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Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. THE NETHER By Jennifer Haley CAST (in alphabetical order) Morris...... Anique Clements* Sims/Papa...... William Thomas Evans* Woodnut...... Eric Gilde* Iris...... Leah Greene Doyle...... Sam Mossler* Scenic Designer Costume Designer Bruce Price Lea Umberger Lighting Designer Sound Designer Michael Cummings Thom Korp Stage Manager Jynelly Rosario* Directed by Jason Cannon Underwriters Gaele Barthold, Ed & Judy Christian, Georgia Court, Wendy & Bob Grady, Dennis & Graci McGillicuddy, Patrick & Mary Mulva, Anne H.S. Nethercott, Pamela & Scott Reichardt, Carol B. Williams, Herald-Tribune Media Group Co-Producers Tom & Celina Forrester Setting: An interrogation room and the Hideaway. Time: Soon. New York Premiere at the MCC Theater February 24, 2015 Artistic Directors: Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, & William Cantler Executive Director: Blake West “The Nether” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. Center Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre, Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director, produced the World Premiere of THE NETHER in Los Angeles, CA in 2013. Development of THE NETHER was supported by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center during a residency at the National Playwrights Conference 2011, Preston Whiteway, Executive Director, Wendy Goldberg, Artistic Director. Developed at the Lark Development Center, NYC

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* Denotes member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ARTIST PROFILES ANIQUE CLEMENTS (Morris) MFA, Yale University. is a -based LEAH GREENE (Iris) is actress and graduate of the thrilled to be making her Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Florida Studio Theatre debut! Some of her recent credits Professional credits include: include Imogen in Cymbeline The Sound of Music (National at the Great River Shakespeare tour), Sister Act (International Festival and Kara in an original tour), Bridges of Madison work, The Savage Queen. When not acting, Anique is County (Wagon Wheel a mental health advocate and speaker. She is excited Theatre), , Les Miserables (Flat Rock Playhouse), to be performing for the first time on one of FST’s and Disney Cruise Line. She has a BFA in Music stages. Theatre from Elon University. @strudlmaus WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS SAM MOSSLER (Doyle) Last (Sims/Papa) most recently appeared at FST in The Curious played Max Prince in Laughter Incident of the Dog in the Night- on the 23rd Floor at Saint Time. Other FST productions: Michael’s Playhouse and Mr. How to Use a Knife (Chef Mushnik in Little Shop at George), Other People’s Money ACT of CT. Original Broadway (Garfinkle). New York: The Owl casts include Camelot (1993 and The Pussycat (Creative Revival), The Scarlet Pimpernel (versions 1 and 2), Space); The Sexes: According to Dorothy Parker (NY and A Tale of Two Cities. 6 National tours including Comedy Club). Regional: The Philadelphia Story (New Joseph and the Amazing..., pre-broadway Jekyll and Harmony Theatre); The Tempest (Shakespeare on the Hyde, and 8 years as Santa in The Radio City Christmas Hudson); (Connecticut Grand Spectacular. Recent off Broadway credits include Opera). As a writer, Sam’s plays have been produced Desperate Measures and The Fantasticks. 2 years in in New York and Los Angeles, and his screenplays Vegas at The Palazzo with BAZ, and 2 seasons as have received honors from the Austin Film Festival Senator Lamar Farkus on Alpha House on Amazon. and the International Screenwriters Association. He ERIC GILDE (Woodnut) is most proud of his work as a Teaching Artist in FST’s New York: As You Like It Education program. sammossler.com (Theaterlab); The Nosemaker’s JASON CANNON (Director) is an Associate Artist Apprentice and The Temple at FST, where his responsibilities include directing, (The Brick); Wedding Pictures teaching, New Play Development, and the Acting (EST); Edgewise (Cherry Apprentice Program. Shows directed at FST include: Lane Studio); The Tempest Handle With Care, Pinocchio, The Cottage, Marvelous (Porpentine). Regional: The Wonderettes, Hand to God, A Gentleman’s Guide to Glass Menagerie (Weston Playhouse, Gulfshore Love and Murder, Snow White, Peter Pan, A Beary Playhouse); (Arkansas Rep); Lungs Big Adventure & Other Winning Plays, Other People’s (Wharton Center); Constellations, , Money, The Boy Who Liked Pulling , Constellations, and The History Boys (St. Louis Rep.); and The How to Use a Knife, , The Lion, the Witch and the Tempest (Virginia Stage); Hamlet, , and Wardrobe, Robin Hood, Doublewide, Burt & Me, The Romeo & Juliet (Pioneer Theatre); The Miracle Worker Dragon vs. the Hiccups, Gidion’s Knot, Stalking the (Syracuse Stage); Red Light Winter, Mary’s