THE FLEA THEATER NIEGEL SMITH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CAROL OSTROW PRODUCING DIRECTOR PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF STUDENT BODY BY FRANK WINTERS DIRECTED BY MICHELLE TATTENBAUM STUDENT BODY WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED, DEVELOPED AND PERFORMED AT THE LEE STRASBERG THEATRE AND FILM INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK CITY AS PART OF THE CLIFFORD ODETS ENSEMBLE PLAY COMMISSION IN DECEMBER 2014 UNDER THE TITLE THE SCHOOL PLAY. FEATURING THE BATS TOMMY BERNARDI, SYDNEY BLAXILL, ALEXANDRA CURRAN, ALEX J. GOULD, ADAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON, COMFORT KATCHY, ALESANDRA NAHODIL, DANIELA RIVERA, MARIETTE STRAUSS, AUDREY WANG, JESSIE CANNIZZARO, JACK H. GILBERT, OLIVIA JAMPOL JERAD SCHOMER FOR CHARCOALBLUE SCENIC DESIGN ELIZABETH M. STEWART LIGHTING DESIGN STEPHANIE LEVIN COSTUME DESIGN LEE KInnEY SOUND DESIGN JOHN L. PUMA FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY HYE YOUNG CHYUN PROP MASTER KAILA HILL PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER CONOR MOORE PRODUCTION TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RON LASKO/SPIN CYCLE PRESS REPRESENTATIVE CAST April ............................................................................ Comfort Katchy Daisy ..........................................................................Mariette Strauss Lucy...............................................................................Daniela Rivera Malcolm ........................................................................... Alex J. Gould Natalie ............................................................................ Audrey Wang Liz ........................................................................... Alesandra Nahodil Rob.............................................................................Tommy Bernardi Pete .............................................................Adam Alexander Hamilton Maggie ........................................................................... Sydney Blaxill Sarah ....................................................................... Alexandra Curran UNDERSTUDIES Student Body Maggie/Sarah/Natalie/Lucy ......................................Jessie Cannizzaro April/Daisy/Liz/Lucy ......................................................... Olivia Jampol Malcolm/Rob/Pete ................................................. Jack Horton Gilbert CREATIVE TEAM Playwright ..................................................................... Frank Winters Director .............................................................. Michelle Tattenbaum Scenic Design...................................Jerad Schomer for Charcoalblue THE FLEA THEATER Lighting Design ...................................................Elizabeth M. Stewart Costume Design ..........................................................Stephanie Levin Sound Design ......................................................................Lee Kinney Fight Choreographer .......................................................John L. Puma Prop Master .............................................................. Hye Young Chyun Production Stage Manager .....................................................Kaila Hill Rehearsal Stage Manager ...........................................Eh-Den Perlove 23 Production Technical Director .......................................... Conor Moore FLEA STAFF Artistic Director .......................................................Niegel Smith Producing Director ................................................. Carol Ostrow General Manager ................................................... Joshua Cohen Company Manager ......................................................Erin Daley Development Associate .........................................Alvin C. Taylor Marketing Associate ................................................. Ellie Philips Audience Development Associate .............................. Kayla Sklar Technical Director ..................................................Reece Arthur Costume Manager ...................................................Holly Chayes Student Body Graphic Designer ......................................................Will Denton Videographer .......................................................Crystal Arnette Photographer...................................................... Hunter Canning Accountant ......................................Joel Faden & Company, Inc. Attorney ..................................... Carol M. Kaplan/Loeb and Loeb Development Consultant ..................................... Rachel Colbert Theater, Technical & Production Consultant ...........Kyle Chepulis Press Representative ............................... Ron Lasko/Spin Cycle THE FLEA THEATER SPECIAL THANKS: South’s, Stephen Brown, Danny Sharon, Alexandra Keegan 33 CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) TOMMY BERNARDI (Rob) Can’t thank Michelle and Frank enough. Thrilled