Feathers and Teeth - Artists Repertory Theatre

A R T I S T S R E P E R T O R Y T H E AT R E

by

Charise Castro Smith Dámaso Rodríguez

directed by

MAR 7 - APR 2

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FEATHERS AND TEETH

BY CHARISE CASTRO SMITH DIRECTED BY DÁMASO RODRÍGUEZ

Dámaso Rodríguez, Artistic Director | Sarah Horton, Managing Director

CAST

Carol.............................................................................................................Sara Hennessy* Arthur..........................................................................................................Darius Pierce* Chris..............................................................................................................Agatha Day Olson + Hugo Schmidt...........................................................................................Dámaso J. Rodríguez Creature Voices.........................................................................................

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Charise Castro Smith Dámaso Rodríguez

directed by

Voice of Ellie.............................................................................................. Sarah Taylor

CREATIVE TEAM Director........................................................................................................Dámaso Rodríguez*** Scenic Designer........................................................................................Megan Wilkerson #^ Costume Designer...................................................................................Sarah Gahagan Lighting Designer.....................................................................................Kristeen Willis Crosser# Composer/Sound Designer..................................................................Rodolfo Ortega^ Projections Designer...............................................................................Andrés Alcalá Props Master..............................................................................................Emily Wilken Fight Choreographer..............................................................................Jonathan Cole Dramaturg..................................................................................................Luan Schooler Voice & Text Director ............................................................................Mary McDonald-Lewis ^ Stage Manager.........................................................................................Carol Ann Wohlmut*^ Assistant Director....................................................................................Nelda Reyes Assistant Scenic Designer....................................................................Trevor Sargent Assistant Costume Designer...............................................................Alex Pletcher Production Assistants............................................................................Charlie Capps, Will Bailey,

Megan Moll Sound Engineer........................................................................................Dave Petersen Board Operator........................................................................................Alan Cline SETTING: 1978, A HOME ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A MIDWEST FACTORY TOWN THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION. FEATHERS AND TEETH was produced in a developmental production in Goodman Theatre’s 2014 New Stages Festival and received its World Premiere at Goodman Theatre, Chicago Illinois on September 19 th, 2015. (Robert Falls, Artistic Director; Roche Schulfer, Executive Director) FEATHERS AND TEETH is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

* Member of Actors Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Actors Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. www.actorsequity.org

^ Artists Repertory Theatre Resident Artist

# The scenic, costume, lighting, projection and sound designers are represented by United Scenic Artists *** The Director and/or Choreographer is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union.

This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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A MESSAGE FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DÁMASO RODRÍGUEZ “Something terrible’s happened, Hugo.”

–Christine faces her new reality in Charise Castro Smith’s FEATHERS AND TEETH. Welcome to Artists Rep and to the Portland premiere of Charise Castro Smith’s horror genreinspired FEATHERS AND TEETH. Advisory: Be prepared for Castro Smith’s pitch dark comedy, heightened theatrical style and subversive intentions. On the surface this play is a lot of fun, with its nostalgic 1970s setting and its outrageous blend of sitcom, fairytale and monster movie plot, but I invite you to look beneath this fun façade. FEATHERS AND TEETH has more in common with HAMLET (and comparable dramatic ambitions) than The Brady Bunch.

Christine (aka “Chris”), the 13-year-old girl at the center of our story, is dealing with the profound grief of losing her beloved mother while facing the betrayal of her father. Chris’ world is spinning out of control and things seem only to be getting worse. For Chris, she is living a nightmare scenario—almost literally “the worst thing that could happen.” That

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which seemed impossible or absurd, has become her day-to-day reality … I’ll leave the allusions to you.

And so, FEATHERS AND TEETH takes the form of a horror story, not for the purpose of campy comedy, but because the genre fills a need to overcome our collective fear of horrors known and unknown, the dreadful and the terrible.

Now, enough of this seriousness! I invite to you laugh, gasp and squirm in your seat while you enjoy the wild ride this playwright, cast and design team have created for you today.

Until next time,

P.S. Check out our recently announced 2017/18 season on the next page. Next year’s lineup includes some of the most provocative, talked about and acclaimed new plays in recent memory. I hope you’ll make plans to join us!

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Partial support for open captioning performances provided by Theatre Development Fund.

Artists Repertory Theatre is a participant in the Audience (R)Evolution Cohort Grants program, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and administered by Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the professional not-for-profit American Theatre.

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FROM INSIDE THE ROOM Artists Rep staff, supporters and Guild members gather for the first rehearsal of FEATHERS AND TEETH when the cast, design team and stage crew read the script together for the first time.

Photos by Jeff Hayes.

Scenic design by Megan Wilkerson.

Set model by Trevor Sargent.

Shawn Lee (Director)

Agatha Day Olson & Darius Pierce

Costume design by Sarah Gahagan.

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The cast of FEATHERS AND TEETH.

Michael Mendelson

Dámaso J. Rodríguez

Sara Hennessy

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HORROR STORY

By Luan Schooler, Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy

Rob Sacchetto, Zombie Family (2012) Boris Karloff as Frankenstien (1931)

H

orror, as a genre, is often dismissed as trashy material, appealing only to teenagers and those seeking gratuitous titillation. But in reality, it has a long and illustrious history in folklore, literature, film and the visual arts. Distinguished by its purposeful creation of fear, dread and prickling uneasiness, the style of horror can be mercurial and blend into science fiction and fantasy. Some horror relies on lurking monstrosities, some on psychopathic humans, and some on an unsettling presence of the uncanny.

As early as the Sumerian civilization, tales of vampire-like creatures emerge, and stories of witches and strange spirits are found in nearly all cultures. Homer’s Odysseus barely escapes from the witch Circe’s siren song and the Cyclops. During the Inquisition, an obsession with witchcraft emerged and the Malleus Maleficarum served as the horrordrenched handbook for witch hunts.

In the late 18th Century, Horace Walpole’s novel Castle of Otranto combined medieval ideas of the

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supernatural with elements of realism, creating an entirely new style that became wildly popular: Gothic Horror. In America a few years later, Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle gave horror a distinctly regional flavor that some of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories also carry. Modern novelists like Stephen King, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Peter Straub and Ray Bradbury have popularized fear for a contemporary audience.

