Wattage is a new performance series produced by Capital Fringe. Wattage features three different, new works of theater that examine the thread of self through explorations in global citizenship – tradition, environment, identity – and shed light on the nature of human survival. Wattage takes place at Fort Fringe in Downtown Washington DC. The three shows run in repertory doing up to 17 performances each. “Wattage marks a new beginning for Capital Fringe in our fifth anniversary year. Not only are we producing two shows we are also creating a third – a brand new work devised by an ensemble of DC actors and theater artists and led by Capital Fringe’s Producing Artistic Director, Scot McKenzie. McKenzie says, “I am excited for Capital Fringe to finally step out onto the stage by producing new performing art and exploring the avenue of collective collaboration.” Two of the three shows in Wattage were created by an ensemble through a shared, collaborative process.
About Capital Fringe Capital Fringe is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in the summer of 2005 with the purpose of infusing energy into performing arts in the Washington, DC region through our yearly Fringe Festival and year-round Fringe Training Factory. Our mission is to connect exploratory artists with adventurous audiences by obtaining and creating outlets and spaces for creative, cutting-edge, and contemporary performance in the District. Capital Fringe encourages artists to express and develop their talents and artistic visions without barriers. Capital Fringe is supported by the Government of the District of Columbia, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dreyfus Foundation, PEPCO Holdings, MARPAT, Washington Post Company, Philip L. Graham Fund, The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, as well as invaluable support from our Fringe Family of Donors.
Three Shows Illuminating Tradition and Survival Produced By Capital Fringe April 14th – May 9th, 2010 The Shop at Fort Fringe
Hoodoo April 14 - May 8 Devised By Scot McKenzie, Dan Istrate, Kathleen Akerley and John Gurski The House with Two Doors April 15 - May 9 Devised by the ensemble written by Matthew R. Wilson & Toby Mulford based upon the Casamarciano scenario Yours, Isabel April 22 - May 9 By Christy Hall
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Capital Fringe Staff Julianne Brienza Executive Director / Founding Member Scot McKenzie Producing Artistic Director / Founding Member Dan Brick Associate Producer Kate Gage Production Manager Monica Jilling Administrative Assistant Caitlin Wood Development Consultant Anu Yadav Training Factory Teaching Artist Scot McKenzie Producing Artistic Director Scot is a creative artist designing performance spaces and producing works of art to communicate the philosophy of Fringe to DC and beyond. Scot has lived in the District off and on for about eight years. He has worked as a Production Manager, Technical Director, Actor, Director, Film Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer, Master Carpenter and Stage Hand for companies ranging from Studio Theatre, Folger Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Arena Stage, Round House Theatre, Catalyst Theatre and Solas Nua. Scot is a graduate of Davis and Elkins College, Bachelor of Fine ArtsTheatre, Minor, Spanish. Scot has studied movement under Jorge Brito at the Teatro Angela Peralta, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and is a Member of the DC based Whole Actor Research Project. Julianne Brienza Executive Director / Founding Member Julianne is a multi-faceted leader whose artistic sensibility, philosophical perspective, humor, tenacity, and independence, along with her passion for learning and education comprise her leadership style. Julianne moved to Washington DC in December 2003 to manage the Cultural Development Corporation’s Flashpoint project. She programmed Flashpoint venues, managed their arts incubator program, recruited participants and managed the facility. While at Flashpoint, Julianne started the Mead Theatre Lab Program- an intensive mentorship program for the performing arts. Julianne came to DC from Philadelphia where she created and ran the Greenfield Elementary School artist-in-residency program for Mum Puppettheatre. She also served as Managing Director of 1812 Productions, a non-profit theatre company that focuses on comedy. Also, she worked on the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe for three years in various capacities from venue manager, box office, to performing in Festival productions. Previously, she was a Professional Apprentice with the Arden Theatre Company. Born and raised in Dillon, Montana, Julianne is a graduate Viterbo University, Bachelor of Fine Arts-Theatre, Minors, Philosophy and Visual Arts, Magna Cum Laude and The Sandglass Theatre Puppet Residency at Marlboro College.
