HISTORIC ARCADE theatre • fort myers river district ROBERT CACIOPPO, producing artistic director PRESENTS
SPONSORED BY FineMark National Bank & Trust STARRING CHRIS CLAVELLI* • MICHELLE DAMATO* • BRAD DePLANCHE* • AMY HUTCHINS* CARRIE LUND* • ERIC MENDENHALL* • JASON PARRISH* • BRANDY ZARLE*
DIRECTED BY ROBERT CACIOPPO**
SET DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER RAY RECHT*** DAVID M. UPTON*** ROBERTA MALCOLM DIALECT COACH & SOUND DESIGNER ASST. STAGE MANAGER FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER KATE SMITH JANINE WOCHNA* GREG LONGENHAGEN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER AUDREY M. BROWN* BEDROOM FARCE is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, Inc. 2011-12 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS
The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Bruce & Janet Bunch • Cheryl & David Copham Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • John & Marjorie Madden • Arthur Zupko This entire season sponsored in part by in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, 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 LIST (In Order of Appearance) Ernest...... CHRIS CLAVELLI* Delia...... CARRIE LUND* Nick...... Brad DePlanche* Jan...... MICHELLE DAMATO* Malcolm...... JASON PARRISH* Kate...... AMY HUTCHINS* Trevor...... ERIC MENDENHALL* Susannah...... BRANDY ZARLE*
TIME & PLACE England, 1974. Three Bedrooms. A Saturday Evening. There will be a 15-minute intermission.
The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
ABOUT THE playwright ALAN AYCKBOURN (Playwright) 2012 marks Alan’s 51st year as a theatre director and his 53rd as a playwright. He has spent his life in theatre, rarely if ever tempted by television or film, which perhaps explains why he continues to be so prolific. To date he has written 76 plays and his work has been translated into over 35 languages, is performed on stage and television throughout the world and has won countless awards.
Major successes include Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval and The Norman Conquests. The National Theatre recently revived his 1980 play Season’s Greetings to great acclaim and this year alone has seen off-West End productions of Snake in the Grass, Drowning on Dry Land and Haunting Julia. In 2009, he retired as Artistic Director of the Stephen Joseph, where almost all his plays have been and continue to be first staged. Holding the post for 37 years, he still feels that perhaps his greatest achievement was the establishment of this company’s first permanent home when the two auditoria complex fashioned from a former Odeon Cinema opened in 1996.
In recent years, he has been inducted into American Theatre’s Hall of Fame, received the 2010 Critics’ Circle Award for Services to the Arts and became the first British playwright to receive both Olivier and Tony Special Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was knighted in 1997 for services to the theatre. (Source: Alan Ayckbourn’s official website www.alanayckbourn.net.)
*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
CHRIS CLAVELLI* BRAD DePLANCHE* (Ernest) is the Associate (Nick) is thrilled to Artistic Director of be here at Florida Florida Repertory Theatre. Rep, where he has Acting credits here at appeared as Clarence Florida Rep: God of in It’s A Wonderful Carnage, Born Yesterday, Life: A Live Radio Play, Stones in His Pockets, Ken in Rumors and Indian Blood, Dancing last season’s The 39 at Lughnasa, Art of Murder, Opus, You Can’t Steps. Recent work: both Dromios in The Take it With You and Sylvia. He has worked Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), around the country as well. Representative The 39 Steps (Actor’s Playhouse in Miami & theatres: Kennedy Center, Off Broadway at Orlando Shakespeare Theater), Porthos in The The Houseman, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Three Musketeers (People’s Light and Theatre Virginia Stage Company and many more. Company) and Pseudolus in A Funny Thing… Directing credits here at Florida Rep: Sideman, Forum (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). The Foreigner, Glass Menagerie, Rounding Off-Off Broadway: China; The Whole Enchilada Third, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Trying, (NY Fringe), Gameshow! (Dodger Theatricals) Alone Together, The Lady with All the Answers, Cloud Nine (Classic Stage Company) and and The Santaland Diaries (2010 and 2011). Armchair in Hell (Theatre at St. Clements). Other credits: Virginia Stage Company, Depot Regional Theatre; Actors Theatre of Louisville Theatre, Two River Theatre, Actors Studio, (five seasons), American Conservatory Theater, Chenango River Theatre and Greenbrier South Coast Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Utah