Wedding, Bogeyman, Million Dollar Quartet, The Velveteen and Last Train to Nibroc (The Kitchen). International: Rabbit, Relativity, My Name is Asher Lev, and Butler The Jammer (Edinburgh Fringe). Education: BA and (which earned Best Director nominations from the ARTIST PROFILES Sarasota Herald-Tribune and Creative Loafing). His Umberger Designs or leaumbergerdesigns.com. performance as “Ever Montgomery” in Dancing MICHAEL CUMMINGS (Lighting Designer/Lighting Lessons garnered “Best Actor of 2015” awards from Supervisor) recently obtained his M.F.A. in Lighting both Sarasota Magazine and the Sarasota Herald- Design & Technology from the University of Illinois at Tribune. He is a seven-time Kevin Kline Award nominee Urbana-Champaign. Lighting design works include (and one-time winner for Outstanding Leading Outlaws and Angels, Pinocchio, That’s Amoré! (FST); Actor). He appears regularly with FST Improv. Proud February Dance 2019 (UIUC); member SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA. jasoncannon.biz (Salisbury University); La Bohème (UIUC); In the Next JYNELLY ROSARIO (Stage Manager) Born and raised Room (or the Vibrator Play) (UIUC); and Studio Dance in Puerto Rico, Jynelly is overjoyed to be back at FST 1 (UIUC). Assistant lighting designs include Barbecue for her third season. Jynelly has worked as a Musical (UIUC) and Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (UIUC). He Theatre Teacher, Director, and Stage Manager since also served as the Master Electrician at Adirondack 2011 with companies such as Martha’s Festival. Playhouse, Broadway Illusions Inc., Teatro CeDIn, THOMAS KORP (Sound Designer) As FST’s Sound and The Black Box Theatre Workshop. Selected Supervisor, Thom does more than wrangle rogue credits include: Passionata, The Hunchback of microphones. Sound design credits include: Handle Notre Dame, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The with Care, Outlaws and Angels, Bright Star, Pinocchio, Little Prince, , Footloose, and In The Heights. That’s Amoré!, Who Loves You, The Swingaroos: FST Credits: Bright Star, Buyer and Cellar, Cherry Hollywood Serenade, The Cottage, Ethel Waters: His Docs, Hand to God, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Eye is on the Sparrow, Come Together: When the 60s Murder, The Things They Carried, Constellations, Met the 70s, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Wednesday’s How To Use A Knife, Once, The Absolute Brightness Child, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, of Leonard Pelkey, and Million Dollar Quartet. The Wonder Years: The Music of the Baby Boomers, BRUCE PRICE (Scenic Designer) joined the FST staff Straight White Men, Guitar Girls, Unchained Melodies, in 2002 as the Production Stage Manager. In 2004, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, and Once. he was promoted to Production Manager. Over Mixing Credits: Next to Normal, Smokey Joe’s Café, The the past 16 years, he has stage managed over 38 World Goes Round, Tango: Buenos Aires, and We Will productions and overseen the technical aspects of Rock You. over 100 productions here at FST. During his 30 plus ...... years in theatre, Mr. Price has designed sets, lights, and costumes for dozens of productions. Mr. Price The videotaping or making of electronic or has worked regionally at The Alley Theatre and Stage other audio and/or visual recordings on any Repertory Theatre both on stage and backstage, but medium, including the internet, is strictly he has found his home here at FST. prohibitied, a violation of the author’s rights, LEA UMBERGER (Costume Designer) is excited to and actionable under United States Copyright return for another show with Florida Studio Theatre. Law. For more information, please visit: Lea is a Set and Costume Designer for theater, https://shop.samuelfrench.com/content/files/ and Production Designer for film and television. pdf/piracy-whitepaper.pdf Locally, she has designed for Florida Studio Theatre, TampaRep, Manatee Players, USF Theatre Tampa, UK premiere first co-produced by Headlong Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre on July 17, 2014 at the Royal Court and was subsequently and HCC Ybor. She also was the Director for HSN transferred to the West End by Sonia Friedman Productions and Scott for 8 years. Regional credits include The Library of M Delman in association with Tulchin Bartner Productions, Lee Dean & Congress (DC), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, LABrynith Charles Diamond, 1001 Nights, JFL Theatricals/GHF Productions, Scott & (NYC), Alchemy Theater (NYC), and Washington Brian Zeilinger / James Lefkowitz. The West End premiere took place on Shakespeare (DC). Follow her Production, Set, February 24, 2015 at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London. Costume and Interior design work on Facebook at Lea EXECUTIVE STAFF RICHARD HOPKINS is the Producing