageFRAM).

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• Peter DuBois Director Peter DuBois Director
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  Peter DuBois

  Director

  Peter DuBois is in his twelfth season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Romeo and Juliet (2019), Fall (2018), Tartuffe (2017), Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George (2016) and A Little Night Music , the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her? (2016), Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People (2014), Evan M. Wiener’s Captors (2011), , Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2011)(2012 Pulitzer finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples (2009); the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible things I do (2015), Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff (2013), Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw (2010) and Rapture, Blister, Burn (2013), and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss (2010).

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• Derek McLane Scenic Designer Derek McLane Scenic Designer
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  Derek McLane

  Scenic Designer

  Derek McLane previously designed set for Sunday in the Park with George (2016), A Little Night Music (2015), Becky Shaw (2010), and Bad Dates (2004) at the Huntington. He has also designed numerous times for Broadway, including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,Gigi, The Heiress, Nice Work If You Can Get It, The Best Man, Follies, Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business..., and 33 Variations, which won a Tony Award for Best Scenic Design.

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• Jeff Mahshie Costume Designer Jeff Mahshie Costume Designer
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  Jeff Mahshie

  Costume Designer

  Jeff Mahshie previously designed costumes for Becky Shaw (2010) and Laughing Wild (2005) at the Huntington. He also designed the New York premiere of Becky Shaw for Second Stage Theatre.

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• David J. Weiner Lighting Designer David J. Weiner Lighting Designer
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  David J. Weiner

  Lighting Designer

  David J. Weiner designed the lighting for Huntington productions of Bad Dates (2018), Ripcord (2017), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2015), Becky Shaw (2010), Butley (2003), and Springtime for Henry (2003). His Broadway credits include The Price, Stephen King’s Misery, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, Reasons to Be Pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight (Lincoln Center Theater), Betrayal (Roundabout Theatre Company), and The Real Thing. Off Broadway Mr. Weiner’s work has been seen at MCC Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater/NYSF, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre, and Atlantic Theater Company.

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• Walter Trarbach Sound Designer Walter Trarbach Sound Designer
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  Walter Trarbach

  Sound Designer

  Walter Trarbach previously designed sound for the Huntington's production of Becky Shaw (2010). As well as the New York premiere of Becky Shaw for Second Stage Theatre.

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• Alaine Alldaffer Casting Director Alaine Alldaffer Casting Director
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  Alaine Alldaffer

  Casting Director

  Alaine Alldaffer is the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theater). 

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• Lori Ann Zepp Production Stage Manager Lori Ann Zepp Production Stage Manager
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  Lori Ann Zepp

  Production Stage Manager

  Lori Ann Zepp returns to the Huntington having previously stage managed Becky Shaw. 

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• Carola Morrone LaCoste Stage Manager Carola Morrone LaCoste Stage Manager
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  Carola Morrone LaCoste

  Stage Manager

  Carola Morrone LaCoste has previously worked on The Who & the What (2017), August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned (2016), Becoming Cuba (2014), Ryan Landry’s M (2013), Now or Later (2012), Luck of the Irish(2012), Before I Leave You (2011), Educating Rita (2011), Vengeance is the Lord’s (2010), Prelude to a Kiss (2010), Becky Shaw (2010), All My Sons (2010), Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008), Two Men of Florence (2009), and Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd (2009) for the Huntington.

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