Although horror literature is often derided as pulp, over the years the genre has inspired many literary masterpieces: Frankenstein, Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, A Christmas Carol, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Turn of the Screw, The Fall of the House of Usher—all are extraordinary examples of literary craft, using mood, suspense, style and language to raise the hairs on readers’ necks.

Playwrights have also used horror to propel their plots. During the Jacobean and Elizabethan eras, Thomas Kyd launched an era of gruesome works with

Hieronymus Bosch, Haywain (1516)

Nosferatu poster (1922)

Max Ernst (1891–1976), Danse Macabre

The Spanish Tragedy; a few years later Shakespeare relied on supernatural events to drive Macbeth, Hamlet and Titus Andronicus. The Parisian Théàtre du Grand-Guignol poured blood-drenched revenge tales over its audiences from 1897 to 1962. Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning Sweeney Todd was drawn from a character created in an 1846 penny dreadful, A String of Pearls. And of course, The Rocky Horror Show was a wildly popular stage hit in London and on Broadway before being turned into a film in 1975. Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman and Conor McPherson’s The Weir are two contemporary examples of plays that rely on dread and eeriness.

In the visual arts, the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Francisco de Goya and El Greco all include elements of horror, as do the surrealist works of Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst.

Francisco de Goya, Cronus Devouring His Children (1819–1823)

Film and television, of course, are full of examples of popular horror—as well as classic masterpieces. The German Expressionist films, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu, introduced terror into the cinema, followed in a long line of films that include The Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Psycho, The Birds, Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, The Shining and many others.

Throughout history, humans have explored the unknown by investigating tales of the weird, the uncanny, the shadowy, creeping dangers that surround us. Perhaps by facing our fears we learn something about ourselves, or perhaps the experiences provide catharsis and a release of pent up emotions, or perhaps we are simply attracted to the intensity of the emotions created.

For whatever reason, horror has always been around, lurking and waiting in the dark.

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Hor rific

Quotables I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.

–Alfred Hitchcock

–Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

–C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.

–Rémy de Gourmont

A glimpse into the world proves that horror is nothing other than reality.

Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.

–Sue Grafton, I is for Innocent

Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind, And makes it fearful and degenerate; Think therefore on revenge and cease to weep.

–William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 2

Horror is the removal of masks.

–Robert Bloch

Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake? –Justin Alcala

Horror is that which cannot be made safe—evolving, ever-changing—because it is about our relentless need to confront the unknown, the unknowable, and the emotion we experience when in its thrall.

–Douglas Winter, Revelations

[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. –H.P. Lovecraft

–Clive Barker

Blood is really warm, it’s like drinking hot chocolate but with more screaming.

The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.

Fear, doubt, and hate have hamstrung more people than beasts ever have.

–Ryan Mecum, Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry for Your...Brains

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–Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

–Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

DIRECTOR & PLAYWRIGHT BIOS DÁMASO RODRÍGUEZ Director Dámaso is in his fourth year as Artistic Director of Artists Repertory Theatre.

In 2001 he co-founded the Los Angeles-based Furious Theatre Company, where he served as Co-Artistic Director until 2012. From 2007–2010 he served as Associate Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse. His directing credits include work at Artists Rep, Playwrights’ Center, Pasadena Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Laguna Playhouse, A Noise Within, The Theatre@Boston Court, Naked Angels and Furious Theatre.

Rodríguez is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the Back Stage Garland Award, the NAACP Theatre Award and the Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award. His productions have been nominated for LA Weekly Theatre Awards and LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards. In 2012, Rodríguez was honored by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation as a Finalist for the Zelda Fichandler Award. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).

Directing credits at Artists Rep include revivals of THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH

by Thornton Wilder, THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson and THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

by J.M. Synge, the World Premiere musical CUBA LIBRE featuring the music of three-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre, the Portland premieres of Nick Jones’ TREVOR, David Ives’ adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s THE LIAR, Nina Raine’s TRIBES, EXILES

by Carlos Lácamara, the U.S. premiere of Dawn King’s FOXFINDER, and the West Coast premieres of Jeffrey Hatcher’s TEN

CHIMNEYS and Dan LeFranc’s THE BIG MEAL. Credits at other theatres include productions by contemporary and classic playwrights including Craig Wright, Neil LaBute, Matt Pelfrey, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Richard Bean, Owen McCafferty, Alex Jones, William Shakespeare, Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Noel Coward, Bernard Shaw, Clifford Odets and Lillian Hellman. damaso-rodriguez.com

CHARISE CASTRO SMITH Playwright Charise Castro Smith is a playwright, television writer and actor from Miami, currently residing in Los Angeles. Playwriting credits include FEATHERS AND TEETH (Goodman Theater/Developed at Atlantic Theater Company), ESTRELLA CRUZ [THE JUNKYARD QUEEN] (Ars Nova/ Yale Cabaret/ Halycon Theatre), THE HUNCHBACK OF SEVILLE (Washington Ensemble Theater/Trinity Repertory Theatre), WASHETERIA (Soho Rep) and BOOMCRACKLEFLY (Miracle Theatre).

She is currently under commission by South Coast Rep and Trinity Repertory Theatre, and is developing a new drama series at ABC. Select acting credits include ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Royal Shakespeare Company/ Public Theater), AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (Baltimore Center Stage) and THE GOOD WIFE (CBS). Charise is the recipient of a Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists, and is an alumna of Ars Nova’s Playgroup and New George’s The Jam. MFA: Yale School of Drama, BA: Brown University.

