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Eyes for Consuela Program

[ JANUARY 16 – FEBRUARY 2, 2014 ] EYES FOR CONSUELA By Directed by Mikhael Tara Garver From the story “The Blue Bouquet” by Octavio Paz

PLACE AND TIME: NOW. MEXICO.

CAST Henry...... Michael Mendelson* Amado...... Andrés Alcalá Viejo...... Gilberto Martin Del Campo Consuela...... Crystal Ann Muñoz Ejekatl...... Edna F. Vazquez

DESIGNERS & Scenic Design...... Seth Reiser PRODUCTION Costume Design...... Jessica Bobillot Lighting Design...... Carl Faber Sound Design...... Sharath Patel Properties Design...... Sara Ludeman Stage Manager...... D Westerholm* Production Manager/Technical Director...... Brent J. Sullivan Assistant Production Manager...... Michelle Jazuk Production Apprentice...... Bailey Anne Maxwell Master Electrician...... Ruth Nardecchia Board Operations...... Will Bailey Wardrobe...... Sara Ludeman Costume Design Assistant...... Alanna Hylton Stitcher...... Valerie Brooks Additional Crew...... Matt Bell, James Chandler, Mike Cino, Nathan Crosby, Emily Douglas, Nicholas Erickson, Karl Hanover, Ty Hewitt, Mason McKenzie, Ben Newman, Ben Serrau-Raskin

SPECIAL Artists Repertory Theatre, Joaquin Lopez, Misty Tompoles, Eric Loebel, THANKS Ruby Gates, Jim Hornor, Melissa Baldwin, and Russel Terwelp.

THIS PRODUCTION RUNS APPROXIMATELY 85 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISISON Originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on April 14, 1998. Eyes for Consuela is presented by special arrangement Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

THIS SEASON IS FUNDED IN PART BY FROM THE DIRECTOR ONE COULD HEAR Dear Sam, THE BREATHING OF It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? Early in my career, I was taught that your work was the THE NIGHT, FEMININE, From The Blue Bouquet core of contemporary American theatre. While ENORMOUS.” by Octavio Paz I understood why this was, we didn’t always meet eye to eye. We’ve both grown older now, We have invited our audience into the and one never knows when paths cross. When shadows of Henry’s great mysterious jungle. Adriana asked me to read your play Eyes for They are our cacophony of questioning spirits. Consuela, my eyes were opened. I felt like I They are our searching eyes. had finally found you. I hope you get to visit Portland and see what Through your writing, you have a direct line great work Profile is doing. I am proud of this to the struggles, passions, and regrets of cast, this team, and this theater. So why have being an American. In Eyes for Consuela, we I written you this letter? Since I tend to write journey with Henry, an ordinary American dedications to the playwright in my director’s man, across the border to Mexico. Throughout note, I need to explain why I am not dedicating the play he is able to see himself more clearly, this production to you. I am so grateful for coming to the revelation of a new American our meeting this way, but I have to dedicate cowboy fantasy: we should live life without this production to Profile’s new Artistic regret instead of trying to “start over.” But Director, Adriana Baer. You’ve surprised and can we live without regret? There are people changed me with this play, but as my longtime that stick to us, ghosts that follow us, and colleague and friend, even when my vision is memories that haunt us. I believe that every murky, it is her light I see beyond the jungle. day has the potential to change us, but when we run away, a dark jungle of regret always I sincerely hope we meet again. infiltrates our new life. And without the murky Mikhael Tara Garver humanness of regret, I wonder if you can ever Director see the light of love.

ABOUT SAM SHEPARD Sam Shepard was born in 1943 in Fort for . His screenplay for Paris, Sheridan, Illinois. He worked as a farmhand Texas won the Golden Palm Award at the 1984 and musician before moving to New York Cannes Film Festival. In 1986, he was elected to begin his career as a playwright. At the to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, start of his career, Mr. Shepard spent several and in 1992 he received their Gold Medal for seasons with La MaMa and Caffe Cino in New Drama. Of his 57 plays, 11 have won Obie York and as playwright-in-residence at the Awards. Mr. Shepard is also a director and Magic Theatre in San Francisco. In 1979, he accomplished film actor. was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Profile’s mission is to produce a season of plays devoted to a single playwright, ABOUT engaging with our community to explore that writer’s vision and influence on theatre PROFILE and the world at large. Founded in 1997 by Jane Unger, Profile is nationally-recognized THEATRE for engaging audiences in an in-depth and meaningful experience with a writer’s work by presenting productions of exemplary artistic merit and quality.

