July 10 to August 4, 2024
DOGTEAM THEATRE PROJECT
Alex Draper and Olga Sanchez Saltveit Co-Producing Artistic Directors; Cofounders
Courtney Smith
Company and Budget Manager, Cofounder
Mark Evancho Resident Designer, Cofounder
MESSAGE FROM CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Welcome to the Dogteam Theatre Project’s inaugural productions! We are thrilled to present two new works for the American theatre: Sam Collier’s A Hundred Circling Camps, and the English language translation of La Viuda, María Irene Fornés’s first playe. Both of these scripts were workshopped in the Dogteam’s Building Summer program held in June 2023, and we couldn’t be more excited to share them as fully mounted productions. Though wildly different in tone and location, both plays celebrate perseverance in the struggle for dignity and echo each other in their insistence on the power and risks of public protest. The challenges created by the political upheaval and economic uncertainty of the early 20th century resonate with us today, as do the voices of the ghosts that inhabit these plays.
The Dogteam Theatre Project was created in 2023 to replace PTP/NYC and maintain Middlebury College’s 35-year tradition of producing socially and politically incisive theatre while providing young artists with the opportunity to work as peers alongside professional theatre artists. Through a schedule of alternating Building and Producing Summers, the Dogteam Theatre Project provides training opportunities in all realms of theatre making, including acting, directing, playwriting, stage management and design disciplines.
We thank Middlebury College, and our sponsors and friends for their support of the Dogteam Theatre Project. We hope you enjoy the fruits of our inaugural season!
Alex Draper and Olga Sanchez Saltveit, co-producing artistic directors.
A Hundred Circling Camps
by Sam Collier
Directed by Rebecca
Wear
Production Stage Manager Joel Andrew Cote*
Assistant Stage Manager Emma Battle*
CAST
Pelham D. Glassford Alex Draper*
Evalyn Walsh McLean Lynn Hawley*
Walter W. Waters Jose-Maria Aguila*
Henry/Rush/Dale Kayodè Soyemi*
Pop Fidel Vicioso*
Sewilla Lamar Marita McKee*
Skip/Cobb Francis Price
Rye/Jack Gibson Grimm
Cadey Maggie Blake
Morrow/Jamie Zack Maluccio*
Lark Peyton Mader
Mabel/Zoe Naja Irvin-Conyers
Dahlia Aidan Amster
Anna/Vee/Ruth Katelyn Wenkoff
*member of Actors Equity Association
PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic Design Mark Evancho
Lighting Design Calvin Anderson+
Sound Design, Music Direction, and Original Composition Madison Middleton
Costume Design Summer Lee Jack+
Properties Design Courtney Smith
Costume Shop Director Robin Foster Cole
SONG OF THE BONUS ARMY
All you here, here and there Pay the bonus pay the bonus everywhere For the yanks are starving The yanks are starving The yanks are starving over here
A Hundred Circling Camps was developed with the support of the Goodman Theatre’s Playwrights Unit.
Patrons are requested to turn off cell phones prior to the performance. Photography and the use of audio and video equipment are prohibited.
La Viuda
by María Irene Fornés
Translation by Olga Sanchez Saltveit
Directed by Olga Sanchez Saltveit
Production Stage Manager Deanna Kahn*
Assistant Stage Managers Rebecca L Johnston* Robert Cott*
CAST
Angela Martin Jay Romero* The Clerk Zeph Santiago Francisco (Paco) de Arenal Jesse Muñoz*
Good Angela Katelyn Wenkoff
Father Cravet/Don Modesto Fidel Vicioso*
Child Salvador Jacob Joseph Medina
Salvador Zack Maluccio*
Moncita Bri Beach
Manuel Alvarez Jose-Maria Aguila* Casimiro Paz Ethan Fleming
PRODUCTION TEAM
Scenic and Props Design Mark Evancho
Lighting Design Calvin Anderson+
Sound Design, Music Direction and Original Composition Madison Middleton
Costume Design Summer Lee Jack+
Costume Shop Director Robin Foster Cole
*member of Actors Equity Association +member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829
INAUGURAL SEASON TEAM
Production Assistants Caroline Armour, Evan Berger, Alex Garcia
Press Representative David Gibbs/DARR Publicity
Graphic Design Donovan Andrews Publicity Think Big Picture, LLC
LA VIUDA DIRECTOR’S NOTE
La Viuda begins in 1899 for Angela Martín, but her memories stretch back to the 1860s, the era that gave rise to the Ten Years’ War, the first major uprising for Cuba’s liberation from Spanish control. The cry for independence caused rifts in her family that split her marriage, an event rarely condoned by the Catholic Church that she holds sacred, by which the goodness of her soul is measured. However, the years during which we see Angela, 1899–1902, coincide with the U.S. military occupation of Cuba following the victory of the Spanish-American War. The impact of that war, including U.S. intervention, place Angela’s life in Spain at risk. She decides to fight for her rights, relying on memories to reclaim her position among the “noteworthy people”—even if it costs her soul’s eternal damnation.
