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Home , Angela Goethals, Nicky Silver, Nothing Sacred (play), South Coast Repertory

43rd Season • 410th Production SEGERSTROM STAGE / SEPTEMBER 1 - OCTOBER 8, 2006

David Emmes Martin Benson PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

presents NOTHING SACRED

by George F. Walker

James Youmans Angela Balogh Calin York Kennedy AND Jerome Martin COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SCENIC DESIGN

Michael Roth Jeff Gifford Jamie A. Tucker* ORIGINAL MUSIC/MUSIC DIRECTION PRODUCTION MANAGER STAGE MANAGER

DIRECTED BY Martin Benson

Mary Beth Adderley, Richard Wright and Elizabeth Adderley HONORARY PRODUCERS CORPORATE PRODUCER

Nothing Sacred was originally produced by Canadian Stage Company, , 1988

Nothing Sacred • SOUTH COAST REPERTORY P1 THE CAST (in order of appearance) Bailiff ...... Jeremy Peter Johnson* Gregor ...... Jeremy Guskin* Arkady Kirsanov ...... Daniel Blinkoff* Yevgeny Bazarov ...... Eric D. Steinberg* Nikolai Kirsanov ...... Richard Doyle* Piotr ...... Hal Landon Jr.* Fenichka ...... Angela Goethals* Pavel Kirsanov ...... John Vickery* Victor Sitnikov ...... Jeff Marlow* Anna Odintsov ...... Khrystyne Haje* Sergei ...... Isaac Nippert*

SETTING Russia, 1859. Late spring.

LENGTH Approximately two hours and 15 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Stage Manager ...... Randall K. Lum* Casting ...... Joanne DeNaut Dramaturg ...... Linda Sullivan Baity Stage Management Intern ...... Kristin Calhoun Assistant to the Lighting Designer ...... Jason Bieber Deck Crew ...... Emily Kettler, Mia Osherow, Courtney Sprague Costume Design Assistant ...... Valerie Bart Additional Costume Staff ...... Catherine Esera, Lisa Kovarik, Peggy Oquist, Swantje Tuohino

Author’s Agent - Great North Artists Management, Inc. 350 Dupont Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R1V9

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

P2 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY • Nothing Sacred South Coast Repertory celebrates the exciting additions to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts: Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall Samueli Theater

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Russia in the Age of Turgenev BY LINDA SULLIVAN BAITY

Treaty of Paris brought not only a loss of territory and military superiority, but also marked the begin- ning of unprecedented social upheaval. The first direct descendant of the Ro- item on Alexander’s reform agenda was to abolish manov dynasty that had that most archaic and disgraceful aspect of Russian reigned since 1613, Nicholas I society — the survival of serfdom. was “Emperor of all Russia” from 1825-55. During his Although the practice had long since been disap- thirty-year rule, absolutism flour- peared from the rest of civilized Europe, serfdom in ished as the Tsar strove to suppress Russia was protected by a rigid legal status. Rus- liberal thought, control the universities, sian serfs were considered the property of their strengthen censorship, and persecute reli- owners, who could buy, sell and trade them at will. gious and ethnic minorities. It is estimated that by the mid-19th century, as A many as 40 million serfs still lived in Russia, most When Alexander II succeeded his father in of whom belonged to members of the nobility. 1855, the Crimean War had already been rag- ing for a year and tentative peace talks had begun. Following Russia’s humiliating defeat in 1856, the IHILISM comes from the Latin nihil, which means literally “nothing.” The Alexander II word was adopted by a revolution- ary movement that took hold in 19th- century Russia. Nihilists believed that the old regime—including the Orthodox Church—mustN be destroyed before a new soci- ety based on principles of freedom and progress could be achieved. By the 1860s, most edu- cated Russian intellectuals were Nihilists, advo- cating terrorism and propaganda to overthrow the Tsar and everything he represented.

Russian rulers since Catherine the Great had made halting attempts to address the scourge of serfdom with little success. Yet from the moment of his ac- cession to the throne, Alexander II moved rapidly and effectively towards its elimination, despite vig- orous objection from landowners. “It is better to abolish serfdom from above,” he warned the out- raged gentry, “than to wait for the time when it will begin to abolish itself from below.”

Alexander II issued his Emancipation Manifesto in

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The Russian Federation cov- ers 1/8 of the earth’s sur- face — a total area of 6,592,812 square miles — and has the world’s fifth largest population, after China, India, the and Indonesia.

1861, which not only gave Russian serfs their personal An anonymous cartoon illus- freedom but also required trating the rigid class pyra- landlords to provide each mid still being imposed on family with a plot of land for Russian citizenry in the late a fixed rent. In addition, 19th century. peasants had the right to purchase their plots with government loans to be re- paid — with interest — over forty-nine years. Thus mil- lions of emancipated serfs suddenly found themselves either landless or plunged into hopeless debt.

