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In Love and

Warcraft By Madhuri Shekar Directed by James Nelson

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STAFF Brian Katz artistic director

Leah S. Abrams execuitve director

Stewart Lyle technical director

Eden Neuendorf company manager

Paul Stout facilities manager

Gabriel A. Ross casting director

Stuart Bousel director of new works

Adam L. Sussman literary manager

Cat Howser resident stage manager

I’ve been thinking a lot about gamers and theatre people while watching rehearsals, and have come to the conclusion that actors and gamers have many similarities. Both spend a lot of time in dark rooms when they should probably be outside; actors memorize words, gamers memorize strategies; actors like to dress up, gamers like to cosplay (I know... #notallgamers). Gaming has many of the same aims as a great theatre experience: to expand our minds, to help us be our better selves, to excite and challenge us. The difference, of course, between being a gamer and an artist is that the artist creates. The gamer can only live in the world that someone else built, no matter how in control they think they are. I immediately fell for Madhuri’s script because, while it uses gamer culture to tell its story, it isn’t what the play is about. Instead, it’s a theatrical metaphor for living in multiple worlds. We might rather stay in the fantasy world than have to deal with the the real life one, where fighting with a boyfriend makes you lose hit points. Or trying to be a college student on your own for the first time, but without the experience points to know what to do. And having to deal with intimacy, which Evie in the play has to battle as hard as if she were fighting any overpowered Boss. But in the end, living in the gaming world only means you are playing out someone else’s life.

In Love and Warcraft begins our exciting journey into four new American plays, culminating in Middletown in April. Next up, we’ll experience the world premiere of Bay Area playwright Rachel Bublitz’s Of Serpents and Seaspray - the first script Custom Made has helped developed from pitch to production. It’s been amazing to watch the birth of this new creation which is going to be, I can already tell, an audience favorite. Please join us for the next fantastical journey starting on January 7, 2016!

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Maxx Kurzunski resident lighting designer

Liz Ryder resident composer

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS by Madhuri Shekar There will be one-fifteen minute intermission. SETTING: On and around a college campus in Southern California.

CAST Evie....................................................................Monica Ho Kitty................................................................ Laura Espino Raul..................................................................Ed Berkeley Ryan...................................................................Drew Reitz Chai/Charlotte/Woman/Doctor................. Amanda Farbstein Tony/Jerry/Nathan/Man....................................... Sal Mattos

PRODUCTION STAFF Director............................................................James Nelson Stage Manager.................................................. Cat Howser• Scenic Designer................................................ Devin Kasper Lighting Designer.........................................Maxx Kurzunski• Master Electrician...........................................Sophia Craven Costume Designer.....................................Brooke Jennings• Asst. Costumer..................................................... Kitty Torres Video Designer............................................Maxx Kurzunski• Properties Designer........................................... Cat Howser• Technical Director.............................................Stewart Lyle• Key Art............................................................... Cody Rishell • Member, Custom Made Theatre Co.

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THE REST OF THE 2015-2016 SEASON: OF SERPENTS AND SEA SPRAY by Rachel Bublitz * Directed by Ariel Craft

JAN 2016

The story of an orphan named Iro who is the subject of ridicule by other children and punishment by uncaring foster parents. During one of her many tours through solitary confinement in the closet, Iro’s imagination brings her a mission: find Pegasus. On her quest, Iro hides herself on an ocean liner, joins a circus, and has many other adventures, and along the way finds the truth about the death of her parents. SAM AND DEDE, OR MY DINNER WITH ANDRE THE GIANT by Gino DiIorio * Directed by Leah S. Abrams

FEB 2016

It’s a totally true story: 12-year old Andre the Giant, already over 6 feet tall and 240 pounds, didn’t fit on the school bus. Andre’s neighbor, as repayment of a favor, offered to drive Andre to school in his truck. The neighbor was Samuel Beckett. The play imagines a series of scenes between a giant - a man who cannot hide, and a writer obsessed with silence. Dilorio fashions a world as absurd as a Beckett play itself. MIDDLETOWN by Will Eno *** Directed by Brian Katz

APR 2016

An absurdist with the comic sensibilities of Jon Stewart, Eno’s take on Our Town follows the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown as they intersect in strange and poignant ways, in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between. It is a wry, human portrait of a town with two lives - one ordinary and visible, the other epic and mysterious. SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION by John Guare Directed by Stuart Bousel

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Serpents is the story of an orphan named Iro who is the subject of ridicule by other children and punishment by uncaring foster parents. During one of her many tours through solitary confinement in the closet, Iro’s imagination brings her a mission: find Pegasus. On her quest, taking with her only books and her imaginary friend Annika, Iro hides herself on an ocean liner, joins a circus and has many other adventures, and along the way finds the truth about the death of her parents.

