Calliope Productions 2004 Season Look Who’s Talking!
~ A Comedy by Derek Benfield June 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 Thurs - Sat at 8:00 pm Sunday at 5:00 pm Calliope Theatre 150 Main Street THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY Boylston, MA Phone: (508) 869-6887 www.calliopeproductions.org WAGNER Motor Sales 67 Main Street Boylston, MA 01505 508-869-6766 www.wagnermotors.com
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A Comedy by Derek Benfield Directed by Bill Condon
Cast Sheila ...... Linda Oroszko Brian...... Nick Trout Andrew...... Bill Bravo Carol...... Danielle DiGiulio Jane ...... Karen Josbacher
The action takes place in the drawing room of Sheila’s and Andrew’s comfortable home in the country. The time is the present.
Act 1 A Sunday morning in the summer Intermission (10 minutes) Act 2 The same, a few minutes later
This Production is presented through Special Arrangements with Samuel French Ltd, London
The Calliope Board of Directors is pleased to announce Brennan Clark as this year’s recipient of the Kathy Ludt Memorial Scholarship. Production Staff Producer ...... Dave Ludt Director...... Bill Condon Assistant Director / Stage Mgr ...... Jay Burnett Lights ...... Dave Ludt / Bill Condon Set / Lighting / Sound Design ...... Dave Ludt
Box Office...... Karen Josbacher Cast and Crew Bill Bravo has been participating in community theatre throughout the area since 2001. Some of his roles have included Harry Roat in Wait Until Dark , Borachio in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing , and Brian in Derek Benfield’s Touch and Go . In addition to theatre he has also completed four independent films and one soap opera in Connecticut. Bill also does commercial and film voice-over work in and around the Boston area. Bill is originally from California where he studied at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and where he performed in adaptations of Angels in America , The Tempest , and Polaroid Stories . Jay Burnett graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a Bachelors degree in Theatre and Arts Management. He has stage-managed Our Town and The Vagina Mono- logues produced by The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama , and The Shadow Box produced by MCLA. He recently directed a performance of the musical Chicago. Jay has enjoyed working with Calliope Productions and plans to go to graduate school to major in directing. Bill Condon ’s frequent appearances in Worcester area theatre include work as an actor/ singer, pianist, musical director, and now stage director. Most recently he was seen on-stage in Worcester County Light Opera's Hooray for Hollywood , and Fiddler on the Roof with Eddie Mekka. He played Freddie Eynsford-Hill in West Boylston Community Theater's My Fair Lady . He has made numerous appearances on the Calliope stage, including This Thing Called Love , The Fantasticks , Jerome Kern... , Cole , Sing for Your Supper and Steppin' Out . Bill holds a B.A. degree in Music from Westfield State College, where he studied both voice and piano. Professionally he is Manager of Information Systems at Health Plans, Inc., in Westboro. Danielle DiGiulio is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island. She has studied acting since 1996, and jazz and ballet for 20 years. She has performed with theatre companies in Providence, Los Angeles and Miami and is a member of the Rhode Island Theatre Ensemble, a company which emphasizes theatre as an educational medium for youths. She participated in RI Theatre Ensemble’s original piece, The Colors of Women . Danielle has been a witch and murderer in Macbeth and a dancer in Music Man and La Cage Aux Folles . She has played Anne-Marie in Number the Stars , and Dulcinea in Don Quixote . Other favorite roles include the Head Nun in House of Blue Leaves , and Emily Dickinson in a documentary film. Danielle would like to thank Calliope Productions for the opportunity to work in Look Who’s Talking! Karen Josbacher - Look Who’s Talking! marks Karen’s 23rd Calliope mainstage produc- tion. This is in addition to the numerous Calliope Mystery Dinner Theatres she has appeared in, and performances with other local theatre companies. Favorite roles include Artie in Eleemosynary , Chelsea in On Golden Pond , Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest , and Fay in To Whom It May Concern . Educated in Speech and Theatre at Emerson College, she took time off to raise a family before pursuing her love for the stage. Karen also spent five years performing on Blackbird Radio Theatre. Most of the time lately you can find her in the Calliope Box Office, but occasionally she ventures back to her first love, the stage. Linda Oroszko is happy to be back at Calliope where she has appeared in Off the Hook , Nunsense , A Wonderful Life , and Stepping Out . She also served as stage manager for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). She just finished playing Agnes in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance , and multiple roles in the musical No Way to Treat a Lady . Nick Trout is making his stage debut on this side of “the Pond” with Look Who’s Talking —after a 13-year hiatus from acting. Nick has performed in productions as diverse as Chekhov's The Swan and a musical version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator back home in Liverpool, England. Nick has a veterinary degree and a master's degree from Cambridge University in England where he frequently performed in comedies and revues. Nick is a staff surgeon at Angell Animal Medical Center in Boston. The DCL Financial Group
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