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Book-It Repertory Theatre Proudly presents
the Cider House Rules Parts One & Two
Adapted by Peter Parnell From the novel by John Irving Directed by Jane Jones**
based on the original direction by Tom Hulce & Jane Jones
Conceived for the Stage by Tom Hulce, Jane Jones, and Peter Parnell CAST
in alphabetical order
Mary Murfin Bayley Eric Chappelle Peter Crook* Marcel Davis Melinda Deane* Joe Feeney Gerald Grissette Emily Grogan Julie Jamieson Laura Kenny* Ryan Fields Heather Gautschi Jon Lutyens Stephanie McAlexander Kellan Larson Samara Lerman David Anthony Lewis* Allison Strickland Ben McFadden Charles Norris Richard Nguyen Sloniker Connor Toms* Terri Weagant Jonathan Wright ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION STAFF Devorah Spadone Production Stage Manager Victoria Thompson Assistant Stage Manager Andrea Bush Andrew D. Smith Pete Rush Danny Wheetman Edd Key Eric Chappelle Kristyne A. Hughes Alex Miller & Collin Wallace
Scenic Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Composer Music Director Sound Designer Properties Designer Assistant Director & Dramaturg
Zandi Carlson Production Assistant Lauren Peirce Stage Management Intern Anders Bolang Emily Van Winkle Michael Minahan Jenna Carino Bill Danner Ayako Yamada Jocelyne Fowler Chris Frickland
Production Manager Assistant Lighting Designer Scenic Painter Assistant Scenic Painter Master Carpenter Costume Assistant Costume Asst.& Wardrobe Supervisor Master Electrician
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States **The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
2010-11 Season Support, is provided in part, by
The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud’s was originally produced in New York by Atlantic Theatre Company on May 6, 1999. The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud’s and Part Two: In Other Parts of the World were originally produced by the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Washington, and Part One was subsequently produced by Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles California. The play is performed through arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
the Cider House Rules PLACE: St. Cloud’s, Maine, and other parts of the world. PART ONE: TIME Act One spans fifty years. Act Two spans ten years. Act Three takes place in the space of one day.
PART TWO: TIME Act Four spans three years. Act Five takes place 15 years later
CAST
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PART TWO
PART ONE Billy Winkle/Nurse Receptionist Musician Dr. Wilbur Larch Nurse Edna/Mother Curly Day/Draper Grandson Mrs. Eames’ Daughter/Eclampsia Patient/John Larch John Wilbur/Homer’s Mom/Candy Nurse Angela/Prostitute Mrs. Draper/Mrs. Claus/Mrs. Grogan Mrs. Eames/Kate O’Shaunessey Station Master/Mr. Draper/Larch’s Dad/Musician Fuzzy Stone/Jennings/Mary Agnes/Musician Smoky Fields/13-year-old Girl/Singer Young Larch/Snowy Meadows Truck Driver/Megan O’Rourke/Wally Homer Wells Grown-up Daughter/Melony Wilbur Walsh/Grant Winkle/House Officer/Musician
Mary Murfin Bayley Eric Chappelle Peter Crook* Marcel Davis Melinda Deane* Joe Feeney Ryan Fields Heather Gautschi Gerald Grissette Emily Grogan Julie Jamieson Laura Kenny* Kellan Larson Samara Lerman David Anthony Lewis* Jon Lutyens Stephanie McAlexander Ben McFadden Charles Norris Richard Nguyen Sloniker Allison Strickland Connor Toms* Terri Weagant Jonathan Wright
Olive/Debra’s Mom/Ensemble Musician Dr. Wilbur Larch Mr. Rose Nurse Edna/Squeeze Louise Curly Day/Charlie/Ensemble Muddy/Ensemble Debra/Nurse Caroline/Ensemble Jack/Ensemble Candy Nurse Angela/Doris/Flo Mrs. Grogan/Big Dot/Forewoman Angel/Ensemble Lorna/Mrs. Eames/Ensemble Herb/Eddie/Ensemble/Musician Fuzzy Stone/Mary Agnes/Ensemble/Musician Orphan/Ensemble/Musician Walter/Bob/Young Larch Peaches/Ensemble Wally Rose Rose/Ensemble Homer Wells Melony Ray/Ensemble/Musician
This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency using funds appropriated by Congress to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Book-It Repertory Theatre’s season is also supported, in part, by generous donations from The Boeing Company Charitable Trust, MetLife, Theatre Communications Group, The Seattle Foundation, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, The Shubert Foundation, KeyBank Foundation, as well as our Media Sponsor KUOW and Online Media Sponsor Google.com. Thank you to all our supporters!
