2021/22 SEASON
ZOO MOTEL
THADDEUS PHILLIPS/STEVEN DUFALA / USA
NOV 16—21 VIRTUAL EVENT
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PRESENTS
ZOO MOTEL CREATOR, PERFORMER, & CINEMATOGRAPHY
THADDEUS PHILLIPS DESIGNER
STEVEN DUFALA DIRECTOR
TATIANA MALLARINO MAGIC
STEVE CUIFFO Zoo Motel was first performed via the Miami Light Project and began performances on September 28, 2020. It is the longest running theater play on the world wide web.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS THADDEUS PHILLIPS (Creator & Performer &
TATIANA MALLARINO (Director) directed 17
Cinematography). is a Colorado native who directs
Border Crossings & ¡El Conquistador! at NYTW,
theater in Europe, tours with his own work glob-
played Leila Khaled in Lucidity´s The Earth´s
ally and moonlights on TV. Created works include:
Sharp Edge´, served as dramaturg for LSI´s Whale
17 Border Crossings, Red-Eye to Havre de Grace,
Optics, The Melting Bridge, Lost Soles, Henry V,
Inflatable Space, A Billion Nights on Earth, Capsule
and Barry Seal projects and served as the dialogue
33, Lost Soles, Whale Optics, The Earths Sharp
couch for Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz on a
Edge, The Melting Bridge, King Lear, The Tempest,
¨Loving Pablo¨. She has performed at La Mama Etc,
Henry 5 Live from Times Square and The Incredible .
Bunport Theater in Denver and directed a object
. . Adventures of Barry Seal. His work has been pre-
puppet version of The Tempest at the Arcola Theatre
sented & commissioned by NYTW, BAM Next Wave
in London. She teaches emotional intelligence.
Festival, Barrow Street Theater, Territory Festival
(Moscow), The Broad Stage (Santa Monica) Hong
STEVE CUIFFO (Magic) is one of the leading
Kong Festival, Buntport Theater (Denver), The Mat,
sleight of hand artists in New York City and cre-
Sibiu International Festival, Miami Light Project
ates unique performance, art, theater and magic.
and many other cities., Recent directing includes 3
He has performed with The Wooster Group, worked
productions for Teateri (Sweden), and Antropoceno
with David Blaine, played Lenny Bruce onstage
for Teatro La Abadia (Madrid),. He is a Pew Fellow,
and is a member of The Elephant Room. Zoo Motel
A Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, and appeared
is his first collaboration with Thaddeus Phillips.
¨Narcos¨ and one of the Spider-Man films. NEWTON BUCHANAN (Night Clerk)is a perSTEVEN DUFALA (Designer) is a multidisciplinary
former and theatre producer based in Philadelphia,
artist based in Philadelphia and works primarily in
Pennsylvania. He is a co-founder of New Light
collaboration with his brother Billy as the Dufala
Theatre Company. New Light is dedicated to illumi-
Brothers. Steven has been working intermittently
nating the human condition and providing oppor-
with dance and theatre as a designer for about 20
tunities for emerging young theatre artists to work
years, and over this time has worked with Geoff
in a professional setting. He is a co-founder of the
Sobelle designing HOME & The Object Lesson),
newly formed Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia.
Pig Iron Theatre Company, BalletX, and anony-
BTAP’s mission is geared toward the elevation and
mous bodies. With his brother Billy, he received
advocacy of black theatre artists in the Philadelphia
an Obie Award for design with rainpan 43’s
area. He currently holds an associate artist posi-
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tion with Delaware Shakespeare Co, where he
machines machines, and shared a Bessie award
devises continued educational and performative
with the entire design team for Geoff Sobelle’s
programing. He’s also the Director of Customer
The Object Lesson in 2015. Steven and Billy co-
Experience with Markee, a virtual events platform
teach sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of
centered on customers owning their own space.
the Fine Arts and are represented by the Fleisher/ Ollman gallery in Philadelphia. Their work is in
the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the West Collection and many private collections.
