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Adapted by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz Adapted from the book Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman Copyright © 1961 by P. D. Eastman Copyright © renewed 1989 by Mary L. Eastman. All rights reserved. Music Composed by Michael Koerner “Do You Like My Hat?” Lyrics by Michael Koerner Produced by arrangement with Plays for Young Audiences
Producer/Artistic Director Mary Pat Sieck
Stage Manager Bronwyn Schlaefer
Director Nicole Raidl Technical Director/ Scenic and Lighting Design Josh Prisching
Sound Design/ Company Technical Director Stevan Saliny
Costume Design Erin Von Kannon
Scenic Artist Isiah Heacox
Master Electrician/Rigger Ethan Kwas
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CAST YELLOW DOG.................................................................................................................TRAVIS BARNHART HATTIE/SPOTTED DOG..............................................................................KRISTI PARKER-BARNHART RED DOG................................................................................................................................ SHARAYAH KAY BLUE DOG............................................................................................................... J. PREDDIE PREDMORE MC DOG.......................................................................................................................... JOHN J. ROBINSON GREEN DOG..................................................................................................................... WESLEY SCHILLER CREW BOARD OPS..............................................................................................PAUL KERWIN, STEVAN SALINY GRAPHIC ARTIST....................................................................................................................ISIAH HEACOX SET CONSTRUCTION..........................................JOSH PRISCHING, ETHAN KWAS, STEVAN SALINY CAST BIOGR APHIES TRAVIS BARNHART (Yellow Dog) is very excited to be back for his third show with Open Door Repertory. He also appeared as Kevin McGee in Superior Donuts, and Harlequin in The Game of Love and Chance. He is also a member of the Dead Writers Theatre Collective. Travis grew up in Oklahoma and is a graduate from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Travis is thrilled to be reunited onstage with his wife Kristi. KRISTI PARKERBARNHART (Hattie and Spotted Dog) Kristi is an Oklahoma native who moved to Chicago in 2010 after doing a few years of touring children’s theatre with her husband Travis- (Yellow Dog) and getting her B.A. from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. She is thrilled to be performing in her first show with Open Door Rep and is so proud to be part of such a fantastic ensemble cast! Her recent Chicago credits include Martha in Always-Already’s production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?!, Harlot O’Scara in New Colony’s Down and Derby, EL Stories XI 2
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Ensemble member with Waltzing Mechanics, Mrs. Milford in Underscore Theatre’s Liberal Arts: The Musical, and several productions with Hobo Junction where she is also an ensemble member. “Thanks to everyone who worked with us on this production! This has ben such a fun experience! I have loved every minute!” SHARAYAH KAY (Red Dog) is new to Chicago and this marks her first production in the area. She hails from Detroit, and has been pursuing theatre there for the past few years. Recent Detroit theatre credits include Caucasian Chalk Circle, To Kill a Mockingbird, Much Ado About Nothing, Hairspray, The Crucible, Snow Queen, and Arabian Nights. She would like to thank everyone at Open Door for being so kind and welcoming to the city. J. PREDDIE PREDMORE (Blue Dog) is thrilled to be in his first production with Open Door Rep. When not acting Preddie cofounded and serves as co-artistic director of Li’l Buds Theatre company. Nothing is
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better than bringing amazing stories to life for young audiences. Preddie would like to thank Nicole, Bron, Mary Pat and the cast for a fun walk in the park! His favorite breed of dog is a border collie. JOHN J. ROBINSON(MC Dog) This is John’s first production with Open Door Repertory and he could not be more delighted. He was last in The Thin Man at City Lit in Chicago. Before that he played Otto in Diary of Anne Frank for the IL Department of Arts at the Morraine Valley Theater, Leo in Making Peter Pope at Theatre Entropy, Ted Garret in Flight 419 with Dark Night Productions and a host of
improv shows with Faster Piece Theatre. Being MC Dog gives him a chance to live in the whimsical dog world of “Go Dog Go!” and he loves it! WESLEY SCHILLING (Green Dog) is really excited and proud to be in his debut show with Open Door Rep. Previously, you may have seen him in The Dark Is Light Enough (Willi/Beppy) with Cave Painting Productions. Favorite credits include 25th... Spelling Bee (Leaf ), Noises Off (Tim) and Time Flies (Horace). Special thanks to Open Door Rep, Amanda, and my close friends and family for all their love and support.
