JUNE 23 - 27, 2021

BABY CAMP A new play by Nandita Shenoy Friday, June 25 @ 7pm

Featuring Katie Bradley* • Jeanine Gangloff Levy Nandita Shenoy* • Gaby Tortoledo

Directed by Margaret M. Ledford

Dramaturge Stage Production Sound Manager Manager Design Amrita Narissa Amy Matt Ramanan Agustin Rauchwerger Corey

Zoetic Stage Festival Zoetic Stage Artistic Director Coordinator Managing Director Stuart Kent Michael Meltzer Chambers-Wilson McKeever

Support for Zoetic Stage is provided by ROBIN ELLEN MEYERS

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

We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers’ Unions:

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION AMERICAN GUILD OF MUSICAL ARTISTS AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS SAG-AFTRA

through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program.

ZOETIC STAGE STAFF/FOUNDING MEMBERS

Artistic Director/Founder: Stuart Meltzer Founder: Stephanie Demos-Brown Managing Director/Founder: Michael McKeever Founder: Kerry Shiller Literary Manager/Founder: Christopher Demos-Brown

ZOETIC STAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Stephanie Demos-Brown, President Matt Hege Carolyn Robbins-Manley Bob de la Fuente, Vice President Sara Hernandez Kerry Shiller John Arthur, Treasurer Paula Levine Mark Trowbridge Lis Culmo, Secretary Suzan McDowell Cary Valdes-Perez Sandy Bell Michael McKeever Crystal Wagar Chris Demos-Brown Stuart Meltzer William Fernandez Robin Ellen Meyers

Land Acknowledgment: Zoetic Stage produces at the Adrienne Arsht Center which is situated on the traditional homeland of Native nations, including the Tequesta, the Calusa, the Taíno and today the Miccosukee and the Seminole. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and future; and recognize their continued existence and contributions to our community. Baby Camp By Nandita Shenoy CAST Toni ...... Katie Bradley* Louis ...... Jeanine Gangloff Levy Aditi ...... Nandita Shenoy* Maria ...... Gaby Tortoledo *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers

Director ...... Margaret M. Ledford Dramaturge ...... Amrita Ramanan Stage Manager ...... Narissa Agustin Production Manager ...... Amy Rauchwerger Sound Design ...... Matt Corey Festival Coordinator ...... Kent Chambers-Wilson Zoetic Stage Artistic Director ...... Stuart Meltzer Zoetic Stage Managing Director ...... Michael McKeever BIOS CAST

Katie Bradley* (Toni) is an actor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Select theater credits include: Guthrie Theater (Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol - four seasons, South Pacific); Oregon Shakespeare Festival (The Cocoanuts, Into the Woods); Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles (Into the Woods – OSF production); Indiana Repertory Theatre (Murder on the Orient Express); Children’s Theatre Company (Disney’s Mulan Jr.); Theatre de la Jeune Lune (Antigone), Ten Thousand Things, History Theatre, and several productions since 2006 with Theater Mu including The Korean Drama Addict’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Katie Bradley Ching Chong Chinaman, and Flower Drum Song.

Jeanine Gangloff Levy (Louis) is thrilled to be back onstage after this long pause. Recent: 9 to 5 the Musical (Doralee), Legally Blonde (Paulette; Carbonell Nomination), Disaster (Jackie) at Slow Burn; Dance Nation (Amina), Emperor of the Moon (Bellamonte) at Thinking Cap Theatre; Drowsy Chaperone (Kitty) at Wick; Starmaker (Lana Turner) at Island City. Other Regional: Broward Stage Door, West Boca Theatre Company, Theatre Lab, Williamstown Theatre, Cherry Lane Theatre, Mill Mountain, Parade Productions, Evening Star. Education: Dreyfoos SOA, BFA Acting (FSU) Masters of Science in Educational Theatre (CCNY). Love to my husband & Jeanine Gwendolyn. www.jeaninegangloff.com

Gangloff Levy Nandita Shenoy* (Aditi) is a New York-based writer-actor. Baby Camp was recently a Finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and her Rage Play was named to the Kilroys List 2020. Her Washer/Dryer has been produced multiple times nationally after its world premiere at LA’s East West Players and an Off-Broadway production in which she also starred. Her first full-length, Lyme Park: An Austonian Romance of an Indian Nature, was produced by the Hegira in Washington, DC. Her one-acts have been pro- duced in New York City and regionally. Nandita won the 2014 Father Hamblin Award in Playwriting. Her acting credits range from dancing on national tours to Shakespeare festivals to world premieres of new plays by Nandita Shenoy emerging playwrights. She is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the dtfwaw, the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity Association, and SAG/AFTRA. Nandita holds a BA in English literature from Yale University. www.nanditashenoy.com