The abolition of serfdom was followed by many other important changes in local government, the law and the army, but the second half of Alexander’s reign was char- acterized by repression and turmoil. Nihilists and other extreme radical factions en- gaged in acts of increasing terrorism that culminated in the Tsar’s assassination in St. Petersburg in 1881, thus re- placing Russia’s greatest era of peaceful reform with a vi- olent stride toward ultimate revolution.

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Designing the World of ‘Nothing Sacred’

sung may sound foreign, their meaning within the context of the play is never in doubt as Roth’s unique vision adds yet another creative dimension to the fas- he play takes place in Russia, in late cinating onstage world of the play. spring, 1859. The periphery of the set should be a kind of minimalist land- SIGHTS scape. Mostly open fields with the occa- sional slope. A suggestion of forests. The rest is a bare The primary challenge facing Angela Balogh Calin, in dark hardwood floor. The various locations in the addition to accurately portraying both the period and play must be suggested simply with as few pieces of setting of the play, was to visually express the clash furniture as possible.” between classes that fuels much of the dramatic ac- T tion. Members of the landed gentry in pre-revolution- Playwright George F. Walker was spare with his stage ary Russia strove to emulate European aristocracy in directions for Nothing Sacred, which left a great deal manner and fashion, in sharp contrast to the tradition- of decision-making up to director Martin Benson and al rustic garb of the lower-class peasants and serfs. his stellar design team. Here’s a glimpse into the cre- As a native of Romania, Calin grew up in close prox- ative thought processes of two of those talented imity to both the countryside and culture of Russia, artists: which she studied intently as part of her design train- ing. In preparing to work on Nothing Sacred, she re- SOUNDS turned to some of her favorite Russian painters for in- spiration, including the famed portraitist Valentin Nothing Sacred is clearly not a Serov (1865-1911) and Ilya Repin musical, so audiences may be (1844-1930), the most celebrated somewhat startled to hear Russian real- singing — and in Russian no ist of his less — even before the first day. line of dialogue has been spoken. Michael Roth’s sound design for this play incorporates the actors in a highly imaginative and unique way. First, he asked a scholar-friend to translate Walker’s stage directions into Russian, and then to transliterate them back into phonetic English syllables which became lyrics to accom- pany original music. While the words being

Angela Balogh Calin’s designs include from left Arkady, Bazarov, Fenichka and Pavel.

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Look What’s New in the Theatre Shop

FATHERS AND SONS by Ivan Turgenev. SOMEWHERE ELSE by George Walker Translated and Introduced by Richard Freeborn (Talonbooks, 1999). (Oxford World Classics, 1991). The writer himself selected his contemporary rendering of these early plays he feels have Turgenev’s classic masterpiece makes stood the test of time—four the age-old conflict between works which represent what generations seem as fresh, outspoken he refers to as his “classical and exciting as it veneer.” In them Walker was to those honed his considerable and readers who first unique dramatic talent along encountered Bazarov, the book’s “that fine line between the controversial “nihilist” hero, in serious and the comic” in 1862. Turgenev paints a exotic far-flung locales. In fascinating portrait of a Russian addition to Nothing Sacred Tsociety teetering precariously (1988) included are Beyond Mozambique (1974), between stagnant tradition and which features a demonic ex-Nazi doctor whose radical change — a potent image wife thinks she’s Olga in Chekhov’s Three Sisters; that continues to resonate today. Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline (1977), a mocking As the first translator with access self-parody Jacobean tragedy; and Theatre of the to Turgenev’s working manuscript, Richard Freeborn Film Noir (1980), the hit of the 1981 Toronto Theatre also provides the first English translation of some of Festival, which is set amidst the rubble of wartime the great writer’s preparatory sketches for the novel. Paris.

Fathers and Sons is set ESSAYS ON GEORGE F. WALKER: PLAYING WITH during the six-year period of ANXIETY by Chris Johnson social upheaval, from (Blizzard, 1999) Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War to the Here is the first book-length Emancipation of the Serfs in examination of the work of 1861. The novel’s central Canada’s most produced and character is Bazarov, an internationally recognized arrogant young medical playwright, who has created a student who has been substantial body of work described as the “first impressed with his unique Bolshevik” in Russian “Walkeresque” stamp. Chris literature. Hugely Johnson incorporates insights controversial in Russia for its concern with social and gained from a variety of political issues and its sympathetic portrayal of the contexts — interviews with the playwright, personal revolutionary nihilist, Bazarov, the novel found much anecdotes gained as an audience member and greater acceptance in France, Germany, and England. director of Walker’s plays, plus critical reactions and Today, Fathers and Sons is hailed as Turgenev’s academic treatments. Every Walker play produced greatest achievement and is considered a vital to date is covered in this comprehensive and highly predecessor to the works of such Russian literary readable introduction to one of the most important giants as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. writers in the Canadian dramatic canon.

