Mansfield Park Program by Syracuse Stage

PRESENTS

Kate Hamill BASED ON THE NOVEL BY

Jane Austen DIRECTED BY

Celia Madeoy CHOREOGRAPH BY

Anthony Salatino SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUND DESIGNER

Ningning "Renee" Yang

Genevieve Phanhthaly

Cara Spindel

Kevin O’Connor

DIALECT DESIGNER

CREATIVE CONSULTANT

STAGE MANAGER

Blake Segal

Martikah Williams

Nate Coffey

CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

Ralph Zito Mansfield Park was originally commissioned and produced by Northlight Theatre, Chicago, Il. BJ Jones, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Evans, Executive Director November 13 - 15, 2020

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CAST (in alphabetical order)

Raul Hernández..............Tom Bertram, Mr. Rushworth, William Price Alex Keane...............................................Lady Bertram, Mary Crawford Jaelle Laguerre.......................................................Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Price Giochino Orrico...............................................................Edmund Bertram John Owen................................................Sir Thomas Bertram, Mr. Price Zoe Powell...................................................................................Fanny Price Logan Shiller..............................Chapman, Henry Crawford, John Price Lexie Smychynsky.....................................Mariah Bertram, Susan Price

SWINGS Ben Bauder, Suhail Kumar, Tida Niles

ADDITIONAL CREDITS Dance Captain: Alex Keane Fight Captain: Logan Shiller Assistant Director, Dramaturg: Ethan Harpole Assistant Scenic Designers: Kristina Fosmire, Jason Zong Assistant Costume Designers: Addie Livingston, Adeline Santello Assistant Lighting Designers: Garett Pembrook, Ben Wolfe Assistant Stage Managers: Jessica DeLucia , Xiangyi “Annie” Meng Casting Assistant: Grace Hyde

SETTING Northamptonshire and Portsmouth in England

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

SPECIAL THANKS Kal Alston, Kyle Bass, Michael Goode, Ralph Zito, Dianna Angell, Stuart Plymesser, Patricia Matthews, Martikah Williams, Felix Ivanov, and Kate Hamill

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR'S NOTES “FANNY PRICE. TEN YEARS OLD AND A whole new life. Aren’t you lucky?” As Miss Fanny Price is sent to her Aunt and Uncle’s wealthy estate, she is forced to learn how to survive the social hierarchy of Northampton. Through comedy, farce, and drama, Kate Hamill’s loose adaptation of Mansfield Park portrays the cruelty and ignorance that runs rampant in a primarily white, wealthy society of the 1800s. My journey began on March 11, 2020, when I joined the Mansfield Park team as assistant director. At the time, COVID-19 had recently arrived and was beginning to spread in the United States. However, soon after starting, we were sent home for a few weeks. Those “few weeks” turned into months. Within those months, we held virtual auditions followed by Zoom callbacks, slowly but surely assembling our team. What was our team going to produce? What were we capable of producing in this new socially distanced, mask-wearing world? Nobody knew. Often, we found ourselves caught in a dark tunnel unaware of when we’d reach the light; nevertheless, after months of adapting de6

 SCENIC IMAGES COURTESY OF NINGNING "RENEE" YANG .

signs, direction, and visions, Mansfield Park is here. COVID-19 presents several challenges; unlike any we have ever faced. Thankfully, with our company’s persistence and tenacity, we were able to create our show. We never gave up. When one obstacle was presented, we found a way to adjust. This passion and perseverance enabled us to bring our vision to life. Nothing about this year has been easy. What has been easy is to identify the fervor and commitment of theater artists. How deeply we care about the profession. How it is more than a job. How it is what keeps us going. Throughout this process nothing was certain, and everything was unknown. We did, however, know we would have the opportunity to create. Whether it be on a stage or through a computer screen, our art would evolve, in-

spire, and be given a chance. As this show runs, countless lessons have been learned - each one I am grateful for. It has been an honor to be the assistant director of Mansfield Park.  –Ethan Harpole

