PHOTOGRAPHY © HANNAH BARTON TOR CLARK, JULIE ARMSTRONG, JACQUES MICHÉ & WILLIAM OXBORROW

2 Saving Jason A New Comedy

By Directed By Steven Dexter

Presented by Daniel Krupnik Productions and Amanda Holland in association with Park Theatre

Cast Julie Armstrong as Angela Tor Clark as Linda Gedge Jacques Miché as Jason Gedge Paddy Navin as Mary William Oxborrow as Trevor Gedge Cory Peterson as Derek

For ‘Saving Jason’ Special Thanks To Writer: Peter Quilter Park Theatre Director: Steven Dexter Set and Costume Designer: Andrew Riley Hilla Bar Krupnik Lighting Designer: Alex Drofiak Stage Manager: Jade Louise Hunter Assistant Stage Manager: Beth Absalom

Producer: Daniel Krupnik Producer: Amanda Holland Assistant Producer: Craig Nom Chong Assistant Producer: Prudence Smith

3 About Park Theatre

Park Theatre was founded by Artistic Director, Jez Bond. The building opened in May 2013 and, with two West End transfers, two National Theatre transfers and three national tours in its first two years, quickly garnered a reputation as a key player in the theatrical scene. In 2015 Park Theatre received an Olivier nomination and won The Stage’s Fringe Venue of the Year.

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Park Theatre is a neighbourhood theatre with a global ambition.

We present world class theatre, collaborating with the finest existing and emerging talent. We programme classics through to new writing, distinguished by strong narrative drive and powerful emotional content. We produce both in-house and in partnership with the most excellent existing and emerging producers, with whom we endeavour to provide an unparalleled level of support.

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We aim to be a beacon for all and an ambassador for theatre worldwide.

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4 For Park Theatre

Artistic Director | Jez Bond Ambassadors Executive Director | Rachael Williams Creative Director | Melli Bond David Horovitch Development Director | Dorcas Morgan Artistic & Executive Assistant/ Sean Mathias Assistant Producer | Tanya Moodie Amy Lumsden Hattie Morahan Finance Manager | Marlaina Darmody Tamzin Outhwaite Sales & Marketing Manager | Dawn James Associate Artists Box Office Interim Manager | Androulla Erotokritou Mark Cameron Box Office Supervisors |Natasha Olivia Poulet Green, Bessie Hitchin, Joshua Oakes- Sarah Rutherford (Writer in Rogers, Katy Shearstone, Alex Whitlock Residence) Venue and Volunteer Manager | Charlie Ward Naomi Dixon Duty Venue Manager | Barry Card and Trustees Rochelle Clarke Technical Manager | Sacha Queiroz Andrew Cleland-Bogle Building and Theatre Technician | Nick Frankfort Andre T. Robert Hingley Creative Intern | Lorna Heap Rachel Lewis Cafe Bar General Manager | Mars Lord Tom Bailey Sir Frank McLoughlin Bar staff | Gemma Barnett, Grace Nigel Pantling (Chair) Botang, Michael Byrne, Calum Budd- Jo Parker Brophy, Amy Conway, Robert Czibi, Leah Schmidt (Vice Chair) Nicola Grant, Philip Honeywell, Lasse Marten, Joshua Oaks-Rogers, Olivia With thanks to all of our supporters, Onyehara, Sara Pau, Emma Petrusson, donors and volunteers. Katy Shearstone and Sam Williams.

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5 THE JOURNEY OF ‘JASON’ FROM WRITER, PETER QUILTER

This is the first play I’ve written that was inspired by personal experience. So the journey has been interesting, challenging, fulfilling, exasperating, and all those other painful things that playwrights endure on a daily basis when banging our heads on our desks. Which also hurts, by the way.

A young relative of mine was going through a rebellious phase and came to visit me for a week so that I could try and sort him out. I didn’t. But my frustration over the situation gave me the idea for this play. Originally each character was based on somebody I knew, including friends and family members. But as the play developed, the personalities and their behaviours in the show have changed dramatically. So much so, that if I now told someone they were the basis for a particular character, they would almost certainly throw their drink over me.

We were blessed in this production to have a director PETER QUILTER who has great instinct for new writing and was able to identify parts of the play that needed more work, re- shaping, editing, embellishing or several hours more of a head banging on a desk. I was in agony over any 11th hour re-writes, but ultimately very grateful. The cast also threw themselves into the process, filling the room with ideas, questions, concerns and a lot of enthusiasm. Which is a beautiful thing.

This is, really, what all new plays should be about. Forcing each word, scene and storyline to validate itself - and then finding the final draft together...

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JULIE ARMSTRONG

CORY WILLIAM OXBORROW PETERSON & TOR CLARK

CORY PETERSON PADDY & JACQUES MICHÉ NAVIN

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7 THE JOURNEY OF ‘JASON’ FROM DIRECTOR, STEVEN DEXTER

Peter Quilter and I first worked together back in 1995 on a musical version of The Canterville Ghost, with composer Charles Miller and I am thrilled to be once STEVEN again collaborating with him. Thank you to Peter, DEXTER along with our producers Daniel Krupnik and Amanda Holland for asking me to do this.

I fell in love with the piece the minute I read it. New work needs nurturing and shaping. Peters’ original draft was set today. A contemporary piece dealing with a teenager going out and taking party drugs. While there are plenty of teens going out today and taking all sorts of “illegal drugs” we discussed that perhaps setting it in the late 90’s where the rave and ecstasy culture was at it’s peak would give the piece and it’s characters, higher stakes. JACQUES MICHÉ Peter’s scene setting in the script is as follows:

SETTING THE YEAR IS 1996. THERE IS ONLY ONE SET - THE LIVING ROOM OF THE HOME OF TREVOR, LINDA AND JASON. A BUFFET TABLE DOWNSTAGE, NEXT TO THE KITCHEN EXIT. A LARGE SOFA AT UPSTAGE CENTRE, FACING THE AUDIENCE, A COUPLE OF CHAIRS, A DINING TABLE ALONG THE STAGE RIGHT WALL. A LARGE DRINKS CABINET WITH A SPACIOUS, DOORED WINE CUPBOARD UNDERNEATH ALONG THE STAGE LEFT WALL. A SYSTEM FOR PLAYING MUSIC CD’S. THE FRONT DOOR AT DOWNSTAGE RIGHT AND AN EXIT TO THE KITCHEN AND GARDEN AT DOWNSTAGE LEFT. A PRACTICAL WINDOW TO THE STREET AT UPSTAGE RIGHT.

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When first viewing Park 90 I immediately knew I wanted to immerse the audience into the “living room” and wanted to do the play in the round. Directing in the round poses its problems but it also allows the actor to physically move and interact in a naturalistic fashion within . Designer Andrew Riley and I discussed the idea of an “Urban Prison”. People trapped in suburbia and in their way of thinking. While we needed the naturalistic elements I wanted a theatrical heightened reality to tie in with Peters’ writing.

And so welcome to our world. We hope you enjoy the journey as much as we have enjoyed creating it!

