41st Season • 397th Production JULIANNE ARGYROS STAGE / MARCH 6 - 27, 2005
David Emmes Martin Benson PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
presents the world premiere of PRINCESS MARJORIE
BY Noah Haidle
SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN Darcy Scanlin Angela Balogh Calin Peter Maradudin
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DRAMATURG PRODUCTION MANAGER STAGE MANAGER Kara-Lynn Vaeni Jerry Patch Jeff Gifford *Randall K. Lum
DIRECTED BY David Chambers
HONORARY PRODUCERS Jim and Pam Muzzy
Princess Marjorie was commissioned and developed by South Coast Repertory
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CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of appearance) Harper ...... Michael Gladis* Charlie ...... Nathan Baesel* Steven/Sam/P.J...... John Vickery* Marjorie ...... Khrystyne Haje*
SETTING A two bedroom set.
LENGTH Approximately one hour and 40 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.
PRODUCTION STAFF Casting ...... Joanne DeNaut Assistant to the Set Designer ...... Dave Offner Assistant to the Lighting Designer ...... Catherine Hegdale Production Assistant ...... Tara de Graaf Stage Management Intern ...... Heidi Westrom Directing Intern ...... Suzanne Karpinski
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Special thanks to Bartco Lighting Co. of Huntington Beach for their assistance with the fluorescent fixtures and to Hall Associates Flying Effects, a division of Nunnally Enterprises, Inc. for the performer flying effects equipment.
Please refrain from unwrapping candy or making other noises that may disturb surrounding patrons. The use of cameras and recorders in the theatre is prohibited. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the theatre. Cellular phones, beepers and watch alarms should be turned off or set to non-audible mode during the performance.
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.
Official Airline
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Helen and Her Suitors elen of Sparta, who became Helen younger swain, Paris, who kept her in of Troy, carries the myth of having Troy for a decade while all the suitors Hbeen the world’s most beautiful who swore to defend her honor pursued woman. Dubbed “the face who a war to free her. Many died doing so. launched a thousand ships,” she was Even the elders of Troy couldn’t the daughter of Zeus (disguised as a blame the Spartans, saying in The Iliad, swan for the coupling) and the Spartan “Who on earth could blame the Trojans queen, Leda. for suffering so long for a such a Word of her beauty spread, even woman’s sake? She is the very image of when she was a young teen. Returned an immortal goddess.” to her family after having been kid- – Jerry Patch napped by Theseus, king of Athens (and perhaps giving birth), she was pursued by the wealthiest, the most SUITORS OF HELEN are those who competed for the hand of heroic, and the best born in Greece. the Spartan princess Helen, center. Bottom from left to right, her early abductor, Theseus; her husband Menelaus; Married off for advantage to Paris; the Achean Leader Diomedes 2 who was bound by The Menelaus, she Oath of Tyndareus; and was taken Ajax 1, also away bound by the again by Oath and a prominent the Achaean much Leader.
To the Virgins: Make Much of Time – Robert Herrick
I knew a woman, lovely in her bones, When I Was One-and-Twenty When small birds sighed, she would sigh back at When I was one-and-twenty them; I heard a wise man say, Ah, when she moved, she moved more ways than “Give crowns and pounds and guineas one: But not your heart away; The shapes a brighter container can contain! Give pearls away and rubies Of her choice virtues only gods should speak, But keep your fancy free.” Or English poets who grew up on Greek But I was one-and-twenty, (I’d have them sing in chorus, cheek to cheek.) No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty Love likes a gander, and adores a goose: I heard him say again, Her full lips pursed, the errant note to seize; “The heart out of the bosom She played it quick, she played it light and loose; Was never given in vain; My eyes, they dazzled at her flowing knees; ‘Tis paid with sighs a-plenty Her several parts could keep a pure repose, And sold for endless rue.” Or one hip quiver with a mobile nose And I am two-and-twenty, (She moved in circles, and those circles moved.) And oh, ‘tis true, ‘tis true. – from “I Knew a Woman,” by Theodore Roethke – A. E. Housman
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She’s got everything she needs, I'll make you happy, baby, just wait and see. She’s an artist, she don’t look back. For every kiss you give me, I'll give you three. She can take the dark out of the nighttime Oh, since the day I saw you And paint the daytime black. I have been waiting for you You know I will adore you 'til eternity. You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees. So won't you, please, (be my, be my baby) But you will wind up peeking through her Be my little baby, (my one and only baby) keyhole Say you'll be my darlin', (be my, be my baby) Down upon your knees. Be my baby now, (my one and only baby) Wha-oh-oh-oh. She never stumbles, – from “Be My Baby,” by Jeff Barry, She’s got no place to fall. Ellie Greenich, Phil Spector She’s nobody’s child, The Law can’t touch her at all.
