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THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY | 2015 SEASON
THE ROYAL FAMILY by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber May 27–June 21
THE GUARDSMAN
by Ferenc Molnár new adaptation by Bonnie J. Monte translation by Gábor Lukin July 8–July 26
MISALLIANCE
by George Bernard Shaw August 5–August 30
EQUIVOCATION
by Bill Cain September 16–October 4
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett adapted by Wendy Kesselman October 14–November 21
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
by William Shakespeare December 2–December 27
On the Outdoor Stage
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST by William Shakespeare June 17–July 26
THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY
Board of Trustees
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, Honorary Chairman David Bradford, President Jeanne Barrett Patricia A. Connell Frank DiPrima Suzanne Engel Sarah Fargo Richard Fuchs James Gillen T. Randolph Harris Thomas W. Keffer
James B. Kobak Jr. Gregory McCarthy Joe McDonald Richard B. McGlynn Bonnie J. Monte Edward Ng James Pohlman Philip Rosenbach Rick Sordelet Claire Zweig
MaryAnn Baenninger, President of Drew University* Bob Conley, Mayor of Madison* TRUSTEES EMERITUS
S. Dillard Kirby Heath McLendon Karl Meister *Honorary Trustee
Founded in 1963 by Paul Barry and Philip Dorian, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is the State’s largest professional theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare’s canon and other world classics. Now in its 53rd season, the Theatre is one of the leading Shakespeare theatres in the nation, and the longest-running on the East Coast. Designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the company is a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the statewide association of professional theatres; and a member of ArtPRIDE New Jersey, the Shakespeare Theatre Association, and the Madison Arts and Culture Alliance. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is committed to creating an environment that is accessible to everyone. Our Main Stage venue, the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, is fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
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THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY BONNIE J. MONTE is now in her 25th season as the company’s Artistic Director. Under her leadership, the Theatre has evolved into one of the largest and most respected classical theatres in the nation. Ms. Monte has garnered national recognition for her highly successful revitalization of the institution, and for her outstanding commitment to arts education and professional training. The Theatre has become one of the nation’s leading training grounds for emerging classic theatre artists. During her more than two decades at the helm, the institution successfully completed a major capital campaign resulting in the complete renovation and expansion of the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in 1998. She is currently working on The Legacy Project, the Theatre’s new campaign to perfect and protect the institution’s future. In 2002, the Theatre’s 40th anniversary year, she initiated a new partnership with the College of Saint Elizabeth, attaining a second summer performance venue for the organization: the Outdoor Stage, a unique and stunning Greek amphitheatre on St. Elizabeth’s campus. That same year, The Star-Ledger named the company “Regional Theatre of the Year,” and The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation awarded The Shakespeare Theatre a prestigious Strategic Partnership Grant in the amount of $1 million. In its January 2003 issue, New Jersey Monthly named Ms. Monte one of “40 New Jerseyans We Love.” She has received numerous awards and honors including a Women of Achievement Award, sponsored by the New Jersey General Assembly; an Alumni Achievement Award from Bethany College in West Virginia; and a Person of the Year Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters, for her longtime efforts to nurture young artists. She has also been named Professional Artist of the Year by the Arts Council of the Morris Area, and one of the 25 Most Influential People in the Arts in New Jersey by The Star-Ledger. Prior to arriving in New Jersey, Ms. Monte was a casting director at the prestigious Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City. From 1981 to 1989, she was Associate Artistic Director at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, working closely with renowned Artistic Director Nikos Psacharopoulos. While there, Ms. Monte initiated many new programs, including a second stage and an outdoor free theatre. In 1982, she was part of a writing team, which
