March 12-April 11, 2020 CITY World-premiere commission! LIGHTS THEATER COMPANY

CODED Written and directed by Kirsten Brandt supported by Visionary Producers Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch 2019-2020 Season presents

C O D E D

a world premiere Written and Directed by Kirsten Brandt with Alycia Adame Chioma Agu Ari Lagomarsino Stephanie Whigham Anne Younan

Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Ron Gasparinetti John Bernard Alina Bokovikova

Music & Sound Designer Properties Designer Production Manager George Psarras Miranda Whipple Ron Gasparinetti

Fight Director Assistant Directors Assistant Costume Designer Scott Cummins Savannah Garcia Kathleen Qiu Kudra Wagner Master Carpenter/Scenic Artist Master Electrician Paulino Deleal Assistant Stage Manager Joseph Hidde Amber Gebert-Goldsmith Video/Projections Designer Projections Operator Spenser Mutabang Carpenters/Painters Paulino Deleal Stephen Grant Rodrigo Serna Lopez

Stage Manager Michelle Singh

Coded was commissioned by City Lights Theater Company Lisa Mallette, Executive Artistic Director.

This world premiere production of CODED is supported by Visionary Producers Nancy B. Coleman and Paul M. Resch.

City Lights Theater Company is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. The Cast

Jerrie Stephanie Whigham Megan/Ronnie Chioma Agu Chris/Minerva Anne Younan Izzy Ari Lagomarsino Ashley Alycia Adame

Setting: the not-too-distant future, Silcon Valley, California. The makeshift offices of ERDA and various rooms in “The Room.”

The play is performed with one 15-minute intermission.

Special Thanks Mike Ryan Santa Cruz Shakespeare David Lee Cuthbert UC Santa Cruz Compass Los Gatos

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Learn more at cltc.org/plan. Who’s Who in the Cast

Adame Agu Lagomarsino Whigham Younan

Alycia Adame (Ashley) is stoked to be back for her second show at City Lights, after appearing as Vanessa in In the Heights. She was most recently seen as Lydia in American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose (Los Altos Stage Company). Other credits include Nina in In The Heights (Stage 1) and Lucy The Slut in Avenue Q (Sunnyvale Community Players). When she’s not on stage, you can find her at Facebook being a friendly front desk face or flying downtown on pink roller skates.

Chioma Agu (Megan/Ronnie) is a lifelong theatre nerd who is delighted to be joining the City Lights Theater Company family. Chioma appeared in Northside Theater Company’s production of Doubt: A Parable, and she spent a lot of her three years in graduate school at Stanford University participating in various musicals and plays on campus. She is an avid reader and amateur writer. In her free time, Chioma can be found running around town in training for her next race.

Ari Lagomarsino (Izzy) is an Alumna of the Pacific Conservatory of The Performing Arts (PCPA), Class of 2016. She has most recently been performing Peace Signs with KPET as Trina. Other credits include Captain Conrad in Mass Effect: New Earth and dancer/singer in Haunt/Winterfest at California’s Great America, and Molly Aster in Peter and The Starcatcher with Tabard Theatre Co. She has also starred in several short film projects including as Emi in the web series Riding in Cars with Strangers and Young Scout in Scout. Ari is now a member of SAG/AFTRA. Be sure to hit that notification bell and roll for Charisma!

Stephanie Whigham (Jerrie) has most recently appeared as Soupy Sue in Urinetown (Sunnyvale Community Players), Narrator in The White Snake (Silicon Valley Shakespeare), and Molly in Shakespeare in Love (Palo Alto Players). Other notable roles include Anna in Closer (Northside Theatre), Cleopatra in Antony & Cleopatra (SVS), Estelle in No Exit (Mojo Theatre), and Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show (Roshi Productions). In addition to working as an actor in theatre, commercials, and short films, Stephanie is a freelance graphic designer, and creates the marketing collateral for several Bay Area theatre companies. She has worked as a stage manager, costume designer, properties designer, and stage electrician for companies such as Pacific Rep, San Jose Stage, and Opera San Jose. More info at www.stephaniewhigham.com.

