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a MESSaGE FROM THE aRTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to the fourth and final show of FIU Theatre’s 20102011 season, William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.”

Ending the season with such a well-known classic that is guaranteed to make you laugh and have a good time seems an appropriate way to close out such a successful season. We have enjoyed bringing these shows to you and hope to see you at next year’s shows as well.

MaRILYN R. SKOW aRTISTIC DIRECTOR aND CHaIR, FIU THEaTRE

Speaking of next year, I am pleased to announce the shows we have selected to produce for our 2011-2012 season— please refer to page 5 for a complete list. It is going to be a challenging, exciting season with something for everyone, and we can’t wait to bring it to you.

We will also be adding something new to your theatre-going experience. As part of every show, we will be presenting one evening of a pre-performance event called “Theatre of the Mind” during which aspects of producing the show will be highlighted in a presentation by members of the production team. Also, as part of every show, we will be sponsoring an after-show panel discussion and question and answer session dealing with ideas and issues the play brings to life.

This will most likely take place after the first Sunday matinee performances. Be on the look-out for more information about these new events in our season brochure or on-line as part of our next season’s marketing.

As always, I would like to remind our audiences that our productions serve as our laboratory in which students put into practice what they are learning. Their talent, hard work, professionalism and dedication are amazing. We thank you for your support of FIU Theatre and hope you will enjoy our productions as much as we enjoy creating them.

Sincerely,

Department of Theatre Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing arts Center 10910 SW 17 Street Miami, FL 33199 PH 305.348.2895 theatre.fiu.edu

Marilyn R. Skow

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VIOLA

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TWELFTH NIGHT

By William Shakespeare DIRECTOR SCENIC DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN VOCAL COACH TECHNICAL DIRECTOR HAIR/MAKE-UP

Wayne E. Robinson, Jr. Elaine Bryan (BFA, Scenic) Wilfredo Cabrera (BFA, Lighting) Caroline Spitzer (BFA, Costume) Jennifer Smith De Castroverde Celso Peruyera Krystal Joseph (BA)

Cast CURIO (Orsino’s servant) musician Mariette Gallor (BFA, Performance) FESTE (Olivia’s clown) musician Nathalie Nodarse (BFA, Performance) VALENTINE (Orsino’s servant) musician Jordan Sasaki (BFA, Performance) VIOLA (Later called Cesario, in love with Orsino) musician Sarai Heria-Brazofuerte (BFA, Peformance) ORSINO (Duke of Illyria) Daniel Nieves (BFA, Performance) SEBASTIAN (Viola’s brother, believed to be lost at sea) Scott Hinz (BFA, Performance) ANTONIA (Sea captain, in love with Sebastian) Roxanne Almaguer (BFA, Performance) OLIVIA (Countess of Illyria) Andrea Bovino (BFA, Performance) MARIA (Olivia’s lady) Marina Catalan (BFA, Performance) FIORELLA (Olivia’s BFF) Stefanie Sandoval (BFA, Performance) ISABELLA (Olivia’s BFF) Lucille Cocco (BFA, Performance) ANTONELLA (Olivia’s BFF) Mariana Vallejo (BA) SIR TOBY (Olivia’s uncle) Michael M. Mena (BFA, Performance) SIR ANDREW (Toby’s rich friend) Courtney McDonald (BA) MALVOLIO (Olivia’s steward) Juan Carlos Madriz (BFA, Performance) FABIANA (Olivia’s servant) Krista Jamison (BFA, Performance)

setting The play takes place in the palace of Duke Orsino, the home of Countess Olivia, and other locations on the island of Illyria.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

This production of “Twelfth Night” includes original music by Nathalie Nodarse, Jordan Sasaki, and Mariette Gallor.

Please note that flash photography, videotaping, or other video and audio recording of this production are strictly prohibited.

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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE ADMINISTRATION CHAIR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Marilyn R. Skow ADMINISTRATION Marianna Murray ADMINISTRATION Zahra Rezapour ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Geordan Gottlieb MARKETING/PUBLICITY Geisha Garcia-Pares BOX OFFICE MANAGER Jenna Fernandez COSTUMER Marina Pareja COSTUME SHOP ASSISTANT Sophie Hamann

