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2016/2017 SEASON IN THIS ISSUE OCTOBER 2016 Title Page 2 Cast 3 About the Play 4 The Cast 9 The Creative Team 15 ATC Artistic Director 19 About Arizona Theatre Company 20 ATC Board of Trustees 21 Donors 23 ATC Staff 29 Theater Information 31 The historic Herberger Theater Center, Arizona Theatre Company’s home in downtown Phoenix Cover art by: ESSER DESIGN 1 David Ira Goldstein William Russo Artistic Director Managing Director KING CHARLES III BY MIKE BARTLETT ARIZONA PREMIERE Matt August Director G. W. Mercier Scenic Designer Kish Finnegan Costume Designer Paul Miller Lighting Designer Brian Jerome Peterson Sound Designer Kevin Black Voice and Dialect Coach Michael Donovan, CSA …Casting Timothy Toothman* Stage Manager Glenn Bruner* Assistant Stage Manager On this original Arizona Theatre Company production, the ATC Production Staff is responsible for scenic construction, costume construction, lighting, projections, sound, props, furniture, wigs, scene painting, and special effects King Charles III is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc , New York 2016/2017 ATC PHOENIX SEASON SPONSORS: PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER & VENUES 2 2016/2017 SEASON CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Charles Peter Van Norden* Camilla Cathy Dresbach* Kate Kate Maher Hyland* William Adam Haas Hunter* James Reiss Harold Dixon* Mr Evans Corey Walter Johnson Harry Dylan Saunders* Spencer / Terry / Paul / Sir Michael / Archbishop of Canterbury Christian Miller* Couttsey / Clive / Speaker of the House / Sir Gordon. Steve Alderfer* Jess Jeanne Syquia* Mr Stevens Gregory North* Sarah / Ghost / TV Producer / Newspaper Woman Kathryn Kellner Brown* Ensemble Jesse Boone / Bill Chameides Ensemble Aubrey King Ensemble Ali Wood Moser Ensemble Cera Naccarato *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION. ADDITIONAL STAFF Emma DeVore Assistant to the Stage Manager Ava Spanier Assistant to the Director Amy Richman Production Assistant Chloe Loos Dramaturg Lex Marcos Assistant Scenic Designer Richie Ferris Casting Assistant Matthew Wiener Arizona Casting Associate UNDERSTUDIES Ali Wood Moser Kate / Sarah / Ghost / TV Producer / Newspaper Woman; Cera Naccarato Jess; Aubrey King Harry / Spencer / Terry / Paul / Sir Michael / Archbishop of Canterbury / Couttsey / Clive / Speaker of the House / Sir Gordon Additional casting by ATC Artistic Staff. Arizona Theatre Company operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; Stage Direc- tors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union; and United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE Cell phones and other devices that make a noise can greatly disturb your fellow audience members and the performers. PLEASE TURN THEM OFF before the performance, and again after intermission. 3 2016/2017 SEASON ABOUT THE PLAY Queen Elizabeth II . CONFIDENTIAL – FOR HIS ROYAL MAJESTY THE UNITED KINGDOM MOURNS WITH HIS ROYAL MAJESTY KING CHARLES UPON THE LAMENTABLE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, THE DEARLY BELOVED QUEEN ELIZABETH II, WHO LED THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH HER REMARKABLE REIGN WITH SUCH GRACE, HONOUR, AND DIGNITY. SUCCESSION AND CORONATION Upon the untimely decease of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles shall as heir to the throne immediately assert the duties of Sovereignty prior to ceremonial coronation, which shall be enacted after the conclusion of an appropriate period of national mourning. FUNERAL PROTOCOL Upon the lamentable demise of the Royal Sovereign Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the re- splendence of a ceremonial State funeral shall ease the heartache and melancholy of the general populace, an honor to be bestowed upon any other only by an Act of Parliament. 4 2016/2017 SEASON ABOUT THE PLAY (CONTINUED) PRIME MINISTER Upon the conclusion of the next general election, his Majesty shall establish by convention the Prime Minister, the title of which shall be bestowed upon the candidate who most embodies the greatest Royal confidence as leader of the House of Commons. The retiring Prime Minister shall offer by tradition their most honest guidance for the future selection of the post. Regular meetings of respect and confidence shall be hosted by His Royal household for the purposes of conference and advisement. The Prime Minister shall serve as the active political extension of His Royal Majesty’s confidential judgment. PARLIAMENT The reign of His Royal Majesty shall operate according to traditional governmental structure, of which Parliament shall act as the highest of legislative authorities under the leadership of His Majesty and shall discharge authority from the Palace of Westminster. The membership of said