Three Shows Illuminating Tradition and Survival Produced By Capital Fringe
Wattage Production Zoia Wiseman Lighting Designer Keta Newborn Production SM Christine Yackee Production ASM Jan Forbes Master Carpenter Jose Abraham Carpenter Zoia Wiseman Lighting Coordinator Zoia N. Wiseman received her BFA in Theatrical Production and Design from Stephens College. She has worked with various theatres in Louisiana and the Washington DC metro area. Most recently she held the position as Production Manager for the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival. Currently she is the Production Stage Manager for theHegira Theatre Company in Washington DC. Keta Newborn Production Stage Manager Keta Newborn is excited to join the Capital Fringe Family for the 2010 Wattage Festival. Positions held are: SM, ASM, Production Assistant, Board Op and Follow Spot Op with varies production teams throughout the metropolitan area. Keta wishes to thank her father above for the opportunity to be used as one of his vessels, working to bring his work of art into the hearts of many. Christine Yackee Assistant Production SM Christine Yackee is thrilled to be working with Capital Fringe. Previous experience includes Call Mr. Robeson and Herbie: Poet of the Wild West. She is a graduate of NYU: Tisch School of the Arts and wishes to thank her family for their love and support.
FRINGE CREATIVE ENSEMBLE Run Time: 50 Minutes No Intermission Devised by Scot McKenzie, Dan Istrate, Kathleen Akerly and John Gurski Cast Dan Istrate Scot McKenzie
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Fringe Creative Ensemble Kathleen Akerley, John Gurski, Dan Istrate, Scot McKenzie, Nate Taylor, Zoia Wiseman & Yuriy Zahvoyskyy Production Nate Taylor Yuriy Zahvoyskyy Jan Forbes Julianne Brienza
Sound Designer Assistant Lighting Designer Hoodoo Designer Costume Designer
Dates & Times 4/12 8pm, 4/14 8pm, 4/16 10pm, 4/17 2pm & 8pm, 4/18 5pm, 4/20 8pm, 4/21 9pm, 4/23 7pm, 4/24 8pm, 4/27 8pm, 4/28 6:30pm, 4/30 10pm, 5/1 8pm, 5/2 2pm, 5/4 8pm, 5/5 9pm, 5/7 7pm, 5/8 8pm & 11pm
Dan Istrate Man Dan Istrate was last seen in the title role of Dracula for Synetic theater. Other Synetic credits include: Mephisto in Faust,Victor Frankenstein in Frankenstein, Joqola in Host and Guest, Duncan in Macbeth, Marley, Fred, Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol, David in The Dybbuk. Regional: Lorca in Beauty of the Father for Gala Hispanic Theater, King Lear for Shakespeare Theatre Company, Rozencrantz and Guilderstern are dead for Studio Theatre, Roundheads and Peakheads for Catalyst Theatre ,The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet for Richmond Shakespeare Company. Directing: The Comedy of Errors for Richmond Shakespeare and codirecting A Christmas Carol for Synetic.Film and TV:The lead role in the Romanian feature Double Exctasy, co-staring in Alias for ABC. Training: University of Theatre and Film, Bucharest, Romania. Scot McKenzie Man DC Credits: Taffety Punk: Cardenio Found...(Henriquez) Catalyst Theater: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Arturo Ui) Helen Hayes Award - Outstanding Ensemble; The Little Globe Theater: A Betrothal (Kermit Wasserman), Rough for Theatre II (B), Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? (Arnold Friend), The TwoCharacter Play (Felice); Studio Theatre: A Clockwork Orange (Alex), Betty’s Summer Vacation (Keith); Folger Theatre: Othello (Roderigo), She Stoops to Conquer (Hastings), Macbeth (Malcolm), Shakespeare’s R&J (Romeo); Rorschach Theatre: Rhinoceros (Berenger); Project Y: Terra Nova (Scott); Washington Shakespeare Company: Troilus and Cressida (Diomedes); Arena Stage; Roundhouse Theatre. National Credits: Shenandoah Shakespeare (International Tour): Henry IV, Part I (Hotspur), Love’s Labours Lost (Armado), Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Flute), Julius Caesar (Octavius), Shakespeare Para Todos: Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), Live History Productions: Merchant of Venice (Bassanio), Twelfth Night (Toby Belch). Film Credits: The Snowflake Crusade (Clive); Five Lines (Waterberry), Scent of a Woman, Age of Innocence. • 2002 Theatre Lobby Mary Goldwater Award for Acting Scot is a graduate of Davis and Elkins College (1996). He has studied movement under Jorge Brito at the Teatro Angela Peralta, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, and is a Member of the DC based Whole Actor Research Project.