Fornés wrote this play in 1960, following the launch of the Cuban Revolution, which again transformed the nation, but resulted in expelling the U.S.’s lingering influence on the island. Lillian Manzor tells us that Fornés found “Angela’s” letters, the source of inspiration for this, her first play, while visiting her family in Cuba with her then girlfriend Susan Sontag. The inability to be open about that relationship in her homeland may have found resonance in those letters that spoke of social propriety and Catholic morality. The script direction that the role of Angela be performed “perhaps by a young man” leans into a queer aesthetic which in those days was staged primarily in the off-off-Broadway scene. This was where Fornés soon found a creative home that celebrated her intuitive, queer/feminist avant-garde theatre making.
It has been an honor and thrill to work on this gift of a play. My thanks to colleagues of the Fornés Institute for their invaluable insights and presence, to our remarkable actors and the whole creative team who have joyfully helped bring this dream to beautiful life, and to Alex Draper, Mark Evancho and Courtney Smith, my Dogteam collaborators, for their unwavering support of this project. Thank you for joining us for our inaugural producing summer!
Olga Sanchez Saltveit
Reviving La Viuda!
Please join The Fornés Institute in Celebrando Fornés, celebrating the unique contributions and legacy of María Irene Fornés as we approach the 100th anniversary of her birth!
Thursday, July 18, 8:30 pm , following the 7 pm performance
Join us for a conversation with Fornés’s biographer, Gwendolyn Alker, associate arts professor of theater studies in drama, TSOA/NYU, and members of La Viuda on the first ever revival of this important work.
A Conversation with the Fornés Institute
Saturday, July 27, 3:30 pm
Join Anne García-Romero (playwright, scholar, professor of theatre at the University of Notre Dame, and cofounder of the Fornés Institute), and Lillian Manzor (scholar, professor, Michelle Bowman Underwood Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Miami, and founder of the Cuban Theatre Digital Archive), for a conversation about la maestra, her work, and more!
www.fornesinstitute.com
THE DOGTEAM COMPANY
Jose-Maria Aguila* ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Waters; La Viuda: Manuel Alvarez) is a Mexican-born actor, writer, and fight choreographer. A graduate of the NYU Graduate Acting Program, and has studied at the British American Drama Academy, Oxford University, and the National Theater Conservatory. Credits include, SWAT (CBS/Paramount+), Pose (FX), Blue Bloods (CBS), Madam Secretary (CBS), 5th of July (Amazon).Regional: the Guthrie Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Portland Stage, the Denver Center, Ivoryton Playhouse, Strange Sun Theater. Jose-Maria has choreographed, currently teaches and has taught stage combat/ acting/movement for the actor at NYU Graduate Acting, the Stella Adler Conservatory, NYU Tisch Undergraduate Acting Program, the New School, Hamilton College, the Dalton School, Tulsa Ballet, New York Theater Workshop, Smith Street Stage, Portland Stage, the 52nd Street Project, Kids Creative Collective, Encompass Collective and Dream Yard. “Enseñales quien eres . . . ”
Aidan Amster ’23.5 she/her ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Dahlia) is a New York-based actor from San Francisco, California. She graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College in February 2024 with a BA in theatre and English, and has since studied at American Conservatory Theatre and T. Schreiber Studio. She is currently pursuing a career in New York City, while living with her 92-year-old grandmother, Ruth. She is a lover of bluegrass and classic rock music, and has been playing guitar and singing for most of her life. Beyond performing, she has experience working with Project Y Theatre Company as a production and dramaturgical assistant. Previous acting credits include Storm Still (Cordelia), Greek Tragedy, (Anna), The Moors, (Huldey), and Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Maria). This is Aidan’s official off-broadway debut, and she is thrilled to take part in Dogteam’s inaugural New York summer.
