A note from Joe Ruffner about the Long Wharf Theatre:
Indeed, not only is Standard Beef right next door to the Long Wharf, the theater shares
space in a strip with several meat processors, so the air is always full of the smell of
chicken guts and rancid beef waste. May have something to do with their move in the
next few years. The picture was taken in front of the theater's front steps, and that
truck is parked in its usual unloading spot, to give you an idea how close they are.
Indeed, not only is Standard Beef right next door to the Long Wharf, the theater shares
space in a strip with several meat processors, so the air is always full of the smell of
chicken guts and rancid beef waste. May have something to do with their move in the
next few years. The picture was taken in front of the theater's front steps, and that
truck is parked in its usual unloading spot, to give you an idea how close they are.
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| Answer: The Long Wharf Theater 222 Sargeant Dr., New Haven, CT, 06511-5919 |
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| Quiz #157 - May 4, 2008 |
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Joe worked for Cleveland's Playhouse Square both as an actor and stage
manager, as well as with the Second City, before joining GFour
Productions to "get closer to the Menopausal ladies." Since joining the
team, he has been blessed with a few ladies of his own: Jen and he
married when the Cleveland production turned one year old, and they
welcomed Isabella when Atlanta celebrated its first year. In his free
manager, as well as with the Second City, before joining GFour
Productions to "get closer to the Menopausal ladies." Since joining the
team, he has been blessed with a few ladies of his own: Jen and he
married when the Cleveland production turned one year old, and they
welcomed Isabella when Atlanta celebrated its first year. In his free
time, Joe likes to proofread programs, organize payroll spreadsheets, and book hotels
for traveling actors. He has also been known to work with Atlanta's Synchronicity
Performance Group, and is a several-year member of AEA. He sends a shout out to the
CMs around the world and Canada. http://www.gfourproductions.com/whos-who.asp
for traveling actors. He has also been known to work with Atlanta's Synchronicity
Performance Group, and is a several-year member of AEA. He sends a shout out to the
CMs around the world and Canada. http://www.gfourproductions.com/whos-who.asp
| Joe Ruffner |
| The biggest clue is the writing on the truck. ___DARD ___EEF Co. ___, New Haven _7-2164 |
| Location of Long Wharf Theater New Haven, CT |
| Location of Standard Beef Co. New Haven, CT |
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Hughie, Broken Glass, American Buffalo, Requiem for a Heavyweight and
Quartermaine’s Terms.
Michael Christofer’s The Shadow Box premiered at Long Wharf and earned its author a
Quartermaine’s Terms.
Michael Christofer’s The Shadow Box premiered at Long Wharf and earned its author a
Named for the Long Wharf port along New Haven Harbor, the theatre was built in a
vacant warehouse space in a busy food terminal, with its Mainstage originally stocked
with seats borrowed from a retired movie house. The first year’s budget was
$294,000, and the theatre played to more than 30,000 patrons.
Now in its 41st season, Long Wharf is an organization of international renown with a
vacant warehouse space in a busy food terminal, with its Mainstage originally stocked
with seats borrowed from a retired movie house. The first year’s budget was
$294,000, and the theatre played to more than 30,000 patrons.
Now in its 41st season, Long Wharf is an organization of international renown with a
| Long Wharf Theater 1999 (Note Standard Beef truck near loading dock.) http://www.flickr.com/... |
$6.5 million budget and an annual audience
exceeding 100,000.
Long Wharf is recognized as a leader in
American Theatre, producing fresh and
imaginative revivals of classics and
modern plays, rediscoveries of neglected
works and a variety of world and
American premieres.
More than twenty productions have
transferred virtually intact to Broadway or
off-Broadway, including Wit (1999
Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Down the
Garden Paths, Red, Mystery School,
exceeding 100,000.
Long Wharf is recognized as a leader in
American Theatre, producing fresh and
imaginative revivals of classics and
modern plays, rediscoveries of neglected
works and a variety of world and
American premieres.
