1812 PRODUCTIONS presents
August 28 – September 21, 2014 Starring: Jennifer Childs* and Anthony Lawton* Written by Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Mary Carpenter Scenic Design Lance Kniskern
Lighting Design James Leitner
Sound Design Michael Hahn
Costume Design Alison Roberts
Properties by Avista Custom Theatrical Services
Production Manager Georgia Schlessman
Assistant Production Manager Melanie Leeds
Shop Technical Director Glenn Perlman
Stage Manager Thomas E. Shotkin*
Assistant Stage Manager Kate Sabato
Sound Engineer Chris Sannino
Assistant Costume Designer/ Wardrobe Crew Meredith Boring
Master Electrician Lucas Nguyen
Shop Master Carpenter Justin Romeo
Load-In Master Carpenter Alison Levy
Intimate Exchanges is presented as part of the 2014 FringeArts Festival
“Intimate Exchanges, Volume I” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Support provided in part by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund
1812 Productions receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
P r o d u c t i o n Sp o n s o r :
R e s ta u r a n t Pa r t n e r :
From the Artistic Director THE DEVIL MADE US DO IT… It’s our 18th season and I’m feeling nostalgic…. perhaps it’s because we are producing this first show of our season in the Arden’s Arcadia Stage. For those of you who have been 1812 audience members since the beginning, you will remember that it was here that 1812 began. Not only was the Arcadia our performance venue for our first three seasons, but it was backstage at the Arcadia that the idea for 1812 was born. In early 1997, 1812 Co-founder Pete Pryor and I were playing ministers of the devil in an Arden production of Countess Cathleen. During intermission one night we were outside smoking in the alley in our devil costumes when we began talking about starting a theater company. As we prepared for our first production, Terry Nolen, Amy Murphy, Aaron Posner, and everyone at the Arden were incredibly helpful not only with space and box office support, but with advice on marketing, grant-writing, and budgeting. It was and is a testament to the generosity of the Philadelphia theater community. And in the spring of 1998 we produced our inaugural show, The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) right here in the Arcadia. It is amazing to be back here so many years later and to reflect on how much has changed. 1812 is bigger, more established, more sophisticated in our artistry and production values. We have created a catalogue of original work that has received national recognition and an annual political humor show, This Is The Week That Is, that is a local favorite. What has not changed is our playful and devilish commitment to comedy in all its forms, and our belief that laughter creates community, opens up conversation, and promotes joy. I am thrilled to start this season not only at the Arcadia, but with Alan Ayckbourn’s deliciously funny Intimate Exchanges. Thank you for being here and enjoy the show!
Jennifer Childs, Producing Artistic Director Jen@1812productions.org
From the Director Every morning when I go to work I choose between the Schuykill Expressway or West River Drive. Some days I listen to KYW first, other days I just go with my gut. Sometimes my gut takes me on a traffic-free journey, other times it takes me on an expletive-laden snail’s pace crawl to work. Most days I choose the West River Drive. We make so many choices in a day always hoping we’ve made the “right” one. We consider options, reference data, ask advice from invested and neutral parties, and, ultimately, listen to that voice inside which says, “This is the way.” Alan Aykbourn’s Intimate Exchanges is about choices and how lives are altered as a result of the seemingly mundane and obviously significant decisions we make. In his infinite genius he penned two volumes with sixteen possible endings for the collection of characters who inhabit this play. We are presenting Volume I, with eight possible outcomes because we are doing what has never been done before, we are leaving the choices up to you. Choices are intimidating—exciting and enervating—but intimidating nonetheless. Why, because they have the power to shape the future. Each choice has the potential to forge a different path, which leads to different consequences which shape who we become. That’s a fair amount of pressure. And we can never know what might have been had we made another choice. We can wonder, regret, pine, but ultimately that future was not chosen. At the root of every choice we make are two warring factors: desire and fear. What we want vs. fear of what the ripples will do to the pond. Whether it is a considered choice, impulsive, or reflexive we always weigh what we want and what makes sense; head vs. heart. Because we are order-seeking beings and what we want is to know what comes next. We crave our money back guarantee. So, we endow our choices with the power to create a future that is better, more prosperous, full of love and happiness and no gaper delays. What I have learned in my limited time on the planet, and from working on this ingenious play, is that it is not the choices we make, it is how we live in those choices that determines what happens next. It is who we are and how we respond and what we do that alters the outcome. There is so much beyond our control: circumstance, other people, lane closures; and these variables affect the course of any choice. It is who we are and what we bring to the moment at hand that determines the outcome of our choosing. We have the lives we choose consciously or unconsciously. For better or worse. We are enablers, doers, thinkers, takers, givers, martyrs, visionaries, cynics, optimists. There is no perfect choice, someone else’s dessert will inevitably be better than yours, there are only our flawed and fabulous selves and what we make of what happens next. Tonight the actors will discover which scene comes next as you do and will experience the consequences of the path you choose. The results are ridiculous, romantic, melancholic, unexpected, and funny in the most human way.
