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About The American Century Theater The American Century Theater was founded in 1994. We are a professional nonprofit theater company dedicated to presenting great, important, and worthy American plays of the twentieth century—what Henry Luce called “the American Century.” The company’s mission is one of rediscovery, enlightenment, and September 17–October 16, 2010 perspective, not nostalgia or preservation. Americans must not lose the extraordinary vision and wisdom of past playwrights, nor can we afford to surrender the moorings to our shared cultural heritage. Gunston Theater II Our mission is also driven by a conviction that communities need 2700 South Lang Street, Arlington VA theater, and theater needs audiences. To those ends, this company is committed to producing plays that challenge and move all Americans, Director Producer Stage Manager of all ages, origins, and points of view. In particular, we strive to create William Aitken Rip Claassen David Olmsted theatrical experiences that entire families can watch, enjoy, and discuss long afterward. Technical Director/ Lighting Design Scenic Design Steven L. Barker Jameson Shroyer Board of Directors Sound Design Costume Design Properties Design Chair Wendy Kenney Ian Armstrong Rip Claassen Anndi Daleske Vice-Chair Ann Marie Plubell Treasurer Kimberly Ginn Scene synopsis Board David T. Austern, Richard Barton, An Orthodox Synagogue in Mineola, Long Island Elizabeth Borgen, Rebecca Christy, Vivian Kallen, Jack Marshall, Act 1 Before the Morning Prayers Kevin McIntyre, Kim-Scott Miller Staff Act 2 Scene 1, The Morning Prayers Scene 2, Before the Afternoon Prayers Jack Marshall CEO and Artistic Director Jason M. Beagle Bill Gordon Act 3 The Exorcism Rip Claassen Rhonda Hill Brian Crane Steven Scott Mazzola There will be two intermissions. Ellen Dempsey David Olmsted There will be cigarette smoking onstage. Kate Dorrell Ginny Tarris Tom Fuller Please—Silence and stow cell phones and other distracting devices. The use of recording equipment and taking of photographs during the performance are strictly prohibited. Become a fan of The American Century Theater on Facebook. Keep up with shows, auditions, volunteer opportunities, podcasts, videos, and more. www.AmericanCentury.org Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Cast, in order of appearance Hirschman (the Cabalist) ...... Craig Miller Sexton ...... Joe Cronin Schlissel ...... Ron Sarro The Tenth Man (1959) by Paddy Chayefsky Zitorsky ...... Mick Tinder Eugene O’Neill, , and Tennessee Williams are the consensus Alper ...... Stephen Rourke Big Three of American 20th-century stage drama, but a different triumvirate Foreman ...... Richard Fiske of dramatists deserve credit—or perhaps the blame—for pointing the way Evelyn Foreman ...... Kari Ginsburg to the future. Their names are Rod Serling, Reginald Rose, and Paddy Arthur Brooks ...... Steven Quartell Chayefsky, and they were the first great writers to take their imaginations to the new medium of television. What is often referred to today as the Golden Harris ...... James Svatko Age of Television could just as accurately be called the Serling, Rose, and Rabbi ...... Matthew Meixler Chayefsky Era. Kessler Boys ...... Brendan Haley and Jim Callery The three men wrote small, cramped, intimate stories that took place in Policeman ...... Bill Gordon locker rooms and jury rooms, two-room apartments, bedrooms, kitchens, and jail cells. Their brand of drama was made for close-ups, and it bred a new Production staff style of acting far removed from the grand flourishes of the Barrymores and Director ...... William Aitken Tallulah Bankhead. It called for new kinds of stars, too—actors who looked Producer ...... Rip Claassen and behaved like real people, not movie stars. The three had some things in Stage Manager ...... David Olmsted common. All were fierce liberals and heralds of social justice, wary of power and corruption, enemies of bigotry in all of its forms, and believers in the Assistant Stage Manager ...... Jim Callery power of truth and courage. They were