WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE N O V E M B E R 1 4 - D E C E M B E R 2 , 2 0 1 8 • O S C A R G . B R O C K E T T T H E AT R E
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE NOVEMBER 14–16, 27–30, DECEMBER 1 AT 7:30 P.M. NOVEMBER 18, DECEMBER 1–2 AT 2:00 P.M.
OSCAR G. BROCKETT THEATRE F. LOREN WINSHIP BUILDING
THEATREDANCE.UTEXAS.EDU Chun-Kang Chen – Draper • Aaron Curry – Lighting Designer • Jesse Easdon – Projection Designer Tucker Goodman – Scenic Designer • Joseph Harrington – Draper • Isaac Iskra – Movement Director Kelsey Linberg – Dramaturg • Adam Miller-Batteau – Fight and Intimacy Director Cecelia Raker – Dramaturg • Robert Ramirez – Voice and Text Coach • Jessi Rose – Costume Designer Adam L. Sussman – Director • Skyler Taten – Stage Manager • David Tolin – Technical Director Michael Zapruder – Sound Designer and Composer
Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Cruz Salarino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Nguyen Salania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Camryn Basile Bassanio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesse Perez Lorenzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sultan Abboushi Gratiano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Moore Portia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bella Medina Nerissa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Savanna Cole Producer and The Duke of Venice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Wheatley-Rutner Balthazar and Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Garza Stephano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Alvarez Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben Hard Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ricky Miller Prince of Morocco, Prince of Arragon and Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miles LeBlanc Shylock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burgess Byrd* Tubal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorian Delafuente Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carrington Quezada Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miranda Perkins Launcelot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zachary Henry Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cassidy Kaye There will be one 15-minute intermission. The videotaping, photography or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. * The Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This production uses the Artist Engagement Services of the University Resident Theatre Association, Inc.
COVER PHOTO: LAWRENCE PEART
CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR Over the last two years, many colleagues have asked why I, a Jewish theatre artist, would want to work on The Merchant of Venice, a play notorious for its anti-Semitism. Part of the answer lies in the fact that this piece is one of the only works in the canon that features a Jewish character. There are many problematic aspects of this character to be sure, but The Merchant of Venice also comments, powerfully, on how anti-Semitism operates in society. More broadly, the play explores, through multiple characters, what it means to be marginalized from power and what happens when marginalized individuals use the tools of oppressive systems to gain power. As for Shylock, the great director Anne Bogart writing on the uses of stereotypes in art notes that “stereotype is a container for memory. If these culturally transmuted containers are entered, heated up and awakened, perhaps we might, in the heat of interaction, re-access the original messages, meanings and histories they embody.” That is what I’ve tried to do with this production, to allow us to see one of Shakespeare’s most iconic and troubling characters anew, so that we may reassess and remake a painful literary figure whose shadow extends through history to the present alarming climate of rising white nationalism.
NOTE FROM THE DRAMATURGS As with any classical play, it is important to consider the history behind the text. This is especially true when a classical play deals with explosive themes such as prejudice and anti-Semitism. The Merchant of Venice was likely written in 1596 or 1597, a period in which anti-Semitic discourse was rampant in Britain, despite—and because of—the fact that Jews had been officially barred from living in England for more than 300 years. It was not until 1655 that the ban was lifted and the Jewish people were allowed to return. In 17th century Venice, the situation for Jews was only marginally better. Jews were permitted to live within the city, but only in a small neighborhood of abandoned foundries. The term “ghetto” comes from the name of this Venetian neighborhood. Jews in the ghetto were locked into their homes at night, forced to wear the Star of David and confined to certain professions such as medicine and loaning money at interest (known at the time as “usury”). Given this history, it is not surprising that Jewish characters on the Elizabethan stage were exclusively stock villains. Today we wrestle with the problematic aspects of Shakespeare’s character Shylock, but this character would have been a more humane depiction of a Jewish character than was seen on stage up to that point. Shylock expresses real pain and vulnerability. In such a historically hostile period, it is not hard to see why.
