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This work is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Theatre at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Department of Theatre Production Programs by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HEATRERESENTS ftlT'DINAT'PJ[ ti THEATREFESTIVAL 2Dl3 A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, MARYLIN SKOW 3 Goodevening, everyone, and welcome to the finaloffering of thissummer's GLENGARRYGLEN ROSS incredibleATF season which has featured FIU Theatre alumni giving back in all areas,from performances to directing,designing and production . Westarted off BY DAVID MAMET the seasonwith three terrific nights of alumnicontributions, and the season DIRECTED BY WAYNE E. ROBINSON, JR culminateswith tonight's special reprise of "G/engarryGlen Ross" with the original Lie. Cheat. Steal. All In A Day's Work. castfrom 11 years ago. I thinkit is extraspecial that the ideato reprisethe show camefrom the guysthemselves . It is wonderfulto havethem back in townand Performance dates: August 8, 9, 10. backin the BlackBox Theatre for the week. I wantto thankand applaud them for agreeingto comeback and give a weekof theirtime to do this. Whata terrific finishto an incrediblesummer of showsat ATF. ... BLAKE ••••••••••••••••••••• Gustavo David Ortiz I alsowant to takethis opportunity to givea special"Thank you" to our productionand front of house SHELLEY LEVINE ••••••••••••••••••••• Ricky Waugh staffswho have endured eight straight week ends of showsthroughout the summerwith such a sense .. JOHN WILLIAMSON ••••••••••••••••••• Ivan Lopez of goodwill and professionalism. DAVID Moss ••••••••••••••••••••••• Danny Suarez I wantto remindyou that the "Glengarry"performances are meantto be "scholarshipperformances ". GEORGE AARONOW ••••••••••••• Meshaun Arnold Thismeans that instead of our regularsummer admission charge we areasking that you make a RICHARD ROMA ••••••••••••••••••••••• Joe Llorens generousdonation, starting at $20,to ourtheatre student scholarship fund. Ourbeing able to offer financialassistance to our majorsis becomingmore and more important , especiallyin lightof the recent JAMES LINGK •••••••••••••••••••• Ramon Vuenes actionsof thefederal government to raisethe interestrates for studentloans, so I amasking you to BAYLEN ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Daniel Gutierrez helpus helpour students as muchas youfeel comfortable doing. Enjoythe showtonight and thank you for supportingFIU Theatre's Alternative Theatre Festival through STAGE MANAGER: Marina E. Catalan anothersuccessful season. ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER: Andrea Bovina SET RECONSTRUCTION: Robert (BJ) Duncan & Amanda Sparhawk Special thanks to the Alumni Association for COSTUMES: Marina Pareja ALUMNI sponsoring our opening night reception. LIGHTING DESIGN: Amanda Sparhawk ASSOCIATION SOUND ENGINEER: Paul Steinsland 2013 ALTERNATIVE THEATRE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION STAFF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:Produced in arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

ARTISTICDIRECTOR ...... Marilyn R. Skow This show contains adult language and situations, not recommended for children. PRODUCTIONMANAGER ...... Marina Pareja A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR-WAYNE E. ROBINSON, JR. TECHNICALDIRECTOR ...... Geordan Gottlieb In the prizewinning play you'll see tonight, playwright David Mamet is notwriting PRODUCTIONASSISTANT ...... Robert (BJ) Duncan aboutpolite society. Instead, he revealsthe crudeand volatile world that we don't oftenpublicly acknowledge. It existsin thesports locker room. It existsin the bat WPAC EVENTSMANAGER ...... Sammy Garcia, Jr. tlefield.It certainlyexists in the politicalarena. It is rampantin officesand board MARKETING/PUBLICITY ...... Kathleen Anderson rooms.