Mary Carpenter, Director
AYCKBOURN ‘EXCHANGES’ by Michael T. Mooney It should come as no surprise that Alan Ayckbourn became a playwright. He inherited his love of writing from his mother, a magazine journalist, and his love of performance from his father, first violinist of the London Symphony. But Ayckbourn is much more than just a playwright; he is in fact a playmaker—writing and directing nearly all of his 78 major plays. This year marks Ayckbourn’s 75th birthday and his 55th year of writing plays—nearly all of which started out in the Yorkshire town of Scarborough, England, before going on to London, New York, and around the world. His plays have been translated into 35 languages, been adapted for radio, television, and film, and have been honored with Tonys, Oliviers, and a multitude of other prestigious awards. Perhaps his greatest honor came in 1997 when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to theater. He started his theatrical career as a stage hand and spear-carrier for the last of Britain’s great Shakespearean actor / managers Sir Donald Wolfit.
Alan Ayckbourn. Copyright: Adrian Gatie.
Ayckbourn the actor came to the seaside resort of Scarborough in 1957 and two years later wrote his first play The Square Cat at the suggestion of the troupe’s artistic director Stephen Joseph. After Joseph’s untimely passing in 1967, Ayckbourn became the company’s new creative head, retiring just five years ago in 2009. Major theatrical successes include: Relatively Speaking (1965), How the Other Half Loves (1969), Absurd Person Singular (1972), The Norman Conquests (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), House & Garden (1999), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004), to name but a few. He is best known for his insightful and generally comic portrayals of domestic life, but he also manages to challenge the theatrical form, experimenting with time and dramatic construction to keep audiences constantly engaged in the art of live storytelling. Despite a stroke in 2006, Ayckbourn shows no sign of easing into retirement. His 78th play Roundelay is set to premiere in Scarborough in September. It consists of five self-contained one-act plays all of which are connected in some way but written to be performed in any order. Each audience will randomly select color coded ping pong balls before the show to determine the evening’s running order, resulting in 120 possible variations! Ayckbourn is anxious to discover if the order in which they are seen will affect an audience’s perception of the story and its characters. In addition to his extensive theatrical catalog, he is the author of the book “The Crafty Art of Playmaking” published by Faber and Faber. Everything you wanted to know about Sir Alan (but were afraid to ask) can be found at www.alanayckbourn.net.
GETTING ‘INTIMATE’ by Michael T. Mooney Intimate Exchanges is undoubtedly one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most ambitious undertakings; a play which starts with a single opening scene but then branches out to include multiple endings. It asks the time-worn question ‘How do the choices we make impact our lives?’ Can a simple decision such as whether or not to smoke a cigarette affect the course of our day? Our year? Our entire lives? Ayckbourn was inspired to write the play in 1982 when most of his acting company had moved on to other projects leaving only two of the troupe’s more experienced performers: Robin Herford and Lavinia Bertram. He had always wanted to write a two-hander so this seemed an ideal opportunity. The original script consisted of 31 scenes featuring approximately 16 hours of dialogue, 10 characters, 12 major set changes, and dozens of quick changes. Like his 1979 trilogy The Norman Conquests, not only could the variations be seen in any order, but a theater-goer didn’t need to see more than one to enjoy the evening. Naturally, the more you saw, the richer the characters and story would become. After the play’s run in Scarborough ended, the show was produced with the same cast in London’s West End, earning a 1984 Olivier Award nomination for Best Comedy. In 1993 film director Alain Resnais produced two films based on the play: Smoking and No Smoking. Despite being in French, the films retained their Yorkshire setting, encompassing six of the eight original variations. Although there have been various regional theater stagings of several of the Exchanges, it wasn’t until 2007 that the complete production was staged in America. Two weeks before rehearsals began, Ayckbourn suffered a stroke. Director Tim Luscombe stepped in to stage six variations while the author recuperated in time to direct the final two. The Scarborough revival and subsequent UK tour transferred to New York’s Brits Off-Broadway Festival starring Bill Champion and Claudia Elmhirst, breaking all box office records at 59E59 Theaters. Here at 1812 we are bravely performing half the entire Intimate experience, which still includes four major variations, each with two different possible endings resulting in a total of 16 scenes and seven characters. A remarkable undertaking! Although previous productions featured predetermined choices, this will be the first to allow you—the audience—to decide the course of the play! Choose wisely—the fate of our characters is in your hands!
