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THE OFFICIAL STATE THEATRE OF ARIZONA
ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY A SEAN DANIELS A
A GERI WRIGHT A
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
PRESENTS
SLOW FOOD BY
WENDY MACLEOD DAINA GRIFFITH* PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
KRISTI HESS*
JOEL VAN LIEW*
BRIAN BEACOCK*
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
IDO LEVRAN
SOUND DESIGNER
MATHEW DEVORE A
DIRECTED BY
SEAN DANIELS A & CHANEL BRAGG A Slow Food had its World Premiere in 2019 at Merrimack Repertory Theatre under the direction of Sean Daniels. Additional productions have been produced at Geva, Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta, and The Dorset Theater Festival.
2020 / 2021 DIGITAL SPONSOR:
2020 / 2021 SEASON SPONSORS:
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THE OFFICIAL STATE THEATRE OF ARIZONA
CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) WOMAN (IRENE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAINA GRIFFITH* MAN (PETER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOEL VAN LIEW* WAITER (STEPHEN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN BEACOCK* *Denotes members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
SPECIAL THANKS We wish to express our gratitude to the performers’ unions: Actors’ Equity Association American Guild of Musical Artists American Guild of Variety Artists SAG-AFTRA Through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the artists to appear on this program.
THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION.
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EVENTS & COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
SLOW FOOD EVENT S & C O M M U N I TY C O N V ER SAT IO N S
See video interviews with the playwright and directors and other videos at arizonatheatre.org/slow-food.
You can Like and Follow ATC’s Facebook page for automatic notification of when we go live for the following events: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 4 PM ATC’s Hang & Focus Live with the cast of Slow Food. Find out who won the ATC Nails It! Butter Challenge live on air.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 5 PM ATC Nails It! Join us in an exclusive online event as ATC staff attempt to create the best baklava for a panel of judges. And you can be part of ATC Nails It! by entering the ATC BUTTER CHALLENGE from your own home. You may walk away with a new skill, a grand prize, and ultimate bragging rights! Or, you might just have to clean up your messy kitchen!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 3 PM Meet the cast and creatives as they discuss Slow Food and share some of their own special family recipes. Submit your questions live.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 5 PM Opening Night Live Stream
CATCH IT AGAIN September 4th Hang & Focus Live podcast with Wendy MacLeod.
*All Episodes will be available on our Hang & Focus Live Podcast arizonatheatre.org/hangfocus/ 4
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Daina Griffith (Woman) ATC Debut! Off Broadway: Jane Ho (Theatre Row, HExTC). Regional: Wendy MacLeod’s Slow Food (Merrimack Rep, Dir. Sean Daniels), Marjorie Prime, Circle Mirror Transformation, Cabaret, Amadeus, Company (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Sean Daniels’ The White Chip, The Last Match, The Revolutionists (City Theatre), The River (Quantum Theatre), Oliver! (The Gateway), The Trimble Wars (Human Race Theatre), Blithe Spirit, Jaques Brel Is Alive And Well…(PICT Classic Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Kanas City Starlight), Grey Gardens (Broadway World Regional Winner: Best Actress In A Musical), Parade, Next To Normal (Front Porch Theatricals) Ragtime (Lincoln Park) A Devil Inside, All My Sons, The Threepenny Opera (Pittsburgh Playhouse The Rep). Film: The Dark Knight Rises (Dir. Christopher Nolan), Where’d You Go, Bernadette (Dir. Richard Linklater), Holidaysburg, Happiest Season, Unsinkable. Television: Spectrum’s Manhunt: Deadly Games (Emily Lyons, recurring Season 2), WGN’s Outsiders (Ricki, recurring Season 1), Intrusion. Joel Van Liew (Man) is thrilled to be working with Sean, Wendy, Daina, and Brian again, after having performed in the premiere of Slow Food at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Other regional credits include Home of the Brave (MRT) and The 39 Steps (Geva Theatre), both directed by Sean Daniels, The Ver**on Play (ATL Humana Festival), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Two River), Pride and Prejudice (ATL), Well (ACT), The Pavilion (City Theatre). NY