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MAGAZINE.COM Chesapeake Shakespeare Company Ian Gallanar* Lesley Malin* Patrick Kilpatrick* Founding Artistic Director Managing Director Production Manager The Comedy of Errors By Directed by Scott Alan Small* Technical Director: Daniel O’Brien* | Costume Designer: Heather C. Jackson | Stage Manager: Sarah Thompson Setting: Ephesus CAST AEGEON, a merchant from Syracuse...... Frank Mancino* SOLINUS, Duke of Ephesus...... Kate Forton* ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE...... Matthew Ancarrow* DROMIO OF SYRACUSE, a servant...... Kelsey Painter* FIRST MERCHANT, SECOND MERCHANT...... Emily Marsh DROMIO OF EPHESUS, a servant...... Bobby Henneberg ADRIANA, wife to Antipholus of Ephesus...... Mary Myers LUCIANA, Adriana’s sister...... Carson Elizabeth Gregory ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS...... Robby Rose* A COURTESAN...... Lauren Engler* BALTHAZAR, a merchant...... Emily Marsh ANGELO, a goldsmith...... James Jager* LUCE, Adriana’s servant, wife to Dromio of Espesus...... Jeff Miller NELL, a kitchen maid...... Jeff Miller PINCH, a schoolmaster...... Tim Bintrim ABBESS...... Jeff Miller CHORUS...... Nick Delaney* MUSICIANS...... Nick Delaney*, Lauren Engler*, James Jager*, Emily Marsh, Jeff Miller OFFICER, WAITRESSES, WAITER, GAOLER, DOORMAN...... Roxy Daneman, Billy Saunders, Ceili Lang

ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION STAFF Director...... Scott Alan Small* Production Manager...... Patrick Kilpatrick* Stage Manager...... Sarah Thompson Technical Director, Set and Lighting Designer...... Daniel O’Brien* Costume Designer...... Heather C. Jackson* Assistant Director...... Katie Keddell* Props Designer, Backstage Manager...... Mindy Braden* Sound Designer...... Adam W. Johnson Hair and Wig Designer...... Haley Raines Young* Music Director ...... Scott Farquhar* Choreographer ...... Nellie K. Glover* Fight Choreographer, Fight Captain ...... James Jager* Technical Manager, Assistant Lighting Designer...... Marisa Jack Set Painter...... Lauren Engler* Text Coach...... Teresa Castracane* Assistant Stage Manager...... Mel Vitullo Assistant Stage Manager ...... Ruthie Griffith Wardrobe Mistress...... Rachel Austin Dance Captain...... Kate Forton* Costuming Assistant...... Sarah Steele Sound Board Operator...... Jay Burgin Run Crew...... Lydia McCaw, Katie Nisbet House Managers...... Mary Pohlig*, Pamela Forton, Tyler C. Groton Volunteer Coordinator...... Sara Small* Family Day Coordinator...... Robby Rose*

MUSIC: Composer and Lyricist ….“Satan Come Forth,” from the musical The Comedy of Errors (1976), used with permission. THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION

*CSC Company Member SPECIAL THANKS CSC volunteers and the CSCorps, Caitlin Chamberlain, Howard County Department of Recreation and Parks, Joe Fisher, Antique Depot, CSC Interns Ian Simon (Tech and Marketing) and Allie Hough (Marketing) and Adrienne Johnson (Production), Portalli’s, The Wine Bin, Theatre Consultants Collaborative Inc., Royal Shakespeare Company, FNP Printing Co., Mount Royal Printing Co., Todd M. Zimmerman, Sandra Maddox Barton On the cover: Robby Rose and Matthew Ancarrow as the Antipholus twins. Photo by Teresa Castracane.

2 The Comedy of Errors The Comedy of Errors: Across the Ages

language of Shakespeare, and con- temporary comic imagery.

What can we find this time that makes this production unique from past productions? Well, discoveries often change with the collaborators. So, the results this time will come from a new mix of artists.

