THE HOUSE of BLUE LEAVES Is Presented by Special Arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC
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FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE 2016-2017 SEASON HISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE • FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICT ROBERT CACIOPPO, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESENTS SPONSORED BY RAYMOND JAMES® STARRING ensemble members VIKI BOYLE* • RACHEL BURTTRAM* • MICHELLE DAMATO* • GREG LONGENHAGEN* CARRIE LUND* • JASON PARRISH* • BRENDAN POWERS* and SAM BOSTIC • LEE FITZPATRICK* • TOM McVEY* • NATE RITSEMA DIRECTED BY CHRIS CLAVELLI** ensemble member SET DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER RAY RECHT*** ALEXANDRIA VAZQUEZ TODD O. WREN*** ensemble member ensemble member SOUND DESIGNER PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER JOHN KISELICA JANINE WOCHNA* ensemble member ASST. STAGE MANAGER ASST. SOUND DESIGNER RACHAEL BECHTEL RHIAN FRANCHEBOIS THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. 2016-17 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Naomi Bloom & Ron Wallace • Dinah Bloomhall • Alexandra Bremner Bruce & Janet Bunch • Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • Mary & Hugh Denison • Ellie Fox • David Fritz/Cruise Everything Dr. & Mrs. Mark & Lynne Gorovoy • John Madden • Sue & Jack Rogers • Arthur Zupko This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists. CAST (in order of appearance) Artie Shaughnessy..............................................................................GREG LONGENHAGEN*† Ronnie Shaughnessy...........................................................................................TOM McVEY*† Bunny Flingus....................................................................................................CARRIE LUND*† Bananas Shaughnessy.........................................................................RACHEL BURTTRAM*† Corrinna Stroller........................................................................................LEE FITZPATRICK*† Head Nun...............................................................................................................VIKI BOYLE*† Second Nun..................................................................................................JASON PARRISH*† Little Nun................................................................................................MICHELLE DAMATO*† A Policeman........................................................................................................SAM BOSTIC*† The White Man.................................................................................................NATE RITSEMA† Billy Einhorn............................................................................................BRENDAN POWERS*† TIME October 4, 1965 PLACE A Cold Apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, New York City. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES will be performed with one 15-minute intermission. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Asst. Costume Designer: Alisha Lawrence • Wardrobe Supervisor: Brittany Staudacher Lighting/Sound Board Operator: Justin Beets Understudies: Alexis Slocum, Sarah Katherine Zanotti • Fight Choreographer: Greg Longenhagen ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT JOHN GUARE has written such plays as The House of Blue Leaves (Tonys, Obie, Drama Critics Circle), Six Degrees of Separation (Olivier Award Best Play, NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play), Landscape of a Body, A Few Stout Individuals (both published by Grove Press), A Free Man of Color and Lydie Breeze, among others. He also wrote the screen adaptation of his play Six Degrees of Separation and the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Louis Malle’s Atlantic City. Mr. Guare won a Tony for his libretto to the musical Two Gentlemen of Verona and was nominated for Tonys for his play Four Baboons Adoring the Sun and his libretto to Sweet Smell of Success. His adaptation of His Girl Friday premiered to great acclaim at London’s National Theatre. In 2003 he won the PEN/Laura Pels Master Dramatist Award; in 2005 the Obie for Sustained Excellence. He is a council member of the Dramatists Guild and co-editor of The Lincoln Center Theater Review. †Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists. See page 23 for the entire ensemble. * The Actors & Stage Manager ** *** employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. CREATIVE TEAM VIKI BOYLE*† (Head Nun) is a Best Featured Actress in a Play from BroadwayWorld. 