2014|2015 SEASON • Issue 1 TABLE OF Dear Friend, CONTENTS Welcome to the first mainstage show of our 2014-2015 Season, As You Like It. I am thrilled to ® 1 Title page welcome to Washington a fellow Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award 3 Cast Commander of the British Artistic Director Michael Kahn Empire, Michael Attenborough. Managing Director Chris Jennings 5 Synopsis This production was born a few years ago when I 7 About the Playwright approached Michael, at the time the Artistic Director William Shakespeare’s 9 Director’s Thoughts of the Almeida Theatre in London, and asked him what show he would like to direct for us. His answer 10 Wanderlust was immediate and twofold. First, Michael told me by Drew Lichtenberg he wanted to direct As You Like It, which he calls one of Shakespeare’s most “intimate” plays. Second, he 14 The Many Colors of wanted to direct it in the Lansburgh Theatre, whose intimate confines he had seen and loved. Michael has Michael Attenborough had a long and illustrious career in English theatre, by Drew Lichtenberg and I am confident that his production is one worth Performances begin October 28, 2014 18 As Who Likes It? waiting for. Opening Night November 3, 2014 Lansburgh Theatre by David Schalkwyk Joining Michael is a stellar cast of familiar and new 24 Cast Biographies faces, including STC Affiliated Artists Derek Smith as Jaques and Gregory Wooddell as Oliver, Andrew Director Resident Casting Director 25 Play in Process Veenstra (The Heir Apparent, Two Gentlemen of Verona) as Orlando, and newcomer Zoë Waites, Michael Attenborough Carter C. Wooddell 31 Direction and Design who starred in Michael’s Romeo and Juliet at the Biographies RSC, as the divine Rosalind. In addition to a Associate Director Casting brilliant cast, Michael has also assembled an expert Alan Paul Laura Stanczyk Casting, CSA 36 For STC team of designers and artists. Set/Costume Designer Fight Director 38 Mapping the Play In the remainder of our 2014-2015 Season, we are by Garrett Anderson excited to bring you a first-rate selection of plays Jonathan Fensom Robb Hunter and a number of returning faces. In December, 40 About STC Ethan McSweeny brings his imagination to bear Lighting Designer Head of Voice and Text 44 Faces and Voices: on The Tempest. In February, the National Theatre Robert Wierzel Ellen O’Brien of Scotland come to D.C. with Dunsinane, the From the UK to the brilliant answer play to Shakespeare’s Macbeth by Sound Designer/Original Music Literary Associate/Dramaturg District by Hannah David Greig. In the spring, Alan Paul takes us to Steve Brush Drew Lichtenberg Hessel Ratner Cervantes’ Spain with Man of La Mancha, returning star Stephen Epp stars in Molière’s classic French 46 Support comedy Tartuffe and David Ives brings us The Composer Assistant Director Metromaniacs, his third French verse comedy. We Thomas Newman Katherine Burris 54 Preview: The Tempest look forward to sharing these stories with you, along 56 STC Staff with many other classics from the global repertory. Choreographer Production Stage Manager Karma Camp Bret Torbeck* 57 Audience Services I hope to see you in our theatres again soon. Warm Regards, Assistant Stage Manager Elizabeth Clewley* As You Like It is sponsored by the HRH Foundation. Michael Kahn Restaurant Partner: District Chophouse Artistic Director Shakespeare Theatre Company *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Cover photo: Zoë Waites by Scott Suchman Professional Actors and Stage Managers. 1 CAST (in order of appearance) AS YOU LIKE IT Orlando, youngest son of Sir Roland de Boys ................................................Andrew Veenstra* Adam, his servant....................................................................................................................Jeff Brooks* Oliver, his elder brother .........................................................................................Gregory Wooddell* Dennis, his servant ............................................................................................. Luis Alberto Gonzalez Charles, the Duke’s wrestler ..............................................................................................Ian Bedford* Hymen, goddess of marriage..................................................................................... Te’La Curtis Lee Rosalind, daughter of Duke Senior ..................................................................................Zoë Waites* Celia, her cousin, daughter of Duke Frederick .......................................................Adina Verson* Touchstone, a fool ........................................................................................................ Andrew Weems* Le Beau, a courtier .................................................................................................Joel David Santner* Duke Frederick, usurper of his older brother Duke Senior .................Timothy D. Stickney* Amiens, a lord ............................................................................................................. Matthew Schleigh* Duke Senior, exiled by his younger brother Duke Frederick ..............Timothy D. Stickney* First Forest Lord ................................................................................................................ Todd Scofield* Corin, a shepherd ........................................................................................................ Happy Anderson* Silvius, a shepherd .................................................................................................. Stephen Pilkington* Jaques ........................................................................................................................................Derek Smith* Audrey, a country woman ............................................................................................. Tara Giordano* Sir Oliver Martext, a vicar ....................................................................................................Jeff Brooks* Phoebe, a shepherdess ......................................................................................................Valeri Mudek* William, a country fellow ...............................................................................................Jonathan Feuer Ensemble .................................................... Jonathan Feuer, Luis Alberto Gonzalez, Alex Piper, Theodore M. Snead, Nathan Winkelstein UNDERSTUDIES Jeff Brooks* (Touchstone), Katie DeBuys* (Audrey/Celia), Jonathan Feuer (First Forest Lord), Luis Alberto Gonzalez (Le Beau), Veleka J. Holt (Hymen), Michael Kramer* (Adam/Jaques), Joel Ottenheimer (Charles/Ensemble), Alex Piper (Amiens, Silvius), Jenna Rossman (Phoebe), Joel David Santner* (Oliver), Todd Scofield* (Duke Frederick/Duke Senior), Carlos Saldana (Ensemble), Theodore M. Snead (Corin), Adina Verson* (Rosalind), Nathan Winkelstein (Orlando). Production Assistant: Maria Tejada THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. The Shakespeare Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and employs members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and United Scenic Artists. The Company is also a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not-for- profit professional theatre, and is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), American Alliance for Theatre and Education and DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative. Copyright laws prohibit the use of cameras and recording equipment in the theatre. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. 3 STC BOARD OF TRUSTEES SYNOPSIS Michael R. Klein, Chair Melissa A. Moss AS YOU LIKE IT Robert E. Falb, Vice Chair Stephen M. Ryan John Hill, Treasurer George P. Stamas Pauline Schneider, Secretary Lady Westmacott Michael Kahn, Artistic Director Rob Wilder Duke Frederick has usurped the title of his older brother, Duke Senior, and exiled Suzanne S. Youngkin Trustees him to the Forest of Arden. Orlando, youngest son of the late sir Roland de Boys, Nicholas W. Allard Ex-Officio one of Duke Senior’s loyal lords, suffers similar persecution by his older brother, Ashley M. Allen Chris Jennings, Managing Director Stephen E. Allis Oliver, who has neglected his upbringing. After a violent quarrel with Orlando, Anita M. Antenucci Emeritus Trustees Oliver asks a wrestler, Charles, to break his neck in a match the next day. Orlando, Jeffrey D. Bauman R. Robert Linowes*, Founding Chairman Afsaneh Beschloss James B. Adler however, adds injury to insult by defeating Charles in Duke Frederick’s court, and William C. Bodie Heidi L. Berry* later fleeing Oliver’s house with Sir Roland’s old servant Adam. Landon Butler David A. Brody* Dr. Paul Carter Melvin S. Cohen* Dr. Mark Epstein Ralph P. Davidson* At the wrestling match, Orlando had met Rosalind, daughter of the banished Andrew C. Florance James F. Fitzpatrick Duke, and they had fallen in love at first sight. Angered by Orlando’s victory, Dr. Natwar Gandhi Dr. Sidney Harman* Miles Gilburne Lady Manning Duke Frederick banishes Rosalind. Her cousin Celia, Duke Frederick’s daughter, Barbara Harman Kathleen Matthews resolves to run away with her to the forest, accompanied by Touchstone, the court John R. Hauge William F. McSweeny Stephen A. Hopkins V. Sue Molina