Great Expectations By Charles Dickens | Adapted by Hugh Leonard Directed by Alan Stanford
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by Charles Dickens Adapted by Hugh Leonard Directed by Alan Stanford
Lily Davis Dylan Marquis Meyers Joe Godley Mary Rawson* Larry John Meyers* Elliot Pullen Karen Baum* David Whalen* Simon Colker Martin Giles* Jordon Ross Weinhold Charity Hipple Ken Bolden* Linda Froehlich* Carolyn Jerz James FitzGerald* Mark Conway Thompson*
Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Michael Thomas Essad Andrew David Ostrowski Joan Markert Sound Designer Production Manager / Props Master Steve Shapiro Technical Director Johnmichael Bohach George DeShetler, Jr. Stage Manager Master Electrician Cory F. Goddard * Assistant Stage Manager Nathaniel Siebert UPMC is proud to support the PICT Theatre. Assistant Stage Manager Connor McCanlus* Scenic Artist Andrew Swackhamer Assistant Master Electrician Jennifer Kirkpatrick Master Carpenter Regina Tvaruzek Dramaturg Samuel Karas Sound Engineer Tyler Crumrine Kevin Rudolph
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional UPMC is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
SYS411939_gh_upmc_pict_theatre_ad_color.indd 1 4/16/14 12:41 PM CAST LETTER FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
Pip ...... Dylan Marquis Meyers Estella ...... Lily Davis HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ONE AND ALL! Miss Havisham ...... Mary Rawson* 2014 has been a remarkable year at PICT Classic Theatre! Our plays have brought Mrs. Joe / Biddy ...... Karen Baum* laughs, tears, gasps, few gaffes, suspense (literally waiting for the shoe to drop) Joe Gargery ...... Martin Giles* and, at the end of every show, cheers and rave reviews. As another beloved Dickens Wemmick ...... James FitzGerald* character would say, “Bless us, everyone,” and we are truly blessed by the dedication Pumblechook...... Ken Bolden* to excellence exhibited by our actors, directors, designers, production team, box office Magwitch...... Larry John Meyers* staff and our many volunteer ushers who greet with a welcoming smile. Jaggers...... David Whalen* Herbert Pocket...... Jordon Ross Weinhold As with Pip, PICT Classic Theatre is on a journey. This year was our first season of Molly / Miss Skiffins...... Linda Froehlich* plays chosen by Alan Stanford. His mastery of direction and acting was evident. Our Aged Parent ...... Mark Conway Thompson* record-breaking audiences, including over 1,400 school children attending Macbeth, Drummle...... Joe Godley would suggest that PICT’s journey is headed in the right direction. It will not be Young Pip...... Elliot Pullen or Simon Colker without some trial and error, some bumps in the road, some impatience and waiting, Young Estella...... Charity Hipple or Carolyn Jerz and some challenges to make ends meet. We are waiting not just for Godot, but for the generosity of a Magwitch, too! I welcome your feedback on how our journey is progressing, and encourage you to write a happy ending to this season’s book through SETTING: England, Early 19th Century your year-end contributions. I suspect, too, that you will agree with me that we should flip Dicken’s title when GREAT EXPECTATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED IN TWO HOURS AND describing PICT Classic Theatre: let’s say “Expect Greatness.” I do. Every member of THIRTY MINUTES INCLUDING ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION. PICT Classic Theatre and our family of actors do. We have set a high bar for ourselves, because we know that you come to every show with great anticipation.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Next season will soon be here. We are starting the season in February with a world Stage Managers in the United States. premiere by an inspiring Pittsburgh playwright at a new downtown venue, followed by a musical favorite in April (yes, we can sing for our supper, too)! UnCommon PICT Classic Theatre receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pleas will return next March for an evening of lawyerly antics and revelry, premised National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. on The Tempest. Then we will return to Stephen Foster Memorial for Ayckbourn, Shaw, Shakespeare, Dickens, and a brilliant, contemporary Irish playwright. It is an all-star line-up! SPECIAL THANKS: Mona Rush, Sara Steelman, Scenic Artists: Lindsay Coda and Jacquelyn Gutierrez, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, The Pittsburgh Playhouse, So, please relax and enjoy the holidays. Get rested. Then come back in February with University of Pittsburgh Stages, Nick Wright, Jon Ward, Carnegie Mellon School of your family, friends, and colleagues for more provocative and entertaining theatre, Drama, Pittsburgh Opera, Kathleen Crocker Perry, Kate Bagin, Don Difonso and when the Saints (and Sinners) come marching on our stage! Thank you for your Richard Teaster (Music Director, Pitt Men's Glee Club). attendance and support this year.
