Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM Book by JAMES LAPINE
Into the Woods April 14-16, and 21-24, 2022 Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts 1
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Salem State University Theatre department presents
Into the Woods Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by JAMES LAPINE Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick Director William Cunningham Musical Director Karen Gahagan Choreographer Alex Jacobs Scenic Designer Michael M. Harvey Lighting Designers Michael M. Harvey and Hunter Mountz Costume Designer Jerry L. Johnson Projections Designer Jasmine De Leon Sound Designer Topher Morris Props Master Destany Foley Stage Manager Cassie Lebeau Original Broadway production by Heidi Landesman Rocco Landesman M. Anthony Fisher Frederick H. Mayerson
Rick Steiner Jujamcyn Theatres
Originally produced by the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, Ca. INTO THE WOODS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
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CHAIRPERSON LETTER Dear Theatre Patrons, The past two years have been very challenging for everyone. Through it all, our department flourished by reimagining the sphere of performance in our 20202021 season. The faculty, staff, and students of the Theatre and Speech Communication Department are elated to welcome you back to our seats for live theatre at Salem State University. We opened our 2021-2022 mainstage season with Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, directed by Julie Kiernan. The play is a magical and poetic dance between gender and through time, a fantastical world in which courtly movement and biographical narration combine to tell the story of a being who lives outside of human expectations and enjoys twice the experience that humanity has to offer. Our next production was Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, under the direction of Peter Sampieri. This Pulitzer Prize winner combines farce, burlesque, and satire, depicting the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey who narrowly escape one cataclysmic disaster after another. Whether he’s inventing the alphabet or saving the world from apocalypse, George Antrobus and his formidable family somehow manage to persevere. We continued our season with the world premiere of Parker Goodreau’s The Thing They Love directed by Esme Allen. Set in 1933, New York City during the Great Depression, The Thing They Love depicts down-and-out rumrunner Rabbit and his sibling Maggs befriend a wealthy queer couple in a lavender marriage. We will close our 2021/2022 mainstage season with Into the Woods, a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by James Lapine, directed by Bill Cunningham. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. In addition to our mainstage offerings, we are also producing the third annual Veteran’s 10-Minute Play Festival, BFA directing thesis projects, a staged reading, and Acting Recital 2022 this season. Again, welcome back to live theatre at Salem State University. Please sit back in your socially distanced seat and enjoy the show! Graciously, Jerry L. Johnson Chair, Theatre and Speech Communication, Salem State University
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES “The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...” —Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales For most, fairy tales are the first stories we encounter. Like the best of stories, they feed our imagination, while also helping us face life’s conflicts. Into the Woods allows us to revisit these early stories, but the stories are seen differently. We have changed. We are further down the road, in new chapters in life. It is from this newfound perspective that we enter the woods. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine are not storytellers who settle for the simple story. Sondheim is famous for writing mature musicals, shows with complexity of emotion, character, and theme. He lives in the realm of moral ambivalence. How could he resist the apparent contradiction of applying this to fairy tales? Into the Woods challenges audiences to look beyond simple questions. What is good? Who is bad? Where is the promise of a happy ending? According to Bruno Bettelheim “the fairy story teaches: that one must leave home to find one's kingdom; that it cannot be gained immediately; that risks must be taken, trials submitted to; that it cannot be done all by oneself, but that one needs helpers; and that to secure their aid, one must meet some of their demands.” The woods are full of dangers, hardships, and disappointments. These experiences teach us. We learn. We grow. Our character is formed. It is from these moments that our true stories are revealed to us. I have been a teacher for thirty-six years. Every student is a story waiting to blossom. Students are wishes. Sondheim says that Act I of Into the Woods is the individual quests of the characters. The wishes are short sighted and blind to the repercussions of selfish acts. But Act II becomes the collective journey. As Sondheim tells us “Careful, no one is alone. No one acts alone.” What do I wish for my students? I wish that their stories help to cast a spell on others. I wish that the stories they tell are worthy to be heard by children.