Gaby Tortoledo (Maria) is a Venezuelan stage and screen actress, singer, and dancer, recently seen in Gulf Coast Symphony’s Songs for a New World and heard in Vanessa Garcia’s new audio play Ich Bin Tin Berliner. Regional theatre credits include Tara in the World Premiere of Compensation (Island City Stage), Antonia in Man of La Mancha (MNM Theatre Co), Elaine in The Graduate (Michael Leeds), and Polly in The Gingerbread Lady (Primal Gaby Tortoledo Forces). International credits include Opening Doors: A Sondheim Song Cycle, A Dream Is A Wish: A Disney Song Cycle, and And The World Goes Round (Song Cycle Intensive, London UK). TV credits include a feature in Amazon Studios' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Susie in the new TV series Just My Type. She holds an M.F.A in Theatre Performance from Florida Atlantic University. Follow her on social media for more @gabytortoledo / gabytortoledo.com PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR, DRAMATURGE, DESIGNERS & CREW

Nandita Shenoy (Playwright) is a New York-based writer-actor. Baby Camp was recently a Finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Confer- ence, and her Rage Play was named to the Kilroys List 2020. Her Washer/Dryer has been produced multiple times nationally after its world premiere at LA’s East West Players and an Off-Broadway production in which she also starred. Her first full-length, Lyme Park: An Austonian Ro- mance of an Indian Nature, was produced by the Hegira in Washington, DC. Her one-acts have been produced in New York City and regionally. Nandita won the 2014 Father Hamblin Award in Playwriting. Her acting Nandita Shenoy credits range from dancing on national tours to Shakespeare festivals to world premieres of new plays by emerging playwrights. She is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the dtfwaw, the Dramatists Guild, Actors Equity Association, and SAG/AFTRA. Nandita holds a BA in English litera- ture from Yale University. www.nanditashenoy.com

Margaret M. Ledford (Director) is the Artistic Director for City Theatre in Miami. She is a multiple Silver Palm winner for direction, and has been nominated eight times for the Carbonell Award for Best Director. She was the Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director for The Promethean Theatre for eight years and has served as the President of the Board of Margaret M. the South Florida Theatre League for four years. She is a member of Ledford Actors’ Equity Association, a National Review for the National YoungArts Foundation, and a Co-Founder/Creator at Mangrove Creative Collective.

Amrita Ramanan (Dramaturge) is a dramaturge, creative producer, and artistic leader who holds the values of anti-racism, anti-colonialism, equity, access, and inclusion at the core of her practice. Her dramaturgy credits include Sitayana (East West Players, Hypokrit Productions, and EnActe Arts), BULL: A love story (Paramount Theatre); Cambodian Rock Band, Snow in Midsummer, Oklahoma!, Macbeth, and Henry V (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Mary T. & Lizzy K., Trouble in Mind, and Ruined (Arena Stage). She has produced and curated several new play Amrita development incubators, including Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Ramanan Swan Lab and Arena Stage’s New Play Reading Series.

Narissa Agustin (Stage Manager) is a freelance stage manager working in theatre all over the country. She currently is a part of the Moxie Arts Commission as a stage manager/line producer. Previous credits include Limited Service, Writer’s Retreat (Primetime Theater Festival), Techno Paper Planes, The Next Best Thing (Moxie Arts Commission), Dutch Masters, It’s Fine, I’m Fine (Northern Stage). She is excited to be a part of Zoetic Stage's Finstrom Festival of New Work. Special shoutout to Vanessa, as well as the rest of her family and friends for their ongoing support during this crazy year. B.F.A. University of Miami.

Amy Rauchwerger* (Stage Manager, Production Manager) is so proud to be part of the inaugural Finstrom Festival and is excited to celebrate all these new works! Amy served as Zoetic Stage’s Company Manager since 2018 and as Resident Production Stage Manager since 2016, she is currently pursuing an MFA in Stage Management at Columbia University in New York. Over the years Amy has worked with a plethora of South Florida Theatre artists on theatre, award shows, new works, and everything in between. Major shout out to family, Zoetic, Lety, and Vanessa for getting me through zoom school, pandemic fatigue, and life in general.

Matt Corey (Sound Design) earned both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in bassoon performance at the University of Miami and currently performs in the Boca Raton Symphonia. He is the resident sound designer at GableStage, Theatre Lab and Zoetic Stage. He has earned Carbonell Awards for his designs of Every Brilliant Thing, The Pillowman, Talk Radio, Broadsword, Blasted, The Birds, The Mountaintop, The Night of the Iguana and Every Brilliant Thing. By day, Matt is the CEO of Insight for the Blind in Fort Lauderdale, a 44-year-old charity devoted to recording books, magazines and other accessible media for the blind and physically handicapped. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Kent Chambers-Wilson (Festival Coordinator) has a varied theatrical background that includes involvement as an actor, stage manager, assistant director, producer, sound designer, dramaturg, script doctor, and playwright. He also has experience in corporate America as an operations manager, project manager, account manager, and sales engineer in the nonprofit and medical software industries. He earned a B.A. in Psychology/Forensic Psychology from Southern New Hampshire University. While residing in Atlanta, Kent served as president of the Southeastern Arts, Media, and Education Project (S.A.M.E.) which produced over 70 plays, original films, and video works including Promise of Life, a documentary on people living with AIDS. He has been a theater ambassador for the National New Play Network, a board member for The Theatre League of South Florida, a judge for the Carbonell Awards, and is proud to have been involved in the 2017 Oscar award-winning movie, Moonlight.