Sincerely,
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Chuck Moellenberg PRODUCTION TEAM
Director...... Alan Stanford The world turns to Elliott. Scenic Designer...... Michael Thomas Essad Costume Designer...... Joan Markert Lighting Designer...... Andrew David Ostrowski Sound Designer...... Steve Shapiro Props Master...... Johnmichael Bohach Production Manager / Technical Director...... George DeShetler, Jr. Stage Manager...... Cory F. Goddard * Master Electrician...... Nathaniel Siebert Assistant Stage Manager...... Connor McCanlus* Assistant Stage Manager...... Andrew Swackhamer Scenic Charge Artist...... Jennifer Kirkpatrick Assistant Master Electrician...... Regina Tvaruzek Master Carpenter...... Samuel Karas Dramaturg...... Tyler Crumrine Sound Engineer...... Kevin Rudolph Sound Board Operator...... Kristopher Buggey Light Board Operator...... Liam Nute Wardrobe ...... Cassidy Adkins Deck Crew...... Jessica Savitz Drew Palajsa Carpenters...... James Thome, Frank Noll David Bielewcz, Travis Kerr James D. Lanzey, Drew Palajsa
www.elliott-turbo.com NOTES FROM THE DRAMATURG by Tyler Crumrine
Growing up is rarely a solitary experience. Friends, family, coworkers and acquaintances all play significant roles in shaping the people we eventually become—even if the role they play in our lives only determines the kind of person we choose not to be. Life’s largely a sifting process—with people picking and choosing which advice to follow and which to avoid on their own path towards self-discovery.
And there are few better examples of the influence people can have than Great Expectations. It’s a story all about inheritance. Financial, yes, but even more so social. It’s about the qualities we pick up from the people surrounding us, for better or worse. It’s also about the obligations we feel towards those who raise us, which inheritances we choose to collect on, and which inheritances are better left ignored.
Dickens is a master of the coming-of-age tale, and one of the places his talent shines most is in his ability to draw clear lines of influence for his characters. Rather than let protagonists mature in a vacuum, he provides them with a number of role models—both positive and negative—to help or hinder them along their way. And, as in good drama, Dickens also reveals character development through interaction. Audiences are able to track changes in character opinions and demeanor—or lack thereof—with each new voice present in the character’s life.
The difficult decision, however, is often determining whom to listen to. ThroughoutGreat Expectations, each character has their own idea of how things should be, and—whether actively or passively—each uses the people around them to pursue their own satisfaction. What’s more, each character is completely justified in their own eyes. They think their vision of the future is genuinely the best one. The question is whether or not characters’ dreams align, and whether or not manipulated parties can realize the path they’re being guided down before it’s too late.
The most striking example of this is Estella. While Pip is at least seemingly given freedom to make his own choices on his journey towards becoming a gentleman, Estella remains a second-class citizen simply by virtue of her sex. Her wealth is seen only as a dowry, and her expectations are limited to becoming a bride. She’s rarely even brought up in conversation beyond her marital status. Rather than encourage Estella to break out of the cycle she’s inherited, however, Miss Havisham reinforces it. She trains her to break men’s hearts, continuing to reduce Estella to a determinant of men’s happiness—or unhappiness— rather than encouraging her to become her own woman. Havisham confounds others’ expectations, but insists on her own. The question becomes whether Estella can break out of her influence, or if it’s already too late. aSANDY WILSON kJACK ALLISON Through Great Expectations, Dickens invites us to examine the influences present in our own lives. What are your expectations, and what have you inherited already? Who do you Ronald Allan-Lindblom artistic director FEB 27-MAR 15, 2015 Earl Hughes producing director have to thank, or to blame? And, as you take the next step in your life, whose counsel will you take with you? Or do you find yourself already confined to a path that someone else TICKETS STARTING AT JUST $12. ORDER TODAY AT WWW.PITTSBURGHPLAYHOUSE.COM OR 412-392-8000. chose for you? WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Karen Baum (Mrs.Joe/Biddy) is honored to return to PICT as a featured artist this season. PICT credits: Hecate in Macbeth, Scarecrow in Woman and Scarecrow, Edith in Blithe Spirit, Don Juan Comes Back from the War, King Lear, The Shaugraun, and Boston Marriage. Pittsburgh Credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater (most recently Poppy in Noises Off), St. Vincent Summer Theatre, Off the Wall, Playhouse REP, No Name Players, Bricolage, UnSeam'd Shakespeare, Squonk Opera, University of LEVINFURNITURE Pittsburgh's Shakespeare in the Schools, and CMU Interactive. Regional levinfurniture.com credits: Public Theatre of KY, Theatre54 NY, and various Chicago venues. Film credits: Promised Land, The Road, My Bloody Valentine 3D, KillPoint (Spike TV), The War That Made America, the pilot cast for the & series Ghosthunters, PSI, and A Fancy Piece of Homicide (due out 2015). As a B.F.A. graduate of Point Park, Karen also teaches for PICT, The Public, Civic Light Opera, and Hope Academy. Karen would like to thank her team, family and PICT audiences.
