Oxford Shakespeare Festival 2007

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare h

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare g

The Mikado

by Gilbert & Sullivan h

Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts The University of Mississippi

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xford Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce its Summer 2007 ‘A Season of Passion’ as it continues the tradition of summer theatre at Ole Miss and Oxford. Last summer, our third season, we presented A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, SHAKESPEARE’S FIGHT SCENES, and our Family Production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. This season we again proudly present three professional productions: ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare; AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare; and our Family Production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s THE MIKADO. 2006 brought new major sponsors to OSF. Summer 2007 will build on the support from our new and continuing sponsors – the Department of Music, the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the Department of Theatre Arts, the Oxford Tourism Council, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and the Gertrude Castellow Ford Foundation.

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ertrude Ford was a gifted woman of the arts and letters.

She was fluent in several languages, an illustrator and scholar of literature. She was keenly interested in and loved the Shakespearean canon. Ford always sought fresh insights into the plays and sonnets. So much so, that she tenaciously pursed the authenticity of the origin of the work attributed to Shakespeare. Yet always in this pursuit of the authenticity of “The Bard”, Mrs. Ford had an unflagging appreciation for the verses of the sonnets and the rendering of the plays on the stage. It is in this spirit that the Ford Foundation proudly supports this season of the Oxford Shakespeare Festival.

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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare June 14, 15, 16, 28, 30, at 8:00 p.m.

June 29 and July 1 at 2:00 p.m.

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare June 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 30 at 2 p.m.

June 24, 27, 29 at 8:00 p.m.

The Mikado

by Gilbert & Sullivan June 21, 22, 23, at 8 p.m.

June 24 at 2:00 p.m.

by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition

Staff

Directed by Brian Evans Scenic Designer.........................................Jared Spears

Costume Designer....................................Andi Bedsworth Lighting Designer.................................Angela Golightly Technical Director.............................Dewey Douglas Stage Manager................................Wesley McClain Choreographer................................ René Pulliam

Fight Choreographer.......................Christopher Schager Sound/Music Designer..........................Brian Tichnell

Costume Shop Manager....................... Rebecca Hickman Master Electrician.................................Josh Williford Assistant Stage Manager.......................Robin Hess

Prop Master/Scenic Painter...................Johna Sewell

Costume Shop Staff..............................Danice Gentle Brie Aamodt

Scene Shop Staff................................. .Allison Bingner

Blake McLemore

Wardrobe Master...................................Pep Speed

Wigs and Makeup.................................Kallie Rolison Greg Flaherty

House Manager.....................................Amanda Malloy

A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me. ___Mercutio

by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition

Cast Juliet......................................................Mary Bess Pritchett Romeo...................................................Ryan Dusek

Friar Laurence; Chorus..........................George Kehoe

Nurse......................................................Rebecca Jernigan Lady Capulet.........................................Valerie Wilson

Capulet...................................................Jim Shollenberger Mercutio................................................Brian Tichnell

Benvolio................................................David Simmons Tybalt.....................................................Alex Mauney

Escalus...................................................Eric Sampson

Montague...............................................Andy Douglas

Lady Montague......................................Allison Stanford

Sampson; Masker; Boy..........................Danielle Wheeler

Abram; Servant #2; Watchman #1.........Janna Montgomery Citizen; Masker; Watchman #2..............Dana Clark Servant #1; Masker; Citizen..................Marta Dees

Apothecary; Citizen; Masker.................Mary Virginia Bartlett Masker; Officer......................................Carolyn Free

Masker; Officer; Attendant....................Ashley Dulaney Gregory; Peter; Masker.........................Jared Davis

Paris; Citizen..........................................Greg Flaherty

Balthasar; Friar John; Citizen; Masker..Caleb Fisher-Wirth Why, Romeo, art thou mad?

–––Benvolio

PART ONE ACT I Scene 1 A Street in Verona Scene 2 Same Scene 3 Verona. Capulet’s house Scene 4 A Street in Verona Scene 5 A hall in Capulet’s house ACT II Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6

Verona. Capulet’s orchard Same Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell Verona. A street Verona. Capulet’s orchard Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell

ACT III Scene 1 Verona. A street - 12 Minute Intermission -

PART TWO Scene 2 Verona. Capulet’s orchard Scene 3 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell Scene 4 A hall in Capulet’s house Scene 5 Verona. Juliet’s chamber ACT IV Scene 1 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell Scene 2 A hall in Capulet’s house Scene 3 Verona. Juliet’s chamber Scene 5 Same ACT V Scene 1 Mantua. A street Scene 2 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell Scene 3 Verona. A churchyard

by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition

SYNOPSIS

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omeo and Juliet is the story of a passionate and powerful love that struggles against the forces of fate and society. The two young lovers are “star-cross’d” from the beginning, but their intense desire to be together drives the action of the play to its climactic end. Romeo’s pursuit of his true love enrages Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. As Tybalt vows to defend his family’s honor, Romeo’s friend Mercutio steps in to fight, and the family feud escalates to stakes of life and death. Romeo’s revenge sparks an all-out war between the Capulets and the Montagues, and Romeo is banished from Verona. Juliet is distraught by the news that her true love must leave, and she enlists the help of her Nurse and Romeo’s confidant, Friar Laurence to arrange for Romeo and Juliet’s reunion. Juliet urgently needs to escape her parents, as they have arranged a marriage to a young nobleman named Paris. Through a series of miscommunications, Romeo and Juliet miss one another, and cannot escape their “death-mark’d” fate. It is only the tragic conclusion of the play that forces the two families to recognize the damage that their hatred has produced, and the power of true love.

Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.

–––Romeo And when I shall die, take him and cut him up in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will fall in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun.

–––Juilet Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

or The Town of Titipu

by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

STAFF

Directed by Julia Aubrey Choreographer.............................................Rene Pulliam Scenic Designer...........................................Jared Spears

Costume Designer........................................Andi Bedsworth

Lighting Designer........................................Angela Golightly Technical Director........................................Dewey Douglas

Stage Manager.............................................Allyson Cartwright Rehearsal Pianists .......................................Paul Brown

Andrew Gordon

Assistant Stage Manager..............................Robin Hess

Costume Shop Manager...............................Rebecca Hickman Master Electrician........................................Josh Williford Prop Master/Scenic Painter..........................Johna Sewell

Costume Shop Staff.....................................Danice Gentle Brie Aamodt

Scene Shop Staff......................................Allison Bingner Blake McLemore

Wardrobe Master..............................Pep Speed

Wigs and Makeup............................Kallie Rolison

Greg Flaherty

House Manager....................................Amanda Malloy Costuming by Costume Specialists, Columbus, Ohio

or The Town of Titipu

by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

CAST The Mikado of Japan..................................Walker Swaney Nanki-Poo, his son..................................... Adam Hoak

Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner..................John Mansell

Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything...............Else Ryan Milstead Pish-Tush, a noble lord...............................Kevin Webb

Yum-Yum, ward to Ko-Ko.........................Allison Stanford Pitti-Sing, sister to Yum-Yum.....................Kelsey Didion

Peep-Bo, sister to Yum-Yum ......................Katie Richardson Katisha, an elderly lady...............................Mimi Johnson

CHORUS Jason Bouldin, Kelly Burns, Dana Clark, Marta Dees, Greg Flaherty, Andrew Gordon, Melanie Heuer, Nick Keeling, Paige Mattox, Janna Montgomery, Mary Bess Pritchett, Kallie Rolison, Pep Speed, Patrick Waller Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted, I would say in tender tone, “Loved one, let us be united — Let us be each other’s own!”

I would merge all rank and station, Worldly sneers are nought to us, And, to mark my admiration, I would kiss you fondly thus —

–––Nanki-Poo

Act I

Courtyard of Ko-Ko’s Official Residence 12 - Minute Intermission

Act II

Ko-Ko’s Garden

THE MIKADO ORCHESTRA Conductor.................................................Robert H. Aubrey Pianist.......................................................Paul Brown Flutes ......................................................Tracey Stokes Trumpets...................................................Charlie Gates Tina Schmaltz Charlie Miles Clarinets....................................................Deanna Nicholson Trombones............................................... Jonathan Evans Michael Aubrey Oboe.........................................................Lauren Crum Horn..........................................................James Stutts Bassoons.................................................. Jeff Tilghman Violin........................................................Sarah Simonson Cello.........................................................Sue Gaston Bryan Gaston Percussion................................................Jeremy Burnham True he loves me, but everybody does that.

–––Yum-Yum

or The Town of Titipu

by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

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SYNOPSIS

he drama is set in Japan, but the characters and music are decidedly British in the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.

Ko-Ko, condemned to death for flirting, has recently been appointed Lord High Executioner. Because he cannot carry out the death sentence on his own person, he is free to marry his ward, Yum-Yum, the very afternoon the action begins. The situation turns topsy-turvy when Nanki-Poo (disguised as a wandering minstrel to escape his father’s decree he must marry Katisha) arrives to claim Yum-Yum for his own, only to find she is betrothed to Ko-Ko. The Mikado orders Ko-Ko to execute someone in his place or forfeit his position. NankiPoo volunteers to be the victim if Ko-Ko will allow him to marry Yum-Yum first and be beheaded afterwards. Ko-Ko begrudgingly agrees, but because he is too squeamish to kill anyone, he has PoohBah create a document stating Nanki-Poo has been executed (“because a Majesty’s will is law, consequently that gentleman is as good as dead, and if he is dead, why not say so?”) and avoids his ghoulish duty. The Mikado appears to see that Nanki-Poo marries Katisha and that his execution commands have been carried out. Many heads will roll when it is discovered that the wandering minstrel Ko-Ko has executed is none other than the son of The Mikado!

But I don’t stop at that. I go and dine with middle-class people on reasonable terms. I dance at cheap suburban parties for a moderate fee. I accept refreshment at any hands, however lowly. I also retail State secrets at a very low figure. For instance, any further information about Yum-Yum would come under the head of a State secret.

