A Second Skin Playbill

JCHS Perfo rming Arts Theater Jewish Co mmunity High Scho o l Of The Bay San Francisco , CA

Jewish Communit y High School Of T he Bay JCHS Per f o r ming Ar t s T heat er

PRESENTS

A Second Skin including passages from Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora Ephron & Delia Ephron and Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits & Leanne Shapton and original material by the Ensemble with

Laura Aucar Aislinn Cushing Sasha Manus

Jo nes Bealum Becky Grintsaig So hpia Salesky Tessa Zitter

Cat Co hen Isabel Lahn-Schro eder Talya Sandel

Pro jectio ns Design Siena Hasso n & Emma Simo no ff

Light ing De sign J o e McDo nald

Co nst ruct io n Mart in Pike

Se t De sign J e nnif e r St urgill

Student Director Ilana Goldberg

Directed by Dylan Russell

O r i g i n a l Ne w Yo r k P r o d u cti o n o f Love, Loss and What I Wore p r o d u ce d b y Da r yl Ro th .

Love, Loss and What I Wore is pre se nte d through spe cia l a rra nge me nt with Dra ma tists P la y S e rvice . 440 P a rk Ave nue S outh, Ne w York, NY 10016 P hone : 212-683-8960 Fa x: 212-213-1539 www.d ramatis ts .c o m

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SCENES “A Se c o nd Skin” b y J e nnife r Armb rus t† (So p hia) “The s e Flawle s s Wo me n” b y Ais linn Cus hing (Ais linn & So p hia) “Me s s ag e s ” b y Lara Ave ry† (Sas ha & So p hia) “Clo the s line : What My Mo the r Said ”‡ (Ens e mb le ) “The Shirt”‡ (Talya) “Mag ic al” (Part I) b y Sad ie Ste in† (Is ab e l) “Clo the s line : The Clo s e t”‡ (Ens e mb le ) “At the Che c kp o int” b y Shani Bo ianjiu† (Te s s a & Be c ky) “Mag ic al” (Part II) b y Sad ie Ste in† (Is ab e l) “Brid e s ”‡ (So p hia & J o ne s ) “Making a State me nt” b y Laura Auc ar (Laura) “The Bathro b e ”‡ (Be c ky) “Ho lly’s Sto ry”‡ (Is ab e l) “Clo the s line : The Bra”‡ (Ens e mb le ) “Lo w. Cut.” b y Zo e Kamil (J o ne s ) “Clo the s line : The Dre s s ing Ro o m”‡ (Ens e mb le ) “Sho e s ”‡ (Cat) “Be c aus e ” b y Dylan Rus s e ll (Sas ha) “Staying Ho me ” b y Ro s e Wald man† (Talya) “Sis te rs ” b y Talata Bo ws e r† (So p hia) “Sis te rs ”‡ (Te s s a, Be c ky & Cat) “The s e Bo o ts Are Mad e fo r Walking ” b y Le e Haz le wo o d /re c o rd e d b y Nanc y Sinatra (So p hia) “Clo the s line : Blac k”‡ (Ens e mb le ) “Bo o ts ”‡ (Te s s a) “Mad o nna”‡ (Ens e mb le ) “Pro te c tio n” b y Natas ha Hunt† (J o ne s ) “Emp o we rme nt” (Ens e mb le ) “A Se c o nd Skin (Re p ris e )” b y J e nnife r Armb rus t † (Ens e mb le )

†from Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton ‡from Love, Loss and What I Wore By Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman

THE COMPANY In Alphabe t ical Orde r Ensemble / Writer

Laura Aucar ('15)

Ensemble

Jo nes Bealum ('16 )

Ensemble

Cat Co hen ('18 )

Ensemble / Writer

Aislinn Cushing ('15)

Directo r - "Sho es", "Bo o ts", "Sisters" & "Lo w. Cut."