to be a part of this project. Other Credits: Theatre: The Nomad (Flea Theater); Animal Crackers, Coach Darling (Williamstown); Fancy Nancy: The Musical (Vital Theatre Co.), The School For Lies (Boxed Wine), Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (NYU), The Wanderer (Jamie McGonagill), New Songs Now (Joe’s Pub). Film: Nappers, Momentum, Writing Lessons, Destination Elsewhere (NYU Film). Web Series: “Unproductive,” “Dorm Therapy,” “Work In Process.” Training: BFA, NYU Tisch. SYDNEY BLAXILL (Maggie) Upcoming: Neighborhood Student Body 3: Requisition of Doom (dir. Joel Schumacher) and the workshop of In Real Life: A Slenderman Musical. Recent Flea credits: The Nomad (dir. Liz Swados) and #serials (Notes to a Ghost). Sydney is a founding member of Madcap Repertory Theatre, and co-directed (I think I made you up inside my head.) for the company’s inaugural season in September. BFA: NYU Tisch (New Studio on Broadway, RADA, Strasberg, and the International Theatre Workshop in Amsterdam). ALEXANDRA CURRAN (Sarah) Alexandra is a NYC-based THE FLEA THEATER actress. She is very excited to be a part of this project and would like to thank Michelle, Frank, the incredible cast and crew of Student Body, and the inspiring community of artists at The Flea. She’d also like to thank Alissa, Joanna, Jack, and her mother, Joan. Alexandra dedicates this performance to her Dad, John J. Curran. Film/TV: Hawaii 5-0 (CBS), Femmes, Midori (Columbia Film). Upcoming: Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (The Flea). 43 ALEX J. GOULD (Malcolm) is an actor/fight director in NYC. Off Broadway: The Woodsman (59E59 Theaters.) He is a member of the Bats, the resident acting company at The Flea Theater and has appeared in The Mysteries, a cautionary tail, Thomas Bradshaw’s JOB, and #serials@ theflea. Readings/workshops: McCarter Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Rattlestick Theater Company, Epic Theater Company and Jewish Plays Project. Regional: Williamstown Theater Festival including Whaddabloodclot by Katori Hall. Edinburgh Fringe. Edu. AMDA ADAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON (Pete) Managed by 3 Arts Entertainment, Adam appeared in Disney/ABC’s Diversity Talent Showcase, meeting current coaches, Ted Sluberski and Marci Phillips. He’s a writer and stand-up comedian, performing at Carolines, The Stand, and The Creek. Upcoming: Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Flea Theater, dir. Student Body Joel Schumacher). Training: William Esper Studio, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and British American Drama Academy; alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. Adam speaks Mandarin, geeks nutrition, and tweets gobbledygook. Enjoy. COMFORT KATCHY (April) is currently an NYC based artist who has been involved in a number of theatrical productions as a performer, writer or associate producer. She is constantly challenging and defining what it means to be an artist and allows that to bleed through her work. THE FLEA THEATER Comfort is thrilled and honored to be making her flea debut with The Bats. thanks for the love. ALESANDRA NAHODIL (Liz) has a BA in Drama from NYU, Tisch; training at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Stella Adler Studio, Stonestreet Film & Television Studio. Recent credits- The Flea: The Old Masters (Olive), The Mysteries (Eve, King Herod, Virgin Mary); Spookfish 3 5 Theatre Co.: Advance Guard (Anise); Theater Row: Iphigenia in Tauris (Athena); Sniffen Court Theater: Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Suzanne). Thank you SO MUCH Frank, Michelle & the Bats! AlesandraNahodil.com DANIELA RIVERA (Lucy) is a New York City based performer and theatre maker, she is excited to be a part of The Bats and to be starting her post-college career at The Flea. Past credits include: Fragments (dir. John Jesurun), [ai] (Brick Theatre), Miami is Sinking (Dixon Place Hot! Festival), dear friend, (Edinburgh Fringe) She is a recent graduate of NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing. MARIETTE STRAUSS (Daisy) The Flea: Sarah Flood, The Shakes, #serials. Has worked in NYC at INTAR, The Wild Project, and Urban Stages and Regionally at the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival. Just filmedBreakable You directed by Andrew Wagner featuring Holly Hunter, Brooke Adams, Student Body and Tony Shalhoub. She is a proud graduate of Michigan State University. AUDREY WANG (Natalie) is delighted to be making her Flea debut with Student Body. She is a graduate of Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She has performed in productions at 13th Street Repertory, Columbia Stages, and Stella Adler Studio. Audrey also has a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology and Criminal Justice from Rutgers University. Special thanks to Frank, Michelle, the cast, and crew for their courage, vision, and hard work. www.audrey-wang.com. THE FLEA THEATER JESSIE CANNIZZARO (u/s Maggie/Sarah/Natalie/Lucy) NY credits include Up and Away (Lincoln