CCM's Mainstage Series Presents 'Our Country's Good'

2018-19 MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCES

By Timberlake Wertenbaker Based on Thomas Keneally’s novel The Playmaker

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Feb. 13-17, 2019 Patricia Corbett Theater

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OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD

By Timberlake Wertenbaker Based on the novel The Playmaker

by Thomas Keneally Director Susan Felder Scenic Designer Joshua E. Gallagher*

Costume Designer Ashley Trujillo*

Sound Designer Zachory Ivans*

Hair and Make-Up Designer Sam Kittle*

Lighting Designer Michael Ekema-Nardella*

Dialect Coaches D’Arcy Smith Katherine Webster

Fight Choreographer k. Jenny Jones

Associate Sound Designer Travis Byrne* Production Stage Manager Yue Shi (Jenny)* * CCM Student

Feb. 13-17, 2019 Patricia Corbett Theater Mainstage Season Production Sponsor Macy’s Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.

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NOTES

DIRECTOR’S NOTE I first came to this show 20 years ago as a young actor in Detroit. We performed it at the now defunct Equity theatre, the Attic, and did a command performance at the Wayne County Maximum Security Men’s Prison there. Needless to say, it was an educational experience all around.

American prisons are some of the most crowded in the world. As the economic gulf grows wider in our nation, we forget somehow that poverty itself creates its own inescapable culture. Punishment seems to be our go-to answer (according to the cold, hard statistics).

The history that surrounds this play is that of a nation on the brink of defining itself. The disenfranchised are tossed out of a country, to be punished or to be allowed to begin again. And there lies the question: do we punish or redeem those who act outside society’s laws? And what place — if any — do the arts play in our redemption, in defining who we are? Does theatre help us meet our better selves, or is it a frivolous pastime?

In our present time, we are faced with these same questions. I toured the high schools of Montana and the Midwest for years and saw again and again the ratty theatres, the struggling arts programs. I saw students who were not athletes left with no outlet to explore who they are. Across the country budget cuts see the arts go first. In those places where our future generations begin to define who they are and what they value — art, theatre, music — these disciplines have been judged frivolous. The Attic, at one time the only Equity theatre in a then-troubled city, has closed its doors.

I can’t help ask: at what expense? As our efforts seem turned towards punishing or banishing, resulting in a war on the impoverished rather than a war on poverty, I can’t help but ask: what is the expense of spirit for them; for us?

I don’t have the answers. I can only echo the words of our playwright and hope that “The last word will be the play, gentlemen.”

— Susan Felder, director

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS D’Arcy Smith and Kate Webster, for their extra hours and expertise.

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COMPANY THE COMPANY

Mary Brenham..................................................................... MADELEINE PAGE-SCHMIT Dabby Bryant...........................................................................JACQUELINE DAALEMAN Duckling.......................................................................................................... KAYLA TEMSHIV Liz Morden..............................................................................................................ABBY PALEN Meg/Reverend.........................................................................................CHANDLER BATES Johnston/Convict/Narrator..........................................................CARLEE COULEHAN Dawes/Convict/Narrator.................................................................................OLIVIA BUSS Ralph Clark......................................................................................................... JACK STEINER Robert Sideway...........................................................................................CARTER LACAVA Captain Phillip/Aborigine.........................................................................JABARI CARTER Ross/James Ketch................................................................................ CAMERON NALLEY Harry Brewer/Campbell.............................................................................JAMES EGBERT Caesar/Narrator........................................................................................ TREY PETERSON Judge Collins/Narrator........................................................................GRAHAM ROGERS Arscot/Tench..................................................................................................LUCAS PRIZANT Wisehammer/Faddy........................................................................ DUNCAN WEINLAND Time: 1788/89 (5 years after the official end of the American War for Independence) Place: Sydney, Australia – the first colony Our Country’s Good will last 2 hours, including a 10-minute intermission.

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THE VILLAGE NEWS ALUMNI APPLAUSE Nicole Callender (MFA Dramatic Performance, 1991) is a prolific stunt performer for film and television. A member of the Stuntwomen’s Association of Motion Pictures, Callender is a trained stage fighter and stunt driver with numerous melee weapon proficiencies. She has provided stunt work for over 100 television shows and feature films, including The Blacklist, Blindspot, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Now You See Me, Ghostbusters, The Avengers and Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Spencer House (BFA Acting, 2015) is experiencing a great start to his acting career. After graduating from CCM in 2015, he appeared on the television show BrainDead, which was produced by famed director Ridley Scott. In 2017, House played a role in the Academy Award-nominated film The Big Sick, starring Kumail Nanjiani. He has also appeared on several television programs including Madame Secretary, Blue Bloods and Jessica Jones.