Continued from page 2 find myself embracing and re-visiting the telling of this story in honor of Book-It’s 20th Anniversary Season. This project was planted in Seattle, it came to define us artistically, and to return to it with yet another company of extraordinarily gifted actors (22 in total between the two parts of the story) who choose to make Seattle their home, reminds me daily of what a privilege it is to come to work. John Irving has written a mighty story, Dickensian in scope, spanning eight decades. It is a beautiful story. A heartbreaking story. A hard story. We have been joined in the rehearsal room by doctors and community members who have generously shared their own stories and guided us through this emotional polemic. Thank you all—we could not have created this work without you. There is no period in history, no culture known to woman/man, that has not needed, or chosen, to control fertility and reproduction, and probably no period or culture where the ubiquitous desire to exert that control has not complicated, entangled, and entrapped lives…but that’s enough from me on the subject: I am going to opt out of expressing my personal thoughts as to why we as a company originally chose (and choose again now) to present it; I know John Irving will make that abundantly clear by evening’s end. Thank you for joining us for this very special anniversary production, for your support over the past 20 years and for your enduring belief in our work. We feel so very fortunate to be here, to be celebrating literature, to be enriching the world with art, but most of all we feel blessed to count you among our Book-It family. Thank you!
Director, Book-It Founder, & Founding Co-Artistic Director
Book-It is grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their generous support of The Cider House Rules, Parts One & Two American Civil Liberties Union of Washington; NARAL Pro-Choice Washington; Dr. Dick Dobyns, Dr. Dawn Frankwick, Dr. Anna Kaminski, Dr. Sara Thompson, Deborah VanDerhei and the Washington Association of Abortion Providers; Adam Cornell; and Marne Cohen-Vance at ACT Theatre; Jeff Evans; John Platt; Seattle Children’s Theatre; Benjamin Moore, Elizabeth Farwell-Moreland, Angie Kamel, and Jolene Obertin at Seattle Repertory Theatre; Shane Reagan at Theatre Puget Sound; Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society; Seattle Surgical; Seattle University; Tom Swallow; University of Washington School of Drama and Scene Shop; and Michael Yakovich.
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Homer Wells moves to the Worthington Family’s Ocean View apple orchard in Heart’s Haven, Maine to assist with the harvest.
The Japanese begin their invasion of Britain-controlled Burma from Thailand, attacking up the Kra Isthmus. By August, the Japanese establish a puppet government in Burma.
Japanese Invasion of Burma January 15May 15, 1942. http://www.onwarcom/ maps/wwii/pacific1/ burma41.htm
Wally and Candy take Homer to a drive-in movie theatre for the first time. Mr. Rose’s daughter, Rose Rose, is born. Melony meets Lorna while working on the assembly line at the Bath shipyards. Wally enlists in the Air Force.
1943
Dr. John Rock, of Harvard Medical School, breaks Massachusetts’ law by teaching his medical school students about birth control and he asks the state to let Massachusetts physicians advise patients on birth control. Wally is sent to Burma
with the Air Force.
1944
The Consumer League conducts an investigation into the living conditions of migrant workers in New York State. It finds hundreds of families (migrant labor was often hired in family units) living in squalid conditions comparable to the worst city slums. Migrant children do not have access to educational facilities and are not protected under child labor laws.
On December 7, 1941 Japanese fighters launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, after a nearly unanimous vote (82-0 in the U.S. Senate and 388-1 in the House) in favor of declaring war on Japan, President Roosevelt signs the declaration of war. Three days later, America declares war on Germany and Italy, as well. U.S. food prices up 61% since 1939. USS Arizona Burning at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Department of Defense.
“Migrant Agricultural Worker’s Family. Seven Children without Food. Mother Aged Thirty-Two. Father is a Native Californian. Nipomo, California.” Photo by Dorothea Lange. February 1936. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Black-and-White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945, Library of Congress.
President Roosevelt signs into law the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944, often referred to as the G.I. Bill of Rights, which provides college tuition assistance for veterans, as well as job training and help with home loans. Angel is born at St. Cloud’s and brought back to Ocean View.
1945
1953 The Japanese surrender following the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing an end to World War II.
1956 Enovid, an oral contraceptive containing the synthetic hormone progesterone, is the first birth control submitted for Food and Drug Administration approval in America. It was first made available in the U.S. in 1957, marketed only for the treatment of menstrual disorders. In 1960, the FDA approved an application to market it as a contraceptive.
Harvard endocrinologist Fuller Albright publishes an essay on serious menstrual disorders. In a brief paragraph that will come to be known as “Albright’s Prophecy,” he writes that preventing ovulation prevents pregnancy and proposes the possibility of “birth control by hormone therapy.”
1947
1957
The House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenas ten Hollywood screenwriters to investigate alleged Soviet propaganda in American films. When the men do not cooperate they are cited for contempt of Congress, prompting the creation of the Hollywood Blacklist.
