CRY It by Molly Smith MEtzler OUT directed by Lindsay ALlbaugh The Echo Theater Company PRESENTS THE WEST COAST PREMIERE OF

Molly Smith Metzler’s CRY It OUT Directed by Lindsay Allbaugh

WITH (in alphabetical order) Jackie Chung Brian Henderson Megan Ketch Emily Swallow

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN Francois-Pierre Couture Ann Closs-Farley Rose Malone

SOUND DESIGN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Jeff Gardner Venice Yue Yang

PRODUCED BY ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Chris Fields and Rachael Zambias Clarissa Thibeaux

CASTING DIRECTOR PUBLICIST Meg Fister Lucy Pollak

Atwater Village Theater July 14–August 19, 2018

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. CAST (in order of appearance) Lina Megan Ketch Jessie Jackie Chung Mitchell Brian Henderson Adrienne Emily Swallow

TIME: Almost spring, but not yet. This year.

PLACE: We are in suburban Long Island, in the city of Port Washington.

UNDERSTUDY FOR LINA Nicole DuPort

STAFF

LITERARY MANAGER CONCESSIONS Alana Dietze Nick Barnes

BOX OFFICE MANAGER DIRECTORIAL INTERN Kevin Johnson Molly Kauffman

ASSOCIATE LITERARY MANAGER ELECTRICIAN Michael Sturgis Adam Roy

ASSOCIATE LITERARY MANAGER ELECTRICIAN Christian Prentice Kari Swanson

AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER SCENIC CONSTRUCTION Anthony DiGregorio Efrain Corona

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER PROP MASTER Rachael Olsem Clarissa Thibeaux

