HOMEFREE WRITTEN by Lisa Loomer DIRECTED by Michael Matthews*

HOMEFREE WRITTEN BY Lisa Loomer DIRECTED BY Michael Matthews*

PRODUCERS Andre Barron, Donna Simone Johnson, Kevin Shipp

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Laura Steinroeder SET DESIGN/PROJECTIONS JR Bruce LIGHTING DESIGN Luke Moyer COSTUME DESIGN Michele Young PROPMASTER Michael Ohara SOUND DESIGN David B. Marling STAGE MANAGER Maurie Gonzalez ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Emma Pauly PUBLICIST David Elzer

ONLINE MARKETING Corryn Cummins

Homefree was originally developed by the Denver Center Theatre Company, a division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Kent Thompson, Producing Artistic Director. It was also an ofﬁcial selection of the Road Theatre Company’s Summer Playwrights Festival 5, July 2014. Scott Alan Smith, Festival Director.

This project is supported in part by grants from The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

The Road Theatre Company is a subsidiary of The Other Side of the Hill Productions, Inc., a 501-C3 Non-Proﬁt Corp. head_a1 A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTICHEAD_A2 DIRECTORS Deartext Road block. Friends Old and New:

Tostyles our Road vary. audience family, we say a very loud and hearty WELCOME to the 25th season. It’s been a long and successful road from the company’s origins in a Van Nuys warehouse to 2015, with a company of over 125 strong, two beautiful theatres to program, and both our city of North Hollywood and our audiences continually growing. We also offer the warmest welcome to playwright Lisa Loomer and thanks for her faith in the Road to present this world premiere of her beautiful Homefree and the wonderful collaborative work of Director Michael Matthews, our design- ers, cast and crew.

All of this is not possible without you. Your support of the Road has reached record heights this past year and we appreciate it, as well as continued support from the City and County of Los Angeles. Thank you, and please continue to give what you can.

This year’s road trip is going to take you to some fascinating and chal- lenging places, like an every-changing, volatile Detroit, to see how people with differences learn to talk to each other in Steven Simoncic’s power- ful Broken Fences. You will meet some very funny, offbeat and touching citizens of our own city of Angels in Julie Marie Myatt’s look at the world of Los Angeles birdwatchers, Birder. And then some great surprises in this world of shepherding new plays from the ranks of our Summer Playwrights Festival, which this year saw an outstanding number of great possibilities for you to explore. These announcements are coming soon, and we look forward to sharing them with you.

So make sure your seat belt is on, pack a few snacks and join us on this “most dangerous of missions.”

Welcome to Road 25!

Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director Sam Anderson, Artistic Director AWARDS & ACCOLADES Over two decades ago a group of theatre artists came together to form The Other Side of the Hill Productions, Inc. a.k.a. The Road Theatre Company. A non-proﬁt corporation that produces theatre under the Actors’ Equity Association 99-Seat Plan. The Road Theatre Company has amassed an impressive list of awards throughout its 25-year history:

• 2 Stage Raw - Recommended/Top 10 Production • 8 Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Awards • 15 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards • 11 L.A. Weekly Awards • 39 Back Stage West Garland Critics Citations Awards • 5 Robby Awards • 67 Valley Theatre League Artistic Director Achievement Awards • 14 “Critic’s Choice”- Los Angeles Times • 17 “Pick of the Week/Recommended/Go”- L.A. Weekly • 17 “Critic’s Pick”- Back Stage West

Additionally, The Road Theatre Company has received a special commendation from Council member Tom LaBonge and the City of Los Angeles for providing 24 years of theatre excellence in Council District 4; the Back Stage West Landmark Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatre; the prestigious Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatre and was recently cited as “one of the Best Companies of the Decade” by LA Weekly.

For a complete list of our history of award-winning plays, visit RoadTheatre.org.

