Sacred Fools Theater Company Presents DENIM DOVES written by Adrienne Dawes lyrics by Cyndi Williams original music & arrangements by Ellen Warkentine directed by Rosie Glen-Lambert including adaptations of music by Erik Secrest

STARRING Janellen Steininger *...... First Wife Meg Cashel ...... Second Wife Jennie Kwan *...... Third Wife Lana Rae Jarvis ...... Fourth Wife Teri Gamble...... Fifth Wife Evangeline Crittenden ...... Sixth Wife Miss Barbie-Q...... Prophet / Interpreter 1 Angelique Maurnae ...... Joan / Interpreter 2 Corey Walter Johnson *...... Penis Tyler Bremer * ...... First Son

Understudies Brandon Blum (Penis / First Son), Joanna Churgin (First Wife), Angela Cristantello * (Second Wife), Jennifer Christina DeRosa (Third Wife), Sequoia Rhian (Fourth Wife), Muriel Montgomery (Fifth Wife), Stephanie Brait (Sixth Wife), Victoria Ortiz (Prophet/Interpreter 1), Taylor Bennett (Joan / Interpreter 2)

Stage Manager: Shawna Voragen

Member of Sacred Fools Theater Company ‡ Associate Member of Sacred Fools Theater Company

* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors & Stage Managers in the United States

produced for Sacred Fools by Tifanie McQueen & Amir Levi

This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule.

The play is performed in one act.

This organization is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

SACRED FOOLS THEATER COMPANY at the Broadwater, 1076 Lillian Way, Los Angeles, CA 90038 www.SacredFools.org ● Social Media: SacredFoolsLA

Director's Note: Laughter is a privilege. Laughter is a weapon. -Rosie Glen-Lambert

PRODUCTION STAFF Director...... Rosie Glen-Lambert Produced for Sacred Fools by...... Tifanie McQueen ●& Amir Levi ● Associate Producer ...... Richard Levinson ● Stage Manager...... Shawna Voragen Musical Director...... Ellen Warkentine Choreographer ...... Darla MacDonald Fight Choreographer ...... Laura Napoli ‡ Assistant Director ...... Lindsey Newell Dramaturg ...... Lisa Dring Scenic Designer ...... Lex Gernon Lighting Designer ...... Joey Guthman Costume Designer...... Rebecca Carr Sound Designer...... Lily Sorenson Prop Designer ...... Lisa Anne Nicolai ● Projection Designer...... David Murakami Assistant Projection Designer ...... Sam Clevenger Hair and Makeup Artist...... Angela Santori Merritt Lead Builder ...... Joe Jordan ‡ Builders ...... Christopher Hoffman, Tim Kopacz ‡ & Will McMichael ● Light Crew ...... Paul Plunkett ● Build & Paint Crew...... Chairman Barnes ●, Jacob Barnes, Bryan Bellomo ●, Kathy Bell Denton ●, Zachary Bernstein ● Andrew Blackwood ‡, Jesse Camp, Pete Caslavka ●, Adriana Colón ●, Bob DeRosa ●, Jennifer Christina DeRosa ●, Padraic Duffy ●, Sofija Dutcher ‡, Erik Engman ●, Kristyn Evelyn ●, Michael Shaw Fisher ●, Lex Gernon, Rosie Glen-Lambert, Scott Golden ●, Ed Goodman ●, Rowan Hall ●, Victor Isaac ●, Corey Johnson, Eric Curtis Johnson ‡, Suzette Kitselman, Corey Klemow ●, Amir Levi ●, Richard Levinson ●, Mike Mahaffey ●, David LM McIntyre ●, Tifanie McQueen ●, Aaron Mendelson ●, Cj Merriman ●, DeAnne Millais ●, Lisa Anne Nicolai ●, Jesse Pate, Guy Picot ●, Paul Plunkett ●, Nadia Protsenko, Cameron Quinn, Ari Radousky ●, Matt Richter ●, Jaime Robledo ●, Rebecca Schoenberg ●, Jessica Sherman ●, Ruth Silveira ●, Lily Sorenson, Glenda Suggs ●, Alisa Tangredi ●, Bart Tangredi ●, Brian Wallis ●, Charles Wheat, Anna Wholey, John Wuchte ●

Run Crew ...... Sofija Dutcher ‡ & Lexi Lee Production Committee Liason ...... Suze Campagna ● Marketing Committee Liaison...... Gregory Guy Gorden ● Publicity & Show Photography ...... Jessica Sherman Photography Graphic Design...... Katelyn Schiller

● Member of Sacred Fools Theater Company ‡ Associate Member of Sacred Fools Theater Company

SONGS

"A Real Man" Written by Carrie Rachel Brownstein and Corin Lisa Tucker Published by BMG Gold Songs ASCAP

"Rebel Girls" Written by Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox Published By Terrorbird Publishing ASCAP Used by permission. All rights reserved.