One of the best things about being Each production also differs because the Artistic Director of a Shakespeare of the ideas we’re exploring as a com- company is that you deal with a can- pany. We’ve been talking a lot lately on of work. In other words, you get a about the relationship between live limited repertoire of plays. Some of music--one of my favorite “original these plays, you only visit once -- like practices”--and the “fourth wall” some of Shakespeare’s lesser known (the imaginary barrier between the plays. Others, you get to spend time audience and the actors, which we with every five or six years. That is the find ways to manipulate). You’ll see case with The Comedy of Errors. Director Scott Alan Small work with these ideas in this production of The This is the Chesapeake Shakespeare Comedy of Errors. You’ll also see his Company’s third production of the unique approach to theatricalism. . We repeat it because we like it. It does something very unique very And, no doubt, you’ll see all of those successfully: The Comedy of Errors things you’ve learned to expect from links the traditions of the Classical Era a CSC performance: You’ll see a show (Roman comedy) to the Golden Age that is fun, energetic, and innovative. of English theater, and then, with our production, to contemporary art. This summer’s production attempts to link – Ian Gallanar these three worlds -- the broad comic Founding Artistic Director style of Roman comedy, the sublime

Photo courtesy Theatre Consultants Collaborative, Inc.

CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Earle W. Pratt, III President Robin Hough Vice President Scott Helm Treasurer

Laura A. Boydston Jack McCann Linda Pieplow Kevin G. Burke Lesley Malin Emily Rockefeller Jane Coffey Wade Meadows Dr. Tim Weiner Ian Gallanar Dan Moylan

The Comedy of Errors 3 The Comedy of Errors Synopsis: Lost and Found Family

THE BACKGROUND unaware that their father has The play begins with the also arrived there on the same Aegeon, a merchant of Syra- quest. As a citizen of Syracuse, cuse, telling his story. More which is a city at war with than 30 years have passed Ephesus, Aegeon has landed since Aegeon and his wife illegally in Ephesus and is became parents of twin boys. arrested and condemned to They named both Antipholus. death unless a ransom is paid They bought another pair of by sunset. Unknown to all of twins, both named Dromio, to them, the lost Antipholus and be their sons’ servants. As the Dromio have been living in Drama family was travelling home, Ephesus for many years. -Continued from Page 4 they were shipwrecked in a violent storm. Aegeon man- On Ephesus, the strangers find aged to save only one boy An- themselves greeted like old tipholus and one boy Dromio, friends. Antipholus of Syracuse and he has never seen the rest finds that he has acquired a of his family since. wife, Adriana, and a sister-in- law, Luciana…and everyone in Leaving a lasting THE ACTION Ephesus seems to be behaving Antipholus of Syracuse and very strangely... legacy and making Dromio of Syracuse arrive in Ephesus in search of their – Courtesy of the Royal Shakespeare the future better in long-lost twin brothers, Company Howard County.

The Community Simple or Family Drama? Foundation of Howard By Natalie Tenner parent/child, husband/wife, siblings, County can help. Take one set of separated twins, twins – that he develops to even one servant, the courtesan Erotium, greater beauty and complexity in his and an unnamed Wife, and you later plays. These changes include Since 1969, Howard County’s community will have ’s Roman comedy, having two complimentary sets of foundation has been funding local Menaechmi. Add another set of ser- twins, and lessening the distinct iden- organizations that provide health and human vant twins, a more substantial role for tity of the courtesan while empha- the named wife, Adriana, and add in sizing the story of Adriana (as well as services, that preserve our history and the back story of Aegeon and Emilia giving her a companion in Luciana). heritage, and that entertain and enlighten us as separated lovers, and you have The Luciana then incidentally provides a through the arts. Comedy of Errors, and, of course, twice love interest for the unmarried An- the confusion. tipholus of Syracuse. Also, there is the fate of Aegeon and Emilia. You can now create your own legacy that will A TALE OF RELATIONSHIPS continue this tradition of giving. Learn about As he often did, Shakespeare TRADITIONS IN COMEDY establishing an Endowment Fund with The took the old Roman play and made it Even with the new plot lines and Community Foundation of Howard County. his own. While often seen as a simple characters, however, The Comedy of farce, The Comedy of Errors becomes Errors is Shakespeare’s shortest play, a potentially more complicated and which has, throughout its perfor- Call 410-730-7840. more emotionally moving piece after mance history, tempted directors and the changes that Shakespeare imple- performers to fill in the gaps with mented. His changes not only add to visual confusion and farcical action. the confusion of the play but create As one of Shakespeare’s earliest complex human relationships – }Continued, Page 19

4 The Comedy of Errors Who’s Who

Jeff Mary James Robby Matthew Emily Lauren Miller Myers Jager+ Rose+ Ancarrow+ Marsh Engler+

Bobby Kelsey Frank Carson Tim R. Kate Nick Henneberg Painter+ Mancino+ Elizabeth Bintrim Forton+ Delaney+ Gregory