Artistic Director Restaurant, Budgeting, and maintaining the overall quality of FST’s of Florida Studio Theatre. Mr. Hopkins has fostered internal management. Mrs. Hopkins serves on the development of FST’s Mainstage and the Board of Directors for the League of Resident productions. His many directing Mainstage credits and for the Theatre Communications Group. include: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, She is the former President of the National New Play Honor Killing, Inspired Lunacy, The Best of Enemies, Network. Mrs. Hopkins has been actively involved in Next to Normal, Race, , The 25th Annual Putnam development of FST’s Cabaret productions since her County Spelling Bee, Boleros for the Disenchanted, arrival in 1998. In addition to being Lead Developer Permanent Collection, and , for That’s Amoré!, this season she is also part of the among numerous other plays. Mr. Hopkins led the development teams for Outlaws & Angels and Light development of FST’s Cabaret productions Outlaws My Fire. Previously she was the Lead Developer on and Angels, Guitar Girls, Mack the Knife, Older than The Wonder Years: The Music of the Baby Boomers; Dirt, Piano Men, and The Prima Donnettes. Mr. Unchained Melodies; Blue Suede Shoes; Gypsies, Hopkins also serves as the Chief Executive Officer Tramps, and Thieves; Yesterday; American Pie; and of Florida Studio Theatre. This includes overseeing Poems, Prayers, and Promises. She has been the head the creation and implementation of all FST writer on all fiveLaughing Matters shows. Some of programming, including Mainstage, Cabaret, Stage her favorite shows she helped develop include: III, New Play Development, Education, and Touring. Mack the Knife: The Bobby Darin Songbook; The Since his arrival at FST in 1980, Mr. Hopkins has Prima Donnettes; That’s Life; The Wanderers; My One guided the theatre from a small touring company and Only Gershwin; Hot and Cole; The British Invasion; to a nationally-recognized regional theatre, which The Flip Side; and Outlaws and Angels. In addition, impacts over 225,000 adults and children annually. she is the Founder and Producer of FST Improv and He created the New Play Development Program, the Sarasota Improv Festival. In 2012, the Arts & the Cabaret Series, FST’s award-winning WRITE A Cultural Alliance awarded Mrs. Hopkins the Cultural PLAY Program, and he has directed the design and Champion Award in recognition of her many years renovation of all FST’s theatres. Mr. Hopkins is the of accomplishment and growth with Florida Studio recipient of numerous awards including the Arts Theatre. In 2016, Mrs. Hopkins was awarded the Leadership Award from the Sarasota Arts Council, Luminaire Award, honoring excellence in creativity, the Richard G. Fallon Award for Artistic Excellence philanthropy, advocacy, and all elements that are from the Florida Professional Theatres Association, keys to future growth of the arts in Sarasota. and the 2012 Cultural Champion Award from the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. In 2016, Mr. Hopkins was awarded the Luminaire Award, honoring excellence in creativity, philanthropy, advocacy, and all elements that are keys to future growth of the arts in Sarasota. In 2017, Mr. Hopkins was awarded the Florida Theatre Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing to the @FloridaStudioTheatre rich cultural fabric of the Sarasota community and #Nether the state of Florida, and his dedication to developing We encourage you to take photos with the future artists, educators, and advocates. set before and after the show REBECCA HOPKINS serves as Managing Director and share to social media! for Florida Studio Theatre, and as such, is the Chief We just ask that you please recognize Operations Officer. Mrs. Hopkins is responsible for the Scenic Designer: oversight of FST’s Administration, including the Business Office, Development, Marketing, Box Office, Front of House, Scenic Design by Bruce Price UNDERWRITERS GAELE BARTHOLD - FST is family and an integral DENNIS & GRACI MCGILLICUDDY - FST is part of my life. Its community contributions are myriad important to us because we believe so strongly in the and a model of theatrical excellence. 