presents

by William Shakespeare

adapted by Cameron Knight

Director/Fight Choreographer – Cameron Knight Vocal Coach – Phil Timberlake Scenic Designer – Claire DiVito Costume Designer – Olivia Engobor Lighting Designer – James Mitchell Sound Designer – Connor Wang Dramaturg – Hannah Greenspan Stage Manager – Ben Gates-Utter

November 2 – 13, 2016

The Theatre School at DePaul University Fullerton Stage 2350 N Racine Ave, IL, 60614 Email: [email protected] | (773) 325-7900 theatre.depaul.edu

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Romeo and Juliet 1 CAST [IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE] PRODUCTION STAFF [CONT.] Peter/Ensemble...... Caroline Hendricks Production Photos...... Michael Brosilow Capulet...... Daniel Gadaj Audio Describer...... Shayne Kennedy Montague/Friar John...... Hunter Bryant Sign Language Interpreter Coordinator...... Sheila Kettering Benvolio...... Matthew Elam Sign Language Interpreters...... Caryn Brieschke, David Schmidt Abraham...... Courtney Peck Scenery and Property Crew...... Alec Deske, Sheldon Donenberg, Gregory/Apothecary/Ensemble...... Emily Anderson Julie Gester, Brendan Hein, Ashley Wang Sampson/Watchman/Ensemble...... Isaiah Rusk Costume Crew...... Tiffany Abreu-Acevedo, Eamon Hurd, Tybalt...... Andrew Yeni Eamon Sanchez, Angelica Tozzi Lady Capulet...... Samantha Newcomb Make-up Crew...... Samantha Boida, Isabelle Laursen Prince...... Dekyi Ronge Lighting Crew...... Alec Costentino, Kyle Cunningham, Romeo...... Emma Page Ahreon Holly, Liv Shine, Sarah Volpert Paris...... Nick Trengove Sound Crew...... Agata Pacia, Helena Redgate Juliet...... Kayla Forde Publicity and House Crew...... Geovanny Acosta, Brandon Brooks, Nurse...... Elise Randall Coltrane Johnson, Bridget Painter, Helen Pearson Mercutio...... Elsa Guenther Friar Laurence...... JJ McGlone SPECIAL THANKS: Ensemble...... Ryan Goldenberg, Gracie Meier, Jake Pinckes, Amanda Playford, Jack Rhea Kyle Bullock, Brian Gill, John Manfreddi, Lin Manuel Miranda, Aidaa Peerzada, and Aleyse Shannon. Place and Time: Verona, 2016 Sirens and gunshots are used in this production. DRAMATURGY NOTE The play will be performed with one 10-minute intermission. When revisiting this timeless play, the production team kept returning to the theme of hatred being caused by impulsive action. This theme isn’t just seen in the world of Romeo and Juliet but also in our world every day. Hate has become a pervasive component in PRODUCTION STAFF our society in the forms of mass murder of people of color, police brutality, our current political climate, and critical attitudes towards same-sex relationships. The world of the Assistant Directors...... Jeremy Aluma, Allegra Larson, Danielle Szabo play that we talked about creating became a reality over the summer, with the Orlando Assistant Stage Managers...... Amanda Blanco, Nick Nyquist shooting and the murders of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Delrawn Small, Terence Assistant Scenic Designer...... Sophia Blood Crutcher, and Keith Lamont Scott. Scenic Charge Artist...... Camila Devereux Technical Director...... Marisa Melito This play warns us that love cannot exist in such a violent and hateful world; the Assistant Technical Director...... Shelby Madey characters in the play are too consumed by their impulsive actions to see how they are Master Carpenter...... Lila Gilbert killing two young women. Only at the end, when their children have been sacrificed, can Assistant Fight Choreographer...... Jack DeCesare the Montagues and Capulets take a step back and stop fighting. That’s exactly what the Assistant Costume Designers...... Olive Earley, Angela Mix entire country needs to do, take a step back and stop fighting, before more lives are lost. Draper/Cutter...... Hailey Rakoweicki ~Hannah Greenspan, BF3, Dramaturgy/Criticism Firsthand...... Megan Pirtle Stitchers...... Emma Colbaugh, Allison Ernst, Jessie Glionna, Tia Lui, Allison Millar Head Makeup Assistant...... Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller Makeup Assistant...... Kendall Barron Assistant Lighting Designer...... Alexandra Jonasse Master Electrician...... Andrei Borges Assistant Sound Designer...... Madeline Doyle Sound Technician...... Madeline Doyle Assistant Dramaturg...... Ben Claus Properties Master...... Jaclyn Miller Access Coordinator...... Elise Belluccia 2 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 3 DIRECTOR’S NOTE BIOGRAPHIES “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and Emily Anderson (Gregory/Apothecary/ Kraft; What the F**k is Going On in Kilgore, support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” Ensemble) BFA3/Acting. Emily is originally Texas? (Bonnie), directed by Coya Paz; and ~Assata Shakur from Northern California. She is has The Qualms (Kristy), directed by Shade worked in projects such as Lungs, Molora, Murray. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2014-15 the second and Lie of the Mind at The Theatre School. leading cause of death of Americans aged 10-25, behind unintentional injury, was Caroline Hendricks (Peter) BFA3/Acting. suicide. While this horrific and staggering statistic has many reasons behind it, it begs Hunter Bryant (Montague) BFA4/Acting. Caroline hails from Omaha, Nebraska. Past a question: where were we when our children needed us most? Too often we hear a Hunter is a New Jersey native and is credits include Other Desert Cities and An disregarding and judgmental tone when our youth are referenced, ‘They’re entitled.’ pursuing a double major in English Experiment with an Air Pump. Offstage, ‘They are treated with kid gloves.’ ‘They have it too easy.’ What I find to be true is that this (Creative Writing). Past roles include she has experience in technical theatre, generation has adapted to the reality that while many adults believe they are looking out Reuben Scott in Joe Turner’s Come and working in the school’s Production Office for their best interests, not many are actually listening to them. Gone and Dev in Stupid F**king Bird. He is a and Lighting Shop. Caroline enjoys tap Maggie Flannigan Studio NYC alumni. dancing and film acting. Most recently, she This generation is worthy of our respect, attention, and our commitment to learn from appeared in a music video for the band, Matthew Elam (Benvolio) BFA3/Acting. them and change; they have managed to sever the ties of the American Dream and The Walters. instead lean upon logic, integrity, morality, and even love. That isn’t to say that there Matthew hails from Los Angeles, California’s inner city neighborhood of Leimert Park. aren’t areas of concern, but I witness this generation living and entangling with the JJ McGlone (Friar Lawrence) BFA4/Acting. He started and finished his study of acting, values that previous generations only used as rhetoric. JJ is from Quincy, Massachusetts. Theatre singing and dance at the Amazing Grace School credits include The Misanthrope, This tension, the maintaining of a generations old feud and love at all costs, sets the Conservatory in South Central, Los Angeles and continues to use his passion of acting, directed by Brian Balcom; Prospero’s Storm, backdrop for Shakespeare’s timeless classic. Shakespeare used this tale to invite an directed by Damon Kiely; and The Lady audience to experience a crisis of values; to provoke them to intervene before it is too music, and writing as vessels for his art. From the Sea, directed by Erin Kraft. JJ is an late lest they lose what is actually important. Kayla Forde (Juliet) BFA3/Acting. Kayla alumnus of Walnut Hill School for the Arts and the British American Drama Academy’s DePaul University often advertises the institution as a ‘world-class education in an urban began honing her artistic skills in her setting.’ I define this as a University community that is reflective of our city at large. hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, Midsummer in Oxford program. Chicago and its troubled past and disturbing present (but a persistent and unflappable where she performed and trained in Gracie Meier (Ensemble) BFA4/Theatre grit and drive to not only boast of being great but claiming and living it), along with theatre and dance. She completed her Management. Recent Theatre School the ever-growing tension in our country, give us the ideal circumstances to bring secondary education at Duke Ellington Shakespeare’s play to the relevance of 2016. School of the Arts in Washington D.C. credits include Symphony of Clouds (Cloud Sprite), 35mm (Caralee/Sara Berry), and Black Lives Matter, LBGTQ+, teen suicide, and so many other issues and movements are Daniel Gadaj (Capulet) BFA4/Acting. much ado (Borachio/Friar). She most at the forefront of our nation. Many attempts to achieve resolutions to these issues often Daniel hails from Elmwood Park, New recently completed an internship at leave us in a divided state, seeking to be right rather than trying to see one another, and Jersey. Recent credits include Tragedy: Roundabout Theatre Company in New York offering audience to each other’s pain and contribute to each other’s success. We often A Tragedy, Crime and Punishment, The City and is currently producing They Wake hold on to our beliefs, thinking that they will make us safe or worse, make us right. We do Merchant of Venice, and 12 Angry Men. Up, a web series premiering next year. this while ignoring the things we all share so deeply. Daniel is an alumnus of the Senior Corps training program at the Shakespeare Samantha Newcomb (Lady Capulet) BFA4/ We all want to make it home safe; we all want to live freely and love fully. When we suffer Theatre of New Jersey. Acting. Samantha hails from Portland, losses or near our own end, we all want more time. Oregon. Her previous Theatre School Elsa Guenther (Mercutio/Police Officer) credits include Zonia Loomis in Joe Turner’s In our production we invite you to ask yourself, what action might you take now to MFA3/Acting. Elsa hails from Wheaton, Come and Gone, Hester La Negrita in In the change the trajectory your life, change your community, and make the world better Illinois, but part of her heart lives in New Blood, and Chicago Playworks’ Peter Pan before you run out of time, before all of the reasons you are working so hard are missed Zealand. She has a BA in Creative Writing and Wendy. Samantha is a Jackie Robinson in your pursuit? What could you do differently? What could you say, who could you help? from DePaul University. Other Theatre Foundation Scholar. We invite you to share in the purest truth; ‘love is love is love.’ Enjoy the show! School credits include Prospero’s Storm (Trincula), directed by Damon Kiely; The ~Cameron Knight Lady From The Sea (Ellida), directed by Erin