SPECIAL THANKS: Kimberly Atkinson, Lior Bar-El, Bryan Bellomo, Brandon Blum, Tyler Bremer, Pete Caslavka, Katie Chen, Brandon Clark, Joel Daavid, Michael Dean Agius, Sean Draper, Padraic Duffy, Patrick Duffy, Dana DeRuyck, Nate Figueroa, Aaron Francis, Hans Gelpke, Floyd Glen-Lambert, Izzi Glen-Lambert, Milissa Glen- Lambert, Heatherlynn Gonzalez, Marian Gonzalez, Brooke Gorin, Alex Greenberg, Monica Greene, Jessica Hanna, Shehab Hamad, Eric Curtis Johnson, Joe Jordan, Corey Klemow, Bill Lambert, Fred Lambert, Judy Lambert, Lenore Lambert, LA Stage Alliance, Lexi Lee, Scott Leggett, Darla MacDonald, Will McMichael, Mandi Moss Holmes, Linda Muggeridge, David Murakami, Conor Murphy, Laura Napoli, Bruno Oliver, Paul Plunkett, Aviva Pressman, Marz Richards, Matt Richter, Ben Rock, Alicia Rock, Jessica Sherman-Prince, Lindsay Sirkin, Allison Faith Sulock, Brian Wallis, John Wuchte, and the Many, Many Donators of Denim.

FOR KIDS 8-18: SUMMER THEATER CAMP!

EXPLORE THEATER WITH US THIS SUMMER! Kids ages 8-18 will have a chance to write, direct, and act in their own play. Our program culminates in a production of two original plays for our family and friends! All classes are held here at the Broadwater, home of the award-winning Sacred Fools Theater Company, and taught by working actors who have performed on Broadway and in Regional theaters around the country.

Week 1: Senior Fools workshops in improvisation, writing an original play, and directing. Week 2: Junior Fools join in the workshops, and both groups stage original plays!

July 16-20, 23-29, 2018 (Senior Fools, Ages 14-18) July 23-29, 2018 (Junior Fools, Ages 8-13) Performance: Sun, July 29 Details & enrollment at SacredFools.org!

THANKS TO ALL OUR GRACIOUS DONORS!

Gifts Received from 1/1/17 - 1/1/18

BENEFACTORS' CIRCLE Alice & Dennis Kosloski Julie Slater ($5000+) Ben Kufrin Jim Solomon Bloomberg Philanthropies Jeffrey Lehrman Laura Staehle Department of Missy Mannila Halle Stanford Cultural Affairs Cj Merriman Allison Faith Sulock Patrick & Carlyn Duffy Danielle Ozymandias Ann Villella Los Angeles County Aviva Pressman Steven Vlasak Arts Commission Alicia & Ben Rock Wendy Worthington Erika Rose Salomon Tim Wright DIAMOND ($1000-$4999) Ariadne, Costa Michael Wuchte Avenging Angels, LLC & Kizziah Shaffer Bryan Bellomo Kenley Smith FRIEND ($25-$49) Shaunessy Quinn Gary Stewart Ezra Buzzington Ruth Silveira Brock H. Summers, MD Jonathan Ceniceroz & Paul Romero Katherine Eiler PLATINUM ($500-$999) Pam Van Kurin Scott Golden Courtney Bellomo Brian Wallis Monica Greene Steven Florsheim Mark Williams Summera Howell Megan Henkin Jim Witz Jonathan Josephson Bruno Oliver Jeffrey Wylie Mike & Britt Kosloski Jonas Zuckerman Rob Lecrone GOLD ($200-$499) Peter Lefevre Anonymous PATRON ($50-$99) Sabrina Lloyd David Baron Keith Berkes Catherine Madden Padraic Duffy Michael Blaha Alex Marcolina & Emily Kosloski Mark Bramhall Richard Miraan Steven Hotz Jake Broder Cynthia Nalbach Kevin Kienbaum Brian Carroll Amy O’Brien Kanchan Mattoo Marshall Davis Marisa O’Brien Paul Plunkett Dana DeRuyck Chris Olsen & Tifanie McQueen Daniel Etheridge Guy Picot John Wuchte Ed Goodman Timothy Portnoy Thomas Wuchte Brian Hodes John Sylvain & Shelley Tim Kopacz Wenk SILVER ($100-$199) Ann Lamoureux Alisa & Bart Tangredi Michael Anderson Richard Levinson Frank Tangredi Anonymous Renee Lindsey Marcia Tillman Sussan Bierman Andrew McMasters James Wainwright Cam & Sarah Deanne Mencher David Westbay Pete Caslavka Aaron Mendelson John Williams Colleen Chalker Bridget Mullins Bob Wuchte Bob & Jen DeRosa Paul Pape Henrietta Ekkel Jason Reitman Heatherlynn Richard Rovin & Marian Gonzalez Lawrence Rubinstein Brendan Hunt Angela Sauer In Memory of Aldrich Allen Katelyn Schiller Corey Klemow Graham Skipper

Please accept our apologies if we have made any errors or omissions. Contact us at [email protected]

CAST

Miss Barbie-Q (Prophet / Interpreter 1) Actor, Producer, Director, Dancer, Singer, Poet, Writer, Club Legend, Radio/Event Host, Performance Artist. Worked with Lady Gaga (Telephone), Emmy nominated Wifey TV (This is Me), and Busdriver (Kiss Me Back to Life). Just finished the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival as co-director, co-producer, co-writer and actor in #LastDance, and her run of Absence Makes the Heart & Comb your Hair (or You’ll Look like a Slave) with Skypilot Theatre. Has performed for Planet Queer, Bears in Space, ATM, Salad Saturdays, Consent, Exposure, Dragalicious, Hamburger Mary’s & Cabaret Consensual. She is working on her third solo show, co-writing screenplays and songs. She hosts Gay DD at Art Share LA and is working on a package where she is ordained to marry, hosts, performs at weddings. Website: Barbie.me

Tyler Bremer (First Son) is an actor and theatre maker from Long Beach, CA. He couldn’t be happier to work on this wonderful play, his first show with Sacred Fools. Recent credits include Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin, and the workshop production Señor Plummer's Final Fiesta at Plummer Park, with Rogue Artists Ensemble. Tyler is a member of the L.A. theatre company Four Clowns since 2015, recently performing in Pinocchio at South Coast Repertory, Four Clowns Presents Hamlet, and the world premiere of Lunatics and Actors at The Shakespeare Center Los Angeles. Tyler received his BA from California State University, Long Beach in theatre arts with an emphasis in performance. He studied at The Clown School under Zach Steel. Tyler is a member of Actor’s Equity Association.

