Pacific Resident Theatre Business Manager Artistic Director Managing Director Jennifer Lonsway Marilyn Fox Bruce Whitney The Eccentricities of a Nightingale by Tennessee Williams Executive Producer Marilyn Fox Producer Sara Newman-Martins Associate Producer Erica Stewart Set Design Light Design Kis Knekt Ken Booth Sound Design Costume Design Christopher Moscatiello Christine Cover Ferro Stage Manager Rehearsal Stage Manager Claire Mazzeo Victoria Pearlman Directed By Dana Jackson* * THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. on behalf of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. CAST Alma . Ginna Carter* John . Andrew Dits* Reverend Winemiller . Brad Greenquist* Mrs. Buchanan . Rita Obermeyer Mrs. Winemiller . Mary Jo Deschanel Roger . Paul Anderson* Mrs. Bassett . Joan Chodorow* Vernon . Choppy Guilotte* Rosemary . Amy Huntington Salesman . Derek Chariton ACT ONE Scene 1 – The Public Square in Glorious Hill, Mississippi It is the evening of July 4th of a year shortly before the First World War. Scene 2 – The Rectory interior on Christmas Eve of the following winter. Scene 3 – A few minutes later. The Rectory parlor. Intermission – 10 minutes ACT TWO Scene 1 – John’s bedroom, the home of the Buchanans. Scene 2 – The Rectory parlor, the following Monday evening. Scene 3 – Doctor Buchanan’s office – later that night. ACT THREE Scene 1 – The Public Square, New Year’s Eve. Scene 2 – The rented room. EPILOGUE The Public Square, a Fourth of July some years later. *Members of the Actors Equity Association, the professional union for actors and stage managers in the United States. The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited. ACTOR BIOGRAPHIES Paul Anderson (Roger) made his PRT debut as Mike (dock work- er) in A View From The Bridge. Los Angeles theater: Ross/How/ Snork in The Elephant Man at St. John’s Cathedral, Howard in Death of a Salesman with Interact Theater Company and The Odyssey Theatre, Juror #4 in Twelve Angry Men with GTC-Bur- bank and State of the Union with Interact Theatre Company. He’ll appear in an upcoming episode of Betrayed on ID and in the film Merrily. www.mranderson.la Ginna Carter (Alma) at PRT: King Lear for Seven Actors, Ana- tol, Everyday Life. Rogue Machine Theatre: Dorothy, A Current Account. Salty Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. L.A. theater: You Did What?, Brilliant Traces. Regional: Our Town, A Woman of No Importance. Ginna has performed in workshops of her play Dorothy at Hartford Stage Brand:NEW Play festival, The Alley Theatre, The Roundabout Theatre’s Black Box, & PRT. Gin- na graduated with a BA from Harvard and a Masters in Writing from USC. Very special thanks to Dana Jackson and Marilyn Fox. Derek Chariton (Salesman) is a UCLA graduate (‘13) and Palm Springs Native. He began stage acting at 7 and Film acting at 19. His stage experience includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse), Gingerman (Sebastian Dangerfield), Beauty Queen of Leenane (Ray); to name a few. In the realm of film acting you can look for him this sum- mer is AMC’s The American West as Billy the Kid. Derek would like to thank Marilyn Fox for her guidance and for giving him a real home in PRT when he needed it most. Joan Chodorow (Mrs. Bassett) A long time member of PRT, Joan has performed here often, most recently in Henry V and The Unfryable Meatness of Being, as well as in other theatres in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, London and Edinburgh. She co-stars in The Encounter by renowned video artist Bill Viola and is “the voice” in The End of Photography by prominent Los Angeles photographer/video artist Judy Fiskin. This past sum- mer she participated in the Voices of Justice Project as Sr. Marian Schubert. In memory of the brilliant and magnificent Norman Scott. Mary Jo Deschanel (Mrs. Winemiller) studied theatre and film at UCLA. She is best known as an actor for her role of Annie Glen in The Right Stuff and Eileen Hayward in Twin Peaks. She is happy to be a member of PRT where she performed her show DthnVnc in 2013 and 2014. She derives inspiration and sustenance from her wonderful family. Andrew Dits (John) PRT debut. Theatre: Comedy Of Errors at A Noise Within; Fat Pig at The Hudson; King Dick with Gangbusters Theatre Company; STATIONS with Boom Kat Dance Theatre; Memoirs of Jesus and The Lesson Of Wood, solo-shows by Har- ry Cronin, on-tour at churches and schools throughout Indiana and California. Recent Film: now on Amazon: Come Simi and Like You Mean It; Afuera at LA Film Fest; and Snowden by Oli- ver Stone to premiere in September. Television: Telenovela, The Middle, and series-regular on the Bounce TV sitcom My Crazy