CREW BIOGR APHIES ISIAH HEACOX (Scenic and Graphic Artist) is a Graduate of Savannah College of Art And Design. He began working with Open Door Rep in 2012 as Scenic Artist for Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. One of his favorite shows as Scenic Artist was doing the detailed backdrop Superior Donuts. He has now added Graphic Designer for Open Door to his portfolio. Go Dog Go is going to be a fun show, and he hopes everyone enjoys the production as he has had working on it. PAUL KERWIN (Light Board Op) This is Paul’s 10th season with Open Door. He came to the company to do the lighting for Just So and has stayed to do nearly 22 shows since then, doing lighting design and rigging, set construction, painting and working Front Of House. Paul is a computer specialist at Triton College during the day. DAVID KORNFELD (Music Director/Pianist) is a composer and pianist, and is thrilled to be working with Open Door Theatre on this hilarious show. He co-founded Underscore Theatre Company, and with that ensemble has created and produced
four original musicals in Chicago. He has composed, accompanied, or music directed for Theatre-Hikes, Hey Ladies, Whiskey Wry Productions, American Theatre Company, Summer Place Theatre, Chicago Mammals, and the Carleton College Players and his compositions have received commendations from the Kennedy Center and ASCAP. He is also a teacher at Bubbles Academy. Upcoming projects include producing the Chicago Musical Theatre Festival with Underscore. Apart from music, he enjoys hiking, sketching, cookery and upcycling. www.davidkornfeld.com ETHAN KWAS (Board Op/Assistant TD) Director) is employed full time outside the theater but theater is where he likes to spend his time. He started his hi-tech career in high school and has been at it ever since. With a background in electrical, stage rigging and construction, he has worked on various municipal festivals, rigging light sand sound and has been Open Door’s Technical ‘Wizard’ for the past 12 years. Go, Dog, Go!
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JOSH PRISCHING (Scenic /Lighting Design and Technical Director) is pleased to be working again with Open Door Rep. Past credits with Open Door include The Game of Love and Chance, Superior Donuts, Small, Train Is Comin’, Bleacher Bums, Daddy’s Home, and Crowns. When not working with Open Door his home is the CAST company at Percy Julian Middle School as technical director. A few favorites include Seussical, Peter Pan, The Wiz, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Into the Woods. A few other favorites have been Momenta dance troupe lighting designer, Proviso high school set and lighting designer for Little Shop of Horrors, plus Peter Paul and the Land of Nod with the Chicago Folk Operetta. I would like to thank my family and friends for putting up with my crazy theater life, and for you, the audience, for coming and seeing this amazing show. Enjoy! NICOLE RAIDL (Director) New to Open Door, Nicole is excited to be directing Go, Dog, Go! and heading up the Family Series! Children’s theater is her passion, thanks to Caroline Latta her mentor while attending Columbia College of Chicago as a Directing major and working with company’s such as Laurel Hill, Northlight Theater and Spotlight Kids Theater. She is also very excited to be the Camp Director for Open Door’s Summer Camp Program this July through August. Nicole wants to thank her husband for his constant support and her mother Dawn for always saying “you can be anything you want to be”. STEVAN SALINY (Sound Design/Company Technical Director) is a founding member of Open Door. As Company Technical Director (along with Paul, Ethan and Josh) he over-sees sound, lights, set design and construction and is the facility manager. His theater experience began in 1989 acting in Bye-Bye Birdie, Peter Pan, The Music Man, Into The Woods, Romeo and Juliet, and West Side Story, with the CAST program, then To Kill a Mockingbird, the first CAST/ Open Door production. His favorite musical performances were the Doo-Wop quartet in Smokey Joe’s Café and various numbers in 4