Anne Younan (Chris/Minerva) is thrilled to work on this world premiere after last appearing as another Chris in in 2016. City Lights credits include Joan in Remembrance, Maggie in Joined at the Head and Lurene in A Girl’s Guide to Chaos. Anne also appeared in Dead Man Walking and the City Lights spotlight presentation of Birth. Other favorite roles include Jetta in the original cast of Angry Housewives (San Jose Stage Company) and Kate in Uncommon Women and Others (West Valley College), for which she received an Irene Ryan Award nomination. A long-time City Lights staff member, Anne serves as the company’s General Manager. About the Playwright/Director

Kirsten Brandt is an interdisciplinary artist and award-winning playwright and director who, for City Lights, previously directed Stupid F*ing Bird. She served for six seasons as Artistic Director of the experimental theatre company Sledgehammer Theatre where she directed over a dozen plays and musicals and wrote Berzerkergang, The Frankenstein Project and NU, and she served as the Associate Artistic Director of San Jose Repertory Theatre where she directed Dr. Faustus, Next Fall, The Big Meal, Legacy of Light, Rabbit Hole, and Groundswell, among others. Ms. Brandt’s directing work has been seen at The Old Globe, TheatreWorks, La Jolla Playhouse, Utah Shakespeare Festival, African-American Shakespeare Company, San Diego Repertory, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, North Coast Repertory, Marin Theatre Company, Jewel Theatre, and Arizona Theatre Company. She is the co-adapter of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (with AC Harvey), which had its world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre. Her telematic, multi-site play The Thinning Veil was produced at UC Santa Cruz. She is the co-author of the rock musical The Snow Queen (available through Stage Rights) and Launching Ships (with Janet Hayatshahi). Ms. Brandt is an instigator for the The Bay Area Women’s Theatre Festival in 2020 and is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at San Jose State. Visit her at www.kirstenbrandt.com.

Director’s Notes

A little over a year ago, Lisa Mallette and I brainstormed about a world premiere for City Lights. With the company’s Season on Women on our minds, we discussed the need in our industry for vibrant female roles and plays highlighting issues facing women today. After musing on a variety of topics, we settled on a project about women in Silicon Valley, specifically in computer gaming. This is a personal subject for me. When my daughter was in the 5th grade she announced that she is going to be a game designer. I enrolled her in a summer program only to discover that she was the only girl in the class.

I started investigating the volatile events surrounding #gamergate, the incessant trolling of women gamers on line and the misogynistic “Bro” culture of the Valley. As I dug deeper into this world, the dangers facing women became more apparent to me. From blatant sexual harassment and verbal abuse to doxing and death threats, the trolls continue in their quest to bully women out of the industry. It became clear to me that we need to talk about this.

The video game industry is larger than the movie and the music industries. Change isn’t something that can happen overnight, but the gradual shift is becoming apparent as we raise awareness of the on-line gender war. Programs have emerged that train girls to code. In addition to creating games, women lead and teach in the top gaming programs in the country. Content is becoming more inclusive as it embraces voices that have been marginalized. I am incredibly grateful to City Lights and our producers for the opportunity to shine a light on this subject, because games are and should be for everyone.

-- Kirsten Brandt

Who’s Who Behind the Scenes

John Bernard (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to return to CLTC this season and to work on this world premiere, after previously lighting Eurydice, The Siegel and The Merchant Of Venice for City Lights. John earned his Master’s degree from the University of Washington in 2015. In the Bay Area, he has designed for CMTSJ, San Jose Dance Co., San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Ray Of Light, Stanford Repertory Theater, San Jose State University, Silicon Valley Shakespeare, The Dragon Theater, The Pear Avenue Theater, and Hillbarn. Upcoming projects include 3Below’s world premiere A Statue For Ballybunion, CMTSJ’s In The Heights, and Silicon Valley Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Sense and Sensibility. Who’s Who Behind the Scenes, cont.

