EHS Onstage presents "Eurydice" - PROGRAM

EHS ONSTAGE

A PROLOGUE CREATED BY

THE COMPANY

DIRECTED BY: BELLA MARQUEZ ‘23

Directed by

George Brock

Underwood Theatre November 12 - 14, 2021 Friday and Saturday 7pm - Sunday 3pm

EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT

PRODUCER LEVEL

THANK YOU TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS!

Joanie and David Andrews / David Donae and Rob Chramosta / Bella Catherine and David Crabtree / Andrew and Brooke Yasmine Gibellini / Lulu Julie and Robin Goytia / Isabella and Harrison Julie Kinzelman and Christopher Tribble / Calder and Amelia Nicole and George Postolos / Kyriaki Sherri and Charles Schugart / Taylor Kim and Jeff Van Gundy / Grayson

DIRECTOR LEVEL Cynthia and Mark Hazard / Taliana Stoy Allison Piper / Alyssa Wall Katheryn and Hugh Ray / John William Heather and James Reardon / Alexander

PERFORMER LEVEL Madonna and Brad Bauch / Grace Kristine and Jeff Bird / Jamison Jana Grauberger and Samuel Gay / Mathieu Jennifer and Samuel Hendricks / Kate Taucha Hogue / Mali Laura Banfield and Daniel Kirkpatrick / Corey Sonia and Amit Lahoti / Chris and Ethan Angie and Jared Levinthal / Kendall Elizabeth and Jason Love / Tait Martha and Richard Perwien / Sophia Mary Lucille Anderson and Jeff Shore / Lili

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EHS ONSTAGE

A Prologue created by

The Company Directed By

Bella Marquez

Eurydice a play by

Sarah Ruhl Directed By

George Brock Set & Lighting Design By

Paul Revaz

Produced By

Mariana Alarcon Katherine Weigand Costume Design By

Robin Bowman

Sound Desgin By

Production Stage Manager

Peter Hutcheson

Ava Toubassi

Stage Management

Sophia Espinoza, Corey Kirkpatrick & Julia Lang “Eurydice” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

CAST

A PROLOGUE Harrison Goytia Meredith Kinzel Ruby Theriot Tait Love Hannah Smith Taliana Stoy Stella Frank Kyriaki Postolos

Hades Persephone Demeter Zeus Hermes Oldest Muse Middle Muse Youngest Muse

EURYDICE Eurydice Orpheus Eurydice’s Father The Nasty, Interesting Man Child Little Stone Big Stone Loud Stone

Julia Zichy Josh Horn David Andrews Marco Montoya Colin McCormick Brooke Crabtree, Lulu Gibellini, Quinn Morgenroth Lydia Berckley, Ashlyn Collings, Abigail Klinkerman Taylor Schugart, Poema Sumrow, Grayson Van Gundy

PRODUCTION STAFF PRODUCER DIRECTOR PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER STAGE MANAGERS TECHNICAL DIRECTION SCENE/LIGHTING DESIGN PROPERTIES COORDINATOR COSTUME DESIGN COSTUME CREW LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR SOUND DESIGN SOUND ENGINEER SCENIC CONSTRUCTION

SET CREW

GRAPHIC DESIGN/PROGRAM

Mariana Alarcon Katherine Weigand George Brock Ava Toubassi Sophia Espinoza Corey Kirkpatrick Julia Lang Paul Revaz Paul Revaz George Brock Robin Bowman Charlotte Murry Cami Gibbons Peter Hutcheson Hayes Dodson Stagecraft Classes, Will Palmer, Harrison Goytia, Finn Howell, Sophia Berumen, Colin McCormick, Connor Smith, Julia Lang, Taylor Schugart, Sprague Boone, James Neereimer, Joaquin Hartsfield Sophia Berumen, Sloane Wallace, Joaquin Hartsfield, Theo Brown, Stella Frank, Connor Smith George Brock

SPECIAL THANKS “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree”

Songwriter:Lew Brown and Charles Tobias Composer Sam H. Stept Music arr. by Ken Ballard Performed by: Ken Ballard, guitar Chad Wesselkamper, bass Grant Gould, drums

Costume Help

Cathy Crabtree, Kim Van Gundy

Rehearsal Food

Yasmine Gibellini, Debbie Horn, Jennifer McCormick, Kim Van Gundy

Locker Notes

Joanie Andrews, Laura Banfield

Lobby Decorations

Laura Banfield, Cathy Crabtree, Milete Klinkerman

Ushers

Joanie Andrews, Cathy Crabtree, Sabrina Espinoza, Julie Goytia, Debbie Horn, Milete Klinkerman, Nicole Postolos

Cast Party

Hosted by: Anna Sazo Assisted by: Joanie Andrews, Laura Banfield, Julie Goytia, Jennifer McCormick, Kim Van Gundy, Nicole Postolos

A Note From the Director...