Kelly McCormick (BFA Acting, 1998) has played some of the greatest roles in the musical theatre repertoire since her graduation from CCM. She appeared as Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Fantine in Les Miserables and she also toured with the national touring company of The Sound of Music. Most recently, McCormick was a part of the Broadway revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, which was nominated for Best Revival of a Musical at the 72nd Annual Tony Awards in 2018.

Brian Nabors (MM Composition, 2015) recenty won the Atlanta Chamber Players’ Rapido! National Composition Contest. Nabors received a $5,000 commission to expand his composition entry, 3 Dances, to a 15-minute work that will be premiered by the Atlanta Chamber Players and three other ensembles across the nation. Nabors will also have two weeks of residency at the Hambidge Center for the Arts and the opportunity to write a new work that will be premiered by Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

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CAST PROFILES CHANDLER BATES, Meg/Reverend Junior from Farmers Branch, Texas At CCM: Barnardo/Ensemble in Hamlet, Jessica Goldman in This Is Our Youth, Ensemble in Love and Information, Nadira in God & Sheila, Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: Price of Admission.

OLIVIA BUSS, Dawes/Convict/Narrator Sophomore from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma At CCM: H2O Victim in H2O: A Play About Water, Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: Price of Admission. Elsewhere: Deviser in The Gravel Road Show at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh).

JABARI CARTER, Captain Phillip/Aborigine Junior from Atlanta, Georgia At CCM: Interesting Man in Eurydice, Gregory in Romeo and Juliet, Sunny in H2O: A Play About Water, Ensemble in Love and Information.

CARLEE COULEHAN, Johnston/Convict/Narrator Sophomore from Scottsdale, Arizona At CCM: Drowning Victim in H2O: A Play About Water, Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: Powder Train. Elsewhere: Winnifred in Once Upon a Mattress, Louise in The Runner Stumbles with Fountain Hills Theater (Fountain Hills, Arizona).

JACQUELINE DAALEMAN, Dabby Bryant Senior from Westfield, New Jersey At CCM: Phoebe in Very Dumb Kids, Voltaire in Candide. Elsewhere: W in Lungs with DiVincenzo Theatre Company (Cincinnati), Linda in Charlie’s Girls with InBocca Performance (Boulder, Colorado), Launce in The Two Gentleman of Verona with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London).

JAMES EGBERT, Harry Brewer/Campbell Senior from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania At CCM: Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, Bojovic in Pentecost, Death in Everyman. Elsewhere: Lead in Every Brilliant Thing at the Privacy (Ft. Wayne, Indiana), Himself in On the Other Hand at Second String Theatre Company (Cincinnati).

CARTER LACAVA, Robert Sideway Senior from Maryville, Tennessee At CCM: Ivan Alexandrovich Khlestako in The Government Inspector, Water God in H2O: A Play About Water, Ghost/Gravedigger in Hamlet. Elsewhere: Himself in Theater Piece No. 1 with the SITI Company (Saratoga Springs, New York).

CAMERON NALLEY, Ross/James Ketch Sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio At CCM: School Principal in The Government Inspector, Activist in H2O: A Play About Water, Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: Happy Hour: The Bar Plays. Elsewhere: Romeo in Romeo and Juliet with Village Players (Edgewood, Kentucky), Jerry in The Zoo Story with Project Festival, Bottom

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in A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the School for Creative Performing Arts (Cincinnati).

MADELEINE PAGE-SCHMIT, Mary Brenham Senior from Denver, Colorado At CCM: Juliet in Con Amore: From CCM With Love, Jennifer in The Earth is Flat, Shelly in Very Dumb Kids, Ensemble in Love and Information, Sweetheart in Middletown, Director of I am an Emotional Creature.

Elsewhere: Genevieve in Casquette Girl: An Original One Woman Show at Clifton Performance Theatre (Cincinnati), Irina in Three Sisters, Mary in On the Verge at Denver School of the Arts (Denver).

ABBY PALEN, Liz Morden Junior from Union, Kentucky At CCM: Gravedigger/English Ambassador in Hamlet, Assistant Director for Eurydice. Elsewhere: Puppeteer at Bread and Puppet (Glover, Vermont).