also different, especially in style: Technical Director/Scenic Design/Master Carpenter . . . . Jameson Shroyer Rose, the master of unremarkable, spare language that seemed like it could Lighting Design ...... Steven L. Barker have been overheard in any office or household; Serling, a poetic master Lighting Assistants ...... Ashley Swiger and Barbara Maltseva of metaphor and irony; and Chayefsky, the most versatile of them all. He Sound Design ...... Ian Armstrong specialized in passionate, soaring monologues, often delivered by characters Costume Design ...... Rip Claassen who were angry and frustrated. The most cynical and audacious of the three, he was also the most sentimental: Paddy believed in love, but he was also wary Wardrobe Assistant ...... Jessica Branch of it. He was also wary, unlike Rose and Serling, of idealism. Properties Design/Scenic Painting ...... Anndi Daleske Most of all, however, Paddy Chayefsky could really write. He could pack Sound Board Operator ...... Grant Marshall so much color and controversy in his dialogue that he sometimes ignored Production Assistant ...... Kyler Schmitz character: everyone he created was, in some way, Paddy, and sounded like it. Master Electrician ...... AnnMarie Castrigno His facility with words sometimes resulted in too much of a good thing, but it Program Design and Cover Art ...... Michael Sherman was always fun listening. Production Photography ...... Dennis Deloria Rose (Twelve Angry Men), Serling (Requiem for a Heavyweight), and Archivist ...... Kim-Scott Miller Chayefsky (with ) each finished the having contributed one iconic live TV drama. Then Chayefsky took a different path. Unlike Reginald Rose, who continued to concentrate on television work to the end of his career (though he lived to see his teleplay of Twelve Special thanks to— Angry Men become a stage standard), and Serling, who dabbled in films and Jackie Altman Peg Lorenz theater but whose greatest successes were on the small screen, Chayefsky Backstage, Inc. Marianne Milian eventually decided that his words and aspirations needed a larger palette. Don Barton Stephenie Overman After his adapted teleplay of Marty became an Academy Award–winning Sterling Playmakers movie, he concentrated on writing for the screen, with an occasional foray Charlotte tCleary into playwriting. Alone among the Golden Age trio, he had a successful Israeli Accents, Rockville, Maryland Steve Taylor Broadway hit—two of them in fact: The (1956), which Martha Karl Patricia Tinder Northern Virginia Community College/Loudon CST 251 Students continued was an adaptation of one of his teleplays, and The Tenth Man. Chayefsky also Company), Alexa Vere de Vere in As Bees in Honey Drown (Trumpet Vine surpassed Serling and Rose by authoring three classic movie scripts—for The Theatre Company), Chloe in Arcadia (Rep Stage), Jill Mason in Equus (Heritage Goddess, Hospital, and . He was just hitting his artistic stride, some Theatre Company), and Robert in Hidden in this Picture (Syracuse Stage). She feel, when he was cut down by cancer at the age of 58. has performed with Fallen Angels Productions, The Center Company, Round House, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, Adventure Theatre, Venus Theatre, The best 21st-century writers now follow Paddy and Reginald and Rod’s and eight seasons with the Washington National Opera. Kari’s non-theatre example to where money and fame are: television. It is hard to counter the credits include g14 productions’ Reservation, Cox Communications 20/10 argument that the best dramatic writers today write for TV, not the stage. The commercials, as well as projects for UPN20, WILL Interactive, AAAS, Caryatid Tenth Man gives us a wistful glimpse of what might have been if Chayefsky, and Films, Prudential, and The Washington Warthogs and Homicide. maybe Serling and Rose, too, had set out to create a new Golden Age of Theater, rather than giving most of their best work to other media. Bill Gordon (Policeman) last appeared with The American Century Theater as Phil McCabe in the concert reading of Babes in Arms. Previous TACT roles Alas, it