DIRECTOR'S NOTES HOW VERY LUCKY WE ARE TO be making theater happen this very moment. It’s been a tremendously challenging yet rewarding experience to craft this show. So many unprecedented new rules of engagement, considerations, twists and turns, to be or . . . ? The adjustments and unknowns throughout this process had me questioning at every turn how do we make theater now, what reimagined configurations must we consider, what groundbreaking theater technology is being made on Zoom, should we go digital, can we perform live, how do we play this moment authentically and safely given new rules of COVID engagement, what’s the good fight we are fighting to keep theater alive . . . ? I am very grateful to have worked with such extraordinary designers,

artisans, actors, colleagues, scholars, and creative consultants on this story. As Ethan Harpole shared, our creative team had only one brief Friday in March together before spring break for our first design meeting and proceeded for the rest of spring and all of summer to finish the designs of this show completely on Zoom. Auditions and callbacks were conducted virtually. Preliminary and final designs completed, reimagined and then completed again, all virtually. I always looked forward to our weekly Friday meetings for my bursts of creative energy in design talks with my wonderful student designers and their faculty advisor, Alex Koziara—to be making art while in isolation was a bright ray of hope, purpose and creativity. We were all a part of the very few theater artists who were able to build,

rehearse, tech, perform, and distribute a play to audiences in the throes of a pandemic. It was no small feat. I personally wish to thank Alex Koziara for his mentorship of our design process as well Rebecca Schuetz, Randall Steffen, Dave Bowman, Emily Holm, Kevin O’Connor, Gretchen Darrow-Crotty, Amanda Moore, Mara Tunnicliff, Robert Andrusko, Brenna Merritt, Jon Hudak, Blake Segal, and Tony Salatino for their artistry and guidance to make our live theater experience possible. To Dianna Angell and Ralph Zito, thank you for your support, keeping all of us safe and sound, and securing the filming of our performance. Lastly, I am indebted to the wonderful scholarly and artistic perspectives given me and the cast by professors Michael Goode, Kal Alston, Kyle Bass, and Martikah Williams, our creative consultant on the show. If you have a chance, I encourage you to take a virtual tour of The Georgian House Museum. It takes a museum space where one could easily just look around and think “oh, that’s interesting” or “that’s comfortable,” and transforms it into the uncomfortable and uneasy space we must reckon with, which, arguably, is something Austen’s novel Mansfield Park does with its titular estate: https://www.bristolmuseums.org. uk/georgian-house-museum/.

“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” – FANNY PRICE, MANSFIELD PARK BY JANE AUSTEN And to Kate Hamill, thank you for writing this new work—I experienced your writing this piece akin to the Blue Period of Picasso, crafting a different “voice” from all your other Jane Austen adaptations that I have had the pleasure to experience and work upon. Mansfield Park has challenged all of us to go deeper beyond the period drama genre and grapple with deep and timely issues and rise to the call of claiming our voices and independent spirit as Fanny learns to do . . . Enjoy Mansfield Park!  –Celia Madeoy

 SCENIC IMAGE COURTESY OF NINGNING "RENEE" YANG .

CAST Ben Bauder (Swing) is a sophomore acting major from Croton-onHudson, NY. He is thrilled to be making his first appearance in a mainstage Department of Drama production as a swing.

Grand Night for Singing (mainstage) and in the ensemble of the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Outside of Syracuse University, Alex was in the world premiere of The Tempest - A New Musical at GhostLit Rep. Other Department of Drama credits include Heidi in [title of show] (independent student project), Grandfather Jack in Jack, or the Submission (studio project) and Stage Manager in Our Town (sophomore project). Love to Mom, Dad, Pat and Lou. IG: @keane.beane

Raul Hernández (Tom Bertram, Mr. Rushworth, William Price) is a B.F.A. acting major at Syracuse University. He is thrilled to be making his mainstage debut with Mansfield Park. In the Department of Drama, previous projects include Our Town (sophomore project) and the shadow cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show. In his native Spain, he has worked in theater, film, and television, with notable credits including Polseres Vermelles (TV3) and the first cast of the independent play Schizo Phrenos. He has previously worked as a costume designer, casting director, and is now the founder and partner of Sonder Films, an independent Spanish production company. He is very grateful to his friends, family, and mentors, as well as to this amazing cast and crew.