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DRAMATURG NOTE Even if you had little idea who Stephen Sondheim was, you probably recognized his name or one of his various works when his passing was announced this past November. A titan in the musical theatre industry, Sondheim began his legendary career by penning the lyrics to Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurent’s iconic West Side Story. His notoriety only grew from there. Gypsy, Company, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods are a handful of what his brilliant mind created and gifted to us. But even the brightest of minds struggle. Reeling at the commercial failure of Merrily We Roll Along, his most recent musical collaboration, Sondheim announced in 1981 that he would be taking a step back from his work on Broadway. Had James Lapine, a young Yale professor and playwright, not considered reaching out to him, we would not have the last third of Sondheim’s catalog, including Into the Woods. By chance, Sondheim had seen Lapine’s newest play weeks prior and was quite impressed. At the urging of a mutual friend, the two arranged a meeting and instantaneously formed a creative connection with their wonderfully different artistic approaches. One of the most striking differences between the two men stemmed from their upbringing. Sondheim and Lapine came from very different familial backgrounds, with Lapine having a normal Midwestern childhood— as normal as anyone can get. Sondheim, as the only child of creative socialites, was raised by maids and butlers in the Upper West Side of New York City. After the unexpected divorce of his parents, he fell prey to his abusive and manipulative mother. As a teen, he would eventually find an unlikely father figure in Oscar Hammerstein II, the latter half of the legendary Broadway duo Rodgers and Hammerstein. As a result of this relationship, the young Stephen Sondheim began to pursue theatre as a career; due to the fractured relationship with his parents, the motif of family would repeat over and over again in his musicals. Sondheim and Lapine’s creative debut, Sunday in the Park with George, was a runaway success that revolved around the legacy and fictionalized family of French painter Georges Seurat. The duo immediately began brainstorming ideas for their next musical. Sondheim was seeking to write a quest musical like The Wizard of Oz, where the characters’ songs not only progressed the story but could stand on their own, while Lapine was intrigued by the world of fairy tales. Yet the two were stumped, wanting
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to create something distinctly unique. Each had their personal style that had just worked so wonderfully when combined in their first collaborative project. As the two men pondered what they could create, they recalled one of their prior ideas, where characters of different TV shows came together for an hour of prime-time extravaganza. With that, they realized the true potential of what they had just stumbled on. Drawing primarily from Bruno Bettelheim’s The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairytales and the works of the Brothers Grimm, Sondheim and Lapine created a world where wolves stalk girls in the dark heart of the woods, where fair maidens flee from lusty princes, where giants dwell in the sky, and where witches are cursed by their mothers; they centered this fantastical world around an ordinary couple who wishes for a child. This longing for a child drives the Baker and his Wife into the woods on a quest. There, they encounter familiar faces who have wishes of their own. As everyone embarks on their journey to fulfill their wish, they begin to notice that the fulfillment of wishes can come with unforeseen consequences, good and bad. Everything has something that serves in opposition to it. That’s just the way the world works. In Into the Woods, the joys of family are celebrated, yet we are reminded of the troubles family can bring. Love flourishes and grows in the woods, but in some moments it is blocked by weeds and thorns. Success arises, and we observe what happens when too much success influences someone. Good and right oppose evil and wrong. But Sondheim and Lapine do not deal in absolutes. Everything is shaded when you’re in the woods. Though it’s a spectacle filled with shimmery, show stopping numbers and riveting moments of delight, Into the Woods is also just as much a cautionary tale as its foundational works were. Sometimes a musical is just a musical. Sometimes a musical can make you think. What do you wish? How far would you go to make your wish come true? Because sometimes they can, and if they do, there is one thing that is crucial to remember. Be careful what you wish for. Rachael Schuster ‘23
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CAST The Baker The Baker’s Wife Little Red Riding Hood
Stephen Caliskan Michelle Moran Erin Shine
The Witch
Symphony Shea
Cinderella
Caitlyn Luria
Jack
Ryan March
Florinda
Skylar Longley
Lucinda
Riley Toland
Jack’s Mother Milky-White Cinderella’s Stepmother Rapunzel’s Prince Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf Rapunzel The Narrator/Mysterious Man
Faith Bockover Jordan Mitchell Sarah Jean Durning Trevor Hathaway Fernando Barbosa Meghan Volpone Rémani Lizana
Steward
Nathan King
Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant
Anya Saben
Snow White Sleeping Beauty Cinderella’s Father General Understudies
Meaghan Bassett Piper Hall Johnathon Pappas Meaghan Bassett, Piper Hall, Cole Hastings Ian Tomarakos and Megan Falkner
The show runs approximately two hours and thirty minutes. There will be one fifteen-minute intermission. Please note that this production includes stage fog and sudden loud noises. Out of courtesy to your fellow audience members and the actors onstage, please turn off any cell phones and pagers, and do not text during the performance. Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. No food or beverage allowed in the theatre. Salem State is a tobacco free campus. Thank you.