Kathleen Akerely Deviser/Creative Ensemble Kathleen Akerley has written for the Source Festival, Rorschach’s Myth Appropriations, Theatre J’s 5x5 series and eXtreme eXchange; directed for many local companies including, most recently, Solas Nua, and is the Artistic Director of Longacre Lea. Her play Theories of the Sun will be performed in Chicago this autumn by Sideshow Theatre, and she will be directing her own adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle in August. John Gurski Deviser/Creative Ensemble John is delighted to be part of the maiden voyage of Wattage. He is also pleased to once again to be able to work with Scot McKckenzie. Some of John’s local credits include productions at Woolly Mammoth Theater, Folger Shakespeare Theater, Washington Stage Guild, and The Washington Shakespeare Company where his was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award. He is a graduate of Temple University and a member of the Society of American Fight Directors. His next stop is the UK where he will be teaching a Master Class at one of the oldest theaters in London. Nate Taylor Sound Designer Nate Taylor is a composer and audio engineer with experience writing for animation, theater, video, radio and other media. He has experience in media advocacy, having produced content for Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and other organizations. While in Austin Texas he was a member of the Latino Comedy Project. He studied classical composition at New England Conservatory and other interests include fiction writing and pie-making. Yuriy Zahvoyskyy Lighting Designer Yuriy Zahvoyskyy, Ukrainian-born photographer/filmmaker/ selftaught artist of vision, has since childhood been searching for ways to communicate to the world. He desired to be a painter, but his discovery of mechanics from his family roots brought him a gift of painting with the light using a camera. Julianne Brienza Costume Designer In the wee small hours Julianne made some short-shorts for Dan and suited Scot. Julianne has dipped her hand into being a puppeteer, pottery and print making. In 2001 Julianne was awarded a Philadelphia Rockie Dance Award, Best Informational Graphic 2000 Iowa Newspaper Association,Viterbo Theatre Arts Leadership Award 1999. Board Member Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia 01-03, Board Member DC Film Alliance.
Dates & Times 4/13 8pm, 4/15 8pm, 4/16 7pm, 4/17 5pm & 11pm, 4/18 2pm & 8pm, 4/21 6:30pm, 4/23 10pm, 4/24 2pm, 4/25 2pm, 4/28 9:30pm, 4/29 7pm, 5/1 5pm, 5/2 8pm, 5/5 6:30pm, 5/6 9:30pm, 5/8 2pm, 5/9 7pm
FACTION OF FOOLS Run Time: 70 Minutes No Intermission Written by the ensemble based on the Casamarciano scenario Directed and Devised by Matthew R. Wilson. Assistant Director/Deviser Toby Mulford Cast Vanessa Buono Isabella Joel Rueben Ganz Pulcinella Swing Chase Helton Coviello Michelle Tang Jackson Ortenzia Toby Mulford il Dottore J. Denise Perrino Pulcinella Graham Pilato Luzio Annetta Dexter Sawyer Tartaglia Laura J. Scott Rosetta TD Smith Orazio Rachel Spicknall Ortenzia Swing Production Antonio Fava Ellen Houseknecht Lynly Saunders Mike Smith Lindsey D. Snyder Josh Taylor
Mask Designer Stage Manager Costume Designer Set and Props Coordinator ASL Interpreter 4/18 @2pm Sound Designer
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF FACTION OF FOOLS If all that survived were notes like “Hamlet contemplates suicide,” “Romeo and Juliet perform their farewell dialogue,” or “During a storm, King Lear does his rant,” you would probably not know the name of William Shakespeare. Such is the state of Commedia dell’Arte. The players of “the Italian Comedy” in the 15001600s revolutionized theatre, astounded audiences, and influenced subsequent entertainers from Shakespeare and Moliere to the Marx Brothers and SNL. Yet perhaps you’ve never heard of “Commedia dell’Arte” because their theatrical masterpieces were not written down. Commedia was pure theatre—live, spontaneous, and “in the moment.” With the drop of the curtain, it was over. All that survives are glowing reports and fragmentary plot scenarios including one entitled The House with Two Doors, which consists of short notes used to help performers remember the plot. The extant synopsis is simply the skeleton of a play that lived and died over 300 years ago. Beginning with these notes we’ve used ensemble improvisation to re-write long forgotten dialogue and re-invent classic physical comedy routines, hoping in a sense to put flesh back on the bones and reanimate this long dead comic masterpiece. This is our version of their story. Viva la Commedia.
Matthew R. Wilson.
