GDA Playbill: Almost, Maine (Fall 2021)

The Dramatic Association of Gonzaga College High School proudly presents

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November 12 & 13, 2021 at 7:30pm

November 14, 2021 at 2:30pm

“Almost, Maine” is presented through agreement and licensing by Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 440 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016. All rights reserved.

Produced by Mr. Paul Buckley ‘86, Mrs. Meghan Goldsmith & Ms. Kate Griffith

Directed by Ms. Sarah Frances Hope Williams

Direction by Mr. Jonathan Spencer & Ms. Sophia Menconi

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Pete.........................................................................................Alek Ludwikowski

Ginette/Waitress...................................Adele Feldberg (Stone Ridge School)

East...............................................................................................Gabriel Dorsey

Glory.....................................................................................Emma Dowd (SRS)

Jimmy...................................................................................................Abe Dibba

Sandrine/Rhonda...............................................Grace Stephens (Holy Child)

Marvalyn............................................Molly McGee (Georgetown Visitation)

Steve....................................................................................................Caleb Linn

Gayle............................................................................Caitlin Reischauer (GV)

Lendall..........................................................................................Robert Fragola

Randy....................................................................................................John Jerro

Chad.................................................................................................James Miller

Phil.............................................................................................Lorenzo Limarzi

Marci...............................................................................Grayson Bullard (SRS)

Hope........................................Liliana McGee (Elizabeth Seton High School)

Man............................................................................................................J.T. Off

Dave.....................................................................................................JP Howard

Understudies......................................................Chris Cullen, Mathieu Saliba, August van Geertrudyen, Matthew Shumaker

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Scenes

Act I

Prologue................................................................................Pete,

Scene 1: Her Heart..................................................................East, Glory

Scene 2: Sad and Glad..................................Jimmy, Sandrine, Waitress

Scene 3: This Hurts........................................................Marvalyn, Steve

Scene 4: Getting It Back...................................................Gayle, Lendall

FIFTEEN MINUTE INTERMISSION

Act II

Interlogue..............................................................................Pete,

Scene 5: They Fell................................................................Randy, Chad

Scene 6: Where It Went.........................................................Phil, Marci

Scene 7: Story of Hope...........................................................Hope, Man

Scene 8: Seeing the Thing.................................................Rhonda, Dave

Epilogue................................................................................Pete,

Concessions will be available for purchase during intermission and after the performance in the school’s Cafeteria.

AUDITIONS for the Gonzaga Dramatic Association’s spring production of will be held the week of January 10th, 2022 in the Sheehy Theater

Performance Dates: March 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20, 2022

Email Mr. Paul Buckley at pbuckley@gonzaga.org for additional information.

Production Staff

Producers...............................................................Mr. Paul Buckley ‘86, Mrs. Meghan Goldsmith & Ms. Kate Griffith

Director............................................Ms. Sarah Frances Hope Williams

Technical Directors..............................................Mr. Jonathan Spencer & Ms. Sophia Menconi

Stage Crew Moderator.....................................Mr. Andrew Bevilacqua

Costumers............................................................Mrs. Denise Aitchison & Mrs. Kimberly Notarianni

Stage Crew

Stage Manager.......................................................................Alex Burton

Assistant Stage Managers................Elijah Maddox & William Malley

Assistant Director.............................................................Quinn Gibson

Light Manager.................................................................Matthew Dukes

Sound Manager.......................................................................Chris Groh

Assistant Sound Manager...........................................Anthony Buckley

Loft Manager......................................................................Patrick Jacobs

Props Master.......................................................................Henry Calpin

Set & Stage Crew...................................James Deerin, Sebastian Groh, Guyer Kopplin, Patrick Kopplin, Ted LeGloahec, Luke McDermott, Aiden McGee, Brendan Seay, Sam Stogoski

House Managers.........................................Danny Barron & Guy Shoji

Production Staff Bios

Mrs. Denise Aitchison (Costumer) is happy to be celebrating her sixth year as a Costume Co-Coordinator and Designer. She managed to fly under the radar of the GDA until her son, Quinn (‘17), decided to be in the musical Curtains his senior year. She is currently freelancing as a Costume Draper/Coordinator for companies including Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Washington Revels, Goodman Theatre, and the Guthrie Theater. Denise gives her special thanks to husband Jon, who cleans the house and cooks for three months. This enables her to work with teenagers and hopefully cultivate them into theater goers and professionals. She gives her thanks to Paul, Meghan, Sarah, Kate, Bev, Jonathan, and Kimberly, who likes to put too many rhinestones on the costumes. (Just kidding, there can never be too many rhinestones!)

