St. Edward'sUniversity THEATERARTS STAFF AND FACULTY EDWARD Dean , School of Humanities ... Father Louis T. Brusatti Artistic Director/Ass istant Professor David M. Long Managing Director/Ad junct Instructor ...... Michel le S. Polgar Area Coordinator/Assistant Professor . . Sheila M. Gordon ALBEE'S Director of Musical Theater ...... Michael McKelvey Adm inistrative Coord inator . Angela Flowers Costume Shop Manager/Adjunct Instructor ...... T'Cie Mancuso WHO'S Technica l Director/Ad junct Instructor ...... Joe Carpenter Master Electrician Austin Sheff ield Costume Technical Spec ialist . . Miche lle Heath Assistant Professors Kathryn Eader AFRAIDOF Ev Lunning Jr. ~ I Adjunct Instructors Brooks Barr Tara Cooper Bhagirit Crow VIRGINIA Kathy Dunn Hamrick Bill McM illin Jo Ann Schatz Gary M. van der Wege WOOLF?
CHRISTINA J. MOORE DIRECTOR
LEILAH STEWART SPECIALTHANKS SCENE DESIGNER Ben White Florist Father Louis T. Brusatti KATHRYN EADER Carol Caruthers LIGHTING DESIGNER Sister Donna Jurick , SND Ladies of Charity/Lakeway Thrift Store JEN J. MADISON Dr. George E. Martin COSTUME DESIGNER Bill McMillin Cheryl Moran K. ELIOT HAYNES St. Edward 's Universit y Marketing Office SOUND DESIGNER MEDIASPONSORS Texas State University Theatre Department UT-Austin Department of Theatre and Dance TARA COOPER Zach Theat re MAKE-UP/HAIR DESIGNER Zilker Theatr e Productions
CHRONICLEM BILL MCMILLIN* -i'bilf4iFiffl:i< PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER < ku t 9oDramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. EQUITY GUESTS THECOMPANY PRODUCTIONSTAFF Martha ...... Babs George* Assistant Technical Director .. Zacharie B. Hennard
George ...... Ev Lunning Jr.* Assistant to the Director...... Kiara Brynne Assistant to the Scenic Designer .... Carli Werner Honey ...... Meredith Montgomery** Assistant to the Lighting Designer and Master Electrician . .. Erin Fleming Nick. .... Kel Sanders** Assistant to the Make-up/Hair Designer...... Lisa Raymond Assistant Properties Designer. . ... Talieka Shears Vocal Coach ...... Sheila M. Gordon Lead Stage Manager. . .. Johnny Joe Trillayes** Second Assistant Stage Manager ...... Tyler Mount** Assistant Stage Managers. . . Lora Blackwell**,Emil y Donald**, Sophia Franzella**, Kendra K. Perez** Student Assistant to the Technical Director ...... George Marsolek Properties Lead Assistant . . Johnny Joe Trillayes Properties Design and Construction. . . Monica Azcarate, Nathan Brockett, Liz Newchurch, KassandraOrtiz Assistant to the Master Electrician/Board Operator...... ChristinaSmith Assistant to the Sound Designer/BoardOperator . . Jon Wayne Martin Sound Department Staff ...... Candice Rogers Scene Shop Staff ...... Cameron Allen, George Marsolek, Candice Rogers, Carli Werner Costume Shop Staff. . .. Kera Blay, Jordyn Campbell, EileenChaffer , SCENE Emily Donald, Aidan Liller, Meredith Montgomery,Helen Ralowicz The living room of a house on the campus of a small New England college. Stitchers . . Aimee Kandi, TanyaOlande THERE WILL BE TWO 10-MINUTE INTERMISSIONS. Box Office Manager...... Shannon Bishop Box Office Staff . . . Sadie Hollifield, Alyssa Johnson, Kel Sanders . . Zorica Simic * Member, Actors' Equity Association, the union House Manager ... of professional actors and stage managers in House Crew. . Matt Frazier, Mitch Harris, Andrew Hatcher, the United States Estevan Labrada, Lisa Raymond ... Jordan Campbell ** Equity Member Candidate Head Dresser. Dressers. . Curtis Allmon, Hannah Fonder, Caitlyn Jackson Mary Moody Northen Theatre is a member of the Theatre Communications Group. Laundry. . .. Hannah LeBrun, Kari Strunk Costume Crew . . Annie Bond, Jordan Campbell, Katie Camarda, Emily Eubank, :) Kimberley Gates, Marrett Hanes, Kyle Housworth, Lindsley Howard, ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Kari Strunk, Sean Slusher and the students of THAR 1331 Equity's mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential Scenic Crew . . ... Laura Burgess, Andrew Butler, Nicholas Campagna, Michael Davis, component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 45,000 actors, singers, Drew Kimball, George Marsolek, Zach