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ORCHESTRA Jeffrey Leonard
flute, bass clarinet
Bill Kirkley
clarinet, bass clarinet
Mark Napierkowski
trumpet (April 14-16)
Jay Daly
trumpet (April 21-24)
Dirk Hillyer
French horn
Peter Stickel
violin
John Bumstead
cello
Gary Spellisey Edi Rovi
percussion synthesizer
Joseph Stroup (Assistant Music Director) Karen Gahagan (Music Director)
piano conductor
SPECIAL THANKS Provost David Silva, Dean Brian Travers and the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor Peter Sampieri, Professor Mary-Jo Grenfell, Salem State Music and Dance Department, Lynn Shane , Richard Moore, and Creative North Shore. Salem State is grateful for the financial support from the following in helping to make this production possible: Sophia and Bernard Gordon and the Gordon Foundation Dembowski Family Theatre Endowment
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MUSICAL NUMBERS ACT ONE Prologue
Narrator and Company
Cinderella at the Grave
Cinderella, Cinderella’s Mother
Hello, Little Girl
Wolf, Little Red Ridinghood
I Guess This is Goodbye
Baker, Jack, Baker’s Wife
Maybe They’re Magic
Baker, Baker’s Wife
Rapunzel
Narrator, Rapunzel, Witch, Rapunzel’s Prince
Baker’s Reprise
Baker, Narrator
I Know Things Now
Little Red Ridinghood
A Very Nice Prince
Cinderella, Baker’s Prince
First Midnight
Company
Giants in the Sky
Jack
Agony
Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince
A Very Nice Prince (Reprise) It Takes Two Second Midnight
Cinderella, Baker’s Wife Baker, Baker’s Wife Witch, Cinderella’s Prince, Rapunzel’s Prince, Stepmother, Florinda, Lucinda
Stay with Me On the Steps of the Palace The Potion Act One Finale
Rapunzel, Witch Cinderella Jack, Witch, Baker’s Wife, Baker, Mysterious Man Narrator and Company
ACT TWO Prologue Agony Reprise Witches Lament
Cinderella’s Prince and Rapunzel’s Prince Witch
Any Moment, Part 1
Cinderella’s Prince, Baker’s Wife
Any Moment, Part 2
Cinderella’s Prince, Baker’s Wife
Moments in the Woods Your Fault Last Midnight No More
Baker’s Wife Jack, Baker, Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Witch Witch, Cinderella, Baker, Little Red Ridinghood Baker, Mysterious Man
No One is Alone, Part 1
Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood
No One is Alone, Part 2
Cinderella, Baker, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood
Act Two Finale
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Narrator and Company
Company
CAST Fernando Barbosa (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf) is a senior pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in performance. This is his fifth role at Salem State University. Previous credits: Think of Me Tuesday and Native Gardens, Gloucester Stage Co., Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Elliot Norton Nomination), Apollinaire Theatre Co., Love’s Labor’s Lost, Hub Theatre Co., Machinal, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Much Ado About Nothing, Salem State University, All’s Well that Ends Well and Cymbeline (u/s), Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. He has also appeared with Fort Point Theatre Channel, Arts After Hours, Marblehead Little Theatre, and UMass Lowell. Awards: KCACTF Irene Ryan Finalist (2021 and Runner-Up in 2022), NETC Best Comedic Actor, Best Classical Actor. Meaghan Bassett (Snow White) is a first year pursuing their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is their first role at Salem State University. Previous credits include Kate (Legally Blonde Jr.), Jan (Grease Jr.), and Mrs. Potts (Beauty and the Beast Jr.).
Faith Bockover (Jack’s Mom), is a transfer student pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. Previous credits include Elle Woods (Legally Blonde), Lulie (Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche), Johanna (Sweeney Todd), and Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s Dream).
Stephen Caliskan (The Baker) is a junior pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. Previous credits include Mr. Antrobus (The Skin of Our Teeth), Filing Clerk (Machinal), Andrew (Love Letters), and Malcolm (Bedroom Farce). Awards: Four Superior Rankings at International Thespian Society Festival (2017, 2018), Acting Scholarship at International Thespian Society Festival (2018).