+CSC Company Member

The Comedy of Errors 5 Bios CAST, in alphabetical order lanus and Stillpointe Theatre’s Sweeney ects with Kaiser Permanente’s Educational 2003), Uncle Vanya (2015), Todd. She holds a BA with honors in Theatre Program. Emily holds a BFA from (2002), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2005, Matthew Ancarrow (Antipholus of Syracuse), Performance Theater from High Point Uni- Virginia Commonwealth University. 2010, 2014), (2006), a member of the CSC Ensemble, appeared versity, where she was an Assistant Stage www.emilykmarsh.com (2007), Lysistrata (original adaptation, as Paris in CSC’s , Renfield Manager for Twelfth Night and performed 2010), Our Town (2011), Richard III (2012), in Dracula, Snug and Demetrius in A in Urinetown, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jeff Miller (Luce, Nell, Abbess) has ap- (2013), The Merry Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 and Our Town, and Picnic. peared with CSC as Oliver Martext in As Wives of Windsor (2014), and A Christmas 2011), Oliver in , Tranio in The You Like It and Peter Simple in The Merry Carol (original adaptation, 2014). Ian Taming of the Shrew, and other shows. He Carson Elizabeth Gregory (Luciana) has Wives of Windsor. He was a Performance created the “movable” format for CSC pro- has also appeared in Cohesion Theatre appeared with CSC as Dorothy in A Christ- Intern for The Taming of the Shrew. He ductions in which audiences travel with Company’s as Tullus Aufidius. mas Carol, and Moth in A Midsummer holds a BFA in Acting from the University the actors through the action of the play He holds a BA in Acting and Directing Night’s Dream. Other notable roles include of Maryland, Baltimore County. in multiple outdoor settings. With CSC’s from Frostburg State University. Equity Cathy in the Last Five Years and Rebecca Education Department, he created the Membership Candidate. Galloway in Tecumseh at the Sugarloaf Mary Myers (Adriana) has appeared with CSCorps, a unique educational program matthewancarrow.weebly.com Mountain Amphitheater, Suzy in Wait CSC as Lady Montague in Romeo and in which high school students create and Until Dark with Allenberry Playhouse, Juliet, and Caroline and Martha Cratchit produce live productions of Shakespeare Tim R. Bintrim (Pinch) last appeared as the and Ambiguous in the world premiere in A Christmas Carol. She has appeared in a collaborative working environment. jovial Fezziwig in CSC’s original adaptation of Districtland at the 2014 Capital Fringe with The Strand Theater Company as Previously, Ian has served as Artistic Direc- of A Christmas Carol. He was Balthus Van Festival. Carson graduated with honors Lisa in The Glory of Living, Morse in One tor for the National Theatre for Children, Tassel in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and from Greensboro College and holds a BA Flea Spare, and Andi in One Glitz Wish. Minnesota Shakespeare in the Park and Pinch in The Comedy of Errors with The Twin in Theatre. Additional credits include As You Like It the Repertory Theater of America. Ian is Beach Players. His many credits include: and with HalfMad Theatre; a Helen Hayes Tribute Award, Telly Award The Nature and Purpose of the Universe and Bobby Henneberg (Dromio of Ephesus) The Immortal Jellyfish and Crave with Ava- and Howie Award (Howard County Arts A Volunteer Army, with Source Theater; and appeared with CSC as Flute/Thisbe in A lanche Theatre Company; and Friendship Council) winner and the recipient of the Three Penny Opera and The Beggars Opera Midsummer Night’s Dream and as Robert Betrayed (reading series) with WSC Avant Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana at Wolf Trap. He portrayed a zombie in in The Merry Wives of Windsor. With Cohe- Bard. She holds a BA in Theatre from The University of Pennsylvania. George Romero’s Day of the Dead and Pres- sion Theatre Company, he appeared as College of William and Mary. ident Richard M. Nixon in an NHK (Japan) Jean Pierre in 13 Dead Husbands and in Lesley Malin (Managing Director), a television documentary. the ensemble in Coriolanus. He is studying Kelsey Painter (Dromio of Syracuse), a founder of Chesapeake Shakespeare Theater Performance at Howard Commu- CSC Company Member, has appeared in A Company, has served as its Managing Nick Delaney (Chorus, Musician) is CSC’s nity College. A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Peaseblos- Director since 2003. She also works as Resident Musician and a CSC Ensemble som (2014) and Cobweb (2011); in The an actress, playing such roles with CSC Member. He has appeared in Romeo and James Jager (Angelo) is a CSC Resident Merchant of Venice as Lancelot Gobbo and as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Juliet, Uncle Vanya, A Christmas Carol, A Acting Company member. He has per- Duke of Venice; and in Our Town as Emily Being Earnest, Lady Macbeth, Beatrice, Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, formed in CSC’s Romeo and Juliet (2015 Webb. Kelsey has also worked