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ANDRÉS ALCALÁ [AMADO] MICHAEL MENDELSON Andrés is honored and [HENRY] humbled to be returning Michael is thrilled to to Profile Theatre with this return to Profile Theatre production, having previously where past productions performed in The Lisbon include Burn This, Klonsky Traviata and the staged and Schwartz, The Lisbon reading of Corpus Christi and Fifth of July. He Traviata, and . As a has spent the last seven years in Arizona as Resident Artist at Artists Rep he’s been seen an associate artist at Childsplay, performing, in Mistakes Were Made, Ten Chimneys, directing, and teaching. He was part of two Herring, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the National tours with the organization. Other Christmas Carol, God of Carnage, The Cherry credits include two seasons with the Oregon Orchard, Superior Donuts, Three Sisters, Shakespeare Festival and seven productions Holidazed, Design for Living, Becky’s New Car, with Artists Repertory Theatre. Andrés has Eurydice, Mr. Marmalade, Present Laughter, received awards for his directing and acting and Love!Valour!Compassion!. New York, both in Arizona and in Portland. Regional, and local theatres include Clark Studio Theatre at Lincoln Center, Ensemble GILBERTO MARTIN Studio Theatre, Theatre 1010, Revolving DEL CAMPO [VIEJO] Shakespeare Company, The Genesius Guild, Gilberto is a graduate of the HRC Showcase Theatre, Arkansas Rep., Utah, Portland Actors Conservatory Berkeley, Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals, and has being involved in the St. Michael’s and Paper Mill Playhouse, Portland theater scene for Penobscot Theatre Company, PCPA Theatre the past five years. Credits Festival, The Bathhouse Theatre, Alice B. include productions with Miracle Theatre, NW and A Contemporary Theatre, First Stage Classical Theatre Company, Artists Repertory Milwaukie, Next Act Theatre, Portland Center Theatre, the Portland Actors Conservatory, Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival-Portland, and most recently salon productions for Northwest Classical, Miracle Theatre, and Cerimon House where he adapted, directed, others. Michael is also the Artistic Director and co-produced Lee, Adam & Sam based on of Portland Shakespeare Project, a teacher, John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. He co-wrote private coach and a member of Actor’s and directed the play That Was The River, This Equity Association. Is the Sea with Claire Willett, a staged reading produced in the 2010 Fertile Ground Festival, CRYSTAL ANN MUÑOZ and participated in the successful inaugural [CONSUELA] production of Badass Theatre Co., Invasion!. Crystal is happy to be joining Film and television projects include “Not Profile Theatre as part of their Dead Yet,” “Management,” “Duende: The suit Sam Shepard season. A proud of Lights,” and “Leverage.” Gilberto works as founding member of the Anon a court certified interpreter and has a AA in It Moves theatre company culinary arts. and a 2013 Drammy winner (Matilde in The Clean House, Lunacy Stageworks), Crystal has appeared locally with Portland Playhouse, Jewish Theatre Collaborative, Milagro Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project,