Alina Bokovikova (Costume Designer) is happy to return to City Lights Theatre and work with director Kirsten Brandt again, after designing costumes for Stupid F*cking Bird. Bay Area theatre lovers have enjoyed Ms. Bokovikova’s projects at TheatreWorks, Cal Shakes, Shotgun Players, Cutting Ball Theatre (Timon of Athens and Hedda Gabler, BA Critics Award Nomination for Best Costume Design), as well as her opera designs with San Francisco Opera, West Edge Opera, and Opera Parallele (whose opera, Harvey Milk, will open in May at YBCA, San Francisco). Ms. Bokovikova holds an MFA in Costume Design from UC San Diego, and she is currently a Costume Design Coordinator at AAU. Her works were presented at the “Costume Design at the Turn of Century” exhibition in Moscow in 2015, USITT in 2017, American Theatre Magazine in 2016, and Prague Quadrennial in 2012.

Scott Cummins (Fight Director) has acted, directed, and choreographed fights professionally for over twenty- five years. He has worked at such places as The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Writers’ Theatre, Lakeside Shakspeare Theatre, The Irish Theatre Company of Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago Dramistist, The Odyssey Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Strawdog Theatre to name a few. Scott holds an MFA from Northwestern. He has received acclaim and several awards for his work including a Jeff Award and a Jeff Citation for acting, a Jeff Citation for his fights, an After Dark Award and an Ovation Award for his directing.

Savannah Garcia (Asst. Director) is currently a student at San Jose State University, where she is President of the student-run theatre club, Center Stage Productions (CSP). Savannah has written and directed for CSP’s One Act Showcase entitled Dark, which followed another CSP Showcase called Light. She has also assistant directed for Urinetown performed at the Hammer Theatre, under Kirsten Brandt. Most recently, Savannah played Gertrude in , also performed in the Hammer Theatre. Other roles include Abigail/Cobbett in Gunpowder Joe, Adam/Amiens in , Juan Jose in American Night, and Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Ron Gasparinetti (Resident Scenic Designer/Production Manager) also serves as City Lights’ Technical Director and Venue Manager. His first show with City Lights was What the Butler Saw in 2006, and after designing almost every show here since then he looks forward to serving City Lights for many more years to come. He has been honored many times as a TBA Award finalist for Outstanding Scenic Design; seven of those designs, Amadeus; Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War; Rapture, Blister, Burn; The Merchant of Venice; Mothers & Sons; Eurydice; and Silent Sky, were seen right here on the City Lights stage. Mothers & Sons garned him the TBA Award in 2019, and his design for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Bus Barn Stage Co. won in 2015. In April, 2016, Ron was honored with the title of Artist Laureate by SVCreates. This season marks his 40th year working “in the business.” To see more of Ron’s work, visit him at TheSetGuy.com or follow him on Instagram.

Amber Gebert-Goldsmith (Asst. Stage Manager) is currently studying Theater Arts and Literature at UC Santa Cruz with a focus on stage management and design. She has worked as an ASM on Opera San Jose’s Die Fledermaus and as a Production Assistant for Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s , directed by Kirsten Brandt. This is Amber’s first production with City Lights and she is thrilled to be working with this wonderful team!

Joseph Hidde (Master Electrician) is happy to be working on Coded at City Lights. He most recently served as Stage Manager for Cabaret and as Lighting Designer for Silent Sky (TBA Award Finalist). He has also stage managed many other City Lights productions, including Eurydice, God of Carnage, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Green Day’s American Idiot, and the world premiere adaptation of Frankenstein. Joseph currently attends UC Santa Cruz and is pursuing a degree in Archaeology. Who’s Who Behind the Scenes, cont.

Spenser Mutabang (Video/Projections Designer) is currently in his final year at UC Santa Cruz pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Arts and a Minor in Literature. Spenser began media and lighting design with the UCSC Theater Arts department and has designed media for Cid Pearlman’s The Name of this Dance Changes Every Day, and lights for Danny Scheie’s production of The Children’s Hour and Kirsten Brandt’s original work The Frankenstein Project. He is currently designing lighting for UCSC’s production of Smokefall and has recently completed the lighting design for The Other Place at the Jewel Theater in Santa Cruz.

