Note from the Artistic Director Welcome to BoHo Theatre’s landmark 10th season. I am incredibly humbled and amazed by the collective efforts of the outstanding artists and designers who have given so tirelessly of them- selves for the greater good of this company throughout the years. BoHo’s rich history of daring theatre and intimate storytelling continues to grow and evolve in ways that astound me, and this chilling season opener is absolutely no exception. We begin this season with Ira Levin’s mystery thriller Veronica’s Room. Within the simple confines of an eery domestic setting, the story begins with a plea to ease the ache of a grieving woman. From an innocent beginning to a chilling outcome, it is a journey that causes each one of us to examine... to what measures would one go to cleanse the stains of the past? How far would you go to achieve freedom and redemption from that which haunts you? If you enjoy this production, we invite you to join our inaugural Membership Program or make a donation to our company. Your generous support is what allows BoHo to continue its rich history of storytelling. Welcome to BoHo’s tenth season. Welcome to...Veronica’s Room. Enjoy the show! Peter Marston Sullivan BoHo Theatre Artistic Director We can’t do this without you! Even though BoHo Theatre is a critically-acclaimed arts organiza- tion with 13 Jeff Awards and 50 nominations, we remain a small neighborhood theatre and ticket sales cover only a portion of our operating budget. Your donations go directly to sponsoring a position or element within a BoHo production. Your name will receive special rec- ognition alongside the position or element you sponsor in BoHo programs and promotional materials! Adopt a BoHo artist today! Underwrite a performer for as little as $200, a director for Hauptmann $500, or adopt an entire production starting at $2000. Smaller donations can even sponsor specific props and costumes. Visit us online at www.BoHoTheatre.com or connect with your house manager to find out how we can design the perfect sponsorship package for you! BoHo Theatre PRESENTS VERONICA’S ROOM BY IRA LEVIN Produced by KAELA ALTMAN* Scenic Designer Lighting Designer JAMESON SANFORD MEGAN TURNQUIST† Costume Designer Sound Designer KCLARE KEMOCK JOSHUA WENTZ Properties Designer Technical Director CASSY SCHillO† MICHAEL VAN HOWE Graphic Designer Production Coordinator CHARLES RIFFENBURG* MEG LOVE* Stage Manager RYAN KEllER Veronica’s Room runs 85 minutes with no intermission. To minimize disruption, no readmission is allowed once the play begins. * BoHo Company Member †BoHo Artistic Affiliate IRA LEVIN • PLAYWRIGHT of American Fight Directors in Unarmed, Initially a television writer, Ira Levin became a Rapier/Dagger, and Knife, as well as extensive best-selling author with his first novel, A Kiss training in Broad Sword and Quarter Staff. Before Dying, in 1953. Though it took Levin In addition to designing violence, Kaela is over a decade to generate his sophomore also entering her second season as the proud novel, the result — the occult thriller Rose- Executive Director for BoHo. Special thanks to mary’s Baby—also clocked in as a number Chuck for inviting her to be a part of this pro- one best-seller and generated one of the duction and Dave for being awesome. most popular, well-received, and lucrative films of the late 1960s, scripted and directed RYAN KELLER • STAGE MANAGER by Roman Polanski. Successive adaptations Ryan is thrilled to be back at BoHo after stage of Levin’s novels and plays also scored with managing two productions of Striking 12 and critics and the public, including the block- serving as production manager for Tartuffe! busters The Stepford Wives (1975), The Boys He recently graduated from Illinois State Uni- from Brazil (1978), and Deathtrap (1982). versity with degrees in theatre design/pro- Levin’s 1991 novel Sliver, an erotic thriller duction and theatre management. Enjoy the about a diabolical apartment house, received a show! big-screen adaptation in 1993. Levin wrote his last novel, a sequel to Rosemary’s Baby titled KCLARE KEMOCK • COSTUME DESIGN Son of Rosemary, in 1997, and died of a heart kClare is ecstatic to be working with BoHo attack a decade later at age 78. for the first time on Veronica's Room. Other credits include: The Second City’s Guide to CHARLES RIFFENBURG • DIRECTOR the Opera, We're All in This Room Together, Charles has been a passionate storyteller Who Do We Think We Are?, and Four Girls his entire life. He has performed onstage (And a Guy) (The Second City); Elling, The throughout Chicago, including with BoHo Cripple of Inishmaan, and The Laramie Theatre (Pygmalion, Ghosts, The Tempest, Project: Ten Years Later (Redtwist); Peyton The Merchant of Venice) and Hubris Pro- Place (City Lit); Dearly Departed (Broadway ductions (Red Noses, Five Women Wearing World Chicago Best Costume Design nomi- the Same Dress). He is also an independent nation (Non-Equity)); Marvin's Room (Circle graphic designer and illustrator working Theatre); Steel Magnolias (Williams Street with the Chicago theatre community to Rep); and Bard Fiction (Commedia Beaure- create memorable marketing campaigns; his gard). kClare is a proud company member clients include BoHo Theatre, Remy Bumppo, of 20% Theatre Company, where she has Emerald City Theatre, Marriott Theatre, designed House of Yes, Devour, and The Backstage Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, and the Rover, as well as the upcoming Fanny's First League of Chicago Theatres. His illustration Play, set to open at the Heartland Studio on work was featured prominently in Hero: A October 31. www.kClare.com New Musical at the Marriott Theatre last summer. Charles holds an MFA in Perform- STEVE O’CONNELL • DIALECT COACH ing Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Steve is happy to collaborate with BoHo again. Design as well as a BFA in Comic Books (it’s Previous acting credits with the company true). Thank you to the BoHo team, and to include Pygmalion, Ghosts, The Elephant Lisa, for being so supportive throughout this Man and Floyd Collins, and he recently joined entire process. www.GrabBagMedia.com BoHo as an artistic affiliate. Other recent Chicago credits include Coriolanus (The Hyp- KAELA ALTMAN • VIOLENCE DESIGN/ ocrites, Jeff Nomination- Actor in a Principal PRODUCER Role), Hostage Song (Signal Ensemble), Kaela is thrilled to join the production team and The Kid Thing (Chi. Dramatists/About for BoHo’s 10th season opener. Kaela holds Face). Other Chicago credits include work an active certification through the Society with Timeline, Red Tape, Circle, Metropolis, Infusion, and Theatre Wit. Film and televi- Wilbur Wright Community College, and most sion credits include Low Winter Sun (AMC), recently met BoHo Theatre while painting the Chicago Fire (NBC), The Mob Doctor (FOX), set for Kiss of the Spider Woman. Mr. Van and Last Man Standing (Lifetime). Steve Howe was delighted to be called on again by received an MFA in acting from the University BoHo to be the technical director for Veron- of Wisconsin-Madison. ica’s Room. JAMESON SANFORD • SCENIC DESIGN JOSHUA WENTZ • SOUND DESIGN Jameson is pleased to be designing with Joshua is a multi-instrumentalist composer BoHo. Recent design credits: upcoming and performer. He is the founder of Sidedown production of A Year with Frog & Toad Audio, a boutique record label dedicated to (Chicago Children's Theatre, assistant scenic releasing limited edition copies of albums design), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Theatre Tusca- from solo home recording artists. Driven by a loosa), & Flora the Red Menace (Univ. of love for all musical genres and styles, he enjoys Alabama). Jameson also works in the studio developing unique collaborative projects and of Todd Rosenthal and Kevin Depinet. improvisational performance techniques with www.JamesonSanford.com local and remote artists. www.joshuawentz.com www.sidedown.com CASSY SCHILLO • ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/ PROPERTIES DESIGN Cassy is delighted to rejoin the BoHo family SPECIAL THANKS for this talented production! Since graduating For production assistance: Peter Coombs Pho- with a theatrical BFA from UWWhitewater, tography, Lou Dickson and the Evanston Re- Cassy has worked in various theaters through- building Warehouse, Kip and Pam Love, Rob out the Midwest including Light Opera Works, Rahn and the Marriott Theatre, and the late Red Tape, Milwaukee Chamber, Florentine Ken Schaefer; Opera, Stage Left, Marriott at Lincolnshire, Remy Bummpo, infusion, Drury Lane, and For financial assistance: The Illinois Arts Piccolo. Catch her work next at National Council, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Pasttime for Lydia, and Piccolo's Mystery of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Founda- Irma Vep. tion, the Arts & Business Council of Chicago, Jean Zuiker, and Tekeda Pharmaceuticals; MEGAN TURNQUIST • LIGHTING DESIGN Megan is pleased to be working with BoHo The BoHo Board of Directors and Company again. Previous credits include assisting members who strive daily to make this a place lighting design on Hauptmann, The Spitfire where artists can learn, grow and fulfill their Grill, and Floyd Collins. Around Chicagoland, dreams. she has also designed for various companies including Awkward Pause Theatre, Saint Sebastian Players, Wheaton College, and The Vagabonds of the Runaway Circus. She holds a degree in theatre from Wheaton College. MICHAEL VAN HOWE • TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Michael received his bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, with a concentration in scenic painting and scenic design. Michael built puppets for Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and helped design and build Suspended Belief Theatre’s puppet adaptation of The Three Little Pigs. He has painted several sets for every great performance deserves great pictures Get Closer to the Art With BoHo’s Membership Program For our landmark 10th season, BoHo is offering a new way for you to connect with us. 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