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IN THIS ISSUE
SEPTEMBER 2016 Title Page. 2 Cast. 3 About the Play. 4 The Cast . 8 The Creative Team. 10 ATC Artistic Director. 15 About Arizona Theatre Company . 16 ATC Board of Trustees...... 18 Donors . 19 ATC Staff. 26 Theatre Information...... 29
The historic Temple of Music and Art, Arizona Theatre Company’s home in downtown Tucson.
Cover art by: ESSER DESIGN
1 David Ira Goldstein William Russo Artistic Director Managing Director
KING CHARLES III BY MIKE BARTLETT ARIZONA PREMIERE
Matt August...... Director
G. W. Mercier...... Scenic Designer
Kish Finnegan ...... Costume Designer
Paul Miller...... Lighting Designer
Brian Jerome Peterson...... Sound Designer
Kevin Black...... Voice and Dialect Coach
Michael Donovan, CSA...... …Casting
Timothy Toothman* ...... Stage Manager
Glenn Bruner*...... Assistant Stage Manager
On this original Arizona Theatre Company production, the ATC Production Staff is responsible for scenic construction, costume construction, lighting, projections, sound, props, furniture, wigs, scene painting, and special effects.
King Charles III is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
2016/2017 SEASON SPONSORS: I. MICHAEL AND BETH KASSER
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CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) Charles...... Peter Van Norden* Camilla ...... Cathy Dresbach* Kate...... Kate Maher Hyland* William...... Adam Haas Hunter* James Reiss...... Harold Dixon* Mr. Evans...... Corey Walter Johnson Harry ...... Dylan Saunders* Spencer / Terry / Paul / Sir Michael / Archbishop of Canterbury...... Christian Miller* Couttsey / Clive / Speaker of the House / Sir Gordon...... Steve Alderfer* Jess...... Jeanne Syquia* Mr. Stevens...... Gregory North* Sarah / Ghost / TV Producer / Newspaper Woman ...... Kathryn Kellner Brown* Ensemble...... Bill Chameides Ensemble...... Aubrey King Ensemble...... Ali Wood Moser Ensemble...... Cera Naccarato *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. THERE WILL BE ONE FIFTEEN-MINUTE INTERMISSION. ADDITIONAL STAFF
Emma DeVore ...... Assistant to the Stage Manager Ava Spanier...... Assistant to the Director Amy Richman...... Production Assistant Lex Marcos ...... Assistant Scenic Designer Richie Ferris...... Casting Assistant Matthew Wiener ...... Arizona Casting Associate UNDERSTUDIES Ali Wood Moser...Kate / Sarah / Ghost / TV Producer / Newspaper Woman; Cera Naccarato...Jess; Aubrey King...Harry / Spencer / Terry / Paul / Sir Michael / Archbishop of Canterbury / Couttsey / Clive / Speaker of the House / Sir Gordon. Additional casting by ATC Artistic Staff. Arizona Theatre Company operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; Stage Direc- tors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union; and United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. Cell phones and other devices that make a noise can greatly disturb your fellow audience members and the performers. PLEASE TURN THEM OFF before the performance, and again after intermission.
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ABOUT THE PLAY
THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENT WAS FOUND ON THE DESK OF HIS ROYAL MAJESTY KING CHARLES III THE MORNING AFTER THE SUDDEN PASSING OF HIS MOTHER, QUEEN ELIZABETH II. Queen Elizabeth II
. CONFIDENTIAL – FOR HIS ROYAL MAJESTY THE UNITED KINGDOM MOURNS WITH HIS ROYAL MAJESTY KING CHARLES UPON THE LAMENTABLE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER, THE DEARLY BELOVED QUEEN ELIZABETH II, WHO LED THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH HER REMARKABLE REIGN WITH SUCH GRACE, HONOUR, AND DIGNITY.
SUCCESSION AND CORONATION Upon the untimely decease of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles shall as heir to the throne immediately assert the duties of Sovereignty prior to ceremonial coronation, which shall be enacted after the conclusion of an appropriate period of national mourning.
FUNERAL PROTOCOL Upon the lamentable demise of the Royal Sovereign Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the re- splendence of a ceremonial State funeral shall ease the heartache and melancholy of the general populace, an honor to be bestowed upon any other only by an Act of Parliament.
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PRIME MINISTER Upon the conclusion of the next general election, his Majesty shall establish by convention the Prime Minister, the title of which shall be bestowed upon the candidate who most embodies the greatest Royal confidence as leader of the House of Commons. The retiring Prime Minister shall offer by tradition their most honest guidance for the future selection of the post. Regular meetings of respect and confidence shall be hosted by His Royal household for the purposes of conference and advisement. The Prime Minister shall serve as the active political extension of His Royal Majesty’s confidential judgment.