1950
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States.
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first Earth satellite.
1954
1959
Federal court rules that Atlanta’s segregated bus system is unconstitutional. Melony sends Lorna to St. Cloud’s
North Korea invades South Korea, officially beginning the Korean War. The U.S. enters the conflict to support South Korea. “U.S. Marines fighting in Seoul, Korea, Sept. 1950.” U.S. Federal Government.
In deciding the case Brown v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
Rose Rose arrives in Ocean View with her father.
Bill Haley and His Comets record (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock, which became an anthem for rebellious Fifties youth and is widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture in the U.S. and around the world. Top photograph on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 1954. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. cph 3c27042)
John Irving
was born in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1942 and attended Philips Exeter Academy, where he wrestled competitively and where his stepfather taught Russian History. A year into college, Irving went to Europe, absorbing experiences that would later find their way into his novels. He returned to the U.S., graduated the University of New Hampshire in 1965, then earned an MFA from the distinguished Creative Writing program at the University of Iowa. With MFA in hand, Irving took a job as Assistant Professor of English at Windham College in Vermont, followed by teaching stints at Mount Holyoke College, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Iowa, Writer-in-Residence at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and at Brandeis University. Early in his academic career he began to enjoy success as a writer. His first novel, Setting Free the Bears (1968), drew on his European experiences, as did his second, The Water-Method Man (1972). Many other bestsellers have followed: The 158-Pound Marriage (1974); The World According to Garp (1978, National Book Award); The Hotel New Hampshire (1981)—the latter two presented casts of vividly imagined eccentric characters, and both were made into films; The Cider House Rules (1985) was a critical success and also picked up by Hollywood— he wrote the screenplay and received the 2000 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay; A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989); a collection of short stories, Trying To Save Piggy Sneed (1996); The Imaginary Girlfriend (1997), a memoir embodying his reflections on writing and wrestling; A Son of the Circus (1997); A Widow for One Year (1998); The Fourth Hand (2001); Until I Find You (2004); and Last Night in Twisted River (2009). His writing reflects a deep admiration for the courage and good humor of men, women, and children in confronting the cruelties and catastrophes of life—all for which his work is frequently compared to the work of Charles Dickens. He now splits his time between New England and Ontario, Canada. Drawn from the American Academy of Achievement’s biography, retrieved on 5/28/2010 from:
www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/irv0bio-1
Mary Murfin Bayley Billy Winkle/Nurse Receptionist Olive/ Debra’s Mom/Ensemble
Mary’s favorite recent roles include Miss Havisham in Book-It’s workshop production of Great Expectations at Orcas Center and Sheree in Dixie Swim Club directed by Doug Bechtel. While living in Italy during the past two years, she performed with a Commedia dell’Arte group under Roberto Andrioli at Teatro Cestello and studied traditional Florentine theater with Manuelita Baylon. Mary received her BA in theatre from Reed College and studied at the Hagen Berghof Studio in New York. Favorite past roles include Mirandolina in Mistress of the Inn, Amelia Tilford inThe Children’s Hour, and Beth and Ellen in Pinter’s Landscape and Silence. Mary is thrilled to be part of The Cider House Rules cast.
Eric Chappelle Musician Musician & Sound Designer
Eric is pleased to join in this production of The Cider House Rules. He was previously on stage at The 5th Avenue Theatre as a townsperson in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and in Buddy!. He has played fiddle in many productions of Das Barbecü including the original Seattle Opera production, two productions at ACT Theatre, and one at The Goodspeed Opera House. Eric composed music for ACT’s production of The Clean House and he created numerous sound designs there. Rodeo Radio at The Empty Space, Pumpboys and Dinettes at Tacoma Actors Guild, and The Italian Straw Hat at The Bathhouse Theatre are among his favorite productions in which he has appeared.
Peter Crook* Dr. Wilbur Larch
Peter appeared in BookIt’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Silver Water. Other favorite credits include Rock’N’Roll, Stuff Happens, and A Number at ACT Theatre; The Fever and The Designated Mourner at New City Theater; Frozen at The Empty Space; Buddy at The 5th Avenue; Richard II at Seattle Shakespeare; Angels in America at Intiman; The Notebooks of Leonardo and The Beard of Avon at Seattle Rep; and over a dozen shows with Seattle Children’s Theatre. Regional credits include The Old Globe Theatre and New York Shakespeare Festival. On Broadway and on tour he was Mozart in Amadeus. TV and film credits include “Designing Women,” “Max Headroom,” Chaplin, Clean Slate, and Snow Falling
on Cedars. He is a graduate of The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts and The Juilliard School.