Ken Bolden (Mr. Pumblechook) is in his fourth season with PICT. PICT credits: Lucky in Waiting for Godot, Basil Hallward in The Picture of levinmattress.com Dorian Gray, the ensemble in Julius Caesar, Mardian in Antony and Cleopatra, and Major Ross in Sherlock Holmes & the Crucifer of Blood. Pittsburgh credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater (most recently as Prof. Williard in Our Town), Quantum Theatre (Spindler in Mnemonic, Fodol in John Gabriel Borkman and De Spiga in Tamara), Off the Wall (Henry in The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs), City Theatre, Barebones, Bricolage and the Rep. Film credits: Sorority Row and Fathers and Daughters. He trained at LAMDA, and is a grateful member of Actors' Equity Association Proud to and SAG/AFTRA. Support Great Theatre in Pittsburgh WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Simon Colker (Young Pip) is pleased to be in his first season with PICT. He is an eighth-grade theatre major at Pittsburgh CAPA. Simon would like to thank his teacher, Jennifer Lybarger, his parents, Madeline, Jacob, and his all of his grandparents for their love and encouragement.
EVERYONE WANTS Mark Conway Thompson (Aged Parent) is in his fifth production with PICT after having previously acted in Julius Caesar and having worked on Salomé, Our Class and Macbeth as movement consultant/choreographer. Pittsburgh credits: Quantum Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Playwrights' Theater, No Name TO BE DAVID. Players, Saints and Poets, and Unseam'd Shakespeare Company. Other credits: Mummenschanz on Broadway, and principal soloist for six years with Ella Jaroszewicz's movement theater company Le Théâtre Magenia in Paris. He has appeared in films with Kevin Spacey, Richard Crenna, Tyne EVEN GOLIATH. Daley, Walter Matthau, and Harry Morgan. He is delighted to be a member of OUTSMART, NOT OUTSPEND.™ this marvellous cast of Great Expectations. Lily Davis (Estella) returns to PICT after playing a Witch 2 in Macbeth. Other PICT credits: Mrs.Cowper in Lady Windermere’s Fan. Pittsburgh Playhouse Credits: Lady Teazle in The School For Scandal, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Cherry Valance in The Outsiders, Cassie in A Chorus Line, and Her Sidekick in The Time of Your Life. New Jersey Odato Marketing Group is proud to be the advertising, credits: Polly Baker in Crazy For You, Go To Hell Kitty in Chicago, The Girl in the Green Dress in Singin’ in the Rain, and Princess Maria in Call public relations, web and video production partner Me Madam (Ocean Professional Theatre Company). Lily has a B.F.A. from of PICT Classic Theatre. Point Park University. Since her performance at PICT last summer, Lily has moved to NYC where she has started making her way in the commercial/ print world, working for names such as Pantene, Neutrogena, Matrix, Belvita, Hermes, and AT&T. Lily would like to thank her Mom, Dad, and Jenny for endless love and support.
