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JUNE 2-JULY 2, 2017
A nostalgic, outrageous, rollicking, laugh-out-loud Marx Brothers musical comedy
Music & Lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Book by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind 21
Mad Cow Theatre Mad Cow Theatre was founded on the belief that the theatre is a dynamic and powerful means of social understanding, as well as a hugely entertaining art form. Through the combination of passionate, skillful acting and compelling, insightful writing, nurtured by an attentive and everchanging process, Mad Cow presents entertaining works of theatre to an ever-widening audience — promoting, enhancing, and celebrating the human condition through art. Mad Cow Theatre is supported in part with public funds from the State of Florida, Department of State,
Division of Cultural Affairs; the Florida Council on Arts and Culture; the Florida Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts, the Downtown Development Board; and Orange County through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and United Arts of Central Florida, home of Orlandoatplay.com and UAArtsEd.com. A great nation deserves great art! Mad Cow is a 501(c)(3) organization and welcomes all donations including funds, materials, time, and goodwill. We are especially delighted when audience members bring others to share the theatrical experience.
Mad Cow Theatre Staff Executive Director Mitzi Maxwell Director of Operations David B. Mink Manager of Operations & Community Engagement Audrey McGowen Manager of Art & Design Lisa Buck
Assistant Technical Director Waylon Lemasters
Patron Experience Manager Lauren Snyder
Casting Coordinator Stephen Gibson Admin Coordinator Ryan Rosa
Patron Experience Assistants Jennifer K. Burns Barbara Orelove Andes Ugarte
Production Coordinator Liv Levine
Patron Experience Associate Jennifer Thomas
Photographer Tom Hurst Board Members Elizabeth Maupin Mitzi Maxwell Brian McDowell Dr. Jonathan Miller Jean Siegfried Dr. Alvin Wang Alan Wilson Wendy Zehngebot
Founding Members Rus Blackwell Trudy Bruner Alan Bruun Dennis Neal
Resident Set Designer William Elliott
Out of respect for the audience and the artists, patrons who leave the theatre during the performance and patrons who arrive late will be re-admitted at the house manager’s discretion. Video and photography are strictly prohibited.
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Animal Crackers Book by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind Music & Lyrics by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby Adapted by Henry Wishcamper June 2-July 2, 2017 THE HARRIETT - FEATURING Brian Chambers Margaret Cross Matthew Horohoe*
Heather Kopp* Chris Metz* Jeffery Todd Parrott*
Adam Scharf Adam Reilly Karel Wright*
Scenic Design William Elliott
Stage Manager Karl Lengel*
Costume Design Constance Blackmon Lee
Properties Master Lisa Buck
Choreographer Crystal Edwards
Lighting Design Eric C. Craft
Musical Director Robin Jensen Director Ron Schnieder Animal Crackers (Wishcamper adaptation) is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French INC. Animal Crackers (as adapted by Henry Wishcamper) premiered at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago, IL on Sepetember 18, 2009. Changes to the original text/adaptation have been granted with special permission from the adaptor, Henry Wishcamper, and from Samuel French Inc. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the U.S.
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Animal Crackers Cast IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Hives/Roscoe W. Chandler/Majordomo………………………...Brian Chambers Mrs. Rittenhouse/Queen of France……………………………..…Karel K Wright Arabella Rittenhouse/Mrs. Whitehead/Madame Dubarry............ Heather Kopp Wally Winston/M. Doucet/Sgt Hennessey……………………Matthew Horohoe Grace Carpenter/Mary Stewart/Girl A…………......................Margaret Cross Zeppo/John Parker/Horatius Jamison/Musketeer/Butler……..........Adam Reilly Groucho/Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding/King of France......... Jeffrey Todd Parrott Chico/Emanuel Ravelli/Musketeer/Guest A.....................................Chris Metz Harpo/The Professor/Musketeer/Guest B…................................. Adam Scharf
PRODUCTION TEAM Assistant Stage Manager...................................................... Natalie Davidson Assistant Technical Director.................................................. Waylon Lemasters Scenic Charge ................................................................................ Lisa Buck Scenic Artist.................................................................................. Eric Arroyo Lighting/Electrics Crew.................................... David Clenney, Kashime Joseph “You Bet Your Life” Duck by Gwelvis Placards by the Theatre Department of Colonial High School
PLACE AND TIME Mrs. Rittenhouse’s home on Long Island 1927 There is a fifteen minute intermission for this production. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 *actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster
the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org
THEATRE LOCATION: Mad Cow Theatre 54 West Church Street Second Floor Orlando, FL 32801
Mailing ADDRESS: Mad Cow Theatre P.O. Box 3109 Orlando, FL 32802-3109
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BOX OFFICE: 407.297.8788 or madcowtheatre.com
