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Mainstage Richard Hopkins, Producing Artistic Director

This project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the State of Florida.

Christopher M. Smith. Photo by Matthew Holler. CLEVER LITTLE LIES by Joe DiPietro

CAST (in alphabetical order) Jane...... Allyson Jean Malandra* Alice...... Rita Rehn* Bill Sr...... Jon Shaver* Billy...... Christopher M. Smith*

Scenic Designers Costume Designer Michael Pasquini Isabel & Moriah Curley-Clay Kathleen Geldard Stage Manager: Lighting Designer Kelli Karen*

Assistant to the Director: Timothy VanBeverhoudt

Directed by: Kate Alexander Season Underwriters Gerri Aaron, Ed & Judy Christian, Georgia Court, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Bob & Bonny Israeloff, Ernie Kretzmer in loving memory of his wife Alisa Dennis & Graci McGillicuddy, Anne Nethercott, Dorothy Waldron

Show Co-Producers Jane Baisley, Barbara Lupoff, SCENE Magazine

Special Thank you to Georgia Court for her generous donation of artwork and an oriental rug to Studio South Fitness and the YMCA for their towel donation

Premiere Production Presented by November 22, 2013 David Saint, Artistic Director; Kelly Ryman, Managing Director

Originally Produced by Joan Raffe, Jhett Tolentino, , Edward Walson

Clever little Lies is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Service, Inc., . The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

* Denotes member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ARTIST PROFILES ALLYSON JEAN Reuther) - Rep of St. Louis. A Man for All MALANDRA (Jane) is Seasons (Henry VIII) Fulton . The Nerd thrilled to be making her (Axel), The Importance of Being Ernest (Lane) Florida Studio Theatre - Arrow Rock Lyceum. TV: Deadbeat, Madame debut!! Favorite roles Secretary, Elementary, Orange is the New Black, include Amy in Dry HappyISH, The Good Wife, 30 Rock, Law & Order. Land (Contemporary Film: Men in Black III, The Family, Respect the American Theatre Festival), Kate Hardcastle Jux. in She Stoops to Conquer, and Rutheé LaVie CHRISTOPHER M. SMITH in the world premiere of The Makeover. (Billy) is excited to be MFA Acting: University of Iowa; BFA Music making his Florida Studio Theatre: Conservatory. “At three Theatre debut. Past theatre minutes past eight, you must dream.” www. credits include: Sex with allysonjeanmalandra.com Strangers (Portland Center RITA REHN (Alice) FST: The Stage), Other Desert Cities (Speakeasy Stage, Roommate, Over the River, Boston); Eurydice (Walking the Dog Theatre, Sylvia, Patsy Cline! Film: NY); The Pavilion (Los Angeles premiere), Tennis with Nathan in Nablus (NY premiere); The Cherry Orchard; Lane, Pocket Pair, Extras, Orange Flower Water; True West; Fool For Love. HBO Show Me a Hero, HBO He also co-adapted and starred in a production ! Television: Law & of Henry James’ Washington Square with The Order, Miami Vice, Moon over Miami, B.L.Stryker, Actor’s Ensemble in NY. TV: The Blacklist, I Love Tough Cookies, General Hospital, Superboy, You but I Lied, upcoming tv series for LMN. Black Jack Savage! Broadway: Tony Award www.christophersmithactor.com winning , , Royal Family, (with KATE ALEXANDER )! Tours: Tale of the Allergist’s (Director) is the Associate Wife (with )! Off Broadway: Director of FST and the ’s Last Dance (with Jo Beth Founder of the FST Theatre Williams), Shanley’s School. Ms. Alexander with (); Charles Busch’s Our has directed numerous Leading Lady! 103 professional plays; dozens of productions and premieres commercials, v/o. on the FST stages including Alabama Story; JON SHAVER (Bill Sr.) Outside ; Over The River And Through Off-Broadway: Who The Woods; Chapatti; Dancing Lessons; Becoming Killed ? (Det. Dr. Ruth; Freud’s Last Session; Thurgood; South John Allman) - The Triad. Beach Babylon; The Columnist; Talley’s Folly; Regional: All The Way Jericho; Next Fall; The Savannah Disputation; (George Wallace, Walter Ghost- Writer; Two Jews Walk into a War...; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Sylvia; Shotgun; ARTIST PROFILES The Miamians; Brooklyn Boy; The Exonerated; Daddy Long Legs; Monty Python’s ; Wit; ; Lobby Hero; and Ten Unknowns. Ms. The Underpants; The World Goes ‘Round; The Alexander has also been a resident actress for Columnist; Smokey Joe’s Café; Perfect Wedding; over 25 years. Some of her leading roles were in Jericho; Next Fall; ; Cowgirls; the plays: ’s The Goat; Filumena; Ghost-Writer; Shear Madness; I Love You, You’re Master Class; Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, Perfect, Now Change; The 39 Steps; Beehive: The The Occupant , The Play About the Baby; Golda’s 60s Musical; Ruined; The 25th Annual Putnam Balcony; and Taking Shakespeare. Ms. Alexander County Spelling Bee; Edward Albee’s Occupant; is the recipient of numerous acting, directing, Motown . and public service awards, including FAER, She ISABEL & MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY (Scenic Knows Where She’s Going Award (Girls, Inc.), Designer) Moriah and Isabel are award winning The Woman of Light Award, National Council of scenic designers whose theatrical work can be Jewish Women, The Woman of Power Award, seen on regional stages across the U.S. Past the Sarasota County Arts Leadership Award, designs at FST include The God of Isaac; The Education Award, Sarasota Manatee Jewish Fabulous Lipitones; Alabama Story; Outside Federation, and most recently The Unity Award. Mullingar; Butler; Taking Shakespeare; Chapatti; Ms. Alexander leads the FST Forums Series and Inspired Lunacy; Dancing Lessons; ; developed the Blue Butterfly Theatre Program, and One Man, Two Guvnors. Isabel and Moriah’s a program for teens suffering from grief industrial design work includes groups such through loss. She created the Art of The Gesture as The World of Coke, and West Quoddy program at Ringling College of Animation and Head National Park Visitors Center. They is the co-author of The Animated Short, with were recently featured in American Theater Karen Sullivan, now in its 3rd edition. Magazine’s Roll Call, 7 Theatrical People To KELLI KAREN (Stage Manager) has been an Watch. Isabel and Moriah are resident scenic integral member of Florida Studio Theatre. designers at Horizon Theatre, Artistic Associates Kelli began at FST as a dance teacher in the at Theatrical Outfit and members of United education department in 1993. In addition Scenic Artists Local 829. to her classes at FST, Kelli has created and KATHLEEN GELDARD (Costume Designer) taught outreach programs at Care Pointes Regional Theatre: most recently Little Shop of in Swaziland, South Africa, The Pines of Horrors at Portland Center Stage. Also, designs Sarasota, Girls Inc., The Boys and Girls Club, have been seen at Arena Stage; Huntington and has taught playwriting at numerous Theatre ; Woolly Mammoth local elementary schools as well as our Theatre Company; Signature Theatre; La sister city of Dunfermline, Scotland. Stage Jolla Playhouse; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; management credits: Off Broadway: The Center Stage; Studio Theatre; Kennedy New Victory Theater (Fly). Selected Regional Center for the Performing Arts; Round House Credits: Pasadena Playhouse (Fly), Crossroads Theatre; Imagination Stage; Folger Theatre; Theatre (Fly), FST Credits: Inspired Lunacy; Fly; Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse; Cincinnati Play Taking Shakespeare; ; House in the Park; and Children’s Theatre of ARTIST PROFILES Charlotte. Awards: 2012 Bay Area Critics Circle JOE DIPIETRO (Playwright) won two Tony Nomination for Ruined, Berkeley Repertory Awards for cowriting , which also Theatre; 2012 IRNE Nomination for Ruined, received the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk and Huntington Theatre Company; 2009 Helen Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical. Hayes Nomination for The Neverending Story, His other plays and musicals include I Love Imagination Stage; named Artistic Associate for You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (the longest Signature Theatre, 2011. running musical