Above: Intimate Exchanges set model by scenic designer Lance Kniskern. Right: Preliminary costume designs by Intimate Exchanges’ costume designer Alison Roberts.
Cast & Crew Bios Anthony Lawton (Toby Teasdale / Lionel Hepplewick / Joe Hepplewick / Miles Coombes): Anthony Lawton has acted in Philadelphia for twenty-two years. Favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut Street Theatre); Austin in True West and Feste in Twelfth Night (Lantern Theater); “man” in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1812 Productions); Stephano in The Tempest and Cromwell in A Man For All Seasons (Pennsylvania Shakespeare); The Fire Chief in A 24-Hour Bald Soprano (Brat); and Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden Theatre). In 2005, Lawton received grants from the Independence Foundation and Philadelphia Theatre Initiative to write and develop The Foocy, which garnered five Barrymore Award nominations (including Best New Play). Film: Silver Linings Playbook, Unbreakable, Invincible; TV: Hack, Cold Case. The Philadelphia City Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre” for his solo productions of The Devil and Billy Markham, The Great Divorce, and The Screwtape Letters. For more information on these shows, go to: www.anthonylawtonactor.com.
Jennifer Childs (Sylvie Bell / Celia Teasdale / Irene Pridworthy): Jennifer Childs is the Producing Artistic Director and Co-Founder of 1812 Productions. For 1812 she has created over a dozen original works of theater including This Is The Week That Is, Always a Lady, Our Show of Shows, Cherry Bomb, It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project, and the upcoming To The Moon. Her one-woman show Why I’m Scared of Dance by Jen Childs premiered at 1812 and has since been performed at Delaware Theatre Company, the Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, Act II Playhouse and City Theatre in Pittsburgh. Favorite performances outside of 1812 include The Happiness Lecture with Bill Irwin at Philadelphia Theater Company, Spin at the Wilma Theater, Red Herring and Dex and Julie Sittin’ in a Tree at the Arden Theatre Company. Love to Scott and Lily.
Mary Carpenter (Director): Mary is so happy to be back at 1812 Productions. She works in Philadelphia as an actress, director, teacher and writer. Directing credits include The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1812 Productions), Look Mom I’m Swell, Oh What Fun, Didn’t You Father Have this Talk with You, and the upcoming Making Spirits Bright (Act II Playhouse). Most recent acting credits include: Rumors (Montgomery Theatre), her original one woman show The New & Improved Stages of Grief (2012 Capital Fringe Festival), Prisoner of Second Avenue (Montgomery Theatre), and City of Nutterly Love (Second City/Philadelphia Theatre Company). Mary has been a performing and teaching member of ComedySportz, for twenty-one years where she also served as Artistic Director twice. She is a part of the improv ensembles Dangerous Fools, ’Til Death Do Us Part, and Wisdom Teeth. She holds Theatre degrees from Northwestern University and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Check out Mary’s blog: momsquadmary.blogspot.com. Many thanks to Jen, 1812, Jim and the boys.
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Alan Ayckbourn (Playwright): 2014 marks Alan’s 53rd year as a theatre director and his 55th as a playwright. He has spent his life in theatre, rarely if ever tempted by television or film, which perhaps explains why he continues to be so prolific. To date he has written 78 plays and his work has been translated into over 35 languages, is performed on stage and television throughout the world and has won countless awards. Major successes include: Relatively Speaking, How the Other Half Loves, Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval, and The Norman Conquests. In the past four years, there have been revivals of Season’s Greetings and A Small Family Business at the National Theatre and in the West End productions of Absent Friends, A Chorus of Disapproval, and Relatively Speaking. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his first West End production, Mr. Whatnot. In 2009, he retired as artistic director of the Stephen Joseph, where almost all his plays have been and continue to be first staged. Holding the post for 37 years, he still feels that perhaps his greatest achievement was the establishment of this company’s first permanent home when the two auditoria complex fashioned from a former Odeon Cinema opened in 1996. In recent years, he has been inducted into American Theatre’s Hall of Fame, received the 2010 Critics’ Circle Award for Services to the Arts and became the first British playwright to receive both Olivier and Tony Special Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was knighted in 1997 for services to the theatre. (Source: Alan Ayckbourn’s official website www.alanayckbourn.net.) Lance Kniskern (Scenic Designer): Lance Kniskern has been working in the Philadelphia area as a freelance scenic carpenter, artist, and set designer for the past thirteen years. Past 1812 Productions set design credits: It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project, Bunny Bunny, and The Big Time. Recent design credits include The Train Driver and The Screwtape Letters with The Lantern Theater; Spamalot: The Musical, and Hairspray: The Musical (winner of Broadway World’s Best Set Design in Philadelphia for 2012) with Media Theatre; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone with Plays and Players. Other design credits include Madhouse Theatre Company (Playing Leni), Amaryllis Theatre Company (Lydia), and Villanova University (Mother Courage and Her Children), among others. Up next: Medea with Ursinus College and Doubt: A Parable with Lantern Theater Company.