We are excited to be presenting a couple of firsts with the two productions you are about to watch. A Prologue is a completely student created production. It was written and directed by students as a companion piece to our very first Sarah Ruhl play, Eurydice. Both stories have their foundations firmly set in the mythology of Ancient Greece. In A Prologue we get a lighthearted spin on the trials and tribulations of Hades and Persephone as they try to overcome a mother’s strong objections to their love. In Eurydice, we are plunged into a Lewis Caroll-esque take on the mother of all doomed lovers’ stories, the tragic tale of Orpheus and Eurydice; this time from her point of view.

Sarah Ruhl is an award-winning American playwright, author, essayist, and professor. Her plays include The Oldest Boy, Dear Elizabeth, Stage Kiss, In the Next Room, (Pulitzer Prize finalist, 2010); The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize finalist, 2005; Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004); Passion Play (Pen American Award, Fourth Freedom Forum Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center); Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play) to name just a few. Her plays have been produced on Broadway and across the country as well as internationally and translated into fourteen languages. She teaches at Yale School of Drama and lives in Brooklyn with her family. I have been a fan since I first saw The Clean House. Her unique point of view and brilliant use of language and character won my artistic heart and being able to share this level of writing with the students has been a true pleasure.

Equally, watching our intrepid company of writer/director/actors work through the process of creating and producing a short play has been pleasurable for different reasons. Watching these young adults grapple with the ins and outs of creating new work and then witnessing their resolve to put up the best possible work they can fills me with a sense of immense pride in their creative spirit, their work ethic and their commitment to excellence.

You are in store for a treat this evening. We invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy these two fascinating takes on two very different love stories. It is our hope that they speak to you as profoundly as they have spoken to us.

George Brock November 2021

Congratulations Brooke!

XO Mom, Dad, and Andrew

MASQUE 2021-’22 Coming 2022 A Work in Progress A Passion Play

COMPANY BIOS A Prologue

Taylor Cross ’22 (Assistant Director) Previous EHS performances include: Fiddler on the Roof (Bielke), The Man Who Came to Dinner (June Stanley), Twelfth Night (Ensemble), Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble), and Our Town (Emily Webb). Taylor is very excited to take on a new role other than an actor on stage. She is thankful for the EHS theater program for showing her a different side to herself and that she is ready to take forward in life.

Stella Frank ’25 (Middle Muse) has previously performed in EHS’ production of Our Town (Baseball Player 4) and in the JCC/PAC productions of Beauty and the Beast, Joseph, Lion King, Cats, Seussical, The Addams Family, Pippin, Freckle Face Strawberry, Camp Rock, Game of Myths, and was Carmen in FAME Jr.. She looks forward to becoming a part of the theater family at EHS. Harrison Goytia ’24 (Hades) Previous shows include Our Town (Constable Warren), Disney’s Beauty and The Beast (Beast), Twelfth Night (Antonio), Little Shop of Horrors (Orin Scrivello), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson), Beauty and The Beast (Gaston), Into The Woods (Rapunzel’s Prince), The Music Man (Mayor Shinn), Our Town (Simon Stimson), Godspell (Disciple), and Urinetown The Musical (Hot Blades Harry). Harrison would like to extend a huge thank you to his friends and family for their continued love and support.

Meredith Kinzel ’25 (Persephone) has previously performed in Our Town (Act 1 Stage Manager), Rock of Ages (Ensemble), Peter Pan (Peter Pan), and Shrek (Teen Fiona). She is loving the EHS Theatre Program so far and can’t wait to do more productions!

COMPANY BIOS

Kyriaki Postolos ’25 (Youngest Muse) Previous performances include: at EHS, Our Town (Act II Stage Manager); at AOS, The Lion King (Rafiki), The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (White Witch), The Jungle Book (Baloo); at Obsidian Theater Ruthless (Tina); at HITS theater, Into the Woods (Little Red), Bye Bye Birdie (Rosie) and many others. Ki started acting professionally at five in A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre playing Fan Scrooge, Claire Fezziwig, and other roles in the children’s cast. Kyriaki also enjoyed attending the Houston Ballet Academy for nine years. She would like to thank God and her family.

