------~---- The University of Alabama at Birmingham Theatre UAB 2013-2014 Season Department of Theatre Frank and Joan Dawson, BIG LOVE Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman by Charles Mee and Directed by Karla Koskinen W.B. Philips, Jr. The Sirote Theatre I present I October 16-19 at 7:30pm I Sunday, October 20 at 2:00pm

TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL by William Shakespeare. Directed by Jack Cannon The Odess Theatre November 13-16, 20-22 at 7:30pm Saturday, November 23 at 2:00pm

RABBIT HOLE by David Lindsay-Abaire Directed by Dennis McLemon The Sirote Theatre February 19-22 7:30pm Sunday, February 23 2:00pm

THEATRE UAB ELEVENTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TEN MINUTE PLAYS Produced by Lee Shackleford The Odess Theatre March 10-14 at 7:30pm Saturday, March 15 at 2:00pm

URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL Music by Mark Hollmann, Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and Book by Greg Kotis. Directed by Valerie Accetta The Sirote Theatre April 9-12 at 7:30pm Sunday, April 13 at 2:00pm

For individual tickets please call ASC Box Office l at 975-2787 The Odess Theatre in the Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center ------·r I OVATIONUAB I Theatre UAB Facultv and Administrative Staff (Sponsored by Theatre Advisory Committee) Kelly Allison, Professor ...... _.___ ...... _...... Chair nights at Theatre UAB are OVATION nights. OVATION UAB features O~ening Head of Musical Theatre Performance tion wilh the director and designers before the show, as well Valerie Accetta, Assistant Professor ...... refreshments and conver sa to Theatre as a po t-performance party with lhe cast and crew. Jack Cannon, Assistant Professor ...... Acting/Intro Ward Haarbauer ...... Professor Emeritus I Cheryl Hall, Assistant Professor...... Intro to Theatre But !hat' not all. OV ~ Tl9N's mission is to support and sponsor our students working i back t_age and performmg m Theatre UAB productions. Membership dues, ranging Ron Hubbard, Associate Professor ...... Film Studies/Stage Combat from $4.0 - $ 1500+, help off-set the cost of tuition for each student to participate in the r Karma Ibsen ...... Professor Emerita produ t1ons. Marlene Johnson , Associate Professor...... Acting/Voice Karla Koskinen, Professor...... Acting/Directing Join u ! Pa~k early, sociali ze, learn about the show and enjoy hors d'oeuvres desserts June Mack, Associate Professor...... Film Studies coffee and light re.freshmen ts before an evening of great theatre. OVATION' UAB is ~ Dennis McLernon, Professor...... Head of Performance per fect way to a, s1st our talented ·tudent and have lots of fun! Amy Page, Assistant Professor ...... Costume Director Kimberly Schnormeier, Associate Professor/Associate Dean ...... Costume Design qvA TION UAB Membership Forms are in our Theatre UAB Season Brochure or Lee Shackleford, Assistant Professor...... Playwriting simply contact Program Manager, Mel Christian at 934-3237 or cmel @uab.edu . We'd Cliff Simon, Associate Professor...... Head of Design & Production/Scene Design love to see you at our next OVATION! Vessela Warner, Associate Professor...... Theatre History Will York...... Professor Emeritus Ed Zuckerman, Associate Professor...... Production Man ager/Technical Director A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR KCACTF Info Adjunct Faculty CURRENT OVATION UAB MEMBERS 1111111111111111111 ~ Lee Adlaf...... _._ ...... _._...... Scenery Technology ...... Dance Founding Members Charlotte Lantz. ··-·-· .. . ·- .... ·--· The Kennedy Center Sharon Morgan .. _.. _... _...... _.... Costume Technology Russell Drummond, Col. Daniel D. Hall, Patty THE JOHN F KENNEDYCEN TER FORTHE PERFORMING ARTS McDonald, Carol Odess, Chandler S. Smith, The Kennedy CenterAmerican College Thea/er Mel Christian ...... _. Program Manager/Tour Coordinator FestivafT"46, part of the RubensleinArts Access ...... _ ...... Audio/Visual Technician Jane Paris Smith, BBS Martha Moore Sykes Rick Henderson ...... Program, is generouslyfunded by Nora Whitten ...... _...... ·-·· ...... Administrative Associate Fund David and Alice Rubenstein.

