The Gift Theatre Company Proudly Presents Part Three of the Connemara Trilogy
The Lonesome West WRITTEN BY Martin McDonagh DIRECTED BY Sheldon Patinkin ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Danny Ahlfeld SCENIC DESIGNER Adam Lucas Veness
LIGHTING DESIGNER Yousif Mohamed
COSTUME DESIGNER Frances Maggio
SOUND DESIGNER Christopher Kriz
PROPERTIES MASTER Rita Thornton
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER John Tovar, SAFD
DIALECT COACH Brigid Duffy
ASSTISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER Ricky Lurie
STAGE MANAGER Sarah Luse
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & PRODUCTION MANAGER David Preis
The Gift Theatre Company is partially funded by The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; Ronald Greene Memorial Fund; Chicago City Arts-Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs; Mirapaul Foundation; and the Illinois Arts Council, an agency of the State of Illinois.
The Gift Theatre Company 4802 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60630 (773) 283-7071 www.thegifttheatre.org “Come Closer.” The Gift Theatre 1
CAST (in
alphabetical order)
Girleen Kelleher..................................................................................................... Brittany Burch Valene Connor.........................................................................................+John Kelly Connolly Father Welsh.......................................................................................................+Paul D’Addario Coleman Connor...................................................................................................*+John Gawlik Understudies: +Danny Ahlfeld (Coleman Connor) Alexis Atwill (Girleen Kelleher) Ed Flynn (Valene Connor) Understudies do not substitute for listed players unless an announcement is made at the time of the performance. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers + Indicates Gift ensemble member
PLACE & TIME: Leenane, a small town in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland in 1993 Scene One: The Connors’ living room/kitchen Scene Two: An evening a week later Scene Three: A few hours later 10-Minute Intermission Scene Four: A bench on the lakeside jetty a few nights later Scene Five: An hour earlier Scene Six: The next morning Scene Seven: A few days later The play runs approximately 2 hours. As a courtesy to the actors and fellow audience members, please turn off your cell phone! The use of recording devices is strictly prohibited.
AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T S & E X T R A S P E C I A L T H A N K S ! We’d like to thank the following individuals and groups for their kind and generous contributions to The Gift’s Production of The Lonesome West. Vince Cook Photography Kathy O’Neill and The Irish American Heritage Center Alexis Atwill - Production Assistant
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P R O D U C T I O N , A R T I S T I C , A N D A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F Artistic Director................................................................................. Michael Patrick Thornton Managing Director / Properties Master .........................................................Rita Thornton Technical Director & Producion Manager .......................................................... David Preis Equity Liaison / Production Assistant............................................................Paul D’Addario Publicist...........................................................................................................+Maggie Andersen Box Office Administration.......................................................................... *+Alexandra Main Box Office Assistants......................................................................................................Ensemble Set Construction Crew................................David Preis, Ethan Davis, +Kenny Mihlfried Production Assistant ......................................................................................... Frank Thornton * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers + Indicates Gift ensemble member
THE GIF T ENSEMBLE Daniel J. Ahlfeld, Maggie Andersen, *Hillary Clemens, Jenny Connell, John Kelly Connolly, Paul D’Addario, *Brendan Donaldson, Mary Fons, *John Gawlik, *Alexandra Main, Kenny Mihlfried, Benjamin Montague, William Nedved, Lynda Newton, Sheldon Patinkin, Maureen Payne-Hahner, *Michael Patrick Thornton. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers
B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S Paul Botts, John Brahm, George Karzas, William Nedved, Michael Patrick Thornton, Rita Thornton, Michael Valenti
A R T I S T I C A DV I S O R S Dr. Eric Forsythe, B.J. Jones, Tina Landau, Jeff Perry, Rondi Reed, Mary Ann Thebus, Norm Tobin
“Acting is a particularly thankless art. It dies with the actor. Nothing survives him but the reviews, which do not usually do him justice anyway, whether he is good or bad. So the only source of satisfaction left to him is the audience’s reactions . . . The actor, in this special process of discipline and self-sacrifice, self-penetration and molding, is not afraid to go beyond all normally acceptable limits . . . The actor makes a total gift of himself.” Jerzy Grotowski, Towards A Poor Theatre
