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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGlON SCHOOL OF DRAMA M. E. Comtois, Executive Director Meany Studio Theatre FACULTY

Richard Devin Paul Hosteller 13th Season Sue-Ellen Case Robyn Hunt Jack Clay Robert Loper James R. Crider Richard Lorenzen 26th Production Robert A. Dahlstrom Robin Smith Max Dixon Aurora Valentinetti William Forrester Scott Weldin Yanick Galstaun Barry Witham Sarah Nash Gates Jack Wolcott 291 Jay O. Glerum Eric Zivot l qdS'Cf STAFF University of Washington Shantha Benegal Diane Senders 2-3 Malcolm Brown Diana Smith Schools of Drama and Music Alex Danilchik Anne Stewart Liz Fugate Jeanne Tobias Present Arlene Hamilton Meli Wada Dorothy Kerst Jim W8ulord Delia Mulholland Alan Weldin

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC Daniel Neuman, Director FACULTY THE Montserrat Alavedra Frank Guarrera John Rahn Thomas Bauman Ruben Gurevich lorraine Sakata James Beale Bern Hertlo4sheimar Toby Saks Ken Benshoof Clyde Jussila Timothy Salzman Emilie Berendsen Abraham Kaplan Marc Seales JUNIPER Lisa Bergman David Kappy Eric Shumsky Jonathon Bernard Gerald Kechley Bela Siki William Bissell Douglas Keefe Felix Skowronek George Bozarth James Knapp William O. Smith Michael Brockman Vincent Liotta larry Starr Cassandra Carr Barbara R. Lundquist Steven Staryk TREE James Carlsen Irene Markoff laila StorCh TomCoUler Robin McCabe JoAnn Taricani Joan Catoni Conlon William McColl Carole Terry Elneta Cooper Michael Morgan Diane Thome Roy Cummings Patricia Michaelian Margriet Tindemans Music by Mary Curtis-Verna Steven Novacek Charles Troy Stuart Dempster NealO'Dosn Paul Tufts Ter Ellingson Deborah Pierce Pamela VOkolek and Robert Moran Arthur Grossman Melvin Poll Christopher Waterman Neal Porter Libretto by STAFF Arthur Yorlnks Jackie Abbott Sally Johnson Beverly Ackley Gary louie Based upon the Grimm Derek Baker Marta Peters Susan Baker Claire Peterson Brothers'tale David Bilski Diana Reed Stephen Brady laurel Sercombe Gracejean Eckert libby Westphal Hidaat Ephrem David Wilcox January 31-February 5, 1989 John Gibbs David Wood .. Fvvh 3 ~ClYvf(~ THE JUNIPER TREE CAST in order of appearance Music by Philip Glass and Robert First wife ...... Kimberly L. Shreiner Moran Husband ...... Richard Scheyer Libretto by Arthur Yorinks Son ...... Edle Hoppln Based upon the Grimm Brothers' tale Second Wife ...... Christine Peters Daughter...... Andrea L. Campbell MaH Silverstein. Goldsmith ...... Jeff Caldwell Director Cobbler...... Daniel J. Yarr, III Miller ...... Glenn Rumbaoa Clro G. ScoHo Chorus . . . .. Thomas A. Arnold, Jeff Caldwell, Musical Director Cynthia Darlo, Audry Guidi, Brenda Mix, Glenn Rumbaoa, Paul A. Taylor Kimberly L. Shreiner, Daniel J. Yarr, III Scenic and Lighting Designer c~ -JP 11391 .D;tt-T ~ 11/-100 Jeanne Arnold Charlie Walsh SETTING Costume Coordinator Technical Director Once upon a time, ... Saya Morlyasu; Lisa Sorenson Roger Baker Prologue: An Autumn morning, the wealthy landowner's Projection Design house.

Terry Beck ACT I Choreographer Scene 1: Summer, some years later, in the garden outside the house. Kim A. Wichman Scene 2: Another Autumn afternoon in the kitchen Stage Manager Scene 3: Suppertime in the kitchen.

