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by Christopher Marlowe adapted by Rupert Goold and Ben Power Director – Krissy Vanderwarker Dramaturg – Brittany Squier Fight Choreographer – Nick Sandys Voice and Dialects– Claudia Anderson Scenic Designer – Grant Sabin Costume Designer – Lissa Lamona Lighting Designer – Patrick Stewart Sound Designer – Jenna Moran Projection Designer – Mike Tutaj Stage Manager – Emily Hitmar November 4 – 13, 2011
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Faustus ...............................................................................................................Michael McKeogh Helena/Good Angel/Gluttony ................................................................................ Sonaz Izadi Minta/Bad Angel/Lust ............................................................................................. Caroline Rau Cornelius/Lucifer/Vega/Pope/Old Man ........................................................Brian Crawford Foster/Envy ........................................................................................................................Joe Flynn Jake ................................................................................................................................Adam Brown Dinos/Pride .............................................................................................................Alex Hardaway Mephistopheles/Police Officer ........................................................................... Dan Johnson There will be one 10-minute intermission. This play is performed with the permission of the authors.
SPECIAL THANKS Jane Brody, Ian Frank, Reshmi Hazra, Damon Kiely, Kevin Kingston, Devon de Mayo, Michael Osinski, Marc Pinate, Lisa Portes, and Catherine Weidner.
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P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Faculty Advisor...............................................................................................................Lisa Portes Assistant Director................................................................................................................ Jess Troy Assistant Dramaturg..................................................................................................... Mike Doyle Assistant Stage Managers................................................... M.E. Barker, Meredith Matthews Assistant Scenic Designer...................................................................................... Michael David Assistant Lighting Designer....................................................................................Peyton Smith Assistant Sound Designer................................................................................................. Kami Siu Production Coordinator...............................................................................................Alexis Links Technical Director......................................................................................................Toni Kendrick Assistant Technical Director................................................................................. Shawn Watson Reskin Technical Director................................................................................................Jen Leahy Reskin Assistant Technical Director......................................................................Max Raynolds Technical Assistant............................................................................................ Aaron Pijanowski Scene Shop Foreman ........................................................................................... Gerry Reynolds Scenic Artist.................................................................................................................Joanna White Master Carpenter..........................................................................................Seth Randall-Tapply Carpenter......................................................................................................................Nick Fleming Property Master.....................................................................................................Wayne W. Smith Properties Artisan.............................................................................................. Maggy Grossbart Draper/Cutter.............................................................................................................. A.J. Littlefield Stitcher................................................................................................................................. Olivia Ball Head of Make-up and Blood Effects.................................................................... Nan Zabriskie Master Electrician......................................................................................................... Zak Malsich Reskin Master Electrician..............................................................................................Ron Seeley Scenery and Property Crew.............................................Dzemila Bilanovic, Tyler Esselman, Castille Ritter, Peter Varga Costume Crew...................................................................Emily Adler, Rachel Fenwick-Smith, Madison McLean, Anna Slotterback Make-up Crew............................................................................................................Maureen Kuhl Lighting Crew.............................................................................. Jamie Abrams, Emily Denton, Daniel Friedman, Max Stewart Sound Crew..............................................................................................................Matthew Reich Director of Marketing and Public Relations............................................................Anna Ables Manager of PR and Special Events.........................................................................Andrea Tichy Publicity/Production Photos................................................... Anna Ables, Michael Brosilow Publicity and House Crew............................... Ashlyn Lozano, Amadi Pate, Wesley Toledo Box Office Manager........................................................................................................ Julia Curns House Manager...............................................................................................................Maria Maia Theatre Manager.........................................................................................................Leslie Shook “Art is what you can get away with.” - Andy Warhol “Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
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D R A M AT U R G Y N O T E S The Chapman Brothers, Jake and Dinos, a force to be reckoned with in the British contemporary art scene, attach to their work a health warning: “The contents of this exhibition may cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic, euphoria and anxiety. If you suffer from high blood pressure, a nervous disorder, or palpitations you should consult your doctor before viewing this exhibition.” In 1997, advertising-mogul-turned-art-collector Charles Saatchi risked vomiting from the crowd, displaying the brothers work at his groundbreaking exhibit Sensation at the Royal Academy; since then, the Chapman’s have been shocking museum-goers with phallic mannequins, huge zombie-filled depictions of the Holocaust and vandalisms of famous art works. Denying the idea of childhood innocence and balking at religious tradition, the brothers delight in causing controversy. For them, bad is good and good is bad as they rethink who their Gods are and who our Gods should be. Decidedly their most controversial act is the painting over of Goya’s Disasters of War etchings (1810-1820) with cartoon faces. “Littered with the worst possible effects, the landscape of ‘Disasters of War’ is scarred with the ethical detritus left in the wake of the Church’s desecration and the dereliction of God—hopeless shapes lacking redemptive justification and pocked with a cosmology of etchedblack castrations and orifices howling out in ‘multiple solitude’” writes Paul Virillo, a cultural theorist. By covering the faces of these images with puppies, clowns, and the occasional rabbit, the Chapman’s wrestle with their gods and traditional ideas about good and evil go up in smoke. Similar smoke, playwrights Rupert Goold and Ben Powers purport, emits from the candles burning in Faustus’ study. For more information visit faustusdramaturgy.tumblr.com -Brittany Squier, BFA 4 Dramaturgy/Criticism BIOGR APHIES Adam Brown (Jake) 4th year BFA/Acting. Theatre School credits include Story Theatre, The Lady in the Van, Antigone, The Secret Garden, Language of Angels, Hedda Gabler, Pinkalicious, and 4.48 Psychosis. Regional credits include A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Tempest (Old Globe, San Diego), Young American Shakespeare Festival (Walden Theatre). Produced and appeared in the 2009 Walden Theatre Alumni Company Summer Festival (Art, Betrayal, The Pavilion).