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PROFILES Brittany Burch (Girleen Kelleher) is pleased to be making her Chicago debut with The Gift Theatre. She has recently moved here from Portland, OR where her favorite credits include Hamlet with CoHo Productions; House and Garden with Artists Repertory Theatre; Trip to Bountiful, Biloxi Blues, Uncommon Women and Others with Profile Theatre; and the 2008 and 2009 JAW festivals with Portland Center Stage. Brittany has a BA in Acting from Willamette University and has trained with The Chautauqua Theatre Company as well as the School at Steppenwolf. She would like to thank her family for their continual love and support. John Kelly Connolly (Valene Connor) can finally check off working with Sheldon Patinkin from his Bucket List. Also working on a Martin McDonagh play, fighting with John Gawlik in front of an audience and calling Paul D’Addario names and not having to run away. Learning to spell all their names correctly was also on the list. John is a proud member of The Gift Theatre ensemble, where he recently directed One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and still wears a proud smile thinking of that great cast, even Paul. Having appeared in numerous plays for The Gift and others, he is most fond of being Artie in Hurlyburly, Martin in White People and Michael in Dancing at Lughnasa. Thank you to Sheldon for being Sheldon and helping me. Thanks to John, Paul, Brittany, Danny, Ed and Alexis. Love to every member of my family, and especially all my relatives from Lettermullen. Keep an eye for his Television debut on Fox’s Ride-Along, as an Irish Contractor. And thank you for coming today, we were expecting you. Paul D’Addario (Father Welsh) is an ensemble member with The Gift Theatre Company. He was most recently in the Moving Stories production of The Professional directed by Steve Scott. Paul has been seen in twelve shows with The Gift, favorite roles including McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Satan in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Eddie in Hurlyburly 4 The Gift Theatre
(Non-Equity Jeff Award-Actor in a Leading Role) directed by Michael Patrick Thornton, and Seth in Language of Angels. He has been seen as George in Steppenwolf’s production of Of Mice and Men, and in Griffin Theatre’s On the Shore of the Wide World and Dead End both directed by Jonathan Berry. As a member of the Actors Theatre of San Francisco, Paul worked on over twenty plays. Favorite roles include Dennis in This is Our Youth, Nick in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Jeff in subUrbia. He is a graduate of the School of Steppenwolf 2001 and continues to study with Mary Ann Thebus. Much love and thanks to Mrs. Thornton and Frank. John Gawlik (Coleman Connor) has appeared with or helmed productions for many Chicago companies. Recently John directed The Ruby Sunrise for The Gift Theatre Company which was named one of the Top Ten shows of 2009 by TimeOut Chicago Magazine and was remounted in July 2010 at Theater on the Lake. Additional directing credits include A Christmas Story for Noble Fool Theatricals; the Jeff Nominated production of W;t for The Gift Theatre; Dated: A Cautionary Tale for Facebook Users for Collaboraction’s Sketchbook Festival (Festival Best Director); Sylvia at the Metropolis Performing Arts Center; the Jeff Recommended Gift production of Blithe Spirit; the Jeff Award winning production of The Good Thief; Glen Berger’s Underneath the Lintel for Noble Fool Theatricals; the Jeff Recommended The Pavilion for The Gift Theater Company, the Midwest premier of Every Christmas Story Ever Told; The Complete History of America: Abridged; Western Civilization The Complete Musical: Abridged; and Vikings! A Musical in Two Axe for Noble Fool. John also created and directed Kerouac Jack about the creation of On the Road. Additional directing credits include Brian Friel’s Lovers for Dreadnaught Theater Company and the world premier of The Vestibule for Collaboraction’s Sketchbook Festival (Festival Best Director, Festival Best Production). As an actor, John appeared a sold-out, critically-acclaimed run of Beauty Queen of Leenane with The Gift Theatre. Some of John’s favorite productions include: A Skull in Connemara at Northlight (After Dark Award, Ensemble); The Great Society with Famous Door; The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild with Collaboraction (Jeff Award for Ensemble); the world premier of Rosemary with Prop Theater; Language of Angels with The Gift Theatre Company; and Jack Powers
P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) in A Dublin Bloom for Irish Rep. John is the Artistic Director of Noble Fool Theatricals soon to be Fox Valley Repertory. Television/ Commercials/Voiceovers include Officer Collins on ER, Dennis Carr for Planters Peanuts, Casio, Sears, Chicago Sun-Times, Caterpillar and the voice of Bruno Bataglia for Midway Games “Blitz The League” video game.
