La Jolla Playhouse Presents
Created, choreographed and performed by
Jenn Freeman
Created, choreographed and directed by
Sonya Tayeh
Composed and performed by
Holland Andrews
In association with Jenna Segal
and Pamela Ryckman
Scenic Design Rachel Hauck
Costume Design Márion Talán de la Rosa
Lighting Design Cha See
Sound Design Melanie Chen Cole
Media and Projection Design Joseph DiGiovanna
Drummer and Performer Price McGuffey
Stage Manager Jenna Hanlon
Assistant Stage Manager Matthew Bantock
Is It Thursday Yet? Creative Consultant Alexander Hammer
Is It Thursday Yet? Creative Producer Ian Stuart
Senior Production Manager Benjamin Seibert
General Manager Ryan Meisheid
Executive Producer Eric Keen-Louie
Associate Producer Amy Ashton
Originally commissioned by the Ronald O. Perelman Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY and The Arts Centre at NYU Abu Dhabi. Created in Residency with Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, MA; Gibney Dance Company, New York, NY; The Theatre at the 14th Street Y, New York, NY; The Church at Sag Harbor, Sag Harbor, NY.
Is It Thursday Yet? has been made possible by additional commissioning funds provided by the O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance foundation.
Support for Is It Thursday Yet? was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.
Jenn Freeman is a 2023 New York State Council on the Arts grant award recipient.
THE CAST
Jenn Freeman
The audio narrations used in Is It Thursday Yet? are selections from live recordings of therapy sessions between Jenn Freeman and their Psychologist and Autism Diagnostician, Dr. Kimberly Gilbert, Ph.D.
Is It Thursday Yet? is performed without an intermission.
ADDITIONAL STAFF
Associate Choreographer Lily Sheppard
Associate Scenic Designer Raphael Mishler
Associate Media and Projection Designer Blake McCarty
Associate Media and Projection Designer Holly Thiel
Associate Lighting Designer Joshua Hemming
Assistant Costume Designer Victoria Bek
Lighting Design Resident Elba Emicente Sanchez‡
Sound Design Resident Ethan Eldred‡
Stage Management Assistant Karina Ortega‡
People and Culture Consultants Cornerstone Consulting HR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thomas O. Kriegsmann, ArKtype • Barbara Frum, outer/most
Clay Martin, Harmon dot aut: Spectrum Theatre Ensemble • ReelAbilities Film Festival
Matthew James Thomas • Amy Schumer • Chris Fischer
Meiyin Wang • Bill Rauch • Gina Gibney • Miguel Blanco
Jonathan Lia • Ryan Heiferman • GoodCompany
Special Thanks:
Beth Williams • Joshua Strmic • Maddy Wright • Julia deBettencourt
Philip Treviño • Moe Shahrooz • Mona Tsutsui, Reload Physical Therapy
Sensory Friendly San Diego • Talleri A. McRae
Kimberly Manning • Carmen Gee • Sarah Cimino
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This theatre operates under an agreement between the La Jolla Playhouse and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 122. |
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La Jolla Playhouse is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. |
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UC San Diego M.F.A. Candidates in residence at La Jolla Playhouse. |