PARLIAMENT The reign of His Royal Majesty shall operate according to traditional governmental structure, of which Parliament shall act as the highest of legislative authorities under the leadership of His Majesty and shall discharge authority from the Palace of Westminster. The membership of said Parliament shall be designated by His Royal Majesty King Charles under the advice and guidance of the Prime Minister. Alongside the most executive Royal power shall sit the legislative Houses of Lords and Commons (referred to in common speech as the respective Upper and the Lower Houses). The House of Lords shall be selected from among the holiest Lords Spiritual of the Church of England and the Lords Temporal of the peerage. The com- mitment of the House of Commons shall not exceed five years, at which time the membership shall be put forward for democratic election by the various districts of the realm. Extenuating circumstances may be declared according to which the House of Commons may necessitate the passage of a bill without consent from the House of Lords; however, all legislation must be approved by the esteemed membership of the House of Commons.
CROWN-IN-PARLIAMENT The Crown in its legislative role shall be represented by His Royal Majesty, acting in accordance with the dignity and measure of the members of Parliament, according to the conventional fusion of powers which endows His Majesty with the honor of executive and legislative responsibility. The ultimate magisterial authority rests solely upon His Royal Majesty King Charles, with the guidance and ordinance of Parliament. The Houses of Lords and Commons shall deliberate the merits of proposed legislative Acts of Parliament before submitting such propositions to His Majesty for Royal Assent, which may be granted as His Majesty sees fit in conjunction with the guidance and wisdom proffered by the Prime Minister and the Royal Privy.
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HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT (HMG) The selected Prime Minister shall then confer ministerial honors upon certain distinguished members of the Houses of Parliament to act as Cabinet to His Royal Majesty, who act as members of his most trusted Privy Council to provide guidance for the exercise of His Majesty’s Royal Prerogative in such grave matters as the declaration of war, making of treaties, and appointment of domestic officers.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE The presiding leader of the House of Commons shall be designated the Speaker of the House, and shall represent the confidence of His Royal Majesty as a non-partisan body in all matters of the Lower House.
LORD SPEAKER The presiding leader of the House of Lords shall represent the confidence of the peerage as a voting member of the legislative process of the Upper House.
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT In the event of a legislative vote of no confidence, a general election shall be pronounced for the replacement of the members of the House of Commons as requested by the Prime Minister and upon confirmation by Royal concurrence. It is generally expected that the dissolution of said Parliament be mandated prior to the completion of the five-year Parliamentary term. NOTABLE RESPONSIBILITIES OF HIS ROYAL MAJESTY
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT His Royal Majesty shall lead the Royal Procession to the chamber of the House of Lords to decree the annual opening of the Parliamentary session. The Black Rod of the House of Lords shall be publically discharged to summon the House of Commons to His Royal attendance. Entrance to the House of Commons shall be symbolically withheld by the slamming of the chamber door as an assertion of the independent power of said House, honorably exercised through centuries of royal governance. The Black Rod shall then thrice strike his ceremonial staff against the door in order to gain admittance and summon the House of Commons. Upon attendance by the House of Commons, His Royal Majesty shall then orate the pre- pared Speech from the Throne to designate the present legislative agenda. Upon His Royal departure, each House of Parliament shall debate a symbolic bill to symbolize their presence in the collaborative legislature of the United Kingdom.
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NATIONAL ANTHEM “God Save the King” shall be performed upon regular ceremonial intervals, as adopted by the populace as the unofficial anthem of His Majesty’s United Kingdom.
WEDDINGS The joining in holy matrimony of any woman with a member of the Royal family shall preserve the tradition of white gowning established by Queen Victoria upon her marriage to Prince Albert, to represent and preserve the innocence and purity of the wearer.
CHRISTMAS BROADCAST His Royal Majesty shall deliver an annual Christmas broadcast to extend comfort to the Kingdom during the holiday season.
CURRENCY The name and likeness of His Royal Majesty shall be emblazoned upon the currency of the realm, in furtherance of the tradition of millennia established by great Sovereigns past.
BY KATHERINE MONBERG, LITERARY MANAGER
The seat of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster.
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LINE OF SUCCESSION
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh
Queen Elizabeth II
Diana Camilla Captain Vice- Sarah Sophie Princess // Duchess of Mark // Admiral // Duchess Countess of Wales Cornwall Phillips Timothy of York of Wessex #1 #12 Laurence #6 #9 Charles Anne Andrew Edward Prince of Wales Princess Royal Duke of York Earl of Wessex
Kate Autumn Mike Duchess of Phillips Tindall Cambridge
#2 #5 #13 #16 William Harry Peter Zara Duke of Prince Henry Phillips Tindall Cambridge of Wales
#3 #4 Prince Princess #7 #8 #10 #11 George Charlotte Princess Princess James Louise of Cambridge of Cambridge Beatrice Eugenie Viscount Severn Lady Louise of York of York Windsor
#14 #15 #17 Savannah Isia Mia Grace
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Steve Alderfer (Couttsey / Clive / Speaker of the House / Sir Gordon) is proud to be making his ATC debut! Previous theatre credits: The Bacchae (Off-Broadway, NY Fringe); Lead Guitar in The Buddy Holly Story (La Mirada Theater, LA); Boy from NYC (Coast Playhouse, LA); One Fell Swoop (Elephant Stage, LA); Camelot (Gateway Playhouse, NY); The Sound of Music (Far East Tour). Television/Film: recurring roles on Grimm and Days of Our Lives; great turns on Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Nashville, CSI: New York, Suburgatory, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless,and Big Time Rush. Mr. Alderfer has also appeared in several Indie/ Festival films and national commercials.