–––Pooh-Bah Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado

by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition

Staff

Directed by Joe Turner CantĂş

Scenic Designer..........................................................Jared Spears

Costume Designer......................................................Andi Bedsworth

Lighting Designer.......................................................Angela Golightly Technical Director......................................................Dewey Douglas

Stage Manager...........................................................Wesley McClain Choreographer............................................................RenĂŠ Pulliam

Fight Choreographer..................................................Christopher Schager Sound/Music Designer...............................................Brian Tichnell Music Composers........................................Alex Mauney Jared Spears

Costume Shop Manager...............Rebecca Hickman Master Electrician........................Josh Williford

Assistant Stage Manager...................Allyson Cartwright Prop Master/Scenic Painter...............Johna Sewell

Costume Shop .......Danice Gentle Brie Aamodt

Scene Shop Staff.......................Allison Bingner

Blake McLemore

Wardrobe Master.....................Pep Speed

Wigs and Makeup....................Kallie Rolison Greg Flaherty

House Manager................Amanda Malloy

by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition

Cast

(in order of appearance) ORLANDO, son of Sir Rowland de Boys Alex Mauney

ADAM, old servant to Sir Rowland de Boys Jim Shollenberger OLIVER, elder son of Sir Rowland de Boys Adam Hoak DENNIS, servant to Oliver Caleb Fisher-Wirth CHARLES, the wrestler John Mansell

CELIA, daughter of Duke Frederick Paige Mattox

ROSALIND, daughter of the banished Duke Senior Kelsey Didion TOUCHSTONE, a clown Jared Davis

LE BEAU, courtier attending upon Frederick Eric Sampson

DUKE FREDERICK, brother to Duke Senior, and usurper Andy Douglas LADY ASHLEY, courtier attending upon Frederick Ashley Dulaney LADY MARY, courtier attending upon Frederick Mary Virginia Bartlett

LADY DANIELLE, courtier attending upon Frederick Danielle Wheeler DUKE SENIOR, living in exile George Kehoe

Cast

(in order of appearance) AMIENS, lord attending on Duke Senior in his banishment Nick Keeling LORD TO DUKE SENIOR, in his banishment Ryan Dusek DUKE’S ATTENDANT, in his banishment Carolyn Free CORIN, a shepherd Ryan Milstead

SILVIUS, a shepherd Brian Tichnell

JAQUES, lord attending on Duke Senior in his banishment David Simmons AUDREY, a country woman Katie Richardson

SIR OLIVER MARTEXT, a country vicar Danielle Wheeler PHEBE, a shepherdess Kallie Rolison

WILLIAM, a country fellow Caleb Fisher-Wirth PAGE 1 Mary Virginia Bartlett PAGE 2 Danielle Wheeler

HYMEN, god of marriage Kevin Webb

by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition

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SYNOPSIS

uke Frederick has usurped the title and throne of his elder brother, Duke Senior. Duke Senior has taken up residence in the Forest of Arden with his band of loyal followers, leaving his daughter, Rosalind, behind at the court. Into this situation, enter Orlando and Oliver de Boys, two brothers divided by enmity. Orlando has long been mistreated by his brother; when Orlando enters a wrestling match sponsored by Duke Frederick, Oliver tells his opponent, Charles—a champion wrestler—that he wouldn’t care if Charles were to break Orlando’s neck. To the surprise of all, Orlando wins the match. In doing so, he attracts the romantic attention of Rosalind and the ire of Oliver. Orlando and his servant, Adam, flee Oliver’s wrath into Arden. Duke Frederick decides to banish Rosalind to the Forest of Arden as he did with her father.

Celia, Frederick’s daughter and Rosalind’s best friend, declares that she will accompany her in exile. Rosalind disguises herself as a boy named Ganymede, while Celia assumes the part of “his” sister, Aliena. They are accompanied by the clown Touchstone. Orlando eventually finds himself in the company of Duke Senior’s men, pining for his lost Rosalind. Rosalind, meanwhile, purchases a flock of sheep and a pasture, and sets out to lead a pastoral life. Before long, however, Orlando’s habit of carving Rosalind’s name in the trees and leaving love poems scattered about the forest tip her off to his presence. Shakespeare’s signature mistaken identity plays through to a one of his most satisfying resolutions.

Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man’s ingratitude: Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude

–––Shakespeare’s As You Like it

PART ONE

ACT I Scene 1 An Orchard near OLIVER’S house Scene 2 A Lawn before the DUKE’S Palace Scene 3 A Room in the Palace ACT II Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7

The Forest of Arden A Room in the Palace Before OLIVER’S House The Forest of Arden Another part of the Forest Another part of the Forest Another part of the Forest

ACT III Scene 1 A Room in the Palace Scene 2 The Forest of Arden - 12 Minute Intermission -

PART TWO

Scene 3 Another part of the Forest Scene 4 Another part of the Forest. Before a Cottage Scene 5 Another part of the Forest ACT IV Scene 1 The Forest of Arden Scene 2 Another part of the Forest Scene 3 Another part of the Forest ACT V Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4

The Forest of Arden Another part of the Forest Another part of the Forest Another part of the Forest

EPILOGUE

JAQUES

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.

Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the leopard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputatiòn Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lined, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise sayings and usual instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”

Act II, sc 7, As You Like It

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Adam Hoak (Oliver in AS YOU LIKE IT, Nanki-poo in THE MIKADO) is a post-graduate acting student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, UK. Originally from Pittsburgh, favorite roles include Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte, Parris in The Crucible, and Osiander in the world-premier of Copernicus Rising. Thanks to IUP, SIUC, and the family.