Theatre: Well (Public), From Up Here (MTC), The Hunt (HB Studio Theatre), Park Slope Minstrel Show by Eleanor Burgess (finalist, Samuel French Play Fest), Permanent Visitor (New Georges), Born of Conviction (White Bird Prods). Film: The Girl in the Book, Crown Heights, All Rise. TV: Escape at Dannemora, Billions, Broad City, Blue Bloods, Girls, Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order. Member of the Actors Center. Brian Beacock (Waiter) is an actor, writer, producer, VO actor, singer and musician from the San Francisco Bay Area. After completing the National Tour of Les Misérables, he moved to Los Angeles where he has created a diverse career including numerous cartoon series and video games such as: Digimon, Bleach, Naruto, Sailor Moon, Durarara, Blue Exorcist, Doraemon, and more. Theater credits include: Slow Food (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), the West Coast Premiere of Elegies, When Pigs Fly, the insane one-man show Fully Committed and as a Broadway Axl Rose in Andy Prieboys’ cult favorite, White Trash Wins Lotto. Television appearances on Kath & Kim, CSI, General Hospital, Playing it Straight, Passions, Imagination Movers, and NBC’s The Rerun Show. Films include: Mulholland Drive, Laws of the Universe-Part 1, Buying The Cow, Circuit, To The Beat, Racing Colt, and the upcoming horror feature Hollow Scream. He has been a musical guest on Late Night with
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Conan O’Brien, and was honored to sing to Betty White on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He wrote and created the zombie comedy digital series Acting Dead (currently streaming on Amazon Prime) which won one of the first ever Primetime Emmys in the new short form category. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @brianbeacock. Sean Daniels A (Director) Please see Mr. Daniels’ Artistic Director biography on page 8. Chanel Bragg A (Director) Pronoun: She/her - is ecstatic that Slow Food marks her co-directorial debut after being named the Associate Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company. She is elated to work alongside her partner Sean Daniels and such a talented cast. Chanel has directed at various theaters across Metro Phoenix; her most recent project being Spotlight Youth Theatre’s production of The Wolves. ATC credits include: Frenchie-Cabaret, Alma Hix-Music Man. As an actress her favorite roles include Tour: Power Woman-Menopause the Musical. Regional: Pat-Kinky Boots, Medda Larkin-Newsies, Carla-In the Heights, Justice-Rock of Ages, Mary Magdalene-Jesus Christ Superstar. Non regional: Effie in DreamGirls. Joanne-Rent, Ruth-Raisin in the Sun, Mrs. MuellerDoubt, Dorothy-The Wiz, and many more. She is founder of United Colours of Arizona Theatre, Producer/Director of “The Alexander Project” & The Soul of Broadway Cabaret, and supporting vocalist -“The Phoenix Afro-Beat Orchestra.” www.chanelbragg.com Instagram: cmbragg Kristi Hess (Production Stage Manager) Broadway: American Son, The Humans, Blackbird, Hello, Dolly!, The Cherry Orchard, The Audience. Off-Broadway: Something Clean, The Humans, Too Heavy For Your Pocket (Roundabout), Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (NYTW), The White Chip (59E59 & Livestream Benefit Production), The Price of Thomas Scott, Days to Come (Mint), Discord (Primary Stages), Engagements (Second Stage). Psalm 18:30. Mathew DeVore A (Sound Supervisor) Mathew DeVore began his career working with ATC as resident Sound Op at the Herberger Theater Center for three seasons. He has since served as Production Sound Engineer for ATC the past nine seasons in Tucson and became Sound Supervisor in January 2020. Notable shows he mixed and operated include Next to Normal, Clybourne Park, Murder For Two, Around the World in 80 Days, Xanadu, and American Mariachi. Prior to his move to Tucson and current tenure, he served as Sound and Lighting Supervisor at Phoenix Theatre, Sound Designer for Phoenix Theatre’s Cookie Company and several main stage productions at Phoenix Theatre, and Sound Designer for Black Theatre Troupe. This is his first season without the guiding hand of his mentor, Brian Jerome Peterson. Ido Levran (Technical Director) Ido Levran is excited to work with ATC on their digital season! He has been designing and programming video on and off Broadway and around the country. And for the digital realm, he adapted and implemented structures to produce and stream multiple theatrical performances of different kinds. Some credits include – Broadway: Jagged Little Pill, Be More Chill, All My Sons, Lifespan Of a Fact, The Band’s Visit (Programmer); The Columnist (Asst.