Marcel Davis Mr. Rose
Marcel is delighted to make his debut with Book-It. He has performed on many local stages throughout Seattle including Seattle Shakespeare Company in Henry V; Seattle Public Theater in Of Mice and Men and Master Harold...and the Boys; Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Bobby and Jerome and Death of A Salesman; ReAct; and Theater Schmeater. Marcel also tours nationally in a solo show, The Right to Dream, with Seattle’s own Living Voices and has performed internationally with Nu Black Arts West Theatre as part of Panafest 2005 in Ghana, West Africa. Marcel is the proud father of a new son, Caleb Eli.
Melinda Deane* Nurse Edna/Mother Nurse Edna/Squeeze
Louise Melinda is delighted to return to Book-It where she last appeared as Adele in The Awakening. She has performed in regional theaters around the country including the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Virginia Stage Company, Portland Center Stage, Oregon Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, and the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts. Some of her favorite roles include Rosalind in As You Like It and Gittel in Two For the Seesaw. Melinda received her training at The Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She was given a Drama-Logue Award for her performance as Julie Jordan in Carousel. She can be seen in the movie Bound for Glory.
Joe Feeney Curly Day/Draper Grandson Curly Day/ Charlie/Ensemble
Joe is excited to be a part of the wonderful cast of The Cider House Rules. He grew up in Richland, WA and graduated from the University of Washington in 2005.
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Ryan Fields Muddy/Ensemble
Ryan is thrilled to be performing with BookIt Repertory Theatre again, after playing Queequeg in MobyDick, or The Whale. He most recently played the title role in Balagan Theatre’s production of Oedipus.
Heather Gautschi Mrs. Eames’ Daughter/Eclampsia Patient/John Larch Debra/Nurse Caroline/Ensemble
Heather is thrilled to be making her Book-It debut. She has been seen on many Seattle stages, including Theater Schmeater, Balagan Theatre, LiveGirls!, ArtsWest, and GreenStage. Favorite roles include Mary Lane in Reefer Madness, Lavinia in Titus Andronicus, Millie in Picnic, and Ana in the world premiere of Mud Angel. Heather is also an alumnus of the improv company, Unexpected Productions. She received her BA in Theater from Oberlin College.
Gerald Grissette Jack/Ensemble
The Cider House Rules Part Two is Gerald’s Book- It and professional acting debut. He is currently a student at Seattle University and is thrilled to be a part of this cast. Gerald is looking forward to working as hard as he can, so that you can see him back on this stage!
Emily Grogan John Wilbur/Homer’s Mom/Candy Candy
Emily is delighted to be with Book-It once again, particularly to be working on this play, as watching the original production was such a defining moment for her while still a student at Cornish. Most recently Emily was seen as Silvia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona for Seattle Shakespeare Company, and her most recent Book-It role was Mrs. Elton in Emma. Other Book-It credits include Miss Adrian in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Cassandra in Broken for You, Anchor Woman in The Highest Tide, Helen in Howards End (Seattle Times Footlight Award 2002), and Jane in the original production of Pride and Prejudice.
Julie Jamieson Nurse Angela/ Prostitute Nurse Angela/Doris/Flo
Julie is very, very happy indeed to be returning to the Book-It stage. Other Book-It roles include Big Red in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Carolyn in The Highest Tide, and Mrs. Bolton in Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Recent roles include Mrs. Gottlieb in Dead Man’s Cell Phone at ArtsWest; the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet at Seattle Shakespeare Company; and Jose #3 at Theater Schmeater. Julie has three absolutely great children.
Laura Kenny* Mrs. Draper/Mrs. Claus/Mrs. Grogan Mrs. Grogan/Big Dot/Forewoman
Laura was recently seen at the Seattle Symphony in a concert version of The Music Man conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. She also appeared as Juanita in Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean for Woman Seeking…a theatre company and as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest at Village Theatre. She has worked at San Diego’s Old Globe, Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C., McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, Intiman, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and more. She received a Footlight Award for Wintertime at ACT. Her film and TV work includes “Rose Red,” Harry and the Hendersons, 10 Things I Hate About You, Mad Love, and “Northern Exposure.” A proud Union member, Laura has been in AEA for 26 years, is a local Board member for AFTRA, and the local SAG Council VP.
Kellan Larson Angel/Ensemble
Kellan is ecstatic to be working with BookIt again after playing Miles O’Malley in the 2008 production of The Highest Tide, which earned him a Seattle Times Footlight Award and was an experience he will never forget. He has also appeared in Book-It’s Plainsong as Bobby and in Seattle Public Theatre’s 2006 production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Kellan has been in several locally produced independent films including Cthulhu, which debuted at the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival, and Guy Maddin’s Brand Upon the Brain! which premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. Kellan is an 11th grader at University Preparatory Academy and is gearing up for a
Summer 2011 tour of all the Major League baseball stadiums with his Queen Anne buddies.
