Bill Irwin "On Beckett" Playbill 10/14/22

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THU. 6 7:30 PM Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi

FRI. 14 7:30 PM Bill Irwin, On Beckett

SUN. 16 2:00 PM 12th Annual Celebration of Dance

FRI. 21 7:30 PM Step Afrika!, Drumfolk

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SAT. 13 11:00 AM 3:00 PM Compagnia TPO, Farfalle

SUN. 14 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Compagnia TPO, Farfalle

MAY

Modlin Center for the Arts presents

On Beckett

Conceived and Performed by Bill Irwin

An Irish Repertory Theatre Production Produced by Octopus

Theatricals

Creator, Performer Bill Irwin

Scenic Designer

Costume Consultant

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

Tour Production Manager

Charlie Corcoran

Martha Hally

Michael Gottlieb

M . Florian Staab

Chris Luner

Stage Manager Natalie Hratko

Tour Lighting Supervisor

Tour Audio Supervisor

Avery Reagan

Alex Brock

Passages from Texts for Nothing, The Unnamable, Watt and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.

The Work of Samuel Beckett presented through special arrangement with George Borchardt, Inc. on behalf of the Estate of Samuel Beckett. All rights reserved.

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg

On Beckett premiered at Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City on October 3, 2018. On Beckett was originally developed at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco in consultation with Artistic Director Carey Perloff. On Beckett was also workshopped at Vineyard Theatre and the Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.

Tonight’s performance will run approximately 85 minutes, without intermission.

For Octopus Theatricals:

Mara Isaacs, Executive/Creative Producer

Michael Francis, Business Manager

Bryan Hunt, Associate Producer/Production Coordinator

Taneisha Duggan, Associate Producer

Adam Hyndman, Associate Producer

Rob Laqui, Associate Producer

Kendra Holloway, Executive Assistant

Kelly Letourneau, Producing Associate

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg

Production Credits

Bill Irwin (Creator, Director, Performer)

Bill Irwin is a Tony Award winning actor, director, writer, and clown. Original works include The Regard of Flight; Largely New York (Four Tony Nominations); Fool Moon; Old Hats, The Happiness Lecture; and others. He has played in many Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional stage productions, including, ON BECKETT, The Iceman Cometh, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play), The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Waiting For Godot (2009 for a Drama Desk Award nomination); Endgame; The Tempest; Texts for Nothing; Garden of Earthly Delights; Accidental Death of An Anarchist; Showboat – and the Tony Award winning Fool Moon, which he created with David Shiner and Nancy Harrington.

On television, Irwin appears as Mr. Noodle of “Elmo’s World” and Carey Loudermilk of “LEGION”. The Regard of Flight (PBS) he created with Doug Skinner, Michael O’Connor, and Nancy Harrington. Film credits include “Rachel Getting Married”, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, “Eight Men Out”, “Interstellar”, “Stepping Out”, “Unsilent Picture”, and more.

Irwin was an original member of Kraken, a theatre company directed by Herbert Blau, and was also an original member of the Pickle Family Circus of San Francisco with Larry Pisoni and Geoff Hoyle. Irwin is the grateful recipient of MacArthur, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships.

Natalie Hratko (Stage Manager) currently manages Sammy Miller and The Congregation and tours with HOME (BethMorrison Projects). Other credits: And So We Walked, Underground Railroad Game, Ballet Met, Tulsa Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Lucky Ones, KPOP, The Wildness: Sky Pony’s Rock Fairy Tale (Ars Nova), By the Water (MTC), Oh, Hello! (Cherry Lane Theatre), Complexions Contemporary Ballet, The Ailey School, Scenes From A Marriage (NYTW), In Your Arms (NYSAF).

Charlie Corcoran (Scenic Designer)

Regional theatre: On Beckett, Without Walls (Center Theatre Group) Tiny House, Doubt (Westport Country Playhouse), A Comedy of Tenors, (Outer Critics Circle Award) (Cleveland Playhouse / McCarter Theatre), Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (The Goodman Theatre), The Marriage of Figaro (The McCarter Theatre), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, (Two River Theatre), NY theatre: The O’Casey Trilogy (Henry Hewes design award), The Shadow of a Gunman (Lucille Lortel award nomination) The Weir and The Quare Land (Origin, First Irish Award), The Emperor Jones (Henry Hewes design award nomination), (Irish Repertory Theatre), Billy and Ray (Vineyard Theatre), Exits And Entrances (Primary Stages). Opera: Fidelio (Santa Fe Opera), The Bartered Bride, Cosi Fan Tutte (co-production Metropolitan Opera and Juilliard) Katya Kabanova, Don Giovanni, (Juilliard), L’Opera Seria (Wolftrap Opera) The Flood (Opera Columbus), Television: Project Runway (Bravo), Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS,) The Equalizer (NBC Universal), Dickinson (Apple tv), Madam Secretary (CBS).