OFFICEMANAGER ...... Marianna Murray Whatdo these worlds have in commonwith each other? They are dominated by men. Theyare the dog-eat-dog, ethics be dammed societies that we all dependon SENIORFISCIAL ASSISTANT ...... Paulette Rivera to getthings done. Yes, these are deplorable men, but that's the way the gameis played.If wewere honest, we mightadmit that, on somelevel, we admirethe men COSTUMESHOP ASSISTANT...... Sophie Hamann whoplay it well. SOUNDENGINEER...... Paul Steinsland GlengarryGlen Ross, is a rhythmicallypoetic and highly theatrical play. It is moreof a moralfable than ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF: Monica Abreu, Rachel Capote, Katiana Davila, Ephraim anythingelse. Throughthe seductive rhythm of hislanguage and the shockingly outrageous humor of Luc Etienne, Caitlyn Lincoln, Gabriella (Gaby) Lopez, Shelley Miller, Nakeyta Moore, thesemen, Mamet sucks you in. Heasks his audience to considerour complicity in theirbehavior. Erica Ramos, Sofia Sassone. FIUTheatre first presented this play 11 years ago with FIU Theatre student actors. Those same actors are ------nowmen, not boys. In 2002we approached the text like musicians reading a score.We are now revisiting Please note , video and photography of any kind of this production is strictly prohibited . Mamet'splay with the advantage of lifeexperience hoping to rememberthe music,but with the added Please turn off cell phones and mobile devices. wisdomthat only time can bring. Thank you for listening. 4 CAST BIOS 5 I MeshaunLabrone Arnold-Received his BFAin theatrefr om FIU in 2005. He hasworked in prestigiousMiami theaters s uch as the M Ensemble, NewTheatre andCoconut Grove Theatre. For three years he wasa companymember of the DannySuarez- DanielSuarez is an Alumniof the TheatreDepartment earning his MiamiTheatre Center . In 2009,he was considered Best Actor in the MiamiNew BFAin 2006.Daniel went on to becomean engineerand is currentlythe Technical Timesmagazine for his portrayalas TupacShakur in hissolo show Right to ServicesDirector for MDCMedia Services Department. Daniel is alsoan Remain... Tupac Shakur . Labronehas taken Right to Remainto Miami,London's , accomplishedlocal musician, and has performed in manyof Miami'smusical Off WestEnd and Washington, DC . Whenhe is notwriting or acting,Labrone venues. Danielis ecstaticto be ableto reunitewith the originalcast and rekindlehis devoteshis time mentori ng studentsin the Washington,DC area and hasled actingdays with friendly familiar faces. actingworkshops for collegestudents, most recently at SouthamptonSolent Un iversity(Southampton , RamonVuenes - Ramonjoined FIU's Theatre program in 2001. Hedove into his England). --- theatreclasses, eager to augmenthis performanceexperience as a musicianwith Labronehas also worked in tv andfilm andis a proudmember of SAG-AFTRA. the highquality acting training provided by FIUTheatre's excellent faculty . After { graduatingwith a BFAfour years later , Ramonspent several years working at DanielGutierrez-Daniel has been on andoff the stageover the lastfive years. variousarea theatres. Eventually , he transitionedto a careerin education,using his Hismost recent successes include being part of an awardwinning sketch comedy trainingas an actorto playhis mostimportant role ever: as a teachershaping and troupe,Sitcoms Blow, where he hasperformed in variousvenues including the l inspiringthe youngminds of tomorrow. SantaMonica Playhouse as wellas the worldfamous Hollywood lmprov located in Hollywood,CA. He will be workingon a webseries this fall followingthe success RickyWaugh - Rickyis originallyfrom Fort Pierce, of theYou Tube hit 'Lie Detector'. Floridaand graduated in 2006from Florida International University with a He is currentlya coordinatoron the Emmyaward winning Ellen DeGeneres Show . Bachelor'sDegree in FineArts. Heis a proudmember of Actor'sEquity and is appearingin thisperformance with special permission. Having worked 1 IvanR. Lopez-Ivanis thrilledto revivethis productionof GlengarryGlen Ross andshare