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[ MAY 29 – JUNE 15, 2014 ] BURIED CHILD By Directed by Adriana Baer

CAST Dodge...... Tobias Andersen* Halie...... Jane Fellows Tilden...... Tim Blough* Vince...... Ty Hewitt* Shelly...... Foss Curtis Bradley...... Garland Lyons Father Dewis...... David Bodin PLACE AND TIME: ILLINOIS, 1978 DESIGNERS & Scenic Design...... Alan E. Schwanke PRODUCTION Costume Design...... Jessica Bobillot Lighting Design...... Kristeen Willis Crosser Sound Design...... Sharath Patel Properties Design...... Kaye Blankenship Production Manager...... Thyra Hartshorn Technical Director...... Phil Shaw Stage Manager...... D Westerholm* Stage Management Apprentice...... Bailey Maxwell Production Management Apprentice...... Olivia Murphy Board Operations...... Jenn Lindell Master Electrician...... Alexz Eccels Wardrobe...... Sara Ludeman Directing Apprentice...... Cambria Herrera Sign interpretation for June 5 performance...... Dot Hearn Rich Hall

SPECIAL Artists Repertory Theatre, Misty Tompoles, Reed College, Lewis and THANKS Clark College, Rebuilding Center, La Bonita, Switch Unique Shoes and Clothing, Cheryl’s on 12th, Michael Streeter, Hope Alexander THIS PRODUCTION RUNS APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS WITH ONE 10-MINUTE INTERMISISON

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

BURIED CHILD IS SPONSORED BY FRANCIE AND PAUL DUDEN

THIS SEASON IS FUNDED IN PART BY STAY WITH US, LEAN IN, JOIN FROM THE DIRECTOR US IN THE PRESENT MOMENT. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. The old adage “you can’t go home again” may never be truer than it is in this deeply literature brought to life. You want to leave challenging and mysterious piece of writing tonight and talk about the play for the next with which Sam Shepard has let us play. This few days or weeks, to argue with your friends is the story of trying, though – of trying to find about “what really happened,” to be made to our place in the world, of seeking connections think hard and question everything. And you that we felt as a child, of longing for the want to be entertained. security of knowing who we are and how we fit in because we’re with family. But what So here’s my offering for you tonight: happens when that connection is missing? We have questioned every moment, every What happens when what we are sure we repeated word, every pause, every exchange remember just doesn’t fit anymore? What between characters. By solving some happens to our bodies when we forcefully mysteries, we uncovered more. We thought block tragic memories? What is true? we had it figured out and then it shifted again, Directors’ notes often talk about the morphing right in front of us – just like life, universality of a play and reassure the just like memory. Tonight we tell this story as audience that the play they’re about to see truthfully as we can. Tomorrow we will do the relates to them for myriad reasons. This is same. But your presence here, in this moment, a (somewhat misguided) way of making us will change the energy in the room. You may all feel like we’re spending worthwhile time hear a line tonight said with more emphasis together. Well, fond readers, I’m not sure you than its ever been said before, and that might want to directly relate this time around. And unlock the mystery for you. Stay with us, lean to be honest, I don’t think that’s actually why in, join us in the present moment. Anything you come to the theatre. I think you’re here can happen. because you want to be challenged, to see - Adriana Baer thought-provoking and stimulating theatrical

ABOUT SAM SHEPARD Sam Shepard was born in 1943 in Fort Buried Child. His screenplay for Paris, Texas Sheridan, Illinois. He worked as a farmhand won the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 and musician before moving to New York Cannes Film Festival. In 1986, he was elected to begin his career as a playwright. At the to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, start of his career, Mr. Shepard spent several and in 1992 he received their Gold Medal for seasons with La MaMa and Caffe Cino in New Drama. Of his 59 plays, 11 have won Obie York and as playwright-in-residence at the Awards. Mr. Shepard is also a director and in San Francisco. In 1979, he accomplished film actor. was awarded the for