Mimi Johnson (Katisha in THE MIKADO) is a graduate of Ole Miss with a Masters degree in Music Education and is making her debut with the Festival this season. She has served with the Ole Miss Opera Theatre and Choral Ensemble and will be attending Northwestern University to receive a second Masters degree in Vocal Performance in the fall of 2007.

George Kehoe (Duke Senior in AS YOU LIKE IT, Friar Laurence in ROMEO AND JULIET) a native of New Orleans, has lived in Oxford since 1982. This longtime local actor is thrilled to participate in OSF for his fourth season. He is also adjunct faculty in the Ole Miss English Department.

Jim Shollenberger (Duke Fredrick in AS YOU LIKE IT, Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a faculty member in the Department of Theatre Arts teaching Film Acting, Theory and History.

Prior to coming to the UM he was a professional actor in New York and Los Angeles.

Allison Stanford (Lady Montague in ROMEO AND JULIET, Yum-Yum in THE MIDADO) an Ole Miss alumnus, is currently pursuing her M.A. in Music at Arizona State University. Favorite roles include Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Lucy in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Papagera in The Magic Flute.

Walker Swaney (THE MIKADO) has been a practicing general dentist for thirty-two years. Growing up as a singer, he used to enjoy any participation, however, he took 20 years off, and looks forward to returning with his “Mikado enrollment!!” He has a wonderful wife Malissa, and three grown children, Walker Jr., Sara, and Mary Hinley.

Valerie Wilson (Lady Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET) teaches Theatre Appreciation and Dramatic Literature at Ole Miss, where she received her M.F.A. in Theatre/Acting in 1995.

She has appeared in Agnes of God and Proof and recently directed SubUrbia at the Powerhouse.

Kelsey Didion (Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT, Piti Sing in THE MIKADO) is a junior at the University of Evansville pursuing a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance. Favorite roles include Roberta in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Pauline in Contre Toute Attente, and Beatrice in Much Ado A bout Nothing. She is thrilled to join OSF for the first time.

Andrew Douglas (Adam in AS YOU LIKE IT, Montague in ROMEO AND JULEIT) was born in New York and raised in Chicago. He is a restaurant manager, research scientist, and father, and has lived in Oxford for eight years. This is his second season with the Festival.

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Ryan Dusek (Lord to Duke Sen in AS YOU LIKE IT, Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a senior in the B.F.A. program at Ole Miss and is from the Lake Texoma area in Texas. Ryan just finished his second year at Ole Miss and will graduate next spring.

He’s pumped about Romeo and Juliet. Go Montagues!

Nick Keeling (Amiens (sings/guitar) in AS YOU LIKE IT, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a rising Junior Vocal Performance Major at Ole Miss. This is Nick’s second year with the Festival. Last year he performed the role of Robin Starveling in A Midsummers Night’s Dream, and a pirate in Pirates of Penzance.

John Mansell (Charles in AS YOU LIKE IT, Koko in THE MIKADO) received his Bachelor of Music degree from Ole Miss this spring. While at Ole Miss, John performed the roles of Reverend Moore in Footloose, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Pooh Bah in The Mikado, and Damis in Tartuffe. John will begin his M.F.A. in Musical Theatre with the University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre in Orlando.

Paige Mattox (Celia in AS YOU LIKE IT, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a senior B.F.A. Musical Theatre Major at UM where she most recently appeared as Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She is thrilled to be joining the Festival for a second summer.

Alex Mauney (Orlando in AS YOU LIKE IT, Tybalt in ROMEO AND JULIET) most recently performed on the Ole Miss stage as Le Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He was George Nowack in the NEMCC production of She Loves Me, as well as the Demented Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors at CTA in Corinth. This is his first year with OSF.

Ryan Milstead (Corin in AS YOU LIKE IT, Pooh-Bah in THE MIKADO) is a senior vocal performance major from Okolona.

He has been with Ole Miss Opera Theatre for three years and participated in last year’s Shakespeare Festival as a pirate in Pirates of Penzance, and cast in Shakespeare’s Fight Scenes.

Mary Bess Pritchett (Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a senior B.F.A. Acting Major at UM. She was last seen on the UM stage as la Presidente de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She dedicates her performance to her mother, Lawrie.

Katie Richardson (Audrey in AS YOU LIKE IT, Peep-Bo in THE MIKADO) is excited to return for her second season with OSF, after appearing last year as Isabel in Pirates of Penzance.

She recently completed her first year at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Kallie Rollison (Phebe in AS YOU LIKE IT, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a senior B.F.A. in Acting at Ole Miss. She has appeared in numerous main stage and fringe productions and heads Tampon Productions. She is a member of the improve comedy troupe, Laff Co. Kallie enjoys applause and hosting pirate parties. She hopes to become a dancer next year.

David Simmons (Jacques in AS YOU LIKE IT, Benvolio in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a senior B.F.A. Acting student at UM. He has been in the Ole Miss Theatre productions of The Importance of Being Earnest and Torch Song Trilogy, among others. He is very excited to be a part of this festival.