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DANIEL BLINKOFF RICHARD DOYLE ANGELA GOETHALS Arkady Kirsanov Nikolai Kirsanov Fenichka

Artist Biographies

*DANIEL BLINKOFF (Arkady Fornes), Dinosaur Dreams *RICHARD DOYLE (Nikolai Kir- Kirsanov) previously ap- and The Last 60 of 99 at New sanov) is an SCR Founding peared at SCR in The Intelli- York Stage and Film, The Artist. He appeared last sea- gent Design of Jenny Chow, Beaux Strategem and Twelfth son in The Adventures of Pør Major Barbara, The School for Night at Yale Repertory The- Quinly, A Christmas Carol, Wives, Nostalgia, Pinocchio atre, Leander Stillwell at Stage Born Yesterday and The Cau- and A Christmas Carol. Other Left Theatre (Joseph Jefferson casian Chalk Circle; and previ- theatre credits in- Citation) and Flesh and Blood ously in Habeas Corpus, as clude Pera Palas at The The- at ’s Bailiwick Reper- Eddie in A View from the atre @ Boston Court, A Dis- tory Theatre (Joseph Jefferson Bridge (Robby Award), Inti- tant Shore at the Kirk Douglas nomination-Best Actor). His mate Exchanges, The Last Theatre and Road at Yale film and television credits in- Night of Ballyhoo and A Christ- Cabaret Blue. Regionally he clude Rockabye, With Honors, mas Carol. Additional appear- has appeared in The Imagi- Crossing the Bridge, Dande- ances include the world pre- nary Invalid and A Kiss for lion, “Close to Home” (recur- mieres of The Beard of Avon, Cinderella at The Cleveland ring), “Charmed,” “NYPD On the Jump (Robby Award), Play House, Are We There Blue,” “Law & Order” and But Not for Me, BAFO, The In- Yet? and The Seagull at the “Missing Persons.” Mr. terrogation of Nathan Hale, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Blinkoff is a member of The She Stoops to Folly, , Hospi- Stepping Out with Mr. Antaeus Company in L.A. as tality Suite and Highest Stan- Markham at The Ensemble well as The Actors Center in dard of Living. Other credits Studio Theatre, The Summer . Mr. Blinkoff re- include Relatively Speaking, in Gossensass at Theatre Row ceived his MFA from the Yale Proof, Major Barbara, Much (directed by Maria Irene School of Drama. Ado about Nothing, A Delicate

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JEREMY GUSKIN KHRYSTYNE HAJE JEREMY PETER JOHNSON Gregor Anna Odintsov Bailiff

Balance, Of Mice and Men, *ANGELA GOETHALS (Fenich- soon-to-be-released Behind Ah, Wilderness! and Intimate ka) appeared in the Pacific the Mask. Television appear- Exchanges, for which he Playwrights Festival reading of ances include “Grey’s Anato- earned a Los Angeles Drama Bossa Nova but this marks her my,” “24,” “The Brotherhood Critics Circle Award nomina- debut on the Segerstrom Stage. of Poland, New Hampshire” tion. He won an LADCC Theatre credits include Be Ag- (created by David E. Kelley), Award for his role in Sally gressive (), “Do Over,” “Boston Public,” Nemeth’s Holy Days and was Blur (Manhattan Theatre “Without a Trace,” “The Educa- nominated for his role as Rev- Club), The Mandrake Root tion of Max Bickford,” “Phe- erend Hale in The Crucible. (), As You nom,” “The Tracey Ullman “Cheers” fans will remember Like It (The Liar’s Club) at The Show,” “H.E.L.P.,” “The Equal- him as Woody’s snooty father- New York International Fringe izer,” “Saturday Night Live” in-law Walter Gaines. Other Festival, True History & Real and the television movies film and television credits in- Adventures (Vineyard The- Stealing Christmas (Comedy clude Air Force One, “NYPD atre), Romeo & Juliet (The Pre- Central), Porn N’ Chicken and Blue,” “Sisters,” movies of the sent Company), Servicemen Traitor in My House. She is a week, “The Practice” and guest (New York Stage and Film), proud member of The Antaeus star appearances on “The Pre- Picnic (Roundabout Theatre Company. tender” and “The Lot.” He is a Company), Four Baboons voice-over actor in animation, Adoring the Sun (Lincoln Cen- *JEREMY GUSKIN (Gregor) is CD ROMs, television, radio ter Theater), The Good Times making his SCR debut. The- commercials and documen- are Killing Me and Approach- atre credits include Shake- taries, including the Emmy- ing Zanzibar (Second Stage spearience at the Alex Theatre; winning series The Living Theatre) and Coastal Distur- A Midsummer Night’s Dream Edens and Impressions of Cali- bances (Circle in the Square). at The Lost Studio; Basketball fornia. He also narrates the Film credits include Spanglish, Jones at The New Victory The- Green and Green “Art-in-Ar- Changing Lanes, Storytelling, ater; The Jungle Book at The chitecture” documentary. Mr. , V.I. Warshaws- Center Theatre; The Eight at Doyle currently plays the vil- ki, Triple Bogey on a Par Five Improv Olympic; Macbeth at lain Enoch and others on Car- Hole, , Heartbreak Riverside Shakespeare Co.; toon Network’s Ben 10. Hotel, and the The Bear, The Wedding, Elec-