Sarah Jean Durning (Cinderella’s Stepmother) is a transfer pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. Previous credits include Nat (Rabbit Hole) Margie (Good People), Meredith (Five Women Wearing the Same Dress), Marvalyn/Villian/Marci (Almost, Maine) and Jean (Dead Man’s Cell Phone). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan semi-finalist (2019) and Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan finalist (2020).
Megan Falkner (understudy) is a freshman pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance at Salem State University. This is her first mainstage role here at Salem State University. Previous credits include Mary Warren (The Crucible), Tink (Peter/Wendy), and Hero (Lost in the System) and Lieutenant Daly (Waiver Wire). 11
Piper Hall (understudy) is a sophomore pursuing her Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She has performed previously at Salem State University in the Veterans Play Festival as Lieutenant Howell (Waiver Wire). Previous credits include Anna (Frozen), Grace (Annie), and James (Jesus Christ Superstar) at Marblehead Little Theater. She also recently stage-managed Translations (Marblehead Little Theater). Cole Hastings (understudy) is a freshman pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater performance. This is their first mainstage role at Salem State University. Previous credits include Yo-Yo (Psycho Beach Party) and Donkey (Shrek! The Musical). Trevor Hathaway (Rapunzel’s Prince) is a junior pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is his third role at Salem State University. Previous credits include Chorus (Orlando) and Minister/ Grandparents/Dancer (The Long Christmas Ride Home) at Salem State University, and Enjolras (Les Miserable), Lord Capulet (Romeo & Juliet), and Officer Lockstock (Urinetown: The Musical). Nathan King (The Steward) is a sophomore pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is his third role at Salem State University. Previous credits include The Archduchess/Archduke (Orlando) and Harry Houdini (Ragtime). Rémani Lizana (Narrator/Mysterious Man) is a senior pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is her fifth and final role at Salem State University. Some of their previous credits include Dogberry (Much Ado About Nothing), Letter Writer 3 (Tiny Beautiful Things), Zackie Salmon/Marge Murray/ Lucy Thompson/Shadow (The Laramie Project), Officer Lockstock (Urinetown: The Musical), Mrs.Gardner (Carrie: The Musical), and Matron Mama Morton (Chicago). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan nominee (2019, 2021, and 2022) and the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan Finalist (2021).
Skylar Longley (Florinda) is a sophomore pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater performance. Her past Salem State University credits include Telephone Girl/ Barber (Machinal), Hermia (Dead Man’s Cell Phone), and Izzy (Rabbit Hole). This is her second mainstage production. Other credits include Luciana (The Comedy of Errors), Ensemble/Foley Sound (Radium Girls), and Ensemble/ Assistant Director (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time).
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Caitlyn Luria (Cinderella) is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre performance. This is her sixth role at Salem State University. Previous credits include Orlando (Orlando), Young Woman (Machinal), Puppeteer (The Long Christmas Ride Home), Ursula (Much Ado About Nothing) and Actor (Gunplay: A Play About America). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship 2nd Alternate (2022). Ryan March (Jack) is a sophomore at Salem State University and is pursuing both a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in theatre performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. Some of his past roles include Pinocchio (Shrek: The Musical), A-Rab (West Side Story), Ariel (The Tempest), and Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby). Ryan also made his directorial debut with his rendition of Larry Shue’s The Nerd. Jordan Mitchell (Milky White) is a junior pursuing their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in directing. This is their third role at Salem State University. Some previous acting credits include Linus Van Pelt (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown), Lenny Ryan (O Beautiful), and The Son in (The Visit).
Michelle Moran (The Baker’s Wife) is a junior pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre performance! This will be her fifth show at Salem State. Selected credits include Jan (Bedroom Farce), Claire (The Visit), and Brooke Wyndham (Legally Blonde).
Johnathon Pappas (Cinderella’s Father) is a freshman pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre performance. This is his first mainstage at Salem State University. Previous credits include Howie Corbett (Rabbit Hole), Fourth Man (Metamorphosis), and Jason (Sweat).