Joe Flynn (Foster/Envy) 2nd year MFA/ Acting. Joe is from California where he received his B.A. from UCLA’s School of Theater. As a Californian, some favorite roles were Goring in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband and Proctor in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. As a Chicagoan, Theatre School credits include Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and Steve Martin’s The Underpants. For The Arc Theatre he played Master Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Joe is a founding member of The Cook County Regulars.
Brian E. Crawford (Cornelius/Lucifer/ Vega/Pope/Old Man) 3rd year MFA/Acting. Brian received his BA in Theatre from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Following graduation he served as a company member with Out of Hand Theatre, and also as a guest artist for 7 Stages, Actor’s Express, GA Ensemble and the Alliance Theatre. Brian is the 2004 recipient of the Louis B. Sudler Prize in the Arts.
Alex Hardaway (Dinos/Pride) 4th year BFA/Acting.
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Sonaz Izadi (Helena/Good Angel/Gluttony) 3rd year BFA/Acting. Sonaz Izadi is from Irvine, California. Her previous Theatre School Credits include, A Mouthful of Birds, DNA, and Splendor in the Grass.
B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) Dan Johnson (Mephistopheles/Police Officer) 4th year BFA/Acting. Dan is from Independence, Missouri where he attended Harry S. Truman High School. His Theatre School credits include The Skriker, Almost, Maine, The Lady in the Van, and Gem of the Ocean. Michael McKeogh (Faustus) 3rd year MFA/Acting. Regional Work: The Importance of Being Ernest (Algernon), Phare Play Theatre, NYC; The Little Tragedies (Mozart), Stepps Theatre, NYC; Othello (Roderigo), Boston Theatre Works, Boston; Curse of the Starving Class (Wesley), TheatreZone, Boston; Cooking with Elvis (Stuart), TheatreZone, Boston; The Zoo Story (Jerry), TheatreZone, Boston. Michael also participated in the 2005 Boston Theatre Marathon with TheatreZone’s production of Scrabble in Babel or Earlset. Other regional work includes Philip in The Lion in Winter at TheatreWorks (FL), chorus in The Lysistrata Project at Aslo Theatre (FL), and Hamlet in Hamlet at Michigan State University. Caroline Rau (Minta, Bad Angel, Lust) 3rd year MFA/Acting. Caroline has studied at NYU’s Tisch Experimental Theatre Wing, Washington University in Saint Louis, RADA, and Shakespeare’s Globe (London). Favorite credits include, Al Sharpton in Fires in the Mirror, Beatrice in A View from the Bridge, and Texas in Cabaret. Krissy Vanderwarker (Director) 3rd year MFA/Directing. DePaul credits include: Shipwrecked!, A View from the Bridge, The Bacchae and After the End. Professional directing credits include: Bethany (First Look Festival/Steppenwolf ), As Fat As You Can (Next Theatre), CLEAR (About Face), What Once We Felt (About Face) and As Much As You Can (Hendel Productions West at LA’s Celebration Theater). She is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Dog & Pony Theatre. D&P directing credits: God’s Ear, As Told by the Vivian Girls, Mr. Marmalade, Ape, Osama the Hero, Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) and As Much As You Can. Jess Troy (Assistant Director) 4th year BFA/ Playwriting. Past productions she has worked on include The Bacchae, directed by Krissy Vanderwarker (assistant director) and Mayday Mayday Tuesday, directed by Dexter Bullard (assistant to the playwright Carlos Murillo). She will be working on her
new play, In Regards to the Shark, to be shown in the winter quarter studio production season with director Greg Allen. Brittany Squier (Dramaturg) 4th year BFA/Dramaturgy. Brittany Jean Squier is a 4th year Dramaturgy/Criticism major from Orlando, Florida. Her past Theatre School credits include dramaturg on Crave, Cabaret, Pinkalicious, After the End, and the upcoming A Lie of the Mind. Last summer she served as the Goodman Theatre’s literary intern. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Grappler, the Theatre School at DePaul University’s Dramaturgy/Criticism blog (www.ttsdramaturgyblog.wordpress.com). Grant Sabin (Set Design) is pleased to be working with the creative team at DePaul. He primarily works as a set designer, but has had the great opportunity to teach scenic painting for Northwestern University’s Cherubs Program. He’s a company member and resident set designer for Dog and Pony Theatre, designing their past productions of God’s Ear, Ape, Mr. Marmalade (Jeff Award Nominee), Dead City, Osama the Hero, and Crumble. Grant is a graduate of Columbia College with a BFA in theatre design, where he was awarded the 2005 Michael Merritt scholarship for collaboration in theatre design. Recent set design credits include: The Secret Garden, (James Lumber Center ), A Girl With Sun In Her Eyes,( Pine Box Theatre), Circle Mirror Transformation (Victory Gardens Theatre), Invasion of Skokie (Chicago Dramatists), Sweet Tea (About Face Theatre), Garage Rep (Steppenwolf Theatre), It’s A Wonderful Life (American Blues Theatre), Whiff of Anarchy (The Seldoms), The U.N. Inspector (Next Theatre), Forbidden Broadway, (Royal George Theatre), Dashiell Hamlet, Hound of the Baskervilles, The Juniper Tree (City Lit Theatre), Augusta, (American Theatre Company), A Prayer for My Daughter and The 4 –H Club/ Cowboy Mouth (MaryArrchie), Crossing California (Lifeline Theatre), Faster and Thief River (The Side Project), Blasted and The Sea Horse (Jeff Award Nominee), (A Red Orchid Theatre), Leaving Iowa, (Royal George Theatre and The Overture Center, WI), and The Gift (Chicago Ballet). grantsabindesign.com Lissa Lamona (Costume Designer) 3rd year BFA/Costume Design. Lissa hails from sunny southern California. Before DePaul University 5