Pep Speed (Chorus in THE MIKADO, Wardrobe Master) is a Senior B.F.A. Musical Theatre Major at Ole Miss. Credits include The Rocky Horror Show, Footloose, Anything Goes, Pirates of Penzance, The Cave Dwellers, and Showstoppers as well as directing The House of Yes at Ole Miss.

Kevin Webb (Hymen in AS YOU LIKE IT, Pish-Tush in THE MIKADO) is a Vocal Performance Music Major at Ole Miss. He was recently seen in the Ole Miss Theatre’s production of Footloose as Ren, and was featured as Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus.

Last summer he directed music for Into The Woods, Jr. at his hometown community theatre. Thanks to his family, friends, and Laquesha.

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Marie Virginia Bartlett (Attendant in AS YOU LIKE IT, Masker in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a Junior B.F.A. Acting Major at the University of Mississippi. She was most recently seen as Pakeeza in SubUrbia. This is her first year with the festival and she is thrilled to be a part of the company.

Jason Bouldin (Chorus in THE MIKADO) feels privileged to return to the Gilbert and Sullivan chorus after playing a policeman in last summer’s OSF production of The Pirates of Penzance. He lives and works in Oxford.

Paul Brown (Rehearsal Pianists) is a senior Music Education Major at UM from Greenwood. He has been an accompanist for UM choirs, Opera Theatre, UM Musical Theatre, and the Voice Department. He performed last year in The Pirates of Penzance.

Kelly Burns ( Chours in THE MIKADO) is a freelance singersongwriter, actor, painter, and gourmet cheese maker from Wisconsin. His operatic and musical credits include Prince Orlofsky and Oberon, and he has understudied Adele in Die Fledermaus and the Third Clown in Send in the Clowns: A Stephen Sondheim Review. This is Kelly’s second season with the Festival.

Allyson Cartwright (stage Manager) will be starting at Ole Miss in the fall. A theatre transfer student from Booneville, Mississippi, Allyson has several credits, including She Loves Me, Annie Get Your Gun, Steel Magnolias, and Alice in Wonderland. This is her first summer with OSF. Dana Clark (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a Junior B.F.A. Musical Theatre Major at Ole Miss. She has been involved in many productions, including the Rat Queen in Mixed Nuts with Ole Miss Theatre and Die Fledermous with Ole Miss Opera. She is also an active member of “Mississippi: The Dance Company.” This is her first year to work with the Festival and she is very excited.

Jared Davis (Touchstone in AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a Junior Theatre Major at Ole Miss. He was born and raised in Bledsoe, Texas. He went to High School at Whiteface High School. He attended Tyler Junior College in Texas before transferring to Ole Miss.

Marta Ann Dees (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a B.F.A. Musical Theatre graduate from Ole Miss.

This is her second year with the Festival. Her Opera Theatre credits include Kate in Pirates of Penzance, Patience in Patience, Leila in Iolante, and Tessa in Gondoliers.

Ashley Dulaney (Lady in AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a junior in the B.F.A. program at Ole Miss and is from Tupelo. This is her first year to be associated with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival and will be appearing in Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It. Caleb Fisher-Wirth (Dennis/William in AS YOU LIKE IT, Friar John/Masker/Balthazar in ROMEO AND JULIET) Caleb was raised in Oxford and after brief stints in Vermont and Oregon, he has returned to his hometown. He is a Theatre major at Ole Miss.

This is Caleb’s second year with OSF. Carolyn Free (Duke’s Attendant in AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a native of Oxford, and recently graduated from Lafayette High School. She will attend Ole Miss in the fall.

She has been with the festival since its conception in 2004. She is very proud of all it has come to be. Her only suggestion is that all who can, support the arts, or else.

Greg Flaherty (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a junior with a B.F.A. in Acting with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. He recently played the role of Willard in Footloose and Mervin in In Trousers. He enjoys indie music and being involved in any theatre activity.

Andrew Gordon (Chorus in THE MIKADO) After performing in orchestra pits for over forty productions, Andrew finally decided to audition for an onstage part. (Incidentally, the day after this picture was taken, Andrew had a root-canal performed on him by the Mikado himself!)

Robin Hess (Assistant Assistant Stage Manager THE MIKADO) This is Robin’s first year with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival. She is entering her sophomore year as a Theatre major at Ole Miss. She is from Nebraska, where she was involved in high school and community theatre productions.

Melanie Heuer (Chorus in THE MIKADO) will be a sophomore this fall majoring in Vocal Performance. Her latest role was in Die Fledermaus in the soprano chorus. She is so glad to be in the chorus in The Mikado and thanks everyone who gave her the opportunity. Enjoy the opera everyone!

Janna Montgomery (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) originally from Lawton, Ok, is excited to be back with the Festival this year. She was last seen as the White Queen in Alice, Through the Looking Glass. Janna has been involved with several local choirs and productions.

Eric Sampson (Le Beau in AS YOU LIKE IT, Escalus in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a senior, studying towards his B.F.A. in acting. Favorite credits include last year’s festival (Shakespeare’s Fight Scenes and Pirates of Penzance) and Frosch in Die Fledermaus. He wishes to thank his friends and family for their support.