Ilana Go ldberg ('15)

Ensemble

Becky Grintsaig ('17)

Ensemble

Isabel Lahn-Scho eder ('15)

Ensemble

Sasha Manus ('17)

So und

Sco ttie Hanna ('16 )

Pro jectio n Design

Siena Hasso n ('16 )

Lights

Olivia Rudd ('16 )

Ensemble

So phia Salesky ('18 )

Ensemble

Tayla Sandel ('17)

Pro jectio n Design

Emma Simo no ff ('17)

Ensemble

Tessa Zitter ('17)

For Your Information A Second Skin will be perfo rmed witho ut an intermissio n. Lateco mers will be seated at a suitable break o r scene change. In the event o f an emergency, exits are lo cated at the rear o f the theater. Fo r everyo ne's safety, please exit in a calm and o rderly fashio n. The use o f cameras (with o r witho ut flash), reco rders o f any type, o r o ther electro nic devices inside the theater is strictly pro hibited. Fo o d and drink - including water - are no t allo wed in the theater. This theater is equipped with an infrared listening system fo r listening enhancement. Lightweight, wireless headsets are available free o f charge fro m ho use management.

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WHO'S WHO Laura Aucar ('15)

as Ensemble / Writer

This unfo rtunately, is Laura's last sho w at JCHS. She wo uld like to thank her family, her friends, her do gs, but mo st impo rtantly, the Academy. It was a pleasure perfo rming fo r everyo ne. She'll miss all o f yo u.

Jones Bealum ('16)

as Ensemble

Jo nes is so excited to be in her fo urth sho w at JCHS, this time as a wo man. As always, she'd like to thank her fam and the squad. Gro o vy!!

Cat Cohen ('18)

as Ensemble

After do ing tech fo r the winter co medy, Cat is very excited to be acting in the spring pro ductio n. She is pumped to wo rk o n her acting skills because she wants to be a mo vie directo r. She wo uld like to thank her parents fo r driving her to and fro m scho o l. She wo uld like to thank her mo m fo r running lines with her. She wo uld like to thank Ms. Russell fo r directing o ne o f the best sho ws ever! She wo uld also like to thank her crazy aweso me cast and crew. Yo u're amazing. Of co urse, she wo uld like to thank Mr. McDo nald fo r designing the lights and teaching the o utstanding tech crew everything they do fro m hanging lights to helping us back stage. Mr. McDo nald, yo u are a fantastic perso n. Next she wo uld like to thank the cast fo r wo rking so hard, running lines with her and just being magnificent. She wo uld like to thank the who le co mpany fo r putting up with the mo st talkative perso n ever. Saving the best fo r last, she wo uld like to thank the audience, fo r co ming to watch this fantastic sho w!

Aislinn Cushing ('15)

as Ensemble / Writer

Aislinn is so excited to be in her seco nd sho w at JCHS. As a graduating senio r, her perfo rmance is her keysto ne deliverable. It was inspired by themes o f bo dy image and ho w wo men are po rtrayed in media. She wo uld like to thank Ms. Russell, Ms. DeLugach, and her parents fo r the co nstant suppo rt and enco uragement!

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WHO'S WHO Ilana Goldberg ('15) as Director - "Shoes", "Boots", "Sisters" & "Low. Cut." Ilana has enjo yed being part o f the JCHS theatre department ever since her first ro le as Erma in "Anything Go es" in 20 11. She had the privilege o f wo rking with the JCHS theatre department as an acto r, playwright, assistant directo r and no w directo r! Ilana will be attending Tufts University, where she ho pes to take o ccasio nal breaks between studying and gazing in wo nder at the sno w to engage in as many theatrical and artistic endeavo rs as po ssible.

Becky Grintsaig ('17)

as Ensemble

Becky is excited to be participating in her fifth sho w here at JCHS and wo uld like to thank her parents fo r everything that they do fo r her.

Isabel Lahn-Schoeder ('15)

as Ensemble

Isabel is a senio r at JCHS and co uldn't graduate witho ut being in o ne final play. This is Isabel's third pro ductio n at JCHS and feels very empo wered as a wo men while perfo rming. This past year, she has taught impro v classes, was featured o n The Mo th sto rytelling po dcast, and went to the semi-finals o f Yo uth Speaks Teen Po etry Slam. Isabel thanks Ms. Russell fo r the o ppo rtunity and JCHS fo r the suppo rt and gro wth it has pro vided o ver the last fo ur years.

Sasha Manus ('17)

as Ensemble

Sasha is thrilled to be taking part in "A Seco nd Skin"! She wo uld like to thank Ms. Russell, Mr. McDo nald, the entire ensemble and the technical crew fo r all o f their incredible wo rk in this pro ductio n. She wo uld also like to thank yo u, fo r jo ining the entire co mpany here and making this sho w po ssible.

