Wyeth Airlines Flight Thirteen BY LENA BARNARD NOVEMBER 19-20 AT 7:30 P.M. VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE THEATREDANCE.UTEXAS.EDU Kirk Baltzell – Stage Manager • Lena Barnard – Playwright • Giana Blazquez – Dramaturg Ron Collins – Scenographer • Chris Conard – Art Director • Brooklyn Garza – Camera Director Andrea L. Hart – Director • Jackson Ingraham – Director of Photography Phillip Owen – Sound Designer • Court Rogers – Costume Designer and Scenic Illustrator Gregory Saba – Gafer • Logan Smith – Production Designer • David Tolin – Technical Director
CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Harlequin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayla Lachelle Collins Voice of Student 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Hardey Finch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rusama Islam Cygnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madelyn Martinez Miss Walden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mallory Maybin Jamie Audubon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Nuñez Voice of Shoebill’s Mom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw Voice of Student 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Aston Warren Shoebill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Williams Martinez
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NOTE FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Welcome to UTNT Fall 2020! It is an honor to present two new works this season by our ascending third-year M.F.A. in Playwriting candidates in collaboration with second-year M.F.A. in Directing candidates: Wyeth Airlines Flight Thirteen by Lena Barnard, directed by Andrea L. Hart and poolboy00 by Sam Mayer, directed by Mike Steele. Now in its fourteenth iteration, UTNT has consistently served as a launchpad for The University of Texas at Austin’s graduate and undergraduate theatre artists; artists who are continuing to change the American theatre landscape and influence hearts and minds around the globe. More than any other year, these trailblazing projects called for unique production concepts, development processes and presentation styles. The works you are about to experience are the products of insight, collaboration, craf, dedication and innovations for how we share stories in this changed and changing world. UTNT stands for UT New Theatre. Welcome to the launch of these inspiring works. Thank you for being the first!
NOTE FROM THE PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR We started work on this production in March, as the news of the COVID-19 pandemic broke. As we began to build this production from our homes and through Zoom, we initially designed a set on a stage for an in-person audience. That production had a playground with a swing set and monkey bars and a slide. We were excited to share it with you. As the summer progressed and the pandemic worsened, it became clear that we needed to rethink what we were planning. Finding the new version of Wyeth Airlines Flight Thirteen took several months and looked diferent than most of the theatre we’d made before. It looked like an early morning film shoot at a local park. It was the hours of work that our media designer put into developing a system that let our actors interact with each other while filming safely in diferent rooms. It looked like a final, onstage performance filmed live from end to end. Through this process, we learned about ways we can still connect despite time, space and distance. Theatre isn’t just about cramming into a big, dark room and turning of our cell phones; it’s the awareness that—despite time, space and distance—we’re all sharing the same story. The only piece that’s missing from that story is you. What we are sharing with you tonight is still theatre, but it’s a new kind of theatre. We’re still going to have actors on a stage performing for you, an audience, but we won't be in the same space as you at the same time. From our space to yours, we invite you to think about middle school. Maybe middle school was a long time ago for you, maybe it’s happening right now. Think about how you felt closer to your friends and more alone than ever before. The ways you felt like no one could possibly understand what you were going through. We’re right here with you.
CREATIVE Kirk Baltzell (Stage Manager) is in their final year at The University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a B.A. in Theatre and Dance with an emphasis in stage management along with a minor in arts management and administration, music composition and classical studies. They have worked with organizations including Vineyard Theatre (of-Broadway), Theatre Aspen, Wolf Trap Opera and Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps. Afer graduating, they plan to move to New York to pursue a career on and around Broadway. Lena Barnard (Playwright) is a M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she spent six years in Philadelphia before making her way to Austin. Her work has been presented by the SoLow Festival, Azuka Theatre and PlayPenn. In addition to writing, she is also a dramaturg and stage manager. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. Giana Blazquez (Dramaturg) is a second-year M.F.A. in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She identifies as a director, choreographer, teaching artist and dramaturg from Orlando, Florida. Blazquez most recently served as the K-4 program manager/director of Next Steps Theater Academy at First Stage Children’s Theater. As a teaching artist, she has worked for ZACH Theatre, First Stage and the Orlando Repertory Theatre. Regional directing and choreography credits include Nate the Great (First Stage), Nobody Knows (First Stage), Lovabye Dragon (First Stage) and Welcome to Bronzeville (First Stage). Blazquez has also performed professionally at First Stage. Ron Collins (Scenographer) earned a B.S. in Theatre with an emphasis in lighting design from Middle Tennessee State University, where he designed several mainstage shows including Almost, Maine and Kafka's Metamorphosis. He served as the event lighting designer for Tucker Theatre and as an electrician and follow spot operator for The Lost Colony. Afer