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Designer). Off-Broadway: All the President’s Men (The Public Theater); Troilus & Cressida (Shakespeare in the Park); Second Chance (Asst. Proj. Designer, The Public Theater); Completeness (Asst. Proj. Designer, Playwrights Horizons); Shen Wei Dance Arts (Projections Director). Regional & Tours: Blue Man Group National Tour (Programmer), I Dream (Asst. Proj. Designer, Opera Carolina); 45 Plays for 45 Presidents (MRT), Frankenstein (Dallas T.C.), Among others. Wendy MacLeod (Playwright) MacLeod’s most successful script, The House of Yes, became an awardwinning Miramax film starring Parker Posey, and was produced by The Magic Theater, Soho Rep, The Washington Shakespeare Company, The Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, and The Gate Theater in London, among others. Slow Food was developed at the 2015 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. It premiered at Merrimack Repertory Theater, directed by Sean Daniels, and was recently done at Geva, Theatrical Outfit in Atlanta, and The Dorset Theater Festival. Wendy was the first writer selected for The Writer’s Room residency at the Arden Theater in Philadelphia, where she wrote Women in Jeopardy!, which was selected for The Kilroys’ List and premiered at GEVA, and has since been done around the country at theaters including Merrimack Repertory Theater, the Cape Cod Playhouse, and Center Repertory Theater in the Bay Area. Her play The Laugh Track, about the female head writer of I Love Lucy, was selected by ACT in Seattle for the 2018 Hedgebrook Women’s Playwrights Festival and will open at ACT in Seattle in 2021. The Ballad of Bonnie Prince Chucky premiered at ACT’s Young Conservatory in San Francisco. Other plays include: Sin (The Goodman, Second Stage), Schoolgirl Figure (The Goodman Theatre), The Water Children and Juvenilia (Playwrights Horizons), Things Being What They Are (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre), and Find and Sign (Pioneer Theater). Her prose has appeared in The New York Times, McSweeney’s, Salon, Poetry Magazine, and on NPR’s All Things Considered. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, she is the James E. Michael Playwright-in-Residence at Kenyon College. Her plays are available through Dramatists Play Service and at Playscripts.com. She worked as Executive Story Editor on Ryan Murphy’s Popular, sold a pilot to CBS, that was developed by Diane Keaton, with Jeanne Tripplehorn attached, and her play Schoolgirl Figure was optioned by HBO. She recently did the screenplay adaptation for The Shallow End, a short film directed by Cynthia Silver.
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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP Sean Daniels A (Artistic Director) is honored to be in his second season at ATC, where he first fell in love with theatre.
Sean has directed at Manhatta n Theatre Club (The Lion, Drama Desk Award & Theatre World Award, nominated for Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle), 59e59 (NYC, I and You, nominated for Outer Critics Circle), Lynn Redgrave (NYC), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), St. James (West End, London - The Lion, winner of Best New Musical), Arena Stage, A.C.T. (San Francisco), Milwaukee Rep, Old Globe, Geffen (L.A.), Actors Theatre of Louisville, Portland Center Stage, Geva Theatre, Playmakers Rep, Cleveland Play House, Alliance Theatre, California Shakespeare, Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, City Theatre, Swine Palace, Neo-Futurists, Aurora Theatre, Crowded Fire and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Sean has been named “one of the top fifteen up & coming artists in the U.S., whose work will be transforming America’s stages for decades to come” & “One Of 7 People Reshaping And Revitalizing The American Musical” by American Theatre magazine. His direction and shows have won “Best Play” and “Best Director” in London, Bay Area, Boston, Portland, Rochester and Atlanta. He was previously the Artistic Director of Merrimack Repertory Theatre, where he received national attention for his multiple artistic engagement programs that brought the community inside the organization. He’s also served as the Artist-At-Large for Geva Theatre Center and spent four years at the Tony Award®-winning Actors Theatre of Louisville as the theatre’s Associate Artistic Director (where he directed 17 productions including five Humana Festivals). Mr. Daniels is the former Associate Artistic Director/Resident Director of the California Shakespeare Theater and before that spent a decade as the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Dad’s Garage Theater Company in Atlanta. He has developed new work with the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Ars Nova, PlayPenn, Lark, PlayLabs, New York Stage and Film, Asolo Rep, Goodspeed Opera, Weston Playhouse, Bay Area Playwrights, Magic Theatre and was the first American director asked to attend the Baltic American Playwrights Conference in Hiiumaa, Estonia. As a playwright, his work has been produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre and Dad’s Garage. He was the first ever playwright authorized by the Jack Kerouac Estate to adapt his work for the stage. The Commercial Off-Broadway run of his sober comedy The White Chip was produced by fivetime Tony Award* nominee Tom Kirdahy. He’d love to hear from you. sdaniels@arizonatheatre.org twitter: @seandaniels
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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP Geri Wright A (Managing Director) returned to Arizona Theatre Company in January 2020. Her love of theatre started at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on a school field trip and has grown into a passion for the arts today. Having served in leadership roles at the Heard Museum, American Red Cross, Arizona Theatre Company and most recently as CEO of Act One, Geri has been a passionate advocate for the importance that the arts play in creating healthy and prosperous communities. With more than 25 years in nonprofit management and fundraising experience, she is thrilled to be able to put those skills to use in serving our state theatre. In 2019, Geri was recognized as one of the Outstanding Women in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal and has been honored with an assortment of acknowledgments for her work in the charitable community. Geri and her family, along with two horses and an Australian cattle dog, reside at the base of the McDowell Mountains.
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the productions you see, to the artists that help create readings and other productions - Arizonans take a leading role in everything we do. In addition to everyone on the staff page, we note individual artists on shows who are from Arizona.
