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Director – Barry Brunetti Musical Director – Mark Elliott Choreographer – Kelly Maryanski Vocal Coach – Claudia Anderson Scenic Designer – Sophia Blood Costume Designer – Kiera Pitts Lighting Designer – Joseph Clavell Sound Designer – Agata Pacia Dramaturg – Mariah Schultz Stage Manager – Ben Gates-Utter

November 3 - 12, 2017

Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine, by . Original Broadway production by Heidi Landesman, Rocco Landesman, M. Anthony Fisher, Frederic H. Mayerson, and Jujamcyn . Originally produced by the Old Globe Theater, , CA.

The School at DePaul University Fullerton Stage 2350 N Racine Ave, IL, 60614 Email: [email protected] (773) 325-7900

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Into the Woods 1 CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) PRODUCTION STAFF [cont.] Narrator ...... Sean Wesslund ...... Delaney Feener Costume Crew...... Sarah Dennis, Lucy Elkin, Meagan Fahy, ...... Vinh Nguyen Chloe Levy, Nathan Reilly Jack’s Mother ...... Courtney Peck Make-up Crew...... Megahn Gottschalk, Tess Hershenson Baker ...... Jayson Lee Lighting Crew...... Kyle Bajor, Simone Brazzini, Greta Fleischer, Abigail Hendricks Baker’s Wife ...... Katie Travers Sound Crew...... Chris Comstock, Austin Daly, Emily Weems Cinderella’s Stepmother...... Jillian Skale Publicity and House Crew...... McLean Casey, Solana Oliver, Justen Ross, Florinda ...... Emma Page Ellen Sypolt, Joey Walsh Lucinda ...... Anna Connelly Musicians Cinderella’s Father ...... Jonathan S. Campbell Conductor...... Mark Elliott Little Red Ridinghood...... Gabby Gillespie Flute/Piccolo...... James Brinkman Witch ...... Laila Rodriques Oboe/English Horn ...... Lillia Woolschlager Cinderella’s Mother/ Granny...... Christina Euphrat Bb Clarinet, A Clarinet, Bass Clarinet...... Laurie Blanchet Mysterious Man ...... Theodore Boone Bassoon...... Elliot Cobb /Cinderella’s ...... Skylar Okerstrom-Lang French Horn...... Erika Hollenback ...... Marian van Noppen Trumpet...... Valerie Kolb Rapunzel’s Prince...... Michael Morrow Percussion...... Sean Kopp Steward ...... Cedric Hills Piano...... Ryan Brewster Keyboard...... Dustin L. Struhall The videotaping or other video or audio recording SPECIAL THANKS: of this production is strictly prohibited. DePaul School of Music, Michael Lewanski, and Christina Wyrick. The play will be performed with one 10-minute intermission. is presented by special arrangement MUSICAL NUMBERS with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. ACT I www.MTIShows.com Opening ...... Hello, Little Girl...... Wolf, Little Red Ridinghood I Guess This Is Goodbye/Maybe They’re Magic ...... Jack, Baker’s Wife PRODUCTION STAFF Our Little World ...... Rapunzel, Witch Assistant Directors...... Julissa Castrejon, Grace Grindell, Levi Jacobson, Ben Raanan ...... Little Red Ridinghood Assistant Stage Managers...... Dana Beech, Danely Fletcher A Very Nice Prince ...... Cinderella, Baker’s Wife Assistant Scenic Designers...... Steven Abbott, Joy Ahn First Midnight ...... Company Technical Director...... Lila Gilbert in the Sky...... Jack Assistant Technical Director...... Ethan Gill Agony...... Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince Master Carpenter...... Tessa Keller A Very Nice Prince (Reprise) ...... Cinderella, Baker’s Wife Carpenter ...... Claire Benard It Takes Two...... Baker, Baker’s Wife Assistant Costume Designer...... Olive Earley Second Midnight ...... Company Stitchers ...... Lisa Howaniec, Isabel Lichtenstein, Kyra Pan Stay With Me...... Witch First hands...... Alice Ernst, Jessie Glionna, Allison Millar On The Steps of the Palace ...... Cinderella Makeup Assistants...... Kendall Barron, Emma Colbaugh Finale ...... Company Assistant Lighting Designer...... Jay Koch Assistant Master Electricians...... Simean Carpenter, Mattias Lange-McPherson ACT II Assistant Sound Designer...... Camille Denholm Opening ...... Company Sound Technician...... Sarah Parker Agony (Reprise) ...... Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince Assistant Dramaturg...... Jose Mogollon Duran Witch’s Lament...... Witch Production Photos...... Michael Brosilow ...... Cinderella’s Prince, Baker’s Wife Accessibility Coordinator...... Raven Robledo Moments in the Woods...... Baker’s Wife Audio Describer...... Martin Wilde Your Fault ...... Jack, Baker, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, Witch Sign Language Interpreter Coordinator...... Sheila Kettering Last Midnight...... Witch Sign Language Interpreters...... Shannon Moutinho, Crom Saunders No More...... Baker, Mysterious Man Scenery and Property Crew...... Tyra Grove, Kathryn Healy, Bryce McAuliffe, No One Is Alone ...... Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Baker, Jack Max Wilhelms, Matt Zalinksi Finale...... Company 2 The Theatre School at DePaul University Into the Woods 3 DIRECTOR’S NOTE BIOGRAPHIES Into the Woods is a quest journey for each of the characters in Stephen Sondheim and Teddy Boone (Mysterious Man) MFA2/ for her artistic work in the past academic James Lapine’s musical weaving of some of our most cherished fairy tales. As these Acting. Originally from New Orleans, Teddy year. She worked this summer at the Notre characters pursue their individual quests, their lives mirror our own, since each of us is continually in search of something. The quest itself is always already aligned with has lived in Chicago for over ten years. Dame Shakespeare Festival as Olivia in desire, want, , and the wishes that are a part of our dreams. At the same time, our He is a co-founder and Associate Artistic Twelfth Night while earning her Equity journeys, like those of the characters in the play, are very often superseded by outside Director of The Arc Theatre (non-profit) and Membership Candidacy. Her recent credits forces—unexpected obstacles and crises that stand as interruptions in the forward in 2010 helped establish Shakespeare on include Richard in Richard III, Desdemona movement of our lives. And our wishes often entail consequences that remain outside the Ridge: a public summer performance in Desdemona, Piggy in Lord of the Flies, our expectation or control. The context of the story here is intimately connected to the festival of Shakespeare’s works in residence Dolores in Still, Yelena in Uncle Vanya, and W relationships between and among family members—parents and children primarily. It is at Ridgeville Park in Evanston. Credits in in Lungs. Chicago include work with Remy Bumppo, a context that situates each of us in that liminal space where fear and loss intersect with Gabby Gillespie (Little Red Ridinghood) Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman, hope and redemption. I wish… BFA3/Acting. Gabby is a Houston, Texas Collaboraction, and Theo Ubique . ~Barry Brunetti native. Her previous Theatre School credits Jonathan S. Campbell (Cinderella’s Father) include Lady Summerhays in Misalliance, BFA3/Stage Management. Jonathan hails directed by Paul Holquist; Step Mother in DRAMATURGY NOTE from West Chester, Pennsylvania, and Blood Wedding, directed by Anne Wakefield; Celebration, Florida. He works mainly as and an ensemble member in a devised Fairy tales can seem like foreign concepts. Buried in layers of metaphor, psychological a Stage Manager of operatic works and movement piece, directed by Kristina Fluty. interpretations, and messages of morality, it’s easy to get lost. But these stories are also a production manager. Previous credits records of human desire. Jacob and Wilhelm , on whose stories Stephen Sondheim Cedric Hills (Steward) BFA3/Acting. Born include Assistant Stage Manager of DePaul and James Lapine’s Into the Woods is based, adapted these tales that had a tradition of and raised in , Cedric comes Opera Theatre’s productions of Suor being