PRODUCTION STAFF Stage Manager Tathiana Pandiani (BA) assistant stage managers Jennifer Amador (BA), Nelly Torres (BA) ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER Amanda Sparhawk (BFA, Scenic) Assistant to costume DESIGNer John Froehlich (BFA, Costume), Ileana Mateo (BFA, Costume) ASSISTANT VOCAL COACH Marina Catalan (BFA, Performance) Production Assistants Katherine Paez (BA), Marina Catalan (BFA, Performance) Prop master Amanda Sparhawk (BFA, Scenic) PROP ASSISTANT Chaille Stovall (BA) light board operator Liza Perez (BA) Electrics Crew Elizabeth Abad (BFA, Performance), Jason Caceres (BA), Dana Chavez (BFA, Performance) Sound Board Operator Stephanie Perez (BFA, Performance) Set Run Crew Juanita Castro (BFA, Performance), Nicole Pesce (BA) Set Construction Crew Courtney McDonald (BFA, Performance), John Guzman (BA), Jair Bula (BFA, Performance), Stephanie Sandoval (BFA, Performance), Kassandra Escandell (BA), Wilfredo Cabrera (BFA, Lighting), Michael Engelmann (BA), Carina Skandre (BFA, Performance), Victoria Collado (BFA, Performance), Luis Ettorre (BFA, Performance), Alexis Crowley (BA), Karilyn Barney (BFA, Performance), Krystal Joseph (BA), Patricia Morales (BA), Jeannette Galup (BA), Julissa Perez (BA), Johanna Davalos (Minor), Benjamin Ferster (BFA, Lighting) 4 | TWELFTH NIGHT

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SOUND CREW Missy Franciscus (BA), Alex Parayuelos (BFA, Lighting) Paint Charge Samantha Transleau (BFA, Scenic) Paint Crew Cecilia Niebla (BA), Erica Ramos (BFA, Performance), Lauren Fortes (Minor) costume Crew HeadS Fadoua Hanine (BFA, Performance), Alex Moreno (BA) Costume Crew Daniel Blanco (BA), Albert Campillo (BFA, Performance), Benjamin Fester (BFA, Lighting), Grace Tabales (BFA, Costume), David Neale (BA), Rafael Martinez (BFA, Performance) House Manager Lily Paez (BA) front of house staff Natalie Brenes (BA), Victoria Chavez (BA), Javier Figueredo (BA) Merchandise Natalie Rivera (BA)

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By Adam Bock This is a screwy little comedy about spiritual enlightenment, nicotine addiction, and the dangers of falling in love with a shark!

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By Caridad Svich In this stunning adaptation of a modern classic, love turns into violence and corruption turns into redemption.

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By Sarah Ruhl Set in the 1980’s, this play’s subject matter involves a new technology that was developed at the time to help women suffering from hysteria. It also had other uses.

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By Mary Zimmerman This rich, passionate, poetic tapestry is a celebration of the power of imagination.

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notes from the director “Twelfth Night,” or “What You Will,” was originally commissioned for the amusement of a lawyer’s group on the last and most drunken day of the Christmas revelries. In that spirit, our production is a mix of the old and the new—the sublime and the silly—the profound and the profane. The play takes place on the magical island of Illyria, where nearly everyone dreams of finding their true love. This pursuit is an amusement as thorny and emotionally humiliating as any human venture; a kind of emotional shipwreck that can end either in catastrophe or salvation. This comedy carries the inconvenient message that the joy of precious love is just around the corner from the heartbreak of loss. That we all know these feelings makes these characters all the more human and familiar. And like these characters, by coming together to laugh about our foibles we are sharing our humanity. After all, who of us has never been a fool for love?

Wayne E. Robinson, Jr.

“TWELFTH NIGHT” is a PARTICIPATING entry in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival THE KENNEDY CENTER AMERICAN COLLEGE THEATER FESTIVAL™ 2011 Presented and Produced by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Supported in Part by The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, The U.S. Department of Education, Delta Airlines, The National Committee for the Performing Arts, Dr. and Mrs. Gerald McNichols The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each representative and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels.

Productions entered on the Participating Level are eligible for inclusion at the KCACTF regional festival and can also be considered for invitation to the KCACTF national festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. in the spring of 2011.

KCACTF involves more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theatre department is sharing the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.

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Alumni Spotlight The FIU Theatre alumni Spotlight for this playbill falls on one of our 1988 graduates, Lumiri Tubo, nee Kahaifa. Lumiri now resides in NYC when she is not traveling around the world as a much-in-demand Cabaret singer and actress. after graduating from FIU, Lumiri moved on to develop her singing and acting career based in NY, beginning her cabaret career at the Bradstan Country Hotel’s Nancy LaMott Room in White Lake, New York. She has developed into one of the most notable and eagerly sought after performers in the Big apple and was awarded the prestigious MaC Hanson award for Outstanding Newcomer to the Cabaret Scene by the Manhattan association of Cabaret Clubs. For the last several years she has performed at the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Cabaret Conventions in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Palm Springs. In a 2002 review of Tubo by John Hoglund for “Backstage” magazine, he described her as “This vivacious performer is a charmer with a diverse vocal style that at times ranges from anita Baker to alberta Hunter”. Lumiri, who is a long time fan of Ethel Waters, has written and performed songs in Ethel’s honor before packed houses. In addition to her singing career, Lumiri has utilized her theatre training by offering drama workshops for children of all ages and has starred in such productions as The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a Raisin in the Sun, The Rainmaker, For Colored Girls..., and amen Corner. She released her first CD, titled “Touch of Your Love” in December of 2002 and has gone on to release others since then, most notably “Rainmaker”, which featured all original music. We are very proud of all Lumiri’s accomplishments and are happy to call her one of our own.

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