Edward Albee's at Home at The
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CAST OF CHARACTERS TROY KOTSUR*............................................................................................................................PETER Paul Crewes Rachel Fine Artistic Director Managing Director RUSSELL HARVARD*, TYRONE GIORDANO..........................................................................................JERRY AND AMBER ZION*.................................................................................................................................ANN JAKE EBERLE*...............................................................................................................VOICE OF PETER JEFF ALAN-LEE*..............................................................................................................VOICE OF JERRY PAIGE LINDSEY WHITE*........................................................................................................VOICE OF ANN *Indicates a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of David J. Kurs Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Artistic Director Production of ACT ONE: HOMELIFE ACT TWO: THE ZOO STORY Peter and Ann’s living room; Central Park, New York City. EDWARD ALBEE’S New York City, East Side, Seventies. Sunday. Later that same day. AT HOME AT THE ZOO ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF STARRING COSTUME AND PROPERTIES REHEARSAL STAGE Jeff Alan-Lee, Jack Eberle, Tyrone Giordano, Russell Harvard, Troy Kotsur, WARDROBE SUPERVISOR SUPERVISOR INTERPRETER COMBAT Paige Lindsey White, Amber Zion Deborah Hartwell Courtney Dusenberry Alek Lev Steve Rankin SCENIC & COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN Karyl Newman Julien V. Elstob Tom Jones DEAF WEST THEATRE LEADERSHIP ARTISTIC DIRECTOR David J. Kurs DEAF WEST THEATRE'S 2016-2017 productions and FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Ed Waterstreet programming are also made possible, in part, by PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR generous grants and contributions from the following: Jennifer Brienen* Kiley Gilchriest Sandra Mae Frank BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Nancy Popovich VICE PRESIDENT Mark Freund ASL MASTER ASSISTANT ASL MASTERS SECRETARY Erin Moss TREASURER Scott Plantinga Linda Bove Jessica Frank, Justin Jackerson Ed Waterstreet, Mel Carter, Shelley Cohen, Keri Kelsey, Jeffrey Lenham. DIRECTED BY PRESIDENT EMERITI Sidney R. Craig, Stephen Schultz Annenberg Foundation, Broadcast Music, Inc., Coy Middlebrook ADVISORY BOARD Friars Charitable Foundation, Mark Freund and Trice Linda Bove, Carol Doran, Kalen Feeney, Bruce Grakal, Koopman, Greater Community Foundation of Greater Laura Hite, Joan Johnson, Liz Lin, Memphis, Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, MARCH 7 - 26, 2017 Kenneth Mikos, Victoria Morris, Carol Padden, Richie Convo Relay, Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Walt Disney Imagineering. Lovelace Studio Theater Olson, Sarah Quigley, Carolyn Sargent Running Time: 2 hours including one 15-minute intermission. The Role of ASL Masters The production is made possible by the generous support of Meeghan and Michael Nemeroff. The American Sign Language (ASL) Master facilitates the adaptation and translation process from written English to “At Home at the Zoo (Zoo Story)” is presented by special arrangement with American Sign Language. This process requires careful attention to preserve the integrity of ASL while adhering to SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. the script as written. In addition to executing the translation, the ASL Master must see that it appropriately reflects the actor and the character portrayed. The ASL Master then works with each actor to ensure that the playwright’s Edward Albee’s AT HOME AT THE ZOO was produced under the title PETER AND JERRY by Second Stage intentions, tone, rhythm, poetry, idiomatic expressions, and humor are all reflected in each actor’s signing. Theatre, New York, 2007, Carole Rothman, Artistic Director The positions of Assistant ASL Masters and Assistant Director on this production were made possible by donations to HOME LIFE was commissioned and PETER AND JERRY was originally produced by Hartford Stage. the Ed Waterstreet and Linda Bove Artists’ Initiative. For more information, www.deafwest.org PERFORMANCES MAGAZINE P5 About the Artists About the Artists JEFF ALAN-LEE (Voice of the critically-acclaimed Cyrano at the Fountain PAIGE LINDSEY WHITE the Gold Medal in Drama from the American history and happenings around Giant Rock in Playwrights Conference, Reprise Theatre Company, Jerry) is so happy to be Theatre in Los Angeles and Tribes at the Studio (Voice of Ann) Stage: Eliza Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980. In Landers, CA for museum exhibition. As part of and