James FitzGerald (Wemmick) is a featured artist for the 2014 season and is in his seventeenth production for PICT. Recent PICT credits: Didi in Waiting for Godot, Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit, Ross in Macbeth, and Him in Woman and Scarecrow. Other Pittsburgh credits: Charles Ives in Charles Ives Take Me Home (City Theatre), End of the Affair and Mouth to Mouth (Quantum Theatre), 1776, Royal Family, Born Yesterday, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Our Town (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Candide (Opera Theatre), and Heads (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Chicago credits: Marriot’s Lincolnshire Theater, Chicago’s Second City, ETC., The Royal George, Apple Tree, and other Chicago venues including 16 seasons with Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Regional credits: Cape May Stage, Milwaukee Rep, the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, North odatomarketing.com | 412.548.1731 | 941.954.0345 Carolina Shakespeare Festival, and Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Off Broadway: Rose Rage, directed by Edward Hall. Awards: Recipient of two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Best Supporting Actor), a Jeff Citation (Best Actor), and an OE Award Nomination (Best Supporting Actor). WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Linda Froehlich (Molly/Miss Skiffins) is making her PICT debut. She has appeared in numerous Off Broadway productions and regional theaters. Previous theater credits: Off-Broadway production of The Legend of Sharon Shashanovah, the tour of Twelfth Night and Gridlock, a comedy review written and produced by her. Film & TV credits: Saturday Night Live, All My Children, Law and Order, and New Jack City. She has also been featured in numerous TV and print commercials. Recently new to Pittsburgh, Linda lives with her husband in Squirrel Hill and spends much of her time exploring this great city.
Martin Giles (Joe Gargery) is in his thirteenth season with PICT and most recently played Porter/Old Siward/Murderer in Macbeth. Other PICT credits: Kenneth Pyper in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Gogo in Waiting for Godot, Beautiful Dreamers (playwright and director), Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Kreutzer Sonata, The Gigli Concert, Uncle Vanya, and Beckettfest. Other Pittsburgh credits: John Gabriel Borkman and Parlour Song (director, Quantum Theatre), Dream of Autumn (actor, Quantum Theatre), Ariadne on Naxos and The Fantasticks (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh). Awards: 2002 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year.
Joe Godley (Drummle) is making his PICT debut. Other credits: reSOUNDing Courage (No Name Players), Rocky in Rocky Horror Picture Show (Barebones), Franz Liebkind in The Producers, Moses in The School for Scandal, John Calhoun in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Marvin Hudgens in Dark of the Moon, Antonio in Illyria, and The Diary of Anne Frank (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Tune in toMost Evil this December on Discovery ID to see him lurk about as Harvey Robinson, and check the internet for Great Responsibility - Joe's upcoming cartoon. Point Park B.F.A. "Thanks to Alan for bringing me back to the 'Burgh'!" www.joegodley.com
Charity Hipple (Young Estella) is very excited to be in her first PICT production. She has been in numerous community theater productions including Tessie in Annie, Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol, and Kendra in 13, The Musical. Charity is a freshman at Saltsburg High School, and enjoys dancing and singing.
Carolyn Jerz (Young Estella) is thrilled to be making her first appearance at PICT. She has performed regionally with Stage Right! (Greensburg), Apple Hill Playhouse (Delmont), the Geyer Performing Arts Center (Scottdale) and Seton Hill University. Favorite roles include Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden, Annie in Annie, Young Fiona in Shrek (Stage Right Theatre Company), Patrice in 13, Lucy in Narnia, Peter Pan, Puss-in- Boots, and Alice in Alice in Wonderland. Carolyn is a twelve-year-old homeschooler from Greensburg. We would like to thank WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST Dylan Marquis Meyers (Pip) is grateful to be in his third season with our media sponsors for PICT. PICT credits: Macbeth, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Pittsburgh credits: Saudade: a senseplay (co-director) and Ubu their generous support! King (Alarum Theatre), and I am Nothing (Unlisted: Second Steel). Dylan is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, having played a number of roles over the past four years; favorites include Edward Kynaston in Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Lover in Machinal, Peter 1 &2 in Bedtime Stories, and most recently Chorus 1 in Agamemnon.