Calvin Anderson+ he/they (Lighting Designer) is a lighting and projection designer located in Western Catskills, New York. They have a strong pull towards the devised, the radical, and the risky, while leaning towards projects with heart and trust. Career highlights include
designing Body As a Site of Faith and Protest (waheedworks/NYC), Late Night Snacks 2019 (Bearded Ladies Cabaret/ Philadelphia) Oscar at the Crown (the Neon Coven/ NYC), Orchid Receipt Service (Mirror/Fire Productions/ NYC), Strings & Serpents (Andy Milne), and Old Man and the Sea (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Calvin has held the privileged position of lighting director for Ailey II and director of production for Bearded Ladies Cabaret in Philadelphia. He is also the resident designer and production manager for FJK Dance. Additionally, Calvin is a mentor with Wingspace Design Collective and USITT’s Gateway Program, and a member of USA829. www.coandersondesign.com
Caroline Armour ’24 she/her (Producing Assistant) is a recent graduate of Middlebury College where she earned her BA in theatre and French and Francophone Studies. Directing credits: Dinner with Friends (2022), Storm Still (2023), It Would Be a Crime (2023), and The Worst Mother in the World (2024). Instagram: caroline.armour
Emma Battle* ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be a part of the Dogteam Theatre Project! Select stage management credits: King Lear, Erismena, and Mad King (the Juilliard School), Escape to Margaritaville,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, R&H’s Cinderella, and Rocky: The Musical (Walnut Street Theatre), Acetone Wishes and Plexiglass Dreams (Philadelphia Theatre Company), As you Like It and Unheard/Unspoken (Bucknell University). Emma is a proud alum of Bucknell University’s theater, English literature, and women and gender studies programs. Special thanks to the Dogteam cast, crew, production and creative teams. And as always, much love to my family and friends—my immense support system—none of this would be possible without you. Enjoy the show! @emmab1668
Bri Beach ’23.5 she/her (La Viuda: Moncita) is a recent Middlebury College graduate from Thomasville, Georgia. She most recently performed as Archidamus in Southern Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Winter’s Tale Other acting credits include Storm Still (Goneril), Greek Tragedy (Jennifer), Hamlet (Company), She Kills Monsters (Vera), Everybody (C), Until I Do (Cathy), The Pussygrabber Plays (Rachel), and The Crucible (Abigail). She is thrilled to be a part of the Dogteam Theatre Project!
Evan Berger ’26.5
he/him (Production Assistant) is a theatre minor at Middlebury College in the class of 2026.5. He is a geography and American studies joint major, originally from central New Jersey and currently based in NYC. His prior technical directing credits include Bright Half Life and The Worst Mother in the World, and he’s worked in the Middlebury scenic shop as build crew for productions including Somewhere, Hamlet, Polaroid Stories, and Orlando. Evan is a student representative for the Middlebury theatre department and just finished his term as the Hepburn Zoo theater’s treasurer for the 2023–24 school year. He is excited to use his experience to support Dogteam in its inaugural producing summer.
Maggie Blake ’24
she/her ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Cadey) is a recent Middlebury College graduate from Massachusetts. Her second year with Dogteam Theatre Project, she is excited to reprise her role. Past acting credits include Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Bart Simpson), Rhinoceros (Iris), The Found Dog Ribbon Dance (Norma), and Airswimming (Persephone/ Porph) with Middlebury theatre. A Hundred Circling Camps is her first New York City production, and she is eager to start her theatrical career post-grad.
Laszlo Bringer (Production Intern) is a French-American actor residing in Brooklyn and is currently a rising sophomore at SUNY-Purchase for a BFA in acting. He’s been a part of the theatre world for a little while and is thrilled to be a part of this company and ready to get these shows on the road. Break legs y’all!”
Robin Foster Cole (Costume Shop Director) is the costume shop director at Middlebury College. She learned how to sew from her grandmother in 4-H while growing up in Middlebury, Vermont. After attending Washington University in St. Louis, she worked at the Santa Fe Opera and San Francisco Opera, honing her craft.