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And then... It’s a totally true story: 12-year old Andre the Giant, already over 6 feet tall and 240 pounds, didn’t fit on the school bus. Andre’s neighbor, as repayment of a favor, offered to drive Andre to school in his truck. The neighbor was Samuel Beckett. “Sam and Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant,” imagines a series of scenes between a giant – a man who cannot hide, and a writer obsessed with silence. Dilorio fashions a world as absurd as a Beckett play itself.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES

MADHURI SHEKAR (Playwright) is a Los Angeles-based playwright whose plays include – In Love and

Warcraft (Alliance Theatre, No Rules Theatre Company and others) and A Nice Indian Boy (East West Players, Rasaka Theatre). She was the 2013/14 winner of the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Award and an alumna of the 2013/14 Center Theatre Group Writers’ Workshop. She has been a finalist for the Princess Grace Award for Playwriting and the Many Voices Fellowship at the Playwrights Center. Her plays have been produced, commissioned or developed at the Alliance Theatre, the Old Globe, Center Theatre Group, Playwrights Horizons, Victory Gardens, the Kennedy Center and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing from USC. She is an artistic producer of the L.A.-based comedic ensemble company Better Than Shakespeare, and is a co-creator of their upcoming web series Titus and Dronicus. Prior to her MFA, Madhuri received an MSc/MA in Global Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and USC. She consults in social media, content creation, and arts marketing.

MONICA HO (Evie) is elated to

be working with Custom Made Theatre Co. on In Love and Warcraft! She was last seen performing as Sadako in Crane with Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company, directed by Mina Morita. Other roles include Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew with SF Shakes, Antonia in Don Quixote with Marin Shakespeare Company and Margot in SHINER with FaultLine Theater. Monica is a graduate of the Foothill Theatre Conservatory and a member of the 2014 TBA ATLAS program. A big thanks to Dunkie for helping her research the game!

ED BERKELEY (Raul) is all the way from the East Coast (New

England), trying to make a splash in the Bay Area. He is young, passionate, hard working and eager to get his hands on any and every opportunity the Bay Area has to offer. This will be the sixth production Ed has had the pleasure to be part of and he is ready to get this one off its feet and into the hearts and minds of Bay Area audiences.

LAURA ESPINO (Kitty) is a San Francisco native. She has been performing since childhood, starting out as a company member with the San Francisco Young People’s Musical Theatre Company in the 1990s. She is excited to work on In Love & Warcraft, which marks her first

Custom Made production. This past year Laura appeared in various productions with City Lights Theatre Company, Actor's Ensemble of Berkeley, Novato Theatre Company, Spotlight Theatre Co. and COM Theatre. Credits include Exit, Pursued By A Bear (Sweetheart), M. Butterfly (Renee/Girl), Panhandle (Clara), Leading Ladies (Audrey), A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella), Spring Awakening and City of Angels. She is a YouthAware actor at New Conservatory Theatre Center. Laura lives in San Francisco with her partner in crime: five-year-old daughter, Eva. Laura will be playing Matilde in The Clean House at Contra Costa Civic Theatre in February 2016. 2015.11 • BAYSTAGES.COM

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AMANDA FARBSTEIN (Woman) is a Bay Area native and is thrilled to now work in the vibrant Bay Area theatre community. She has performed with FaultLine Theater, SF Playwright’s Center, Broadway By the Bay, PCPA Theatrefest, Summer Repertory Theatre, Notre Dame de Namur University and Hillbarn Theatre. Some favorite roles include Judy Haynes (White Christmas), Ilse (Spring Awakening), Persephone (Trailer Park Gods), Joanna (Noel Coward’s Present Laughter) and Gower (Pericles). She teaches tap dancing at both Dance Arts Center and the Musical Theatre Conservatory and she choreographs for young adult musicals. She holds an English degree from Westmont College and is a proud graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Her experience with video games extends to Super Mario and King Kong in elementary school.

games and comics writer. As a freelance blogger he has written for Theatre Bay Area, Team Backpack, Gamezone, Kinky and GayGamer.net which he also manages. Follow him on Twitter @salmattos and say hello.

Northern California Kingdoms, James worked in the Frozen Wastes of Germany, where he directed productions of Equus, The Pillowman, Translations, Romeo and Juliet, And Then There Were None and Black Comedy with the Anglo-Irish Theatre Group for whom he served as Guild Leader for two years. James spawned in Kansas City and went through character creation at UMKC. James would like to /thank and /congratulate the compny for pwning so hard.

SAL MATTOS (Man) is a San

Francisco born and raised actor and writer. He most recently appeared in New Conservatory Theatre Center’s production of From White Plains and before that, the Custom Made production of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five. Other credits include Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them (Custom Made), The Laramie Project (NCTC), Country Club Catastrophe (Back Alley), Dracula (SHCPTC) and Hideo: A Theatrical Concert (Four Lights). When not acting he is an aspiring stage, film, television,

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DREW REITZ (Ryan) is excited for his Custom Made debut! He was recently seen as Peter in the world premiere of The Walls of Jericho at The Pear Theater. Other Bay Area credits include The Columnist (Halberstam), Take Me Out (Jason), Harvey (Wilson), Wonder of the World (Kip), The Unmentionables (Don) and Avenue Q (Brian). Drew holds BA in drama from San Francisco State University and is a proud alum and counselor of Young Actors’ Theatre Camp. Thanks to the cast, crew, Mom, Pop, and Emily for your love and support! drewreitz.com JAMES NELSON (Director) is a