Samara Lerman Mrs. Eames/Kate O’Shaunessey Lorna/ Mrs. Eames/Ensemble
Samara is delighted to be back on the BookIt stage where she has previously been seen as Myrna and Darlene in A Confederacy of Dunces and Debbie in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Samara has worked nationally and locally with Seattle Shakespeare Company, Balagan Theatre, Theater Schmeater, Theatre 9/12, Harlequin Productions, 14/48 Festival, Centerstage, The Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival, and Shakespeare Santa Cruz.
David Anthony Lewis* Station Master/Mr. Draper/Larch’s Dad/ Musician Herb/ Eddie/Ensemble/ Musician
David is very excited to return to BookIt in this production. He graduated from Cornish College of the Arts in 1999 with a BFA in Acting and will always be grateful for the training and work ethic he learned there. Regional credits include Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Orlando in As You Like It, Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona, and two seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Local credits include Mr. Hyde in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Worcester in Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol.
Jon Lutyens Fuzzy Stone/Jennings/ Mary Agnes/ Musician Fuzzy Stone/Mary Agnes/ Musician
Jon is pleased to be making his Book-It debut with this tremendous piece. He has worked as an actor, musician, and educator around the area for five years, appearing with The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, ArtsWest, Seattle Public Theatre, and several others. The Cider House Rules, Part One marked Jon’s first Seattle summer appearing indoors, having spent the last several summers touring with Seattle Shakespeare Company and Wooden O in various roles. Favorite recent roles include Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Irwin in The History Boys, and Georg in She Loves Me. Jon holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Western Washington University.
Stephanie McAlexander Smoky Fields/ 13-year-old Girl/Singer Orphan/Ensemble/ Musician
Stephanie is a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s Drama department. She is very pleased to be making her professional debut at Book-It. Some of her favorite roles at the UW include Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods, Elizabeth Donderstock in The Book of Liz, Emily in Our Town, and Jeannie in Hair. Stephanie is very much looking forward to struggling as an actor in Seattle.
Ben McFadden Young Young Larch/ Snowy Meadows Walter/Bob/Young Larch
Ben is happy to return to Book-It, having been seen in The Highest Tide in 2008. He has also appeared on the stages of ArtsWest, SecondStory Repertory, Balagan Theatre, and in the parks with GreenStage. Ben is a graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, where he was lucky enough to play the role of Homer in the school’s production of The Cider House Rules. Returning to work on such a beautiful script is a true blessing. Ben will also be seen in Chamber Cymbeline with Seattle Shakespeare Company in January.
Charles Norris Peaches/Ensemble
Charles, a Cornish College of the Arts graduate, is happy to be returning to the BookIt stage where he was last seen as Burma Jones in A Confederacy of Dunces. Other recent shows include Condo Millennium; Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop written by Danny Hoch; and Dutchman by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), both produced by the House of Epicureanism.
Richard Nguyen Sloniker Truck Driver/Megan O’Rourke/Wally Wally
Richard is a local writer, performer, and educator. He was last seen in Henry V with the Seattle Shakespeare Company as the Dauphin. He’s also appeared as Seth Gale in Abe Lincoln in Illinois at Intiman, Bernardo in West Side Story at Village Theatre, Pete in Bunnicula at Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Redford in Flipzoids at the Northwest Asian American Theatre. He’s an alumnus of A Guthrie Experience for Actors in Training
at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and holds an MFA from the University of Washington’s Professional Actor Training Program. He is married to Serin Ngai and has a beautifully talented daughter, Viola.
Allison Strickland Rose Rose/Ensemble
Allison’s favorite roles include Juliet in Romeo & Juliet and Ballet Girl in Elephant’s Graveyard both at Balagan Theatre. Other Roles include Scheherazade in Arabian Nights, Phoebe in As You Like It, and Ismene/Sphinx in Oedipus. Last year she attended the Acting Shakespeare program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Allison couldn’t be happier to be making her Book-It debut as a part of The Cider House Rules, Part Two where the cast and crew have welcomed her with open arms.
Connor Toms* Homer Wells
Connor is thrilled to be continuing his Book-It debut with this truly inspired show. He has worked at Intiman, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Wooden O, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The New Victory Theater in New York City, and others. He is engaged to his best friend, local actress Hana Lass (née Slamtoss).
Terri Weagant Grown-up Daughter/ Melony Melony
Terri is so pleased to return to The Cider House Rules with this amazing cast and crew. She has been working with Book-It for the last year on the mainstage as well as touring around the Puget Sound with Book-It-All-Over. She is a company member of Balagan Theatre, where she acts, directs, and produces. She directed Balagan’s production of The Jammer, which was recently featured in the Bumbershoot Music Festival. As an actor Terri has worked with Balagan, Theater Schmeater, Consolidated Works, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Centerstage, and The Empty Space. She received her BFA in Acting from Cornish College of the Arts where she now teaches.
