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SET DESIGN SEAN FANNING. WRITTEN BY LIGHTING DESIGN MICHELLE CARON DIRECTORS COSTUME DESIGN SEAN MURRAY & FRANCIS GERCKE • JEANNE REITH. SOUND DESIGN CAST GEORGE YE • IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER PROPS DESIGN TOM DANNY CAMPBELL BONNIE L. DURBEN. SARAH SANDY CAMPBELL. WIG/MAKEUP DESIGN REG RON CHOULARTON. PETER HERMAN. NORMAN ALBERT DAYAN. DIALECT COACH ANNIE JO ANNE GLOVER. ANNIE HINTON RUTH FRANCES ANITA RIVERA

CAST SPONSOR STAGE MANAGER DEBORAH B. PETTRY, ACL, INC. ROSALEEBARRIENTOS. ASM PLACE JESSICA BIRD THE SITTING ROOM SMINTERN DILLION EVANS TIME TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ACT I, SCENE 1: SATURDAY 630PM ANDY SCRIMGER ACT I, SCENE 2: SATURDAY SPM ACT II, SCENE 1: SUNDAY 9PM MASTER ELECTRICIAN ACT II, SCENE 2: MONDAY SAM ARETA MACKELVIE CARPENTERS: Molly Whittaker, Jacob Bruce, THERE WILL BE ONE 15 MINUTE Chuck Ramsey INTERMISSION. SCENIC PAINTER: IS PRESENTED BY SPECIAL Jessica Harriman Baxter ARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. SCENIC ASST: • CYGNET RESIDENT ARTIST • MEMBER OF ACTORS' EQUITY, THE UNION OF PROFESSiONAL ACTORS AND Virginia Provencher STAGE MANAGEMENT iN THE UNITED STATES

ELECTRICIANS: Bonnie RESTAURANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT is I SPONSOR Breckinridge, Matt Curley, PROVIDED iN-PART BY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO Noah Gehr, Patrick Kelly, COMMISSION FOR ARTS Andre Marquis AND CULTURE. PRODUCTION SPONSOR ANONYMOUS

WRITTEN BY ALAN AYCKBOURN DIRECTORS SEAN MURRAY & FRANCIS GERCKE •

CAST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

TOM DANNY CAMPBELL SARAH SANDY CAMPBELL. REG RON CHOULARTON. NORMAN ALBERT DAYAN. ANNIE JO ANNE GLOVER. RUTH FRANCES ANITA RIVERA

CAST SPONSOR DEBORAH B. PETTRY, ACL, INC.

PLACE THE GARDEN TIME ACT i, SCENE 1: SATURDAY 530PM ACT I, SCENE 2: SATURDAY 9PM ACT II, SCENE 1: SUNDAY 11AM ACT ii, SCENE 2: MONDAY 9AM

THERE WILL BE ONE 15 MiNUTE INTERMiSSION.

THE NORMAN CONQUESTS IS PRESENTED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH. INC. • CYGNET RESIDENT ARTIST. MEMBER OF ACTORS' EQUITY, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

RESTAURANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT IS SPONSOR PROVIDED IN-PART BY THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO COMMISSION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE. PROFILES PROFILES