locally with Mrs. Bennet, the Queens in Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew, and The Two Gen- and 2012) A Christmas Carol, Richard II, Live Action Theatre, Pumpkin Theatre, , Alithea in The Country Wife, tlemen of Verona, and was Music Director A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 and Stillpointe Theatre Initiative, Venus The- in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and for The Merry Wives of Windsor. He was 2011), As You Like It, The Taming of the atre, Pallas Theatre Collective, and Woolly Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol. She is Music Director and appeared in 13 Dead Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ro- Mammoth Theatre Company. She holds a former Managing Director and current Husbands with Cohesion Theatre Com- meo and Juliet, , and Ham- a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts from Trustee of the Lark Play Development pany. He has played guitar and/or bass let, among many others. He is CSC’s Lead Towson University. Center in New York City, and a former Vice for musicals at University of Maryland, Teaching Artist and a Society of American President and Treasurer of the interna- Children’s Theatre of Annapolis, Laurel Fight Directors’ certified Advanced Actor/ Robby Rose (Antipholus of Ephesus) is a tional Shakespeare Theatre Association. Mill Playhouse, and Stevenson University. Combatant. He was Fight Consultant on CSC Company Member and Teaching Art- She is a graduate of Washington Univer- the Helen Hayes Award-winning Three ist. He was Production Manager for the sity in St. Louis, NYU’s Arts Management Kate Forton (Duke Solinus, Dance Cap- Musketeers at Synetic Theater. CSC Under-30 Company’s All’s Well That program and Leadership Howard County. tain, Administrative Assistant) is a CSC Ends Well. He has appeared in CSC’s Rich- Associate Company Member. She was Frank Mancino (Aegeon), a CSC Asso- ard II, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 Scott Alan Small (Director of The Comedy Assistant Stage Manager for CSC’s Romeo ciate Member, has appeared as Beralde and 2011), Dracula, Romeo and Juliet, Pride of Errors, Associate Artistic Director) is a and Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, in Imaginary Invalid; Albany in King Lear; and Prejudice, Cymbeline, , and CSC Resident Acting Company member. Uncle Vanya, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew; Mayor Twelfth Night. Additional credits include He also directed the movable produc- , The Taming of the in The Front Page; King of France/Williams The Diary of Anne Frank, Six Degrees of tion of Dracula, and The Complete Works Shrew, and A Christmas Carol; a singer in in ; Duke Senior in As You Like Separation, The Battle of Shallowford and of William Shakespeare: Abridged. He Uncle Vanya, Richard II, and As You Like It; Lennox in Macbeth; Sparkish in The The Busie Body. has appeared in CSC’s Uncle Vanya, A It; Dance Captain in A Christmas Carol Country Wife; Sebastian in ; Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s and Romeo and Juliet; and an ensemble Duke Solinus and Dr. Pinch in The Comedy Dream (2014),The Merry Wives of Windsor, member in several productions. She holds of Errors; Ligniere and Capuchin in Cyrano Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, a BA in Theatre Arts and Vocal Music from de Bergerac; Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar; ARTISTIC and TECHNICAL CREW and , Richard III, The Coun- Gettysburg College. Cinesias in Lysistrata; Professor in Our CSC STAFF try Wife, A Doll’s House, and The Front Page. Town; Gobbo and Prince Arragon in The Lauren Engler (Courtesan) is a CSC Merchant of Venice and Dr. Seward in Ian Gallanar (Founding Artistic Director) Rachel Austin (Wardrobe Mistress) Company Member. She recently was Pro- Dracula. http://mancino.org. In addition to founding the Chesapeake recently worked on costumes for the CSC duction Stage Manager for CSC’s Romeo Shakespeare Company in 2002, Ian has Under-30 Company’s All’s Well That Ends and Juliet (2015). She was Stage Manager Emily Marsh (Balthazar, 1st Merchant, worked as a professional actor, director Well. She was a Wardrobe Assistant for for Uncle Vanya, Richard II, and the 2013 2nd Merchant) is making her CSC debut. and writer for more than 125 professional CSC’s Romeo and Juliet school matinees Romeo and Juliet touring production. She Previous credits include Hermione in The productions. His career as a professional and contributed to A Midsummer Night’s appeared as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Winter’s Tale at HalfMad Theatre Company, Artistic Director spans more than 20 years. Dream (2014). She studied Costume Night’s Dream. Lauren has also performed Coriolanus in Coriolanus with Conver- His directing credits with CSC include pro- Design and Construction at University of in Cohesion Theatre Company’s Corio- gence Theatre at Capital Fringe, and proj- ductions of Romeo and Juliet (2015 and Maryland Baltimore County.

6 The Comedy of Errors Elizabeth Berman (Development Manager) and six seasons at the Pennsylvania Capital Fringe Festival. She has directed Jean Thompson (Communications has a Master of Arts degree in Arts . He holds an MFA for the Ben M’sk International Theatre Manager) promotes our main stage and Administration from Goucher College from University of Washington. SAG-AF- Festival in Casablanca, Morocco. Katie school matinee productions, our capital and two bachelor’s degrees from Johns TRA, AEA. holds an MA in Theatre from San Diego and annual campaigns, and the exciting Hopkins University. Liz speaks three State University. season ahead. She has worked for languages (French, Italian, and English) Nellie K. Glover (Choreographer) is CSC’s The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, and is a classically trained musician who Resident Choreographer. Her choreog- Patrick Kilpatrick (Production Manager, AmericanStyle and Giftware News teaches at The Music Institute at HCC. raphy for CSC includes Romeo and Juliet Director of Programming) is a founding magazine. (2015 and 2012), A Christmas Carol, A Mid- member of CSC. Patrick directed CSC pro- Mindy Braden (Props Designer, Back summer Night’s Dream (2014 and 2011), ductions of As You Like It, The Two Gentle- Sarah Thompson (Stage Manager) was Stage Manager), a member of CSC’s The Taming of the Shrew, and Pride and men of Verona, The Tempest, The Taming of Assistant Stage Manager for CSC’s As You Resident Technical and Design Company, Prejudice. She has also choreographed the Shrew, and . He has Like It and The Taming of the Shrew. She has served as Props Designer for Romeo Rent for Towson University; Baltimore appeared onstage in and choreographed recently graduated with a BA degree from and Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, Cappies. She holds a BS in Acting from fights for numerous CSC productions and High Point University and this August will A Christmas Carol, A Midsummer Night’s Towson University. has been the Production Manager for begin working toward an MFA in Stage Dream (2014), Dracula, The Merry Wives of every show since January 2010. Management at Yale School of Drama. Windsor, and As You Like It; as Stage Man- Marisa Jack (Assistant Technical Direc- ager for productions including Pride and tor) is a Boston-based lighting designer Kristina Lambdin (CSC Business Man- Mel Vitullo (Assistant Stage Manager) Prejudice, Richard III, Taming of the Shrew, and master electrician pursuing a BFA ager, CSC Resident Costume Designer). was a CSCorps member for three years, and Antony and Cleopatra; as Backstage at Emerson College. She was Assistant Some of her costuming credits include and worked on CSC’s A Midsummer Manager for As You Like It; and as Costume Technical Director for CSC’s As You Like CSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Night’s Dream (2011), Our Town, The Two Designer for The Merry Wives of Windsor, It. Her lighting design credits include (2014, 2011, and 2005, and winning Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It, and to name just a few of her many credits. Uncommon Women at Emerson College the Greater Baltimore Theater Award Richard III. mainstage; Clubland: The Monster Pop for the 2005 production); The Taming of Kelly Martin Broderick (Audience Party (ABC Productions); and Macbeth, the Shrew (2006 and 2013 productions); Guy Woolfenden (Composer of “Satan Services Manager) is finishing a Bache- The Taming of the Shrew, Eastland: A New Romeo and Juliet (2015, 2003, and 2012 Come Forth”) is known worldwide for lor’s degree at the University of Maryland Musical, Rocky Horror, and Stop and Frisk productions); A Doll’s House; As You his work in theatre, opera, ballet, and or- Baltimore County, in Gender and Women’s at Boston Center for the Arts. Her Master Like It (Broadway World 2007 Best of chestra. He has conducted concerts with Studies. Kelly is a visual artist whose work Electrician credits include The Spitfire Grill Baltimore Award); and The Country Wife. many of the major British symphony and was included in “Ordinary Woman,” a show at Paramount Theatre, and Dancing at Broadway World named her as a top chamber orchestras. He has composed at the Howard County Center for the Arts. Lughnasa at Emerson College mainstage. artist of the 2007 Baltimore Theatre. For around 150 scores for the Royal Shake- www.marisajackdesign.com more than a decade, she served as the speare Company and works for other Teresa Castracane (Text Coach, Photog- Costume Supervisor for the Baltimore major European theatre companies, col- rapher) is CSC’s Resident Text Coach, a Heather C. Jackson (Costume Design- Opera Company and then Lyric Opera laborating with some of the world’s finest professional actor and a photographer. er) has designed for CSC’s Uncle Vanya, Baltimore. directors, designers and choreographers She holds a BA in Theater from Fordham Richard II, and Richard