George Psarras (Resident Composer/Sound Designer) has designed and/or written music for over 50 shows at City Lights, and has been the company’s Resident Sound Designer since 2011. He is a four-time TBA Award winner for Outstanding Sound Design (Tier 2), for Eurydice, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Truce: A Christmas Wish From the Great War (world premiere), and Amadeus -- all at City Lights. Also an actor, George works in theatre, voiceover, film, commercials, and video games.

Kathleen Qiu (Asst. Costume Designer) is a Bay Area-based artist and designer whose work was previously seen on the City Lights stage in The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley. Other recent credits include How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Passion, How I Learned to Drive and The House of Yes (Custom Made Theatre); An Invitation Out and Universal Robots (Quantum Dragon); Sweat (Pear Theatre); Unholy Trinity (EXIT Theatre); Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Bay Area Children’s Theatre); Hickorydickory and Shoggoths on the Veldt (Dragon Productions); The Glass Menagerie and Honky (Role Players Ensemble); Orfeo ed Euridice (West Edge Opera); The Fit and You Mean to Do Me Harm (SF Playhouse); and Two Mile Hollow (Ferocious Lotus). Kathleen is an MFA Costume Design candidate from the Academy of Art. Visit her at www.kathleenq.com.

Michelle Singh (Stage Manager) is grateful to return to City Lights for Coded and for celebrating 20 years with the company! She has had the pleasure of working on many CLTC shows, including Ideation, The Elephant Man, Amadeus, Wise Women, Dead Man Walking, and Compleat Female Stage Beauty. Other favorite productions include Not Equal To (Bay Area Drama Company), Matthew Briar and the Age of Resurrection (Epic Immersive), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Silicon Valley Shakespeare), Carmen (Opera San Jose), and On the Verge (Los Altos Stage). Michelle holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix, a BA in Technical Theatre from UC Santa Barbara, and has published her first book,A Stage Manager’s Survival Guide: From Callbacks to Closing. When not backstage, Michelle can be found in the online advertising world at Adobe.

Kudra Wagner (Asst. Director) is proud to be working on her first show with City Lights. She is a fourth-year Theater Arts student at UC Santa Cruz, specializing in directing and playwriting. Kudra is excited to be working on this project, as she is an active member of the online gaming community and has extensive experience with the subject matter of this play. Kudra most recently directed her own adaptation of the YouTube series The Most Popular Girls in School through Barnstorm Theater Company at UCSC. She also assisted Kirsten Brandt on her production of The Frankenstein Project at UCSC last fall.

Miranda Whipple (Properties Designer) has worked as a props designer and stage manager in the Bay Area for the past four years. Recent City Lights productions include Cabaret, Silent Sky, Making God Laugh, Alabama Story, and The Siegel. She has also worked at South Bay Music Theatre, Los Altos Stage Company, and Silicon Valley Shakespeare. Miranda recently served as stage manager for Dragon Theater’s production of Hickorydickory, and she was recently named as a TBA finalist for Outstanding Properties Design for her work on Mothers and Sons here at City Lights. She is a proud graduate of the Cal State University, Fullerton theatre arts program.

Who’s Who at City Lights

Lisa Mallette (Executive Artistic Director) has been at the helm of City Lights Theater Company since 2001. Under her leadership, the company has experienced nearly two decades of uninterrupted artistic and administrative development, and it continues to grow and earn widespread public and industry acclaim for innovative management, fiscal responsibility, and artistic reach. Lisa has overseen the successful staging of over 100 provocative and acclaimed productions during her tenure, and she has directed or appeared in nearly three dozen. She has served as chair of the Theatre Bay Area board of directors and has been a longtime member of the TBA Theatre Services Committee; she sits on the Leigh Weimers Emerging Artists Selection Committee of the San José Rotary; she is a 2009 graduate of the esteemed Community Leadership San José program; and she is a 2014 Silicon Valley Artist Laureate. Lisa is a widely recognized expert and frequently sought speaker on strategic planning, audience engagement, board development, and team motivation. She lives in San Mateo with her two daughters, Sophie and Olivia.