Anya Saben (Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant) is a sophomore transfer student at Salem State University pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre performance. This is her first mainstage role at Salem State University. Previous credits include Piggy (The Lord of the Flies), Berthe (Pippin), Mary Davis (Girl in the White Pinafore), and Penelope Pennywise (Urinetown: The Musical). Symphony Shea (The Witch) is a senior pursuing their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is their sixth role at Salem State University. Previous credits include Mrs. Antrobus (The Skin of Our Teeth), Mother/Prosecution (Machinal), Delia (Bedroom Farce), Ensemble (Gunplay: A Play About America), and Immigrant Ensemble (Ragtime). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan nominee (2020 and 2021). 13
Erin Shine (Little Red Riding Hood) is a senior pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance with a double major, Bachelor of Arts in music, along with a minor in dance. This is her tenth role at Salem State University. Previous credits include: The Queen (Orlando), Musician (The Long Christmas Ride Home), Shona (Top Girls), Simon (O Beautiful), 25 Captain (The Wolves), Second Woman (Women in Parliament), Sweetheart (Middletown), Sargent/Mom (Veterans Play Festival), Angle/soloist (Jesus Christ Superstar), Cinderella (Cinderella), Wednesday (Addams Family), and Ginette (Almost, Maine). Operas include Salome (Salome), and Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel), and Carmen (Carmen). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Irene Ryan nominee and finalist (2021). Riley Toland (Lucinda) is a senior pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is her tenth role at Salem State! Some credits include Bettina Barnes (Psycho Beach Party), Nurse/Track #7 (Machinal), Kate (Long Christmas Ride Home), Nina (Stupid F**king Bird), Jeanine (Top Girls), and Agnes (She Kills Monsters). She also has credits in Directing (Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche) and Costume Design (Going to Adultown, Psycho Beach Party). She’s excited to finally be leaving the woods with you!
Ian Tomarakos (understudy) is a freshman pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance. This is his first role at Salem State University. Some previous credits include Matt Galloway (The Laramie Project), Evelyn Oakleigh (Anything Goes), Chuck Cranston (Footloose), and Patchy the Pirate (SpongeBob SquarePants).
Meghan Volpone (Rapunzel) is a senior pursuing her degree in community education with a double major in theatre BA performance and a minor in educational studies. Previous credits include Erik Waters (O Beautiful), Lieutenant Hineline (Waiver Wire), Candy (Zombie Prom) and Marie (Hello! My Baby!). Awards: MET Blue Star Award for Best Specialty Ensemble.
CREATIVE TEAM AND PRODUCTION STAFF Bovie Boisvert (Assistant Stage Manager) is a senior pursuing their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in stage management. Their recent stage management credits include Going to Adultown and Rough Crossing (Student Theatre Ensemble); The Skin of Our Teeth, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Bedroom Farce, Gunplay: A Play about America, Veterans Play Festival, and Ragtime (Salem State University); and Peter and the Starcatcher (The Greater Boston Stage Company). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 Stage Management Merit Award 2022, KCACTF Region 1 Stage Management Nominee 2021. 14
JJ Castillo (Assistant Director) is a senior pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre arts with a concentration in directing. Previous directing credits include Rabbit Hole (Salem State University), Going to Adultown (Student Theatre Ensemble), and Uber Play (Tomorrow’s Playwrights Festival). Assistant directing credits include: The Laramie Project and Gunplay: A Play About America (Salem State University).
William Cunningham (Director) is a tenured Professor of Theatre Arts at Salem State University who holds an MFA in Playwrighting from UCLA. His plays (LifeLike2, Intimate Apparel, Right Next Door, The Do-It-Yourselfers, and Managed Care) have been produced at the Boston Playwright’s Theatre and published by Baker’s Plays. His play Poison of Choice premiered at Salem State in 2018. His play A Small Death in a Big Country premiered at Salem State in 2016 and was selected to be performed at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. His play Course Work also performed at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in 2004. For Salem State Theatre he has directed The Laramie Project, Much Ado About Nothing, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Seagull, Spring Awakening, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Man and Superman, Our Lady of 121st Street, Red Noses, The Weir, A Doll’s House, Six Degrees of Separation, The Tempest, Bat Boy: The Musical, Bedroom Farce, and Oedipus the King.
Jasmine De Leon (Projections Designer) is a senior pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in lighting design. Previous credits: The Thing They Love, The Skin of our Teeth, and O Beautiful (Salem State University), and Hail Mary (Salem State Student Ensemble).