Dramaturge...... Lenore Bensinger Epilogue: Prompter...... K. C. Manjl Nighttime in the garden. Vocal Coach...... Lisa Bergman ACT II Faculty Advisors...... Vincent LloHa, Scene 1: The next morning, in a nearby town. M. Burke Walker Scene 2: Afternoon, back at the house. I

ORCHESTRA About the ... The University of Washington The Juniper Tree premiered at the American Repertory The­ Contemporary Group ater in Cambridge, 1985. The new chamber opera work, a collab­ oration between composers, Philip Glass and Robert Moran, and Conductor...... Clro G. Scotto librettist, Arthur Yorinks, was extremely well received. It has since Violin 1...... Jennifer Hlilaker received performances at the Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Phila­ Violin 2...... Paul Susen delphia; Houston Grand Opera; Opera Omaha; and most recently in Stuttgart. Viola...... Ed Davis Moran and Glass's style of composition used in Juniper is Violoncello...... Joseph Bischel frequently called "minimalism": "[Music] based on the extended Harp...... Alice Brldgforth repetitions of brief melodic fragments that weave in and out of an Percussion...... Nancy Tsal aural tapestry . . . Compositional material is usually limited to a few elements, which are then subjected to a variety of transforma­ Keyboard 1...... Matt Goodrich tional processes (e.g., shifts in rhythm, tonality and tempo)." Horn...... Steven Schwartz [OPERA NEWS]. Trumpet...... Ron Cole Glass's opera theater work began with his famous collaboration Trombone...... Andrew Hlllaker with on (1976). Since then his opera theater work includes: (1980), a Flute...... Pamela Ryker historic.al portrait of Ghandi in South Africa, (1983) Piccolo...... Wendy Wilhelmi sung entirely in Ancient Egyptian, CIVIL WARS (1983-4) another Clarinet/ Clarinet...... Beverly Sazter collaboration with Wilson, and THE MAKING OF THE REPRE· Bassoon...... Krista Lake SENTATIVE FOR PLANET 8 (1985-6) written with author Doris Lessing. Robert Moran's past opera theater work includes a Baroque Singspiel called LEIPZIG PLAY BY CANDLELIGHT. The opera featured Handel, Scarlatti and Bach in Leipzig, 1985, on their way to a fictional retrospective music festival of their works; very zany and beautiful. Arthur Yorinks, best known for his children's stories This is the third production in the Director's Debut series of the (Hey AI, It Happened in Plnsk, Louis the Fish) co-authored this 1988-89 season. Plays presented in this series are directed by the piece as well. second year students in the School of Drama's Graduate Directing Program which leads to a Master of Fine Arts Degree. The plays are selected by the directors, and they receive minimum support for scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound. In the third year of the program, the students prepare fully mounted Thesis Productions. -Dr. Robert Loper By special arrangement with Dunvagen Music Publishers. Supervisor, Graduate Directing Program Inc. and International Production Associates, Inc. 1 I PRODUCTION STAFF COMING ATTRACTIONS Assistant Stage Manager...... Mark Rodewald Assistant Lighting Designer...... Rich Nichols AT THE Property Master...... Mark Baratta Master Electrician...... Eric Irwin SCHOOL OF DRAMA Light Board Operator...... Robert Charblneau Costume Crew...... Charissa Fu OUR TOWN Stage. Crew...... Lara Abnet, David Clark, by Thornton Wilder Rick Fish, Michael Gatbunton, Rob Howson, Maugarlta Hernandez-Sutton, Alison Rabel, February 14-26 A. J. Sliva, Ken Stewart, Chris Wicklund Glenn Hughes Playhouse Construction Crew...... Roger Freeman, A. J. Sliva, Drama 101 students THE WAY OF THE WORLD Rehearsal Pianists...... Lara Abnet, Jeff Caldwell, by William Congreve Matt Goodrich, Kevin Johnson Production Office...... Mark Dalton, Feburary 21-March 4 David Fagan, Steve White Meany Studio House Management. . .. Valerie DeWun, Suzanne Kato, . Shana Lawyer, John Lovick, Charlie Mack, . ALL THE KING'S MEN Julie Thornton, Bill Westenberg by Robert Penn Warren Musical Adaptation by Adrian Hall May 2-13 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A Contemporary Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Instruc­ Meany Studio tional Media Services, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Opera Asso­ ciation, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and very speCial thanks IN REPERTORY to Curt Enderle and Alan Weldin, Set Designer and Technical April 18-May 7 Director of The Way of the World for inspiration and as­ THE PHILANDERER sistance. by George Bernard Shaw FANSHEN by David Hare he University of Washington gratefully acknowledges Digital A TOUCH OF THE POET TEquipment Corporation for donating computer resources to as­ by Eugene O'Neill sist in aulomating ticket sales. mamoamo BIG FROGS ANew Play by David Golden .'