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MICHAEL BUTLER (Artistic Director) This is OUR SPONSORS ABOUT CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY Michael’s twelfth season as Artistic Director of Center REP, where his directing credits Chevron (Season Sponsor) has been the Center REP is the resident, professional include The Liar, Women in Jeopardy, leading corporate sponsor of Center REP theatre company of the Lesher Center for the CENTER REPERTORY COMPANY Baskerville, ‘Art,’ Anything Goes, Clybourne and the Lesher Center for the Arts for the Arts. Our season consists of six productions Michael Butler, Artistic Director Scott Denison, Managing Director Park, Real Housewives of Walnut Creek, and past eleven years. In fact, Chevron has been a year – a variety of musicals, dramas and To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as the Shellie a partner of the LCA since the beginning, comedies, both classic and contemporary, and BATCC Award-winning productions of providing funding for capital improvements, that continually strive to reach new levels of Around the World in 80 Days, A Midsummer event sponsorships and more. Chevron artistic excellence and professional standards. Night’s Dream, Enchanted April, and Witness generously supports every Center REP show For The Prosecution. His directing work has throughout the season, and is the primary Our mission is to celebrate the power also been seen at San Jose Rep, Cleveland sponsor for events including the Chevron of the human imagination by producing Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Laguna Playhouse, Family Theatre Festival in July. Chevron emotionally engaging, intellectually involving, ACT in Seattle, Marin Theatre Company, has proven itself not just as a generous and visually astonishing live theatre, and Aurora Theatre Company, San Jose Stage, supporter, but also a valued friend of the arts. through Outreach and Education programs, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and The Juilliard to enrich and advance the cultural life of the School, of which he is a graduate. As an actor, Diablo Regional Arts Association (DRAA) communities we serve. Michael has worked on Broadway (Macbeth (Season Partner) is both the primary with Glenda Jackson and Christopher fundraising organization of the Lesher What does it mean to be a producing Plummer and Two Shakespearean Actors), Off Center for the Arts (LCA) and the City of theatre? We hire the finest professional Broadway (Roundabout, The Public Theatre), Walnut Creek’s appointed curator for the directors, actors and designers to create our in regional theatres (The Guthrie, Arena LCA’s audience outreach. DRAA’s role in the productions at Center REP. These are not Stage, Long Wharf), film and television, as community is all about building partnerships touring productions – they’re conceived and well as in REP’s productions of Mirandolina!, with the focused goal of enhancing developed here, the sets and costumes are The Mousetrap Noises Off Rumors , and . He is artistic quality at the LCA and providing built in our shops, and the actors rehearse in a published songwriter and the co-writer and opportunities for everyone to enjoy the arts. our rehearsal hall. Whether the production composer of numerous music-theatre pieces, Through partnerships with the LCA and its is a Bay Area premiere or a Shakespearean which have been produced in NY, LA, and at producers, individual donors, corporate and classic, each is devised to be a one of a kind, By Lucas Hnath festivals in India and Morocco. In his career foundation sponsors and the City of Walnut artistic creation that will be a unique theatre as a performer he has also danced with the Creek, DRAA plays a vital role in advancing experience for our audience. Erick Hawkins Dance Company, portrayed the the arts for the betterment of the community. villainous Pierre LeChance on “The Guiding Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Please visit us online at www.draa.org. What does it mean to be a professional Light," and played guitar and harmonica in theatre? It means that all our artists and Dipu Gupta Christina Dinkel Kurt Landisman many rock, blues, and country western bands Lesher Foundation (Foundation Sponsor) artisans are career theatre-practitioners. All at all the notable dives in NYC. Sound Designer Fight Director Stage Manager As the namesake family for the Lesher of the actors in this production are members SCOTT DENISON (Managing Director) has Center for the Arts, the Lesher Foundation of Actors’ Equity Association; our directors Cliff Caruthers Dave Maier Megan McClintock* been the General Manager for the Lesher has provided funding to Center REP and and designers are members of professional Center for the Arts since it opened 27 years the Lesher Center since the Center opened unions. All