Anne Younan (General Manager) has been a member of the City Lights team for over twenty years – most recently as Development Director from 2015-2018, and General Manager as of the 17-18 season. For Anne and City Lights, it all began 31 years ago when she appeared in A Girl’s Guide to Chaos, followed quickly by Mrs. California, Remembrance, Joined at the Head, Definitely Not a Christmas Carol, Nutcracker This!, and Circles. Other favorite turns on the City Lights stage include Birth, Dead Man Walking, and most recently the spunky and mischievous ringleader, Chris, in 2016’s Calendar Girls. She thanks her husband, Paul, and two children, Sarah and Jake, for encouraging her to follow her bliss by working for a company that continues to inspire her and so many others in the valley. She thanks you for supporting live theater in San Jose!

Rebecca Wallace (Marketing Director) is a writer, actor, and former longtime Bay Area newspaper journalist. Most recently, she was the arts and entertainment editor at the Palo Alto Weekly, working with a team of other scribes to write about theater, music, dance, and visual art in the Palo Alto/Stanford area. During that time, she was chosen for a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship with the NEA’s Arts Journalism Institute at Columbia University. On stage, Rebecca has performed at many local theater companies and a few smoky Hungarian bars—she spent a few years in Budapest, where she sang with a country-western band. She now focuses on telling City Lights’ world of stories . . . that is, when she isn’t singing showtunes with husband Ron to their young sons, Sagan and Max.

Ron Gasparinetti (Venue Manager/Production Manager/Technical Director/Resident Scenic Designer) hails originally from Newark, NJ, and has been part of the Bay Area theater community for 21 years now. He not only serves as City Lights’ Resident Scenic Designer but also holds the positions of Production Manager, Technical Director, and Venue Manager. Ron became a part-time employee for the company in 2012 and has since graduated to the full time positions he currently holds. His first show with City Lights was What the Butler Saw in 2006 and he has designed almost every show here since then. He has been honored many times as a TBA Award finalist for Outstanding Scenic Design; seven of those designs, Amadeus; Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War; Rapture, Blister, Burn; The Merchant of Venice; Mothers & Sons; Eurydice; and Silent Sky, were seen right here on the City Lights stage. Mothers & Sons garned him the TBA Award in 2019, and his design for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Bus Barn Stage Co. won in 2015. In April, 2016, he was honored with the title of Artist Laureate by SVCreates. Ron looks forward to serving City Lights for many more years to come. To see more of his work, visit him at TheSetGuy.com or follow him on Instagram.

Amoreena Lucero (Business Manager) joined the City Lights team in 2014. A Bay Area native, she began her accounting career in 1995, working for a small CPA firm in Los Gatos. After welcoming her daughter into the world, and feeling the need for more work-life balance, she became self-employed and spent time volunteering in children’s and arts organizations. She was actively involved in Shoestring Theatre Company for eight years, both onstage and off, eventually becoming the Managing Director. Working on the City Lights team has reconnected her with theater, and she loves watching the development from an idea to a performance onstage. When she isn’t crunching numbers, you will find Amoreena in the kitchen, honing her culinary skills and sharing her love of cooking with others. Who’s Who at City Lights, cont.

Catherine Vienet (Donor Relations Associate) has worked for KTEH 54 PBS San José in the production department and as an associate producer for video i. She has also worked for a few local festivals as a programmer for Cinequest and UNAFF, for which she also did fundraising. Catherine relocated to the Bay Area in 1997, after graduating from the University of Texas, Austin. She is excited to start working with all the people that make City Lights possible, and to meet the patrons that graciously support the theater year after year with their continued attendance and financial support.