Miranda, Ben Myers, Danielle Ploeger, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Candice Rogers, Liz Vermeulen, Carli Werner and the students of THAR 1330 Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession , upholding .. Magz Baillio the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working condit ions and Make-up/Hair Crew provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Lighting Crew .. . . .Aust in Amelio, Mary Cartwright, Erin Fleming, Matt Garcia, Jacquelyn Longoria, Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment Siena Pegues, Catie Powers and the students of THAR 1330 and THAR 3323 ACTORS' of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of EQUITY the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts ASSOCIATION 191 3 unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity .org . TARA COOPER (Make-up/Hair Designer) excited about her new role Assistant Professor THECOMPANY is a freelance make-up , hair and wardrobe of Theatre Design for St. Edward's University. stylist and adjunct professor at St. Edward's Kathryn is the Resident Lighting Designer for BABS GEORGE (Martha) returns to the Ah, Wilderness! , and Tiresias in Antigone. Ev University. Her work can be seen both the Butler Opera Center at UT-Austin , where Mary Moody Northen has received awards from the Austin Circle of nationally and internationally and has been she has designed nine productions including Theatre where she has Theaters for his portrayal of Fenton Hardy in featured in magazines such as The Economist, The Elixir of Love and last season's A View From been seen most re The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Haunted Forbes, TIME, Texas Monthly, and many others , the Bridge. Other Butler Opera center credits cently in bobrauschen House (Austin Theatre for Youth) and for his as well as in productions such as Mamma include La Tentacion de San Antonio, Eugene bergamerica, Cloud 9 direction of A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Mia 1 and The Lion King (Broadway Tour). She Onegin, Dialogue of the Carmelites and The and Way of the World. Feydeau at MMNT. He received the Austin wants to thank her students , boyfriend and Old Majestic. Other Austin credits include The Babs has been a pro Critics ' Table award for Best Supporting Actor little dog Lulu for all of their love and support. Glass Menagerie , Proof and A Christmas Carol fessional actress for 30 for his portrayal of Joshua Rowen in the MMNT She is happy to be designing for Mary Moody for the State Theatre and Man of La Mancha years and is a member production of The Kentucky Cycle. A member Northen Theatre once again. and Sweet Charity for Austin Musical Theatre. of Actors ' Equity and Screen Actors Guild. of AEA since 1968, Ev has appeared in most Kathryn comes to Austin from a recent position She has worked regionally in Washington D.C, of Austin 's professional venues, from Palmer K. ELIOT HAYNES (Sound Designer) has in Lighting Design at Oklahoma City University Oregon , New Mexico, Utah , Michigan and Auditorium to The State Theatre to the Off been a sound designer for many years. He where her designs include Don Giovanni, Most Indiana. A resident of Austin for 22 years, she Center. Ev has directed over 50 productions won an Austin Critics' Table award for his sound Happy Fella, Children of Eden and A Christmas has been seen at Austin Shakespeare , Austin for professional, community and school design for The Kinnderman Depiction (Physical Carol. After completing her undergraduate Playhouse (where she is a company member) , groups , including The State Theatre Company Plant). Recent designs include The Jungle and degree at UT- Austin, Kathryn earned her St. Edward 's University, Zachary Scott Theatre and The Austin Shakespeare Festival. He Frankenstein (Trouble Puppet Theater), Switch, MFA in lighting from New York University. She and TexArts . Recent television credits: Friday has also taught classes in voice for The State Shift, Go and Flush (Ariel Dance Theater), and has worked extensively in opera with such Night Lights and My Generation, an ABC TV Theatre Company School