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ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY THEATER ARTS STAFF AND FACULTY Dean, School of Humanities. Father Louis T. Brusatti Artistic Director/Assistant Professor ..... .. ......... .... David M. Long Managing Director ...... ........... ... .. .. .... Michelle S. Polgar Area Coordinator/Assistant Professor . Ev Lunning Jr. Director of Musical Theater .. .. .. ... ..... ... ... Michael McKelvey Administrative Coordinator . Angela Flowers Costume Shop Manager/Adjunct Instructor ........ .. ... T'Cie Mancuso byBertolt Brecht Technical Director . ... .... .. ..... ........... .. .... Joe Carpenter Master Electrician . Austin Sheffield translatedby David Hare Costume Technical Specialist .. ............ ...... ... Michelle Heath Assistant Professor . Sheila Gordon Adjunct Instructors . Brooks Barr MICHELLE S. POLGAR Tara Cooper DIRECTOR Bhagirit Crow Kathy Dunn Hamrick Bill McMillin CHASE STAGGS ALLIE TOWELL David Nancarrow SCENIC DESIGN MAKE-UP AND HAIR DESIGN Margita Pencevova STEPHEN PRUITT MIRIAM JURGENSEN Jo Ann Schatz LIGHTING DESIGN PROJECTION DESIGN Gary M. van der Wege SUSAN BRANCH TOWNE SHANNON K. BISHOP** SPECIAL THANKS COSTUME DESIGN PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Austin Lyric Opera PHILLIP OWEN Austin Shakespeare DAVID STAHL* ORIGINAL MUSIC Father Louis T. Brusatti DAVID STOKEY* AND SOUND DESIGN Carol Caruthers MICHAEL MILLER* HBMG Foundation EQUITY GUESTS Sister Donna Jurick, SND Ladies of Charity/Lakeway Thrift Store Christopher Lovelace MEDIA SPONSORS President George E. Martin Bill McMillin Dr. Innes Mitchell Pioneer Theatre Company CHRONICLE St. Edward's University Marketing Office - SiiMrttttrrn, + Texas State University Theatre Department UT-Austin Department of Theatre and Dance 90<5 Zach Theatre < k u t AUSTIN TEXAS The Life of Galileo is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Ltd. 45 West 25th Street, New York, N.Y. 10010 info@samuelfrench .com November12-22,2009 The Company Production Staff Galileo Galilei David Stahl * Assistant Director . .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .......... .. .Sarah Burkhalter Andrea Sarti , as a boy/A boy .... ... .... .. ....... ...... Ben Roberts Fight Choreographer . .... .... .. ... ... .. ... ... .. .. .. .. .... David Long Vocal Coach . ... .... .. ........... .. ......... ....... Sheila Gordon Signora Sarti , Andrea 's mother/Peasant/Puppeteer . .. ... ... Evangeline Jimenez ** Dramaturgical Consultant .... .. .. ... .... .. ..... ... .... .. ... Dr. Innes Mitchell Ludovico Marsili/Peasant/Puppeteer/The Official . ... .. .... ..... .. Duncan Coe ** Stage Management Mentor . .. .. .. .. ... .. .... ... ... .... ..... Bill McMillin* Chancellor Priuli/Clavius/Clerk #2/Peasant/Puppeteer/Vanni ... .. .. Elliott Dooley ** Assistant Technical Director ... .. ... ... .... .. ..... ..... Scott Guthrie Virginia , Galileo 's daughter . .. .. .. .. ... .. Steffanie Ngo-Hatchie ** Student Assistant to the Technical Director . .... .. .. .. .. .... ... .. George Marsolek Sagredo , Galileo 's friend/Cardinal Barberini , later Pope . .. ... ... .. Michael Miller * Assistant to the Master Electrician . ... .. .. .... .. ...... ... Kris Carpenter Senator/Guard/Peasant/Puppeteer/Cosimo de Medici, older/Dresser .. Kaleb Dwors ky** Properties Master .... ... .. ... ....... ...... .. ..... ...... Rachel Magee Senator/First Monk/Peasant/Puppeteer/Rector ..... .... ... .. .... Kel Sanders ** Properties Lead Assistant . .. ..... ... .. ... .. .... ... ..... Brooke Friesen Senator/Second Monk/A Man at the Ball/Peasant/ Properties Design and Construction . Breanna Batson, Annie Bond, Laura Burgess, Puppeteer/Guarding Monk .. ..... .. ...... .. ..... .. David Cameron Allen ** Marrett Hanes, Danielle Ploeger, Megan Pardy, Erica Salazaar, Kel Sanders Assistant Stage Managers ... .. Jessica Anigma , Rhiann Janak, Meredith Montgomery, Chamberlain/Astronomer/Clerk #1/Peasant/Puppeteer/Crier . ..... Andrew Butler ** Tyler Mount, Johnny Joe Trillayes Cosimo , the Grand Duke de Medici, as a boy/A girl . ... .. ... ...... Amelia Long Stage Crew ........... ..... ... .... ... .. ... ... ... Students of THAR 1330 Mathematician/Andrea (older) . ... .. ........ ........ .. .Christopher Smith ** Assistant to the Master Electrician/Board Operator ... ...... .... .. Jackie Longoria Philosopher/Very Old Cardinal/Cardinal Bellarmin/Peasant/ Assistant to the Sound Designer/Board Operator ..... .. ... ..... .. .. Zorica Simic Puppeteer/A Man/Border Guard ........ .. .... ... ... .. Nathan Brockett** Sound Department Staff .. ... ..... .... .. .. .......... .Christopher Smith Federzoni , the lens grinder/Peasant/Puppeteer ..... .. .. .. .. .. Austin Rausch ** Scene Shop Staff ... .. ... Katie Andries , Casandra Castillo, Joseph Leudecke , George Marsolek, Candice Rogers , Carli Werner Fulganzio , the Little Monk ... ..... ... .. .. .... .. .. .. .. Jarrett King ** Costume Shop Staff . ... Kera Blay, Jordan Campbell , Eileen Chaffer, Reetah Gonzalez , The Cardinal Inquisitor .... .. .... ........... ... ..... David Stokey * Aidan Liller, Meredith Montgomery , Helen Ralowicz A Woman at the Ball/Peasant/Puppeteer/Dresser/Peasant . ... .. Avery Ferguson ** Box Office Staff . ........ Shannon Bishop , Alyssa Johnson , Jon Wayne Martin, Kel Sanders , Christopher Smith Setting: Italy, 1609-1637 , with echoes to present day. House Manager . ...... ..... .... ... ...... ..... .. ... .. Lauren Prater House Crew ... ....... ... ... .. Katie Comardo , Liana Hinajosa , Christina Smith, THERE WILL BE ONE 10-MINUTE INTERMISSION. Angela Stokes-Wickersham Head Dresser ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. ... Eileen Chaffer * Member, Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional Dressers .. .. ... ... ... .. Kera Blay, Brian Brown, April Linton, Kaylee Nelson actors and stage managers in the United States Laundry .. .. .. .. ... ... ..... ... .. .. .. ... .... .. Kass Ortiz, Erica Porter ** Equity Member Candidate Costume Crew . .. .... ...... Rebecca Bernstein, Devon Brownlow , Eileen Chaffer, Kaleb Dworsky, Kimberly Gates, Jackie Harper, Lauren Hayes, Kari Strunk and the students of THAR 1331 ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 Scenic Crew . ... ..... .. Nicholas Campagna, Chad Duda, Avery Ferguson, actors and stage managers in the United States . Equity seeks to advance, Drew Kimball , Lynn Lapham, Austin Lowery, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our Candace Rogers, Bonnie Sturdivant , Jacob Trussell , Roy Varney society. Equi ty negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide and the students of THAR 1330 range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of Make-up/Hair Crew ... ... ...... Kyle Houseworth, Melanie Vasquez, Carli Werner ACTORS' the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organ ization of Lighting Crew .. .. .... .... Duncan Coe, Michael Davis , Erin Flemming , E·QLJITY performing arts union s. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. Estevan Labrada, Jon Wayne Martin , Lainey Murphy , Jacob Trussell, A6SoC1An oN 191J www.actorsequity.org Andrew Zimmer and the students of THAR 1330 and THAR 3323 Galileo's story has been held up as a classic illustration of the long history of disputes Notes on the Play between science and the church. In this sense, history has cast a poor light on the Ital All men by nature desire knowledge. ian scientist, for Galileo never presumed a conflict between religion and science - not even with regard to his defense of the Copernican system. He felt strongly that one could - Aristotle, Metaphysics be religious and a scientist, and that God made the world and gave man the capacity to Aristotle understand and explore it. He believed that proof could sway rational men to accept Greek philosopher and scientist. Born 384 BCE, died 322 BCE. radical ideas. Studied under the great philospher Plato. After Plato's death, Aristotle es tablished his own school in Athens, The Lyceum, in 335 BCE. Over the For Brecht, writing in 1938, the choice to examine Galileo's life was an exercise in exam next 12 years, he wrote treatises on subjects including the soul, physics, ining abuse of political power in many forms - Naziisrn, fascism and Stalinism, among metaphysics, ethics and poetics. These treatises become the foundation for all others. As he revised the play several times between 1938 and 1947, it also took on the subsequent scholarly debate and knoweldge in these fields. Brecht developed added role of a message against providing scientific progress to the wrong hands - his his own dramaturgy in part as a reaction to concepts Aristotle introduced in The chilling call in response to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Is also served as Poetics regarding the role of drama in society. a manifesto for his Marxist beliefs. To achieve this end, Brecht took liberties with historical fact. Ptolomey · . Greek astronomer and geographer. Born around 85 in Egypt, died 165. This is not to say that the Roman Catholic church functions solely as a metaphor in this Using Aristotle's assertion that the earth stands at the center of the universe and all other play. The church in Galileo's time was certainly rife with abuses, and the Holy Inquis_ition, objects revolve around the earth, Ptolomy set out to create a mathematical decription of which ultimately squelched his voice, cornrnited horrible acts in the name of preventmg or the universe. His theory stood for 1400 years. obsuring any threats to an already shaky Church system. In 1600, only nine years before Galileo turned his telescope