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HAL LANDON JR. JEFF MARLOW ISAAC NIPPERT Piotr Viktor Sitnikov Sergei

tra and The Lower Depths at *KHRYSTYNE HAJE (Anna the northern California Red- the Moscow Art Theatre; Odintsov) returns to SCR after woods, where she maintains a Charlotte’s Web at Theatre- making her debut in the world preserve. As a founding mem- Works, USA; The Duchess of premiere of Noah Haidle’s ber of ECO, the Earth Commu- Malfi at the Knightsbridge Princess Marjorie. Theatre nications Office, she works Theatre; Murder Mayhem at credits include Profit at the consciously to protect our deli- The Producers’ Club; Fortin- Eclectic Company Theatre, cate ecosystems. bras at the 78th Street Theatre Suburban Motel: Featuring Lab; and Rosencrantz and Loretta at Garry Marshall’s Fal- *JEREMY PETER JOHNSON Guildenstern are Dead at the con Theatre and Moon Over (Bailiff) is making his SCR Kraine Theater. Film credits Buffalo at the Pasadena Play- debut. Theatre credits include include Pulse, Art School Con- house. A native Californian, Shakespeare’s R & J and Before fidential, Twisted Path, Surviv- Ms. Haje started her Emmy- the Dawn Off-Broadway, The ing Eden, Admiring Melora, Award-winning career at age Musical Comedy Murders of Simone, Kennedy Space Cen- 14 as a fashion model. She 1940 at the Hilton Head Arts ter, Smoke and Mirrors, The quickly progressed to commer- Center, For the Love of Tiffany Son of Sam Greenbaum, and cials, starring roles in network at The New York International Damned. Television appear- TV movies and her role as Si- Fringe Festival and The Time ances include “Alias,” “Love, mone on ABC’s five-year hit of Your Life with the Open Fist Inc.,” “Navy NCIS,” “Rock Me “Head of the Class.” Among Theatre Company. Film cred- Baby,” “NYPD Blue,” “Angel,” her film credits, she was privi- its include My Best Friend’s “Strong Medicine,” “Six Feet leged to be cast in Man of the Wedding, Into the Fire, Prison Under,” “Do Over,” “Septu- Year, John Ritter’s final film. Song, The Homecoming, The plets,” “ER,” “Even Stevens,” She was awarded the Civilian Surprise and The Devil’s Film- “Roswell,” “The Geena Davis Medal of Honor from the U.S. maker: Bohica. On television Show,” “Hang Time,” “The Department of Defense, for he has appeared on “Las King of Queens,” “JAG” and entertaining U.S. troops in the Vegas,” “All My Children” and “Shuffle.” Mr. Guskin received Persian Gulf with Bob Hope “As the World Turns,” in addi- his MA from Carnegie Mellon during the first Gulf War. Ms. tion to many commercials. University and The Moscow Haje’s personal life is spent in Thank you to MBA, AKA and Art Theatre School. New York, Los Angeles, and CCN.

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ERIC D. STEINBERG JOHN VICKERY Yevgeny Bazarov Pavel Kirsanov

*HAL LANDON JR. (Piotr) is an A Christmas Carol, and has Colony Theatre, L.A. Ovation SCR Founding Artist who re- performed it in all 26 annual Award nomination, Best Sup- cently appeared in Man from productions. He appeared in porting Actor) and The Adding Nebraska, Born Yesterday, The Leander Stillwell at the Mark Machine (Sacred Fools, LA Caucasian Chalk Circle, A Taper Forum and in Henry V Weekly Award nomination, View from the Bridge, Habeas at The Old Globe in San Best Supporting Actor). Mr. Corpus, Cyrano de Bergerac, Diego. Other resident theatre Marlow’s television credits in- Safe in Hell, Antigone, The roles include Salieri in clude “Grey’s Anatomy,” Drawer Boy (LADCC Award Amadeus, Malvolio in Twelfth “Without a Trace,” “The Bernie nomination), Two Gentlemen Night and Gordon Miller in Mac Show,” “Judging Amy,” of Verona, Major Barbara, Room Service. Among his film “Strong Medicine,” “Passions” Getting Frankie Married — credits are Trespass, Pacific and the pilot “Astronauts.” and Afterwards, The School for Heights, Almost an Angel, Bill Film credits include the recent- Wives, Much Ado about Noth- and Ted’s Excellent Adventure ly-released Akeelah and the ing, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, and Playing by Heart. Bee, I-See-You.Com with Beau The Hollow Lands, True West, Bridges and The Hebrew Ham- Play Strindberg, Tartuffe and *JEFF MARLOW (Viktor Sit- mer with Adam Goldberg. Ah, Wilderness! Other credits nikov) is thrilled to be making Brought up in Belgium, he is a include Arcadia, Our Town, his SCR debut. Theatre credits graduate of Northwestern Uni- Sidney Bechet Killed a Man, include And the Winner Is (La- versity and the London Acade- BAFO, Six Degrees of Separa- guna Playhouse), You Can’t my of Performing Arts. tion, An Ideal Husband, A Take it With You (Geffen Play- Mess of Plays by Chris Durang, house), The Sleeper (Laguna ISAAC NIPPERT (Sergei) is The Things You Don’t Know, Playhouse), The Story (Interna- making his SCR debut after Faith Healer, Ghost in the Ma- tional City Theatre), Indoor/ having recently completed chine, Green Icebergs, Morn- Outdoor (The Colony Theatre), SCR’s Professional Intensive ing’s at Seven, Dancing at Medea (The Theatre @ Boston Program. He is one of three Lughnasa, The Miser, Our Court, L.A. Drama Critics Circle founding members of Rogue Country’s Good and Waiting Award nomination, Best Fea- Theatrics, a theatrical produc- for Godot. He created the role tured Performance), Around tion company. Theatre credits of Ebenezer Scrooge in SCR’s the World in 80 Days (The include Barefoot in the Park,