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I PROFILES

ALAN FRANCIS GERCKE (Director) Cygnet The• AYCKBOURN atre Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Man (Playwright) is the from Nebraska (Patte Award for Outstand• author of more ing Direction), Mauritius, Dying City, and than 60 plays, most Curse of the Starving Class (San Diego of which premiered Critic's Circle Award, Outstanding Direc• at the Stephen tion). Acting credits at Cygnet: Cat on a Joseph Theatre, Hot Tin Roof (Brick), Desire Under the Elms Scarborough, Eng• (Eben), A Number (Bernard 1, Bernard 2, land, where he is the long-serving artistic and Michael Black) and Love Song (Beane). director. His plays have been translated into San Diego Theatre: include Ring Round the 40 languages and performed throughout Moon (Moonlight at the Avo) Hurlyburly (Ion the world. Plays include Absurd Person Theatre Company). Francis is the Associate Singular, , Communicating Artistic Director of Cygnet. Doors, Relatively Speaking, , House and Garden, The Norman SEAN FANNING (Set Designer) Cygnet Conquests, , , Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Sweeney , and with Andrew Todd, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol, A Little Lloyd Webber, the musical . He Night Music, Mauritius, The Receptionist, has also written several children's plays. His The Matchmaker. Elsewhere: KINGDOM work has been presented in the West End, (The Old Globe), Two Gentlemen of Verona, at the National Theatre and the RSC. In 1997, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Old Globe/ Sir Alan was knighted for his services to the USD), Zombie Prom (2008 Patte Award), theatre. The Grapes of Wrath, The People vs. Mona, A Man of No Importance (San Diego State SEAN MURRAY (Director) Artistic Director University); and Das BarbeciJ (Theatre in and co-founder of Cygnet Theatre. Cygnet Old Town). Sean is the Resident Design Theatre: Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, It's Assistant at The Old Globe, where he has A Wonderful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa worked on over twenty productions. He has '09, The History Boys, A Christmas Carol, A also worked as an assistant at both the San Little Night Music (SD Critic's Award, Best Diego Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. Director), The Receptionist, The Invention of Sean holds an MFA in Scene Design from Love, Bed and Sofa '04 (SD Critic's Award, San Diego State University. Best Director, Best Musical Revival), Las Meninas, Escanaba in da Moonlight (SD MICHELLE CARON (Lighting Designer) Critic's Circle, Set Design), The Book of Liz, Cygnet Theatre: It's A Wonderful Life Pageant, Bug, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, '09, Bed and Sofa '09 (Assistant Lighting St. Nicholas, The Matchmaker, Desire Under Designer). Elsewhere: An Incidental Fear the Elms, Santaland Diaries, Firebugs, Fully of Numbers (Sushi Arts), Malashock Dance Committed, Arcadia, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, presents Surface Tension (Lyceum Theatre The Little Foxes, . Elsewhere: at San Diego Rep), A Midsummer Night's The Elephant Man (Patte Award, Direction), Dream, A Class Act, Hamlet: Blood in the Man of La Mancha, The Importance of Be• Brain, and Die Fledermaus (San Diego State ing Earnest, Travesties, North Coast Rep; University). Ms. Caron's work has been Never the Sinner, Love! Valour! Compassion!, featured at the United States Institute of Diversionary. Education: University of North Theatre Technology's Young Designer's Carolina School of the Arts (BFA). In 2000, Forum in Kansas City, MO and at the Design Sean was named one of San Diego Maga• Showcase West in Los Angeles, CA. zine's "50 People to Watch" and in 2005 he was named Producer of the Year by the San JEANNE REITH (Costume Designer) Diego Critic's Circle. Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Sean Murray is sponsored by Artist Advo• The Receptionist, A Little Night Music, It's cates James & Claudia Prescott and Janice A Wonderful Life, Arcadia, Desire Under Walker the Elms, The Matchmaker, Copenha- PROFILES PROFILES gen, My Fair Lady, and The Little Foxes. City, Fences, It's A Wonderful Life, Com• JESSICA BIRD (Assistant Stage Man• Elsewhere: Jeanne has designed over municating Doors, Bug, My Fair Lady, ager) Cygnet Theatre Debut. Elsewhere: CIATION Actors' Eq- 90 productions as resident designer A Little Night Music, The Receptionist. SDRep: Picasso (ASM), Boom (ASM), "ACTORS' uity AssociationEQUITY(AEA),ASSO• for Lamb's Players. Her creative work Elsewhere: New Village Arts :The Man Holiday Celebration (Producer), The ACTORS' founded in 1913, repre• has achieved Theatre Critic's Awards Who, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Things Seafarer (Props), Long Story Short EQUITY sents more than 45,000 such as the Craig Noel, Patte, and Billie We Want; Moonlight Productions: West (Props); Jewish Arts Festival: Women of ASSOCIATION 1913 actors and stage manag- Awards for An Ideal Husband, A Woman Side Story, Little Shop of Horrors, Me and Valor and The Show Across the Street ers in the United States. Equity seeks to of No Importance, Till We Have Faces, My Girl; Mira Costa College: The Tempest, (Stage Manager); PLNU: The Fantasticks advance, promote and foster the art of The Boy Who