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THEATREDANCE.UTEXAS.EDU Corey Allen – Director • Jackson Cobb – Projection Designer Zoey Crow – Associate Projection Designer • Ari Jamieson – Lighting Designer Lisa Laratta – Scenic Designer • Sam Lipman – Sound Designer and Composer Braxton Rae – Associate Director • Morgan Randall – Stage Manager Court Rogers – Costume Designer • David Tolin – Technical Director
ENSEMBLE Se’An Boatner David De La Barcena Franchelle Stewart Dorn Lily Falconer Nya Garner Luis Gonzales III Timmy Huynh
Andrew Kusman Katya Lopez Joshua Lewis Magee Ricky Miller Sophie Miller Andrea Nuñez Sebastian Ojeda
Emily Yaneth Perez Robert Ramirez Austin Smith Austin Brian Taylor Jared VosWinkel Kobe Williams
There will be one 15-minute intermission. Videography and photography is strictly prohibited. Sonnets for an Old Century is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC www.broadwayplaypub.com
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NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR Can one moment, word or deed define a lifetime? How long does it take a nation to outrun its worst nightmares? A century? Three? Reflecting on the late 1990’s, it’s easy to forget the perfect storm of social pressures the United States weathered and how uncertain a forecast the 21st century threatened to be. In the riotous afermath of the Rodney King verdict, earthquakes, Simpson trial, Clinton impeachment and the looming threat of Y2K, I imagine most couldn’t fathom a tenser social climate awaiting us on the other side of the horizon. September 11, 2001 had other plans. As someone coming of age then, I had no sense of how large those cultural touchstones would loom overhead, but when I cracked open this script in preparation to direct the play, I recalled the time. I was young, about the age many of my actors are now. In early conversations with the cast, I was struck by the connections they immediately drew between our current moment and the events chronicled in the play. We seem forever locked in a conversation about injustice, rage, equity, police brutality and disasters— both man-made and natural— don’t we? In that way, Sonnets for an Old Century is a kind of time capsule that accomplishes what good art should: it holds a mirror up to nature, reminding us of that which we’d rather forget. The question is what we’re to take from Rivera's words. Solace? Warning? I believe they’re an invitation to examine the moments/questions/people/events that define our lives, to reconsider how we define a life well lived in this new century while afirming that – poignant, funny or even mundane – we each have a story. As we recover from the last year, I suspect we’ll have to look in the mirror and assess who we were, who we are and who we might yet still become. The past may hold lessons, but can we hear them? Will the future receive what we have to ofer when the time comes?
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CREATIVE Corey Allen (Director) is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance. TV credits include MINDHUNTER, Madam Secretary, Bull and Happy!. Film work includes Proximity, Lost in the City and Root for the Villain. Allen has appeared at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Huntington Theatre Company and The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and is a creative partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble in New York City. Allen holds a M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. corey-allen.com Jackson Cobb (Projection Designer) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate. He earned his B.A. in Digital Media Arts at Hamline University. Design credits include In the Ether (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2020), We’re Gonna Be Okay (Hamline University Theatre, 2020) and Big Fish (Eagan Summer Community Theatre, 2019). Assistant credits include Thoughts of a Colored Man (Broadway, 2021), Wyeth Airlines Fight Thirteen (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020) and Fast Company (Theater Mu at the Guthrie, 2019). jacksoncobb.design Zoey Crow (Associate Projection Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate. Recent Texas Theatre and Dance credits include projection design for Fall For Dance (2019), media design for Year of the Tiger (2021) and associate media design for (Re)current Unrest (2020). She is also the scenic and media designer for the upcoming production of The Tasters (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021). Ari Jamieson (Lighting Designer) is a M.F.A in Theatre (lighting design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in both theatre and dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Radiance (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021) as well as the student-led studio projects Onions and Untamed Beats.
Lisa Laratta (Scenic Designer) received her B.F.A. in Toronto, Ontario and her M.F.A. in Theatre from The University of Texas at Austin and has been in Austin ever since. Laratta creates vast, detailed worlds for stage and screen using architecture, furniture, fabric, string, found objects, paint and light. Some of the projects she has designed for include Plano, Poor Herman and Baal (paper chairs), Antigonick and Heddatron (Salvage Vanguard Theater) and Heroic Dose and Stop Hitting Yourself (Rude Mechs). Sam Lipman (Sound Designer and Composer) is an award-winning composer who teaches film scoring and audio production at The University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Lipman is scoring Terence Malick’s newest film for the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and he recently co-scored Richard Linklater's Where’d You Go, Bernadette. His work on the documentary Southwest Of Salem (2017) shortlisted him for an Academy Award© for “Best Original Song In A Movie,” and his score for Matawan (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2018) earned him an Austin Critics Table Award. Braxton Rae (Associate Director) is an early career director, deviser and creator whose creative work and scholarship is focused on Blackness, queerness, feminism and marginalized identities more broadly. Braxton is interested in the craf of intimacy work and how to stage intimate moments while prioritizing care and safety for everyone involved. Originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia, Braxton has had the opportunity to make and present work throughout Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia and California, as well as in Europe. Morgan Randall (Stage Manager) is a secondyear B.A. in Theatre and Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has been participating in theatre for multiple years, with her most recent productions including Onions (student-led studio project) and sad women being sad (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021).