Meg Cashel (Second Wife) is a recent transplant from New York City where she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She was most recently seen as Vivian in the Lifetime Original Movie, Ten: Murder Island. She is so thrilled to be making her Sacred Fools debut and wants to thank simply everyone! Especially Bom. Who doesn’t love Bom? For more info, check out www.megcashel.com!

Evangeline Crittenden (Sixth Wife) is an actor, director, singer, songwriter and professional fairy. A graduate of the CalArts MFA program for actors, she likes it when things get weeeeeeeird. You can catch her in the upcoming sci-fi feature Shangri La: Near Extinction. For more info about her artistic escapades, swoop on over to EvangelineEtc.com.

Teri Gamble (Fifth Wife) is an international performing artist and drama coach. She is excited to be working with the Sacred Fools Theater Company! Favorite theatre roles include Rose in Fences (Long Beach Playhouse), Baby’s Breath in The Lily’s Revenge (A.R.T. with Taylor Mac), and Angela in Tough Titty (A.R.T. Institute). She was recently featured on ABC’s Modern Family. Teri has a BA in Theater from UCLA & her MFA in Acting from ART/MXAT at Harvard University. You can find out more at terigamble.com; follow her on Instagram @littleterisunshine; on Twitter: @IamTeriGamble; and Facebook Fan Page: facebook.com/tericgamble/

Lana Rae Jarvis (Fourth Wife) arrived in L.A. three short years ago from San Francisco, where she studied with the American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and worked with the Shotgun Players. In L.A. she has appeared in four films, two of which she wrote and produced, and one which was selected for the 2016 Cannes film festival. After extensive blackmail, she was delighted to become a company member of Sacred Fools this year and tickled pink to be appearing in her first main stage show here. Ms. Jarvis has dance training including modern, ballet and aerial, speaks conversational French, and is a singer/songwriter currently working on her first EP. For further inquiries or to be delighted by her cavalcade of wit you can find her at facebook.com/LanaRaeJarvisArtist.

ALSO PLAYING AT SACRED FOOLS:

SERIAL KILLERS: Season 13

LATE-NIGHT SATURDAYS @ 11PM

Cycle 2: Jan 20 – Feb 24 (Broadwater Mainstage) and March 3-24 (Broadwater Black Box) Playoffs: April 7 – May 12 (Broadwater Mainstage)

Each week, three continuing stories face off against two new tales. At the end of the show, you vote for the three stories that you would like to see continue on to next Saturday night, where their subsequent episodes will then be pitted against two completely new storylines. Each week's serials could live on for weeks... or be quietly smothered in their sleep – it’s up to you. But whichever pieces you vote for, one thing is for certain - by the end of the evening, you will be a Serial Killer.

THE PLAYOFFS: Our THIRTEENTH year of serialized storytelling culminates as this season's sixteen most popular storylines go head to head in a weekly elimination round. Only the last two serials left standing after your votes are tallied will get to finish their stories... and win cash prizes!

WINNER:WINNER: BEST LATELATE----NIGHTNIGHT THEATER FACTORYFACTORY,, L.A. Weekly Best of L.A. "...one of the surest late-night gut-busting laugh bets in town." – L.A. Weekly

TEN TOPS: An Exhilaratingly Eclectic Open Stage 10 Performers. 7 Minutes Each. Show Us What You've Got!

Next: MON, FEB 19 & MARCH 19 in the Broadwater Black Box Show @ 8pm ● Performer Signup: 7:30pm

TEN TOPS performs one Monday per month; watch SacredFools.org for dates!

10 performers get 7 minutes each to do whatever they want (EXCEPT stand-up)! Arrived too late to be one of the ten? Sign up for the Charisma Round and get 3 minutes and we'll keep the show going! Optional theme for February's show: "Food Is Love / Love Is Food." March: "Nostalgia is a Helluva Drug." "I’m pleased to have encountered a night in which I didn’t know what to expect, and was, every time, genuinely surprised and always entertained." –L.A. Splash

WE THE PEOPLE: "Our Posterity" Created, curated & directed by Kimberly Atkinson & Amir Levi

Monday, March 12 @ 8pm In the Broadwater Black Box

A curated staged reading series of new works theatrically exploring – sometimes loudly, sometimes quietly, and everything in between – the social and political concerns facing our country today. We The People: Where artists and audiences come together to Resist, Persist, and Express It. To find hope, unity, and to take action. Every other month, artists will receive a prompt (this month: "Our Posterity") and a deadline. The 3-5 minute pieces will then be curated into a night of theatre. As part of the performance series, all proceeds will go to a related non-profit. Admission is Donate-What-You-Can!