R3 the COMPANY Sam Anderson Keelia Flinn Scott Key Albie Selznick Steve Apostolina Arielle Fodor Ivy Khan Kevin Shipp Chelsea Averil Aaron Fors Carlyle King Danvir Singh Alan Aymie Mia Fraboni Melissa Kite Alex Smith Deana Barone Kris Frost Kent Klineman Scott Alan Smith Andre Barron Laura Gardner Tom Knickerbocker Elizabeth Southard Rob Beddall Taylor Gilbert Elizabeth Knowelden Hannah Sturges Al Bernstein Michelle Gillette Jeff LeBeau Ben Theobald Courtney Buchan Carole Goldman Barret Lewis Amy Tolsky Cody Bushee Zeljka “Z” Gortinski Andrew Manardo Joey Vahedi Jennice Butler John Gowans Yani Marin Gwen Van Dam Anna Carini Jayme Grant David B. Marling Kieren van den Blink Janet Chamberlain Cynthia Gravinese Brianna McClellan Michael Thomas-Visgar Blaire Chandler Lina Green Chuck McCollum Geoffrey Wade Lisa Cirrincione Don Grigware Kevin McCorkle Miles Warner Brian M. Cole Burt Grinstead TJ McNeill Allan Wasserman Joshua Wolf Coleman Chet Grissom Stephanie Michels Lila Waters Hallie Cooper Kyle Hall Deidre Moore Deverill Weekes Mark Costello Helen Harwell Zachary Mooren Bryna Weiss John Cragen Ann Hearn Desma Murphy Jessica Wierzba Todd Curran Patricia Herd Tom Musgrave Blake Young-Fountain Meagan Daine Richard Herd Jessica Noboa Bettina Zacar Philip D’Amore Liz Herron Lockne O’Brien Ken Zavayna Kathy Bell Denton Lorianne Hill Justin Okin Bernie Zilinskas Tony DeCarlo Richard Hoyt-Miller Laurie Okin Susan Diol Ann Hu Paris Perrault Whitney Dylan Kara Hume Patrick Rieger Stephanie Erb Kate Huffman Coronado Romero Dirk Etchison Suzanne Hunt Donald Russell Adam Farabee Barry Jenner Elizabeth Sampson Aaron Fentress Carl J. Johnson June Sanders Gina Ferranti Darryl Johnson Julia Sanford Jennifer Finch Donna Simone Johnson Judith Scarpone Tom Fiscella Connor Kelly-Eiding Hilary Schwartz ARTISTIC STAFF Taylor Gilbert, Artistic Director/Founder Sam Anderson, Artistic Director Scott Alan Smith, Associate Artistic Director Meagan Daine, Administrator Darryl Johnson & Kevin Shipp, Technical Directors

ARTISTIC BOARD CORPORATE BOARD Andre Barron Steven L. Boortz, Esq Marian Lawrence Chet Grissom Ian Bryce Heather Moses Carlyle King Cara Eisenberg Stuart Spence Taylor Gilbert Judith Vida-Spence about the ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Taylor Gilbert (Founder/ Artistic Director) Taylor recently played Juliana Smithton in the acclaimed production The Other Place by Sharr White at The Road. She is celebrating her 25th season as Founder and Artistic Director of The Road Theatre Company. Producing credits include more than 60 critically acclaimed productions for The Road Theatre Company. Directing credits include the award-winning In The Name of the People, Mooncalf, My Last Confession, The Chisholm Trail Went through Here and Slumber Party. As Co-Director (with Ken Sawyer): Hitler’s Head, Homeﬁres. Awards: As a Producer, over 130 regional theatre awards, including: the Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatre, the 2002 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award (Best Production of a Small Play) for The Woman in Black and 2010 Certiﬁcate of Commendation from the City of Los Angeles for contributing 20 years of award-winning theatre to the community. For complete list visit: www.RoadTheatre.org.

Sam Anderson (Artistic Director) Sam is the artistic director of The Road Theatre Company, a position he shares with founder Taylor Gilbert. Road Theatre Acting credits include: The Other Place, The Bird and Mr.Banks (Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award – Best Actor), Napoli Millionaria(Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award – Best Actor) and Madagascar. Rogue Machine: Blackbird (Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award – Best Actor, LA Weekly Award - Best Duo Performance). Road directing credits include Clete Keith’s The Different Shades of Hugh, Theresa Rebeck’s The Water’s Edge, Stacy Sims’ As White As O, and Shove by Mark Eisman (LA Weekly Directing Nomination.) Film & Television audiences know him from 35 years of performances, including his recent recurring turn as the evil Lee Paxton on Justiﬁed, Bernard on Lost, Dr. Kaysen on E.R. (SAG Award, Best Ensenble), Holland Manners on Angel and the ﬁlms Water for Elephants, Forrest Gump, La Bamba, Frankie Go Boom, Breaking the Girls and the recently release horror thriller from Fox, Devil’s Due. Upcoming Sam stars in Modern Love and the A&E pilot, Damien due in 2016. Sam holds an MA in American Lit/Creative Writing, as well as his theatre degrees. He teaches a professional acting class combining scene study, improv, monologues and audition technique. He is also a graduate of The Grantsmanship Institute and studied Horticulture at Descanso Gardens. He is most proud of his 22-year old twin theatre gradu- ates, Elizabeth and Ben. MISSION STATEMENT • Develop New Work for the Stage that is relevant and entertaining while fostering emerging artists, introducing new voices and innovative ideas to the world of theatre.

• Establish a broader audience base and deepen their commitment to theatre by presenting main-stage productions, outreach programs, post- show talk-back sessions and offering free weekly Road Signs Reading Series events.

• Allow our stages and performance areas to serve as a physical space in which to imagine, create, reﬁne and produce work not only for The Road Theatre but to also share with our creative colleagues to foster a creative, supportive arts community.

Author Notes for Homefree -- I often start a play with a question, something that’s bugging me. In the case of Homefree, it was “Who are these kids? And why the hell are they on the street?” If you go to this beautiful theater in Ashland, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, you have to pass them by. And I wondered, what if you walked by them on the way to the theater… and then encountered them in the theater? Near Ashland, is the town of Medford and they are as different as two towns can be. They seem to reflect two different Americas…as if one were a red state sorta town and the other, blue. So I started to do “research” in both Americas, meaning I started to hang out with kids…in the parks, at a shelter, at MacDonalds, on the street. It wasn’t hard, they wanted to talk, they wanted to be seen. The worst things you will hear tonight are probably the parts that are factual. And though I have created characters from many different people, these are our kids. theCAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Breezy...... Gabriela Ortega Franklin...... Lockne O’Brien JJ...... Barret Lewis Male 40’s...... Steve Apostolina Shannon...... Chelsea Averil Aaron...... Donald Russell Female 40’s...... Elizabeth Herron*

UNDERSTUDIES Breezy...... Morgan Shay Smith Male 40’s...... Kris Frost Aaron...... Aaron Fentress

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association

Time: Current Day Place: Act One- Medford, OR --- Act Two, Ashland OR. Intermission: There will be one 15 minute intermission.

BRAVO!

Special thanks to The Department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Los Angeles, Mr. Ian Bryce, Lisa Loomer, Taylor Gilbert, Sam Anderson, Andre Barron, Darryl Johnson, Carlyle King, Scott Alan Smith, Kevin Shipp, Donna Simone Johnson, Marine Walton, John Gowans, Laura Steinroeder, Michael Matthews, Blake Young-Fountain, Maurie Gonzalez and Emma Pauly. Kevin Lamson at Hearts With A Mission, The Maslow Project, The Denver Center, Hedgebrook, Armando Molina, Tom Bryant, Ann and Elizabeth Richardson, Susan Moen, Joe and Marcello Romano, Hippy, Aaron and all those who generously purchased a theatre seat, our gracious Donors, The Road Theatre Corporate Board, and those members of The Road Theatre Company who tirelessly go above and beyond the call of duty. about the PLAYWRIGHT & DIRECTOR

Lisa Loomer (Playwright) Her plays, including Living Out, The Waiting Room; Distracted; Café Vida; Expecting Isabel; Two Things You Don’t Talk About At Dinner, Birds, Bocón!; Maria! Maria, Maria, Maria; and Broken Hearts have been produced at such theatres as The Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, South Coast Repertory, The Kennedy Center, Seattle Rep, Denver Theater Center, La Jolla Playhouse, OSF, Trinity Repertory, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cornerstone, and, in New York, at The Roundabout, The Vineyard, Second Stage, Intar, and The Public Theater. Her work has also been produced in Mexico, Israel, Egypt and Germany. She’s a two-time winner of the American Theatre Critics Award, and has also received awards from the Kennedy Center, the Imagen Foundation, the Jane Chambers Award (twice), and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, among others. Her newest play, ROE, about Roe v Wade, will premiere at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2016. Currently, she is writing the book for a musical for Broadway.