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STAFF (cont.) PART-TIME STAFF Melinda Abreu, Swati Agrawalth, Carmen Alfaro, Nia Alimayu, Nathan Allen, Bridget Anderson, Lillian Anderson, Andrew Andrews, Jennie Anisimov, Megan Bachant, Daniel Baker, Kathryn Ballinger, Joshua Barberie, Kevin Barnett, Nuno Barros, Victoria Barry, Katherine Bartels, Risa Battis, Emma Beachman, Emily Bearce, Anneliese Beaulieu, Gary Beisaw, Bernadette Benoit, Venject Billups, Kelly Blasberg, Natasha Boos, Matthew Borah, Amanda Bowman, Austin Boyle, Elizabeth Breda, Sydney Brennan, Yonina Brenner, Courtney Breslin, Matthew Breton, Jodi Brewer, Dillon Brown, Erica Brown, William Brown, Jeremy Browne, Harrison Burke, Allie Buzzeo, Zachary Cadman, Justin Cagle, Elizabeth Cahill, Henri Calderon, Elizabeth Callas, Erin Caltiere, Daniel Carr, Cara Casier, Laura Castanon, Brian Choinski, Shannon Clarke, Zoe Clayton, Georgina Coffey, Jaclyn Cohen, Lisa Coleman, Bridget Collins, Evey Connerty-Marin, Jill Costello, Samuel Cournyn, Dean Covert, Sophie D’Alessandro, Michael Damaree, Catherine Denial, Mary Dill, Brendan Doyle, Bridget Doyle, Chloe Dubois, Andrea Dudziak, Lauren Duffy, Melissa Duffy, Luisa Earle, Kyle Eber, Sumner Ellsworth, Joseph Errante, Catrin Evans, Robert Farrer, Erik Fattrosso, Lauren Feeney, Tacuma Fenton, Julia Fioravanti, Nancy Fitzgerald, Dylan Foley, Daniel Fountain, Alana Frutkoff, Myriam Gabriel, Ricardo Garay, Charles J. Gargano, Katelin Garland, Julianne Gearhart, Mitchell Girgasky, Robin Goldberg, Jeremy Goldenberg, Matthew Good, Patrick Goodsell, Michael Gove, Kathleen Graves, Michael Greene, Matthew Griffin, Harry Grillo, Shauwna Grillo, Alexander Gurczak, Victor Gutierrez, Gregory Hanawalt, Nancy Hart, Emily Hartig, Alisa Hartle, Cheyenne Harvey, Jonas Hayes, Lynn Heinemann, Aaron Henry, Kyle Hicks, Megan Hill, Matthew Holmes, Amanda Holt, Katherine Hoolsema, Fanni Horvath, Gabriel Hughes, Gennaro Ilaria, David Inabinette, Kevin Irigoyenm-Penatello, Brett Israel, Derek Jay, Andrew Jeffreys, Errick Jersey, Rebecca Jewett, Daniel Johnson-Carter, Kate Johnson, Adrianne Jorge, Richard Joseph, Kyle Joyce, Jacob Jura, Kirt Kamisnki, Lorraine Kanyike, Ryan Kasle, Alexander Kaufman, Harrison Kay, Margaret Kearnan, Nicholas Kelley, Kaitlyn Kelly, Jessica Kemp, Kevin Klein, Karen Kosko, Pimhatai Koslowsky, Jennifer Kruh, Amy Kucharik, Dustin Lahue, Kyle Lampe, Richard Lamura, Samantha Landau, Wesley Landson, Julie Langevin, Alexandria Lankiewicz, Peter Lanza, Alexander Lau, Samantha Layco, Rosemarie Legge, Mecca Levesque, Megan Lindsey, Rachel Linker, Joseph Lopresti, Iman LouisJeune, William Luca, Bryan Lussier, Annalynn Luu, Sarah MacIntyre, Joseph Maffeo, Patrick Mahoney, Marissa Mallas, Jeffrey Malone, Rodney Marist, Rebecca Marsh, Cassandra Martinez, Eusevio Martinez, Brian Masters, Clayton Mattos, Kelly McClintlock, Megan McGuire, Lillian McMurrer, Nicholas Medvescek, Matthew Meeds, John Meredith, Katie Miller, Tyson Miller, Zachary Molin, Susana Moncousky, Jacob Montgomery, Veronica Morales, Jessica Morris, Jess Meyer, Kathryn Nakaji, Maura Neff, Robert Neff, Taylor Ness, Mary Newsom, Evyn Newton, Matthew Noel, Sarah Nolen, Connor O’Brien, Jonathan O’Brien, William O’Donnell, Rebecca O’Leary, Joellen Olari, Amber Ostrander, George Page, Samantha Pagnotta, Samantha Pardo, Christien Parello, Caszmera Paszkiewicz, Kimberlee Pearson, John Pelletier, Bree Perry, Stephen Petrilli, Alexander Phillips, Patrick Phillips, Joseph Pisano, Andy Pita, Nadia Price, Tyler Proceviat, Bryce Putt, Tyler Ramirez, Christopher Ray, Michelle Reiss, Cherie L. Rivers, Abigail Robinson, Eleanor Robinson, Jennard Rock, Stephanie Rodemann, Ricardo Roman, Emily Rosser, Christina Rossi, Jessica Rosso, Kyle Salvaggio, Samantha Sanchez, David Sanderson, Lauren Scattolini, Alison Schaefer, Juliet Schneider, James Schultz, Jeffrey Schwefel, Jake Seibert, Maur Sela, Beatriz Sentgeorge, Rachel Shainwald, Sabah Shams, Kathleen Shanahan, Brian Shaw, Kevin Sheehan, Anthony Sheffield, Tory Sheppard, Andrew Shiels, Evelyn Shuker, David Silber, Anthony Simonetti, Nicholas