Salesman. Other favorite productions include Marat/Sade, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All and The Guernica Project. Alexis is a graduate of the Florida State University School of Theatre and the School at Steppenwolf. She would like to thank the wonderful cast and crew for this great experience. And she is forever grateful to her incredible friends and family for their support.
Danny Ahlfeld (Understudy: Coleman Connor / Assistant Director) has been an ensemble member with The Gift since show #2 in Chicago Orestes 2.0. where he played Tapemouth Man. He was last seen finishing up the extension as The Officer in Suicide, Incorporated here at The Gift. Also last season as Scotty in Summer People written by ensemble member Jenny Connell. This summer Danny shot a film Return To The Hiding Place where he played Smit a German Agent, and just recently played a Caddy in a Golf Commercial with Justin Rose and Mike Weir, two pretty good pro-golfers. Danny is signed exclusively with Gray Talent. Other shows Danny has been seen in around Chicago are the stage version of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (Azusa Prod.); Steambath (Elevated Theatre Co.); The War Note Books (Dark Ladder Ensemble); Cementville and The Job (MaryArrchie); Music Man (Steeple Productions); and Who Made Robert De Niro King of America (Center Theatre). Other Gift credits include The Last Day of Judas Iscariot (Butch Honeywell); A Young Man in Pieces (Dane) written by ensemble member William Nedved; Language of Angels (J.B.); and County Fair (Jim Olsen) written by ensemble member William Nedved. Danny also directed Streamers at Gift and The Executioner’s Daughter as part of 365 Days / 365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks which was shown at The Chicago Cultural Center. Danny has trained in Chicago with Mary Ann Thebus, Kathy Scambiatterra, the late Victor D’Altorio, Eileen Vorbach, and Dale Calandra, all Meisner teachers. Also improv at Players’ Workshop and with Jimmy Carrane. He also studied Meisner in New York with Bill Esper.
Ed Flynn (Understudy: Valene Connor) is happy to put his size-able skull to good use for even a brief period of time in this lovely production. Recent credits include Scott in The Gift’s critically acclaimed Suicide, Incorporated and Mitch as a performing understudy in Writers’ Theatre’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Ed is also the Artistic Director of giftLateNight, which develops sketch comedy and improvisation at The Gift. In that capacity he hopes you’ll make it back to see The Gift’s Christmas revue, Get Behind Me, Santa, which he is directing. Ed is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf and The Second City. He is not a graduate of Ohio State. Special thanks to Sheldon Patinkin for even letting him be in the room.
Alexis Atwill (Understudy: Girleen Kelleher / Production Assistant) is thrilled to be working with The Gift Theatre for the first time. She was last seen in The Raven’s Death of a
Martin McDonagh (Playwright) was born in England, to Irish immigrant parents. He spent a significant amount of time visiting family in County Galway during the summers; and when he was sixteen, his parents returned to western Ireland to live. After his parents’ departure, Martin and his brother John Michael (a screenwriter) remained in London, where they took odd jobs and collected unemployment for a number of years. In 1994, McDonagh produced the rough drafts for seven plays in nine months. All but one of these original drafts have been published and produced. Separated into two trilogies, McDonagh’s first six plays are located in and around County Galway. The first is set in Leenane, a small village on the west coast of Ireland, and consists of The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1996), A Skull in Connemara (1997), and The Lonesome West (1997). His second trilogy consists of The Cripple of Inishmaan (1997), The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) and The Banshees of Inisheer (which was never published). Awards include four Tony Award Nominations for Best Play -The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1998);The Lonesome West (1999); The Pillowman (2005); and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006); an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film for Six Shooter (2006); and In Bruges (2008-2009) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay The Gift Theatre 5