PROFILE THEATRE | 4 BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED triangle productions!, Post5 Theatre Co, Salt (Emerging America Festival at American and Sage Productions, and FUSE Theatre Repertory Theater); Gloryana (World premiere Ensemble. Regional credits include Marin workshop; The Public Theater, York Theater). Shakespeare Company, Idaho Repertory Northwestern University BSSP; Columbia Theatre, and Moscow Art Theatre (Too). University MFA.; She is also the Managing Artistic Director of Woodshed Collective. EDNA F. VAZQUEZ [EJEKATL] Upcoming: Aggressive, Depressive, Party & Edna is a singer/songwriter Mom. www.mikhaeltaragarver.com and poet who spent the first 16 years of her life in the state SETH REISER [SCENIC DESIGN] of Jalisco, world-renowned as Seth is very happy to be part of this season the soul of Mexican mariachi at Profile. While in Portland, Seth is designing music. At 17 she traveled the lighting for Portland Center Stage’s to the U.S. to start a career in the music production of Chinglish. Recent NYC credits business and found herself singing and include Come and Back Again with David playing music across the country, achieving Dorfman Dance at BAM and now touring, national exposure by singing on television The Bad Guys at Second Stage, The Agony shows like “Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento” and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at The Public and “Sábado Gigante Internacional con Don Theatre, the winning production Francisco,” where she won first prize with of The Lily’s Revenge at HERE Arts, Dutch her rendition of Cucurrucucú Paloma. Edna A/V at La MaMa, Reggie Watts and Tommy is passionate about bringing the traditional Smith’s RADIO PLAY at PS 122. Seth has touch and feeling of Mexico’s traditional also worked with The New Ensemble, The Folklorico to audiences. With that, she mixes Coney Island Museum, The Human Animals in her own compositions which are sprinkled Collective, among others. Regionally his work with a variety of all Latin American genres. has been seen at: Trinty Repertory, Actors She alternates her traditional music with Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Repertory, original Latin rock songs in English and Seattle Repertory, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Spanish. She recently graduated from college Center, Woolly Mammoth, American Repertory with a major in education, and is publishing Theatre, and Playmakers Repertory. Seth her first book of poems. received his MFA from NYU/Tisch. He lives in Rochester, NY with his wife Mary and MIKHAEL TARA GARVER [DIRECTOR] daughter Marion. www.sethreiserdesign.com Mikhael has worked as a director and educator at the Atlantic Theater, American JESSICA BOBILLOT [COSTUME DESIGN] Repertory Theater, American Conservatory Jessica is delighted to be returning to Profile Theater, The Kitchen, Harvard University, Bard Theatre. She has a BSA from PSU in painting University, New York University, The Goodman and printmaking and a second BSA in apparel Theatre, The Public Theater, Yale University, design. Designs for Profile include Fifth and Steppenwolf Theater Company. She was of July, “Master Harold”...and the Boys, The the artistic director for Sleep No More and the Road to Mecca, and Blood Knot. For Artists Artistic Director of Chicago Storefront Uma Repertory Theatre, designs include The Productions, Emerging Artist for the National Lieutenant of Inishmore, No Man’s Land, Seven Theater of Scotland, and an Artistic Associate Guitars, and Xmas Unplugged. For Portland of SITI Company. Directing credits include The Shakespeare Project, she designed for As Water Play (The Playwrights Center/Goodman You Like It, King Lear and The Taming of the Theater); Much Ado About Nothing, and Cloud 9 Shrew. At the Portland Actors Conservatory, (Atlantic Theater); Fornicated From the Beatles she is the resident costume designer and