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9 CAST

JULIE ARMSTRONG TOR CLARK JACQUES MICHÉ ANGELA LINDA GEDGE JASON GEDGE

WEST END & THEATRE: The Trained at Rose Bruford School THEATRE INCLUDES: Madame Rise & Fall Of Little Voice, Mrs of Speech & Drama, where she Butterfly (Theatre Royal, Bath); Henderson Presents, Spend represented the school in the (Bristol Hippodrome); Spend Spend (nominated Best William Poel Verse Speaking Beauty and the Beast (Bristol Female Off-West End Awards Festival, & the Carlton Hobbs Hippodrome); Oliver! (Theatre 2016), King Pit, From Here radio competition. Royal, Drury Lane); 13 The to Eternity, Annie, Stepping Musical ();The Out, Evita, The Snowqueen, RECENT CREDITS INCLUDE : Hired Man (St. James Jolson, , Beauty & the Titania‘ A Midsummer Nights Theatre); Bugsy Malone (Lyric, Beast, Merrily We Roll Along, Dream’ (The Hague Shakespeare Hammersmith) Scrooge, Magic of the Musicals, Festival, dir: Theu Boermans) The Cheeky Chappie, Just So, , Mrs Marchmont ‘An Ideal , Chess (original cast), West Husband’ Stanhope Productions TV INCLUDES: The Revolting Side Story, Godspell, Spring & (The , dir: World of Stanley Brown Port Wine & Of Mice & Men. Lyndsey Posner), Played & Understudied:Sonja/Valerie & FILM/TV: London Road (BBC Jane/Sarah ’Speaking In Tongues’ Films), From Here to Eternity ACT/ (The Duke of Yorks, dir Toby (CineStage), BAFTA nominated Frow), Mrs Dubose in ‘To Kill A Hero of the Hour (Granada), Mockingbird’ (a joint production Close & True, Laurence Olivier for West Yorkshire Playhouse & Awards, Des O’Connor Show, The Birmingham Rep dir: Michael Royal Variety Performance (ITV), Buffong), Ensemble and lead in Crimewatch, Chucklevision, The ‘Blood & Roses’ and Two Ronnie’s, Pebble Mill, Dog ‘Island ‘(with mask theatre Eat Dog, Applied Learning (BBC) company Trestle dir: Toby Wilsher) & Geordie Runs for Gold (WTV) Fiona in ‘Humans’ for Channel RECORDING/RADIO: King Pit, 4/Kudos, Joanne in ‘Not Going From Here To Eternity, Merrily Out’ for Avalon, Clarreta Petacci We Roll Along, Jolson, Just So & ’Self Made’ directorial debut Scrooge. from Turner Prize winner Gillian Wearing, and guest starred in WORKSHOPS: Doris Stokes ‘Holby City’ ‘Hustle’ ‘Doctor Who’ (Tristan Bates Theatre) Naughty and ‘’. Pour Homme (The Park) & Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry (Old Vic).

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THEATRE INCLUDES: The Tavern, Bristol), Cross Purpose, Crucible (Old Vic), Five Years Love, She Who Must Be Obeyed, (Old Vic Workshops), The Last This Savage Parade (King’s Head), of The Haussmans, The Villains’ Out of Order (British Theatre Opera (National Theatre), March Playhouse, Singapore), The Nerd of The Fasettos (Albery Theatre), (Tour), Lost Empires (Cambridge Burlesque (, Theatre Company, Tour), Once A Arts), Lights Twinkle Sometimes Catholic (Queens, Hornchurch), (Jermyn Street), The Beggar’s , Twelfth Night (New Opera (Lyric, Hammersmith), Wolsey), 11 plays at La Bonne Confetti (winner of George Crepe. Devine award for Best New Play), Undeveloped Land (The Oval, TV INCLUDES: Russell Howard’s Chelsea Arts Centre), Jossticks Christmas Special, Threesome, (, British Council, Eastenders, Casualty, Holby City, Mumbai, India), Unidentified Heartbeat, Crime Traveller, The Item In The Bagging Area, Come Bill, Second Thoughts, London’s Dancing (Old Red Lion), Chicken Burning, The Beggar’s Opera, Dust (Finborough, The Curve), Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Rivals, We Know Where You Live, Andy For 4 Tonight, Boswell’s London Capp (Finborough), Cabaret, Journal, Tales from the Crypt, Dead Ernest, (Crucible, Sheffield), Brookside, , The A Taste of Honey (Theatre Lenny Henry Show, Hot Metal, Royal York), , Hale and Pace, Magnum P.I. Time and Time Again, Great Expectations (Theatre by the FILM: The Crucible, The Firm, Lake, Keswick),Incidental Music Blue Money, Doggin’ Around, (Orange Tree), Breathing (Theatre Long Time Dead. 503), Filumena (Library Theatre, ), Transgender Monologues (New York workshop), Media Monsters (Alma