B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) enrolling at The Theatre School at Depaul in 2009 her costume designs for Romeo and Juliet and Elizabethan Court Costumes won her several first place awards at DTASC Shakespeare Theatre Festivals and a second place in set design for Urinetown at the CSU Fullerton Theatre Festival. Her Theatre School Credits include costume design for Woyzeck, and assistant costume design on The Skriker, Hedda Gabler and Medea. A.J. Littlefield, (Draper/Cutter) 3rd year BFA/Costume Technology. Patrick Stewart (Lighting Designer) 4th year BFA/Lighting Design. Patrick is pleased to return to The Theatre School this year after his summer running spotlight for Pop Fusion at Six Flags Great America. Patrick will be designing lights for Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Twisted Candles opening January 2012. Past Theatre School credits include Lighting Design for Loose Knit, Assistant Lighting Designer for The Ernie Play and Alice and Wonderland and Master Electrician for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Bud Not Buddy. Jenna Moran, (Sound Designer) 3rd year BFA Sound Design. Most recently, Jenna was the Sound Designer of two productions at The Chicago Fringe Festival, Wild Women XXX (directed by Susan E. Bowen) and Alone Apart (directed by Alexis Randolph). Theatre School credits include Blood Wedding and Columbinus. Jenna is thrilled to be the Sound Designer of Faustus and is looking forward to her upcoming design of Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Twisted Candles at The Merle Reskin Theatre opening this January. Jenna has interned with PRGProduction Resource Group, and spent this past summer as an intern at Optimus here in Chicago. Toni Kendrick, (Technical Director) 4th year BFA/Scene Design. Toni was born in Pelham Alabama. Her Theatre School credits include Assistant Scenic Designer for Macbeth, A Raisin in the Sun and Haroun and the Sea of Stories, and Scenic Designs for Loose Knit and Much Ado About Nothing. Her outside credits include Prop Designer for Conquest of the South Pole at Strawdog Theatre Company and Assistant Technical Director for Brand at Red Tape Theatre. She is currently the Scenic Designer for Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Twisted Candles. 6 DePaul University
Shawn Watson (Assistant Technical Director) Graduating 3rd Year BFA/Technical Theatre. From Peculiar, Missouri. Past Theatre School credits include Mayday Mayday Tuesday, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Skriker. Seth Randall-Tapply, (Master Carpenter) 3rd year BFA/Theatre Technology. Seth is from the Lakes Region, New Hampshire. His Previous Theatre School credits include Carpenter for Hedda Gabbler, Master Carpenter for The Secret Garden and The Ernie Play. This past summer he worked in north Sutton, New Hampshire, as a Technical Assistant and Fly Operator for KAT Company’s production of Peter Pan. Emily Hitmar, (Stage Manager) 2nd year BFA/Stage Management. Emily hails from Akron, Ohio. Her Theatre School credits include Stage Manager for Federico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding. Assistant Stage Manager for Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker and William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. John Culbert (Dean) In Chicago, John has designed scenery and/or lighting for the Buckingham Fountain, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Garfield Conservatory, Chicago Park District, Field Museum of Natural History, Goodman Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre and more than thirty productions at Court Theatre. At the Court Theatre, he received several Joseph Jefferson nominations and a Jeff Award for The Triumph Of Love and will be designing lighting for Invisible Man and scenery for Angels in America. Other Chicago productions include Regina for the Lyric Opera of Chicago and A Year With Frog And Toad for Chicago Children’s Theatre. John has designed scenery and/ or lighting for the Boston Lyric Opera, St. Louis Opera, Baton Rouge Opera, Southern Repertory, Cleveland Orchestra, McCarter Theatre and Bristol Riverside Theatre. At The Theatre School he has designed productions of The Misanthrope, Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, The Women, The Snow Queen, Rip Van Winkle and Stage Door.