Additionalsupport is provided by The HonorableStuart Bernsteinand Wilma E, Bemstein; Dr. Geraldand Paula 2013-2014 Members McNicholsFoundation; the National Commillee forthe Muhammad Al-Kah lout, Trista Baker, Peter PerformingArts; The Harold and Mimi SteinbergCharitable Trust; and Beatriceand Anthony Weltersand the AnDryce Theatre UAB Production Staff and Miriam Bellis, Joshua Butler, Loui se Cecil, Foundation. Glen Conn, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dawson, This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American Production Manager/Technical Director...... Ed Zuckerman College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this Rhonda Erbrick, Mr . and Mrs . Ben Erdreich, national theater education programare to identify and promote Costume Studio Supervisor...... Sharon Morgan quality in college-leveltheater production. To this end, each Stage Electrics Director...... Sarah Jordan Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman, Mr. and production entered is eligible for a response by a regional Properties Master...... J. Marc Quattlebaum Mrs. Emanuel Goldstein, Dr. and Mrs. Robert KCACTFrepresentative, and selected students and facultyarc invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving Scenic Studio Foreman/Master Carpenter...... Lee Adlaf Glaze, Lanny and Darlene Gray, Dr. and Mrs. scholarships, internships, grants nnd awards for actors, Markeitra Gilliam, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers,stage managers Scenic Studio Assistants ...... Angela Carstensen, Ward Haarbauer, Mr . and Mrs. Frank Harper, Md critics at both the regionaland national levels. Jessica Mathews, Taylor Richardson, Andrew David Taylor Electrics Assistants ...... Byron King, Andrew David Taylor, Tyler Whitfield Leah Hudspeth, Dr. James Hawk and Mary Productionsentered on the Participating level arceligible for Costume Assistants ...... Angela Carstensen, Markeitra Gilliam, Samantha Helms, Pate, Rachel Landress, Kelsey McClure , Carol invitation lo the KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding Victoria J . Morales, Lauren Seale and performance, Odess, Herb Patterson, W. B. Philips , Jr., achievement inproduction, design,direction Properties Assistants ...... Sean Adams, Lauren Edwards, Phoebe Miller, Dorinda and John A. Smith, John Swindall and Last year more than 1,300 productions were entered in the Victoria J. Morales, Sarah Pullen KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. Media Relations ...... Shannon Thomason Karla Koskinen, Joyce Whitten By entering this production, ourtheater departmentis sharing in the KCACTFgoals to recognize, reward,and celebrate the House Manager...... Jerry Sims exemplary work produced in college and university theaters Associate House Manager...... Derek Purifoy across the nation. The University of Alabama at Birmingham CAST Department of Theatre Duke Orsino ...... James Lopez Frank and Joan Dawson, Malvolio ...... Joseph Bodkin Michael J. and Mary Anne Freeman i' and Sir Toby ...... Garan Tinsley W.B. Philips, Jr. Present Sir Andrew ...... Ben Lundy Sebastian ...... Wyatt Silman Antonio ...... Byron King Twelfth Night; Captain/Priest ...... Brady Grimm Officer/Sailor ...... Blake Tanner or, What You Will Feste ...... Morgan Walston By William Shakespeare Viola/Cesario ...... Brenna Clark Alex Ingram Stage Manager Olivia ...... Jessica Mathews Maria ...... Taylor Richardson

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Fabian ...... Allison Shackelford Cliff Simon Angela Carstensen Edward Zuckerman Curio ...... Sherea Lando

Sound Design Properties Design Original Music Valentine ...... Bliss Bailey Alora King Sarah Jordan J. Marc Quattlebaum Officer/Sailor ...... Holly Morgan

Fight Choreography Choreography/Musical Direction Vocal Coach Setting: Illyria, during a city wide street carnival, The Ron Hubbard Valerie Accetta Marlene Johnson Festival of the What You Wills. Time: The present - give or take a few years. There will be one fifteen minute intermission.

