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Mary Moody Nurthen Theatre Society DIRECTOR'SNOTE Here are a handful of questions I've been asking myself - a small exercise to work out my perspectives on nourishment and survival, collaboration and autonomy. Maybe you could read each one to yourself and think of your answer. Maybe speak with the person beside you and see what develops. 0 What did I eat today and where did it all come from originally? 0 Was it affordable? Why? How do I feel about all that? 0 How would I define the modern circle of life? (or: How am I creating food during life? What grows because I die? Am I nutritious?) ° Can a globalized food industry be wholesome? 0 If I purchase a seed, plant it, water it, help it grow to fruit, and then I take a seed from that fruit and I plant it, have I broken the law? 0 Name one law I know about food. 0 How many cooks should be in the kitchen when the kitchen is the theater and the play is about every person trying to live in this world? Mouthfulwas commissioned and first performed in 2015 by Metta Theatre, a London-based theater company. It is a theatrical work by six playwrights hailing from Nigeria, Colombia , the United Kingdom and the United States. The playwrights collaborated with scientists to each investigate an element of our global food crisis and, in doing so, created the personal stories you'll see today here at Mary Moody Northen Theatre , where over 50 of us (students, staff and guests) have been working together in a rehearsal room with these words, these characters and each other, trying to get to the dirty bleed ing heart of it. I hope you enjoy the show . -Alexandra B. Shaw SPECIALTHANKS Erin Strange Texas State University Carol Caruthers ZACH Theatre Lauren Green Ladies of Charity/Lakeway Thrift Store Theresa Mancuso St. Edward's University Marketing Office Patrick Shaw Licensed by agreement with: The Agency, 24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park, London, W11 4LZ [email protected] United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London, W1F OLE [email protected] Gersh NY, 41 Madison Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10010 [email protected] Pedro Miguel Rozo and Simon Scardifield ORGANICA TRY ME by Pedro Miguel Rozo a bite-sized musical about entomophagy translated by Simon Scardifield lyrics by Poppy Burton-Morgan Ruth .. .... Luxy Banner** Grasshopper . D'Vonna Miller** Roberto. Jarrett King* Grasshopper . .Adriana Fontanez* * Zulma. Jessica Thompson** Grasshopper . Sierra Boudoin** Frederico. Daniel Sullivan** Ensemble ..... .. ... The Company Customer . .Adriana Fontanez** 16 POUNDS CHOCOLATE by Neil LaBute by Bola Agbaje Didi .. Michlynn Langlois** Rashida. ... .. .. Sierra Boudoin** Gogo . ... Jarrett King* Steven. Jackson Pant** TURNED BREAD ON THE TABLE by lnua Ellams by Lydia Adetunji Sebastian ... David Herrera Adam. .. Daniel Sullivan** Halima. Carla Nickerson* Mason .. Mich lynn Lang lois** Leilah. ..... Viviana 0. Garcia** Tahar ... David Herrera *Member, Actors' Equity Association , the union of professional actors THE PROTECTORS and stage managers in the United States by Clare Bayley **Equity Member Candidate Dinah . .. .Jessica Thompson** Erica . ... Carla Nickerson* Costume Renderings by Benjamin Taylor Ridgeway llkka .. ... .. ... .. .. Jarrett King* ST.EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY There will be one 10-minute intermission. DEPARTMENTOF PERFORMING ARTS I FACULTYAND STAFF Dean , School of Humanities. Sharon Nell, PhD Artistic Director/Acting Chair/Associate Professor . ... David M. Long Managing Director/Adjunct Instructor. Michelle S. Polgar Administrative Coordinator . Jarrett King '09 Costume Shop Manager/Adjunct Instructor . T'Cie Mancuso Actors' Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity's Technical Director/Adjunct Instructor . Joe Carpenter mission is to advance , promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 45,000 actors , singers , dancers and stage Assistant Technical Director. K. Eliot Haynes managers working in hundreds of theaters across the United States. Equity Master Electrician . .. Sadie Langenkamp members are dedicated to working in the theater as a profession , upholding . Michelle Heath the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions Costume Technical Specialist . and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its Associate Professor . Sheila M. Gordon members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theater has committed to the fair Assistant Professors . Kathryn Eader, Tyler Layton , Susan Branch Towne ACTORS' treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a EQUITY member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of Adjunct Instructors . Joyce Aldridge , Tara Cooper , Alyson Dollan , ASSOCIATION 191 3 performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org. Cara Johnston Firestone SIERRA BOUDOIN '19 (Rashid