4 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 5 BIOGRAPHIES [cont.] Emma Page (Romeo) BFA3/Acting. Emma Dekyi Ronge (Prince) MFA2/Acting. Other is from Northfield, Illinois. Theatre School credits include Juno in The Tempest and credits include A Lie of the Mind, directed Fred’s Wife in The Christmas Carol with A by Azar Kazemi; Molora, directed by Anne Noise Within; Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Wakefield; and Better Living, directed by and Hero in Much Ado About Nothing with Dan Kerr-Hobert). Pacific Repertory Theater; and Ensemble in Macbeth with San Francisco Shakespeare Courtney Peck (Abraham) BFA3/Acting. Festival. Education/Training: BA in Theatre Courtney is from New York City. Credits and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley. at The Theatre School include A Lie of the Mind, directed by Azar Kazemi; Molora, Nick Trengove (Paris) MFA2/Acting. Nick directed by Ann Wakefield; and Better hails from California’s Bay Area. Before Living, directed by Dan Kerr-Hobert. coming to Chicago, he worked at several Regional credits include EL Stories theaters in Berkeley, Oakland, and San (Waltzing Mechanics). Other credits Francisco. His recent favorite credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, include Orin in ​The Little Shop of Horrors ​ directed by John Gorrie (British American (Altarena Playhouse) and Rev. Hale in ​The Drama Academy). Crucible (Custom Made Theater Co.).

Jake Pinckes (Ensemble) BFA2/Theatre Andrew Yeni (Tybalt) BFA4/Acting. Andrew Arts. Jake is from Baltimore, Maryland, and is from Marietta, Georgia. Previous credits is currently studying Theatre Arts with a at The Theatre School include ​God of concentration in Directing. Carnage, ​The Able Space, and ​Women.