verbally passed down from one generation to the next. from a family of actors. A Sondheim Angelica and Gianni Schicchi as well as the enthusiast, Cedric has always had a strong The Grimm brothers weren’t collecting and publishing these old tales for nostalgia’s Production Management Intern at Chicago connection to Into the Woods. sake. They were bringing to life characters based on ordinary people we have since come Shakespeare Theatre. He looks forward to to know and love. Characters like Cinderella and weren’t just being a member of the production team of Jayson Lee (Baker) BFA3/Acting. His creations of fiction but embodiments of the struggles of real people. the 2018 production of the DePaul Opera previous Theatre School credits include These struggles often included poverty, deceased or absent parents, and a craving for Theatre. Saccades in Darkness, Blood Wedding, and independence from one’s family. Families were incomplete, violence was an ordinary Night of the Iguana. You can see him next in Anna Connelly (Lucinda) BFA4/Acting. occurrence, and characters wandered aimlessly, waiting for others to change their Native Son. Anna hails from San Antonio, Texas, where destinies. The stories reflected a longing for a better life. Struggle was rewarded with she graduated from the North East School Michael Morrow (Rapunzel’s Prince) BFA4/ conventional happy endings of marriage and the defeat of evil forces. of the Arts, majoring in . Acting. Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Into the Woods breaks from this tradition by arguing that as humans our needs are Her recent Theatre School acting credits Michael's past credits include The Elaborate endless. We do not have the luxury of living in a happy ending. Sondheim and Lapine include Richard III, Molora, An Experiment Entrance of Chad Deity (Strawdog Theatre), hold up that magic mirror to our reflection. We cannot ignore the problems of the giants with an Air Pump, and Trouble in Mind. Wig Out! and We Are Proud to Present (The in the world or the witches in our own backyard. We also don’t live in a world of good Theatre School). versus evil, but somewhere in between. Righteous actions are not always rewarded, and Christina Euphrat (Cinderella’s Mother/ often injustice must be endured. Granny) BFA3/Acting. Christina is from Vinh Nguyen (Jack) BFA4/Acting. Vinh is the San Francisco Bay Area where from Houston, Texas, and has appeared in Through urging us to accept light and dark moments as well as those troublesome she trained and performed with Next Fall, Mrs. Phu's Cleansing Juices (and also middles, Into the Woods reminds us that it is in our darkest moments when we realize American Conservatory Theater's Young Salads), and The Kid Who Ran For President. who we are and what we need. It isn’t always good, or right, or clear. In these times, we must find courage within ourselves and not forget to accept kindness and empathy from Conservatory for many years. Her previous Skylar Okerstrom-Lang (Wolf/Cinderella’s others. As the show tells us, “Hard to see the light now, just don’t let it go. Things will Theater School credits include Dog Sees Prince). Skylar hails from Great Barrington, come out right now. We can make it so.” God, Blood Wedding, and Misalliance. Massachusetts. Skylar’s Theatre School ~Mariah Schultz, BFA4, Dramaturgy/Criticism Delaney Feener (Cinderella) BFA4/Acting. credits include Judson Moon in The Kid Delaney hails from Rocklin, California. who Ran for President, Catesby and Rivers She is a recent winner of a 2017 Princess in Richard III, and Loki in Wig Out!. This past Grace Award (with the Robert and Gloria summer Skylar performed as Edgar in King Hausman Theatre Award) and was awarded Lear at the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival. the Sarah Siddons Society Scholarship 4 The Theatre School at DePaul University Into the Woods 5 BIOGRAPHIES [cont.] BIOGRAPHIES [cont.]