of Acting. He is a Doubt: A Parable (Zach Theatre). Eliot is also companies as Houston Grand Opera , Portland series. Training: MFA in Classical Acting from recipient of the 2006 St. Edward 's Teaching the Technical Director of the annual Fuse Box Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Grande The Shakespeare Theatre and The George Excellence Award. festival. He is happy to be making his debut at Theatre de Geneve and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Washington University . She is the creator and Mary Moody Northen Theatre, working with this Some of her opera production credits include director of The State Theatre School of Acting. KEL SANDERS '11 (George) is thrilled to return very talented group of artists. Porgy & Bess, Susannah , Nabucco , A Cabaret She has been an instructor in the Theatre to the Mary Moody Northen Theater stage for Evening with Catherine Malt itano, Faust, Departments at St. Edward 's University , The the fifth time. Previous credits include Peer JEN J. MADISON (Costume Designer) has Mefistofele, Romeo and Juliet, Song of Majnun, University of Texas, Texas State University Gynt, The Life of Galileo, The Pajama Game designed costumes for Austin Shakespeare's ldomeneo and Savitiri. In addition to her opera and this spring at Southwestern University and Cyrano de Bergerac. He is also currently The Tempest, Mary Stuart and A Midsummer work she has designed many musicals and in Georgetown. serving as Producing Director of Transit Theatre Night 's Dream, Zilker Theatre Prodution 's musical revues for the Drury Lane at Evergreen Troupe. He would like to thank Christi Moore , Annie , Mary Moody Northen Theatre's City Park. Kathryn spends most of her time these EV LUNNING JR. (George) has been Michelle Polgar, his friends , his family, Shannon of Angels, St. Steven's Elephant Graveyard , days very focused on her most important associated with Mary and Phil for helping him get to this point. the University of Texas' Department of productions - her three beautiful children; Moody Northen Theatre Theatre's productions of Assassins and Josephine , Megan and Shane. since the summer of MEREDITH MONTGOMERY '12 (Honey) A Midsummer Night 's Dream, and Dance 1990 when he first last appeared as Dr. Defecato in The Imagi Repertory Theatre's productions of Aria LEILAH STEWART (Scene and Properties appeared as an Equity nary Invalid at the Mary Mood y Northen The Redux , Parade and Sextet. Her costume Designer) is a freelance scenic designer and guest artist. Soon after atre. She also played Waverly in the Transit designs for Assassins and A Midsummer performance artist based in Austin , Texas. that , he joined the Theatre Troupe 's award-winning production Night's Dream both shared recognition with She returns to MMNT after designing the faculty as an adjunct, of Recent Tragic Events. She directed a short the scenic designs for "Beautiful design s season opener , The Imaginary Invalid. Other later served as MMNT's scene for the Transit Theatre Troupe's New at UT" in the Austin Chronicle article "Top recent designs for MMNT include City of business manager and finally became a Works Festival and assistant stage managed 10 Wonderful Thing s About Austin Theatre Angels and bobrauschenbergamerica, both professor of acting, where he has been kept last season 's production of The Life of Gali in 2008 (In No Particular Order )." She has of which received nominations for best scenic busy both onstage and off. His first directing leo at MMNT. Meredith has also performed in worked at Arkans as Repertory Theatre and design from the Austin Critics ' Table. She is assignment for MMNT was Neil Simon's many production in Dallas, Texas, including the Cleveland Playhouse as well. currently working on The Method Gun for the Broadway Bound. He most recentl y directed Nickel, and the region al premiere of One Shot Wexner Center for the Arts and I've Never Peer Gynt and On The Town. His more recent One Kill at Collin Theatre Centre. She is so ex KATHRYN EADER (Lighting Designer) recently Been So Happy for the #NEWPLAY FESTIVAL MMNT guest-artist appearances include Dr. cited to be