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Linnie E. Dalbeck Cordelia ENDOWED FUNDS Charles Henry Memorial Lee Beattie M. Beverly and Robert G. Bartner Fund for Future Young Audiences Leach II Fund Foundation Trust Foundation John and Elenor Maxheim Fund, in recognition of Theatre Arts Education &JULIET FSU/ASOLO CONSERVATORY From the play by William Shakespeare FOR ACTOR TRAINING Adapted and directed by Tyler Dobrowsky

Costume Design Scenic / Property Design Sound Design Lighting Design 19 |20 Olivera Gajic Frank J. Paul Matthew Parker Ethan Vail Voice & Dialect Coach Dramaturg Stage Manager Fight Choreography ANTIGONE Patricia Delorey James Monaghan Kaitlyn Souter Mark A. Rose OCT 30 – NOV 17 preview Oct 29 Production Manager Stage Management Mentor Dramaturgy Apprentice GRUESOME

rep Vic Meyrich Nia Sciarretta Annie Dent PLAYGROUND INJURIES JAN 1 – 19 preview Dec 31 CAST DEADMAN’S CELL PHONE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER FEB 19 – MAR 8 preview Feb 18 Jillian Cicalese...... Juliet Michael Judah...... Romeo Carla Corvo † ...... Lady Capulet Alex Pelletier...... Nurse/Prince SHAKESPEARE IN THE GARDENS Joe Ferrarelli ...... Tybalt/Balthasar Brian Ritchie ...... Friar Lawrence ROMEO & JULIET Jonathan Grunert...... Mercutio APR 8 – 25 preview Apr 7 † Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. FRESH. BOLD. JOYOUS. Tickets on sale at Romeo & Juliet will be performed without an intermission. asolo asolorep.org/conservatory The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. The Vision MANY THANKS TO THIS PRODUCTION OF In 2008, Asolo Repertory Theatre and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training collaborated THE SPONSORS OF ROMEO & JULIET WILL BE to launch a new Education & Engagement offering: an annual production selected specifically PERFORMED FOR THESE for school audiences. In 2010, the program was reconfigured as a touring production, with the THE THIRD-YEAR SCHOOLS AND VENUES: goal of serving as many students as possible, especially those who might not otherwise have STUDENTS PERFORMING access to live theatre. Our annual educational tour now brings Shakespeare to eight counties Academy of the Holy Names across Florida, with approximately 55 performances scheduled for Fall 2019. IN ROMEO & JULIET Academy Prep Center of Tampa Bay Preserve at Osprey The 34 students in the FSU/Asolo Bayshore High School The Partnership Conservatory for Actor Training are Booker High School The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, ranked as one of the top ten actor training sponsored by community members Booker Middle School programs in the country, has been Asolo Repertory Theatre’s partner for over 45 years. Twelve who not only furnish financial Cardinal Mooney High School students a year are chosen to take part in the intense three-year training program, which support but also welcome, mentor, Charlotte High School combines high-caliber classroom work, guest artist workshops, and professional production Classical Academy of Sarasota and encourage the young artists Clearwater High School experiences. throughout their three-year training Florida Southwestern In the third year of training, before joining Asolo Rep’s mainstage company as full-time program. Many thanks to the Collegiate High School members, Conservatory students take part in a touring production performed throughout the sponsors of the third-year students THIRD-YEAR ENSEMBLE: TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Michael Judah, Alex Pelletier, Jonathan state for school groups and the general public. The program is not only an invaluable part of acting in Romeo & Juliet—we couldn’t Florida Theatre Conference Grunert, Creg Sclavi, Brian Ritchie, BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:Carla Corvo, Joe Ferrarelli, the sophisticated training offered by the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, it also do this without you! Geneva Classical Academy Jillian Cicalese, Marc Bitler and Amber McNew. Photo by John Revisky. Glenridge Performing Arts Center represents the ongoing and ever-developing partnership between Asolo Rep and Florida State University. Island Village Montessori School JILLIAN CICALESE L.A. Ainger Middle School The Creative Team Flora Major, for the Kutya Major Foundation; Lakewood Ranch High School Lenore and Jack Rubin; Judy Zuckerberg, Lemon Bay High School From the Director Tyler Dobrowsky TYLER DOBROWSKY George Kole, and Michael Zuckerberg Manatee High School (Adapter/Director) is thrilled to make his directorial debut at Asolo Rep. He has previously adapted McIntosh Middle School the past touring productions of The Tempest and Julius Caesar for Asolo Rep and the FSU/Asolo CARLA CORVO Murdock Middle School Shelley and Sy Goldblatt New College I’m delighted to be directing Romeo & Juliet, one of the most beloved Conservatory. He is the Associate Artistic Director at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI, where he has directed Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Breeches! (world premiere), A Midsummer Night’s New Gate School and universal pieces of art of all time. It’s the first Shakespeare I ever JOE FERRARELLI North Port High School saw and whenever I return to it, the play offers me something new, Dream, and