Emma Page (Florinda) BFA4/Acting. Emma Marian van Noppen (Rapunzel) MFA2/ Blind Owl Theatre, for which he recently Levi Jacobson (Assistant Director) BFA4/ hails from Northfield, Illinois. Her Theatre Acting. Marian has spent the past several was production advisor for the company’s Theatre Arts. Levi hails from Sumner, School credits include Romeo & Juliet years growing roots in Chicago, New York production of Debbie Tucker Green’s Dirty Iowa. His credits as an Assistant Director (Romeo), Richard III (Young Elizabeth/ City, and Washington, D.C., in addition Butterfly. include productions of Godspell, Peter Pan Scrivener), Molora (Klytemnestra), A Lie to her home state of North Carolina. She Mark Elliott (Musical Director) Mark has and Wendy, and GUT. Additionally, he has of the Mind (Lorraine), and Tom Paine received her BFA at Randolph College taught Musical Theatre Performance at completed a minor in Public Relations and (Ensemble). (founded as Randolph-Macon Woman's The Theatre School at DePaul University in Advertising and is pursuing a career in Courtney Peck (Jack’s Mother) BFA4/ College). Professional theatre credits Chicago thirty years. Recent productions at theatre and entertainment public relations, Acting. Courtney is from the Tri-State include Texas Shakespeare Festival, The Theatre School include , advertising and event management. Wolfbane Productions, Fort Peck Theatre, area. Credits include Romeo and Juliet, Spring Awakening, Cabaret, , The Ben Raanan (Assistant Director) MFA 1/ and Round Barn Theatre. Night Runner, and The Maids (The Last Five Years, , and . Directing. Ben is a Chicago based director, Theatre School); Three Musketeers (Marin Sean Wesslund (Narrator) MFA 3/Acting. He has provided musical direction for over casting director and disability advocate. Shakespeare Co.); Much Ado About Sean hails from the San Francisco Bay one hundred fifty productions for theatres Favorite directing credits include Crumble: Nothing (Marin Shakespeare Co.); EL Stories Area and received his B.A. in Theatre from such as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Lay me Down Justin Timberlake, The 4th (Waltzing Mechanics); A Midsummer Northwestern University. He has previously Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Candlelight Graders Present an Unnamed Love Suicide, Night's Dream (BADA). She is an Equity been seen at The Theatre School in The Dinner Playhouse, Roosevelt University, Love and Information, Still Life with Iris, Membership Candidate. Zoo Story (Peter), Hedda Gabler (Tesman), Fox Theatricals, Loyola University, Theatre and Eleemosynary (Ensemble Theatre Laila Rodriques (Witch) BFA3/Acting. 52 Hertz (Mr. Winsor and Fisherman), and at the Center, Centerlight Theatre, and ), Mockingbird (Falcon Theatre). Laila is from Los Angeles, California. Swimmers (Randy and George). Appletree Theatre, among many others. Favorite casting credits include Carol, He has served as musical director for the Previous Theatre School productions Barry Brunetti (Director) Barry is currently Killing of a Sacred Deer, Miles Ahead, and Jeff Awards on several occasions and include Misalliance and the devised piece a full-time faculty member at The Theatre Goat. was nominated for a Jeff for The Robber Afterburn. School at DePaul University, where he Joy Ahn (Asst. Scenic Designer) BFA4/ Bridegroom for Griffin Theatre. He has serves as head of the Theatre Arts program. Scenic Design. Past Theatre School credits Jillian Skale (Cinderella’s Stepmother) composed original scores and incidental He studied acting with Stephen Strimpell as Assistant Scenic Designer and Scenic BFA4/Acting. Jillian is from Cincinnati, music for nearly eighty productions, at the HB Studio in New York where, in a Designer include Esperanza Rising, The Ohio. She has previously been seen in including the Off-Broadway production previous life, he appeared Off-Broadway Merchant of Venice, and Peter Pan and The Kid Who Ran For President, Down the of Sophie, Totie and Belle, and Fair City, in featured roles in Irma La Douce and City Wendy, Eurydice, and Wig Out! Rocky Road And All The Way to Bedlam, The commissioned by Roosevelt University. of Life. Regionally, favorite roles include Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, Better Living, Sophia Blood (Scenic Designer) BFA4/ Salieri in Amadeus, Nmathan Detroit in Julissa Castrejon (Assistant Director) BFA4/ Kingdom City, and An Experiment with an Scenic Design. Sophia’s Scenic Designer , and Richard in The Lion in Theatre Arts. Julissa is from Plainfield, Air Pump. credits at The Theatre School include Winter. Regional directing credits include Illinois. Her most recent productions Michael Jordan in Lilliput and What the F*ck Katie Travers (Baker’s Wife) MFA2/Acting. Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf? Equus, Cat on include Assistant Director for The Fairytale is Goin’ on in Kilgore, Texas? Her assistant Katie hails from Franklin, Massachusetts a Hot Tin Roof, and Dracula. He has directed Lives of Russian Girls, The Kid Who Ran credits include Night Runner, Romeo and and holds a BFA in Theatre Arts from the numerous productions for The Theatre for President, along with Lincoln-Way’s Juliet, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, and University of Rhode Island where she School, including Pinnochio 3.5 and The summer stock production of Grease. She Growing Up Blue this Spring. performed in The 25th Annual Putnam Kingdom of Grimm for Chicago Playworks, will be making her directing debut with a County Spelling Bee (Rona), Oklahoma! Dinner at Eight with Donald Ilko, Mitchell production of Anthony Neilson’s Penetrator Lila Gilbert (Technical Director) BFA4/ (Gertie), and Little Women: The Musical and Barton’s adaptation of Calderon’s this winter as a part of The Theatre School’s Theatre Technology. Lila is from Morton (Aunt March). Since graduating in 2010, Life’s A Dream, Seamus Haney’s The Burial winter Lab series. Grove, Illinois. Her most recent credits Katie completed apprentice training at include Technical Director for Wig Out!; at Thebes, and Cabaret. Chicago directing Grace Grindell (Assistant Director) BFA3/ Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Assistant Technical Director for Richard III; credits include critically acclaimed Theatre Arts. Grace hails from , Boston, Massachusetts, and has performed and Master Carpenter for Romeo and Juliet. productions of Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Georgia. Her work as a Dramaturg can be in numerous productions at The Gamm Last summer, she served as the Project Spare (Chicago premiere); Howard Barker’s seen as an assistant on Augusta and Noble Theatre and The Wilbury Group. Katie can Management and Coordination intern at No End of Blame and Ariel Dorfman’s Death and a lead on Three Sisters in the spring. next be seen in Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric and the Maiden for TimeLine Theatre; and Production Resource Group. Play, directed by Jeremy Aluma. Differences in Jealousy for Collaboraction Theatre. Barry is a company member of The