Kathryn Kellner Brown (Sarah / Ghost / TV Producer / Newspaper Woman) is a native of Tucson, AZ. As a young teen, Ms. Brown’s first acting experience was at ATC’s Encompass. Off-Broadway: Danni, Danni and the Silver Dove (West Beth). At the Rogue Theatre: Marquesa Dona Maria, The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Mrs. Ivimey, Lady in the Looking Glass (World Premieres); Gertrude, Hamlet; Lady Croom, Arcadia; Queen Margaret, Richard III; Paulina, The Winter’s Tale;Prince of Morocco, Merchant of Venice; Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Dawn, Jerusalem; and Mrs. Baines, Major Barbara. Other regional credits: Queen Eleanor, King John (Southwest Shakespeare); Rosanne, Brilliant Traces and Teacher, Defying Gravity (Invisible Theatre). She has also appeared in Phoenix Theatre’s New Works Festival. Film: Vanishing Point, Mad House, Desperado. Ms. Brown has studied with the Royal National Theatre Studio in London, ACT’s Summer Training Congress Classical Program in San Francisco, and Megaw Actor’s Studio in Scottsdale. BFA: University of Arizona. Ms. Brown is also the director of the Human Communication Studio.
Bill Chameides (Ensemble) is a newly-minted resident of the Grand Canyon State, and is thrilled to make his Arizona Theatre Company debut. New York theatre credits include: Off-Off-Broadway productions of As You Like It (Dukes Frederick and Senior), Rough Draft (Author), and Twelve Angry Jurors (Juror #4). Regional theatre credits include: Copenhagen (Niels Bohr), The Skin of Our Teeth(Antrobus), Much Ado About Nothing (Balthasar), An Inspector Calls (Birling), Love Letters (Alan M. Ladd III), and Peachtree Battle (Sherwood), the longest running show in Atlanta’s theatrical history. Film credits include: Trois: The Escortand The Sugar Creek Gang. His videos on sustainability and the environment can be viewed at TheGreenGrok.com. Mr. Chameides holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute.
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Harold Dixon (James Reiss) has appeared previously at ATC in Ella, A Streetcar Named Desire, Much Ado About Nothing, and others. Off-Broadway: 92nd Street Y, Kirk Theatre - Theatre RowSecret ( of Mme Bonnard’s Bath by Israel Horovitz, World Premiere reading). National Tour: Ella. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Arena Stage, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Laguna Playhouse, Gloucester Stage Company (My Old Lady, Secret of Mme Bonnard’s Bath, World Premiere), Kingsmen Shakespeare (The Tempest, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Richard III), Southwest Shakespeare, Shakespeare Sedona, Arizona Repertory Theatre King( Lear), Phoenix Theatre, Actors Theatre of PhoenixThe ( Goat), Phoenix Symphony, and Invisible Theatre, Tucson. Mr. Dixon has also appeared in film, television, and commercials. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and founding artistic director of the Arizona Repertory Theatre at the School of Theatre, Film, and Television at the University of Arizona, where the Dixon Directing Studio is named for him. Proud member of Actors’ Equity since 1973.
Cathy Dresbach (Camilla) is making her Arizona Theatre Company debut. She has enjoyed a long career in Arizona as a stage actress and commercial voice talent. Some favorite theatre credits include: Calendar Girls, Noises Off, Tribes, Always…Patsy Cline, The Women,(Phoenix Theatre);Good People, boom, Angels in America, Nickel and Dimed, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Actors Theatre of Phoenix); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Theater Works); The Immigrant, Kindertransport, Fiddler on the Roof(Arizona Jewish Theatre); The Yellow Boat, Still Life with Iris (Childsplay). Film credits include The Imposter and Anastasia. She spent five years writing and performing on the iconic television program, The Wallace and Ladmo Show. Ms. Dresbach is also a playwright, and her play 3 No Trump will receive its first full production in January 2017.