do theatre because it is their Cast ago and has worked for the Arts in this area in 1990. Their support has had a profound profession and their passion. for over 44 years. Scott has directed over impact on the quality of Center REP’s Michael Asberry* Max Carpenter* 150 productions, including The Wizard of Oz, productions and has greatly enhanced the We are very proud to have the opportunity the musical hit Cinderella, Disney’s Beauty experience for Center REP’s audiences. to produce professional theatre for our Rosie Hallett* Gabriel Marin* and the Beast, Hairspray, The Music Man, Grant-making decisions are based on the community in the beautiful theatres here at Les Misérables and for the past 20 seasons vision of Dean and Margaret Lesher who felt the Lesher Center for the Arts. Thank you for Center REP’s A Christmas Carol as well as quality education, diverse art programs, and your support! Directed by Markus Potter all Fantasy Forum productions since 1970. healthy children and families are the building RED SPEEDO had its New York Premiere at New York Theatre Worlshop He created and produces the annual Shellie blocks of a strong and vibrant community. Awards now celebrating 39 years. Scott has (Jim Nicola, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director), 2016. also designed lights for over 250 productions, RED SPEEDO was originally produced by the Studio Theatre, Washington, DC (David Muse, Artistic Director; Keith Alan Baker, Managing Director), in September 2013. including the national touring production of THANK YOU TO Sylvia. Under Denison’s guidance the Lesher Center REPertory Company Michael Butler Artistic Director THE STAFF OF THE RED SPEEDO is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. LESHER CENTER FOR THE ARTS Center for the Arts presents over 850 public Scott Denison Managing Director events each year. He coordinates performing Production Services Audience Services Margaret Lesher Theatre arts activities with over 100 producers and Production Manager Costume Shop Production Assistant Coordinator Coordinator January 26 - February 24, 2018 producing organizations. Scott created the Jeff Collister Manager Miranda Ketchum Toni Kilcoyne Courtney Egg Technical Director Bethany Deal Marketing Associate Technical Staff Ticket Office Staff Lesher Center for the Arts Chevron Family Theatre Festival which hosts Joshua Lipps Costume Staff Morgan Mitchell Steve Pino Jeremiah Vierling over 7,000 guests each year. He is also the Master Electrician Lily Chhan Education Alex Bull Rami Kim Season Season Partner Foundation Sponsor Del Medoff Michelle Kincaid Education Directors Chris Currie Robert Nolan Managing Director of the Center REPertory Carpenters Wardrobe Supervisor Jeff Draper Hanna Johnson Jennifer Haga Sponsor Company producing professional productions Kevin Bennett Alea Gonzales Kerri Shawn Garrick Schuster Laina Hare Trevor Frey Hair & Makeup Artist Casting Director Stephen Spleiss Jave Hernandez each season and is the director and co- Gabriel Johnson Amy Bobeda Jennifer Perry Josh Stouffer Elizabeth Martinie founder of Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble, Caleb Salmon Blood Designer Asst. to the Managing Josh Yarnell Shannon Taylor *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Security Usher Coordinator Brennan Shreves Tunuviel Luv Director The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society an adult family performing arts company Asst. Stage Manager Props Manager Gail Pfeifer Emmaline Coartney Pat Mitchell which presents programs for the young and Joe Coe Roger Anderson Program/Webmaster Nick Dowd The Scenic, Lighting and Sound Designers are members of United Scenic Artists Union Johnny Silveira Center REP is a member of Theatre Bay Area and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), The National Organization for the American Theatre Young at Heart. Linda Nomura CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ROSIE HALLETT* (Lydia) is PRODUCTION TEAM DIPU GUPTA (Scenic Designer) has designed KURT LANDISMAN (Lighting Designer) Local DAVE MAIER (Fight Director) has choreographed pleased to return to Center scenery for the Santa Fe Opera, Opera Africa audiences will be familiar with his work violence for six Center REP productions Born Yesterday Deathtrap Peter ................................... Gabriel Marin* REP, where she was last LUCAS HNATH (Author) Lucas Hnath’s most Johannesburg, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, through past productions designed for Center including , and Gotham Opera NYC, Wolf Trap Opera, the REP including The Liar, Altar Boyz, Sisters Mirandolina. His work has been seen at Ray .....................................Max Carpenter* recent play, A Doll's House, Part 2, was seen as Annabel in Dorothy Manhattan School of Music, Opera Pacific, Matsumoto, Baskerville: