The Originalist

Producing Company

Arena Stage

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Director Edgar Dobie, Arena Stage is a national center dedicated to American voices and artists. Arena Stage produces plays of all that is passionate, profound, deep, and dangerous in the American spirit, and presents diverse and ground-breaking work from some of the best artists around the country. Arena Stage is committed to commissioning and developing new plays and impacts the lives of over 10,000
students annually through its work in community engagement. Now in its seventh decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 300,000.

Read more at: http://www.arenastage.org

Middle Finger Productions

Beth Newburger is an entrepreneur who has founded and sold several businesses and is currently heading Richlynd Federal and Epoch Communications. She is known for her work as director of communications for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Prior to joining the National Trust, she was appointed by President Clinton to co-chair the Presidential Women’s History Commission and vice-chair the bi-partisan Congressional Women’s Progress Commission. She also served in both Clinton administrations as Associate Administrator of the General Services Administration and Outreach Coordinator for the White House Office of Women’s Initiatives and Outreach. Newburger is former Chairman and currently a trustee of Arena Stage and the National Children’s Museum. She chairs Apollo Enterprise Imaging and serves on the boards of the Franklin Roosevelt Library, President’s Council of Cornell Women, and BoatUS - a Berkshire Hathaway company. As an original investor, she is part of the producing team of Dear Evan Hansen, winner of the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical, that premiered at Arena Stage. The Cornell University graduate shared her love of theater and the arts with her late husband, Richard Schwartz, the founder of BoatUS and an extraordinary philanthropist.