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Adam Haas Hunter (William) is the co-founder of Poor Dog Group, a Los Angeles-based arts collective. Regional credits include: Abundance at South Coast Repertory and The Whipping Man at The Pasadena Playhouse and South Coast Repertory. Mr. Hunter has appeared in The Great Divide by Lyle Kessler, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Cymbeline at A Noise Within Theatre; Prometheus Bound at the Getty Villa; The Nether at Kirk Douglas Theatre (world premiere); The Government Inspector and Dark Play or Stories for Boys at The Theatre @ Boston Court; The Walworth Farce at Theatre Banshee; Medea at UCLA Live; and Romeo i Julia 1968 with Ulysses Theatre in Croatia, to name a few. His appearances with Poor Dog Group include Brewsie and Willie (part of RADAR LA), The Internationalists, and The Midnight Sun. Mr. Hunter has won or been nominated for Ovation, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, LA Weekly and Garland awards. He is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts.
Kate Maher Hyland (Kate) was most recently seen in the role of Jackie-O in Wendy McLeod’s House of Yes at the Zephyr Theatre. Other LA theatre credits include the world premiere of Everything You Touch at Theatre @ Boston Court; The Liar, The Crucible, You Can’t Take It with You at the Antaeus Theatre Company; I’ll Be Back Before Midnight at The Colony Theatre; The Bunglerat A Noise Within Theatre; and A Stubborn Woman at Los Angeles Theatre Center. TV/Film credits include The Bulbar Method,Pilot ; Death and Cremation; Armynel; Lost Tapes: Bear Lake Monster. BFA from the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California.
Corey Walter Johnson (Mr. Evans) is making his ATC debut. International: West Side Story, Toulouse Opera. Los Angeles theatre: The Pavilion, Malibu Playhouse; Hamlet, Four Clowns Theater;Our Town, Scene Dock Theatre. Mr. Johnson performs improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade and is an alumnus of both the NBC and CBS diversity showcases. TV/Film credits include Jennifer Falls (TV Land), Onassis: Pilot (Comedy Central Film Festival), and shorts for College Humor, Funny or Die, Improv Everywhere, and UCBComedy. Education: MFA Acting, University of Southern California. www.coreywalterjohnson.com
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Aubrey King (Ensemble) is making his ATC debut while finishing his senior year in the BFA Acting program at the University of Arizona. Previous ATC credits include Of Mice and Men as Whit (U/S). International credits include Speaking Of, in which Mr. King originated and performed the role of Bridger at the Istropolitana Project in Bratislava, Slovakia. University credits include The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors, Cabaret, Othello, and Oklahoma!. Instagram/Twitter: @aubreyking3
Ali Wood Moser (Ensemble) is making her ATC debut. She is currently a senior at the University of Arizona, and will be graduating this December with a degree in Musical Theatre! Recent credits and favorite roles include: Sally Bowles in Cabaret and Alexi Darling in RENT. In addition to theatre, Ms. Moser is extremely involved in various local film projects and plans to move to Los Angeles after graduation to pursue a career in both theatre and film. “At first glance, it may appear too hard. Look again – always look again.”
Cera Naccarato (Ensemble) is currently a senior at the University of Arizona, studying to receive her BFA in Acting, and she is also a part of the professional internship program at ATC. She was most recently seen at Arizona Repertory Theatre as Luciana in The Comedy of Errors and Ceres in The Tempest, and also appeared in Reckless and Othello and served as the understudy for Elizabeth in Frankenstein. Ms. Naccarato also recently appeared in the short film Triplet with Crown Chimp Productions in Tucson.
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Gregory North (Mr. Stevens) appeared previously at ATC in the American premiere of Dreams from a Summer House (as Greg Zerkle). Broadway: Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, A Christmas Carol (with Tony Randall), Grand Hotel (opposite Cyd Charisse). World Premieres: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Rock of Ages, Sting’s The Last Ship. National Tours: Phantom, Show Boat, Les Misérables. Regional: Kennedy Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse (12 Angry Men), La Mirada (Pride and Prejudice), Sacramento Music Circus, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, 3-D Theatricals, Musical Theatre West, Sacramento Theatre Company Barrymore( ), Reprise Theatre Company, Buffalo Studio Arena, North Shore Music Theatre, Kansas City Starlight Theatre, Hollywood Bowl (Amadeus with Michael York and Neil Patrick Harris). Film: In Good Company, Elizabethtown, Zombie Prom. TV: Law & Order, ER, Frasier, How to Get Away with Murder, Beyond Borders, Astroboy, Stephen King’s 11.22.63 with James Franco. A 31-year member of Actors’ Equity, Mr. North serves on its National Council. MFA: University of Washington. MRS: Cynthia Marty. gregorynorthactor.com.