included Psacharopoulos and Tennessee Williams, collaborating on Tennessee Williams: A Celebration, a major retrospective tribute to Mr. Williams’ entire literary canon. During her tenure at Williamstown, Ms. Monte also cast and helped produce joint ventures with other major theatres, including Sweet Bird of Youth at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway at Circle-in-the-Square, The Glass Menagerie at The Long Wharf Theatre, and Arms and the Man at The Pasadena Playhouse. Since 1990, she has directed over 50 productions for The Shakespeare Theatre, including stagings of numerous Shakespeare plays, as well as work from the Russian classic canon with a focus on Chekhov and Ostrovsky. Her special affinity for Tennessee Williams has resulted in highly acclaimed productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real and Sweet Bird of Youth. She also directed shows for the Theatre’s Shakespeare LIVE! touring company including The Myths of Ancient Greece: Old Echoes, New Ears, which she also authored. She has created a number of original translations/ adaptations for the company’s Main and Outdoor stages, including Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love, Pirandello’s Enrico IV, Ostrovsky’s Artists and Admirers, Maeterlinck’s The Blue Bird, Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, which was published by Playscripts, Inc, The Alchemist, and this season's The Guardsman. Ms. Monte has been actively involved in the training of new talent for the American stage through numerous training programs for over 30 years, and has also engaged in residencies at the University of South Carolina, where she directed The Trojan Women, and the University of Notre Dame, where she directed The Bacchae. She has been on the faculty of Drew University and The New School in Manhattan. Ms. Monte obtained a conservatory degree in directing from The Hartman Conservatory and a B.A. in theatre from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. She has Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from Drew University and the College of Saint Elizabeth. She is originally from Stamford, Connecticut.
THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director Jeanne Barrett, Managing Director
THE GUARDSMAN
by Ferenc Molnár new adaptation by Bonnie J. Monte from a translation by Gábor Lukin directed by
BONNIE J. MONTE scenic designer
BRITTANY VASTA lighting designer
STEVEN ROSEN
costume designer
PAUL H. CANADA
sound designer
BONNIE J. MONTE
production stage manager
KATHY SNYDER*
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
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The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s programs are made possible, in part, by funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional major support is received from The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, CTW Foundation, The Samuel H. Scripps Foundation, and Drew University, as well as contributions from numerous corporations, foundations, government agencies and individuals.
Cover illustration by Scott McKowen
On the Main Stage: the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre July 8–July 26, 2015
THE PLAYERS (in order of speaking)
Mama............................................................................................ Wendy Barrie-Wilson* The Actor..........................................................................................................Jon Barker* Hélène, the Actress..................................................................................Victoria Mack* Doctor Mezei, the Critic........................................................................... Brent Harris* Bette, the Maid...........................................................................................Saluda Camp* The Debt-Collector..........................................................................Sheffield Chastain* The Usherette..............................................................................................Noreen Farley The Trunk Movers..........................................................Julian Gordon, Patrick Hart‡
THE SETTING Budapest; May of 1910 Act One: The salon in the home of the actor and actress; dusk 15 minute intermission Act Two: A box at the opera; later that evening 10 minute intermission Act Three: The salon; the next day, just before 4:00p.m. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers ‡ Members of 2015 Summer Professional Training Program
For Our Audience! The Shakespeare Theatre provides a wonderful online Audience Guide for each and every one of our shows. These guides are very helpful for those who like to read up on a play before attending, or for those who are eager to peruse a synopsis of the plot. In the spirit of spoiler alerts, the guides remain online for those who wish to investigate a play more after viewing the production! And a P.S. from the actors and your fellow audience members: Remember, texting is just as bad as talking during a performance!