5 | PROFILE THEATRE BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED productions include A Bright Room Called Mean It (Third Rail Repertory), Lion in Winter, Day and . Jessica has worked at King John (Northwest Classical), Neverwhere the Portland Opera for several seasons, and (Northwest Academy), Feral (Compass Works), has been the assistant costume designer on (Our Shoes are Red), A Servant of La Calisto and L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. Her Two Masters (PSU), Conference of the Birds dresses have been seen in Martha Stewart (Willamette University), Pulp Diction 2012 (The Weddings and have won awards at The Red Brody). New York and International credits Dress Benefit Gala. She’s a faculty member include designs at The Westside Theater, La in the apparel design department at the Art MaMa, Playwrights Horizons, Theatre Row, Institute of Portland. PS 122, Here Arts Center, Berkshires, New York Stage and Film, The Tank, Classic Stage, CARL FABER [LIGHTING DESIGN] Fordham, Columbia, Yale Rep, Yale Dramat. Recent: The Tenant (Woodshed Collective, Sharath holds a BFA from Ohio University NYC), Trouble in Mind (Arena Stage, Dir: and he earned his MFA in Sound Design from Irene Lewis), Wilderness (Berlin, Chor: the Yale School of Drama. Binding at PS122 Tommy Noonan), Balm in Gilead (Industry won the 2010 Innovative Theatre Award for City Brooklyn, Dir: Beau Willimon, Alex Outstanding Performance Art Production in Harvey, Brian Mertes), Brother Brother New York City. (Theater Freiburg). Associate Lighting/Video Director: Bon Iver & The National. Resident SARA LUDEMAN [PROPERTIES DESIGN] Installation Lighting Designer & Technical First time prop designer, Sara is excited to be Supervisor: Woodshed Collective. Guest returning to Profile Theatre for her second Lecturer & Designer: Crossroads School, season with the company. Sara started last Santa Monica, CA. Lighting Supervisor: year as a costume design intern working Williamstown Theatre Festival (‘08 & ‘09, under designer Jessica Bobillot. In addition Artistic Director: Nicholas Martin). Broadway to her work at Profile, she has assisted on Assistant Designer: The Book of Mormon, productions for Artist Repertory Theatre, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, August: Osage Actors Conservatory, and The Portland State County, Present Laughter, 9 to 5: The Musical, Opera. She designed costumes for Once on Dividing the Estate. Notable Collaborations: This Island by Enlightened Theatrics in Salem AMC, Blue Man Group, Obscura Digital, Boston Oregon. Sara also assists Profile with their Institute of Contemporary Art, IBM, Shanghai Portland Public School outreach program, Centre Theatre, Non-Stop Wroclaw, Empire helping to educate the next generation of Entertainment, Barneys New York, Stanton theatre employees. She graduated in 2012 Collaborative. Member: United Scenic Artists from Portland State University with a BA Local 829. Education: Catlin Gabel, Vassar in history and a minor in theater. Profile College. www.carlfaber.com has helped her to further her passion for theater by opening doors to various areas of SHARATH PATEL [SOUND DESIGN] production where she continues to grow and Portland credits include The Road to Mecca, expand her knowledge base. Blood Knot, My Children! My Africa! (Profile Theatre), The Brother/Sister Plays, Bloody, D WESTERHOLM [STAGE MANAGER] Bloody Andrew Jackson, , D most recently worked at Oregon King Hedley II, The Scene, The Huntsmen Shakespeare Festival as a non-equity (Portland Playhouse), Oedipus el Rey (Miracle Assistant Stage Manager: The Unfortunates Theatre), Anything But Brilliant (Lights Up!), (2013), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2013), Hard Times (CoHo), Macbeth (Bag&Baggage), Troilus and Cressida (2012), The Very Merry 13: A New Musical (Staged!), Kiss Me Like You Wives of Windsor, Iowa (2012), Julius Caesar

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(2011), The African Company Presents BAILEY ANNE MAXWELL Richard III (2011), and American Night (FAIR [PRODUCTION APPRENTICE] Apprentice, 2010). Additional credits: The Bailey is a 2012 graduate of Linfield College, Road to Mecca (Stage Manager, Profile and has very much enjoyed her first year Theatre, dir. Adriana Baer); Break of Noon working in the Portland theatre community. (Production Assistant, MCC Theatre, dir. Jo She is delighted to be starting her first Bonney). Romeo and Juliet and A Streetcar season with Profile Theatre. Recent credits Named Desire (Stage Manager, Columbia include: Lend Me a Tenor, Chekhov’s The Bear Stages, dir. Adriana Baer); Black Snow (Stage and The Proposal, and Dead Man’s Cell Phone Manager, Columbia Stages, dir. Mikhael Tara (Linfield); Seven Guitars, The Lost Boy, Ten Garver). BA in Theatre Management from Chimneys, and Foxfinder (Artists Repertory Western Washington University, MFA in Stage Theatre); and Taming of The Shrew and The Management from Columbia University. Tamer Tamed (Portland Shakespeare Project). She is a proud member of the EMC program. BRENT J. SULLIVAN [PRODUCTION MANAGER/TECHNICAL DIRECTOR] Brent has over 10 years of experience as a theatre professional. He specializes in PROFILE THEATRE WAS FOUNDED IN 1997. EACH production management and lighting design. SEASON, PROFILE THEATRE EXPLORES THE VISION Brent holds an MFA from Boston University and recently relocated to Portland from AND PERSPECTIVE OF A SINGLE PLAYWRIGHT. Boston. While in New England, he was the STAFF production supervisor for the Harvard Dance Adriana Baer, Artistic Director program, an independent lighting designer Matthew Jones, Managing Director for regional dance and theatre companies, Lauren Bloom Hanover, Director of Education as well as an instructor at local area and Community Engagement universities. Brent is currently the Technical Melissa Bockwinkel, Business Manager Brent Sullivan, Production Manager/ Director for Artists Repertory Theatre and Technical Director the Production Manager/Technical Director Aaron Schwartzbord, Marketing Consultant at Profile Theatre. D Westerholm, Box Office Manager