in this production , surrounded by moved bac k to her beloved Austin and is very at Arena Stage in Washingt on, D.C. Both are Chebut ykin in The Three Sisters, Nat Miller in such amazing talent! original ensemble performances by the Rude audiences alike while changing the landscape took a variety of menial jobs until 1959 when ward 's University . Directing credits at MMNT Mechanicals. Leilah is also the production of American drama . He was unanimously The Zoo Story made him a famous playwright , include The Imaginary Invalid , bobrauschen des igner for Hula, an independent feature hailed as the successor to Arthur Miller, first in Europe, where it premiered in Berlin, bergamerica , Cloud 9 (Austin Critics ' Table length film that is currently shooting in Austin . Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill. and then in New York. This short work , in Nomination for Best Comedy) , Full Circle Albee's 25 plays form a canon that is, as Albee which a bum entices an executive to commit (Austin Critics ' Table Award for Best Com BILL MCMILLIN '79 (Production Stage himself describes it, "an examination of the murder, together with 1962's full-length Who's edy), Macbeth and Antigone . At MMNT, he Manager) was American Scene, an attack on the substitution Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a brutal portrait of a has appeared as Stone in City of Angels, as the first to receive of artificial for real values in our society, a hard-dr inking academic couple , and 1966's Cyrano (Austin Critics ' Table Award) in Cyra a BA in Theatre condemnation of complacency , cruelty , and A Delicate Balance , his first Pulitzer Prize no de Bergerac and as Leo Frank in Parade . Arts Management emasculation and vacuity, a stand against winner, created the mold for American drama David has presented acting and movement from St. Edward's the fiction that everything in this slipping land for the rest of our century . workshops throughout the country. He is an University. Bill is a of ours is peachy-keen. " No wonder , then , (Source: http.//www.kennedy -center org/explorer/ active member in both Actors ' Equity Associa member of Actors' that this 40-year career has seen as many artists/?entity_id=3687&source_type=A) tion and the Screen Actors ' Guild. He would Equity Association commercial failures as successes. The '80s, like to thank Tracy, Amel ia and Alura for their and the National in fact , did not yield a single Albee play that CHRISTINA J. MOORE (Director) is a theatre patience and loving support. Stage Managers Association. An Austinite could be considered a commerc ial hit. "There profess ional whose work has covered the for 34 years, he has worked in all facets of is not always a great relationship between gamut from directing and producing to acting theatrical production in virtually every theatre popularity and excellence ," he says. "You just and teaching. She has directed or acted in With17 years ofexperience in town. Represented by TAG Talent, he has have to make the assumption you're doing most of the theatres in Austin and a few in been on recent commercials for Chevrolet, good work and go on doing it." Perseverance other Texas cities and around the country. and3Chronicle "Best OfAustin" Tractor Supply and Gunn Automotive , as ultimately triumphed ; his most recent drama For Mary Moody Northen Theater, she awardsunder his belt ... well as voice and print media and several reclaimed Albee's position as America 's direc ted Metamorphoses and Ring Round films. Bill serves on the National Council of leading dramatists. Three Tall Women enjoyed the Moon. Her work has been recogni zed Actors' Equity Association and is an adjunct a stunning , sold-out success in New York with Austin Critics ' Table and B. Iden Payne l~lll'I1Z111.J\ "T IS 'I1IIE instructor at St. Edward's , teaching Arts and has been staged across the country Awards. Christi holds a MFA in Directing from 11()S '1,1~ll I)IJI) I~! Administration , Professional Preparation and and around the world . It received Best Play UT-Austin and is an associate member of Stage Management. awards from the New York Drama Critics The