a, Grasshopper) LEILAH STEWART (Properties Designer) is a She spends most of her time these days focused THECOMPANY previous ly appea red in The Resistible Rise freelance sce nic des igner and performance artist on her most impo rtant productions - her three of Arturo Ui, To Kill a Mockingbird (Chorus She recent ly des igned Mary Moody Northen beautiful children : Josephine, Megan and Shane . JARRET T KING '09 (Roberto/ Member) and She Loves Me (Shop Girl #2) . Theatre's product ion of The Resistible Rise of (Scene Designer) llkka/Gogo) returns for his 12th Arturo Ui. Other rece nt desig ns here include CATHERINE BRANDT '16 ADRIANA FONTANEZ '20 (Customer, is thrilled to return to desig n her second show appearance at Mary Moody Mr Burns, a post-electric play and She Loves Grasshopper) makes her Mary Moody for Mary Moody Northe n Theatre, following To Northen Theatre. Previous Me. She co llaborated with Daniel Alexande r Northen Theatre de but with this prod uction, Kill a Mocking bird last fall. She co -designed MMNT credits include She Jones on a prod uction of Bright Now Beyond at which is also her first show in Austin! Zilker Theatre Prod uctions' Shrek the Musical Loves Me, Museum , The Salvage Vanguard Theater, and she des igned Further Adventures of Hedda with Joe Carpenter last summer. She is filled VIVIANA 0. GARCIA '18 (Leilah) previously scene ry for the world-traveling production of The Gabler(Austin Critics Tab le with gratitude for her home on the hilltop, ap peared in the 10-Minute Play Festival. This is her Method Gun. Stewart is a company membe r of Awa rd - Outsta nding Acting in a Suppo rting and she hopes you enjoy Mouthful. Mary Moody Northen Theatre debut the Rude Mec hanica ls, an expe rimental theater Role), Cyrano de Bergerac , Full Circle and Parade . 1 coope rative. She earned an MFA in Scen ic PETER STOPSCHINSKI (Composer) recently Othe r Austin credi ts include Topdog/ Underdog DAVID HERRERA '17 {Tehar, Sebastian) Design from the University of Texas at Austin. co mposed the music for The Resistible Rise of (Viceroys , B. Iden Payne Award Nomination - just finis hed up a summer at Williamstown Arturo Ui at Mary Moody Northen Theatre. He has Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama), Clybourne Theatre Festival , where he served as an acting J TARA COOPER (Make -up/Hair Designer) is a co mposed music for Madele ine George 's Pulitzer Park (Penfold Theatre), Doper Than Dope (Heck le appren tice. He last performed in The Resistible freelance ma ke- up, hair and wig des igner and Prize- nominated play The Watson Intelligence, Her), Bright Now Beyond (Salvage Vangua rd Rise of Arturo Ui (Butcher, Jim Crock et) at puppe t make r in Austin , Texas. A diverse artist, string arrange ments for Grupo Fantasma's Grammy Theatre), Endgame (Palindrome Theatre) and Mary Moody Northen Theatre. Previous MMN T Cooper 's wor k has bee n feat ured in publications Award- winning album El Existentia l and the film Little Shop of Horrors (SummerStock Austin). shows include The Government Inspector, from TIME to Forbes , in films with actors Paul score for two -time Academy Award-w inning Film credits include appearances on American Misalliance , Hamlet and Blood Wedding . Rudd and Willie Nelson , as wel l as in touring director Al Reinert's film Rara Avis: The Life of John Crime (ABC) and The Lying Game (ABC Family) He would like to thank his friends and most productio ns such as Wicked and The Lion King. Audubon. His ope ras and musica ls have bee n as well as the indepe ndent films Lumberjack impo rtantly his family for always suppor ting him. Cooper 's skills we re hig hlighted by the Au stin performed ac ross the cou ntry from Arena Stage Man and Homestate , which premie red at the American-S tatesman in a November 20 14 (Mason, Didij (DC) to Playwrights Horizons (NYC) to Center 20 16 Austin Film Festival. King is a co -founder MICHLYNN LANGLOIS '20 profile article. She is an adjunc t instructo r in makes her Mary Moody Northen Theatre debut Theatre Group's Kirk Doug las Theater (LA). of Viceroys (a sponso red project of Salvage make-u p design at St Edwar d 's University. with this production . She appeared in many high Vanguard Theatre) and reg ularly pe rforms improv ROBERT TO LARO (Produc tion schoo l productions, including The Trojan Women , ROBERT FISHER (Sound Designer) is a sound at ColdTowne Theater. www .jarrettking .net designer, musician and performance artist with Stage Manager) returns to The Skriker, Noises Off and Marie Antoinette. Mary Moody Northen Theatre CARLA NICKERSON (Erica, Rude Mechan icals. His work has been featured after appear ing as an actor in Halima) is a multi-discip linary D'VONNA MILLER '20 (Grasshopper) around the world on 13 albums, more than The Resistible Rise of Arturo artist and winner of regiona l makes her Mary Moody Northern Theatre 150 stage productions , 12 televis ion shows , Ui.
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