MICHELLE JAZUK BOARD OF DIRECTORS [ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER] Steve Young, Chair Stephen Guntli Michelle has been a proud member of the Richard Bradspies Mayer Schwartz Portland Theatre community for over eight Paul Duden Mary Simeone years. In that time she has had the pleasure Erika George Melissa Stewart of collaborating with a variety of companies RESOURCE COUNCIL and talented individuals including, but not Gwyneth Gamble Booth Jane Unger, Founding limited to: Artists Repertory Theatre, Third Lue Douthit Artistic Director Rail Repertory, Portland Center Stage, Oregon Leslie Johnson Julie Vigeland Ballet Theatre, Theatre Vertigo, Broadway Mike Lindberg Priscilla Bernard Rose, and STAGED! She has also worked Patrick Stupek Wieden with companies in Salem and Cincinnati. George Thorn Michelle has worn many hats over the years, but continues the majority of her work as WEB PROFILETHEATRE.ORG an AEA Stage Manager. Her previous work PHONE 503.242.0080 with Profile includes Assistant Director on EMAIL [email protected] Blood Knot.

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PROFILE THEATRE | 10 In Dialogue is our series of lectures, pre-show talks, post-show discussions, concerts and other supplemental programming that explore our featured writer’s world. For more information visit Profiletheatre.org/in-dialogue.

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Events and Programs throughout Eyes For Consuela SATURDAY, JANUARY 18TH: Opening Night reception following the performance SUNDAY, JANUARY 19TH: Post-performance Mat Chat with director Mikhael Tara Garver THURSDAY, JANUARY 23RD: Dinner Dialogue (additional tickets required) FRIDAY, JANUARY 24TH: Purchase an authentic taste of Mexico in our lobby before the performance by La Bonita Restaurant SATURDAY, JANUARY 25TH: Panel discussion in partnership with Fusionarte, a local radio station and arts organization, about the traditional depiction of Mexico and Mexicans by Caucasian American writers. 6:30pm in our lobby. SUNDAY, JANUARY 26TH: Post-performance Mat Chat with cast members THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH: Reading of short pieces inspired by Sam Shepard and his writing by participants of our Hands On Theatre residency program at Metropolitan Learning Center High School. 6:45pm in the lobby. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST (pre-performance): Discussion about the nature of violence in the work of Sam Shepard with actor and fight choreographer Ty Hewitt. 6:45 in our lobby. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST (post-performance): Late night: Join Profile’s team to explore the words of Shepard through a hands-on visual art activity – with wine! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST: Local musician Joaquin Lopez performs intimate ballads inspired by Mexican folklore and the Latin American bolero with Antonio Centurion on Paraguayan harp. 6:45pm in our lobby. In Dialogue Readings throughout our season Hungry by Amy Claussen, directed by Adriana Baer March 15, 2014 at 7:30 PM & March 16, 2014 at 2:00 PM Buena Vista by Edith Freni, directed by Desdemona Chiang April 12, 2014 at 7:30 PM & April 13, 2014 at 2:00 PM A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard, directed by Megan Ward with members of Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s acting ensemble July 12, 2014 at 7:30 PM & July 13, 2014 at 2:00 PM

Profile Theatre is committed to providing our audiences with opportunities to engage with our featured writer in unique and varied ways. With the expansion of our In Dialogue programming, we hope to extend the event of a Profile production beyond the bounds of what is onstage, bringing the community together for an exciting, provocative and inspiring experience.

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