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Stage III Playbill Richard Hopkins, Producing Artistic Director Stage III Playbill Richard Hopkins, Producing Artistic Director Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. THE THINGS THEY CARRIED Adapted for stage by Jim Stowell Based on the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien CAST Tim ........................................David Sitler* Scenic Designer Costume Designer Bruce Price Adrienne Webber Lighting Designer Sound Designer Bryce Benson Jon Baker Movement Director Greg London Stage Manager Jynelly Rosario* Directed by Kate Alexander Season Underwriters Gaele Barthold, Georgia Court, Wendy & Bob Grady, Dennis & Graci McGillicuddy, Anne H.S. Nethercott, Carol B. Williams The Things They Carried will be performed in two acts with one 15-minute intermission. The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited. * Denotes member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ARTIST PROFILES DAVID SITLER (Tim)is Ms. Alexander is the recipient of numerous thrilled to be back at FST, acting, directing, and public service awards, especially in this amazing including FAER, She Knows Where She’s Going story bringing Tim O’Brien’s Award (Girls, Inc.), The Woman of Light Award, words to life. He was National Council of Jewish Women Award, The last seen as Scrooge in A Woman of Power Award, the Sarasota County Christmas Carol at Triad Arts Leadership Award, Education Award, Stage in NC. He has worked Sarasota Manatee Jewish Federation, The Unity on Broadway (An Inspector Calls), National Tour Award, and most recently, the One World Award. with Stacy Keach in Frost/Nixon, Off-Broadway Ms. Alexander leads the FST Forums Series and and Off-Off-Broadway with numerousdeveloped the Blue Butterfly Theatre Program, companies as well as regionally from Maine to a program for teens suffering from grief through Utah in roles from Atticus to Scrooge, including loss. She created the Art of The Gesture program here at FST The Exonerated (both times) and at Ringling College of Animation and is the In The Belly of the Beast (Saratota Magazine co-author of The Animated Short, with Karen Award). TV credits include Law and Order-SVU, Sullivan, now in its 2nd edition. Zero Hour, many of the old NYC Soap Operas. JYNELLY ROSARIO (Stage Manager) A Film credits include the award-winning films Puerto Rico native, Jynelly is a former Stage The Strange Ones, Synapse, Ghetto Dawg, and Management Intern and recipient of the 2016- the web series Plant. For more, check out his 2017 Mandelker Award. She is thrilled to join website at www.davidsitler.com. Proud member FST’s staff as a Stage Manager. Jynelly has of Actor’s Equity Association. worked as a Musical Theatre Teacher, Director, KATE ALEXANDER (Director) is the Associate and Stage Manager since 2011 with companies Director At-Large of FST and the Founder of such as Broadway Illusions Inc., Teatro CeDIn, the FST Theatre School with its acting method The Black Box Theatre Workshop, and Teatro of training. Ms. Alexander has directed Caribeño. Selected credits: The Hunchback of numerous productions and premieres on the Notre Dame, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The FST stages including Native Gardens; Heisenberg; Little Prince, Rent, Footloose, and In The Heights. The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey; FST Credits: Million Dollar Quartet, Alice With a brownsville song (b-side for tray); Clever Little Twist, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Lies; Alabama Story; Outside Mullingar; Over the The Write Stuff (Playmakers Tour), Once, How to River and Through the Woods; Chapatti; Dancing Use a Knife, and Constellations. Lessons; Becoming Dr. Ruth; Freud’s Last Session; BRUCE PRICE (Scenic Designer) joined the FST Thurgood; South Beach Babylon; The Columnist; staff in 2002 as the Production Stage Manager. Talley’s Folly; Jericho; Next Fall; The Savannah In 2004, he was promoted to Production Disputation; Ghost-Writer; Two Jews Walk into Manager. Over the past 15 years, he has stage a War...; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; managed over 37 productions and overseen the Sylvia; Shotgun; The Miamians; Brooklyn Boy; technical aspects of over 100 productions here at The Exonerated; Wit; Proof; Lobby Hero; and FST. During his 30 years in theatre, Mr. Price has Ten Unknowns. Ms. Alexander has also been a designed sets, lights, and costumes for dozens of resident actress for over 25 years. Some of her productions. Mr. Price has worked regionally at leading roles were in the plays: Edward Albee’s The Alley Theatre and Stage Repertory Theatre The Goat; Filumena; Master Class; Edward Albee’s both on stage and backstage, but he has found Three Tall Women, The Occupant, The Play About his home here at FST. the Baby; Golda’s Balcony; and Taking Shakespeare. ARTIST PROFILES ADRIENNE WEBBER (Costume Designer) is national winner of the Eugene O’Neill Award for the current Florida Studio Theatre Costume Shop