Mr. Andrew Bevilacqua (Stage Crew Moderator) is happy to be involved in his second show at Gonzaga. A member of Gonzaga’s English Department, Mr. Bev’s showbiz claim to fame is that he was once an extra in an episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, although unfortunately his scene was cut. While in high school at St. Joe’s Prep in Philadelphia, Mr. Bev was a member of the production staff of the Cape and Sword Drama Society. As a stage manager, he was involved in several shows, with some cameos on stage and small roles in alumni productions. He’s grateful to everyone involved in the GDA and Gonzaga for being so wonderful and welcoming!

Mr. Paul Buckley ‘86, HoF ‘16 (Producer) is in his 24th year of running the Gonzaga Dramatic Association, and he is so glad that we are back in the theater where we belong. He is graced by an amazing production team of Meghan, Kate, Sarah, Jonathan, Sophia, Bev, Kim and Denise. He thanks the kids for bringing the fun and laughter back into this 125 year-old building. Lastly, he thanks his wife Monica, and kids Anthony ‘23 (stage crew), Caroline and Gabe for letting him spend all of this time away from home, and for celebrating the work that we do here in the GDA.

Mrs. Meghan Goldsmith, HoF ‘18 (Producer) is in her 21st season as a member of the production staff and is SO HAPPY to be back doign live theater. Thank you to Paul, Sarah, Kate, Jonathan, Sophia, Bev, Kim & Denise for being wonderful colleagues, creators and friends. Congratulations to the cast and crews, especially the seniors, on a job very well done. Love and thanks to her amazing husband Dan, and to Matt, Katie and Emmy for sharing Mommy with the big kids.

Ms. Kate Griffith (n Producer) is honored to help live theatre return to the stage with the heart-warming show, Almost, Maine. She is so proud of this talented cast and crew! She has a Masters in Theatre Education and has been directing, producing, and teaching drama for the past decade. She is also a long-time comedic improvisor and a more recent tap dancer. Notable previous credits include: The Spongebob Musical, Matilda The Musical, Into the Woods, The Sound of Music, The 25th…Spelling Bee and Death.

Ms. Sophia Menconi (Technical Director) is thrilled to be taking part in her second show with the GDA! She was previously the Stage Manager for the Bicentennial Show. Outside of the GDA, she works with the College Counseling Department at Gonzaga and is the Education Coordinator at Spooky Action Theater.

Mrs. Kimberly Notarianni (Costumer) is in her 6th season as a costumer for the GDA and is thrilled to be part of the production staff since 2019. Mom of Spencer (’17) and Maddie Rose (SR ’19) she has been costuming the GDA since Mr. Buckley roped her in immediately after chairing Gonzaga’s 35th Anniversary Gala in December of 2016. “Mrs. Noti” has one cardinal rule: Thou shall NOT eat in costume and always has a secret candy stash in the “cage”. Special shout outs to: Dr. Noti for his patience with late theatre nights, hot glue guns, and musical theatre playlists, & to Mrs. A, my partner in crime, who happily indulges my sequin & rhinestone addiction.

Mr. Jonathan Spencer (Technical Director) is a native of Fairfax, VA and a graduate of the Art Institute of Washington. He is in his fifth year as the GDA Technical Theatre Director after having worked as the Technical Theatre Director for Summit School in Winston-Salem, NC and as the coowner/audio engineer of the live music venue Turntable in North Carolina. He’s glad to be back in person, and very proud of the effort put forth by all the students this fall.

Ms. Sarah Frances Hope Williams (Director) is thrilled to be directing back in person again. This is her 8th year with the GDA. Sarah Frances is an actor, choreographer and teacher artist in the DMV. She graduated from The Catholic University of America Department of Musical Theatre. Previous GDA shows are Beauty and the Beast, Grease, Footloose, Fiddler on the Roof, and Hairspray. Previous performing credits include Beauty and the Beast, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Saturday Night Fever, Urinetown, and more. Sarah Frances is the Education Program Manager for Levine Music Theatre at the Levine School of Music. For Mom and Dad always.

Congratulations to Christopher and the entire cast of Almost, Maine!

From the Cullen Family

Congratulations to Matthew Dukes ‘22 and the cast and crew of Almost Maine!

The Dukes Family

Congratulations, JP!

We are so excited to see another GDA production!

We are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Halisey & Jillian

Congratulations Robert on your 4th show!

We are so proud of you....