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ACTOR BIOS SARA HENNESSY Carol Artists Rep credits include THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, CUBA LIBRE, BLITHE SPIRIT, INTIMATE APPAREL and FOXFINDER. She’s also worked locally with Corrib Theatre (LITTLE GEM). A co-founder of Furious Theatre Company in L.A., her Furious credits include FOXFINDER, HUNTER GATHERERS, GRACE, THE GOD BOTHERERS, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, SCENES FROM THE BIG PICTURE, CHIMPS, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and the U.S. premiere of NOISE by Alex Jones, which she directed. With other L.A. theatres: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR at The Theatre@Boston Court, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and HAY FEVER at A Noise Within; FESTEN and ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST at Pasadena Playhouse – Hothouse and RAMBLERS (Chicago and L.A. premieres). She also performed improv at Chicago’s ImprovOlympic. Sara is a two-time LA Drama Critics’ Circle Award winner and a LA Weekly Theatre Award nominee. She has been on NBC’s Grimm, and is a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association. sarahennessy.com

DARIUS PIERCE Arthur Darius is thrilled to be making his Artists Rep debut, especially since he went to college with the playwright of FEATHERS AND TEETH! Favorite other productions include STUPID F***ING BIRD, CYRANO, THE SANTALAND DIARIES, BEARD OF AVON, TWELFTH NIGHT, 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, THE 39 STEPS, FROST/NIXON, HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY AND

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NEVER BE FOUND, MISALLIANCE, A CHRISTMAS STORY, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and the JAW Festival (Portland Center Stage); the World Premiere of STUPID F***ING BIRD (Woolly Mammoth Theatre); THE GAMING TABLE and COMEDY OF ERRORS (Folger Theatre); LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART (Profile Theatre); AS YOU LIKE IT (Portland Shakespeare Project); MY FAIR LADY and LES MISÉRABLES (Broadway Rose); PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (Portland Playhouse); 1776 (Lakewood Theatre); THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME (Theatre Vertigo). Darius has been awarded a Drammy for Outstanding Actor in BEARD OF AVON and a PAMTA for Best Supporting Actor in LES MISÉRABLES. He is a Company Member at Third Rail Repertory Theatre and a co-founder of the Anonymous Theatre Company. Occasionally, Darius can be seen on screen, where his credits include The Librarians, Leverage, Portlandia, Grimm, Mock Trials, Thomas & the Trainmaster and Cell Count. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.

AGATHA DAY OLSON Chris Agatha is delighted to return to Artists Rep. Most recently, she played Iris in Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s production of THE NETHER. Last winter, she returned to Artists Rep as the young Helen Keller in THE MIRACLE WORKER. She made her Playwrights West debut in DEAR GALILEO (CoHo Productions) last summer. She had the privilege of joining the cast of secondyear conservatory students in SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (Portland Actors Conservatory).

Other Portland theatre credits include THE TURN (The Reformers), THE BIG MEAL and THE LOST BOY (Artists Rep);

THE PAIN AND THE ITCH (Third Rail Repertory Theatre) and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM for The Fall Festival of Shakespeare (Portland Playhouse). Agatha also participated in a flash reading of Claire Willett’s original script, CARTER HALL, in the 2014 Fertile Ground Festival. She was recently one of six finalists in Young Playwrights for Change, OCT’s playwriting competition for middle school students.

DÁMASO J. RODRÍGUEZ Hugo Schmidt Dámaso is happy to be back on stage for his second show at Artists Rep. Last season he appeared as “The Telegraph Boy” in Thornton Wilder’s THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. He made his professional theatre debut as Tiny Tim in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at A Noise Within Theatre in Los Angeles. A 5th grade student at West Tualatin View Elementary School, he enjoys playing sports (football, soccer and basketball) and is a big Miami Dolphins fan.

SHEPARD’S FESTIVAL OF ONE ACTS), Miracle Theatre (ENTRE VILLA Y UNA MUJER DESNUDA, DANCE FOR A DOLLAR, ROSALBA Y LOS LLAVEROS), Shaking the Tree (MEMORY WATER) and The Circus Project (INDULGE). Nelda is a performer and co-creator of Leyendas de Mexico- Legends of Mexico, an educational touring program based on pre-Columbian tales, and she is a founding memberof Nuestro Canto, a group dedicated to the preservation of Mexican art and culture through education. Nelda received her Master’s Degree in Theatre from Portland State University.

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NELDA REYES Creature Voices/ Assistant Director Nelda Reyes, a native of Mexico City, has studied with the Moscow Art Theatre School Institute of Harvard University, as well as with Maestro Luis de Tavira and Teatro Línea de Sombra, and the University of Guadalajara Theatre Company. In Portland, her directing credits at Miracle Theatre include CONTIGO PAN Y CEBOLLA(2016), OPCIÓN MÚLTIPLE (2015), JARDÍN DE SUEÑOS (2012), LOS VENDIDOS (2009) and staged readings of MADE IN LANUS, LA CONSPIRACIÓN VENDIDA and at Boom Arts, THE CAPTIVE (2017). She has recently acted with Northwest Children’s Theater (THE TALE OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE SUN SERPENT), Profile Theatre (SAM

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS MEGAN WILKERSON Scenic Designer An Artists Rep Resident Artist, Megan has designed for AMERICAN HERO, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, EXILES and XMAS UNPLUGGED. Megan is a member of the women’s theatre company The Rivendell Theatre Ensemble in Chicago, a founding member of the artistic collective Bad Soviet Habits and the Resident Scenic Designer for Bag&Baggage Productions. Megan has worked with a bevy of local companies including Teatro Milagro (OPCIÓN MÚLTIPLE, AMERICAN NIGHT), Portland Center Stage (Assistant Designer - CLYBOURNE PARK), defunkt (THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, BETTY’S SUMMER VACATION), Theatre Vertigo (JEKYLL & HYDE, THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS), Northwest Classical Theatre (WAIT UNTIL DARK, MARY STUART) and Bag&Baggage Productions (THE CRUCIBLE, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR). Work with other companies includes Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Next Act Theatre, The Skylight Opera, First Stage Children’s Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre and the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. As a Design Assistant, Megan spent two seasons at Oregon Shakespeare Festival (AMERICAN NIGHT, THE MUSIC MAN, RUINED).

SARAH GAHAGAN Costume Designer Sarah is a costume and set designer for theatre, dance, festivals and stop-motion animation film as well as being an adjunct theatre instructor and resident costume designer at Portland Community College.

She has designed and collaborated with many of Oregon’s beloved arts

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organizations including Artist Rep, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Profile Theatre, Miracle Theatre, Oregon Contemporary Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre and Michal Curry Design. Sarah has received Drammy Awards for her costume design work on EURYDICE, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, TROJAN WOMEN, EL QUIJOTE and A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD.

