Red Light Winter - Mary Arrchie Theatre

Richard Cotovsky Artistic Director

Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Producing Director

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RED LIGHT WINTER

By Adam Rapp

Directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia

Scenic Design by Scott Davis Lighting Design by Matthew Gawryk Costume Design by Stefin Steberl Fight Design by Benjamin Peterson Prop Design by Sarah Burnham Sound Design by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Technical Direction by Walter Briggs Paint Charge by Coco Lee Remery Stage Management/Asst. Direction by Mary Patchell This program is partially funded by grants from The Illinois Arts Council,The Alphawood Foundation and The Richard H.Driehaus Foundation

This program is partially funded by grants from The Illinois Arts Council,The Alphawood Foundation and The Richard H.Driehaus Foundation

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C A S T ( i n o r d e r o f a p p e a ra n c e ) Matt............................................................................................Dan Behrendt Davis.........................................................................................Dereck Garner Christina.................................................................................... Sasha Gioppo SETTING Act I: a hostel room in Amsterdam Act II: a small apartment in the East Village of NY SPECIAL THANKS Adam Rapp, Tom Waits, Crystal Jadczak, Guy Van Swearingen, Joe Court, Steppenwolf Theatre, Brown Elephant Oak Park

P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Director...........................................................................Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Stage Manager/Assistant Director.............................................. Mary Patchell Scenic Designer.............................................................................Scott Davis Lighting Designer.................................................................. Matthew Gawryk Costume Designer.......................................................................Stefin Steberl Fight Choreographer..........................................................Benjamin Peterson Technical Director........................................................................Walter Briggs Prop Designer.........................................................................Sarah Burnham Sound Designer..............................................................Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Charge Scenic Artist............................................................ Coco Ree Lemery Graphic Design...............................................................Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Public Relations............................................................................ Susan Jodry Box Office ................................................................................... Rudy Galvan BIOGR APHIES Dan Behrendt (Matt) feels fortunate to be working on Red Light Winter with a cast and crew that he adores and respects immensely.

Dan is a company member at MaryArrchie where previous credits include Toronto, Mississippi, Cherrywood, Mud People, Bartleby, the Scrivener, Our Bad Magnet (Jeff NominationBest Ensemble) and Beggars in the House of Plenty. He has also worked with The House Theatre, Court Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, American Theater Company and Signal Ensemble. Dan will be appearing in the upcoming film Anything’s Possible from D Street 2 Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

Films. Dan is a graduate from Illinois State University (2005) and the School at Steppenwolf (2007). He would like to thank his real family, his Mary-Arrchie family, and Sadieh for all of their love and support.

Dereck Garner (Davis) is very grateful to be a part of this fantastic collaboration that’s made our production of Red Light Winter all that it is. A very very proud company member of Mary-Arrchie, his other MA credits include: The Homecoming, Cherrywood, Rover from Dover, Gasmask 101, and Mud People. He would like to thank his friends and

B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) family for their unending support, his amazingly loving, understanding, and always supportive companion of his dreams Megan Irene, his MaryArrchie Family for all that they do, and Chicago Bagel Authority for sponsoring his life.

Sasha Gioppo (Christina) is a graduate of Northwestern University and the School at Steppenwolf.

Recent Chicago credits include Festen with Steep Theatre, Legion with Wildclaw, Six Degrees of Separation and Blue Surge with Eclipse Theatre. She is a founding member of Pinebox Theatre Company, a burlesque performer and original company member of Michelle L’amour’s Chicago Starlets, awarded Best Troupe at the 2010 Burlesque Hall of Fame Pageant. Her independent film credits include Present Company, which premiered at the 2008 SXSW Festival, Miss Ohio, and One Small Hitch, which is currently in post-production. She can be seen this winter in Wildclaw’s production of Kill Me. Walter Briggs (Tech Director) is grateful to be back at Mary-Arrchie, where he got his professional start as Lobster Man/AD (Cowboy Mouth.)

Past TD credits include: Freedom, NY (Teatro Vista), Of Mice and Men, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Oak Park Festival Theater) He has also worked with Rivendell, Griffin, The Den and Roosevelt University as a carpenter.

He is a founding member of The Inconvenience where he serves as their head of theatre programming. From time to time he acts. Much thanks to Carlo, Rich, Rudy and Tom Waits.