The Theatre School’s 2011-2012 Season THE THEATRE SCHOOL SHOWCASE A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard directed by Carlos Murillo February 3 - 12, 2012 (previews 2/1 & 2/2) The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan directed by Catherine Weidner April 13 - 22, 2012 (previews 4/11 & 4/12) MFA12, TBA by Sarah Gubbins directed by Geoff Button An ensemble piece to be performed by MFA III actors. May 11 - 20, 2012 (previews 5/9 & 5/10) CHICAGO PLAYWORKS FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG AUDIENCES The Witches by Roald Dahl, adapted by David Wood directed by Ernie Nolan October 25 – December 3, 2011 Nancy Drew and the Sign of the Twisted Candles based on the book by Carolyn Keene adapted and directed by Damon Kiely January 14 – February 28, 2012 Barrio Grrrl! book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes music by Bill Sherman, directed by Lisa Portes musical direction by Mark Elliott March 27 – May 19, 2012 NEW DIRECTORS SERIES At Theatre Wit Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, adapted by Rupert Goold and Ben Power directed by Krissy Vanderwarker November 4 – 13, 2011 (previews 11/2 & 11/3) At the Greenhouse Theatre Center Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks directed by Reshmi Hazra February 10 – 19, 2012 (previews 2/8 & 2/9) NEW PLAYWRIGHTS SERIES The Death of Gaia Divine by Jacob Schuler directed by John Jenkins May 4 – 13, 2012 (previews 5/2 & 5/3)
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T H E AT R E S C H O O L FAC U LT Y / S TA F F John Culbert – Dean Dean Corrin – Associate Dean Linda Buchanan – Associate Dean for Curriculum Christine Binder – Chair, Design and Technical Theatre Barry Brunetti – Chair of Theatre Studies Trudie Kessler – Chair, Performance Department ADMINISTRATION Anna Ables — Director of Marketing and Public Relations Jason Beck — Director of Admissions Mitsu Beck – Executive Assistant John Bridges — Assistant Dean, Director of Administration, Alumni Relations Tessa Craib-Cox – Director of Development Anastasia Gonzalez – Budget Manager Alexis Links - Production Coordinator Joshua Mangilia - Technical Operations Manager Andrea Tichy — Manager of PR and Special Events Melissa Tropp – Admissions Assistant Jeanne Williams – Coordinator of Academic Services Dexter Zollicoffer – Diversity Advisor ACTING & DIRECTING Dexter Bullard – Head of Graduate Acting, Artistic Director/The Theatre School Showcase John Jenkins – Head of Undergraduate Acting Lisa Portes – Head of Directing, Artistic Director/ Chicago Playworks Greg Allen Jane Drake Brody Linda Gillum Noah Gregoropolous Nick Johne Damon Kiely
Susan Messing Matt Miller Joseph Slowik, emeritus Ann Wakefield Catherine Weidner
MOVEMENT Patrice Egleston – Head of Movement Laura Dixon Gabriel Halpern Natasha Julius Alie McManus Kimosha Murphy
Julia Neary Nick Sandys Pullin Clifton Robinson Mary Schmich Natalie Turner-Jones
VOICE AND SPEECH Claudia Anderson – Head of Voice and Speech Eva Breneman Mark Elliott Phyllis E. Griffin Trudie Kessler
Kathy Keyes Jason Martin Diane Robinson Phil Timberlake
DESIGN Christine Binder – Head of Lighting Design Linda Buchanan – Head of Scene Design Nan Cibula-Jenkins – Head of Costume Design Victoria DeIorio– Head of Sound Design Nan Zabriskie- Head of Make Up Jeff Bauer John Boesche Rachel Healy Jason Knox
Jack K. Magaw Birgit RattenborgWise Joanna White
TECHNICAL THEATRE Shane Kelly – Head of Theatre Technology Janet C. Messmer – Head of Costume Technology Narda E. Alcorn – Head of Stage Management Claude Binder Russell Poole Jason Brown Michael Rourke Richard Bynum Jim Savage David Castellanos Alden Vasquez Kevin Depinet Laura Whitlock David Naunton THEATRE STUDIES Barry Brunetti – Head of Theatre Arts Carlos Murillo – Head of Playwriting Alan Salzenstein – Head of Arts Leadership Marcie McVay – Interim Head of Theatre Management Rachel Shteir – Head of Dramaturgy Sharon Bridgeforth– Visiting Multicultural Faculty Member Suzanne Bizer Alan Donahue Criss Henderson Jim Jensen Chris Jones Jan Kallish
Ernie Nolan Bill O’Connor Coya Paz-Brownrigg Roche Schulfer Sandy Shinner
LIBERAL STUDIES Bea Bosco Lou Contey Shanesia Davis Jen Goode Carolyn Hoerdemann
Reggie Lawrence Dan Moser Chris Peak James Sherman Rachel Slavick
TECHNICAL STAFF So Hui Chong – Stitcher Tim Combs – Technical Director Chris Hofmann – Director of Production Jen Leahy – Reskin Technical Director Dawn G. McKesey – Assistant Costume Shop Manager Max Raynolds– Reskin Assistant Technical Director Aaron Pijanowski – Technical Assistant Gerry Reynolds – Scene Shop Foreman Ron Seeley – Master Electrician Wayne W. Smith – Property Master, Safety Officer Joanna White – Scenic Artist
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MISSION: SMART ART Theater Wit dedicates itself to producing plays that address contemporary issues with humor and intelligence. With groundbreaking new plays and classic works, Theater Wit seeks to engage its audiences with wit and wisdom. Now a year at our newly renovated 3 theater complex, Theater Wit strives to create a welcoming and professional home for the neighborhood to experience Chicago’s diversely talented theater scene. THEATER WIT STAFF Artistic Director - Jeremy Wechsler Company Manager – David Wechsler Grant Director – Mercedes Rohlfs Box Office Manager – Mikey Laird Bar Manager – Tamara Berkover Press Relations – Jay Kelly, L.C. Williams & Assocs Legal – Michelle D. Miller and John D. Neumann, Jones Day Architect – Richard Kasemsarn General Contractor – David Trent Zilmer BOARD OF DIRECTORS President – Kathryn Stieber Vice-President – Paul Danao Treasurer – Charles Hornewer Todd Goldberg Ashley Nelson