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three Open Door musical reviews. Favorite sets include: The Memory of Water, Spinning Into Butter, A View From The Bridge, The Sisters Rosensweig, Bleacher Bums, Crowns and Daddy’s Home! Thanks are extended to his Open Door family and, most importantly, to his wife and family for all the years of support. BRONWYN SCHLAEFER (Stage Manager) This is Bron’s first production at Open Door. Before moving to Chicago in January, Bron has stage managed for Lexington Children’s Theatre, Tulsa Opera, Central City Opera, and her alma mater, The College of Wooster. Bron is also a properties intern at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and props master for an upcoming show for the Fine Print Theater Company. Bron would like to thank her parents and Tony for their support in a new city and Nicole, Mary Pat, and the cast for making this such a fun and silly process. MARY PAT SIECK (Company Artistic Director) is a founding member of Open Door and the company’s Artistic and Managing Director. She has directed 16 productions for Open Door. Among her favorites are: Superior Donuts, Good, The Laramie Project, Of Thee I Sing, A View From The Bridge and Daddy’s Home! She loves working with the amazing people she meets through Open Door and would like to thank her wonderful family, especially Bill, for always being there. ERIN VON KANNON (Costume Design) is a recent graduate of Dominican University where she completed a degree in Apparel Design. Erin’s first time costuming was Clara this summer, but in her career at Dominican she was presented with awards including Honorable Mention in the Driehaus Awards for Fashion Excellence and Outstanding Individual Design from Dominican University for her senior collection, Andromeda. She was also featured in the International Beethoven Festival this past September. She is now working retail and hoping to become more involved in costume design, as a design career.
O P E N D O O R ’ S B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S LYNN KIRSCH.................................................................................................................................. PRESIDENT LEO ZINANNI.................................................................................................................................TREASURER RICHARD WHITE............................................................................................................................SECRETARY PAUL BECKWITH.................................................................................................................................MEMBER LANCE TAYLOR....................................................................................................................................MEMBER STEVAN SALINY................................................................................. COMPANY TECHNICAL DIRECTOR MARY PAT SIECK..................................................................................ARTISTIC/MANAGING DIRECTOR
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2 013 - 2 014 S E A S O N • M A I N S TAG E THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE By Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, Adapted by Stephen Wadsworth Directed by Charlie Marie McGrath The Game of Love and Chance is a classic French farce, performed in contemporary English vernacular, complete with door slamming, mistaken identities, secret trysts, and the war between the sexes raging across the stage! Director Charlie Marie McGrath returns after last season’s successful Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.
PREVIEWS: Jan. 17-18 at 8 PM, Jan. 19 at 2PM OPENING NIGHT: Thursday, Jan. 23 at 8 PM PERFORMANCES: Jan. 24-Feb 23 on Fridays/Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 2PM
NO WITNESS By Ted May Directed by Mary Pat Sieck A new play with music, this darkly poignant piece charts the uphill climb of local mobster Sam Giancana from the son of poor immigrant parents in Chicago’s “Little Sicily” to a billionaire entrepreneur and the ultimate successor of Al Capone. No Witness explores one man’s journey as he negotiates the power struggles and betrayals within the mob, the adoration and neglect of his family, and the unquenchable thirst for power that led to lucrative deals with the most powerful people of his time - and to his assassination in his Oak Park home. Written by Chicago playwright Ted May, Artistic Director Mary Pat Sieck takes the helm of this World Premiere.
PREVIEWS: Apr. 25-26 at 8 PM, Apr. 27 at 2PM OPENING NIGHT: Thursday, May 1 at 8PM PERFORMANCES: May 2- Jun. 1 on Fridays/Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 2PM
TINTYPES A MUSICAL REVUE Conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle The growing pains of a nation are captured in this grand pageant of pre-World War 1 America. Like Ragtime, this nostalgic, but subversive, musical revue takes us back to turn-of-the-century America, when the innocent, slower-paced days of ice cream socials are giving way to a bustling world of automobiles, electricity and the telephone; where American optimism and ingenuity run high. It is also a time of growing social turmoil, as increased immigration begins to change the cultural and ethnic makeup of the nation. The score, featuring works by George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa, Joseph E. Howard, Scott Joplin, and Victor Herbert, is a blend of the patriotic songs, romantic tunes, and ragtime popular during the era.
