UAB Town and Gown Productions ., � 1 . 1ll'te By Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler MAY7-17 AT CLARK THEATRE

The Actor's Showcase Theatre Avocado Movement Theatre Choreography by Lori Cralg-Pulvlno MAY 19 - 23 AT BELL THEATRE Southern PlayWorks ..MANTRAP-" by Rob Nixon Directed by Sandra Taylor BELL THEATRE June 18 -June 28 -,:1NOINGIIOSe' by Bonnie Allee-Louise Morgan Directedby Jamie Lawrence BELL THEATREJuly9-July 19 .7HE DEVIL :SDREAM .. by Paul Ferguson Directedby Bess Peterson HOOVERLIBRARY THEATRE July 16-JulY25 "BUCK-NEKKID" by Jon Maxwell Directedby Janelle Cochran BIRMINGHAMFESTIVAL THEATREJuly 30-Aug. D ARCADIA BY ARCADIA A play i11 tivo acts.

The Story

In 1993, an academic arrives at a country home to piece DIRECTOR together an alleged scandal involving the enigmatic poet BOBBY FUNK LordByron. As he constructs his version of events,we I I flash back to 1809 where, in the very same room,we COSTUME DESIGNER discoverwhat reallyhappened. Arcadia is a comic and INNAPOKRAS cosmic meditation on Romantic poetry, landscape gardening, Newtonian , adulteryand mortality, all SCENIC DESIGNER wrapped up in a time-travelingmystery. It proves that � KELL.AEGER anddesire throw everything into chaos. Stoppard is said to devour great stacks of background material in preparing to LIGHTING D.b--SIGNER write a play. LANG REYNOLDS Like much of his work, Arcadia is an elegant, intricate DRAMATURGE concoction of historical fact and theatrical invention. WILLIAM HUTCHINGS Arcadia juxtaposes two distinct sets of characters, in one gtaceful roomof the imaginaryEnglish estate of Sidley DIALECT COACH Park,in three separate moments in time: three daysin JILLBALCH COON 1809, one day in 1812, and several days in the present. In the early nineteenth century, the Coverly family wrestles TECHNICAL DIRECTION with the transition from the Enlightenment to the DAVIDLOGGINS Romantic, from the classical to the picturesque, from innocence to adulthood, amid the complications of love, STAGE MANAGER sex, mathematics, anda visit from the mysterious poet, RACHAEL HOOD . In the late twentieth century, the Coverlys' descendants are joined by modem academics obsessed with piecing together the events that transpired almost two THERE l'f'ILLBE ONE JO MlNUTE INTER.MISSION. centuries before. By the last scene of the play, the • charactersof both periods coexist in the same plane of Openingfl ight time and space. April28, 1998 I CAST OF PLAYERS I STAFFFOR THIS PRODUCTION (IN ORDEROF APPEARANCE;) I i THOMASINA COVERLY...... JENNIFER KELLEY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR...... RACHAEL HOOD aged thirteen, later sixteen ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER ...... SUMMER WILLIAMS COSTUME STUDIO SUPERVISOR...... KIM SCHNORMEIER SEMPTIMUS HODGE...... VINCENT SIMONS COSTUME STUDIO MANAGER...... JANE KLEMENS her tutor COSTUME STAFF ...... NANCY DEAN, AMY GARRISON, ...... ANGELE MELE, LEILA RISMANCHI Y AZDI & JELLA...... MARY ELIZABETH MC COWAN ...... SPECIAL ASSISTANT STAN POKRAS a maid PRODUCTION COSTUME MISTRESS...... MALINDA BLAIR MASTER ELECTRICIAN ...... MICHAEL RAWLINS EZRA CHATER...... DANIEL DUFFANY ELECTRICIANS...... RACHAEL HOOD,JASON C. KENNAH apoet ...... JAMES JONES, KARL ZEIR PROPERTIES MASTER...... JAMES JONES, RICHARDNOAKES ...... DOUGLAS O'NEIL,JR...... KRISTIAN A LEMASTER, Tl lEATRE 322 a landscape architect PROPERTIES RUNNING CRl?.W ...... THERESA