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David Rice Kate Danziger Executive Director Managing Director

By KRISTINE THATCHER Music & Lyrics to “King Richard De-Terred” by LARRY SHUE (Arrangement by Andrew Callis)

Directed by Leda Hoffmann

Original Music & Sound Designer – Christopher Kriz°, USA Music Director – Christopher Kriz°, USA Video Producer – Bobby Richards Stage Manager – Miranda Anderson, AEA

The 2020 – 2021 Season is Sponsored by Alan & Susan Becker

This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council (a state agency). Additional Support Provided by the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Hinsdale Bank & Trust. Capacity-building support has been provided by the Arts & Business Council of .

Cast (In order of Appearance)

Walter Kevin Tre’Von Patterson Bob Dan Klarer* Robin Tina Muñoz Pandya Carl Tom Hickey Lady Renée Lockett

* Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. ° Denotes Artistic Associate.

SETTING Finnegan’s Road House, in New Haven, CT 1980’s

The use of any recording devices during this performance is strictly prohibited by copyright laws.

First Folio is a member of the League of Chicago Theaters and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. is a professional theatre employing members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

As the premier non-profit professional theatre in the western suburbs, First Folio’s mission is to present intimate productions of classical and contemporary works. By making our home in residence at Mayslake Peabody Estate, we create a unique theatrical experience that enriches the community.

STATEMENT OF VALUES

We believe that theater is for everyone. We believe that theater must reflect and amplify diverse perspectives. We believe that equity, diversity, and inclusion make us better storytellers. We believe in supporting the creation and development of new work. We believe in developing that contributions and leadership of female-identifying and non-binary artists. We believe in amplifying the voices and experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) and LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) artists and leaders. We believe in the necessity of an ongoing assessment of our progress as an organization.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First Folio Theatre acknowledges with respect that we gather on the traditional and ancestral homelands of Native nations including the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.

First Folio Theatre is in residence at the Mayslake Peabody Estate, which stands on the northern border of the Indian Boundary Line, a 20-by-70-mile strip of land that stretched from Lake Michigan southwest, to the Illinois River near present-day Ottawa, Illinois. The line was a part of the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis between the U.S. government and members of the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes, known as the Council of Three Fires.

The U.S. government viewed treaties like this as a way to acquire, own and sell the land, thereby exploiting differing concepts of ownership. Native nations, by contrast, often viewed such treaties as temporary permissions to access land in their territories.

During the early 1800s, the U.S. government shifted treaties with Native nations from peace and alliance to land cessions and removal. Generations of indigenous peoples displaced from this area now live in Kansas and Oklahoma.

We pay respect to those upon whose ancestral lands we gather and invite our artists and patrons to consider the legacies of violence, migration, settlement and displacement that brought us here today, and the stories of those who were here before us. CAST

TOM HICKEY (Carl) is appearing with First Folio for the first time. Around Chicago he has appeared in Oslo and Chimerica (Timeline), Franklinland as Ben (Jackalope), Seminar as Leonard (Haven), Sycamore (Raven), You Can’t Take it With You (Northlight), (Artistic Home), The Killer Angels (Lifeline), A Bright New Boise as Will (LiveWire), The Pillowman (RedTwist), Scenes from the Big Picture (Irish Theatre of Chicago), Book of Days (Steep), and many others. As a member of he appeared in over 20 productions including Uncle Vanya as Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Detective Story as McLeod, Julius Caesar, Fail/Safe as the President, and The Aristocrats. On camera he has been seen in Chicago P.D. and Chicago Fire (NBC), Betrayal (NBC), Crisis (Fox), The Chi (Showtime) and Underemployed (MTV). He is represented by the fine people at Gray Talent Group. Love to Rita and Charlie.

DAN KLARER (Bob) Chicago credits include: Jeeves Saves The Day (First Folio, *Jeff Nom), Enemy of the People (Goodman), The Three Bears, Rapunzel (Chicago Kids Company). Other theater credits: Pajama Game, Miracle On 34th Street (Theatre at the Center); Henry V, Merry Wives of Windsor (Door Shakespeare), Every Brilliant Thing, Sherlock Holmes and Precarious Position, Whistling In The Dark (Artists’ Ensemble); How I Became A Pirate (Children’s Theater Madison); Every Brilliant Thing, Isaac's Eye, Greater Tuna, Santaland Diaries (Third Avenue Playhouse); Miss Holmes, The Drowsy Chaperone, Peter and the Starcatcher, Bridges of Madison County (Peninsula Players).

RENÉE LOCKETT (Lady) is excited to be making her First Folio debut. She was most recently seen onstage in Lookingglass Theatre’s Her Honor Jane Byrne, which COVID- closed 4 days after it opened. She has performed in Zoom productions at Stage Left, The Story Theatre, Pride Plays, Canamac Productions, and MPAACT. After 30+ years on and around stages and sets in Chicago, she is honored to have received a 2020 non-Equity for her performance in First Floor Theatre’s Sugar in our Wounds. Renee is represented by DDO Artists Agency. She's grateful to be on your video screen!