More than twenty productions have
transferred virtually intact to Broadway or
off-Broadway, including Wit (1999
Pulitzer Prize for Drama), Down the
Garden Paths, Red, Mystery School,
| The Long Wharf Theatre http://www.longwharf.org/about_history1.html |
| Meet Joe Ruffner, one of our long-time Quizmasters, with his daughter Isabella. Can you identify the major non-profit theater his picture was taken in front of? |
Searching for theaters in New Haven, you will come up with this:
| Thanks to Joe Ruffner for allowing us to use his picture for this quiz. |
Pulitzer, and D.L. Coburn was awarded the Prize
after his play, The Gin Game, transferred from
Long Wharf to Broadway and won multiple Tony
Awards. The Changing Room, The Contractor and
Streamers also received New York Drama Critics
Awards after transferring. Long Wharf has
received a Special Citation from the Outer Critics
Circle.
Long Wharf Theatre is dedicated to cultivating
audiences that reflect the State of Connecticut and
the diversity of its cities as well as its rural and
suburban areas, and serving as a forum for the
examination of historical and current issues
through humanities programming.
after his play, The Gin Game, transferred from
Long Wharf to Broadway and won multiple Tony
Awards. The Changing Room, The Contractor and
Streamers also received New York Drama Critics
Awards after transferring. Long Wharf has
received a Special Citation from the Outer Critics
Circle.
Long Wharf Theatre is dedicated to cultivating
audiences that reflect the State of Connecticut and
the diversity of its cities as well as its rural and
suburban areas, and serving as a forum for the
examination of historical and current issues
through humanities programming.
| As you exit into the Long Wharf area, please note that the theater is on the loading dock where food terminals are housed. It can be tricky to find! http://guides.travelchannel.com/... |
Sometimes a good guess is the best approach. Surfing on the word "DARD" doesn't do
you much good in this case. Google will lead you to a definition on the website
http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-151485/Dard that cannot possibly be correct: "The
Champa, Ladakhi, Balti, and Dard peoples live to the north of the Great Himalayan
Range in the Kashmir Himalayas. The Dard are Indo-European, while the others are
Tibeto-Burman. The Champa lead a nomadic pastoral life in the upper Indus valley. The
Ladakhi have settled on terraces and alluvial fans flanking the Indus in Kashmir." You'll
find a few other references to people with Dard as their nicknames or last names.
So why not just guess? How about STANDARD BEEF CO.? Even if you can't read
"New Haven" on the side of the truck, if you surf on this phrase, you will find many
references to the Standard Beef Co., 216 Food Terminal Plaza, New Haven, CT 06511,
including this one at http://www.bizdays.com/metro/bizid-75294.html:
you much good in this case. Google will lead you to a definition on the website
http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-151485/Dard that cannot possibly be correct: "The
Champa, Ladakhi, Balti, and Dard peoples live to the north of the Great Himalayan
Range in the Kashmir Himalayas. The Dard are Indo-European, while the others are
Tibeto-Burman. The Champa lead a nomadic pastoral life in the upper Indus valley. The
Ladakhi have settled on terraces and alluvial fans flanking the Indus in Kashmir." You'll
find a few other references to people with Dard as their nicknames or last names.
So why not just guess? How about STANDARD BEEF CO.? Even if you can't read
"New Haven" on the side of the truck, if you surf on this phrase, you will find many
references to the Standard Beef Co., 216 Food Terminal Plaza, New Haven, CT 06511,
including this one at http://www.bizdays.com/metro/bizid-75294.html:
| New Haven |
| How Our Readers Solved the Puzzle |
There were several red herrings in this puzzle. The key is to (1) complete the writing
on the truck, and (2) find the location of the company that owns the truck. There are
several theaters in the same city. You can determine which theater Joe is standing in
front of either by researching where Joe has worked as a stage manager, or by paying
attention to geography and finding out which theater is close to the company that owns
the truck. In case you didn't know Joe was a theater manager, read his mini-bio that
accompanies his picture in our rogue's gallery at
www.forensicgenealogy.info/rogues_gallery.html. The most common wrong answer
was the Schubert Theatre in New Haven. But there is no link between the Schubert and
the quiz. Joe has never been involved with that theater, and it is not located close to the
company that owns the truck.
on the truck, and (2) find the location of the company that owns the truck. There are
several theaters in the same city. You can determine which theater Joe is standing in
front of either by researching where Joe has worked as a stage manager, or by paying
attention to geography and finding out which theater is close to the company that owns
the truck. In case you didn't know Joe was a theater manager, read his mini-bio that
accompanies his picture in our rogue's gallery at
www.forensicgenealogy.info/rogues_gallery.html. The most common wrong answer
was the Schubert Theatre in New Haven. But there is no link between the Schubert and
the quiz. Joe has never been involved with that theater, and it is not located close to the
company that owns the truck.