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CREATIVE Chun-Kang Chen (Draper) is an M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in costume technology. He graduated with a B.F.A. in Costume Design from Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA) in 2012. This past summer, he was a stitching apprentice for the Santa Fe Opera. Before he came to The University of Texas at Austin, he worked as an assistant and first hand in a costume studio at Yong-Le Fabric Market in Taiwan, where he made costumes for Chinese opera, stage plays, dance and music performances, as well as advertisements, TV programs and films. Aaron Curry (Lighting Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in lighting design at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include *some humans were harmed in the making of this show (En Route Productions); Side Show (Trinity Street Players); Reinventions (Austin Camerata); Carmen, 893 | Ya-ku-za (Generic Ensemble Company); ENRON, Fall for Dance and Building the Wall (Texas Theatre and Dance); South Pacific (Arizona Broadway Theatre); A Little Night Music, Urinetown: The Musical and The Drowsy Chaperone (The Barnstormers). Associate/Assistant: The Little Prince (Seattle Children’s Theatre) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Texas Theatre and Dance). B.S., University of Evansville. Member, USITT. Member, TCG. aaroncurrydesigns.com Jesse Easdon (Integrated Media Designer) is an M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in integrated media for live performance at The University of Texas at Austin. After growing up in Branson, Missouri, he moved to Florida where he attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, majoring in electrical engineering. In addition to his theatrical credits, Easdon has worked on various projects including the UT Basketball Tip-Off, VJ Battle: Audiopixelcollider and Ears, Eyes + Feet. Being at The University of Texas at Austin has given him the opportunity to explore the field of entertainment and technology. He has recently found a love of augmented reality and interactivity that combines his engineering and theatre backgrounds. Tucker Goodman (Scenic Designer) is an M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in scene design at The University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Seattle, Washington, he has designed scenery for Village Theatre’s
KIDSTAGE, Seattle Pacific University and Seattle Musical Theatre, among others. Recent Austin credits include Mammoth: A De-Extinction Love Story and The Tempest. Goodman also has a background in developing new musical theatre works. As Village Theatre’s artistic administrator, he coordinated the nationally-known Village Originals program, which assists authors from around the world in developing new musicals at all stages of development. tuckergoodman.com Joseph Harrington (Draper) is a second-year M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in costume technology. After completing a B.A. in Spanish and a minor in French at The University of North Texas, he reconnected with his lifelong passion for sewing by designing and building costumes for Sundown Collaborative Theatre in Denton, Texas. Before attending The University of Texas at Austin, Harrington worked as an alteration specialist for wedding gowns, designed and built for NunaMaana Immersive Dance Theatre and stitched for Zilker Hillside Theatre and ZACH Theatre. Most recently, he spent his summer working for Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota. Isaac Iskra (Choreographer) is a fourth-year UTeach Dance major. He has performed for the Chaddick Dance Theatre company based in Austin,Texas; in Charles O. Anderson’s (Re)current Unrest as part of Fusebox Festival (2018) and with Sidra Bell in Dance Repertory Theatre’s Fall for Dance (2018). He has choreographed numerous works for Texas Theatre and Dance. Kelsey Linberg (Dramaturg) is a fourth-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in playwriting and directing, as well as an emphasis in history, literature and dramaturgy. She is also pursuing a degree in Radio-Television-Film where she focuses on screenwriting. Her previous dramaturgy credits include The Crucible, Cymbeline and A Singularity. She has a passion for Shakespeare and has worked on 10 different Shakespeare productions throughout her theatre career. Adam Miller-Batteau (Fight and Intimacy Director) is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors and has choreographed fights for over a decade,
CREATIVE staging violence in over 100 productions. Recently, Miller-Batteau has begun expanding his fight direction to intimacy direction and choreography. Recent fight and intimacy credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Loverboy, ENRON, The Crucible, Anon(ymous), Galactic Orphans, Gondal and Little Women the Broadway Musical; Trio and A Delicate Ship (Filagree Theater Company); Starmites, Animal Farm and Cyrano (McCallum Theater); and Richard III (Mosaic Youth Theater). Selected directing credits: Greater Tuna, Peter and the Starcatcher and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Georgetown Palace Theater); Twelfth Night, Macbeth, She Kills Monsters and Tartuffe (Stagedoor Manor). Cecelia Raker (Dramaturg) is a playwright, dramaturg and librettist based in Austin. Her play La Llorona recently premiered with Fresh Ink Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts before being staged at Cohesion Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work has been developed and produced by Venus