Suhail Kumar (Swing) is a sophomore acting major from Mountain View, CA. He is very excited to be a part of Mansfield Park as a swing. Jaelle Laguerre (Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Price) is a senior musical theater major from Sacramento, CA. She has received a Jimmy nomination and is a California Nationals theater recipient. Some credits include The King and I (Anna), Beauty and the Beast, Cats, Legally Blonde, Rent, and A Christmas Carol. Department of Drama credits include Our Town (sophomore project), Everybody (faculty project) and The Wild Party (Department of Drama, mainstage). Jaelle can be seen this winter at Theatre Aspen’s holiday show. She

Alex Keane (Lady Bertram, Mary Crawford, Dance Captain) is a senior musical theater major from the Phiadelphia suburbs. Alex has recently been seen as Woman 1 in A

CAST Zoe Powell (Fanny Price) is a senior acting major from the city of Milwaukee, WI. Zoe is thrilled to be making her Department of Drama mainstage debut with Mansfield Park. Previous credits include: Peggy in A Children’s Hour (studio project), Emily/Professor Willard in Our Town (sophomore project), Raylynn in Blood at the Root (Black Box Players) and Romeo in So Thrive My Soul (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre).

thanks God, her amazing parents and brother for their healing amount of love. @Jaelle_ashley #BLM Tida Niles (Swing) is a sophomore acting major from Sherrill, NY. Tida is very excited to be making her Department of Drama mainstage debut as a swing in the cast. Giochino Orrico (Edmund Bertram) is a senior acting major from Ridge Spring, SC. He was last seen as Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (mainstage), and previous credits include a swing for Circle Mirror Transformation (Black Box Players). A big thanks to the cast and directive/creative team for making such a fun experience possible during such a chaotic time.

Logan Shiller (Chapman, Henry Crawford, John Price, Fight Captain) is a senior acting major from Pittsburgh, PA, and aside from acting has been fight directing in multiple student and studio projects, including Mud and Pitchfork Disney this semester. Previous acting credits include Irvin in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at the August Wilson Cultural Center, Patrick from the stage debut of Perks of Being a Wallflower, Tanner (Good Kids), Cosmo (Pitchfork Disney), and Thomas (Venus in Fur).

John Owen (Sir Thomas Bertram, Mr. Price) is a sophomore acting major from Clarence, a suburb just outside Buffalo, NY. John spent four years in the Marine Corps after getting out of high school and didn’t find a passion for acting until a few years ago. This is the first show that John has been in and he is very excited to show everyone the work the cast and crew of Mansfield Park have been working on.

Lexie Smychynsky (Mariah Bertram, Susan Price) is a senior acting major in the Syracuse University Department of Drama from Pittsburgh, PA. After a long period away from the theater, she couldn’t be more jazzed to

CAST be working on this production. Her previous Department of Drama credits include The Secret in the Wings (faculty project), and The Skin of Our Teeth (sophomore project). She would like to thank Kate Hamill for this silly and moving piece of work, the cast for their amazing sense of joy,

and the entire production and design team for their resilience in these crazy and uncertain times. She would also like to thank her family, roommates, and friends for their endless love and support. She would not be here today without you. Enjoy the show and don’t touch your neighbor.

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Ningning “Renee” Yang (Scenic Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major from Jiangyin, China, with a concentration in scenic design. At the Department of Drama, Renee has done the scenic design for Black Box Player’s production of Mud. She is beyond excited to be a part of this production and even more so the fact that the show is happening.

Genevieve would like to express her sincere gratitude for all the support from her family, costume shop staff, and creative team! Cara Spindel (Lighting Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting design from Portland, OR. She is thrilled to be making her mainstage debut! Previous credits in the Department of Drama include The Wild Party and Romeo and Juliet (assistant lighting designer). She would like to thank her Department of Drama friends and family for their constant support throughout the show’s process.

Genevieve Phanhthaly (Costume Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume and scenic design from San Diego, CA. Previous credits in the Department of Drama include associate costume designer for We Are Proud to Present a Presentation..., as well as assistant costume designer for Next Fall, Romeo and Juliet, and The Seagull. Other credits include assistant scenic designer for Wild Party and varied run crew roles on multiple Department of Drama productions. Outside of Syracuse, Genevieve works consecutive summers at The Old Globe’s Summer Shakespeare Festival in San Diego.

