41st Season • 398th Production SEGERSTROM STAGE / APRIL 1 - MAY 8, 2005 David Emmes Martin Benson PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR presents the world premiere of A NAKED GIRL ON THE APPIAN WAY BY Richard Greenberg SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN and COMPOSITION Tony Fanning Joyce Kim Lee Peter Maradudin Steven Cahill DRAMATURG PRODUCTION MANAGER STAGE MANAGER Jerry Patch Jeff Gifford *Scott Harrison DIRECTED BY Mark Rucker HONORARY PRODUCERS The Playwrights Circle A Naked Girl on the Appian Way was commissioned by South Coast Repertory A Naked Girl on the Appian Way • SOUTH COAST REPERTORY P1 CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of appearance) Bess ...................................................................................... Linda Gehringer* Jeffrey ...................................................................................... John de Lancie* Sadie .......................................................................................... Ann Guilbert* Elaine ................................................................................................ Mary Joy* Juliet .............................................................................. Dawn-Lyen Gardner* Thad ................................................................................... Terrence Riordan* Billy ........................................................................................ James Yaegashi* SETTING A beautiful house in some Hampton. LENGTH Approximately two hours, including one 15-minute intermission. PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Stage Manager ................................................ Jamie A. Tucker* Casting .............................................................................. Joanne DeNaut Production Assistant .......................................................... Jennifer Butler Assistants to the Scenic Designer ............. Curt Beech, Scott Herbertson, Lauren Dandridge Deck Crew .......................................................................... Deanna Keefe Please refrain from unwrapping candy or making other noises that may disturb surrounding patrons. The use of cameras and recorders in the theatre is prohibited. Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the theatre. Cellular phones, beepers and watch alarms should be turned off or set to non-audible mode during the performance. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. Official Airline P2 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY • A Naked Girl on the Appian Way JOHN DE LANCIE DAWN-LYEN GARDNER LINDA GEHRINGER Jeffrey Juliet Bess Artist Biographies *JOHN DE LANCIE (Jeffrey) ap- Taking Care of Business, Fear- Nimoy. He has also performed peared at SCR previously in less, Multiplicity, Woman on in numerous radio plays includ- Art, Childe Byron, Man and Top with Penelope Cruz, Good ing the role of Cassius in the Superman and Going for Gold. Advice with Charles Sheen and BBC Radio production of Julius He has been a member of the the soon-to-be-released Caesar, co-starring Stacy Keach American Shakespeare Festival, Nicholas. He has appeared in and Richard Dreyfuss. Mr. de the Seattle Repertory Company numerous television shows in- Lancie is co-owner, with and Mark Taper Forum. He cluding “The West Wing,” Leonard Nimoy, of Alien Voic- has performed with the New “Sports Night,” “Star Trek,” es, a production company de- York Philharmonic, Los Angeles “Legend,” “LA Law,” “Picket voted to the dramatization of Philharmonic, Philadelphia Or- Fences,” “Civil Wars,” “The classic science fiction. He has chestra, Montreal Symphony, Practice” and “Touched by an produced and co-written Aspen Music Festival Orchestra Angel.” With L.A. Theatre dramatizations of The Time Ma- and Seattle Symphony. He has Works, the producers of Na- chine, Journey to the Center of also performed at The Kennedy tional Public Radio’s The Play’s the Earth, The Lost World, The Center with the US Army Band. The Thing, he directed such Invisible Man and First Men in Mr. de Lancie is the host of the plays as Fallen Angel with An- the Moon, as well as three Sci- L.A. Philharmonic “Symphonies nette Bening and Judith Ivey; Fi Channel live one hour spe- For Youth” concerts and a The Waldorf Conference with cials. He is a graduate of The member of the Aspen Music Edward Asner, Ron Rifkin, Juilliard School and Kent State Festival. His film credits in- Shelly Berman and John Ran- University. clude The Hand that Rocks the dolph; and the nationwide Hal- Cradle, The Fisher King, Bad loween NPR broadcast of Inva- *DAWN-LYEN GARDNER (Juliet) Influence, The Onion Field, sion to Mars with Leonard comes to SCR with a wide and A Naked Girl on the Appian Way •SOUTH COAST REPERTORY P3 ANN GUILBERT MARY JOY TERRENCE RIORDAN Sadie Elaine Thad