KRISTEEN WILLIS CROSSER Lighting Designer Kristeen received her BA from Centre College in Danville, KY and received her MFA in lighting design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Company in Detroit, MI. Previously, she designed lights for several Artists Rep productions, including TREVOR, AMERICAN HERO, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, THE UNDERSTUDY, TRIBES, FOXFINDER and EURYDICE. She designed the set for MARJORIE PRIME, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT…, BROOMSTICK, 4000 MILES and FOXFINDER. She has designed scenery and/or lighting for several area theatres including Northwest Children Theater’s SHREK THE MUSICAL; Profile Theatre’s TRUE WEST, MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS (2013 Drammy) and THIEF RIVER; Coho Production’s FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE and THE OUTGOING TIDE; Miracle Theatre’s OEDIPUS EL REY (2012 Drammy); and Third Rail Repertory Theatre’s THE ALIENS, A BRIGHT NEW BOISE (2014 Drammy) and GIDEON’S KNOT (2014 Drammy). As always, she is grateful to her husband, Mike, for all of his love and support.

RODOLFO ORTEGA Composer/Sound Designer Rodolfo received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of Arizona and his Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music where he studied piano and composition. Recently, he has composed music and designed sound for Artists Rep’s TREVOR, BROOMSTICK, THE UNDERSTUDY and THE LIAR. Additionally he has composed several musicals for Northwest Children’s Theater including HANSEL AND GRETEL, SNOW WHITE, PINOCCHIO, EL ZORRITO, LITTLE MERMAID and PETER PAN. Rodolfo has also composed the scores for THE MONSTER-BUILDER at Aurora Theater, TENTH MUSE for OSF,

and ROMEO AND JULIET and THREE MUSKETEERS for Denver Center. He has also composed many of the productions at Santa Cruz Shakespeare where he is the Associate Artist in Composition, including their recent productions of HAMLET, MACBETH, MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM and HENRY THE FOURTH PART ONE and PART TWO. Rodolfo is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep.

ANDRÉS ALCALÁ Projection Designer Andrés has been creating video projections for about 10 years. He has created projections and animations for THE NEVER ENDING STORY, MISS NELSON IS MISSING, GOODNIGHT MOON, as well as for the award-winning production of COLUMBINUS (Childsplay Theatre, Arizona). Other design credits include

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS CONTINUED LEARN TO BE LATINA (Stray Cat Theatre, Arizona), THE SUN SERPENT, MARY POPPINS, THE LITTLE MERMAID, SNOW WHITE, SHREK, THE WIZARD OF OZ (Northwest Children’s Theater), LEARN TO BE LATINA, INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH (Teatro Milagro) and SEÑORITA 744890 (Repertorio Espanol, New York). Andrés has received awards for acting and directing in Portland and Arizona, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Oregon University. As an actor, he has appeared on Artists Rep stages in LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, A QUESTION OF MERCY, THE LARAMIE PROJECT, APPALACHIAN EBENEEZER, METAMORPHOSES, TOUCH, and most recently, EXILES.

EMILY WILKEN Props Master A graduate of Illinois State University’s Scenic Design Program, Emily works with a variety of materials, age groups, musicians, organizations and budgets.

She enjoyed three seasons in Illinois Shakespeare Festival Prop Shop, has led mural and public arts projects, and has spearheaded puppetry workshops at public schools, libraries and the Children’s Discovery Museum. She works with several companies in the area including Artists Rep, Lincoln High School, Milagro, Action/ Adventure, Valley Repertory Theatre, Profile Theatre, Third Rail, Enlightened Theatrics, Oregon Children’s Theatre and Theatre Vertigo. Navigating the Northwest arts scene, she takes every opportunity to broaden her reach! emilywilken.com

JONATHAN COLE Fight Choreographer Jonathan has worked throughout the Northwest as a director, actor and fight director, and is a tenured faculty member of the Theatre Department at Willamette University. He is one of two Society

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of American Fight Directors Certified Teachers of stage combat in Oregon, and co-owns Revenge Arts, one of the largest stage combat consortiums in the United States. His choreography is most often seen on Artists Rep’s stage, where he recently choreographed fights for AMERICAN HERO, TREVOR, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, THE MIRACLE WORKER, THE LIAR, EXILES and THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD. Jonathan’s choreography has also been seen at Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project, Clackamas Repertory Theatre and Profile Theatre.

LUAN SCHOOLER Dramaturg Luan honed her dramaturgy chops at Perseverance Theatre in Alaska, working with then-artistic director Molly Smith on new plays and devised works with wide ranging artists including Paula Vogel, John Murrell, John Luther Adams and Darrah Cloud. As Literary Manager/Dramaturg for Berkeley Rep, she worked with many luminary writers, including David Edgar, Naomi Iizuka, Salman Rushdie, Dominique Serrand, Rinde Eckert and Robert Fagles, and astute directors Tony Taccone, Mark Wing-Davey, Stephen Wadsworth and Lisa Peterson, among others. She has also worked at Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (where she is turging Lisa Peterson’s translation of HAMLET for OSF’s Play On! project), California Shakespeare Festival, A Traveling Jewish Theatre and Shaking the Tree. Luan joined Artists Rep in April 2015 to lead the new play development program, Table|Room|Stage, and has served as dramaturg on MARJORIE PRIME, A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS, AMERICAN HERO, TREVOR, THE MIRACLE WORKER, WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT… and THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH.

MARY MCDONALD-LEWIS VOICE & TEXT DIRECTOR Mary McDonald-Lewis has been a professional artist since 1979. She resides in Portland, Oregon, and is an international dialect coach for film, television and stage. She also works as a voice actor, on-camera actor, stage actor and director. FEATHERS AND TEETH is MaryMac’s 27th show with the company, and you can also hear her work at Portland Center Stage, where she is resident dialect coach, and on other stages around town.

She is deeply grateful to the patrons and audience members of Artists Rep, whose support allows the theatre to provide her services to the actors. Mary holds her MFA in Directing from the University of Portland.