Theatre, the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, the Boston Theater Marathon, Project:project, the Great Plains Theater Conference, the ART’s Loeb Ex and a variety of other venues. Honors include being a 2017-2018 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellow, 2016 Kilroys Honorable Mention, 2016 Princess Grace Award runner-up, Kennedy Center’s 2018 Playwriting Award for Young Audiences. Raker is pursuing her M.F.A. in Writing at the Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin; A.B. Harvard 2011. ceceliaraker.weebly. com Robert Ramirez (Voice and Text Coach) is the head of the acting program at The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance and has served as a voice and text coach for numerous theaters and university productions including the Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Austin Shakespeare, American Players Theatre and the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Most recently, he served as vocal coach for West Side Story at the acclaimed Guthrie Theater, under the direction of artistic director Joseph Haj. He has performed as an actor with the New York, Utah, Great River, Illinois, Alabama, Baltimore, Wisconsin and Notre Dame Shakespeare Festivals as well as numerous theaters in the New York City area. He has been an award-winning voice artist and narrator of audio books for
over 20 years and is a long-time member of the Recorded Books Repertory Company (New York City). He received his M.F.A. in Acting from the Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) at the University of Delaware and is a proud member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and Actors’ Equity. Jessi Rose (Costume Designer) is an M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in costume design at The University of Texas at Austin. She began her study of dress after receiving a B.A. in Anthropology and the universal human practices of dressing the body and communicating through dress continue to drive her work. During her time at The University of Texas, she has designed costumes for Milton, MI, Loverboy and MotherWitch (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018); June (Radio–Television–Film thesis film, winner of the 2018 HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries Award); 105 and When New Orleans Turns in a Brown Sea (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2017); and Momentum (Dance Repertory Theatre, 2017). She has also designed costumes for Seven, A Documentary Play and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Concordia University. Adam L. Sussman (Director) is an M.F.A. in Directing candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. He has worked with companies coastto-coast including The Theatre Offensive, Playwrights Foundation, Cornerstone Theatre, Just Theatre, San Francisco State University, PianoFight and Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Prior to moving to Austin, Sussman was a core member of Oakland’s Ragged Wing Ensemble, a founding member of the theater collective HATCH, literary manager at Custom Made Theatre Company and a longtime participant and co-organizer of the International Home Theater Festival. He served as The Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s 2014 Bret C. Hart Directing Fellow where he worked alongside artists such as Liesl Tommy, Anna Deavere Smith and Tina Landau. He is a recipient of Theatre Bay Area’s Titan Award, the 2010 Best of San Francisco Fringe Award and the 2016 Theatre Bay Area award. Recent work includes Gondal (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2017), Daniel/Rose and When New Orleans Becomes a Brown Sea (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2017) and Milton, MI (UTNT 2018).
CREATIVE Skyler Taten (Stage Manager) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in stage management and a minor in arts management and administration. Recent stage management credits include Romeo and Juliet (intern, New York Classical Theatre); Loverboy, (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2017); The Crucible (assistant stage manager, Texas Theatre and Dance, 2017); The Mountain and The Toothbrush (production assistant). Taten is also involved in the Department of Theatre and Dance Undergraduate Advisory Committee and is the coevent planner for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology at The University of Texas at Austin. 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 stagehand 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 Aus-
tin before teaching at Westlake High School for seven years. Tolin joined the staff of the Department of Theatre and Dance in 2017. Michael Zapruder (Sound Designer and Composer) is a D.M.A. in Composition candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States by groups such as Redshift Ensemble, Hear No Evil, The Maureen Whiting Dance Company and Tetractys. His five songwriter records have been widely reviewed and praised by, among others, the Los Angeles Times, Village Voice, Pitchfork and Huffington Post. An active participant for many years in the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area music and art scene, Zapruder co-founded the arts collective and record label Howells Transmitter in 2006. From 2003 to 2011, he established and led the curation group for internet radio service Pandora. He received his Master’s degree in music composition from California State University, East Bay, where he won the 2014 Glenn Glasow Fellowship for excellence in composition. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two sons.