the stagewith his collegefriends again. Hediscovered his passionfor professionallyin SouthFlorida for the pasttwelve years, he hasearned several Carbonellnominations and multiple Silver Palm Awards for hiswork in theatres actingand the theatrewhile taking an Introductionto Actingclass as a studentat FIU. Sincethen, he hasacted in over40 playsand short films in NewY ork, fromWest Palm to Miami.GableStage : In the NextRoom or TheVibrator Play, Denver,and Miami.Some favorite roles include Katurian in ThePillowman (White Reasonsto be Pretty,Betrayed , ShinningCity. Mosaic Theatre: Dying City, In a RoseMiami), Hal in Proof(White Rose Miami), Davey in second.(S12E -NY ), _ DarkDark House, In Darfur. PrometheanTheatre: Dumb Waiter: Two Sisters and Trevesin TheElephant Man (Denver Center), Felix in Birdin the Hand(New a Piano.New Theatre: The Rant, The Mission, Saint Joan, Julius Ceaser , Cymbeline. FloridaStage: Theatre).He co-foundedand is currentlythe co-CreativeDirector of WhiteRose Bridegroomof BlowingRock. PlayGroundTheatre : SteadfastTin Soldier , VeryOld Man with Enormous Miami,a theatre,film, and creative education company. He is an adjunct Wings.Creation of the World... , TheLove of ThreeOranges, Brooklyn Bridge, Pluft the Little Ghost. FIU: Cabaret,Picasso at theLapin Agile , GlengarryGlen Ross, The Crucible, Shakespeare's Journey, The Food professorat FIUteaching Introduction to Actingand Dramatic Literature classes. Chain,Gypsy, The Tempest (1 performance).Television: Bum Notice, The Glades. Right now, you can see He hasa Masterof FineArts degree from the NationalTheatre Conservatory and a Bachelorof FineArts RickyWaugh playing 'Cuda' in the STARZoriginal series Magic City. He will alsoappear as 'Dr. Kerney'in degreefrom Florida International Univers ity. Checkout WRM:whiterosemiami.com USANetwork's new drama series The Arrangement which is currentlyin development.Ricky's greatest roles JoeLlorens -Joe graduatedwith a Bachelorsin FineArts from FIU in 2003. arethose of fatherand husband. His heart overflows everyday with unending love for ErinJoy and LilyGrace. Duringhis time there he hadthe pleasureof workingwith some of the most Seemore at rickywaugh.com talentedand driven artists he's ever met. He remembersGlengarry Glen Ross as hisfavorite acting experience while at school,and is honoredto be backon stage fii.~~~~~ withthis collection of brilliantactors . «sO::,~o~o u ~...:loo - ·.i:i Afterhis graduation, Joe went on to performas an EquityCast Member of Walt l ~ >.§...:1>6 j 8 DisneyWorld for severalyears. He is currentlyliving in WinterGarden, FL , and rJJ !;~ ill~ ~ ~ ,$ can be seenin commercialspots for PublixSupermarkets and Brighthouse rJJ I 'i ~ ® ~~ i9~ J; fi Q.,. Networks. 0 :! . : ,:g . :0 ~ ~ ~ rn ~ ~ g ] 8 GustavoDavid Ortiz -Gustavo is excitedto be workingwith this incredibly c:f B]:s! Cl) J J !l ... o ~{1)0 ~ tiO C: z J l talentedgroup of artistsagain in the spacewhere his formal training in the arts ~ G> ~ ~ ~ !-~ u z ! began.His experience at FIUhelped him to betterunderstand the directionof his E j-9 «I :J a G> ~ passionas an artist,which led himto do whathe lovesmost -produce. He has C, !'i,11~0 u t.!J'O .5 ,, C, :e ~ ';.j Qi E,-1 ~ .r:i >,.,_. .!? producedlive theatre including The Big Funkand Three Days of Rain,live music G> 5 ., :;:I 1~ 1>, ,8 0 ~ ~J:l fj ~ tlO and poetry,stand-up comedy featuring the MiamiComics, improv- theatrefeaturing i «s ~: 0 > >. .§>.,_.6b A u ~ IE -~ fl} 0 ~ ~ LaughingGas, and other perform ing andvisual arts at TheMadman Experiment - C: ~ .r:i~rs~~o ~ ~ ~ ~ >,O O j ~ @ a companyhe organized(which started as an FIUc lub) withcolleagues Daniel s:;.r:it; 00 orn I ~ ;l 1.::1 g ,, < Cl) ~ ~t --- Suarez,Jeanette Taylor -Mahmoud,and Lucia McArthur . Hewas the Theatreand <] ·!3§ 8 u C: C, 1 : :i 1~ . : i:: ~.~ EventManager at the Art andCulture Center of Hollywoodas TheaterManager of the HollywoodCentral CV .~ ....~...:iu ~ i- · · o ·o : · 0 =fl) j ;: z A ..... (loo:z~ : : ! .8 PerformingArts Center. As an independentproducer he produceda numberof multi-media awareness rn : :g ? 