P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) and won the British Independent Film Awards - Best Screenplay—From www.thecruxofthematter.wordpress.com All references found in the ”McDonagh’s Biography References” link. Sheldon Patinkin (Director) a Gift ensemble member, is Chair Emeritus of the Theater Department of Columbia College, Artistic Consultant to The Second City and Steppenwolf Theatre, and Co-Director of the Steppenwolf Theatre Summer Ensemble Workshops. Among recent directing projects outside of the College have been the world premiere of Cormac McCarthy’s The Sunset Limited at the Steppenwolf Garage Theatre, which was then moved to a limited run at the 59E59 Theatre in New York, and to the Galway Arts Festival in Ireland; The Glass Menagerie and The Beauty Queen of Leenane for the Gift Theatre Company; South Pacific at the Metropolis Art Center; Uncle Vanya at Steppenwolf; Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Irish Rep and at the Galway Arts Festival and Krapp’s Last Tape for the Buckets of Beckett Festival, both starring John Mahoney; as well as concert stagings of opera scenes and excerpts for the Lyric Opera Center at the Grant Park and Ravinia Festival Concerts. He received a Jeff Award for directing his Irving Berlin revue Puttin’ on the Ritz, and a special Jeff for his contribution to Chicago theater. His translation of Brecht’s The Good Person of Setzuan was directed by Frank Galati at the Goodman Theatre. His book The Second City: Backstage at the World’s Greatest Comedy Theater was published by SourceBooks in 2000, and No Legs, No Jokes, No Chance, his text book on the history of the American musical, was published by Northwestern University Press in 2008. Adam Lucas Veness (Scenic Designer) is pleased to be designing his first production for The Gift. His work has also been seen on stages throughout the region, including Metropolis Theater, Seanechai Theater, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Writers’ Theatre, and Light Opera Works. He is a founding member and the former Director of Design for MidTangent Productions, whose unabashed manipulation of Shakespeare’s works has earned them national recognition. He wishes to thank Emily for being his foundation. Sarah Luse (Stage Manager) is extremely excited to be back at The Gift and working with a wonderful cast and production team. Her recent Gift credits include Long Days Journey into Night, W;t, The Ruby Sunrise, Almost Maine, and a portion of Suicide Incorporated’s extension. Some other of her favorite Chicago stage management 6 The Gift Theatre
credits include Lady From Dubuque and Keely and Du (Infamous Commonwealth), Medea (BackStage), Coronado (Steep), and The Adventures of Capt. Marbles and His Acting Squad (Provision). Sarah production manages around the city as well. Some of those credits include Grapes of Wrath, The Crucible, Escape From Happiness, A Doll’s House (Infamous Commonwealth), Wintereisse (Chicago Opera Vanguard) and Ghostbox (Infusion). If you’d like to see some of her other work please check out Infamous Commonwealth’s production of A Doll’s House in January and Ghostbox at the Apollo Theatre. Sarah is also a company member of Infamous Commonwealth. Yousif Mohamed (Lighting Designer) is glad to be back with The Gift Theatre again. His previous Gift shows include The Glass Menagerie and Blithe Spirit. Some of the companies he has designed with include Metropolis, Noble Fool, The Side Project, and Backstage Theatre. He would like to thank Mary and Jack for all of their love and support. Christopher Kriz (Sound Design) returns to The Gift, having previously designed sound for The Ruby Sunrise. Recent theatre credits include The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe (First Folio), Aiming For Sainthood (Victory Gardens), Thieves Like Us (House Theatre), A Delicate Balance (Redtwist Theatre), The Invasion Of Skokie (Chicago Dramatists), Equus (Redtwist Theatre), Dental Society Midwinter Meeting (Chicago Dramatists), Baal (TUTA), Spin (Theatre Wit), The Hiding Place (Provision Theatre), Master Harold and The Boys (TimeLine Theatre), All My Sons (TimeLine Theatre), The Ruby Sunrise (The Gift Theatre) and the national tour of America Amerique (Jena Company). Upcoming productions include Eclipsed (Northlight Theatre) and Madagascar (Next Theatre). To hear more of his work, please visit www.christopherkriz.com Frances Maggio (Costume Designer) is pleased to be working with The Gift Theatre and Sheldon Patinkin again. She has designed The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Glass Menagerie for The Gift as well. Frances has designed for many theaters including Victory Gardens, Northlight, Remy Bumppo, Steppenwolf, Milwaukee Repertory, Court, Shakespeare Repertory, American Players Theater, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Theater at the Center, Madison Repertory, Appletree, and Live Bait. She is the head of the costume design program at Columbia College Chicago.