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TOBIAS ANDERSEN [DODGE] most recently in One Flea Spare at Shaking For Profile, he has appeared the Tree and Noises Off at Third Rail. He has as Ulysses S. Grant in A been seen on Grimm, Leverage, Nowhere Few Stout Individuals, Will Man, and some independent films: Bucksville, Kidder in The Young Man Shiver, and others. From Atlanta, Charlie in , Jim in Tales of the FOSS CURTIS [SHELLY] Lost Formicans and Ray/Anson in Thief River. Foss is thrilled and honored Portland appearances include Snow Falling to be making her Profile On Cedars and Sometimes A Great Notion Theatre debut with this (PCS), The Seafarer and Vanya (ART), The incredible production. Tempest and Waiting for Godot (Clackamas Foss most recently played Rep), On Golden Pond and The Man Who Deanna in Artist Repertory Came To Dinner (Lakewood), Hamlet (Post Theatre’s XMAS UNPLUGGED; The Reason for 5) and “Salter” in the American premiere the Season. Other Portland credits include of A Number (Imago). He recently appeared Bianca in Portland Shakespeare Project’s in The Illustrated Bradbury, a one-man play The Taming of the Shrew, and Silvia in Two coauthored with Ray Bradbury and slated Gentlemen of Verona with Playmakers at for publication in 2014. He was last seen on Disjecta. Classically trained in London at the Grimm as a Catholic priest having a difficult British American Dramatic Academy, Foss time exorcising a demon. received her undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Film credits TIM BLOUGH [TILDEN] include: Waiting, The Descent of Walter Tim is a proud member of McFea, and Tahoe. Actors’ Equity and has been acting professionally for over JANE FELLOWS [HALIE] twenty-five years. He has Jane returns to Profile’s stage, more than sixty plays, plus having appeared in The Trip To numerous film, commercial Bountiful, The Carpetbaggers’s and TV credits, including TNT’s Leverage and Children, Jake’s Women, A NBC’s Grimm. He has appeared on stages Few Stout Individuals, Lake in California, Florida, Texas and Virginia. Hollywood, and Prisoner of Favorite roles include; Lopakhin in The Cherry 2nd Ave. She has been featured at CoHo Orchard, Bolingbroke in Richard II, Starbuck Theatre in The Outgoing Tide, at Lakewood in The Rainmaker, George in Of Mice And Men, in On Golden Pond, at Artists Rep in Sherlock and Finbar in The Weir. He is thrilled to be a Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol, part of Buried Child, working with an amazing with Theatre Vertigo in Dead Man’s Cell Phone, director, cast and crew. Cloud 9, and The Adding Machine, and at defunkt in The Children’s Hour. DAVID BODIN [FATHER DEWIS] Dave appeared last season in TY HEWITT [VINCE] The Road to Mecca (supporting Born and raised in Ketchikan, actor Drammy award) and Alaska, Ty is proud to make in several earlier Profile his Profile debut in the Sam shows: The Homecoming, A Shepard Season. He will also Kind of Alaska, Six Degrees of be part of Profile’s upcoming Separation among them. He has been part of Festival of One Acts. Ty has many Portland productions over the years, appeared locally in The Scene at Portland