revue in off-Broadway MICHAEL PASQUINI (Lighting Designer) is history); The Toxic Avenger and The Thing excited to be returning to FST. Recent designs About Men (both winners of the Outer Critics include, Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves, and The Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical,); God of Isaac for FST; Black Nativity, and the much-produced comedy Over The River for Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe; The Secret And Through The Woods; The Art Of Murder World of Og for the Sarasota Youth Opera; Gypsy (Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play) for The Players; and for Manatee and the Broadway musical All Shook Up. His Players. Michael will be returning to the Utah drama Creating Claire debuted at George Street Shakespeare Festival this summer to design Playhouse in 2010. His work has received As You Like It in the Engelstad Shakespeare thousands of productions across the country Theatre. Prior to that, Michael will spend and around the world. the winter at the Sarasota Opera as Head Electrician and Assistant Lighting Designer. SEASON UNDERWRITERS GERRI AARON To me, FST is a great theater the environment. Learn more at GulfCoastCF. experience in the respect that I’ve seen plays in org and then seen the very same plays here; they are just as good if not better. Richard BOB & BONNY ISRAELOFF Our favorite FST Hopkins is amazing; he continues to select plays story happened while attending a performance that both confirm and challenge one’s beliefs. for the first time, many years ago and saying, FST is a Sarasota treasure that keeps getting “This is theater! Do they have a season better. subscription?!” FST is thought provoking, Broadway worthy theater. We believe FST is ED & JUDY CHRISTIAN If you travel the important because it enriches our community; country you will never find one venue/campus helps make Sarasota what it is. This is why we that offers not just one, but two main stages, have proudly contributed to past expansions; two cabarets , a theatre lab and improv especially the new Gompertz Theatre complex, opportunities. All this and absolute professional to aid FST’s mission in being ever more accessible theatre to boot. We willingly support FST as it is to the public. the jewel in the artistic crown of Sarasota. ERNIE KRETZMER IN LOVING MEMORY GEORGIA COURT I love great theater and FST OF HIS WIFE ALISA I would describe FST as delivers that. FST is among the best theater uncommonly, intimate theater, well-articulated companies I have seen, but it is more than a and succinct. FST is important to me because theater company. It is an organization that I can usually follow the dialogue despite a recognizes it is part of the greater community-- hearing problem - almost invariably with great and it reaches out to that community in positive, enjoyment. It’s the perfect window to take in the productive ways. Having FST so accessible contemporary scene. Favorites have been Kate adds to the joy of living in the fabulous arts Alexander in Golda’s Balcony - superbly acted! community that is Sarasota. And a comedy featuring Carolyn Michel playing the part of a dog (interfering in a marriage) GULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION can’t remember title....but lots of good laughs. Together with its donors, Gulf Coast Community Foundation transforms our region through DENNIS & GRACI MCGILLICUDDY FST is bold and proactive philanthropy. Gulf Coast important to us because we believe so strongly is a public charity that was created in 1995 in the transformative power of the arts. For close through the sale of the Venice Hospital. Since to 30 years now, we have been so fortunate to then, we have become the philanthropic home experience first-hand how that transformative of more than 600 families who have established power works its magic in the hands of an charitable funds here, and we have invested organization that is not only experienced and over $227 million in grants in the areas of dedicated but so highly skilled in their craft. health and human services, civic and economic The values of the theater and its leadership, as development, education, arts and culture, and reflected in its mission, and as manifested in its SEASON UNDERWRITERS work, whether it be on the main stage, in the on oneself.” So, giving has always been an cabaret, and in its education and community important family value, which in childhood outreach programs, are values that we so was reinforced by the community experience strongly believe in. As a consequence, it is a of surviving The Depression. Anne is proud to privilege for us to be a part of, and supportive be a supporter of FST. of this great theater. DOROTHY WALDRON I support FST for its ANNE NETHERCOTT When asked to define diversity of programming; Mainstage, Cabaret, giving, Anne said: “My mother used to say, Improv, WRITE-A-PLAY children’s program and “The best way to find you is to lose yourself, VIP program, for special needs children. Also, by focusing on the needs of others rather than there is summer camp and classes for adults; it is truly a wonderful community asset. CO-PRODUCERS JANE BAISLEY Has been coming to Sarasota was both an adventure and an education. It is since 1959 when her husband’s parents live professional theatre at its best! retired here. In 1996 Jane and Bill moved to SCENE MAGAZINE For sixty years, SCENE Siesta Key and became active in Sarasota’s Magazine has proudly served as Sarasota- community life. Jane has remained active Bradenton’s longest running community in the community and she is especially magazine. Each issue celebrates the people, interested in FST- reading plays for the literary businesses and organizations that make our department as part of the theatre’s “Readers community thrive. SCENE is also a proud Circle”, attending children’s theatre productions long-time supporter of Florida Studio Theatre and becoming a faithful supporter. - a community treasure and one of our brightest stars. From its quality productions BARBARA LUPOFF FST has been a of to its community outreach programs, and mine for many years. The reason is very simple, its top notch artistic and executive staff, it is an organization that is creative, has a social FST’s community impact is huge and vitally conscience and stimulates my brain. On a important. I hope you will join SCENE to personal level, watching the development of ensure FST’s continued growth and success. We the first play I co-produced from the first read- encourage you to help in any way you can. through to rehearsals to opening night - Julie Milton, Publisher

