3
5
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
7
A JOLT OF EMPATHY
7
AROUND THE CENTER
OLD HATS AND ANGEL REAPERS
Director
LILA NEUGEBAUER
discusses the
common threads of
SIGNATURE PLAYS.
AN INTERVIEW WITH QUIARA ALEGRÍA HUDES
11
LEAVING A MARK
13
SLIVERS
17
AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL
23
A LOOK BACK ON LEGACY
27
BODIES OF WORK
30
PUZZLE PIECES
31
Welcoming
Residency Five
playwright
QUIARA ALEGRÍA
HUDES
and her play
Daphne’s Dive.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAPHNE‘S DIVE
DIRECTOR THOMAS KAIL
27
A SPECIAL ESSAY CONTRIBUTION
FROM JOYCE O’CONNOR
HONORING FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
JAMES HOUGHTON
ALBEE, FORNÉS, AND KENNEDY
AN INTERVIEW WITH SIGNATURE PLAYS
DIRECTOR LILA NEUGEBAUER
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF PAST
SIGNATURE PRODUCTIONS
SIGNATURE’S 2016-17 SEASON
JOYCE O’CONNOR reflects
on Signature, family, and making
a home alongside a theatre.
Signature takes a look
back at its own history
with EDWARD ALBEE,
Members of
the Signature
community
honor
Founding
Artistic Director
JAMES
HOUGHTON
MARÍA IRENE FORNÉS
and ADRIENNE KENNEDY.