What’s the Problem? You watch. You laugh. You listen. You laugh. You think. You laugh? You wonder. You… ??? The question mark is strong. It shatters the existing order. It’s born out of uncertainty, when we suddenly feel absurdity in seemingly “natural” orders. Then it grows bigger and bigger: Why do I feel this way? Am I overreacting? Is this the way it is? Is it justice? What is justice? After the overwhelming waves of question marks may come a subtle revolution. Measure for Measure is a more absurd play than first it seems. As the play goes along, it is hard to track who’s virtuous and who’s monstrous, where is the fine line between mercy and justice, and what is the limit of utilizing unjust means to achieve justice. Among Shakespeare plays, Measure for Measure is categorized as a “problem play,” because it’s full of these murky questions. The production history of the play is also the history of proposing answers to perplexing questions: Is this comedy or tragedy? Is the Duke just? Is Angelo salvageable? Why is Isabella silent at the end?
Shakespeare Repertory Project
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
But a question can have a greater weight when it remains a question— bearing numerous answers, possibilities, and oftentimes both joy and despair. Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Measure for Measure especially is on this uncertain border. And we still seek for the answer by asking even more questions. While feeling uncomfortable, do we stop laughing, or do we laugh even harder? What distinguishes farce and horror, comedy and tragedy, fall and redemption? The play asks: When do we want to laugh out loud? What do we really want to hear from Isabella? What revolution do we dream of? How far have we come? And most importantly, will we ever stop asking questions? FEBRUARY 7 AT 4PM & 8PM FEBRUARY 8 AT 4PM
—JISUN KIM, PRODUCTION DRAMATURG
STUDIO SERIES
ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA James Bundy, Dean Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean Chantal Rodriguez, Associate Dean Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Assistant Dean
Costume Designer
Stephen Marks
Lighting Designer
Jiahao Qiu
Sound Designer
Bailey Trierweiler Production Dramaturg
Jisun Kim
Technical Director
Kelly O’Loughlin Stage Managers
Andrew Petrick Sam Tirrell
Assistant Sound Designer/Engineer
Measure for Measure is performed without an intermission.
Tech Assistant Stage Manager
Special Thanks
Edmond O’Neal
By William Shakespeare Directed by Alex Keegan
Bridget Lindsay
Vienna, a time before now.
Daniela Hart
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Scenic Designer
Setting
Lighting Design Advisor
Evan C. Anderson
PRESENTS
Creative Team
Artistic Staff
Production Staff Associate Safety Advisor
Cam Camden
Associate Production Manager
Mia Sara Haiman
Cast
in alphabetical order Barnadine/Elbow/Friar Peter/Second Gentleman/ Messenger
Patrick Ball
Assistant Technical Director
Sky Pang
Master Electrician Run Crew
Duke Vincentio Juliet/Mariana/First Gentleman/Froth
Administration
Anthony Holiday Manu Kumasi Sarah Lyddan
Pompey/Francisca/Attendant
Zoe Mann
The Provost
Alexandra Maurice Isabella
Anula Navlekar Escalus/Mistress Overdone/Abhorson
Gregory Saint Georges Lucio
Dario Ladani Sanchez Angelo
Devin White
Supported by The Benjamin Mordecai III Production Fund.
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual talents and energies toward the staging of collaboratively created works. Your attendance meaningfully completes this process.
Megan Birdsong
Perry Keller Adago David Mitsch Noel Nichols Andrew Riedemann
Claudio
Fabiola Syvel
Associate Managing Director
Caitlin Volz
Assistant Managing Director
THE BENJAMIN MORDECAI III PRODUCTION FUND, established by a graduate of the School, honors the memory of the Tony Award-winning producer who served as Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, 1982–1993, and as Associate Dean and Chair of the Theater Management Department from 1993 until his death in 2005.
Madeline Carey
Management Assistants
Jason Gray Matthew Sonnenfeld House Manager
Dani Barlow
Yale School of Drama productions are supported by the work of more than 200 faculty and staff members throughout the year.
