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WELCOME to the final production of our 2015-16
season, The Brothers K, Parts One and Two. We are honored you are joining us. When I arrived in Seattle I found it strange how often Seattleites talk about the weather. But having now experienced a decade of Seattle wet winters that transition into what is possibly the best spring weather imaginable, I get it. The entire city, myself included, goes bonkers on the first real warm sunny day, shaking off the rainy months. More than one bright day in a row and the Pacific Northwest explodes with new growth and possibilities. This is also one of the most exciting times of year at Book-It because this is when we get to share our plans for our next season with all of you. Each new theatrical season is like a Seattle spring for us. The fresh start gives us opportunities to explore different voices, work alongside artists we love, and build new connections. In this season planning process, we pushed ourselves to go farther, asked tougher questions, and planted new seeds. In 2016-17 our stories range from classic adventures to contemporary epics, both fiction and non-fiction. But with all of their differences, our main stage season and touring education shows next year have a common thread. Each explores in a different way the ultimate question of the human heart: “Who am I and where do I belong?”
Each of us is on a journey to discover who we are, what we believe in, how we want to impact others, and what we are willing to sacrifice. Our search for home and community can take us places we’ve never imagined-across the globe or just across the street. This search for self and belonging is universal and lifelong, often renewing from childhood to our final chapters. Book-It is devoted to telling the great stories of our time and we believe that those stories are spoken in many voices from a wide array of ethnicities, backgrounds, and genres. We are committed to authentically representing the voices of our community through the artists that we work alongside as well as the authors whose books we choose to adapt. It is spring! Time to throw open the doors, clear out the cobwebs and look forward to what comes next. Book-It is ready and excited to push our boundaries, stretch our limbs, and take exciting new journeys with you. The season begins in September-together we’ll find adventure, surprises, and new beginnings all winter long until another Seattle spring arrives. Stay tuned for something incredible!
KAYTI BARNETT-O’BRIEN General Manager
JANE JONES & MYRA PLATT, FOUNDING CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
THE BROTHERS K
BY DAVID JAMES DUNCAN ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY MYRA PLATT PART ONE: Strike Zones
PART TWO: The Left Stuff
CAST
in alphabetical order
Kai Borch Tré Calhoun† Marissa Castillo Trevor Cushman Solomon Davis Sunam Ellis Spencer Hamp Laura Hanson Gavin Hoffman* David Hsieh Suzy Hunt* Agastya Kohli Rebecca Anne Love† Nina Makino Cody Moffitt† Aaron T Moore* Julian Mudge-Burns Christopher Morson Annika Nori† Zoe Papadakis Riley Shanahan Alex Silva Caden Tate Alexandra Tavares* Shaudi Bianca Vahdat Evan Whitfield Bob Williams Jeremiah L. Givers* Anthea Carns
Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
PRODUCTION AND ARTISTIC TEAM Christopher Mumaw Marnie Cumings Chelsea Cook Matt Starritt Laura Owens Ian Stewart Karla Davenport Tom Dewey Marianna deFazio Ray Gonzalez
Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Dramaturg / Assistant Director Dramaturg / Assistant Director Properties Master Fight Choreographer Dialect Coach Baseball Coach
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States †Book-It Acting Intern
season support sage foundation show producers
Nesholm Family Foundation
Sonya & Tom Campion
media sponsorS
Additional generous support is provided by numerous individuals. Many thanks to all our supporters!
JANE JONES & MYRA PLATT, FOUNDING CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
THE BROTHERS K
BY DAVID JAMES DUNCAN ADAPTED & DIRECTED BY MYRA PLATT PART ONE: Strike Zones
PART TWO: The Left Stuff CAST
in alphabetical order
Young Everett Chance Robbie / Ensemble Peter Chance
Kincaid “Kade” Chance Mrs. Babcock / Ensemble Hugh “Papa” Chance Grandawma / Dr. Gurtzner Winifred “Freddy” Chance Young Beatrice Chance Buddy Sears / Ensemble Babcock / Doc Franken / Ensemble Young Peter Chance Everett Chance Beatrice “Bet” Chance / Melanie Young Winifred Chance Irwin “Winnie” Chance Young Irwin Chance Young Kincaid Chance Laura “Mama” Chance Natasha Brother Beal / Coach Edson / Ensemble Roy / GQ Durham / Ensemble
Kai Borch Tré Calhoun† Marissa Castillo Trevor Cushman Solomon Davis Sunam Ellis Spencer Hamp Laura Hanson Gavin Hoffman* David Hsieh Suzy Hunt* Agastya Kohli Rebecca Anne Love† Nina Makino Cody Moffitt† Aaron T. Moore* Julian Mudge-Burns Christopher Morson Annika Nori† Zoe Papadakis Riley Shanahan Alex Silva Caden Tate Alexandra Tavares* Shaudi Bianca Vahdat Evan Whitfield Bob Williams
Bork / Ensemble Linda Peter Chance Captain Dudek / Ensemble Yulie / Nancy Beal / Ensemble Kincaid “Kade” Chance Aunt Mary Jane / Ensemble Hugh “Papa” Chance Elder Joon / Ensemble Sister Harg Dessinger / Ensemble Winifred “Freddy” Chance Swasey / Ensemble Babcock / Uncle Marv / Ensemble Everett Chance Beatrice “Bet” Chance Irwin “Winnie” Chance
Laura “Mama” Chance Natasha Major Keys / Ensemble Roy / GQ Durham / Ensemble
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States †Book-It Acting Intern
DAVID JAMES DUNCAN calls himself “an author and essayist, a fly fisher and river guardian, a public speaker, and, compared to a lot of people, a contemplative.” He was born east of Portland, Oregon within view of the Columbia River near the mouth of the Columbia Gorge and now lives outside Missoula, Montana in the highest headwaters of the same river, on a trout stream. This lifelong resident of riverbanks is the author of the novels The River Why (Book-It 2010, also adapted and directed by Myra Platt) and The Brothers K, the story collection River Teeth, and the nonfiction collections My Story as Told by Water and God Laughs & Plays. His books have won three Pacific Northwest Bookseller’s Awards, two Pushcart Prizes, a Lannan Fellowship, the Western States Book Award, a National Book Award nomination, the American Library Association’s 2003 Award for the Preservation of Intellectual Freedom (with co-author Wendell Berry) and other honors. His memoirs and essays have been anthologized in Best American Sports Writing, Best American Essays, five times in Best American Spiritual Writing, and 40 other anthologies. His 400-plus public talks celebrate free-flowing rivers, imaginative and religious freedom, the tragicomedy of the writing life, the biological and spiritual importance of wilderness, wild rivers and wild salmon, and the workable charm, even in contemporary America, of the contemplative life. The Brothers K, which Duncan has described as “a nineteenthcentury Russian baseball novel,” was published in 1992, and continues to be discovered—and praised—anew.