Neal Smyth Bruce Wechsler
GENERAL INFORMATION NO SMOKING In compliance with the City of Chicago Clean Air Ordinance, smoking is prohibited in Theater Wit. We appreciate your cooperation. EMERGENCY EXITS Please note the location of emergency exits in the theatre. NO CELLULAR PHONES, TEXT MESSAGING, RECORDING DEVICES, PHOTOGRAPHY, OR PAGERS Please do not use the above listed items in the theater. Patrons with electronic pagers or cellular telephones are asked to either turn off their equipment or check them with the House Manager prior to curtain. We discourage text messaging during the performance. The light from the screen will bother other patrons. We allow photographs to be taken before and after but never during the performance. You may also check cameras and recording equipment with the House Manager who will secure them until final curtain. As a special favor, we ask that patrons not chew gum during the performance. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALLS Should you need to give an emergency telephone number where you can be reached during a performance, please alert the House Manager of your seat location and give the Box Office telephone number for emergencies. Call the Theater Wit Box Office for tickets 773-975-8150 or visit us online at theaterwit.org DePaul University 9
M E R L E R E S K I N T H E AT R E S TA F F Dean ....................................................................................................................................... John Culbert Theatre Manager ................................................................................................................ Leslie Shook Director of Marketing and Public Relations .................................................................Anna Ables Manager of Public Relations and Special Events ................................................... Andrea Tichy Marketing Assistants ............................................................... Meredith Matthews, Jenna Moran Webmaster .....................................................................................................................Joshua Maniglia Box Office Manager ...............................................................................................................Julia Curns Assistant Box Office Manager .................................................................................Stefanie Rahaim Ticket Agents ....................................................Brent Beavers, Michael Herring, Brandon Mack, Meghan Owen, Anastasia Schriber Group Sales Representative ..................................................................................... Linda RM Jones Group Sales Assistants ................................................... Christopher Knoerzer, Shane Sweeney Administrative Assistant .......................................................................................................Liz Calvert Office Assistants ......................................................................... Meghan McDonald, Jourdi Waller Chicago Playworks House Manager ..................................................................... LaKisha Jackson Theatre School Showcase House Manager .................................................................... Alicia Graf Reskin Technical Director ......................................................................................................Jen Leahy Reskin Assistant Technical Director ...........................................................................Max Raynolds Technical Assistant ....................................................................................................Aaron Pijanowski Master Electrician .................................................................................................................. Ron Seeley
T H E T H E AT R E S C H O O L S T U D E N T WO R K E R S Faculty Assistants .......................................................... Brent Beavers, Belinda Bing, Todd Boger, Celeste Cooper, John Crosthwaite, Devon Doherty, Liz Fiala, Joseph Flynn, Reshmi Hazra, Emily Hitmar, Garvin Jellison, Toni Kendrick, Constance Lee, Jillian Rothman, Brae Singleton, Kelly Sloan, Krenee Tolson, Krissy Vanderwarker, Olivia Wallace Admissions Assistants .................................................Nick Belley, Karly Bergmann, Taylor Blim,. Anna Bosy, Dan Johnson, and Morgan Madison Administration Assistants ....................................Jacob Abbas, Olga Aguilar, Cameron Benoit, Meredith Boe, Mark Bonham, Bella Coelho, Brian Crawford, Pamela Davis, Caroline Donnelly, Rhiannon Falzone, Holly Haupert, Jerry Kurian, Mark Lancaster, Ariel Rubin, Brittany Squier, Suneel Tripuraneni, Jess Troy, Sean Wiberg Costume Shop .................................................................. Olivia Ball, Jessica Burgwald, Kara Dent, Constance Lee, Adrienne Littlefield, Chloe Patten, Taylor Payne, Elise Petrucci, Megan Turner Door Monitors ..........................................................Jacob Abbas, Lauren Genta, Lorena Gomez, Lauren Lundy, Morgan Madison, Ceci Settles Make Up Shop.................................................... Carmen Briwa, Jessica Burgwald, Dan Dvorkin, Kelsey Jorissen, Taylor Payne, Colin Sphar, Kristy Staky, Rose Streit, Megan Truscott, Williams Wever, Sarah Jo White Mat Cleaners .........................................Jared Green, Patricia Lavery, Manuel Ortiz, Sean Parris Prop Shop .......................................................................Toni Kenrick, Tierra Novy, Jillian Rothman, Megan Truscott, Rachel Watson Merle Reskin Theatre Crew ....................................... Chris Barker, Nicolas Belley, Belinda Bing, Rachel Claxton, Jean Compton,Maggy Grossbart, Sam Hillyer, Garvin Jellison, Rebecca Rowlett, Brae Singleton, Elizabeth Smith, Joe Watrach, Shawn Watson Scene Shop ...............................................Matt Browning, Kelly Claussen, William Deleguardia, Vannessa Fusi, Noah Hayman, Alex Long, Andrew McCarthy, John Ofori, Claudia Peterson, Seth Randall-Tapply,Kyle Vanover, Anders Wahl, Jon Woelfer Studio Coordinators ...................................................................Matthew Baca, Elizabeth Thomas 10 DePaul University