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Playhouse and On The Table with Sojourn Associate Artistic Director during the 2004- Theatre. Ty performed in deCOMPOSITION, 2007 seasons. BA: Sarah Lawrence College. which he co-wrote, in Seattle and NYC. New MFA in Directing: Columbia University. York credits include Opus D’ Amour at Theatre Lab, Babel Tower with Round Table Ensemble, ALAN E. SCHWANKE [SCENIC DESIGN] and as Orsino in Aquila Theatre’s Twelfth Recent design credits include The Conference Night at Lincoln Center. He has worked of the Birds (Willamette University), The nationally at Provincetown Theatre (Cape Government Inspector (Western Oregon Cod), Coterie Theatre (Kansas City), Kentucky University) and Jitney (Portland Playhouse). Shakespeare Festival (Louisville). Ty has a Favorite regional design credits include BFA from Southern Oregon University and an Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline (Portland MFA from UMKC. Center Stage), Wonka the Musical (Chicago Shakespeare) and Knute Rockne: All American GARLAND LYONS [BRADLEY] (Theatre at the Center). In addition to being Buried Child marks Garland’s the Resident Design Assistant for the Oregon return to Profile after a 6-year Shakespeare Festival, Alan works extensively hiatus. He most recently within the Portland Theatre Community appeared as Tartuffe with where he has collaborated with such theatres Post5 Theatre. Additional as Profile Theatre, Artists Rep, Portland local theatrical credits include Playhouse, Third Rail Rep and CoHo Theatre. Portland Center Stage, Artist Rep, Defunkt, Alan received his MFA in Scenic Design from Theatre Vertigo, NW Classical, Stark Raving, Northwestern University in Chicago. Public House Theatre Co., NW Children’s Theatre and Quintessence. In 2010, Garland JESSICA BOBILLOT [COSTUME DESIGN]​ earned a Drammy for his role as The Judge Past work for Profile Theatre includes The th in Theatre Vertigo’s Romance. Favorite roles Road to Mecca, Eyes for Consuela and 5 of include Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream July. Other productions in the rose city: One and Aaronow in . Film/TV Flea Spair, Seven Guitars, The Big Meal, XMAS credits include: Grimm, Portlandia, Leverage, UNPLUGGED, Opus 3, A Bright Room Called Emeril, The Falls, and Restless. Garland holds Day and Lear’s Follies. Costumes for PSU degrees in Theatre and Psychology from the music department: Britten’s Midsummer’s University of Washington. Night Dream and Puccini’s opera La Rondine. Working at Portland Opera Association, ADRIANA BAER [DIRECTOR] assistant costume designer on La Callisto and Adriana is the Artistic Director of Profile L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. Ms. Bobillot says Theatre where she previously directed “Bravo!” to all of the artists at Profile. The Road to Mecca and My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard. New York directing KRISTEEN WILLIS CROSSER credits include Romeo and Juliet, A Streetcar [LIGHTING DESIGN] Named Desire, The Seagull, The Hairy Ape Kristeen received degrees from Centre (Columbia Stages), and work at Atlantic College and Wayne State University. Theater Company Acting School, the cell, Previously she designed scenery and/ and The Acting Company. Other directing or lighting for several Profile productions credits include Woyzeck (Bay Area Critics including My Children! My Africa! and The Road Circle Award for Best Direction), The Maids, to Mecca. She has designed scenery and/or and No Exit at The Cutting Ball Theater lighting for several area theatres including (San Francisco) where she was the Artists Rep’s The Monster Builder, Foxfinder,

5 | PROFILE THEATRE BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED and Eurydice, Northwest Children’s Theatre’s production and design with a concentration Peter Pan and Pinocchio, CoHo Production’s in stage management from the University The Outgoing Tide, Miracle Theatre’s Mariela in of California, Irvine, as well as almost two the Desert and Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s decades in ballet production. Thyra has A Bright New Boise and Gideon’s Knot. She toured and worked with companies around received a 2012 Outstanding Lighting Design the world including San Francisco Ballet, Drammy for Miracle Theatre’s Oedipus el American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi Rey and a 2013 Outstanding Scenic Design Ballet. Locally she’s also worked with Oregon Drammy for Profile Theatre’s “Master Ballet Theatre, Portland Playhouse, White Harold”… and the Boys. Bird, Portland Taiko and BoomArts. Thyra is currently teaching theater tech/stagecraft SHARATH PATEL [SOUND DESIGN] classes at Clackamas High School and Rex Portland credits include Eyes for Consuela, Putnam High School. The Road to Mecca, Blood Knot, My Children! My Africa! (Profile Theatre), The Mother F**ker OLIVIA MURPHY with the Hat (Artist’s Rep), The Brother/Sister [PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT APPRENTICE] Plays, Jitney (Portland Playhouse), Oedipus Olivia is thrilled to return to Profile Theatre in el Rey (Miracle Theatre), A Pigeon and A a new role. She is grateful to have found such Boy (Jewish Theater Collaborative), Lion in a loving theater community in the Pacific Winter (Northwest Classical). New York and Northwest. Before Portland, Olivia spent two International credits include designs at The summers with Shakespeare Santa Cruz in Westside Theater, La MaMa, Playwrights California and four years stage managing a Horizons, Theater Row, PS 122, Columbia, variety of productions at Bennington College Yale, Harvard, India, France, England. Sharath in Vermont. Since moving here, Olivia has earned his MFA in Sound Design from the worked with Theatre Vertigo, Third Rail Yale School of Drama. Binding at PS 122 Repertory Theatre, Shaking the Tree Theatre, won the 2010 Innovative Theatre Award for The Playmakers, Portland Shakespeare Outstanding Performance Art Production in Project, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Artists New York City. Repertory Theatre, and the Quick and Dirty Art Project. Olivia is a proud member of KAYE BLANKENSHIP [PROPERTIES DESIGN] Actor’s Equity Association. Kaye is a scenic, lighting, and props designer, as well as a member of the producing D WESTERHOLM [STAGE MANAGER] company String House. She has provided Portland Stage Management credits: The Light props for many shows in Portland, including: in the Piazza (Portland Playhouse, dir. Brian Fancy Nancy (Oregon Children’s Theatre), Weaver); Eyes for Consuela (Profile Theatre, Midsummer (Third Rail), Gidion’s Knot (Third dir. Mikhael Tara Garver); The Road to Mecca Rail), Charlotte’s Web (Oregon Children’s (Profile Theatre, dir. Adriana Baer). Oregon Theatre), The Road to Mecca (Profile Theatre), Shakespeare Festival, non-equity Assistant and Mother Courage (Theatre Vertigo). Kaye Stage Manager: The Unfortunates (2013), A also works as a drafter at PCS and is thrilled Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013), Troilus to be making a living through the arts. and Cressida (2012), The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa (2012), Julius Caesar (2011), THYRA HARTSHORN The African Company Presents Richard III [PRODUCTION MANAGER] (2011). BA in Theatre Management from Thyra is currently a freelance Production Western Washington University, MFA in Stage Manager, Stage Manager and Technical Management from Columbia University. Director. Her training includes an MFA in