Larry John Meyers (Magwitch) returns to PICT for his twelfth season. His most recent roles were in Lee Hall's The Pitmen Painters and The Chekhov Celebration (2012). Other 2014 credits: J.T. Rodgers' Madagascar (Quantum Theatre), Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park (Florida Rep, Ft. Myers), Caryl Churchill's A Number (Chester Theatre, Massachusetts), and Theresa Rebeck's O Beautiful (Centre Stage, State College). 2014 Film credits: Low Tide in Serf City, Arms and the Man, The Race, Final Greetings, and Concussion. Larry is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA. WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST Elliot Pullen (Young Pip) is in his first season at PICT. PICT credits: the Boy in Waiting for Godot. Other credits: Wally Webb in Our Town (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Little Lake Theater), The Tempest (Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Park), Young Company Ensemble, and various performances with Pittsburgh Youth Shakespeare Troupe Falstaff's Fellows. Awards: 2012 finalist, 2013 honorable mention, and 2014 winner of Pittsburgh Public Theater's Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest (lower division scene). Elliot is 12 years old, and he is a homeschooled seventh grader from Mt. Lebanon. He would like to thank his family, friends, and theatre mentors for their love, support, and encouragement.
Mary Rawson (Miss Havisham) was recently seen at PICT as Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit. Previous PICT seasons include Izzie in House & Garden, Mrs. Marchmont in An Ideal Husband, Margrethe in Copenhagen and Pauline in Thomas Kilroy's adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull. Other Pittsburgh credits: Aiofe in Outside Mullingar (City Theatre), Mrs. Young in Honus and Me (City Theatre), Micheleine in Splendour and Elizabeth in When the Rain Stops Falling (Quantum Theatre) and Mom in True West (Pittsburgh Public Theater). World premieres: Amy Hartman's Chicken Snake and Tammy Ryan's In the Shape of a Woman and FBI Girl (Playhouse Rep). Television: Cousin Mary on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (her favorite role). Awards: 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year for her role as Violet in August: Osage County (Playhouse Rep).
Jordon Ross Weinhold (Herbert Pocket) is in his second season at PICT. He graduated from Point Park University and is an actor, music arranger and orchestrator. PICT credits: Guy Berkeley in Lady Windermere's Fan. Other Acting credits: Teazle in The School For Scandal (dir. Alan Stanford), Roger DeBris in The Producers, Baker in Into The Woods, Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Matt in The Fantasticks, and Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman. Orchestration credits: Toulouse! The Musical and the world premiere of Ed Dixon's Cloak & Dagger (Signature Theatre, dir. Eric Schaeffer). Jordon has two original orchestrations in development, including the Drama Desk- nominated musical Shylock (an opera) and A Park Avenue Christmas. Please visit: www.jordonrossweinhold.net.
David Whalen (Jaggers) is in his ninth season & twenty-second production for PICT, where he recently played Macbeth. Other Pittsburgh credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater (7 productions), City Theatre (6 productions), The Rep (recently played Of Mice & Men), Kinetic Theatre (recently played Romance), Quantum Theatre, Barebones Productions (played Joey in A Steady Rain and directed Take Me Out). New York credits: The Roundabout. Regional credits: South Coast Rep (10 productions), Alley Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Arden Theatre, Hartford Stage, The Folger Theatre, Everyman Theatre, The Roundhouse, Center Stage, Huntington Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Peoples Light & Theatre, Venice’s Biennale Festival, and Playmakers Rep. Film & TV credits: Southpaw, The Fault in Our Stars, The Last Witch Hunter, The Last Samaritan, The First Seal, Jack Reacher, 61*, Paper Umbrellas, The Christmas Tree, Black Dahlia, My Bloody Valentine, True Blue, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Without Warning, Three Rivers, Pensacola, Silk Stalkings, Diagnosis: Murder, All My Children, and The Guiding Light. Awards: 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year, Barrymore Awards for Take Me Out and OPUS, Helen Hayes Award for Hamlet, Kevin Kline Award for The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Please visit: davidwhalenactor.com. WHO'S WHO ON THE PRODUCTION TEAM Johnmichael Bohach (Props Master) is now in his second season with PICT as props master and has also provided the set designs for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Blithe Spirit and Sherlock Holmes & The Crucifer of Blood. Other design credits: The Devil's Arithmetic, The Importance of Being Earnest, Turn of the Screw, The Great Gatsby, The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie, Tuesdays with Morrie (Prime Stage Theatre); Riders to the Sea, Lizbeth, Three Decembers (Microscopic Opera); Dido and Aeneas (Renaissance City Choirs); and Letters to Sala, Tartuffe, Bare, Jekyll & Hyde, The Wild A STRONG COMMUNITY Party, Nine, and Rent (Stagedoor Manor, Lock Sheldrake, NY). Johnmichael is a graduate of the University TAKES THE SUPPORT OF MANY. of Pittsburgh with BAs in theatre arts and architectural studies. www.jmbsetdesigns.com. Tyler Crumrine (Dramaturg) is in his first season at PICT. He is a Pittsburgh-based dramaturg and the founding editor of Plays Inverse Press, a small press publisher of plays and play-like literature. His writing on Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has been recognized nationally by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he also studied as a New Play Dramaturgy Intensive fellow. Other dramaturgy credits include Bricolage Production Company's In the Raw: (R)evolution new play festival and City Theatre’s 2014 UPMC is proud to support the PICT Theatre Young Playwrights Festival. and its 2014 season. George DeShetler, Jr. (Production Manager / Technical Director) is in his third season at PICT. He began at PICT as the props master in 2012 and came on in July 2013 as production manager. Other Pittsburgh credits: Production manager at Prime Stage Theatre and temporary staff carpenter at CMU School of Drama. Regional credits: Arena Stage, Imagination Stage, Contemporary American Theater Festival, and Indiana Repertory Theatre. George graduated from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, with a BFA in theatre design and technology.