FAST & LOOSE - A Foolish Tradition! Next F&L: TBA (likely Summer 2018) Performing on the Broadwater Mainstage

Several new short plays are written overnight, rehearsed the next day and performed that evening! "One of the best theater experiences in town!" –BackStage

Tickets / Info: SacredFools.org

Corey Walter Johnson (Penis) is very excited to be in the compound with these doves. Sacred Fools: Last 12 Years of Phineas Gage; L.A. Theatre: Four Clowns Present Hamlet (Four Clowns), The Pavilion (Malibu Playhouse); Regional/International: King Charles III (Arizona Theatre Company), West Side Story (Toulouse Opera); TV/Internet: Jennifer Falls, Titus and Dronicus, CollegeHumor Originals, Funny or Die, UCBComedy. He has performed on numerous house sketch and improv teams at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NY & L.A., and is a mediocre Center Fielder on the championship-winning kickball team, Lil Cuties. Corey has his MFA from University of Southern California. coreywalterjohnson.com

Jennie Kwan (Third Wife) is thrilled to be at Sacred Fools alongside her Sister Wives. Jennie’s favorite credits include: Television and Animation - California Dreams (Series Regular)/NBC , Avatar: The Last Airbender (Reccuring) /Nickelodeon , Goldie and Bear, Grace and Frankie, New Girl, Anger Management. Theater - Miss Saigon (Kim) / First National Broadway Tour, Avenue Q / First National Broadway Tour, Bare / Original Cast, Land of Smiles / Edinburgh Fringe Film - Entourage, Promoted, Playtime. Recording - Nobody’s Angel /Hollywood Records, Twinkle Time. In her five minutes of free time, Jennie enjoys vocal coaching, doing voice overs and spending time with family, friends, and her personal Penis/Husband Matt. Special thanks to the Denim Doves Cast, Crew, Director, and Playwright. jenniekwan.com

Angelique "Angel" Maurnae (Joan / Interpreter 2) is a St. Louis native, and newcomer to the industry, is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy’s Acting Conservatory. She’s appeared in various commercials, stage plays, including reprising the role of Dion in the NAACP award winning play Pieces, and most notably made her TV debut on Lifetime’s My Crazy Sex. Angelique would like to thank her family for their undying support and everyone involved in the production of DENIM DOVES. Ya’ll the ish!

Janellen Steininger (First Wife) Sacred Fools debut. Theatre credits include As You Like It, Antaeus; The Wood Demon, Mark Taper; Midons, A Flaw In the Ointment, Taper Too; Glorious, International City Theatre; Bones, Old Globe, Picnic, You Can’t Take It With You, Mother Courage, A Tale of Charles Dickens, Of Mice and Men, Antaeus; Question 27 Question 28, Company, A Threepenny Opera, East/West Players; Phaedra, Getty Center; Juno and the Paycock, Odyssey Theatre; Modern Minstrelsy, Lower Depths: Sunny Afternoon, Gangbusters; Pentecost, Hard Times, Evidence Room; Equus, 24th Street Theatre: Film and TV include: Sleeper Cell, Strong Medicine, Roseanne, Days Of Our Lives, Succeeding In Life, Harmony. Janellen performs voice over and, like “Bom,” speaks German and translates for theatre, opera and film. JanellenSteininger.com Bíili rahath dazh.

UNDERSTUDIES

Taylor Bennett (U/S Joan / Interpreter 2) earned her BA Theatre Studies: Acting degree at Emerson College. She just finished acting in the first season of a LGBT Youtube web series called Twenty: A Web Series. Taylor recently co-wrote and performed in a show for Son of Semele's Company Creation Festival called What Happened to Where I've Been with the director of DENIM DOVES, Rosie Glen- Lambert. Some of her past theatre credits include For Colored Girls, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Richard III, As You Like It and Twelve Angry Women. Taylor two goals in life are to star as Olivia Pope's daughter on Scandal and open up her own bakery one day. She'd also like to thank her parents for supporting her in this crazy career she chose.

THE ART COUPLE by Brendan Hunt ● directed by Lauren Van Kurin

OPENING FEBRUARY 16, 2018 Fri-Sat @ 8pm * Sun @ 7pm | Previews: Fri-Sat, Feb. 9-10 @ 8pm

WORLD PREMIERE! Long before Felix met Oscar, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin were ill-fitting roommates in the south of France; a fateful co-habitation that would change the face of art - and Van Gogh's face, too. It's a lesser-known tidbit of theatre history that these two masters were also the subjects of Neil Simon's original draft of "The Odd Couple." Sacred Fools now presents the first-ever performance of this abandoned script, and the odd tale of how it was written. Performing in the Broadwater Black Box.

AKUMA-SHIN by Kenley Smith ● directed by Scott Leggett

OPENING MARCH 30, 2018 Fri-Sat @ 8pm * Sun @ 7pm | Previews: Fri-Sat, March 23-24 @ 8pm

WORLD PREMIERE! In 1956, a giant kaiju (monster) destroys Tokyo and sends seismic waves of fear, anger and ignorance through generations. Facts are questioned, history is alternatively written and modern politics is set against primal religion in this ferociously civilized cautionary tale of two nations coping with their own damaged legacies. Can humanity reckon with the monsters that rise against us, the ones that live within us all? Performing on the Broadwater Mainstage.