varied background in theatre. clude Be Aggressive and Light Angel,” “The Larry Sanders She is a 2003 graduate of the Up the Sky at La Jolla Show,” “Law and Order: Crimi- prestigious acting program at Playhouse, The Poison Tree at nal Intent,” “Boomtown,” and a The Juilliard School where she Mark Taper Forum and Strange recurring role on “The Divi- stared in such productions as Snow at Laguna Playhouse. sion.” She also appeared in For Colored Girls (Lady in Ms. Gehringer has worked at the film As Good as It Gets. Blue), The Seagull (Masha) and Washington’s Arena Stage, As You Like It (Rosalind). Ms. Boston’s Huntington Theatre, *ANN GUILBERT (Sadie) cele- Gardner had the lead role in the Guthrie Theater, the Berk- brates her fiftieth year as a pro- the New York Fringe Festival shire Theatre Festival, The Ojai fessional artist. Theatre credits production of UGLy and also Playwrights Conference, New include The Billy Barnes Revue appeared with the Guthrie Ex- York Stage and Film and spent on Broadway; Life Lies: An perience and the Chatauqua seven seasons as a company Evening with Ann Guilbert, The Conservatory Theatre Compa- member at the Dallas Theatre Matchmaker, The Road to ny. Her TV credits include Center. Roles include Blanche Mecca, Arsenic and Old Lace, “Summerland,” “Crossing Jor- in A Streetcar Named Desire, Waiting for Godot, A Lie of the dan,” “Married to the Kelly’s” Regina in The Little Foxes, Mind, Three Men on a Horse and “ER.” She can soon be Wanda in The Waiting Room, and To Kill A Mockingbird at seen in the feature film, Art Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dan- Denver Center Theatre; ’Nite, School Confidential. gereuses, Bette in The Marriage Mother and The Immigrant at of Bette and Boo, Olga in The Arena Stage; Foxfire, Blood *LINDA GEHRINGER (Bess) ap- Three Sisters, Catherine in The Wedding, Misalliance, Green peared at SCR in The Retreat Heiress, Edward/Betty in Cloud Grow the Lilacs, The School for from Moscow, The Last Night of 9 and Ann Stanton in All the Scandal, Harvey, The Royal Ballyhoo, The Intelligent Design King’s Men. She holds an MFA Family, Major Barbara and of Jenny Chow, Relatively from the University of Min- Fifth of July at the Pacific Con- Speaking, The Carpetbagger’s nesota and has received nu- servatory; Growing Gracefully Children, Getting Frankie Mar- merous critical awards. Her at the Tiffany Theatre; Life ried—and Afterwards, Hold television roles include four Times Ten and Nobody’s Safe Please, and as Helen Gahagan seasons as Fontana on Here at Theatre West; The Im- Douglas in But Not for Me. “Evening Shade” and guest ap- migrant at the Mark Taper Most recently she appeared at pearances on “Boston Legal,” Forum; and The Legacy at The Baltimore Center Stage in Pic- “The West Wing,” “The Prac- Old Globe. Film credits in- nic. Performances at other tice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Provi- clude Grumpier Old Men, Sour Southern California theatres in- dence,” “Touched by an Grapes, A Guide for the Mar- P4 SOUTH COAST REPERTORY • A Naked Girl on the Appian Way of Anne Frank (Theatre Four), cast, Broadway/ The Public Amorphous George (MCC), The Theater/Donmar Warehouse, White Hawk (The Annenberg London), Richard III (The Pub- Theatre) and extensively at the lic Theater), John Guare’s A Ensemble Studio Theatre where Few Stout Individuals (original she is a member. Television cast, Signature Theater), Mac- credits include guest starring beth (Theatre For A New Audi- roles in “Wanted,” “Grey’s ence), The Road Home: Stories Anatomy,” “Century City,” of the Children of War (River “Nip/Tuck,” “ER,” “For the Peo- Arts Repertory/Taganka The- ple,” “Boston Public,” “NYPD atre, Moscow), Twelfth Night Blue,” “Homicide,” “Law and and The Comedy of Errors (Al- Order,” “Sweet Mouthful,” abama Shakespeare Festival), “Against the Law,” “Judge- among others. Film and televi- ment,” “Women and Wallace,” sion: 13 Conversations About JAMES YAEGASHI Sylvia in the “Days and Nights One Thing, The Thomas Crown Billy of Molly Dodd” as well as nu- Affair, Lisa Picard Is Famous, merous soaps and countless Spin the Bottle, “The Job,” and commercials. Film credits in- “One Life to Live” among oth- ried Man, The Man from the clude The Ring Two, Secretary, ers. Some “gamers” in the au- Diner’s Club, How Sweet It Is! The Rundown, Girls Town, Mo- dience may recognize James’ and Viva Max! Television jave Moon, Joey Breaker, Tune voice from “Grand Theft Auto: credits include Millie Helper on in Tomorrow, Fatal Attraction, San Andreas” in which he plays “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” Candy Mountain, The Whoopee the character Woozie. Grandma Yetta on “The Boys, Desperately Seeking Nanny;” regular appearances Susan, Celebrity, Alice and PLAYWRIGHT, on “The New Andy Griffith Searching for Bobby Fischer. DIRECTOR & DESIGNERS