Destany Foley (Props Master) is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in technical theatre. Recent credits include Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, and Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, (Student Theatre Ensemble) and The Visit, Machinal, and Orlando (Salem State University) Awards: James J. Fallon Award (2021). Karen Gahagan (Musical Director) is an arts administrator and musician based on the North Shore. She is delighted to be working with Bill Cunningham on their third musical theatre collaboration. Her work has covered the gamut from classical chamber music to orchestral performances to musical theatre to choral directing. She has worked with numerous theatre companies, educational institutions, and musical organizations in the greater Boston area. Karen is a proud alum of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and Simmons University’s School of Library and Information Science. By day, she is the director of Salem State’s Center for Creative and Performing Arts.
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Isaac Goldbaum (Asst. Scenic Designer) is a senior pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in scenic design. Recent design credits include The Thing They Love, Rabbit Hole, Psycho Beach Party, Orlando, Machinal, Much Ado About Nothing, The Visit, Top Girls, and Ragtime (Salem State University) and Going to Adultown, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, Hail Mary!, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Student Theatre Ensemble). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 scenic design nominee (2020, 2021, and 2022). Michael M. Harvey (Lighting and Scenic Designer) is an Associate Professor of design at Salem State University where he teaches and designs scenery and lighting. Previously he spent four years at Southern Utah University where he served as Assistant Professor and Director of design and production. He taught scenic and lighting and sound design, as well as designed scenery, lights, and sound for the department of theatre arts and dance. He spent eight years teaching and designing at Central Lakes College in Minnesota. He also spent two years teaching at the University of Southern Indiana, where he served as scenic designer and technical director. Among his professional credits are scenic coordinator for the Opera Company of Philadelphia; scenic designer for Spamalot at North Shore Music Theatre; scenic and lighting designer for several Primedia Inc. television productions; and production manager for both the New Harmony Theatre in New Harmony, IN, and Capital Repertory Company in Albany, NY. Michael holds a Master of Fine Arts in Scenic Design and Theatre Technology from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.
Stacey Horne-Harper (Faculty Props Master) is a graduate of the University of Delaware Professional Theatre Training Program. She spent seven years as the properties carpenter at the American Repertory Theater. She would like to thank her family for all of their incredible support.
Alex Jacobs (Choreographer). After six years as an adjunct, Alex Jacobs is in his first semester as an Assistant Professor here at Salem State. A Bostonarea teaching artist, Alex has also taught at Bridgewater, Brandeis, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Bridgewater and Northeastern. He received his Bachelor of Arts in theatre from The University of Leeds and his Master of Fine Arts from Brandeis University. At Salem State he is known for teaching Movement for the Stage, Introduction to Performance, Auditioning and many an Oral Communication class, amongst others! Outside of teaching Alex has directed for Salem State’s Annual Veterans Play Festival and has also enjoyed directing at Bridgewater and for the Hampstead Stage Company's Summer Touring Series. As an actor, Alex has worked with many Boston area companies including Greater Boston Stage, Gloucester Stage and Company One. His latest role being in MoonBox’s Rocky Horror last fall. 16
Jerry Johnson (Costume Designer) is an Associate Professor of Design and Chair of the Theatre and Speech Communications department. He is the costume designer for Drumline Live; a touring musical based on the movie. In New York City, he designed for: Harlem School of the Arts, Columbia University, and Flux Theatre Ensemble. Jerry’s Broadway work includes Disney’s Lion King, Disney’s Little Mermaid, Jersey Boys, Phantom of the Opera, Cinderella, and Rockette's Christmas Spectacular. While working in fashion, he was the Production Coordinator for: Marc Jacobs, Alice + Olivia, and Thakoon. His regional theatre credits include: The Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Papermill Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Contemporary American Theatre Festival and Arkansas Rep. Internationally, he worked for ETA Hoffman theatre in Bamberg, Germany. Cassandra Lebeau (Stage Manager) is a senior pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in stage management. Previous stage management credits include The Skin of Our Teeth, The Laramie Project Much Ado About Nothing, Top Girls, and Uncommon Women and Others (Salem State Theatre Department), and Hir (Student Theatre Ensemble). Awards: Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region 1 stage management nominee (2019, 2021). Abigail Poor (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in stage management. Recent stage management credits include Matilda (The Cannon Theatre), Challenger to Touch the Face of God (Viking Theatre Company), Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Theater at the Mount), Veterans Play Festival (Salem State University) and Orlando (Salem State University). Awards: Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild Stage Management Award (2020) and Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild Set Design Award (2020).