Solimini, Kerk Soursourian, Michelle Sparks, Kara Sparling, Lauren Squier, Gwendolyn Squires, Jeremy Stein, Aisha Stewart, Destini Stewart, Meredith Strisser, Zachary Straeffer, Lukas D. Theodossiou, Kevin Thurber, Jennifer Timms, Rodney Toney, Charles Trombadore, Crispin Trubiano, Brittany Trymbulak, Rony Tshiamla, Allison Tucker, Mark Vagenas, Justin S. Vining, Jordan Wagner, Jimmy Walker-Pearson, Daisy Walker, Melody Watson, Kenneth Westhassel, Daniel Wherren, Maggie Wierzbowski, Bradley Wilkes, Andrew Will, Charlene Williams, Sybil Williams, Lucas Wilson-Spiro, Alexandra Witten, Virginia Wright, Brittany Yates, Tiffany Yu, Adrian Yuen, Kevin Zabrecky, Jacob Zamora
EMERSON COLLEGE STUDENT EMPLOYEES Evelyn Alumbreros Lemar Archer Camila Arjona Isabella Astuto Sofia Attaway Gabriella Avelino Jay Ayesha Jordan Barnett Juliette Beaulieu Jessica Begin Aleah Bloom Hannah Bogart Mykhailo Bondarenko Aidan Bonner Elizabeth Borg Sam Bracy Anna Brenner Carlee Bronkema Mikayla Brown Seamus Butcher Cristina Casas Olivia Cashman Seren Cho Hannah Choi Cassandra Cormier Heather Crann Tyler Crow Charley Czajkoski Madison Dahl Emma Davis Diego De Vidts Nicole Diaz-Rodriguez C. Fox Ditelberg Dennis Dizon
Colmcille Donston Katie Duncan McKayla Earley Jonah Edgar Tyler Ericson Joshua Erskine Annika Falconer Elena Freck Laura Frometa Serge Ganthier Michael Gilchrist Gabriella Gonzalez Kayla Goodale Kayla Griffin Joseph Gurkan Evangeline Haerick Lauren Hardt Ryan Healey Miriam Henerson Samantha Hermann Hannah Hillis Cassie Hine Katiana Hoefle Molly Howard Keahi Hsu Caitlin Hudecheck Sam Hwang Kyoko Itoh Jillian John Smrithi Kalyan Hannah Kelly Juhyeon Kim Sophie Klokinis Megan Koblegarde
Shawna Konieczny Ellie Koo Vincent Laino Talia Lambert Cecilia Lampa Olivia Lusk John Lynch Allison Michelle MacLean Angela Mantel Jonathan Marius Shelby Marsh Eryn McCallum Webster McDonald Lilian McGrail Connor McNinch Owen Meadows Maya Meisenzahl Johnathan Melchiorre Emma Meyerson Madison Miller MJ Mitchell Ademir Monteiro Isabel Moon Luke Morrison Jake Mouchawar Claudia Mulkey Jada Murphy Shelby O’Rourke Saela Phillips Chepe Posada Jonah Puskar Ross Quinn Kate Riley
Jonny Ross Lili Serio Noah Silverman Sydney Skora Kathryn Smith Kelly Sou Nick Stapp Sarah Strunk Victoria Stuewe Briana Sturgis Samuel Swagert Aaron Szabo Risa Tapanes Kiersten Tate John Thiel Leah Thomas Nicholas Van Orden Emily Vinkels Brian Vlasak Maria Vu Sprocket Wagner Madeline Wendricks Erin Wilson Julia Wonkka Kyle Woolery Karra Worang Cheryl Zhang Helen Zheng
LEADERSHIP DAVID C. HOWSE Executive Director David C. Howse joined ArtsEmerson as executive director in 2015 and is fiscally and administratively responsible for multiple cultural venues in Downtown Boston. Prior, he served as executive director of Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC), where he was instrumental in helping grow BCC from a pilot project serving 20 kids in 2003 to a vibrant organization educating more than 500 singers in 12 choirs in 5 locations. David was named as one of the GK100: Boston’s Most Influential People of Color, earned the Social Innovation Forum Achievement Award (Root Cause) and was included in the “40 Under 40” (Boston Business Journal). He serves in many capacities in the community, including service on the boards of Exponential Creativity Ventures, Social Innovation Forum, Philanthropy Massachusetts, and as a Trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts. He also serves on the Board of Corporators for Eastern Bank and the Advisory Council of the New England Foundation for the Arts. David earned degrees from Bradley University (Peoria, IL) and New England Conservatory of Music (Boston, MA) and is a graduate of The Partnership’s Next Generation Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University. He teaches at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice. Originally from Murfreesboro, TN, he resides in Milton, MA. Twitter: @dchowse RONEE PENOI Director of Artistic Programming Ronee Penoi (Laguna Pueblo/Cherokee) was most recently a Producer with Octopus Theatricals, where