As I write these notes, Scenic Designer Christopher Mumaw and I have just returned from Book-It’s scene shop where our Master Carpenter Anders Bolang and Scenic Artist Carmen Rodriguez had many questions: “How far apart do you want these boards?” “Which glaze do you prefer?” “Is that the effect you are looking for?” Before traveling to the shop, I spent the early morning hours rewriting scenes for the final act of Part Two, asking myself a hundred questions about how every thread in this epic story fits together. In the rehearsal hall we ask a hundred more questions every day. And every day an actor or a dramaturg or a stage manager helps me answer each one. I am trying to imagine you reading this program, sitting comfortably in the theater’s new seats, because it means we have two new plays up onstage. I am trying to imagine being on the other side of this process, when the questions we explored are now passed on to you as the work lives on its own. What we’ve learned thus far in retelling David James Duncan’s epic tale is that this particular Fam Damily is one complicated organism. Every family is made up of unique individuals somehow bound by one heart, and the Chance family continually breaks apart in order to reassemble and re-discover its center. Ultimately it takes a global community to help them redefine their values. This story, set in a time when writing a letter or finding a phone booth was the only way to communicate with a faraway loved one, reminds us of the importance of articulating our thoughts and feelings. We should all be so lucky as the Chance family to have a Kincaid, a quiet observer and faithful rememberer, the keeper of the family’s stories who carefully weaves them all together in a way that can answer the questions of the past.
“Wonder is like grace, in that it’s not a condition we grasp, but it grasps us.” — David James Duncan “Once you’re where you think you want to be you’re not there anymore.” — Tony Gwynn, outfielder San Diego Padres “It may be different for
Though I was raised in the ’60s, I other people, but we in our was too young at the time to fully green youth have to comprehend the upheaval our country settle the eternal was going through. Here we are in the questions first.” 21st century, an older-but-no-wiser — Ivan to Alyosha Karamazov America, still trying hard to grow up, (The Brothers Karamazov) and as David Duncan writes, “it’s a beautiful, painful, hopeful thing to see.” I’ve been living inside his 649-page novel for so long now, that I can’t imagine my stepping away from it. And yet, here I am writing to you from the past, to say I hope you enjoy this show, because this is now your story to experience. Finally, I must thank David James Duncan for his amazing trust in me with his novel. I feel like such a lucky duck to have this opportunity to bring this story to life. I believe in this communal experience of watching a book come to life. And this particular book grabs the reader with so much wonder and grace. It is like a kind of church service or ballgame. Humor and angst go hand in hand. And the questions just keep coming. Thank you for being here.
MYRA PLATT
Minor League Baseball “Portland Tug junkies are not your average fans. They don’t come to root. They are minor league fans. They know their players’ll be whisked off to the Bigs. They know the entire team’ll be sold to a different major league franchise every few seasons. So why get all loyal and excited about it? To hell with who wins.” — Papa Chance, The Brothers K
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t’s harder for Minor League Baseball teams to build a dedicated fanbase. Players don’t usually stay in a team for more than a season or two before moving up to a higher division. Minor League Baseball is often called a “farm system,” because it’s where new talent grows ripe for a Major League team to pluck it. Major League teams sign Player Development Contracts with Minor League Teams, giving the Major team exclusive right to buy the contracts of the players in their “farm club.” But the threat of being sent back down to the minors remains, especially for newly-promoted players. Portland’s real-life minor league team for many years was Beavers, which was recently replaced in a suburb of Portland by the Hillsboro Hops.
ALL AMERICAN
Camas, Washington
Turbulent Times. One Country. One Family.
