2020 - 2021 SEASON
VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE
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Content Warning: This production of Marisol embraces and exists within the present day, complete with the awareness that we have all experienced the communal effects of isolation and built a somewhat dependent relationship on technology to keep us connected. We thank you for committing time and inviting us into your homes by choosing to attend our virtual performance. As this play is about breaking down boundaries, we felt it only fair to acknowledge yours as we began. Please take the opportunity to exercise your right to selfcare by avoiding any of the following content, which is included in the show: Challenges to Religion, Discussion of Sexual Assault*, Discussion of Violent Acts*, Adult Language and Racial Slurs, Loss of Pregnancy, Images of Fire, Strobe Like Graphics.
*All moments of intimacy and/or violence represented stylistically in the show are choreographed. There are no realistic depictions of simulated violence or sexual assault.
The School of Theatre at Florida State Presents
By
JosĂŠ Rivera Directed by
Scenic & Video Designer
Stage Manager
Chari Arespacochaga Jason Paul Tate
Juliana Barreto Barreto
Caileigh Potter
Costume Designer
Sound Designer & Composer
Video & Graphic Design
Meagan Thurmond
GW Rodriguez
Megan Mowery
November 12 - November 15, 2020 A Virtual Performance The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited MARISOL is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York Original New York production by The New York Shakespeare Festival. Originally commissioned and developed by INTAR Hispanic American Arts Center through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. World Premiere in the 1992 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Subsequently produced by La Jolla Playhouse and Hartford Stage Company.
The Cast As they appear in the script
Angel........................................................................................... Nia Alexander Marisol...................................................................................... Brianna Eljaua Person with Golf Club/Homeless Person............................................ Jerry Sola June........................................................... Danielle Charboneau, Gena Heylock Person with Ice Cream/Homeless Person/Voices........................... Aaron Collins Lenny......................................................... Richard Gambardella, Gage Morgan Person with Furs/Homeless Person/Voices................... Ryan Dienesch-Calamari Person with Scar Tissue/Homeless Person/Voices..........................Roger Borrell
Marisol will be performed with one 10-minute intermission.
Understudies* U/S Angel.....................................................................................Daydra Smith U/S Marisol...................................................................................Karina Lago U/S Person with Ice Cream/ Person with Furs/Homeless Person/Voices............................. Samantha Murphy U/S Person with Golf Club/ Person with Scar Tissue/Homeless Person/Voices............................. Billy Lister
*Understudies never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. All lighting and scene setups were facilitated by the acting company of Marisol.
Setting: New York City, 2020
Cast Headshots
Roger Borrell
Ryan Dienesch-Calamari
Danielle Charboneau
Aaron Collins
Brianna Eljaua
Richard Gambardella
Gena Heylock
Karina Lago
Billy Lister
Gage Morgan
Samantha Murphy
Daydra Smith
Jerry Sola
Nia Alexander
From the Dramaturg, Hannah Fazio Marisol’s setting is: “New York City. The Present.” When José Rivera wrote the play in 1992, he was referring to the New York of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Marisoldepicts a dystopian New York cityscape, one wrought with extraordinary suffering, a world where apples turn to salt and angels give up on being guardians. But the play also depicts the ordinary suffering of the socially stratified city where people without homes are regularly attacked in the streets and members of higher social classes shun associations with people whom they see as below them. In the apocalyptic world of the play, the imagined, otherworldly suffering makes the real, quotidian suffering seem more strange. In our production, we interpreted “New York City. The Present” to be today, 2020, a time when extraordinary suffering has become more commonplace. Presently, New York City, like everywhere, is amid a pandemic that has exacerbated existing social disparities. In New York, high rent prices and economic shutdowns have made it difficult for many people to pay rent and buy food. Subway cars closed for cleaning mean that people who rely on the metro for overnight, temporary shelter are forced to go elsewhere. Meanwhile, people who can afford to are leaving the city to go to their second homes. Last summer the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor spurred protests against police brutality and systemic racism across the country. The apocalyptic world of Marisol seems even more relevant today as the endof-the-world-as-we-knew-it has become a reality. Maybe staging the end of the world makes space to imagine what we need to do to create a better one.
Production Staff Directors.............................................................................Chari Arespacochaga, Jason Paul Tate Scenic Designer, Video Designer...............................................................Juliana Barreto Barreto Assistant to Scenic Designer........................................................................... Jacqueline Buehner Video Designer, Graphic Designer.......................................................................Megan Mowery Dramaturg.............................................................................................................. Hannah Fazio Costume Designer..........................................................................................Meagan Thurmond Sound Designer, Composer................................................................................. GW Rodriguez Assistant Sound Designer, Sound Board Operator...................................Camden Dyer-DeCator Assistant to Sound Designer.................................................................................... Madison Rist Stage Manager.......................................................................................................Caileigh Potter Assistant Stage Managers..........................................................Dani Dede, Sofia del Cueto Perez Production Assistant................................................................................................. Laney Taylor Stage Management Mentor..................................................................................Casey Hagwood Properties Master........................................................................................................ Kevin Grab Properties Artisans......................................................................... Ethan Follett, Elliot Mahoney Production Manager...........................................................................................Joshua Wickham Associate Production Manager............................................................................... Carson Bishop Assistant Production Managers....................... Jackson Golden, Braeden Ingersoll, Jonathan May Director of Production Services..........................................................................Joshua Wickham OBS Technical Director........................................................................................Elliot Mahoney Technical Direction Advisors................................................................Robert Coleman, Jim Lile Carpenters................................ Kendra Drew, Nathaniel Feit, Wesley Seiderman, Raistlin Yovan Scene Shop Manager............................................................................................ Colin Campbell Assistant Scene Shop Supervisor......................................................Carson Bishop, Ethan Follett Safety Coordinator....................................................................................................... Alex Farley Lighting Supervisor.............................................................................................. Kassidy Coburn Costume Design Advisor......................................................................................Colleen Muscha Costume Technology Advisor......................................................................................Jacki Armit Costume Shop Manager.......................................................................................Sarah M. Jahnke Craft Artisans..................................................................................................Meagan Thurmond Stitchers........................................ 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