Fascinating. Audacious. Deftly satirical and utterly on-target.
The Boston Globe
Powerful, refreshingly direct, and honest. A sight to behold.
Cape Cod Times
On the Korean island of Man-Jae, three elderly haenyeos—sea women—spend their dying days diving into the ocean to harvest seafood. They have no heirs to their millennia-old way of life. Across the globe on the island of Manhattan, a Korean-Canadian playwright, twice an immigrant, spends her days wrestling with the expectation that she write “authentic” stories about her identity. But what, exactly, is her identity? And how can she write about it without selling her own skin?
This daring new play by Celine Song (Amazon’s “The Wheel of Time,” Public Theater’s 2016/17 Emerging Writers Group) journeys beneath the waves under the direction of Sammi Cannold (Violet at A.R.T., Forbes 30 Under 30) and features Wai Ching Ho (Madame Gao from the Marvel TV universe), Emily Kuroda (“Gilmore Girls”), Jiehae Park (the author of peerless, recently produced at Boston’s Company One Theatre), and Jo Yang (“The Affair”).
This production contains strobe and haze.
By Celine Song
Directed by Sammi Cannold
Notable dates
Opening Night: 3/1
ASL Interpreted: 3/13 at 7:30PM & 3/17 at 2PM
Audio Described: 3/15 at 7:30PM & 3/16 at 2PM
Open Captioned: 3/14 at 7:30PM & 3/16 at 2PM
Talkbacks: 3/2 at 2PM with Celine Song, Jiehae Park, and Harvard Professor Ju Yon Kim, in partnership with the Korea Institute, Harvard University; 3/6 at 2PM with Celine Song, Sammi Cannold, and Jo Yang; 3/9 at 2PM with Celine Song, Jiehae Park, Diana Oh, and Sara Porkalob; 3/13 at 11AM with Celine Song and Sammi Cannold; & 3/16 at 2PM with Celine Song and Sammi Cannold
Production Sponsor
Allison Johnson
Corporate Education Sponsor
Bank of America
Additional Production Support
Amy Brakeman
Hee-Jung and John Moon
The ocean in this production of Endlings is supported by The Bob and Alison Murchison New Work Development Fund.
This production is supported, in part, by The Robert Brustein Endowment for New Work.
Endlings was developed during a residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference in 2018.
Preston Whiteway, Executive Director
Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director
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Credits
Creative Team
Playwright
Celine Song
Playwright
Celine Song
A.R.T.: Endlings. Member of the Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group (2016-2017), Ars Nova’s Play Group (2014-2015), Playwrights Realm Writing fellow (2017-2018), and The Orchard Project’s inaugural NYC Greenhouse (2018). Residencies/
Director
Sammi Cannold
Director
Sammi Cannold
A.R.T. (Director): Endlings, Violet. Sammi Cannold is one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment and has worked on and off Broadway as well as for CBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, Apple TV, and Cirque du Soleil. Credits: Sunset Boulevard, Kennedy Center; Evita, New York City Center; Carmen, Rose Hall, Lincoln Center; Endlings, New York Theatre Workshop; How to Dance in Ohio, Syracuse Stage; Ragtime on Ellis Island. Additional: A.R.T. Artistic Fellow, member of Cirque du Soleil’s Creative Cognoscenti, Sundance Institute Fellow. Education/Training: BA, Stanford University; MA, Harvard University. @sammi.cannold, sammicannold.com
Scenic Designer
Jason Sherwood
Scenic Designer
Jason Sherwood
A.R.T.: Endlings, ExtraOrdinary. Off-Broadway: Endlings, Sojourners, Her Portmanteau, NYTW; This Ain’t No Disco, Atlantic; Sojourners, Playwrights Realm; Songbird, 59E59, The View UpStairs, Culture Project. Regional: Old Globe, Signature, Denver Center, Shakespeare Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Alliance Theatre, Guthrie Theatre. Music: Tours for Sam Smith, the Spice Girls, and Sara Bareilles, performances for Camila Cabello, Elton John, Eminem, Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monae. TV: “The Oscars” 2020, ABC; “Rent! Live,” Fox. Two Emmy Awards. Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Henry Hewes Design Award nominations. Education/Training: NYU. @JasonSherwoodDesign
Costume Designer
Linda Cho
Costume Designer
Linda Cho
A.R.T.: Endlings. Broadway: Doubt; Harmony; Summer, 1976; Take Me Out; Grand Horizons; Anastasia (Tony nomination); The Great Society; A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony & Henry Hewes Awards, OCC nomination); The Lifespan of a Fact; Velocity of Autumn. New York Theatre Workshop: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord; Endlings. Her extensive body of work includes productions at acclaimed theaters and opera companies across the country and around the world. Advisory Committee, American Theatre Wing. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama.