Amanda Playford (Ensemble) BFA2/ William Shakespeare (Playwright) Theatre Arts. Amanda is from East Grand William Shakespeare was an English poet, Rapids, Michigan, where she has worked playwright, and actor. He was born on 26 on 20+ shows. Theatre School credits April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His include Esperanza Rising, Prospero’s Storm, father was a successful local businessman and Swimmers. She will be the Assistant and his mother was the daughter of a Director for an Intro production this winter. landowner. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English Elise Randall (Nurse) MFA3/Acting. language and the world’s pre-eminent Originally from Interlochen, Michigan, Elise dramatist. He is often called England’s earned her BA at the University of Michigan national poet and nicknamed the Bard where she concentrated in English, Drama, of Avon. He wrote about 38 plays, 154 and Native American Studies. Other sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a Theatre School credits include The Qualms few other verses, of which the authorship BEGINS (Teri), directed by Shade Murray; The of some is uncertain. His plays have been Children’s Hour (Karen), directed by Nathan translated into every major living language TH Singh; and The Merchant of Venice (Portia), and are performed more often than those DECEMBER 7 directed by Erin Kraft. of any other playwright. 847-242-6000 | WRITERSTHEATRE.ORG Jack Rhea (Ensemble) BFA3/Theatre Cameron Knight (Director) Cameron Management. Jack was last seen as an is an Assistant Professor of Acting/ 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SPONSOR OFFICIAL LIGHTING SPONSOR ensemble member in Esperanza Rising. This Shakespeare with The Theatre School, past summer, Jack served as a Production and also lectures in African American Assistant on The SpongeBob Musical and Theatre. Directing credits include Pericles stage managed a production of In the (Notre Dame Shakespeare); Seven Guitars PICTURED: CURTIS GILLEN, ARYA SHAHI, ALEX FALBERG, DAN WESCHLER, RYAN MELIA, MATT NUERNBERGER AND BEN FERGUSON. PHOTO BY SAVERIO TRUGLIA. Heights in White Plains, New York. 6 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 7 BIOGRAPHIES [cont.] BIOGRAPHIES [cont.] and Once on this Island (Carnegie Mellon Jeremy Aluma (Assistant Director) Danielle Szabo (Assistant Director) BFA4/ for Esperanza Rising, Symphony of Clouds, University); Underneath the Lintel (12 MFA1/Directing. Jeremy is a nationally- Theatre Arts, Directing Concentration. and We’re Going To Be Fine; and Assistant Peers theatre); and Bricolage Theatre’s acclaimed theatre director. He founded Danielle proudly hails from Flint, Michigan. Stage Manager for Brewed. She has also annual fundraiser B.U.S. Regional the international touring company, Four Her past credits include Assistant Director worked on Christmas at DePaul and The theatre credits include Teatro Vista, Clowns, and was Artistic Director for 7 for Cor Theatre’s The Good Person of DePaul Music School’s Opera. She also Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Oregon years. Credits include Abraham & Isaac Szechwan, and The Theatre School’s In the worked as the Technical Director, teaching Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare (MuBe Theatre, São Paulo, Brazil); Pinocchio, Blood. Next February, she will be directing high school students at After School Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Robin Hood (South Coast Repertory); boom as part of The Theatre School Lab Matters during their production of Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Four Clowns (La MaMa, NYC); Sublimity Series and The Aliens with NoMad Arts Hairspray. Richmond Shakespeare Festival, Michigan (Theatre Row, NYC); Beyond Dark (Odyssey Collective. Theater, LA); Crumble (Sacred Fools, LA); Olivia Engobor (Costume Designer) BFA3/ Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee and Hamlet (American Coast Theater). Costume Design. Olivia’s past credit as Repertory Theatre, The Kennedy Center. Jack DeCesare (Assistant Fight Jeremy is a member of the Stage Directors Assistant Costume Designer include Joe Acting credits include Othello in Othello, Choreographer) Jack is a recent graduate and Choreographers Society, a national Turner’s Come and Gone, In the Blood, and A Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, of The Theatre School at DePaul University. theatrical labor union. jeremyaluma.com Translation of Likes. Booth in Topdog/Underdog, Mercutio in He’s been studying and practicing martial arts for a long time and is beginning to Romeo and Juliet, John Worthing in The Allegra Larson (Assistant Director) BFA4/ Olive Earley (Assistant Costume Designer) apply these skills in the theatre. Jack is in Importance of Being Earnest, Oberon in A Theatre Arts, Directing Concentration. Past BFA2/Costume Design. Olive is from the currently in ’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hud in Hair, Assistant Director credits include Handled, Madison, Wisconsin. She is employed as a production of In the Heights, playing until Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid, Bill Walker directed by Amy Szerlong (Stage Left makeup and costume shop assistant and December 3rd. in Major Barbara, Cory in Fences. Voice- Theatre); and God’s Ear, directed by Andrew has worked with the costume and makeup overs and commercial: Kellogg’s Raisin Peters (DePaul University). Past acting crew for past Theatre School productions. Bran, Honey Nut Cheerios, Dodge Ram, Claire DiVito (Scenic Designer) BFA4/Scene credits include Jeannie in Hair, Corinna Design. Claire is from Cleveland, Ohio. She will be assisting this year on Richard III PBS, Pennsylvania Lottery and Subway. in Terezin: Children of the Holocaust, and At The Theatre School, she has designed and Cinderella: The Remix. cameronmknight.com. Solveig in Peer Gynt. Laura Jacqmin’s We’re Going to Be Fine, and August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come Angela Mix (Assistant Costume Designer) and Gone. Production Design experience BFA3/Costume Design. This is Angela’s includes the feature filmsLandline , directed third show at The Theater School as an by Matthew Aaron; Bernadette, directed by Assistant Costume Designer. The Midwest John Psathas; and the short film Putt World, created by Ryan ZumMallen. Connor Wang (Sound Designer) BFA4/ region theatre Sound Design. As an active advocate for Camila Devereux (Scenic Charge Artist) social justice and diversity across campus, community’s BFA4/Scenic Design. Camila is from Connor is excited to be addressing modern Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her past design tensions through Shakespeare’s work. fundraising credits at The Theatre School include The Previous Theatre School credits include Lady From The Sea and The Memo. She Prospero’s Storm, directed by Damon Kiely; effort in the has been a studio assistant for Chicago Sparkleshark, directed by Jordyn Prince; designers Kevin Depinet and Collete We’re Going To Be Fine, directed by Dexter fight against Pollard. Currently she is assisting Courtney Bullard; and Anna Bella Eema, directed by O’Neill on Harvey at the , and M.E. Barker. AIDS. designing The Theatre School Playworks production of Night Runner. Hannah Greenspan (Dramaturg) BFA3/ Dramaturgy. Hannah is originally from Los For more information Marisa Melito (Technical Director) BFA4/ Angeles, California. Her Theatre School or to make a donation Theatre Technician. Marisa is from credits include Assistant Dramaturg and Youngstown, Ohio. Her work at The Theatre Ensemble for Esperanza Rising, and Co- please call 312.332.0518 School includes Technical Director for The dramaturg for Contractions. Translation of Likes, In The Blood, and These Shining Lives; Assistant Technical Director