HEAD USHER GRAPHIC DESIGN Will Jorge Christopher Komuro BIO’S

LINDSAY ALLBAUGH (Director) As a (Broadway), Disney’s Toy Story The Musical, director Lindsay is most passionate about Eric Idle’s What About Dick?, Pride and directing and developing new work. A Prejudice: The Musical, Billy Elliot, Cunning member of Center Theatre Group’s artistic Little Vixens, Carnage, Around The World in 80 staff for the past 14 years, co-artistic Days and many more. Closs-Farley is also a director of the Elephant Theatre Company in long-time member of The Actors’ Gang and Hollywood for 10 years (until 2014). Selected evidEnce Room theater. Directing Credits include: Collective Rage: A Play in Five Boops by Jen Silverman at Boston FRANCOIS-PIERRE COUTURE Court, Out of Orbit by Jennifer Maisel at (Scenic Design) Originally from Montreal, has Cal Rep, Gray City by Keith Huff (Harvard/ had the privilege of working in Los Angeles ART); Revelation by Samuel Brett Williams and the for the last decade as a (Elephant), west coast premiere of 100 Saints scenic, lighting and projection designer. Some You Should Know by Kate Fodor (Elephant); of his designs include; Bars and Measures and world premiere of Supernova by Tim McNeil Everything you Touch, Boston Court Theatre; (Elephant); Kate Crackernuts by Sheila Destiny of Desire, Oregon Shakespeare Callaghan (Harvard/ART). Proud mother of Festival, Arena Stage Theatre, SCR and the 8-month-old Miles DelRosario and lucky wife Goodman Theatre; James and the Giant of Nelson DelRosario. Peach, Pinocchio and Amos & Boris at South Coast Repertory; The Mexican Trilogy, an JACKIE CHUNG American History, Los Angeles Theatre (Jessie) Off-Broadway Center; Metamorphoses and Woyzeck, and regional credits Ensemble Theatre Company; Médée and include Office Hour Teseo, Chicago Opera Theatre; A Picasso, (Berkeley Repertory Geffen Playhouse. www.fpcouture.com Theatre/Long Wharf Theatre), Caught NICOLE DUPORT (Firefly Theater & (U/S Lina) is thrilled to Films), Tiger Style! (La be making her Jolla Playhouse), different words for the same first appearance thing (Center Theatre Group), Brownsville at The Echo. She song (b-side for Tray) (Actor’s Theatre of studied theater at UC Louisville’s Humana Festival), Fast Company Berkeley and trained (South Coast Repertory), Macbeth 1969 at Circle in the Square (Long Wharf), microcrisis (Ma-Yi Theater in New York. She can Company), The Children of Vonderly (Ma-Yi) most recently be seen playing musician Amy and After. (Partial Comfort Productions). Grant in LionsGate’s box office hitI Can Only Her film and television credits includeGrey’s Imagine. Television credits include The Last Anatomy, Deadbeat, and Someone Else. She Tycoon, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Rizzoli & Isles, is a member of Partial Comfort Productions and more. Nicole has performed on stage at and the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Greenway Court Theatre, The Elephant Theater, The Egyptian Arena Theatre, ANN CLOSS-FARLEY (Costume Design) Highways Performance Space and more. has been designing in LA for over 25 years. She would like to thank everyone at The She currently is designing for Universal Echo, as well as her friends and family. Studios, Carnival Cruise Lines, and Kaiser Permanente Theatricals. Credits include; CHRIS FIELDS (Producer) is a director, Deaf West’s recent production of Our actor, and teacher. He founded and is Town, Peleas Et Melisande: Opera: Zoot Suit, currently Artistic Director of The Echo Shanghai Disneyland Park, Hopscotch: A Theater Company. He also founded and was Mobile Opera, The Pee-wee Herman Show Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference. Most recently, he directed BRIAN Yusuf Toropov’s An Undivided Heart and HENDERSON Erik Patterson’s One of the Nice Ones for (Mitchell) is thrilled The Echo. He won an LADCC Award for to be making his Direction for Firemen and the LA Weekly Echo debut. He was Award for Comedy Direction for A Family seen on Broadway Thing. As an actor, he has appeared on and and the Kirk Douglas off Broadway, regionally, in film and on TV. in The Little Dog He was adjunct professor of drama at Laughed, SAGE award SUNY Purchase and maintains a private winner for The House In Scarsdale at Boston workshop in Los Angeles. Court, Ovation Nominee for Equivocation at the Geffen Playhouse. Notable Theatre: MEG FISTER (Casting Director) Previous Naked Angels, 2nd Stage, The Public Echo Theater casting credits include Theater, Ojai Playwrights Conference. TV/ Blueberry Toast by Mary Laws, One of the Nice Film: The Newsroom (HBO), The Guiding Ones by Erik Patterson, Dry Land by Ruby Light (CBS), Cooties, This Isn’t Funny, Rae Spiegel and Bed by Sheila Callaghan; The Frankenstein Theory. Training: MFA, Ripe Frenzy by Jennifer Barclay at Greenway NYU Graduate Acting Program. Big Court Alliance; Vicuna by Jon Robin Baitz, thanks to Chris Fields. And bigger thanks Women Laughing Alone With Salad by Shelia to my amazing wife, who’s watching our Callaghan at the Kirk Douglas Theatre; Father two kids while I get to play dress up. Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2, and 3) by Suzan-Lori Parks, The Mystery of Love MEGAN KETCH & Sex by Bathsheba Doran, Appropriate by (Lina) is a screen Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and The Price by and stage actress, at the Mark Taper Forum; writer and producer Collective Rage at Boston Court Theater; The based in Los Angeles. Christians by Lucas Hnath, brownsville song Her screen credits (b side for tray) by Kimber Lee, The Grown Ups include Remind Me by Jordan Harrison and Partners by Dorothy (Rachel Chavkin), The Fortenberry at the Humana Festival of New Incredible Jessica James American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville. (Jim Strouse), Louder Than Bombs (Joachim Trier), The Big Wedding (Justin Zackham), JEFF GARDNER (Sound Design) is an The Affair, Tremors, Jane the Virgin, American Ovation Award winner for his design on Dry Gothic, Night Shift, Reckless, Under the Dome, Land at Center Theatre Group’s Block Party. The Good Wife, Blue Blood, Gotham, Forever, His designs include Echo Theater (The Cake, Law & Order: SVU, A Gifted Man. Select