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CAST
Ryan Cruz
Brian Nguyen
Camryn Basile
Jesse Perez
Sultan Abboushi
Aaron Moore
Bella Medina
Savanna Cole
Henry WheatleyRutner
Jacob Garza
Austin Alvarez
Ben Hard
Ricky Miller
Miles LeBlanc
Burgess Byrd
Dorian Delafuente
Carrington Quezada
Miranda Perkins
Zachary Henry
Cassidy Kaye
CAST Ryan Cruz (Antonio) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process. Previous credits include Macbeth (2018), The Velvet Sky (2018) and Stupid F*cking Bird (2017). Upon graduation, he plans to move to Los Angeles and pursue a full-time career as an actor. Brian Nguyen (Salarino) is a third-year UTeach Theatre major from Austin, Texas. His recent directing credits include Wonder of the World and recent acting credits include “Colin” in The Not Knowing and “Jackson” in 105, among others. After graduating, he plans to work in theatre education as a positive influence and mentor to other students. Camryn Basile (Salania) is a third-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin from Dallas, Texas. She was recently seen as “Garth” in Wellesley Girl (Studio Project, 2018) and “Daughter” in Loverboy (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018). Upon graduation, Basile plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Jesse Perez (Bassanio) is a mechanical engineering major at The University of Texas at Austin. Previous credits include “Claudio” in Much Ado About Nothing and “George” in Drinking Habits. He currently stars in the lead role of “Felix” in the web-series ATX. Sultan Abboushi (Lorenzo) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process. Recent credits include “Deputy” in The Crucible (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2017); “Banquo” in Macbeth and “Big Stone” in Eurydice (Round About Players); “Longaville” in Love’s Labours Lost, “Ensemble” in Julius Caesar, “Bertram” in All’s Well That Ends Well and “Michael” in Arden of Faversham (Shakespeare at Winedale). Aaron Moore (Gratiano) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process from Houston, Texas. He has been working in theatre since his sophomore year of high school. Previous credits include The Bald Soprano, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Last One’s Out. Bella Medina (Portia) is a third-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. She was previously seen as “Claudia
Roe” in ENRON (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2018). She was a part of the cast of The Merchant of Venice (UT Austin Director’s Studio, 2017) as “Portia.” Upon graduation in 2020, Medina plans to move to Los Angeles, California. Savanna Cole (Nerissa) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process. Her previous credits include “Daughter” in Loverboy (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018) and “Robin Locksley” in Rob1n (Summer Stock Austin), for which she received a B. Iden Payne Award nomination. Henry Wheatley-Rutner (Producer and The Duke of Venice) is a third-year UTeach Theatre major with a minor in English. Previous acting credits include “Oberon” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare at Winedale), “Lysander” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and “Warren” in The Velvet Sky (Alpha Psi Omega). He directed the Round About Players production of Macbeth with Madeleine Hayes in Spring 2018. Jacob Garza (Balthazar and Guard) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major also pursuing a degree in Radio–Television– and–Film and a minor in business. Previous credits include “Scarecrow” in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, “Roger” in Grease, “Pforzheimer” in Legally Blonde, “Farquaad” in Shrek The Musical and various film projects. Garza is also involved in student organizations including Ignite Texas, Mt. Nebo and Beta Upsilon Chi. Austin Alvarez (Stephano) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology. He worked as a designer and assistant designer on several shows last spring, including The Not Knowing, Eurydice and UTNT (UT New Theatre). Ben Hard (Ensemble) is second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process also pursuing a degree in Radio–Television–Film. Active in theatre since sixth grade, The Merchant of Venice marks his Texas Theatre and Dance debut. Recent credits include “The Little Prince” in The Little Prince; “Linus” in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; “Chuck” in She Kills Monsters and as an ensemble member in Macbeth.
CAST Ricky Miller (Ensemble) is a first-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is his acting debut with Texas Theatre and Dance. Miller plans to pursue acting in Los Angeles after graduation. Miles LeBlanc (Prince of Morocco, Prince of Arragon and Guard) is a third-year B.F.A. in Acting major from Houston, Texas. He has been acting since his first year of high school and has performed in various productions with Texas Theatre and Dance, including Bloodthirsty Fiends and A Nervous Breakdown (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2017), as well as the role of “Giles Corey” in The Crucible. LeBlanc has participated in the National New Play Network reading of Motherland. After graduating, he plans to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting for film and television. Burgess Byrd (Shylock) hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, where her regional credits include “Bernadette” in This Random World, “Connie” in Red Velvet, “Bunny” in Detroit ’67 (Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati); “Tillie” in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Lena in Raisin in the Sun (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); “Samantha” in Higher Ground (Human Race Theatre); “Shiloh” in Harry and the Thief, “Patrice” in Bureau of Missing Persons, “Doctor” in 4.48 Psychosis, “Dorothy Hadjys Holman” in Another American: Asking and Telling, “Charlayne” in Pretty Fire (Know Theatre of Cincinnati); “Washing Machine” in Caroline, or Change (New Stage Collective); “Second Witch” in Macbeth (Ovation Theatre Company); “Ursula” in Much Ado About Nothing (Porthouse Theatre); and “Alma Hix” in The Music Man (Carnegie Center in Lexington, Kentucky). Dorian Delafuente (Tubal) is a first-year UTeach Theatre major at The University of Texas at Austin. He is an transfer student from the University of Houston, where he completed one year in the B.F.A. in Theatre - Acting program. He earned an Associate of Arts in Drama from Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, Texas. Recent credits include “Yasha” in The Cherry Orchard (The Classic Theatre) and “Caliban” in The Tempest (Northwest Vista College). This is his first appearance with Texas Theatre and Dance. Carrington Quezada (Ensemble) is a third-year UTeach Theatre major at The University of Texas at Austin. Quezada has previously been seen in Loverboy (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018).
