Max McLean, Founder & Artistic Director MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL Max McLean, Founder & Artistic Director presents MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL Written by Chris Cragin-Day & Max McLean Featuring Mark Boyett Kersti Bryan Paul DeBoy John FitzGibbon Jamil A.C. Mangan Fletcher McTaggart Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Original Music & Sound Design Kelly James Tighe Nicole Wee Geoffrey D. Fishburn Quentin Chiappetta Marketing, Advertising & Press Relations Digital Advertising Casting Director Cheryl Anteau The Pekoe Group Carol Hanzel Production Manager Technical Director Stage Manager General Management Lew Mead Katie Martin Alayna Graziani Aruba Productions Executive Producer Ken Denison Directed by Michael Parva The performance will run two hours and 10 minutes with one 15-minute intermission. Please turn off all electronic devices before the performance begins. Thank you. 3 CAST AND LOCATIONS CAST (In Order of Appearance) Paul DeBoy ..............................................................................................................................The Devil Kersti Bryan ............................................................................................................... Katie Von Bora John FitzGibbon .....................................................................................................................St. Peter Mark Boyett ..............................Hitler, St. Paul, Josel, Freud, Hans Luther & Pope Francis Fletcher McTaggart ................................................................................................... Martin Luther Jamil A.C. Mangan .......... Tetzel, Confessor, Martin Luther King, Jr, Philip Melanchthon, The Holy Roman Emperor & Michael the Archangel LOCATION The Afterlife. A crossroad between Heaven and Hell. FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Written by In 1517, a young Augustinian monk with the heroic “Here I Stand” speech Chris Cragin-Day & Max McLean nailed 95 Theses to the church door in in 1521. Most choose not to look at the Wittenberg, Germany. This act launched aggressive behavior of his later years. Featuring the Protestant Reformation, or Revolt, We care to look at both. We have also depending on your point of view. set the play in the “Afterlife” to add a Mark Boyett Kersti Bryan Paul DeBoy Regardless of where you come supernatural dimension to our story in down, few will disagree that Martin hopes of sparking the imagination and John FitzGibbon Jamil A.C. Mangan Fletcher McTaggart Luther left an indelible imprint on inspiring dialogue. Western Civilization. That imprint— For those who are interested in from Justification by Faith alone, to further reading, the primary sources the scandal of a splintered Christianity, used in developing this play are Heiko and his role in the German-Jewish Oberman’s Luther: Man Between God question—is still with us today. and the Devil, Roland Bainton’s Here Given the recent 500th anniversary I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Young of this moment, it is fitting to explore Man Luther by Eric Erickson and the this Shakespearean-size personality on PBS program Luther: The Reluctant stage. Fellowship for Performing Arts’ Revolutionary. Pope Francis’ dialogue mission is to present theatre from a came directly from his book The Joy of Christian worldview that engages a the Gospel. diverse audience. To be true to our mission, we are committed to the notion that the world is not the way it ought to be, and that “we” (individually) are part of the problem. Max McLean, Artistic Director Many depictions of Luther’s story Fellowship for Performing Arts The performance will run two hours and 10 minutes with one 15-minute intermission. deal with a troubled soul and conclude Please turn off all electronic devices before the performance begins. Thank you. 3 WHO’S WHO MARK BOYETT (Actor 1): New York: (Manhattan Theatre Club.) Regional: A Play on Words, Clean Alternatives Appoggiatura (Indiana Repertory The- (59E59); Old Wicked Songs (Daryl Roth- atre), The Audience (Maltz Jupiter The- er, Producer); A Woman (2017 Sum- atre), The Christians (Syracuse Stage mer Shorts Festival). Regional includes: and The Wilma Theatre), All The Way Shrek, The Musical (Connecticut Rep); (Denver Center for The Performing Dracula (Pioneer Theater); Appomat- Arts), Edwin; The Story of Edwin Booth tox (Guthrie); The Cherry Orchard (Pitts- (Theatre at St. Clements), Eurydice burgh Public); Love Song (Cincinna- (2nd Stage), My Fair Lady (Pioneer The- ti Playhouse); Wit (Syracuse Stage); atre), The 39 Steps (Repertory Theatre Chesapeake (Kitchen Theater); A Dyb- of St Louis) as well as: Contemporary buk (Denver Center); Arms and the American Theatre Festival, Cincinna- Man, Irma Vep (Tried Stage); Sister Car- ti Playhouse in The Park; Kansas City rie (Indiana Rep). Film & TV: The Sound- Rep, The Walnut Street Theatre, The ing, Royal Pains, Law & Order SVU, Pan Olney Theatre, The Totem Pole Play- Am, One Bad Choice. Audiobooks: 150+ house, Brown County Playhouse and titles. 