THE EQUITY COMPANY
JON BARKER
WENDY BARRIE-WILSON
SALUDA CAMP
SHEFFIELD CHASTAIN
BRENT HARRIS
VICTORIA MACK
JON BARKER (The Actor) is in his eighth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Alchemist, The Tempest, Pericles, Tovarich, Trelawny of the Wells, Henry IV Part One, Othello, The Misanthrope, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, The School For Wives, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, A Streetcar Named Desire, King Lear, and Amadeus on the Main Stage, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest with The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, and Nevermore with Shakespeare LIVE. New York/Regional credits: Venus In Fur, The Wild Duck (Colorado Theatreworks), Omnivores (Hamilton Stage), The Dangers of Electric Lighting (Luna Stage), The Woods (The Red Room), Close Shave (12 Miles West), and Spilling Stuff and Breaking Things (The Kennedy Center). WENDY BARRIE-WILSON (Mama) is in her sixth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Grapes of Wrath, I Capture the Castle, A Streetcar Named Desire (twice), and The Glass Menagerie. She received a DayTony Award for Excellence and a SALT Award for Best Actress for her performances as Sister Aloysius in Doubt. Wendy performed in the European Premiere of Doubt in Vienna, Austria. Broadway credits: Our Town starring Paul Newman and All My Sons starring Richard Kiley. Regional credits: Uncle Vanya opposite Hal Holbrook, Arcadia, The Little Foxes, Twelfth Night, Off the Map, The Laramie Project, Ride Down, Mt. Morgan and Cyrano de Bergerac at companies including the Alliance Theatre, Denver Theatre Center, the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Huntington Theatre, Great Lakes Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare, and The Williamstown Theatre Festival. Film and TV credits: The Guiding Light, Our Town on PBS and Showtime, Novel Reflections/Seize the Day on PBS, all three Law & Order, Prince Street, Molly Dodd, and America’s Most Wanted. She is also a Professor of Acting at Denison University. Wendy is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and Actor’s Equity/SAG/AFTRA Union member. She received her BFA from Denison University and her MFA from UNC-Chapel Hill. SALUDA CAMP (Bette) is in her fourth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare LIVE!, and the Next Stage Ensemble. Recent credits: A one woman production of Mrs. John Marsh: The World Knew Her as Margaret
Mitchell by Melita Easters (Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2014). Regional credits: Connecticut Free Shakespeare (four seasons, A Midsummer Night’s Dream ’09 and ’13, The Three Musketeers, and Love’s Labour’s Lost), The Cat’s Meow (East Coast Premiere, dir. Ed Dennehy). National tours: National Theater of the Performing Arts (five seasons, favorite roles: Juliet and Cyrano’s Roxane.), and toured Germany as Belle in A Christmas Carol. NYC credits: Vital Theatre Company, Boomerang Theatre Company, New Light Theatre Project, and People’s Theatre Project. Film & TV: Bite (Cannes Short Film Festival) and PBS American Experience’s Walt Whitman, as young Whitman’s lover. Saluda trained in London at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. SHEFFIELD CHASTAIN (The Debt Collector) is in his third season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Devil’s Disciple and A Most Dangerous Woman. Broadway credits: White Christmas, Is He Dead?, and The 39 Steps (national tour). Off-Broadway credits: Terrence in Handle With Care (West Side Theater), Thomas Edison in A Dangerous Personality (Perry Street Theater) Regional credits: The Best of Enemies, The Savannah Disputation, The 39 Steps, Around The World in 80 Days, Lobby Hero, The Last Schwartz, bee-luther-hatchee (Florida Studio Theatre), The 39 Steps (La Jolla Playhouse and Seattle Rep), A Tuna Christmas (Actors Theater of Louisville), The Drawer Boy (San Jose Rep), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Tuacahn Amphitheater), Sleuth (Capital Repertory Theater), Lonesome Hollow, Pursuit of Happiness (Contemporary American Theater Festival), Macbeth (Berkeley Repertory Theater), The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Arizona Theater Company), The Comedy of Errors, The Three Musketeers (Los Angeles Theater Center), and many seasons at Shakespeare festivals in New Jersey, Alabama, Nevada, Vermont, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, and Santa Cruz. Television