Michael Thomas Essad (Scenic Designer) is thrilled to be back for a second season at PICT. PICT credits: Macbeth and Lady Windermere's Fan. Pittsburgh credits: Pittsburgh Playhouse (technical director for over 130 shows and resident scenic designer for over thirty shows, e.g. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Oklahoma and The School for Scandal), and Pittsburgh Public Theater (three years as technical director). Other credits: Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami (six years, during which he sent several shows to Broadway), Berkeley Repertory Theater, California Shakespeare Festival, Actors Playhouse in Miami, San Jose Repertory Company, Asolo Theater in Sarasota (contact), and the California Theater Center in Sunnyvale, Calif. Michael has been working as a theater professional for thirty-four years. He has designed over eighty shows. He also designs and builds furniture for both theatrical productions and the private sector as well. Michael would like to dedicate each and every show he creates to the love of his life, wife and soul mate Jessi.
Cory F. Goddard (Resident Stage Manager) is in his tenth season with PICT. PICT credits: Macbeth, Heartbreak House, Stuff Happens, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, House & Garden, Salome, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, and the Beckett, Synge, Pinter, and Chekhov festivals, among others. Other Pittsburgh credits: Quantum Theatre, Bricolage, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, and The REP. Cleveland credits: Parade, The Laramie Project, Grey Gardens, and the non-Equity premieres of Brooklyn, Phantom of the Opera, and [title of show]. Cory is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace College. He would like to thank Rebekah, George, Vicky, Phill, Alicia, Liz, and the Wetness.
Samuel Karas (Master Carpenter) is in his first full season at PICT Classic Theatre. PICT credits: PICT intern 2011, Young Katurian in Pillowman, and Lucius in Julius Caesar. Academic credits: scenic designs for The Fantasticks, Noises Off, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. He is also acting as the technical director for Opera Theater of Pittsburgh for the 2014 Summer Festival. Samuel graduated from California University of PA with a BA in theater and a BS in technology education.
Jennifer Kirkpatrick (Scenic Charge Artist) is in her second season at PICT. PICT credits: Macbeth, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Woman and Scarecrow, Waiting for Godot, Blithe Spirit, Sherlock Holmes & the Crucifer of Blood, A Skull in Connemara, Don Juan Comes Back from the Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, War, and Lady Windermere's Fan. Other credits: scenic artist for Seven Guitars, The Trojan Women: A Love UPMC is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Story, Lives of the Saints and You Can't Take It With You (Carnegie Mellon University) and scenic artist for Stage Door (Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center). Jennifer is a graduate of Ohio University with a BFA in production design and technology. WHO'S WHO ON THE PRODUCTION TEAM Joan Markert (Costume Designer) is in her sixth season at PICT. PICT credits: Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Blithe Spirit, A School for Scandal, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Hobson's Choice, The Mask of Moriarty, A School for Lies, Lady Windermere's Fan, Sherlock Holmes & The Crucifer of Blood and The Importance of Being Earnest (remounted from the Abbey Theater production). Other credits: All four Pittsburgh Playhouse companies, including International Summer Dance (33 lessons), Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh and Prime Stage. In her spare time, Joan grows orchids, enjoys her cats and is working on programs for inventorying and tracking costumes and props cryptically titled CODpiece (costumes)? and WIMP? (where is my prop?). Joan graduated from CMU with an MFA in costume design.