Sam Collier ’09
she/her ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Playwright) is a playwright, theater artist, and poet. Her plays have been presented by Echo Theatre, New College of Florida, Siena Heights University, Urbanite Theatre’s Modern Works Festival, the UC Davis Ground and Field Festival, the Goodman Theater Playwrights Unit, the Iowa New Play Festival, Theater Nyx, and others. She holds an MFA in playwriting from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and is a PhD candidate at the University of
Colorado-Boulder, where she studies theater about climate change. She cohosts the playwriting podcast Beckett’s Babies.
Joel Andrew Cote*
( A Hundred Circling Camps: Production Stage Manager)
Broadway: Home for the Holidays Off-Broadway: Doug Wright’s Posterity (Atlantic Theatre Co.), Anne Washburn’s 10 Out of 12 (Soho Rep.), Shear Madness (New World Stages), Fiercely Independent (Soho Playhouse), Tripping on Life (Theatre Row). Regional/ Additional credits: Huntington Theatre Co., Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Glimmerglass Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Theatre By the Sea, Patchogue Theatre, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Less Than Rent, First Stage Children’s Theater, industry readings at Sardi’s and the Sheen Center. Graduate of Boston University. Proud collaborator with the Stuttering Association for the Young’s Confident Voices Project.
Robert Cott* (La Viuda: Assistant Stage Manager)
Recent credits include Like They Do At The Movies (PAC), Russian Troll Farm (Vineyard Theatre), Amid Falling Walls (National Yiddish Theatre Folksbine), Plaza Suite (West End Transfer), The Fears (off-Broadway), The Last Supper (produced by Howard Kagan), Love Around The Block (an immersive musical for
Hermès). Regional credits at the Contemporary American Theater Festival, Huntington Theatre company, and Berkshire Theatre Group. In addition, Robert has worked on countless readings, concerts, and corporate events throughout NYC. Robert is proud to be a regional representative for the Stage Managers’ Association and an ambassador for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.
Alex Draper* ’88 he/him (Co-Artistic Director; A Hundred Circling Camps: Glassford) is a professional stage, film, and television actor, and a professor of theatre at Middlebury College. He is a founding member and former associate artistic director of PTP/ NYC, appearing in 23 productions over 17 seasons, including Howard Barker’s Scenes from an Execution and No End of Blame, Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia, and Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money. He is also a founding member of the Blue Light Theatre company, appearing in their acclaimed revivals of Clifford Odette’s Golden Boy and Waiting for Lefty Other credits include the New York premieres of Dare Clubb’s Obie Award-winning Oedipus; Erin Courtney’s A Map of Virtue; the Presnyakov Brothers’ Terrorism; Neil Simon’s Rose’s Dilemma; and Phillip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney. Film and TV credits include all three Law & Orders, Chicago Med, John Adams, The Good Wife, Taken, Sex and the City, The Witch in the Window ; No
Pay, Nudity ; Yellowbrickroad; Joshua; Kalapani; The Photographer ; Simply Irresistible, and Hysterical Blindness. He received his BA from Middlebury College, and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.
Mark Evancho he/him (Scenic Designer) previously taught at Drew University, New Jersey, and at Allentown College, Pennsylvania. Mark has designed for the New York Shakespeare Company, NYC; New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, New Jersey; Blue Light Theatre, NYC; Potomac Theatre Project, Maryland; Olney Theatre Center, Maryland; Pennsylvania Stage Company, Pennsylvania; Bucks County Playhouse, Pennsylvania; and the National Opera Co., North Carolina. In the New England area, Mark has designed for Vermont Theatre Company, Burlington, Vermont; Creative Video/ CH12, Concord, New Hampshire; Lyric Theatre Co., Burlington, Vermont; and Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, Vermont. Mark attended Lester Polakov’s Studio and Forum of Stage Design, NYC; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania; and graduated from Western Illinois University, and BaldwinWallace College, Ohio.
Ethan Fleming ’24 he/him (La Viuda: Casimiro Paz) is a physics graduate from Tampa, Florida, who found himself a prolific actor in his years at Middlebury College. Studying theatre alongside physics in Vermont for the past four years, he has developed into a wellrounded artist who is eager to find the intersection of his disparate passions for performance and the physical sciences. A few notable acting credits at Middlebury include Botticelli in the Fire (Leonardo da Vinci), And Baby Makes Seven (Peter), Somewhere (Alexander), and The Found Dog Ribbon Dance (Norm). Offstage, he enjoys overanalyzing video games and telling the story of his life through Spotify playlists.
Alex Garcia ’26 they/them (Production Assistant) is a current student at Middlebury and is pleased to be joining Dogteam Theatre Project for the first time! Middlebury stage management credits include Rhinoceros, And Baby Makes Seven!, Destroying Angels, Polaroid Stories, and The Worst Mother In the World. Light design credits include Storm Still. They would like to thank their family for their support in their endeavor in the arts, as well as the cast and crew of Dogteam for welcoming them with open arms.
David Gibbs (Press Representative) (he/him) is the founder of DARR Publicity, a boutique entertainment press agency specializing in theater,
comedy, dance, film, music and unique theatrical experiences. His clients have won Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie and Off Broadway Alliance Awards, and have been nominated for Bessie and Chita Rivera Awards.
Gibson Grimm ’22 he/him (A Hundred Circling Camps: Rye/ Jack) is a New York-based actor. Recent stage credits include Jack Kerouac in The Beat Generation (workshop, the Producer’s Club), Chase in The Snow Day (the Chain Theatre), and Matt in Sex, Grift, and Death (PTP/NYC, Atlantic Stage 2). A graduate of Middlebury College, some favorite roles from undergrad include Dinner with Friends (Gabe), Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Matt), and She Kills Monsters (Chuck). He has frequently collaborated with Project Y Theatre Co., live-streaming and performing in their Tiny Barn and Women in Theatre festivals. Additionally, he coproduced, directed, and performed in the series the Deli People, which received significant Vermont media attention upon its release. Gibson has led acting workshops at the University of New Hampshire, and he volunteers in radio plays for the visually impaired. When not performing, he teaches high schoolers that you can, in fact, begin a sentence with “because.” gibsongrimm.com
Lynn Hawley* ’88.5 she/her (A Hundred Circling Camps: Evalyn Walsh McLean) This season, Lynn played Nancy Reagan in the new satire, Nancy, by Rhiana Yazzie, at Mosaic Theater Company in Washington, D.C. On Broadway: the Woman/Jenny in Death of a Salesman starring Wendell Pierce. Off-Broadway: Hannah in Richard Nelson’s Trilogy, The Gabriels; The Life of One Family During an Election Year; Hungry, What Did You Expect, and Women of a Certain Age at the Public Theater (also at the Kennedy Center and International Tour); Woyzeck, Venus, and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III with Ron Cephas-Jones at the Public Theater; What Once We Felt at Lincoln Center, The Pitchfork Disney with BlueLight. Also plays at Irish Rep, New York Theater Workshop, and Classic Stage Company. Regional credits include: the Kennedy Center, Yale Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Williamstown Theater Festival and Berkshire Theatre Festival. TV/Film: FBI: Most Wanted, The Gabriels; Law & Order; Law & Order: SVU; A Beautiful Voice; Hamlet. Member of the Actor’s Center. BA: Middlebury College. MFA: NYU Grad Acting.
Naja Irvin-Conyers
’24 she/her ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Mabel/Zoe) is an up-and-coming actress from the Bronx, New York. Starting her acting career at Middlebury College, Naja has been in various productions: Everybody (Somebody/Mind), She Kills Monsters (narrator/Bugbear/ Mummy/Tiamat), Hamlet (Marcellus/King Claudius/Ophelia/ Rosencrantz/Hamlet/Gertrude). She has also starred and directed various films while at Middlebury College. In addition to theatre, Naja also was involved in a dance organization for three years (holding position of treasurer and a choreographer). She hopes to expand her repertoire and continue working in the arts in any capacity she can.