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amas is a town at the Southern border of Washington, on the Columbia river, and it’s a paper mill town through and through. Downtown Camas, and the former Crown Zellerbach paper mill, sits right on the mouth of the Washougal River, where it feeds into the Columbia. In 1960 its population was only 5,666. Owned by Georgia-Pacific since 1984, the mill casts a nasty smell over much of Camas—a smell that anyone who’s driven through a paper mill town will recognize. The process for conversion of wood into wood pulp entails treatment of wood chips with a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. The sodium sulfide is what gives the air its sewer-like stench. It’s worth noting that although Camas is a small town, it’s only 20 miles east of Portland— upwind.
Camas, Wash.
Mill Work
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he city of Camas grew up around the Crown Zellerbach Paper Mill. The mill plays a major role in the day-to-day life of Camas affecting the town’s politics, finances, education, and recreation. Not only was Camas a mill town, but it was also a baseball town and records show that the mill supported and hired professional baseball players who worked half of their time playing baseball and the other half working at the mill. The Crown Z Papermill began hiring people of color in the late 1950s. People of color initially faced great prejudice as a job at the mill was considered a birthright in Camas. Many people of color did not last long at the mill because of that pressure and because it was difficult to find housing in Camas. This continued until the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was initiated in 1961, which required federal contractors to hire without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin. Despite the commission, trust between coworkers developed gradually and problems continued into the 1970s.
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Communication
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efore the computer age, postcards, letters, and rotary and push-button phones were the primary way families stayed connected to one another. Because these were the only ways for soldiers to connect with their families back home during the Vietnam War the U.S. made the postal system a priority in order to keep morale up. Letters from the United States to South Vietnam were flown over by commercial airlines, military airlifts, and chartered aircrafts and ships and arrived in Vietnam within a surprising three days. Before the standardization of televisions in the American home by the mid-1950s, radio and newspapers were the quickest and most efficient ways to receive news of world events. In 1960, the presidential debate between Richard Nixon and J. F. Kennedy was aired in American homes for the first time ever, and had an incredible influence on the outcome of the presidential campaign. The Vietnam War was the first war to be televised, which greatly affected public sentiment for the war and toward returning veterans.
The Cold War
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he Cold War was born from a combination of mutual distrust between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and their opposing views on communism. The U.S. and the Soviet Union fought as allies during WWII, but the U.S. was wary of Soviet Communism and was concerned about how Joseph Stalin ruled his nation. The Soviet Union resented America for its delayed entry into World War II, which caused millions of Russian deaths. After the war, the Soviet Union began expanding in Eastern Europe, fueling American fears. President Truman began an unprecedented arms buildup in the U.S., resulting in a deadly “arms race” between the Soviet Union and the U.S. The weapons race created an atmosphere of constant fear and caution in the United States in the 1950s and ’60s. Families built bomb shelters in their backyards while children practiced attack drills in schools and watched films on the devastating effects of nuclear weaponry.
Seventh-Day Adventism “What the parents are, that, to a great extent, the children will be. The physical conditions of the parents, their dispositions and appetites, their mental and moral tendencies, are, to a greater or less degree, reproduced in their children.” – Ellen White
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he children of the Chance famwhen their church services are held. ily grow more independently A major factor in the rise of minded as they grow older, but they Seventh-Day Adventism was the vast were all raised under the theology of Victorian-era health reform Seventh-Day Adventism. Adventism movement, which saw a boom in is an enduring and growing branch of experimental new health treatments. Christianity with the rather unique The church’s founder Ellen White was distinction of being founded by a a fierce advocate of such treatments female prophet: because Adventists Ellen Harmon “Mental and moral believe in physical power is dependent on White. In its short resurrection at the the physical health.” lifetime it has Advent and that the become one of the body and the eternal – Ellen White largest religious soul are inseparable; it bodies in the world, with a larger is therefore a moral imperative to international membership than either take care of one’s own body in order the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterto maintain a pure soul. Today many Day Saints (Mormons) or the United Adventists abstain from caffeinated Methodist Church. Adventists place a drinks, red meats, cigarettes, special emphasis on the Advent—that alcohol, and other unhealthy habits. is, the Second Coming of Christ— The Church also manages a huge and the truth of God’s eternal laws number of hospitals, clinics, and as they are expressed in the Ten nursing schools, including Loma Commandments. Their adherence Linda University, which is currently to scriptural law accounts for their the largest medical school in North observance of the Saturday Sabbath, America. Written by Laura Owens and Ian Stewart, literary interns
meet the
Cast Kai Borch
Young Everett Chance Kai Borch is excited to be in his first BookIt production. He was previously seen as Sonny in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at ACT Theatre, and as Peter in Robin Hood with Anything Is Possible Theatre. He’s 11 years old and in the fifth grade. Kai enjoys acting and singing, loves cats, and has a big imagination.
Tré Calhoun†
Robbie / Ensemble Tré Calhoun recently graduated with a BA from Cornell University. He performed in various pieces, such as Hair, A People, No Exit, I’m a Frayed Knot, Those Learned Ladies, Our Town, and more. He also acted in My Brother Martin at Hangar Theatre, NY, and recently as Leonard Vole in Witness for the Prosecution at Little Theatre Off Broadway, Columbus, Ohio. He also wrote and directed the play Dirt + Dew as part of the 2016 Seattle Fringe Festival.
Marissa Castillo (part two only)
Linda Marissa is a 2015 Cornish College of the Arts graduate. She is thrilled to make her post-collegiate debut in Book-It Repertory Theatre’s production of The Brothers K. College credits include Manrique in Fuente Ovejuna and Emily Webb in Our Town.