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The Eight: Reindeer Mono- Orchard, The Misanthrope and five Dora Awards, and two logues, Marley’s Ghost, Frozen Heartbreak House. On Broad- Governor General’s Awards. Dog, Scenescapes and The Hol- way he appeared in The Lion His plays have met with criti- iday Princess Show at Rogue King, The Sisters Rosensweig, cal and popular success in Theatrics; Bus Stop at the Cur- The Real Thing, Eminent Do- hundreds of productions tain Players; Murder in Green main, Ned and Jack and Mac- worldwide; they have been Meadows at the Worthington beth. Off-Broadway appear- translated into German, Theatre; and Marley’s Christ- ances include The Vampires, French, Hebrew, Turkish, Pol- mas with Jeff Goode Entertain- The Death of Von Richthofen, ish, Portugese, Spanish, Hun- ment. His film credits include Henry IV – Part I, American garian, Mandarin, and Ricky is Famous and The Kiss. Days and Looking Glass. Re- Japanese. In 1997, Suburban gional theatre credits include Motel — six plays located in *ERIC D. STEINBERG (Yevgeny The Lion King at the Pantages the same motel room — pre- Bazarov) appeared at SCR in Theatre; The Black Rider at the miered in Canada under Walk- Antigone, Ghost in the Ma- Ahmanson; Singing Forest at er’s direction at Factory The- chine, Ballad of Yachiyo and Long Wharf Theatre; Arcadia, atre in Toronto, and in New the Pacific Playwrights Festival Richard II, Aristocrats, Made York at Rattlestick Productions. reading of 99 Histories. He is in Bangkok and Stuff Happens Since then individual plays an actor and artist originally at the Mark Taper Forum; The from the series have had nu- from Washington, D.C. He has Royal Family at the McCarter merous productions through- worked in repertory theatre, Theatre; Richard II at Yale out the US and the UK and all television and film internation- Repertory Theatre; I Hate six plays were presented at the ally. Theatre work includes Hamlet at the Royal George Schaubühne in Berlin and in many performances at the Theatre; Tartuffe and Don Munich at the Bavarian State Mark Taper Forum, the Ah- Juan at Huntington Theatre Theatre. Walker’s latest play manson, Actors Theatre of Company; Romeo & Juliet, The Heaven opened to rave re- Louisville, the Intiman and Seagull and Macbeth at La Jolla views January 2000 at Canadi- ACT in among others. Playhouse; The Caretaker at an Stage Company in Toronto Recent film and television L.A. Theatre Centre; and Julius and has since had successful credits include the Korean film Caesar at The Old Globe. US productions at the Woolly Love Talk (Berlin, New York) Film and television credits in- Mammoth Theatre and Yale and guest appearances on clude Murder by Numbers, Dr. Repertory Theatre. It has also “Daybreak,” “24,” “Numb3rs,” Giggles, Rapid Fire, Patriot had various productions in “NCIS” and “Stargate SG-1” Games, Big Business, “Babylon Germany including the The- among others. He is grateful 5,” “Star Trek: Deep Space atre Kammerspiele in Magde- to SCR for granting another Nine,” “Star Trek: The Next burg, Theater Schleswig and opportunity to work under the Generation,” “Star Trek: Enter- the Landestheater Wuerttem- best conditions with the best prise,” “Frasier,” “NYPD Blue” berg-Hohenzollern, (LTT), artists on the best material. and “Without a Trace.” For Tuebingen. In addition to his Jen and Alexandria. playwriting, he has written ex- *JOHN VICKERY (Pavel Kir- tensively for television and sanov) appeared at SCR last in PLAYWRIGHT, radio. Included in his list of Princess Marjorie. He has also DIRECTOR & DESIGNERS credits are Creative Consultant appeared in the NewSCRipts to CBS’s “Due South” and to reading of New York is Bleed- GEORGE F. WALKER (Play- Ken Finkleman’s “Newsroom” ing; the Pacific Playwrights wright) is one of Canada’s for CBC. He currently created, Festival readings of Singing most prolific and widely pro- wrote and produced three sea- Forest and Safe in Hell; and in duced playwrights. He has re- sons of the CBC series “This is the productions of The Cherry ceived nine Chalmers Awards, Wonderland” with his writing