T H E T H E AT R E S C H O O L AT D E PAU L U N I V E R S I T Y Mission Statement The Theatre School at DePaul University educates, trains, and inspires students of theatre in a conservatory setting that is rigorous, disciplined, culturally diverse and that strives for the highest level of professional skill and artistry. A commitment to diversity and equality in education is central to our mission. As an integral part of the training, The Theatre School produces public programs and performances from a wide repertoire of classic, contemporary and original plays that challenge, entertain, and stimulate the imagination. We seek to enhance the intellectual and cultural life of our university community, our city and the profession. For admissions information, telephone (773) 325-7999 or 1-800-4-DEPAUL. Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences Chicago Playworks offers a live theatre experience to students, teachers and parents in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is our mission to provide theatre for children that reflects their experiences in a contemporary, multi-ethnic, urban environment. Founded as the Goodman Children’s Theatre in 1925, Chicago Playworks is the city’s oldest continuously operating children’s theatre. It has been the first theatre experience for audiences of Chicago’s young people for more than seven decades and was one of the first major theatres for children in the United States. In 1997 and again in 2003, Chicago Playworks was honored by the Illinois Theatre Association with the Children’s Theatre Division Award, for its outstanding long-term contribution to children’s theatre. In 1980, Chicago Playworks was awarded the prestigious Sara Spencer Award by the Children’s Theatre Association of America (now the American Alliance for Theatre and Education). Chicago Playworks is a vital aspect of the training at The Theatre School at DePaul University. Students gain pre-professional experience in an extended run before a most demanding and appreciative audience. Chicago Playworks presents three unique productions to more than 35,000 young people each season and has entertained more than 1 million schoolchildren and families since 1925. The Theatre School Showcase Contemporary Plays and Classics Presenting diverse and exciting productions, The Theatre School Showcase blends imagination and cultural impact with three plays, and rounds-out the season with a fourth production featuring the graduating MFA in Acting candidates. The Theatre School Showcase offers a unique opportunity to see tomorrow’s industry leaders today, by introducing the raw creativity and dedicated collaborations of artists at the beginning of their careers. Their work is powerful, imaginative, and new. Merle Reskin Theatre Celebrating a century of performances this season, the Merle Reskin Theatre, built as the Blackstone Theatre in 1910, was designed by Chicago architects Marshall & Fox. The stone façade and mansard roof of the Beaux-Arts style building have been modified only slightly over the years. The interior finish of French walnut and gold was designed by Plamondon & Tetze to give the appearance of a European opera house. Prior to DePaul’s purchase of the theatre in 1988, it had been home to vaudeville, the Federal Theatre Project and the touring productions of the Shubert Organization. The Theatre School brings an audience of more than 35,000 people to the theatre each season. DePaul University 11
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DONORS Listings in the honor roll reflect contributions and pledge payments made to The Theatre School between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010. President’s Club Gifts of $1,000 and above annually qualify for membership in the President’s Club, DePaul’s honor society of donors. The President’s Club comprises giving circles named for former university presidents. *$1,000,000 lifetime giving + Donor has made a special philanthropic pledge to DePaul University between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 ~ Denotes President’s Club membership, Fr. Richardson Circle, for recent graduates $50,000 + Fr. McCabe Circle *Dr. Dominic Parisi & Helen Parisi *+Merle Reskin $25,000-$49,999 Fr. Levan Circle +Gerhard Bette & Kathleen Bette +Lawrence Bundschu *Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Geico *+ Sondra Healy, GSD ‘64 (Life Trustee) & Denis Healy +William Obenshain & Penny Obenshain Turtle Wax, Inc. $10,000-$24,999 Fr. Corcoran Circle American Airlines Antunovich & Associates Joseph Antunovich & Leslie Antunovich ComEd *Richard H. Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust *Richard Driehaus, COM ‘65; MBA ‘70; DHL ‘02 (Life Trustee) & Inese Romanovska +Nik Edes Scott Ellis, GSD ‘78 Exelon Corporation Health Care Service Corporation Magellan Corporation +Power Construction Company, LLC +Claire Rosen & Samuel Edes Foundation John Samolis
