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WHO’S WHO IN THEATRE FORTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Jahant, Chairperson Lya Cordova-Latta Ruth Flinkman-Marandy Dr. Robert Karns Charles Glenn Myra Lurie Frederick G. Silny, Treasurer David Hunt Stafford, Secretary Gloria Stroock Bonnie Webb Marion Zola ARTISTIC COMMITTEE Gail Johnston • Jennifer Laks • Alison Blanchard Diana Angelina • Cathy Diane Tomlin • Leda Siskind ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF David Hunt Stafford . .Artistic/Managing Director Jennifer Parsons . .Bookkeeper Richard Hoyt Miller . .Database Manager Philip Sokoloff . .Director of Public Relations Jay Bell . .Reservationist Dean Wood . .Box Office Manager Susan Mermet . .Assistant Box Office Manager Kori Beth Kaye . .House Manager Larry Rubinstein . .Technology Guru PRODUCTION STAFF Artistic/Managing Director David Hunt Stafford Set Design Jeff G. Rack Costume Design Michèle Young Lighting Design Ric Zimmerman Sound Design Joseph "Sloe" Slawinski Makeup/Hair/Wig Design Judi Lewin Photographer Ed Kreiger Program Design Richard Hoyt Miller Publicity Philip Sokoloff Reservations & Information Jay Bell / 310-364-0535 THEATRE FORTY PRESENTS The 1st Production of the 2016-2017 Season BY PETER COKE DIRECTED BY BRUCE GRAY PRODUCED BY DAVID HUNT STAFFORD Set Designer..............................................JEFF G. RACK Costume Designer................................MICHÈLE YOUNG Lighting Designer................................RIC ZIMMERMAN Sound Designer ..................JOSEPH “SLOE” SLAWINSKI Makeup/Hair/Wig Designer ......................JUDI LEWIN Stage Manager.........................................DON SOLOSAN Assistant Lighting Designer.................BRIAN BARRAZA Assistant Stage Manager ..................RICHARD CARNER Assistant Director.................................JEAN SPORTELLI Shhhhh. Wanna know a Secret? YOU could get Ralphs to donate money to us... And it’s legal! When you register your Rewards Card account at www.ralphs.com (and renew yearly after Sept. 1) RALPHS WILL DONATE $$$ if you designate “Theatre 40” as your “Community Contributions” choice. They will automatically give us a percentage of what you spend and it won’t cost you anything! We get a little money. You fee l good. And Ralphs is happy because they’re helping the community. Everybody Wins! THE CAST BY PETER COKE CAST Miss Nanette Parry (“Nan”)........................................FLORA PLUMB* Brigadier Albert Rayne (Bertie)..................................LARY OHLSON* Lily Thompson ...................................................ALISON BLANCHARD* Lady Alice Miller ...............................................KATHERINE HENRYK* Dame Beatrice Appleby (“Bee) ...............................MELINDA DEKAY* Miss Elizabeth Hatfield (“Hattie”) .........................JEAN KAUFFMAN* Pape .....................................................................JOSHUA OLKOWSKI* Kemp .......................................................................RICHARD CARNER SETTING The action of the Play passes in the living-room of Dame Beatrice's flat overlooking the Albert Memorial. The year is 1960 ACT I An evening in Spring ~Intermission~ ACT II Scene 1: 6 months later, an early Autumn afternoon Scene 2: 6 months later, an early Spring afternoon. Breath of Spring will play with one 15-minute intermission SPECIAL THANKS to Richard Johnson; to Jeffrey Silverman for his audio contribution to the festivities and to Jean Kauffman for the soft shoe. Special thanks also go out to our generous supporters who have graciously lent their minks coats to the production: Lola Fisher, Naomi Nedelman and Penelope Windust *Appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association WHO’S WHO FLORA PLUMB (Miss Nannette Parry: Flora Plumb is a professional actress, director, voice artist and educa- tor. She has performed in or directed over 75 produc- tions in the theatre, and also works in film, television and commercials. Theatre 40 plays she directed include the World Premiere of Kathrine Bates’ acclaimed dramatization of the persecution and fall of Rosco “Fatty” Arbukle and his friendship with Charlie Chaplin Roar of the Crowd, Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, Sam Shepard’s Buried Child and A Lie of the Mind, a six-actor ver- sion of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Blood Wedding, Heathen Val- ley, Escape from Happiness and Quartermaine's Terms. She was last seen performing at Theatre 40 as Lillian Hellman in Hellman V. McCarthy with Dick Cavett, and as Stella Livingston in Moss Hart’s Lig ht up the Sky. She also played Lillian, a “100 year-old woman” in Seven Stories and Lavinia in Lillian Hellman’s Another Part of the Forest. Her favorite television appearance is in Mad Men. Her 20 audiobooks can be found at audible.com and Books on Tape, and she can be heard in the videogame Guildwars 2. She recently stepped down after 25 years from