MaryMac loves what she does, and she thanks Finnegan, Sullivan and Flynn for always wagging their tails when she comes home. marymac.com

CAROL ANN WOHLMUT Stage Manager Carol Ann studied theatre arts at the University of Northern Iowa. However, most of her education comes from working in every aspect of theatre arts for the past 30 years. She has been the stage manager for 32 plays at Artists Rep: THE WEIR, ART, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, COPENHAGEN, TOP DOG/UNDERDOG, THE LOBBY HERO, MERCY SEAT, ENCHANTED APRIL, THE SEAGULL, ASSASSINS, MR. MARMALADE, MARS ON LIFE – THE HOLIDAY EDITION, RABBIT HOLE, BLACKBIRD, THREE SISTERS, DESIGN FOR LIVING, OTHELLO, AH, WILDERNESS!, MARS ON LIFE-LIVE!, THE CHERRY ORCHARD, GOD OF CARNAGE, RED HERRING, ITHAKA, MISTAKES

WERE MADE, THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, BLITHE SPIRIT, THE INVISIBLE HAND, THE LIAR, BROOMSTICK, MOTHERS AND SONS, GRAND CONCOURSE, AMERICAN HERO, FEATHERS AND TEETH and she will stage manage THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST later this season. Carol Ann has performed as a stage manager for many theatres in the Portland area, including Portland Center Stage, Portland Rep, Stark Raving Theater, New Rose Theatre, triangle productions!, Musical Theater Co, Metro Performing Arts, Northwest Children’s Theater and Carousel Co. In addition, Carol Ann guest lectures on Stage Management and making a living in theatre arts at various educational facilities.

TREVOR SARGENT Assistant Scenic Designer Trevor is a Portland-based scenic, lighting and projection designer. He received his BA in Theatre Design from Lewis & Clark College in 2016. His recent credits include lighting designer at triangle productions!

(FOREVER DUSTY) and Shaking The Tree Theatre (HEAD, HANDS, FEET: TALES OF DISMEMBERMENT) as well as assistant scenic and projections designer at Artists Rep (AMERICAN HERO, THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH). He has also enjoyed serving as master electrician for Third Rail Repertory Theatre (THE NETHER, THE FLICK), Imago Theatre (LA BELLE) and Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble (PROCEDURES FOR SAYING NO).

CHARLIE CAPPS Production Assistant Charlie started as an intern in the scene shop in 2016, but made his professional debut onstage and behind the scenes in THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. Since then he has worked as a carpenter and electrician all over town. Recently, he was production

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CREATIVE TEAM BIOS CONTINUED manager on THE GUN SHOW at CoHo, production assistant on BRIGHT HALF LIFE with Profile Theatre, and has worked in the shop helping to build the sets for all of the shows of Artist Rep’s current season.

He is very excited to be backstage yet again on FEATHERS AND TEETH!

WILL BAILEY Production Assistant Will is excited to be returning for his fifth season as a production assistant at Artists Rep, where he has also worked in wardrobe and as a prop master. Most recently he worked as production assistant on ASTORIA: PART ONE and THE OREGON TRAIL at Portland Center Stage at The Armory and is currently working wardrobe there on HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW. He also recently worked as a production assistant and assistant

stage manager at The Portland Opera on SWEENEY TODD and THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS. Other Artists Rep production assistant credits include ITHAKA, MISTAKES WERE MADE, XMAS UNPLUGGED, THE MONSTERBUILDER, THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, INTIMATE APPAREL, EXILES, BLITHE SPIRIT and THE INVISIBLE HAND. Will has worked as a production assistant for Profile Theatre, Portland Shakespeare Project, Portland Playhouse and as a stage manager at Milagro Theatre.

GOODMAN THEATRE, Chicago’s oldest and largest not-for-profit theater, has won international renown for the quality of productions, the depth and diversity of artistic leadership, and the excellence of its many community and educational programs. Under the guidance of Artistic Director Robert Falls and Executive Director Roche Schulfer, the Goodman is committed to producing both classic and contemporary works, giving full voice to a wide range of artists and visions. Central to that mission is the Goodman Artistic Collective, a diverse group of outstanding theater artists whose distinctive visions have given the Goodman an artistic identity of uncommon richness and variety. By dedicating itself to three guiding principles—quality, diversity and community—Goodman Theatre seeks to be the premier cultural organization in Chicago, providing productions and programs that make an essential contribution to the quality of life in our city. goodmantheatre.org

SERIES

by Roger Guenveur Smith

25 years ago the city of Los Angeles erupted after the trial of four police officers caught on tape brutally beating Rodney King. In this riveting performance, Roger Guenveur Smith unravels the myth of “the first reality TV star.”

From his harsh entry into the national spotlight to an early death at the bottom of his swimming pool, Smith invokes King’s words to once again ask us, “Can we all get along?”

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Four Shows Only Apr 21, 22, 23 @ 7:30pm Apr 23 @ 2:00 pm $30 • On Sale Now artistsrep.org 503.241.1278 SERIES SPONSOR:

STAFF Artistic Director: Dámaso Rodríguez

DEVELOPMENT

Managing Director: Sarah Horton

Development Director: Sarah Taylor

ARTISTIC

Annual Fund & Events Manager: Kisha Jarrett

Artistic Producer: Shawn Lee

PRODUCTION

Associate Producer: Kristeen Willis Crosser

Production Manager: Kristeen Willis Crosser

Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy: Luan Schooler

Company Manager & Casting Associate: Vonessa Martin

ArtsHub Director: Jerry Tischleder

Operations & Sound Technician: David Peterson

Artistic Directing Fellow: Josh Rippy

Resident Stage Managers: Michelle Jazuk, Carol Ann Wohlmut

Resident Artists: Linda Alper, Ayanna Berkshire, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Owen Carey, Chris Harder, Michelle Jazuk, JoAnn Johnson, Kevin Jones, Val Landrum, Sarah Lucht, Susannah Mars, Gilberto Martin Del Campo, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Amy Newman, Vana O’Brien, Rodolfo Ortega, Sharath Patel, Gregory Pulver, John San Nicolas, Vin Shambry, Andrea Stolowitz, Joshua Weinstein, Megan Wilkerson, Carol Ann Wohlmut

ADMINISTRATIVE Director of Finance & Administration: Jim Neuner Finance & Administrative Assistant: Vonessa Martin Executive Assistant: Allie Rangel

MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Director of Communication & Engagement: Nicole Lane Marketing Director: Sarah Bills Marketing & Publications Manager: Jessica Gleason Digital & Graphic Design Specialist: Jeff Hayes Music Events Specialist: Susannah Mars Audience Services Director: Karen Rathje Assistant Audience Services Manager: Christina DeYoung Box Office Manager: Jon Younkin Box Office Associates: Jessica Hillenbrand, Jack Ridenour, Dayne Wedeking House Managers: Deborah Gangwer, Karl Hanover, Robyn Hodges, Valerie Liptak, Tara McMahon, Cecily Overman, Miranda Russ Concessions: Geraldine Gladden, Paul Jacobs, Jennifer Zubernick Video Designer: ShutterSky Pictures

Interim Technical Director/ Scene Shop Foreman: Nathan Crone Master Carpenter: Eddie Rivera Master Electrician: Ronan Kilkelly Scenic Charge: Sarah Kindler Voice & Text Director: Mary McDonald-Lewis Resident Fight Choreographer: Jonathan Cole

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Marcia Darm, MD, Chair Mike Barr, Vice-Chair Jeffrey Condit, Treasurer Patricia Garner, Secretary Cody Hoesly, Past Chair Julie Ball Michele Bowler-Failing Denise Frisbee Andrew Glass Blake Johnson Susanne Kuhn Michael Parsons Andrea Schmidt Elisa Wickstrom

FOR THIS PRODUCTION Carpenters: Connor Stava, Ben SerreauRaskin, Michael Wax, Esther McFaden Scenic Artists: Kelly Tokubo, Natalie Heikkinen Electricians: Brett Israel, Duncan Lynch, Corey McCarey, Jeff Ruggiero, Chris Pitale, Kelly Terry Wardrobe: Will Bailey Costumer: Clare Hungate-Hawk Guitarist: Alan Cole Makeup & Blood Intern: Jeff Edwards Youth Monitor: Megan Moll

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OUR SUPPORTERS We built the set, sewed the costumes, adjusted the lights, called the cues, and rehearsed, and rehearsed, and rehearsed.

YOU GAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. TAKE A BOW. This list celebrates Artists Rep donors of $100 or more who gave between February 2, 2016 and February 2, 2017. Join this cast of characters with a gift today. Call Sarah Taylor at 503.972.3017 or visit www.artistsrep.org.

GAME CHANGERS ($100,000+) Anonymous Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation Renaissance Foundation The Estate of David E. Wedge VISIONARIES ($50,000–$99,999) The Collins Foundation Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Ronni Lacroute/ WillaKenzie Estate Meyer Memorial Trust The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education & Access Fund Theatre Communications Group David & Christine Vernier PRODUCERS ($25,000–$49,999) Roy & Diane Marvin Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation The Oregon Community Foundation The Shubert Foundation William Swindells PATRONS ($10,000–$24,999) Anonymous (2) Julia & Robert S. Ball The Boeing Company Ginger Carroll, in memory of J. Michael Carroll Marcia Darm MD & Bruce Berning The Kinsman Foundation The Estate of Jean B. O’Neill Rafati’s Catering Marcy & Richard Schwartz

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John & Jan Swanson Work for Art, including contributions from more than 75 companies and 2,000 employees STAGEMAKERS ($5,000–$9,999) Anonymous (2) Karl & Linda Boekelheide Jeffrey G. Condit Robert & Janet Conklin Margaret Dixon Tom Gifford & Patti Fisher Denise & Robert Frisbee Patricia & Bennett Garner Mark Horn & Mark Wilkinson Hotel deLuxe Arthur & Virginia Kayser Romy Klopper Hugh & Mair Lewis Charitable Fund of the Southwest Washington Community Foundation Intel Matching Gift Program Maletis Beverage Mentor Graphics Foundation Opsis Architecture Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency David Pollock Charlotte Rubin Standard Insurance Company Bill & Cornie Stevens Straub Collaborative Ed & Rosalie Tank Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust US Bank Foundation OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,500–$4,999) Anonymous (2) Mike Barr Molly Butler & Robin Manning The Commerce Bank of Oregon Andrew & Eva Glass Diane Herrmann Cody Hoesly & Kirsten Collins The Jackson Foundation Drs. Dolores & Fernando Leon Mark Spencer Hotel Bob & Linda Palandech Kay Parr Michael Parsons & Katelyn Randall Lorraine Prince Alan Purdy Janet & Larry Richards Charlie & Miriam Rosenthal Steve & Trudy Sargent Drea Schmidt & Emilee Preble James G. & Michele L. Stemler Lora & Andy Woodruff BACKSTAGE PASS ($1,000–$2,499) Anonymous (2) Asplund Tooze Foundation Kip Acheson & Elizabeth Carr Carole Alexander Ruth Alexander F. Gordon Allen & Janice M. Stewart Phyllis Arnoff Bruce Blank & Janice Casey Nita Brueggeman Denise Carty & Roger Brown Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Cathedral Park Place Richard & Nancy Chapman Michael & Lynne Chartier

Nathan Cogan Family Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation Barbara & Tom Cooney Allison Couch & Tom Soals Susan Dietz Betty & Richard Duvall Marc Franklin & Mary Lou Moriarty Free Geek Carol Fredlund & John Betonte Dan Gibbs & Lois Seed Bob Hanson & Paula Brown Curtis Hanson Kregg & Andrea Hanson Pam Henderson & Allen Wasserman Higgins Restaurant Dr. Kathleen P. Holahan Robert Holub Jessie Jonas Bruce & Cathy Kuehnl Susanne Dziepak Kuhn Leslie R. Labbe Kirsten & Christopher Leonard Jim & Eva MacLowry Leonard & Susan Magazine Robert Matheson & Kimberly Porter Laurie & Gilbert Meigs Don & Connie Morgan Deanne & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin Nathan Family Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Allen & Frances Nause Duane & Corinne Paulson Joan Peacock, In Loving Memory of Ben Buckley Patricia Perkins Richard & Wendy Rahm Julia Rea & Jim Diamond Bonnie & Peter Reagan Robert Reed John Ridenhour