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Ethan Gill (Assistant Technical Director) Jay Koch (Assistant Lighting Designer) Most recent projects include Kingdom City, Encyclopedia Show, and performing BFA3/Theatre Technology. Ethan is working BFA3/Lighting Design. Jay hails from Meet Me in St. Louis, and with with the ASL Comedy Tour circuit, Crom on his 8th Theatre School show and first Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. guest director Krysta Rodriguez. has his own one-man show, Cromania!, show as Assistant Technical Director. Some of her Theatre School design credits Martin Wilde (Audio Describer) Martin has which tours internationally. Crom also Later this year, he will serve as Assistant include Life Sucks, Next Fall, 52 Hertz, and described over 100 plays, operas and other has interpreted and translated dozens of Technical Director for Mr. Burns, a Post- Crime and Punishment. Outside of school, live performances for local and national plays, from children’s theatre to Broadway Electric Play and Technical Director for she does electrics work in the Chicago performing arts and cultural organizations. musicals, including at the Oregon Growing Up Blue. This summer he interned theatre scene and trains with the USMC. Martin also writes and voices description Shakespeare Festival, and has taught with The Chicago Flyhouse where he dozens of ASL linguistics and theatrical Agata Pacia (Sound Designer) BFA2/Sound for TV shows and other media, and expanded his knowledge and worked with workshops across the nation. He currently Design. Agata comes from Des Plaines, National Park Service sites, including Grand industry professionals. teaches as Associate Professor and acts Illinois. Her previous design credits include Canyon National Park and Apostle Islands as Director of Deaf Studies at the ASL Tessa Keller (Master Carpenter) BFA2/ studio productions of Desdemona, Next National Lakeshore. Past Theatre School Department of Columbia College, Chicago. Theatre Technology. Tessa is from Houston, Fall, and Still. credits include Mrs. Phu’s Cleansing Juices Texas. This summer she worked for the (and also Salads), and The Lady From the http://thecromsaunders.com. Camille Denholm (Associate Sound Houston Shakespeare Festival as a scenic Sea. Ben Gates-Utter (Stage Manager) BFA4/ Designer) BFA3/Sound Design. Camille intern and run crew member. Theatre Stage Management. Ben hails from Grand was the Assistant Sound Designer for Las Shannon Moutinho (Sign Language School credits include Carpenter for Rapids, Michigan. Previous Theatre School Vegas Academy of the Arts production Interpreter) Shannon is a nationally Wig Out!. She is currently working as a credits include Wig Out!, Romeo and of Title of Show. She audio engineered certified freelance interpreter of over ten Carpenter for Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook Juliet, and The Children’s Hour. Chicago their production of My Friend, The Fox years in the Chicagoland area. Previous and Technical Director for The Witness. work includes Victory Gardens and the and various showcases, band concerts, artistic interpreting experience includes Goodman Theatre. Ben was most recently Olive Earley (Assistant Costume Designer) orchestra concerts, jazz concerts, and Steppenwolf, Lookingglass Theatre the Associate Company Manager at BFA3/Costume Design. Olive is from assemblies. Company, the Second City, Carnival and Madison, Wisconsin, and is employed as Norwegian Cruise Lines, Lollapalooza, ASL Williamstown Theatre Festival. Mariah Schultz (Dramaturg) BFA4/ a makeup shop assistant. She served as Improv, Chicago Jazz Fest, Chicago Gospel Dana Beech (Assistant Stage Manager) Dramaturgy/Criticism. Mariah is from Assistant Costume Designer on Romeo and Fest, various artists at the Edlis Neeson BFA2/Stage Management. Dana’s roots are Burlington, New Jersey. Mariah’s past Juliet, Richard III, and Cinderella: The Remix Theatre at the MCA, the Art Institute of planted in Manhattan Beach, California. dramaturgy credits include Michael Jordan last year. In addition to assisting Into the Chicago, and the National Poetry Slam. Previous Theatre School credits include in Lilliput, Richard III, Crime and Punishment, Woods she will be designing Three Sisters She also works as a program specialist at Eurydice, Hedda Gabler, and Wig Out! This and The Misanthrope. She will also serve on the Fullerton Stage in April. the Great Lakes ADA Center in Chicago past summer Dana interned with the Los as the dramaturg for Junie B. Jones is Not a working to promote ADA accessibility and Angeles County Arts Commission as the Kiera Pitts (Costume Designer) BFA3/ Crook this upcoming winter. awareness to the Midwest Deaf and Hard Costume Design. Previous Costume design Associate Producer Intern and was the Jose Mogollon Duran (Assistant of Hearing community. She is an alumni credits include Cubicle: The Musical (Bad Stage Manager for Sister Act, The Musical. Dramaturg) BFA 2/Dramaturgy/Criticism. of Columbia College Chicago’s ASL-English Theater Festival, 2015), and the elevated This coming year, she will be the Stage Jose is from Cypress, Texas, but was born Interpretation program. studio production of Trouble in Mind (The Manager for The Witness, and Assistant in Mexico City. Jose spent his summer as a Theatre School, 2016). Crom Saunders (Sign Language Interpreter) Stage Manager for The Cat In The Hat. Production Assistant for the National Tour Crom grew up in Northern California, and Danely Fletcher (Assistant Stage Manager) Joseph Clavell (Lighting Designer) BFA4/ of , helping close the tour in graduated from California State University, BFA1/Stage Management. Danely comes Lighting Design. Recent design credits Houston, Texas. Sacramento with a MA in Creative Writing. include In a Word and We Are Proud To from Avon, Connecticut, where she stage Raven Robledo (Accessibility Coordinator) In addition to several appearances in Present… (The Theatre School), and managed Alice in Wonderland and Seussical. BFA3/Theatre Management. Raven full productions, improv events, The (Maine State Music comes from Los Angeles, California, Theatre). Recent assistant credits include and is an alumni of the Musical Theatre The Skin of our Teeth (Remy Bumppo Conservatory at Orange County School of Theatre), Cinderella: The Remix and The Kid the Arts. Her transition from a performer Who Ran For President (The Theatre School). to an Arts Administrator was prompted by several positions as an Assistant Director.