Theatre. He is the recipient of both the Shakespearean Festival, Cape Playhouse, Carbonell and Barrymore Awards. His one man Florida Studio Theatre, Hangar Theatre, play, A Little More Than You Wanted to Spend, B Street Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare recently played The Youngstown Playhouse and Company. Upcoming, here at the Rep: The is slated for a New York production in the fall. Mystery of Irma Vep. Brad hails from Michigan For Jay and Lee. and holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre. Go Blue! MICHELLE DAMATO* (Jan) is returning for AMY HUTCHINS* her seventh show with (Kate) is thrilled to be Florida Rep. Audiences making her Florida Rep will remember her from debut. Regional credits her roles in Rumors, include: Dividing the Sylvia, Rabbit Hole, Estate (People’s Light & Almost, Maine, A Funny Theatre); The Foreigner Thing…Forum, and (Festival Stage of Dancing at Lughnasa. She is a graduate of Circle Winston-Salem); Twelfth in the Square Theatre School in NYC, and came Night (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); It’s to Florida by way of Louisville, KY, where she A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Arkansas was a company member with Stage One for Repertory Theatre); Cymbeline,Othello, and four years. Some of her favorite roles include London Assurance (American Players Theatre); Oliver Twist off-Broadway at the Promenade Love’s Labours Lost and Comedy of Errors Theatre and the voice of Shawna in MTV’s (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); The Daria: Is It College Yet?. As a voice-over artist, Importance of Being Earnest (Contemporary Michelle has done over fifty commercials and American Theater Company); The Weir, audio books. She was a founding member of Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, and Lovers and The Circle Players and The Daughters of Monty, Executioners (Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival). both New York City based improv companies. New York credits include: The Tempest (Off- Michelle is a proud member of Actors’ Broadway at The Pearl Theatre Company); Equity. Tamer Tamed (Misfit Toys Repertory Co.); creative team
The Flood and The House of Bernarda Alba Darfur), Georgia Ensemble Theatre (What I (Prospect Theater Company); Two Gentlemen Did Last Summer, Last Night of Ballyhoo), NC of Verona (Shakespeare in the Parking Lot); Shakespeare (A Christmas Carol). Eric recently and Dreamhouse: The Musical (The Midtown completed filming Wettest County (with Guy Internation Theatre Festival). Member: AEA Pearce and Gary Oldman) and What to Expect and SAG. When You’re Expecting (with Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez), which are both set for release CARRIE LUND* (Delia) this spring. Other TV/Film: Army Wives, Ben has been the Associate 10: Alien Swarm, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, and Producer with Florida Coma (on A&E this spring). Eric is a member of Rep since its inception, Actors’ Equity Association. and has acted in over 90 ww.ericmendenhall.com productions in Southwest Florida. Selected credits JASON PARRISH* include God of Carnage, (Malcolm) is in his It’s A Wonderful Life: A seventh season as Live Radio Play, Rumors (2002, 2011), August: Associate Director with Osage County, Sylvia, Noises Off (1998, 2010), the Florida Repertory Boeing-Boeing, You Can’t Take It With You, Theatre, and has The Last Romance, Alone Together, Dancing at appeared in more than Lughnasa, Enchanted April, Rabbit Hole, To 15 productions including Kill a Mockingbird, The Tale of the Allergist’s The Santaland Diaries, Wife, All My Sons, I’m Not Rappaport, The Last King o’ the Moon, Noises Off, The Big Bang, Night of Ballyhoo, and Private Lives. Her work Relatively Speaking, The Last Romance, A Funny as a voiceover artist can be heard on NPR Thing...Forum, Greetings!, Moon Over Buffalo and industrial DVDs. She founded the Pirate and Broadway Bound. Parrish’s directing credits Playhouse on Sanibel Island in 1984, served include: How I Became a Pirate, The New Kid, on the theatre faculty at Florida Gulf Coast Schoolhouse Rock Live!, and The Mischief Makers University, produced theatre companies in (Florida Rep’s Children’s Theatre Series); Neil her hometown of Erie, PA and New York City, Labute’s The Shape of Things (Florida Rep’s performed in regional theatres in NY, VT and 2008 Intern Showcase), It Runs in the Family NC, as well as the Three River Shakespeare (Sanibel’s Strauss Theatre), and Forbidden Festival, Pittsburgh Playhouse and American Broadway (Broadway Palm). His work with Ibsen Theatre. In 1987, the Sanibel-Captiva other theatres includes: Actors’ Playhouse Chamber of Commerce awarded her the (Miami), Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach), Distinguished