MaryArchie-Homecoming

Richard Cotovsky Artistic Director

Carlo Lorenzo Garcia Producing Director

Presents

THE HOMECOMING

By Harold Pinter Directed by Geoff Button

Assistant Direction by Shannon Clausen Scenic Design by Amanda Sweger Lighting Design by Amanda Sweger Costume Design by Izumi Inaba Sound Design by Joe Court Fight Choreography by Matt Hawkins Dialect Coaching by Kathy Logelin Paint Charge by Coco Lee Remery Stage Managed by Mary Patchell

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

The Homecoming is staged by special arrangement with Samuel French.

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CAST (in

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Lenny..............................................................................................................................Vance Smith Max........................................................................................................................ Richard Cotovsky Sam.................................................................................................................................Jack McCabe Joey.............................................................................................................................Dereck Garner Teddy.............................................................................................................................. Luke Hatton Ruth............................................................................................................................Michaela Petro SET TING 1964 London SPECIAL THANKS Harold Pinter, Stage Left, Justins, Strawdog Theatre, Guy Van Swearingen, Steppenwolf Theatre, A Red Orchid, University of Chicago, Jared Debacker, J ustin Salk, Katherine Greenleaf, The Hypocrites, Kari Sorenson, Infamous Commonwealth Theater, Alison Siple P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F Director.........................................................................................................................Geoff Button Assistant Director.............................................................................................Shannon Clausen Stage Manager .........................................................................................................Mary Patchell Set Design.............................................................................................................Amanda Sweger Lighting Design..................................................................................................Amanda Sweger Costume Design.......................................................................................................... Izumi Inaba Sound Design................................................................................................................... Joe Court Dialect Coaching..................................................................................................... Kathy Logelin Fight Choreography............................................................................................... Matt Hawkins Paint Charge.......................................................................................................Coco Ree Lemery Graphic Design................................................................................................................Jody Work Public Relations............................................................................................................Susan Jodry Literary Manager .............................................................................................Shannon Clausen

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BIOGR APHIES Geoff Button (Director) is a recent graduate of Northwestern University’s MFA directing program and a longtime company member of the theater company The Hypocrites. He directed their productions of Desire Under The Elms and True West (Non-Equity Jeff Nominations - Best Play, Best Director) and assistant directed for Sean Graney there a number of times. He’s also assisted on productions at Chicago Shakespeare, The Marriott Theater Lincolnshire, The American Musical Theater Project, Famous Door and Steppenwolf. Also an actor, he has performed at several theaters around Chicago, including Apple Tree, Lifeline, The House Theater of Chicago, Defiant and The Hypocrites, where he received a Non-Equity Jeff for his performance in Equus. Most recently he directed Strawdog Theater’s production of State of the Union. He is really glad to be back at Mary Arrchie where he appeared in Cherrywood and also directed his first play in Chicago (Gator Power) for the Abbie Hoffman Festival.

Shannon Clausen (Assistant Director) relishes the opportunity to unearth new works and breathe new life into old ones as Mary-Arrchie’s Literary Manager. Work at Mary-Arrchie include acting in Beggars in the House of Plenty and Cherrywood as well as assistant directing Mud People. She earned a Bachelor’s of Art in Theater and Acting from Illinois State University .

Her acting credits in Chicago include Living Canvas in association with New Millennium Theater Company and Einstein’s Dreams with Moving Dock Theater Company. She is also a playwright always working to meld her two loves of sideshow and theater.

Richard Cotovsky (Max) is a founding member of MaryArrchie 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, and most recently How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found 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. Most recently, he appeared in Cherrywood at MaryArrchie Theatre and just returned from Washington, D.C. where he played Arthur in Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts at the Studio Theatre.

Joe Court (Sound Design) is excited to work on The Homecoming. He serves as Sound Engineer for Million Dollar Quartet at the Apollo Theatre. He is a company member with MaryArrchie Theatre Company, where has designed many shows, including The Caretaker, Our Bad Magnet, and Mud People. His designs have also been heard at A Red Orchid, Seanachi, The Gift, Emerald City, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and The Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, TN. He received Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. 3

B I O G R A P H I E S ( c o n t .) a Jeff nomination for his work on The Unseen with A Red Orchid Theatre.

Carlo Lorenzo Garcia (Producing Director) serves as Producing Director for Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co and has been an active member since 2005 and most recently appeared in and sound designed for Cherrywood directed by David Cromer. Directing credits include Toronto, Mississippi, Mud People and the Jeff Nominated Our Bad Magnet for Mary-Arrchie. Previous acting credits with Mary-Arrchie include: Cherrywood, How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found, Buried Child, MOJO. Other Chicago credits include work with Strawdog, Greasy Joan & Co, Collaboraction, Teatro Luna, and Walkabout Theater at Lookingglass. Follow his journey at: www.livingphilanthropic.com Dereck Garner (Joey) is proud to be company member of Mary-Arrchie and a huge fan of our production of The Homecoming. M-A credits include Mud People and Cherrywood. He has most recently been seen on stage in Chicago with the Big Picture Group and in Kill The Old and Torture Their Young at Steep and prior to that in several productions at Miami University of Ohio where he studied theatre arts and performance. He would like to thank to his amazing family, friends and girlfriend for their unending support and to Chicago Bagel Authority for sponsoring his life.

Luke Hatton (Teddy) welcomes the opportunity to be here at Mary-Arrchie.

Other Chicago acting credits include: God’s Ear (Dog & Pony), Fake Lake, Roustabout &The Santa Abductions (Neo-Futurists), Balm in 4 Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.

