MAD COW THEATRE Presents
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Mad Cow Theatre Mad Cow Theatre now in our 22nd season, is downtown Orlando’s destination for professional theatre. MCT 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 ever-changing process, Mad Cow presents entertaining works of theatre to an ever-widening audience — promoting, enhancing, and celebrating the human condition through art. With a passion for both classic and contemporary plays representing the best of American and world literature,
MCT is committed to story-telling with no boundary, to a wide range of audiences. MCT attracts the area’s most talented performers, 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. 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).
Mad Cow Theatre Staff Executive Director Mitzi Maxwell Director of Operations Audrey McGowen Manager of Art & Design Lisa Buck Administrative Intern Kate Revels
Director of Special Projects Jessica Kaschube
Patron Experience Manager Alletta Gentry
Admintstration Communications Manager Morgan Moots
Patron Services Assistants Dani Del Pico Max Pinsky Maddie Stroud
Development & Events Manager Erica Bush
Production Coordinator Lauren Barton
Community Engagement Manager Jennifer Thomas Photographer Tom Hurst Founding Members Rus Blackwell Trudy Bruner Alan Bruun Dennis Neal
Board Members Bill Boles Mitzi Maxwell Brian McDowell Kerby Pickens Susi Rivera Melanie Sylvan Sachs Karenna Senors Jean Siegfried Tony Simotes Wendy Zehngebot
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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Fade By Tanya Saracho August 21-September 15, 2019 ZEHNGEBOT-STONEROCK THEATRE - FEATURING Jennifer Coe
Alejandro Guevarez
Scenic Designer Cliff Price
Stage Manager Lona Nguyen
Sound Design Ethan Vail
Properties Master Lisa Buck
Costume Design Victoria Ordeman
Lighting Design Ethan Vail
Director Eliana Stratico
“FADE (SARACHO)� is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. Originally developed and produced at the Denver Center Theatre Company A division of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Kent Thompson, Artistic Director New York City Premiere Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder and Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Executive Director, Shane D. Hudson), February 2017
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Fade CAST Lucia...........................................................................................Jennifer Coe Abel................................................................................ Alejandro Guevarez PLACE & TIME An office in a film studio, the present, after work hours. PRODUCTION TEAM Assistant Stage Manager...................................................Lorenzo Sosa Lopez Technical Director....................................................................... Lona Nguyen Scenic Charge ................................................................................ Lisa Buck Voices............................Ryan P. Burke, Valerie Rios-Manzano, Oscar Murguia, ...................................................................Anthony Rowe and Chris Shuman Electrician............................................................................ Isabel Hernandez Crew....................................................................................Amarilis Brocatto
There will be one 15-Minute Intermission.
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Fade 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 Barbiere di Siviglia, Tosca, and The Magic Flute (Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra) and The Tender Land (UCF). 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.
Alejandro wants to thank his wife and his beautiful children for all the love and support they always show him. VICTORIA ORDEMAN (Costume Designer) is an Orlando based theatre artist from Dayton, Ohio. She is excited to be working with Mad Cow Theatre for the first time. Her recent design credits include hair/makeup design & costuming intern for Richmond Shakespeare Festival’s 2018 season, costume design for Octets: A New Musical in Oxford, Ohio, and hair/ makeup design for the world premier of BLISS (or Emil Post is Dead) at Miami University. Victoria currently works in creative costuming for the Disney Event Group. vordeman.wixsite.com/ victoriaordeman
JENNIFER COE (Lucia) Mad Cow Theatre debut! Past credits include: Julia and Roselo (Julia), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Nina), A Palm Tree in a Rose Garden (Lila), Dancing at Lughnasa (Rose), The Lion in Winter (Alais), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), Mikveh (Chedva). She can also be seen in commercials for Walt Disney World and Universal Studios. Love and gratitude to everyone who has been part of this journey.
CLIFF PRICE (Scenic Designer) is excited to be back in the pasture for Season 22. He has been resident scenic/production designer for Encore! Performing Arts since 2002. Recent projects include Bad Jews and Buyer & Cellar and Outside Mullingar for Mad Cow and Aida, Ragtime, Godspell, Hairspray, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for Encore. He received a 2017 Broadway World Regional (Orlando) Best Scenic Design Award for Hairspray. Cliff thanks Mike Beahm and Clay Price for their love and support.
ALEJANDRO GUEVAREZ (Abel) is very excited to return to Mad Cow Theatre. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from UCF. His previous works include Cow/ensemble in Jack and the Beanstalk, (Jesus) Godspell, (Fernando) Mariana Pineda,(Iago) Othello, (Santiago) Anna In The Tropics and (Mad Man)Arabian Nights.