Tait Love ’25 (Zeus) has previously performed in EHS’ production of Our Town (Wally Webb). In his free time, Tait likes playing tennis, listening to music, and playing video games with his friends. Tait would like to extend a huge thank you to his friends and family for their continued love and support.

Bella Marquez ’23 (Director of A Prologue) is very excited to be a part of her seventh production at Episcopal. She has previously performed in over fifteen other productions including Shrek (Young Fiona), Snow White (Sneezy), Anne of Green Gables (Diana), Peter Pan (Wendy), and most recently Our Town (Stage Manager Act 3). She would like to thank everyone who made this production possible, and she hopes you enjoy the show.

Hannah Smith ’25 (Hermes) has previously performed in EHS’ production of Our Town (Si Crowell). Past performances include You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Snoopy), The Lion King (Pumbaa), and Frozen (Sven).

In her free time, she enjoys listening to music, building things, and relaxing. Hannah is exited to start off her EHS Onstage career.

Looking forward to your last Winter Show!

Eurydice!

Shout out to Stella Frank and all of the other theater kids at EHS! May theater arts always be a part of your lives and may you always be surrounded by your theater family:) Love, The Liss-Frank Family Deborah, Marty, Lauren, Jessica, Joshua and Sawyer

COMPANY BIOS

Taliana Stoy ’23 (Oldest Muse) is so excited to be a part of her eighth production at Episcopal. Past productions include The Man Who Came to Dinner (Ensemble), King Charles III (Butler), Tuck Everlasting (Ensemble), Twelfth Night (Ensemble), Letters to Sala (Laya Dina/Glika), Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble), and Our Town (Stage Manager). She looks forward to performing in future productions with EHS Onstage. She thanks her friends, family, and wonderful cast for love and support!

Ruby Theriot ’23 (Demeter) Previous EHS performances include Our Town (Stage Manager), Twelfth Night (Maria), Beauty and the Beast (Enchantress), and 3 Characters Figure it Out (Character 2). Ruby is excited to be performing in another EHS show. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, reading, and spending time with her friends. She is grateful to the students and teachers involved in the theatre program for making her experience fantastic.

Eurydice

David Andrews ’22 (Father) has previously performed in Othello (Clown), Fiddler on the Roof (Mendel), Man Who Came to Dinner (Richard), Twelfth Night (Sebastian), Letters to Sala (Sidney), Beauty & the Beast (Lumiere), and most recently Our Town (Mr. Webb). He is thrilled to be in another EHS Onstage production, and would like to offer his thanks to his family and friends for all the support.

Lydia Berckley ’23 (Big Stone) She previously performed with Wildfish Theatre Company, Inspiration Stage, and in school productions. Previous EHS performances include: The Man Who Came to Dinner (Ensemble), King Charles III (TV Producer), Tuck Everlasting (Ensemble), Twelfth Night (Valentine), Letters to Sala (Raizel), Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), Upper West Side Story (Amber), and most recently, Our Town (Mrs. Gibbs).

She is very grateful for her family and friends.

COMPANY BIOS

Ashlyn Collings ’24 (Big Stone) Previous EHS performances include: Our Town (Simon Stimson), Twelfth Night (Olivia’s Entourage), Beauty and The Beast (Napkin, Wolf, and Townsperson), and Three Characters Figure It Out (Character 1). In Ashlyn’s free time, she enjoys reading, taking her dog for a walk, and listening to classical music. She would like to thank her family, friends, and dogs for being so supportive.

Brooke Crabtree ’25 (Little Stone) was previously in the EHS production of Our Town and played Rebecca Gibbs.

She’s excited to perform in her second Episcopal play as Little Stone and would like to thank everyone who helped put together Eurydice and A Prologue.

Lulu Gibellini ’25 (Little Stone) Was just recently in Our Town (Dead Man). This is Lulu’s second show at EHS, and she is so happy for all the support that the theatre program has shown her. She hoped that everyone will enjoy the show and thanks them for coming!

Josh Horn ’23 (Orpheus) is excited to be participating in his fifth EHS Onstage production. His past appearances include: Twelfth Night (Servant), Letters to Sala (Guard), Beauty and the Beast (Maurice) and Our Town (George).

In his free time, Josh enjoys playing baseball and playing videogames.

Congratulations Harrison ~ Dad, Mom & Isabella

ABIGAIL KLINKERMAN You rock.

Love you!

Mom and Dad

Grayson, You Rock.

Mom, Dad, & Mattie

COMPANY BIOS

Abigail Klinkerman ’22 (Big Stone) is very excited to perform in her sixth EHS production! This will mark her 33rd show! Her favorite credits include: Tuck Everlasting (Mae Tuck), Letters to Sala (Ala Gertner), King Charles III (Ms. Stephens), Ruthless!