Kevin O’Connor (Sound Designer) is currently in his twelfth season working for Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. He graduated from St. Lawrence University with a B.A. in Music in 2008. Previous sound design credits include the Department of Drama’s productions of On The Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible, Good Kids, 12

A R T I S T I C S TA F F erspace at SoHo Rep. Educational theater coaching credits include productions for Yale School of Drama, Fordham University, Columbia University, Syracuse University, Kean University, and Stella Adler Conservatory. Blake currently serves on the Voice/Verse faculty of Syracuse University’s Department of Drama. As an actor, he has performed on film and television, off-Broadway, in major regional theaters across the country, and on the national tour of Mary Poppins. M.F.A. in Acting: Yale School of Drama. www.blakesegal.com

We Are Proud to Present...,The Baltimore Waltz, Crazy for You, Major Barbara, The King Stag, Laura and the Sea, A Flea in Her Ear, The Spitfire Grill, Agamemnon, Measure for Measure, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Stepping Out, The Good Woman of Setzuan, and Translations, as well as Danny, King of the Basement and Miss Electricity for the Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama Children’s Tour. Kevin has also worked as the A1 position, controlling the audio console/live mixing most of the musicals in recent years for both Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama including Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, The Last Five Years, Elf The Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Next to Normal, The Wizard of Oz, Ring of Fire, Berlin to Broadway, Mary Poppins, Nine, The Spitfire Grill, Peter Pan, Kiss Me Kate, Avenue Q, Hairspray, Parade, Spring Awakening, Seussical, Violet, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Merrily We Roll Along, Quilters, The Cradle Will Rock, and Cabaret.

Martikah Williams (Creative Consultant) is a multidisciplinary artist; an actor, singer, writer, lighting designer, and director. She studied Theater and Music at the University at Albany, SUNY and later attended Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC; she will be graduating from the professional conservatory in 2022. Martikah often shares her expertise in educational settings with local youth including programs at Syracuse Stage and 100 Black Men of Syracuse. She is exceptionally grateful for the opportunity to be in the theater again and work with the Syracuse University Department of Drama and the incredible cast of Mansfield Park! Her hope is that through her work on and off stage she will inspire the underrepresented as well as encourage dialogue about intentionally creating more opportunities for BIPOC and women artists.

Blake Segal (Dialect Designer) is an actor/dialect coach. NYC and regional coaching credits include productions for Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Berkshire Theatre Group, Two River Theater, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Araca Project, Fault Line Theatre, Cleveland Musical Theatre, Luna Stage, Passages Theatre, and Walk-

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Nate Coffey (Stage Manager) is a senior stage management major from Chicago, IL. Previous credits include: King John, As You Like It, King Charles III (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Beauty and the Beast, Pride and Prejudice, Miss Electricity, The Wizard of Oz (Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production), The 2020 Syracuse Fashion Week, Little Shop of Horrors (Department of Drama, mainstage), Jack or the Submission (Department of Drama, studio project), A

Scarlett Letter, Conference of the Birds (Edinburgh Festival Fringe). Nate also served as a PA on the first national tour of Fiddler on the Roof. In addition to his stage management work, Nate has served on the lighting teams of Next Fall, The Seagull (Department of Drama, mainstage), The Children’s Hour, Venus in Fur, and For Colored Girls… (Department of Drama, studio project). Thank you to everyone involved in Mansfield Park for sparking a little joy when we needed it most.

A S S I S TA N T S & A S S O C I AT E S Jessica DeLucia (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman stage management major from Matawan, NJ.

stage management major from China, Beijing. Garett Pembrook (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major from Rochester, NY.

Kristina Fosmire (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a concentration in scenic design from Gloversville, NY.

Adeline Santello (Assistant Costume Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume design from Arlington, MA.

Ethan Harpole (Assistant Director, Dramaturg) is a sophomore theater management major from Los Angeles, CA.

Ben Wolfe (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major concentrating in lighting design from Westport, CT.

Addie Livingston (Assistant Costume Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in costume design from Syracuse, NY.

Jason Zong (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in scenic design from Newark, DE.