Directed by A Note on the Play's Title: Jack Cannon The play's title, Twelfth Night; or, What You Will is taken from the Eve of the Feast of Epiphany or the twelfth night after Christmas Day. It is a day of festivities and celebrations where the normal rules and customs of the day are turned upside down: servants dress up as their masters, the privilege dress up as the servant class, men dress as Opening Night: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 7:30 p.m. women and ladies as the men - or what you will. Staff for this Production Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Production Biographies Assistant Stage Managers ...... Ali Ribe, Rachel Walsh Assistant Scenic Design ...... Jessica Mathews Valerie Accetta (Choreography/Musical Direction) Assistant Mask Design ...... Markeitra Gilliam Home Town : Columbus, OH Scenery/Lighting Construction/Electrics ...... Kristen Ann Ciancio, Tabitha Dudley, Education: MF A - Virginia Commonwealth University Lauren Edwards, Danecia Farmer, Thomas Faulkner, l Recent Production Work: Directing/Associate Directing (Campion School, Greece) - Matthew Holmes, Sherea Lando, Bethany Maldon, Aly Merrell, Gypsy. (Virginia Commonwealth University) -Avenue Q. (Riverside Theatre, VA) - Phoebe Miller, Holly Morgan, Rachel Walsh, Tyler Whitfield J Phantom of the Opera. (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) - Godspell. Associate Choreography (Virginia Repertory Theatre) - The Producers. (Pioneer Theatre, UT) - Scenic Painters ...... Lauren Edwards, Aurelie King, Bethany Maldon, Annie. Jessica Mathews, Phoebe Miller, Allie Phifer, Ali Ribe, Andrew David Taylor, Rachel Walsh Bliss Bailey (Valentine) Home Town: Tuscaloosa, AL Scenery/Properties Running Crew ...... Renita Lewis, Lauren Seale Education: Paul W. Bryant High School ...... Russell Alexander , Veronica Challenger, th Costume/Craft Construction Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - 10 Annual Festival of Ten Minute Plays, Loren Howard, Emily Hyatt, Lauron Knighton, Sherea Lando, (Bryant HS) - Bar Mitzvah Boy , Little Shop of Horrors, Steel Renita Lewis, James Lopez, Allison Prestridge, Don 't Trifle With Love. Amyna Price ,Anastasia Strong, Joseph Bodkin, Magnolias. Lindsey Culver, Joseph Duncan, Jarren Foster, Melanie Miranda, Calvin Nielsen, Ellis Oswalt, Joseph Bodkin (Malvolio) Ali Ribe, Jessica Scott, Blake Tanner Home Town: Huntsville, AL Dressers ...... Emily Hyatt, Phoebe Miller, A myna Price Education: Grisson High School. Transfer from Calhoun Community College. Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Charley's Aunt, Don't Trifle With Love. Properties Construction ...... Sean Adams, Lauren Edwards, Phoebe Miller, (Calhoun) - Twelfth Night, The Dining Room, A Small Family Business, All in the 1 Victoria J. Morales, Sarah Pullen Timing, and Rimers of Eldritch. (Grissom HS) - The Night of January 16 \ Don't Light Board Operator ...... Andrew David Taylor Drink the Water. Sound Board Operator...... Thomas Faulkner Cover/Poster Design ...... Cliff Simon Jack Cannon (Director) Home Town -- Atlanta, GA Education: MFA Directing /Acting - The University of Arizona . Theatre UAB is a proud member of. .. Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB)- Don't Trifle With Love, King Lear, Three Sisters. Directing (UAB) - The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Largo Desolato, The Food Chain.

