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The America Plays The America Plays A series of site-specific plays created by Playwright Patrick Gabridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist-in-Residence Friends of Mount Auburn presents The America Plays A series of site-specific plays created by Playwright Patrick Gabridge, Mount Auburn Cemetery Artist-in-Residence Directed by Courtney O’Connor Produced by Plays in Place Thursday, September 12th: 1 pm & 5 pm Saturday, September 14th: 1 pm & 5 pm Sunday, September 15th: 1 pm & 5 pm Thursday, September 19th: 1 pm & 5 pm Saturday, September 21st: 1 pm & 5 pm Sunday, September 22nd: 1 pm & 5 pm A Note from the Playwright/Artist-in-Residence The two years of my residency have felt like a precious gift—a chance to explore a sublime landscape, commune with nature, and get to know the insightful and hard-working staff. And to get to know some of the 100,000 people buried here. One of the immense challenges of creating plays for this Cemetery is that there is an overflowing trove of compelling stories and interesting characters, some well-known, others mostly invisible. After months of initial research, I struggled to choose which stories to write about. What could unite them? At the time, I was also struggling to understand our current political climate, trying to make sense of our country. In such moments, turning back to history can be a great help. I realized that there were stories here that tied to the formation of our American identity, though not all in obvious ways. Mount Auburn’s founding came at a moment of a great question: in a post-Revolution world, what would our nation become? Jacob Bigelow and Joseph Story’s vision for Mount Auburn was part of the how that answer was crafted in New England. The Civil War shifted that question yet again. During all of this, women and people of color were searching for answers to how they would or would not be included—Harriot Hunt, Edmonia Lewis, Harriet Hosmer, and Charlotte Cushman all found different answers. America’s response to immigration, particularly to the influx of refugees from the Armenian Genocide, showed glimpses of how we might move through the 20th Century. When I heard about Azniv Amirian, I knew I needed to write about her family’s journey to escape violence and find a new home. Thank you for joining us to meet these people who have become so dear to me, and to our entire team. This Cemetery is an incredible resource of history and nature, as well as an important oasis in the city where we can take a breath and ponder the paths we have trod and the way that lies ahead. - PATRICK GABRIDGE Plays / Cast Man of Vision (1872) Jacob Bigelow Ken Baltin* Mary Bigelow Sarah Newhouse* Martin Milmore Mathew C. Ryan Harriot Kezia Hunt Karen MacDonald* Consecration (1831) Joseph Story Robert Najarian* Poetry Cheryl D. Singleton*, Ken Baltin* Karen MacDonald* Mathew C. Ryan Amanda Collins* Poems by Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Carolyn Frances Orne, Henry Wadsworth Longellow, James Russell Lowell Variations on an Unissued Apology Harriot Kezia Hunt Karen MacDonald* Edmonia Lewis Cheryl D. Singleton* Jacob Bigelow Ken Baltin* Rage Against The Storm Edmonia Lewis Cheryl D. Singleton* Harriet Hosmer Amanda Collins* Charlotte Cushman Sarah Newhouse* All The Broken Pieces Tzolag Mathew C. Ryan Kaloosd Ken Baltin* Grandmother Cheryl D. Singleton* Takoohy Sarah Newhouse* Azniv Amanda Collins* Garabed Robert Najarian* Regina Karen MacDonald* *Appearing through an Agreement between the Friends of Mount Auburn, Plays in Place, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Production Crew Written by Patrick Gabridge Directed by Courtney O’Connor Produced by Plays in Place Stage Manager: Adele Nadine Traub* Costume Design: Amanda Mujica Wig Design: Jason Allen Sound Design: Arshan Gailus Production Assistant Stage Manager: Jamie Carty Rehersal Assistant Stage Manager: Megan O’Donnell Assistant Producer/Director: Drew Hawkinson Marketing: Rachel Lucas Cast Bios Sarah Newhouse* Mathew C. Ryan Amanda Collins* Ken Baltin* Cheryl D. Singleton* Karen MacDonald* Robert Najarian* Ken Baltin* (Jacob Bigelow, Kaloosd) recently played Andrew Oliver in Patrick Gabridge’s Blood on the Snow at Boston’s Old State House. He appeared last season in Heartland at New Repertory Theatre, and in My Station in Life at Gloucester Stage Company for which he received an Eliot Norton Award as Outstanding Actor. Other acclaimed productions on area stages include Death of a Salesman, Glengarry Glen Ross, Lost in Yonkers, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Lyric Stage); Kite Runner, Eurydice, Waiting for Godot, American Buffalo (New Repertory Company); Deported-a dream play, King of the Jews, Permanent Whole Life (Boston Playwrights Theatre); Operation Epsilon (Nora Theatre); Copenhagen, A Screenwriter’s Daughter, Not Constantinople (Vineyard Playhouse); Oleanna (Merrimack Repertory); Beckett in Brief (Commonwealth Shakespeare) and many others. Amanda Collins* (Harriet Hosmer, Asniv) Amanda has worked with many Boston-area theaters including the Huntington, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Co., Boston Playwrights’, Gloucester Stage, Wheelock Family Theater, Central Square Theatre, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT), Cape Rep, Publick Theatre, and Orfeo Group. Regional: The Outfit in NY and Philadelphia, American Stage in Florida, founding member of Harbor Stage Company. Upcoming shows: The Thanksgiving Play (Lyric Stage), Bright Half Life (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), The Lowell Offering (Merrimack Rep). She recently won an Elliot Norton Award for her performance in Merrimack Rep’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. Television: Olive Kitteridge (HBO), Castle Rock (Hulu) and Boston’s Finest (ABC Pilot). Film: Sea of Trees. Karen MacDonald (Harriot Kezia Hunt, Regina) Recent credits include Escaped Alone (Gamm Theatre), Universe Rushing Apart (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Calendar Girls (Greater Boston Stage Company). She has appeared at the Huntington Theatre, Trinity Rep, Speakeasy Stage, New Rep, Gloucester Stage, Lyric Stage, Israeli Stage, Merrimack Rep Theatre, Portland Stage, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston Theatre Company, Sleeping Weazel, Vineyard Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Shakespeare and Co., and Berkshire Playwrights Lab. A Founding Company Member of the American Repertory Theatre, she appeared in 74 productions. On Broadway, she understudied and performed the role of Amanda Wingfield in John Tiffany’s revival ofThe Glass Menagerie. In 2010, she received The Robert Brustein Award for Sustained Achievement in The Theater and the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. She teaches at Harvard University. Robert Najarian* (Joseph Story, Garabed) is an actor, fight choreographer, instructor, and author. New York: Sleep No More (Punchdrunk/Emursive), Daybreak (Pan Asian Repertory Theater), Macbeth (Shelter Theater). Regional: Sleep No More (American Repertory Theater), Talley’s Folly (Purple Rose Theater Company), The Kite Runner (New Repertory Theatre), Copenhagen, Einstein’s Dreams (Central Square Theatre), Don Giovanni (Washington National Opera), Shear Madness (Charles Street Playhouse). Fight choreography for numerous theaters including American Repertory Theater, SITI Company / Emerson Stage, and Boston Lyric Opera. M.F.A.: The Shakespeare Theatre’s Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University. Unions: AEA, SAG-AFTRA, SDC. His book The Art of Unarmed Stage Combat is available through Routledge. Sarah Newhouse* (Mary Bigelow, Charlotte Cushman, Takoohy) is a Boston-based actor/director/producer/educator who has long admired the beauty of Mount Auburn Cemetery, and is delighted to have the opportunity to spend even more time within its gates. Select Boston area credits include A.R.T., Boston Playwrights Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Co., Lyric Stage Company, Gloucester Stage Company, and New Repertory Theatre. She is a founding company member of the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, with whom she has performed more than 20 roles in 14 years. Sarah is a graduate of Hampshire College and the ART Institute at Harvard University, and lives in Watertown with her spouse and newly minted college freshman. For the beloveds on Euonymus Path... Mathew C. Ryan (Martin Milmore, Tzolag) is very excited to be working with this talented group. Currently earning his M.A. in Theatre Education at Emerson College, he can also be seen acting around Boston, having recently been in the Mad Dash Play Fest for Fresh Ink Theatre. Thank you all for coming. Cheryl D. Singleton* (Edmonia Lewis) is very pleased to be working with Plays in Place. Boston area credits include: Intimate Apparel and The Little Foxes (Lyric Stage Co.); Passing Strange, Dollhouse, Rent, and 1776 (New Repertory Theatre); Billy Elliot and James and the Giant Peach (Wheelock Family Theater); To Kill A Mockingbird (Gloucester Stage); Absence (Boston Playwright’s Theater); The Comedy of Errors (Commonwealth Shakespeare); The Seagull (American Repertory Theatre); The Superheroine Monologues (Phoenix Theatre Artists and Company One); Stuff Happens and The Kentucky Cycle (Zeitgeist Stage); as well as productions with Ryan Landry and The Gold Dust Orphans, Queer Soup, and ImprovBoston. A proud member of Actors’ Equity and StageSource, Cheryl serves on three arts boards in the Boston community. Amanda Mujica (Costume Designer) is a Boston-based freelance costume designer and seamstress. In addition to theater, she has designed for dance, film, and opera. She
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