Lighting Designer
Bradley King
Lighting Designer
Bradley King
A.R.T.: Moby-Dick, We Live in Cairo, Endlings, Burn All Night, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, O.P.C. Broadway: Fat Ham, Hadestown (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC Awards), Flying Over Sunset (Drama Desk Award, Tony Nomination), The Great Comet(Tony, Drama Desk, OCC awards), Bernhardt/Hamlet. Numerous shows Off-Broadway, regionally, and around the world. Upcoming musicals: Water For Elephants, Alliance; Buena Vista Social Club, Atlantic; Lempicka; Goddess; How to Dance in Ohio. bradleykingld.com
Sound Designer
Elisheba Ittoop
Sound Designer
Elisheba Ittoop
A.R.T.: Endlings. New York: The Public Theater, MTC, MCC, Signature Theatre, NYTW, 59E59, Soho Rep, Women’s Project. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf, OSF, Huntington Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, National Gallery of Art, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, La MaMa, Denver Center, Two River Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Triad Stage, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Okeechobee Music Festival, Center for Puppetry Arts. Honors/
Production Stage Manager
Alfredo Macias
Production Stage Manager
Alfredo Macias
(he/him) A.R.T.: Evita, 1776, SIX, Endlings, Arrabal. Broadway: Bad Cinderella, 1776, Trouble in Mind, The Play That Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: On Sugarland, Endlings, An Ordinary Muslim, NYTW; The Winter’s Tale, The Odyssey, Twelfth Night, Public Theater; F*cking A, Fires in the Mirror, Signature Theatre; The Way She Spoke, Audible Theatre; Nice Fish, St. Ann’s Warehouse. Regional: Born For This, ArtsEmerson; Miss You Like Hell, La Jolla Playhouse, Evita (STC).
Actors’ Equity Association member
Cast
White Stage Manager
Matt DaSilva
White Stage Manager
Matt DaSilva
A.R.T.: Endlings. National Tour: Beauty and the Beast (Lefou). New York: The Melting Pot, Everyday Inferno. Regional: Endlings, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Workshop); How to Succeed…, Flat Rock Playhouse; Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Miracle on 34th Street, Ocean State Theater Company. Concert: Ragtime on Ellis Island. Education/
Actors’ Equity Association member
Han Sol
Wai Ching Ho
Han Sol
Wai Ching Ho
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Henry VI (Winchester/
Actors’ Equity Association member
White Husband
Miles G. Jackson
White Husband
Miles G. Jackson
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Red Emma and the Mad Monk, Ars Nova; Harry and the Thief, The Habitat. Regional: Hand to God, TheaterWorks Hartford; Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Tribes, Barrington Stage Company; My Name is Asher Lev, George Street Playhouse; Good Men Wanted, Arena Stage; 4000 Miles, Capital Rep; Mad Forest, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Film: In Reality, Lumanova Pictures; Flora, Pulp Pictures. TV: “The Last O.G.” (recurring), TBS.
Actors’ Equity Association member
Go Min
Emily Kuroda
Go Min
Emily Kuroda
A.R.T.: Endlings. New York: Page 73, Public Theater. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Huntington Theatre Company, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, L.A. Theatre Works, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Repertory, East West Players, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory, Berkeley Rep, The Doolittle, LATC, Zephyr Theatre, Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. Awards: Five Drama-Logue Awards, Garland Award, LA Ovation (nomination), Playwrights’ Arena Award, EWP Award for Outstanding Contribution to LA Theater.