Connor McCanlus (Assistant Stage Manager) is happy to be back at PICT after starting as a production intern in 2009. PICT credits: Macbeth, House and Garden, What The Butler Saw, and Doubt. Pittsburgh directing credits: Senioritis (The Maker Theater), Irony City Reunion Christmas Spectacular (Arcade Comedy Theater), the That's What Jeanne Said series (Steel City Improv Theater), HELLO DONNY Sing- Along! (Backstage Bar and Cabaret at Theater Square). Other directing credits: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Lives of the Great Waitresses (Clarion University Second Series). Connor is also an actor, improviser, and the current coach of Point Park University's Slow Clap Improv Squad.
Andrew David Ostrowski (Lighting Designer) is in his eighteenth production at PICT. He has designed over 150 productions in Pittsburgh for many of the companies there. Pittsburgh credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, and Pittsburgh CLO. Other national credits: The Asolo, Virginia Stage Company, North Shore Music Theatre, George Street Playhouse, TheatreWorks, Philadelphia Theatre Company, New York Theater Institute, Merrimack Repertory Company, The Arden Theatre Company, The Blumenthal Center in Charlotte NC, Spoleto Festival USA, Madison Opera, Dallas Summer Musicals, Theater of the Stars at the fabulous Fox Theater as well as others. Internationally his designs have appeared in France, Sweden, Scotland, and Ireland. Awards: Frankel Award (City Theatre, 2010), National Merit Award (Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2002), The National High School Musicl Theater Awards (NYC). Andy resides in Pittsburgh and is an adjunct instructor for Point Park University as well as a freelance Lighting Designer for hire. Please visit: www.tfpld.com.
Steve Shapiro (Sound Designer) returns to PICT after acting as Sound Designer for Lady Windermere's Fan. He currently serves as resident sound designer and engineer for The Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University, where he has designed almost every production since his arrival in 2010, including The School for Scandal, directed by Alan Stanford. Other credits: Over 85 productions with the Coconute Grove Playhouse in south Florida, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Syracuse Stage, The 92nd Street Y in NYC, The Cleveland Playhouse, The Caldwell Theater, and The George Street Playhouse. National Tours: Menopause The Musical from 2006 to 2010, he also toured with The Ramones, The Replacements, and Pia Zadora. International credits: Russian language premiere of The Skin of Our Teeth in Novosibirsk, Russia, and the 1995 South American Tour of Phatom of The Opera. He also created the score composition and sound design of Alan Ginsburg's only play, Plutonian Ode.
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Nathaniel Siebert (Master Electrician) is happy to be returning to PICT after acting as an electrician for Macbeth this October and Sherlock Holmes and the Crucifer of Blood last December. Nathaniel received a BA in theatre design & technology from Penn State University in 2008.
Alan Stanford (Director) is in his seventh season at PICT. He was for more than thirty years a principal and leading actor with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin, where he recently directed his adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. He founded Ireland's Second Age Theatre Company. PICT credits: Woman and Scarecrow, Macbeth, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Blithe Spirit, Don Juan Comes Back from the War, Lady Windermere's Fan, and The Kreutzer Sonata. Other credits: The School for Scandal (Point Park Conservatory), works by Shakespeare, Molière, Noël Coward, Oscar Wilde, Shaw, Beckett, and Brecht.
Andrew Swackhamer (Assistant Stage Manager) is in his first season at PICT. PICT credits: Blithe Spirit. Acting credits: Mr. Carter in Our Town (Pittsburgh Public), Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest and Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (Prime Stage), Dancin's Eddie Danson in Viva Los Bastarditos! and Ed in Evil Dead (No-Name Players), Jim-Jim in The Truth About Santa and Andrew Swackhamer's Toy Story.