she advanced the work of Cherokee artist DeLanna Studi (And So We Walked), Phantom Limb Company (Falling Out), Ripe Time (Sleep), Homer’s Coat (An Iliad by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson), Theatre for One, and more. She is a two-time ISPA (International Society of Performing Arts) Global Fellow, and has been an APAP (Association of Performing Arts Professionals) Leadership Fellow and TCG (Theatre Communications Group) Rising Leader of Color. Ronee is a Founding Member of The Industry Standard Group (TISG), a commercial investment and producing organization with an intentional focus on increasing the presence of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) investors and producers in the commercial producing field. She is also part of the consortium leadership of First Nations Performing Arts, a proud NEFA (New England Foundation for the Arts) National Theater Project Advisor, serves on Western Arts Alliance Committees, and leads the Creative and Independent Producer Alliance (CIPA) Programs Committee. Ronee is a two-time recipient of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Individual Artist Fellowship as well as additional awards for her musical composing work with collaborator Annalisa Dias on #Resist and The Carlisle Project. She is also CoFounder and collaborator with Groundwater Arts Collective dedicated to climate justice in the arts. Previously, Ronee was NNPN Producer-in-Residence at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Senior Producing Fellow and Directing Fellow at Arena Stage, and toured nationally with Anna Deavere Smith’s Let Me Down Easy. She spent three years with the Consensus Building Institute, a non-profit specializing in facilitation and mediation services. Her current anti-racism practice builds upon a decolonization framework and embraces systems change as a key component of that work. She graduated with honors from Princeton University with a degree in Music with certificates in Vocal Performance and Theatre & Dance. She has been invited to guest lecture on producing at Princeton University, CalArts, Howard University, and for American University’s graduate Arts Administration program.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT At Emerson College’s Office of the Arts, we hold ourselves accountable to the work of undoing oppression and advancing equity to overcome our city’s bitter history of segregation and racial inequality. As part of this work, we must start by acknowledging that we are residing on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Massachusett people, whose name was appropriated by this Commonwealth. We pay respect to the Massachusett elders past, present and future, the traditional custodians of the lands on which we make and present our art. We acknowledge the truth of violence perpetrated in the name of this country and make a commitment to uncovering that truth through dialogue, partnerships, and learning.
ABOUT EMERSON COLLEGE Located in Boston, Massachusetts, opposite the historic Boston Common and in the heart of the city’s Theatre District, Emerson College educates individuals who will solve problems and change the world through engaged leadership in the liberal arts, communications and the arts. The College has approximately 3,500 undergraduates and 670 graduate students from across the United States and 50 countries. Supported by state-of-the-art facilities and a renowned faculty, students participate in more than 90 student organizations and performance groups. Emerson is known for its study and internship programs at Emerson Los Angeles, located in Hollywood, and at its beautifully restored 14th-century castle in the Netherlands. Additionally, there are opportunities to study in Washington, D.C.; London; China; the Czech Republic; Spain; Austria; Greece; France; Ireland; Mexico; Cuba; England; and South Africa. The College has an active network of 37,000 alumni who hold leadership positions in communication and the arts. For more information, visit emerson.edu.
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