Angela Carstensen (Costume Design) NAST Home Town: San Francisco, CA Education: Hope Christian School The National Association of Recent Production Work: Stage Management (UAB) - Stage Manager - Bat Boy. Schools of Theatre Assistant Stage Manager - Don't Trifle With Love, Macbeth. (Sitka Fine Arts Camp) - Stage Manager-Seussical The Musical. Design (UAB) Assistant to the scenic designer - Charley's Aunt, Proof

Brenna Clark (Viola/Cesario) Home Town: Dogtown, AL Education: Collinsville High School. Northeast Alabama Community College Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - 10th Annual Festival of Ten Minute Plays . l (NACC) - Second Samuel, Sylvia . SOUTHEASTERN THEATRECONFERENCE Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Production Biographies, continued Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Production Biographies, continued

Brady Grimm (Captain/Priest) Byron King (Antonio) Home Town: Fairhope, AL Home Town : Prattville , AL Education: Fairhope High School Education : Prattville High School Recent Production Work: Acting (Fairhope HS) - Anon(ymous), Frank enstein : A New Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB)- 2013 Tolerance Proj ect Touring Company, Musical, Our Town. Don't Trifle With Love, Macbeth , 2011 & 2012 Shakespear e Touring Company, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, We Thr ee, Venus. (City Equity) - Ruin ed. (Theatre Ron Hubbard (Fight Choreography) Downtown) Slasher/and.-Alice in Home Town: Natchez, Mississippi Education: Ph.D. Fine Arts - Texas Tech University Sherea Lando (Curio) Recent Production Work: Fight Choreography (UAB)- The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Home Town: Birmingham, AL The Beauty Qu een of Leenane, The Rivals . Associate Producer /Filmmaker (UAB) - Education: Jefferson State Community College Theatre UAB Film Festival. Staged fights for more than 40 Equity productions . Before Recent Production Work: Acting- GPS, 42: A Story About Jackie Robinson, A coming to UAB Hubbard was a member of the United Stuntmen's Association . Charge to Keep . Alex Ingram (Olivia) Home Town : Birmingham, AL James Lopez (Duke Orsino) Education: Spain Park High School; Transfer from The University of Alabama Home Town: Birmingham, AL Recent Production Work: Acting (Spain Park HS) - Jedem das Seine, Will and Whimsy, Education: Vestavia High School Susification of Romeo and Juliet, A Binding Commitment, The Crucibl e, Too Much Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Charley's Aunt, Macbeth, 2011 & 12 Light Mak es the Baby Go Blind, Elephant's Graveyard, Willy Won/ca and th e Chocolate Bookends Touring Company. (Bards of Birmingham) -As You Like It. Directing Factory. (Corner High School) - Gruesom e Playground Injuries.

Marlene Johnson (Vocal Coach) Ben Lundy (Sir Andrew) Home Town : Allentown, PA Home Town : Fairhope, AL Education: MFA - Virginia Commonwealth University Recent Production Work: Vocal Coach (UAB): Big Love, Bat Boy: The Musical, Education: Fairhope High School Charley's Aunt , Proof, Macbeth. Vocal Director (UAB): On The V erge. Acting Recent Production Work: Acting (Fairhope HS) - Frankenstein: A New Musical. (UAB) - Big love. (Orange Beach Performing Arts Company) - Seussical the Musical. (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) -A Midsummer Night's Dream. (Jitterbug Theatre) - Charlie Sarah Jordan (Sound Design) and the Chocolate Factory. Home Town: Jacksonville, FL Education : BA - The University of Alabama at Birmingham. AA & AS - Florida State Jessica L. Mathews (Stage Manager) College at Jacksonville. Hometown: Hoover , AL Recent Production Work: Sound Design (UAB) - How I Learn ed To Driv e, Euryd­ Education: Hoover High School ice. Lighting Design (UAB)- Joe Turner's Come and Gone, A Str eetcar Named Recent Production Work: Stage Management (UAB) Assistant Stage Manager­ Desire, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Rivals. Jordan has also worked with Charley's Aunt. The American Dance Festival, The 38th African Children's Choir and Jacksonville Stage Management (Hoover HS) - Stage Manager - No, No, Nanette, Dance Theatre. Fiddler on the Roof Assistant Stage Manager - Once Upon a Mattress. Acting (Hoover HS) - Country of the Blind. Alora King (Original Music) Home Town: Boonsboro, MD Holly Morgan (Officer/Sailor) Education : Boonsboro High School Home Town: Madison, AL Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Big Love, Bat Boy, Troy Women , Macbeth, Education: Bob Jones High School The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Gruesome Playground Injuries . (Pianist/Arrangement) Recent Production Work : Acting (Bob Jones HS) - Alic e In Wonderland, The Perfect 2012 and 2013 Cabaret Touring Company. Ending, The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza, Perfect. (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) - Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Production Biographies, continued Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Production Biographies, continued