Summer Lee Jack+
she/her (Costume Design) is a freelance costume designer and professor of costume design at Middlebury College. Recent New York theatre credits include: The Pied Piper of Hamelin with Project Y at Theatre 154, Morning Star & Rhoda and the Fossil Hunt with On Site Opera; Baghdaddy (Off Broadway) at St. Luke’s Theatre; The Tower at HERE Arts Center; The Elephant in Every Room I Enter at La Mama/NYTW; Romeo and Juliet at New York Classical Theatre; Sonata 1962 at New York Musical Festival; The Feigned Courtesans at the New
School. Additional theatre credits include: Bossa Nova at Yale Repertory Theater; A Christmas Carol for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey; Small Town Story, A Good Farmer at American Theater Group at SOPAC, The Junie B Jones Musical at Weston Playhouse, Major Barbara, Mary Poppins, Skin of Our Teeth, The Playboy of the Western World, Awake and Sing! at Quintessence Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Summer is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and she is a member in Wingspace Theatrical Design Collective. www. summerleejack.com
Rebecca L Johnston* she/her (La Viuda: Assistant Stage Manager) is an NYC-based stage manager originally from Orlando, Florida, where she worked in various entertainment roles for Walt Disney Entertainment, Universal Studios Orlando, Sea World Orlando, and Gaylord Palms Resort. She has also worked for Virgin Voyages and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Since moving to NYC, Rebecca has had the pleasure of working in venues with some amazing talent such as Baryshnikov Arts Center, the Tank, Dixon Place, and 583 Park. IG @rebeccatheatregirl4276
Deanna Kahn* she/her (La Viuda: Production Stage Manager) is a New York-based stage manager, excited to be joining Dogteam for their inaugural season! Recent New York credits include The
Miser (Moliere in the Park), Arcadia (Bedlam) and Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground (Off-Broadway). She has worked regionally with Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Barrington Stage Company, and Kitchen Theatre. Opera credits include A Streetcar Named Desire, Rigoletto, Fellow Travelers, and Agrippina with Florida Grand Opera. She would like to thank her friends, family, and partner for their support.
Peyton Mader ’24
she/her ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Lark) is a recent graduate of Middlebury College from Seattle, Washington. Her Middlebury acting credits include Botticelli in the Fire (Clarice), Gidion’s Knot (Heather), Hamlet, Julius Caesar, and Middlebury Acting Company’s A Christmas Carol (Belle). Earlier this year, Peyton also coproduced an independent production of Ghost Quartet (Rose/others). Her off-stage passions include playwriting, songwriting, and coding. Peyton is immensely grateful to be a part of the inaugural Dogteam producing summer.
Zack Maluccio* ’23
he/him A Hundred Circling Camps: Morrow/Jamie; La Viuda: Salvador) is a NYC-based actor and musician. NY Credits: A Tale of Two Cities (featured ensemble). College Credits: Ghost Quartet (Dave), Fun Home (Bruce), A Woman Left Lonely (Brick),
Rhinoceros (Berenger), Company (Robert), She Kills Monsters (Orcus). Tiktok/Instagram: zackmaluccio www.zackmaluccio.com
Marita A. McKee* ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Sewilla) is an actor and playwright from Pensacola, Florida. She has performed in contemporary and classical works including Cullud Wattah (Marion), Intimate Apparel (u/s Mayme, Mrs. Dickson), A Streetcar Named Desire (Eunice), Blues for An Alabama Sky (Delia), and A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Peaseblossom/Snout) and has earned a Georgia Theatre Conference Best Featured Performer Award and a BroadwayWorld Atlanta Award for Best Play. She also made appearances in Bounce TV’s Finding Happy and the upcoming feature film We Are Family. As a playwright, her plays have received off-Broadway and regional premieres, most notably the Downtown Urban Arts Festival (Collide) and the Fade to Black Play Festival (In Passing). Other plays in her repertoire include The Dreaded Truth (commissioned by Two Strikes Theatre Collective), . . . word to Ahmad (TGD Dare to Dream Festival), and Check Please. She also cofounded the women-led production company, Bamboo Summer, to continue creating impactful stories.
