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 (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 School of Music, Opera Pacific, Matsumoto, Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes theatres throughout the bay area including Coach ...... Michael Asberry* Fortenberry’s Status Update. nominated for 8 for its Broadway production last season. Other plays include Geva Theater Center, Syracuse Stage, Seattle Mystery, Anything Goes, Mirandolina, ACT, Berkeley Rep, SF Playhouse, Berkeley Lydia ...... Rosie Hallett* Other recent credits include The Christians (2014 Humana Festival), A ACT, San Jose Rep, the Berkshire Opera Deathtrap, Life Could Be a Dream, Ella, the Playhouse, Aurora Theatre and Ubuntu Theatre Native Son, peerless, Thomas and Sally and Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay Company, Skylight Opera, Madison Opera, Musical, Sweet Charity, The 39 Steps, Old Project among others. He is the resident fight The Way West (Marin Theatre Company), About the Death of Walt Disney (Soho Rep), the NJ Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Wicked Songs and Xanadu. His designs have director at San Francisco Opera and California TIME AND PLACE The Country House (TheatreWorks), Top Nightnight (2013 Humana Festival),Isaac's Eye Santa Cruz, The New Swan Shakespeare been seen throughout the Bay Area at many Shakespeare Theatre. He is a proud company Girls and Harry Thaw Hates Everybody (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Death Tax (2012 Festival, Shakespeare Orange County, and the theaters including San Francisco Opera, ACT, member with the Shotgun Players in Berkeley. Poolside at an indoor pool. (Shotgun Players), The Winter’s Tale (San Humana Festival, Royal Court Theatre), and Teatro UNAM Festival in Mexico City. He is a Berkeley Rep, San Jose Rep, Theatreworks, He has won several awards for his work Present, more or less. Francisco Shakespeare Festival), and The Courtship of Anna Nicole Smith (Actors licensed California architect with completed California Shakespeare Festival, The Magic including the 2017 Theatre Bay Area Award for One month before the summer Smut, Night Vision, and You Know When Theatre of Louisville). His plays are published building projects in California, New York, New Theatre, and Marin Theatre Company. Locally Outstanding Fight Choreography for his work Hampshire, Washington, and New Mexico. his work has garnered 19 Bay Area Critics on Fool For Love at the Magic Theatre. Dave is Olympics. the Men are Gone by Dramatists Play Service. Lucas has been a with Word for Word He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Set Circle Awards, 5 LA Dramalogue Awards and recognized as a Senior Instructor of theatrical Performing Arts Company, where she is resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2011, and is a proud member of the Ensemble Design from the University of California, Los 5 Shellie Awards. Nationally, his work has combat with Dueling Arts international and Red Speedo will be performed an Associate Artist. Rosie is a graduate of Studio Theatre. Lucas is a winner of the 2012 Angeles, a Master of Architecture degree from been seen at many regional opera & ballet is a founding member of Dueling Arts San without an intermission. Stanford University. Whitfield Cook Award for Isaac's Eye and the University of Virginia, and a Bachelor of companies, including the Los Angeles Opera, Francisco. He is currently teaching combat Arts degree in Art History from the University Minnesota Opera, Virginia Opera, Tulsa Opera, related courses at Berkeley Rep School of GABRIEL MARIN* (Peter) is received a 2013 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation for Death Tax. He has also of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Dipu is Head of and Ballet Arizona. His designs have also been Theatre and St. Mary’s College of California. excited to return to Center CAST BIOGRAPHIES received commissions from the EST/Sloan Scenic Design at the University of California, presented off-Broadway, represented at Circle REP where he has previously Project, Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Irvine. Rep, and the Douglas Fairbanks Theatres. MEGAN MCCLINTOCK* (Stage Manager) is MICHAEL ASBERRY* (Coach) appeared in Mirandolina; Coast Repertory, Playwrights Horizons, New Other designs internationally include world excited to be back at Center REP, where she is delighted to be making The Book Club Play; Pilgrims York University’s Graduate Acting Program, CHRISTINA DINKEL (Costume Designer) is premieres of plays by Sam Shepard in Japan, previously stage managed Born Yesterday. his Center REP debut with Musa and Sheri in the New and the Royal Court Theatre. Lucas holds a a San Francisco based costume designer, and Singapore, as well as the San Francisco Megan’s Bay Area stage management credits Red Speedo, having just World; A Number; Arms and the Man; BFA and an MFA from New York University's wardrobe stylist, and educator. Christina's Opera in Shanghai, China, and the Moscow include shows at American Conservatory designs have been shown at the National Circus in Tokyo, Japan. kurtlandisman.com Theater, The Curran Theatre, California completed a performance in Noises Off; Rumors; and Tuesdays with Department of Dramatic Writing. Morrie. Marin most recently appeared Performance Network, San Francisco Shakespeare Theater, Marin Theatre Fences (Jim Bono) with The Museum of Modern Art, Santa Cruz CLIFF CARUTHERS (Sound Designer) has Company, Aurora Theatre Company and in the world premiere adaptation of MARKUS POTTER (Director) is delighted to Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) in Shakespeare, documenta 14, Z Space, SF created soundscapes and music for over 200 the San Francisco Opera. Megan can most Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives with return to the Center REP family. He resides Santa Maria, CA. Michael has worked in , where he is the Producing Playhouse, University of California Santa productions, including The Liar, Altar Boyz, frequently be found backstage at Berkeley Ensemble