La Ronde By Arthur Schnitzler Translated by Carl Mueller Directed by Cameron Watson Scene Dock Theatre Nov 19–22, 2015 PRESENTS
Cast of Characters La Ronde (in order of appearance) The Prostitute The Husband By Arthur Schnitzler Selina Scott-Bennin Ryan Holmes Translated by Carl Mueller The Soldier The Sweet Young Thing Jim French Mehrnaz Mohammadi
WITH (in alphabetical order) The Parlor Maid The Poet Jim French Kristina Hanna Ryan Holmes Philippa Knyphausen Julián Juaquín The Young Gentleman The Actress Julián Juaquín Philippa Knyphausen Courtney Lloyd Charley Stern Courtney Lloyd Mehrnaz Mohammadi Selina Scott-Bennin Charley Stern The Young Wife The Count Kristina Hanna Jim French SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN Katrina Coulourides Erica Park Nicole Eng TIME: The late 1890s.
SOUND DESIGN VOCAL COACH STAGE MANAGER PLACE: Vienna. Briana Billups Lauren Murphy Savannah Harrow The story is told in ten dialogues with no intermission.
DIRECTED BY
Cameron Watson WARNING Please be advised that this production contains e-cigarettes, e-cigars, nudity, as well as mature language and themes.
PRODUCTION STAFF Scene Dock Theatre | November 19-22, 2015 Scenic Artist Erin O’Donnell Crew Alison Applebaum, Caroline Berns, Haley Brown, Justin Chien, Anna Courvette, “La Ronde” is produced in special arrangement with Smith & Kraus Publishers. Sabrina Sonner, John Tavcar, Patrick Wallace INTERIM DEAN Associate Professor of Theatre Practice David Bridel (Director of MFA in Acting) ASSOCIATE DEANS Professor Sharon Marie Carnicke Professor Velina Hasu Houston (Director of Dramatic Writing) ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Meiling Cheng (Director of Critical Studies) Oliver Mayer ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Luis Alfaro Carla Della Gatta Takeshi Kata DIRECTOR'S NOTE Tom Ontiveros
La Ronde Sibyl Wickersheimer Everything that can go wrong between lovers, will. PROFESSORS OF THEATRE PRACTICE Andrei Belgrader Natsuko Ohama DIRECTOR'S BIO Andrew J. Robinson Cameron Watson, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “one ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS OF THEATRE PRACTICE of our finest contemporary directors,” returns to the USC Philip G. Allen School of Dramatic Arts after directing The American Clock Paul Backer (Director of Undergraduate Voice and Movement) Brent Blair (Director of MA in Applied Theatre Arts) and Our Town for the MFAs and To Gillian on Her 37th Elsbeth M. Collins (Director of Production) Birthday and The Country Club for the BFAs. He recently Anita Dashiell-Sparks directed the smash hit revival of Picnic at Antaeus, as well Christina Haatainen-Jones (Director of Design) as last season’s highly-praised Top Girls, also at Antaeus, Joseph Hacker and the critically-acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Duncan Mahoney (Technical Director) Cock at Rogue Machine Theatre. Other credits include All Mary-Joan Negro (Director of BA Acting) My Sons (The Matrix Theatre Company), Trying and The Jack Rowe (Artistic Director, Director of BFA Acting) Savannah Disputation (The Colony Theatre), I Never Sang Stephanie Shroyer (Associate Artistic Director) Eric Trules for My Father (The New American Theatre), I Capture the Castle and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Shakespeare ASSISTANT PROFESSORS OF THEATRE PRACTICE Theatre of New Jersey) and Rolling with Laughter in Paula Cizmar John DeMita London’s West End. He wrote and directed the Miramax Kathleen Dunn-Muzingo feature film Our Very Own, starring Allison Janney in Laura Flanagan an Independent Spirit Award-nominated performance. Melinda C. Finberg Cameron also created the new comedy web series Break Randle Mell a Hip, starring Christina Pickles, Britt Hennemuth, Octavia David Warshofsky Spencer and Allison Janney. Season One is available at ADJUNCT/PART-TIME FACULTY OF THEATRE PRACTICE www.breakahip.com. Tony Abatemarco, Rob Adler, Robert Bailey, Joe Bays, Andrew Borba, Jennifer Brienen, Tom Buderwitz, Anne Burk, Frank Catalano, Anatasia Coon, Debra DeLiso, Allison Dunbar, Frank Dwyer, Dan Fishbach, Jeff Flowers, Parmer Fuller, Terry Gordon, Linzi Juliano, SPECIAL THANKS Michael Keenan, Edgar Landa, Vicki Lewis, Heather Lyle, Babette Markus, Kevin McCorkle, Debbie McMahon, Lauren Murphy, Jeremiah O’Brian, Patrick Pankhurst, Leah Piehl, Haley Miller John Rubinstein, Zachary Steel, Nausica Stergiou, Jason Thompson, Alice Tuan, Julie Welch, Charlayne Woodward
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