Parliament shall be designated by His Royal Majesty King Charles under the advice and guidance of the Prime Minister. Alongside the most executive Royal power shall sit the legislative Houses of Lords and Commons (referred to in common speech as the respective Upper and the Lower Houses). The House of Lords shall be selected from among the holiest Lords Spiritual of the Church of England and the Lords Temporal of the peerage. The com- mitment of the House of Commons shall not exceed five years, at which time the membership shall be put forward for democratic election by the various districts of the realm. Extenuating circumstances may be declared according to which the House of Commons may necessitate the passage of a bill without consent from the House of Lords; however, all legislation must be approved by the esteemed membership of the House of Commons. CROWN-IN-PARLIAMENT The Crown in its legislative role shall be represented by His Royal Majesty, acting in accordance with the dignity and measure of the members of Parliament, according to the conventional fusion of powers which endows His Majesty with the honor of executive and legislative responsibility. The ultimate magisterial authority rests solely upon His Royal Majesty King Charles, with the guidance and ordinance of Parliament. The Houses of Lords and Commons shall deliberate the merits of proposed legislative Acts of Parliament before submitting such propositions to His Majesty for Royal Assent, which may be granted as His Majesty sees fit in conjunction with the guidance and wisdom proffered by the Prime Minister and the Royal Privy. 5 2016/2017 SEASON ABOUT THE PLAY (CONTINUED) HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT (HMG) The selected Prime Minister shall then confer ministerial honors upon certain distinguished members of the Houses of Parliament to act as Cabinet to His Royal Majesty, who act as members of his most trusted Privy Council to provide guidance for the exercise of His Majesty’s Royal Prerogative in such grave matters as the declaration of war, making of treaties, and appointment of domestic officers. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE The presiding leader of the House of Commons shall be designated the Speaker of the House, and shall represent the confidence of His Royal Majesty as a non-partisan body in all matters of the Lower House. LORD SPEAKER The presiding leader of the House of Lords shall represent the confidence of the peerage as a voting member of the legislative process of the Upper House. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT In the event of a legislative vote of no confidence, a general election shall be pronounced for the replacement of the members of the House of Commons as requested by the Prime Minister and upon confirmation by Royal concurrence. It is generally expected that the dissolution of said Parliament be mandated prior to the completion of the five-year Parliamentary term. NOTABLE RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIS ROYAL MAJESTY OPENING OF PARLIAMENT His Royal Majesty shall lead the Royal Procession to the chamber of the House of Lords to decree the annual opening of the Parliamentary session. The Black Rod of the House of Lords shall be publically discharged to summon the House of Commons to His Royal attendance. Entrance to the House of Commons shall be symbolically withheld by the slamming of the chamber door as an assertion of the independent power of said House, honorably exercised through centuries of royal governance. The Black Rod shall then thrice strike his ceremonial staff against the door in order to gain admittance and summon the House of Commons. Upon attendance by the House of Commons, His Royal Majesty shall then orate the pre- pared Speech from the Throne to designate the present legislative agenda. Upon His Royal departure, each House of Parliament shall debate a symbolic bill to symbolize their presence in the collaborative legislature of the United Kingdom. 6 2016/2017 SEASON ABOUT THE PLAY (CONTINUED) NATIONAL ANTHEM “God Save the King” shall be performed upon regular ceremonial intervals, as adopted by the populace as the unofficial anthem of His Majesty’s United Kingdom. WEDDINGS The joining in holy matrimony of any woman with a member of the Royal family shall preserve the tradition of white gowning established by Queen Victoria upon her marriage to Prince Albert, to represent and preserve the innocence and purity of the wearer. CHRISTMAS BROADCAST His Royal Majesty shall deliver an annual Christmas broadcast to extend comfort to the Kingdom during the holiday season. CURRENCY The name and likeness of His Royal Majesty shall be emblazoned upon the currency of the realm, in furtherance of the tradition of millennia established by great Sovereigns past. BY KATHERINE MONBERG,