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15th ANNIVERSARY SEASON 2O12-2O13 HISTORIC ARCADE theatre • fort myers river district ROBERT CACIOPPO, producing artistic director PRESENTS TALLEY’s folly BY

SPONSORED BY MADELEINE TAENI and ‘TWEEN WATERS INN ISLAND RESORT STARRING COMPANY MEMBERS RACHEL BURTTRAM* & CHRIS CLAVELLI*

DIRECTED BY JACKSON PHIPPIN**

SET DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER RICHARD CROWELL MATTHEW McCARTHY*** ROBERTA MALCOLM SOUND DESIGNER ASST. STAGE MANAGER DIALECT COACH KATE SMITH GRACE VARLAND LOUIS COLAIANNI PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER JANINE WOCHNA*

TALLEY’S FOLLY is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York

2012-13 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS

The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Bruce & Janet Bunch • Cheryl & David Copham Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • John & Marjorie Madden • Arthur Zupko This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Associa- tion that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists. CAST (In Order of Appearance) Matt Friedman...... CHRIS CLAVELLI* Sally Talley...... RACHEL BURTTRAM*

TIME & PLACE July 4, 1944. Early Evening. An old boathouse on the Talley place, a farm near Lebanon, Missouri. TALLEY’S FOLLY will be performed without an intermission.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT Lanford Wilson received the 1980 and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Talley’s Folly. He was a founding member of and one of twenty-one resident playwrights for the company. His work at Circle Rep includes: The Family Continues (1972); The (1973); The Mound Builders (1975); (1976); 5th of July (1978); Talley’s Folly (1980); A Tale Told (1981); and (1982), all directed by Marshall Mason; and the one-act plays Brontosaurus (1977) and Thymus Vulgaris (1982). His other plays include: (1965); The Gingham Dog (1966); The Rimers of Eldritch (1967); (1969), and some twenty produced one-acts. He also wrote the libretto for Lee Hoiby’s opera of ’ Summer And Smoke and two television plays, “Taxi!” and “The Migrants” (based on a short story by Tennessee Williams). Other awards include the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and an Obie for , an Obie for The Mound Builders, a Drama-Logue Award for 5th of July and Talley’s Folly, the Vernon Rice Award for The Rimers of Eldritch, and Tony Award nominations for Talley’s Folly, 5th of July, and Angels Fall. He was the recipient of the Brandeis University Creative Arts Award in Theatre Arts and the Institute of Arts and Letter Award. Mr. Wilson completed an entirely new translation of Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, which was commissioned and produced by the Hartford Stage Company. His play Talley And Son (the third play in the Talley Trilogy) opened in in September 1985. His play opened at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in January 1987 starring and and opened on Broadway in October 1987 with the same cast. Burn This was also done in London in 1990, again starring Mr. Malkovich. His play Redwood Curtain opened in Seattle in January 1992 and in Philadelphia in March, and at the Old Globe in San Diego, California, in January 1993. It opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway on March 30, 1993.

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*The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