Citizen Award and the Lifetime Capital Rep (Albany, NY), Theatre by the Sea Achievement Award in 1997. She and her (Rhode Island). Parrish also plays a recurring husband, Robert Cacioppo, enjoy empty role with the New York Philharmonic’s Young nesting with Matt at UCF and Julia at FSU. People’s Concert Series at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Jason is a proud member of ERIC MENDENHALL* Actor’s Equity. (Trevor) is making his Florida Rep debut BRANDY ZARLE* with Bedroom Farce. (Susannah) Regional credits include International Tour: Joy Florida Stage (The in Cinderella (with Lea Cha-Cha of a Camel Salonga) Original Cast Spider), Hippodrome Album. Off- Broadway: State Theatre (Dracula), (World Premieres): Once Georgia Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night’s Around The City at Second Dream, Romeo & Juliet), Theatre in the Square Stage, What You Will at (Tradin’ Paint), Theatrical Outfit (A Confederacy The Connelly. Regional Theatre: Time Stands of Dunces, Big River, The Chase), Alliance Still (New England Premiere), Boston Marriage Theatre (The Underpants), Horizon Theatre In( at The Shaker Bridge Theatre, Maggie in Cat CREATIVE TEAM
On a Hot Tin Roof at Portland Center Stage, to send a very special “thank you” to his loving Title Role in Mary Stuart at Baltimore Center family and especially Liz, Liza Jayne and Stage, Death of A Salesman with Christopher Baby Jack! Lloyd, and Tartuffe at Weston Playhouse. Other Theatres: VSC, St. Louis Rep, Huntington, ROBERTA MALCOLM (Resident Costume NEW YORK CITY! A.C.T., Barrington Stage Company, Yale Rep Designer) After 25 years traveling the country and many more. Awarded Best Actress 2003 in as a costumer/designer for everyone from Mary Stuart by Best of Baltimore Magazine. community theatre performers to Florence Member Actors Center Workshop Company. Henderson, John Ritter, LeVar Burton, Tony Film: More Harm Than Good, Chekov: Master Bennett, Patti LaBelle, Margaret O’Brien, Teachers. TV: Guiding Light. MFA: Yale School of Dean Jones, and Cloris Leachman, Roberta is Drama, BFA: Southern Methodist University. pleased to be returning for her eighth season at the Florida Rep. Favorite productions AUDREY M. BROWN* (Production Stage include: Gaslight, Boeing-Boeing, You Can’t Take Manager) is delighted to return to Florida it With You, My Three Angels, Lucky Stiff, Florida Repertory Theatre. Audrey has worked Follies starring Florence Henderson, Too Big extensively with People’s Light & Theatre, to be a Waitress, Show Boat (Dean Jones and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Cloris Leachman national tour), Little Shop Riverside Theatre, Blumenthal Performing of Horrors, Curly McDimple starring Margaret Arts Center, Charlotte Repertory Theatre O’Brien, Blithe Spirit, Annie Get Your Gun, A and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. She was Funny Thing…Forum, Death of a Salesman, and the American Equity Stage Manager for the Cinderelle – a Rock Fairy Tale. Thanks to Sean, Royal Shakespeare Company for the Davidson Becca, John, Bob – family always; and to the College residencies. She has also worked with Florida Rep and its board for the opportunity The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. to showcase the best theatre around. & Dallas Theatre Center. A member of AEA since 1991, Audrey currently lives in Charlotte RAY RECHT*** (Set Designer) is delighted to with her golden retriever, Henry & husband, be back at the Florida Rep. Broadway designs Graham Smith. include The Flowering Peach, Trick, Slab Boys, and The Babe, several national tours, and over GREG LONGENHAGEN (Dialect Coach/ 20 Off-Broadway productions, such as Collected Fight Choreographer) is thrilled to be back Stories, Marc Salem’s Mind Games, Mrs. Klein at the Florida Repertory Theatre, where he’s and sets for the Drama Desk Awards Shows. He appeared in numerous shows over Florida has designed over 200 shows for many regional Rep’s fourteen remarkable seasons. Last seen theaters, such as Asolo Theatre, Pittsburgh by Florida Rep audiences as Steve Heidebrecht Public Theatre, Florida Stage Co., Center Stage in August: Osage County, his other credits and George Street Theatre. He has designed include performances at Charlotte Repertory several feature films, and was an art director Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Arrow Rock or assistant art director on many others. He Lyceum Theatre, Florida Stage, Pittsburgh has worked extensively in television, including: Playhouse, Quantum Theatre, Trilogy Theatre, NBC, Fox, PBS, ABC, and over 150 TV Pennsylvania Stage Company, The Three commercials and many commercial parodies Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Philadelphia for Saturday Night Live. Internationally