Miranda Perkins (Ensemble) is a third-year UTeach Theatre major at The University of Texas. An aspiring teaching artist and educator, she has been on stage in several musicals in her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas and was previously seen in Loverboy (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018). Zachary Henry (Launcelot) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process also pursuing a B.S. in Radio–Television–Film. Recent credits include “Slug” in Milton, MI (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2018), “Beester” in Last Ones Out (Round About Players) and other studio projects and readings. Cassidy Kaye (Jessica) is a third-year UTeach Theatre major who wants to use theatre as a therapeutic tool for marginalized communities. She recently directed the regional premiere of The Hijabi Monologues and was seen as “Hermia” in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Merchant of Venice marks her mainstage debut with Texas Theatre and Dance.
CREW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ALY REDLAND ASSOCIATE DRAMATURG TESS JACKSON VOICE AND TEXT CONSULTANT JESS SHOEMAKER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS WALTER REYES BRITTNEY DOLAN ASSISTANT SCENIC DESIGNER CHRIS CONARD ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER HSIAO-WEI CHEN ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNERS SARA CHANEY WILLIAM RIOS ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER BEN CAMPBELL ASSISTANT INTEGRATED MEDIA DESIGNER MICHAEL BRUNER ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR DARSHAN DESAI COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM MOLLY MARTINEZ-COLLINS CARLEIGH NEWLAND ARIANE STIER SCENIC STUDIO SUPERVISOR J.E. JOHNSON SCENIC ART SUPERVISOR KAREN MANESS ASSOCIATE SCENIC STUDIO SUPERVISOR JASON HUERTA MASTER CARPENTER HANK SCHWEMMER ASSISTANT CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST ASHTON MURPHY GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS ZOE ANDERSEN JENNICA DOMBROWSKI ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ALY REDLAND PRODUCTION LEADS NATASHA COSME BATISTA DAVID HERNANDEZ JARED HORN TAYLOR JONES CHRISTIAN SCHELLER GOBI VONAN HENRY WHEATLEY-RUTNER
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS SULTAN ABBOUSHI DARSHAN DESAI VIVIAN GONZALEZ JUAN LEYVA JULIO MUÑOZ KELYN PERRY ERIC RAMIREZ ROHIT SWAMINATHAN CHRISTIANA THOMAS CONSULATE WILSON GUSTAVO ZAMARRIPA FALL 2018 SCENIC ART CLASS CHUN KANG CHEN IMAN CORBANI JENNICA DOMBROWSKI OSCAR DE LA GARZA ROXY MOJICA DIANA SCHWARTZ KENDRA S. WILEY PROP SHOP SUPERVISOR REBECCA SWITZER ASSOCIATE PROP SHOP SUPERVISOR CAROLYN ALLINGHAM HARDIN PROP MASTER R. SWITZER PROP SHOP GRADUATE ASSISTANT ZOE ANDERSEN PROP ARTISANS MADELEINE HAYES DIAMANTE MARTINEZ MORGAN RIDDLE TAYLOR TRAVIS PROP SHOP ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND STOCK MANAGER SKYLER TATEN PROPS CONSTRUCTION CREW AVERY ARNOLD SCENERY/PROPS CREW GABI BASTEK JODI DEANGELIS MAGGIE MEDFORD AZARI SUMBLER
