Bakersfield Mist

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BAKERSFIELD MIST is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Presented in Honor of HARRIETT LAKE

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Bakersfield Mist runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.

Bakersfield Mist was first presented on stage in the United Kingdom by Sonia Friedman Productions, Nica Burns, Martin Massman, Kelbe Bensinger, Darren Baggert, and Chris Bessinger.

The World Premiere of Bakersfield Mist was produced at The Fountain Theatre, Los Angeles, directed by Stephen Sachs.

Bakersfield Mist was first produced in a rolling world premiere by The Fountain Theatre (California) and New Repertory Company (Massachusetts) as part of the National New Play Network’s Continued Life of New Plays Fund.

AUTHOR’S NOTE Bakersfield Mist is a work of fiction. Although inspired in part by a true incident, the characters and events in the play are fictionalized and are not intended to accurately depict or resemble any actual person or event, living or dead. Names, characters, places, and incidents have been changed for dramatic purposes.

SETTING A trailer park in Bakersfield, CA. Present day.

THE CAST Maude Gutman..…………...……………………………...…..........………...………………………….Anne Hering* Lionel Percy……..………………………...……………………………...……………………………...….….Steve Brady* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association , the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the appearance.

Maude Gutman……….….....……...………………………...………………….…...……………………..….Cindy Karr Lionel Percy……………..………….…...………………………...………………………...………………...Duncan Bahr

SPECIAL THANKS Shakespeare’s Swingin’ Sewin’ Society and Costume Shop Volunteers Matthew Michael’s Salon and Spa

CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM Director………………………………………………………………….........………………………………..Matt Pfeiffer*** Scenic Designer…………………………………………………………………………............................Vandy Wood Costume Designer………………………………………………………………………………..Heidi Jo Schiemer Lighting Designer………………………………………………..……………………………………...Kevin Griffin** Sound Designer……………………………………..………....……..………………………………George Hamrah* Fight Director…………………………………………………………..……………………………………….Bill Warriner Stage Manager………………………….......…………………………………………………………George Hamrah* Production Assistants……………………………………..…Amanda Hankinson, Kaylyn Kriaski Light Board Operators….……………………………..............................Colleen Doherty, Rob Jones Wardrobe……..………………..….…………….....….........................................................Shayna McLaughlin *Member of Actors’ Equity Association ** Member of United Scenic Artists *** Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

CAST BIOS STEVE BRADY (Lionel Percy | Debut Season) Steve spent his summer doing musicals, Rock of Ages at Gateway Playhouse on Long Island and Nice Work If You Can Get It at Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. His last visit to Florida was this past winter at Vero Beach’s Riverside Theatre in West Side Story.

He’s appeared on Broadway, Inherit the Wind; Off-Broadway in Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Soho Playhouse; Poor Beast in the Rain, Irish Arts; The Power of Darkness, The Mint; A Dangerous Personality, Perry Street.