Dylan Saunders (Harry) is making his ATC debut. Regional: Mark Taper Forum at Center Theatre Group, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, New Leaf Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Stage 773, The Ten Chimneys. International: National Theatre’s Connections Festival (London, UK), Festival Apostrof (Prague, CZ). Television: Chicago Fire (NBC), Kevin from Work (ABC Family), Pig Goat Banana Cricket (Nickelodeon) as well as voiceovers for Disney, Fox, video games, and national commercials. Original member: Chicago’s StarKid Productions (over 200 million YouTube views, multiple Billboard-charting original cast recordings). BFA: University of Michigan. www.dylansaunders.net
Jeanne Syquia (Jess) is thrilled to be joining ATC for their 50th Anniversary Season. Regional credits: the World Premiere of The Nether (Kirk Douglas Theatre), The Tall Girls (La Jolla Playhouse, DNA Series), The Jacksonian (u/s, Geffen Playhouse), workshops of #therevolution and The Massoud Project (Center Theatre Group), and the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory. Los Angeles credits: the one-woman show All American Girl (InterAct Theatre),Jane Eyre (L.A. Theatre Works), Top Girls and The Autumn Garden (Antaeus Theatre Company), The House of Yes (Zephyr Theatre), Sidhe (Road Theatre), and Fugue (Echo Theater Company), among others. TV/Film: Grey’s Anatomy, The Mentalist, Brothers & Sisters, and the feature film Buddymoon. jeannesyquia.com
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Peter Van Norden (Charles) has appeared previously at ATC in The Sunshine Boys and Inventing Van Gogh. Recent credits: A Christmas Carol and Copenhagen (Rubicon Theatre Company); Serrano, the Musical (Matrix Theatre Company); Flim Flam (Malibu Playhouse); The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare Center of LA); W.R. and Daisy (Annenberg Center/ Grand Performances); The Liar(Antaeus Theatre Company); Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers (L.A. Theatre Works, New York Theatre Workshop and Chinese Tour); Hairspray (San Diego Repertory Theatre); The Wasps and Tug of War (Getty Villa); Loot (Backstage West Garland Award, Best Actor); The Cradle Will Rock and Mr. Shaw Goes To Hollywood (The Blank Theatre); God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (Matrix Theatre Company). In NYC: Little Johnny Jones (with Donny Osmond), Hamlet (with Kevin Kline and Sam Waterston), Jungle of Cities (with Al Pacino), Henry V (with Meryl Streep), and Saint Joan (with Lynn Redgrave). Film/TV credits include leads opposite Oscar winner Jodie Foster in The Accused, as Steve Guttenberg’s inept partner in Police Academy 2, and as Ralph Brentner in the Stephen King miniseries, The Stand. petervannorden.com
Christian Miller (Spencer / Terry / Paul / Sir Michael / Archbishop of Canterbury) is making his ATC onstage debut, having enjoyed being part of the technical staff for many productions. Mr. Miller is a Phoenix actor, designer, and fledgling playwright. Favorite credits include The Pillowman, The Busy World is Hushed, Frame 312 (Actors Theatre of Phoenix); Leading Ladies, Amadeus, and The 1940’s Radio Hour (Phoenix Theatre); and work with Childsplay, Arizona Jewish Theatre Company, Stray Cat Theatre, Nearly Naked Theatre, TheatreWorks, and for his portrayal of Arizona rock icon Mike Condello in The Wallace and Ladmo Show(s).Mr. Miller’s Shakespearean background includes the title roles of Hamlet and Richard III, a dozen productions with Southwest Shakespeare Company where he most recently served as Production Director, and Sedona Shakespeare Festival which he helped launch and where he served as Company Manager and General Manager. Christian received his BA in Theatre with an emphasis in Acting from Arizona State University, and is a proud member of Actors Equity Association, serving on the Liaison Committee for the State of Arizona.
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Mike Bartlett (Playwright) is currently the Associate Playwright at Paines Plough. In 2011 he was writer-in-residence at The National Theatre, and in 2007 he was the Pearson Playwright in Residence at the Royal Court Theatre. His play Love, Love, Love won Best New Play in the 2011 Theatre Awards U.K., and his play Cock won an Olivier Award in 2010 for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre; he won the Writer’s Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes for Not Talking and the Old Vic New Voices Awards for Artefacts. Theatre credits include:Love, Love, Love, and 13 (National Theatre); Decade (co-writer), Earthquakes in London, Cock, Contractions, Artefacts, and My Child. Radio credits include: “The Core,” “Heart,” “Liam,” “The Steps,” “Love Contract,” “Not Talking,” and “The Family Man,” all on BBC. Screen credits include Earthquakes in London and Hometown. Directing credits include Honest by DC Moore. He is currently under commission from Headlong Theatre, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse, Hampstead Theatre, and The Royal Court Theatre.