CREATIVE Court Rogers (Costume Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate. Previous costume design credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2019), Wyeth Airlines Flight Thirteen (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020) and Community Garden (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021). She is also a painter and comic colorist for the Eisner Award nominated webcomic Lore Olympus (WEBTOON). courtrogers.design David Tolin (Technical Director) was born and raised in Casper, Wyoming. He received his B.A. in Theatre with a concentration in design/ technology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his M.F.A. in Theatre from The University of Texas at Austin before teaching at Westlake High School for seven years. Tolin works at Texas Performing Arts’ Fabrication Studios as the Project Manager, Fabrication and as faculty in the Live Design and Production area.
ENSEMBLE
Se'An Boatner
David De La Barcena
Franchelle Stewart Dorn
Lily Falconer
Nya Garner
Luis Gonzales III
Timmy Huynh
Andrew Kusman
Katya Lopez
Joshua Lewis Magee
Ricky Miller
Sophie Miller
Andrea Nuñez
Sebastian Ojeda
Emily Yaneth Perez
Robert Ramirez
Austin Smith
Austin Brian Taylor
Jared VosWinkel
Kobe Williams
ENSEMBLE Se’An Boatner (Ensemble) is a B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (2020). David De La Barcena (Ensemble) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. His work in Austin, Texas includes the short films Femenina, Green Water and Mari, A Short Story, along with the Amazon Prime original series Panic (2021). De La Barcena also produces films with his production company at Dropout Films Ltd. Franchelle Stewart Dorn’s (Ensemble) stage credits include: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, ACT, Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Great Lakes Theater, Cleveland Play House, Arizona Theatre Company, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Contemporary American Theater Festival. Of-Broadway credits include performances with Red Bull Theater and Signature Theatre Company. Credits in Austin include works with ZACH Theatre, The State and Austin Shakespeare. Television credits include the role of “Dr. Rita Madison” on NBC’s Another World. Dorn has been nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards, winning three. She’s received Austin Critics Table Awards for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Edge of Peace and Medea. Dorn received her M.F.A. from Yale University and currently serves as an acting professor at The University of Texas at Austin. Lily Falconer (Ensemble) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is her first production with Texas Theatre and Dance. Nya Garner (Ensemble) is a B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include Tales from the Globe, Othello (UT Shakespeare Company) and The Prozorovs (The Factory).
Luis Gonzales III (Ensemble) is a UTeach Theatre major at The University of Texas at Austin. He has experience in both acting and dance. This is his first production with Texas Theatre and Dance. Afer graduating with his B.F.A., Gonzales plans to attend graduate school to receive his M.F.A. in Acting. Timmy Huynh (Ensemble) is a B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin with an extensive acting background. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include OCD (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021). Andrew Kusman (Ensemble) is a second-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. He was most recently seen in Year of the Tiger (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2021). Katya Lopez (Ensemble) is a B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is her first in-person performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Lopez previously performed as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2021). Joshua Lewis Magee (Ensemble) is a fourth-year B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. He has previously appeared in Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2020) as well as a few of short film projects. Afer graduating, he plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. Ricky Miller (Ensemble) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin who’s had a passion for acting since childhood. Afer graduating, Miller plans to move to Los Angeles to continue pursuing acting. Sophie Miller (Ensemble) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent theatre credits include Three Sisters (The Factory) and Tales from the Globe (UT Shakespeare Company), as well as a handful of short-film credits, including Posers (2021); Sobering Truths (2021) and Mari, A Short Story (2022). Miller is also working as a co-chair for the film production company Dropout Films Ltd.
ENSEMBLE Andrea Nuñez (Ensemble) is a fourth-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include sad women being sad (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2021) and Wyeth Airlines Flight Thirteen (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020). Nuñez is also part of the upcoming Texas Theatre and Dance production of “Kimmy.” Sebastian Ojeda (Ensemble) is a fourth-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process also pursuing a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin. He was previously seen as “Joe” in This Is Life (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2021) and as “Dick” in Three Shitty Sons (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2019). Emily Yaneth Perez (Ensemble) is a thirdyear B.F.A. in Acting major also pursuing minors in business and arts management and administration. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include La Ruta (2020). Robert Ramirez (Ensemble) is an actor, director and vocal coach. His credits include works at the Guthrie Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Alley Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and The Public Theatre in New York City. Ramirez is proud to serve as the Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin.
Austin Smith (Ensemble) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is his first production with Texas Theatre and Dance, having mostly acted in films up to this point. Most recently, Smith wrote and directed a short film entitled The Polaroid, slated for release later this year. Austin Brian Taylor (Ensemble) is a B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. His primary background is in acting and he has previously been featured in commercial acting projects. Recent work includes the role of “Hamlet” in Jeremy Lee Cudd’s Classical Vlogues series. Jared VosWinkel (Ensemble) is a fourth-year B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. This will be his third mainstage production with Texas Theatre and Dance. Previous credits include “Sam” in Three Shitty Sons (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2019) in addition to several short films and studio productions. Kobe Williams (Ensemble) is a third-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. He is from Dallas, Texas and has an extensive background in physical acting and mime work. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include A Fistful of Trespassing (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020), as well as technical work on other projects.
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