Love, Mom & Dad

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BEST WISHES TO OUR SENIOR GATORS PERFORMING IN THE GONZAGA PRODUCTION OF “ALMOST, MAINE” –ADELE FELDBERG, GRAYSON BULLARD, AND EMMA DOWD!

Empowering leaders to serve with faith, intellect, and confidence.

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The Cast and of Almost,

and Crew

Patrons of the Gonzaga Dramatic Association

Gabriella Barbuto (GDA ‘14)

Mary Theresa Barbuto

Mary & Robert Barbuto

The Boston Family

The Bourgoin Family

The Buckley Family

The Calpin Family

Center for Adoption Support and Education

Monalisa Como

The Cooney Family

The Cullen Family

The Curtin Family

The Dorsey Family

The Dowd Family

The Dukes Family

The Feldberg Family

The Fragola Family

The Glynn Family

Gonzaga Admisions

Gonzaga Alumni Association

The GDA Booster Alumni Parents

Gonzaga Father’s Club

Gonzaga Mother’s Club

Well Wishers

The Groh Family

Georgetown Visitation Masqueraders

The Howard Family

The Jerro Family

The Kopplin Family

The Leach Family

The Limarzi Family

The Linn Family

The Ludwikowski Family

The Marcou Family

The McDermott Family

The McGee Family

The Miller Family

The Nolan Family

The Off Family

The Reischauer Family

The Saliba Family

The Shumaker Family

Stone Ridge

The Stephens Family

Anna C. Sullivan

Congrats to the cast and crew of Almost, Maine! Ted, we love you!

Anthony, We’re very proud of everything you’ve accomplished all quarter, both in the classroom and behind the scenes. You are bound for greatness. We love you very much. Mom & Dad

All the best to the cast and crew of Almost, Maine! - The McDermott Family

Molly, we are so happy for your first in-person play at Gonzaga! Awesome job on the 200th Bicentennial Show and the virtual shows last year! Keep up the great work! Love, Mom, KK and the boys

Love, Mom, Dad, Adam & Ethan

We are so excited to see everyone back in the theater and your talents on stage in Almost, Maine. Emma, you are our heart - we love you and are so proud of you!

Love, Mom, Dad, Shaelyn. Trevor, Ryan & Jaclyn

Congratulations Emma Dowd and the entire GDA!

Bios

Anthony Buckley (Assistant Sound Manager) is excited to be in his 7th show in the GDA. He was the Broadcast Sound Manager for the Bicentennial, and he can’t wait to steal Chris Groh’s position as Sound Manager next year. Anthony is thrilled to be back on campus and putting on shows in the theater again.

Grayson Bullard (Marci) is a senior at Stone Ridge, and they are thrilled to be a part of their first GDA production! They have had an incredible time and want to thank the entire cast and crew for making it such a wonderful experience.

Alex “Bubba” Burton (Rehearsal Stage Manager) is excited to be participating in his first show with the GDA. He would like to thank his mother, father, and friends for supporting him through his first GDA performance. Enjoy the show!

Henry Calpin (Props Master) is a Gonzaga freshman in his first major show. “I’m so excited!”

Chris Cullen (Understudy – East/Randy/Phil) is a Gonzaga junior. You may not see him, but he’s there. He likes stuff, ya know. He created LYRIC ANALYSIS CLUB. It’s pretty great. Thank you to his mother and father for being really cool. Top of the morning to all of you.

James Deerin (Stage Crew) is a freshman at Gonzaga College High School. He was part of the run crew for the Gonzaga Bicentennial Celebration performance and is on the run crew for Almost, Maine

Abe Dibba (Jimmy) is a senior at Gonzaga who has been part of the GDA since his freshman year. He has been part of every show since then but has had to drop two of them due to other complications. Despite these challenges, he loves theater and the GDA and is excited to end his GDA career with a bang.

Gabriel Dorsey (East) is a Gonzaga junior in his 4th GDA production. He would like to thank Sarah, Mr. Spencer and Mr. Buckley for helping me have another opportunity to perform on Gonzaga’s stage again.

Emma Dowd (Glory) is a senior at Stone Ridge and is excited to be a part of her 6th show with the GDA. Thank you to the cast and crew for a great show!

Matthew Dukes (Lights Manager/Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of his 7th production with the GDA. It’s his first full production as a manager, and he wants to thank Mr. Spencer, Jonathan Kokotajlo and the entire light crew. He hopes you enjoy the show!

Adele Feldberg (Ginette/Waitress) is a senior at Stone Ridge who is thrilled to take part in her first GDA production. She’s grateful to everyone who worked on Almost, Maine and she can’t wait for everyone to see the show!