Whoa!! you hit a nerve with the Angels on this...now they are thinking Broadway, fame
and big $$$. Rick/Jina/Ashley - The Quiz Angels
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Joe Ruffner's lovely daughter is a delight to see, and is "on stage" in life's Act I.
Stan Read
*****
An absolutely precious little lady!!!!! A future actress??? Grace Hertz
*****
By the way, cute kid Joe! Mary Osmar
*****
Yeah, I think the smell might be a little bad for business! Karen Kay Bunting
*****
I never realized how hard it is to find pictures of the OUTSIDES of theaters. Flickr has
a picture in which you can see the Standard Beef trucks and that railing that cinched it
for me. I got sidetracked because I was looking at Connecticut dinner theaters,
thinking the truck was delivering the entrees. Duh. I am on vacation and working with
my trusty but slow laptop.Thanks for another interesting quiz.
Carolyn Cornelius
*****
It's funny as I looked at the gallery of rogues/photos when they first came out a couple
weeks ago and saw that pix/puzzle on there (can you guess the theater) and I wondered
if you would be posting the answer or if we had to email Joe. :)
Hey that's a good point, people could just email Joe and ask. I wonder how much
money he's making off this quiz. I'll have to ask him. Colleen
Thanks for the note! Yes, finally got it - it took me enough tries, didn't it! :) If he's
making some good cash on this photo, you'll have to let everyone else know so they
can set up their own quiz and share in selling tips to weary quiz hunters. ;P
Beth Long
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I was clueless on this one for the last couple of days until realizing that it might be a
bit unusal to have a meat truck next to the theatre. It is a truck from Standard Beef
Co., also from New Haven. Here's a small picture:
http://cache.marriott.com/wcities/273702.jpg
Tom Tollefsen
*****
This one was fun. As in the past, at first glance I think, "I don't even know where to
start". Then I noticed "New Haven" on the truck and the rest was pretty easy. Another
good one. Mary Osmar (Again)
*****
What a tough one. Rhonda Hensley
and big $$$. Rick/Jina/Ashley - The Quiz Angels
*****
Joe Ruffner's lovely daughter is a delight to see, and is "on stage" in life's Act I.
Stan Read
*****
An absolutely precious little lady!!!!! A future actress??? Grace Hertz
*****
By the way, cute kid Joe! Mary Osmar
*****
Yeah, I think the smell might be a little bad for business! Karen Kay Bunting
*****
I never realized how hard it is to find pictures of the OUTSIDES of theaters. Flickr has
a picture in which you can see the Standard Beef trucks and that railing that cinched it
for me. I got sidetracked because I was looking at Connecticut dinner theaters,
thinking the truck was delivering the entrees. Duh. I am on vacation and working with
my trusty but slow laptop.Thanks for another interesting quiz.
Carolyn Cornelius
*****
It's funny as I looked at the gallery of rogues/photos when they first came out a couple
weeks ago and saw that pix/puzzle on there (can you guess the theater) and I wondered
if you would be posting the answer or if we had to email Joe. :)
Hey that's a good point, people could just email Joe and ask. I wonder how much
money he's making off this quiz. I'll have to ask him. Colleen
Thanks for the note! Yes, finally got it - it took me enough tries, didn't it! :) If he's
making some good cash on this photo, you'll have to let everyone else know so they
can set up their own quiz and share in selling tips to weary quiz hunters. ;P
Beth Long
*****
I was clueless on this one for the last couple of days until realizing that it might be a
bit unusal to have a meat truck next to the theatre. It is a truck from Standard Beef
Co., also from New Haven. Here's a small picture:
http://cache.marriott.com/wcities/273702.jpg
Tom Tollefsen
*****
This one was fun. As in the past, at first glance I think, "I don't even know where to
start". Then I noticed "New Haven" on the truck and the rest was pretty easy. Another
good one. Mary Osmar (Again)
*****
What a tough one. Rhonda Hensley
| Comments from Our Readers |
| The Award for the Most Creative Answer for This Week Goes to Don Schulteis |
I believe my qaundry is in the interpretation of "major non-profit theater." If you
exclude theatrical presentations, you are then looking at a geographic area. Leaning on
the latter, and looking at the wording on the truck, you look to Northern Ireland and the
UK as in "Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and the word
"Beef." DARD is the government unit which sets the standards/guidelines/controlsfor
the export of beef meat as in controlling "Mad cow disease (Spongrform
Encephaloparteis)." Don Schulteis
exclude theatrical presentations, you are then looking at a geographic area. Leaning on
the latter, and looking at the wording on the truck, you look to Northern Ireland and the
UK as in "Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) and the word
"Beef." DARD is the government unit which sets the standards/guidelines/controlsfor
the export of beef meat as in controlling "Mad cow disease (Spongrform
Encephaloparteis)." Don Schulteis
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You can also research Joe and his activities to determine which productions he has
been involved in in New Haven. To read how to do this, see below.