was not to be. include Hoffy in Stalag 17, “Jingle Bill” Gordon in An American Century —Jack Marshall, Artistic Director Christmas (for which he also designed and ran sound), Von Konigswald in Happy Birthday, Wanda June, and The Cabbie and Lt. Buchevski in Cops. Other TACT sound design credits include The Titans and Life With Father. Other local stage credits include Boo in Spooky Action Theatre’s production of The Marriage of Bette and Boo. Bill produces TACT’s “Before the Curtain Is Raised” podcast series and podcast programs for the American Shakespeare Paul Danaceau, originally cast as Foreman, rehearsed with the cast for Center in Staunton, Virginia. several weeks before he was stricken with serious illness. He had been looking Brendan Haley (Older Kessler Boy) was Production Intern on The American forward to playing the role Jacob Ben-Ami, the father of a longtime family Century Theater production of Seascape. He is a recent graduate of Virginia friend, originated in the 1959 New York production of The Tenth Man. Our Tech’s Theatre Arts and Cinema program. thoughts, prayers, and best wishes go out to Paul and his family. Matthew Meixler (Rabbi) last appeared with The American Century

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The American Century Theater family  York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, he studied first in the Meisner Extension, then in the Classical Studio, and appeared as Trinculo in The Jim Callery (Younger Kessler Boy) See Production Staff. Tempest, Gloucester in King Lear, and the Old Shepherd in The Winter’s Tale. Matt is an original member of the New York Neo-Classical Ensemble, where Joe Cronin (Sexton) appeared with The American Century Theater as Father he appeared as Arviragus in Cymbeline and as Francis Flute in A Midsummer in Life With Father, MacBird in MacBird!, Looseleaf in Happy Birthday, Night’s Dream. Wanda June, and many other roles. He recently worked with the Bay Theatre in Annapolis as Burgess in Candida and Wilson in Harvey. Last year’s Capital Craig Miller (Hirschman, the Cabalist) is making his third appearance with Fringe audiences saw him in the title role in the critically acclaimed Captain The American Century Theater. He played Charlie in Seascape and Harry Squishy’s Yee Haw Jamboree. Washington/Baltimore appearances include Kaye in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? His most recent performance was as Arena Stage, Theater J, National Players, Olney Theatre Center, Rep Stage, Chris in O’Neill Theatre’s production of Anna Christie. Since returning from Solas Nua, Interact Theater, Everyman Theatre, Washington Shakespeare ten years of acting and directing in Europe in the 1970s, Craig has performed in Company, Washington Stage Guild, Keegan Theatre, and Spooky Action over 100 productions in the DC area. He received his formal theatre training at Theater. NYC appearances: Heritage Theatre. Joe earned an MFA in acting San Jose State University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. from the Catholic University of America. Steven Quartell (Arthur Brooks) is pleased to make his DC metro area debut Richard Fiske (Foreman) is a newcomer to the stage despite his age, having with The American Century Theater. Born and raised in the Midwest, Steven spent most of his professional life in (or under) ships as a Navy engineer and received his BFA in Acting from Millikin University. His favorite roles diver. He began acting as a movie extra (his elbow was clearly visible in Body include Valentine Coverly in ’s Arcadia and one of three men in of Lies), followed by small movie speaking roles, finally realizing that an The Complete History of America . . . Abridged. adrenalin junkie really belongs in the theatre. Stephen Rourke (Alper) is a fourteen-year veteran of stage, film, and Kari Ginsburg (Evelyn Foreman) has appeared with The American Century television productions in Baltimore, Washington, New York, and Croatia, and Theater as Rita in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Penelope Ryan in Happy recently completed filming The Most of Things, an independent film currently Birthday, Wanda June, Muriel McComber in Ah, Wilderness!, and Mary Warren in post production. He most recently appeared on stage as Tubby Wadlow in in The Crucible. Other notable roles include She in Every Young Woman’s the Ruxton Players’ production of Hobson’s Choice. He is also the Maryland Desire and Leona Dawson in Small Craft Warnings (Washington Shakespeare representative for the League of Historic American Theatres. Ron Sarro (Schlissel) has appeared with The American Century Theater competitive programs. He is Artistic Director of Teens and Theatre (TnT), a in four productions, including 10 characters in Hellzapoppin’ alone. His nonprofit theatre education company. numerous professional credits include Bela Zangler in Crazy for You, Major David Olmsted (Stage Manager) has worked backstage with The American General Stanley in Pirates of Penzance, Smee in Peter Pan, and Scrooge in Century Theater for over two years—as Stage Manager for Life With Father A Christmas Carol. Ron’s credits include principal roles at Olney Theatre and Treadwell: Bright and Dark and Assistant Stage Manager for Will Success Center, Chesapeake Music Hall (Annapolis), Chesapeake Fine Arts Theater Spoil Rock Hunter? and Native Son. David made his first onstage appearance (Baltimore), Burn Brae, West End, and Way Off Broadway Dinner Theaters, with TACT as Horney in Stalag 17 and is a member of the TACT staff. and Theatre by the Sea in Rhode Island. Ian Armstrong (Sound Design) has designed sound for The American James Svatko (Harris) played Geneva Man in TACT’s production of Stalag 17. Century Theater productions of Stalag 17, Desire Under the Elms, and Drama Other credits include Larry in Immoral Combat (McLean Drama Company; Under the Influence. Other recent designs include The Children’s Hour Alden Theatre and the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival) and ensemble in Julius (Washington Shakespeare Company), Bad Hamlet (winner, best experimental Caesar (Shakespeare Theatre Company). Film credits include Harold Wagner play, 2009 Fringe Festival), the world premiere of Photograph 51 (Active in Til Deaths Do Us Part (Merge Films) and Frank Catalano in Disorganized Cultures Theatre), Low Level Panic (Story Theater), and Songs for a New Crime (Big Moustache Productions). World (Open Circle Theatre). He designed I French Kissed a Zombie, and I Mick Tinder (Zitorsky) has appeared in The American Century Theater Ain’t Scared of Your Brother Neither in Los Angeles and Enter the Poet for productions of The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Stunt Girl, An American CollaborAction Theatre in Chicago. He is a graduate of The Corcoran School Century Christmas, and Native Son. He has also worked with Keegan, of Art and The Catholic University of America. Signature, Ford’s, Olney, and West End Theatres. He has served as director, Steven L. Barker (Lighting Design) is an adjunct professor of theatre for executive producer, and/or stage manager for various productions around the Northern Virginia Community College and resident designer for Crossroads DC area and is constantly striving to break his performance records, harassing Dance, Vpstart Crow Productions, and Pied Piper Theatre. Recent designs: the Congress in his perennial role as John Adams in 1776. Hamlet for VCP, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for PPT, and Six Degrees of Separation (2010 WATCH Nomination) for Taking Flight Theatre. Jessica Branch (Wardrobe Assistant) was Wardrobe Mistress for the TACT production of Stalag 17. A longtime admirer of the theatre, Jessica is grateful for the opportunity to integrate her sewing skills into the performing arts. William Aitken (Director) has previously directed Stalag 17 and Desire Under the Elms for The American Century Theater. Onstage with TACT, Jim Callery (Assistant Stage Manager) last worked with The American he has played General Curtis LeMay, Adlai Stevenson, Anatoly Dobrynin, Century Theater as Sound Board Operator for Stalag 17. Other backstage and Rodion Malinovsky (The Titans), Harold Ryan (Happy Birthday, Wanda