FACTION OF FOOLS Faction of Fools is the only theatre company in Washington, DC devoted specifically to Commedia dell’Arte. The company debuted with The Great OneMan Commedia Epic at the Kennedy Center and Harman Hall, and, on February 25th, 2010, organized a worldwide “Commedia dell’Arte Day,” featuring over 80 events in 65 cities and 20 languages on all six inhabited continents. Up next for the Fools: Tales of Love and Sausages at this summer’s Capital Fringe Festival. www.factionoffools.org DRAMATURGICAL NOTES Commedia dell’Arte (translation: “Theatre of the Professional”) began in Italy in the 1520s. It is mostly remembered for its masks, improvisation, and character archetypes: Lovers, Old Men, Servants, and Soldiers. THANKS Capital Fringe, Taffety Punk Theatre Company, Washington National Opera, Shakespeare Theatre Company, McLean High School, Traveling Players Ensemble, John Bartlett, and Leona Fisher.
Vanessa Buono Isabella Vanessa Buono is Director of Education for Faction of Fools and School Programs Manager for the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Favorite roles include Regan (King Lear), Emily (Our Town), and Myra (Hay Fever). Television: ER, American Dreams, and All of Us. Vanessa holds an MFA in Acting from Purdue University and a BFA from UMBC. She studied Shakespeare at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Antonio Fava Mask Designer Antonio Fava is an international actor, director, and instructor. He is the founder and director of the International School of the Comic Actor in Reggio-Emilia, Italy. His handcrafted leather masks have been used in performances and displayed in museums and cultural institutions throughout the world. He is the author of the book The Comic Mask in the Commedia dell’Arte and the instructional DVD Commedia by Fava. www.commediabyfava.it Joel Rueben Ganz Pulcinella Swing Joel Rueben Ganz has appeared at many local theatres, including Woolly Mammoth, Theatre J, Round House Theatre, Synetic Theater, The Shakespeare Theatre, The Studio Theatre, Solas Nua, and the Kennedy Center. He has performed internationally in Scotland, France, and Corsica. A graduate of the International Theatre School of Jacques Lecoq in Paris, he holds a B.A. in Theatre Studies from Emory University. He thanks Matt and his fellow fools. Chase Helton Coviello Washington, DC credits: Adventure Theatre: Strega Nona (Big Anthony); Shakespeare Theatre: Julius Caesar (Lucius u/s); Kennedy Center: Broadway Today with Stephen Schwartz; Bouncing Ball Theatricals: …Trixie Tickles; Capital Fringe: Lebensraum, Stone Goddess; Clarice Smith Center: James Joyce’s The Dead, Urinetown, To Be Young Gifted and Black. Regional: Barter Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Winnie-The-Pooh, A Tale Just So. Training: University of Maryland. www.chasehelton.com
Ellen Houseknecht Stage Manager Ellen Houseknecht, perhaps naively, believes in both mechanics and poetry. She likes to weld, watch lightning storms, and is the excited owner of some wildly sprouting seeds. Her first big knitting project—a sweater with skulls on the sleeves—is almost done, and she is a professional carpenter and stage manager. Michelle Tang Jackson Ortenzia Michelle Tang Jackson is an affiliated teaching artist for the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Young Playwrights’ Theatre. Jackson writes, sings, and cartwheels. She created the show Ballads Unbound, which exposed students to Renaissance theatre. Michelle holds a B.A. in Theatre and B.A. in English from University of California at Davis and studied mask in Hydra, Greece. Thank you friends, family, and FOF—keep making the art you want! Toby Mulford il Dottore/Asst. Director-Deviser Toby Mulford is an educator, actor, and playwright specializing in ensemble-created physical theater. He is Associate Artistic Director of Traveling Players Ensemble and holds an MFA from the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater. He has also studied with Antonia Fava and faculty from the Moscow Art Theatre School. Toby’s plays have been produced at the Dell’Arte Company, Brick Playhouse, and Festival of Animated Objects (Canada). J. Denise Perrino Pulcinella J. Denise Perrino has been a theatre arts teacher for 32 years and is pleased to be making her DC acting debut. Under her direction, McLean High School Theatre was invited to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in 2009. She was inducted into the Catawba College Theatre Hall of Fame for a meritorious life in Theatre. Love to Ralph, Raphael, Pietro, & Mom. Graham Pilato Luzio Graham Pilato has acted in area theaters steadily for the past two years, and his stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing and Don Quixote, Book I at the 2009 Maryland Renaissance Festival as well as The Homecoming (2009) and The Miser (2010) at Fells Point Corner Theater in Baltimore. He holds a BA in Dramatic