the Disneyland Resort. Recently, she worked at re-creating Zoo, with Coy and Theatre in Washington, D.C. He currently gets his Doolittle in Pygmalion 1996 he received the Kennedy Center Honors and ongoing research into the Llano del Rio colony she Thinkwell Group as a Design Manager and taught the gang from Deaf West once artistic jollies as an ensemble member with dog & (Pasadena Playhouse); Macon the National Medal of Arts. In 2005, he was awarded produced experimental art and interpretive Stage Management I for the USC School of Dramatic more. Recent credits: The pony dc, which devises theatre with audience Hill in Abundance (South Coast a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. exhibitions at the site in 2013 and 2014 as Arts. Jennifer is a member of Actors' Equity Suitcase (The Echo Theater integration in mind. Rep); Brooke Wyeth in Other Hinterculture.com with Craftswoman House. She Association and IATSE 504. She graduated with a BFA Company), the L.A. hit, Desert Cities (Arizona Theatre COY MIDDLEBROOK (Director) re-visits his leads a project mapping illegal dumping and in Stage Management from the University of Assassins, Reset, Detective Partner Hero Villian, and RUSSELL HARVARD Company & Indiana Rep); Catherine in Rapture direction of Deaf West Theatre’s render of Edward implemented an application to share debris locations Southern California. Exit the King. Favorite roles include: Auto Da Fe (also (Jerry, performances March Blister Burn (San Diego Rep); Trying (Ovation Albee’s The Zoo Story and this time around in a as a material resource -- Blightsites and is the in Edinburgh and Ireland), Frankie and Johnny in 7-15) A veteran of the stage, Nomination), Ghost-Writer, and The Heir Apparent co-production with The Wallis and with Albee’s co-founder and director of Dehsart. Exhibitions SANDRA MAE FRANK (Assistant Director) is a The Claire De Lune, Hello and Goodbye, and The Russell most recently starred in (International City Theatre); The Children and R II prequel At Home. Directing credits include Little include installations and performances at REDCAT, trained stage and film actress who recently closed Boys Next Door. Early credits: Huck and Jim Open Circle Theatre’s (Theatre @ Boston Court); Walking the Tightrope (LA Shop of Horrors (Ford’s Theatre) the world premiere NASA’s JPL and Santa Monica's GLOW festival. She is her Broadway debut in Deaf West’s Spring (directed by Broadway legend, Joshua Logan), groundbreaking The Who’s Drama Critics' Circle Award Lead Performance of Nobody’s Perfect (The Kennedy Center), the NY the 2016-2017 Archibald Hanna Beinecke Research Awakening. She studies music to do more musicals Snoopy (with Andrea McArdle), Losing It (directed by Tommy and Huntington Theatre Winner, Ovation Nomination, 24TH ST Theatre), Ivo premieres of Tennessee Williams’ Spring Storm Fellow at Yale where she received her MFA. and continue her training in stunts for action films. Andy Cadiff), and many regional and stock theater Company’s I Was Most Alive With You written and Van Hove’s A View From the Bridge (Ahmanson & (Lobo Theatre) and Lee Blessing’s The Roads That As an actress stems from her deep desire to raise the credits throughout the country. Film and TV directed by Craig Lucas.. Russell also performed in Kennedy Center, u/s); Fallen Angels (Ensemble Lead Here (Epic Repertory), Orphans (Lobo Theatre), JULIEN V. ELSTOB (Lighting Design) is a multi- standards within the communication and includes As the World Turns, Could It Be A Miracle, the critically acclaimed Deaf West Broadway revival Theatre Santa Barbara); Wounded (Los Angeles Wooden Nickels and Race Music (The Actors Studio), disciplinary designer; his lighting and video work entertainment industries, she has become an No Big Deal (with Kevin Dillon) and The Beniker of Spring Awakening. In 2012, he made his off- Theatre Ensemble); Mutual Philanthropy (Ensemble Into The Woods, Wizard of Oz, JC Superstar, HAIR spans Theater, Dance, Corporate, and Concert. He Advocate for ZVRS to #Bridging2Worlds by Gang (starring with Andrew McArthy). Jeff is a NYU Broadway debut in the play Tribes, earning a Theatre Studio Theatre LA). International Tour: Trial of the (CCLO) and the Los Angeles sci-fi musical, It Came studied under Joan Arhelger at San Francisco State collaborating both worlds through arts - Deaf and graduate, former NY and LA Lee Strasberg faculty World award, and receiving nominations for Drama Catonsville Nine (The Actors’ Gang). TV: Shameless, From Beyond (LA Ovation Award nom for Best New University. He is also the Lighting Supervisor at the hearing. Theatre credits includes Spring Awakening member and the founder and artistic director of The League Outer Critics and Lucille Lortel awards. He is Hampton DeVille, Days of Our Lives, The Flipside Musical). He directed Baseball Swing and The Wallis Annenberg Center