Sarah Burnham (Props Design) is excited to be working with MaryArrchie for the first time! Recent projects include: Waiting for Lefty with American Blues Theater; Under the Blue Sky, Festen, Lakeboat with Steep Theater; A Few Good Men,

The Importance of Being Earnest at Peninsula Players Theater; The Chicago Landmark Project with Theater Seven. Coming up next: It’s a Wonderful Life with American Blues Theater and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat with Magical Starlight Theater. Sarah does not only props, but production manages, tds and acts, too. She is an ensemble member at American Blues Theater.

Richard Cotovsky (Artistic Director) is a founding member of Mary-Arrchie Theatre and serves as Artistic Director.

He has been involved in every aspect of the theater’s functions from the first production which was Cowboy Mouth/4-H Club in 1986. He has appeared in The Pawnbroker, The Curse of the Starving Class, Edmond, Buried Child for which he received a Jeff Nomination, Fool For Love, The Homecoming, The Birthday Party, Killers, and Beyond Mozambique to name a few. He has directed The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Insignificance, The Killer and the Comic for which he received a Jeff Nomination, The Freedom of the City for which he received a Jeff Citation, Beyond Mozambique, Saved, How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found and Riff Raff at Mary-Arrchie.

He has appeared at other theaters including A Red Orchid, Strawdog, Latino Chicago, Steppenwolf, Remains, Blind Parrott, igloo, Americana, Blackbird, Prop, National Pastime, The Hypocrites, Steep, and Raven. He has directed at other theaters including A Red Orchid, Live Bait, Profiles, and The Shapeshifters.

Scott Davis (Scenic Designer) Murder For Two: A Killer Musical, Short Shakes! Macbeth (Chicago Shakespeare Theater),Venus, Where We’re Born (Steppenwolf Garage), Under the Blue Sky (Steep), Peribañez, Regina Taylor’s State(s) of America, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, In Trousers, MASS, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. 3

B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .)

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown (Northwestern University), Into the Woods (Associate Designer; Alliance Theater). Trinity River Plays (Associate Designer; Goodman Theatre and Dallas Theatre Center).

Filthy Rich,The Colored Museum, Alice In Wonderland, Home Free!, The Weir (Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center); In the Heart of America (Associate Designer; Repertory Stage), The Cassandra Project (The Capitol Fringe Festival). www.scottadamdavis.com Carlo Lorenzo Garcia (Director / Sound Design) serves as Producing Director for MaryArrchie Theatre Co and has been an active member since 2005. Directing credits include Toronto, Mississippi, Mud People and the Jeff Nominated Our Bad Magnet for Mary-Arrchie. Previous acting credits with Mary-Arrchie include: How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Buried Child, MOJO. Other Chicago credits include work with Teatro Vista, Goodman Theatre, Vineyard Arts Project, Strawdog, Greasy Joan & Co, Collaboraction, Teatro Luna, and Walkabout Theater at Lookingglass.

His Living Philanthropic project has been featured in numerous national media features and he was named a top ten nominee for Volunteer of the Year at the 2011 Classy Awards, read more at: www.livingphilanthropic.com Matthew Gawryk (Lighting Designer) has been producing theatre for 14 years. Primarily as a lighting designer, he has worked as a scenic designer, electrician, and producer for theater, dance, and music. His work has been seen at A Red Orchid, MaryArrchie, Lookingglass, and Piven theatres among others. He has toured domestically and internationally with Hubbard Street Dance and the gypsy/ punk marching band Mucca Pazza.

He is the co-recipient of an After Dark award and a Jeff Award Nominee. He 4 Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

also continues to be a teaching artist with Lookingglass and Metropolis Theatre, and was very happy to teach at the Chicago High School for the Arts in 2010-2011. He keeps to himself and usually has a distraction in one hand and a pen in the other.

Coco Lee Remery (Charge Scenic Artist) is a scenic painter at night and court room sketch artist during the day. She has worked at numerous theaters including WNEP, Mary-Arrchie, Rivendell, Chicago Shakes, The House, Writers’ Theatre, Next, Victory Gardens, Timeline Theatre, Gift Theatre, The Lyric Opera House, Pegasus Players, Black Ensemble, Chicago Fusion Theatre and among others.

