linda_program.pdf 1 6/2/18 6:06 PM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K STEEP THEATRE COMPANY ENSEMBLE MEMBERS James Allen Peter Dully Caroline Neff Julia Siple Jonathan Berry Jonathan Edwards Jim Poole Sasha Smith Lucy Carapetyan Nate Faust Egan Reich Kendra Thulin George Cederquist Alex Gillmor Joel Reitsma Robin Witt Matthew Chapman Nick Horst Melissa Riemer Brendan Melanson Brad DeFabo Akin Lauren Lassus Brandon Rivera in memoriam Maria DeFabo Akin Ashleigh LaThrop Michael Salinas Thomas Dixon Cynthia Marker Amber Sallis Patricia Donegan Peter Moore Joanie Schultz ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES Catherine Allen Jon Ravenscroft Simon Stephens Brandon Wardell Kristin Leahey Alison Siple Assoc. Playwright Chelsea M. Warren Emily McConnell Dan Stratton Ellen Willett BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jessica Schrey Shawn Sackett Anne Marie Mitchell Doug Passmore President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Dave Bartusek Sonya Dekhtyar Stu Kiesow Elizabeth Moore David Bock Kelly Fitzgerald Ted Lowitz Anne Puotinen Kelly Carpenter Ian Galleher Cooper Melgreen STAFF Peter Moore Lisa Troi Thomas Caroline Neff Stu Kiesow Artistic Director House Manager Casting Director Graphic Designer Kate Piatt-Eckert Ryan Kling Lucy Carapetyan Maxwell Han Executive Director Bar Manager Casting Associate Intern Julia Siple Sophiyaa Nayar Egan Reich Managing Director Program Coordinator Literary Manager FRIENDS OF STEEP Heidi Brock Sara Foster Molly Johnson Jon Putnam Reid & Jennifer Diane Galleher Katie Kett Christine Rousseau Quinn Broda Barry Grant Jennifer Collins Craig Steadman John Dunnigan Neil Jain Moore John C. White Steep Theatre Company is supported in part by a CityArts Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Arts Work Fund, the Alphawood Foundation, the MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Sol R. Kaufman Family Foundation, the A.L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation, the Rothman Family Foundation, and the Jordan & Jean Nerenberg Family Fund. Steep is a member of the League of Chicago Theatres and Theatre Communications Group. STEEP THEATRE COMPANY 1115 West Berwyn, Chicago, IL 60640 www.steeptheatre.com [email protected] (773) 649-3186 Steep Theatre Company proudly presents the Midwest Premiere of Linda by Penelope Skinner CAST Linda (through 8/12/18) ........................................Kendra Thulin* Linda (after 8/12/18)...........................................Cindy Marker* Alice .......................................................Destini Huston Bridget .................................................... Caroline Phillips Neil.........................................................Peter Moore* Neil (8/23/18 through 8/26/18) .................................... Alex Gillmor* Amy .................................................... Rochelle Therrien Stevie ................................................... Lucy Carapetyan* Luke ................................................... Omer Abbas Salem Dave.......................................................... Jim Poole* UNDERSTUDIES Alice / Stevie............................................ Morgan Lavenstein Bridget / Amy ............................................... Phoebe Moore Luke .....................................................Nathan Eric Slate Dave.........................................................Colin Reeves PRODUCTION STAFF Director .......................................................Robin Witt* Stage Manager .............................................Lauren Lassus* Scenic Designer .............................................Joe Schermoly† Lighting Designer ........................................Brandon Wardell**† Costume Designer ..............................................Izumi Inaba† Sound Designer & Composer ..................................Thomas Dixon* Props Designers ............................Emma Cullimore & Derik Marcussen Dialect Coach ...............................................Adam Goldstein Assistant Director ..........................................Arianna Soloway Production Manager ........................................Emily Kefferstan Technical Director ..........................................Derik Marcussen Assistant Stage Manager ....................................... Maxwell Han Directing Intern ...............................................Abigail Brinks *Steep Theatre Ensemble Member ** Steep Theatre Company Artistic Associate †Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 Steep salutes the sponsors of this production of Linda: Lisa & Randy White, Martha Anne & Stephen Yandle Production support provided by: The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The video and audio recording of this show is strictly prohibited. You may take photos of the stage before or after the show, but not when actors are present. If you post these photos online or elsewhere, please credit the production’s designers listed above. Linda was first presented by The English Stage Company in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre on November 25, 2015. Originally produced in the United States by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer on February 7, 2017. Experience Chicago, your theatre town. 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DIRECTOR’S NOTE In the 1970s I attended an all-girls high school in Washington, DC. The captain of our basketball team was a girl. The editor of our student newspaper was a girl. The president of our student government was a girl. They were my heroes. And, at this all-girls school, we had many female guest speakers who regaled us with stories of their adventures, of their great successes and their even greater failures, and of their hopes for us young women as the future leaders of America. Barbara Bush spoke of her exploits in China. Margaret Mead spoke of her research in the South Pacific (and to our continued embarrassment, somehow our questions were fixated on her experiences with outhouses). Gloria Steinem was adamant that my peers and I would succeed in ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and we would be the first generation of women who could “have it all” if we wanted. I guess this is why every time I encounter sexism I am surprised. Truly. Even after a half a century of it, it never ceases to perplex me. When a male boss comes up behind me and rubs my shoulders, or I’m talked over in a meeting, or a man thinks it’s charming that I know the ERA of my favorite team’s pitcher, it knocks me back, takes my breath away, and honestly confounds me. Or even worse, I simply shrug it off. My mom’s generation knew no other way. But it was supposed to be gone by now. I am a woman in a man’s profession, still. In 2016, according to the Society of Directors and Choreographers (my union), 80 percent of union contracts were given to male directors. Eight years ago, when I joined the faculty of a large university in North Carolina, I was one of two female tenure-line professors in a department of 13 faculty members. But I don’t mean to lecture you, Dear Reader. Because, more than likely you are a woman. More women attend the theatre than men, but less then 20 percent of plays that are given professional productions are written by women. Linda of Penelope Skinner’s Linda may be a deeply flawed human being (as we all are), but she is battling for all of us women. To be seen. To be heard. To be the hero of the story. Robin Witt June 2018 CAST Kendra Thulin (Linda) Steep: Onion, Michael Slovis for Chicago Fire, and a Wastwater (Non-Equity Jeff collection of web series. Outside of “the biz”, Nomination Best Supporting Destini can be found teaching dance/ fitness Actress), Posh (Non-Equity classes throughout the city, bingeing horror Jeff Award Best Ensemble), movies/ shows, reading and snacking. So The Cheats, Martyr, The much snacking. Vandal (Non-Equity Jeff Nomination Outstanding Lead Actress), Motortown, Fallow, Caroline Phillips (Bridget) Luther, Pornography and Harper Regan Caroline Phillips is an (Non-Equity Jeff Award Outstanding Lead 18-year-old Chicago native. Actress). Other credits include The Protest She is ecstatic to be (Stanek), Haven Theatre/Directors’ Haven; A performing in her first show Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Sheila) Stage Left with Steep Theatre! Caroline Theatre; Neighborhood 3: Requisition of has been part of the Chicago theater Doom and State of the Union, Strawdog community since she was seven years old. Theatre; Hunger, Lifeline Theatre; Want, Chicago credits include: To Kill A Mockingbird