Gordon Segal & Carole Segal *+Father Charles Shelby, C.M., MS ‘72 $5,000-$9,999 Fr. O’Connell Circle Bank of America Barclays Bank PLC Bulley & Andrews, LLC Joseph Burns & Mary Burns Chicago Drama League The Cleveland Foundation James & Catherine Denny Foundation *+James Denny Sr. (Life Trustee) & Catherine Denny +David Dunning & Toni Dunning Edgewater Management, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Illinois Tool Works, Inc. John Lenckos Paul Mc Breen, JD ‘86 & Catherine McBreen, JD ‘86 Carol Morse Mortenson Construction Northern Trust Corporation Kathy O’Donnell R4 Services Patrick G. & Shirley W. Ryan Foundation Andrea Saccone Sarah Siddons Society, Inc. Patricia Slovak Staples, Inc. Steppenwolf Theatre Co. Walsh Construction Co. of Illinois
W. E. O’Neil Construction Co. $2,500-$4,999 Fr. O’Malley Circle Rochelle Abramson, MED ‘89 & Elliott Abramson David Blowers Emma Byrne Katherine Frekko Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Inc. Daniel Lyons, MUS ‘83; MM ‘91 & Monica Abramson-Lyons, THE ‘87 National Restoration Systems, Inc. Northern Trust Charitable Giving Program Ann O’Brien Terry Perucca Schiff Hardin, LLP Robert Segal Maureen Huntley, GSD ‘82 & Paul Sheahen Robert Shook, GSD ‘72 & Leslie Shook Richard Sieracki & Linda Sieracki Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc. $1,000-$2,499 Fr. Richardson Circle Teresa Aguilera, THE ‘98 Alpine Pictures, Inc. Suzanne Bizer Lois Brennan Broadway in Chicago Paul J. Byrne, MFA ‘99 & Jaime Byrne Ryan Carroll, GSD ‘82 Chapman & Cutler, LLP DePaul University 13
DONORS (cont.) *Philip H. Corboy Foundation Tessa Craib-Cox John Culbert & Kitty Culbert Dell USA, LLP *Mary Dempsey, JD ‘82 (Trustee) & Philip Corboy Sr. William Devers Ernst & Young Foundation William Ibe, LAS ‘80 J. C. Anderson, Inc. Anthony Johnson, THE ‘95 & Candace Johnson Jack Karp Bob & Linda Kozoman Larry Kugler James Luebchow Irene Michaels Millard Group, Inc. Susan & Bob Morrison Mason Parson Family Foundation Patricia Parson, SNL ‘78 (Trustee) The Peoples Gas Light & Coke, Inc. Phil Varchetta & Associates Roger Plummer (Trustee) & Joanne Plummer PSEG Thomas Reedy Bernard Sahlins & Jane Sahlins Rosemary Schnell Segal Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R. Michael Shehorn Charles Smith Phil Varchetta, COM ‘49 Susan Vargo, THE ‘98 Monsignor Kenneth Velo Wedgwood USA Bonnie Zimmer $500-$999 Katherine Abelson Rosemary S. & John F. Bannan John Bowab John Bridges Russell Bruzek, GSD Child’s Play Touring Theatre Patricia Cox Joseph Cushing James Fitzpatrick Arny Granat 14 DePaul University
Mark L. Hawkins, COM ‘01; MBA ‘06 John & Kelly Hoogenakker KI Mark Kijek, MD & Barbara Kijek, MD Kirkegaard Associates Virginia Larson Gerald McLaughlin Dr. Richard Meister & Joan Meister Elizabeth Soete & Raymond Narducy Henry Nord, JD ‘49 (Life Trustee) Professional Decorating & Painting, Inc. Schuler & Shook, Inc. Beverly Shaw Weiss & Company, LLP $250-$499 Rebecca Borczon, GSD ‘78 Linda Buchanan Herbert Felsenfeld, GSD ‘63; GSD ‘65 Hobart Senior High School James Jensen BJ Jones Shane Kelly Donald Livesay Janet Messmer David Mold, MFA ‘97 Gregory Reger, COM ‘73 David Saltiel ~Ronald Seeley Jr., THE ‘06 Showtime Network Norbert Sieracki, COM ‘49 Stearns Family Charitable Fund Neele & Bonnie Stearns Joanne Velasquez (Trustee) & Arthur R. Velasquez Catherine Weidner Dennis Zacek, LAS ‘63 $100-$249 Anonymous (1) Linda Boskelly Nicholas Bowling, MFA ‘96 Jane Brody Jeffrey Bruckerhoff, THE ‘94 Mark & Linda Burns Dean Corrin Carole Doris, JD ‘76 & Dr. Peter Doris
Dr. William Dumbleton & Susanne Dumbleton, PhD Charles Gerace, GSD ‘66 & Brigid Duffy, GSD ‘65 Gilbert Gonzalez & Anastasia Gonzalez Dr. Donald Ilko John Jenkins & Nan Cibula-Jenkins Anida Johnson Cohen Damon Kiely Yasmine Kiss, THE ‘98 David Lively & Elizabeth Gillette Lively William McKenna & Marilyn McKenna Dawn McKesey Zorine Morton, GSD Janine Poronsky, JD ‘86 Lindy Russell-Heymann, THE ‘00 Alan Salzenstein James Sieracki & Linda Sieracki Steven Sieracki & Mary Sieracki Joseph Slowik, GSD ‘53 & Patricia Slowik Jennifer Smith, THE ‘91 Carri Speicher Dr. John Ransford Watts & Joyce Watts Matching Gifts The Peoples Gas Light & Coke, Inc. Ernst & Young Foundation PSEG
S C H O L A R S H I P I N F O R M AT I O N A priority at The Theatre School is to make sure any student who has the talent to be admitted to our conservatory training program, can attend regardless of their financial means. For the vast majority of our students, pursuing their passion for the theatre profession is a financial struggle. We work hard every year to make funding available to help our students reach their professional goals. NEW ENDOWED AND EXPENDABLE SCHOLASHIPS The total in endowed scholarship accounts is $1,997,080.81. EXPENDABLE SCHOLARSHIPS The Gala Live Auction at The Theatre School Gala added another 5 expendable $10K scholarships to be awarded in the 2010-11 academic year. Donors: Joseph and Leslie Antunovich Sondra and Denis Healy A scholarship in memory of Deborah Ann Goldwater John Simon and Millie Rosenbloom Richard Driehause The Evans, Kozoman and Obenshain Scholarship DONATIONS TO EXISTING SCHOLARSHIPS Merle Reskin made a $15,000 pledge payment to the Merle Reskin Endowed Scholarship. Alum Scott Ellis made a pledge payment of $10,000 to the Joseph Slowik Scholarship and to an expendable scholarship for 10-11. Alum Robert Shook and Leslie Shook made a pledge payment to the Lighting Design Scholarship. Andrea Ganzel Saccone made an additional gift to the Mark Ganzel Memorial Scholarship. Gerald