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partner Dani Romain. He also Pulitzer Prize-winning Wit, co-wrote with her the feature which he also directed at Seat- MARY BETH ADDERLEY, Niagara Motel for Muse/Indian tle Repertory Theatre and the RICHARD WRIGHT and ELIZ- Grove Productions, based on in Houston. He ABETH ADDERLEY (Hon- three of the plays from his has directed American classics orary Producers) are return- Suburban Motel cycle. Most of including Ah, Wilderness!, A ing for the fourth time as Walker’s plays have been pub- Streetcar Named Desire, A Del- underwriters. The trio pre- viously underwrote Terra lished, including Heaven, Sub- icate Balance and A View from Nova in 2003-04. They urban Motel, Nothing Sacred, the Bridge. Mr. Benson has re- were also Season Producers Criminals in Love, Zastrozzi, ceived the LADCC Distin- in 2004-05, and Honorary Love and Anger, Better Living guished Achievement in Di- Producers last season of The and Escape from Happiness. recting awards an unparalleled Caucasian Chalk Circle. seven times for the three Shaw Mary Adderley has the dis- MARTIN BENSON (Director/ productions, John Millington tinction of being the only Artistic Director), co-founder Synge’s Playboy of the Western member of SCR’s Board of of SCR with his colleague World, Arthur Miller’s The Cru- Trustees who was once an David Emmes, has directed cible, Sally Nemeth’s Holy SCR actor, having appeared nearly one third of the plays Days and Wit. He also direct- in many productions during produced here. He has distin- ed the film version of Holy the 1970s. guished himself in the staging Days using the original SCR of contemporary work, includ- cast. Along with Emmes, he HASKELL & WHITE LLP (Cor- ing William Nicholson’s The accepted SCR’s 1988 Tony porate Producer) is under- Retreat from Moscow, the Award for Outstanding Resi- writing its seventh Seger- world premiere of Horton dent Professional Theatre and strom Stage production. Foote’s Getting Frankie Mar- won the 1995 Theatre LA Ova- Haskell & White LLP was ried—and Afterwards and the tion Award for Lifetime founded in 1988 by Steven critically acclaimed California Achievement. Mr. Benson re- P. Haskell and David R. premiere of Nicholson’s Shad- ceived his BA in Theatre from White and is one of South- owlands. He has won acco- State University. ern California’s largest local lades for his direction of five accounting firms. Vice Pres- ident Rick Smetanka said, major works by George JAMES YOUMANS (Co-Scenic Bernard Shaw, including the Design) ) previously designed “As a firm that was born in Orange County and has Los Angeles Drama Critics Cir- Intimate Exchanges, The grown and prospered here, cle (LADCC) Award winners Drawer Boy, The Homecoming, we feel fortunate that we Major Barbara, Misalliance Amy’s View, Ah, Wilderness!, can contribue in a small and Heartbreak House. Arcadia and Raised in Captiv- way to helping make ours a Among his numerous world ity (for which he won Drama- thriving arts community.” premieres is ’s Logue and Robby Awards) at