Arts from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Lynly Saunders Costume Designer Lynly Saunders couldn’t be happier with her first time playing with Faction of Fools. She graduated from UC Davis and is an Assistant Costume Coordinator with The Washington National Opera. Other Costume Design credits includes Rorschach Theatre (Brainpeople), The Academy for Classical Acting (The Revenger’s Tragedy, Women Beware Women), Solas Nua (Disco Pigs, Everything Between Us), and Set and Costume Design for Solas Nua’s Woman and Scarecrow. Annetta Dexter Sawyer Tartaglia Annetta Dexter Sawyer is a performing artist trained in Dance/ Movement Theatre. She performs for area artists, most recently in Dance Performance Group. At last year’s 24/7 Source Festival she was cast in Gwydion Suilebhan’s piece. She is an adjunct professor at Trinity & Montgomery Colleges teaching Dance & Interdisciplinary Studies. Through local Arts & Humanities projects she visits public schools as a teaching artist. Lindsey D. Snyder ASL Interpreter Lindsey D. Snyder has interpreted for Folger Theatre, Olney Theatre, Imagination Stage, the Kennedy Center,VSA Arts, and the American Shakespeare Center. She holds a PhD in theatre and performance studies from University of Maryland College Park and is certified through the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (CI). Lindsey is also a professional actor, director, and dramaturge. www.LindseyDSnyder.com Laura J. Scott Rosetta Laura J. Scott is Faction of Fools’ Artistic Producer and is felicissima to debut with the company. Laura has appeared in many DC productions, including Merry Wives of Windsor, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Four Dogs and a Bone, several independent films, and a plethora of industrial videos for a wide array of clients and agencies. Laura thanks tutta la famiglia for the ongoing patience and amore. www.laurajudithscott.com
Mike Smith Set and Props Coordinator Mike Smith works with several of the local theater groups in the Washington DC Metro area and is happy to be able to help in any way he can. His daughter is glad he is helping since it clears out the house for a short while. TD Smith Orazio TD Smith trained at Yale University, earning a BA in Theater Studies. He served as Directorial Assistant for the Shakespeare Theater Company’s Roman Repertory in 2008. In addition to his work as an Energy Efficiency Analyst, he has worked as a scenic carpenter at Signature Theater, a freelance lighting designer, and a stage manager. Rachel Spicknall Ortenzia Swing Rachel Spicknall is an actor and improv teacher. She holds a BA in Theater from the University of Maryland College Park and has studied at the National Theater Institute, St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, Washington Improv Theatre, and the Staniewski Centre for Theatre Practices “Gardzienice.” She is thrilled to be among other fools. Josh Taylor Sound Designer Josh Taylor is quite honored to be fraternizing with a bunch of Fools. He is a composer/sound designer from Baltimore who occasionally goes under the alias Jupiter Rex (www.reverbnation.com/jupiterrex). Past productions include suicide.chat.room, Measure for Measure, Freakshow, Godspell, and Secrets History Remembers. Love to Amy. Matthew R. Wilson Director-Deviser Matthew R. Wilson studied Commedia dell’Arte in Italy with Maestro Antonio Fava and spent six seasons as an instructor at Fava’s international school in Reggio-Emilia. Matt’s The Great One-Man Commedia Epic recently played the Kennedy Center and Harman Hall and will appear at the Celebration Barn in Maine and the TOBAV festival in Turkey. DC acting credits include Folger Theatre, Kennedy Center, Capital Fringe, and Taffety Punk. www.matthewrwilson. com
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Dates & Times 4/22 8pm, 4/24 5pm & 11pm, 4/25 7pm, 4/29 9:30pm, 4/30 7pm, 5/1 2pm & 11pm, 5/2 5pm, 5/6 7pm, 5/7 10pm, 5/8 5pm, 5/9 2pm
AUTUMN STAGES Run Time: 70 Minutes By Christy Hall
Directed by Rex Daugherty Assistant Director Gabrielle Randle
Cast Matt Lutz Stephanie Roswell
Nick Isabel
Production Ian Armstrong Lynly Saunders
Sound Designer Costume Designer
YOURS, ISABEL “American women, who had worked and sacrificed during World War II to help defend America and democracy, built their lives around their families and communities during the early postwar years. Women told themselves that they were not interested in pursuing individual goals, seeking higher education, or having a career. Before the 1950’s were over, however, American women began to notice that there was something missing from the American dream.” -Judith Bellafaire, “Women in the World War II and Postwar Eras” Isabel McMeniman and Nicholas D’Angelo were avid letter writers throughout their early relationship. Through their correspondence, we catch a glimpse of how America began to change, one woman at a time.