credits: Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Law & Order, Knights of Prosperity, Ed, Nash Bridges, As The World Turns. Film credits: Charmed & Dangerous and The Knight In Glass Armor. BRENT HARRIS (The Critic) is in his fifth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Alchemist, Henry IV, Part One, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Timon of Athens. National Tour: Scar in The Lion King, Screwtape in The Screwtape Letters. Regional credits: L’Hotel,(Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Ajax (IRNE Award nomination) (American Repertory Theatre), Present Laughter, Much Ado About Nothing, Dr. Faustus (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Measure for Measure, Amadeus, Noises Off (Denver Center Theatre Co.), The Two Gentlemen of Verona , Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Theatre Company in D.C.), Heartbreak House (Actors Theatre of Louisville), A Midsummer Night’s Dream(Seattle Repertory Theatre), Macbeth and Dracula (Syracuse Stage), Twelfth Night, The Beard of Avon, Drammy Award winner for Outstanding Leading Actor (Portland Center Stage), Orson’s Shadow, nominee, Barrymore Award (Philadelphia Theatre Company). New York credits: Richard III (The Pearl Theatre), Long Island Sound, and Tryst (The Promenade Theatre), among many others. Television: Out of the Box and Guiding Light. VICTORIA MACK (The Actress) is in her ninth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Pride and Prejudice, As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Of Mice and Men, Pygmalion, Much Ado About Nothing, and Pericles. Broadway credit: Venus In Fur. Off-Broadway credits: The Fatal Weakness, A Little Journey (nominee, Drama Desk for Best Revival), The Truth About Blayds, Mr. Pim Passes By, and Far and Wide (Mint Theater), Natural Affection and Happy Birthday (TACT), The Silver Cord (Peccadillo Theatre Co), Flight (Lucille Lortel). Regional credits: Dead Accounts (by Theresa Rebeck, world premiere, Cincinnati Playhouse), Sense and Sensibility (Milwaukee Rep), Private Lives (Pittsburgh Public), 39 Steps (Denver Center), The Turn of the Screw (Fulton
Theater). Film Credits include The Letter (with Wynona Ryder and James Franco), Atlantis, A Song in the Shell. TV: Doubt (pilot, with Laverne Cox and Elliott Gould), Members Only (pilot), Boardwalk Empire, Black Box, Unforgettable, The Good Wife (recurring), Law & Order: Criminal Intent and MTV. MFA: NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Victoria is a proud member of TACT. She recently took her self-produced show, Love Stories, to Santiago, Chile. Up next: world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's The Nest at The Denver Center.
THE NON-EQUITY COMPANY
NOREEN FARLEY
NOREEN FARLEY (The Usherette) is in her first season at The Shakespeare Theatre. She is a member of the resident acting company at Dreamcatcher Repertory Company in Summit, NJ. Recent Dreamcatcher credits: The Most Deserving and Rapture, Blister, Burn. She is a part of their improv troupe and outreach programs. Regional credits: The Last Romance and Social Security (The Bickford Theatre), Three Tall Women and Mrs. Mannerly (Theatre Project), Spinning Into Butter and 100 Saints (Alliance Repertory).
THE ARTISTIC STAFF PAUL H. CANADA (Costume Designer) is in his sixth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Tovarich, Measure for Measure, Henry IV, Part One, Othello, and The Misanthrope on the Main Stage; and The Learned Ladies, As You Like It, and The Servant of Two Masters on the Outdoor Stage. Mr. Canada is the Chair of the Performing Arts Department at Gill St. Bernard’s School in Gladstone, New Jersey, where he teaches classes in drama and music and is Director of Theatre Activities. He holds a BMEd in vocal music from Mississippi College and an MFA in costume and set design from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers. While at Rutgers he designed costumes for Therese Raquin, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and In the Blood. Mr. Canada recently received his eighth Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for the Gill St. Bernard’s production of Once Upon a Mattress. In 2012, along with Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design, he garnered the Paper Mill Award for Outstanding Achievement in Direction for The Mystery of Edwin Drood; the show was honored with Outstanding Production in the State by the Paper Mill judges. GÁBOR LUKIN (Translator) One of Ferenc Molnár’s ten great-grandchildren, Gábor Lukin provided the literal translation of The Guardsman from the original Hungarian text that served as the basis for Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte’s current adaptation. He has also translated three of Molnár’s other plays: Liliom, Play in the Castle, and The Devil. These texts, along with his literal translation of The Guardsman, have never been available in English before in their unabridged form: most of the existing English texts of Molnár’s plays have been translated from