Mary Patchell (Stage Manager/ Assistant Director) is happy to be returning to Mary-Arrchie where she has Stage Managed productions Beggars in the House of Plenty, Toronto,Mississippi, and The Homecoming. Thanks to Carlo for bringing her on as an Assistant Director for this production and to the fabulous group of actors and designers that have come together for Red Light Winter. Jordan, thank you for your patience through tech, without you and the support of family and friends none of this would be possible.

Benjamin Peterson (Fight Choreographer) is delighted to be back spreading violence at Mary Archie where he recently worked on Riff Raff and Rover from Dover. Ben is an acting major at Columbia College where he was most recently seen as Antigonus in The Winter’s Tale directed by Joanie Schultz. He works as a teaching assistant to Fight Master David Woolley and David Yondorf and is an Actor Combatant with the SAFD and BASSC. Special thanks to Carlo and Rich and to this very talented cast for their hard work.

B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .)

Stefin Steberl (Costume Designer) recent Chicago credits include The Den Theater’s production of Summer and Smoke. Other regional credits include, Bible B-sides, Too Much Memory, Days of Late (SiNNERMAN Ensemble) Our Bad Magnet, Mud People, Riff Raff,(Mary-Arrchie) Long Days Journey…, The White Airplane (Polarity Ensemble) The Scarlet Ibis, Pull of the Moon (16th street theater)

La Cage Aux Follies (Bohemian Ensemble)and the current production of Sweet Confinement(SiNNERMAN) Other costume design credits include Endgame, Marisol , Night of the Iguana. Mr Steberl was previously the resident designer for Columbia College’s Spectacle Fortuna and studied under Frances Maggio in Columbia College Chicago’s Theatrical Design Program.

T H E C O M PA N Y Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. is an ensemble-based theatre focusing on material, original as well as previously published, addressing the fears and passions of the human condition. This includes characters who are often misunderstood, societal outcasts, and victims of self-exile. Mary-Arrchie strives to give insight into these characters and their surroundings in order to better understand them and their relationship to themselves and to society. Mary-Arrchie is a strong believer in nurturing the Off–Loop theatre movement. It is imperative that small theatres are supported.

If you are interested in supporting Mary- Arrchie Theatre beyond the price of admission, donations are tax- deductible and can be made by any means you choose. You can talk to us at the box office, after the show, or call us at (773) 871.0442, or through our website:www.maryarrchie.com You can send a check payable to: Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. 7548 N Bell Chicago, IL 60645 P R O D U C T I O N H I S TO R Y 1986 Cowboy Mouth/ 4-H Club by Sam Shepard 1987 Curse of the Starving Class by Sam Shepard The Homecoming by Harold Pinter 1988 Gas Mask 101 by Arlene Cook Wild Dogs by Matt Berczon Unfair Arguments With Existence

by Lawernce Ferlinghetti 1989 The Mary-Arrchie Kids Show adapted

by Richard Cotovsky

Panhandlers by Tom Hamilton Of All the Wide Torsos In All Wild Glen

by Paul Peditto Edmond by David Mamet Lonestar by James McClure Bitch with Rich [Ensemble Development] Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theater Festival Insignificance by Terry Johnson 1990 The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter* Cowboys #2 by Sam Shepard Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins II Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley** The Beard by Michael McClure

PROGR A M 1991 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins III Modigliani By Dennis McIntyre Son of a Bitch_Skid Mark After Dark [Ensemble Development] End of the Night [An evening of one acts including Gas Masks 101, Wild Dogs and Slam

by Jane Willis] Screwtape by James Forsyth 1992 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins IV Femme Fatale by Michael Wolk Imagining Brad by Peter Hedges Prescribed But Not Refillable

by Richard Cotovsky Return of the Bitch_The 3rd Coming_ Skid Mark’s Nocturnal Excretions [Ensemble Development] The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

by Bertholt Brecht 1993 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins V The Monologue Conspiracy Dirty Hands by Jean-Paul Sartre Adult/Dead Child by Claire Dowie Beyond Mozambique by George F.Walker The Lover/A Night Out by Harold Pinter 1994 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins VI Standing On My Knees by John Olive [co-produced with Thunder Road Ensemble] Fool for Love by Sam Shepard Cabaret Freajque Steel Kiss by Robin Fulford [co-produced with The Journeymen]