8 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 9 BIOGRAPHIES [cont.] Ben Claus (Assistant Dramaturg) BFA4/ this time, Caryn was also the Creative Arts Playwriting. Ben is the Co-Founder and Coordinator for the Center on Deafness in Resident Playwright of the NoMads Art Normal, directing signed productions such Collective. He is currently a senior at The as The Wizard of Oz, Mother Hicks, Oliver!, Theatre School at DePaul University, and Johnny Moonbeam and the Silver Arrow. pursuing a degree in playwriting and Caryn has 25 years of experience as a sign Eastern religious studies. His plays include language interpreter in both the freelance 5 2-Hertz, Ca-Ching: A Modern American and post-secondary setting with the last 8 Religious Drama (Indianapolis Fringe years in Video Relay Services. Festival 2015), Red Like A Dinosaur’s Liver (Carmel Theatre Company 2014), and April Ben Gates-Utter (Stage Manager) BFA3/ Come She Will. Stage Management. Ben is from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he graduated Shayne Kennedy (Audio Describer) Shayne from East Grand Rapids High School. His is a Chicago area playwright and Audio Theatre School credits include Prospero’s Describer. Her play, Handled, was part of Storm, The Translation of Likes, The Killing Stage Left’s 2016 development festival Game, The Children’s Hour, Elemeno Pea, and Leapfest. Her short play Blood Harmony Video Galaxy. Ben worked as a company was produced at Creighton University in management intern this past summer 2015 and nominated by the Theatre Arts at Williamstown Theatre Festival and is Guild of Omaha for Best New Work. She currently the production intern at Victory has provided audio description all Gardens Theater. He is looking forward to around Chicagoland at venues including serving as the stage management intern Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Strawdog, on Gloria at the this the Chicago Cultural Center, and Hinsdale winter. Center for the Arts. Amanda Blanco (Assistant Stage Manager) David Schmidt (Sign Language Interpreter) BFA1/Stage Management. Amanda is David Schmidt (Au.D., CI & CT) has been originally from West Chicago, Illinois, and interpreting since 1981. Today’s team, has been fortunate to work with Studio C David and Caryn, have worked together Theatre in Oak Park in addition to her high on theatrical productions since the 1990s. school experience. Amanda also serves David’s other interpreting work includes as secretary on the executive board for everything from post-secondary education DePaul Theatre Union. to medical and legal interpreting. He is frequently called upon to provide platform Nick Nyquist (Assistant Stage Manager) interpreting for state conferences in Illinois. BFA2/Stage Management. Nick is originally He also works regularly as a video relay from Seattle, Washington. This summer, interpreter. Nick was the Assistant Stage Manager for Cor Theatre’s The Good Person of Szechwan. Caryn Bieschke (Sign Language Interpreter) Theatre School credits include Joe Turner’s Caryn holds an MFA in Theatre from Come and Gone, directed by Phyllis E. Arizona State University, where she also Griffin; Prospero’s Storm, directed by Damon developed her skills as a sign language Kiely; and What the F**k is Goin’ on in interpreter. After completing a unique Kilgore, Texas?, directed by Coya Paz. internship at the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, Caryn returned to Illinois State University to teach in the School of Theatre and as an ASL instructor. During

10 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 11 THE THEATRE SCHOOL FACULTY/STAFF MISSION STATEMENT

John Culbert...... Dean TECHNICAL THEATRE The Theatre School at DePaul University educates, trains, and inspires students of theatre in Dean Corrin...... Associate Dean Deanna Aliosius...... Head of Costume Technology a conservatory setting that is rigorous, disciplined, culturally diverse and that strives for the Linda Buchanan...... Associate Dean of Curriculum Lauren Hickman ...... Interim Head of Stage Management highest level of professional skill and artistry. Jason Beck...... Assistant Dean Shane Kelly...... Head of Theatre Technology Shane Kelly...... Chair, Design and Richard Bynum Chris Freeburg Technical Theatre Joel Furmanek Ed Leahy A commitment to diversity and equality in education is central to our mission. As an integral Coya Paz-Brownrigg...... Chair, Theatre Studies David Naunton Courtney O’Neill part of the training, The Theatre School produces public programs and performances from Damon Kiely...... Chair, Performance Tom Pearl Michael Rourke Jim Savage Noelle Thomas a wide repertoire of classic, contemporary, and original plays that challenge, entertain, ADMINISTRATION Alden Vasquez Laura Whitlock and stimulate the imagination. We seek to enhance the intellectual and cultural life of our Anna Ables...... Director of Marketing and PR university community, our city, and the profession. For admissions information, telephone Margaret Baughman...... Admissions Assistant THEATRE STUDIES Sheleene Bell ...... Executive Assistant Barry Brunetti...... Head of Theatre Arts (773) 325-7999 or 1-800-4-DEPAUL. Tracee Duerson...... Director of Admissions Marcie McVay...... Head of Theatre Management Stephanie Gunter Carper...... Director of Development Carlos Murillo...... Head of Playwriting CHICAGO PLAYWORKS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG AUDIENCES Matthew Krause...... Business Manager Alan Salzenstein...... Head of Arts Leadership Joshua Maniglia...... Technical Operations Manager Rachel Shteir...... Head of Dramaturgy Chicago Playworks offers a live theatre experience to students, teachers and parents in the Ashley Meczywor ...... Assistant Director of Admissions Suzanne Bizer Aaron Carter Kristin Morris...... Manager of PR and Special Events Tosha Fowler Brian Gill Chicago metropolitan area. It is our mission to provide theatre for children that reflects their Jeanne Williams...... Coordinator of Academic Services Criss Henderson Jim Jensen experiences in a contemporary, multi-ethnic, urban environment. Dexter Zollicoffer...... Diversity Advisor Chris Jones Jan Kallish Jay Kelly Tavia La Follette Founded as the Goodman Children’s Theatre in 1925, Chicago Playworks is the city’s oldest ACTING & DIRECTING Kristin Leahey Brian McKnight Dexter Bullard...... Head of Graduate Acting Bonnie Metzgar Shade Murray continuously operating children’s theatre. It has been the first theatre experience for Cameron Knight ...... Head of Undergraduate Acting Ernie Nolan Bill O’Connor audiences of Chicago’s young people for more than seven decades and was one of the first Ernie Nolan...... Head of Directing, Tanya Palmer Coya Paz-Brownrigg major theatres for children in the United States. In 1997 and again in 2003, Chicago Playworks Artistic Director Chicago Playworks Mara Radulovic Maren Robinson Greg Allen Cheryl Lynn Bruce Roche Schulfer Sandy Shinner was honored by the Illinois Theatre Association with the Children’s Theatre Division Award, for Kirsten Fitzgerald Andrew Gallant Krissy Vanderwarker its outstanding long-term contribution to children’s theatre. In 1980, Chicago Playworks was Linda Gillum Noah Gregoropolous awarded the prestigious Sara Spencer Award by the Children’s Theatre Association of America Nick Johne Damon Kiely LIBERAL STUDIES Cameron Knight Kymberly Mellon Bea Bosco David Chack (now the American Alliance for Theatre and Education). Susan Messing Matt Miller Lou Contey Jason Fliess Kurt Naebig Rachael Patterson Kevin Fox Carolyn Hoerdemann Chicago Playworks is a vital aspect of the training at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Kimberly Senior Ann Wakefield Lin Kahn Ryan Kitley Suzanne Lang Reggie Lawrence Students gain pre-professional experience in an extended run before a most demanding and MOVEMENT James McDermott Dan Moser appreciative audience. Chicago Playworks presents three unique productions to more than Patrice Egleston...... Head of Movement Chris Peak James Sherman 35,000 young people each season and has entertained more than 1 million schoolchildren and Kristina Fluty Vanessa Greenway Rachel Slavick Jeff Mills Kimosha Murphy families since 1925. Nick Sandys Pullin Clifton Robinson TECHNICAL STAFF Mary Schmich Emily Altman...... Second Scenic Painter Bryan Back...... Production Technician VOICE AND SPEECH So Hui Chong...... Costume Technician HISTORY Claudia Anderson...... Head of Voice and Speech Tim Combs...... Technical Director Louis Colaianni Deb Doetzer Myron Elliott ...... Costume Shop Manager The Theatre School at DePaul University was founded as the Goodman School of Drama in Mark Elliott Phyllis E. Griffin Kaitlyn Grissom...... Scene Shop Carpenter 1925, made possible by a gift of $250,000 from William and Erna Goodman to the Art Institute Phil Timberlake Chris Hofmann...... Director of Production Sheila Hunter...... Draper of Chicago. The gift was in memory of their son, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, a playwright. DESIGN Kelsey Lamm...... Production Coordinator Kenneth dreamed about opening a theatre that combined a repertory company with a Christine Binder...... Head of Lighting Design Jen Leahy...... Theatre Technical Director dramatic arts school, where classes would be taught by professional artists and actors. Linda Buchanan...... Head of Scene Design Amy Peter...... Properties Master Nan Cibula-Jenkins...... Head of Costume Design Aaron Pijanowski...... Assistant Theatre Technical Director Victoria Delorio...... Head of Sound Design Gerry Reynolds...... Scene Shop Foreman In 1975 the trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago voted to phase out the Goodman School Nan Zabriskie...... Head of Make Up and Wigs Ron Seeley...... Lighting Shop Supervisor of Drama over a three-year period. Luckily, DePaul University stepped in and embraced the Jeff Bauer Jason Knox Adam Smith...... Sound Technician Goodman School of Drama to keep alive a tradition of dramatic programming. DePaul’s first Jack K. Magaw Chris Maravich Joanna White...... Scenic Artist Kevin O'Donnel Liviu Pasare theatre, The College Theatre, opened on the Lincoln Park Campus in 1907. Henrijs Priess Janice Pytel AUDIENCE SERVICES Birgit Rattenborg-Wise Noelle Thomas Cecilia Falter...... Theatre School House Manager Throughout the years, The Theatre School at DePaul University has grown in reputation and Peter Kelly...... Theatre School House Manager David Keohane...... Administrative Assistant stature. Our new home at Fullerton and Racine opened in September 2013 and was designed Jessie Krust...... Box Office Manager by the internationally renowned architect César Pelli and his firm Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. Laura Rice...... Group Sales Representative Kelsey Shipley ...... Theatre School House Manager Leslie Shook...... Theatre Manager To learn more about our history, please visit theatre.depaul.edu To donate to The Theatre School, please visit: alumni.depaul.edu/givetotheatre