McLaughlin made additional gifts to the Michael Maggio Endowed Scholarship. The following alums and friends made donations to the Itkin and Slowik Endowed scholarships: Becky Borczon, Richard and Barbara Bull, John Castaneda, Nancy Costikyan, Tessa Craib-Cox, Joan and Michael Dry, Herbert Felsenfeld, Al Fenske, Charles Gerace and Brigid Duffy Gerace, Michelle Gross and Betty Bayard, Patricia and Christopher Hoffman, William Hollis and Coleen Maloney-Hollis, Christina James, Sandi Juhlin, , Betty Martinez , Denise McCauley, William McDonnell, Dawn McKesey, Cynthia McWilliams, Janet Messmer, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Million, Jeffrey Neal, Rich Pierrelouis, James Rau, Kenneth Ruta , Maureen Huntley Sheahen and Paul Sheahen, Robert and Leslie Shook, Carlo da Silva, Kevin Slaughter, Ted Wass, Kevin White, Jann Wilson. If you are interested in making a gift to support student scholarships or a program at The Theatre School, please call Tessa Craib-Cox, Director of Development at 773-325-7929
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A L U M N I FAC T S Participation: Over 700 alumni were listed in Theatre School News during its fourteenth year of production. TSN is an electronic alumni activity newsletter published monthly (except July). Though originally created as a vehicle to communicate alumni activities among alumni, it is now also used for admissions, recruitment, fund raising, advertising and promotion. It is also responsible for gradually increasing the number of alumni within the school’s database with active electronic and snail-mail addresses and phone numbers. The statistics below are based on issues between August 2010 and June 2011. http://theatreschool.depaul.edu/tsn The listings included the following selected alumni activities: Alumni worked at 119 different Chicagoland area theatre companies including Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman, Victory Gardens, TimeLine, Next Theatre and The Second City. Alumni worked at 55 different theatre and film festivals internationally including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, West Hollywood International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, the 46th Annual Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago Humanities Festival, Just For Laughs Festival, and the San Francisco Film Festival. Alumni have worked at 104 different schools including NYU, Yale, Notre Dame, University of Chicago, UC Irvine, University of Houston School of Theatre, USC School of Theatre, The Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia University, Columbia College, Harvard, School at Steppenwolf , The American Film Institute, and Oakland University. Alumni worked on 63 Broadway/touring shows including Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Chinglish, That Face, 1001, Middletown, Twelfth Night, Peter Pan, Educating Rita, Puppet Up Uncensored, Logengrin, Hercules, The Front Page, The Seagull, Memory, Hot L Baltimore, Pinkalicious, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, House of Blue Leaves, The Tempest. Alumni worked at 88 other theatres on the East Coast. Alumni worked at 71 different theatres on the West Coast. Alumni worked in 40 different states. Alumni worked in 14 countries other than the United States including Sweden, Canada, Honduras, New Zealand, Portugal, Japan, Switzerland, England, Korea, Amsterdam, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Germany. Alumni worked on 104 films this year including Horrible Bosses, Unstoppable, The Other Guys, Cedar Rapids, Love and Other Drugs, Tron: Legacy, The Dilemma, Conviction, Hop, The Crazies, Dinner for Shmucks, Terri, Jack and Jill, and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Alumni worked on 415 theatre productions. Alumni worked on more than 28 different television channels ABC, FX, Disney, CBS, Nickelodeon, CW, Bravo, MTV, Showtime, SyFy, TBS, NBC, VH1, and HBO, on 50 different programs including Boardwalk Empire, Southland, Vampire Mob, Bones, Desperate Housewives, Castle, True Blood, HawthoRNe, Rookie Blue, The Glades, The Event. Alumni have multiple television shows in syndication or online including Weeds, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Sopranos, and The X-Files. Alumni worked on 62 commercials or voiceovers for products Butterfinger, Budweiser, Kraft, McDonald’s, Dannon, Cartoon Network, Crown Royal, Zest, Pillsbury, L’Oreal, Verizon, Staples, Illinois Lottery, Panasonic, Hall’s Fruit Breezers, and Pringles. Alumni worked at more than 25 production companies including Warner Brothers Pictures, Miramax, Tribeca Productions, Saturn Films, Spyglass Entertainment, MGM, 20th Century Fox Productions, Sony Pictures, Disney and New York Stage and Film. 45 alumni are Artistic or Co-Artistic Directors of theatres. Alumni were featured in numerous articles in publications including Time Out Chicago, The Advocate, Esquire, USA Today, gay.com, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, Chicago Sun-Times, American Theatre Magazine, and The New Yorker. Alumni were recognized with 28 awards or award nominations, including Tony Award, Fullbright Scholarship, Humanitas Prize Fellowship, Pulitzer Prize, After Dark Award, Lumen Award, Network One-Act Festival, the Claire Rosen and Samuel Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artist. Mini Versions of Theatre School News: Mini versions of Theatre School News were created for each admissions‑related festival, conference and open house, and for the eight regional audition/interview locations. 16 DePaul University