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2016/2017 SEASON IN THIS ISSUE OCTOBER – NOVEMBER 2016 Title Page 2 Cast 3 About the Play 4 The Cast 7 The Creative Team 9 ATC Artistic Director 15 About Arizona Theatre Company 16 ATC Board of Trustees 17 Donors 19 ATC Staff 27 Theatre Information 30 The historic Temple of Music and Art, Arizona Theatre Company’s home in downtown Tucson Cover art by: ESSER DESIGN 1 David Ira Goldstein William Russo Artistic Director Managing Director AN ACT OF GOD BY DAVID JAVERBAUM ARIZONA PREMIERE Marsha Mason Director Lauren Helpern Scenic Designer Kish Finnegan Costume Designer David Lee Cuthbert Lighting Designer Brian Jerome Peterson Sound Designer Michael Donovan, CSA …Casting Glenn Bruner Stage Manager Timothy Toothman . Assistant Stage Manager Peter Van Dyke Assistant Stage Manager On this original Arizona Theatre Company production, the ATC Production Staff is responsible for scenic construction, costume construction, lighting, projections, sound, props, furniture, wigs, scene painting, and special effects An Act of God is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc , New York Originally Produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Finn The Shubert Organization, Carl Moellenberg Arielle Tepper Madover, Stacey Mindich, Bob Boyett, Fg Productions John Frost Corinne Hayoun, Jamie Kaye-Phillips, Scott Landis Larry Magid, Stephanie P Mcclelland, David Mirvish, Daryl Roth 2016/2017 SEASON SPONSORS: I. MICHAEL AND BETH KASSER 2 2016/2017 SEASON CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Paige Davis GOD Max Lawrence MICHAEL James Gleason GABRIEL The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. AN ACT OF GOD IS PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. ADDITIONAL STAFF Tajh Oates ........................................Assistant to the Stage Manager Chloe Loos .........................................................Dramaturg Richie Ferris .................................................Casting Assistant Arizona Theatre Company operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union; and United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE To learn more about An Act of God please visit the Learning & Education page on our website at arizonatheatre org for a comprehensive free Play Guide The Play Guide contains historical information, cultural context, and more Cell phones and other devices that make a noise can greatly disturb your fellow audience members and the performers. PLEASE TURN THEM OFF before the performance. 3 2016/2017 SEASON ABOUT THE PLAY MEET THE CHARACTERS By Chloe Loos, Artistic Intern GOD is the supreme deity and creator of the universe in monotheistic religions (those who worship a single deity). God is considered to be omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent with no corporeal body or gender; however, God is usually referred to with masculine GOD pronouns. The different names given to God in differ- Detail of God the Father by Cima da Conegliano, c. 1510-17. ent religious often emphasize certain elements of his character. In trinitarian theology, God is thought to be composed of the Father, the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Ghost. MICHAEL, an archangel or an angel of high rank, known as the leader of God’s Armies in the Book of Revelation. He has a special place in Jewish liturgy and acted as Israel’s protector. In early Christianity, MICHAEL Michael was a healer and in current Catholicism he car- Detail of The Archangel Michael ries the souls of the dead to their judgment and weighs Defeating Satan by Guido Reni, c. 1635. them on the scales of justice. Overall, he is known as a protector, warrior, and a figure of divine justice. GABRIEL, another angel, has traditionally been a mes- senger angel and was the angel to alert the Virgin Mary to the birth of Jesus. He is also known for blowing the horn to signal the return of Jesus to Earth, often a topic that appears in spiritual songs, even though his position as the trumpeter is somewhat inconsistent across the GABRIEL various branches of Christianity. Detail of Leonardo da Vinci’s Annunciation, c. 1472-75. 4 2016/2017 SEASON ABOUT THE PLAY GLOSSARY Armageddon: A conflict that will lead to the end of Passover: A Jewish holiday celebrating Egyptian the world; in the New Testament, it refers to the freedom from slavery and the leadership of Moses. last battle before the Day of Judgement. It is derived from a story in the Book of Exodus in which God tells the children of Israel to mark Book of Revelation: The last book of the Bible, which their doors with the blood of a lamb to avoid the describes the days before the final Judgement, Hell, tenth Egyptian plague: the death of the first-born and the New Heaven and New Earth. child. By doing this, their homes were passed over Calvary: Also known as Golgotha, the site where and their children spared. Jesus was crucified. Puritans: English Reformed Protestants in the Canaan: A region in the ancient Near East in which 16th and 17th centuries who sought to continue the narrative of the Hebrew Bible takes place. the purification of the Church of England by eliminating Roman Catholic practices. Gutenberg Bible: The first mass-produced book -us ing movable type. The book was written in Latin Seder: A Jewish Passover ritual that involves the in Germany in the 1450s, and the 49 surviving retelling of the Israelite liberation as delineated by copies are considered some of the most valuable the Book of Exodus. books in the world. The Book of Mormon: A sacred text of the Latter Day Leviticus: The third book of the Bible, which pro- Saint movement, it is believed to contain writings vides ritual, legal, and moral instructions. of prophets from the American continent. It was published in 1830 by Joseph Smith who claimed Mosaic Law: Another name for the Law of Moses, to have found the narrative on golden plates writ- the doctrine expressed in the Torah, which includes ten in “reformed Egyptian” under Cumorah Hill the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, in New York, to which he was led by the angel of Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. the man who originally buried them. Mount Sinai: The mountain where Moses received Tower of Babel: A biblical myth used to explain the the Ten Commandments. reasons for different language. After the great flood, Muhammad: The central figure and founder of humanity decided to build a tower to reach heaven. Islam, considered by the Muslim faith to be God’s In response, God changed their speech so they final prophet. couldn’t understand one another and distributed Old Testament: The first thirty-nine books of the humanity all over the world. Christian Bible; God is sometimes considered to Via Dolorosa: A street in the Old City of Jerusalem be more harsh in the Old Testament than in the upon which Jesus walked to his crucifixion. New Testament. 5 2016/2017 SEASON FIND THE FALSE GODS Created with TheTeachersCorner.net Word Search Maker Throughout time, mankindFind has worshiped the thousandsFalse of Gods! gods and goddesses Find the false Throughout time, mankind has worshiped thousands of gods and goddesses. Find the false gods from gods from around the world hidden vertically, horizontally, and diagonally in the puzzle below! around the world hidden vertically, horizontally, and diagonally in the puzzle below! 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