P R O F I L E S ( c o n t .) John Tovar, SAFD (Fight Choreographer) is thrilled to be working with The Gift Theatre Company again, having previously choreographed violence for their productions of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Summer People, and Streamers. Other productions John has choreographed violence for include Of Mice and Men (Steppenwolf for Young Audiences); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Ragtime: The Musical (Drury Lane Oakbrook); The Mystery of Irma Vep, Moonlight and Magnolias, Sleuth, Communicating Doors, Noises Off! and Temporary Help (Buffalo Theatre Ensemble); McMeekin Finds Out (Route 66 Theatre Co.); Red Herring, Accomplice, Ruthless: The Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and A Christmas Story (Noble Fool Theatricals); and Beggars in the House of Plenty (MaryArrchie Theatre Co.). He is a member of the theatre faculty at both College of DuPage and Elgin Community College, is a Society of American Fight Directors Certified Teacher and currently serves as their Vice President. Brigid Duffy (Dialect Coach) returns to The Gift Theatre Company where she did dialect coaching for Beauty Queen of Leenane directed by Sheldon Patinkin. Brigid appeared in Twilight of the Golds at Apple Tree, Morning’s At Seven at Drury Lane Water Tower, and Hedda Gabler at Steppenwolf. As an Artistic Associate of Irish Repertory, she appeared in The Mai, A Life, Pentecost, Well of The Saints and Famine. Brigid was dialect coach on Northlight’s Cripple of Inishmaan and Goodman’s Freedom of the City and The Sea. While raising Sean and Erin (with husband, Charles Gerace), Brigid taught in the Chicago Public Schools and won the prestigious Golden Apple Award. Favorite roles include Gabrielle in The Madwoman of Chaillot with Zoe Caldwell, Lady Macduff in Macbeth with Sam Wanamaker and alternating with Cicely Tyson in American Conservatory Theatre’s Servant of Two Masters. As a Sarah Siddons Society scholarship winner, Brigid attended the Goodman School of Drama. Brigid can be seen in November in Her Story Theatre’s Gloss Over and upcoming episode of “Detroit 187”. David Preis (Technical Director & Production Manager) has contributed his woodworking, general handyman, and all around technical expertise to The Gift since 2002, becoming Technical Director in 2006. He has worked as a luthier for nearly 30 years – making cellos and basses for Englehardt-Link, Inc. based in Elk Grove Village. David studied theatre and design at Illinois Wesleyan and has worked as the sound engineer for “The
Night Crawlers,” a Chicago area blues band. Throughout the years, he has designed, built, and/or coordinated lighting, set, and sound for a number of Chicago area productions including critically acclaimed productions of Tango and Josephine, The Mouse Singer both at Chicago Actors Ensemble, Brick/Walls Open Spaces for Shakti Dance Company, Crying Woolf at Zebra Crossing Theatre, and Light Up the Sky at Gurnee Theatre Company. Michael Patrick Thornton (Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The Gift) is an award winning actor, director, improvisor, and The Artistic Director of Chicago’s The Gift Theatre Company. At Gift, Thornton has directed Stop/Kiss, Santa’s Great American Depression Holiday Show! America, White People, Three Sisters, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Hurlyburly, A Young Man In Pieces, Language Of Angels, County Fair, and Orestes 2.0. Other directing: the World Premieres of Sean Graney’s IS N UR B1UDS7REEM…and Mark Harvey Levine’s LA 8AM (Collaboraction); Picasso At The Lapin Agile (Noble Fool); the staged reading of John Conroy’s My Kind of Town (Steppenwolf’s First Look); and the critically-acclaimed Steppenwolf for Young Adults production of Of Mice and Men. Thornton was a very grateful assistant director on Steppenwolf’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning August: Osage County. Other acting: Thornton & Messing (Second City); Museum Pieces (Second City: Chicago Humanities Fest); Messing with a Friend (Annoyance); Suicide, Incorporated (Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination—Actor In A Supporting Role), The Ruby Sunrise, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, and The Good Thief (The Gift) directed by fellow ensemble member John Gawlik (for which Thornton was awarded the Jeff Award for Solo Performance); The Elephant Man (Steppenwolf for Young Adults); Cherry Docs (Next); and A Skull in Connemara (Northlight). Awards: Chicago Finalist, National Shakespeare Contest (Lincoln Center, New York) Northlight’s Jack Springer Award for Outstanding Performance, The Joseph Jefferson Award for Solo Performance, The 2008 Tim Meier & Helen Coburn Meier Foundation Achievement Award, The Second City Foundation’s 2009 Jim Zulevic Chicago Arts Award, The 2009 3Arts Artist Award, and induction into The St. Patrick High School Hall of Fame. Michael improvises at The Gift with Natural Gas, teaches at Second City, The School at Steppenwolf, and Columbia College, plays Dr. Gabriel Fife on ABC’s “Private Practice”, district attorney Kent Eschelman on FOX’s “Ride-Along” and will be seen at Steppenwolf in 2011’s Middletown. His favorite role is fiancée to Lindsey Ann Barlag. The Gift Theatre 7
T H A N K S F O R G I V I N G U S A H A N D I N M O R E WA Y S T H A N O N E ! The Gift Theatre Company would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for “giving a gift of themselves” to us. This list reflects gifts received from January 1, 2009 through October 16, 2010. If you have a correction or would prefer to remain anonymous, please call 773283-7071. And a HUGE thank you to all of our loyal and generous subscribers! We gratefully rely on your continuing support. LOCAL BUSINESS SPONSORS The Gale Street Inn A. Saccone & Sons LEADING BENEFACTORS Frank & Rita Thornton $10,000 - $25,000 The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 The Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Marty Gannon & Gannon Graphics $3,000 - $4,999 Ryan J. Christoi Ronald Greene Memorial Fund Mike & Tina Valenti
$1,000 - $2,999 Douglas Brown Chicago City Arts Dr. Gerry & Maureen Gawlik George Karzas Illinois Arts Council Brian Wilson
Neal Robinson Carla Scott Christa-Marie Singleton Craig Steadman Jerry Thornton Terry & Kathy Xaverius Mary Ann Zgaljic & Bill Rowe
$100 - $999 Frank & Sandy Barlag Paul Botts Mike & Diane Christoi Covert Creative Group Mary Desler Tom & Colleen Doyle Andrew Hinderaker Molly King Guy Massey Dan & Cathy McHugh Mirapaul Foundation Patrick & Marietta Mullane Bill Mulliken William Nedved Janis Olausson Maureen & Christoph Payne-Hahner
$1 - $99 Matthew Hinderaker Tom Lembo Eileen McNulty Grace Moran Kathleen O’Shea Madelyn Sergel Brendan Steadman Mike Villanueva Mark Walzak In-Kind Chelsea Gulbransen The Gift Ensemble Tony V. Martin Photography David Preis
TO N A M E A F E W : P R O D U C T I O N S B R O U G H T TO YO U B Y T H E G I F T A Young Man In Pieces (World Premiere) By William Nedved Dir. Michael Patrick Thornton May 20—June 27, 2004 National Pastime Theatre Hurlyburly By David Rabe Dir. Michael Patrick Thornton Jan. 5—Feb. 18, 2006 Joseph Jefferson Citation—Actor in a Leading Role—Paul D’Addario The Good Thief By Conor McPherson Dir. by John Gawlik May 18—July 1, 2006 Joseph Jefferson Award—Solo Performance—Michael Patrick Thornton Blithe Spirit By Noel Coward Dir. John Gawlik Jan. 18—Mar. 11, 2007 The Beauty Queen of Leenane By Martin McDonagh Dir. Sheldon Patinkin June 14—Aug. 5, 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination—Actress in a Leading Role— Mary Ann Thebus 8 The Gift Theatre
White People By J.T. Rogers Dir. Michael Patrick Thornton Jan. 3—Mar. 1, 2008 Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination—Sound Design-Midsize— Miles Polaski
The Ruby Sunrise (Chicago Premiere) By Rinne Groff Dir. John Gawlik July 9—Sept. 27, 2009 Theatre on the Lake July 2010 Top Ten of 2009 TimeOut Chicago
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot By Steven Adly Guirgis Dir. Kevin Christopher Fox Mar. 19—May 18, 2008 & Victory Gardens Greenhouse June 12— July 20, 2008
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest By Dale Wasserman Dir. John Kelly Connolly Mar. 11—May 9, 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination—Sound Design—Miles Polaski
W;t By Margaret Edson Dir. by John Gawlik May 29—July 27, 2008 Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations: Production Play-Midsize; Actress in a Leading Role—Alexandra Main; Lighting Design- Midsize—John Horan Talk Radio By Eric Bogosian Dir. M. Payne-Hahner April 2—May 31, 2009 Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination—Scene Designer-Midsize— Courtney O’Neill
Suicide, Incorporated (World Premiere) By Andrew Hinderaker Dir. by Jonathan Berry June 10—Oct. 10, 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award Nominations: Actor in Supporting Role— Michael Patrick Thornton; New Work- Play—Andrew Hinderaker