8 The Theatre School at DePaul University Into the Woods 9 THE THEATRE SCHOOL FACULTY/STAFF THE THEATRE SCHOOL BOARD

John Culbert...... Dean TECHNICAL THEATRE SUSTAINING Penelope Obenshain PROFESSIONAL HONORARY Dean Corrin...... Associate Dean Deanna Aliosius...... Head of Costume Technology MEMBERS Vonita Reescer ASSOCIATES MEMBER Linda Buchanan...... Associate Dean of Curriculum Susan Fenty Studham ...... Head of Stage Management Brian M. Montgomery, Merle Reskin John Ransford Watts Jason Beck...... Assistant Dean Shane Kelly...... Head of Theatre Technology Shane Kelly...... Chair, Design and Richard Bynum Christine Freeburg Chair Trisha Rooney Samantha Falbe Technical Theatre Joel Furmanek Ed Leahy Sondra Healy, Joseph Santiago Jr. Scott Falbe Coya Paz-Brownrigg...... Chair, Theatre Studies David Naunton Courtney O’Neill Chair Emeritus Msgr. Kenneth Velo Zach Helm Jeff Mills...... Artistic Director, Chicago Playworks Tom Pearl Michael Rourke Joseph M. Antunovich Tomer Yogev Criss Henderson Damon Kiely...... Chair, Performance James Savage Noelle Thomas Kathleen M. Bette Paul Konrad Alden Vasquez Joanna White Monika L. Black Paula Cale Lisbe ADMINISTRATION Laura Whitlock Lorraine M. Evanoff Amy K. Pietz Anna Ables...... Director of Marketing and PR Karen Hale John C. Reilly Mary Arendt...... Advancement Administrative Assistant THEATRE STUDIES Whitney A. Lasky Charlayne Woodard Sheleene Bell ...... Executive Assistant Barry Brunetti...... Head of Theatre Arts Irene Michaels Dennis Zacek Tracee Duerson...... Director of Admissions Marcie McVay...... Head of Theatre Management Stephanie Gunter Carper...... Director of Development Carlos Murillo...... Head of Playwriting Matthew Krause...... Business Manager Alan Salzenstein...... Head of Arts Leadership Joshua Maniglia...... Technical Operations Manager Rachel Shteir...... Head of Dramaturgy OUR 2017-2018 SEASON Ashley Meczywor ...... Assistant Director of Admissions Meghan Beals Laura Biagi Kristin Morris...... Manager of Special Events and PR David Chack Dean Corrin Jeanne Williams...... Coordinator of Academic Services Philip Dawkins Jason Fliess CHICAGO PLAYWORKS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG AUDIENCES Dexter Zollicoffer...... Diversity Advisor Isaac Gomez Sarah Hecht Criss Henderson James Jensen ACTING AND DIRECTING Chris Jones Jan Kallish Augusta and Noble Junie B. Jones Dr. Seuss’s Dexter Bullard...... Head of Graduate Acting Azar Kazemi Brian McKnight by Carlos Murillo Is Not a Crook The Cat in the Hat Cameron Knight ...... Head of Undergraduate Acting Shade Murray William O’Connor directed by Lisa Portes by Dr. Seuss Lisa Portes...... Head of Directing Tanya Palmer Coya Paz-Brownrigg by Allison Gregory October 5 – November 11, adapted from the directed by Jeff Mills Rob Adler Greg Allen Maren Robinson Patrick Rowland 2017 Sommer Austin Adrianne Cury James Sherman Sandy Shinner book series by