Be Here Now by Deborah Zoe Laufer
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presents Be Here Now by Deborah Zoe Laufer Directed by Sandy Shinner+ Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Angela Weber Miller** Hailey Rakowiecki~ Shelley Strasser+ Composer and Props Designer Production Manager Sound Designer Vivian Knouse+ Lucy Schuh Stephen Gawrit Executive Publicity Stage Manager Production Manager David Rosenberg Tina M. Jach* Judy Anderson*+ Public Relations Producing Artistic Director Managing Director Sandy Shinner+ Doug McDade*+ 2019–2020 Season Sponsors: Shulman-Rochambeau Charitable Foundation With support from the James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers + Shattered Globe Ensemble Member ~ Shattered Globe Artistic Associate # Shattered Globe Protégé Program Alum ** Member, United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 Originally Commissioned and Produced by Cincinnatti Playhouse in the Park Blake Robison, Artistic Director Buzz Ward, Managing Director Be Here Now is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company Be Here Now 1 CAST ( IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE ) ABOUT US Bari ..................................................................................................................................... Rebecca Jordan*+ This season, Shattered Globe celebrates 29 years of building Ensemble. During that time, Patty Cooper .........................................................................................................Deanna Reed-Foster*+ SGT has produced over 60 plays and has garnered an impressive 42 Joseph Jefferson Luanne Cooper ......................................................................................................................Demetra Dee# Awards and 106 Jeff nominations. The Ensemble creates visceral theatrical experiences Mike Cooper ...............................................................................................................................Joe Wiens*+ that challenge the perspective of audience and artist alike through passionate storytelling. SGT is inspired by the diversity of our city and is committed to making theater accessible to all audiences. Through initiatives such as our Protégé Program, SETTING we create a space which allows emerging artists to grow and share in the Ensemble experience. East Cooperville, a fictional, small town in upstate NY, SGT would like to express its sincere appreciation for the continued support of Dr. Len about a hundred miles from Manhattan. and Cheryl Cerullo, John Cerullo and Shawn Finnegan, Carol Cerullo Cauley, Cathy and Terry Carey, and Robert Weir, in loving memory of Katie Cerullo. Shattered Globe continues to acknowledge the generosity of Dan and Claudia PRODUCTION TEAM Cyganowski in memory of Carol Klimick Cyganowski, scholar and passionate supporter of Chicago Theater. Business Manager .................................................................................................................. Drew Schad+ Shattered Globe Theatre is partially supported and funded by generous grants from Marketing Director ............................................................................................................ Melissa Schmitz the Shulman-Rochambeau Charitable Foundation, the James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Technical Director ...................................................................................................................... David Reed Family Foundation, The Blum-Kovler Family Foundation, The Alphawood Foundation, The Assistant Stage Manager ...................................................................................Devonte Washington~ Shubert Foundation, The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The MacArthur Fund Intimacy Choreographer ..........................................................................................Christina Gorman+ for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Bayless Family Foundation, Master Electrician ..................................................................................................................... Jonah White The Robert J. & Loretta W. Cooney Family Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, a CityArts Build and Light Crew .................................................. Zach Fisher, Andrew Hildner, Drew Schad+, Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, and the Jason Shivers, Devonte Washington~ Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. Scenic Charge ............................................................................................................................Lauren Giolli Graphic Designers ............................................................ Kelsey Colleen Melvin+, Sarah Jo White+ Brochure/Poster Photography .............................................................................................Joe Martinez Production Photographer ...................................................................................................Evan Hanover WHO’S WHO Videography ........................................................................................... Starbelly Studios Photography Demetra Dee (Luanne Rebecca Jordan (Bari) Cooper) is extremely is over the moon and excited to be making honored to be cast in SPECIAL THANKS her Shattered Globe this little treasure of a debut in Be Here Now. play at her artistic Remy Bumppo Theatre, Court Theatre, Raven Theatre, The Saints, Theater Wit, Dexter She is a graduate of the Wallace, Auxiliary Art Center, Judy Anderson, and CenterStage Productions of Illinois. home, Shattered Globe 2018-2019 Shattered Theatre, where she is a Globe Protégé Shattered Globe Theatre Company, a not-for-profit organization, invites your founding ensemble member of 29 years. Program. Credits include: Ernestine in Some favorite SGT credits include: Marvin’s involvement (financial or otherwise) in order to continue its pursuit of excellence in Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Raven theater. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Room, Mill Fire, Talk Radio, The Manchurian Theatre, u/s performed), Patrice in Comfort Candidate, All My Sons, Anna Karenina, Stew (ETA Creative Arts), Neena in The Rocket to the Moon, and Judgment at Shattered Globe Theatre • 2936 North Southport Ave Suite 214 Green Book (Chicago Dramatists), Lilian in Nuremberg. Rebecca received Joseph Chicago, IL 60657 • (773) 770-0333 | www.shatteredglobe.org Migration (ETA Creative Arts), Hattie in Laundry and Bourbon (Messick Theatre), Jefferson awards for her portrayals of Stella and many others. She would like to thank in A Streetcar Named Desire and Pam in THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS God, her family, and her sweet friend Lilia Frozen Assets, as well as nominations for the OF THIS PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS ON ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE for listening to her run lines. title role in Anna Karenina and for the role INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE of Catherine in A View from the Bridge UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://shop.samuelfrench.com/content/files/pdf/piracy-whitepaper.pdf (Shattered Globe Theatre). Other credits include: House and Garden, Trojan Women, 2 Shattered Globe Theatre Be Here Now 3 WHO’S WHO CONT. WHO’S WHO CONT. and Blue Surge (Goodman Theatre). The and Punishment, Five Mile Lake, The Tall Girls, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Ojai Newcity and a “Chicagoan of the Year” by Jacksonian (Geffen Playhouse) where she True West, In the Heat of the Night, Animals Playwrights Conference, The Missoula the Chicago Tribune. She is an adjunct performed opposite Ed Harris, Bill Pullman, Out of Paper, The Whaleship Essex, The Colony, The Cherry Lane Alternative, The professor at DePaul’s Theatre School, an At and the magnificent late Glenne Headly; Grown-Up, Other People’s Money, Her Naked Dramatists Guild Fellowship Program, New Large Ambassador for the National New The Butcher of Baraboo (The Road Theater); Skin, Orpheus Descending, Romeo and Juliet, Georges, The Lark Play Development Center, Play Network, and an Artistic Affiliate at Scarcity (Need Theater, LA Scenie Award for and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Other Asolo Repertory Theatre, PlayLab, and the American Blues Theater. Best Actress), and Fatboy (Need Theater, Chicago credits include: Breaks and Bikes Baltic Playwrights Conference. She is a Ovation award nomination for Best Actress (Pavement Group), A Touch of the Poet and graduate of Juilliard, an alumna of the BMI Lucy Schuh (Production Manager) is in a Comedic Role); and Hellcab (Sky Pilot Beaten (The Artistic Home), The Tennessee Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, happy to be working with Shattered Globe Theater). Recent TV credits include: Williams Project (The Hypocrites), Orange and a member of The Dramatists Guild. once again, having previously joined them Shameless (Showtime), PKD’s Electric Dreams Flower Water (Interrobang Theatre, Jeff on Hannah and Martin. Other assistant Sandy Shinner (Director, Producing production management credits include: (Amazon), Chicago Justice (NBC), and Empire nomination for Actor in a Supporting Role), Artistic Director) joined Shattered Globe (FOX). Many thanks to Pete Flynn and SGT and Look Back in Anger (Redtwist Theatre, Wolf Play (The Gift), The Antelope Party, Theatre in October 2013 as the theatre’s The Realistic Joneses, and Admissions for your continued support and for being