FIRST HANDS HSIAO-WEI CHEN SAMANTHA COLE STEPHANIE FISHER JOSEPH HARRINGTON AARON KUBACEK VANESSA LOPEZ ANNIE ULRICH STITCHERS MIA BARRERA TARA BORDBAR LAURA GONZALEZ MELISSA WONG ADVANCED COSTUME PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES TEACHING ASSISTANT SAMANTHA GASHETTE COSTUME PRODUCTION CREW JAYLA BALL AUDREY LOOMIS MIREYA LUNA ANDREW MOE AARON MOORE CATHERINE PALACIOS HAILEY ROBERTS MEGAN TODD WIG MASTER AND MAKE-UP SUPERVISOR TARA COOPER WARDROBE SUPERVISOR ROXANNE ROHMANN WARDROBE CREW CHIEFS JENIFER MARGOS LINDSEY THURSTON WARDROBE CREW AMAYA ARMSTRONG EMILY GARCIA KARYSHMA KHAN CYMONE LOVE ASHLEY STONE KENNEDY WOODARD COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN TANYA OLALDE COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANTS ALEXANDER GREER ANNIE ULRICH
AUTOMATION OPERATOR JARED VOSWINKEL
COSTUME SHOP OFFICE ASSISTANTS ALFY LINDSEY JESSI ROSE
COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR NANETTE ACOSTA
COSTUME STOCK SUPERVISOR DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
COSTUME SHOP ASSOCIATE MANAGER DARCY WEBERG
COSTUME STOCK ASSISTANTS AUSTIN ALVAREZ CECELIA IBARRA
DRAPERS SARAH ALDRIDGE CHUN-KANG CHEN JOSEPH HARRINGTON POUA YANG
324P LIGHTING FACULTY SUPERVISOR ANN G. WRIGHTSON TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS SUPERVISING ELECTRICIAN SARAH CANTU
TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS LIGHTING SUPERVISOR JEFF ELLINGER SENIOR LIGHTING TECHNICIANS AARON CURRY QI JIAJING WILLIAM RIOS AUSTIN SHIRLEY AMBER WHATLEY KENDRA S. WILEY TEXAS THEATRE AND DANCE LIGHTING CREW JUAN CORTEZ SARA CHANEY ALYSSA FINGER JONATHAN KIM MICHAEL MCCASLIN MEAGAN MCCRARY KHALI SYKES NOAH TUCKER TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS LIGHTING CREW JAKE BRINKS BEN GALVAN ALEX JEREB ADRI LARA BRISA SHAW GEORGE VELASQUEZ LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR JONATHAN M. KIM SOUND ENGINEER BEN CAMPBELL AUDIO SUPERVISOR MIKE MALAK ASSOCIATE AUDIO SUPERVISOR KENNY KUYKENDALL AUDIO PRODUCTION STUDENT CREW MIKELA KELAREK MALYSSA QUILES JESSICA SELL JAKE STEIN TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS AUDIO CREW MIKELA KELAREK WYATT LASTER MILA LUNA MALYSSA QUILES JESSICA SELL AUDIO BOARD OPERATOR MARIA ARELLANO MEDIA SHOP SUPERVISOR EARNEST MAZIQUE MEDIA GRADUATE ASSISTANTS KAIWEN FA ALEX GENDAL LOGAN SMITH MINGXIANG YA MEDIA SHOP CREW ALEX ARMBRUSTER KIALOND BRONSON-SMITH ERIK MARTINEZ RACHAEL NSEK AARON PITMAN MILLY RANGEL MCKENNA RICHARDS
CREW MEDIA OPERATOR BRIANNA BISHOP
SCENIC DESIGN ADVISOR WILLIAM BLOODGOOD
CAMERA OPERATOR AUSTIN SMITH
SOUND DESIGN ADVISORS CAROLINA PEREZ BEN TRUPPIN-BROWN
STAGE MANAGEMENT ADVISOR RUSTY CLOYES DIRECTING ADVISOR KJ SANCHEZ COSTUME DESIGN ADVISOR SUSAN MICKEY COSTUME TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR JAMES GLAVAN LIGHTING DESIGN ADVISOR ANN G. WRIGHTSON INTEGRATED MEDIA DESIGN ADVISOR SVEN ORTEL
DRAMATURGY/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVISORS MEGAN ALRUTZ ANDREW CARLSON LIZ ENGELMAN ACADEMIC PRODUCTION MANAGER JEFF GRAPKO PHOTOGRAPHER LAWRENCE PEART GRAPHIC DESIGNER JEFF GRAY
SPECIAL THANKS KJ SANCHEZ KIRK LYNN LIZ ENGELMAN ALEX BASSIAKOU SHAW RABBI NEIL BLUMOFE THE COMPANY OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 2017 WORKSHOP PRODUCTION: LUKE STODGHILL FRANCES GARNETT STEPHEN SCHWOPE SAHIL BHUTANI JEREMIAH “AJ” ABDULLAH JAKE BRINKS BRISA SHAW GABI BASTEK ALEXIS RILEY ANNA PICKET ANSEL LOWRY STEPHANIE FISHER REED NEAL KENDRA S. WILEY DANI CONSOLDANE
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