Robert Fragola (Lendall) has been a part of the GDA for three years and loves participating in the plays. He is involved in several other clubs on campus including the Tabletop Gaming Club, the International Relations Club and yearbook. And most importantly, his favorite superhero is Spiderman.

Quinn Gibson (Assistant Director) is a Gonzaga freshman in his first year as part of the GDA! He has been involved with multiple theater productions since he was in kindergarten. Special thanks go to Ms. Jane Muller, a zany soul and a great person in his life.

Chris Groh (Sound Manager) is a senior working on his 6th show at Gonzaga. He would like to thank Anthony Buckley for the hard carry when he had no idea why things were going wrong. He hopes you enjoy the show.

Sebastian Groh (Stage Crew) is very excited to be a member of the GDA Stage Crew! He would like to thank his brother for showing him the ropes, his parents for being supportive, and his grandparents for always being there for him.

JP Howard (Dave) is excited for everyone to see the show and to see how hard everyone involved has worked on it. He is also thrilled to be part of his first inperson production with the GDA! Thank you to Sarah and all of the cast and crew for all their hard work this fall.

Patrick Jacobs (Loft Manager) is excited to be working on his 5th GDA production. He is glad to be back in the theater and has enjoyed working with all of the other members of the stage crew.

John Jerro (Randy) is a Gonzaga senior in his third GDA production. John also enjoys acting in his free time and was in the short film “The Secret Society.” John would like to thank his parents for being supportive.

Guyer Kopplin (Stage Crew) is a senior and proud to be in his fourth and final production at Gonzaga. He would love to thank his mom, his dad, and his brother for supporting him both in and out of the GDA.

Patrick Kopplin (Stage Crew) is a Gonzaga freshman working on his first show. He’s happy to be here in person and hopes you enjoy the show. NFO WINGS.

Ted LeGloahec (Stage Crew) is excited to be a part of his first Gonzaga show. He hopes everybody enjoys the performance.

Lorenzo Limarzi (Phil) has enjoyed every second he’s spent with the GDA and all the people he’s had the pleasure of working with in the past year alone. He would like to thank his family, Grayson Bullard, Alex Burton, Chris Cullen, Sarah Frances Williams and production team 3.

To Guyer (‘22) and Patrick (‘25), our stage crew sons

With love from Mom and Dad

What a joy to see students performing on Doc Warman Stage once again.

Congratulations Lorenzo, we’re ALMOST proud of you!

Mom, Pop, Luca and Lucia

Break a leg to the cast and crew of Almost, Maine!

The Sullivan Family

Congratulations on another amazing GDA show! Break a leg! The Ludwikowski Family

Caleb Linn (Steve), a sophomore, is excited to be a part of his first Gonzaga show. He can’t wait to stand on stage for the first time with the GDA!

Alek Ludwikowski (Pete) thinks it feels good to be back rehearsing and performing in person, and he hopes he can end his senior year off with a few good shows.

Elijah Maddox (Assistant Stage Manager) is a Gonzaga freshman and is excited about this first year being on stage crew and being part of the GDA! He’s glad to have this experience to look back on one day.

William Malley (Assistant Stage Manager/Shop Foreman) is a senior who runs the shop. He has been building for and woodworking for the last five years.

Luke McDermott (Stage Crew), a freshman, is very excited to be involved in his first GDA play. He would like to thank his family and his dog, Teague. He is excited to complete this show and many more to come. Enjoy the show!

Molly McGee (Marvalyn) is a sophomore at Georgetown Visitation. She is so excited to perform her fourth show at Gonzaga! She’s playing Marvalyn and has had so much fun putting this together. She wants to thank her mom and five brothers for their constant support and love.

Liliana McGee (Hope) is a senior at Elizabeth Seton High School, and this is her first GDA production. She would like to thank the GDA community for being so welcoming and for a wonderful experience.

Aiden McGee (Stage Crew) is a freshman at Gonzaga, and this is his 2nd production if you count the Bicentennial show. He’s learned so much already and can’t wait for the next production.

James Miller (Chad) is excited to partake in his 6th (7th if you count Newsies) production at Gonzaga, but he is perhaps even more excited to be a part of the historic scene of “They Fell,” which is the first romantic LGBTQ scene to be portrayed on the Warman Stage.

JT Off (Man) is thrilled to be performing in the fall play. Outside of the GDA, he participates in Varsity Wrestling, Lacrosse, Choir and multiple clubs in and out of school. Enjoy the show!