12 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 13 THE THEATRE SCHOOL BOARD OUR 2016-2017 SEASON

SUSTAINING Don McLean PROFESSIONAL HONORARY MEMBERS Irene Michaels ASSOCIATES MEMBERS CHICAGO PLAYWORKS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG AUDIENCES Brian M. Montgomery, Penelope Obenshain Scott Ellis John Ransford Watts Chair Vonita Reescer Samantha Falbe Joseph Slowik The Kid Who Ran For President Sondra Healy, Merle Reskin Scott Falbe Music, Lyrics & Book by Jeremiah Clay Neal Chair Emeritus Trisha Rooney Zach Helm based on the books by Dan Gutman Joseph M. Antunovich Joseph Santiago Jr. Criss Henderson directed by Ernie Nolan Kathleen M. Bette Linda Usher Paul Konrad musical direction by Mark Elliott Monika L. Black Msgr. Kenneth Velo Paula Cale Lisbe Recommended for Ages 6 & Up Mary Spalding Burns Tomer Yogev Amy K. Pietz Lorraine M. Evanoff John C. Reilly October 6 – November 12, 2016 Karen Hale Charlayne Woodard Whitney A. Lasky Dennis Zacek Night Runner (developed through The Theatre School’s Cunningham Commission for Youth Theatre) by Ike Holter, directed by Lisa Portes HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Recommended for Ages 9 & Up January 12 – February 18, 2017 The President’s Club is DePaul University’s leadership-annual giving society. The following individuals or organizations have made gifts or pledge payments of $1,000 or more to The Theatre School between July 1, 2015 Cinderella: The Remix and June 30, 2016. book and lyrics by Psalmayene 24 music by Nick tha 1Da *$1,000,000+ lifetime giving to DePaul University directed by Coya Paz + Donor has made a special philanthropic pledge of $25,000 or greater to DePaul University between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 Recommended for Ages 5 & Up April 20 – May 27, 2017 $50,000 + Richard H. Driehaus, BUS Rev. Charles Shelby, C.M., Charles Connors, JD '67 & Fr. McCabe Circle '65; MBA '70; DHL '02 MS '72 * Ann Connors Sondra Healy, GSD '64 (Life (Life Trustee) * Hon. John Simon, JD '67; Paul Dengel Trustee) & Denis Healy * Focus Lighting, Inc. DHL '12 (Life Trustee) & Dr. Patricia Ewers, DHL '98 & Ellen Saslow & Ron Saslow + Geico Millie Simon John Ewers (dec.) ON THE FULLERTON STAGE IN THE HEALY THEATRE Susan Strauss & Peter Paul Gregory, GSD '73 Patricia Slovak Herbert Felsenfeld, GSD '63; Strauss Lewis & Hilary K. Josephs Chris P. Stefanos Associates, GSD '65 & Gail Newman Romeo and Juliet Richard III Magellan Corporation Inc. Charles Gardner by William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare $25,000-$49,999 Michael Minkus Chris Stefanos Geoffrey Goldberg directed by Cameron Knight directed by Jacob Janssen Fr. Levan Circle R4 Services W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. Martha Higgins & John The Annenberg Foundation Trisha Rooney Higgins November 4 – 13, 2016 January 27 – February 5, 2017 Exelon Corporation + Dr. John Ransford Watts & $2,500-$4,999 Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, (previews 11/2 & 11/3) (previews 1/25 & 1/26) Hu-Friedy Manufacturing Joyce Watts Fr. O'Malley Circle C.M. (Trustee) Co., LLC Monika Black, PHD '12 & Maureen Huntley, GSD '82 & We are Proud to Present World Premiere! Malcolm Lambe, JD '84 & $5,000-$9,999 Tomer Yogev Paul Sheahen a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Michael Jordan In Lilliput Linda Usher Fr. O'Connell Circle Dennis Dugan, GSD '69 Anthony Johnson, THE '95 & Formerly Known as South West Africa, by Mickle Maher Brian Montgomery, JD '89 + Rochelle Abramson, MED Exelon Foundation Candace Johnson National Philanthropic Trust '89 & Elliott Abramson Fidelity Charitable Gift Melvin & Renee Katten From the German Sudwestafrika, directed by Erica Weiss PNC Financial Services Broadway in Chicago Fund * Magneco/Metrel, Inc. Between the Years 1884-1915 An ensemble piece to be performed Group, Inc. * + Mary Burns & Joseph Burns The Hill Group Thomas Neary Jr. by Jackie Sibblies Drury by MFA III actors PNC Foundation + Lorraine Evanoff, LAS '87 William Ibe, LAS '80 Joseph Ponsetto, EDU directed by Erin Kraft May 5 - 14, 2017 Princess Grace Foundation Jennifer Faron, BUS '94; Bob & Linda Kozoman '78; JD '82 & Jean Lenti February 10 – 19, 2017 (previews 5/3 & 5/4) - USA + MBA '05 & Michael Faron Peoples Gas Ponsetto, EDU '78 Claire Rosen & Samuel Edes Illinois Tool Works, Inc. Schiff Hardin, LLP James Ryan III, MBA '87 (previews 2/8 & 2/9) Foundation Dr. Bella Itkin-Konrath Linda Sieracki & Richard (Trustee) & Michelle Segal Family Foundation (dec.), GSD '43 Sieracki Ryan Wig Out! Carole Segal & Gordon J.B. & M.K Pritzker Family Richard J. and Linda J. Rosemary Schnell by Tarell Alvin McCraney Segal Foundation Sieracki Foundation Robert Shook, GSD '72 & directed by Nathan Singh University of Pennsylvania Whitney Lasky & Jerry Lasky Leslie Shook April 14 – 23, 2017 Kenneth A. Lattman $1,000-$2,499 Juliana Tew & Dr. Stephen $10,000-$24,999 Foundation, Inc. Vincentian Circle Tew, MD (previews 4/12 & 4/13) Fr. Corcoran Circle Ben Nye Makeup Company, William Bennett (Trustee) & Monsignor Kenneth Velo Antunovich Associates, Inc. Inc. Susan Bennett Bryan Williams World Premiere! Leslie Antunovich & Joseph Dana Nye Craig Bergmann, CSH '81 Derrick Winding, SNL '12 & Mrs. Phu’s Cleansing Juices Antunovich Bill & Penny Obenshain Craig Bergmann Landscape Shannon Stone-Winding, by Emily Witt Lawrence Bundschu Mary Pritzker Design SNL '14 directed by Krissy Vanderwarker Richard H. Driehaus Jill Raizin & Louis Raizin John Bowab Ted Wolff Charitable Lead Trust * Sarah Siddons Society, Inc. CDCT Land Company, LLC Xcel Energy Foundation May 19 – 27, 2017 Joyce Chelberg (previews 5/17 & 5/18) 14 The Theatre School at DePaul University Romeo and Juliet 15 GENERAL INFORMATION BOX OFFICE TELEPHONE (773) 325-7900