Trevor Cushman
Peter Chance Trevor is honored to be performing with BookIt for a second time—he was last seen on the Book-It stage in the ensemble of She’s Come Undone. Other notable credits include Lukie in Seattle Public Theatre’s production of Slip/Shot; Alan Seymour in Picnic, and Robert in A Language of Their Own, both with ReAct Theatre. * Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. † Book-It Acting Intern
Solomon Davis (part two only)
Captain Dudek / Ensemble Solomon has performed in numerous plays for Taproot Theatre, Unexpected Productions, Seattle Playwrights Collective, and tours around the country with his oneperson show Remember Being Born?. He also tours with Taproot’s Improv team and is a theatre instructor at The Northwest School. He was last seen at Book-It in Truth Like The Sun.
Sunam Ellis (part two only)
Yulie / Nancy Beal / Ensemble Sunam Ellis is delighted to make her Book-It debut. Most recently she was seen in Seattle Public Theater’s production of Amadeus. Sunam is a graduate of the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program where she appeared in Twelfth Night (Malvolia), Pentecost (Yasmin), and Fifth of July (Gwen Landis). Other favorite roles include Lisa Webster in The Withing Project, Stella Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, and Joan Plowright in Orson’s Shadow.
Spencer Hamp
Kincaid “Kade” Chance This is Spencer’s first venture with Book-It. He is so proud to work on this project, adapted from a truly wonderful piece of literature. Spencer’s recent credits include Buzzer (AJ Epstein, ACT Theatre), Mother Courage, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It (Seattle Shakespeare), The Flick (New Century Theatre Company), and The Three Sisters (The Seagull Project, ACT Theatre). Spencer is a company member of The Seagull Project and graduated from the University of Washington in 2014 with a BA in Sociology and Drama.
Laura Hanson
Mrs. Babcock / Aunt Mary Jane / Ensemble Laura is very honored and excited to return to the Book-It stage and work with this
amazing team. She was last seen here as Linda/Ensemble in Truth Like the Sun. Other fun, favorite credits include Chloe in My Old Lady with Harlequin Productions where she had the opportunity to work with internationally-acclaimed playwright, Israel Horovitz. Also Monique in Sprawl with Washington Ensemble Theatre, Doris in Same Time, Next Year, Edna in The Prisoner of Second Avenue, and two turns in Blithe Spirit as both Ruth and Elvira. In addition to theatre, Laura is a member of SAG-AFTRA and has appeared in numerous indie films, commercials, voice-overs, and corporate/industrial videos.
Gavin Hoffman *
Hugh “Papa” Chance Gavin is making his Seattle debut. He is a Portland native and has been seen at Portland Center Stage in Great Expectations, Cyrano, Othello, Clybourne Park, and the JAW Festival. At Artists Repertory Theatre he appeared in The Understudy and Amy Freed’s The Monster-Builder. He directed CoHo’s production of ‘night, Mother, and has acted in productions at Third Rail, CoHo, Profile, Vertigo, Shaking the Tree, and Lakewood. He has won two Drammy awards: Supporting Actor, The Foreigner 2011; Solo Performance, To Cape, The Tripping Point, 2012. Gavin has worked regionally at The Shakespeare Theatre in D.C., Tulane Summer Shakespeare Festival, and PCPA in Santa Maria, Calif. He lived and acted in New York City for ten years. He has guest-starred on “Leverage” and “The Big Easy” and co-starred on “Grimm.” He is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and has a BFA in acting from Ithaca College. He is a proud member of AEA.
DAVID HSIEH (part two only)
Elder Joon / Ensemble A freelance actor, director, designer, and stage manager, David is excited to return to Book-It where he previously played Okabe in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. He is the founding artistic director of ReAct Theatre where he
has directed such critically acclaimed productions as Time Stands Still, Picnic, Driving Miss Daisy, Yellow Face, Rabbit Hole, The Last Five Years, Angels in America: Perestroika, Closer, and Prelude to a Kiss. Some of his favorite recent stage credits include It’s a Wonderful Life (2014) with Theater Anonymous, Royal Blood with Onward Ho!, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2013), and The Happy Ones at Seattle Public, and A Language of Their Own with ReAct. David is also a Theatre Puget Sound founding board member.
SUZY HUNT *
Grandawma / Dr. Gurtzner / Sister Harg Last season, Suzy performed in BookIt’s I Am of Ireland and The Dog of the South. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Locally she has performed at ACT Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Empty Space, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Intiman. Regionally she has performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, at the Guthrie, Denver Center Theatre, the Alley, Arizona Theatre Company, and the Spoleto Festival. Plum roles include Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret, Stella in Light Up the Sky, the Countess in The Women, and Carrie in Trip to Bountiful. She dedicates her performance to her grandchildren.
Agastya Kohli (part two only)
Dessigner / Ensemble Agastya is making his Book-It debut in this production. He is a Seattle-based actor, director, and producer. He has been leading the Drama Wing of Pratidhwani, a local South Asian performing arts organization, since 2005 and has directed and produced a number of shows under their banner. He has also directed locally for 14/48, Live Girls! Theater, Infinity Box, and SIS Productions, and has served as assistant director for ReAct Theatre. He holds a certificate in Directing for Stage and Screen from University of Washington. A Telecom engineer by day, Agastya lives in Kirkland with his wife, Marianna, and proudly serves on the board of Theatre Puget Sound. Thank you for supporting live theatre.