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WILLIAM OXBORROW CORY PETERSON TREVOR GEDGE DEREK

Trained at LAMDA. He most the Ludlow Festival and five for Cory trained at the Webber recently appeared in Guys And the Northcott Theatre, Exeter. Douglas Academy in London and Dolls (West End – Savoy and More recently, My the School for Film and Television Phoenix), Oh What A Lovely War Life (Nottingham Playhouse), A in New York. He has just reprised (Stratford East and National Tour) Midsummer Night’s Dream and his role as CIA Ryan Hutton in and Annie Get Your Gun (National As You Like It (Shakespeare’s the sequel to the internationally Tour). Globe and internawtional tours), acclaimed filmThe Hundred Year Great Expectations (Bristol Old Old Man Who Climbed Out Of OTHER THEATRE includes Vic) directed by Neil Bartlett and, The Window and Disappeared, Orpheus in Jean Anouilh’s with Birmingham Contemporary and appears in the Netflix TV Eurydice (Chichester); The Music Group, Samuel Beckett’s series The Crown, and the new Madness Of George III (National Words And Music and the world J.K. Rowling film Fantastic Theatre); the title role in The premiere of David Sawer’s The Beasts and Where to Find Them. Picture Of Dorian Gray (Gate Lighthouse Keepers. Theatre includes: Clybourne Theatre, Dublin) and Romeo and Park (Wyndhams Theatre), Father Juliet, Hamlet, The Silent Woman FOR BBC RADIO 4: Chocky, The Flynn in John Patrick Shanley’s and A Clockwork Orange for Kraken Wakes and Haphazard Doubt and Count Carl Magnus in the RSC. In the West End; The House. Sondheim’s A Little Night Music Clandestine Marriage (Queens), (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), multiple Boyband (Gielgud) and Glorious! TV CREDITS include Holby City, roles in Whistleblower (Waterloo (Duchess). He has worked at Spooks, Rosemary And Thyme, East Theatre). Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, The Bill, and The Mrs Bradley Derby Playhouse, Salisbury Mysteries. Playhouse, Manchester Royal Exchange, Birmingham Rep, FILM includes The Muppets The Watermill Newbury, Watford Most Wanted, The Anarchists’ Palace Theatre, Clwyd Theatr Agm, The Juror and Tim Burton’s Cymru, The Royal and Derngate Sweeney Todd. , two open-air Shakespeare productions for

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STEVEN DEXTER PETER QUILTER DIRECTOR WRITER

West End productions include: High School Musical and Andrew Peter is best known in the UK Loserville at Lloyd Webber’s Song And Dance. for his Judy Garland play End and West Yorkshire Playhouse, He has just directed a revival of of the Rainbow which recently (Olivier Award nomination: Mary Lou. played hit runs in the West End Best New Musical, Broadway (at the Trafalgar Studios) and World Award nomination: Best For YMT (Youth Music Theatre UK) on Broadway (Belasco Theatre) Director); La Cava (Victoria He directed Loserville, Out There, starring . The show Palace and Piccadilly Theatres) The Salsa Sister and Fagin. At the had a new UK national tour earlier for Eon Productions, Romance Guildford School of Acting recent this year starring Lisa Maxwell, Romance () credits include: Pippin, Rent, Sam Attwater and Gary Wilmot. Peter Pan and The Pirates Of Chess, The Other School, On The received Penzance in rep at the Savoy. Town and The Addams Family. At nominations for 3 Royal Welsh he just directed Into and 4 Olivier Awards, including Other prominent UK The Woods. Best New Play. Peter also received productions include the World an Olivier nomination for his premiere of the Olivier Award As a book writer Steven has co comedy Glorious! which played Winning Stiles and Drewe’s written: A Twist Of Fate (Straits the West End () musical Honk (Watermill Times Award for Best Musical) in 2005/2006 starring Maureen Theatre, Newbury) and the Maddie at the Lyric Theatre, Fagin Lipman. The show went on to revival, the European Premiere and Mary Lou. enjoy runs in Chicago, Berlin, of Lucky Stiff, the UK Premiere Moscow, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, of Altar Boyz (Greenwich Madrid, Rome and many other Theatre) and Fanny And Stella great cities. His other work (Above The Stag), Stepping includes the popular 2-hander Out and The Pros The Con and Duets, the West End pop musical a Screw (Derby Playhouse) For Boyband and the play 4000 Days Mercury Musical Developments, which premiered at the Park The Challenge (A musical Theatre in January starring Alistair written by 28 writers) and The McGowan. Peter’s plays have Ten Commandments. been performed in 40 countries around the world, including In Singapore he directed: productions at Sydney Opera Forbidden City, Fried Rice House, the Ahmanson in Los Paradise; A Twist Of Fate; Sing Angeles, and at seven National To The Dawn, Little Shop Of Theatres. His work is currently Horrors, They’re Playing Our translated into more than 30 Song (with Lea Salonga) and languages. most recently, The Lky Musical which is currently nominated for Official website: 5 Straits Times Life Awards. www.peterquilter.net