J. Marc Quattlebaum (Properties Design) Blake Tanner (Officer/Sailor) Home Town: Lexington, SC Home Town: Corner, AL Education: MFA Wayne State University 2009. BA Newberry College 2005 Education : Comer High School Recent Production Work : Prope1ties Design (UAB) Big Love , Bat Boy : The Musical, Recent Production Work : Acting (UAB) - Bat Boy , "8 " The Play Staged Reading, Charley 's Aunt, Don't Trifle With Love, Macb eth, On The Verge, Postcards to J. Bird, Macbeth, 2012 Kids on the Block Touring Company, 2013 Shakespeare Touring The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Lysi strata, The Ro cky Horror Show. Company . (Bards of Birmingham) - King Lear.

Ali Ribe (Assistant Stage Manager) Garan Tinsley (Sir Toby) Home Town: Birmingham , AL Home Town: Collinsville , AL Education: Alabama School of Fine Arts Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Bat Boy. (Theatre Downtown) -Ali ce in Education: Collinsville High School. Northeast Alabama Community College. 't Trifle With Love, 2012 and Slasher/and. (ASFA) - Stage Door, Spring Awak ening, Runaways. Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Bat Boy, Don 2013 Cabar et Touring Company. (NACC) - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Taylor Richardson (Maria) Bee, Second Samuel, Sylvia . Home Town: Corner, AL Education: Corner High School Rachel Walsh (Assistant Stage Manager) Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Bat Boy, Macbeth, 2012 Cabaret Touring Home Town: Johns Creek , GA Company, 2013 Shakespeare Touring Company, Up To Date. Stage Management Education : Northview High School (UAB) Assistant Stage Manager-Don't Trifle With Love. Recent Production Work : Stage Management (Nmthview HS)- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, The Mystery Plays: Ghost Children, Noises Off!. Allison Shackelford (Fabian) Directing (Northview HS)- In the Red. Home Town: Birmingham, AL Education: Shades Valley High School Morgan Walston (Feste) Recent Production Work: Acting (UAB) - Bat Boy, 2013 Cabar et Touring Company , Home Town: Birmingham, AL The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Ti Jean Blues, Troy Women. Stage Management (UAB)­ Education: Alabama School of Fine Arts Assistant Stage Manager-On The Verge, Proof Recent Production Work: Acting (Bards of Birmingham) - Richard, Ill , The Importan ce of Being Earn est. (ASF A) - Our Town. (Television) - Bradford Health Wyatt Silman (Sebastian) Services Commercial . Home Town: Prattville, AL Education: Prattville High School Ed Zuckerman (Lighting Design) Recent Production Work: Acting (Prattville HS) - How To Succ eed in Business Without Home Town: Philadelphia, PA Really Trying, Godspell, Romeo and Juliet. Education: MFA, Wayne State University Recent Production Work : Lighting Design (UAB)-Proof, Rhinocero s, The Praying Cliff Simon (Scenic Design) Mantis, The Piano Lesson, The It Girl, The Seagull. Scenic Design (UAB) - A Home Town: New York, NY Streetcar Named Desir e, The Playboy of the Western World. Education: MFA, University of Texas at Austin Recent Production Work: Scenic Design (Zach Theatre, Austin) - Les Miserabl es, One Night With Janice Joplin, 33 Variations . (Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach) - Grease, Full Monty. (Walnut Street, Philadelphia) - Grease. (UAB) - Big Love, Charley 's Aunt, Proof Visit our website at http://www.uab.edu/cas/theatre/

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