Steve’s toured nationally in The Exonerated, internationally in West Side Story and A Christmas Carol, and worked extensively in regional theatre including Cincinnati Playhouse, Rep Theatre of St Louis, Baltimore Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, Shakespeare Theatre DC, and many others. He lives in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. ANNE HERING (Maude Gutman | 12th Season) Anne has appeared in many Orlando Shakespeare Theater productions including Bad Dog, A Christmas Carol, Les Misérables, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Romeo and Juliet, Sense and Sensibility, Cymbeline, God of Carnage, Pride and Prejudice, All’s Well that Ends Well, Hamlet, and Much Ado About Nothing. Additional acting credits include Boston Marriage, The Real Thing, Wit, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, and The Little Prince with Orlando Theatre Project. Directing credits include The Turn of the Screw, Yankee Tavern, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (at OST), Cabaret, Into the Woods, Bat Boy: the Musical, Hay Fever, A Perfect Ganesh, Defying Gravity, Jake’s Women, Sylvia, and All in the Timing. Anne is also the Director of Education at Orlando Shakes.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Managing Director………………………………………………………...………………………………………PJ Albert Director of Marketing Communications………………………………Melissa Mason Braillard Audience Development & Group Sales Coordinator……………………………Skip Alderman Multimedia Marketing Coordinator…………………………………………………Landon St. Gordon Marketing Intern……………………………………………………………………...……………Cassie Moorehead Box Office Manager……………………………………………………………………………………………...Evan Valle Assistant Box Office Manager……………………………………………………………Brittany Schmitke Guest Services…………………………………….………Doug Bowser, Sarah Doerr, Morgan Price House Manager………………………………………………………………………..………………………Colin Worley Assistant House Manager…………………………………………………………………………….Doug Bowser Director of Development……………………………………………………………….……………Dana Nichols Development Coordinator…………………………………………………………..……….Arika Richardson Grants Manager………………………………………………………………………………..…….....……….Lori Sabbia Director of Finance…………………………………………………………………………………….Barbara Muzeni Operations Lead…................……………………………………………………………………………...Mike O’Neill Operations.………………………………………………................................….…Richard Elo, Jennifer Snell

PRODUCTION STAFF Artistic Director…………………………………………………………………………..……...............Jim Helsinger Production Manager…………………………………………………………………………………George Hamrah Assistant Production Manager………………………………………………………………….........Lisa Hardt Company Manager………………………………………………………………………………...............Paige Gober Technical Director…………………………………………...…………………………………………....James Erwin Assistant Technical Director…………………………………………………………………Delson L. Junker Properties Master…………………………………………………………………………………………...Kurt Bippert Properties Assistant…………………………………………………………………………………………..Jeff Jordan Scenic Charge Artist……………………………………………………………….…………...Rebecca Pancoast Carpenter & Sculptural Artisan……………………………………………….……………….........Jeff Ferree Scenic Apprentices………………………………………...........Andrew Nunley, Kathryn Blakeslee Head of Lighting and Sound…………………………………………….………………………………Rob Jones Sound Engineer & Resident Designer…………………………..……………………….Britt Sandusky Assistant Master Electrician………………………………………………………………….Colleen Doherty Electrics Apprentices…………………………………………………..Delonte Smith, Kayla Rae Waller CAST BIOS Costume Manager & Resident Designer……………………………………………Denise R. Warner Asst. CostumeManager, Lead Draper, & Resident Designer………………………Mel Barger Draper/First Hands…………………...............…Jeannie Marie Haskett, Heidi Jo Schiemer Lead Stitcher/Asst. to First Hands………………………………….....……………………Tabitha Lyons Stitchers……………………………………………..……………………...…………..Sam Cole, Andrea Manning Wardrobe.……………………………………….…………………………………………………....Shayna McLaughlin Costume Apprentices……………………………………Christina M. McCarty, Vanessa Randall AEA Stage Managers……………George Hamrah, Stacy Renee Norwood, Mick O’Neill Stage Management Apprentices……………....………Amanda Hankinson, Mike Griggs, Kaylyn Kriaski, Jenna Sargent

Director of New Play Development……………………………...……….....................Cynthia White Director of Education…………………………………………………………………………………….Anne Hering Children’s Theater Coordinator……………………………………………………………Jennifer Bonner Acting/Education Interns...........Topher Embrey, Austin Ryan Hunt, Kimmi Johnson, Kathryn Miller, James Putnam, Sarah Summerwell, Jacob Valleroy, Corynne Wagener

CREATIVE TEAM BIOS KEVIN GRIFFIN (Lighting Designer | 8th Season) Kevin has previously designed the lighting for Orlando Shakes productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Best of Enemies, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts I & II, Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker, Race, Yankee Tavern, Glass Menagerie, Wittenberg, and Opus.

He currently serves on the faculty as resident lighting designer and production manager for the Annie Russell Theatre at Rollins College. Kevin served as the Assistant Head of Lighting and Head of Lighting for Cirque Du Soleil’s La Nouba!