German adaptations. Mr. Lukin lives in Los Angeles, where he works as an independent music professional. FERENC MOLNÁR (Playwright) Lauded as the “Hungarian Molière,” Ferenc Molnár (1878-1952) was instrumental to the formation of a Hungarian body of national literature. A prolific writer, he began his career as a journalist at the age of eighteen after abandoning his legal studies. Throughout the course of his life, he published short stories as well as full-length novels, served as a war correspondent, and wrote plays. With a total of 42 plays to his name, he was the first Hungarian dramatist to achieve international renown and was one of the most popular playwrights on Broadway between 1908 and 1930. BONNIE J. MONTE (Director and Sound Designer) Please see Artistic Director bio. STEVEN ROSEN (Lighting Designer) is in his twenty-third season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Alchemist, Tovarich, Measure for Measure, Othello, No Man’s Land, Hamlet, King Lear, Henry V, The Cherry Orchard, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings, Pygmalion, Carnival!, Three Sisters, Antony and Cleopatra, Camino Real, Sweet Bird of Youth, Twelfth Night (1991), Macbeth (1992), Arms and the Man, Diary of a Scoundrel, and Leocadia. When not lighting the stage, Mr. Rosen is the President of Available Light, a design firm specializing in museum, architectural, and corporate communications lighting design with offices in Boston & NYC. KATHY SNYDER (Production Stage Manager) is in her eleventh season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Production Stage Manager for Henry VIII, The Alchemist, The Tempest, Pericles, A Most Dangerous Woman, Trelawny of the Wells, Henry IV, Part One, The Misanthrope, Othello, The Lion in Winter, No Man’s Land, Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, Blood and Roses, The Bald Soprano, Henry V, The Rivals, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Other credits: brownsville song (b-side for tray) and 4000 Miles (Long Wharf Theatre); A Picture of Autumn, Mary Broome, and What the Public Wants (Mint Theater Company); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Glyn Maxwell’s Wolfpit and The Lifeblood (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble); Beyond Belief, The Man Who Came to Dinner, and Crumbs from the Table of Joy (New Century Theatre); Belize and Delicious Rivers (The Talking Band at La MaMa, E.T.C.); Party Time (Napoli Scena Internationale Festival in Naples, Italy); All My Sons, Proof, The Piano Lesson, Fully Committed, and the national tour of Romeo and Juliet (Arkansas Repertory Theatre). BRITTANY VASTA (Set Designer) is in her third season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Wittenberg, The Devil’s Disciple, Tovarich, and The Playboy of the Western World. Some previous work includes: Cendrillon (NYU Steinhardt), The Road to Damascus (59E59), The Whipping Man, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Savannah Disputation and A Song at Twilight (Portland Stage); Big Love (Pace U); Kallie (Cap 21); My Purple Wig (The Lion); Boeing Boeing and Shout! (Shadowland Theatre); Tempest and Love’s Labour’s Lost (HiptoHip Theatre Co); Lawnpeople (Cherry Lane Studio Theatre); Lombardi (Smithtown Theatre); Final Analysis ( June Havoc Theatre); A Nasty Tempered Man (Theatre for a New City); Three Sisters and The Wild Duck (NYU Grad Acting); A Girl Without Wings (IATI Theatre) and Poco a Poco (Gene Frankel Theatre). Education: MFA, NYU. brittanyvasta.com
ADDITIONAL ARTISTIC STAFF Special Hair Colorist
CYNTHIA STELLITA Assistant to the Director
AUBREY HELENE
Wig Consultant
AMANDA DUFFY
Assistant to the Stage Manager
BRENDAN O'HARA
Assistant to the Stage Manager
KAILEY STUART
Special Thanks
Lisa Alter & The Molnár Trust, Wood Huntley, Amanda Duffy, Gábor Lukin, Peter Engler, Cynthia Stellita
Ms. Mack's wig provided by Wigboys The Guardsman's wig and mustache provided and styled by Amanda Duffy