Animal Crackers MUSICAL NUMBERS Act I Opening.......................................................................................... Company Hooray For Captain Capt. Spaulding/Hello, I Must Be Going.............. Company Three Little Words.................................................................... Arabella, Wally Everyone Says I Love You....................................................................... Ravelli Why Am I So Romantic?................................................................. Mary, John The Blues My Naught Sweetie Gives To Me....................Grace, Mrs. Whitehead Why Am I So Romantic? Reprise............................... John, Mary and Company Intermission Act II Long Island Lowdown.........................................Arabella, Wally and Company Show Me a Rose...........................................Capt. Spaulding, Mrs. Rittenhouse Everyone Says I Love You.........................................................Capt. Spaulding Watching the Clouds Roll By........................................................... Mary, John We’re Four of the Three Musketeers............................. Capt. Spaulding, Ravelli, .......................................................................................... Professor, Jamison Hooray For Capt. Spaulding Finale................................................... Company
MUSICians Piano/Conductor........................................................................Robin Jensen Drums/percussion .......................................................................Adam Langs Electronic keyboard...................................................................Timothy Turner Pianist Sub................................................................................. Josh Ceballos
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Meet the Marx Brothers The Marx Brothers began their iconic careers as children performing on the vaudeville circuit, following in the footsteps of their uncle Al Shean. Groucho Marx, the first to appear on stage as a singer, was eventually joined by his brothers: Harpo, Chico, Gummo, and Chico, Zeppo, Groucho and Harpo Zeppo. The act that began as family friendly music and comedy evolved was considered witty enough to have into a sharp commentary on human a seat at the famed Algonquin Round hypocrisy and the pitfalls of high Table. This seat connected the society - often including Groucho brothers to New York’s most expertly insulting the audience into influential writers and personalities hysterics. including George S. Kaufman (The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers) As the brother’s popularity soared, — whose prose helped launched the so did their on-stage personas and Marx Brothers to Broadway stardom the characters we know them as and later all the way to Hollywood. today were cemented in popular culture. Groucho, with his grease Today, the Marx Brothers are paint mustache and eyebrows, was remembered as monuments of already the de facto leader of the comedy genius and their work has group thanks to his sharp tongue. inspired and influenced many of Chico began to use a larger than life today’s most successful actors and accent on stage. Zeppo, said to be the comedians. References to their films funniest of the group, became the and their characters have been seen straight man and wide eyed love in I Love Lucy, The Mary Tyler Moore interest. Vocally silent but musically Show, and several Woody Allen films. gifted, Harpo relied on expert physical comedy and original bits walking across furniture and eating things he shouldn’t. Though he didn’t speak on stage, Harpo Marx
We adore them.
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Animal Crackers LISA BUCK (Properties Master) Set designs include The Road to Mecca, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and Painting Churches (Mad Cow Theatre), Don Pasquale, Abduction from the Seraglio, and Carmina Burana (Orlando Opera), Madama Butterfly, II Barbieredi Siviglia, Tosca, and The Magic Flute (Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra). Lisa studied painting at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, and Cobalt Studios. She has won numerous awards for her painting and has written how-to-paint articles for North Light Publications.
MARGARET CROSS (Grace Carpenter/ an artist in the 2014 Orlando Cabaret Festival, has created revues for Cocoa Village Playhouse and sung with the jazz collective Mona’s Hot Four. Some favorite roles: Agnes in Guys & Dolls (Mad Cow/ Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra); and Hildy in On The Town, Sharon in Finian’s Rainbow, and Kate in Titanic (Cocoa Village Playhouse). B.A. in music, Florida State; director of music at Palmdale Presbyterian Church in Melbourne; proud mother of Dinah Lee.
BRIAN CHAMBERS (Hives/Roscoe W. happy to be back at Mad Cow for his third performance in the Harriett, where he appeared in Sunday in the Park with George and The Philadelphia Story. He also participated in the Science Play Festival in Arcadia and An Enemy of the People. For his role as Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street at the Garden Theatre, Brian was voted best actor in a play (professional) on BroadwayWorld.com.
CRYSTAL EDWARDS (Choreographer) is thrilled to be on Animal Crackers’ artistic team. She holds a BFA in dance from the University of Florida. She has danced for Black Label Movement (where she is managing director) and Moving Current Dance Collective and toured nationally and internationally with Diavolo Dance Theater. Her choreography has been performed by Sarasota Contemporary Dance. She works for Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Mad Cow. Big love to husband Greg, son William and all the cows in the pasture.
Mary Stewart/Girl A),
Chandler/Majordomo) is
ERIC CRAFT (Lighting Designer) is excited to return to Mad Cow after having designed lights for Three Sisters and the set for The Brothers Size. He has worked in regional theatre with Pioneer Theatre Company, Sacramento Theater Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and numerous others. Eric designed the sets for Romeo and Juliet and A Streetcar Named Desire for director Bobbie Bell at Seminole State College. Eric would like thank his family for all their support.
WILLIAM ELLIOTT (Scenic Designer) has designed scenery and lighting for more than 200 productions, including operas, plays and musicals at Stetson University and theatre at Civic Theatre of Central Florida, UCF, and Valencia Community College. Some Mad Cow credits: Blithe Spirit, Burn This, The Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Crimes of the Heart, The
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Animal Crackers Laramie Project, Ghosts (scenery and lighting), The Life of Galileo, Next to Normal, The Butter and Egg Man, Death of a Salesman, Other Desert Cities, Hair, The Explorers Club, The Philadelphia Story, Long Day’s Journey into Night, and The Big Meal. He also has designed for TV, film, corporate productions, and theme parks.
credits: It Was a Very Good Yule at the Movies, The Secret Garden, The Who’s Tommy and Hair (all at Mad Cow) and Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, Isn’t It Romantic, Forbidden Broadway, Sisters of Swing and the upcoming Some Enchanted Evening (Winter Park Playhouse). She has performed in regional theatre in Maine and Missouri and Viking Ocean Cruises.
MATT HOROHOE (Wally Winston/M. Doucet/Sgt. Hennessey) has performed in Mad Cow’s productions of Sunday in the Park With George (George), Death of a Salesman (Biff), and Clybourne Park (Karl/Steve). Trained at Montclair State University, Matt is a member of Actors’ Equity. He taught at Colonial High School for the last three years and is thankful to his wonderful children.
CONSTANCE BLACKMON LEE (Costume Designer) new to Mad Cow, has a BFA in costume design from DePaul University. She has been an adjunct professor in costume design at Valencia College and has worked as an interdisciplinary fiber artist in such art shows as Trash 2 Trends: Recycled Fashion, Miami Beach’s Art Basel and the Spoken Soul Festival. Constance has had an art installation at 3 Mask Art Gallery and was nominated for best costume design by Chicago’s Black Theatre Alliance. Constanceblackmonlee.com.
ROBIN JENSEN (Music Director) is music and education director for Opera Orlando and founding director of its Opera Youth Company. She is an instructor of collaborative piano at UCF and music director for UCF’s opera program. Robin has been music director for many Mad Cow shows, including Jacques Brel …, Urinetown, Sweeney Todd, archy and mehitabel, The Fantasticks, Assassins, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Company, The Music Man, My Fair Lady, The Cradle Will Rock, Sunday In The Park With George, and The Light in the Piazza.
KARL LENGEL (Stage Manager) is ecstatic to return to Mad Cow, where he appeared as Henry Higgins in Pygmalion. He has worked as a performer, manager, director, administrator, and teacher nationwide, including as a stage manager for Mad Cow’s recent productions of 1776 and Picasso at the Lapin Agile; on Broadway productions of Miss Saigon and Minnelli on Minnelli; on national tours of Les Miserables, Cats, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamboat and Annie; and in regional productions.
HEATHER KOPP (Arabella Rittenhouse/Mrs. Whitehead/Madame DuBarry) performed in the recent Cabaret Festival in It Was a Very Good Year 1970/1980. Other local
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Animal Crackers CHRIS METZ (Chico/Emanuel Ravelli/ Musketeer/Guest A) is making his debut
credits: South Pacific and Both Your Houses (Asolo Repertory Theatre); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: Parts 1 and 2, The Taming of the Shrew, and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play (Orlando Shakespeare Theater); and Violet (Theatre Raleigh). BFA in music theatre, Elon University. Thanks to Mitzi and Ron, Mark, the Godfreys, his family, and his wife Lisa.
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Mad Cow Theatre. Recent credits include Peter and the Starcatcher and Peter Pan (freeFall Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor, Pluto, and The Taming of the Shrew (Orlando Shakespeare Theater); Llama Llama (Orlando Repertory Theatre); and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando. TV: Impractical Jokers. Chris received his BFA in acting from the University of Central Florida. For my father.
ADAM REILLY (Zeppo/John Parker/Horatio Jamison/Musketeer/Butler) Thankful to be grazing in green pastures, Adam is returning to Mad Cow after having been in Three Sisters, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Clybourne Park, Photograph 51, and The History Boys. He is a graduate of the Carnegie
JEFFREY TODD PARROTT (Groucho/ Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding/King of France) is thrilled to be back with the herd. Mad Cow credits include The Big Meal and The History Boys. Other regional
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Animal Crackers Mellon University School of Drama, which is across campus from the birthplace of the technology that operates the driverless car. He had no part in its making but hopes not to drive one in the future.