Yale University acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac and other Algonquian speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring and continuing relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA James Bundy, Dean Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean Chantal Rodriguez, Associate Dean Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Assistant Dean
Costume Designer
Stephen Marks
Lighting Designer
Jiahao Qiu
Sound Designer
Bailey Trierweiler Production Dramaturg
Jisun Kim
Technical Director
Kelly O’Loughlin Stage Managers
Andrew Petrick Sam Tirrell
Assistant Sound Designer/Engineer
Measure for Measure is performed without an intermission.
Tech Assistant Stage Manager
Special Thanks
Edmond O’Neal
By William Shakespeare Directed by Alex Keegan
Bridget Lindsay
Vienna, a time before now.
Daniela Hart
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Scenic Designer
Setting
Lighting Design Advisor
Evan C. Anderson
PRESENTS
Creative Team
Artistic Staff
Production Staff Associate Safety Advisor
Cam Camden
Associate Production Manager
Mia Sara Haiman
Cast
in alphabetical order Barnadine/Elbow/Friar Peter/Second Gentleman/ Messenger
Patrick Ball
Assistant Technical Director
Sky Pang
Master Electrician Run Crew
Duke Vincentio Juliet/Mariana/First Gentleman/Froth
Administration
Anthony Holiday Manu Kumasi Sarah Lyddan
Pompey/Francisca/Attendant
Zoe Mann
The Provost
Alexandra Maurice Isabella
Anula Navlekar Escalus/Mistress Overdone/Abhorson
Gregory Saint Georges Lucio
Dario Ladani Sanchez Angelo
Devin White
Supported by The Benjamin Mordecai III Production Fund.
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual talents and energies toward the staging of collaboratively created works. Your attendance meaningfully completes this process.
Megan Birdsong
Perry Keller Adago David Mitsch Noel Nichols Andrew Riedemann
Claudio
Fabiola Syvel
Associate Managing Director
Caitlin Volz
Assistant Managing Director
THE BENJAMIN MORDECAI III PRODUCTION FUND, established by a graduate of the School, honors the memory of the Tony Award-winning producer who served as Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, 1982–1993, and as Associate Dean and Chair of the Theater Management Department from 1993 until his death in 2005.
Madeline Carey
Management Assistants
Jason Gray Matthew Sonnenfeld House Manager
Dani Barlow
Yale School of Drama productions are supported by the work of more than 200 faculty and staff members throughout the year.
Yale University acknowledges that indigenous peoples and nations, including Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, and the Quinnipiac and other Algonquian speaking peoples, have stewarded through generations the lands and waterways of what is now the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring and continuing relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.
What’s the Problem? You watch. You laugh. You listen. You laugh. You think. You laugh? You wonder. You… ??? The question mark is strong. It shatters the existing order. It’s born out of uncertainty, when we suddenly feel absurdity in seemingly “natural” orders. Then it grows bigger and bigger: Why do I feel this way? Am I overreacting? Is this the way it is? Is it justice? What is justice? After the overwhelming waves of question marks may come a subtle revolution. Measure for Measure is a more absurd play than first it seems. As the play goes along, it is hard to track who’s virtuous and who’s monstrous, where is the fine line between mercy and justice, and what is the limit of utilizing unjust means to achieve justice. Among Shakespeare plays, Measure for Measure is categorized as a “problem play,” because it’s full of these murky questions. The production history of the play is also the history of proposing answers to perplexing questions: Is this comedy or tragedy? Is the Duke just? Is Angelo salvageable? Why is Isabella silent at the end?
Shakespeare Repertory Project
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
But a question can have a greater weight when it remains a question— bearing numerous answers, possibilities, and oftentimes both joy and despair. Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Measure for Measure especially is on this uncertain border. And we still seek for the answer by asking even more questions. While feeling uncomfortable, do we stop laughing, or do we laugh even harder? What distinguishes farce and horror, comedy and tragedy, fall and redemption? The play asks: When do we want to laugh out loud? What do we really want to hear from Isabella? What revolution do we dream of? How far have we come? And most importantly, will we ever stop asking questions? FEBRUARY 7 AT 4PM & 8PM FEBRUARY 8 AT 4PM
—JISUN KIM, PRODUCTION DRAMATURG
STUDIO SERIES
ISEMAN THEATER 1156 CHAPEL STREET