LARKIN MASTER CARPENTER ...... JASO C. KENNAH LADYCROOM ...... RACHEL STEELE SET CONSTRUCTION CREW...... ANDREA f-RANKLE, mistress of the estate ...... SANDRA GREENE, RACIIAEL IIOOD,JAMESJONES ...... JASON C. KENNA!1 , SHA TRESE MOPPET!' CAPTAINBRICE, RN...... M. CUNTONMERRITT ...... VINCENT SIMONS, KARL ZEIR brother to Lady Croom LIGHT OPERATOR ...... MICHAEL RAWI.INS SOUND BOARD OPERATOR ...... EUNICE KNIGHT HANNAHJARVIS...... ANDREAFRANKLE POSTER DESIGN...... BOBBY FUNK & LANG REYNOLDS an author ADMINI TRATIVE ASSOCIATE...... DILLIE SHELDON HOUSE MANAGER...... GEORGIANA BOWIE CHLOE COVERLY...... ANGELE MELE BOX OFFICE MANAGER...... MARCUS THRASHER aged eighteen VOUCHER MANAGER...... LISA WOOLEY PUBLICITY DIRECfOR...... HELEN HAYS BERNARDNIGHTINGALE ...... JOEL HELMS USHERS...... UAB AMBASSADORS a don PRODUCTIONS COORDINATOR ...... RUSSELL S. DRUMMOND

VALENTINECOVERLY...... JAMIE COTTLE aged twenty-five SPECIAL THANKS AUGUSTUS COVERLY NO-LIMITS HAIR & STYLE SALON GUS COVERLY...... CHRISTOPHE NICOLET 805 9TH COURT SOUTH aged fifteen 251-8450 INNAPOKRAS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I COSTUME DESIGNER FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR PRODUCTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR SINCERE INNA POKRASMADE HER COSTUME DESIGN DEBUT IN THE APPRECIATION TO: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WITH MEDEA AT THE LAKELAND THEATRE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, IN APRIL, 1997. SHE LEWIS ARMSTRONG HAS WORKED WITH ALFRED KOHUOT, COSTUME MASTER,OF LEWIS MUNN ARMSTRONG THE GREAT LAKES THEATRE PESTfVAL, CLEVELAND, OHlO. JACQUIE EYRE-YOUNG BEFORE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INNA DESIGNED MORE THAN 20 SHOWS IN RUSSIA AND THE ANDY FITCH UKRAINE. SOME OF HER MOST NOTED DESIGNS WERE FOR of GHOSTS. A DOLL'S HOUSE, THE THREE SISTERS. IULJUS UNIVERSITYOF ALABAMA'S CAESAR. SUMMER & SMOKE. HAMLET.HEARTBREAK H OUSE. DEPARTMENT OF THEATREAND DANCE ANO. THE ROSE TATIOO. INNA EARNED HER MASTER'S DEGREE FROM THE THEATRE DESIGN SCHOOL AT CARL LINDERHOLM KUIJBISHEV (SAMARA), RUSSIA AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR OF LESLIE LONGSHORE ART AT THE STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSI1Y IN CINDY LYBRAND V!NNITSA,UKRAINE. CHANNEL 13 - MS. EMILY STROUD JIM REED ADVANCES IN THEATRETECHNOLOGY AT UAB of I REED'S BOOKS MARCUS THRASHER THE SCENIC BACKGROUND USED IN THIS PRODUCTION OF "ARCADIA" IS COMPUTER GENERATED, A FIRST FOR UAB AND OTHER SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA. THIS ADVAN CED WITHOUT THE FULL COOPERATION or MANY MEMBERS 01' TECHNIQUE ALLOWS THE DESIGNER TO DIGITIZE AND THE BIRMINGHAM MEDIA, WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO REACH MANIPULATE ORIGINAL MATERIAL, UTILIZING THE THE PUBLIC WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE UABD EPARTMENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM:S "PHOTO SHOP" AND "POSTER WORKS." OF THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. OUR SINCERE THANKS TO THE THE ART WORK IS THEN PRINTED ON A LARGE FORMAT FOLLOWING WHO PROVIDE INVALUABLE TIME AND EFFORT: PLOTTER AND THE PIECES ASSEMBLED BY HAND. THIS THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS, BLACK AND WHITE, THE TECHNIQUE CREATES A SCENIC DROP COSTING BIRMINGHAM POST-HERALD, BIRMINGHAM WEEKLY, UAB APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS A HANDPAINTED DROP BUT REPORT AND THE KALEIDOSCOPE. IN A MORE EXPEDIENT FASHION. IN THIS CASE THE IMAGE, A PICTURE 3" X 7", WAS PLOTTED ON A SPECIAL MATERIAL IN STRIPS 3' WIDE AJ'I/DTHEN ASSEMBLED TO A FINISHED PRODUCT OF 12' X 30'. THE DROP IS REUSABLE. THIS SAME TECHNIQUE IS USED IN PROFESSIONAL HOUSES IN NEW YORK AND ABROAD, THE PRODUCTION OF ''THE NOTICE SECRET GARDEN" IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE NO ANIMAL WAS HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF DIGITIZED SCENIC DROPS. PRODUCTION'S PROPS. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMAAT BIRMINGHAM DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE UAB THEATRE: WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW? 1998 - 1999 SEASON NICOLE ALLANFINISHED HER MFA AT OHIO THE GLASSMENAGE RIE UNIVERSITY AND IS A P,\RTNER I ALll.ARIN DESIGN, A SCENIC OCTOBER 1 - 11 DESIGN STUDIO. TOWN ANDGOWN THEATRE MARGARET ARNOLD ACTED PROFESSTONALLV TN SEVERAL FILMS AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS ANO IS NOW MARRlED ANO LlVINGIN UPSTATE NEW YORK. THE DIVINERS OCTOBER 20-24 MARY (CALLAHAN) BOONE FINISHED HER PH.D. AT BOWLTNG GREEN STATE UNTVERSITV. BELL THEATRE STEVE BOONE FINISHED HIS MFA AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ANO IS THE TENURED FACULTY AT DOWLING ACTORS SHOWCASB GREEN STATE UNIVERONSITY . NOVEMBER 10-14 KEN BOSWELL IS ACTING PROFESSIONALLY. BELL THEATRE CURRENTLY AT BIRMINGHAMCHILD REN'S TIIEATRE. WlilTT BRANTLEY PERFORMED AT TIIE GLOBE RESTORATIO IN LONDON ANO IS WORKTNC KISS OF THESPIDER WOMAN NOVEMBER 12-22 l'IWFESSIONAI.LY wm-1 THE SIIAKESrEARE TAVERN IN TOWN AND GOWN THEATRE ATLANTA. HEATHER BURDETTE IS DANCINGPROFESSION­ ALLY INLOS ANGELES. & Red Hot COLE JACK CANNON FINISHED AN MFA AT THE UNVERSITY FEBRUARY 4-14 01' ARIWNA AND IS TOURING COORDINATOR FOR TOWN AND GOWN THEATRE OIRMINGIIAM CHU.OREN'S THEATRE, ALSO DIRECTING IN THEfR WEE FOLKS SER TES. LaRONDE LISA CLEMENTS IS ACTING PROFESSJO.NALLY IN GUEST COSTUME DESIGNEH, MS. DEB DELL CHICAGO. FEBRUARY 23 - 27 DANA DICIDARA, AFTER SEVEN YEARS TN THE BELL THEATRE ENTERTAINMENT DIVISIONS OF MAJOR CRUISE LINES, IS OffiECTOR OP 111E TOWN AND GOWN ACADEMY OF MUSICAL nlEATRE AND 011 THE UAO KIDS ON THE 01..0CK FOR TIIE YOU CAN'TTAKE IT WITHYOU DEPARTMENT OF TIIEATRE. MARCH 18-28 CYNTHIA EVANS IS STUDYING ACTING WITH SANFORD TOWN AND GOWN THEATRE MEISNER IN NEW YORK. JACQUIE EYRE-YOUNG 1s WRmNG AND ACTING PROFESSIONALLY IN HER NATIVE SCOTLAND. APRIL 27- MAY 1 ERIC FALLON IS ACTTNG PROFESSIONALLY IN LOS BELL THEATRE ANCl::LES. GLENN ALAN GARDNER FINISHED HIS MFA AT TIIE UNIVERSITY OF P!rl'SBURGH, WORKED PROFESSIONALLY IN CABARET Pl"ITSOURGH ANO ON THE WEST COAT, ANO IS NOW TEACH INC MAY6-16 SPEECH AND ACTL'lGAT SAMFORD UNIVERSITY. TOWN AND GOWN THEATRE DANA GILLILAND IS WORKlNC PROFESSIONAt.LY TN TECHNICAL TIIEATRE IN 0£RMINCHAM, INCLUDING AT ACTORS SHOWCASE CLARK TIIEA TRE AND THE ALYS STEPIIENS CENTER. MAY 25-29 BELL THEATRE SAL GRIFFIS HAS SERVED ON THE 1JESS1-:Mrn AKIS JINNY PEARCE FINISHED IIER MFA AT WAYN!,; STA'[i,; COUNClL AND MADE LOCAL TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND UNIVERSITY AND IS ACTING WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO IS CURRENTLY ACTINGWlTII THE SEASONED PERFORMERS. SHAKESPEARE COMPANY. AUSTIN HALEY IS ACTING AND MODELLING LILIAN PEARCE FREELANCED IN COSTUME PROFESSIONALLY AND HAS APPEARED lN SEVERAL NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION IN TIIE SAN FRANCISCO AREA AND IS NOW TELEVISION COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS. •.,. WORKINGWITII THEALASKA REPERTORY THEATRE. MAIA HOFFMEISTER IS ACTING PROFESSIONALLY IN JENNIFER PRICE PERFORMS REGULARLY IN ATLANTA. COMMUNITY THEATRE PRODUCTIONS IN BIRMINGHAM. ANTHONY IRONS JS PURSUING AN MFA IN ACTING AT PAT PURCELL IS TEACHING ENGLISH AT MINOR IIJGII PENNSYLVANIA STATE llNIVERSITY. SCHOOL. DAVID JAMES IS A RADIO DISC .JOCKF:V IN JEFFERY SANFORD 1s WORKING IN rni,; COSTUME FAYETTEVILLE,NORTH CAROLINA. SHOP OF BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S THEATRE. ALICIA JOHNSON IS TF.ACHING DRAMA Al RAMSAY CASSANDRA SCOTT. AFTER STAGE MANAGING WITH HIGH SCHOOL. THE NEGRO ENSEMDLE COMPANY IN NEW YORK, IS ON HIE SAM LANDMANIS ONE 01' TH!,; FOIINDEKS OF GAHI>f:N THEATRE STAFil' AT TI! E UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, VARIETY SHAKESPEARf, AT TH�: RIRMINCHAM BO'I ANICAL LEE SHACKLEFORD FINISHEDAN MFA AT SOUTHERN GARDENS. ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AND IS PLAYWRIGHT-lN-RESIDENCE AT DAVID LOGGINS IS SHOP FOREMAN FOR THE UAR UAB, HAVING WRITTEN SUCCESSFULLY FOR STAGE AND DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE'S SCENE SHOP. TELEVISION. T CHRISTOPHER LONG IS WORKING IN LIVING TAM SMI H FINISHED HER MFA IN PLAYWRfflNG AT HISTORY AT FORT MORGAN STATE PARK. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND TS WORKING IN NEW YORK. TOMMY MACON FINISH£D HIS MFA IN COSTUMF: VASTINE ST ABLER JS PRESIDENT OF BIRMINGHAM DESIGN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNEssu: AND IS ON THE FESTIVAL THEATRE AND DIRECTS TIIERE REGULARLY. FACULTY AT IDAHO STATF. llNlVERSITY. DEBI (HAMMONDS) STREVY RECEIVED A PII.D. IN VICTOR MCCA y IS PURSUING AN MFA IN ACTINC AT t,;DUCATION FROM UAB AND IS ON THE FACULTY OF RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. SAMFORD UNIVERSffY, KEN MCCOY FINISHED AN MFA AT SOUTIIERN ILLL'\01S JEFF TODHUNTER TS COSTUME DESIGNER AT THE UNIVERSITY AND A PII.D. AT DOWLING GREEN STATE DIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S THEATRE. UNIVERSITY AND IS NOW ON THE FACULTY AT STETSON STEVEN VARNES OPENED IN NEW YORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY. DLUE MAN GROUP AND IS NOW WITH THEIR BOSTON JESSE MCELROY IS WORKING PROFESSIONALLY WITH COMPANY. MAGIC CITY OPERA. ROBIN WATTS IS A SCENIC ARTIST AT BIRMINGHAM JASON MCLAUGHLIN FINISHED HIS MFA lN CHILDREN'STHEATRE. THEATRE ADMINISTRATION AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE AND IS KARLZIER IS WORKING IN TECHNICAL THEATRE AT THE THE ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER OF THE ROUNDABOUT CLEVELAND PLAYHOUSE. THEATRE IN NEW YORK. JENNIFER SCOTT MCNAIRFINISHED urn MFA Ar SPECIAL MENTION VIRGINIA TECH AND IS OrRECTOR Oil' CIIILOREN' 'r!iEATR�: AT THE RALEIGH LmLE THEATRE. SIIF. IIAS OEF.N CHAIR OF V ANDARJAN DUBOSE WAS NAMED MR. UAB AT THIS THI-: CHILDREN'S THEATRE DIVISION OF TII I:: S01.!TH EA 'T£RN YEAR'S HOMECOMING AND RECEIVED A $1000 SCHOLARSHIP. TilEATR£ CONFERENCE ANO IIAS TOURt;D O '1:'. OF !IEP. PRODUCTIONS TO RUSSIA. TIM O'DONNELL FINISHEDHIS MFA IN DESIGN AT THF, UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS AND IS WORKING lN FLORTDA. GEORGE PARKER RETIRED FROM HIS D£NTAL PRAC'rtCE ON RECEIVING HIS THEATRE O!sGREE AND CONTINUES TO FREELANCE IN TECHNICAL THEATRE lN BffiMlNGHAM.