been involved in in New Haven. To read how to do this, see below.
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| How Justin Solved the Puzzle |
1) Yale Repertory Company- maybe ,but as a totally non-scientific wild guess.
2) I'll suggest an alternate-- the Stratford Festival Theatre in Stratford, CT. -but, would
they take deliveries from New Haven Businesses? There's probably a more local meat
company in Stratford.
SO- let's move on. Looking at Joe's bio, and seeing that he's been involved with
MENOPAUSE, The MUSICAL--- AHA- where has the showed played in Connecticut?
Googling on the Show Name, and CT- gives me a result that it played at the LONG
WHARF THEATRE in New Haven. - so THAT's my FINAL answer.
http://www.longwharf.org/show_menopause.html. And this pic here looks like we've
got a hit:
http://khessman.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/qu-theater-updatemedea-opens-tonight/
Mary Fraser
2) I'll suggest an alternate-- the Stratford Festival Theatre in Stratford, CT. -but, would
they take deliveries from New Haven Businesses? There's probably a more local meat
company in Stratford.
SO- let's move on. Looking at Joe's bio, and seeing that he's been involved with
MENOPAUSE, The MUSICAL--- AHA- where has the showed played in Connecticut?
Googling on the Show Name, and CT- gives me a result that it played at the LONG
WHARF THEATRE in New Haven. - so THAT's my FINAL answer.
http://www.longwharf.org/show_menopause.html. And this pic here looks like we've
got a hit:
http://khessman.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/qu-theater-updatemedea-opens-tonight/
Mary Fraser
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| I have to admit that it didn't even occur to me that the Standard Beef Company was next door to the theater. I really thought it was just there on a delivery or parked nearby or something. Instead, I relied on an image search of the theater to confirm that it matched what was in Joe's picture. Although you can't see that much of the theater in Joe's picture--practically everything is obscured by that darn baby--I was able to match the distinct features that you can see to my search results. I guess there's more than one way to butcher a cow, as it were. Justin Campoli |
Doh. The address on the truck in New
Haven!
EEF Company, is probably Standard Beef
Company, 16 Food Terminal Plz, New
Haven, CT 06511, (203) 787-2164.
Since the last 5 digits of the phone
company match.
Now, for NONPROFIT theatre...
hmmm. ... let's check the thought
process.
Haven!
EEF Company, is probably Standard Beef
Company, 16 Food Terminal Plz, New
Haven, CT 06511, (203) 787-2164.
Since the last 5 digits of the phone
company match.
Now, for NONPROFIT theatre...
hmmm. ... let's check the thought
process.
| How Mary Fraser Solved the Puzzle Using Info from Joe's Bio |
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| First letters are "minal" as in "terminal" |
Narrowing down your search to theaters in the same zip code leads you to the Long
Wharf Theater, 222 Sargeant Dr., New Haven, which is right around the corner from
the Standard Beef Co. Actually, it is in the same building, with its front entrance next to
Standard Beef's loading dock.
Wharf Theater, 222 Sargeant Dr., New Haven, which is right around the corner from
the Standard Beef Co. Actually, it is in the same building, with its front entrance next to
Standard Beef's loading dock.
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