REGULAR BOX OFFICE HOURS Tuesday - Friday: noon - 4 p.m.

PERFORMANCE BOX OFFICE HOURS The Box Office opens 90 minutes prior to curtain for all performances.

NO SMOKING In compliance with the City of Chicago Clean Air Ordinance, smoking is prohibited in The Theatre School. We appreciate your cooperation.

EMERGENCY EXITS Please note the location of emergency exits in the theatre.

NO CELLULAR PHONES, TEXT MESSAGING, RECORDING DEVICES, PHOTOGRAPHY, PAGERS, FOOD AND BEVERAGES Please do not use the above listed items in the theatre. Patrons with electronic pagers or cellular telephones are asked to either turn off their equipment in the theatre or check them with the House Manager prior to curtain. We discourage text messaging during the performance. The light from the screen can bother other patrons. We allow photographs to be taken before and after but never during the performance. You may also check cameras and recording equipment with the House Manager who will secure them until final curtain.

RESTROOMS Restrooms are located in the lobbies on the main floor and balcony levels.

LOST AND FOUND If you find an item or have lost an item, please contact the House Manager. You may also call (773) 325-7900 the next day to determine if an item has been found.

EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALLS Patrons with electronic pagers are requested to either turn off their pagers in the theatre or check them with the House Manager prior to showtime. Should you need to give an emergency telephone number where you can be reached during a performance, please alert the House Manager of your seat location and give the Box Office telephone number for emergencies, (773) 325-7900.

PARKING ARRANGEMENTS When you attend an event at The Theatre School in Lincoln Park, you may park at DePaul’s Clifton Parking Deck, 2330 N. Clifton, with the DePaul rate: $7.25. Validate your parking ticket at the Building Receptionist desk near the Racine entrance.

CAPTIONING AND LISTEN UP LISTENING SYSTEMS AVAILABLE FOR OUR HEARING-IMPAIRED PATRONS See the box office to receive either the Captioning or Headset device. We require the security deposit of a driver’s license or other identification during the performance. The ID will be returned when you return the device.

LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS You may request a large print program from the ticket taker or the House Manager.

SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETING Selected performances will be interpreted in American Sign Language. Call the Box Office or see the website for the schedule.

AUDIO DESCRIPTION Designated audio-described performances and pre-performance touch tours are scheduled throughout the 2016-17 season. Call the Box Office or see the website for the schedule.

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