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MUSIC | DANCE | THEATRE Bailey Anne Maxwell is absolutely delighted COMPLIMENTARY ISSUE to be returning for her second show with Profile Theatre. Bailey’s recent credits include: Lend Me a Tenor (Linfield), Chekhov’s PORTLAND PERFORMING ARTS ANNUAL | 2013-2014 The Bear and The Proposal (Linfield), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Linfield), Seven Guitars (Artists Rep), The Lost Boy (Artists Rep), Ten Chimneys (Artists Rep), Taming of The Shrew (Portland Shakespeare Project), Tamer Tamed (Portland Shakespeare Project), Eyes for Consuela (Profile), Foxfinder (Artists Rep), and The Motherf*cker with the Hat (Artists Rep). She is also a proud member of the EMC program.

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EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT BURIED CHILD FRIDAY, MAY 30TH OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION Opening Night reception following the performance with food provided by Cheryl’s on 12th. SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST MAT CHAT Join Artistic Director and the director of Buried Child, Adriana Baer in a post performance Mat Chat with our Director of Education and Community Engagement, Lauren Bloom Hanover. THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH DINNER DIALOGUE Dinner Dialogue with Artistic Director Adriana Baer and actors Foss Curtis and Ty Hewitt (additional tickets required). FRIDAY, JUNE 6TH LIVE LOCAL MUSIC Before the performance, enjoy the mellow sounds of Tim Acott and Dan Haley. 6:45pm in our lobby. SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH DESIGNERS PANEL Panel discussion with Buried Child production team as they discuss their individual design processes as well as the ways in which they have collaborated to create the world of the production. 6:40pm in our lobby. SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH MAT CHAT Post-performance Mat Chat with cast members. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11TH [PRE-PERFORMANCE] WINE TASTING Wine tasting with Pairings Portland Wine Shop using Buried Child as inspiration for the selections. 6:40 in our lobby. Additional charge. [POST-PERFORMANCE] MIX AND MINGLE Mix and mingle with cast members in our lobby - with wine! THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH GET CREATIVE Before the performance, during intermission and after the play has ended, work with a friend or on your own creating a fun and simple interpretation of Shepard’s words, using the fun and kooky supplies provided by Profile. FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH TAMALE NIGHT IS BACK! Purchase an authentic taste of Mexico before the performance, by La Bonita Restaurant, right in our lobby! SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH LECTURE - SHEPARD AND THE AMERICAN DREAM

Karin Magaldi, Director of the School of Theatre and Film at Portland State University, will lead a discussion about Sam Shepard and the Example of a World of the Play Sculpture, using the line “You’re no son of mine!” American Dream. 6:45pm in our lobby.

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