DIRECTOR’S NOTES The Tale of a Persistent Playwright Given my job, odd imaginings have taken shape in my mind over the years. I have become so familiar with the work of certain playwrights that I have to come to feel as though I know them personally. I count a few as some of my dearest friends. Clearly, these are the writers whose work speaks so profoundly to me that I have invited them into my heart and mind on a constant and deep level – both as an artist and as the happy recipient of their musings on humanity, all of which have helped me in my own ponderings about existence and the throng of humankind that surrounds us from the past, present and future. The core gang of playwright-friends who live invisibly inside me include Shakespeare (obviously), Moliére (who I’ve decided I also have a crush on!), Chekhov, Ostrovsky, Williams and Pinter. They have all entered the realm of my heart in special ways. In the case of Ferenc Molnár, I feel like he has been tugging at my sleeve for years, saying, “Let me in! I want to wiggle my way into your heart too. I want to be part of that gang.” And though the tugs started many years ago, I have not let him into the “club” until now. By working on this play, I have discovered another kindred spirit and I am glad that my internal divining rod finally led me to him. I have a vague memory of hearing his name in theatre history class in college in regard to The Play’s the Thing and Lilliom — his two most well-known plays. I didn’t give him another thought until I cast a production of his play Tale of the Wolf at Williamstown many years ago. The late, wonderful Edward Herrmann played opposite Blythe Danner in that show and I loved it, but still I did not investigate his work any further. Many years later, I dated a Hungarian man who claimed to be a distant relative of Molnár. I remember thinking I should read some of his plays. I didn’t. Then two of my actual, real friends asked me if The Shakespeare Theatre would be interested in producing the American premiere of Enter the Guardsman, their new musical based on Molnár’s original The Guardsman. We were interested and we did produce it. It was a delightful piece of fun fluff, and it introduced Bob Cuccioli to our theatre. We paired him up with the luminous and deeply-missed Dana Reeve, and audiences loved it. I read the play that the musical was based on at the time, and I remember thinking that it was not a good translation. I suspected that the original was probably far better, but I investigated (cont.)
no further. Then I dated another guy who claimed to be a distant relative of Molnár, and I thought, “Well, that’s weird. How many distant relatives does this Hungarian have?” Then we produced The Play’s the Thing on our Main Stage in 2007. In reading the various translations/adaptations of that show, I once again suspected they were not doing the original text justice. This was, I admit, just a gut feeling, and I still did nothing. Lots of nudging from Molnár, but I didn’t really pay attention until this year, when for a multitude of reasons we decided to produce The Guardsman. When I made the decision to produce the play, I did so with the intention of finding someone who could provide a literal English translation from the original Hungarian because I was so unhappy with all of the existing English versions that I had read. I planned to then write a new adaptation for the stage based on that literal translation, but I knew no one who was fluent in Hungarian! And then, a most fortuitous thing happened. Molnár must have been doing a lot of cosmic networking, because one day in February, I came across an obscure, random reference to the theory that Harold Pinter had been inspired to write his play The Lover after reading Molnar’s The Guardsman. Well, that blew my mind, and I suddenly felt like a detective, hot on the trail of something huge, with an incredible lead that needed to be investigated. I read The Lover (one of the few Pinter plays I hadn’t yet read) and realized that if Molnár’s play had indeed been the inspiration for it, then I definitely needed to get hold of a translation from the original Hungarian. I needed to see for myself if the more profound play that I suspected was there, was indeed a reality. That’s when my secret band of brothers must have conspired to help Molnár. Out of the blue, I received an email from Los Angeles, from a man introducing himself as Molnár’s great grand-son, telling me that he had read that I was directing