III. An Associate on award-winning productions. University, and an MFA from The Academy Company Member at Single Carrot The- Russell Laury (Porter) joined CSC in 2014 for Classical Acting. She appeared in CSC’s atre, she has designed for Utopia Parkway, after working with Southway Builders Haley Raines Young (Wig and Makeup The Dog in the Manger, and directed The Social Creatures, A Beginner’s Guide to on the construction of the Chesapeake Designer) has designed for CSC’s . She has also worked Deicide, The VIP, Hotel Cassiopeia, The Long Shakespeare Company Theater. Importance of Being Earnest, A Christmas with Taffety Punk Theatre Company, Ford’s Christmas Ride Home, and Eurydice among Carol and Pride and Prejudice. She was Theatre, Signature Theatre, and Philadel- others. Additional credits include Loyola Laura Malkus (Development Director) Wardrobe Supervisor at Woolly Mammoth phia Shakespeare Festival. www.Teresa- University’s Goldor $ Mythyka, , joined CSC in September. She previously Theatre from 2010-2014. She designed Castracane.com The Importance of Being Earnest, Waiting served as Director of Annual Giving at wigs for The House of the Spirits at Gala for Godot, and Lysistrata; and StillPointe’s Roland Park Country School, and prior Hispanic Theatre, and for All My Sons at Scott Farquhar (Music Director, CSC Res- Titus Andronicus, among many others. to that served as the coordinator for Radford University. She did hair and wig ident Musical Director) has been a free- Other credits include Pumpkin Theatre, its record-breaking $25 million capital maintenance and haircuts for Hairspray at lance musician and performer in Mary- Silver Spring Stage, Dance Exchange, The campaign. In her personal time, Laura Signature Theatre, The Matchmaker at the land for over 25 years. For CSC, Scott has Rude Mechanicals, and numerous schools is a performer and writer. She holds a University of Maryland, Julius Caesar at provided sound designs and appeared and universities. heathercjackson.com Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre from Towson the Shakespeare Theatre, The Real Inspec- on stage; he has had roles in 16 CSC pro- University and studied acting at The Lee tor Hound at Metro Stage, and Photograph ductions including Snout in A Midsummer Adam W. Johnson (Sound Designer) is Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in 51 at Theatre J. She studied theater and Night’s Dream. scottfarquhar.com making his CSC debut. His credits include New York City. vocal performance at Radford University, Always...Patsy Cline at Stoneham Theatre; and passed the Virginia State Board of Ruthie Griffith (Assistant Stage Manager) Aesop’s Network at Berkshire Theatre Fes- Daniel O’Brien (Technical Director, Set Cosmetology in 2009. was Stage Manager for the CSC Under-30 tival; Laugh and Carrie at Studio Theatre; and Lighting Designer) is CSC’s Resident Company’s All’s Well That Ends Well, Assis- Los empeños de una casa and Puro Tango Technical Director. A founding member tant Stage Manager for CSC’s A Christmas 2 at GALA Hispanic Theatre; The Price at of CSC, Daniel has performed, designed Carol, and Wardrobe Assistant for Richard Olney Theatre Center. He was Associate scenery and lights, and served as Techni- II. She is a graduate of Duke University. Designer for The Love of the Nightingale at cal Director for many productions, among Constellation Theatre Company. other jobs too numerous to name. He has Ron Heneghan (Director of Community overseen the construction of CSC’s new Engagement) is the administrator of Katie Keddell (Assistant Director) is a theater in Baltimore and designed the CSC community programs and school CSC Company Member. She was Assistant sets and lighting for the inaugural season matinees. He has appeared as Astrov in Director for The Complete Works of William plays A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard CSC’s Uncle Vanya, Clarence in Richard III, Shakespeare Abridged, and appeared as II, Romeo and Juliet, and A Christmas Carol. and Mr. Webb in Our Town. His regional Young Lucius in Titus Andronicus and Daniel is also a musician, and composed credits include Everyman Theatre, Ford’s Verges in . She the music for CSC’s first production in Theatre, Olney Theatre, Spooky Action was a Teaching Artist for the CSCorps 2002, Twelfth Night. Theater, Philadelphia Shakespeare, Seattle program for four years. Regional credits Rep, Merrimack Rep, Huntington Theatre, include: 4.48 Psychosis with Iron Crow Sara Small (Volunteer Coordinator) re- Lyric Stage of Boston, Utah Shakespear- Theatre, Romeo and Juliet with The cruits and oversees the many volunteers ean, Second Story, and PCPA Theatrefest; Shakespeare Factory, Mosca in Volpone at and ushers who assist during productions. The Comedy of Errors 7 8 The Comedy of Errors CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY CHESAPEAKE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