PREVIEWS: Jul. 11-12 at 8 PM, Jul. 13 at 2PM OPENING NIGHT: Thursday, July 17 at 8 PM PERFORMANCES: Jul. 18 - Aug. 17 on Fridays/Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 2PM
TICKETS for All Main Stage Productions: General Admission- $25; Seniors (60+) - $22; Groups (8 or more) $20; Students (Full-time) - $15
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Introducing the long anticipated 2013 – 2014 FAMILY SERIES GO, DOG, GO! By P.D. Eastman, Adapted by Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz Directed by Nicole Raidl Do you ever wonder what dogs do all day? Based on the timeless book by P.D. Eastman, you’re about to find out its not all naps and walks! Discover a joyous world where dogs throw parties, go to work and even drive cars. The spirit of the book is brought to life in a whirl of color and music that will remind children and adults alike that fun is found in everything we do!
PERFORMANCES: Mar. 15- Apr. 6 Saturdays at 10:30 AM and 1:30PM, Sundays at 1:30PM TICKETS: General Admission- $15; Seniors (60+) - $12; Children (ages 12 and under) - $8
2 013 - 2 014 D O N O R S Paul Aeschleman and Patricia Feeely Art and Carole Albores Nathan Aydelott Allan Baldwin Bill and Ann Baker Doreen Berger Marc and Dorie Blesoff Bill and Donna Bobco Bill and Shelby Boblick Bruce Broerman Karen T. Brown Ken Brucks and Chris Frisoni Kim and Kathleen Cannon Paulette Cary Dave and Mary Susan Chen Jim and Marge Chesney Nancy and Peter Clark Rob and Pauline Coffman Meredith Conn Ken Cuculich and Carol Bularzik Jessica and Chris Daly Stan and Chris Davis Frank and Mercita DeMuynck Ed and Pam Dieschbourg Mary Kay Dodd-Lieberman James Dolan Robert K. Downs Tom Dwyer Mary Ann Eckstein Penelope Egerter C. Thomas Floyd Katie Frankle and David Goldman
Diane Ghertner Ellen and Paul Gignilliat Cindy Gilmore Dale Glanzman Amy Goodman and Gordon Hellwig Mike and Peggy Goodman Herbert Gordon Sharyn Gunderson Edna Hamburger Fred and Lea Anne Henders Alan R. Hinds Alan and Lynn Hoffstadter John and Marsha Hubbuch Steve and Judy Humowiecki Liz Hurtig Renardo Johnson Peggy and Kevin Kell James B. Kelly Jan Kieckhefer Lynn and Errol Kirsch Rick and Cheryl King Ed and Trish Klima Dan and Sarah Knight Hans and Barbara Lagoni Kathy and Alan Nesburg Nancy Quinn John and Patti Roeder Meg Ross Bruce and Julie Samuels Stevan and Susan Saliny Dr. Louis and Linda Scannicchio Jim and Carol Scherrer Mary and Paul Schlertwiler Mary Schneider
Ed and Judy Schoenthaler Ben Scholz Robert and Judith Scholz Jeff and Linda Schroeder Carolyn Newberry Schwartz Erika and Bill Shorney Bill and Mary Pat Sieck Kenneth Sinko Annie Slivinski Linda Solotaire Art and Sher Watts Spooner Amy Stearns and Ken Johnson Doug Stewart and Linda Sahagian John Sullivan The Monroe and Fran Sullivan Charitable Trust Patrick Tantillo Lance and Alene Taylor Wayne and Barbara Vanek Michael and Madeleine Weldon-Linne Chris and Lisa White Richard and Susan Beach White Jim and Lynn Winikates Gary and Leslie Woods Martha Woods Christine Worney John and Susan Zaruba Leo and Claudia Zinanni Michele Zurawoski and Jim Flanigan
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