James Leitner (Lighting Designer): James has worked for many years in the Philadelphia area with The Arden, Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Wilma, Act II Playhouse, Theatre Exile, Montgomery Theatre, Delaware Theatre, Pennsylvania Ballet, and various colleges and universities. Further afield, he has worked extensively for Tri-Cities Opera, Sarasota Opera, Milwaukee Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and the Vail International Dance Festival.
Michael Hahn (Sound Designer): Michael is thrilled to be designing his first show with 1812 Productions! Other sound design credits include Hamlet and The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Delaware Shakespeare Festival), Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Exonerated (Delaware Theatre Company), and Cinderella: A Musical Panto and Beautiful Boy (People’s Light & Theatre). Reverence to Jen and Tony. Thanks to Mary, Tom, and Georgia. Love to Katie, Willett, and Judas.
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Alison Roberts (Costume Designer): Alison Roberts is excited to be designing Intimate Exchanges; her second show with 1812 Productions. She designed Madame Renevskya in 2002. You can also see her designs at the Arden Theatre Company where she is in her fifteenth season as Costume Supervisor. Alison received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from Rowan University and her M.F.A. in Costume Design from Illinois State University. She has designed costumes for Theatre Exile, Delaware Theatre Company, Flashpoint Theatre Company, Rowan University, Theatre Horizon, National Constitution Center, and Philadelphia Young Playwrights. Love to Glenn Avista Custom Theatrical Services (Properties): Avista Custom Theatrical Services, LLC was founded in 2007 as a properties design and construction firm. Avista specializes in custom construction, upholstery, soft goods construction, and also owns a 7,000 square foot rental house in Norristown filled with props and lighting equipment. Avista’s work has been seen at Azuka Theatre, Flashpoint Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Mauckingbird, Act II Playhouse, Theatre Exile, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Burlington County College, and Drexel University. Avista is in its third season as resident prop team at 1812 Productions and its sixth season at InterAct Theatre. Please visit avistacustom.com.
Georgia Schlessman (Production Manager): Georgia Schlessman is in her third season as 1812’s Production Manager. Georgia has been working with 1812 for the past eight years in varying capacities, including 20 shows as 1812’s Assistant Stage Manager. Previous shows with 1812 include Dave & Aaron Go To Work, Mistakes Were Made, Our Show Of Shows, all eight This Is The Week productions, Search For Signs, and Suburban Love Songs. Georgia is a graduate of the Arden Professional Apprenticeship (2004-2005 season) and holds bachelor degrees in Visual Media: Digital Imaging, and Theatre: Performance Track from American University. She has eight years of professional experience as a freelance theatre artist in the Philadelphia area. Melanie Leeds (Assistant Production Manager): Melanie Leeds is thrilled to be back this season with 1812. She has previously been APM on last season’s This is the Week, and Dave & Aaron Go To Work. She works as a freelance stage and production manager throughout the Philadelphia area. This upcoming season she will be Theatre Exile’s season stage manager. She has previously stage managed for The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Inis Nua Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, PlayPenn, Flashpoint Theatre Company, First Person Arts, Delaware Shakespeare Festival, and Chlamydia Dell’Arte. Glenn Perlman (Shop Technical Director): Glenn is thrilled to be working for 1812 for the first time after being a longtime fan of their work. This fall Glenn is also beginning his 17th season as Technical Director at The Arden Theatre Company. He also teaches the next generation of TDs at The University of the Arts. Love to Ali and the wiener kids, Speck, Liz Lemon (the dog), and of course, Fletcher and Ruthie. Glenn’s favorite joke: Q: What’s brown and sticky? A: A stick.