Barbara Park April 19 – May 26, 2018 Audrey Francis Andrew Gallant John Zinn directed by Krissy Vanderwarker Linda Gillum Noah Gregoropoulos January 11 – February 17, 2018 Damon Kiely Susan Messing LIBERAL STUDIES Rachael Patterson Nicole Ricciardi Louis Contey Carolyn Hoerdemann Janelle Snow Krissy Vanderwarker Linda Kahn Ryan Kitley Rachel Slavick ON THE FULLERTON STAGE IN THE HEALY THEATRE MOVEMENT Patrice Egleston...... Head of Movement TECHNICAL STAFF Kristina Fluty George Keating Bryan Back...... Lighting Supervisor Into the Woods Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play Jeff Mills Blake Montgomery So Hui Chong...... Costume Technician music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim by Anne Washburn Kimosha Murphy Madeline Reber Tim Combs...... Technical Director book by James Lapine music by Michael Friedman Nick Sandys Pullin Mary Schmich Dominic DiGiovanni...... Scene Shop Foreperson directed by Barry Brunetti directed by Jeremy Aluma Michael Taylor Kaitlyn Grissom...... Scene Shop Carpenter musical direction by Mark Elliott January 26 – February 4, 2018 Chris Hofmann...... Director of Production November 3 – 12, 2017 (previews 1/24 & 1/25) VOICE AND SPEECH Sheila Hunter...... Draper Phil Timberlake...... Head of Voice and Speech Kelsey Lamm...... Production Coordinator (previews 11/1 & 11/2) Claudia Anderson Deb Doetzer Jen Leahy...... Theatre Technical Director Satyagraha: Gandhi/King Mark Elliott Phyllis E. Griffin Amy Peter...... Properties Master Native Son An ensemble performance created by Michelle Lopez-Rios Aaron Pijanowski...... Assistant Theatre Technical Director by Richard Wright MFA III actors, directed by Dexter Bullard Erika Senase ...... Costume Shop Manager adapted by Nambi E. Kelly May 4 - 6, 2018 DESIGN Joanna White...... Scenic Artist directed by Mikael Burke Christine Binder...... Head of Lighting Design (previews 5/2 & 5/3) Linda Buchanan...... Head of Scene Design AUDIENCE SERVICES February 9 – 18, 2018 Victoria Deiorio...... Head of Sound Design Klaire Brezinski...... Theatre School House Manager (previews 2/7 & 2/8) Sally Dolembo...... Head of Costume Design Peter Kelly...... Theatre School House Manager Nan Zabriskie...... Head of Make Up and Wigs David Keohane...... Administrative Assistant Three Sisters Jeff Bauer Thomas Dixon Jessie Krust...... Box Office Manager by Anton Chekhov Todd Hensley Jack Magaw Laura Rice...... Group Sales Representative directed by Jacob Janssen Jenny Mannis Kevin O’Donnell Kelsey Shipley ...... Theatre School House Manager Liviu Pasare Henrijs Preiss Leslie Shook...... Theatre Manager April 13 – 22, 2018 Birgit Rattenborg Wise (previews 4/11 & 4/12) New Playwrights Series Growing up Blue by Chloë Martens directed by Shade Murray May 18-26, 2018 (previews 5/16 & 5/17) 10 The Theatre School at DePaul University Into the Woods 11 GENERAL INFORMATION BOX OFFICE TELEPHONE (773) 325-7900

