Theatre Three's THEATRE THREE'S MAINSTAGE SEASON: Board of Directors CHEERING THE UNDERDOGS! Enika Schulze, Chair; Jae Alder, D'Metria Benson, Roland The Fulf Monty by David Yazbek and Terrence McNally July 20-August 20 & Virginia Dykes, Gary W. Did you see it? •'fheunderf�ing theme is about gaining self-respect as well as earning some bucks, and director/choreegrapher Michael.Serrecchia slays firmly on-message here. Between the R-rated Grubbs, Jeannine Lee, David jokes and pelvic thrusts, there's genuine poignancy. 'r:ouwant these guys to be a hit." -- PerryStew- art, FortWorth srar-Telegram. G. Luther, Sonja J. McGill, Shanna Nugent, Elizabeth The Dream Cafe Vieux Carre bv Tennessee Williams .September14 -0ctober 15 , Rivera, Eileen Rosenblum, 2800 Routh Street Did you see it? �The firstof four Williams productions hereabouts over the next month establishes a Ph.D., Jeff Sanders, Janet Dallas, Texas 75201 high standard for the others to keep up." -- Lawson Taitte, The Dallas MorningNews. Spencer Shaw, Katherine Next door to Theatre Three 214-956-0486 Glorious!b Peter Quilter November 9-December 10 Ward, Karen Washington, Sam Did you see it "Connie Coit so 900d at being very bqd that Ilerperformance pays ttomage, r:iotonly Yang, Patsy P. Yung to the power of illusion over life, but also to the music she s.o skillfully slaughters. She makes you We gladly take reservations howl." -- Glenn Arbery, People Newspapers for theatre-goers in a hurry The playbill is a publication of Theatre Three, Inc. 2800 Routh Street, Suite #168 Dallas, Texas 75201. Democrac by Michael Frayn January 4 - February 4 This Theatre Three playbillis publishedfor: Did you see I ? "file performancesare excellent, and no actor achieves too much salience, as befits an ensemble piece like this one... Theatre Three deserves congratulations for giving this all-male play • The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, the sixth show of the 2006-2007 Theatre Three Mainstage Season. about power such an imaginative and lucid treatment." -- Glenn Arbery, People Newspapers • The True Story of the Incarceration of Little Egypt by Ronnie Claire Edwards, the fifthshow of the 2006-2007 Theatre Too Season. Talking Pictures by Horton Foote February22 -March 25 Cover artis by Jae Alder and Buzz Print. Show artworkby Susan Holden, and subscription brochure Did you see it? "Theyought to make a law requiring everytheater In Texas to pnxlueeat teasf one design by Joanna Holden of 214.526. 7356. Playbill editors: Jae Alder and KimberlyRichard Horton Foote script a year ...Theatre Three opened a nifty production of Mr. Foote's Talking Pictures ... 1]"'00''"''k The play seems simple, but its themes spread out in ripple after ripple." -- Lawson Taitte, The Dallas MorningNews The 2006 2007 Seas S on The Odd Couple by Neil Simon April 12 - May 13 WFAA Two mide(ife.New Yorkers Tas mismatched In roommate life as they had been in their marriages) a inspired Neil Simon to create America's favorite theatre couple. His play inspired a great television m�i taa:Jmc5jll{orntng Jtluc5 show. What's easy to forget, because of the beloved TV series about the underdogs, is just how DallasNews.com TACA r•i excruciatingly funny and on-target the original play is and how fresh its situation and one-liners are for ·� • .... any generation of actors to get to perform. And for audiences to rediscover! Theatre Three is supported by its Board of Directors, by subscribers, by funds from the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and The Texas Commission on the Arts. Supporters also in­ clude TACA. Major corporate season sponsors include American Airlines, The Dallas Morning Caro/me, Or Change by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori May 31 - July 1 6((titing, complex, sometimes surreal and.always theatrical, this musical storyenters the world of a News, and WFAA Channel 8. For more information about Theatre Three's corporate sponsor- black maid working for a well-to-do Louisiana family. On the national stage, the era of civil rights is • ship program, please contact Jac Alder at 214-871-3300, #2. playing out: Dr. King, freedom rides, Supreme Court debates, and church bombings. But underdog Caroline is playing out the right and wrong of all that in the laundryroom of the nice people for whom she works. The young son of the family, estrangedfrom his new stepmother, relies on her. Can Caro­ IN MEMORIAM line square her dreams with the boy's as her own life changes with the times? A superb musical score Contributions have been made in memoryof, or from the estates of... floodsthe stage with allthe passion of those momentous times in this great new musical. Sam & Shirley Jones Catter, Margaret Hatcher Coit, Bill Dallas, William T.Dobson, Scott Everheart,Javad Fiuzat M.D., Paula