Roommate. Improv: with FITZROY - follow shows on facebook, twitter, instagram @fitzroyimprov. M.F.A., University of Southern California. Mem- ber of PRT and LA Writers Center. Andrew would like to thank Richard Fancy and Elina de Santos for rooting him in the PRT family; and to Marilyn Fox and Dana Jackson for this gift. Brad Greenquist (Reverend Winemiller) was most recently seen on this PRT stage as Dr. Jörgen in The Unfryable Meatness of Being. Other PRT performances include Nora, Becky’s New Car, Orpheus Descending, Four Dogs and a Bone, Our Town, Macbeth, Entertaining Mr. Sloan, and Closer. Also: Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, Regional theater, children’s theater, street mime, a show in London, a few movies and lots of TV. Brad also teaches an on-camera acting class in Santa Monica. www.bradgreenquist.com Choppy Guillotte (Vernon) is proud to be a member of PRT. In seasons past, he has appeared in: Rocket To The Moon (LADCC Award, Best Revival), The Swan, Lulu, and A Question Of Mercy. In the Co-op, favorites include: The Glass Menagerie, Our Town, the (unmentionable) Scottish Play, The Goatwoman Of Corvis County, Blast, and Bully. He co-produced PRT’s Co-op produc- tion of All My Sons, as well as the main stage productions of A Question Of Mercy and the award-winning Orpheus Descending. For Karen and Norman. Amy Huntington (Rosemary) is excited to be back on these boards again. She was last seen on the main stage as Sister Mary in Happy End. Some favorite Co-Op roles have been Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Velma in Birdbath, and Melissa McNeil in In The Boom Boom Room. Thanks to Marilyn, and to PRT, where her eccentricities are put to good use. Rita Obermeyer (Mrs. Buchanan) is very excited to be per- forming with with this wonderful cast in The Eccentricities of A Nightingale. She played Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane in the co-op at Pacific Resident Theatre and has also been in Random Acts, Sweet Thursday, Everyday Life by Rilke. She played Gertrude in Hamlet at the Lillian Theatre. Rita is the tree hugging grandma in the Subaru Outback commercial and is working on a screenplay called Janeslist about human trafficking. PRODUCTION BIOGRAPHIES Dana Jackson (Director) is a 16-year member of PRT. Directing credits include Autumn and Winter, The Cherry Orchard (LA Weekly Ten Best Plays of 2014), co-direction of A View From The Bridge (LA Times Critic’s Choice, LADCC Nom. Best Revival of a Classic Play, Nora, Ingmar Bergman’s Stage Adaptation based on Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (Backstage Critic’s Pick, LA Weekly Go, Backstage 10 Standout Theater Performances), Barrie: Back To Back (LA Times Critic’s Choice), and with Marilyn Fox she assisted and associate directed Ernest Vajda’s Fata Mor- gana and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. Jackson apprenticed as a director under Marilyn Fox and the renowned Gar Campbell for 15 years. She studied acting at the prestigious William Alderson Acting School and trained with Theatre Hotel Courage in the Netherlands. She is an accomplished actress, singer, and dancer having studied classically in all three mediums. Jackson is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab. Sara Newman-Martins (Producer) is proud to have produced or helped produce many of the recent Main Stage shows at PRT, several of which were nominated for Best Production: Safe at Home: an Evening with Orson Bean (LADCC Award Winner Best Solo Performance) The Homecoming, A View from the Bridge, The Indians are Coming to Dinner, Becky’s New Car, The Browning Version, Wild Boy, Fata Morga- na, My Antonia, The Scarecrow (Garland Award Winner Best Production), Anatol, Everyday Life. Sara has also produced for film and television, including Jude Law’s debut film, Shopping. She has appeared in many productions here, including The Indians are Coming to Dinner, Master Builder, Tonight at 8:30, The Blue Dahlia, Ev- eryday Life (LADCC Nominee for Featured Actor), Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Ardele, Dutchman. Ken Booth (Light Design) previously worked on The Cherry Orchard for Dana Jack- son and PRT in 2014, and now most recently Autumn and Winter. He is happy to be designing for this renowned Los Angeles company again. Ken is a Resident Artist at A Noise Within and most recently worked on Julius Cesar and Three Penny Opera in 2015. Christine Cover Ferro (Costume Design) Eccentricities marks Christine's third proj- ect with PRT, having previously designed The Homecoming and My Girlfriend Is An Alien. She is currently the resident costume designer at Unbound Productions for all Wicked Lit productions.