FST COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMUNITY RESOURCE GROUP President...... Dennis McGillicuddy Gaele Barthold Bonny Israeloff Vice-President...... Richard Hopkins Jan Coleman Valerie Joels Secretary/Treasurer...... Tom Hayes Larry Coleman Marie Kropp Trustee...... Kate Alexander Maddy Freshwater Frank Malickson Trustee...... Carol Poteat Buchanan Sy Goldblatt Graci McGillicuddy Trustee...... Georgia Court Sydney Goldstein Dick Nimtz Trustee...... Patricia Courtois Jim Goldman Ina Schnell Trustee...... Jeff Hotchkiss Sandy Goldman Alan Schottenstein Trustee...... Barbara Lupoff Robert Grady Lois Schottenstein Trustee...... Jennifer Michell­ Wendy Grady Lois Stulberg ­ Janet Hammer Charlie Ann Syprett EXECUTIVE STAFF Mark Hammer Marty Taffel Producing Artistic Director……...... Richard Hopkins Robert Israeloff Associate Director...... Kate Alexander Managing Director...... Rebecca Hopkins ENRICHMENT GROUP Hon. Larry L. Eger Dr. Eddy Regnier ARTISTIC STAFF Mr. Trevor Harvey Ina Schnell Casting/Hiring Coordinator...... James Ashford Harriet Hendel Mayor Willie Charles Resident Pianist...... Jim Prosser Innocence Project Shaw Associate Artist...... Jason Cannon of Florida Mr. Howard Tevlowitz Associate Artist...... Catherine Randazzo The Jewish Federation Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Doris Iemolo Chief Judge Charles of Sarasota-Manatee Director of Improvisation...... Will Luera E. Williams Gilbert King PRODUCTION STAFF Production Manager…...... ….Bruce Price OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE Mainstage Stage Manager...... Roy Johns House Counsel...... John Patterson Technical Director...... Wil Deleguardia Facility Custodian...... Carlos De Oliveira Scene Shop Supervisor...... Stephen Dunham ...... Confidence Cleaning Company Costume Shop Manager...... Adrienne Webber Caretaker...... Doctor Nik Props/Paint Supervisor...... Kristine Kreutzer Stitchers...... Patrick J. Crimmings and Linda Pirozzi ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF INTERN PROGRAM IT Manager...... Lee Schlosser Acting Apprentice...... David Anthony Business Manager...... Carmen Gonzalez Acting Apprentice...... Naomi Asch Bookkeeper...... Jennifer Berkey Acting Apprentice...... Alexa Eldridge Asst. to the Managing Dir...... Phyllis Silverman Acting Apprentice...... Vanessa Guadiana Operations Manager...... Mark Quackenbush Acting Apprentice...... Lydia Hassell Facilities Manager...... Joseph Goepfrich Acting Apprentice...... Ethan Levy General Manager...... Jill Zakrzewski Acting Apprentice...... Dennis Mullikin Company Manager...... Luke Johnson Acting Apprentice...... Jacob Perkel Marketing Director...... Audra Lange Acting Apprentice...... Myles Phillips Public Relations Associate...... Nicole Clayton Acting Apprentice...... Kihresha Redmond Marketing Associate...... David Meiers Acting Apprentice...... Tanner Sands Events Coordinator/Gen Mgmt Asst...... Dana Ernest Acting Apprentice...... Amber Wiest Director of Indiv. Giving...... Melody Mora-Shihadeh Artistic/Co. Mgmt Intern...... Robin Mackey Development Associate...... Steve Turrisi Company Management...... Dianna Burgos Development Associate...... Corriane Oster Costume Intern...... Ryann Corbett Application Systems Manager...... Kathleen Smith Directing Intern...... Michael Galvez Box Office Manager...... Kelsey Wehde Education & Outreach Intern...... Brandon Mancuso Asst. Box Office Manager...... Delpero Literary Intern...... Morgan Green Asst. Box Office Manager...... David Wallace Literary Intern...... Thomas McPhee Asst. Box Office Manager...... Samus Haddad Literary Intern...... Jordan Nickels Box Office Assistant...... Amy Ferrell Literary Intern...... Joseph Vaske Restaurant Manager...... Tom Curry Marketing Intern...... Alex Hill Restaurant Manager...... Karen Kraster Prod./Carpentry Intern...... Saul Bruenell Restaurant Manager...... Josh Rodoski Production Intern...... LaZerrick Travis Asst. Restaurant Manager...... Katelyn McKelley Production Intern...... Marco Acosta Receptionist...... Joan O’Dowd Prod./Lighting Intern...... Sarah McGrath Prod./Sound Intern...... Jonathan Baker EDUCATION & TOURS Stage Management Intern...... Sally Burgos Director of Children’s Theatre...... Caroline Kaiser Stage Management Intern...... Rebecca Li Grady Director of Education...... Christine Hopkins Stage Management Intern...... Trixie Hong Education Administrator...... Pamela Smith Stage Management Intern...... Jennifer London Teaching Artist/YPF Coordinator...... Adam Ratner Stage Management Intern...... Jynelly Rosario Education & Outreach Associate...... Patrick A. Jackson 941.366.9000 1241 North Palm Avenue • Downtown Sarasota, FL 34236 www.floridastudiotheatre.org • [email protected]