teaching Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Directing at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. LARY OHLSON (Brigadier Albert Rayne) is a long-time member of the Theatre Forty company, starting over thirty years ago in the critically-acclaimed Sticks and Bones, which was directed by Flora Plumb. Since then favorite shows have included Lost in Yonkers, Double Indemnity, The Voysey Inheritance, Driving Miss Daisy, and (going way back!) the Shakespearean evening Shakespeare in a Nutshell. He was also a member of the Pasadena Shakespeare Company, where he appeared in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Richard III, and Candida, among many others. Originally from San Diego, he has appeared with both the Old Globe Theatre and San Diego Repertory Company. He has done a few small roles on TV, but the stage is his true love; his other true love is his wife Nancy, to whom he dedicates each per- formance. ALISON BLANCHARD (Lily Thompson) was trained in classical theatre at U.C. Berkeley. She has previously appeared with Theatre 40 several times, most recently as Laura Medway in A Shred of Evidence, Janet in Ac- complice, Countess Doris in Flare Path, and in past years in multiple roles (including the dog!) in Christmas Times, and as Annie in The Norman Conquests. She has performed locally with many other theatre Compa- nies, including as a member of SeaGlass Theatre Co. WHO’S WHO (Christmas Twist, “Ghost of Christmas Present” and Wake, “Molly”), The Production Co. (Look Homeward, Angel, “Eliza Gant”), I.C.T. Long Beach (To Kill A Mockingbird, “Miss Stephanie”), JACK The- atre (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, “Puck”), The Odyssey Theatre (Threepenny Opera, “Lucy”), Mainstreet Theatre Co. (James and the Giant Peach, “Miss Spider”), and The Flower Street Players (The Boyfriend, “Hortense” and Lucky Stiff, “Rita La Porta”), as well as playing Ida Webb in Twentieth Century, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, and Sister Mary Ignatius in Christopher Durang’s demented Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You. Alison’s television work in- cludes Everybody Hates Chris and Side-Order of Life. Her voiceover work can be heard in Disney theme parks worldwide, including the Computer voice in “Mission: SPACE” at EPCOT Center. When not acting she sculpts, plays her ukulele, and takes far too many dance classes. She’s a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Many thanks to Bruce for this opportunity, and to all the cast, crew, and production staff, but most of all to her beloved husband Bob. One day she will play Lady Bracknell. #Pro99. www.AlisonBlanchard.com KATHERINE HENRYK (Lady Alice) received her formal theatre training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her classical background has taken her from Joe Papp's N.Y. Shakespeare in the Park where she starred as Rosalind in As You Like It to several seasons at San Diego's Old Globe and to regional theaters from Massachusetts, Texas, Colorado and the State of Washington. In Los Angeles she has appeared at the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson, the Doolittle, Pasadena Playhouse and numerous Hollywood theaters. At Theatre 40 she received a Drama Logue Award for her portrayal of Mrs. Alving in Ghosts and a Robby for best supporting actress in Both Your Houses. For the past two years she has appeared as Ur- sula, the housekeeper in the long running drama The Manor at the Greystone Mansion. Miss Henryk is one of the founders of Theatre 40. MELINDA DEKAY (Dame Beatrice Appleby): Melinda deKay has been performing for over 50 years. She recently returned to Los Angeles, her hometown, after establishing herself as a very respected actor in the Houston regional area. Some of her stage roles include, Tennessee Williams' A Lovely Sunday At Creve Coeur as Bodey, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof as Big Mama, and most recently Mrs. Wire in Coeurage Theatre’s production of Vieux Carre, Catherine in Paul Zindel's And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little and Suits also in Mr. Zindel's "Ladies at the Alamo. Julia in Maria Irene Fornes' Fefu & Her Friends, WHO’S WHO Golde in Fiddler On The Roof, Lady Macbeth, Rose in Tom Topar's Nuts, Barbara in John Dubiel's Windchimes. Some of her film cred- its include Sheila in Reset, directed by Paul Bojack, the 2011 SXSW Award winning film, Natural Selection directed by Robbie Pickering, and Cheryl Mason in Angel Dog directed by Robin Nations. She recently wrapped, short films Therapy With A Twist directed by Clara Loedel, The In Between, directed by Randall Dottin, Hospice, directed by Matthew Ryckman, and Timeless, directed by Allison Gallo. Her leading role of Clarelle, directed by Ryan LeMasters, All Out Dys- funktion!, is scheduled for release Fall of 2016. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such a wonderful cast and crew at Theatre 40. AEA

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