Rachael Schuster (Assistant Stage Manager/Dramaturg) is a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre performance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Previous acting credits include Dee Dee/Mrs. Forrest (Psycho Beach Party), Mary Bennett (Pride and Prejudice), and Eileen Engen/ Ensemble (The Laramie Project). Previous technical credits at Salem State include The Things They Love, The Skin of Our Teeth, and Orlando. Charlie Sullivan (Assistant Costume Designer) is a sophomore pursuing a Batchelor of Fine Arts in theatre performance. Previous credits include Orlando (Orlando), Ali/Sarah (Veterans Play Festival), and The Cat in the Hat (Seussical).
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PRODUCTION PERSONNEL Assistant Director
JJ Castillo
Assistant Musical Director/Rehearsal Pianist
Joseph Stroup
Assistant Stage Managers Bovie Boisvert, Abigail Poor and Rachael Schuster Dramaturge
Rachael Schuster
Company Deputies
Rémani Lizana and Symphony Shea
Movement Captains
Trevor Hathaway and Michelle Moran
Music Captains
Stephen Caliskan and Erin Shine
Assistant Costume Designer
Charlie Sullivan
Draper
Jane Hillier-Walkowiak
Stitchers
Sen Barone and Nick Porto
Costume Construction Costume Build Crew
CostumeWorks Inc. THE201/202 Workshop class, Andrew Reynolds
Mask Designer
.Ray Shaffer
Horse Heads Creator
John Fogle
Wig Designer
Charlie Kellogg
Hair & Makeup Crew
Abigail Durham, Samantha Gibbs, and Melissa Poirier
Wardrobe Head
Sen Barone
Wardrobe Run Crew
Shayna Dollen, Rebecca Gosiewski, and Bella Perez
Technical Director
Abigale Feinstein
Staff Technical Director
Stu Grieve
Staff Assistant Technical Director Master Carpenter Scenic Build Crew Scenic Paint Crew
Alecia DiCicco THE201/202 Workshop class, J’Von Allen, Gianna Fiorillo, Rémani Lizana, AJ Metherall, and Andrew Reynolds Gianna Fiorillo, Nicole Kenney, Rémani Lizana, Marv Worrick, and Rachael Young
Scenic Run Crew
J’Von Allen
Faculty Props Master
Stacey Horne-Harper
Milky-White Design and Construction
Stacey Horne-Harper
Props Build Crew Props Run Crew
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Tim O’Toole
Andrew Reynolds, Rachael Schuster, Ian Tomarakos, and Rachael Young Emily Franklin, Brock Hoey, and Marck-Hens Jules
Master Electrician
Hunter Mountz
Programmer/Student Master Electrician
Maddie Dustin
Electrics Crew
Juaquin Cruz, Zachary Graves, and Magnus Woytek
Light Board Operator
Vi Thai
Projector Operator
Madison Gallagher
Audio Engineer
Ben Richard
Sound Computer Operator
Nadia Okuliczki
Microphone Technicians
Chris Charlot and Dylan Smith
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Karen Gahagan, director and Kati Nalbandian, project manager
House Manager and Production Coordinator Assistant House Manager
Ashley Preston O’Toole Stephanie Rossmeisl
Box Office Manager
Paige Marshall
Assistant Box Office Manager
Wesley Crowley
Ushers Anthony Bowker, Geana Clafin, Davianna Cora, Juaquin Cruz, Monique Grenier, Cameron Holmes, Lia Marcheterre, Jade Marin, AJ Metherall, Luis Santiago, Liv Steeman, and Marv Worrick
THEATRE AND SPEECH COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT Celena Sky April Esme Allen Brianne Beatrice Bryn Boice William Cunningham Sara Conlon James J. Fallon, (Professor Emeritus) Myrna Finn, (Professor Emerita) Stuart Grieve Thomas J. Hallahan, (Professor Emeritus)
Michael M. Harvey Elizabeth Hart, (Professor Emerita) Jane Hillier-Walkowiak Stacey Horne-Harper Alex Jacobs Jerry L. Johnson, Chairperson Julie Kiernan Christopher Morris Janet Neely Tim O’Toole Ashley Preston O’Toole
Jill Rogati Peter Sampieri Vera Sheppard, (Professor Emerita)
Richard Snee Allen Vietzke Whitney L. White, (Professor Emeritus)
Patricia Zaido, (Professor Emerita)
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The Kennedy Center The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David M. Rubenstein. Special Thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting the John F. Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts’ Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; and the Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation. Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels. Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance. Last year more than 1,500 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.
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