Michael Matthews (Director) Los Angeles: Failure; a Love Story (LA Premiere),Sons of the Prophet (LA Premiere), Psyche; a Modern Rock Opera (World Premiere), Rabbit Hole (La Mirada), Funny Girl (3D Theatricals, Ovation Nomination Best Director), Peter Pan; The Boy Who Hated Mothers (LA Weekly Nominations Best Director and Best Production, Play; LA Premiere), Very Still and Hard To See (LA Weekly Nominations Best Director and Best Production, Play; World Premiere), The Color Purple, The Musical (Ovation and LA Weekly Awards Best Director and Best Production, Musical), What’s Wrong With Angry?(Ovation Nominations Best Director and Best Production,Play), Take Me Out! (Ovation Nomination Best Director, NAACP Award Best Director) The Women of Brewster Place, the Musical(Ovation Nomination Best Director, NAACP Award Best Director, Ovation Award Best Production, Musical; West Coast Premiere), Stupid Kids (LA Premiere), Beautiful Thing (Ovation Nominations, Best Director and Best Production,Play), The Bacchae (Ovation Nominations, Best Director and Best Production,Play), Broadway: Butley (Assistant Director). Chicago: What’s Wrong With Angry? (Jeff Nominations, Best Director and Best Production), In The Blood (Jeff Nominations, Best Director and Best Production), Porcelain (Jeff Nomination, Best Director), The Judas Kiss (Chicago Premiere), Being 11 (World Premiere), and...for colored girls who have considered suicide.... International: The Bacchae (Edinburgh Theatre Festival, 2010) who’s WHO (in order of appearance) Gabriela Ortega (Breezy) was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and is currently pursuing a BFA in Acting at the University of Southern California. Gabriela is thrilled to have the opportunity to give Breezy a voice, and to be able to tell such a beautiful, heartbreaking and relevant story. Theater credits include: Don’t Talk about it SPIT about it (Elaine/Ellie, Hollywood Fringe 2015), The House of Bernada Alba (Magdalena, Barnsdall Gallery Theater), Grey Street the Musical (Off-Broadway Workshop, Swaty/Ensemble) USC: Anna in the Tropics (Conchita), What we’re up Against and other Plays (Lorna/Annie) , Disappearing Act (Millie, USC Workshop). Gabriela is also a singer/songwriter and a spoken word poet: http://www.ortegart.com. A million thanks to everyone involved in this project, her family and friends. Special thanks to her mentors: Denise Blasor, Elisa Noemi and Alex Alpharoh. #Ilove99

Lockne O’Brien (Franklin) is extremely proud to be joining the cast and crew of Homefree. Lockne lives in North Hollywood with his friends Ben and Connor. Lockne ﬁrst appeared on The Road’s stage last year as Ferris in Melissa Arctic. College theatre credits include: Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, Trigorin in The Seagull, and Billy in The Cripple of Inishmaan. Lockne dedicates his performance to his parents OB and Denise for teaching him and his sister Lucy what it means to build a home.

Barret Lewis (JJ) moved to LA from Dallas in 2012 to further pursue his career in acting. This is his LA stage debut and he continues to pursue TV/Film as well. A couple of his theater credits include Jason in Rabbit Hole and Bo Decker in Bus Stop. He loves the stage and is so grateful to be a part of this incredible play. Most of all, he would like to thank his father and mother for supporting him in this journey.