Matt August (Director) directed last season’s The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord at ATC. Broadway: Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2006 and 2007 (also ten National Tours, Madison Square Garden, Grand Ole Opry, Pantages, Wang, Chicago, Fox Theatres, etc.); Broadway as Associate Director: Henry IV, Invention of Love, Imaginary Friends, Full Monty National Tours. International: Full Monty Australia Tour. Regional Theatre: …Discord (Geffen Playhouse); Two Dollar Bill, In the Heights, Much Ado About Nothing (Pioneer Theatre Company); The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Time Flies, Pig Farm, Food Chain (The Old Globe); Liberty Smith, A Christmas Carol (Ford’s Theatre); Scott Caan’s The Trouble We Come From (Falcon Theatre); Dracula National Tour, Intelligence Slave, The Real Dr. Strangelove, Speech and Debate (L.A. Theatre Works); Complete History of America (abridged), All in the Timing, The Tempest, Velvet Ropes, Free to Be You and Me(Hangar Theatre); Baby Taj (TheatreWorks Palo Alto); The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor,and Staff Repertory Director (The Acting Company, NYC); …Discord (NoHo Arts Center); Sixteen Wounded starring Martin Landau (Long Wharf Theatre). Mr. August was a finalist for the 2016 Theatre Communications Group Alan Schneider Directing Award and has received fellowships and residencies from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, Drama League, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, the Juilliard School, San Francisco’s Zen Center, and has received the Panavision New Filmmaker’s Grant. He has mentored upcoming directors through the SDC Observership Program and Drama League Fellowship. His productions have been recognized by Ovation, Helen Hayes, Broadway World, Bay Area Critics, and Australia’s Helpmann Award Nominations, and appeared on year-end top-ten lists in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune, SJ Mercury News, and NPR/KQED. He is an Artistic Advisor for LA’s Independent Shakespeare Company. His award-winning short film How to Get to Candybar has played at festivals around the world, winning “Best Comedy” twice. Upcoming Projects: Snow Geese (Independent Shakespeare Co.), …Grinch National Tour and Grand Ole Opry, and development of a feature film based on T.J. Brady’s play LP/OP. MFA: California Institute of the Arts.
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G. W. Mercier (Scenic Designer) is happy to work with Arizona Theatre Company for the first time. He is inspired by multiple collaborations with director Matt August. Most recently in New York he received Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Nominations for his design for Head of Passes at the Public Theater. He designed the sets and costumes for Juan Darien: A Carnival Mass which received a Tony Award nomination; and two Drama Desk Award nominations. At the Vineyard Theatre, Dream True and Bed and Sofa, procured him two additional Drama Desk nominations. Regionally, he was honored with the Bay Area Critics Award for Outstanding Scenic Design for The Time of Your Life at ACT and Head of Passes at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He proudly received the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award for Outstanding Talent and Vision in Design.
Kish Finnegan (Costume Designer) has been with Arizona Theatre Company since 1989 and is the Costume Design Manager. Her ATC costume designs include: Disgraced, Romeo and Juliet, The Mountaintop, The Sunshine Boys, Next to Normal, God of Carnage, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, [title of show], The Kite Runner, Hair, Touch the Names, Molly’s Delicious, Tuesdays with Morrie, Copenhagen, and 2 Pianos 4 Hands, among many others. Ms. Finnegan also enjoys designing costumes for chil- dren’s theatre including Seussical, Never Ending Story, Lyle Crocodile, Junie B. Jones, and Go Dog Go at Childsplay and Sabunana for Arts For All/Third Street Kids. A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, she began her career in Los Angeles in both theatre and film, designing for a variety of projects, from animated bears to MTV. She also designed for the Burbank Repertory Theatre and the Chamber Theatre, where she won the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for Costume Design.
Paul Miller (Lighting Designer) is making his ATC debut. Broadway: Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. Off-Broadway: Out of the Mouth of Babes, Clinton: The Musical, Pageant, Vanities: The Musical, Waiting for Godot, Addicted, Nunsense, Balancing Act as well as six productions for New York City Center Encores and Avery Fisher Hall. Regional: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, D.C. Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare, Idaho Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theater Co., Asolo Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, The Goodspeed Opera House, Westport Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO. U.S. Tours: The Illusionists, Elf, Shrek, Story Time Live, The Wizard of Oz, Legally Blonde, Sweeney Todd, Hairspray, The Producers, The Sound of Music. Television: Camelot (Live from Lincoln Center), numerous specials for Netflix, Showtime and Comedy Central. Lighting director for the internationally televised New Year’s Eve Celebration from New York’s Times Square for the last 16 years. International: Canada, London’s West End, Vienna, Milan (Teatro alla Scala), Brazil, The Phillippines, South Africa, and China.
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Brian Jerome Peterson (Sound Designer) celebrates his 31st season at ATC, where he has designed 80 productions, including Fences, Disgraced, Five Presidents, Wait Until Dark, Around the World in 80 Days, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Sunshine Boys, Jane Austen’s Emma, The Great Gatsby, God of Carnage, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Lost in Yonkers, Ain’t Misbehavin’, George is Dead, Somebody/Nobody, Enchanted April, Touch the Names, I Am My Own Wife, Twelfth Night, Tuesdays with Morrie, Crowns, Macbeth, The Pirates of Penzance, The Immigrant, A Streetcar Named Desire, Oh Coward!, Copenhagen, Fully Committed, and The Mystery of Irma Vep (for which he won an ariZoni Award), and the world premieres of Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Inventing van Gogh, Rocket Man, Minor Demons and The Holy Terror.His designs have been heard in many theatres including Geva Theatre Center, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, Northlight Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and the Baystreet Repertory Theatre.