TALLEY’S FOLLY CREATIVE TEAM RACHEL BURTTRAM* Together, The Foreigner, The Glass Menagerie, (Sally Talley) is thrilled The Santaland Diaries and The Lady with All to be back on the boards the Answers. The Virginia Stage Company: at Florida Repertory Irma Vep, Vaudeville and Rough Crossing; Off Theatre! Her relationship Square Theatre: All in the Timing, Stones in His with the company started Pockets; Two River Theatre Company: House of 10 years ago in 2002 Blue Leaves and 16 productions for The Depot in Mousetrap and as Theatre, most recently The Drawer Boy starring Company Manager. Other John Christopher Jones. Other theatres: Theatre work at Florida Rep includes: August Osage South Carolina, the New York Fringe Festival, County, Gaslight, Trying, Art of Murder, Dancing Actors Theatre of Louisville, (Solo Mio), the at Lughnasa, Amy’s View (with Carol Lawrence), Southwest Florida Symphony, Symphony Space, Rabbit Hole, , Opus, The Glass Menagerie York Theatre, 78th Street Theatre, Greenbrier and Doubt as well as wearing the hats of Director Valley Theatre, Chenango River Theatre, of Audience Development and Associate Riverside Theatre, Neighborhood Theatre Director. In September, Rachel played Frankie in for Kids, and the famed Actors Studio. As an the Kitchen Theatre’s production of Frankie and actor he has worked here at Florida Rep in 14 Johnny in the Clair De Lune in Ithaca, NY where productions and all over the country. In 2012 she created the Next Steps job creation program he was named Florida Weekly’s Best Actor of with funding from Ithaca Urban Renewal the Year, and has been the recipient of both the Agency. Selected Regional work includes: Hair, Barrymore Award (Philadelphia) and the South Christmas Carol, Backstory (Actor’s Theatre of Florida Carbonell for best actor. His one-man Louisville & the Humana New Play Festival), play, A Little More Than You Wanted to Spend, Private Lives, Oleanna, Noises Off!, The recently played Theatre South Carolina and is Foreigner (13th Street Ensemble), The Cripple slated for a New York production. of Innishman (City Equity Theatre),Almost, Maine (Barnstormer’s Theatre) and Inconsolable JACKSON PHIPPIN (Director) has directed (Gloucester Stage). NYC Credits include: plays from coast to coast. He was chosen by the Pushkin: A Tragedy in Verse (Actors’ Studio Arts America Agency to go to Shanghai, PRC., with Daniel Sunjata), Falling (Vital Theatre to participate in the celebration of Eugene Company), Young, Sexy & Talented? (NYC O’Neill’s 100th birthday and to direct O’Neill’s International Fringe Festival). TV & Film: Burn Marco Millions with the Shanghai Peoples’ Art Notice, World Traveler. National commercials. Theatre. He was the first American to direct in Rachel is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and Shanghai since WW II. He served as Associate is eligible for the Screen Actors’ Guild. Thank Artistic Director at Center Stage in Baltimore you to Bob, John, Carrie and the gang. Proud to where he helped develop and premiere many call Florida Rep our Theatre Home! new plays. He also developed and ran the MFA www.rachelburttram.com directing program at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. for a time. CHRIS CLAVELLI* He is happy to be working with the company (Matt Friedman) is at Florida Rep and getting to know the Fort the Associate Artistic Myers community. Directing credits include Director of Florida the world premiere of Eric Overmyer’s On the Repertory Theatre, and is Verge or The Geography of Yearning, as well as A a faculty member in The Doll’s House, The Taming of the Shrew, The Film Summer Conservatory Society, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A Lesson at The New York from Aloes, , and Inherit the Wind – all Academy of Dramatic at Center Stage in Baltimore, MD; Lady from Arts. He was honored with an Alan Schneider the Sea at Cleveland Playhouse; Roosters at The Directing Award nomination through Theater Public Theatre/Intar in New York City; The Communications Group. He was a founding Misanthrope at Dallas Theatre Center; Long member and co-artistic director of The Day’s Journey into Night at Berkeley Rep in Neighborhood Theatre for Kids in Brooklyn. Berkeley, CA; at The Virginia Stage Directing credits: At Florida Rep: Lend Me Company; Happy Days at Portland Stage; The a Tenor, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Black Tie, Rainmaker at St. Louis Rep; and Children and A Sideman, Trying, Rounding Third, Alone Moon for the Misbegotten at Hartford Stage in Hartford, CT. TALLEY’S FOLLY NOTES FROM THE DIRECTOR I AM DELIGHTED to be part of the team introducing the words of Lanford Wilson to the audiences of Florida Rep. Talley’s Folly is a beautiful, funny, and lyrically poetic American play that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980. The echoes of themes long mined by another great American playwright, Tennessee Williams - isolation, loneliness and need for intimacy - infuse the play. These themes, combined with the two painful stories of Matt and Sally, carried by Wilson’s lyrical realism, take us on a journey of personal revelations, leading to unexpected vulnerabilities. Did I mention it’s a love story?