35-year veteran of New York com Fort Myers/Naples, as well as Vanya and Sonia and regional theatre, film, and Masha and Spike, Heart Song, Bedroom Farce, and TV. She is an ensemble Rumors, Sylvia, Rabbit Hole, Almost, Maine, A Funny member here at Florida Rep Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, and and last appeared in Over Dancing at Lughnasa. She is a graduate of Circle in the the River and Through the Square Theatre School in NYC and came to Florida Woods, A Christmas Story, by way of Louisville, KY, where she was a company Vanya and Sonia and Masha member with Stage One. Some of her favorite roles and Spike, Arsenic and Old Lace, Noises Off, and include Oliver Twist off-Broadway at the Promenade Neil Simons’ Rumors. Off-Broadway credits at the Theatre and the voice of Shawna in MTV’s Daria: Roundabout, MCC, and American Globe theatres Is It College Yet? As a voice-over artist Michelle has include her own work The Whole Truth, winner of done over fifty commercials and audio books. She the Samuel French Short Play Series, and Term Limit was a founding member of the Circle Players and for which she won the top prizes for both acting and the Daughters of Monty, both New York City-based writing. She received two Carbonell Awards for The improv companies. Michelle is a proud member of Little Foxes and Don’t Dress for Dinner at the former Actors’ Equity. Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton. Her movie and TV credits include The Wolf of Wall Street, The Leftovers, LEE FITZPATRICK* (Corrinna Person of Interest, and over 200 commercials, where Stroller) is absolutely her work has been recognized with the CLIO award. delighted to debut with Besides contributing to the wonderful musical tribute Florida Rep. Having toured A Dash of Rosemary, she and writing partner Doug nationally and acted as Kampsen publish NYC Trivia Tours, a series of a member of American self-guided walking tours of New York City. She is Shakespeare Center’s resident overjoyed to be back at Florida Rep. company, her favorite roles include Kate in She Stoops RACHEL BURTTRAM*† to Conquer, Rosalind in As You Like It, G.L.O.R.I.A. (Bananas Shaughnessy) in Return to the Forbidden Planet, Cressida in Troilus has been a company & Cressida, and Lady Capulet in Romeo & Juliet. member since 2002, and Lee loves traveling cross-country and performing has performed in over 20 regionally, from Shakespeare in the San Juans (Island plays with Florida Rep. Stage) to Wilde in Saint Pete (American Stage). Additionally, she has played When it’s not Shakespeare, it’s sometimes Shanley – the roles of Company Italian American Reconciliation with Actors Theatre Manager, Front of House Louisville and B Street Theatre, Sacramento. Recent Manager, Director of Audience Development, and TV/radio: Good Morning America, Credit Karma, Associate Director here at Florida Rep. Favorite Dietz & Watson, and The Edward M. Kennedy roles at Florida Rep include: Best of Enemies, Split Institute for the United States Senate. Other favorites in Three, Clybourne Park, Miracle on South Division include: Theatre Bay Area Outstanding Ensemble Street, August: Osage County, Trying, Doubt, Amy’s nomination (Marin Shakespeare Company’s Don View (with Carol Lawrence). Other Regional Theatre Quixote); Quark Victory (Williamstown Theatre credits: Geva Theatre Center, Actors Theatre of Festival/MASS MoCA); Flight and Gravity (Connelly Louisville and the Humana New Play Festival, Theater NYC & Pacific Performance Project/p3east); Riverside Theatre, The Kitchen Theatre, Hippodrome Don’t Dress for Dinner (Beef & Boards); Anniversary Theatre, City Equity Theatre, Barnstormers Theatre, (Seattle International Film Festival official selection); Gloucester Stage. NYC credits include: Actors Studio, Morty’s Backup Singer (The Non-Permanent Vital Theatre Company, NYC International Fringe Parliament), and Chris, the ethically befuddled first- Festival. TV & Film: Bloodline, Emma’s Fine, Burn year associate (CLE series regular). MFA, University Notice, World Traveler. National commercials. Rachel of Washington School of Drama. Next up: Norah in is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. She is married Wrong for Each Other at The Public Theatre. to actor Brendan Powers. www.rachelburttram.com GREG LONGENHAGEN*† MICHELLE DAMATO*† (Artie Shaughnessy) is thrilled (Little Nun) is returning for to be back on stage at Florida her thirteenth show with Repertory Theatre where, Florida Rep. Audiences will as an ensemble member, remember her from her roles he’s appeared in numerous in The Dingdong, I Loved, I shows over Florida Rep’s Lost, I Made Spaghetti, and 19 remarkable seasons. Miracle on South Division Last seen by Florida Rep Street, for which she won audiences in Twelve Angry Men, his