Brian Tichnell (Mercutio in ROMEO AND JULIET and Silvius in AS YOU LIKE IT) will be entering his senior year at Ole Miss in his wild and courageous pursuit of a B.F.A. degree in Theatre Acting. Last year he played Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and sang in the chorus in Pirates of Penzance. Brian is also the company Sound Designer, so he hopes that you all enjoy the beautiful, sultry sounds he has designed for your pleasure.

Patrick Waller (chorus THE MIKADO) returns for The Mikado this year. He attends school at Ole Miss. He will be playing this summer in his band The Psychedelic Revival at various bars and venues in the area.

Danielle Wheeler (AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a returning festival performer and a Theatre Major at Ole Miss.

She is a member of Laff Co. Troupe and was last seen in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, as Emilie. She hosts the morning show for Rebel Radio 92.1.

Josh Williford (Master Electrician) is an Ole Miss Art Major from Oxford. This is his second year with the Festival and has worked on a number of productions including Fosse, Percy Sledge, and Man of La Mancha. He is presently a technician at the Ford Center, and enjoys the natural world in his free time.

Joe Turner Cantu (OSF Artistic Director, Director of AS YOU LIKE IT) An actor trainer, director and playwright, Joe is an Associate Professor and Head of the Acting Program at The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Department of Theatre Arts. His teaching expertise is Acting process and Acting styles. His professional playwriting credits include several productions throughout the country of his play ROCK AND BETTY DANCE, winner of a Rockefeller playwriting grant award.

His play, AMERICAN COWGIRLS, performed at a theatre festival in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Most recently, his play, GOD BLESS ELIZABETH TAYLOR, received a workshop performance. His play, CROWN OF THUNDER, will receive its world premiere at Ole Miss in April of 2004, under his direction.

He served as director of two playwriting festivals, the New England Festival of New Works and the Texas Playwrights Festival. His artistic directing background includes Artistic Director of Penobscot Theatre Company in Maine in the early 1990’s and as Associate Artistic Director of a Houston equity theatre, Stages Repertory Theatre, for four years in the 1980’s. Joe’s professional directing credits include such companies as Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival, Capitol City Playhouse in Austin, the Latino Theatre Festival in Austin, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Stages Repertory Theatre and Penobscot Theatre Company. In July 1995, the North American Cultural Institute of Peru brought Joe to Lima to direct a professional Spanish-language production of Tennessee Williams’ LA NOCHE DE LA IGUANA at the Teatro Bi-Nacional. In 2003, Joe returned to Lima, Peru with a Spanish-translation production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams, which was invited to represent the U.S.A. at the International Theatre Festival in Lima. Joe’s list of directing credits is extensive. Joe has taught at Northern Arizona University, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, and at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University, where he earned his M.F.A in Acting. Joe is a member of The Dramatists Guild, Inc.

Norm Easterbrook (Director of Ford Center for the Performing Arts) Easterbrook comes to UM from Americus, GA., where he directed The Rylander Theater, a restored 1921 vaudeville facility. There he was responsible for completing the restoration project, as well as coordinating programming during the theater’s first four years of operation. A Graduate of New York’s Ithaca College School of Theater, Easterbrook has directed and performed professionally in numerous film, video and stage productions. He received a master’s degree in theater from Florida State University in Tallahassee Julia Aubrey (Director, THE MIKADO) Dr. Aubrey is Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Theatre at the University of Mississippi. She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Performance and a Master of Arts in Theatre. As Director of Opera Theatre, Professor Aubrey’s productions include The Marriage of Figaro, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Tartuffe, The Magic Flute, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Street Scene, Die Fledermaus, Cosi fan tutte, The Crucible, and Orpheus in the Underworld. Other positions include: three years as the Opera Stage Director for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska; Musical Director for the Department of Theatre’s productions of The Rocky Horror Show, Anything Goes, Chicago, Cabaret, The Man of LaMancha, How to Succeed in Business, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and West Side Story; and Director of the Youth Music Theatre Workshop for the past 10 years in partnership with her husband, Robert Aubrey. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Opera Association and is Governor for the Southeast Region.

Dr. Robert Aubrey (Conductor, THE MIKADO) has been on the faculty of the Department of Music for the past eight years, conducting stage works for both the opera program and for Ole Miss Theatre’s musical productions. In recent years he has conducted the Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, Street Scene, the Ballad of Baby Doe, Die Fledermaus, and Tartuffe. In the field of musical theatre, his works include Chicago, Cabaret, the Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma, Oliver, and Anything Goes.

He has been a life long proponent of Gilbert and Sullivan, both as a performer and a conductor.

Brian Evans (Director, ROMEO AND JULIET) is from Ohio where he worked at Porthouse Theatre. He received his M.F.A. in acting from U.C. Irvine and has performed across the country at venues such as Illinois and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals and South Coast Repertory. Brian lived in Los Angeles, working in film and television before moving to Oxford. He currently teaches acting, voice, and speech as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Ole Miss.

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Brie Aamodt (Costume Shop Staff), a native of San Diego, California enrolled at UM, is entering her senior year in the Fashion Merchandising program.

Andi Bedsworth (Costume Designer) is a native of Louisiana.