Xiangyi “Annie” Meng (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freshman

DIRECTOR Celia Madeoy. This year marks Celia’s eleventh year performing and directing with Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama. Past performances include Madame de la Grande Bouche in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Deb in Elf the Musical (SALT Award Winner,) Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins, Guido’s Mother in Nine, Adult Woman in Spring Awakening, Frances Flute/Thisbe in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mrs. Dubose in To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Ev in The Miracle Worker, and Mrs. Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol. NYS Regional performances include as Jaques in As You Like It at the Gateway Theatre, Penny in You Can’t Take It With You at Hangar Theatre’s Big Play Festival, and Flo in the North American World Premier of Saturday Night Fever at The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. She has also performed in three Edinburgh Festival Fringe world premieres, To Chekhov With Love,

Who Killed Pablo Neruda?, and A Scarlet Letter. She’s acted in almost all of Shakespeare’s canon with The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, and the American Shakespeare Center where she performed at the Blackfriars Playhouse with Resident Company as Lady Macbeth, Emilia in Othello, and Phoebe in As You Like It. Celia also played Kate and Petruchio in separate productions of The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare & Company, and was named most outstanding actress of the Berkshires in both roles. Internationally, she has worked alongside distinguished directors and voice teachers of the Royal Shakespeare Company, British American Drama Academy, Canadian National Voice Intensive, Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Celia received her M.F.A. in Acting from The Theatre School Conservatory at DePaul University in Chicago. www.celiamadeoy.com

CHOREOGRAPHER Anthony Salatino is a graduate of the Juilliard School. Tony has choreographed for many opera and dance companies throughout the United States. He choreographed the New York City Opera premiere of

Margaret Garner, music by Richard Danielpour, libretto by Toni Morrison (based on her novel Beloved), and directed by Tazewell Thompson. His most recent credits include choreography for Cato in Utica at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival, Next to Normal at Syracuse Stage,

CHOREOGRAPHER and Rappaccini’s Daughter at Opera Naples in Florida. For Syracuse Stage he directed and choreographed Rent, Little Women, Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and Peter Pan (2000), and choreographed Peter Pan (2016), Mary Poppins, The Three Musketeers, A Christmas Carol, The Wizard of Oz, Big River, and My Fair Lady. He also served as movement consultant for The Boys Next Door and The Turn of the Screw, created movement for M. Butterfly, served as associate choreographer for Caroline, or Change, designed the fights for Bug and A Streetcar Named Desire, and set the dances and fight scenes for Romeo and Juliet. At Connecticut’s Westport Country Playhouse, he choreographed the world premiere of Jam and Spice, a revue of the music of Kurt Weill. An associate professor at Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, Tony most recently directed

Nine, and previously directed Sweeney Todd. He conceived, directed, and choreographed three original productions: Bravo Piaf!, The Table (Der Tisch), and The Clowns. He co-directed and choreographed The Wind in the Willows for the Department of Drama and New York’s New Victory Theater. He served as choreographer for Carmen at the Virginia Opera, and director and choreographer for Maria de Buenos Aires and Tango for Naples Opera. Tony also has directed and choreographed for the Fort Worth, Connecticut, Pittsburgh, and Syracuse Opera Companies. Tony was the artistic director of the Fort Worth (TX) Ballet Company, and associate artistic director of the Hartford (CT) Ballet. He has performed with dance companies throughout the United States and Europe, and he has performed with the (New York) City Center Company at the White House.

P L AY W R I G H T Kate Hamill is an actor/playwright. Wall Street Journal Playwright of the Year, 2017. Previous plays at Syracuse Stage include Noises Off (Poppy Norton-Taylor) and Pride & Prejudice (Lydia / Lady Catherine). Her work includes her play Pride & Prejudice at Primary Stages / HVSF (in which she originated role of Lizzy;

nominee - Off-Broadway Alliance Award), Sense & Sensibility at Bedlam (originated role of Marianne; winner - Off-Broadway Alliance Award; nominee, Drama League Award); Vanity Fair at the Pearl Theatre (originated the role of Becky Sharp; nominee - Off-Broadway Alliance Award); Mansfield Park at Northlight (originated role of Mary Crawford); Little Women at Primary