0 : : ~ 'ii ! ~ ~ .i= ·n eventsand live music events in HistoricDowntown Ho llywoodincluding the ConsciousArtist Collective Save 0 ~ • ~Cll~O~ • (.) 5 .; < !~ ~ ~~ ~ 6 ! Darfur-Groove Series and the AEGLive Official DubFest 3-Venue After Party . Heis currentlythe Marketing ,n C, a ~ CV =>o~:g~~...:iz ~ andSocial Media Manager for The USPostal Solutions Company and the softwaredevelopment subsid iary, 0 < [1 Packagelog, LLC.He also volunteers his time with the Cityof Clermontas theybegin the developmentof the N Q ~~~~~~1~ j~ revitalizationof theirdowntown district and hopes to be theiradvocate for the artsin HistoricDowntown Q o<~u < N ~oo....oci~ .... ~ ?r.. Clermont. THINGSI~ VE LEARNEDPLAYING POKER . .. · ABOUTTHE PLAYWRIGHT Born on November 30, 1947 in Flossmoor, Illinois, David Mamet In twenty years of playingpoker, I have seen very few poor losers. Poker is studied at Goddard College in Vermont and at the Neighborhood a game of skill and chance. Playingpoker is also a masculineritual, and, Playhouse School of Theater in New York before venturing into the most times, losers feel either sufficientlychagrined or sufficientlyreflective professional world of the Theatre. He began his career as an actor to retire, if not with grace, at least with alacrity. I have seen many poor and director before achieving success in 1976 with three Off-Off winners. Most are eventuallybrought back to reality. The game itself will Broadway plays, The Duck Variations,Sexual Perversity in Chicago, reveal to them that they are victims of an essentialerror: they have and American Buffalo. attributedtheir successto divine intervention. The most recognized element of Mamet's style is his sparse, clipped What do you do when you are pushingyour luck beyond its limits? You dialogue. Although reminiscent of such playwrights as Harold Pinter must behave like a good philosopherand ask what axiomyou must infer and Samuel Beckett, Mamet's dialogue is so unique that it has that you are actingunder. Havingdetermined that, you ask if this axiom,in become known as "Mametspeak". His language is not so much the long run, will leave you a winner. If the axiomyou are "naturalistic" as it is a poetic impression of streetwise jargon. Other acting under is not designedto make you money, you may find that your signature elements of Mamet's style include minimalism and a lack real objectiveat the game is somethingelse: you may be trying to prove yourselfbeloved of God. of stage directions.

Many of us, and most of us from time to time, try to escape a blunt fact Noted for his strong male characters, Mamet's plays often deal with which may not tally with our self image. When we are depressed,we re the decline of morality in a world that has become an emotional and create the world around us to rationalizeour mood. We are then likely to spiritual wasteland. In 1984, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for overlookor misinterprethappy circumstances. At the pokertable, this can GlengarryGlen Ross which recreated the atmosphere of a gritty be expensive,for opportunitymay knock,but it seldomnags. Which brings Chicago real estate office in which Levine, an aging salesman, is us to a crass thought many genteelplayers cannot grasp;poker is about about to be sacked. He followed up in 1988 with Speed the Plow money. which exposes the dirty underside of another undustry--show business. Perhaps his most controversial play, however, came in rve been playingwith the same five players for two decades. As a group 1992 with Oleanna, a two-character drama involving charges of we have all improved. As we are men of equal intelligence,that sexual harassment between a male professor and one of his female improvementcan be due to only one thing: to character,which as I finally students. begin to improvea bit myself, I see the game of poker is all about.

-DavidMamet Mamet has taught at Goddard College, the Yale Drama School and New York University.

ALWAYSBE CLOSING.

-PracticalSales Maxim