2014|2015 SEASON Issue 4 TABLE OF Dear Friend, CONTENTS In the late autumn of 2012, STC mounted one of the more unusual—and spectacularly Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award® 1 Title page imaginative—pieces of theatre I 3 Cast have seen. It was titled The Strange Artistic Director Michael Kahn Undoing of Prudencia Hart and it Managing Director Chris Jennings 5 Synopsis was staged in a bar. The Bier Baron Tavern, to be exact. The audience drank and threw paper snow up in the 7 About the Playwright air, as the author, David Greig, masterfully spun a The National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Shakespeare Company present 10 modern-day tall tale, invoking Faust, the Scottish oral On Sequels tradition and the Scottish drinking tradition. It was by Jonathan Melville utterly delightful. It sold out nearly every night. I wish 14 After the Dictator more people had been able to see it. Falls: Tracing the steps Ever since, I have wanted to expose David Greig’s work of Gruach to a wider audience, and I have been eager to partner by Jackie McGlone with our friends at the National Theatre of Scotland, the resident geniuses behind that production of Prudencia 18 Taking on “The Hart, the unforgettable Black Watch and tonight’s by DAVID GREIG Scottish Play” David production, David Greig’s Dunsinane. directed by ROXANA SILBERT Greig’s Dunsinane Dunsinane, quite simply, is a play that is long overdue. by Clare Wallace Performances begin February 4, 2015 It tells the story of the events after the death of Macbeth at the battle of Dunsinane, from a Scottish Sidney Harman Hall 24 Cast Biographies perspective. Greig is a proud Scot, as well as one of 29 Direction and Design our most imaginative contemporary writers, and the twists he adds to the familiar Shakespearean narrative Director Associate Movement Director Biographies are exciting, thought-provoking and frequently Roxana Silbert Polly Bennett 36 For STC suggestive with our contemporary political world. One of the most exciting things about my job as Artistic 38 Mapping the Play: The Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company is the Designer Fight Director Clans and Claims of opportunity it affords me to expose audiences in Robert Innes Hopkins Terry King Washington, D.C. to theatre of the highest international Dunsinane caliber. I trust you will find that Dunsinane continues Lighting Designer Voice Coach by Laura Henry Buda that tradition with distinction. Chahine Yavroyan Stephen Kemble 40 Faces and Voices: At the Lansburgh Theatre, be sure not to miss David Composer and Sound Designer STC Partnerships by Archery Consultant Ives’ world premiere translation and adaptation Nick Powell Hannah Hessel Ratner of The Metromaniacs, an 18th-century comedy. Our Ruth Cooper-Brown, 2014-2015 Season concludes this spring with Alan RC-Annie LTD 44 About STC Paul’s production of Man of La Mancha, a classic Associate Director Luke Kernaghan About ACA reimagining of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, and Helen Casting Directors Hayes Award-winning Steven Epp returns to STC to Anne Henderson 46 Support star in Moliere’s Tartuffe. Movement Director Anna Morrissey Laura Donnelly 54 Preview: Man of We are excited to share these stories with you, and La Mancha see you at the theatre. Original 2010 production casting by Royal Shakespeare Company 56 STC Staff Warm Regards, 2011 and 2013 production casting by Anne Henderson 57 Audience Services 2014 and 2015 production casting by Laura Donnelly Dunsinane is generously sponsored by Dr. Paul and Mrs. Rose Carter Restaurant Partner: Zaytinya Michael Kahn Cover photo: Siobhan Redmond as Gruach. Artistic Director *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. Photo by Richard Campbell Shakespeare Theatre Company 1 CAST DUNSINANE Sergeant and Scottish Lord ............................................................................... George Brockbanks Gruach’s Attendant and Hen Girl ...........................................................................Helen Darbyshire Siward ...................................................................................................................................... Darrell D’Silva Malcolm .....................................................................................................................................Ewan Donald Macduff .................................................................................................................................... Keith Fleming The Boy Soldier .................................................................................................................................Tom Gill Eric the Archer ............................................................................................................Toyin Omari-Kinch Egham ............................................................................................................................................. Alex Mann English Soldier .....................................................................................................................Arthur McBain Scottish Soldier, Scottish Lord and English Soldier............................................. Matt McClure Gruach’s Attendant and Gaelic Singer ......................................................................Mairi Morrison Gruach ............................................................................................................................Siobhan Redmond MUSICIANS Musical Director and Cello ............................................................................................Rosalind Acton Percussion ............................................................................................................................... Robert Owen Guitar ............................................................................................................................................ Andy Taylor SUPERNUMERARIES Freddie Bennett+, David Mavricos, Shane O’Loughlin, Zack Powell PRODUCTION TEAM Neil Murray ............................................................................................................................................Executive Producer Margaret-Anne O’Donnell .................................................................................................................................... Producer Chris Hay ..............................................................................................................................................Production Manager Carrie Hutcheon..................................................................................................................... Company Stage Manager Heather Wilson............................................................................................................................ Deputy Stage Manager David Mason-Hill ..................................................................................................................... Assistant Stage Manager Neill Pollard .......................................................................................................................................... Lighting Supervisor Fergus Lockie ......................................................................................................................................... Sound Supervisor Martin Woolley .........................................................................................................................................Stage Supervisor Pam Fulton ........................................................................................................................................Wardrobe Supervisor Michelle Lyon ...................................................................................................................Wigs and Makeup Technician Raymond Short ........................................................................................................................................Props Technician Clare McCormack .............................................................................................................................................Press Officer The Company would like to thank the National Theatre of Great Britain and the casts and production teams of previous Dunsinane tours. International Representation by Michael Mushalla of Double M Arts & Events, LLP THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION. The Shakespeare Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, and employs members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and United Scenic Artists. The Company is also a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not-for-profit professional theatre, and is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), American Alliance for Theatre and Education and DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative. Copyright laws prohibit the use of cameras and recording equipment in the theatre. + Acting Fellow of the Shakespeare Theatre Company 3 STC BOARD OF TRUSTEES SYNOPSIS DUNSINANE Michael R. Klein, Chair Bernard F. McKay Robert E. Falb, Vice Chair Eleanor Merrill Under the cover of night, an English army sweeps through Scotland arriving John Hill, Treasurer Melissa A. Moss at the castle of Dunsinane. There is a fierce battle and they kill the tyrant King, Pauline Schneider,