Dramatic Writing. Manager. She has designed and coordinated TIM O’BRIEN (Author) received the 1979 costumes for The Barter Theatre, The Barter National Book Award in fiction for Going Players, Chautauqua Opera, FSU MFA film and After Cacciato. His other works include the video program, FSU MFA acting program, Asolo acclaimed novels The Things They Carried and Children’s tour program, Sarasota Players, and July, July. In the Lake of the Woods received the Anna Maria Island Players. Her most recent James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society designs include: How to Use a Knife, Blue Suede of American Historians and was named the Shoes, Mack the Knife: The Bobby Darin Songbook, best novel of 1994 by Time. O’Brien lives in The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, and Austin, Texas. Grounded. She is happy to be back in Sarasota with her new FST family. JIM STOWELL (Adaptor) adapted Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried into a one-man play BRYCE BENSON (Lighting Designer) hails from which premiered at The History Theater, St. Paul, Buford, Georgia, and is ecstatic to be a part of MN in March of 2014. He directed the play at the FST intern program. He works as the lighting The Lied Center Lincoln, NE in 2015. Stowell was intern and master electrician for the theatre. He selected to be a Featured Teller at The National is a recent grad from the University of Georgia, Storytelling Festival, is the Teller in Residence at where he studied lighting and directing. The International Storytelling Center, and has Previous lighting credits include How to Use a been Featured Teller at The National Storytelling Knife, The Blue Eyed Bettys, Robin Hood, Deck the Conference. His book, based on his very successful Halls (Florida Studio Theatre), and The Skin of one-man play Traveling Light, was published by Our Teeth (University of Georgia). Milkweed Editions. The play was filmed live in a JON BAKER (Sound Designer) is very happy to railroad yard by New Front Films and shown at be designing another show for Florida Studio the Sundance Film Festival. Talking Pictures, a Theatre. He hails from Florence, Alabama where one-man play he wrote won a Midwest Emmy he graduated from the University of North for Individual Achievement, was produced by Alabama. Among his design credits are: Stalking KTCA Public TV in Saint Paul, MN. Stowell is the Bogeyman; Doublewide; Constellations; and the co-founder of two theater companies in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His Front Minneapolis that brought 20 new plays to the of House engineering credits include: Million stage. He has written and directed eleven full Dollar Quartet, Burt & Me, and Once. cast plays, including two children’s plays, three GREG LONDON (Movement Director) National adaptations, and a Spanish language one-act. tours: Hairspray (Edna Turnblad), West Side Story He has written and performed twelve one man (Doc), Fiddler on the Roof (Lazar). International plays that were commissioned and produced tours: Hairspray (Edna), The Fantasticks by six different theaters in Minneapolis-Saint (Bellomy). Off-Broadway: Spurn. Regional: Paul. The Minneapolis and Saint Paul press have Hairspray (Edna, Florida Studio Theatre), The reviewed his work, calling Stowell: “A master at Drawer Boy (Angus, Cortland Rep), Richard III work.”…“A treasure.”… “A genius.” (Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.). Created role of SPECIAL THANKS to veterans Stephen “Peter” in world premiere of Lanford Wilson’s Schaefer, Dan Jeff, and Tim Dirmann for sharing Los Alamos, directed by Marshall W. Mason. L.A. their first-hand experiences, knowledge, and Critic’s Choice Award: Best Actor in a Touring support during the rehearsal process. Production: Edna, Hairspray. Greg was the 2007 EXECUTIVE STAFF RICHARD HOPKINS is the Producing Artistic Florida Studio Theatre, and as such, is the Chief Director of Florida Studio Theatre. Mr. Hopkins Operations Officer. Mrs. Hopkins is responsible for has fostered the development of FST’s Mainstage the oversight of FST’s Administration, including and Cabaret productions. His many directing the Business Office, Development, Marketing, Mainstage credits include: Inspired Lunacy, The Box Office, Front of House, Restaurant, Best of Enemies, Next to Normal, Race, Ruined, The budgeting, and maintaining the overall quality 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Boleros of FST’s internal management. Nationally, Mrs. for the Disenchanted, Permanent Collection, Hopkins is President of the National New Play and Metamorphoses, among numerous other Network and serves on the Board of Directors plays. Mr. Hopkins led the development of FST’s for the League of Resident Theatres and the Cabaret productions of Blue Suede Shoes, Mack Theatre Communications Group. She has been the Knife: The Bobby Darin Songbook, Older actively involved in development of FST’s Than Dirt, Piano Men, and The Prima Donnettes.
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