2017 Audie Award Winner for Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo. TV/ In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the USS Film: The Blacklist: Redemption, Law & Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Sto- Order: Special Victims Unit, Royal Pains, ry of its Survivors. Training: A.R.T. The Following, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, A Dirty KERSTI BRYAN (Katie Luther) New Shame by John Waters. www.paulde- York: Ensemble Studio Theatre, The- boy.com atreLab, August Strindberg Rep, New York Classical Theatre, Metropoli- JOHN FITZGIBBON (Saint Peter) has tan Playhouse, others. Regional: Mos- been “on the boards” for over 50 years; cow Art Theatre (TCG Award), O’Neil he has acted in 13 new plays at NJ Rep Theatre Center, Shakespeare Theatre (SuzAnne Barabas, Artistic Director); in of DC, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, about 18 plays under the direction of Commonwealth Shakespeare (Nom. Stuart Vaughan (New Globe Theatre); Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding 5 at the Caldwell Theatre in Florida; 5 Actress), Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Palm Beach Dramaworks, others. TV: Jersey; 10 at the Barter Theatre, Virgin- HBO’s The Deuce, The Knick, Elementa- ia; and has been on Broadway and Off ry, Golden Boy, Drop Dead Diva, Law & Broadway and in theatres stretching Order, Small Miracles. Film: Hell’s Heart, from Hawaii to Greece. Favorite role: Actor Seeks Role, others. Thank you to “Jim Tyrone” in Moon for the Misbegot- the Martin Luther on Trial family for ten (Best of Boston Award). He is also a allowing this great woman of histo- pianist/composer and his CD REFLEC- ry a voice. And for my family, always… TIONS can be sampled at CDBaby.com especially my mother. @kerstidanger JAMIL A.C. MANGAN (Actor 2) recent- PAUL DE BOY (Devil) Broadway: Mam- ly received critical acclaim for his ma Mia! (closing cast on Broadway as portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in well as National Tour), Sight Unseen the one-man show The Man In Room 4 5 WHO’S WHO 306 (Luna Stage Co.). Mangan’s Off- neer Theatre), Rocket City (Alabama Broadway credits include Mother Cour- Shakespeare), A Midsummer Night’s age and her Children (Classic Stage Dream (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare). Company), Martin Luther On Trial (The Film: The Heat, dir. Paul Feig. Televi- Pearl Theater), Crooked Parts (Cher- sion: As the World Turns, Law and Order, ry Lane Theater) and Protect the Poets Six Degrees. BFA: Ithaca College. MFA: (Teatro Tea). He received the Audel- George Washington University. co Award for Best Supporting Actor in What Would Jesus Do? at the (Bil- CHRIS CRAGIN-DAY (Co-Playwright) is lie Holiday Theater) and a Connect- an alumna of The Public’s EWG (The icut Critic Circle Nomination for his River Nun, 2009 Spotlight Series) and portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in O’Neill NMTC (Son of a Gun, co-writer The Mountaintop (Theaterworks Hart- Don and Lori Chaffer). Her plays have ford). His regional credits include Lynn been presented in NYC and around Nottage’s Ruined (Philadelphia The- the world. Most recently, her play A ater Company), Water By The Spoonful Woman was part of 59E59th’s Sum- (Premiere Stages), Othello (Persever- mer Shorts 2017 and just received a ance Theater), and To Kill A Mocking- reading of the full-length version at bird (Orlando Shakespeare Theater). The Sheen Center. Her play Foster Mom Other collaborations include Arden won Premiere Stage’s New Play Award Theater, Connecticut Shakespeare, and received a production there Sep- Contemporary American Theater Fes- tember 2017. Her musical, The Unusual tival, Portland Stage Co., and Gulfshore Tale of Mary and Joseph’s Baby, which Playhouse. He appears on Television played in the 2016 NYC Fringe (co- in The Following (Fox), The Good Cop written with Don Chaffer), had a mid- (Netflix), GOTHAM (Fox) and Quanitco west tour by River and Rail Theater (ABC). (@JamilACMangan) in 2017 and has another tour in the works for 2018. Her play The Rare Bio- FLETCHER McTAGGART (Martin sphere was part of Luna Stage’s 2017 Luther) Fletch is overjoyed to be play- New Moon Series and Sea Dog The- ing Martin Luther once again. His past ater’s 2018 reading series at The Sheen productions include The Crucible as Center. Other NYC productions: The John Proctor with the Pioneer The- Selfish Giant (co-writer Michael Cas- atre Company, Murder Among Friends tillejos), International Arts Movement; at the New Theatre in Kansas City Son of a Gun, Joe’s Pub (Richard Rog- opposite Morgan Fairchild, Noises Off ers Award finalist); Emily, Firebone The- at The Rep at St. Louis. Broadway: