Bulrusher-Congo Square

Executive Director Ann Joseph Douglas

Artistic Director Daniel Bryant

PRESENTS

BULRUSHER By: Eisa Davis

Presented in cooperation with Pegasus Players Director *TaRon Patton

Costume Design Samantha Jones

Stage Manager *Razor Wintercastle

Sound Design Rick Sims

Scenic Design Andrei Onegin

Properties Design Jesse Gaffney

Lighting Design Richard Norwood

Production Manager Dre Robinson Projection Designer Liviu Pasare

Congo Square Theatre Company | 2936 N. Southport Suite 210 Chicago IL 60657 Office: 773-296-1108 Fax: 772 296-0968 | www.congosquaretheatre.org

The 2012-2013 Season is graciously funded in part by: People’s Gas, Albert Pick Foundation and The MacArthur Fund for the Arts and Culture at Richard H. Drieshaus Foundation.

BULRUSHER received its world premiere in 2006 at Urban Stages/Playwrights’ Preview Productions in New York. (Frances Hill, Artistic Director; Sonia Koslova, Managing Director) It was directed by Leah C. Gardiner.

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S U P P O R T S TA F F Assistant Director.........................................................................................................Samuel Roberson Assistant Stage Manager..................................................................................................Sharlet Webb Fight Choreographer.......................................................................................................... Jordan Smith Choreographer...................................................................................................................Nicole Springer PR and Marketing Consultant.............................................................................................Tanya Ward Interns.................................................................................. Nicole Cobb Oliver, Tetricia Byrd-Townell SPECIAL THANKS Eisa Davis Kirkland Townsend Sylvia Ewing Vanessa Lanier Robin Beaman Athenaeum Theatre Actor’s Equity Association League of Chicago Theatres Pegasus Players Stage 773 Black Alumni Network CAST LIST *Ericka Ratcliff........................................................................................................................... Bulrusher *Tamberla Perry...................................................................................................................................... Vera *Elizabeth Laidlaw.......................................................................................................................Madame *Courtney Crouse....................................................................................................................................Boy Adrian Lamonte Byrd......................................................................................................................Logger Joe Zarrow....................................................................................................................................... Schoolch Caren Blackmore.................................................................................................................... Understudy Elizabeth Ellis........................................................................................................................... Understudy Dustin Whitehead.................................................................................................................. Understudy Craig Bailey............................................................................................................................... Understudy *Member of Actor’s Equity Association  Congo Square Ensemble Member

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C O N G O S Q UA R E E M S E M B L E M E M B E R S Will Sims II * Ann Joseph *Monifa Sims * Aaron Todd Douglas * TaRon Patton *Aimee K. Bryant * Javon Johnson Derrick Sanders *Anthony Irons

*Bakesta King *Daniel Bryant *Ericka Ratcliff *Ron Conner *Alexis J. Rogers *Tracey Bonner *Allan Gilmore *Samuel Roberson ARTISTIC ASSOCIATES *Chad Boseman *Malkia Stampley

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association C O N G O S Q UA R E B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S Ron DeNard Amina Dickerson Tony Glen Suzanne Griffith Perika Sampson Veronica Thigpen Dr. Jesse Wardlow Michelle Washington Hugh Williams James Wooten AU T H O R EISA DAVIS is the 2012 Alpert Award winner in Theatre. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play Bulrusher, now published by Samuel French, and wrote and starred in Angela’s Mixtape, named a best of 2009 by The New Yorker. Other plays include Ramp (Ruby Prize winner), The History of Light (Barrymore nomination), Paper Armor, Umkovu, Six Minutes, Warriors Don’t Cry, and the collaborations Active Ingredients and Hip Hop Anansi. Eisa was a resident playwright at New Dramatists, where she won the Helen Merrill Award, and the Whitfield Cook Award, among others. She has received fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, Cave Canem, and the Van Lier and Mellon Foundations. As an actor, recent theatre work includes the world premiere of Melissa James Gibson’s This, and her Obie Award-winning performance in the Broadway rock musical Passing Strange, now a film directed by Spike Lee. Eisa is featured in the films Welcome to the Rileys, Robot Stories, The Architect, Confess, Happenstance, Pretty Bird, Apparition of the Eternal Church, Brass Tacks, In The Family, The Letter and The Volunteer (both upcoming). She was Bubbles’ sister on The Wire, has guest starred on Damages, Soul Food, Smash, and recurs on Hart of Dixie.

Eisa is a member of the Actors Studio, and a Usual Suspect at New York Theater Workshop.

As a singer-songwriter, her album Something Else is available through iTunes and CDBaby.

She sings her original music at venues including Joe’s Pub, BAMCafé, the Whitney Museum, and is an artist-in-residence at Symphony Space.

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D I R E C TO R TARON PATTON (Director) is to make her directing debut at Congo Square Theatre. TaRon’s credits include: Hot L Baltimore at (Steppenwolf ); the Chicago and New York adaptation of Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye (Steppenwolf ). Chicago credits include: St James Infirmary (Congo Square Theatre Company), Black Nativity and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Goodman Theater).

Television credits: A Different World and the Emmy award winning CBS After-School special What About Your Friends. Film credits: Of Boys and Men and Stitches. TaRon received her MFA in Acting from UCLA. “I would like to thank my lovely Tania and Kayla and my Congo Square family, for keeping me grounded with their unconditional support!”

D I R E C TO R ’ S N O T E Bulrusher is the story of a young girl who is like a blank canvas that has not been tainted by race, sexuality, or societal expectations. In the beginning of this play we find her “pure” and one with Nature. She is so special that she has been given the gift of a special sense of sight. She can read WATER, meaning if you and she have any kind of exchange in water, she can read your future. She meets another young lady VERA, who is from the South, and who has been touched by racism, classism, and sexual abuse. She is a mirror of Bulrusher, but she has a very different reflection. In this story, we get a chance to go on a journey of self-discovery with Bulrusher. I would like the play to move as if we are going on a journey, almost like we’re on a mission to meet the Wizard of Oz. Where we begin in a black and white reality, we see a Technicolor transformation, as life and society changes this young woman’s world.

This play takes place in two worlds. The first world is Bulrusher’s river and sanctuary.

This is the world of Mother Nature, full of wonder and new beginnings. There should be a sense of tranquility and peacefulness in this world. I see a river, flowers, frogs, lily pads, trees, fireflies, etc. The other world should reflect the time period and the vastness of the Northern California landscape. Blue and cloudy skies, redwoods, dirt roads, wooden shot gun housing with a western feeling, set against a roaring cliff along the ocean. The river in this play is also a character with certain characteristics that can change depending on what is happening to Bulrusher. I wanted to direct this production because I feel that our society today dictates the identities of our young adults. They are not given the freedom to explore life and sexuality for themselves, and I hope that this production will inspire them to find out who they are for themselves.

The hell with all of the labels and stereotypes!

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PROFILES ERICKA RATCLIFF (Bulrusher) Ericka Ratcliff has been an ensemble member with Congo Square since 2005. Prior shows with Congo Square include Talented Tenth, African Company Presents Richard III, 365 Days/365 Plays, The Colored Museum and Stickfly. Other Chicago and regional credits include Black Diamond: The Year the Locusts Have Eaten, Around the World in 80 Days, Peter Pan A Play (Lookingglass Theatre Company); The Nutcracker (House Theatre of Chicago); Court Martial at Fort Devens (Victory Gardens Theater); Sketchbook (Collaboraction); Ruined (Mixed Blood); Seven Guitars (Pittsburgh Playwrights); Funk It Up About Nothing, which also toured through Australia and London in 2011 and the inaugural Shakespeare In The Park production of Taming of the Shrew in the title role; both with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. She is a graduate of The Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. So glad you came and hope you’ll come back again!

Theatre, Icarus with Lookingglass Theatre Company at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angelos, and The Piano Lesson at Portland Stage Theatre. On film, Mrs. Perry has appeared in Tapioca, Puzzled Love, and Chasing Robert. On television, Boss, Chicago Fire, and as The Illinois Lottery hostess on WGN. Tamberla is a company member of MPAACT.

ELIZABETH LAIDLAW (Madame) Elizabeth Laidlaw (Madame) is delighted to work with Congo Square for the first time.

Her Chicago theatre credits include performances at Writer’s Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Court Theatre, The Goodman, Steppenwolf, The Next Theatre, About Face, Chicago Dramatists, Strawdog, Pegasus Players, Lifeline, The Journeymen, Running With Scissors, Powertap Productions and National Pastime, to name a few. Regionally she has appeared at American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, MA) and The Irish Classical Theatre Company, (Buffalo, NY). Ms. Laidlaw is TAMBERLA PERRY the Artistic Director and founder of (Vera) is thrilled to be Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre, and she making her Congo has produced or co-produced all nine Square debut. Recent seasons to date, as well as acting and/or Chicago credits include directing, building sets, driving the truck, David Mamet’s, Race, at moving pianos, doing laundry, picking the Goodman Theatre; up garbage and recycling water bottles.

In the Next Room or the vibrator play at Her film credits include Into The Wake, Victory Gardens; Eclipsed at Northlight Eastern College, Dimension and Three Days.

Theatre; The North Plan and the Brothers/ Television credits include “Turks” (CBS), Sisters Plays trilogy at Steppenwolf (Black “The Chicago Code” (FOX), and a recurring Theatre Alliance and Jeff Awards for Best role on “Boss” (Starz) playing Alderman Ensemble); Fedra: Queen of Haiti and Black Linda Driscoll. Thank you to her husband Diamond at Lookingglass; The and son, as well her family and the Overwhelming at Next Theatre Company; denizens of her marvelous “village,” who She Calls Up The Son, and Blaxploitation 1 make it possible for her to be a working and 2 (Black Theatre Alliance Award, Best actress, producer and mom.

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ADRIAN LAMONTE BYRD (Logger) Adrian LaMonte Byrd “Is BACK!!!”...and extremely Blessed to make this return in this (Congo Square) production of Bulrusher. Other credits include Tommy Parkers Colored Minstrel Show, Pill Hill (Chicago Theater Company), Of One Blood (Looking Glass Theater), Faultless (New Leaf Theater), Raisin In The Sun and The Men Shall Gather, Open Admissions (Fleetwood Theater), Unjustifiable Acts understudy (Goodman Theater), Bang The Drum Slowly (Next Theater). I would like to thank all those who encouraged my return, and sincerely look forward to work with Chicago’s Great Talent, again. Most importantly, the Now Ensemble of Bulrusher at Congo Square Theater. Thank you for believing in me. God Bless my Family and Friends.

JOE ZARROW (Schoolch) Joe Zarrow is a playwright and actor and is thrilled to be working with Congo Square. In Chicago, he has performed with Theatre Seven, Collaboraction, Pavement Group, the State, Adventure Stage, and New Leaf Theatre. His new play Principal Principle was just featured at the Brown/Trinity Playwright’s Repertory in Providence, and Chicago’s own Walkabout Theater Company premiered his sitespecific farce The Pigeons. Joe is proud to serve as the Literary Director of Pavement Group. You can learn more about Joe’s projects at joezarrow.com.

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COURTNEY CROUSE (Boy) Courtney couldn’t be happier to be doing his first show at the square.

Chicago credits include Grease and Route 66 (Paramount Theater), Jekyll/Hyde and Big River(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble), Jesus Christ Superstar(TATC), Violet (Bailiwick Chicago), Pump Boys and Dinettes and Chess(Theo Ubique). In recent years he has been honored with the Joseph Jefferson award for both actor in a principle role (Chess) and actor in a supporting role (Big River) in a musical. Love to Mom, Dad, my friends and Stephanie. Courtney is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

CAREN BLACKMORE (Understudy- Bulrusher and Vera) Caren is completely happy and thankful to be working with Congo Square. She was last seen in Jitney at Court Theatre and earlier this year in Bodies at MPAACT. Other Chicago productions include: Goodness (Clockwise Theatre), This (Theatre Wit), The Gimmick, 24th and 25th Annual Young Playwright’s Festivals (Pegasus Players), I Gotcha!: The Story of Joe Tex and the Soul Clan, I Am Who I Am: The Teddy Pendergrass Story (Black Ensemble Theatre), Checkmates (ETA), and MiLK (MPAACT).

Originally from Philadelphia, Caren has studied at Freedom Theatre and the Eugene O’Neill National Theatre Institute.

She is also a graduate of Oberlin College.

Love in abundance with smiling kisses to her family and friends. *Isaiah 49*

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ELIZABETH ELLIS (Understudy - Madame) Elizabeth most recently performed with Stage Left Theatre’s Leapfest in Make Sure It’s Me. She played the role of Moira in Shapeshifters Theatre’s production of And Neither Have I Wings to Fly, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Acting Irish International Theatre Festival. She has also performed with Shapeshifters as the title character in Moll, as Rio in The Castlecomer Jukebox and as Jo Malone in the world premiere of The Day Patient. Elizabeth is also a produced playwright, and her work has been part of the Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins and the Around the Coyote festivals. Elizabeth plays a number of musical instruments, is a graduate of De Paul University, and studied at the Royal National Theatre Studio in London. She has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Second City’s Children’s Theatre, in Vanguards at the Bailiwick Arts Center, The Yellow Wallpaper at EstrogenFest, at Theatre Building Chicago, and in the improvisation show The Game of Love at London’s Canal Cafe Theatre.

DUSTIN WHITEHEAD (Understudy - Boy) Dustin Whitehead received his BFA in Performance from Jacksonville University and his MFA in Acting from DePaul University in Chicago. Shortly after graduating he traveled to Michigan to perform with Lakeside Shakespeare

playing Orlando in As You Like It and Albany in King Lear. In Chicago he has worked with Redtwist Theatre as Jack-The-Ripper in an original adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula as well as Mortar Theatre Company playing Bones in Mother Bear. DePaul acting credits: The Sugar Wife, Dancing at Lughnasa, Macbeth, Holes, Late; A Cowboy Song, Nocturne, and the world premiere of Damon Kiely’s Thieves Like Us. Jacksonville acting credits: Buried Child (JU), The Shape of Things (JU), Savage in Limbo (JU), Visiting Mr. Green (Players by the Sea), Last Night of Ballyhoo (Limelight Theatre), and Suburbia (Players by the Sea). Acting credits in film include: Southern Comfort directed by Sam Hensen, The Honesty and Irony directed by Tom Dean, Fridge-Mother directed by EungJin Lee, and The Shadow directed by David Tarleton. Dustin is also a filmmaker. For the past year he has been traveling Southeast Asia making films with his wife Sadie who recently gave birth to their first son. His name is Amos. He is awesome.

CRAIG BAILEY (Understudy - Logger) Craig Bailey is a Chicago native who has traveled the world as a fashion, runway and print model with on-camera experience and solid film and television commercial credits. A newcomer to the stage, he is excited to take this journey of honing and developing this passion for acting live on stage. Learning and training under Director, Taron Patton, and finally getting the opportunity as an understudy is like winning the lottery. What a blessing.

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PRODUCTION TEA M RAZOR WINTERCASTLE (Stage Manager) Razor has worked in the Chicago area for quite some time with various theatre, dance, and production companies. Razor has also worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, Central America, Canada and all over the place doing everything from theatre, film dance, concerts, bands, you name it. It is a pleasure to work with Congo Square. Stay Sharp.

SHARLET WEBB (Assistant Stage Manager) is delighted to return to her extended family for this production of Bulrusher.

Other Congo Square credits are Brothers of The Dust (CCPA), The Nativity (Goodman Theatre), and Colored Museum (CCPA).

Ms. Webb is an Artistic Associate with MPAACT (Maa’t Production Association of Afrikan Centered Theater). Ms. Webb has worked as a stage manager with City Lit Theater, Absolute Shakespeare, The Theatre Building of Chicago, eta Creative Arts foundation, Pegagus Players, Live Bait Theater, Metamorphosis Theater, DuSable Museum Ivanhoe Theater, Reflections Theater and many other non- equity theaters in the Chicago land area for over two decades. She has also stage managed Train Is Coming at Open Door Theater in Oak Park, IL.. Ms. Webb holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College, Chicago in technical theater. Ms. Webb is also a member of the tech team for the National Black Theater Festival in Winston Salem North Carolina. To my daughter Jennifer, my son Dale II and grandchildren Tymon II and Kaliyah continue to dream big and pursue your passion.

DRE ROBINSON (Production Manager) Dre Robinson is very happy to work with Congo Square again. “It’s like visiting old friends” The native Chicagoan says. A veteran of theatre, Dre has been blessed to have worked all over the world, doing what he loves to do. He has toured with Second City and Black Ensemble Theatre and has 8

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worked with some of the top theatrical companies in Chicago, including, The Goodman Theater. In his spare time he is busy writing, directing, and producing with his company Studio One Productions.

ANDREI ONEGIN (Set Design) Andrei is happy to be back and design the set for Bulrusher. Andrei just recently designed the set for August Wilson’s Radio Golf at Raven Theater. In previous seasons, he designed Brothers of the Dust, The Nativity, and Colored Museum at the Congo Square. His other work in Chicago has included designing sets for Death of a Salesman and Hedda Gabler (Raven), Cat’s Cradle (Lifeline), Princess Club, The Balloon Man and The Golden Truffle (Redmoon), Unsung Stars (Moving Dock), The Day of Knowledge (Stage Left), Hamlet (Yamaworks), Flood and Rosmersholm (Alchimia). During the last 30 years of Andrei’s theater career he has participated in and accomplished more than 110 productions, and worked for such legendary companies as Moscow Art Theater, Kabuky and Comédie-Française.

He received his MFA in 1992 from The Moscow Art Theater School.

RICK SIMS (Sound Designer) Rick has composed and designed sound for numerous Lookingglass productions and many other Chicago area theatres such as Steppenwolf, Congo Square, Writers Theatre, Lifeline, Griffin, The House, Court, ATC, Victory Gardens, The Raven, Steep and About Face. Out of town credits include Icarus at the Getty in L.A. with Lookingglass, and Gary at Boston Playwrights. Rick won a Jeff Award for lyrics in Hepheastus and was nominated for another for musical direction for the Shaggs both at Lookingglass. Rick also has two BTAA award nominations. Rick is an artistic associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company and an associate designer with Aria Music Designs (Ray

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Nardelli and Josh Horvath). Rick also wrote the book, music and lyrics for Lookingglass’ Hillbilly Antigone.

SAMANTHA JONES (Costume Design) is delighted to be back at Congo Square Theatre where she previously designed costumes for A Colored Museum, for which she received a BTAA nomination for Costume Design. Around town her work has been seen at American Blues Theatre (Rantoul and Die, It’s a Wonderful Life: Live at the Biograph!) 16th Street Theatre (Menorca, Fires in the Mirror, Unveiled, and The End of the Tour), Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. (American Ethnic, Heroes, Night and Day), Peninsula Players Theatre (A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, Wait Until Dark, Around the World in 80 Days, Heroes, Over the Tavern), and Florida Studio Theatre (Playmakers). Her work can be seen this fall in the Mourning Becomes Electra with Remy Bumppo Theatre Co. and in Waiting for Lefty with American Blues Theatre, where she is a proud ensemble member.

RICHARD NORWOOD (Lighting Design) An award-winning designer, some of Richard’s designs include Beethoven As I Knew Him at The Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, staring Hershey Felder and directed

by Joel Zwick. Other recent designs include Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story for Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook IL. Bronte for Remy Bumppo, A Passage to India, for Vitalist Theatre, and The Beastly Bombing for Trap Door Theatre. Richard holds the position of Performance Coordinator at the Museum of Contemporary Art. RIn 2012, his work includes Vitalist Theatre’s Presents pool (no water), and Ruth Margraff’s ANGER/FLY. JESSE GAFFNEY (Prop Design) Jesse has been creating props in the Chicago area for over three years and is a proud to be back at Congo Square after working on Brothers of the Dust, and the most recent version of The Black

Nativity. Elsewhere in the Chicago area she has worked with Silk Road Rising (Resident Designer), Immediate Family, 16th Street (Artistic Associate), Lifeline, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Apple Tree and Notre Dame Shakespeare Company among others. Outside of Chicago Jesse worked for Allenberry Playhouse in Pennsylvania, Stages St. Louis, and The Arrow Rock Lyceum. You can follow her work on her blog at theatreprojects. blogspot.com. Thanks and love to her new husband Warwick.

JORDAN SMITH (Fight Choreographer) Jordan is excited to once again be working with Congo Square in capacity as Fight Choreographer. Jordan has worked on productions ranging from professional to middle school (and everything in between) as director, producer, TD, fight choreographer, and actor. He most recently worked with Congo square on their production of “St. James Infirmary.”

In October later this year, Jordan will be working with UIC as fight choreographer on their production of When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder? Jordan would like to thank all the members of Congo Square Theatre Co. for their collaboration on “Bulrusher” and to his wife, Elaine, for her support and coping with his less than regular schedule.

NICOLE SPRINGER (Co-Choreographer) Nicole Clarke Springer began her training under the guidance of Claudette Soltis (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo) of the Joliet Ballet Society, Indianapolis Ballet Theater, Milwaukee Ballet and Western Michigan University. After studying under Soltis, Nicole then received her B.S. in Arts Administration-Dance from Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. As a member of Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Nicole had the opportunity to perform with artists such as Roberta Flack and Jennifer Holiday, as well as to perform in the MinnesotaBulrusher

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based Penumbra Theatre’s production of Black Nativity. She is the Summer Intensive Program Director for Deeply Rooted and has had the honor of setting two pieces (Nine and Dounia) for the company, as well as ballet instructor for Studio One Children’s Dance Theatre. As an instructor and choreographer, Nicole works to create an environment that is challenging, yet inspiring, helping each dancer find their spiritual connection with the work and most importantly, themselves. Many of her pieces are from the female perspective and the empowerment of women.

Liviu Pasare (Projection Designer) Liviu is a Chicago based artist who focuses on new media and technology and interactive installations. He works as a video designer, cinematographer, editor, animator and has produced, directed and performed for live multimedia experiences. He has been affiliated with theaters and artists such as Collaboraction, Redmoon, Fusion Theater, Blue Man Group and Luftwerk among many others.

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