Rebecca Love†
Winifred “Freddy” Chance Rebecca Love is a recent graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, where she has performed in Aaron & Sophie (Sophie), Quixote: Book One (Sancho Panza), and Harrison, TX (Mary Catherine). She has also had the privilege to work with Intiman Theatre last summer in The Children’s Hour (Peggy Rogers), and to perform on The Globe stage in a workshop production of Romeo & Juliet (Tybalt & Juliet 3). Thank you for joining us for this epic story.
Nina Makino
Young Beatrice Chance Nina Makino is a 5th grader who is thrilled to be making her Book-it Repertory Theatre debut. Nina most recently appeared in SCT’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Youth Ensemble) and ACT Theatre’s production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Trixie). Nina is passionate about acting, musical theater, and playing jazz on her trumpet.
Cody Moffitt†
Buddy Sears / Swasey / Ensemble Cody Moffitt was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he studied theatre at the McCallum Fine Arts Academy, as well as studying Shakespeare at Winedale for eight years. He then moved to Seattle to attend Cornish College of the Arts where he is currently earning his BFA in acting. Recent credits include Felix Robertson in Harrison, TX, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel.
Aaron T. Moore*
Elder Babcock / Doc Franken / Grayson / Ensemble This is Aaron’s first show with Book-It. A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Aaron has enjoyed an 18-year career as an actor, director, designer, and instructor for theatre and film companies in Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Washington, and Canada.
Most recently Aaron joined 21 actors from around the world as part of the Shakespeare’s Globe International Actors’ Fellowship in London, UK.
Christopher Morson
Everett Chance Christopher is pleased to return to Book-it where he previously played Ray Midge in The Dog of the South, Huck Finn in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored, and Say in the educational tour, Pink and Say. He has also appeared in Charlie Brown Christmas (Taproot); A View From the Bridge (Seattle Rep); Titus Andronicus, Much Ado about Nothing, Twelfth Night (Seattle Shakespeare); Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Wooden O); Cumulus, Las Cruces (Sandbox Artist Collective: SOAP Fest); Dead End (Endangered Species Project). Film and TV: “Z Nation,” “Iron,” “Chaldea,” “The Bhakti Boy,” “Left Together,” “Organ Trail Complete Edition,” and “The Duck Game Adult Swim.” Christopher earned his BFA in acting from Cornish College of the Arts. www.Christophermorson.com
Julian Mudge-Burns
Young Peter Chance Julian, age 11, is honored to be a part of The Brothers K production! Julian was last seen in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Seattle Children’s Theatre. Previous theatre experience includes the SCT summer season performances of Into the Woods, Jr. and Singin’ in the Rain, Jr. Other credits include The Tempest (Prospero), The Phantom Tollbooth (Milo), Beauty and the Beast (Lumière), Willy Wonka (Candy Man), The Jungle Book (Shere Khan), and Peter Pan (John).
Annika Nori†
Beatrice “Bet” Chance / Melanie Annika Nori hails from the Bay Area in California, where she attended a Waldorf School for the entirety of her schooling. College brought her to Seattle to attend Cornish College of the Arts. Her previous work includes Thisbe in The Myth Projects 2013, Evelyn in The Children’s Hour and Dolores Henry in Harrison, TX all produced at Cornish.
meet the
Cast Zoe Papadakis
Young Winifred Chance Zoe, age ten is thrilled to make her acting debut at Book-It! Credits include singing on Disney “It’s a Small World” 50th Anniversary video, and performing with Seattle Girls’ Choir for four year; She has studied piano since age six. Zoe lives in Magnolia with her mom, dad, and big sister and mentor, Mia. Zoe enjoys her drama classes, unicycle club, skateboarding team, cooking, writing, and spending time with family and friends.
Riley Shanahan
Irwin “Winnie” Chance Riley feels fortunate to perform with Book-It again after Slaughterhouse-Five. His Seattle theatre credits include Really Really (ArtsWest Playhouse), the titular character in John Baxter is a Switch Hitter (Intiman Theater Festival), and Tartuffe (Seattle Shakespeare Company). He appeared in the film, “Second Nature” (Mirror Image Productions). He previously attended the University of Oregon, and finished his education at Cornish College of the Arts where he received his BFA. Next he’ll play Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility at PCPA in California. Thanks for being here.
Alex Silva
Young Irwin Chance Alex recently appeared in Titus Andronicus at Seattle Shakespeare Company where he previously appeared in Waiting for Godot. Other credits include Jeremy Potts in SCT‘s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s Our Town, A Christmas Carol at ACT Theatre, and with Bill Irwin: On Beckett at Seattle Rep. Alex has enjoyed working with Seattle Shakespeare’s Short Shakes program as Dogberry and Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing and SCT Summer Season in Macbeth and Gulliver.
Caden Tate
Young Kincade Chance Caden Tate, 11, is thrilled to be in his first Book-It production. He recently moved to Seattle from Texas, where he has been involved in theatre since age five. Recent roles include Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka at Oh Look Theatre, Earthworm in James & the Giant Peach at Studio B Theater, and Young Scrooge in A Seussified Christmas Carol at Oh Look Theatre. He enjoys acting, singing, and playing video games.