Kevin Black (Voice and Dialect Coach) coached dialects for ATC’s Around the World in 80 Days and The Importance of Being Earnest; also at ATC, he played Lord Capulet in Romeo and Juliet and George Wilson in The Great Gatsby, and appeared in Tortilla Curtain, The Narrows, and The Last Red Book for Café Bohemia. At Invisible Theatre Company, he was both director and actor in A Kid Like Jake, and appeared in Mesa and In the Mood. A longtime member of Actors’ Equity Association, Mr. Black has acted at the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Shakespeare Theater at the Folger, The Pearl Theatre Company, Primary Stages, Alliance Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Geva Theatre Center, The Laguna Playhouse and Pacific Repertory Theatre. He is an associate producer on the HBO Documentary Film Brillo Box (3¢ off) by director Lisanne Skyler, airing in 2017 on HBO. Kevin is an Associate Professor of Practice in the University of Arizona’s School of Theatre, Film and Television.
Michael Donovan, CSA (Casting) has been ATC’s Los Angeles casting director since 2005. He is the proud recipient of six Artios Awards, given by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. Credits include shows produced at the Hollywood Bowl, Pasadena Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Reprise Theatre Company, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Shakespeare Festival/L.A., International City League, Laguna Playhouse, Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara, Ebony Repertory Theatre, Falcon Theatre, Colony Theatre, and the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. Tours include Aida, Buddy, Peter Pan, How to Train Your Dragon, and the currently playing I Love Lucy Live. Television credits include the series Blood Relatives. Mr. Donovan has also cast numerous films and more than 1,200 commercials.
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THE CREATIVE TEAM
Timothy Toothman (Stage Manager) is the Artistic Associate at ATC and has also stage managed 20 ATC productions since the 2002/03 season, most recently Fences and Wait Until Dark. He has also stage managed ATC co-productions at Geva Theatre Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and San Jose Repertory Theatre. Mr. Toothman spent five seasons as the Production Stage Manager for the Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY and was then Company Manager for five years for Sunshine Too, a national touring ensemble of deaf and hearing actors. He has also managed producing and presenting theatres in Indiana and Maryland. Prior to moving to Arizona, Mr. Toothman spent eleven years as a program and grants director for the Maryland State Arts Council and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. Mr. Toothman stage managed the National Heritage Awards Program for the National Endowment for the Arts for ten years and was the Production Stage Manager for six seasons at the Vineyard Playhouse on Martha’s Vineyard.
Glenn Bruner (Assistant Stage Manager) is in his 20th season as Production Stage Manager at ATC, where he has stage managed over 60 productions. Mr. Bruner has worked at Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Pasadena Playhouse, Centerstage, Studio Arena Theater, and Maine’s Portland Stage Company. He was the Assistant Stage Manager for the world premiere of On the Waterfront at The Cleveland Play House and stage managed the Off-Broadway premiere of Alan Ayckbourn’s Season’s Greetings. He has also been the voice for many radio and television commercials and was an announcer for Texas Public Radio in his hometown of San Antonio. Mr. Bruner was the 2012 recipient of the Lucy Jordan Recognition Award, presented annually by the Western Region of Actors’ Equity Association. He has been a member of AEA since 1981.
SPECIAL THANKS Ruben Alonzo Mayor Jonathan Rothschild Councilman Steve Kozachik Mayor Greg Stanton Jeremy Legg Steve Van Gelden at VG Machine Councilwoman Laura Pastor and the entire communities of Tucson and Phoenix
To learn more about King Charles III please visit the Learning & Education page on our website at arizonatheatre.org for a comprehensive free Play Guide. The Play Guide contains historical information, cultural context, and more.
The Actors and Stage Managers The Director is a member of the The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and employed in these productions are Stage Directors and Choreographers Sound Designers in LORT Theatres members of Actors’ Equity Association, Society, an independent national are represented by Union Scenic the Union of Professional Actors and labor union. Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. Stage Managers in the United States.