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For this summer’s production of ate the rights to use the song, The Comedy of Errors, Director “Satan Come Forth.” Originally Scott Alan Small and Musical scored for 20 or more instru- Director Scott Farquhar have ments, the song has been planned a special treat drawn rearranged by Farquhar for from musical theater. They are instruments played by our cast using, with permission, a song members: trombone, violin, from the 1976 British musical clarinet, guitar, and ukulele. The Comedy of Errors, with book The choreography is by Nellie and lyrics by Trevor Nunn and K. Glover. score by Guy Woolfenden. The musical was first performed by “We have been working to the Royal Shakespeare Compa- improve the presence of music ny at Stratford-Upon-Avon in in our plays, and the ways 1976. In 1977 it moved to Lon- we use the music in story- don’s West End, where it won telling,” Farquhar says. Music the play: The songs help tell the Laurence Olivier Best New and dance have been familiar The song selections for each the story. Play award. aspects of CSC’s performances play are often quite deliberate. since its very first play, Twelfth Whether period music or cov- We hope that the Woolfendens This spring, Scott Farquhar Night (2002). That play featured ers of contemporary hits, the – and CSC audiences -- will be tracked down Woolfenden’s original compositions by Dan- lyrics can help move the plot pleased with the song we’ve publisher (who is also his wife, iel O’Brien, who is now CSC’s or illuminate enduring and borrowed from The Comedy of Jane Woolfenden) to negoti- Resident Technical Director. universal ideas and themes in Errors, the musical.