TINA MUÑOZ PANDYA (Robin) is a Chicago-based actor, musician, and teaching artist and is so excited to be making her First Folio debut! Chicago credits include The Mousetrap (); Always...Patsy Cline (Firebrand Theatre); X-Marks the Spot (Chicago Children's Theatre); The Aristophanesathon (The Hypocrites); Pinocchio and The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz (The House Theatre of Chicago); The Tall Girls (Shattered Globe Theatre); and Octagon (Jackalope Theatre). Touring credits include: The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pt 1 (Montana Shakespere in the Parks); and HMS Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado (The Hypocrites). She is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan and the School at Steppenwolf, and is represented by Gray Talent Group.

KEVIN TRE’VON PATTERSON (Walter) is thrilled to be working with First Folio on Waiting for Tina Meyer. Theatre credits: Oak Park Festival Theatre, Windy City Playhouse, Raven Theatre, The Artistic Home, Black Ensemble Theatre, and Redtwist Theatre where he was last seen in the production of Rabbit Summer. Regional Credits: , Measure for Measure and The Rover (Michigan ). Television Credits: Mindhunter (Netflix), Chicago P.D. (NBC), Empire (FOX), and The Redline (CBS). Kevin would like to thank his friends, family, and team at Big Mouth Talent and Artists First for their undying support. Follow him @Kevdaactor.

PRODUCTION STAFF

KRISTINE THATCHER (Playwright) was last seen at First Folio in Underneath the Lintel, which earned her a Jeff Award Nomination for Solo Performance. She was a proud member of the 2001 Tony Award winning Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble, where her Voice of Good Hope, which is based on the life of the late Texas congresswoman, Barbara Jordan, premiered and was nominated for the 2000 Award for Best New Work. Recent works include The Safe House and The Bloodhound Law, which had their world premieres at City Lit Theater. Her first play, Niedecker, made its Chicago debut at The Writer's Theatre with Ms. Thatcher appearing in the title role. It was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the National Arts Club's Joseph Kesselring Award, and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship. Her fourth play, Emma's Child, which had a nine-month run at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, played to critical acclaim at Victory Gardens . Emma's Child is the winner of the 1995 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a 1997 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, the 1997 Resolve "Award for Excellence in the Arts," the 1997 Cunningham Prize for Playwriting from DePaul University, and the 1997 After Dark "Award for Outstanding New Work." Under Glass, a companion piece to Emma's Child, was nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and premiered at Luna Stage in New Jersey. Her play Apparitions was commissioned by and premiered at Peninsula Players in Door County. Among Friends was commissioned by and premiered at Victory Gardens and is the winner of the 1997 Scott McPherson Memorial Award. She has also written for television and video. Credits include narration for the 's "The Nutcracker," which airs annually across the nation in mid-December. She is the proud recipient of the 2002 CINE Golden Eagle Award and the Communicator Crystal Award for "Best External Communication and Fundraising" for "On the Shoulders of Giants," Zoo; and the 2002 Communicator Crystal Award for "Best Internal and Employee Communication" and the 2002 Silver Plaque Award, Chicago International Film Festival, for "Risk-E Business."

LARRY SHUE (Contributed Material) was an American playwright whose works include The Nerd and The Foreigner. Larry Shue's promising career as a comic playwright was cut short by his untimely death in a plane crash at the age of thirty-nine. He and Kristine were compatriots at Milwaukee Repertory, where Kristine originated the role of Tansy in The Nerd.

LEDA HOFFMANN (Director) is thrilled to be directing at First Folio! Leda is the Artistic Director of the Contemporary American Theatre Company (CATCO) in Columbus. Previously, Leda was the Artistic Director of Strawdog Theatre Company. Chicago directing credits include Northbrook Theater (The Cat in the Hat), Jedlicka Performing Arts Center (The Amish Project), and Mudlark Theatre (Bobbins and Threads). Other directing include Milwaukee Rep (A Christmas Carol, Black Pearl Sings!, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, The Amish Project), Illinois Shakespeare Festival (), Door Shakespeare (, The Tempest, ), University of Miami (Trojan Women), Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur), Renaissance Theaterworks (Censored on Final Approach), Luminous Theatre (Mr. Burns, The Penelopiad). Leda is a proud graduate of Grinnell College, a former Milwaukee Rep directing intern, former Hartford Stage apprentice, SDCF Observer, a member of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. www.ledahoffmann.com

DAVID RICE (Executive Artistic Director) is Co-Founder (with his late wife Alison C. Vesely) of First Folio Theatre, where he has produced over 70 productions which have earned 40 Jeff Nominations and 6 Jeff Awards. He is also a playwright specializing in adaptations, whose works include Shrew’d!, Captain Blood, : A Musical Folk Tale (Jeff Awards – Original Adaptation and Original Music), The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story (Jeff Nomination – Original Adaptation), The Castle of Otranto, and Dean Monti’s Why Dogs Don’t Talk. Onstage at First Folio he has been seen as Sandor Turai in Rough Crossing, H.C. Curry in The Rainmaker, and Knuckles McCann in Jeeves Takes a Bow, amongst others. David has worked at numerous Chicago theaters in the last four decades, including the Paramount, Marriott’s Lincolnshire, Briar Street, and Candlelight. Trivia lovers may be interested to know that David was a four-time winner on Jeopardy! David is a proud member of both the Dramatists Guild and Actors Equity Association.