WHO'S WHO Scottie Hanna ('16)

as Sound

Sco ttie is thrilled to be included in this sho w as pro jectio nist and so und o perato r. He is excited to put fo rth his best effo rt in tech fo r his third and pro bably last sho w at JCHS. He ho pes that he can figure o ut ho w to use the pro jecto r and so und bo ard pro ficiently eno ugh to make the sho w as fantastic as it can be. He wo uld like to thank the acto rs fo r making the sho w enjo yable to watch fo r the many times he has to watch it. Additio nally, he wo uld like to thank Mr. McDo nald fo r giving him the chance to co mplete his o wn bio incredibly late instead o f writing it fo r him. He wo uld also like to thank Ms. Russell fo r being amazing as usual. Oh, and o ne mo re thanks to Mr. McDo nald fo r keeping him sane during this pro ductio n o f exclusively wo men. (Just kidding, do n't include that last sentence.)

Siena Hasson ('16)

as Projection Design

I am excited to be participating in my JCHS pro ductio n. I'm pro ud o f the film sequence I created abo ut the “Do ’s and Do n'ts” fo r the teenage Israeli female so ldier. I wo uld like to thank Ms. Russell fo r pro viding this o ppo rtunity and I ho pe yo u enjo y the sho w!

Olivia Rudd ('16)

as Lights

Olivia is pro ud to be a part o f tech crew in her eighth sho w at JCHS. She is excited to learn ho w to run lights, and ho pes to be an extremely efficient 'trained mo nkey' by sho w time. She wo uld like to co ngratulate the cast and crew o n an interesting and pro vo cative sho w. She wo uld also like to thank the adults who rule the theater department with iro n fists and hearts o f go ld, and her family fo r neither being surprised no r disappo inted when she anno unced that she semi-accidentally jo ined crew witho ut co nsulting anyo ne. They still let her sleep in and didn't co mplain when she ate the go o d lefto vers, fo r which she is eternally grateful.

Sophia Salesky ('18)

as Ensemble

This is So phia’s seco nd perfo rmance in the JCHS theater pro gram. She debuted at JCHS in "The Dro wsy Chapero ne," as a Gangster. She has been is many o ther pro ductio ns thro ugho ut her who le life and is so excited to expand her reperto ire and be a part o f this cast. She ho pes yo u all enjo y the sho w!

WHO'S WHO Tayla Sandel ('17)

as Ensemble

This is Talyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seco nd sho w at JCHS. She is excited to be perfo rming in her first drama and ho pes that everyo ne enjo ys the sho w. Talya wo uld like to thank Ms. Russell and the who le co mpany fo r being super helpful, understanding and all-aro und aweso me peo ple.

Emma Simonof f ('17)

as Projection Design

After taking a break fro m theater, Emma is glad to be invo lved again! She wo uld like to thank Ms. Russell fo r including her in this sho w and the cast and crew fo r being super co o l.

Tessa Zitter ('17)

as Ensemble

Tessa is excited to be a part o f her sixth sho w at JCHS! She has previo usly appeared in "Pippin," "Hearts Like Fists," "Hedda Gabler" and "The Dro wsy Chapero ne." She was the assistant directo r and fight captain fo r "Mo o n Over Buffalo ." Tessa wo uld like to thank the entire theater department fo r just being an amazing gro up o f peo ple and Ms. Russell and Mr. McDo nald fo r being o ur fearless leaders.

Acknowledgment s We would like to thank the following people and organizations who have assisted us in our production of A Second Skin : Risa Lichtman and the JCHS kitchen professionals for snacks and dinners to keep us energized; Jay Yamada for production photography; Jeremy Cole for being our Superman on a regular basis; Rudy Dumandan, Nate Green, and Mitch Schlachterman for helping us on late nights; Flying Moose Video for all they do; and the entire JCHS community for their support and consideration of our production of A Second Skin . We would like to express our deep gratitude to our friend and Arts Booster, Edi Manus for all her hard work and generosity this year. We give you a standing ovation!

2014 / 2015 JCHS PRODUCTIONS

The cast o f "The Dro wsy Chapero ne" - No vember 20 14

A scene fro m "Mo o n Over Buffalo " - February 20 15

JCHS EVENTS

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