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Jonathan Wright Wilbur Walsh/Grant Winkle/House Officer/ Musician Ray/ Ensemble/Musician
Jonathan is an award winning actor and composer as well as an Emmy-nominated producer. He is currently co-producing, writing, and starring in a children’s television/web show called “Team Marco Polo.” A native of Napa, California with a BA in Theatre Arts from CSU Sacramento, Jonathan has participated in nearly 100 theatrical productions in the last 15 years. As a relative newcomer to Seattle, he is thrilled to be appearing in his first Book-It production!
PETER PARNELL Adapter
Peter was nominated for Best Play from the Drama League for The Cider House Rules. His other plays include QED which was produced on Broadway; An Imaginary Life, Flaubert’s Latest, Hyde in Hollywood, Romance Language, and The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket all at Playwrights Horizons in New York City; and Sorrows of Stephen at Public Theater, NYSF. He has written extensively for television as a producer for both “The West Wing” and “The Guardian.” Peter is the co-author with Justin Richardson of The Lion Who Hugged and And Tango Makes Three—which was the most challenged book of 2006, 2007, and 2008, as well as the most banned book of 2009, and is performed as part of Book-It All Over’s Danger: Books! series.
Jane Jones** Director, 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 23 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, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier, and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 30 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres including The Guthrie, American Conservatory Theater, The McCarter, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Locally, she has been seen at Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, The Empty Space, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Tacoma Actors Guild, and Intiman. 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, which enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Backstage West Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Jane recently directed Pride and Prejudice and Twelfth Night at Portland Center Stage which won the 2008 Drammy award for Best Direction and Production. For Book-It, she has directed 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, and A Tale of Two Cities. Book-It performances include roles in Ethan Frome, Silver Water, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Breathing Lessons, and Rhoda: A Life in Stories. 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 also a recipient of the 2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award.
TOM HULCE Original Direction & Concept
Tom has produced Spring Awakening (Tony Award, Best Musical), Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads (Obie Award, Drama Desk, New York Drama Critics Award, Best Play), and the feature film A Home at the End of the World, directed by Michael Mayer. He has acted in Equus and A Few Good Men on Broadway, The Normal Heart in London, Eastern Standard at Seattle Rep, and Hamlet at D.C.’s Shakespeare Theatre. His films include Amadeus, Dominick and Eugene, Parenthood, Animal House, and Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame I and II. He has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, four Golden Globes, and two Emmys (winning for The Heidi Chronicles).
Andrea bryn Bush Scenic Designer
Andrea has been a scenic designer in Seattle since 2007 and is thrilled to return to work on The Cider House Rules Part Two at Book-It. Recent credits include Seattle Shakespeare Company’s productions of Twelfth Night and Electra; The 13th of Paris at Seattle Public Theater; and Book-It’s production of Emma. She has also designed for Contemporary Classics, Seattle Musical Theatre, and Cornish College of the Arts. Additionally, Andrea is an ensemble member at Washington Ensemble Theatre where she has designed Titus, RoboPop!, and their upcoming show Sextet. Andrea holds a MFA in Scenic Design from the University of Washington.
Pete Rush Costume Designer
Pete is a scenic and costume designer for the theatre. Local credits include The Adding Machine for New Century Theatre Company; Swansong, Henry IV, Henry V, Electra, and The Merchant of Venice for Seattle Shakespeare Company; several productions at ArtsWest, Seattle Public Theatre, SecondStory Repertory; and Night Flight and The House of the Spirits for BookIt. Regional credits include George Street Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Hangar Theatre, and People’s Light and Theatre Company. Pete also works as a visual artist, specializing in large-scale installation art. He holds a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and is a two-time artist-inresidence at Cornell University. Visit www.peterush.com.
Andrew D. Smith Lighting Designer
Andrew returns to Book-It having previously designed Emma, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, and The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. Recent work includes Electra, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Henry V with Seattle Shakespeare Company; The Mistakes Madeline Made with Washington Ensemble Theatre; and Of Mice and Men. New York credits include I, Kreon and The Private Life of the Master Race with Roust Theater Company and Suzan Lori Parks’ 365 Days/
365 Plays with Classical Theatre of Harlem and the Public Theater. His work has been seen at On The Boards, Velocity Dance Center, Broadway Performance Hall, Theater Off Jackson, and he is an artistic associate at Cardinal Stage Company. Andrew holds a BA from Duke University and an MFA from the University of Washington, where he currently teaches design.