DISASTEROID! by Zachary Bernstein ● directed by Guy Picot

Late-Night Fridays, April 6, 13 & 20

When tax auditor and amateur astronomer Edgley is misled by scientific authorities to believe a giant asteroid is weeks away from destroying the Earth, he departs his humdrum life for adventure. Along with his philanthropist married client Mabel, they roam the planet in search of love, life, and the meaning of the universe. Performing in the Broadwater Black Box.

THE SACRED LAB Project #2: Sun-Mon, April 22-23 (Broadwater Second Stage) Project #3: Thurs, May 3 & Sun, May 6 (Broadwater Black Box)

The Sacred Lab is Sacred Fools' new development program and works in two ways: as a Project workshop or as a Director workshop. Artistically, it provides company member playwrights, directors and actors the resources to learn, experiment and gain experience. The workshop also allows the artists to kick the proverbial tires on a specific play in development by producing an elaborate staged reading with some fully staged scenes, thereby examining both the theatricality and design elements as well as future production potential. The Sacred Lab premiered in November of 2017 with The Last Twelve Years of Phineas Gage. Watch SacredFools.org for announcements about upcoming Lab projects!

For more info and more shows TBA, keep watching SacredFools.org!

Brandon Blum (U/S Penis / First Son) began cultivating his passion for theater and acting when he was in the 5th grade. He recently received his B.A. in Theater Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz and continued working with various theater companies in northern California before moving back to Los Angeles. Some credits include Amiens in As You Like It (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Pistol/Rugby/Robert in The Merry Wives of Windsor (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Heminge/Bacon in The Beard of Avon (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), The Young Man in Dead Man Walking (Opera Parallèle), and Lord John/Will/The Pinhead Manager in The Elephant Man (City Lights Theater Company).

Stephanie Brait (U/S Sixth Wife) This is Stephanie's first foray into West Coast theater and she's thrilled to fall in with The Fools. She's darkened prestigious and not-at-all prestigious stages in Boston, NYC, Cincinnati, Dublin (Ireland) and Edinburgh (Scotland), is SAFD certified in four weapons, has very amateur ventriloquism skills and so-very-near-perfect SATs. Film/TV credits include Law & Order SVU, MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back, CBS's Goldenboy, Disney's Best Friends Whenever, walking through/staring into a shot of The Bachelorette, and features Colby and Bastards of Young. Meth (short film) pops up when she's Googled and she just wrapped Psychos & Socios (guess which??). Multitudinous thanks to the company. DOVES is timely AF, a gift to explore. It's fun. Scary. Scary fun and an honor to be part of.

Joanna Churgin (U/S First Wife) is thrilled to be a part of this team of exciting and ferociously talented actors in her first venture with the Sacred Fools Theater. Appearing on other stages in Los Angeles, some of Joanna’s favorite roles have been in performances of All My Sons, The Full Monty, Cabaret, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tales of the Allergist’s Wife, Spring Awakening, Six Degrees of Separation, Ragtime, Copenhagen, Spitfire Grill, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Doubt, Sweeney Todd and Noises Off. Thanks to Amir for inviting me to the dance, and to Rosie for trusting I could learn the steps. And, of course, always, my gratitude and love to Steve for his patience, faith in me, and never-ending support.

Angela Cristantello (U/S Second Wife) is beyond thrilled to be making her Sacred Fools debut, particularly as a part of this production! She’s an actor/writer/VO-artist who proudly received her MFA in Acting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. NEW YORK: Twelfth Night (Libra Theatre Company); As You Like It (Wingspan Arts); The Book of Liz (Piper Theatre); a variety of festivals with Young Playwrights. REGIONAL: The Night of the Living Dead, And Then They Came For Me (Coterie Theatre); The Borderland, A Christmas Carol (KCRep); Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Heart of America Shakes). TV: Agent Carter, Bored to Death, One Bad Choice. She regularly performs about town with her fancy improv team Mouthfeel (look ‘em up, they’re ADORABLE). Much love to Teej and Howard the Dog. AEA/SAG-AFTRA. angelacristantello.com

Jennifer Christina DeRosa (U/S Third Wife) is suuuuuper excitable to be involved in DENIM DOVES! She's been a member at Sacred Fools for 5 years and made her stage premiere here in A Kind of Love Story. She's most proud of her performance as Eleanor in the Serial Killers sketch turned Fringe show All the Best Killers Are Librarians. Jen is a Costume Designer in real life for TV, Film and Stage. Her past productions with the Fools as a designer include The Sirens of Titan, Mom's Dead, Candide, Occupation, Taste, The Magic Bullet Theory and Richard III. Her gratitude to her husband for embracing her shenanigans on stage and at home is immeasurable.

Muriel Montgomery (U/S Fifth Wife) is a Los Angeles based actor/improviser/funny person, and she is very excited to be performing for the first time with Sacred Fools! Muriel performs hilarious scripted musicals at UCBLA every month with Quick and Funny Musicals. You can also catch Muriel playing with her beloved improv team, KAREN, every Sunday night at Nerdist. In addition to performing live comedy Muriel produces the podcast Hella in Your Thirties, and the ridiculous webseries Fam Club, with her wonderful husband, Nick. Thanks to Sacred Fools and Adrienne for this awesome opportunity, and thanks to Nick for being the best. Check out Muriel’s work at murielmontgomery.com.