KATE DANZIGER (Managing Director) has been with First Folio in her current capacity since February 2017. She has been connected to First Folio Theatre since 2005, when she was hired as the assistant stage manager for . She became First Folio’s resident AEA stage manager and an Artistic Associate and worked on 17 shows as part of the stage management team, before taking a hiatus from theater. Prior to becoming First Folio’s Managing Director she was the Administration and Event Manager for the Skokie Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the proud mom of two little boys.

MELANIE KELLER (Associate Artistic Director) First Folio directing credits include All Childish Things, Mary’s Wedding, Silent Sky, The Guys and The Amish Project. As an actor, Melanie has appeared in over twelve productions at First Folio including The Turn of the Screw, Salvage, Private Lives and Blithe Spirit. Other directing credits include The Drowning Girls at Signal Ensemble, and productions at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Shakespeare Project of Chicago, Irish Theatre of Chicago, Fraud and Phony, WildClaw and . Acting credits with Signal Ensemble include East of Berlin and The Russian Play (Jeff Award for Best Actress), The Weir (Jeff Nomination for Best Supporting Actress), She Stoops to Conquer and . Additional acting work includes Lady Macbeth at Oak Park Festival Theatre, seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, Lakeside Shakespeare, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, and productions at the Goodman, Northlight, Peninsula Players, Chicago Shakespeare, Shakespeare Project of Chicago, Waterfront Playhouse of Key West, Artists’ Ensemble and Strawdog Theatre, among others. She has appeared on Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and in the short film UberEx.

CHRISTOPHER KRIZ (Original Music and Sound Designer) is an award-winning composer and sound designer based in Chicago, and is an Artistic Associate at First Folio. Winner of 4 Joseph Jefferson Awards with a total of 19 nominations, Kriz's recent First Folio designs include Jeeves Saves the Day, Sherlock’s Last Case, The Firestorm, Mary's Wedding (Jeff Award), Silent Sky, The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe, as well as composing the score for the original musical Shrew'd. Chicago: , Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Remy Bumppo, Victory Gardens, Timeline, The Gift Theatre, American Blues, and dozens of others. Regional: Seattle Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and many summer seasons at Peninsula Players. Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please visit christopherkriz.com.

BOBBY RICHARDS (Video Producer) is thrilled to virtually return to First Folio. Previous credits include Max in All Childish Things and Watson (u/s) in Sherlock’s Last Case. Other Chicago credits include: Shamilton (Baby Wants Candy Productions); Tribulation (iO); Days of Yore (Hobo Junction Workshop); El Stories – Brown Line (Waltzing Mechanics); Funtime & Friends (Funtime Comedy in association with ); Welcome to the Moon (Strangeloop Theatre) and War (Irish Theatre of Chicago). Film: Workingman, Mom & Dad, The Buyout and Out of the Basement. Television: Empire (FOX), Sirens (USA) and Mindgames (ABC). He also co-wrote and starred in NBC’s digital series Bobby & Iza. Bobby currently lives in Nashville producing the Business Made Simple Podcast.

MIRANDA ANDERSON (Stage Manager) enjoyed working on this virtual show with First Folio where she has previoiusly stage-managed Henry V, and Silent Sky. Recent Chicago credits include productions with TimeLine Theatre, Rivendell Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre and Lookingglass Theatre. Regional credits include touring with The Hypocrites’ Gilbert and Sullivan productions of Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, and HMS Pinafore to Olney Theatre Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Skirball Center at NYU, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and American Repertory Theatre. Miranda is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES Lydia Berger Gray Heather Chrisler Diana Coates Amy Creuziger Kate Danziger Joe Foust Michael F. Goldberg Christian Gray Ricky Harbecke Elsa Hiltner Shelley Strasser Wendy A. Huber Michael Keefe Melanie Keller Christopher Kriz Rachel Lambert Michael McNamara Angela Weber Miller Hayley Rice René Ruelas Nick Sandys Cassy Schillo Skyler Schrempp Sarah West Joseph Zettelmaier

FIRST FOLIO THEATRE STAFF Executive Artistic Director – David Rice Managing Director – Kate Danziger Associate Artistic Director – Melanie Keller Advising Artistic Consultant – Hayley Rice Box Office and Marketing Associate – Alison Reeger Cook Press Representative – The Heron Agency Web Master – Sara Gorsky

FIRST FOLIO BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman – Larry Krupp Secretary – Patricia Noska Trustees – Alan Becker, Susan Becker, Ellen Callahan, Barbara Disko, Elizabeth Krainc, Brian McKillip, David Rice