graduating in 2017, Collins worked for an experiential marketing agency as an associate producer, where he produced and coordinated marketing activations all over the country. Other credits include serving as the lighting designer for Hero Twins: Blood Race (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2019) and as the assistant lighting designer for Fall For Dance (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2019), The Turn of the Screw (Butler Opera Center, 2020) and Sense and Sensibility (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2020). Chris Conard (Art Director) is an Austin-based scenic and lighting designer for theatre, events and installations. He graduated from Santa Fe University of Art and Design with a B.F.A. in Technical Theater Design in 2014 and has designed for companies in Austin, Santa Fe and Los Angeles. He is currently pursuing a M.F.A. in Design and Technology at The University of Texas at Austin. Conard continues to create original devised work with Frank Wo/Men Collective, a company he co-founded in Austin in 2016. He currently serves as the technical director for Fusebox Festival. Conard is the recipient of the 2017 and 2018 Austin Critics Table Awards for Best Set Design, the 2017 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Set Design and the 2019 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lighting Design. Jchrisconard.com Brooklyn Garza (Camera Director) is a fifhyear B.A. in Theatre and Dance major also pursuing a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include co-production manager for UTNT (UT New Theatre) (2020), assistant stage manager for La Ruta and multiple projects as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2019). Andrea L. Hart (Director) is a second-year M.F.A. in Directing candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She has developed work at the #AmericanAF Festival in New York City, Great Plains Theatre Conference, the MacDowell Colony, CounterPulse, 6NewPlays and companies in and around San Francisco. She is interested in work that blurs the line between
CREATIVE performer and audience and she loves creating large, sprawling performative experiences. Phillip Owen (Sound Designer) has designed sound for the theatre for over two decades and has been an avid guitar player most of his life. Prior to serving as lecturer in sound design at Texas State University, he was the lead sound engineer at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Regional credits include productions with Stages Repertory Theatre, the Alley Theatre, Everyman Theatre (Baltimore), Triad Stage (Greensboro), Stonington Opera House (Maine), Yale Repertory Theatre, Yale Cabaret, La Jolla Playhouse and the Barysnikov Arts Center. He also served as the assistant to the composer on the Broadway run of A Steady Rain (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre). He holds a M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama and a Master of Philosphy from Trinity College Dublin. phillipowen.com Court Rogers (Costume Designer and Scenic Illustrator) is a second-year M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate. Recent costume design credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fall For Dance (2019) and A Fistful of Trespassing (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020). Rogers is also an illustrator and colorist for comics and children’s books. courtrogers.design
Logan Smith (Production Designer) is a M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in integrated media for live performance at The University of Texas at Austin. He has designed media for a wide selection of shows with Texas Theatre and Dance, including Spring Awakening (2019) and XOR (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019) and was nominated for a B. Iden Payne Award for his design on The Tiny Banger (Trinity Street Players, 2018). David Tolin (Technical Director) was born and raised in Casper, Wyoming. He attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he received his B.A. in Theatre with a concentration in design/technology. In 2006, he interned with Cirque du Soleil’s Mystère (Treasure Island) and served as a stage hand for Desert Entertainment for several concerts, productions and events across Las Vegas. He received his M.F.A. in Scenic Technology from The University of Texas at Austin before teaching at Westlake High School for seven years. Tolin joined the staf of the Department of Theatre and Dance in 2017.
CAST
Jayla Lachelle Collins
Thomas Hardey
Rusama Islam
Madelyn Martinez
Mallory Maybin
Andrea NuĂąez
Rachel Aston Warren
Michael Williams Martinez
CAST Jayla Lachelle Collins (Harlequin) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in acting, singing and violin. This is her first mainstage performance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Thomas Hardey (Assistant Stage Manager, Voice of Student 2) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in stage management in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Previous credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Sense and Sensibility (2020). Rusama Islam (Finch) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process also pursuing a B.A. in Plan II Honors at The University of Texas at Austin. Her recent credits include “Penelope” in Ithaca in Black and White. Madelyn Martinez (Cygnet) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process also pursuing a minor in French. Her recent credits include “Chorus” in 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2019) and “Little Girl” in The Book of Orpah (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020). Mallory Maybin (Miss Walden) is a fourthyear B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in playwriting and directing at The University of Texas at Austin. Her recent credits include the roles of "Carrie" in The Not Knowing and "Daughter" in Loverboy (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018).
Andrea Nuñez (Jamie Audubon) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has a background in poetry and acting. Her recent credits include the role of "Grandmother" in All Happy Families Are The Same (Round About Players, 2019) and "Charles Ensemble" in Tjipetir: A Search History (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020). Rachel Aston Warren (Assistant Stage Manager, Voice of Student 1) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in playwriting and directing also pursuing a minor in Italian at The University of Texas at Austin. She has written and published four books of poetry which can be found in the Perry-Castañeda Library and the Ana Sisnett Library on campus. Recent credits include the role of “Love” in Everybody (PPP Graduate Student Alliance, 2019) and as a featured poet in Unboxed (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019). Michael Williams Martinez (Shoebill) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer's process. Recent credits include Sow and Suckling (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020) in addition to several other projects.
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TRINITY GORDON ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS THOMAS HARDEY RACHEL ASTON WARREN ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER EMILY NOVACK STUDIO LIGHTING ASSISTANT JACOB EAKER
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