Victoria Ortiz (U/S Prophet/Interpreter 1) Victoria (also known as Ninja) is excited to be back on stage, working for the first time with Sacred Fools! She's recently been seen on stage as “Finn,” a 9 year old boy in Red Cup theatre's production of Turtles at the Atwater Village, and gender bending “Chrz," in Rogue Machine's production of The Super Variety Match Bonus Round! She’s enjoyed working on TV shows such as Transparent, The Fosters, Ray Donovan, Shameless, and Lucifer. Victoria can also be seen in award-winning projects, such as the short films Vámonos and Distance, and in the upcoming web-series, produced by America Ferrera, Gente-fied. (Instagram: Puertoricaninja & victoria-ortiz.com) She dedicates this performance to her people in Puerto Rico, whom she holds very dear to her heart.

Sequoia Rhian (U/S Fourth Wife) Sequoia started community theater in her small hometown in WI in 7th grade. Since then, Sequoia has had a passion for being in the entertainment industry, whether it be theater, on camera, or even performing original music. Sequoia’s latest stage work was three consecutive plays at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis; which included A Christmas Carol and King Lear. This will be the first time Sequoia has understudied a role. It's also the first time you'll see Sequoia performing on stage since moving to California this past summer.

CREW

Rosie Glen-Lambert (Director) is a Los Angeles-based Director and collaborative artist. She has partnered with a number of different Los Angeles theaters and companies, including Son of Semele Ensemble, Bootleg Theater, and Mutant Collective. Her 2015 Hollywood Fringe production of Dead Dog’s Bone earned her a nomination for the “Spirit of the Fringe: Best Direction Award”, and won the “Encore! Producers’ Award”. She is also Founder and Artistic Director of The Attic Collective, which you can follow at facebook.com/theatticcollectiveLA. She is thrilled to be making her Debut with the Fools! rosieglenlambert.com

Adrienne Dawes (Playwright) Full length plays include DENIM DOVES (2016), Am I White (2014, B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Script; David Mark Cohen New Play Award; Kilroys Honorable Mention), and You Are Pretty (2004, Stanley and Evelyn Lipkin Prize for Playwriting). Adrienne is a member of the Dramatists Guild and company member of Salvage Vanguard Theater. Adrienne is currently based in Tulsa, OK as part of the first writing cohort of the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, supported by the George Kaiser Family Foundation. adriennedawes.com

Amir Levi (Co-Producer) is thrilled to be bringing former Sarah Lawrence classmate Adrienne Dawes to Sacred Fools. Amir is also the co-producer/co-curator for the ongoing Theatre Action, We The People. As an actor, L.A. credits include Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin (Rogue Artists Ensemble & East West Players), Amir Levi: The Unforgiven (Rockwell Table & Stage), Something Truly Monstrous (the blank), Clown Bar (Pasadena Playhouse Red, White & Bluezz), The Behavior of Broadus (Sacred Fools & Burglars of Hamm), Absolutely Filthy (Sacred Fools), Robin Hood (South Coast Rep.), Four Clowns (South Coast Rep, etc.). Film: Head-Tie, Courting Chaos, Special Needs. TV: New Girl, The Middle, Casual, Transparent, Game Shakers, 2 Broke Girls. theamirlevi.com. Amir is super grateful for his amazing partner in all this, Tifanie McQueen.

Tifanie McQueen (Co-Producer) has been a Sacred Fool for a decade, performing on the mainstage in The Sirens of Titan and Resignation Day as well as in Serial Killers, Magnum Opus and Fast & Loose. She’s been a scenic, prop and costume designer on The Behavior of Broadus, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Endgame and Forbidden Zone, among others. She’s written and directed several pieces and was the AD on Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom. She designed several public areas in The Broadwater and has served on the Board of Directors and as an Artistic Director. DENIM DOVES is her first production as a producer, and she couldn’t be happier to help bring Adrienne Dawes’ hilarious and timely script to life for its West Coast Premiere. Love to PP.

Rebecca Carr (Costume Designer) is humbled and grateful to work with Rosie Glen- Lambert again. Theater Costume Design credits: Dead Dog’s Bone (Hollywood Fringe ’15), God Is a Woman (NYC Fringe ’15), What Happened To Where I’ve Been (Son of Semele), blood.sugar (Highways). Television Costume Dept. credits: Aquarius (NBC), Chance (Hulu), How to Get Away With Murder (ABC), American Horror Story (FX), Feud (FX), Barry (HBO). BFA Costume Design, Emerson College. Currently working on FXs American Crime Story: Versace. For more, visit rebeccacarrdesigns.com.

Sam Clevenger (Assistant Projection Designer) is a film editor by trade, audiovisual artist by hobby, and recent L.A. transplant. Having previously worked in the doc world for the 2018 film Survivors, he is now excited to be using a different set of creative tools in design for DENIM DOVES. His past experience in projection and media design includes Opera Parallel’s Trouble in Tahiti, small pieces of cardboard in his living room, and more recently projection elements for Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum.