TREY PETERSON, Caesar/Narrator Sophomore from Radcliff, Kentucky At CCM: Dobchinsky in The Government Inspector. Elsewhere: Ensemble/ Jimmy u/s in Dreamgirls at the Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky).

LUCAS PRIZANT, Arscot/Tench Sophomore from Northbrook, Illinois At CCM: Doctor in The Government Inspector, Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: The Aliens. Elsewhere: M in Lungs with DiVincenzo Theatre Company (Cincinnati), Warren Straub in This is Our Youth with Unit 14 Theatre Company (Highland Park, Illinois), Assistant Director of The Harvest with Griffin Theatre Company (Chicago).

GRAHAM ROGERS, Judge Collins/Narrator Senior from Knoxville, Tennessee At CCM: Mayor in The Government Inspector, Various Men in The Earth is Flat, Grey in Her Naked Skin, Ensemble in Love and Information, Scientist in H2O: A Play about Water. Elsewhere: Victorian Man in Naked Strangers at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

JACK STEINER, Ralph Clark Junior from Olympia, Washington At CCM: Ethan Jeffrey in The Earth Is Flat, Ensemble in Love and Information, Big Stone in Eurydice.

KAYLA TEMSHIV, Duckling Sophomore from Highland Village, Texas At CCM: Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: Flipping Channels. Elsewhere: Hero in Much Ado About Nothing, Jean Fordham in August: Osage County, Ambrosia Jekyll in Chemical Imbalance at Marcus High School (Flower Mound, Texas).

DUNCAN WEINLAND, Wisehammer/Faddy Sophomore from Seattle, Washington At CCM: Orpheus in Eurydice, Jasper in Aliens (Drama Lab), Appeared in TRANSMIGRATION: Underneath Paoli, Arizona. Elsewhere: Edmund in King Lear at Seattle Public Theater (Seattle), Macbeth in Medea Macbeth Cinderella at Roosevelt High School (Seattle).

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PRODUCTION STAFF PROFILES TRAVIS BYRNE, Associate Sound Designer Junior from Noblesville, Indiana At CCM: Sound Designer for H2O: A Play about Water, Assistant Sound Designer for Candide, Production Sound Engineer for The Government Inspector, A1 for Godspell. Elsewhere: A2 for The Music Man at Berkshire Theatre Group (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), A1 for Little Orphan Danny at New York Stage and Film (Poughkeepsie, New York).

MICHAEL EKEMA-NARDELLA, Lighting Designer Graduate student from Redlands, California At CCM: Assistant Lighting Designer for Hamlet, Lighting Designer for Dance Student Choreographer Showcase 2018, Spring Dance 2018, H2O: A Play About Water and The Turn of the Screw. Elsewhere: Lighting Designer for Redlands Shakespeare Festival, various productions for Redlands Unified School District (Redlands, California), Tenderly at the Carnegie (Covington, Kentucky) and Dancing Images (Moreno Valley, California).

JOSHUA E. GALLAGHER, Scenic Designer Graduate student from Berwick, Pennsylvania At CCM: Scenic Designer for Godspell. Elsewhere: Scenic Designer for Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Rock of Ages at Millbrook Playhouse (Millhall, Pennsylvania), Scenic Designer for The Legend of Georgia McBride, Romeo and Juliet and A Christmas Story at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania), Scenic Designer for Intimate Apparel and Little Women at Villanova University (Villanova, Pennsylvania).

SAVANNAH HESS, Master Carpenter Sophomore from Granville, Ohio At CCM: Lighting Run Crew for Guys and Dolls, Scenic Run Crew for Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, Costumes Run Crew for Love and Information, Seussical. Elsewhere: Technical Director for 9 to 5, Production Stage Manager for Almost, Maine, Assistant Stage Manager for The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Steel Magnolias at Granville High School (Granville, Ohio).

ZACHORY IVANS, Sound Designer Graduate student from Lebanon, Ohio At CCM: A2 for Guys and Dolls, Production Sound Engineer for Birthday Variations.

SAMANTHA KITTLE, Hair and Make-Up Designer Graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan At CCM: Wig and Make-Up Assistant on Guys and Dolls, The Turn of the Screw, Jesus Christ Superstar. Elsewhere: Wig and Make-Up Department Intern at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York).

ANDREW LEONE, Technical Director Senior from Cincinnati, Ohio At CCM: Assistant Technical Director for Very Dumb Kids, Middletown, Swan Lake and Fall Dance 2015, Master Carpenter for Il signor Bruschino.