Caitlin Reischauer (Gayle), a senior at Georgetown Visitation, is so excited to take part in her sixth show at Gonzaga. She has loved every minute of being in the GDA since her first show as a freshman, and is so grateful to her friends and family for all their support.

Mathieu Saliba (Understudy – Pete/Man), after a long break during Covid, is excited to return for his 3rd GDA production, Almost, Maine.

Brendan Seay (Stage Crew) is looking forward to possibly being more dynamic and having a new affect using the spotlight. Although he didn’t use it much during the Bicentennial Show, it was lots of fun following the actors with it.

Matthew Shumaker (Understudy – Jimmy/Steve) is very excited to be a part of his second GDA production.

Grace Stephens (Sandrine/Rhonda) is so excited to be a part of her first inperson show with the GDA! She would like to thank Sarah for all of her hard work and support! She would also like to thank her family and friends for being so supportive and she hopes you all enjoy the show!

Sam Stogoski (Stage Crew) is a Gonzaga freshman. He joined stage crew because he thought that it would be fun and a good chance to meet people.

August van Geertruyden (Understudy – Lendall/Chad/Dave) is a junior at Gonzaga. He used to do plays and acting during middle school, but this is his first Gonzaga production. He loves building computers and playing golf in his spare time.

Congratulations to the Gonzaga Dramatic Arts cast and crew on another fantastic production. The Shumaker Family (Matthew ‘23)

Congratulations to Henry Calpin and the entire cast and crew of Almost, Maine on a fantastic production.

With love from the Calpin Family

We knew early on we would never be bored with you!

We love you so much, just the way you are.

Love, Maman, Papa, Audrey & Ekko

information about

Booster Parents, contact Paul Buckley pbuckley@gonzaga.org

Acknowledgements

TheGonzagaDramaticAssociationwouldliketothankthefollowing peoplefortheircontributions,bothbigandsmall,withoutwhichthe showcouldnothavehappened.

Fr. Joe Lingan, Steve Neill, Tom Every, Jim Kilroy, Dale Johnson and the Business Office, Mark Emory and the Maintenance Staff, Dave Dugan, Priscilla Flynn, Jen Doherty, Mary Clare Glover, Palm Facilities Services, Sage Dining Services, Campus Security, Joe Reyda, Hazel Lychak and the Gonzaga Mothers’ Club, Pat Cooney and the Gonzaga Fathers’ Club, Britney Pugh, Paul Gillis and Stone Photography and all of the ushers who help us to find our seats, remind us politely not to bring food into the theater and to wear our masks properly at all times while indoors.

Drama Boosters

TheDramaBoosterswasestablishedin1998toassisttheproduction staffwithcostuming,props,concessions,adsales,ticketsales,set construction,publicity,andwhateverotherneedstheproductionmay require.Theirworkhasbeenessentialinproducingafirst-rateshow.The GonzagaDramaticAssociationthankstheparentsintheDramaBoosters for their hard work and dedication to “Almost, Maine”

Costumes - Suzanne Dowd

Meals - MonaLisa Como

Concessions - Nora Stephens

Marissa Bourgoin

Prescott Bullard

Christine Calpin

Shannon Copplin

Brenda Cullen

Melissa Deerin

Joy Dorsey

Kristin Dukes

Greg & Meera Feldberg

Kathy Fragola

Maria Groh

Suzanne Howard

Patrick & Allison Jacobs

Paul & Shannon Kopplin

Tony & Meg Limarzi

Emily Ludwikowski

Kathleen McDermott

Adina McGee

Maura McGee

Bob & Anne Marie Miller

Kathy Off

Myra Oppel

Alexia Saliba

Clare Shumaker

Julia Stogoski

Anna Sullivan

Sara van Geertrudyen

Wewouldalsoliketothankalloftheparents whoprovidedconcessionsandhelpedinsomanyotherways. Thankyouformakingtheshowthatmuchmorespecialforallofthekids.

The Gonzaga Alumni Association

Congratulates the Cast & Crew of Almost, Maine on a Fantastic Production!

We Also Ask That You Save These Dates...

Please Join Us on Saturday, March 12, 2022 for the Gonzaga Theatre Hall of Fame Induction in the Sheehy Theater Preceeding the Spring Musical Into the Woods

We are currently accepting nominations for the Gonzaga Theatre Hall of Fame

Please visit www.gonzaga.org/THoF-nominations to submit names for consideration.

REMINDER!

All Alumni, Family and Friends are Cordially Invited to Attend the Gonzaga Bicentennial Alumni Smoker

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 7:00 p.m.

Carmody Center

For Further Information please contact Byron Harper at bharper@gonzaga.org