She is the Costume Technologist for the Department of Theatre at Ole Miss. Previous credits include Resident Costume Designer for Playmakers of Baton Rouge and it is her second year to design for the Festival.

Allison Bingner (Scene Shop Staff) This is Allison’s third year with the Festival. She previously worked on shows such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Taming of the Shrew. She is from Oxford and will be a junior at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Dewey Douglas (Technical Director) This is Dewey’s second year with the festival. After more than 35 years in theatre, Dewey received his M.F.A. last year from The University of Southern Mississippi and is on the theatre faculty at William Carey University.

Deborah Freeland (Senior Designer for the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, and Graphic Designer for the Oxford Shakespeare Festival) In 2007 she received 4 awards for graphic design from the UCEA, including her designs for last years OSF. Her daughter, Sarah, is the violinist in The MIkado Orchestra.

Danice Gentle (Costume Shop Staff) is from Florence, Alabama. She has a twin, Janice McLaughlin from Killen, Alabama and a daughter, Amanda Gentle Powell from Paris, Tennessee.

Danice graduated in 1985 from Heritage Christian University in Florence. She is a senior working on a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts in Costume Design/Technology at Ole Miss.

Angie Golightly (Lighting Designer) is a B.F.A. Lighting Major at Ole Miss. Some past lighting designs include Rocky Horror, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Street Car Named Desire, for which she has received awards. She is currently the Master Electrician at the Ford Center of Performing Arts. Angie also enjoys creating art in her spare time.

Rebecca Hickman (Costume Shop Supervisor) is a recent M.F.A. graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi in Costume Design and Technology. She has designed such shows as Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, Hair, Game of Love and Chance, and Design for Murder.

Amanda Malloy (House Manager) first year with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival. This fall she will be transferring from Central Michigan University to Ole Miss as a junior majoring in Theatre. She is very excited to join OSF for her first season.

Blake McLemore (Scene Shop Staff) is from Olive Branch and graduated with a BA in History from Ole Miss. He was the Assistant Technical Director for several Ole Miss Theatre productions and was the scene shop assistant. This is his first Festival.

Michelle McAnally (Marketing and Publicity Coordinator) is a writer and farmer living in Taylor. She received her M.A. from UM in 2001 and has worked as a writer and an archeologist for the 15 years. This is Michelle’s fourth year to work with OSF.

Wesley McClain (Stage Manager) Originally from California, Wesley is a Junior Theatre Arts major at Ole Miss. This is his first year with the Festival, but he has worked on over fifteen productions in the past two years including A Streetcar Named Desire and Showstoppers. Rene Pulliam (Choreographer) Rene Pulliam (Choreographer) heads the BFA Program in Musical Theatre for the Theatre Arts Department. She received her Rene Pulliam (Choreographer) heads theB.A. in Music from Whittier College and her MFA in Dance/Choreography from Mills College. She has directed and/or choreographed hundreds of musical across the United States, including the West Coast premieres of Smile, Closer Than Ever and Over Here. She has been awarded the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for her work on No, No Nanette and Good News. Her performance credits include television (the Carol Burnette Show), commercials (Dr. Pepper), and touring companies. This is Rene’s second OSF season.

Anna Sayre (Graphic Designer) earned a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Mississippi in 2002. She is currently a Web Designer and Graphic Designer with the Division of Outreach & Continuing Education. The current design of the Oxford Shakespeare Festival website is her second website design for the festival since first working on the site with her husband, Errol Sayre, in 2004.

Johna Sewell (Costume Shop Staff) is from Ft. Worth, Texas.

Johna is a B.F.A. Theatre Arts Major in Costume/Scenic Design at the University of Mississippi.

Christopher Schager (Fight Coordinator) is Theatre Director at Northwest Mississippi Community College. There, he teaches Acting, Stagecraft, Theatre Fundamentals, Musical Theatre Workshop, Voice and Diction, Stage Makeup, Drama Production, Movement for the Actor, Theatre Appreciation, and Stage Combat.

Jared Spears (Scenic Designer) is a sculptor and farmer living in Taylor and has been the resident scenic designer for OSF since Jared (Scenis Designer) is a sculptor and farmer living in Taylor and has been the resident scenic designer for OSF since its inception. He is the technical director and a design instructor at Ole Miss. He graduated with a BFA from Delta State University and got his MFA from Ole Miss. He has designed and worked for theatres around the region, and his painting and sculpture is featured in collections and museums, including the Smithsonian.

Pam Wilburn (Administrative Assistant) is from Bruce and is the secretary for Ole Miss Theatre. This is Pam’s ďŹ rst year to work with OSF.

Matt Zerangue (Ford Center Technical Director) is a native of Opelousas, Louisiana. He is an U.S. Army Veteran. He earned a B.F.A. from the University of Louisiana. He has held positions in virtually every aspect of Theatre Design and Technical Theatre, as well as performing on stage and commercial TV. He is the Technical Director of the Ford Center and was the scenic designer for the UM Opera production of Die Fledermaus. He has been designer for the University of Louisiana Dance productions, State of La Danse and an Evening of Dance and the UL opera production of The Medium.