Goodlet. Oliver Hailey, Lloyd W. Kitchens Jr. M.D., Anne Weeks Jackson, Jim Jackson, Lynn Mathis, Masha Porte, Carolyn Ryburn, Frank Rey, Mary Blanche Scales, Charlotte E. Schumacher, Lynn Townsley, May Tweed, Audrey B. Waite, Evelyn Wilke, MarthaRoselyn Wright, and Norma Young. IN HIS OWN WORDS ... Neil Simon is one of America's most prolific and expert comedic writers. Here in his own words, a few obseNations about writing, life, "If you can go through life without experiencing pain, you haven't been born yet." "Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderfulmar­ riage. Like two out of every ten couples." "Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation -- an investigation of my own life." "If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor." by Neil Simon "New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it." Artistic Staff "I don't like writing forcomedians. I like writing foractors. The best comedians are the best actors." Director T.J.Walsh Set Design Jae Alder & Barbara Murrell "When it's 100 in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When it's 20 in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. However, Lighting Design Neil Robert Ingles there are six million interesting people in New York -- and 72 in Los Angeles." Costume Design Michael Robinson Sound Design Richard Frohlich "The way I see things, life is both sad and funny. I can't imagine a comical situation that isn't at the same time also painful. I use to ask myself: What is a humorous situation? Now I ask: What is a sad situation and how can I tell it Cast humorously?" Speed *Bradley Campbell Vinnie David Fluitt "I am most alive and most fulfilledsitting alone in a room, hoping that those words forming on paper in the Smith Cecily Pigeon Caitlin Glass Corona will be the first perfect play ever written in a single draft. I suspect that I shall keep writing in a vain search Gwendolyn Pigeon Ginger Goldman for the perfect play. I hope I will keep my equilibrium and sense of humor when I am told that I haven't achieved it. Felix Ungar *Bob Hess At any rate the trip is a wonderfulone!" Oscar Madison *Doug Jackson Murray Lonny Schonfeld "You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them Roy Elias Taylorson into schools the regular way. As a matterof fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy." Production Staff AEA Stage Manager *Kerry Cole The Staff of Theatre Three Master Scenic Artist Barbara Murrell Production Manager & Propmaster Linda Harrison Administration Production Assistant **Andrew Phifer Master Carpenter JeffreySchmidt Executive Producer-Director Jae Alder Company Manager TerryDobson Production Crew Evelyn Davis, **Mark C. Guerra, Danielle Director of Business Affairs Joan Sleight Pickard Computer Services Manager Nick Ruslling Director of Publications & Communications Kimberly Ricnard Webmaster Cun Sleight Scene Synopsis In-House Accountant Wendy K"wan Executive Administrative Assistant Adele Acrey Time: 1965 Production Place: Oscar Madison's Riverside Drive apartmentin New York. Director ol Design Jae Alder Musical Director Terry Dobson Act I Production Manager I Linda Harrison Scene 1 A hot summer day Master Carpenler JeflretSchmidt Scene 2 Two weeks later, about 11 PM. l(ltemStaff Marl(C . Guerra, Andrew Phifer, Danielle Pickard Act II Customer Service Scene 1 A few days later, about 8 PM Meeks. Scene 2 The next evening, about 7:30 PM Customer Service Director Amy MIiis Jackson Hospitality and concessions Nancy House Manager This play is performed in two acts with one fifteenminute intermission. Box Office Daytime Service Manager Darius Warren Box Office PerformanceService omce Manager Shanara Hollins Box Agents Fred Faust, Amy Mills Jackson, Tony Banda, Shanara *indicates members working under Actor's Equity Association contracts in this production Hollins Baab, Director of Telemar11eling Carol Crosby **indicates a performer enrolled in the AEA membership candidate program. Telemarketing Agents Donald Trinity Johannsen, Michael P. Marek, Roger Wllson T.J. Walsh (Director) Neil RobertIngles (lighting Design) T. J. Walsh (Director) directed MaryZimmerman's Metamorphoses at Theatre Three, for which he earned a Dallas/Fort Neil's previous Theatre Threel�hting design ass�nments include TheMousetrap, The Musical of Musicals(The Musical!) WorthTheatre Critics Forum award for best director. He also recently directed Richard Dresser's Rounding Third at Theatre and The Full Monty,for which he was nominated fora 2006Column Award. Other lightingdesign credits include Le Petit Three, Beth Henley's Crimes of the Heart,and William Nicholson's The Retreat fromMoscow at Circle Theatre in Fort Theatre du Vieux Carrre's TheImportance of BeingEarnest and A streetcarNamed Desire,Southern RepertoryTheater's Worth.