He received his B.F.A. at Rutgers University and his M.F.A. from The Pennsylvania State University. He is a proud member of IATSE local 631, Orlando, FL. GEORGE HAMRAH (Sound Designer/AEA Stage Manager | 9th Season) George is a graduate of Allegheny College in Meadville, PA and The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in CT. A proud member of Actors’ Equity Association for the past 20 years, he has worked as a stage manager for theaters throughout the east coast including Trinity Rep. in Providence, RI; The Barter Theatre in Virginia; Orlando Theatre Project; Florida Rep.; Riverside Theatre in Florida; Walt Disney World; Royal Caribbean International; Acadia Repertory Theatre in Maine; and Arena Stage in Washington, DC. George has made his home in Central Florida for the past 15 years with his wife Laura Hodos and their three cats. George is currently the Production Manager for Orlando Shakespeare Theater.

Matt Pfeiffer (Director | 4th Season) Matt is a Philly born actor and director who serves as the Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Exile. For Orlando Shakes he has previously directed Wittenberg and Farndale Christmas Carol. Recent directing credits; the world premieres of Down Past Passyunk (Interact) and To The Moon (1812 Productions), as well as the Los Angeles premiere of Completeness. Other credits; Arden Theatre, Two River Theatre, Walnut St. Theatre, Delaware Theatre Co, University of the Arts, and 17 seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Matt is an eleven-time Barrymore nominee, recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award, and a proud member of SDC and AEA. Thanks to the entire Orlando Shakes crew and an amazing group of collaborators. Love to Kim.

STEPHEN SACHS (Playwright) Stephen is an award-winning playwright, director, and co-Artistic Director of the Fountain Theatre in L.A. He is the author of eleven produced plays, including Heart Song, Cyrano (LA Drama Critics Circle Award, Best New Play), Miss Julie: Freedom Summer, Gilgamesh, Open Window (Media Access Award), Central Avenue (PEN USA Literary Award Finalist), Mother’s Day, The Golden Gate (Best Play Award, Dramalogue), and The Baron in the Trees. He wrote the teleplay for Sweet Nothing in My Ear (PEN USA Literary Award Finalist, Media Access Award) for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, which aired on CBS starring Marlee Matlin and Jeff Daniels. Directing credits include the Los Angeles premiere of My Name is Asher Lev, the US premiere of Athol Fugard’s Victory (NAACP Award for Best Director), Conor McPherson’s Shining City (LA Premiere), and many others. Sachs has twice been nominated for the SDC Zelda Fichandler Award, which recognizes outstanding directors who make unique and exceptional contributions to theater in their region.

HEIDI JO SCHIEMER (Costume Designer | 7th Season) Heidi Jo is a first hand for Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Before moving back to Orlando, she was the Resident Costume Designer and Shop Manager at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for fourteen seasons. Some of her favorite designs have been for productions of An Ideal Husband, Richard II, Amadeus, and Cymbeline.

BILL WARRINER (Fight Director | 3rd Season) Bill has been creating nightmares around Orlando since 1998. He started his journey in 1991, graduating from AMDA and diving into the SAFD at the National Stage Combat Workshop in Las Vegas. Some of his recent work: Julius Caesar and Othello at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, the Phantasmagoria series for Empty Spaces, Urinetown for Valencia Community College, and Extremities for the Greater Orlando Actors Theatre. Special thanks to Paddy Crean, the Dean of American Fight Directors... ZAH! VANDY WOOD (Scenic Designer | 3rd Season) Vandy is an associate professor at Theatre UCF and the MFA TYA program coordinator. Orlando Shakes credits include puppets for The Frog and the Princess and A Christmas Carol and set design for The Velveteen Rabbit. Her work has also been featured at Orlando Rep, as well as Jane Henson’s Nativity which was featured in a CBS Christmas special.

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