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Elsewhere: Intern for Zfx Flying Effects (Louisville, Kentucky), Performer Flying Supervisor at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Assitant Technical Director at Summer Rep Theater Festival (Santa Rosa, California), Carpentry Intern at Fingerlakes Musical Theater Festival (Auburn, New York).

YUE SHI (JENNY), Production Stage Manager Graduate student from Shanghai, China At CCM: Assistant Stage Manager for The Turn of the Screw, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Earth Is Flat. Elsewhere: Intern Stage Manager for Frozen: A Sing-Along Celebration at Shanghai Disney Resort, Stage Tech Interpreter and Backup Run Show Assistant Stage Manager for Wicked: The Musical International Tour (Shanghai, China).

ASHLEY TRUJILLO, Costume Designer Graduate student from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania At CCM: Costume Designer for Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica and The Earth is Flat, Assistant Costume Designer for Mack and Mabel and Cendrillon.

Elsewhere: Stitcher at the Glimmerglass Festival (Cooperstown, New York), First Hand at Stages! St. Louis (St. Louis), First Hand at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival (Bloomington, Illinois).

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Technical Director..................................................................................... Andrew Leone Assistant Stage Managers..................................................Nia Burns, Will Graham Production Assistant.......................................................................................Leah Berry Assistant Costume Designers......................... Christa Hanks, Blaine Shepherd Assistant Lighting Designer..................................................................... Frank Viskup Assistant Scenic Designers.........................................Ben Beardon, Seth Howard Assistant Wig and Make-Up Designers.................................... Meredith Keister, Oran Wongpandid Props Masters.............................................................. Zach Buscher, Ellie Fangman Costume Shop Graduate Assistants..............................................Kendall Dayton, Rachel Kaempen, Brandon Thompson, Ashley Trujillo, Joanne West Season Wardrobe Supervisor............................................................. Emily Eckhardt Wardrobe Crew Head.....................................................................................Sarah Mills Costume Running Crew.........................................Paige Bauman, Jacob Mallory, Gabby Ullman, Griffin Whitaker Master Electrician............................................................................................. Amy Melia Assistant Master Electrician/Board Operator.........................Simon Willeman Deck Electricians .............................................. Lucy Guillemette, Hannah Werle Electrics Crew..................William Baker, Matthew Barnett, Paige Baumann, Aiden Bezark, Bransen Black, Jason Bowden, Chiayi Cheng, Tayler Durantini, Elanor Eberhardt, Ethan Fleek, Hannah Gruneisen, Kelly Howland, Maya Hughes, Ian Macintosh, Brandon Sanders, Vishal Sharma, Andrew Stewart, Devaka Walpola, Andrew Wright Electrics Shop Assistants/Lighting Graduate Assistants...........Nina Agelvis, Evan Carlson, Jeremy Mayo, Michael E. Nardella, Nicholas Smith, Oliver Tidwell Littleton Assistant Technical Director..................................................................Sam Petersen Master Carpenter.....................................................................................Savannah Hess Set Construction Crew.........................................William Baker, Paige Baumann, Benjamin Beardon, Leah Berry, Aiden Bezark, Jacob Blumberg, Jason Bowden, Anna Campisano, Leo Carmody, Sam Cohen, Britta Cowan, Noam Denenberg, Tayler Durantini, Maya Eberhardt, Christian Feliciano, Ashton Francis, Madisen Frazier, Madelyn Hawver, Emma Heath, Tori Heinlein, Kai Horvit, Christian Kidd, Anna Chase Lanier, Ian MacIntosh, Jacob Mallory, Tyler Martin, Cassie Maurer, Drew Minard, Geoffrey Mintz, Stone Mountain, Stephanie O’Rear, Eli Owens, Aaron Richert, Sammy Schechter, Brandon Schumacker, Sara Sonnier, Madison Stone, Kaylin Story, Gabby Ullman, Jake Waford, Jordyn Walker, Griffin Whitaker, Avery Woodruff Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................Michael Blankenship Scenic Artist’s Assistants........................Joshua E. Gallagher, Julie Lasonczyk CCM 12