the play, and he offered up the use of a piece of music that Molnár had written for his mother when he was very young. He also mentioned that he had created literal translations of four of Molnár’s plays, including The Guardsman! It was at this point that I consciously felt that Molnár was actually reaching out to me. Yes, my imagination convinces me of such things! In brief, Gábor Lukin, a musician, and indeed Molnár’s great grand-son, graciously granted me permission, along with the Molnár Trust, to use his literal version as the basis from which to create my adaptation. I worked on the script all spring and have gathered round me a superlative cast to give the play a life that I hope will make Molnár very happy. He was known to say that he was dismayed that people were constantly reducing it to a mere romantic farce and ignoring its deeper implications. And it is true; historically, the play has mostly been diminished over the years by those wanting only to deal with the play’s outer shell, and its extraordinary provocative, ground-breaking, heart-breaking, and disturbing inner core have been ignored as far as I can tell – except perhaps, by Mr. Pinter. A Comedy of Agony Albert Bermel wrote an excellent essay called “The Comic Agony in Pirandello.” It is very specific to Pirandello, but it essentially applies to a whole genre and whole group of diverse playwrights, and it certainly applies to Molnár. As I mention above, I sensed there was far more to The Guardsman than met the eye in the many terrible translations that are kicking about, and indeed, there is an inner-core of agony at the center of this play that is palpable. And yet, it is very funny. Both the plot conceit and the dialogue are very clever – it is essentially comedic throughout, whether one is dealing with the
“outer play” or the “inner one” but it is a special brand of comedy and one that can turn your blood cold on a dime. Samuel Johnson said of Shakespeare, “[he] has united the powers of exciting laughter and sorrow not only in one mind but in one composition. Almost all of his plays are divided between serious and ludicrous characters, and, in the successive evolution of the design, sometimes produce seriousness and sorrow, and sometimes levity and laughter.” Bermel in his essay goes on to quote Shaw, “In King Lear we find the alternation of tragic and funny dropped for an actual interweaving of the two; so that we have the tragic and the comic simultaneously, each heightening the other with a poignancy otherwise unattainable.” Bermel then says, “In separating “alternation” from “interweaving” Shaw catches an essential distinction between tragicomedy and what I would call “the comic agony” in plays, between what Johnson means by “successive evolutions in the design” and what Shaw calls simultaneous interweaving of comic and tragic threads in a fabric that is iridescent, indebted to both their colorings yet unlike one another. In this essay, ‘Tragi-Comedy,’ Eric Bentley adverts to more or less the same mix when he refers to “that comedy which is infused with gloom and ends badly, that tragedy which is shot through with a comedy that only makes the outlook still bleaker.” Whether The Guardsman is more an agonized comedy or a very funny tragedy is up to each viewer. But it indeed an iridescent and glorious melding of both — as is life. This is a play that poses terribly disturbing questions at the same time that it provokes gales of laughter, and it is meta-theatrical in the purest sense. I hope I will someday have the time and space to write more about this amazing play that questions identity, reality, perception and what it takes to validate our existence. It is a play that deals with physical and emotional masks, our addiction to drama and high emotion, our penchant for voyeurism and vicarious experience, the agony of love, the elusive nature of it, the beauty and cruelty of it, and the emptiness of those who cannot feel it or find it. It is interesting to know that the play was written in response to a relationship that the young Molnár was having with Hungary’s leading actress at the time. It resulted in his attempting suicide. It is about all this and more. It has no answers; it is an enigma that keeps getting more and more complex. I adore this play. And I am most happy to welcome Mr. Molnár into my heart, where he will now reside with the other esteemed men and women who take up residence there. I’m so sorry it took me so long to open that door for him!