Photo Credit: Craig Schwartz

Michael Gottlieb (Lighting Designer) designed On Beckett at New York’s Irish Repertory Theatre and at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as for the filmed adaptation of the piece. Broadway: Lysistrata Jones. Off-Broadway: Storyville (York), Major Barbara (Pearl), Rated P for Parenthood (Westside Theatre), Signs of Life (AMAS), Spain (MCC), Election Day (Second Stage) and over 40 productions at the Irish Rep including The O’Casey Cycle (Henry Hewes Design Award nomination), Woody Sez, Shining City (with Matthew Broderick) and The Weir. Regional: credits at Philadelphia Theatre Company, Goodspeed, The Hangar, The Old Globe, Trinity Rep and Long Wharf. Opera: The Magic Flute (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington National Operas) with Richard Pilbrow. He has an Emmy Award and several other award nominations for his work in television, and designed the lighting for the SNL Digital Short “D**k in a Box,” among many others. Michael is a graduate of Vassar and The British & European Studies Group, London. mgld.com

Photo Credit: Craig Schwartz

M. Florian Staab (Sound Designer) is a composer and sound designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Staab was born and raised in Germany and received a BA from Oberlin College and MFA from UIUC/Krannert Center. He is an associate artist with Sinking Ship Productions and the resident sound designer at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. His designs have been heard at the Public Theater, Irish Repertory Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, City Theatre Pittsburgh, Center Theatre Group, Mint Theater Company, Pearl Theatre Company, The Drama League, New Saloon, the cell, Partial Comfort, Keen Company, Chicago Opera Vanguard and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Most recently Staab recorded and mixed several virtual productions and directed Bill Irwin’s On Beckett / In Screen for the camera.

www.florianstaab.com

Chris Luner (Tour Production Manager)

Broadway; Ivo Van Hove’s West Side Story, Pretty Woman, Indecent, The Illusionists: Witness The Impossible. National Tours; The King & I, The Illusionists. Regional; Becoming Nancy (Alliance Theater), Roman Holiday (Golden Gate Theater). Off-Broadway; A Commercial Jingle For Regina Comet, Imogen Says Nothing (Fiasco Theater Company), Unsinkable Molly Brown, Once Upon A Mattress & The Patsy (Transport Group), Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (New Victory Theater), Gloria: A Life & Accidentally Brave (Daryl Roth), Desperate Measures and Native Son (The Acting Company). Chris is the Artistic Director of Upper Darby Summer Stage, located in his hometown of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He also served as Production Manager of the program from 2011-2016 bringing over 50 productions to the stage. Chris is the Producer of Ranch Water, an award-winning Indie Film produced during the COVID-19 shutdown. Wagner College Alum. For Terrance.

Avery Reagan (Tour Lighting Supervisor)

Avery Reagan is a lighting designer currently based in the Los Angeles area. She is looking forward to the opportunity to be a part of the On Beckett team and travel the country throughout this tour. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, Avery discovered her passion for lighting through school and community theatre productions. As she specified and matured her craft, she found how mesmerizing and impactful light can be within a production. Now she has designed and assisted from coast-to-coast with companies such as South Coast Repertory Theater, Great River Shakespeare Festival, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Opera, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. During those rare times when she is not working, Avery enjoys snowboarding, going to the movies, savoring a glass of good wine, and spending time with her friends. Most of all, she loves the creative and collaborative process that exists within her craft, and that special magic that often results.

Alex Brock (Tour Audio Supervisor) Alex Brock is a sound designer and engineer from Greenfield, Indiana currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has just completed her graduate studies at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music where she focused on design for musical theater and audio team management. This is her first production with Octopus Theatricals, but you may have heard her work at New York Stage and Film, Chautauqua Theater Company, Syracuse Stage, or Bay Street Theater.

Octopus Theatricals (Producer) Founded by creative producer Mara Isaacs, Octopus Theatricals collaborates with artists and organizations to foster an expansive range of compelling theatrical works for local and global audiences. Current projects include: Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (Broadway, 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical; Grammy Award, Best Musical Theater Album); Gabriel Byrne’s Walking with Ghosts (Broadway); Goddess created by Saheem Ali, Jocelyn Bioh and Michael Thurber; Bhangin’ It by Rehana Lew Mirza, MIke Lew and Sam Willlmott; Dreaming Zenzile by Somi Kakoma; (…Iphigenia), a new opera by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding; In The Same Tongue created by choreographer Dianne McIntyre with music by Diedre Murray; The Social! Dance Club conceived by Steven Hoggett, Christine Jones & David Byrne; And So We Walked by DeLanna Studi; Theatre for One (in person and virtual) and many more. Octopus Theatricals is also home to the Producer Hub, an online resource supporting independent producers in the experimental and performing arts sectors.

Octopustheatricals.com

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg

Photo Credit: Em Watson

The actor and stage managers in this production are members of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Photo Credit: Carol Rosegg

Modlin Arts

STEP AFRIKA!, DRUMFOLK

Friday, Oct 21, 2022

7:30 PM

Alice Jepson Theatre

The first professional company dedicated to the African American tradition of stepping shares a tale of resistance, resilience, and reclamation.

SONIA DE LOS SANTOS

FAMILY ARTS DAY

Sunday, October 23, 2022

3:00 PM, Arts Day 1:00-4:00 PM

Camp Concert Hall

Children and grownups of all backgrounds adore the joyful and bright music of Sonia De Los Santos. Her songs, in both Spanish and English, reflect her inspiring journey.

SUSANNA PHILLIPS, WITH CRAIG TERRY

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022

7:30 PM

Camp Concert Hall

Alabama native soprano Susanna Phillips continues to establish herself as one of today’s most sought-after singing actors and recitalists, performing at the Met Opera for 12 consecutive seasons.

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