Bow down to her on Sunday, Salute her when her birthday comes. For Halloween give her a trumpet And for Christmas, buy her a drum. – from “She Belongs to Me,” by Bob Dylan
CXXX My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun Coral is far more red than her lips’ red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask’d, red and white, Blue Girls But no such roses see I in her cheeks; Twirling your blue skirts, traveling the sward And in some perfumes is there more delight Under the towers of your seminary, Than in the breath that from my mistress Go listen to your teachers old and contrary reeks. Without believing a word. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: Tie the white fillets then about your hair I grant I never saw a goddess go,-- And think no more of what will come to pass And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare Than bluebirds that go walking on the grass As any she belied with false compare. And chattering on the air. – Wm. Shakespeare
Practice your beauty, blue girls, before it fail; And I will cry with my loud lips and publish Beauty which all our power shall never estab- lish, It is so frail.
For I could tell you a story which is true; I know a woman with a terrible tongue, Blear eyes fallen from blue, All her perfections tarnished-yet it is not long Teen angel, can you hear me Since she was lovelier than any of you. Teen angel, can you see me – John Crow Ransom Are you somewhere up above And am I still your own true love – from “Teen Angel,” by Mark Dinning
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NATHAN BAESEL MICHAEL GLADIS KHRYSTYNE HAJE Charlie Harper Marjorie
Artist Biographies
*NATHAN BAESEL (Charlie) ap- Fifth of July with the Signature TV movies and her role as Si- peared at SCR most recently in Theatre Company, Baal and No mone on ABC’s five year hit On the Mountain and previously Mother to Guide Her at the Flea “Head of the Class.” Amongst in The Last Night of Ballyhoo. He Theatre, a national tour of her film credits, she was privi- appeared in The Countess Cotlu- Romeo & Juliet and Much Ado leged to be cast in Man of the by at Poland’s Gombrowicz Festi- About Nothing with New Paltz Year, John Ritter’s final film. She val. He recently wrapped his Summer Shakespeare. Film and was awarded the Civilian Medal first film, the upcoming Through television credits include K-19: of Honor from the U.S. Depart- the Mask, and has guest starred The Widowmaker, Press Gang, ment of Defense, for entertaining on “The District” and “Cold Disgruntled, “Third Watch” and U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf Case” on CBS. A graduate of “Hack.” with Bob Hope during the first The Juilliard School, he has his Gulf War. Ms. Haje’s personal BA in Theatre from UCLA and *KHRYSTYNE HAJE (Marjorie) is life is spent in New York, Los began his college career at making her SCR debut. Theatre Angeles, and the northern Cali- Fullerton College. He is a proud credits include Profit at the fornia Redwoods, where she husband, father and member of Eclectic Company Theatre, Sub- maintains a preserve. As a Group 31. urban Motel: Featuring Loretta at founding member of ECO, the Gary Marshall’s Falcon Theatre Earth Communications Office, *MICHAEL GLADIS (Harper) is and Moon Over Buffalo at the she works hard to protect our making his SCR debut. Theatre Pasadena Playhouse. A native delicate ecosystems. credits include Dog Sees God at Californian, Ms. Haje started her the Soho Playhouse, The Passion Emmy award winning career at *JOHN VICKERY (Steven/Sam/ of George W. Bush at the Michael age 14 as a fashion model. She P.J.) appeared at SCR in the Pa- Schimmel Center, St. Crispin’s quickly progressed to commer- cific Playwrights Festival readings Day at the Rattlestick Theatre, cials, starring roles in network of Singing Forest and Safe in Hell
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terprise,” “Frasier,” “NYPD Blue,” DARCY SCANLIN (Scenic Design) “I’m With Her” and “Without a received her MFA from CalArts in Trace.” For Jen and Alexandria. 2000, and has designed SCR’s productions of Bosoms and Ne- PLAYWRIGHT, glect, The School for Wives, The DIRECTOR & DESIGNERS Dazzle and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. She designed Eu- NOAH HAIDLE (Playwright) ridice at The Getty Museum, graduated from The Juilliard Long Beach Opera’s Jenufa, and School, lives in New York City, Trois Operas Minute, as well and has no health insurance. Bard Summerscape’s Don Juan For this reason he is especially in Prague and Guest from the careful when walking down Future. Ms. Scanlin received the stairs and takes care to look both NEA/TCG Career Development ways when crossing the street. Program for Designers, during JOHN VICKERY But he likes to keep his plays which she assisted on Broadway Steven/Sam/P.J. risky, health insurance or not. and worked with the Builders Association. She received an In- DAVID CHAMBERS (Director) a dividual Artist Fellowship from and in the productions of The producer, director, writer, and The Public Corporation for the Cherry Orchard, The Misan- teacher whose work has been Arts, and was recently named a thrope and Heartbreak House. seen on and off-Broadway, at re- Young Designer to Watch by En- On Broadway he appeared in gional theatres around the United tertainment Design magazine. The Lion King, The Sisters States, and on stages in Europe. Rosensweig, The Real Thing, Em- He has served as Producer at ANGELA BALOGH CALIN (Cos- inent Domain, Ned and Jack and Washington’s Arena Stage, where tume Design) designed The Re- Macbeth. Off-Broadway appear- he also directed numerous pro- treat from Moscow, Mr. Mar- ances include The Vampires, The ductions. Other theatres he has malade, Intimate Exchanges, Death of Von Richthofen, Henry directed at include The New York Terra Nova and the Theatre for IV – Part I, American Days and Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie, Young Audiences productions of Looking Glass. Regional theatre the Goodman, The Shakespeare The Little Prince, The Hoboken credits include The Lion King at Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Chicken Emergency, The Wind the Pantages Theatre; The and Yale Repertory Theatre. He in the Willows, The Emperor’s Singing Forest at the Long Wharf directed Broadway premieres of New Clothes and Sideways Stories Theatre; Arcadia, Richard II, Christopher Durang’s A History of from Wayside School. Her previ- Aristocrats and Made in Bangkok the American Film and Howard ous SCR credits include set and at the Mark Taper Forum; The Korder’s Search and Destroy, a costume design for The Carpet- Royal Family at the McCarter play that originated at South bagger’s Children, Making It and Theatre; Richard II at Yale Coast Repertory and for which The Lonesome West; set design Repertory Theatre; I Hate Hamlet Mr. Chambers received a New for Play Strindberg; and sets and at the Royal George Theatre; York Drama Desk nomination for costumes for SCR’s Educational Tartuffe and Don Juan at the best director. His writing in- Touring Productions from 1998 Huntington Theatre Company; cludes book and lyrics for musi- to present. She is a resident de- Romeo & Juliet, The Seagull and cals, texts in translation including signer at A Noise Within where Macbeth at La Jolla Playhouse; Molière and Ibsen, as well as nu- her costume designs include The The Caretaker at L.A. Theatre merous journalistic and academic Matchmaker, The Price, Bus Stop, Centre; and Julius Caesar at The articles. He is currently Professor The Imaginary Invalid, The Skin Old Globe. Film and television of Acting and Directing at the of Our Teeth, The Misanthrope, credits include Murder by Num- Yale School of Drama and an Cyrano de Bergerac, Another bers, Dr. Giggles, Rapid Fire, Pa- Artistic Associate at South Coast Part of the Forest (Los Angeles triot Games, Big Business, Out of Repertory, where his annual pro- Drama Critics Circle Award and Bounds, “Babylon 5,” “Star Trek: ductions regularly receive Drama Garland Award), Little Foxes Deep Space Nine,” “Star Trek: Logue and LA Drama Critics Cir- (Garland Award), The Seagull, A Next Generation,” “Star Trek: En- cle Awards. Winter’s Tale, The Threepenny
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Opera (Drama-Logue Award) wolf and the Oregon Shake- program of the Sundance Insti- and Twelfth Night (Drama-Logue speare Festival. He is a Princi- tute. He serves as consulting Award). Ms. Calin has designed pal Designer with Visual Terrain, dramaturg for the Roundabout over 50 productions for local Inc., a lighting design consultan- Theatre Company in New York, theatres and in her native Roma- cy for architecture and themed and on June 1 will leave SCR to nia. Some of those productions environments, and is the author serve as Resident Artistic Direc- are: A Midsummer Night’s of the plays Eugene Onegin, The tor at The Old Globe in San Dream at The Hollywood Bowl, Woman in White and The Black- Diego. The Winter’s Tale at The Old amoor of Peter the Great. Globe, The Last of Mr. Lincoln at *RANDALL K. LUM (Stage Man- El Portal, Diablogues at the KARA-LYNN VAENI (Assistant ager), now in his 15th year with Tiffany Theatre, The Sunshine Director) is pleased to return to the company, recently made his Boys and Harvey for La Mirada SCR where she directed the Argyros Stage Managing debut Center for the Performing Arts, reading of The Intelligent Design with On the Mountain. Also this Ivona, Princess of Burgundia for of Jenny Chow in 2002. She season, he worked on Brooklyn the Odyssey Theatre, Blood Po- graduated from the Yale School Boy and Habeas Corpus. Last etry (Drama-Logue Award) for of Drama with an MFA in Direct- season he worked on Safe in Theatre 40 and Ancestral Voices ing. Shows at Yale include The Hell, Antigone, Terra Nova and for the Falcon Theatre. She has Skin of Our Teeth, Henry IV Part The Last Night of Ballyhoo. The worked extensively in film and One, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, A previous season he stage man- television in the U.S. and Roma- Midsummer Night’s Dream and aged Major Barbara, Proof and nia, having 16 design credits Phaedre’s Love, as well as nu- Intimate Apparel. During his with I.R.S. Media, Cannon Films, merous new plays. Since gradu- long association as one of SCR’s PBS, Full Moon Entertainment ating she has worked at the resident stage managers he has and Romanian Films. She gradu- O’Neill Playwrights Conference, worked on more than a dozen ated with an MFA in set and cos- Vortex Theatre, Manhattan The- world premieres and has been tume design from the Academy atre Source and Hofstra Universi- associated with over 70 produc- of Arts in Bucharest. ty. She is a recipient of a Presi- tions. In 1997, Mr. Lum stage dential Public Service Fellow- managed the AIDS Benefit Help PETER MARADUDIN (Lighting ship, 2003 and the Julian Milton is on the Way III at the Palace of Design) is pleased to return to Kaufman Award for Directing, Fine Arts in San Francisco. South Coast Repertory, where he 2004. Other stage management credits has designed over 30 produc- include the American Conserva- tions including Safe in Hell, The JERRY PATCH (Dramaturg) has tory Theatre in San Francisco, Piano Lesson, Hurrah at Last, been affiliated with South Coast The Old Globe in San Diego, Great Day in the Morning and Repertory since 1967. He has Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Prelude to a Kiss. On Broadway served as dramaturg on nearly Jose Civic Light Opera, VITA he designed the lighting for Ma 150 new plays seen here since Shakespeare Festival, Pacific Rainey’s Black Bottom and the 1980, including the world pre- Conservatory of the Performing Pulitzer Prize-winning The Ken- mieres of Abundance, Freedom- Arts, Long Beach Ballet, San tucky Cycle, and Off-Broadway land, Golden Child, Intimate Ap- Francisco Convention Bureau Hurrah at Last, Ballad of parel, Search and Destroy, Sight and Kawasaki Motorcycles. He Yachiyo and Bouncers. Mr. Unseen, Three Days of Rain and would like everyone to take a Maradudin has designed over Wit. His dramatic writing has moment to remember all those 300 regional theatre productions been produced at SCR and other who have lost the battle and all for such companies as The theatres and on television. He those still suffering and fighting Kennedy Center, the Guthrie co-conceived The Education of the AIDS epidemic. Theater, American Conservatory Randy Newman with Michael Theater, Berkeley Repertory The- Roth and Mr. Newman (SCR, DAVID EMMES (Producing Artis- atre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla 2000). He has been the project tic Director) is co-founder of Playhouse, Seattle Repertory director of SCR’s Pacific Play- SCR. He has received numerous Theatre, The Old Globe, Hunt- wrights Festival since it began in awards for productions he has ington Theatre Company, Actors 1998, and for seven years was directed during SCR’s 40-year Theatre of Louisville, Steppen- Artistic Director of the theatre history, including a Los Angeles
