Downing Cless

Retired Professor of Drama and Dance, Tufts University

Downing Cless joined the Tufts Drama Department in 1979. He had received his Master of Arts in Dramatic Art at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1971, and then moved to Sociology for his doctorate at Brandeis University. His first professional appointment was as an instructor in Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts before he served for seven years as an assistant professor of theater at Antioch College. Downing plans to devote significant time to climate activism, to his continuing association with the Central Square Theatre and to travel with his wife, former dance professor Alice Trexler, to visit their children Elliott and Isabelle who currently reside in Chicago and Cleveland.

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Andrew Tobias	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Alexander Giannoulias, Richard Blumenthal, Tarryl Clark, Martha Coakley
Celia Gilbert	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Committee for a Democratic Majority, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Alexander Giannoulias, Martha Coakley
Nancy Stephens	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, Alexander Giannoulias, Richard Blumenthal, Tarryl Clark, Martha Coakley
David L desJardins	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Martha Coakley
Woody Kaplan	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Democracy for America, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Richard Blumenthal, Martha Coakley
Barbra Streisand	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, Alexander Giannoulias, Richard Blumenthal, Martha Coakley
Thomas Safran	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Alexander Giannoulias, Martha Coakley
Jamie Wolf	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Alexander Giannoulias
Amy Goldman Fowler	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, James Francis Martin, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Blumenthal, Tarryl Clark, Martha Coakley
Anne Bartley	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, ActBlue, Martha Coakley
Agnes Gund	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Mark Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, Jeff Merkley, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Richard Blumenthal, Martha Coakley
Fred Eychaner	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Alexander Giannoulias, Martha Coakley
Carol Brown Goldberg	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Richard Blumenthal, Tarryl Clark, Martha Coakley
Abigail Disney	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, James H Webb, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue
Heather Podesta	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, Jeanne Shaheen, ActBlue, Richard Blumenthal, Martha Coakley
Bayard T Storey	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, Democracy for America, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Martha Coakley
George Soros	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, Alexander Giannoulias, Richard Blumenthal, Martha Coakley
Joanie Bronfman	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, James Francis Martin, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, Martha Coakley
Andrea Soros Colombel	Tammy Baldwin, Sherrod Brown, Joe Courtney, Russ Feingold, Paul Hodes, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Chris Murphy, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Mark Udall, Tom Udall, Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, Alexander Giannoulias
Clyde Shorey	Tammy Baldwin, Russ Feingold, Tim Johnson, John Kerry, Amy Klobuchar, Claire McCaskill, Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Nicola S Tsongas, Mark Udall, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Diane Goss Farrell, Kay R Hagan, Al Franken, John William Conway, Jeff Merkley, Democracy for America, MoveOn.Org Political Action, Jeanne Shaheen, Elizabeth Warren, ActBlue, Alexander Giannoulias, Tarryl Clark

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Downing Cless

Retired Professor of Drama and Dance, Tufts University

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