(Judy), Urinetown (Officer Lockstock), 25th Spelling Bee (Rona), Drowsy Chaperone (Janet), Chicago (Mama Morton) with Wildfish Theatre, Willy Wonka (Veruca Salt), Seussical (Cat in the Hat), and The Lion King (Timon) with KBP. Abigail has studied dance for 8 years, enjoys playing the guitar, running track, and being a student trainer.

Colin McCormick ’22 (Child) is very excited to be performing once again with EHS Onstage. He has played Chaim Kaufman and the Nazi Officer in Letters to Sala, and the Captain in Twelfth Night, and Doc Gibbs in Our Town. He thanks his family for their support and hopes to be in many shows to come. He also hopes that you enjoy the rest of the ’21-’22 season, including Chicago and the student-directed one act shows, in which he is directing a show! Enjoy!

Marco Montoya ’24 (Nasty, Interesting Man) Previous credits include: Twelfth Night (Officer) and Our Town (Man in Auditorium). Enjoy the show!

Quinn Morgenroth ’25 (Little Stone) has previously performed in Our Town (Lady in the Box). In her free time, she is an EHS cheerleader, singer, and enjoys hanging out with her friends. Quinn would like to thank her family, friends, and her cat, Hope, for their support.

Congratulations Josh!

We are so VERY proud of You! Mom, Dad, Abby, and Grammy

COMPANY BIOS Taylor Schugart ’22 (Loud Stone) is very excited to be performing in her senior year at EHS. She has previously participated in Letters to Sala (Blima), King Charles III (Jess), Fiddler on the Roof (Fiddler), and other productions. She has also participated in student-directed one acts. Taylor is very excited for her senior year and can’t wait to see what the rest of the season brings!

Poema Sumrow ’23 (Loud Stone) Previous EHS performances include: Our Town (Joe Stoddard) Twelfth Night (Ensemble), Letters to Sala (Gucia) and Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble). In her free time, Poema enjoys reading, going to museums, and eating pasta. She would like to thank her family and friends for their love and support.

Grayson Van Gundy ’23 (Loud Stone) has previously performed in Our Town (Professor Willard/Assistant Director), Tuck Everlasting (Ensemble), Man Who Came to Dinner (Harriet Stanley), Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble). She is so excited for this show and for everything to come. Grayson would like to thank the cast, crew, and her family for all their support.

Julia Zichy ’23 (Eurydice) is thrilled for her sixth EHS production! Past productions include: The Man Who Came to Dinner, King Charles III, Tuck Everlasting, Letters to Sala, Beauty and the Beast, and Our Town.

She would like to thank her Mamae, Papai, Katarina Zichy, the Reynolds family, and all of her dear friends.

COMPANY BIOS STAGE MANAGEMENT Sophia Espinoza ’23 (Assistant Stage Manager) is so thrilled to participate in an amazing play at Episcopal High School. She has previously performed in Fiddler on the Roof, Annie, James and the Giant Peach, Man Who Came to Dinner, Twelfth Night, Our Town, and more. She has worked backstage on two other shows: King Charles III and Tuck Everlasting. She also enjoys running cross country and playing tennis.

Corey Kirkpatrick ’24 (Stage Manager) Previous EHS performances include Twelfth Night (Ensemble), Beauty and the Beast (Ensemble), and Our Town (Baseball Player).

In their free time, Corey enjoys baking, listening to music, and playing the alto saxophone.

Julia Lang ’25 (Stage Manager) Previous performances include Our Town (2nd Dead Man), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lucy Pevensie), Frozen Jr. (Queen Iduna), and many more! Other than participating in theatre, she enjoys running cross country and playing soccer. In her free time, she loves watching Marvel movies and reading books.

Ava Toubassi ’23 (Stage Manager) has previously participated in tech crew for Tuck Everlasting and Beauty and the Beast. She looks forward to future shows.

COMING NEXt from ehs onstage

MARCH 4 - 6, 2022 UNDERWOOD THEATRE FRIDAY & SATURDAY 7PM SUNDAY 3PM

EPISCOPAL HIGH SCHOOL

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Visual Arts Department

Kate Philbrick - Chair Lauren Cunningham - Studio Arts Program Coordinator Japheth Storlie - Media Arts David Framel - Publications Program Coordinator Pejman Milani - Media Arts Coordinator David Trauba - Studio Arts Sharon Willcutts - Studio Arts

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