DAN WHEETMAN Composer
Dan is honored to be working with BookIt again; he was the composer and musical director for The Cider House Rules in its original journey from Seattle to L.A. and New York. A Seattle-based writer, musician, actor, and singer, he was nominated for a Tony Award as co-author of It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues at Lincoln Center, for which he also won an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award. He received an Ovation Award for musical direction for Back Home Again, a John Denver Holiday Concert, co-written with Randal Myler; a Drama-Logue Award for musical direction for Lost Highway: Hank Williams at Mark Taper Forum. Fire on the Mountain, also written with Mr. Myler, was performed across the country to sold-out crowds. Two new plays premiered this year; Mama Hated Diesel at Denver Center Theatre and Lowdown Dirty Blues at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre.
Edd Key Music Director
Edd is pleased to join Book-It in reprising The Cider House Rules for their 20th Anniversary. He has been associated with the project since its earliest days and was a member of the ensemble in the 1998 Mark Taper Forum production. Other Work at Book-It includes I am of Ireland, Cowboys are My Weakness, The Awakening, Broken For You, and Red Ranger Came Calling (musical co-created with Myra Platt). As a composer, his popular collaborations with Eddie Levi Lee for The Empty Space include The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, Rodeo Radio, and Wuthering! Heights! The! Musical! (in which he appeared at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville). He has music directed and acted in This Land for Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Big River and Smoke on the Mountain at Taproot Theatre, and All the King’s Men at Intiman. www.theredbarnstudio.com
Kristyne A. Hughes Properties Designer
Kristyne is thrilled to be working with Book-It again, after designing props for for Emma, The River Why, and The Cider House Rules Part One last season. She is a proud graduate of the UW School of Drama. She is an Associate Member and Production Manager for Washington Ensemble Theatre where she has worked on Hunter Gatherers, RoboPop!, and Cancer: The Musical. She has also worked with Youth Theatre Northwest on Alone in the Dark, Adventure Playhouse, Pinocchio, and Beauty and the Beast; ReAct on Angels in America: Perestroika, and The Last Five Years; SIS Productions on Sex in Seattle: Episodes 17 & 18; and Open Circle Theatre on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. She is currently stage managing Sextet at Washington Ensemble Theatre which runs Oct 8-Nov 15.
Anders Bolang Production Manager
A graduate of Whitman College and the Yale School of Drama, Anders served as production manager for Tacoma Actors Guild and as technical director for the California Theatre Center and Whitman College. As a carpenter, he has created scenery for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Intiman, and Yale Rep, among others. On stage, Anders has performed at Baltimore Center Stage, Delaware Theatre Company, Yale Rep, Book-It, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Harlequin Productions, Tacoma Actors Guild, and as a guest artist with The Boston Pops. In New York, he has performed at the Performing Garage, NY Theatre Workshop, and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Anders has appeared in “As the World Turns” and “One Life to Live,” the feature films Police Beat and Helene and in industrial training films, and voice-overs.
Devorah Spadone Production Stage Manager
Devorah is proud to be the production stage manager at Book-It. The Cider House Rules: Part Two is her 24th production with the company. Some of her favorite productions are Moby-Dick, or The Whale, The Highest Tide, Peter Pan, A Tale of Two Cities, The House of the Spirits, Little Women, Plainsong, and Giant. Devorah also works as a stage manager for events, fundraisers, festivals, and tours. She was the stage manager for the The Ethereal Mutt Limited’s 2008 production of Saving Tania’s Privates by Tania Katan at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Some of her favorite local places to work are Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Bumbershoot, Folklife, and Giant Magnet (formally the Seattle International Children’s Festival).
Victoria Thompson Production Assistant
Victoria is thrilled to be working with Book-It this season after previously working on Emma, A Confederacy of Dunces, Night Flight, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, and Moby-Dick, or The Whale. She recently stage managed A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Seattle Shakespeare Company’s touring program. Other favorite productions include Pride and Prejudice, Holy Mo and Spew Boy, The Taming of the Shrew, and Fixing Christmas.
Seattle Times among seven Unsung Heroes and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region.
CHARLOTTE M. TIENCKEN Managing Director
Charlotte is an arts administrator, director, producer, and educator who has been working in the producing and presenting fields for 20 years. Before moving back to the Seattle area in September 2003, she was general manager at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts for four seasons. Currently, she is president of Scarlet Productions, her own consulting firm, and is an adjunct faculty member at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most recently she was executive director of Tacoma Actors Guild. Charlotte is a member of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and is past president of the Board of Arts Northwest, the presenting service organization for Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. She has served on the board of the Pat Graney Dance Company, sat on granting panels for the Washington State Arts Commission, and served on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a regional service organization for theatres in the Puget Sound area.