Stage Directors and Choreographers Circle and Outer Critics Circle and earned Society. She has taught on the faculties of St. Getyour message toover EDWARD ALBEE (Playwright) Albee his third Pulitzer Prize, an honor that is Edward's University, Southwestern University, 150legal posting locations bested only by Eugene O'Neill's four awards . UT- Austin and Austin Lyric Opera's Born in Washington, D.C., Albee was adopted professional apprentice program. In 1997, foronly $60 per week! as an infant by Reid Albee, the son of Edward she co-fo unded ScriptWorks (formerly Austin Franklin Albee of the powerful Keith-Alb ee Script Works), a playwright development and Havea flyeror poster? vaudevi lle chain. He was brought up in great service organization where she continues to Thenhave it ... affluence and sent to select preparatory and serve as Execut ive Director. military schools . Almost from the beginning, he clashed with the strong-minded Mrs. DAVID M. LONG (MMNT Artistic Director) is Albee , rebelling against her attempts to make an actor, director and him a success as well as a sportsman and a educator who has member of the Larchmont , New York, socia l worked profession set. Instead , young Albee pursued his interest ally on both coasts burst onto the American theatrical scene in the arts , writing macabre and bitter stories and in Japan. David in the late 1950s with a variety of plays that and poetry, while associating with artists and has served as a fac detailed the agonies and disillusionment intellectuals considered objectionable by ulty member at Win of that decade and the transition from the Mrs. Albee. Albee left home when he was 20 throp University in -. placid Eisenhower years to the turbulent and moved to New York's Greenwich Village , South Carolina and ~ 1960s. Albee 's plays, with their intensity, where he took to the era's counterculture and Portland State University in Oregon and ~ their grappl ing with modern themes, and avant-garde movements . After using up his currently serves as artistic director and as their experiments in form, startled critics and paternal grandmother 's modest legacy, he sistant professor of Theater Arts at St. Ed- (512) 554-4034 MARYMOODY NURTHEN DEAN'S CLUB ($500 to $999) Pamela G. McGrew Jay Hume Molly Minus Kimberly Livingston MAC '07 New York Life Insurance Co. William J. McMillin '79 Leo Osterhaus THEATRE Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Pangborn Rogelio Pequeno Marisa Pisano Peterson SOCIETY THE HILLTOP CLUB ($250 to $499) David Prater Anonymous Marvela L. Pritchett '02 Through Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edwa rd 's University Theater Arts majors work Mary Blackstock Teri Varner alongside professional actors , designers and directors in the creation of dynamic artistic work. Edna and Gary Blomquist '98 Jonathan Wooley Our students enjoy unparalleled professional training and an opportunity to earn points toward Jean Byers Timothy Wright '91 membership in the Actors' Equity Associat ion, the union of professional actors and stage Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell Ronald Young managers in the United States - all within the context of the unive rsity's nationally recognized Evergreen Consulting Austin Doak CONTRIBUTOR ($50 to $119) liberal arts education. Charles Gembinski Jr. Peter Austin Our program is made possible in part by the generous contributions of the Mary Moody Connie McMillan Joseph Barrett Northen Theatre Society membership . Socie ty contributions allow MMNT to provide students Dr. and Mrs. Jimmy T. 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Brusatti Vicky Linsalata Virginia Treasure '83 David and Tracy Long Bobby Warnecke Ev Lunning Jr. Robert Luedecke Mary Wall '80 ,~,-~-- ·-·· TheImaginary Invalid By Moliere Translatedand Adaptedby DavidChambers Sept. 16-26, 2010 Who'sAfraid of VirginiaWoolf? By EdwardAlbee Nov. 11-21, 2010 Eurydice By SarahRuhl Feb. 3-13, 2011 Onthe Verge By Eric Overmyer March3-13, 2011 Carousel Music by RichardRogers Bookand Lyricsby OscarHammerstein II Basedon FerencMolnar's Play Liliom April 7-17, 2011 TICKETSAND SEASONPASSES 448 - 8484