by Rooster Mitchell Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams Cabaret Freajque The Last Good Moment of Lily Baker

by Russell Davis 1997 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins IX The Paradox of Insanity _I Mean Humanity

by Rick Almada [co-produced with Seventh Son Productions] Bitch Package by Scott Stuart Cut, Poison & Burn by Louis Cimino The Broken Museum by Chistopher Ellis The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertholt Brecht 1998 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins X Jimmy by J. Patrick Jr. Penguin Blues by Ethan Phillips The Gut Girls by Sarah Daniels Vaudeville Nights: The Voice of the City The Freedom of the City by Brian Friel ** 1999 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XI The Hairy Ape by Eugene O’Neill Europe by David Greig Imagining Brad by Peter Hedges The Pawnbroker from the novel

by Edward Louis Lewant Adapted by Patrick Kerwin 2000 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XII Breakdown and Out by David Hauptschein

1995 Abbie Hoffman Died for Our Sins VII Cementville by Jane Martin Cabaret Freajque Tracers conceived by John DiFusco and written with Vietnam Veterans** The Petrified Forest by Robert Sherwood The Killer and The Comic

by Rooster Mitchell**

2001 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XIII Birdsend by Keith Huff *** # The Difficult Hour by Par Lagerqvist A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner * From Both Hips by Mark O’Rowe Clearing Hedges by Jennifer Barclay

1996 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins VIII Never the Same Rhyme Twice

2002 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XIV The Job by Shem Bitterman

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PROGR A M The Hot l Baltimore by Lanford Wilson*** Empty Bottles Broken Hearts

by Lance E. Adams The Mercutio Story The Altruists by Nicky Silver*** 2003 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XV Shakespeare Kung Fu by Will Kern When The Walls Have Ears

by David Hauptschein 2004 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XVI Mojo by Jez Butterworth 2005 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XVII Sea Marks by Gardner McKay Buried Child by Sam Shepard* 2006 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XVIII Killers by John Olive *** 2007 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XIX Saved by Edward Bond*** Cowboy Mouth/4-H Club by Sam Shepard A Prayer For My Daughter by Thomas Babe** 7 Blowjobs by Mac Wellman

2008 The Caretaker by Harold Pinter*** Beggars In The House of Plenty

by John Patrick Shanley Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XX Our Bad Magnet by Douglas Maxwell* 2009 Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville adapted by R.L. Lane Mud People by Keith Huff Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XXI How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Fin Kennedy* 2010 The Rant by Andrew Case Cherrywood: The Modern Comparable by Kirk Lynn* Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XXII Toronto, Mississippi by Joan MacLeod 2011 The Homecoming by Harold Pinter* Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XXIII Riff Raff by Laurence Fishburne *Jeff Nomination **Jeff Citation ***Jeff Recommended #After Dark Award

OUR SUPPORTERS GUARDIAN ANGELS Richard H. Driehaus Foundation The Alphawood Foundation Illinois Arts Council Richard Cotovsky PLATINUM ANGELS Monte LaForti Anonymous GOLD ANGELS Sally Cotovsky Kathy Willhoite Four Moon Tavern Norm Sloan David Cromer

SILVER ANGELS Marla Cotovsky Guy Van Swearingen Carlo Garcia Will Kern Michael Dice Jr. BRONZE ANGELS Jonathan Abarbanel Jonathan Fox Maria Garcia Rita Smith David Alex Leon Walker Galen Bodenhausen Todd Lahrman Tom Parrett Sarah Charipar

Penny Penniston & Jeremy Weschsler Mike McNamara Darice DaMata-Geiger Michael Halberstam Josette DiCarlo Jeff Still Annoyance Theatre Jennifer Estlin James Allen Andrew Carter Danny Torbica Jake and Cindi McKinney Charlene Clausen David Liesse Scott Baker Lindsey Pearlman Anonymous Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. 7

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S AT A N G E L I S L A N D

SUPERIOR DONUTS

By Tracy Letts Directed by Matthew Miller February 16th – March 18th, 2012 GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER

By Sam Shepard April 12th – May 20th, 2012 ABBIE HOFFMAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS THEATRE FESTIVAL XXIV August 17-19th, 2012

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