Richard & Mary Rosenberg Joanne & James Ruyle Dr. & Mrs. William Sack Marian & Elihu Schott Family Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Roy Schreiber & Carole Heath The Collier Smith Charitable Fund Faye & Lucille Stewart Foundation Marilyn & Gene Stubbs Tonkin Torp LLP Marcia Truman & Allen Tooke US Bancorp Matching Gifts Elaine & Ben Whiteley SUPERSTARS ($500–$999) Anonymous (2) Kirby & Amelia Allen Rachael & Scott Anderson Cheryl Balkenhol Patsy Crayton Berner Leslie & Richard Bertellotti Earle & Kathleen Bevins Winhard Bohme Lesley Bombardier Douglas Campbell Charles & Barbara Carpenter Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation Marie-Jose & Martyn Corden

Jim & Vicki Currie Carol Daniels Nancy & John Decherd Edward & Karen Demko Cheri Emahiser Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Peg & John Espie Sharon M. Fekety Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Vladimir Fiks Carol Fredlund & John Betonte Kyle & Charles Fuchs David Giramma & Carrie Hooten Susan & Dean Gisvold Paul Harmon Kirk Hirschfeld Mike & Judy Holman Sarah & Alan Horton Douglas & PJ Jones Joan Joans Judith & Gregory Kafoury Beth & Chris Karlin Keeton Corporation Edward & Elaine Kemp Carol Kimball PJ Kleffner Jody Klevit Deborah Kullby Kathleen McCarthy & Steve Scherr, in honor of Sarah Lucht & Don Alder Dan McKenzie Andy C. McNiece & Nancy L. Haigwood

Robert & Jessica McVay Dolores & Michael Moore Don & Connie Morgan Katherine Moss Ken & Jane Myers Chris & Tom Neilsen Robert & Melinda Newell Barry & Jane Newman David & Anne Noall Kristine Olson Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Ted Olson & Linda Nelson Alfred & Eileen Ono Olliemay Phillips Bernie & Pamela Pliska John Ragno Brennan P. Randel Scott & Kay Reichlin Mary & Mark Roberts Dámaso Rodríguez & Sara Hennessy Marilynn & Richard Rytting William & Meredith Savery The Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Wayne D. Schweinfest Peter & Jeanette Scott Ursula Scriven Jinny Shipman & Dick Kaiser Elizabeth Siegel

Nick & Sandra Snell Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Darsee Staley & Dave Linder Scott Stephens & Leslie Houston Greg & Martha Struxness Donald & Roslyn Sutherland Paul Thompson & Portia Sipes M. Howard Weinstein Karen Whitaker Carole Whiteside Pam Whyte & Ron Saylor Andrew Wilson & Dr. Ronnie-Gail Emden Cynthia Yee INSIDERS ($250–$499) Anonymous (2) Meg & Chuck Allen Ted & Fran Ames Bob Amundson & Sully Taylor Jane Bergin Rex & David Bills Ann Brayfield & Joe Emerson A. Sonia Buist, M.D. Lauretta Burman Carol Burns Cambia Health Foundation Cecile Carpenter Tom & Anne Caruso Valri & Vince Chiappetta

The Geezer Gallery presents ...

vagary

The work of five artists explores the theme of conflicting light and dark, beauty and monstrousness. With paintings, encaustic, hand-painted prints and intricate sculptures, a sense of delicacy challenges dark subject matter. VAGARY reflect the fragility of the relationships and impending doom palpable in FEATHERS AND TEETH. Side by side, these juxtaposed elements elevate the meaning of the works from something familiar to something far more impenetrable.

All artwork on sale through Geezer Gallery.

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OUR SUPPORTERS CONTINUED Molly Cochran & Sam Ellingson Joe Connors & Linda Schmidt Priscilla & Nick Cowell Deborah Correa Debbie Cross & Paul Wrigley Tonya DeCroce & Gary Weiss Linda Dinan Steven Dotterrer Elizabeth & John Ehrsam George & Donna Evans Jim & Betty Ferner Donna Flanders & Carl Collins, in honor of Cody Hoesly Larry & Marilyn Flick Don & Judy Fuller Paul Gehlar Melissa & Bob Good Roswell & Marilynn Gordon Barbara & Marvin Gordon-Lickey Paul & Theresa Graham Penny & Alan Greenwood Edward Hershey Stephen K. Hillis Barbara Holisky & Gary McDonald Leslie Homer Lynnette & Don Houghton Lois Hrella Gary & Joy Hunt Nancy & Marlin Icenogle Joni & Bill Isaacson Sally & Lucien Klein Leslie Kolisch & Roland Haertl Bill & Shelley Larkins Kelly & Brenda Lawrence Joy & Roger Leo Peter & Janice Linsky Dorothy Lyman John Lynch Sheila Mahan Linda & Ken Mantel Earlean Marsh Anne Matson Meg McGill & Mark Ramsby Ruth Medak Bob Mensel Judy & Steven Miller David & Anne Munro Senator Bob Packwood Pacific Power Matching Gift Program Ron & Shirley Pausig Karen & John Rathje Helen Richardson & Don Hayner Vern Rifer

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Rebecca Ross Darrell Salk & Tricia Knoll Dianne Sawyer & Pete Petersen Erika Schuster & Clay Biberdorf Mary Ann Seth-Wish & John Wish Jon & Ann Sinclair H. Joe Story David & Rosemarie Sweet John & Sandra Swinmurn Diane Taylor Sarah & Robert Taylor Chris Ullom Barbara Van Fleet Tony & Gail Vander Heide Patricia White & Rick Wallace Anthony Wilcox Helen Youngelson-Neal Alan & Janet Zell FRIENDS ($100–$249) Anonymous (8) Barbara Allan & Mel Dyck Michael Allen & Anne Schagen Thomas Robert Anderson Kristin Angell Ruby Apsler Ernest & Tina Argetsinger Herman Asarnow & Susan Baillet Arlene Aschraft Nancy Ashton Ruth Beiser Bach Susan Bach & Douglas Egan Dale Bajema & Diana Coleman Ann Balzell & Joe Marrone, In memory of Deforest Arn Piper Linda Barnes & Robert Vanderwerf Zemie Barr Vickie L. Barron Sumann George Bateman Mary Beach Alan & Sherry Bennett Suzanne Benton Pamela Berg Catherine Blosser Betty & Fred Brace Teresa & James Bradshaw James Breedlove Peggy Bromley