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18 The Comedy of Errors helps to exaggerate these moments Drama for greater comedic effect. -Continued from Page 4 SOCIAL COMMENTARY? But Shakespeare does not simply performed plays, it is interesting that provide his audience with a few the source text he chose emphasizes laughs and a happy ending. Woven what the audience ‘sees,’ when often throughout the text are more serious Elizabethan playwrights were more matters to grapple with. Shakespeare concerned with what the audience does not take these issues on in the ‘hears.’ However, his text draws heav- text, but he does present them to his ily on two important theatrical tradi- audience, causing them at moments tions, Roman comedy and commedia to question their laughter. dell’ arte, which would have provided At the absence of her husband a young writer of comedy with tech- who has been traipsing around niques and sequences already proven Ephesus, Adriana raises the question successful. Shakespeare’s debt to to Luciana “Why should their liberty Roman comedy is apparent in his use be more than ours?” (2.1.10). Her of Plautus’s plot. His use of commedia questioning of the gender division is not explicitly in the text but serves becomes more poignant when com- CHESAPEAKE well in bringing the text off of the pared with the source play by Plautus, SHAKESPEARE page into performance. where the Wife has no name and COMPANY Commedia dell’ arte, an impro- the named courtesan plays a larger STAFF Scott Alan Small, Concessions Czar visational theatrical style which first Clair Zamoiski Segal, Capital Campaign Consultant role. Shakespeare has removed the Ian Gallanar, Founding Artistic Director became popular in 16th Century Italy, courtesan’s name and transferred that Lesley Malin, Managing Director OUR CREATIVE MEDIA TEAM relies on stock characters to create interest to Adriana, and now Adriana Patrick Kilpatrick, Director of Programming comedic stories. The structures of Laura Malkus, Director of Development Sandra Maddox Barton, Graphic Design takes her quest for identity further Todd M. Zimmerman Design, Graphic Design Elizabeth Berman, Development Manager these performances include much of by questioning traditional male Jean Thompson, Communications Manager Teresa Castracane, Photography what occurs in Shakespeare’s play: Leap Day Media, Program Advertising and female roles. Was Shakespeare Daniel O’Brien, Technical Director mistaken identity, family reunions, Ron Heneghan, Director of Community Engagement attempting to make a statement Kevin Costa, Education Director RESIDENT ARTISTS and humor, all of which Isabelle Anderson, Distinguished Artist in about the disjunction of gender roles, Kristina Lambdin, Resident Costume Designer were staged by combining physical or was Adriana’s questioning seen and Business Manager Residence humor, visual confusion, and lazzi, Scott Alan Small, Associate Artistic Director as inane by Elizabethan audiences, Kelly Martin Broderick, Audience Services Manager which The Oxford Illustrated History Russell Laury, Porter Nellie K. Glover, Resident Choreographer adding to the comedy of the scene? Kate Forton, Administrative Assistant Scott Farquhar, Resident Musical Director of the Theatre defines as “comic quips Teresa Castracane, Resident Text Coach Along the same lines, the Dromios Sara Small, Volunteer Coordinator and turns” (131). The plot lines from continually complain about the beat- Roman comedy seemed to have ings they receive, and the audience worked their way into the improvisa- RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY witnesses some of these beatings. Is tional commedia, including moments Lizzi Albert Ron Heneghan Patrick Kilpatrick Scott Alan Small Shakespeare expressing a political Gregory Burgess James Jager Lesley Malin Michael P. Sullivan which the edition commentary on the relationships Vince Eisenson Kathryn Elizabeth Kelly Molly Moores describes as “the misdelivery of mes- Dave Gamble Jeff Keogh Frank B. Moorman between masters and servants? It is sages, or jewels, confusion over lost difficult to know. money, mistaken arrests, the fetching RESIDENT TECHNICAL AND DESIGN COMPANY ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Just as he would in play after play of a purse of money from a desk, Sandra Maddox Barton Kristina Lambdin Jeannie Anderson Frank Mancino that followed The Comedy of Errors, Shake- Mindy Braden Daniel O’Brien Steve Beall Julian Elijah Martinez and the involvement of the zanni, speare does not provide us with the Sarah Curnoles Mary Hoffman Pohlig Michael Boynton Michele Massa or servant-fools, with maids” (xxxiii). answers, just the impetus to question. Heather C. Jackson Sandra Welty Heidi Castle-Smith Brandon Mitchell Shakespeare wrote these moments Marilyn Johnson Haley Raines Young Jenny Crooks Kate Michelsen Graham Karen Eske into the text, but his lack of stage CSC ENSEMBLE Tami Moon – NATALIE TENNER was the Dramaturg Lauren Engler Christopher Niebling directions leaves these situations Matthew Ancarrow Jose Guzman for CSC’s 2008 production of The Comedy Valerie Fenton Kelsey Painter Blythe Coons Seamus Miller open to improvisation and stylized Ashly Fishell-Shaffer Robby Rose of Errors and for The Importance of Being Lauren M. Davis Laura Rocklyn comedy. The tradition of commedia Kate Forton Christina Schlegel Nicholas Delaney Erin Bone Steele Earnest this past spring. BJ Gailey David Smith Scott Graham Gerrad Alex Taylor Ty Hallmark David Tabish Marilyn Johnson Nathan Thomas Katie Keddell Wayne Willinger Shannon Marie Listol Wilson The Chesapeake Shakespeare Company creates performances and education programs out of CSC’s Resident Photographer great classic theater. Classic plays can be awfully good, but only if they speak to their audience and the community in a way that is dynamic, personal, and pleasurable. We do plays that people like and we perform them in innovative and intimate ways that intensify the connection between audiences also offering Headshots for Actors and artists. We do this because we want to know what makes Shakespeare so great — and we ask Executive Portraits our audience and our community to explore that question alongside us. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Photography of Children & Families

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Season EXTRA

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company 2015-2016 Subscriber Packages ★Five-show series with all-reserved seats ★Subscriber-only discount on our Season Extra ★Opening Night Series with post-show cast party shows: A Christmas Carol and Romeo and Juliet. ★Saturday Matinee Series (Baltimore Four) ★Five-show subscriptions for adults start at $125 ★Five shows for the price of four ★Family-friendly pricing for students and children. ChesapeakeShakespeare.com/Subscriptions

CHESAPEAKE 7 South Calvert Street, Baltimore www.ChesapeakeShakespeare.com SHAKESPEARE BOX OFFICE 410-244-8570 COMPANY