REGULAR BOX OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday: noon - 4 p.m.

PERFORMANCE BOX OFFICE HOURS The Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to curtain for all performances.

NO SMOKING In compliance with the City of Chicago Clean Air Ordinance, smoking is prohibited in The Theatre School. We appreciate your cooperation.

EMERGENCY EXITS Please note the location of emergency exits in the theatre.

NO CELLULAR PHONES, TEXT MESSAGING, RECORDING DEVICES, PHOTOGRAPHY, PAGERS, FOOD AND BEVERAGES Please do not use the above listed items in the theatre. Patrons with electronic pagers or cellular telephones are asked to either turn off their equipment in the theatre or check them with the House Manager prior to curtain. We discourage text messaging during the performance. The light from the screen can bother other patrons. We allow photographs to be taken before and after but never during the performance. You may also check cameras and recording equipment with the House Manager who will secure them until final curtain.

RESTROOMS Restrooms are located in the lobbies on the main floor and balcony levels.

LOST AND FOUND If you find an item or have lost an item, please the House Manager. You may also call (773) 325-7900 the next day to determine if an item has been found.

EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALLS Patrons with electronic pagers are requested to either turn off their pagers in the theatre or check them with the House Manager prior to showtime. Should you need to give an emergency telephone number where you can be reached during a performance, please alert the House Manager of your seat location and give the Box Office telephone number for emergencies, (773) 325-7900.

PARKING ARRANGEMENTS When you attend an event at The Theatre School in Lincoln Park, you may park at DePaul’s Clifton Parking Deck, 2330 N. Clifton, with the DePaul rate: $7.25. Validate your parking ticket at the Building Receptionist desk near the Racine entrance.

CAPTIONING AND LISTEN UP LISTENING SYSTEMS AVAILABLE FOR OUR HEARING-IMPAIRED PATRONS See the box office to receive either the Captioning or Headset device. We require the security deposit of a driver’s license or other identification during the performance. The ID will be returned when you return the device.

LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS You may request a large print program from the ticket taker or the House Manager.

SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING Selected performances will be interpreted in American Sign Language. Call the Box Office or see the website for the schedule.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION Designated audio-described performances and pre-performance touch tours are scheduled throughout the 2017-18 season. Call the Box Office or see the website for the schedule.

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