Fell Into A Book, Joyful 7940's Radio Hour, Heartland, Anything (Musical Director), Blind Date (Direc• live theatre as an essential component Noise, Tarantara! Tarantara!, Dr. Faustus, Goes, Blithe Spirit, Electra, As You Like It, tor), Urinetown (Stage Manager), The of our society. Equity negotiates wages The Winslow Boy, and . Assassins. Film: Ready? Ok!, The Street Tempest (Ariel, Costume Designer), The and working conditions, providing a In 2008, Jeanne was presented a Patte Sweeper. Glass Menagerie (Amanda), Caucasian wide range of benefits, including health Award for Costume Design Excellence Chalk Circle (Grusha, Costume Designer), and pension plans. AEA is a member for her entire season of productions PETER HERMAN (Wig and Makeup De• Little Women, The Musical (Marmie, of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with which included Hello Dolly!, The Voysey signer) Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Co-Costume Designer). Independent: FIA, an international organization of Inheritance, The Hit, Boomers, The Light Theatre: Costumes and Wig/Makeup Talley's Folly (Sally, Co-Director, Pro• performing arts unions. The Equity in the Piazza, Festival of Christmas: An• Design for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. ducer). Jessica is a teaching artist with emblem is our mark of excellence. gel's Arms, and An American Christmas. Wigs/makeup for Private Lives, Sweeney The'Old Globe and the Drama Director at www.actorsequity.org Todd, The Piano Lesson, It's A Wonderful Torah High. She received her Bachelor's GEORGE YE (Sound Designer) Cyg• Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa, The His• Degree in Music and Theatre from PLNU. THE CYGNET SWANS A volunteer net Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: tory Boys, A Christmas Carol, The Recep• group that takes great pride in taking The Piano Lesson, Man From Nebraska, tionist, A Little Night Music, Fences, The ANNIE HINTON (Dialect Coach) each new show cast under their wing. Christmas Carol, The Receptionist, A Turn of the Screw, , Cygnet Theatre: Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Swans keep the dressing rooms Number, Fences, Arcadia, Yellowman, Arcadia, The Matchmaker. Elsewhere: The Invention of Love, Communicat- stocked with teas, lozenges, fresh It's A Wonderful Life, Bug, Escanaba Peter has designed hair and wigs for ing Doors, The Turn of the Screw, A fruit, and snacks. Each production is in da Moonlight, Fully Committed; San over 300 productions, including the La Christmas Carol; Elsewhere: La Jolla treated to a delicious home cooked Diego Rep: Restless Spirits, The Goat, Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, San Di• Playhouse (Tobacco Road), New meal between a matinee and evening Proof, Nuevo California; Old Globe/MFA: ego Opera, Disneyland, and various film Village Arts (Crimes of the Heart), peformance served with style. The Sir Patient Fancy, Marat Sade, Absolute and television projects. Film: Costume 6th@Penn (Killer Joe, Back to the 5 Swans are: Sally Billig, Connie Coe, Turkey; Diversionary Theatre: Little Dog design for Ready? Ok! Peter currently and dime Jimmy Dean), Avo Play• Bev Conner, Howard Finnecy, Jan Laughed, M. Butterfly, The Killing of teaches wigs and makeup at SDSU. house (On Golden Pond, You Never Gilmer, Marge Halderman, Jeanne Sister George, Falsettos, Love! Valour! Can Tell, Driving Miss Daisy, Ring Lansdale, Tina Lewis, Rick & Lindy Compassion!, Cloud 9, 5th of July, Never ROSALEE BARRIENTOS. (Stage Man• Round The Moon), Moonlight Stage Miles. If you'd like to volunteer, contact the Sinner; North Coast Rep: A Life in the ager) Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet (My One And Only). us at [email protected]. Theatre, Travesties, Relatively Speaking; Theatre: Sweeney Todd, It's A Wonderful San Diego Asian American Rep: Woman Life 2007 & 2009, Noises Off, The History From the Other Side of the World, Strug• Boys (ASM), A Christmas Carol, The Re• gling Truths, Flipzoids, FOB, Fool For ceptionist, A Number, Turn of the Screw, Love, Cultivated Lives, Elsewhere, and Arcadia, Yellowman, Copenhagen, The University; The Country Wife, The Saint Invention of Love, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Plays, Cabaret, Find You in the Forest, Pageant, Bed and Sofa 2004. San Diego Oedipus at Colon us, The Crucible, Sam I Theatre: A Dream Play, Macbeth, Nu, Am, Over the Asian Airwaves, Side Kick, [sic], Berzerkergang, and The Universal Silent Sacrifices, The Illusion. George has Monster Show (Sledgehammer The• his MFA/MA and teaches at Mesa College atre); Redwood Curtain (Asian American and the University of San Diego. Repertory Theatre); Fuddy Meers, Moon Over Buffalo, The Rivals, and The Diary BONNIE L. DURBEN (Properties Design• of Anne Frank (North Coast Repertory er) Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet The• Theatre); Ghosts (SRT, Santa Rosa). Ross atre: Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, The graduated from San Diego State Univer• Piano Lesson, Man from Nebraska, Fully sity with a BA in Theatre Arts . Committed, Noises Off, Hedwig, Bed Rosalee Barrientos is sponsored • Old Town Trolley Tours • SEAL Tours and Sofa, Mauritius, The History Boys, by Artist Advocates Lee Lampard & Love Song, A Christmas Carol, Dying Michael Stone.