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SCR. Among his other credits works and The Outdoor Life Boys and Harvey for La Mirada are the Broadway production Network. Upcoming is 1776 Center for the Performing Arts, of Swinging on a Star; and the for the . Ivona, Princess of Burgundia Off-Broadway productions of for the Odyssey Theatre, Burley Grimes (New World ANGELA BALOGH CALIN (Cos- Blood Poetry (Drama-Logue Stages); Rope (The Zipper); Al- tume Design) designed last Award) for Theatre 40 and An- most Maine (The Daryl Roth season’s The Real Thing, The cestral Voices for the Falcon Theatre); Address Unknown Studio and Dumb Show, and Theatre. She has worked ex- (Promenade Theatre); Matt the Theatre for Young Audi- tensively in film and television and Ben, Gone Home (Manhat- ences productions of The Ad- in the U.S. and Romania, hav- tan Theatre Club); Hold Please ventures of Pør Quinly and ing 16 design credits with (The Working Theater); Sum- Bunnicula. Her previous SCR I.R.S. Media, Cannon Films, mer of ‘42 (Variety Arts The- credits include set and cos- PBS, Full Moon Entertainment ater); Down the Garden Paths tume design for The Retreat and Romanian Films. She (Minetta Lane Theatre); The from Moscow, Terra Nova, The graduated with an MFA in set Country Club (Greenwich Carpetbagger’s Children, Mak- and costume design from the House Theatre); Hedwig and ing It and The Lonesome West; Academy of Arts in Bucharest. the Angry Inch (Jane Street set design for Play Strindberg; Theatre); After Play (Theater and sets and costumes for YORK KENNEDY (Lighting De- Four); Jeffrey (Minetta Lane SCR’s Educational Touring Pro- sign) has designed for Theatre); (Or- ductions from 1998 to present. across America and Europe in- pheum Theater); Zombie Prom She is a resident designer at A cluding Berkeley Repertory, (Variety Arts Theater); The Pet- Noise Within where her cos- Seattle Repertory, American rified Prince (NYSF); Ptero- tume designs include The Conservatory Theater, The Old dactyls, The Swan, Raised in Matchmaker, The Price, Bus Globe, Alley Theatre, Dallas Captivity, Bella, Belle of Stop, The Imaginary Invalid, Theater Center, Yale Repertory, Byelorussia (Drama Desk The Skin of Our Teeth, The Mis- Brooklyn Academy of Music nomination) and Nicky Silver’s anthrope, Cyrano de Bergerac, and the Whitney Museum in Fit to be Tied (Playwrights Another Part of the Forest (Los New York. His awards for the- Horizons). Regionally his Angeles Drama Critics Circle atrical lighting design include work has been seen at Guthrie Award and Garland Award), the Drama-Logue, San Diego Theater, McCarter Theatre, Little Foxes (Garland Award), Drama Critics Circle, Back Hartford Stage, Goodspeed The Seagull, A Winter’s Tale, Stage West Garland, Arizona Opera House, Long Wharf The Threepenny Opera Theatre Award and the Bay Theatre, Seattle Repertory, (Drama-Logue Award) and Area Theatre Critics Circle A.C.T., George Street Play- Twelfth Night (Drama-Logue Award. In the dance world he house, Denver Center Theatre, Award). Ms. Calin has de- has designed and toured with Huntington Theatre Company, signed over 50 productions for Malashock Dance throughout Mark Taper Forum, The Old local theatres and in her native Eastern Europe and the United Globe, and La Jolla Playhouse. Romania. Some of those pro- States. As an architectural Tours include Mickey’s Magic ductions are: The Cherry Or- lighting designer, he has de- Show (Disney Live), Cinderel- chard at Georgia Shakespeare, signed lighting for numerous la (National), Grease (Nation- A Midsummer Night’s Dream themed environments, theme al), Barry Manilow’s Showstop- at The Hollywood Bowl, parks and museum projects all pers and Hedwig and the Christmas on Mars and The over the world, including the Angry Inch. He has designed Winter’s Tale at The Old Sony Metreon Sendak television Studio Sets for The Globe, The Last of Mr. Lincoln Playspace (2000 I.E.S. Award) Golf Channel, College Sports at El Portal, Diablogues at the in San Francisco; Warner Bros. Television, News 12, HD Net- Tiffany Theatre, The Sunshine Movie World in Madrid; Le

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Centre de Loisirs in Morocco; Randy Newman including Clean House, The Retreat from and The LEGO Racers 4D at- SCR’s The Education of Randy Moscow, , traction in Germany, Denmark, Newman (also seen in Seattle), Lovers and Executioners, Inti- England and the U.S. His re- orchestrating Faust, and edit- mate Exchanges, Mr. Mar- cent theatre projects include ing three anthology songbooks malade and assisted on A The Shakespeare Festival this for Alfred Music/Warner Bros.; Naked Girl on the Appian Way. summer and A Body Of Water for the UN, the music and He also stage managed the at The Old Globe, Born Yes- sound for an interactive DVD world premiere of Richard terday at SCR and The Master about landmine safety; at La Greenberg’s The Violet Hour, Builder at Aurora Theatre Jolla Playhouse, over 35 pro- the West Coast premiere of Company. A graduate of the ductions and premieres includ- ’s The Carpetbag- California Institute for the Arts ing Lee Blessing’s A Walk in ger’s Children, Relatively and the Yale School of Drama, the Woods (also Broadway and Speaking and the world pre- Mr. Kennedy lives in Berkeley, PBS); with Mac Wellman, miere of Rolin Jones’ The In- CA. many collaborations including telligent Design of Jenny Chow. The Allegory of Whiteness He worked as SCR’s stage MICHAEL ROTH (Original (music/theatre, Humana Festi- manager for the Second Stage Music and Music Direction) is val, 2001), Bitter Bierce (New productions of The Dazzle, a composer, musician, and York, L.A.) and Terminal Hip; True West, Play Strindberg, the sound designer whose work the Happy Days musical with world premiere of But Not for encompasses chamber music, Garry Marshall; Anne Bogart’s Me and the Pacific Playwrights theatre, opera, film and dance. The Women; collaborating with Festival workshop production He is honored that his work Tom Stoppard and Carey of Landlocked. He has has been heard in over 45 pro- Perloff on the American pre- worked as assistant stage man- ductions and premieres at SCR, mieres of Indian Ink and The ager on the Mainstage produc- including ’ Invention of Love at American tions of New England, Our Brooklyn Boy (also on Broad- Conservatory Theater; Des Town and Arcadia and the way, directed by Daniel Sulli- McAnuff’s film Bad Dates; and, Second Stage productions of van), Dinner with Friends and upcoming, a new music/the- BAFO and Three Days of Rain. Sight Unseen (both also seen atre collaboration with Alice Mr. Tucker has worked at the Off-Broadway), the Culture Ripley and Matt Wilder’s film Long Beach Civic Light Opera Clash/ John Glore musical Your Name Here. Mr. Roth’s on No, No, Nanette, Can Can, adaptation of The Birds (also work, including his chamber A Chorus Line, The King and I at Berkeley Repertory) and opera, Their Thought and and Man of La Mancha. If many others, from Martin Ben- Back Again, is available via i- you can’t find him in the the- son’s production of The Cru- tunes and myspace.com/ roth- atre, he is likely to be on the cible to the world premiere of musik. diamond or riding his bike Noah Haidle’s Mr. Marmalade. down PCH. Other recent projects include: *JAMIE A. TUCKER (Stage in New York, The Persians Manager) completed his MFA *RANDALL K. LUM (Assistant (National Actors Theatre, also in Dance, specializing in Stage Stage Manager) begins his at The Shakespeare Theatre in Management, at UCI in 1994. 17th season after spending the DC), People Be Heard Last season he stage managed summer stage managing his (music/theatre with Quincy The Caucasian Chalk Circle, good friend ’s play Long, ), Bunnicula, Hitchcock Blonde Restoration Comedy for Cali- Talking Heads (Off-Broadway, The Real Thing and his fifth fornia Shakespeare Theater in also in L.A.), Going to St. Ives season of La Posada Mágica. Northern California. Last sea- (Off-Broadway, also La Jolla); Previously he stage managed son he stage managed Blue many collaborations with A View from the Bridge, The Door, Man From Nebraska,