P L AY W R I G H T Stages and the Jungle; Dracula at Classic Stage Company (originated role of Renfield); Emma and Scarlet Letter (both upcoming; world premieres postponed due to COVID-19). Her plays have been produced Off-Broadway, at A.R.T., the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, PlayMaker’s, Folger, OSF, Trinity Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Dorset Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Dallas Theater Center, Kansas City Rep, Long Wharf, A.C.T., and others; upcoming productions at the Guthrie,

the Old Globe, Denver Center, Cygnet, McCarter Theatre, and more. She is currently developing a new adaptation of The Odyssey for A.R.T., a Christmas play called Scrooge for Senate, several original plays (Prostitute Play – O’Neill NPC semi-finalist, The Party, The Piper - O’Neill NPC finalist); and In the Mines (a folk musical with music by The Bengsons). Kate has been one of the most-produced playwrights nationwide for three seasons running (2017-2020). www.kate-hamill.com

AUTHOR Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in the village of Steventon in Hampshire. She was one of eight children of a clergyman and grew up in a close-knit family. She began to write as a teenager. In 1801 the family moved to Bath. After the death of Jane’s father in 1805 Jane, her sister Cassandra, and their mother moved several times eventually settling in Chawton, near Steventon. Jane’s brother Henry helped her negotiate with a publisher and her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, appeared in 1811. Her next novel Pride and Prejudice, which she

described as her “own darling child” received highly favourable reviews. Mansfield Park was published in 1814, then Emma in 1816. Emma was dedicated to the prince regent, an admirer of her work. All of Jane Austen’s novels were published anonymously. In 1816, Jane began to suffer from ill-health, probably due to Addison’s disease. She travelled to Winchester to receive treatment, and died there on July 18, 1817. Two more novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously and a final novel was left incomplete.

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C H A I R , D E PA R T M E N T O F D R A M A Ralph Zito is in his eleventh year as chair of the Department of Drama. He came to Syracuse University from the Juilliard School Drama Division, where he had been a teacher and director from 1992 to 2010 and chair of the Voice and Speech Department since 1999. He was a director and adjunct lecturer in the Barnard College Theater Department from 2006 until 2010 and has been a guest artist at training programs across the country, including the Old Globe in San Diego, The University of Texas at Austin, and the Academy for Classical Acting in Washington, DC. Directing credits for the Department of Drama include: The Spitfire Grill, As You Like It, Gruesome Playground Injuries, and The Aliens. He has served as a voice, text or dialect consultant for numerous professional productions both on and off-Broadway, including: The Light in the Piazza; Awake and Sing!; The Herbal Bed; Mrs. Klein; The Fiery Furnace; The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theatre); Tongue of a Bird; The Merchant of Ven-

ice (New York Shakespeare Festival); The Pitchfork Disney (Blue Light Theatre Company); Birdy (The Women’s Project); The Model Apartment (Primary Stages); the New York premiere of Tony Kushner’s SLAVS! (New York Theatre Workshop); and The African Company Presents Richard III (The Acting Company). His regional theater credits include numerous productions at The Shakespeare Theatre and Arena Stage in Washington, DC; Syracuse Stage; Baltimore CENTERSTAGE; Hartford Stage; and the McCarter Theatre, among others. A former touring member of The Acting Company, he served as artistic associate of The Chautauqua Theatre Company for seven years and was a member of the Board of Directors of The American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT) for six years. He is a graduate of Harvard University, The Juilliard School, and the American Center for the Alexander Technique. He was recently awarded the prestigious Juilliard President’s Medal in recognition of his contributions to both Juilliard and to the broader performing arts community.

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Faculty Advisors to Student Designers...Rob Andrusko, Dave Bowman, Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Faculty Advisor to Stage Managers...................................................................Stuart Plymesser Light Board Operator......................................................................................................Jeff Murphy Sound Board Operators...................................................Kennedy Campbell, Annabelle Lamb Deck...............................................................................Sofia Pizer Benjamin, Mairead Cummins Dressers/Costume Maintenance..................Sarah Davison, Amanda Moore, Jaylene Ogle, Alyssa Robertson LX Hang and Focus Crew..............Miranda Barrick, Sofia Pizer Benjamin, Marshall Breaux, Mairead Cummins, Maria do Rosario Appleton Figueira, Kristina Fosmire, Eli Golding, Jeff Murphy, Andrew Patashnik, Marc Rivera S Y R A C U S E U N I V E R S I T Y D E PA R T M E N T O F D R A M A

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