Gilead, Henry V (Hypocrites), The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Lifeline), Orestes 2.0 (Gift Theater) and Until We Find Each Other (Steppenwolf ). Regionally, he has performed at Geva Theater in Rochester, NY. Luke is currently the Artistic Director of Barrel of Monkeys- an arts education company serving underserved children in Chicago Public Schools. Much love to Oona, Royal and to both California families for being much more welcoming upon visits.

Matt Hawkins (Fight Choreographer) Most recently he Directed the remount of Red Noses (Strawdog) was last scene as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire (Writers’ Theatre) and served as the Movement Director for Peter Pan at Lookingglass.

Matt is a Founding Member of The House Theatre of Chicago, an Artistic Associate and Resident Director with Strawdog, an Artistic Associate with 500 Clown, the recipient of two NonEquity Jeff Awards and a graduate of Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.

Izumi Inaba (Costume Design) is glad to be working with Mary-Arrchie for the first time. She is primarily a costume designer, whose works include Greensboro (Steep Theatre), Fantasticks (Porchlight Music Theatre), Stage Door (Griffin Theatre), Obscura (Red Tape), Cats (Theo Ubique ) and most recently CPS Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare). She returns to Northwestern University to teach theatrical makeup design this fall, where she earned her MFA in Stage Design.

Coco Lee Remery (Paint Charge) 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,

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Pegasus Players, Black Ensemble, and Chicago Fusion Theatre. Most importantly, she is grateful for the opportunity at Mary-Arrchie and looks forward to working with them again.

Kathy Logelin (Dialect Coach) is thrilled to be working with MaryArrchie again after dialect coaching How to Disappear and Never be Found.

She recently coached The Importance of Being Earnest with Remy Bumppo, and Dracula with Idle Muse Theatre Co. Kathy is also an actor, and can be currently seen in Precious Little with Rivendell Theatre Ensemble where she is a company member. Kathy is a graduate of Illinois State University.

Jack McCabe (Sam) is on Mary-Arrchie’s stage for the first time – well … not counting Abby Fests.

Other appearances on “Broadway” (in Chicago between Grace and Buena!) include the Jeff-Recommended smash hit Men Of Tortuga at Profiles Theatre, where he was also seen in the awardwinning Autobahn and Strawdog’s Aristocrats, directed by Rick Snyder and Richard III. He has also appeared in performances at these theatres: at Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, American Blues, A Red Orchid, The Gift, Provision, Collaboraction, The New Colony, Circle, National Pastime, Live Bait, European Rep, Promethean, The

Side Project and others. Film work includes indies : “Tapioca”,“So Many Days”,“The White Box”,“Me and My Shadow” and “Christmas Eve at McTavish’s” which he produced. On TV he has appeared in Fox’s hit “Murder In Smalltown X”, CNBC’s “Madoff Behind Bars” and several local series and commercials.

Mary Patchell (Stage Manager) a graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where she received her B.A. in Theater: Directing. She is thrilled to be back at Mary Arrchie! Favorite stage managerial credits include Toronto, Mississippi and Beggars in the House of Plenty with Mary Arrchie, the Misanthrope with Greasy Joan and Co, and Hot N’ Throbbing with Pine Box Theatre. Mary would like to thank her family and friends for their unending love and support.

Michaela Petro (Ruth) Michaela is happy to be back at Mary-Arrchie in the company of this very talented cast. She was last seen here as Pam in Saved. She’s worked with a number of the storefront theaters in this town but her home is (proudly) Strawdog.

You can see her there performing her late night show, The J & M Comedy Hour on March 19th and can also see her performing next at Steep in Festen.

Thank you to Ernie. You are the most.

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

Vance Smith (Lenny) is pleased to make his Mary Arrchie debut.

As an actor, he has worked with Stage Left, Lifeline, Timeline, Hypocrites, Remy Bumppo, Northlight, Victory Gardens, and many others. Since the fall of 2009, he has served as Artistic Director of Stage Left Theatre, where he directed Andrew Hinderaker’s Kingsville and Jayme McGhan’s Mother Bear (part of LeapFest 7). As founding Artistic Director of Black Sheep Productions, he directed Steve Spencer’s Another Day in the Empire and Camp Freedom!, Andy Gershenzon’s The End and produced Will Eno’s The Flu Season. This spring he will direct the one-act Riverview by Aaron Carter for Theatre Seven’s Chicago Landmark Project. Thanks to Geoff, this terrific cast and also to Lindsey for rescheduling our vacation so I could do this.

Amanda Sweger (Scenic and Lighting Designer) is pleased to be torn between two things at once as the characters are in this play. Her Chicago scenic design credits include In Darfur at Timeline Theatre, Sunday in the Park with George at Porchlight Music Theatre, and the scenic and lighting design for Ghostbox with Infusion Theatre Company. Amanda has just completed her coursework for the M.F.A. Stage Design Program at Northwestern University. While at Northwestern, she designed the set for The Who’s Tommy, the lighting and the set for the Orlando, and the lighting for Mad Forest, Ghetto, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This summer she returned for her 4th season as the resident scenic designer at Timber Lake Playhouse, designing Chicago, Steel Magnolias, Oklahoma, Love, Sex, and The IRS, and Curtains.

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

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

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

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P R O D U C T I O N H I S TO R Y ( c o n t .)

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

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

2006 Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins XVIII Killers by John Olive ***

* 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 Justins PLATINUM ANGELS Monte LaForti Anonymous GOLD ANGELS Sally Cotovsky Kathy Willhoite Four Moon Tavern Norm Sloan

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SILVER ANGELS David Alex Marla Cotovsky Guy Van Swearingen Carlo Garcia Maria Garcia Will Kern Michael Dice Jr. Kay Schmitt BRONZE ANGELS Jonathan Abarbanel Jonathan Fox Jeff & Annette Hickey Rita Smith 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