Dan Brook & Teresa St. Martin Gerry & Nancy Brown Jim Brunke David & Phyllis Burks Marlene Burns & Jon Dickinson Thomas A. Burns Alana & Grant Byington Don Caniparoli Janis & Dunbar Carpenter Michael Carter & Teresa Ferrer Jean Carufo & Barbara Engelter Tom & Anne Caruso Lou & John Chapman Russ & Mary Chapman Bradley Coffey Ilaine Cohen Mary Cohen Rick & Jean Collins Anne Conway & Louis Baslaw Abigail & Michael Corbet Marilyn Couch Bruce Croffy Fran & Roddy Daggett Ann Dart & Ralph Beaumont Elaine & Earl Davis Marvin & Abby Dawson Barbara & George Dechet Carolyn DeLany-Reif Wolfgang Dempke & Alise Rubin Becky Denham Jewel Derin Elaine & Bill Deutschman Diana Dorney Ed Doyle & Judy Posey Anne Driscoll Ross Dwinell Laury Ellis & Kathy Fode Kathleen Flynn Heidi Franklin Rhonda & David Frick-Wright Dwain & Judith Fullerton Kay Gage & Ketan Sampat John & Chris Gardner Andy Ginsburg & Danielle L. Erb Linda Gipe Patrick Gleason & Susan Gratch Gretta Grimala Candace Haines John Hall & Jean Jensen Hall Dick Hamlet & Corinne Williams

John & Judie Hammerstad Gail & Irvin Handelman Ulrich Hardt Meredith Hartley & Jeremiah Pyle Brian Hefele Thomas Hellie & Julie Olds Joe & Rita Henery Hewlett Packard Charles & Margaret Hickman Barbara & Ron Higbee Mary Higgins Laurie Holland John & Judy Hubbard Kristine & Steve Hudson Carol Hull Deborah Indihar Constance Jackson & Xavier Le Héricy Alice Jacobson & AJ Arriola David & Colleen Jannuzzi Katharine Jansen Jeri Jenowsky & John Crabbe Betsy & Jerold Jeronen Colleen & Jeff Johnson Phyllis Johnson Erika & Tom Kane Ron & Ruth Katon Karen Kemper Nancy G. Kennaway Heather Kientz Doris & Eric Kimmel Larry King & Daniel Hutchison Frederick Kirchhoff Anneliese Knapp Tom & Judy Kovaric Norman Krasne Gary & Martha Kruger Louise Kurzet Ted Labbe & Kelly Rogers Barbara LaMack Elyse & Ron Laster Kelly & Brenda Lawrence Mary Lawrence Mark J. Lee Richard Lewis & Meg Larson Ralph London Leslie Louderback Henry C. Louderbough Una Loughran Steve Lovett Jane Luddecke & Robert Anderson Glenn & Rie Luft Dr. Christine Mackert John & Renee Manson Michael & Deborah Marble Ellen Margolis

Joann Marks Susannah Mars & Gary Johnson Ms. Nancy Matthews Lynn Mayer Robert McAdams Anne & Kathy McLaughlin Katie McRae Cynthia Meduri Deb & Erich Meihoff Mariellen Meisel Kinda Meng Monique’s Boutique Nancy & Art Moss Bennie Norris Patricia Oldham Carlton Olson Joan Oramas Pairings Portland Nancy Park Katherine Patricelli & Dennis Reichelt Jan & Bill Perry Marilyn & Gaynor Petrequin Kevin Phaup Donna Philbrick

Scott Phinney & Mona Clair Roger Porter Terrance & Barbara Porter Dee Poujade The Qualls Family Charitable Fund Carole Quick Ana Quinn Jay & Barbara Ramaker Dick & Linda Reedy Betty & Jacob Reiss Bob & Marilyn Ridgley Mark Rittenbaum Rebecca Robinson, In memory of Gary D. Robinson Charles & Judith Rooks Ms. Cara Rozell John T. Sarr Curtis Schade Sheldon & Jean Schiager Jean Scott & Myrth Ogilvie Joyce Semradek David & Frances Sessions Gil Sharp & Anne Saxby Laurel & Dan Simmons

Constance Smith Judy Snider Neil Soiffer & Carolyn Smith Barbara & Bill Stalions Marc Stein Robert & Veronika Stein Kathleen & Leigh Stephenson-Kuhn Milan & Jean Stoyanov Pat & Larry Strausbaugh Scott Stuart & Brenda Meltebeke Julia Surtshin & Richard Sessions Gary Taliaferro Roberta Taussig Bahram & Susan Tavakolian Leslie Taylor & Doug Beers Robert Thinnes Margaret Thompson Marilee Thompson Tracy Thornton Steve & Linda Tubbs Roberta & Ward Upson Stephen Urion

Kaye Van Valkenburg Kathy & Ron Varekamp David & Julie Verburg Pamela Vohnson & David Streight Sue & Jim Walcutt George Waldmann Marilyn Walkey & Mike McClain Judi & J. Wandres Janet F. Warrington Laura Watson Robert & Ann Watt Mike & Linda Wells Ann Werner Victoria Wetle Walt & Kim Weyler Kristin Wheary Karen Whitman & Brad Shiley Pat & Frank Wilson Alan Winders & Michael Mase Carol Ann & Patrick Wohlmut John & Pat Zagelow Kurt & Heather Zimmer

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Yussef El Guindi Jane Unger

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STARTS APR 25 • TICKETS ON SALE NOW The American Dream teeters on the edge of the abyss as immigrants Cindy and Omar face their thwarted dreams and unraveling marriage while Omar’s buddy Patrick connives to push them over the edge. In this surprisingly funny dark comedy, trouble erupts one night when bad choices are followed by verrrrry bad choices. The stakes become lethal as these characters manipulate the truth and do anything to justify their desires. THE TALENTED ONES is Artists Rep’s first new play development commission for Table|Room|Stage funded by the Oregon Community Foundation’s “Creative Heights Initiative.”