Steve Apostolina (Male 40’s) Steve is thrilled to be making his Road debut in Lisa Loomer’s wonderful play. Some memo- rable performances include Cages at The Matrix, Creeps at Theatre/Theater, The Steven Weed Show at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Estonia You Fall at The Mark Taper Lab, De Donde at Friends and Artists, Flight Of The Penguin at The Limelight, and Don’t Go Back To Rockville at The Victory Theatre where he was fortunate to meet and work with his future wife. He is also an award-winning playwright, most recently represented by Cold In Hand - selected for The Neil Labute Theatre Festival. He recently appeared in two short ﬁlms that he also wrote – Porcupine and Frank ‘N Beans, which was just selected for the Memphis International Film Fest, More at IMDB. A collection of his short plays can be seen this October at The Whiteﬁre Theatre under the banner Cold In Hand And Other Short Plays. Love to his wife Karen and his son Nicholas. who’s WHO (in order of appearance) Chelsea Averill (Shannon) Member since 2015. Collegiate: Romeo and Juliet, An Inspector Calls, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hamlet, The Laramie Project. Film: Muted. Chelsea received her BA in Theatre from Pepperdine University and currently studies Meisner with Fran Montano.

Donald Russell (Aaron) is making his debut at The Road Theatre Company with Homefree. He graduated in 2013 with a BFA in Acting from Cal State Fullerton’s Theatre Department. He has appeared on television in the day- time drama Days of Our Lives. Other credits include local theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Vanguard Repertory), I Live in Your World (World Premiere), and Othello (The Goat Exchange Theatre Company).

Elizabeth Herron (Female 40’s) recently: The Laramie Project – Ten Years Later (Ovation Nom:Best Production, Nom: Best Actress: Broadway World.com) & Deathtrap (LA Weekly Award: Best Revival & Best Supporting Actress: Annual Tickeholders) at Jon Imparato’s LGBT Center: directed by Ken Sawyer. Proud member: The Interact & Road (15 yrs.), Rogue Machine & Circle X’s Writer’s Reading Group. Road: Pursued by Happiness, A Christmas Carol, Shove ( LA Weekly nom. Best Ensemble & ADA nom. Best Actress), Bunbury, Pagans, Napoli Milionaria, A Mislaid Heaven, Ballad Hunter ( ADA nom. Best Actress), The Angels of Lemnos (ADA Best Ensemble.) Interact: The State of the Union, The Matchmaker, Urinetown (LA Weekly: Best Ensemble), Our Town ( ADA: Best Ensemble). Exec. Producer/Asst. Dir.: The Woman in Black (Ovation, LADCC Awards-Road/ The Coronet) & One Red Flower ( The Rubicon/ Brentwood) Film: Wilson (Woody & Laura Dern) Dir. Craig Johnson & True Adolescents. Grateful to Lisa, Michael, Taylor, Sam, Andre, daughter, Katie & husband Chris. UNDERSTUDIES Kris Frost (40s Male Understudy) Kris is excited and honored to be a brand new member of The Road Theatre and to be understudying in Homefree. This is his ﬁrst mainstage production after recently performing in the annual Summer Playwrights Festival. He’s also performed at Theatre Forty, The Complex, Lonny Chapman’s GRT, The Secret Rose, The Eclectic, and The Whiteﬁre here in Los Angeles. who’s UNDERSTUDIES WHO (in order of appearance)

Morgan Shay (Breezy Understudy) is excited to have her Los Angeles debut at The Road Theatre in the premiere of Lisa Loomer’s play Homefree. She was originally based in Plano, Texas where she studied at Collin College and played Becca in Jessica Goldberg’s Refuge, Constance in Lovers and Executioners by John Strand, and Mary Swanson in Middletown by Will Eno. After relocating to Los Angeles, she starred as Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web with Phantom Projects Theatre Group based in La Mirada and read for Cornerstone Theatre at the 2014 Encuentro held at LATC for the play ALISAL, written by Juliette Carrillo. Morgan would like to thank her family, friends, and teachers for their support.