Following is a little timeline leading up to this evening of July 4, 1944. TIMELINE

1807 – First Jew settles in Missouri; Joseph Phillipson, a merchant, arrives in St. Louis. 1821 – Missouri becomes a state. 1830 – German communities appear in Missouri. 1859 – Thorstein Veblen born in Cato, Wisconsin. 1861 – Missouri sends 30,000 German-Americans to fight in the Civil War. 1869 – Emma Goldman born in Kovno, Russia; present day Kaunas, Lithuania. 1870 – Everett Talley Builds a boathouse near Lebanon, Missouri. 1891 – Fanny Brice born in New York City 1899 – Thorstein Veblen writes The Theory of the Leisure Class. 1900 – Theodore Roosevelt elected president. 1901 – Queen Victoria dies in London. 1902 – Matt Friedman born in Lithuania. 1904 – Russo-Japanese War. 1906 – Emma Goldman imprisoned for ‘inciting to riot’ and illegally distributing information about birth control. 1911 – Turkish-Italian War. 1912 – The First Balkan War. 1912 – The Second Balkan War. 1912 – Woodrow Wilson Elected 1913 – Sally Talley Born. 1914 – WWI begins. 1918 – WWI ends. 1918 – Severe depression in Europe. 1929 – Stock Market Crash. 1932 – F.D.R. elected President. TALLEY’S FOLLY TIMELINE, cont. 1933 – Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. 1939 – Germany invades Poland. 1940 – France Falls. 1940 – Battle of Britain. 1941 – Pearl Harbor; America declares War on Japan. 1942 – Battle in the Pacific. 1943 – The week of July 4, Matt meets Sally for the first time. 1944 – Thousands of Jews murdered in Kaunas, Lithuania. 1944 – Communist Party dissolved. 1944 – Beloved American musical, Meet Me in St. Louis, is released. 1944 – March 31st: Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie premieres on Broadway. 1944 – June 6th: D Day. 1944 – July 4th: Matt meets Sally for the second time. 1944 – August 4th: Ann Frank and her family discovered in Amsterdam. 1944 – August 19th: Liberation of Paris begins. 1944 – November 7th: F.D.R. elected to record 4th term. WHAT IT MEANS & WHO THEY ARE

FUNICULAR: An inclined plane or a cable SOCIALISM: A theory or system of social railway. organization based on the holding of most property held in common with actual RATIOCINATION: The process of exact ownership ascribed to the workers. thinking. THORSTEN VEBLEN: An American ‘GOTTENYU’: ‘Dear God’ economist and sociologist. ‘ALTEMOID’: ‘Old maid’ FIBBER McGEE: The main character ina popular American radio comedy series, ‘SHIKSA’ : ‘American gentile girl’ Fibber McGee and Molly. ‘VILDACHAYA’ : ‘Crazy Woman’ FANNY BRICE: A famous singer/actress COMMUNISM: A theory or system of and creator of The Baby Snooks Show social organization based on the holding ST. AUGUSTINE (354-430 A.D.): of all property in common, with the actual Considered one of the greatest Christian ownership ascribed to the community or thinkers of all time. the state.