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Drama Critics Circle Award for rected nearly one third of the SCR’s 1988 Tony Award for Out- the direction of George Bernard plays produced here. He has standing Resident Professional Shaw’s The Philanderer. He di- distinguished himself in the stag- Theatre and won the 1995 The- rected the world premieres of ing of contemporary work, in- atre LA Ovation Award for Life- Amy Freed’s Safe in Hell, The cluding Horton Foote’s The Car- time Achievement. Mr. Benson Beard of Avon and Freedom- petbagger’s Children and the received his BA in Theatre from land, Thomas Babe’s Great Day world premiere of Getting California State University, San in the Morning, Keith Reddin’s Frankie Married—and After- Francisco. Rum and Coke and But Not for wards, the critically acclaimed Me and Neal Bell’s Cold Sweat; California premiere of William PAULA TOMEI (Managing Direc- the American premiere of Terry Nicholson’s Shadowlands, the tor) is responsible for the overall Johnson’s Unsuitable for Adults; Southern California premiere of administration of South Coast the West Coast premieres of C.P. Michael Healey’s The Drawer Repertory and has been Manag- Taylor’s Good and Harry Kon- Boy; and the West Coast pre- ing Director since 1994. A mem- doleon’s Christmas on Mars; and mieres of Peter Hedges’ Good As ber of the SCR staff since 1979, the Southland premiere of Top New and Martin McDonagh’s The she has served in a number of Girls (at SCR and the Westwood Lonesome West. He has won ac- administrative capacities includ- Playhouse). Other productions colades for his direction of five ing Subscriptions Manager, Busi- include the West Coast premieres major works by George Bernard ness Manager and General Man- of Three Viewings by Jeffrey Shaw, including the Los Angeles ager. She currently serves as Hatcher, The Secret Rapture by Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) President of the Theatre Commu- David Hare and New England by Award-winners Major Barbara, nications Group (TCG), the na- Richard Nelson; and Arcadia by Misalliance and Heartbreak tional service organization for Tom Stoppard, The Importance House. Among the numerous the professional not-for-profit of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, world premieres he has directed theatre. In addition, she has Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in are Tom Strelich’s BAFO and served as Treasurer of TCG, Vice Mind and You Never Can Tell by Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize- President of the League of Resi- George Bernard Shaw, which he winning Wit, which he also di- dent Theatres (LORT) and has restaged for the Singapore Festi- rected at Seattle Repertory The- been a member of the LORT Ne- val of Arts. His producing re- atre and the Alley Theatre in gotiating Committee for industry- sponsibilities involve the overall Houston. He has directed Amer- wide union agreements. She coordination of SCR’s programs ican classics including Ah, represents SCR at national con- and projects. He has served as a Wilderness!, A Streetcar Named ferences of TCG and LORT; is a theatre panelist and onsite evalu- Desire, A Delicate Balance and theatre panelist and site visitor ator for the National Endowment All My Sons. Mr. Benson has for the National Endowment for for the Arts, on the Executive been honored with the Drama- the Arts and the California Arts Committee of the League of Resi- Logue Award for his direction of Council; served on the Advisory dent Theatres (LORT), and as a 21 productions and received Committee for the Arts Adminis- panelist for the California Arts LADCC Distinguished Achieve- tration Certificate Program at the Council. After attending Orange ment in Directing awards an un- University of California, Irvine; Coast College, he received his paralleled seven times for the and has been a guest lecturer in BA and MA from California State three Shaw productions, John the graduate school of business University, San Francisco, and Millington Synge’s Playboy of the at Stanford. She graduated from his PhD in theatre and film from Western World, Arthur Miller’s the University of California, USC. The Crucible, Sally Nemeth’s Irvine with a degree in Eco- Holy Days and Wit. He also di- nomics and pursued an addition- MARTIN BENSON (Artistic Direc- rected the film version of Holy al course of study in theatre and tor), co-founder of SCR with his Days using the original SCR cast. dance. colleague David Emmes, has di- Along with Emmes, he accepted
The Actors and Stage Managers em- The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and The Director is a member of the Soci- ployed in this production are members Sound Designers in LORT theatres ety of Stage Directors and Choreogra- of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union are represented by United Scenic phers, Inc., an independent national of Professional Actors and Stage Man- Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. labor union. agers in the United States.
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