Aaron Fentress (Aaron Understudy) Member since 2015. The Road: Summer Playwrights Festival 6 in Playdate Regional: Las Vegas Little Theatre, SRO Productions. A graduate of the University of Evansville

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Andre Barron (Producer) Andre is a director-in-residence and member of the Artistic Board at The Road Theatre Company. Recent Road Theatre credits include the acclaimed hit productions: LA Premiere The Other Place by Sharr White (Critic’s Choice LA Times & LA Weekly GO!) and LA Premiere Things Being What They Are by Wendy MacLeod (Stage Raw - Recommended/ TOP 10 Production) and The Fourth Estate with Edward Asner & Ed Begley Jr. An award-winning producer and director - Barron’s Directing: Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain, Dreams Of The Washer King, The Ice-Breaker, Some Of My Parts, A Death In Bethany, Bedside Companion & Rosen’s Son. He also served as Executive Director of Theatre 40’s Annual One Act Festival, (Critic’s Choice LA Times) Production Highlights: served as producer on ‘Act One’ SHOWTIME’S 16 Shorts working with William H Macy, Mark Ruffalo & Kenneth Lonergan to name a few, Production Manager & Asst. Director on Red Dog Howls with Kathleen Chalfant written by Oscar winning Playwright Alexander Dinelaris. Happy to sheppard in Homefree by the wonderful Lisa Loomer. Kevin Shipp (Producer/Technical Director) Kevin has been a member of The Road for 2 years. He is proud to be producing Homefree. He has produced 4 LA Times Critic’s Choice shows with The Road in the 2 years he has been a member. He is thankful to his Road family for their support and expertise, and is also grateful to his parents and grandparents for their ceaseless support and love. Donna Simone Johnson (Producer) i is an actress, choreographer and teaching artist that produces work by and for marginalized and oppressed people. She has toured nationally with High School Musical, Noelement and with the internationally acclaimed Cloud 9 (RITu, Liege, Belgium). Regional: The Lion King (The Pantages), Po’rknockers (Portland Center Stage), Life Without Parole (The Broad Stage), Heads Or Tails (Union Square NYC), Scratch (Royal George). Other credits include the West Coast Premiere of Massacre: Sing To Your Children, a one woman, multimedia adaptation of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and Genet’s The Blacks; the latter two, which she produced, RIOT/ REBELLION at Watts Village Theatre Co., and Echoes of a Thousand Hills (Center for New Performance) with Rwandan theatre artist, Hope Azeda, to name a few. She holds a MFA in Acting from CalArts and is an alumnus of Directors Lab West. Laura Steinroeder (Assistant Director) is a theatre director with a passion for working on new plays. She is the Co-Artistic Director of Red Cup Theatre Company where she will be directing DNA by Dennis Kelly this December at Atwater Village Theatre. Selected credits: (Los Angeles) 5 Sirens: Beware of Rocks (World Premiere), Obviously Michael (World Premiere), Gruesome Playground Injuries, How I Learned To Drive, Ascension Day, DNA, Savage/Love (Bottom Line Theatre) (New York) Sins (Semi-Finalist, Strawberry Festival at the Riant Theatre), Better of Me (selected for additional run and competi- tion for Nuance Theatre Co.), On The Death of June (NY New Works Festival), Individual Toes (Unboxed Voices). Training: National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Directors Lab West (Intern). Associate Member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society (SDC). You can follow her on Twitter @LSteinroeder. www.laurasteinroeder.com HOMEFREE STAFF JR Bruce (Scenic Design/Projections) is a Los Angeles-based scenic designer and he is very excited to return to the Road, where he designed Lake Anne. Some of his Los Angeles projects include: When Stars Align (performing at the Odyssey Theatre), Failure: A Love Story, Cannibal! The Musical, and Trouble with Words (Coeurage Theatre), Woman of No Importance (Sacred Fools), Glorious!, Trying, Other Desert Cities, Master Class, RED (International City Theatre). Selected Regional and National credits: 2015 North American Tour of Chugginton Live! Great Rescue Adventure (Lifelike Touring), Intimate Apparel (Ensemble Theatre Company, INDY Award winner), Lonely Boy’s Guide to Survival and Werewolves (La Jolla Playhouse), The Sound of Music (San Diego Musical Theater). JR is the adjunct professor of scenic design at Vanguard University of Southern California. MFA- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, BA -Graceland University. See his portfolio at www.JRBruceDesign.com Luke Moyer (Lighting Design) is the resident lighting designer for the NoHo Arts Center and Open at the Top, and his recent credits include Discord, Scary Musical The Musical, The Light Bulb, One November Yankee, Red Room, Deathtrap (Ovation Award), Having it All, Dracula (Ovation Award), Life Could Be A Dream, Shooting Star, Year Zero, Grace and Glory, All Night Strut, Celadine, A Long Christmas Ride Home, Recent Tragic Events, The Intern, Yo Ho Ho! A Pirates Christmas, East of Berlin, Departures, Pirates of Penzance, Feed, Jerusalem, Barnum, Elizabeth Rex (Ovation Award), Lizard, and Angels In America. He is also the resident lighting designer for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has designed many shows for The Company Rep. including: Six Degrees of Separation, Camino Real, Split, The Comedy of Errors, The Fantasticks, The Pension Grillparzer, Season’s Greetings, Twelfth Night, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Play Strindberg. Michael Ohara (Propmaster) Michael has been working in the ﬁeld of props in Los Angeles since 2005. In that time his work has appeared in productions for Celebration Theatre, the Blank Theatre, Circle X Theatre, East West Players, Greenway Court, and NMI to name a few. He is proud to be working on this production with all the wonderful artists involved. This is his ﬁrst show with The Road and he is happy to be here. He serves as Resident Properties Designer at Celebration Theatre and also serves as Managing Director. Michele Young (Costume Design) Second production for The Road Theatre Co, previously designing the acclaimed The Other Place. Other LA productions: Luka’s Room and Where The Great Ones Run (Rogue Machine), Day Trader (Bootleg Theatre), Brendan, Lay Me Down Softly (Theatre Banshee), Flare Path, Kin, Dreams of The Washer King, Nightwatch (Theatre 40), The Whipping Man, The Immigrant (WCIT), Jump/Cut (Arena Stage), Zip Goes A Million (Operetta Foundation), Ragtime, Parade (Madrid theatre) and more. Also LA Opera, including The Ghosts of Versailles: Ahmanson Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty. In NY Ethel Sings (Walkerspace, Soho). Awards: recognized for the past 3 consecutive years as ‘Costume Designer of The Year” by StageSceneLA. Not just a costume designer, Michèle is also a photographer, graphic designer, visual arts instructor and a long time advocate for the art in education. HOMEFREE STAFF