ETHAN VAIL (Lighting Designer & Sound Designer) is happy to join Mad
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Fade Cow. Design credits: The Players Sarasota: Shout: The Mod Musical, All Shook Up; Millbrook Playhouse (Mill Hall, PA): 65 Productions including the regional premiere of Fun Home, The Rocky Horror Show, Rock of Ages, The Little Mermaid; Compass Rose Theatre (Annapolis, MD) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Manatee Players: Anne of Green Gables. He was the recipient of the 2013 USITT YD&T Award sponsored by Barbizon Lighting Company, for A Midsummer Night’s Dream that he designed at Purdue University. He’d like to thank his family, friends and Alisha for their support.
Amor de Don Perlimplín con Belisa en su jardín, the dramatic readings of The Little Prince, Three Tall Women, Romeo and Juliet, and Garcia Lorca’s Bodas de sangre, La casa de Bernarda Alba, and Yerma. She is the director of Teatro Español at Mad Cow Theatre. Eliana also teaches ESOL at Orange Technical College and she periodically offers acting workshops in Spanish at Mad Cow. MAD COW THEATRE (22nd Season) is 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 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).
LONA NGUYEN (Stage Manager) holds a Bachelors of Arts in English literature from the University of Central Florida. When she isn’t spending all of her time at her friend’s house, she is an English teacher at Freedom High (go Patriots!). Lona spends most of her time (and money) putting on or appreciating works of theatre and is so appreciative to be able to work with Mad Cow alongside very talented people. ELIANA STRATICO (Director) Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she graduated from the Universidad Nacional del Arte as Actriz Nacional (National Actress). Her background includes music, acting for film, and contemporary dance. She has been working as an actress, director, and drama instructor in Argentina and the United States. Her director credits at Mad Cow Theatre include Los árboles mueren de pie,
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Fade MEET THE CAST
Jennifer Coe
Alejandro Guevarez
PLAYWRIGHT TANYA SARACHO is a native of Sinaloa, Mexico. Named “Best New Playwright” by Chicago Magazine, she is a new Ensemble Member at Victory Gardens Theater, a resident playwright emerita at Chicago Dramatists, a Goodman Theatre Fellow at the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College Chicago, founder and codirector of ALTA and co-founder and former Artistic Director of Teatro Luna. Her plays have been seen at the Goodman Theatre, Mo’olelo Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Teatro Vista, Teatro Luna, the Fountain Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Next Theatre Company, 16th Street Theater, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her plays include Enfrascada, El Nogalar, The House On Mango Street (adaptation), Our Lady Of The Underpass, Surface Day, Kita Y
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Tanya Saracho
Fernanda, Quita Mitos, Song for the Disappeared, and The Tenth Muse. Saracho is a winner of the Ofner Prize, a recipient of an NEA Distinguished New Play Development Project Grant and a 3Arts Artists Award. Saracho is a member of SAG/AFTRA and the Writers’ Guild of America. Currently, she writes for the Lifetime series Devious Maids.
Announcing Season 23 2019-2020
The Harriett Theatre
The ZehngebotStonerock Theatre
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Kate Hamill based on the novel by Jane Austen Not your grandmother’s Austen! Sept. 18-Oct. 13, 2019
BOESMAN AND LENA by by Athol Fugard A powerful story of overcoming injustice. Oct. 23-Nov. 17, 2019 LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC by Arlene Hutton A sweet and intimate love story set against society’s global war. Feb. 12-March 8, 2020
THE SPITFIRE GRILL Music and book by James Valcq Lyrics and book by Fred Alley Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff A soul-stirring musical about second chances. Dec. 4-29, 2019
THE CHILDREN by Lucy Kirkwood Pack your bags – the apocalypse is coming. June 24-July 19, 2020
MEN ON BOATS by Jaclyn Backhaus A rollicking history pageant for a new age. Jan. 15-Feb. 9, 2020
COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN FIVE BETTIES by Jen Silverman The story of five Betties: They roar. They ruminate. They revolt. Aug. 19-Sept. 13, 2020
ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller How far will a man go to protect his family, his interests and his legacy? March 25-April 19, 2020
INTIMATE APPAREL By Lynn Nottage Peels back the layers and exposes the cost of sacrifice. Aug. 5-30, 2020
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PHOTOS BY TOM HURST (2)
MEMPHIS Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music and lyrics by David Bryan Shake, rattle and roll. June 3-28, 2020
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