Theatre Company. Selected locally with Shotgun Players; Z-Space; Artistic Director of NewYorkRep, an off- Cruz, and more. Most recently, Christina Sisters Matsumoto, Dracula, and Ella: The Repertory Theatre, where favorite past San Francisco Shakespeare Festival; Regional: (American Conservatory Theatre) company dedicated to costume designed for Beth Stephens & Annie Musical for Center REP. Recent work includes productions include 946: The Amazing Story AlterTheater; The Best of PlayGround Between Riverside and Crazy, Napoli, The producing "new plays and musicals that Sprinkle's documentary film "Water Makes American Night, The Tempest, and The Seagull of Adolphus Tips, Treasure Island, Girlfriend, Festival; Lorraine Hansberry Theatre; Plays The Thing, Love and Information; inspire and compel social change". He was Us Wet" and for their many performances for California Shakespeare Theater; Elektra, Tristan & Yseult, Arabian Nights, The White TheatreWorks; Aurora Theatre; 6th Street (San Francisco Playhouse) Stage Kiss, recently honored with an Outer Critics Circle in the renowned international art festival, The Homecoming, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Snake, No Man’s Land, and Dear Elizabeth. Playhouse and Marin Theatre Company. Storefront Church, Bengal Tiger at the Award nomination, and documenta14. It was attended by Greek and Race for American Conservatory Theater; Megan has a B.A. in theater and history from President Pavlopoulos and German President Crime and Punishment and TRAGEDY: a Willamette University. Regionally, he has also performed with Baghdad Zoo, The Motherf**ker with the Critics' pick for his production of Stalking The Steinmeier and featured in the NY Times. tragedy for Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Sacramento Theatre Company and Artists Hat, Wirehead, Landscape of the Body, Bogeyman. This past season he served as Interim Artistic of Theatre Aspen, and has and Christina also costume designed Santa Cruz Gross Indecency and The Diary of Anne Frank Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR). Film/ Bug, Jesus Hopped the A Train, and Our THANK YOU TO OUR has recently directed at The Portland Stage Shakespeare's performance of A Midsummer for Kansas City Repertory Theatre; Troilus and Lady of 121st St; (Kansas City Rep) Fire OPENING NIGHT DINNER SPONSORS: Television appearances include "San Company, Weston Playhouse, New Jersey Rep, Night's Dream, the first production to set Cressida for Oregon Shakespeare Festival;Ubu in Dreamland; (TheatreWorks) Superior Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar Andreas", "Chasing Rodriguez", "Chance" London's Southwark Playhouse (Off-West stage on the then newly christened Audrey Roi, Pelleas and Melisande, and A Dreamplay Scott’s Seafood Grill and Restaurant (Hulu) "Trauma" (NBC) and "Nash Bridges" Donuts; (San Jose Rep) The Understudy, End Award nomination for Best Production Stanley Grove. Some other noted projects for The Cutting Ball Theater; The Happy Ones (CBS). Voiceover credits include Pine Sol, Love in American Times; (Marin Theatre and Best Direction), and the off-Broadway in new works include the costume design for Magic Theatre; The Loudest Man on Earth, Pixar Animation, Sweetos and Electronic Company) , production ofChurch and State at New World for premieres with Annie Sprinkle & Beth The Clean House and Outside Mullingar for Arts. It's a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play, Stages (off-Broadway Alliance nomination for Stephens at the San Francisco Museum TheatreWorks; We Are Proud To Present, Bellwether; (Aurora Theatre Company) best new play). As a former actor he spent of Modern Art, Z Space & Encore Theatre Death of a Salesman, and Venus in Fur for Company for the world premiere production San Jose Stage Company, Julius Caesar for The MAX CARPENTER* (Ray) Rapture, Blister Burn, This is How it Goes, several seasons with The Guthrie Theatre, Collapse, Jack Goes Boating, The Devil's Denver Center, Long Wharf Theatre, the tour of Lauren Yee's Hookman, and Intersection Acting Company;Happy Days for The Guthrie REGIONAL: Come Back Little for the Arts and Youth Speaks for the world Theater; Circle Mirror Transformation, and 9 Disciple, St. Joan, The Glass Menagerie, of Death of A Salesman with Christopher Sheeba (Huntington Theatre, premiere of Tree City Legends which later Circles for Marin Theatre Company, and Bug, Gunplay; (Magic Theatre) The Happy Lloyd, and Center REP's production of The Boston dir: David Cromer) A Wizard of Oz in 1995! Markus was on the toured twice at the National Performance and Dead Man's Cell Phone for San Francisco CITY COUNCIL Ones, Tape, The Rules of Charity; (Kitchen Few Good Men (Alley Theatre, producing team that brought the Arena Stage Network Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. Playhouse Mr. Caruthers is also co-curator Justin Wedel, Houston), As You Like It (South Theatre) Birds of East Africa. He has Please visit www.ChristinaDinkel.com for and technical director of the San Francisco Mayor production of Eric Cobble's The Velocity of Rich Carlston Dakota Shakespeare Fest) FILM/TV: "Law performed on NBC, CBS, PBS and the BBC. Autumn to Broadway, starring Estelle Parsons, more about her work. Tape Music Festival and has performed his ARTS COMMISSION Loella Haskew and Order: SVU", ABC's "What Would You who received a Tony Award nomination. electronic music compositions internationally. Anita Sagástegui, Cindy Silva THANK YOU TO: His music for the IOS app "Earth: A Primer" Chair Kevin Wilk Do." EDUCATION: NYU BFA (Tisch Drama Massimo’s Ristorante Markus received his BA from the San Francisco was featured at the GDC's Experimental Jane Emanuel, Vice CITY MANAGER Award for Film Acting). Waters Moving and Storage State, and an MFA from Columbia University. Chair Dan Buckshi Associated Services-Alta Water Next: Mercy by Adam Szymkowicz at the New Gameplay Workshop in 2015. Joe Bologna DIRECTOR Arts + Rec Staff- Polly Bradbury Arts + Rec Karen Martin and Joey David Jersey Repertory Theatre. for pool assistance Glynnis Cowdery Kevin Safine