Julius Caesar among others. He has worked at a number of other theaters around the Judy Hoerr; Gigi and Ben Huberman Out of Door Academy beautiful, and tragic. I love the deeply romantic language; the way the country, including ART, Play Makers/UNC, and the Public Theater in New York. Mr. Dobrowsky has Palmetto High School play is actually very funny right up until it’s not. Most of all I love the taught at NYU’s Tisch School for the Arts, Rhode Island College and the Brown/Trinity MFA program. JONATHAN GRUNERT Parrish Community High School way Shakespeare depicts how it feels to be young and in love. I think He lives in Providence with his wife, Taibi. Trevor Cramer; Barbara Jacob; Judy Rudges Pine View School that’s why the play remains one of Shakespeare’s most popular – on some level we all want and Stan Katz Plymouth Harbor at Sarasota Bay OLIVERA GAJIC to believe in a love that feels that powerful, that all-encompassing. Port Charlotte Middle School (Costume Designer) has over 150 theater, opera, dance and film productions to her credit including MICHAEL JUDAH Punta Gorda Middle School The play is set in a classroom providing an easily accessible entry point to young people. It work at the Salzburg Festival, Vineyard Theatre, Juilliard School, HERE Arts Center, Pig Iron, CSC, Lake Ron Banyay; Nancy Stevenson Riverview High School includes contemporary costumes and music. I want the story to feel relevant, and more im- Lucille, Talking Band, Two River, Arden, Trinity Rep, and many other regional theaters. Olivera has been Sarasota Academy of the Arts portantly, it should capture the thrill and importance of being introduced to live Shakespeare. part of the US National Exhibit at the 2004 and 2007 Prague Quadrennial; Curtain Call: Celebrating a ALEX PELLETIER Sarasota High School When I was young, theatre felt like magic, like fun. I hope in some way this production can Century of Women Designing for Live Performance (Lincoln Center); Costume at the Turn of the Century Cheryl and Toby Kinerk; John and Myrna Welch; Sarasota Military Academy show young people how exciting, relevant, and important live theatre can be. (Moscow, Russia). Olivera is the recipient of the 2004 NEA/TCG CDP for Designers, 2010 IT Award for Susan and Charles Wilson Sarasota Yacht Club Outstanding Costume Design, 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, 2012 Barrymore Award Shore Crest Preparatory School for Outstanding Costume Design and recently the 2014 Bessie Award recipient for Outstanding Visual BRIAN RITCHIE St. Stephen’s Episcopal School Design. Member of USA-Local 829. www.oliveragajic.com Trevor Cramer; Maurice Richards State College of FL Collegiate School Experience. Discuss. Create. and Jack Kesler; Eva Slane; State College of Florida, FRANK J. PAUL Bill Yandow Endowed Fund Lakewood Ranch ON TOUR Romeo & Juliet September 24-November 24, 2019 (Scenic/Property Designer) is a proud member of I.A.T.S.E. and Actors’ Equity. Frank held the position Suncoast Polytechnical High School of Master Carpenter for three years in New York City building Christmas windows for Saks Fifth Avenue, Venice High School To learn more about the Student Mainstage STUDENT MATINEES YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMS Lord & Taylor, Tiffany & Co., Bloomingdale’s, and Bergdorf Goodman. Frank has performed on stage Victory Baptist Academy Shakespeare in Nature at Bay Preserve Fellowship program, contact Woodland Middle School The Sound of Music regionally in Chicago, Pennsylvania, New York, and St. Louis, as well as managed carpentry and stage December 4, 2019 SOLD OUT! Romeo & Juliet management for shows in Chicago and New York for the past 15 years. Locally, Frank spent last year Angel Hissom at 941-351-9010 ext. 4706. Recommended for ages 7 and up November 17, 2019 List current as of 9/17/19 as the head of props at the Sarasota Opera as well as various positions with the Sarasota Ballet. Much Murder on the Orient Express Family Day at The Sound of Music love to his wife India, and their beautiful puppy Charlie-Bear. January 14, February 21, 2020 December 7, 2019 MARK A. ROSE Recommended for ages 7 and up Recommended for ages 7 and up (Fight Choreographer) is delighted to be returning to choreograph fights for Asolo Rep and the FSU/ Youth Pass/$35 Into The Breeches! Family Day at Snow White Asolo Conservatory. His previous credits here include Rhinoceros and The Motherf***er with the Hat. June 20, 2020 A steal at just $35. Full time students SEE ALL THE February 18, 2020 Other fight choreography credits include: Pirates of Penzance at Opera North, Drowning in Cairo for the Recommended for ages 7 and up age 25 and under receive one ticket to each TOUR’S TRAVELS Recommended for ages 7 and up National Queer Theater, The Frontier Follies Stunt Show at Idlewild & SoakZone, and the Sparta New Asolo Rep and FSU/Asolo Conservatory INSTAGRAM. Jersey Renaissance Faire. Mark is also a stuntman and performed in The Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular from 2013-2017. He can be seen getting beat up on shows like Quantico, The Blacklist, 2019-20 performance for last-minute, best- COM/ASOLOREP and Gotham. www.mark-rose.com available seating. Valid student ID required. #AsoloOnTour asolorep.org/education | 941-351-9010 ext. 3325