Madison Middleton ’22.5 they/them (Sound Designer) is a theatre-maker, musician, and teaching artist originally from the Washington, D.C., area. They are delighted to be back with the Dogteam Theatre Project, having worked as an actor during the 2023 building summer. Middlebury sound design credits include tick, tick . . . BOOM!, Somewhere, Every Brilliant Thing, Botticelli in the Fire (senior thesis work in acting, sound design, and composition), Giants Have Us In Their Books, and No One Is Forgotten. Madison is a program associate and teaching artist at Beyond the Page, a Middlebury College affiliated program that brings theatre practices into classrooms and communities. BA: Middlebury College. Instagram: @king.of. dragons.and.trees. madsmiddleton. com
Jesse Muñoz*
(La Viuda: Francisco
“Paco” de Arenal)
Jesse is an actor, writer, and director based in New York City. A graduate of the Webster Conservatory, he has been seen in many stages throughout the country. Some favorite recent credits include Alejandro in Welcome to Arroyo’s at Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Cassio in Othello at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival , and the understudy for Elyot/Victor in Private Lives at St. Louis Repertory Theatre. He has also starred in a variety of
short films by many exciting up-andcoming filmmakers. His favorite stories to tell are of people living on the margins of society, and of those from underrepresented communities. He is thrilled to be a part of Dogteam’s inaugural season, and grateful to collaborate with this team of fantastic artists. Find him at jessemunozactor.com or @ jesseemanuelmunoz via Instagram.
Jacob Joseph Medina
(La Viuda: Child Salvador) is thrilled to make his professional acting debut in La Viuda! Jacob is nine years old and has trained in acting and musical theatre for the past two years at Triple Promise Academy for the Performing Arts. His notable roles include SpongeBob in SpongeBob The Musical Jr., Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka Jr., Pinocchio in Shrek The Musical, and Mayzie La Bird in Seussical Jr. Most recently, he performed as the narrator, part of the flatware ensemble, and a featured dancer in Beauty & the Beast, Jr. Outside of theatre, Jacob will be entering fifth grade this fall. He has a passion for math, enjoys ice skating and playing chess. He is excited to continue growing as a performer and thanks his family and friends for their love and support. He also thanks his representatives at Stewart Talent and lil angels management and his acting teacher Jill Hudson for helping make his dreams a reality! As Jacob’s personal motto and first character, Charlie Bucket, would say, THINK POSITIVE!
Francis Price ’22 he/him (Skip/Cobb) is an actor from New Jersey currently pursuing his MFA at Calarts in Los Angeles. Francis graduated with a double major in English and theater from Middlebury College, and he is thrilled to make his return to off-Broadway with such a fantastic company!
Jay Romero* (he/him) (La Viuda: Angela) is incredibly grateful and honored to be collaborating with all of the folks at the Dogteam Theatre Project, in this inaugural producing season. He is a first-generation El Salvadoran-American performing artist from Long Island, New York. Recent credits include The Desire of the Astronaut (Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre) Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl, Indians, and the Pot Boiler (Metropolitan Playhouse), The Magic School Bus (TheatreworksUSA). He has collaborated with the Astoria Performing Arts Company, Plays and Players Theatre, and other Latinx Theater companies in New York City. He is a proud graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia. He wants to thank Olga, the Dogteam Theatre Project, his family and friends, and mentors. Instagram: @JayFRomero. Website: Jay-Romero.com
Olga Sanchez Saltveit she/her (Co-Artistic Director; La Viuda: Translator and Director) is an actor, director, devisor, and arts activist, who has worked throughout the U.S., most recently at Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Chautauqua Theatre Co., and GALA Hispanic Theatre (DC), and internationally in Peru, Venezuela, and Honduras. She serves as assistant professor of theatre at Middlebury College, artistic advisory board member for PICT International Classic Theatre, and artistic director emerita of Milagro. She is a member of the Fornés Institute, an initiative of the Latinx Theatre Commons, dedicated to preserving and amplifying María Irene Fornés’s legacy as a teacher, mentor and artist. Olga’s research centers Latiné and BIPOC theatre, and decolonization, and has been published in The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Theatre Topics, Encuentro: Latinx Performance for the New American Theatre, Shakespeare and Latinidad, and The Bard and the Borderlands. She is coeditor with Noe Montez of The Routledge Companion to Latinx Theatre and Performance (Routledge, 2024), and slated for publication in Fornés in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2024).
Zeph Santiago ’26 he/they (La Viuda: the Clerk) has just finished his second year here at Middlebury College. He is so excited to be part of the Dogteam Theatre Project this year and its productions! He was most recently in Orlando this past spring and is looking forward to being part of future productions here in Middlebury. He would like to thank his friends and family for their constant support!
Courtney Smith he/him (Company and Budget Manager; A Hundred Circling Camps: Props Designer) is a scenic, media designer, and technician for live performance. Courtney’s work has received a Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design from the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Credits include Potomac Theatre Project (PTP/NYC), Project Y Theatre Company (VT/NY), Warren Miller Performing Arts Center (MT), Southwark Playhouse (UK), the Bushwick Starr (NY), Roundabout Theatre Company (NY), New York City Opera (NY), Playwrights Horizons (NY), Classic Stage Company (NY), Cedar Lake Dance (NY), Marvel Repertory Theatre (NY), Mount Baker Repertory Theatre (WA), Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MT), Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre (ID),
and Idaho Repertory Theatre (ID). Editorial credits include Victoria’s Secret, Saks 5th Avenue, and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
Kayodè Soyemi* ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Dale/Henry/ Rush) is a Nigerian American actor, writer, and producer that calls Atlanta, Georgia, his home away from home. He is a graduate of the MFA acting program at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale where he was producer at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, coleader of FOLKS, producing artistic director at Yale Cabaret, a recipient of the Hoenig Theatre Artist Scholarship, a Connecticut Artist Fellow, a Jerome L. Greene Fellow and an Orchard Project Fellow. He’s an alum of Actor’s Theatre of Louisville Professional Training Company where he was featured in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Pipeline, and the Humana Festival. Other credits include: Passover (Chester Theatre Company), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Cleveland Playhouse), The Brothers Size (Jubilee Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (Dallas Theater Center), Father Comes Home from the Wars Parts 1, 2 & 3 (Actor’s Express) and Love’s Labours Lost (Atlanta Shakespeare Company). Kayodesoyemi.com IG: @fkaseun
Fidel Vicioso* (he/him) ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Pop; La Viuda: Father Cravet/Modesto) is an American multihyphenate craft man, griot, known for his gripping, raw performance guest-starring on the CBS hit show Blue Bloods as Darryl Williams, as well as on Chicago PD., FBI Most Wanted, The Blacklist, and Gotham to name a few. It’s an honor and pleasure to be back on the boards bringing these two amazing stories to life: La Viuda and A Hundred Circling Camps with Dogteam Theatre Project! A heartfelt thank you and appreciation to R.R. !+ In gratitude always! + “Art conforts the afflicted, and afflicts the comforted “
Rebecca Wear ’10.5 she/her ( A Hundred Circling Camps: Director) has directed productions at Aurora Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Actor’s Express, HERE Arts Center, site specific locations, and others. She has developed work with Ojai
Playwrights Conference, the Playwrights’ Realm, Artists At Play, IAMA, Cygnet Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, East West Players, and others. Work has been Ovation Recommended, Suzi Recommended, Annual Best of Cincinnati, and more. She was a 2019 national directing fellow and also holds a PhD from UC Santa Barbara.
Katelyn Wenkoff ’24 she/her (A Hundred Circling Camps: Anna/ Vee/Ruth; La Viuda: Good Angela) is a recent Middlebury College graduate from Nashville, Tennessee. She completed her double major in theatre and psychology this past May. Her acting credits include The Worst Mother in the World (Nina), Polaroid Stories (Persephone), She Kills Monsters (Lilith), Company (Susan), The Last Five Years (Cathy), Rhinoceros (Waitress/Narrator 1), and Everybody (Stuff/Somebody 1). She was thrilled to participate in PTP/NYC’s 35th season at Atlantic Stage 2, in Sex, Grift, and Death (mourner u/s). She would like to thank her family for their endless support!
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The production was rehearsed on land which has served as a site of meeting and exchange among the Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. The Western Abenaki are the traditional caretakers of these Vermont lands and waters, which they call Ndakinna. We give thanks for the opportunity to share in the bounty of this place and to protect it. The land on which the Atlantic Theatre Stage 2 stands is part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. We pay respect to the Lenape and to the indigenous caretakers of these lands and will continue to acknowledge indigenous peoples’ past, present and future and their continuing presence in their homelands and in diaspora.
SPECIAL THANKS
Provost’s Academic Council
Department of Theatre—Faculty and Staff
Adam Milano
Judy Bowman
Susan Shopmaker
Elizabeth Robinson
Eman Hayyat
Migdalia Cruz
James Kent
Anne García-Romero
Lillian Manzor
Gwendolyn Alker
Barbara Greenewalt
Jason Kelly
Nina Morrison
Mark Saltveit
Marina Sanchez
The Fornés Institute
Carolyn Craven
Joe Isenberg
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