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The Norman Conquests.Pdf PRODUCTION SPONSOR ANONYMOUS THE NORMAN CONQUESTS T. rl\~U!!:1 ~I SET DESIGN LIVING TOGETHER SEAN FANNING. WRITTEN BY LIGHTING DESIGN ALAN AYCKBOURN 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: THE NORMAN CONQUESTS 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 ------ I Esther Siman. 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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, Comic Potential, Communicating Artistic Director of Cygnet. Doors, Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, House and Garden, The Norman SEAN FANNING (Set Designer) Cygnet Conquests, Bedroom Farce, Woman in Mind, Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Sweeney A Small Family Business, and with Andrew Todd, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol, A Little Lloyd Webber, the musical By Jeeves. 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,
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