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A whimsical take on the price of a “fair and balanced” education.

Written by John Walch Directed by Bill Watson Box office: 414-229-4308 arts.uwm.edu/theatre

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PROGR A M

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Scenic and Properties Designer................................................Sandra J. Strawn Costume Designer....................................................................... Pamela J. Rehberg Lighting Designer...................................................................... Stephen Roy White Sound Designer.....................................................................................Theresa Ennis Original Music/Composer..............................................................Daniel Douglas SETTING The Carlyle School, somewhere in New Jersey.

TIME Now There will be one 15 minute intermission CAST

Character Actor CLAUDE DAVIS.......................................................................Kyle Gallagher-Schmitz CLANCY GIBBENS........................................................................Cheong Hyeon Park ERIN OWENS ..............................................................................................Latrece Beets MELANIE HENSLOW/MRS. LE.............................................................Taylor Lhamon BARBARA GIBBENS/FLORINDA HERNANDEZ....................................Layna Davis DREW HUTCHENSON/FIGURE...........................................................Derrion Brown SALLY LE........................................................................................................... Julia Huryk JOSIE BLAIR/WHIZMO.........................................................................Brittany Curran ADDIE RENDELMAN.............................................................................Dayna Schmidt EDDIE EDWARDS ..........................................................................Kolton Christenson DELIA........................................................................................................ Louisa Ochieng SHELIA.....................................................................................................Courtney Howe HUXLEY ...........................................................................................Glenn Widdicombe

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PRODUCTION PERSONNEL

Stage Management Staff Stage Manager................................................................................ Lauren Rose Pekel Assistant Stage Manager................................................................ Alex Grzybowski Production Assistant..................................................................... Allison McMahon Technical Production Staff Assistant to the Scenic Designer...............................................Cody Sherkowsky Technical Director.................................................................................. Tim Laughner Scenic Artisans.......................................................... Julia Williams, Adam Jermain,

Eric Schallhorn, Sam Sirna, Mike Gerlach, Christine Isbell Projections Coordinator............................................................................Sarah Olsen Technical Crew.....................................................................214 Stagecraft students Properties Director............................................................................Sandra J. Strawn Props Master............................................................................................... Kelly Pursley Properties Artisan...................................................... Meredith Roat, Ann Vollrath Master Electrician............................................................................................Sam Sirna Assistant Master Electrician ...................................................................Ann Vollrath Scenic Artists...........................................................................................Christine Isbell Light Board Operator....................................Elizabeth Guokas, Lindsay Scheffel Sound Board Operator...........................................................................Dylan Grewal Projection Operator..................................................................McCormick Sweeney Deck Crew............................................Chen Chen, Shelby Kaishian, Katie Young,

Ji Hyun Yoon, Courtney Howe, Louisa Ochieng, Vaughn Larsen Costume Production Staff Costume Director.....................................................................................Jeffrey Lieder Show Supervisor.........................................................................................Amy McLain Assistant Show Supervisor........................................................... Hannah Glowacki Drapers.........................................................................Heather Hirvela, Karmen Seib First Hands.........................................................................Andrew Beyer, Lyn Kream,

Levi Miles, Clare Richey-Kaplan Stitchers.......................................................... Olivia Hererra, Theatre 225 students Costume Crafts...................................................................................... Emily Peplinski Wardrobe Supervisor..................................................................... Hannah Glowacki Wardrobe Crew.............................................................. Holly Geraldson, Levi Miles PL AY WRIGHT’S NOTE

The writing of the play was made possible by a commission from the Manhattan Theatre Club and a fellowship through the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. It was further developed with assistance from Urban Stages (NYC), Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Shenandoah International Playwrights, High Desert Play Development/New Mexico State University, and Austin Script Works. My thanks to all for their support during the writing of this play.

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D I R E C TO R ’ S N O T E

We are in the midst of another political season (we seem to always be in the midst of a political season, don’t we) and we seem more polarized as a society than ever before in our lifetimes. Compromise is a dirty word for many, and far from respecting the other’s point of view that’s different than our own, commentators and others brand those that disagree with them as traitors and liars. We seem as intractable in our camps of belief as it is possible to be. How does a pluralistic democracy hope to survive rifts such as we seem to be enduring today? Neither I, nor this play has the full answer to that question, but it does pose the question in a witty, personal and respectful way and engages what was, perhaps the first skirmishing ground of the current culture wars – school science curriculum. Respect, a willingness and ability to listen, and an assumption that the other is not an idiot all seem to be preconditions for finding the ability to hold opposing points of view and still live, work and study together. That’s what this play asks us to look at again: simple truths so easily forgotten.

We hope you have fun along the journey and see that as always, the theatre tells us that relationships matter more than ideas. People are more important than principles.

Bill Watson

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D E PA R TM E N T O F T H E AT R E

LeRoy Stoner..............................................................................................................Chair Administrative Staff Kristy Volbrecht.....................................................................................Office Manager Faculty and Teaching Academic Staff Katherine Balsley...............................................................Lecturer, Popular Culture Anne Basting, Ph.D...............................................Associate Professor, Playwriting Jessica Berlin...............................................................Lecturer, Stage Management Dick Chudnow...................................................................................... Lecturer, Acting R.H. Graham.........................................Associate Professor, Graphics and Design Christopher J. Guse.......... Associate Professor, Scenic and Audio Production Joseph Hanreddy............................................................................Adjunct Professor Rebecca Holderness..................................................... Associate Professor, Acting Anthony Horne..........................Assistant Professor, Directing, Musical Theatre Tim Laughner..............................................Associate Instrumentation Innovator,

Scene Shop Supervisor Jeffrey Lieder...................... Associate Professor, Head of Costume Production Michelle Lopez-Rios......................................Assistant Professor, Voice & Speech Raeleen McMillion................................................................. Senior Lecturer, Acting Robin Mello, Ph.D....................................Associate Professor, Theatre Education Corliss Phillabaum, Ph.D..............................Professor Emeritus, Theatre History Pamela J. Rehberg...................................................Associate Professor, Costumes Alvaro Saar-Rios.......................................................................Lecturer, Play Analysis Pamela Schermer......................................................................... Associate Professor,

Visual Communication for Performing Arts Sandra J. Strawn..............................Associate Professor, Properties Production,

Head of Technical Production James Tasse............................................................................................ Lecturer, Acting Jenny Wanasek..................................................................................... Lecturer, Acting William Watson.............................................. Associate Professor, Head of Acting Mark Weinberg, Ph.D...........................................Senior Lecturer, Theatre History Stephen R. White................................................. Senior Lecturer, Lighting Design Peck School of the Arts Wade Hobgood.........................................................................................................Dean Scott Emmons.......................................................................................Associate Dean

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Very special thanks to Rebecca Holderness and Michelle Lopez-Rios for their help in this production, as well as Jacob Garst, Lisa Schlenker, the Skylight Opera Theatre, Kevin Jahnke, Iain Court, and Mark Peterson.

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