AUTUMN STAGES Joan Slavin, Artistic Director U.S. Premiere of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF HRT, Irish Arts Center; VOICES, Manhattan Theater Club; DUET FOR ONE, Liguorian Theater; NYC Premiere of GRACE starring Kelly O’Hara; NYC Premiere of MOLLY’S DELICIOUS, Michael Weller Theater; BACK TO BETHLEHEM, Theaters at 45 Bleecker; ARLOWE BLUE, HOWLING MOOON, and SILENT SONS, Marjorie S. Deane Theater; Premiere of Francis Sheridan’s A TRIP TO BATH as completed by Elizabeth Kuti; RELIEF, Irish Historical Society.
THANK YOU Capital Fringe, Linda Murray, Joyce Spivey Aldridge, Ph.D.
Christy Hall Playwright The Moon and His Boy, pre-production, LA; Little Iron Men, featured at Independent Film Week, NYC. THEATRE: Yours, Isabel, opens May, 2010, Hollywood; Trails, in The Festival of New American Musicals, July, 2010, Hollywood. Someone to Care For, selected by International Mystery Writers’ Festival; Little Red Bird, presented at ‘Women’s Work Festival’, Nashville; The Nature of Knowing, commissioned by Found-Spaces Theatre, LA. www.christyhall.net Rex Daugherty Director Rex Daugherty is a director and actor in Washington, DC. Directing credits include: Monged, Caught Red Handed (Solas Nua play reading series); The Beauty Queen of Leenane (The Electric Chair Gallery); The Perfect Ending (Actors Repertory Theatre); Get Smart (National Cathedral School). As assistant director: Angels in America: Millenium Approaches (Forum Theatre); Stones In His Pockets (Wayside Theatre). Matt Lutz Nick FILM: Bringing Down the House, A Walk to Remember, End of the Spear, Port City. TV: Hallmark Channel’s McBride, Las Vegas, Boston Public, Dawson’s Creek, 7th Heaven, and others. THEATRE: Glimpses of the Moon, A Time for Love, Last Train to Nibroc, Show Boat, The Most Happy Fella, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tick…Tick… BOOM!, Translations, Into the Woods, Tales of Tinseltown, 1776. Member of Actors Equity Association. www.mattlutz.com Stephanie Roswell Isabel Stephanie Roswell earned a Master of Arts degree in Performance from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. She is a company member of Solas Nua and has appeared in their productions of The Mai, La Corbiere, Scenes from the Big Picture (Helen Hayes nominee for Best Ensemble), The Drunkard, Trad¸ Portia Coughlan, and Pumpgirl. Her work with other companies include: The Visit, The Love of the Nightingale (both with the Kensington Drama Company, London), One for the Road (SCENA Theatre), The Skriker (Forum Theatre & Dance), The Front Page (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), Three Times A Lady (Adirondack Productions), All’s Well That Ends Well (Washington Shakespeare Company) and A Flea in Her Ear (Constellation Theatre Company). Thank you to Rex and Christy for including me in this project!
Gabrielle Randle Assistant Director Gabrielle Randle is a recent graduate of Stanford University where she majored in Directing and Sociology. Her most recent professional credits include Solas Nua’s Helen Hayes Nominated Disco Pigs (SM), Stanford’s Bing sponsored collaboration with Makerere University, Beyond My Circle (Producer). She also works as Production Manager at Solas Nua, the only contemporary Irish arts organization in the United States: and as a Producing Assistant for Young Playwright’s Theater. Gabby is proud to being working on the inaugural production of Yours, Isabel and all her love and thanks to Rex for letting her be a part of this amazing experience and Christy for including me in this project! Lynly Saunders Costume Designer Lynly graduated from UC Davis and is an Assistant Costume Coordinator with The Washington National Opera. Other Costume Design credits includes Rorschach Theatre (Brainpeople), The Academy for Classical Acting (The Revenger’s Tragedy, Women Beware Women), Solas Nua (Disco Pigs, Everything Between Us), and Set and Costume Design for Solas Nua’s Woman and Scarecrow.
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