Stuart Meltzer (Zoetic Stage Artistic Director) is the proud recipient of numerous Carbonell Awards for Best Director. He is also a Carbonell Award winner for Best New Work for his play The Goldberg Variations. Altogether, he has been honored with eighteen Carbonell nominations. His directing credits include American Son, The Wolves, Sweeney Todd, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Dracula, Fun Home, Dancing Lessons, Wrongful Death and Other Circus Acts, Topdog/Underdog, The Caretaker, Sunday in the Park with George, After, Passion, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Stripped, Betrayal, Trust, Detroit, The Great God Pan, Assassins and Fear Up Harsh. He is the recipient of five Silver Palm Awards for his work as the Resident Director of Zoetic Stage. He received his MFA in Directing from the Actors’ Studio in 2002.

Michael McKeever (Zoetic Stage Managing Director) is a multi-award winning playwright, actor, designer and producer. He has written thirty-five full length plays that have been produced at theatres across the United States and Canada including Penguin Rep, Marin Theatre Company, NCTC, Phoenix Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Actors’ Playhouse and Florida Studio Theatre. His plays have also received productions in some of the most prestigious theaters in Europe and Russia, among them, Komödie Dresden (Dresden, Germany), Och-Teatr (Warsaw, Poland) and Theater in der Josefstadt, Kammerspiele (Vienna, Austria). He is a three-time finalist for Humana Festival's Heideman Award, an NEA Residency Grant recipient, and has been honored with nine Carbonell and six Silver Palm Awards. His play Daniel’s Husband played Off-Broadway twice, at the Westside Theatre and Cherry Lane Theatre. His play After ran Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters for a three month run. THANK YOU ZOETIC STAGE 2020/2021 SEASON SPONSORS Thank you to the following who have made tax-deductible contributions to Zoetic Stage as of October 1, 2020. ZOETIC PLATINUM SUPER STAR - $100,000 +

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners ZOETIC PLATINUM STAR - $30,000 - $50,000 Robin Ellen Meyers ZOETIC STAR - $5,000 - $14,999 Funding Arts Network Florida Dept. of State Division of Cultural Affairs Milstein/Hankin Fund ZOETIC FAMILY - $2,000 - $4,999 Joan & Arthur Birsh Stephanie & Christopher Demos-Brown The Miami Foundation ZOETIC KINDRED SPIRIT - $1,000 - $1,999 Sandy Bell Michele DeStefano Michael & Mary Ellen Peyton Bob de la Fuente & JR Fry EMC Mediation Solutions Carolyn Robbins Domingo J. de la Fuente David Kwiat Jury Simulations, Inc. Cheryl Dunn Bycheck Ted & Vicki McKeever Kerry & Scott Shiller in loving memory of Michael McKenzie & Kari Floren Cary Valdes-Perez Tony Finstrom William B. O’Boyle ZOETIC MENSCH - $500 - $999 John Arthur Dori Foster-Morales Lucy J. Hurt Lewis H. & Patricia A. M. Patricia Brown & Jimmy Morales Luis Ramirez Titterton James Catalano Alexander Heckler Mark A. Trowbridge ZOETIC GOOD FRIEND - $200 - $499 Anonymous Herbert Juli Family Fund at The Miami Foundation Rebecca & Bert Ocariz In memory of Elena de la Fuente Madeleine Kreitman Lily O'Boyle William Fernandez Normandy Art LLC Maria Schwedel ZOETIC PAL - $25 - $199 Anonymous Monica Colvin Marty Hancock Joanne Meagher Caroline Tavernini Javier Abreu A. Easley Michel & Meyrav Hausmann in honor of The Wolves Terrie Temkin in honor of Benjamin de la Fuente in memory of Margot Moreland Theatre Theory the Richbergs in memory of Magda Weisz ZI’ in memory of w/ John A. Dalton Brian Adler Domingo J. de la Fuente Jeffrey Hearne Mary Elizabeth Rueda Deborah S. Troner Lizette Alvarez Joel de la Fuente Lisa Kennedy Simon Petrie Liz Wallace Patrice Bailey Eileen Diamond Lisa Kovalsky Roderick Petrey David & Betsy Weisman Jeanne Baker & Lillian Tamayo Christos & Alex Lagos in memory of Susi Westfall Patricia Baloyra Nancy Doyle Cohen Walter Lambert Lucy Petrey Holly Woodbury Jerry Bell Donna Fales Keith & Robbie Landon Sara Poses Joanne Benko Paula & Mickey Finkle Mahlia Lindquist Nicholas & Lisa Richberg Barbara Booken Iris Ginsberg Kurt Liphardt Dolores Sendler Joyce Brenner Paul Gluck Patra Liu Sandra Simon Amy Coker Pauline Goldsmith Beverley Markowitz Henry & Suzanne Stolar Donors: Please let us know if your name is listed incorrectly or missing from the sponsor list. E-mail: [email protected]