Ivette Deltoro (Casting Assistant & Patron Experience Manager) has been part of the City Lights team since 2013 when she began working as a Box Office and Administrative intern. She took on the roles of Casting and Administrative Assistant in the spring of 2014, with the latter shifting into Patron Experience Manager in the fall of 2017. Also an actor, Ivette has appeared on the City Lights stage in Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War; Rapture, Blister, Burn; and the TBA-nominated I And You. She also served as Assistant Director of City Lights’ 2018 production of In The Heights. When not in the office or on stage, Ivette can be found working front of house as a House Manager or Concessions Manager. She looks forward to many more bright years at City Lights and she thanks you for supporting live theater in San José!

Carol Alban (Marketing & Executive Assistant) started her City Lights career as an intern in 2017. Since then, she has grown within the company and is now the Marketing Assistant, as well as the Executive Assistant to Lisa Mallette. Carol loves stories: reading them, watching them on a screen, but especially experiencing them live in a theater. She graduated from Pepperdine University in Southern California, where she studied film and media production, and creative writing. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Carol loves country music and some good BBQ. You can follow her adventures on Instagram at CLTC with #CarolTheAssistant. 529 S. Second Street, San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: (408) 295-4200 Fax: (408) 295-8318 www.cltc.org [email protected] Our Mission City Lights Theater Company creates provocative live productions that engage, inspire, and challenge audiences and artists alike through innovative concepts, intimate staging, and uncompromising storytelling. Board of Directors Paul Resch, President Kristin Brownstone, Vice President Dave Chandler, Treasurer Michelle Singh, Secretary Deb Anderson, Rachel Bakker, Dena Behnam, Karen DeHart, Chris del Pilar, Virginia Drake, Robert Knight, Charlie McCollum, Christy Martin, Clint Moore, Michael Mulhern, Hailey Phan, Lloyd Schmidt, Samantha Scott, Chloe Shipp, Mary Lou Torre

Advisory Council Marvin Bamburg, Steve Borkenhagen, Rich Braugh, Sarah Clish, Frank Fiscalini, Tom Gough, Phil Hammer Janikke Klem, Alexandra Urbanowski, Geri Weimers

Staff Executive Artistic Director...... Lisa Mallette General Manager...... Anne Younan Production Manager, Technical Director & Venue Manager...... Ron Gasparinetti Marketing Director...... Rebecca Wallace Business Manager...... Amoreena Lucero Donor Relations Associate...... Catherine Vienet Casting Assistant & Patron Experience Manager...... Ivette Deltoro Grantwriter...... Kit Wilder Front of House Manager...... Miranda Whipple Marketing and Executive Assistant...... Carol Alban Resident Composer & Sound Designer...... George Psarras Resident Scenic Artist & Master Carpenter...... Paulino Deleal Master Electrician...... Joseph Hidde Box Office Technician...... Maya Burich Graphic Design...... Shannon Stowe Carol Alban, Rebecca Wallace, Kit Wilder House Managers...... Maya Burich, Ivette Deltoro, Alex Draa, Keenan Flagg, Caitlin Papp, Jeremy Ryan, Taylor Sanders, Erin Southard, Leah Taylor, Miranda Whipple, Sharon Yee New Works Committee...... Rachel Martin-Bakker, Program Manager Connie Boulay, Alex Colias, Patricia Cross, Virginia Drake, Vikki Essert, Victor Xavier Matallana, Roberta J. Morris, Patty Reinhart, Matt Resch, Michelle Singh, Ann Thomas

2019-2020 DONORS City Lights gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of the following organizations, corporations, and individuals made during the last twelve months. We regret that recent contributions may not have arrived in time to be acknowledged for this production.

We at City Lights extend to all of our donors a warm and heartfelt thank you for their invaluable support -- including our Believers and Followers, who have kindly given up to $249 during the last twelve months.

The Inspiration Circle ($75,000+) City of San José, Office of Cultural Affairs The John S. & James L. Knight Foundation The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The Trailblazers ($50,000+) Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch

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