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FST is a and community outreach programs – these are values gem that warrants our widespread financial and artistic that we so strongly believe in. As a consequence, it is a support. I am proud to serve on FST’s board and to privilege for us to be a part of, and be supportive of this support it financially and otherwise. great theatre. ED & JUDY CHRISTIAN - Sarasota is continually voted PATRICK & MARY MULVA - We discovered FST after as an area that has an exceptionally high quality of life moving to Sarasota in July 2018, and were so impressed and the arts. A very big part of this is Florida Studio with the diversity and quality of the performances. The Theatre. FST sets the mark and excels in invariably breadth of entertainment offerings delight, challenge, producing a high-level quality theatre experience. No and provide thought provoking subjects for a broad range doubt about it, FST is a strong part of the fabric that of . In addition, their work in bringing theatre makes Sarasota the stand-out community that it is. experiences into the schools provides an exposure to Please join with us and other donors to ensure that the arts that open new doors to young people. FST is a FST will grow and continually challenge us with great cultural pillar of the Sarasota arts community. We are theatre and entertainment on all levels. proud to be a part of its continuing success as supporters GEORGIA COURT - I love great theatre and FST delivers and by serving on the board of directors. that. FST is among the best theatre companies I have ANNE H.S. NETHERCOTT* (1926-2019) - When seen, but it is more than a theatre company. It is an asked to define giving, Anne said: “My mother used organization that recognizes it is part of the greater to say the best way to find you is to lose yourself, by community – and it reaches out to that community in focusing on the needs of others rather than on oneself.” positive, productive ways. As the owner of Bookstore1 So giving has always been an important family value, Sarasota, I have been proud to partner with FST in the which in childhood was reinforced by the community creation and celebration of contemporary literary works. experience of surviving The Depression. Anne was proud Having FST so accessible adds to the joy of living in the to be a supporter of FST. fabulous arts community that is Sarasota. SCOTT & PAMELA RIECHARDT - One of the more WENDY & BOB GRADY - We were so impressed when enjoyable aspects of the months we spend in Sarasota we first visited FST, that we immediately wanted to each year is being able to attend many varied productions become involved. Whenever you come across a theatre at Florida Studio Theatre. We especially enjoy the edgy program as unique as FST’s, where the key to getting and thought-provoking Stage III productions and are art into the hearts of so many has been found – in a pleased to be able to support these endeavors. comfortable and easily accessible way – you know CAROL B. WILLIAMS - Although I enjoy most theatrical you’ve spotted a winner. We are proud to be Season genres, I am particularly drawn to the cutting edge plays Underwriters – associated with the finest staff and that make one think or that take a different slant on talent anywhere – and hope that others will join us in an issue. I am pleased that FST has launched another supporting FST’s important work. Stage III season of these works for our enjoyment and edification. Supporting this innovative and community- Recognizes our Legacy Underwriters & Legacy Co- oriented organization is a joy for me. Producers for their commitment to the Art of FST, establishing an endowed fund to support cherished programs for many years to come. SEASON UNDERWRITERS HERALD-TRIBUNE MEDIA GROUP enjoys a history rich creative culture in Sarasota, Bradenton, and in this community that spans more than 90 years. Venice providing an unparalleled media landscape Partnering with organizations such as Florida Studio through the newspaper, HeraldTribune.com. Theatre allows us to contribute to our region’s CO-PRODUCERS TOM & CELINA FORRESTER We both love theatre. and Mainstage plays, he finds the Stage III series Celina especially appreciates the quality and breadth to be particularly clever and thought provoking. of FST’s offerings. While Tom enjoys the Cabaret FST FORUMS: The Most Important Conversations of Our Time The Nether is part of this year’s forum series, The Most Important Conversations of Our Time. This call to conscience includes panel discussions, online discussions, community events, and more. This year’s forum series includes four shows: The Nether, Handle With Care, American Son, and The Legend of Georgia McBride. The full schedule of this season’s panel discussions is listed below. For more information, visit floridastudiotheatre.org/2019-2020-fst-forums. Panel Discussion Schedule The Nether Forum Topic | The Nether: An Ethical Exploration of the Dark Web Monday, January 20, 5-6PM, FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre Handle With Care Forum Topic | Meet the Playwright, Jason Odell Williams Monday, January 27, 5-6PM, FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre American Son Forum Topic | Regaining the Public Trust: Law Enforcement and Citizen Encounters Monday, February 10, 5-6PM, FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre The Legend of Georgia McBride Forum Topic | Walk a Mile in My Heels - Meet the Cast Tuesday, April 14, 5-6PM, FST’s Bowne’s Lab Theatre

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