Cow include Ben Franklin in 1776, Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Ruth Steiner In Collected Stories, Mrs. Graves in Enchanted April, Mrs. Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, and Lavinia in The Heiress. Karel is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and received her BFA from the University of Minnesota and an MFA from the University of Illinois. www.karelkwright.com
ADAM SCHARF (Harpo/The Professor/ Musketeer/Guest B) teaches improvisation
at Sak Comedy Lab and performs at Sak as a member of its main ensemble and in his two-man Improv show, Scharf & Waldon. He has appeared in television commercials and MTV’s The Inbetweeners. Adam would like to dedicate his performance to his father Frank Scharf, who spent hundreds of hours watching the Marx Brothers and the Three Stooges with Adam during his childhood.
Mad Cow Theatre is celebrating its 20th season as one of Orlando’s most respected professional theatre companies, committed to presenting compelling works of theatre for a wide range of audiences, with a passion for both classic and contemporary plays representing the best of American and world literature. Mad Cow Theatre attracts the area’s most talented and actors, designers, and directors. A mainstay of the company is its dedication to the process of creating theatre, incorporating in-depth rehearsal and research periods along with a nurturing collaborative process. The company’s awards include Arts Innovator of the Year (United Arts of Central Florida), “Best Place to See a Play” (Orlando Sentinel), “Best Live Theatre” (Orlando Weekly), “Best Local Theatre Company” (Orlando Magazine), and “Best Performance Theatre” (Orlando Business Journal).
RON SCHNEIDER (Director) first studied the Marx Brothers in high school and used what he learned in his career at Disney, Six Flags and Universal Studios. As creative supervisor for Universal’s LookAlikes, he wrote and directed the Marx Brothers, the Blues Brothers and Laurel & Hardy, among others. Besides having acted at Mad Cow for the past 14 years, Ron creates our Very Good Year cabarets and wrote From Dreamer to Dreamfinder: A Life and Lessons Learned in 40 Years Behind a Name Tag. He dedicates this production to Mitzi Maxwell, a generous friend and teacher. KAREL K. WRIGHT (Mrs. Rittenhouse/ Queen of France) is delighted to be back in the pasture. Previous roles at Mad
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Donors 2016-2017 Mad Cow Theatre has continually expanded at a pace that reflects the need of the city around it, and today is no exception. Mad Cow Theatre is making progress every day thanks to the visionary and generous support of the citizens of Central Florida and individual philanthropists, foundations, and corporations who believe that Orlando’s success is tied directly to a dynamic cultural and artistic scene.
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WELCOME TO CHURCH STREET Steeped in history dating back to the 1800s, the Church Street District offers a view of the past while enjoying all the excitement of today’s top entertainment venues. Come for the history & enjoy food, art, sports, and entertainment, right in the heart of Orlando. Visit churchstreetdistrict.com for more information on our businesses, special events, and ways to save! Special thanks to:
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Mad Cow Theatre has forged many alliances and made many friends. This endeavor would not be possible without the generous spirit, passion, and goodwill of the following individuals and organizations. 3cStudios
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Adopt an Artist We are fortunate to be able to hire actors from New York and beyond for our productions. However, we have urgent need for housing! A two to nine-week commitment is all it takes to become friends with an artist who might be the next Matthew Morrison or Audra McDonald. Artists require a private bedroom and bathroom, but kitchen facilities can be shared. With your support of these artists you will receive:
• 2 Opening Night tickets • 2 Drink Tickets to use at our bar • Recognition in our print program. • And much more ... If you would like to Adopt an Artist please contact Liv Levine at Livl@madcowtheatre.com or call 407.297.8788 ext. 1010 to discuss details.
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Announcing Season 21 2017-2018
The Harriett Theatre
The ZehngebotStonerock Theatre
Big River Music & lyrics by Roger Miller Book by William Hauptman Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain A splendid musical celebration of pure Americana. Sept. 22-Oct. 22, 2017
Grounded by George Brant — Gutsy fighter pilot by day, mother and wife by night. Oct. 20-Nov. 19, 2017
Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin — A 1940s screwball comedy with a biting commentary on politics and the power of female persuasion. Nov. 17-Dec. 17, 2017 The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife by Charles Busch — A window-rattling comedy about Marjorie’s midlife crisis, which soars when a fascinating childhood friend appears on her doorstep. Jan. 19-Feb. 18, 2018
PhotoS by TOM HURST (2)
A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller — A love affair exposes a dark family secret in this passionate drama by one of America’s greatest playwrights. March 23-April 22, 2018 TBA Public announcement Dec. 2017. This groundbreaking Broadway musical is the winner of five Tony Awards. June 1-July 1, 2018 The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman — The classic story of a Southern family motivated by secrets, lies, and greed. Aug. 3-26, 2018
Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson — Extraordinary women exploring the universe. Feb. 16-March 18, 2018 Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon — A savage comedy about family, faith, and legacy. June 15-July 8, 2018 Buyer & Cellar by Jonathan Tolins — An outrageous comedy about the price of fame and the oddest of jobs. Aug. 10-Sept. 2, 2018
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