credits include: Musical of Musicals: The Musical, Glorious, Jeffrey, and Love! June), Ned Crossman (The Autumn Garden), Ishmael/ Actor (’s Valour! Compassion! (Dominion Stage), Follies and The Producers (The Moby Dick Rehearsed), Herb Lee (Tea and Sympathy), McCarthy/Society Arlington Players), and Dog Sees God (Little Theatre of Alexandria, Capitol Gentleman (The Time of Your Life), and Phil Foley (Paradise Lost). On other Fringe Festival). area stages, he has played Sir Walter Raleigh in Kit Marlowe (Rorschach Anndi Daleske (Properties Design) has previously been Properties Designer Theatre Company); Diego in The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Old Jew in Incident for The American Century Theater production Treadwell: Bright and Dark at Vichy, and Dr. Joe Cardin in The Children’s Hour (Washington Shakespeare and Scenic Designer for TACT’s Stalag 17. She has designed costumes, sets, Company); Robert (u/s) in Proof (Arena Stage); Baylen in Glengarry Glen or props for the Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, The Jefferson Performing Ross, Juror Ten in Twelve Angry Men, Pedro in Man of La Mancha, Capulet in Arts Society, The Summer Lyric Theatre, St. Mark’s Players, Olney Theatre Romeo and Juliet, IRA Officer in The Hostage, The Bear in Elizabeth Rex, and Center, and the DC Fringe Festival, among others. Some favorite shows Scanlon in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Keegan Theatre). include Fiddler on the Roof (props, puppets, and masks), A Comedy of Errors Rip Claassen (Producer, Costume Design) has been a fixture on the (costumes), Cymbeline (set), Bad Dates (props), and Seneca’s Medea (shadow Washington theatre scene for many years, perhaps best known as dramaturge puppets and props). She earned her MFA in Theatrical Design from Tulane at Backstage, Inc. Rip has taught theatre and acting at the Institute for the University. Arts for Fairfax County Public Schools, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Grant Marshall (Sound Board Operator) was Sound Board Operator for The and other local theatre programs. For The American Century Theater, he has American Century Theater concert reading of Babes in Arms. directed (Life With Father), produced (Native Son), and costumed innumerable Jameson Shroyer (Set Design/Technical Director/Master Carpenter) was shows, most recently Stalag 17 and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Rip Technical Director/Master Carpenter on The American Century Theater founded the Northern Virginia Theatre Festival for high schools and provides productions of Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and Stalag 17. He is Assistant coaching to theatre students seeking admission to competitive college theatre Technical Director at Olney Theatre Center and has worked as TD/Master programs, the Virginia Governor’s School for Humanities and Visual and Carpenter for various theatre companies in DC and Virginia. Performing Arts, roles in community and professional theatres, and other The Players ($100–$249) continued IBM Corp. Robert Half International Richard Kamenitzer Daniel Ross Charles and Ellen Kennedy Charline Rugen Thank you to the many generous donors who provided support Robert L. Kimmins Robert F. Schiff from September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010. Alan M. King Diane L. Schroth Paul Klingenberg John Seal Lou and Jane Kriser Henry Shields Group Theater Goers ($5,000+) Kathryn and Robert Krubsack Pat Spencer Smith Arlington Commission for the Arts David T. Austern David A. Lamdin Jean V. Smith Virginia Commission for the Arts Mary Ann Lawler and Neil Sigmon Jennifer Sosin and Adam Posen Margaret Lorenz The Hon. and Mrs. John M. Steadman Provincetown Players ($2,500–$4,999) Gudrun Luchsinger Barbara Stearns Bob and Wendy Kenney Winnie Macfarlan John Blaney and Robin Suppe-Blaney Angus and Sharon MacInnes David Tannous Lory Manning Annette Zimin Theater Guilders ($1,000–$2,499) Judith and David McGarvey Anonymous Vivian and Arthur Kallen Arlington Community Foundation Peri Mahaley Rebecca and Gene Christy Donald Adams and