Paint Crew...............................Payton Epperson, Karissa Hodge, Seth Howard, Sarah Nowak, Jacquelyn Reis, Myrrh Sewell Scene Shop Assistants................Jacob Bober, Zach Buscher, Sawyer Clifton, Sedona Isch, Cari Kamper, Andrew Leone, Andrew Martin, Cole Nevins, Aaron Palmer, Sam Petersen, Lynae Smith, Chris Wade, Monica Walker, Ben Woida, Cole Wright Set/Props Running Crew.............................Jacob Blumberg, Noam Denenberg, Madisen Frazier, Stephanie O’Rear, Sara Sonnier Production Sound Engineer.........................................................................Travis Byrne Sound Board Operator......................................................................Bryce Edmonston Sound Load In/Out........................................................ Andrew Martin, Chris Wade Sound Shop Graduate Assistants........................ Hankyu Lee, Edward Mineishi Wig and Make-Up Running Crew...................Aiden Bezark, Anna Campisano, Tayler Durantini Wig Shop Graduate Assistants.................Meredith Keister, Samantha Kittle, Oran Wongpandid Props Graduate Assistants................................. Ashley Crockett, Sidney Martin Props Construction Crew.....Mickey Acton, Ben Beardon, Jacob Bober, Nia Burns, Zach Buscher, Sawyer Clifton, Ashley Crocket, Olivia Darling, Payton Epperson, Ellie Fangman, Savannah Hess, Karissa Hodge, Seth Howard, Kylie Kanter, Justine Levine, Sidney Martin, Sarah Nowak, Marissa Picciuto, Jacqueline Reis, Myrrh Sewell, Andrew Stewart Stage Management Office Assistants.................................................Jeff Harwood, Carmen R. Lawrence

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GENERAL INFORMATION CCM BOX OFFICE: Located in the CCM Atrium, the Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 12:30-6 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; and one hour prior to curtain for Mainstage performances. MasterCard, Visa and Discover cards are accepted. CCM Box Office, P.O. Box 210003, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003; 513-556-4183.

PARKING: Convenient parking is available in the CCM Garage at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue. Additional parking is available in garages throughout the UC campus. Any questions concerning on-campus parking should be directed to UC Parking Services at 513-556-2283.

TAX CREDIT: If you find that you cannot attend your performance, your tickets may be donated for tax credit as a charitable contribution. Simply notify the Box Office prior to the performance to release your seats, and give your name and address. A tax donation receipt will be mailed to you.

EMERGENCY CALLS: If you are likely to receive an emergency call during a performance, please leave your name and seat location with the House Manager. If you have a beeper, we also request that you leave it with the House Manager along with your seat number so as not to disturb the audience and performers. In case of emergencies, this will help us locate you as quickly as possible.

LOST AND FOUND: 513-556-9413 HOUSE POLICIES: The House Manager has been instructed
to minimize the disturbance to patrons already seated when accommodating latecomers. The director and producer of each production select times that are least likely to interrupt the performance, and latecomers will be seated only during these times.

Latecomers who miss these opportunities will not be admitted until intermission. Children under the age of six will not be admitted.

CAMERAS, PHONES AND RECORDING DEVICES: The use of cameras, with or without flashes, recording devices, cellular phones and other electronic devices inside the theater is prohibited. Please leave them with the House Manager.

SMOKING AND REFRESHMENTS: Smoking and refreshments are not permitted in the theater. Effective May 1, 2017, smoking and

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tobacco use (including chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes) shall be prohibited by students, staff, faculty, visitors, vendors and contractors at all times in or on University of Cincinnati properties, including events on university property during non-school hours.

This includes all shelters, indoor and outdoor theaters and athletic facilities, bridges, walkways, sidewalks, residence halls, parking lots, and street parking and garages owned by the university.

HEARING ENHANCEMENT: Telex listening devices are available for checkout during performances in both Patricia Corbett Theater and Corbett Auditorium. Please inquire at the Box Office.

WHEELCHAIR SEATING: Wheelchair seating is available in both Corbett Auditorium and Patricia Corbett Theater. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made with the Box Office when ordering tickets. These seats are subject to availability.

GROUP SALES: The Box Office can accommodate groups for major productions and concerts. Preview and benefit performances are also available for some productions. For more information, call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183.

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cincinnati song initiative Greater Cincinnati’s source for art song performed at the highest levels of artistry and innovation.

Recipient of Ovation TV and Spectrum’s 2018 Stand for the Arts Award.

2018-2019 Season Alma de España: España I Season Opening Benefit 09.22.2018 The Age of Wagner 11.11.2018 Spotlight: Jesse Blumberg & Jocelyn Dueck 03.03.2019 Americana: Then and Now Featuring a commissioned world premiere by Matthew Recio 04.28.2019 For tickets and more information, visit cincinnatisonginitiative.org.

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