ISC Program 16 Web Version+One
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
RICHARD GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL JUNE 25 - SEPT 4 the TEMPEST INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. SHAKESPEARE SET FREE INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. / GRIFFITH PARK FREE SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Recently, a long time audience member, Frank Lopes, shared a celebrates Shakespeare’s stories and language, the natural beauty sonnet that he wrote about a tree. of the park, and the communion between the audience and the players that takes place night after night. It’s a lovely tree--in fact, you can see it right now, from where you It is a gift to create theater for the Los Angeles community, and our are sitting. If you’re looking towards the Festival stage, it’ s just to efforts are reciprocated tenfold. You really are the engine that pow- the left. Before a performance, you’ll often find actors and audi- ers the Festival. Your financial donations keep the Festival running. ence members sitting under it, enjoying the shade: Your generosity of spirit when we meet you after performances (or Into the sky towards providence do reach onstage at intermission) is deeply moving. We love taking pictures The wise and solemn bows of mighty tree. with you, chatting with you season after season--and in some And when night’s air of summer words do breech, cases, watching you grow up! Those magic words of past set people free. Oh,Tree! What beauty hast thou witnessed here? Every so often a pizza is delivered to us backstage, or a plate of Of lives, of loves, of kingdoms lost to dust, cookies, or a bottle of champagne. We’ve received deeply personal And passion’d players sharing skills and cheer gifts, including art work inspired by the plays. Once, a young child Till summer’s end brings closing rain and rust. invited the actress playing Peaseblossom in a Midsummer Night’s And when the lot packs up their rustic bags Dream to a playdate. Like Frank’s poem, all these gifts remind us To throw them up into the winter’s winds, how lucky we are to be part of your lives. Behind with tree the season’s mem’ry lags As Frank does, we believe “Those magic words of past set people Kept company ‘till next year’s June begins. free,” and we are grateful to have the chance to share them with Old tree bathed in the light cast from the stage, you this evening! Thank you for being here. As ever, we are proud to ‘Neath thee do troupe and groundlings both engage. be your theater company. Frank’s poem captures the spirit of the summer season. It is Melissa Chalsma, Artistic Director unabashed in its joyful expressivity, it is devoid of cynicism. It on behalf of Independent Shakepseare Co. Season Producers: Lisa & Josh Greer The Scheding Family ,ETUSPACKYRPICNIC§ 3119 Los Feliz Blvd. Atwater Village, CA 90039 Hours: Council District Four Monday through Friday - 8am to 7pm Saturday & Sunday - 8am to 4pm (323) 662-8600 [email protected] thevillagebakeryandcafe.com thevillagebakeryandcafe BECOME A MEMBER! full membership details at Keeping the alive, performing arts LASTAGE and thriving, in Greater Los Angeles. ALLIANCE.COM/ ALLIES Join your fellow art-makers, art lovers and arts audiences of Greater Los Angeles tto make a direct impact on the health of our city’s performing arts ecosystem. THE COMPANY House of Lancaster KING HENRY VI .................................................................................................................................................................................Lorenzo González* MARGARET, his wife ....................................................................................................................................................................................Kalean Ung* LADY ANN, their daughter-in-law, wife to their slaughtered son .....................................................................................................Mary Goodchild* EARL OF RICHMOND (later King Henry VII) ..................................................................................................................................... Evan Lewis Smith House of York KING EDWARD IV ................................................................................................................................................................................ Nathan Nonhoff ELIZABETH, his wife .................................................................................................................................................................................... Aisha Kabia* EDWARD, their son, the crown Prince ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Tatiana Louder DUKE OF YORK, their youngest son ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������April Fritz ELIZABETH, their daughter ..............................................................................................................................................................Katie Powers-Faulk RICHARD, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, later King Richard III .....................................................................................................................David Melville* DUCHESS OF YORK, Mother to Edward IV and Richard III ..........................................................................................................Bernadette Sullivan* DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM .....................................................................................................................................................................WIlliam Elsman* THE LORDS RIVERS AND GREY, brothers to EIizabeth the Queen ........................................................................Victor Manso and Brandon Wong Other Lords and Citizens of London LORD STANLEY.......................................................................................................................................................................................Joseph Culliton* CATESBY, servant to Richard of Gloucester .............................................................................................................................................Fiona Cheung* THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Lorenzo González* THE LIEUTENANT OF THE TOWER ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Nathan Nonhoff CITIZENS .......................................................................................................................................Nathan Nonhoff, Evan Lewis Smith, Jack Lancaster LORD TIRREL .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Victor Manso RATCLIFFE, servant to Richard of Gloucester ...........................................................................................................................................Jack Lancaster FORREST, a murderer ..............................................................................................................................................................................Brandon Wong NORFOLK, a lord that fights on the side of Richard ..............................................................................................................................Brandon Wong BLUNT, a lord that fights on the side of Richmond ......................................................................................................................... Lorenzo González* OXFORD, a lord that fights on the side of Richmond ......................................................................................................................... Nathan Nonhoff THE BAND .............................................................................William Elsman*, Brandon Wong, Jack Lancaster, Victor Manso, with David Melville* PLAYWRIGHT ................................................................................................................................................................................William Shakespeare DIRECTOR ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Melissa Chalsma COSTUME DESIGNER ................................................................................................................................................................................Garry Lennon SCENIC DESIGNER ....................................................................................................................................................................................Caitlin Lainoff ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER .............................................................................................................................................................Natalie Morales COMPOSER .............................................................................................................................................................................................. David Melville MUSIC DIRECTOR .........................................................................................................................................................................................Chris