David B. Marling (Sound Design) In over 25 years of Award Winning work, I have created audio environments such as the entire Australia Outback complete with ﬂying bugs, a busy city street, all the sounds of a rain forest, a large cave, the inside of a massive prison. I love creating sound- scapes of all sizes and love to be challenged by a production to come up with sounds that ﬁt the action. To achieve this, I use sound effects, tones/drones even music under the scene to set a tone to complete the experience and make you “FEEL”. This is only a part of what I do. For information on my other audio services check out the websitewww.wav- magicaudio.com or you may call (818) 370-8556 “Sound Changes the Way We See”.

Maurie Gonzalez (Stage Manager) has been working with the Road Theatre Company for 12 seasons years now, and has had the great pleasure to be the stage manager, light, sound and projection Op. on many wonderful productions. The Road is like her home away from home. She likes to say she was born to do theatre; her mother was always on stage, when she was 4 months pregnant with Maurie, she played Lori in Oklahoma. Maurie’s children grew up in theatre. She’s so glad to be part of this amazing group of talented people. Emma Pauly (Asst. Stage Manager) is a rising senior at the University of Chicago pursuing a B.A. in Theater and Performance Studies with a minor in Classics. She has previously worked backstage with the Road on Lake Anne and with the Independent Shakespeare Company on Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Love’s Labours Lost, and Hamlet, as well as onstage with University Theater (UChicago) and the Classical Entertainment Society (UChicago). She is delighted to be able to work with The Road on this production.

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