he Shakespeare, The Pantages Theatre, The Fulton designed for The Wien Staatsoper Ballet, The Theatre, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Opera Stratford Festival, Ontario and The Manitoba Delaware, St.Vincent Theatre, Theatre Row Theatre Centre. He is a Professor of Theatre at Theatre, and Stage Right. Greg appeared Off- Marymount Manhattan College in New Broadway as Miles in the acclaimed production York City. of Driving Miles for Young Playwrights Inc. His film & television credits include: Darrow with KATE SMITH (Sound Designer) is happy to Kevin Spacey, Milk Money, Royal Faceoff, and As return for her third season at Florida Rep. the World Turns. Greg holds an MFA from the She is a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate University of Pittsburgh and certified S.A.F.D. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania at Carnegie Mellon University. He would like (IUP). Most recently she served as the sound designer for Florida Rep’s production of manager at the Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY God of Carnage, and the lighting and sound where her credits include: Two Trains Running, designer for The Santaland Diaries and The Almost Maine, The Clean House, Evie’s Waltz, Year of Magical Thinking. Other lighting design ROOMS: a rock romance, The Piano Lesson, Bad credits include: Picnic (2009 KC/ACTF Region Dates, Doubt, The Underpants, and The Festival II Barbizon Award in Lighting Design for IUP), of New Plays and as assistant stage manager for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, The Five Course Love, Ella, Souvenir, Fences, Sweeney Lady with All the Answers, and King o’ the Moon Todd, A Christmas Story, Menopause the Musical, with Florida Rep and Evil Dead the Musical for The House in Hydesville, Pride and Prejudice, Keystone Rep. Sound Design credits include: Cabaret and A Christmas Carol. Regional theatre Florida Rep’s Sylvia, August: Osage County, credits include: Tea at Five with Kate Mulgrew, Trying and You Can’t Take It With You. Kate has Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladies, Last Night of also worked for Brevard Music Center, NC as Ballyhoo, A Kiss for Cinderella, and Two Trains Master Electrician, as the light board operator Running (Cleveland Play House); Crumbs from at Flat Rock Playhouse, NC. This past summer the Table of Joy (Indiana Rep); All the King’s she worked as the Lighting Designer for IUP’s Men (Arkansas Rep); Annie (Carousel Dinner Keystone Rep and part of the staff for the Theatre); Always...Patsy Cline and Forbidden Footlight Players. Broadway (Hanna Cabaret). She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since DAVID M. UPTON*** (Lighting Designer) 1994, and a graduate of the University of is happy to be returning to Florida Rep to Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. design Bedroom Farce. Other designs include work for The Revenge of the Mummy Attraction Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was at Universal Studios Singapore, Alabama founded in 1913 as the first of the Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Rep, North American Actor unions. Equity’s Carolina Theatre, The World Science Festival, mission is to advance, promote and Northern Stage, Merrimack Rep, Orlando foster the art of theatre as an essential Shakespeare, Seaside Music Theater, ReVision component of our society. Today, Equity Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, The Orlando represents more than 40,000 actors, sing- Opera, and the Orlando Ballet, among others. ers, dancers and stage managers working in David is a member of the United Scenic Artists hundreds of theatres across the United States. Local 829. Much love to Sarah for her endless Equity members are dedicated to working in support and encouragement. the theatre as a profession, upholding the high- www.dmujrdesigns.com. est artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide JANINE WOCHNA* (Assistant Stage range of benefits including health and pension Manager) is delighted to return to the Florida plans for its members. Through its agreement Rep having previously stage managed King with Equity, this theatre has committed to the O’ The Moon, The Lady With All the Answers, fair treatment of the actors and stage managers The Rainmaker, Rounding Third, Tuesdays with employed in this production. AEA is a member Morrie, Broadway Bound, Sherlock Holmes and of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an the West End Horror, To Kill a Mockingbird, The international organization of performing arts Middle Ages, My Three Angels, and A Dash of unions. For more information, visit www. Rosemary. Janine served as a resident stage actorsequity.org.
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