Lisa Dring (Dramaturg) is delighted to be involved with this project. She recently co-wrote Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin with Chelsea Sutton, which was produced by Rogue Artists Ensemble and East West Players. This is Lisa's first project with Sacred Fools; she's played with other L.A. companies such as Circle X, Bootleg, SCF @ Son of Semele, Boston Court and Theatre of NOTE. Regionally she’s worked with Asolo Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, One Year Lease and Bread & Puppet Theater. Lisa earned a BA from USC and studied in the Critical Studies school at CalArts. lisadring.com

Lex Gernon (Scenic Designer) is an L.A. based set designer. This is his first time collaborating with Sacred Fools, and he is so excited for you you to get to experience this amazing piece. Lex has previously designed Lucky Stiff (Actors Co-Op), The Young Playwrights Festival (City Theatre Co.), Jekyll + Hyde (Weathervane Playhouse), The Giver (Arcadia Stage), and the world premiere of The Human Comedy (Village Christian). He has his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Joey Guthman (Lighting Designer) is a nationally recognized lighting designer, whose work has been seen on both coasts. Past productions with Rosie Glen-Lambert include Dead Dog’s Bone (HFF/Bootleg), Stray (Bootleg), and What Happened to Where I’ve Been (Son of Semele). Select other designs include Blood/Sugar (REDCAT, Highways); Zen Shorts (Pasadena Playhouse/Rogue Artist Ensemble); Vote, Pray, Love, Home Alone, Hamilton’s 90’s Mixtape, Hocus Pocus (Rockwell); Latin Standards (LATC); Naked In Alaska, Alien Citizen, Stray, Tell Me I’m Pretty, and more (Bootleg); Fortunate Son (Coin and Ghost). Associate/Assistant at Center Theatre Group, South Coast Rep, Garry Marshall Theatre, Cornerstone, Opera Santa Barbara, Long Beach Opera, Music Academy of the West, and more. Joey is the Lighting Director at LA Dance Project. BFA: Emerson College.

Richard Levinson (Associate Producer) has done a bunch of stuff in his 13 years at Sacred Fools. You can go to sacredfools.org and put his name in the search field if you're curious. It's all there. When he's not doing those things he Associate Produces, which is what he's doing now, and very happy to be working with such a talented and energetic cast and crew.

Darla MacDonald (Choreographer) is from Los Angeles, but spent most of her childhood growing up in Mexico. Daughter of a dancer and a playwright, Darla was always surrounded by the arts and especially from different cultures. This has influenced her training and her perspective in choreography. Darla began dancing at a young age with various dance teams, until going to UC Santa Cruz where she began exploring contemporary choreography and movement for actors. Darla has performed on stage and film, with various collaborators in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and Madrid, Spain. Some of her choreography and movement credits on stage include Market Movers, I Dream of Chang and Eng, RENT and Dead Dog’s Bone.

David Murakami (Projection Designer) is a projection designer and film director focused on the union between the cinematic and theatrical, integrating emerging technologies with traditional stage performance. Past designs include Minnesota Opera’s Das Rheingold; Opera Parallèle's Dead Man Walking, Champion, Flight and Trouble in Tahiti; the American premieres of Anya 17 and Heart of Darkness; and the world premieres of Luis Valdez’ Valley of the Heart and Jake Heggie’s Out of Darkness. Recent credits include Philip Glass’ Les Enfants Terribles, the revival of Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum, and Gordon Getty’s Scare Pair at the Kaye Playhouse in New York. David also teaches projection design at the University of California, Irvine and works in Los Angeles as an independent film director.

Lindsey Newell (Assistant Director) received her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Acting with a year of studies in Directing from the University of Oklahoma. While focused primarily on acting in Los Angeles, she enjoys directing and writing as it challenges her to approach characters and this art form from a different perspective. Since moving to L.A. Lindsey has written and produced a short film, The Story Told, and a web series, Marsh & Ruby. Her theatre credits include: Catalyst (HFF 2015), Midsummer Night's Dream, She Kills Monsters, and Wanting Miss Julie, all at LOFT ensemble. "I am thrilled to be working with Sacred Fools for the first time and couldn't be more pumped to flex a new muscle than with this incredible show and its cast."

Laura Napoli (Fight Choreographer) Laura's L.A. fight choreography credits include Miravel, Hamlet Shut Up, Land of the Tigers and Savin’ Up For Saturday Night (all world premieres), as well as Hamlet, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is and several episodes of Serial Killers. For this former NCAA Division I fencer, the pen is as mighty as the sword... she is a freelance writer (promos, marketing campaigns, taglines) and writes on- the-spot when performing with The Go Game team building company.

Lisa Anne Nicolai (Prop Designer)In addition to designing props for this production, Lisa Anne has worked with Sacred Fools in many capacities including acting, writing, producing and costuming. Other prop design credits for this company include The Sirens of Titan, Past Time, Candide, the multiple award winning The Behavior of Broadus, Live! From the Last Night Of My Life, Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake), Saving Up For Saturday Night, A Kind of Love Story and the remount of The Magic Bullet Theory at The Matrix. Thank you for coming out and supporting small theatre in Los Angeles.

Angela Santori Merritt (Hair & Makeup) is so excited to be returning to Sacred Fools, where she recently spearheaded the makeup, beards and wigs for Sirens of Titan. She may be the new kid here but is not green to the theater scene, working as Hair and Makeup Designer for Loft Ensemble Theater Company, on shows including King Lear, Long Joan Silver and the Ovation Award Winning She Kills Monsters. Special Effects Makeup has been Angela’s passion for years, with short films, weddings, special events and headshots on her resume, and earlier this year she received her Media Makeup and Beauty Certification from the South Bay L.A. Makeup Institute. Big Shout Out to Tifanie McQueen for trusting and being the rock that she is! Check out her Instagram @angelasantorimua

Lily Sorenson (Sound Designer) is delighted to work with Sacred Fools for the first time. A Bay Area based director and sound designer, Lily received her degree in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz. She has also trained with NHSI, Trinity College, NUI Galway and worked with many theaters in California including Magic Theatre, A.C.T., Z Space, and Son of Semele. Lily is a founding member of The Attic Collective in Los Angeles and is a proponent of new, experimental, and devised theatrical work. She hopes you enjoy tonight’s performance!