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
David Ira Goldstein celebrates his 25th season as Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company. In that time, he has produced and/or directed over 200 mainstage plays, workshops, readings and presenta- tions including acclaimed appearances by the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and the Theatre Royal Bath. He received the 2010 Leader of the Year Award in Arts and Humanities from the Capitol Times and the 2003 Governor’s Arts Award as Individual Artist for his contribu- tions to the arts in Arizona. This season he will direct Fiddler on the Roof and the world premiere of Holmes and Watson for ATC. He has directed over 40 mainstage productions for ATC ranging from classics to new plays to musicals, including Disgraced, The Santaland Diaries, Next to Normal, The Sunshine Boys, Hair, Much Ado About Nothing, My Fair Lady, Valley Song, The Illusion, The Pajama Game, Side Man, [title of show], How I Learned to Drive, Wait Until Dark, Xanadu, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Scapin, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Boys Next Door, Shadowlands, Fully Committed, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M. S. Pinafore, Willi, Dreams from a Summer House, Other People’s Money, The Heidi Chronicles, Noises Offand A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as many world premieres including The Kite Runnerby Khaled Hosseini, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (winner of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America), Inventing van Gogh, Rocket Man, Private Eyes, Over the Moon and Dracula by Steven Dietz, and Holmes and Watson, Ten Chimneys, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Edgar Award nominee) and Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club (Edgar Award nominee) by Jeffrey Hatcher. Mr. Goldstein has been a guest director at theatres all across the country including Arizona Opera, The Pasadena Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Florida Stage, Center Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Laguna Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Mixed Blood Theatre, The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Alaska Repertory Theatre, Illusion Theatre. His musical A Marvelous Party: The Noël Coward Celebration,which originated at ATC, has played extensively across the U.S., winning many awards including four Jeff Awards in Chicago (including Best Director), the Elliot Norton Award in Boston, several Bay Area Critics’ Awards and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Production. Before coming to Arizona, Mr. Goldstein was Associate Artistic Director of ACT Theatre in Seattle. His many productions there included Glengarry Glen Ross, Hapgood, Breaking the Silence, Lloyd’s Prayer, the world premieres of God’s Country by Steven Dietz and Willi by John Pielmeier, as well as a joint Soviet- American production of The Falcon.He was Associate Artistic Director at Actors Theatre of St. Paul from 1983-86. Mr. Goldstein holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota. He has been a visiting instructor and director at ASU, University of Washington, University of Minnesota and University of Northern Iowa. He has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, Theatre Communications Group, Arts Midwest, and the Arizona, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington State Arts Commissions. Mr. Goldstein is a proud Union member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and Actors’ Equity Association. He is married to KJZZ radio announcer Michele Robins. They share their home with their dogs and cats: Rio, Rocky, Cary, Reggie, Dexter and Benny.
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ABOUT ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY
The Cast and Crew of ATC’s Fences. Photo by Tim Fuller. Now celebrating its 50th Anniversary Season, Arizona Theatre Company (ATC) boasts the largest subscriber base of any performing arts organization in Arizona, with more than 130,000 people each year attending performances at the historic Temple of Music and Art in Tucson, and the elegant Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. Each season of carefully selected productions reflects the rich variety of world drama – from classic to contemporary plays, from musicals to new works, as audiences enjoy a rich emotional experience that can only be captured through live theatre. Touching lives through the power of theatre, ATC is the preeminent professional theatre in the state of Arizona. Under the direction of Artistic Director David Ira Goldstein, ATC operates in two cities – unlike any other League of Resident Theatres (LORT) company in the country. ATC shares the passion of the theatre through a wide array of outreach programs, educational opportunities, access initiatives and community events. Through the schools and summer pro- grams, ATC focuses on teaching Arizona’s youth about literacy, cultural development, performing arts, specialty techniques used onstage, and opens their minds to the creative power of dramatic literature. With approximately 450 Learning & Education activities annually, ATC reaches far beyond the metropolitan areas of Tucson and Phoenix, enriching the theatre learning experience for current and future audiences.
The mission of Arizona Theatre Company is to inspire, engage and entertain – one moment, one production and one audience at a time.
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2016/2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OFFICERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES Lynne Wood Dusenberry Jay Glaser Chairperson David Ira Goldstein Susan Plimpton Segal Jeff Guldner Chair-Elect I. Michael Kasser Kevin Gebert Jennifer Lohse Vice Chair Priscilla Marquez Joanie Flatt Secretary Sandra C. Maxfield Joseph Mollica Jeffrey Gold Treasurer Linda (Mac) Perlich Cameron C. Artigue Michael Seiden Immediate Past Chair Robert Taylor
EMERITUS TRUSTEES Paul Baker, Katie Dusenberry, Darryl Dobras, Carol DuVal Whiteman, Shirley Estes, Donald Nickerson*, Marilyn Papp*, George Rosenberg*, Dr. John Schaefer, F. William Sheppard
HONORARY TRUSTEES Bob Begam*, Betsy Bolding, Joan Kaye Cauthorn, Jack Davis, Slivy Edmonds, Norma Feldman, Catherine (Rusty) Foley, Joe Gootter, Carole Kraemer, Jessica Lazarus, Sally Lehmann, Gerry Murphy, Emily Rosenberg Pollock, Nina Trasoff, Arlene Webster, Ruth A. Zales
Jessica L. Andrews, Managing Director Emeritus
A special note of thanks to the partners and staff at Lewis Roca Rothgerber for hosting ATC’s Board of Trustees’ meetings. *Deceased
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