Regina Lee Tvaruzek (Assistant Master Electrician) is in her second season at PICT. PICT credits: Macbeth, Blithe Spirit and Waiting for Godot and lighting intern for The Kreutzer Sonata, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Skull in Connemara, and Don Juan Comes Back from the War. Other Pittsburgh credits: Assistant light designer for Pittsburgh Opera's La Boheme and Prime Stage Theater's The Devil's Arithmetic. She designed for the Young Playwrights Festival at City Theater, and in NYC for Middle Voice Theater Company's workshop of Room For One by Alec Silberblatt. Regina holds a BA from Seton Hill University and thanks her professors, family, colleagues, and friends for being the greatest teachers there are.
Shakespeare Gets Justice!
PICT UnCommon Pleas March 19, 2015 at The Duquesne Club
In Support of PICT and PICT’s Educational Outreach Programming. Make plans now to join PICT Classic Theatre at its 2nd Annual Shakespearean Legal Romp. A Taste of the Tempest. Dinner. Open Bar. Crimes against Man, Nature, and Humanity. Argued with wit before local Federal and State judges. A great evening out for clients, friends of the Bar, Friends of the Bard, and all friends of PICT.
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This study edition is shelved in non-fiction because, in addition to the complete text of the novel, it contains a comprehensive study guide, including scene-by-scene summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, a Dickens biography, list of characters and more. A staff pick of Carnegie Find unique, authentic Irish Fashions & Gifts Library’s senior librarian literature specialist. Reserve your copies now at www.carnegielibrary.org! for all your special occasions! Dickens's Great Expectations: A Reader's Guide. Ian Brinton Great Expectations (1861) is not only one of the last great novels to be written by Dickens but is also one Kilts for Ladies, Gents & Children which centers on his primary themes: the importance of childhood in relationship to adult life, concepts Ladies Capes & Cloaks of guilt and imprisonment and an analysis of individualism as opposed to the increasing bureaucracy of nineteenth-century England. This guide is an ideal introduction to the text including its contexts, Irish Claddagh rings, Engagement & Wedding Bands Dickens's style and imagery, its critical reception from the time of publication to the present, a guide to Kilt Rentals for weddings & special occasions illustrated editions and film adaptations and a guide to further reading. Holiday Layaway available Irish Sausages, Rashers, Puddings & Candy Annoying the Victorians. James R. Kincaid What happens when bad criticism happens to good people? With a chapter devoted to Great Expectations, Annoying the Victorians sets the tradition of critical discourse and literary criticism on its ear. James Kincaid brings his witty, erudite and thoroughly cynical self to the Victorians, and they will never read (or be read) quite the same.
Beyond Great Expectations… Great Expectations: The Graphic Novel Charles Dickens; script by Jen Green; adapted by Brigit Viney This graphic adaptation of Great Expectations encourages readers to enjoy classical literature while remaining faithful to Dickens' original work. The striking color artwork captures the ambiance of Victorian life and makes the story more accessible than ever. Grave Expectations. Charles Dickens; Sherri Browning Erwin This entertaining novel combines Dickens’ classic work of fiction with the horror genre, into a single narrative. Pip is an unlikely werewolf, Estella an aloof slayer, and Miss Havisham a brokenhearted vampire. Library Journal highly recommends this mashup as astounding great fun.
Havisham. Ronald Frame Before she became the immortal and haunting Miss Havisham of Great Expectations, she was Catherine, a young woman with all of her dreams ahead of her. In Havisham, Frame unfurls the psychological trauma that cursed her to a life alone, roaming the halls of the mansion in the tatters of the dress she wore for the wedding she was never to have.
Mister Pip. Lloyd Jones This prizewinning novel by New Zealand author Jones is an eloquent homage to the power of storytelling. Thirteen-year-old Matilda is at a loss to understand the violence that has torn apart her tropical island. Her village, caught in the crossfire of the conflict between government troops and local The Shops at Station Square armed rebels, has lost its teachers. The eccentric Mr. Watts, married to a local woman who is generally 412-471-0700 Monday - Saturday: 10am - 7 pm thought to be mad, takes over the post as teacher and begins to read to the class from his favorite novel, Great Expectations. The accessible narrative, with its direct and graceful prose, belies the sophistication [email protected] Sunday: 12 noon - 3 pm of its telling as Jones addresses head-on the effects of imperialism and the redemptive power of art.
See the Film… Visit the Music, Film & Audio Department at CLP – Main for various filmed versions of Great Expectations available to check out. 2014 PICT SPONSORS SEASON SPONSOR: Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation
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