TALLEY’S FOLLY CREATIVE TEAM

LOUIS COLAIANNI (Dialect Coach) Voice, productions include: Gaslight, Boeing-Boeing, speech dialect, text coach for Broadway: Will You Can’t Take It with You, My Three Angels, Ferrell, You’re Welcome America. Off-Broadway: Lucky Stiff, Florida Follies starring Florence LAByrinth Theatre, The Little Flower of East Henderson, Too Big to be a Waitress, Show Boat Orange. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival; (Dean Jones and Cloris Leachman national Utah Shakespearean Festival; Milwaukee Rep; tour), Little Shop of Horrors, Curly McDimple Kansas City Rep; Seattle Rep; McCarter Theatre; starring Margaret O’Brien, Blithe Spirit, Annie Westport Country Playhouse; Williamstown. Get Your Gun, A Funny Thing…Forum, Death Film: Bill Murray as FDR in Hyde Park on of a Salesman and Cinderelle – a Rock Fairy Hudson. Books: The Joy of Phonetics and Accents; Tale. Thanks to Sean, Becca, John, Bob – family How to Speak Shakespeare. always; and to the Florida Rep and its board for the opportunity to showcase the best theatre RICHARD CROWELL (Set Designer) is around. thrilled to return to Florida Repertory Theatre to be a part of this wonderful production and KATE SMITH (Sound Designer) is happy to to work once again with the extraordinary return for her fourth season at Florida Rep. She staff at Florida Rep. Richard has been a part of is a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate from various Florida Repertory productions since the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Kate inaugural season in The Arcade and has been has worked in many aspects of theater. She most designing scenery and lighting for the stage for recently served as the Art Director and Lighting over 30 years. He received his MFA from the Designer for Florida Rep’s summer camp Stage Design Training Program at Meadows program. Sound Design credits include Tru, School of the Arts, Southern Methodist Sylvia, August Osage County, Trying and You University and a BFA from Memphis State Can’t Take It with You. Lighting design credits University. include Black Tie, It’s a Wonderful Life, King o’ the Moon, The Santaland Diaries and The Year of MATTHEW McCARTHY*** (Lighting Magical Thinking in Florida Rep’s Studio Theatre. Designer) Previous productions at Florida Kate has also worked for Brevard Music Center, Rep include: The Mystery of Irma Vep, Sylvia, Flat Rock Playhouse, IUP’s Keystone Rep and Born Yesterday, Dancing At Lughnasa and Footlight Players. Opus. Design credits include: Blue Man Group in New York, Boston and Chicago; Lost In GRACE VARLAND (Assistant Stage Yonkers, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Manager) was born and raised in Spring Arbor, Bound at The Old Globe; Dracula at Alabama Michigan. She recently received her bachelors at Shakespeare Festival; Engaging Shaw, Rum & Belhaven University, where she stage managed Coke, Texas Homos and many other plays for for directors John Maxwell and McNair Wilson. Abingdon Theatre Co.; over 60 musicals for Stage appearances include Murder in the Stages St. Louis; New Harmony Theatre Co.; Cathedral, The Importance of Being Earnest and Collected Stories starring Lynn Redgrave for Sister Calling My Name. Grace has also spent Contemporary Stage Co. Opera credits include: the last two summers with Horn in the West, Arizona Opera, Connecticut Opera, Curtis the nation’s longest running (and best) outdoor Institute of Music, Juilliard Opera Co., Houston drama. When not in rehearsal, Grace enjoys Grand Opera and Tanglewood Opera. Member dancing, coffee houses, climbing trees and plenty United Scenic Artists Local 829. of reading time. She loves what she does, loves www.mccarthylighting.com her parents and three brothers and loves The Lord, whom she calls ‘Teacher.’ ROBERTA MALCOLM (Costume Designer) is pleased to be returning for her ninth season JANINE WOCHNA* (Production Stage at the Florida Rep after 25 years traveling the Manager) is delighted to return to the Florida country as a costumer/designer for everyone Rep having previously stage managed The from community theatre performers to Florence Mystery of Irma Vep, Red, King o’ the Moon, Henderson, John Ritter, LeVar Burton, Tony The Lady with All the Answers, The Rainmaker, Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Margaret O’Brien, Rounding Third, Tuesdays with Morrie, Broadway Dean Jones and Cloris Leachman. Favorite Bound, Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Middle Ages,

TALLEY’S FOLLY CREATIVE TEAM My Three Angels and A Dash of Rosemary. of benefits including health and pension plans Regional theatre credits include Geva Theatre: for its members. Through its agreement with Two Trains Running, Almost Maine, The Clean Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair House, Evie’s Waltz, ROOMS: a rock romance, treatment of the actors and stage managers , Bad Dates, Doubt, The employed in this production. AEA is a member Underpants, Ella, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an Story, Menopause the Musical, The House in international organization of performing arts Hydesville, Pride and Prejudice, Cabaret and A unions. For more information, visit www. Christmas Carol; Cleveland Playhouse: Tea at actorsequity.org. Five, Leading Ladies, Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Kiss for Cinderella and Two Trains Running. She Florida Professional is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati Theatre’s Association (FPTA) College-Conservatory of Music and a proud is a statewide organization of member of Actors’ Equity Association. professional theatre companies and theatre professionals interested in the Actors’ Equity Association development and promotion of professional (AEA) was founded in 1913 as theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory the first of the American Actor Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre. unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, SPECIAL THANKS Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, William and Sally Eastman singers, dancers and stage managers working in JRM Fish House hundreds of theatres across the United States. Pam Cronin at The Shell Factory Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range LUNCHBOX THEATRE SERIES! This innovative retelling of Homer’s epic poem is MORE than a play and puts the audience in the middle of the action! After winning the Trojan War, our hero Odysseus makes his way home from Troy…but this will be no easy trip! For Grades 3-7. DEC 8 @ 11 am ArtStage Studio Theatre Tickets Going Fast! $12 includes the performance, lunch from April’s Pie Company, an interactive workshop and FREE PARKING! THEATRE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! Call 239.332.4488 or visit us @ FloridaRepEducation.org

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