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Born Yesterday and The Fur- George Bernard Shaw’s The PAULA TOMEI (Managing Di- ther Adventures of Hedda Philanderer. He directed the rector) is responsible for the Gabler. Two seasons ago he world premieres of Amy overall administration of South worked on Brooklyn Boy, Freed’s Safe in Hell, The Beard Coast Repertory and has been Habeas Corpus, Vesuvius, of Avon and Freedomland, Managing Director since 1994. Princess Marjorie and made Thomas Babe’s Great Day in A member of the SCR staff his Argyros Stage Managing the Morning, Keith Reddin’s since 1979, she has served in a debut with On the Mountain. Rum and Coke and But Not for number of administrative ca- During his long association as Me and Neal Bell’s Cold Sweat; pacities including Subscrip- SCR’s resident stage manager, the American premieres of tions Manager, Business Man- he has worked on more than Terry Johnson’s Unsuitable for ager and General Manager. two dozen world premieres Adults and Joe Penhall’s Dumb She served on the board of and has been associated with Show; the West Coast pre- Theatre Communications over 80 productions. In 1997, mieres of C.P. Taylor’s Good Group (TCG), the service orga- Mr. Lum stage managed the and Harry Kondoleon’s Christ- nization for theatre, from 1998- AIDS Benefit Help is on the mas on Mars; and the South- 2006 and was its President for Way III at the Palace of Fine land premiere of Top Girls (at four years. She has also Arts in San Francisco. Other SCR and the Westwood Play- served as Treasurer of TCG, stage management credits in- house). Other productions in- Vice President of the League clude the American Conserva- clude the West Coast pre- of Resident Theatres (LORT) tory Theater in San Francisco, mieres of Three Viewings by and has been a member of the The Old Globe in San Diego, Jeffrey Hatcher, The Secret LORT Negotiating Committee Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Rapture by David Hare and for industry-wide union agree- San Jose Civic Light Opera, New England by Richard Nel- ments. In addition, she repre- VITA Shakespeare Festival, Pa- son; and Arcadia by Tom sents SCR at national confer- cific Conservatory of the Per- Stoppard, The Importance of ences of TCG and LORT; is a forming Arts, Long Beach Bal- Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, theatre panelist for the Nation- let, San Francisco Convention Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind al Endowment for the Arts and Bureau and Kawasaki Motor- and You Never Can Tell by the California Arts Council cycles. He would like every- George Bernard Shaw, which (CAC), and site visitor for the one to take a moment to re- he restaged for the Singapore CAC; served on the Advisory member all those who have Festival of Arts. He has served Committee for the Arts Admin- lost the battle and all those still as a theatre panelist and onsite istration Certificate Program at suffering and fighting the AIDS evaluator for the National En- the University of California, epidemic. dowment for the Arts, on the Irvine; and has been a guest Executive Committee of the lecturer in the graduate school DAVID EMMES (Producing League of Resident Theatres, of business at Stanford and the Artistic Director) is co-founder and as a panelist for the Cali- University of California, Irvine. of SCR. He has received nu- fornia Arts Council. After at- She graduated from the Uni- merous awards for produc- tending College, versity of California, Irvine tions he has directed during he received his BA and MA with a degree in Economics his SCR career, including a Los from San Francisco State Uni- and pursued an additional Angeles Drama Critics Circle versity, and his PhD in theatre course of study in theatre and Award for the direction of and film from USC. dance.

The Actors and Stage Managers em- The Scenic, Costume, Lighting and The Director is a member of the Soci- ployed in this production are members Sound Designers in LORT theatres ety of Stage Directors and Choreogra- of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union are represented by United Scenic phers, Inc., an independent national of Professional Actors and Stage Man- Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. labor union. agers in the United States.

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