Ellen Maland The Federal Theater Funders ($10–$99) Steven R. Cohen and Mary McGowan Eleanor Marshall Anonymous Martin Marks Robert DuBois Sheldon and Marilyn Wallerstein Mary Beatley Phebe K. Masson Tom and Loretta Beaumont Evelyn and Milan Matey Laura Burchard Barbara and Kenneth McLean Mercury Theater Backers ($500–$999) Ricardo Castro Margaret Meath John Acton Constance McAdam Wendy Cohen Richard and Dorothy Miller Noreen Hynes and Seth Carus Patricia Payne Mary Crosby Margaret Mulcahy Tracy Fisher The Plubell Firm Mary Kay Davis Barbara Murray Dorothea de Zafra Atwell Carl and Undine Nash Living Theater Lovers ($250–$499) Michael deBlois Thanh Nguyen Jean and Richard Barton Alexandra McElwaine Patricia Dowd Miah Olmsted Pete and Cherry Baumbusch Andrew and Barbara McElwaine Susan Duka Richard and Rebecca Pariseau Jim Bertine and Sharon Galm Robert J. and Mark L. McElwaine Charles Feingersh Paul and Carol Parowski Joya Cox Harriet McGuire Donna Feirtag Mary Pascoe Dennis Deloria and Suzanne Thouvenelle Suzy Platt The Hon. Jay Fisette Ruth and Charles Perry Ellen Dempsey and Lou George Ann Marie Plubell Cathy Garman Rhoda Ritzenberg Adriana Hardy William and Connie Scruggs Rita Gordy Michael and Loretta Rowe Thomas Hoya David and Willa Siegel Madi R. Green Dennis Ryan Angela Hughes Marcia Neuhaus Speck Jean Handsberry John H. Schneider Marjie Mayer Ginny Tarris Bill and Donna Hannay Sharon Schoumacher Constance McAdam Frontis Wiggins Rachel Hecht Susan and Ralph Shepard Linda Hill and Paul Steinmetz Carole Shifrin Alison Drucker and Tom Holzman Bertha Shostak The Players ($100–$249) Elaine Howell Linda and William Smith Linda Allen and Ron Bass Scott Durloo Howard and Myrna Kaplan Paul Stayert Cheryl Bailey and William M. Janet and Marty Fadden William Kelleher Kathryn Tatko McClenahan, Jr. Dr. Coralie Farlee Paul Kohlbrenner Marjorie Townsend Sally Beth Berger James and Maria Gentle Shirley Kostik Marcus Walker Elizabeth Borgen Larry George and Brenda Pommerenke R.M. Kraft Doug and Evelyn Watson R.G. Bowie Jean F. Getlein Steven Laterra Adrienne White Ron Brandt Kimberly Ginn Sharon Leiser Bonnie Williams and Bob Skelly Alan and Susan Branigan Gabe Goldberg Mark and Sarah Linton Carol and Henry Wolinsky David Briggs and John F. Benton Virginia Harris James Mangi and Kathleen Schmidt Marvin and Ellen Cantor Stephen Harrison Gerald Chapman Alan Herman and Irene Szopo Boris Cherney Rhonda Hill Donors-in-kind Robyn Dennis Robert Honeygosky Jason Beagle, Rebecca Christy, Brian Crane, Dennis Deloria, Ellen Dempsey, Gloria Dugan Roger and Katharine Hood Kate Dorrell, Bill Gordon, Suzanne Maloney, Loren Platzman The American Century Theater 2010–2011 Season Comedy, Romance, Suspense, and More! Chip Deffaa’s One Night with Fanny Brice This one-woman musical celebrates Brice’s personality and comic style with performances of her signature songs and 1920s–30s standards. Directed by Ellen Dempsey November 5–27, 2010 Eugene O’Neill’s Beyond the Horizon (1920) The tale of a tragic love triangle that won O’Neill his first Pulitzer Prize. Directed by Kathleen Akerley January 14–February 12, 2011 Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman’s Stage Door (1936) The classic saga of backstage intrigue in a boarding house full of ambitious actresses. April 8–May 7, 2011 ’s Visit to a Small Planet (1956) A satirical comedy about a confused visitor from outer space whose perspective on human behavior is hilarious and thought-provoking. July 8–August 6, 2011

The Tenth Man is funded in part by Arlington County through the Cultural Affairs Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources, and the Arlington Commission for the Arts.

This arts event is made possible in part by the Virginia Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and our many generous donors.

Download the podcast TACT Artistic Director Jack Marshall discusses The American Century Theater production of The Tenth Man with director William Aitken and performers Steven Quartell (Arthur), Kari Ginsburg (Evelyn), and Mick Tinder (Zitorsky). Available at www.americancentury.org/library/podcasts