Bed, One Of The Nice Ones), A Noise Within stage credits: Continuity (CCTP), Hatful of (The Madwoman Of Chaillot, Raisin In The Rain (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Double Sun, Noises Off), The Antaeus Company Indemnity (The Old Globe), One Slight Hitch (Native Son, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Picnic), (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Drive-In Circle X Theatre (Trevor, ICU), Rogue Dreams and Clap Your Hands (59E59), Machine (Les Blancs, Honky), IAMA Theatre Macbeth (Chautauqua Theatre Co.) and The Company (The Recommendation, A Dog’s Cherry Orchard (CSC). Megan is a graduate House) and Her Portmanteau at Boston Court of the NYU Graduate Acting Program and Pasadena. Jeff can also be seen performing a founding partner of Attagirl Pictures LLC. live sound effects for L.A. Theatre Works and Follow her blog: www.luckisapenny.com is resident sound designer for the Westridge School in Pasadena. jeffthomasgardner.net ROSE MALONE (Lighting Design) received Lear (Old Globe). Television: , an MFA in Lighting Design from CalArts. How to Get Away With Murder, Man With a Some recent productions include Amos and Plan, Supernatural, Timeless, The Good Wife, Boris at South Coast Rep, An Undivided Heart Flight of the Conchords, Monday Mornings, at Echo Theatre, With Love and a Major Organ The Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, and others. at Boston Court and Rachel Calof at the Pico Voiceover: Castlevania (Netflix),The Last of Union Project. Additionally she has designed Us Part 2. MFA from NYU/Tisch. at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and assisted with Deaf West Theatre’s production of CLARISSA THIBEAUX (Associate Producer) Spring Awakening on Broadway. is an LA based actor/writer/producer working in television, film, theater, and new media. MOLLY SMITH METZLER (Playwright) This is her first time producing for The Echo is a Los Angeles-based playwright and and could not be happier to be part of the screenwriter. Her plays—which include process. Acting-wise, you can catch her in Cry it Out, Elemeno Pea, The May Queen, the recent horror feature Flight 666 on the Carve, Close Up Space, and Training Syfy Channel, last year’s Echo production Wisteria—have been produced across the of The Found Dog Ribbon Dance, the Syfy country and Off-Broadway. Awards: two movie Ice Sharks, or in a Rover.com national Lecomte du Nouy Prizes from Lincoln dog commercial. She graduated with a Center, The National Student Playwriting BA in Theatre Arts from San Diego State Award from The Kennedy Center, The Mark University. Thibeaux currently resides in Twain Comedy Prize, and a 2018 ATCA/ Burbank, CA enjoying every opportunity Steinberg New Play Award Citation for Cry that comes her way. it Out. Metzler’s television credits include Casual (Hulu), Orange Is the New Black VENICE YUE YANG (Production Stage (Netflix), and Shameless (Showtime), where Manager) received a BFA from California she is currently a writer and producer. In Institute of the Arts in creative management. film, she recently adapted Ali Benjamin’s She believes that theater and arts are award-winning novel The Thing About concepts that can make this world a better Jellyfish into a feature, and is now at work place, and will always devote herself to on projects for Fox and Disney. Education: being a part of the change. Her recent work SUNY Geneseo, Boston University, includes: Legally Blonde The Musical Asia Tour, NYU Tisch, and The Juilliard School. What Happened When (Echo), An Undivided Heart (Echo), Fantomas (World Premiere, EMILY SWALLOW Wuzhen Theater Festival), and Dorset (Adrienne) LA Theatre: Theatre Festival 2017 (Stage Management Henry IV (with Apprentice). ) at the Shakespeare Center; RACHAEL ZAMBIAS (Producer) is (Mark General Manager of Echo Theater Company Taper Forum, LA and the Operations Manager for Ladybug Theatre Works); The Music. She has helped plan and execute Country House (Geffen thousands of live arts and cultural events Playhouse); Nicky (Coeurage Theatre); over the past 15 years, most recently at Completeness (Vs. Theatre). New York Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She holds Theatre: High Fidelity (Broadway); Romantic a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from UC Poetry (MTC); Measure for Pleasure, Much Berkeley and has written and directed several Ado About Nothing (Public Theatre); The short films. In 2017, she became a certified Black Eyed (NYTW). Regional Theatre: yoga teacher and reiki practitioner. On any Nice Fish (with Mark Rylance), Cat On a given day, you can find her climbing the hills Hot Tin Roof, A Midsummer Night’s Dream of East LA, where she recently relocated (Guthrie); , King after many years in San Francisco. THE ECHO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL THANKS DONORS AND BACKERS FOR THEIR GENEROSITY Adam Peck Jason Cahill Corbett Tuck Andrew Shafer Jason Ning Leigh Whannell Anne Kenney Kari Skogland Center Theatre Group Antionette Stella Ken Larson Tim Wright Bryan Cranston & Robin Dearden Ken Richman Derek Zasky Carla Ching Kim Dickens Cori Wellin Charlie Siskel Productions Lauren Stein Andreas Valhouli Colman Domingo Leah Hecker Cara Bachman Dave Erickson Liz Sagal Delmy Sanabaria David Singer Michael Mantell Drew Dalzell Dayton Callie Michael McDonough Diablo Sound Elizabeth Medway Michael Oppenheim Merrianne Nedreberg Elizabeth Rose Mike Batistick Jeff Alan-Lee Emma Miller Patrick Macmanus Young Actors Studio Evan Goldberg Robert Sepulveda Molly Kauffman Fred Porter Rya Kihlstedt Landon Mirisciotti Garrett Devine Sam Catlin Joey Stromberg Glenn Kessler Shannon Clark Gabrielle Thomas Gregory Prestopino Shawna Casey Amanda Wagner Ildy Modrovich trieste dunn Erin Henriques James Parriott and Diane Cary Candace Cain Michael Ritchie Patricia Garza The Pile Dedicated to nurturing ARTISTIC DIRECTOR writers and producing Chris Fields new work, the multiple DIRECTOR OF NEW PROGRAMS award-winning Echo Andrew Shafer Theater Company was ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR anointed “Best Bet for Alana Dietze Ballsy Original Plays” by GENERAL MANAGER the LA Weekly in its 2014 Rachael Zambias

