Lookingglass Alice Friends Who Have Worked Together in 2014? We Avoid Death at All Adapted and Directed by David Catlin for Many Years
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Lookingglass Theatre Company proudly presents Andrew White♦ Rachel E. Kraft Philip R. Smith♦ Heidi Stillman♦ Artistic Director Executive Director Producing Artistic Director Artistic Director of New Work John Musial♦ Sally Dolembo Christine A. Binder♦, USA Rick Sims♦ Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Composer/Sound Designer Mieka van der Ploeg Rebecca Pechter* Joel Hobson Chad Hain Properties Designer Production Stage Manager Production Manager Technical Director CAST Tina...................................J. Nicole Brooks♦* Maxine...............................Deanna Dunagan* Todd......................................Raymond Fox♦* Daughter.............................Louise Lamson♦* UNDERSTUDIES Diane Dorsey*, Colm O’Reilly, Lanise Antoine Shelley* and Danielle Zuckerman USA denotes Member of United Scenic Artists, the union for Designers, Artists and Craftspeople; *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers; ♦Lookingglass Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Artistic Associate or Production Affiliate DEATH TAX received its World Premiere in the 2012 Humana Festival of New American Plays at ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE. DEATH TAX is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Opening Night Sponsor Lookingglass Theatre Company is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national service organization for American Theatre, and of the League of Chicago Theatres, the local service organization for theatre. Death Tax 1 PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Technical Director.............................................................................................Ben Dawson In Conversation Administrative and Production Assistant.............................................................................Kelly Crook with Heidi Stillman and Lucas Hnath Assistant Stage Manager..................................................................................................Nora Mally* Interview by Literary Manager and Company Dramaturg Marti Lyons Assistant Costume Designer.......................................................................................Noel Huntzinger Assistant Lighting Designer................................................................................................Bailey Rosa Assistant Properties Designer......................................................................................... Danielle Case Dialect Coach............................................................................................................Eva Breneman♦ MARTI LYONS: Heidi, how did this nurses that had been accused Dramaturg.........................................................................................................................Marti Lyons collaboration come about? of “helping” patients die a little Master Carpenter.........................................................................................................Isaac Schoepp faster. The alleged motivations Carpenters.........................................................................................Elijah King and Dustin Pettegrew HEIDI STILLMAN: I saw the Scenic Charge...................................................................................................................Zoe Shiffrin production of Death Tax at the always had something to do with Assistant Charge Scenic Artist........................................................................................Meg Grgurich Humana Theatre Festival in money. That’s the obvious germ Master Electrician................................................................................................................Jeff Glass for the play. The less obvious Assistant Master Electrician........................................................................................Megan Snowder Louisville in 2012. We loved the Electricians....................................................................Erik Barry, Steve Burdsall, Nicholas J. Carroll, play so much I hunted Lucas germ probably has something to John Kelly, Shawn Kronk, Simon Robinson down before we headed back to do with an old job of mine: I used Nora Rubenstone, Elizabeth Smith, Karen Thompson, and Chris Wilham to counsel folks who were fighting Wardrobe Supervisor..................................................................................................David Galbreath Chicago. I was very eager to meet Costume Manager...............................................................................................Mieka van der Ploeg him to express how much the play to keep their unemployment Hair and Make-up.......................................................................................................Christine Conley resonated with me. A few months insurance benefits. I’d help Wigs.....................................................................................................................Samantha Umstead claimants--and the law students Draper.................................................................................................................................Beth Über later we scheduled a reading at Stitcher...................................................................................................................Katelyn Hendricks Lookingglass. This past winter the who would represent the Sound Engineer................................................................................................Christopher M. LaPorte claimants at hearings —craft Deck Crew.................................................................................Jeanette Klemeyer and Robert Tolzien Lookingglass Ensemble voted to Casting......................................................................................Philip R. Smith♦ with Raymond Fox♦ include Death Tax as part of our their stories into a compelling Stage Management Intern............................................................................................Janice Johnson 2014–2015 season. legal argument. I think that Scene Shop Intern.............................................................................................................Erin Ohland influenced the voice of the play; Electrics Intern..............................................................................................................Arianna Brown ML: Lucas, what was the initial each scene works a bit like a set inspiration for Death Tax? of legal arguments. Everyone USA denotes Member of United Scenic Artists, the union for Designers, Artists and Craftspeople; is rationalizing; everyone is *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union for professional actors and stage managers; LUCAS HNATH: I never accurately ♦Lookingglass Theatre Company Ensemble Member, Artistic Associate or Production Affiliate recall the inspirations for plays. convinced that they’re doing the Partial support for open captioning provided by Theatre Development Fund. I think it’s because they tend only reasonable thing they can do. Theatre Development Fund to come from a network of very ML: Heidi, can you tell us a bit different thoughts and ideas about your collaborators? that had been running around my head for years. I can say that HS: We are fortunate to have my mother, a Hospice chaplain, Ensemble Members J. Nicole “One of Chicago’s Best had once told me about some Brooks and Raymond Fox as Steakhouses” well as Artistic Associate Louise Lamson as part of the four-person Make your next pre-theatre dinner reservation. cast of Death Tax . We are also 909 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL | 312.255.9009 honored that Deanna Dunagan is returning to the Lookingglass TheGrill.com Across from the Hancock Building stage to play Maxine. Deanna off Michigan Avenue. gave an incredible performance 2 Lookingglass Theatre Company Death Tax 3 in The North China Lover for can be so easily reframed and me last season. I am thrilled to reinterpreted with the adjustment have her back for Death Tax. of a couple key words. Beyond Additionally, Ensemble Member that I just liked the title because Don’t miss the rest of John Musial is designing the it sounded vaguely like a B-movie set along with Artistic Associate thriller, and there’s something Lookingglass’ 2014–2015 Season Christine A. Binder (lights) and kind of perverse about tacking Upgrade your ticket to Death Tax to a season my husband, Artistic Associate such a blunt title onto a play. subscription for as little as $136 Rick Sims, designing sound. I’m really looking forward to HS: Like taxes, death is inevitable. this collaboration with my artist Are we handling it well in America Lookingglass Alice friends who have worked together in 2014? We avoid death at all Adapted and Directed by David Catlin for many years. costs, quite literally. And we keep From the works of Lewis Carroll it at bay at much cost. We remove Produced in association with The Actors Gymnasium ML: Can you both speak a little the dying from us. Few of us die November 12, 2014– February 15, 2015 bit about the title of the play? at home. We put the old people I know we can trace it back to elsewhere and we pay for Benjamin Franklin’s quote “In Title and Deed expensive and invasive medical this world nothing can be said Written by Will Eno procedures well into old age. to be certain, except death and Directed by Marti Lyons I think there are other cultures taxes,” but it also seems so March 18–May 3, 2015 that live more intimately with relevant to our contemporary death, who prepare for death