In Germany, Moby Dick for Cameron Macintosh. In Malaysia The Secret Life Of Nora (Best Musical Award) and in Israel Honk (Best Director Award); The Full Monty; Shirley Valentine; Mary-Lou (Best Director Award).

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ANDREW RILEY JADE LOUISE HUNTER SET AND COSTUME COMPANY STAGE DESIGNER MANAGER (ON BOOK)

Trained at Liverpool Institute for Jones, Flora the Red Menace, Jade trained at LAMDA. Performing Arts, graduating with (Guildford School of Acting). I First Class Honours in 2008. Love You, You’re Perfect, Now HER MOST RECENT CREDITS Change/ The Importance of INCLUDE: FORTHCOMING DESIGNS Being Earnest/ Naked Not Nude Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music INCLUDE: Wonderland (LAMDA). Red Riding Hood Hall), Boys Will Be Boys (Bush (Edinburgh Playhouse and UK (Singapore Repertory Theatre). Hall), Spindrift (National Tour) Tour, Set Design). Follies (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre). The Spanish Tragedy (Old Red Additional costume designs; Lion), Your Last Breath (Southwark RECENT CREDITS INCLUDE: Flag 2007 () Playhouse), SOLO ( The Phantom of The Opera, The Cholmondeleys and The & Theatre Royal Plymouth), Chef Bucharest National Operetta. Featherstonehaughs. (Soho Theatre), Pioneer (Watford London Premiere of Flight Palace Theatre & National Tour), (Opera Holland Park). The 20th AS ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT: Charley’s Aunt, Accomplice: Anniversary of Songs for a (The Last Horseman, A New London & Torch Song Trilogy New World (St James Theatre). Musical) National Theatre of (Menier Chocolate Factory), Vanities: The Musical (Trafalgar Spain, Evita Marquis Theatre, Epidemic, The 24 Hour Plays & Studios 2). The Man who would Broadway). Company (Sheffield TS Eliot UK/US Exchange (The be King (UK Tour). Don Giovanni, Crucible), Don Giovanni Old Vic), The Lights (The Spring (Winslow Hall Opera, Costumes). (Metropolitan Opera). Lion in Vauxhall). Casa Valentina (Southwark Winter (). Playhouse ,Costumes), Sunset Richard II (RSC). Jade also regularly stage Boulevard (Yvonne Arnaud manages comedy shows, Theatre). Smash And Grab www.andrewriley.co.uk including stand up comedians Event, (Key Holding company Lee Nelson, Iain Stirling, Ray / Metropolitan Police, East Peacock, Katie Mulgrew and Wintergardens, Canary Wharf.) sketch duo Thunderbards. Catch Me If You Can, Wonderful Town (Arts Educational). Lysistrata

WILLIAM CORY PETERSON & JULIE ARMSTRONG OXBORROW

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14 DANIEL KRUPNIK CRAIG NOM CHONG ADDITIONAL CREDITS PRODUCER ASSISTANT PRODUCER

DANIEL’S RECENT CREDITS RECENT THEATRICAL CREDITS Graphics & Programme Design: INCLUDE: INCLUDE: Craig Nom Chong Farragut North ( Southwark Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Playhouse), A Christmas Carol Hall), BEAM Festival (Park Photography: (Bridge House Theatre), Theatre), Well (Sanofi Factory) Hannah Barton Macbeth, (Bridge House and The Interventionists (Lyric Theatre, nominated two Hammersmith). Production Runners: BroadwayWorld.com awards Lauren Woodward & and two Offies Clodagh Treacy awards),Happy Ending (Arocla Theatre) and Macbeth (European Tour, Neuss Shakespeare Festival).

To my father, Anatoly who’s creativity and love made me the person that I am. I miss you.

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