Shawna Voragen (Stage Manager) is a Los Angeles based stage manager making her debut appearance at Sacred Fools, after SMing the acclaimed remount of Citizen: An American Lyric as part of CTG’s inaugural Block Party. Shawna holds a BA in Theatre from Cal State Northridge and also spent a year at sea working on cruise ships. Her favorite stage management credits include In the Red and Brown Water, Avenue Q, Jewtopia, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Next to Normal, and, most recently, 33 Variations. Shawna is pleased and proud to be joining forces with such creative artists. Special thanks to Rosie for the opportunity to bring order to the madness and to Marianne for her unconditional love and support.

Ellen Warkentine (Musical Director) is a theatrical multi-instrumentalist performer and composer based in Los Angeles. She is a long-time collaborator with the Ovation-award winning Four Larks Theatre. She is co-creator and composer of the absurd “fauxpera" LOLPERA and has written music, performed, and musical directed for productions at The Garage Theatre in Long Beach, The Long Beach Playhouse, RIOTStage, Upright Citizen’s Brigade, and Four Clowns. Thank you Sacred Fools for inviting me to create patriotic propaganda sister-wife hymns for the future.

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

MANAGING DIRECTOR: Padraic Duffy ARTISTIC DIRECTORS: Bryan Bellomo, Scott Leggett & Aviva Pressman BUSINESS MANAGER LITERARY MANAGER PUBLICITY MARKETING DIRECTOR Pete Caslavka Angela Sauer Scott Golden & Paul Plunkett JJ Mayes PRODUCTION MANAGER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Heatherlynn Gonzalez Emily Kosloski Crystal Keith Emily Kosloski TECHNICAL DIRECTOR FACILITIES MANAGER CASTING COORDINATOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Joe Jordan Bruno Oliver Kimberly Atkinson Amir Levi Bart Tangredi BUILD/DESIGN COORDINATOR BOX OFFICE MANAGER EVENTS COORDINATOR CLEANING COORDINATOR OFFICE MANAGER DeAnne Millais John Wuchte Erin Holt Perry Daniel Ruth Silveira MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE: Ed Goodman, Crystal Keith & Cj Merriman BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Adam Bitterman, Padraic Duffy, Brian Finkelstein, Lauren Hollingsworth, Carrie Keranen, Bruno Oliver, Paul Plunkett & John Sylvain ADVISORY BOARD: Sarah Al-Atrakchi, Carlyn & Patrick Duffy, Richard Elfman, Greg Louganis, Amber Ruffin, French & Vanessa Stewart

COMPANY MEMBERS ( FOUNDING MEMBER, * MEMBER EMERITUS)

Kimberly Atkinson Jennifer Christina DeRosa Carrie Keranen Linda Muggeridge Rebecca Schoenberg Lemon Baardsen Dana DeRuyck Corey Klemow Nikki Muller Michael Shaw Fisher Libby Baker Padraic Duffy Emily Kosloski Lisa Anne Nicolai Jessica Sherman Jax Ball Erik Engman Bryan Krasner Natasha Norman Jacob Sidney Chairman Barnes Kristyn Evelyn Rebecca Larsen Bruno Oliver Ruth Silveira Bryan Bellomo Annette Fasone Rob Lecrone Danielle Ozymandias Travis Snyder-Eaton Zachary Bernstein Peter Fluet Scott Leggett Andrew Joseph Perez Vanessa Claire Stewart Adam Bitterman * Aaron Francis Amir Levi Guy Picot Glenda Suggs Curt Bonnem Eric Giancoli Richard Levinson Paul Plunkett Allison Faith Sulock Brendan Broms Scott Golden Sabrina Lloyd Bo Powell John Sylvain * Suze Campagna Heatherlynn Gonzalez Mike Mahaffey Aviva Pressman Alisa Tangredi Pete Caslavka Marian Gonzalez David Mayes Shaunessy Quinn Bart Tangredi Brandon Clark Ed Goodman JJ Mayes Ari Radousky Michael Teoli Tegan Ashton Cohan Gregory Guy Gorden David LM McIntyre Matt Richter Pat Towne Adrianna Colón Julia Griswold Will McMichael Jaime L. Robledo Lauren Van Kurin Shaela Cook Rowan Hall Tifanie McQueen Alicia Conway Rock Brian Wallis Perry Daniel Joe Hernandez-Kolski Aaron Mendelson Ben Rock Nathan Wellman Marianne Davis Rago Erin Holt Cj Merriman Diana Romo Shelley Wenk * Isaac Deakyne Victor Isaac K.J. Middlebrooks Leon Russom Dan Wingard Kathy Bell Denton Lana Rae Jarvis DeAnne Millais Erika Salomon John Wuchte Bob DeRosa Crystal Keith Mandi Moss Angela Sauer

MISSION STATEMENT

Sacred Fools Theater Company is dedicated to creating and fostering a dynamic, empowered artistic community in Los Angeles. The company is run solely by the ensembled artists. We have an ongoing commitment to the development of new plays and projects which challenge traditional expectations of the theatrical experience. Our goal is to produce work which invigorates, enlightens and entertains. We believe that theater is a popular and vital art form which inspires and transforms its audience and its members.