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Thomas E. Shotkin (Stage Manager): Tom is starting his 13th season as production stage manager (lucky for him). Favorite shows include: This Is The Week That Is (all 8!), Our Show of Shows, Suburban Love Songs, The Four of Us, Batboy: The Musical, Like Crazy Like Wow, and An Evening Without Woody Allen (in which he performed). He is also production/company manager for PlayPenn, a new play development conference. Other SM credits: Arena Stage, Theatre Exile, People’s Light & Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Barnstormers Theatre (NH), Act II Playhouse. Tom has also worked for Opera Company of Philadelphia, Hartford Stage Company, Azuka Theatre Collective, and Boarshead Theatre (MI). XO to MB.
Kate Sabato (Assistant Stage Manager): Kate Sabato is delighted to be back for another season with 1812. This is her ninth season as a Philadelphia-area theater technician. Besides her work with 1812, she can be found behind the scenes at the Arden and the Walnut. Kate is also proud to be the Wardrobe Supervisor for Upper Darby Summer Stage. Love and thanks to Karlis ¯ and her family.
Chris Sannino (Sound Engineer): Chris Sannino is a West Philadelphia based sound engineer, designer, and composer. Proud to be working in his second season with 1812, Chris is also the audio engineer for FringeArts and an engineer/promoter at Underground Arts. Recent engineering credits include the Miss Philadelphia Pageant, Revolution and a Sandwich (The Shakedown Project), Object Lesson, Elephant Room (Rainpan 43), The Beautiful Noise: A Tribute to Sun Ra (FringeArts), The Big Time and This Is The Week That Is (1812).
Meredith Boring (Assistant Costume Designer/ Wardrobe Crew): Meredith Boring is a BFA Graduate of Arcadia University. She has most recently assisted for Gail Baldoni in Delaware Theatre Company’s Ain’t Misbehavin’ and for Lauren Perigard in 1812’s This Is The Week That Is, last season. She has costume designed for Delaware Theatre Company, (Co-designed Lend Me a Tenor with Alisa Kleckner) White Pines Productions, (The Music You Remember and Luckiest Kid Rep Project) and Upper Darby Summer Stage (School House Rock Jr!). She is happy to be with 1812 in her 4th season. Love and Light to John.
Lucas Nguyen (Master Electrician): Lucas Nguyen is a Philadelphia-based theatre artisan and Vietnamese-American from Houston, TX. He is really from Texas and is sorry about that. Around town, he has worked with such companies as Theatre Horizon, The Wilma Theater, FringeArts, InterAct Theatre, and Philadelphia Theatrical Supply. Here’s to the Pancake People.
Additional Production Support Rachael Geier (Wig Designer) Justin Romeo (Shop Master Carpenter) Alison Levy (Load-In Master Carpenter)
Justin McClintock Emily Schuman Keighty McLallen Mike Ambler
Special Thanks Special Thanks: Terrence J. Nolen, Amy Murphy, Brian Abernathy, Courtney Riggar, Glenn Perlman, Martin Stutzman and the staff of the Arden Theatre Company, Joanne Harmelin and Harmelin Media, Simon Murgatroyd, William Eccleston, April Martin and Panorama, Ethan Mimm, Ashley Mills, and The Wilma Theater, Dom Chacon, Peter Cavanaugh and Kevin Mcelhaney, Pete Pryor, and Michael Mooney. And thanks to those who make our work possible all year long... the Board of Directors of 1812 Productions, 1812’s amazing support staff, Andrew Nelson, Social Impact Studios, Jennifer McAlarney Hoopes, John Flak, Mark Garvin, Margaret Spencer, and all of our great volunteers and interns.
1812 Productions’ Board of Directors Glenn Gundersen, President Jeff Weiss, Vice President Kyle A. Midkiff, CPA, Treasurer Phil Yannella, Secretary Jennifer Bohnenberger James D. Brown Jennifer Childs
Roberta Emmanuel David Jadico Nadine Lomakin Kristin McLaughlin Clare Osman Nancy L. Roth June Wolfson
Board Emeritus Terry Graboyes Dolly Beechman Schnall Kimberly Rehfuss
1812 Productions’ Staff Full-Time Administrative Staff Jennifer Childs, Producing Artistic Director Jaime Konowal, General Manager David Jadico, External Relations Director Tyler Melchior, Marketing and Public Relations Director Marla Burkholder, Education Director Georgia Schlessman, Production Manager Noah Herman, Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director Prarthana Jayaram, Development Assistant Laurel Hostak, Marketing and Public Relations Assistant
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