Level 3 Humanoid Director, who previously formed an allegiance with Custom Made on two productions of The Book of Liz. James has gained experience points in directing by completing quests for Masquers Playhouse (Farragut North, Dead Man’s Cell Phone), Ross Valley Players (A Month in the Country, Chapter Two), Dragon Productions (Becky’s New Car), Novato Theatre Company (Inspecting Carol), Cal Shakes (assistant director, Hamlet), Playwrights Foundation, SF Theatre Pub, SF Olympians, Amios and others. Before taking a Zeppelin to the

CAT HOWSER (Stage Manager,

Props Design) is a Bay Area stage manager who grew up in nearby San Jose. She graduated from California State East Bay with a degree in theatre. Previously, she was a Stage Management Fellow with the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. Cat worked on many shows at A.C.T., including A Christmas Carol and The Orphan of Zhao. Cat has worked on several shows with Custom Made Theatre Co. including Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, Late, A Cowboy Song and How the World Began. Thanks to Matt for helping with the weapons!

BROOKE JENNINGS (Costume

Design) is ecstatic to return to Custom Made Theater Co. with this smart and geeky production of In Love and Warcraft. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz’s theater arts Master’s program, Brooke has designed costumes in the Bay Area and New York. Credits include Peter Pan (Berkeley Playhouse) Ondine at Sutro (We Players), A

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Lie of the Mind, Bad Jews (Asst. Designer, Magic Theatre), The Singularity , Crooked , Ransom, Texas (Virago Theatre), In Love and Warcraft, This is Our Youth, Grey Gardens, How the World Began, Late, A Cowboy Song, The Crucible (CMTC), The Rocky Horror Show

music for Eurydice, amongst other TBA and SFBATCC nominations. Credits include The Braggart Soldier, Three Tall Women, The Pain and the Itch, The Crucible, Kurt Vonnegut's SlaughterhouseFive, The Play About the Baby, Late, A Cowboy Song (CMTC), Rapunzel and Around the World in 80 Days (MTC), The Pillowman (The Breadbox) and Harbor (NCTC). Liz also writes songs and plays shows all over! lizrydermusic.com | lizrydersound.com

Tell, The Heidi Chronicles, The Old Neighborhood and A New Brain. Leah manages the company’s NYC activities including a monthly free reading recently included with the “Directed By Women” film celebration. She is a graduate of Clark University. She looks forward to directing this winter's world premiere of Sam & Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant.

(City Lights Theater Company) and A Year with Frog and Toad (Asst. Designer, Santa Cruz Shakespeare). Brooke received a 2015 TBA Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design for her work on We Players’ Ondine at Sutro, directed by Ava Roy and Carly Cioffil.

DEVIN KASPER (Scenic Designer)

is the technical director and resident scenic designer for New Conservatory Theater Center. Some of his most recent designs include The Pillowman for The Breadbox and For the Love of Comrades and Cock at New Conservatory. He is very excited for his first Custom Made Theater Co. production!

MAXX KURZUNSKI (Lighting

Designer) has designed lighting, sound, video or costumes for many Custom Made shows over the last four years. He is excited to return as the resident lighting designer. When not at Custom Made, Maxx is the producer for all things FaultLine Theater at PianoFight.

LIZ RYDER (Composer/Sound Designer) Her upbringing in medieval houses and landscapes prepared her wonderfully for this play! She is resident composer at Custom Made and winner of an SFBATCC award for sound design/

KITTY TORRES (Asst. Costume

Designer) is super pumped to be assisting in costume design for this show. Her first time on a production team, she’s been part of the theatre community on stage, acting in shows like The Crucible, The Desk Set and the San Francisco Olympians Festival. She is excited to don and drape these amazing actors in so much cosplay. She hopes you enjoy the show!

LEAH S. ABRAMS (Executive

Director) is the is the co-founding executive director of Custom Made Theatre Co. Her favorite/ proudest of the company’s 80+ productions include last season’s Kurt Vonnegut's SlaughterhouseFive, Little Brother, Eurydice, Red Light Winter, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, A New Brain and Temptation. Directing credits for Custom Made include How the World Began (TBA Recommended), Sightlines (NYC), The Diary of Anne Frank, Two Rooms and a dozen Beckett plays. A recovering actor, Leah loved being on stage for Spalding Gray: Stories Left to

BRIAN KATZ (Artistic Director) is the Founding Artistic Director of Custom Made Theatre Co., the resident company here at Custom Made Theatre. For the company he has directed over thirty productions including Edward Albee’s The Play About the Baby (SFBATCC Best Overall Play of 2012). Other recent projects include Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day (SFBATCC nominee, Best Director), Next to Normal (SFBATCC nominee, Best Overall Production) and the regional premieres of Kurt Vonnegut’s SlaughterhouseFive, Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Red Light Winter among others. He has worked at Cal Shakes, Berkeley Rep, the Goodman Theatre, Killing My Lobster and other cool places. Brian is an alumnus of Clark University. Next up, he is excited to helm the San Francisco premiere of Will Eno's Middletown at Custom Made.

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