Myra Platt Founding Co-Artistic Director
Myra is the founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Jane Jones. She studied literature and theater at Northwestern University (BS Analysis and Performance of Literature) and Circle in the Square (NYC). As actor, director, adapter and composer, she has helped BookIt produce over 60 world-premiere stage adaptations. Last season, Myra Adapted & Directed The RiverWhy; in 2009 she played Judith in The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and adapted and directed Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. She has also directed Persuasion by Jane Austen. She has adapted and directed The House of the Spirits, Giant, Red Ranger Came Calling, 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 directed Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday. She co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones and composed music for Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Awakening, the first workshop production of The Cider House Rules, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. In 2008 she, Jane Jones, and Book-It, were honored to be named by the
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Nancy L. Celms, Kate C. Hemer, Connie Hungate, and Margaret M. Marshall in Memory of William Rees Phillips Corliss Perdaems in Memory of Judy Runstad’s father, Gerry Wright Manville Barbara Rollinger in Memory of Stephanie Prince’s mother, Mildred Prince *denotes in-kind donation **denotes in-kind plus monetary support This list reflects gifts received July 1, 2009 – August 30, 2010. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with our acknowledgements. Please email Director of Institutional Advancement Kate Godman, kate@book-it. org, with any changes that may be required.
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With 20 successful years as a foundation, Book-It is looking toward the future with purpose and confidence. Strategic plans, excellent artistry, and a clear mission are only part of what will carry us forward. Your financial support fulfills the promise of our present and our future. If you are looking for a way to help us continue the work we do on stage and in our community, please consider making a planned gift to Book-It. You will help ensure future financial stability and the longevity of the company as we continue to fulfill our mission of literacy and inspiring our audiences to read. As you make your own plans and provisions for the future, we hope you’ll remember Book-It. There are many options for planned giving and we would be happy to discuss them with you. Please call Managing Director Charlotte Tiencken, 206.216-0877, ext 105 or email charlotte@book-it.org. Thank you.
Our mission is to transform great literature into great theatre through simple and sensitive production and to inspire our audiences to read.
2010 Mayor’s Arts Award-winner, Book-It Repertory Theatre, was founded 20 years ago as an artists’ collective, adapting short stories for performance and touring them throughout the Northwest. Today, with over 60 world-premiere adaptations of full-length novels to its credit—many of which have garnered rave reviews and gone on to subsequent productions all over the country—Book-It is widely respected for the consistent artistic excellence of its work. Book-It strives to return theatre to its roots, to the place where the spoken and the written word intersect and where the story comes alive for the audience. What you see and hear at a Book-It performance is literary prose spoken by the characters of the story as if it were dialogue in a play—often word-for-word in a short story and, in adaptations of larger works, selected narrative. This is the Book-It Style™. We ask our audiences to use their imaginations, thereby becoming participants in a Book-It performance. Book-It All Over, the educational outreach program of Book-It Repertory Theatre, is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages to read. We tour a diverse range of stories to schools, libraries, and community centers throughout the Pacific Northwest, conduct long-term residencies in schools, offer teacher professional development for school staff, and present low-cost student matinées of our mainstage shows.
Mary Metastasio, Co-President Melissa Manning,Co-President Kristine Villiott,Treasurer Lynne Reynolds, Secretary Monica Alquist Steven Bull Joanne Byrd Jeffrey J. Cain Jane Jones Lynn Murphy Myra Platt David Quicksall Deborah Swets Elizabeth J. Warman
James Dean Laura Ferri Gail Sehlhorst Heather Guiles Andy Jensen Jennifer Sue Johnson Jane Jones Daniel Harray Reginald André Jackson David Klein
Jane Jones, Founder & Founding Co-Artistic Director Myra Platt, Founding Co-Artistic Director Charlotte M. Tiencken, Managing Director Patricia Britton, Director of Marketing & Communications Kate Godman, Director of Institutional Advancement Annie Lareau, Director of Touring Gail Sehlhorst, Director of Education Rachel Alquist, Box Office Sales Manager Anders Bolang, Production Manager Tom Dewey, Lead Box Office Associate Sara Lachman, Education & Development Assistant Sophie Lowenstein, Development Assistant Michael Monteleone, Videographer
James Lapan Mary Machala Kevin McKeon Myra Platt David Quicksall Stephanie Shine Susanna Wilson
Susanna Pugh, House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Pete Rush, Costume Shop Manager Devorah Spadone, Production Stage Manager Bill Whitham, Bookkeeper Rachel Wilsey, New Media & Publications Manager Education Intern: Jessica Baloun Literary & Artistic Interns: Megan Campbell, Alex Miller, Avital Schoenberg, & Colin Wallace Marketing Intern: Christine Texeira Theatre Management Intern: Samantha Cooper Costume Shop Intern: Chelsea Humphrey Stage Management Interns: Lauren Pierce & Michelle Takashima Production Intern: Liam O’Brien
House Theatre, Seattle Center BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE Center 305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA 98109 www.book-it.org
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