Alexandra Tavares*
Laura “Mama” Chance Alexandra is thrilled to return to BookIt where she last appeared as Meg in Little Women. Some productions she has appeared in are Constellations and Three Tall Women at Seattle Rep; Pride and Prejudice (Elizabeth), The Clean House (Mathilde), and ItalianAmerican Reconciliation (Janice) at Actors Theatre of Louisville; the world premiere of the new Jane Martin play, Somebody/Nobody, Sherlock Holmes and The Suicide Club at Arizona Theatre Company; Middletown and Rock n’ Roll at ACT; Ellie in Heartbreak House and Irina in Three Sisters at Intiman; Medea in Jason and the Golden Fleece at Seattle Children’s Theatre, along with several productions at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, and Washington Ensemble Theatre. She has also appeared as Nina in The Seagull and Masha in Three Sisters (Gregory Award, Outstanding Production) with The Seagull Project of which she is a founding member. She has an MFA in acting from University of Washington.
Shaudi Bianca Vahdat
Natasha Shaudi is a Seattlebased actor, musician, and composer. She was most recently seen in BrechtFest, Crazed, and IRL: Reddit with The Horse in Motion and Sprawl with Washington Ensemble Theatre. Shaudi also composes for the theatre, most recently for this spring’s world
premiere of The Things Are Against Us at Washington Ensemble Theatre. As a singer-songwriter, she records and performs throughout the region. Shaudi is a co-founding member of The Horse in Motion ensemble and holds a BA in Drama Performance from the University of Washington. www.shaudibiancavahdat.com
Evan Whitfield
Brother Beal / Major Keys / Ensemble Evan is back at Book-It after being seen in Anna Karenina, Jesus’ Son, and as Matt Prior in The Financial Lives of the Poets (also adapted and directed by Myra Platt) for which he was nominated for a Gregory Award. Evan was most recently in New Century Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Festen. He has performed with ACT, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 14/48 Projects, and many more. Other favorite roles include Jeff in Lobby Hero and Walker/Ned in Three Days of Rain, both at Seattle Public Theater, and Eugene Wright in John Longenbaugh’s How to be Cool. Evan is a proud member of NCTC.
Bob Williams
Roy / GQ Durham / Ensemble After appearing on the Book-It stage in Bud, Not Buddy, and touring for BookIt’s school touring program with Sosu’s Call and Chicken Sunday, Bob Williams is thrilled to make his return with The Brothers K. Other regional credits include work at ACT, Sound Theatre Company, ReAct, Annex, ArtsWest, Brown Box, Historic Everett Theatre, Spokane Interplayers, The Empty Space, Union Garage, Seattle Experimental Opera, and 14/48.
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
myra platt
Adapter / Director Myra has helped Book-It produce over 100 world-premiere mainstage productions and over 30 education touring productions. Most recently she directed and adapted Little Bee, and directed The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won the 2014 Gregory Award for Outstanding Production and received a Seattle Times 2014 Footlight Award. She directed Persuasion, Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday, and she adapted and directed The Financial Lives of the Poets, The River Why (by David James Duncan), Night Flight, Red Ranger Came Calling, The House of the Spirits, Giant, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud, A Telephone Call, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. She adapted The Art of Racing in the Rain, co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones, and composed music for Prairie Nocturne, Night Flight (with Joshua Kohl), Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), The Awakening, Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. Her acting credits include Prairie Nocturne, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, The Awakening (West Los Angeles Garland Award), Howards End, and the original production of The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II. She has performed at Seattle Rep, Intiman, New City Theatre, and the Mark Taper Forum. Myra is the recipient, with Jane Jones, of a Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Anniversary grant, the 2010 Women of Influence from Puget Sound Business Journal, and was named by The Seattle Times a 2010 Unsung Hero and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region.
christopher mumaw
Scenic Designer Christopher is a freelance theater artist based in Seattle. He received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Washington and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wright State University in his home town of Dayton, Ohio. This is Christopher’s third production with Book-It Repertory Theatre. Scenic Design credits include Violet (ArtsWest), Great Expectations (dir. by Jane Jones,
Portland Center Stage), Grease (5th Avenue), a new opera workshop of Heart Mountain (Vespertine Opera Theater at InScape), The Magic Flute (Pacific Music Works), The Dog of the South (Book-It), SPRAWL with Pete Rush (WET), Judy’s Scary Little Christmas (ArtsWest), Gregory Awardwinning production, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (BookIt), The Rape of Lucretia (Vespertine Opera Theater at St. Marks Cathedral), Little Women (ArtsWest), and The Last Five Years (Cornish). www. ChristopherMumaw.com
Marnie Cumings
Lighting Designer Marnie is very happy to be back designing at Book-It for one of her favorite novels. Recent credits include Pénélope and Heart Mountain with Vespertine Opera and The Magic Flute with Pacific Music Works. Previous Book-It shows include The Financial Lives of Poets, Anna Karenina, Truth Like the Sun, and The Dog of the South.
chelsea cook
Costume Designer Chelsea Cook is a Seattle-based freelance costume designer, shop manager, and small business owner. Previous Book-It Shows include What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, The Dog of the South, and She’s Come Undone (Gregory Award Nomination). Her work has also been seen at Village Theatre, ArtsEmerson, George Street Playhouse, ACT Theatre, Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre, Café Nordo, Washington Ensemble Theatre, STAGEright, Seattle Public Theater, and more. Favorite designs include Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Spring Awakening, Into The Woods (Gregory, Outstanding Musical), The Addams Family (Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre), and Trails, Lizzie Borden, The Great Wall, (Village Theatre/Festival). Upcoming productions include Hotel Nordo (Cafe Nordo), and As You Like It (Island Shakespeare Festival). Chelsea has been on staff at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Village Theatre, and the Intiman Theatre Festival. Chelsea graduated with a BA in performance production at Cornish College of the Arts.