Best of L.A. issue and BOARD OF DIRECTORS was a recipient of a 2016 David Erickson, Chris Fields, Rya Kihlstedt, Elizabeth Rose, “Kilroy Cake Drop”—one Steven Poster, Andrew Shafer of only 13 theaters in the COMPANY MEMBERS country to be surprised Chris Aguila, Jeff Alan-Lee, Boni Alvarez, , by cakes to honor the Blake Berris, Ahmed Best, Meredith Bishop, Troy Blendell, efforts they are making to Renee-Marie Brewster, Zach Callison, Virginia Carter, produce women and trans Vincent Castellanos, Mindy Cohn, Katherine Cronyn, writers. Most recently, the Drew Dalzell, Makeda Declet, Alana Dietze, Julie Dretzin, company was nominated Jesse Fair, Randy Finch, David Phillip Fishman, Elena Flores, Alexandra Freeman, Matthew Gallenstein, Jeff Gardner, for 13 Ovations while Jessica Goldapple, Adrian Gonzalez, Andrea Grano, our production of Bekah Eric Neil Gutierrez, Daniel Hagen, Graham Hamilton, Brunstetter’s The Cake will Hutchi Hancock, Garrett Hanson, Karl Herlinger, be moving to The Geffen Marin Hinkle, Lauren Hirte, Ben Horwitz, Justin Huen, in the fall. The company Eric Hunicutt, Rhys Hyatt, Miki Johnson, Lauren Katz, is also recognized for Connor Kelly-Eiding, Rya Kihlstedt, Mara Klein, its acting ensemble; in Amanda Knehans, Lily Knight, Mackenzie Kyle, Jennifer Lafleur, the Los Angeles Times, Anna Lamadrid, TW Leshner, West Liang, Hamish Linklater, Carol Locatell, Malcolm Madera, Jeremy Maxwell, Charles McNulty wrote, Hannah McDowell, Sigute Miller, Landon Mirisciotti, “Echo Theater Company, Sarah Jane Morris, Gabriel Notarangelo, Riel Paley, which has cultivated a Parker Phillips, Larry Poindexter, Deborah Puette, Kacie Rogers, community of top flight Marc Rose, Teagan Rose, James Leo Ryan, Darrett Sanders, actors, would be my go-to Amanda Saunders, Christopher Shaw, Mandy Siegfried, place in Los Angeles Jenny Soo, Steven Strobel, Michael Sturgis, Daniel Talbott, for symbiotic ensemble Clarissa Thibeaux, Rodney To, Beth Triffon, Tonatiuh Elizarraraz, acting.” KCRW’s Anthony Lindsey Vaerst, Joseph Valdez, Allen Lucky Weaver, Jacqueline Wright, Timothy Wright, Carolyn Zeller Byrnes stated, “It’s time to start paying attention ASSOCIATE COMPANY MEMBERS to the Echo Theater Josh Adams, Nick Barnes, Jacqueline Besson, Kenzie Caplan, Jose Corea, Anthony DiGrgorio, Lindsay Graves-Fisher, Company ... What’s made Troy Johnson, Arman Marzvaan, Kaiti O’Connor, Rachael Olsem, these choices pay off is Alejandro Pina, Christian Prentice, Joey Stromberg, the acting and casting has Amanda Wagner, Rachel Zink been superb. The company ADVISORY BOARD has made bold choices and Maria Bell, Jenny Bicks, Pat Carroll, Sam Catlin, Shannon Clark, backed them up.” Charles S. Dutton, Anne Fletcher, Jessica Goldberg, David Guc, Zeljko lvanek, Heidi Levitt, Joe Montello, Tim Sanford, Russ Smith, Joe Spano, Daniel Talbott, Harry Thomason

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