Actors’ Equity Association member
White Stage Manager/Turtle
Mark Mauriello
White Stage Manager/Turtle
Mark Mauriello
A.R.T.: Endlings, The Lily’s Revenge, The Donkey Show. Off-Broadway: OSCAR at The Crown (Oscar Wilde/
Ha Young
Jiehae Park
Ha Young
Jiehae Park
A.R.T.: Endlings. Acting: Haruki Murakami’s Sleep, BAM Next Wave, Yale Rep; Every Angel is Brutal, Clubbed Thumb; Ghost Stories, Tiny Little Band; Endlings, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Workshop). Playwriting: peerless, Yale Rep, Company One Theatre, Primary Stages (upcoming); Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, OSF; Wondrous Strange, Actors Theatre of Louisville; commissions from Playwrights Horizons, McCarter Theatre, Yale Rep, Geffen Playhouse, OSF, Williamstown Theatre Festival, MTC. TV: Marvel’s “Runaways” (Staff Writer). Honors/
Actors’ Equity Association member
White Stage Manager
Andy Paterson
White Stage Manager
Andy Paterson
A.R.T.: Endlings. Regional: Yale Rep, McCarter Theatre, La MaMa ETC, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Great Lakes Theater, Geva Theatre Center, Virginia Stage Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.
Actors’ Equity Association member
White Stage Manager/Fight Captain
Keith Michael Pinault
White Stage Manager/Fight Captain
Keith Michael Pinault
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Classic Stage Company. New York: Endlings, Paywrights Realm (Workshop). Light/Fen, E. 13th St. Theatre. Regional: All’s Well That Ends Well, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; Mojo, Theatre on Fire; Rosencrantz y Guildenstern han muerto, Apollinaire Theatre Company. International: Color Blue, Festival de Teatro Alternativo, Bogotá. Webseries: “Tales of Toverud,” “The New Neighborhood.” Education: MFA, Columbia University; BFA, Hofstra University.
Sook Ja
Jo Yang
Sook Ja
Jo Yang
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Comfort Women (Bohki Lee), Urban Stages; Ah, Wilderness! (Lily), NAATCO; The Joy Luck Club (Suyuan), Pan Asian Rep. Regional: Endlings (Sook Ja), Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Workshop); Heartsong (Tina), Florida Repertory Theatre; M. Butterfly (Chin/
Actors’ Equity Association member
Understudy for Go Min, Han Sol, and Sook Ja
Kate Pak
Understudy for Go Min, Han Sol, and Sook Ja
Kate Pak
A.R.T.: Endlings. New York: Rashomon, Sanford Meisner Theatre; A Surprise Visit, American Theatre of Actors; The Apollo of Bellac, 29th St. Playhouse; 1:42 A.M., Madison Avenue Theatre. International: The Mikado, The King and I, South Africa. Film: A Woman, A Part; Split; The Dictator; Jack, Jules, Esther and Me; The Homecoming Queen; Rollerball; A Killing on Brighton Beach; Charm City (upcoming). TV: “Pose,” “Falling Water,” “Broad City,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” “Walkie Buddies.”
Additional Staff
Assistant Director
Brian Ge
Assistant Director
Brian Ge
A.R.T.: Endlings, The Black Clown (Rehearsal Accompanist), Jagged Little Pill (Music Intern), Burn All Night (Assistant Music Director), Violet (Assistant Music Director/
Assistant Director
Rebecca Aparicio
Assistant Director
Rebecca Aparicio
(she/ella) A.R.T.: Jack and The Beanstalk (Director), Gloria: A Life (Assistant Director), Endlings (Assistant Director). Rebecca Aparicio is a New York-based bilingual director and writer. Recent: Karen Zacarias’ Jardin Salvaje, GALA Hispanic Theatre (world premiere adaptation, Helen Hayes recommended), Beastgirl (based on the chapbook by Elizabeth Acevedo, book by C. Quintana and music by Janelle Lawrence), Kennedy Center (world premiere, Helen Hayes nominated); Caridad Svich’s The House on the Lagoon, GALA Hispanic Theatre (world premiere; Best Direction, DC Broadway World), Maria Irene Fornes’ Sarita, Roundabout Refocus Series. Rebecca is a member of the Latinx Playwrights Circle, Latinx Theatre Commons, Board Member of The Flea Theatre, and a founding member of Magic Forest Theatre, dedicated to creating new musicals for young audiences. RebeccaAparicio.com.
Assistant Stage Manager
Zachary Jenkins
Assistant Stage Manager
Zachary Jenkins
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Twelfth Night, The Odyssey, Under the Radar; King Lear, Public Theater; A Funny Thing…, MCC; ¡Figaro! (90210), The Duke on 42nd Street; Nice Fish, St. Ann’s Warehouse. Regional: The Odyssey, Seattle Rep; The Tempest, Dallas Theater Center; West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera; Lend Me a Tenor, Resident Theatre Company. Opera: Götterdämmerung, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, Houston Grand Opera; Madama Butterfly, The Princeton Festival. Education/
Actors’ Equity Association member
Original Music
Elisheba Ittoop
Original Music
Elisheba Ittoop
A.R.T.: Endlings. New York: The Public Theater, MTC, MCC, Signature Theatre, NYTW, 59E59, Soho Rep, Women’s Project. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf, OSF, Huntington Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth, Arena Stage, National Gallery of Art, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, La MaMa, Denver Center, Two River Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Triad Stage, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Okeechobee Music Festival, Center for Puppetry Arts. Honors/
A.R.T. Voice and Text
Erika Bailey
A.R.T. Voice and Text
Erika Bailey
A.R.T.: Gatsby; Becoming a Man; Life of Pi; 1776; WILD: A Musical Becoming; Jack and the Beanstalk; Gloria: A Life; Moby-Dick; We Live in Cairo; Endlings; Othello; ExtraOrdinary; The Black Clown; Jagged Little Pill; WARHOLCAPOTE; Burn All Night; The Night of the Iguana; Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women; Fingersmith; In the Body of the World; Waitress; O.P.C. Broadway: Mary Stuart. Regional: Vanity Fair, Central Square Theater; New Electric Ballroom, Gloucester Stage Company; Arms and the Man, Guthrie Theatre; The Foreigner, Cabaret, To Kill a Mockingbird, Kansas City Repertory Theatre. As Head of Voice and Speech at A.R.T., Erika also teaches in the Theater, Dance & Media concentration at Harvard as well as coaching public speaking skills across the university. Education: MA, Voice Studies, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; MFA, Acting, Brandeis University.
Associate Scenic Designer
Connor Munion
Associate Lighting Designer
Justin Paice
Associate Lighting Designer
Justin Paice
A.R.T.: Alice in Rainbowland, The Conjurors’ Club (Digital Systems Programming), The Triad (Video Projections), Black Light, Greater Good, Clairvoyance, Endlings (Associate Lighting Designer), and Wig Out!.
Sound Studio Assistant/Draftsperson
Justin Propper
A.R.T. Production Dramaturgy
Robert Duffley
A.R.T. Production Dramaturgy
Robert Duffley
(he/him) A.R.T.: We Live in Cairo, Endlings, O.P.C. Recent credits: Claudia Rankine’s HELP (dir. Taibi Magar), The Shed; We Hear You: A Climate Archive (National Theatre of Sweden/Georgetown University/Swedish Embassy DC); Miranda Rose Hall’s A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction (currently touring Europe with original direction by Katie Mitchell); The Uncle Geoff Magic Show, Target Margin Theatre Labs. Publications: works for Howlround, Routledge’s Contemporary Theatre Review, and Six by Eight Press. Editor & Associate Dramaturg, A.R.T.; Dramaturg, LubDub Theatre Co; Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College.
Fight Coach
Angie Jepson
Production Assistants
Bradley Costa
Tessa Johnson
Swimming Instruction
Brian Ge
A.R.T.: Endlings, The Black Clown (Rehearsal Accompanist), Jagged Little Pill (Music Intern), Burn All Night (Assistant Music Director), Violet (Assistant Music Director/
Swimming Instruction
Zachary Jenkins
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Twelfth Night, The Odyssey, Under the Radar; King Lear, Public Theater; A Funny Thing…, MCC; ¡Figaro! (90210), The Duke on 42nd Street; Nice Fish, St. Ann’s Warehouse. Regional: The Odyssey, Seattle Rep; The Tempest, Dallas Theater Center; West Side Story, Houston Grand Opera; Lend Me a Tenor, Resident Theatre Company. Opera: Götterdämmerung, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, Houston Grand Opera; Madama Butterfly, The Princeton Festival. Education/
Actors’ Equity Association member
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Additional equipment provided by Sound Associates.
Special Thanks
양순옥 Yang Soon-Ok, 강정선 Kang Jung-Sun, 김영자 Kim Young-Ja, and 문지원 Moon Jiwon for their generosity and hospitality on Jeju Island
Jesse Alick, Jack Moore, and The Public Theater Emerging Writers Group
Harvard Aquatics/
Victor Dong, Sulan Yang, Changan Dong, Jun Ge, and William Ge
Ignacia Delgado, 장세라 Cera Jeng, Andy Talen