matt starritt
Sound Designer Matt Starritt is a Seattle-based freelance sound designer for theatre and dance. In Seattle, he has designed for Seattle
Repertory Theatre, Intiman, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Arts West, The Cherdonna and Lou Show, New Century Theatre Company, BenDeLaCreme, Waxie Moon, zoe | juniper, and Washington Ensemble Theatre. Nationally, he has designed for Alley Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cornerstone Theater Company, The Old Globe, and South Coast Repertory. He is a part-time lecturer for the University of Washington’s School of Drama and was a founding member of Washington Ensemble Theatre.
jeremiah givers*
Stage Manager Jeremiah is pleased to return to Book-It Repertory Theatre where he recently stage managed Emma. Jeremiah took a break from stage management and spent a year as a stay-at-home dad to his and his wife’s first son. He previously worked with Book-It in 2014 as assistant stage manager on Truth Like the Sun. His other past works include stage manager for Freehold’s Engaged Theatre Project’s summer tours and as a stage management intern for Seattle Repertory Theatre. He received his BFA in performance production from Cornish College of the Arts in December of 2011.
anthea carns
Assistant Stage Manager Anthea Carns is a theatre artist raised in Alaska, trained at Carnegie Mellon University, and transplanted to Seattle. Most recently her work has been seen on Seattle stages in Intiman’s Emerging Artists 2015 Showcase and with BookIt’s Guilty Pleasures and Little Bee. She has worked as a dramaturg, director, teacher, and writer in Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Anchorage. www. antheacarns.com
laura owens
Dramaturg / Assistant Director Laura is excited to be working on her second production at Book-It after fulfilling the role of dramaturg for this season’s Emma. Laura’s other dramaturg credits include Pterodactyls for Promethean Theatre Company, in New Orleans, and Romeo and Juliet and Sunday in the Park with George for Burning Coal Theatre Company in North Carolina.
ian stewart
Dramaturg / Assistant Director Ian is thrilled to be working with Book-It again after doing dramaturgy for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Ian is a recent graduate from the University of Oregon, where he wrote and directed three plays in the Pocket Playhouse, including an original adaptation of stories by H.P. Lovecraft. www.iancstewart.com.
KARLA DAVENPORT Properties Master
Karla has worked on the Book-It productions of Slaughterhouse Five and Emma. She has worked with many local theater companies, including Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, and is also the Resident Props Designer for Washington Ensemble Theatre. Recent projects include James and the Giant Peach JR. with Village KIDSTAGE, The Motherf***er with the Hat with Washington Ensemble, and Bad Jews with Seattle Public Theater.
tom dewey
Fight Choreographer Tom’s fight choreography has been seen around the Puget Sound Region. For Book-It, he has choreographed the fights for Slaughterhouse-Five, Great Expectations, The Financial Lives of the Poets, She’s Come Undone, and Little Bee. As an actor, his credits include the role of Fisher in Border Songs at Book-It, Brad in Gloucester Blue at Harlequin Productions, Titus Lartius in Coriolanus with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew with GreenStage, and he is currently touring with Seattle Shakespeare Company’s education program in Romeo and Juliet. Tom is an actor combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors and a proud graduate of the theatre arts and history programs at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma.
marianna defazio
Dialect Coach Marianna is a Seattle-based actor and a dialect coach whose most recent project with Book-It was another epic, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Other recent coaching credits include Talley’s Folly at SPU and Belleville with MAP Theatre. Up next is A Joyful Noise at Taproot Theatre this fall. She is married to Agastya Kohli, and was delighted to work with him on this production. MFA: UW.
ray gonzalez
Baseball Coach Ray has been actively working in Seattle theaters for almost 20 years. A founding company member of NCTC, Ray has also performed with Book-It, Seattle Shakespeare and Wooden O, ACT, Bridges International Repertory, New City, Seattle Rep, and Intiman. Some of his favorite roles include Orsino (Twelfth Night),
Stephen Blackpool (Hard Times), and Petruchio (Taming of the Shrew). Ray is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts.
MYRA PLATT
Founding Co-Artistic Director See bio on page A-11.
Jane Jones
Founder, Founding Co-Artistic Director Jane is the founder of Book-It and founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 27 years of staging literature, she has performed, adapted, and directed works by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Pam Houston, Raymond Carver, Frank O’Connor, Jim Lynch, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier, and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 35 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres. Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, “Twin Peaks,” and Rose Red. She co-directed with Tom Hulce at Seattle Rep, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Ovation Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Recently Jane directed Book-It’s Great Expectations at Portland Center Stage, where her credits also include Pride and Prejudice, Cyrano and Twelfth Night (2008 Drammy award for Best Direction and Production). For Book-It, she has directed What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, The Dog of the South, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored, Truth Like the Sun, The House of Mirth, The Highest Tide, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howard’s End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II, winner of the 2010 and 2011 Gregory Awards for Outstanding Production. In 2008 she, Myra Platt, and Book-It were honored to be named by the Seattle Times among seven Unsung Heroes and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region. She is a recipient of the 2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award, a 2010 Women of Influence award from Puget Sound Business Journal, and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Founders Grant, and was a finalist for the American Union for Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation’s 2012 Zelda Fichandler Award.