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IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey wishes to acknowledge the following donors of in-kind gifts received between February 1, 2014 and June 1, 2015. Joleen Addleman Loyd Mr. Bob Angelini Anthropologie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Armstrong Ms. Linda Bacha Mr. & Mrs. John Barr, III Ms. Carolyn Barrett Jeanne & Jim Barrett Steve & Sarah Beckel Mr. Larry Blumenstyk Cabot Creamery Cooperative Ms. Lisa Ciccone Climax Brewing Company Ms. Elizabeth Codey Ms. Patricia A. Connell & Mr. Martin A. Schwarz Ms. Rose Cosentino Mr. Brian B. Crowe & Mr. Walter M. Egbert, III Mr. Eric Curley Ms. Bridget Daley & Mr. Christopher Hart Mr. Marc Daniels John & Jean Davidson Mr. Duane P. Dietz Helen & Frank DiPrima Mr. H. Ward Dorer & Ms. Hilary Thomas Ms. Jan Draper Ms. Nancy Eberhardt Corinne & Rob Farkas Rhonda & Todd Federman Florham Shoe Shop Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Ms. Helen Frank Mr. & Mrs. John Gallagher
Colin Gallo Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill Ms. Penelope Giordano Ms. Helen Goddard Philip Goodwin Latiana Gourzong Ms. Jackie Gunn Joseph Hamel Hanover Printing of New Jersey Mr. Hugh Hanson Ms. Tracy Hart V. Heidenreich Ms. Margaret Horan A. Horytz Ms. Lisa Taylor Huff Mr. Haywood Huntley, Jr. & Ms. Beirne Donaldson Mr. Bob Huryk Il Mondo Vecchio Ristorante Italiano Mr. Allen M. Johannesen JMB Consulting Associates Tom & Lynn Keffer Kate Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kendall Joan Kenny Ruth & Woody Kerkeslager Mr. & Mrs. Stanlee G. Kissel Jim & Carol Kobak Mr. Robert Krakovski Ms. Tiffany Lent Amanda Lenti Mrs. Alice Majkowski Ms. Rosalie Majkowski Dr. & Mrs. Terrence McGarty Rich & Vicky McGlynn
Bonnie J. Monte Lisa Renee Monte Mrs. Marjorie Monte Museum Store Products Ms. Marianne Nickalus Nonna's Italian Restaurant Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. O'Connor, III Erin Partin Ms. Dorianne Perrucci Ms. Anne Peterson Mr. John Pivarnik Jim & Judy Pohlman Ms. Pamela Prior Pro Bono Partnership, Inc. John & Lynne Rathgeber Riker Danzing Ms. Pat Romagna Ms. Antonia Russomano Ms. Barbara Schaffer Margaret & William Shuler Siegfried's Basement Tom Silver Soho 33 John Solu Rick Sordelet Heidi Speckhart Stop and Shop Ms. Nisi Sturgis & Mr. Jordan Coughtry Trader Joe's Ms. Tamara Tunie Ms. Christine Whalen & Mr. Jeff Bender Ms. Crissa Woodruff Cindy Yin Claire & Gil Zweig
MATCHING GIFTS
The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey gratefully acknowledges the corporations that have matched employee gifts received between February 1, 2014 and June 1, 2015. American Express Foundation Ameriprise Financial Arch Reinsurance Company Assurant Foundation AT&T Foundation Bank of America Bank of New York Mellon Boeing Chevrontexaco Chubb & Son, a Division of Federal Insurance Company
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Ericsson, Inc. ExxonMobil Horizon Foundation for New Jersey IBM Corporation Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The McGraw-Hill Foundation
The Merck Company Foundation Microsoft Pfizer Foundation Pitney Bowes Prudential Foundation Verizon VM Ware Foundation
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Spotlight on Education
the Shakespeare theatre of new Jersey is a leader in arts education, offering a wide variety of interdisciplinary programs for students, educators, artists-in-training and the general public. We integrate education and learning into all our endeavors, while promoting literacy, a culture of enlightenment, a dedication to excellence, and a keen awareness of how the arts are a necessity to the health of the collective mind and soul of any great civilization.
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student matinee series thE pErfEct fiEld trip: captivating performances in the beautiful f.M. Kirby Shakespeare theatre.
Seeing a performance in The Shakespeare Theatre’s intimate 308-seat F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in scenic Madison, NJ gives students the opportunity to experience literary classics brought to life by some of the nation’s most acclaimed stage actors and theatre artists. Performances includea comprehensive study guide and a post-show discussion with the actors following the performance.
BEhind-thE-ScEnES tourS alSo aVailaBlE Student groups can also see what goes into making the magic on stage following the performance with an informative backstage tour.
Visit ShakespearenJ.org/Student Matinees or call 973-845-6746 for more information
“it really brought our study of Shakespeare full circle. thanks so much.” -Jayne K. tirella, teacher
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by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Adapted by Wendy Kesselman Directed by Joseph Discher Student Matinee performances available October 22–November 20, 2015.
thE MErrY WiVES of WindSor by William Shakespeare Directed by Bonnie J. Monte
Student Matinee performances available December 9 and 16, 2015.
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