Arizona Theatre Company operates under agreements between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; Stage Directors and Choreographers, an independent national labor union; and United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. The Actors and Stage Managers employed in these productions are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.
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ABOUT ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY
2020/2021 BOARD OF TRUSTEES BOARD OFFICERS Char Augenstein, Chair Pat Engels, Chair Elect Joanie Flatt, Secretary Nora Hannah, Treasurer
BO A R D O F T RUSTEES Gary Jackson Kelly Barr Sean Daniels, Artistic Director Adam James Michael Kay Oliver Deanna Evenchik-Brav Karen Peters Mary Jo Ghory Erica Stutman Jeff Guldner Stephen Heitz Geri Wright, Managing Director
EM ERITU S TR U STEES Paul Baker, Katie Dusenberry, Darryl Dobras, Carol DuVal Whiteman, Shirley Estes, I. Michael Kasser, Dr. John Schaefer, F. William Sheppard, Lynne Wood Dusenberry, David Ira Goldstein Artistic Director Emeritus, Jessica L. Andrews Managing Director Emeritus
H ON OR A RY TR U STEES Betsy Bolding, Jack Davis, Slivy Edmonds, Norma Feldman, Catherine (Rusty) Foley, Joe Gootter, Carol Kraemer, Jessica Lazarus, Sally Lehmann, Gerry Murphy, Emily Rosenberg Pollock, Nina Trasoff, Janos Wilder, Ruth A. Zales
The staff, volunteers, artists, and board of Arizona Theatre Company would like to take a moment to thank Michael Flatt for all he did for this theater and for the arts in the Greater Phoenix area.
Michael Flatt and Joanie Flatt
Michael Flatt and Joanie Flatt
He was a board member, donor, loud champion of the arts, and a firm believer that the Valley deserves great culture – accessible and for all ages. Today, Arizona has a growing arts scene because of people like Michael Flatt, and we are eternally grateful for his vision. As you laugh out loud tonight, please know that Michael is thrilled you are here – in fact laugh a little louder for him – and know that the work of growing this community isn’t done, but because of special souls like his, we are on our way. 10
ATC STAFF
Sean Daniels - Artistic Director Geri Wright - Managing Director Chanel Bragg - Associate Artistic Director christopher oscar peĂąa - Artistic Associate China Young - Artistic Manager Elaine Romero - Playwright-in-Residence Jasmine Roth - Director of Learning & Education Cat Tries - Company Manager / Management Associate Becky Merold - Production Manager Tajh Oates - Assistant Production Manager Nils Emerson - Technical Director Mathew DeVore - Sound Supervisor Paula Taylor - Chief Development Officer Carley Elizabeth Preston - Development Operations Manager Gretchen Pace - Grants Manager Juliet Martin - Chief Marketing Officer Ron May - Patron Data Services Manager Remington Trewern - Digital Marketing Associate Will Rogers - Community Engagement Manager
Bitty Rosenberg - Marketing Manager
Richard Giuliani - Graphic Design
Steve Carr - Public Relations Consultant
Sara Kavitch - Box Office Manager
Linda Schwartz - Box Office Manager
Keith LaSpaluto - Assistant Box Office Manager
Carrie Luker - Assistant Box Office Manager
Bob Jennens - Accounting Manager
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Stephanie Cianciotto - Accounting Associate, Payroll
Jodie Peltz - Director of Human Resources
Horace Ashley - Facilities Manager Dean Morgan - Maintenance Supervisor
COMING TO OUR MAINSTAGE
IF YOU LOVED SLOW FOOD, WOMEN IN JEOPARDY! IS PART OF OUR 2020/2021 MAINSTAGE SEASON!
“The laughs in Wendy MacLeod’s play, come fast and furious … It’s all good, silly fun, directed with precise comic timing by the seasoned Sean Daniels … A new work that’s modern, lively, and loads of fun.” – Boston Globe
WOMEN IN JEOPARDY! BY WENDY MACLEOD DIRECTED BY SEAN DANIELS
A RIOTOUS COMEDY! Screw the mid-life crisis; let’s solve some crimes! Middle-aged mom Liz has a new man. And let’s face it … he’s just plain creepy. When a mysterious disappearance sets the community on edge, Liz’s best friends leap to the rescue as the zany caper flings them from the ‘burbs’ to the wilds of Utah; because there’s no danger great enough to stop women from solving crimes if they want to! A riotous comedy about trading in wine glasses for spy glasses when the mid-life crisis just isn’t your speed.
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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS Our work is made possible due to the generosity of many corporations, foundations, and government supporters. Through these partnerships, we can maintain a standard of artistic excellence while providing greater access to all. JULY 1, 2019 TO AUGUST 31, 2020
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