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staff BRYAN BURCH
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ANDERS BOLANG
Scene Shop Manager / Master Carpenter
DAN SCHUY
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CARMEN RODRIGUEZ Scenic Charge Artist
ANGELO DOMITRI
Master Electrician / Light Board Operator
KYLE THOMPSON
Sound Engineer / Sound Board Operator
JESSICA JONES Sound Engineer
KELSEY ROGERS
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ANNA BOWEN
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AMY JURKIEWICZ Youth Supervisor
special thanks Jeffrey Acevedo Brook Avidon, MA ACT Theatre 5th Avenue Theatre René Haynes Casting Intiman KIDSTAGE Marc King Christine Morris Seattle Children’s Theatre for rehearsal space Seattle Shakespeare Company Theatre Puget Sound Jane Unger Village Theatre
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honoring book-it contributors Book-It thanks the following for their generous support!
Literary Legends’ Circle $75,000+ Sage Foundation
Literary CHampions’ Circle $25,000+ ArtsFund The Boeing Company Matthew Clapp The Norcliffe Foundation Kris & Mike Villiott
LITERARY HEROES CIRCLE $10,000+ Sonya & Tom Campion Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Gretl Galgon Lucy Helm Ellen & John Hill Stellman Keehnel Margaret Kineke & Dennis West Ellen & Stephen Lutz Mary Pigott Michell & Larry Pihl Safeco Insurance Fund Shirley & Dave Urdal Williams Trading, LLC
Partners’ circle $5,000+ Anonymous (2) ArtsWA Charlotte Martin Foundation Emily Davis Holly & Bill Marlelyn Nordstrom Charitable Giving Lynne & Nick Reynolds The Seattle Foundation
Leadership circle $2,500+ Monica Alquist Donna & Anthony Barnett Karen Brandvick-Baker & Ross Baker Amy & Matthew Cockburn Carolyn & George Cox D.A. Davidson & Co. Stuart Frank & Marty Hoiness Laura & Erik Hanson Jane Jones & Kevin McKeon Ellen Maxson Mary Metastasio Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Shirley Roberson Kate & Stephen Robinson Ellen & Michael Rosenberg Steve Schwartzman & Daniel Karches Nancy & Warren Smith Deborah Swets Tulalip Tribes Charitable Contributions U.S. Bank Foundation
Nobel Prize Circle, cont. many thanks to ‘the Brothers K’ Producers Sonya and Tom Campion Nesholm Family Foundation
Co-producers Anonymous (2) Emily Davis Holly and Bill Marklyn
Nobel Prize Circle $1,000+ Anonymous (4) John Aldaya & Tom DeFelice Emily Anthony & David Maymudes Cinnimin Avena Salli & Stephen Bauer Lenore & Dick Bensinger Judy Brandon & H. Randall Webb Sally Brunette Bryan Burch Karen & Tom Challinor Carol & Bill Collins Laura & Greg Colman† Deborah Cowley & Mark Dexter Nora & Allan Davis DeNormandie, Sidlo & Associates PLLC Shannon & Graham Gardner Susan George Darcy & Craig Greene Margaret Winsor & Earl J. Hereford Mary Fran & Harold Hill KeyBank Foundation Lea Knight Richard LeBlanc Leslie Fund, Inc. E.W. Littlefield Melissa & Don Manning Peter Maunsell Anne McDuffie & Tim Wood Terry & Frank Michiels Shyla Miller Minar Northey LLP Susan & Furman Moseley Kelly Munn & Steven Thues Terri Olson Miller & Tom Miller Deborah Parsons† Michelle Rebert & Tom Laughlin Anne Repass Nathan Rodriguez Charyl Kay & Earl Sedlik SEI Giving Fund Martha Sidlo Mary Snapp Sara Thompson & Richard Gelinas
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Pulitzer Prize Circle $500+ Anonymous (4) Janet Boguch & Kelby Fletcher Patricia Britton Margaret Bullitt Diana & Chuck Carey Cathy & Michael Casteel Clipper Seafoods, LTD. Ronald DeChene & Robert Hovden Dottie Delaney Julie Edsforth & Jabez Blumenthal Sara Elward Kim & Rob Entrop Jean Gorecki & Dick Dobyns Margaret Griffiths† Mark Hamburg Phyllis Hatfield Kathryn Hazzard Sallie Hirsch Lisa & William Holderman Joyce & John Jackson Jamie & Jeremy Joseph Melissa & Bill Joyce Karen Koon The Kowal Family Marsha Kremen & Jilly Eddy Lori Eickelberg & Arni Litt Karen Lorene & Don Bell Darcy & Lee MacLaren Marcia Mason Cheryl & Tom Oliver† Glenna Olson & Conrad Wouters Cathy & Jeff Peda Christiane Pein & Steven Bull Myra Platt & Dave Ellis Doris & Charles Ray Shawn & Mike Rediger Jo Ann & Jim Roberts Gail & John Sehlhorst Jo & Michael Shapiro Jennifer Lee Taylor Wendy & Rhea Thompson Kathy & Jim Tune Vanguard Charitable Rebecca Wakefield & Murray Johnson Elizabeth Warman Hope & Ken Wiljanen Russ Young Freddie Yudin Shari Zehm & Kerry Thompson
honoring book-it contributors Book-It thanks the following for their generous support!
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