Dr. Rhona Justice-Malloy is Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Mississippi. She is the Editor of Theatre History Studies. She has served as President of the Mid-America Theatre Conference and has chaired panels and delivered papers at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, American Society of Theatre Research, The International Federation for Theatre Research, Mid-America Theatre Conference, and Performance Studies International. She is a member of the National Theatre Conference.

Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550-1604)

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was born on 12 April, 1550, at Castle Hedingham in Essex. Throughout the 1580s, De Vere maintained a band of tumblers as well as two theater companies, Oxford’s Boys and Oxford’s Men. The former company played at the Blackfriars Theater in London.

Evidence of De Vere’s lifelong interest in learning were the numerous contemporary tributes to his patronage.

A biography of Edward de Vere was written in 1928 by Bernard M. Ward.

In 1920 the Earl of Oxford was put forward as the true author of the works of William Shakespeare by J. Thomas Looney in his Shakespeare Identified in Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. In 1975, the Encyclopedia Britannica (15th edition) commented that, “Edward de Vere became in the 20th century the strongest candidate proposed for the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays.”

The Globe Theater

The original Globe opened in 1599. It burned down in 1613 and was immediately rebuilt. It was closed by the Puritans in 1642. Now, 200 yards from its original site, after almost 400 years, the Globe Theater has been opened to the public again: the rebuilt playhouse was officially inaugurated

by Her Majesty the Queen on Thursday 12 June 1997, its Opening Season ran from 29 May to 21 September 1997, and every summer it now offers performances of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries on the type of stage they were written for, many of them in authentic clothing.

Bard of Avon

A title given to William Shakespeare, who was born and buried in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. A bard is a poet.

Stratford

Stratford-upon-Avon is situated in the heart of the English midlands. A market town dating back to medieval times, Stratford is today most famous as the birthplace of the Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare.

Chamberlain’s Men, also called Lord Chamberlain’s Men A theatrical company with which Shakespeare was intimately connected for most of his professional career as a dramatist. It was the most important company of players in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

Earl of Oxford Circle $1500 and up (includes 8 season tickets)

Globe Circle $1000 to $1499 (includes 6 season tickets)

Bard’s Circle $500 to $999 (includes 4 season tickets)

Stratford Circle $100 to $499 (includes 2 season tickets)

Lord Chamberlain’s Circle $25 to $99 Sponsors/Patrons make check or money order to: University of Mississippi Foundation-Oxford Shakespeare Festival.

IRS rules require that we subtract the value of complimentary tickets from your donation when reporting charitable contributions.

MAIL TO: Central Ticket Office, 301-B Student Union, University, MS 38677 (Foundation Code: 04276)

Thank You For Supporting OSF

Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Southern Mississippi Don Howie, Deborah Freeland, Eddie Upton, Dr. Kevin Frey Chloe Bedsworth, Toby Douglas, Gavin Douglas, Kenneth Jones

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on...” _____William Shakespeare’s The Tempest

sponsors & patrons

Earl of Oxford Circle

Gertrude Castellow Ford Foundation Mary and Samuel B. Haskell III (Lifetime Charter Sponsors) Ford Center for the Performing Arts — Norm Easterbrook, Director Division of Outreach — Timothy Angle, Assistant Provost Department of Theatre Arts — Dr. Rhona Justice-Malloy, Chair Department of Music — Dr. Charlie Gates, Chair Mississippi Arts Commission Byrnes and Marion Kuehnle Laurence G. and Bonnye A. Sampson John and Marty Dunbar Janice and Brian Evans Rene Pulliam and Christopher Schager Jennifer Mizenko Kate Kellum and Jason Finch Impression Solutions, Inc. Betty Harrington Robert and Julia Aubrey Eddie J. Upton and Joe Turner Cantú

Globe Circle

College of Liberal Arts — Dr. Glenn W. Hopkins, Dean Office of University Relations — Dr. Gloria Kellum Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Oxford Tourism Council

Bard’s Circle

Randy M. & Sherie B. Mayfield Barbara Purdon

Stratford Circle

Mr. Colby Kullman Virginia D. Cantú Anne and Ben Upton Mr. & Mrs. Briggs Smith Associated Student Body Anne M. Klingen and Thomas R. Ayles Gerald C. and Laurie S. Richlovsky Arthur Pinkerton and Valerie Angeloro Mark A. McClain D. A. Edwards and Jo Ann Miller Edwards Mr. Herbert K. Moore, Jr. Dr. Charles E. Noyes Oxford Trading Company

Lord Chamberlain’s Circle Mr. Sherwood Harris Michael Landon Carol Sewell Ms. Mary Ann Reed Bowen

Mr. Marmalade

by Noah Haidle September 19th - September 30th

Company

by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth October 17th- October 21st

Lysistrata

by Aristophanes November 28th-December 2nd

Mississippi Dance Company:

“What’s Love Got to Do With It?”

Choreographer: Dance 458 Students and Jennifer Mizenko February 14th - February 16th

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck, Adapted for the Stage by Frank Galati April 2nd - April 6th Special matinee for local schools April 3rd

Showstoppers

Directed and choreographed by:René Pulliam April 22nd - April 27th

Juliet speaks...

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.

––––Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

The End

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