Men on Boats by Jaclyn Backhaus

Men on Boats

by Jacklyn Backhaus

FEB 19-MAR 15 2020

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FEB 19 - MAR 8 ART SQUARE THEATRE “SOME OF YOU ARE HERE FOR SPORT AND SOME OF YOU ARE HERE FOR SKILL AND SOME OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU GET A KICK OUT OF KILLING BEARS AND SOME OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE IT GOT YOUR ASS OUT OF THE ARMY ON A GOOD NOTE AND SOME OF YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.” - John Wesley Powell Men on Boats This performance runs for 1hr 45m with one 15m intermission.

Playwrights Horizons, Inc. and Clubbed Thumb produced MEN ON BOATS in New York City, 2016.

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Initially developed and produced by Clubbed Thumb in 2015

WRITER / Jaclyn Backhaus DIRECTOR / Allegra Libonati CAST / Jillian Austin Valerie Carpenter Bernstein Adriana Chavez Venus Cobb Dina Emerson Kim Glover Barbara King Breanna McCallum Amy Reusch Maythinee Washington MOVEMENT DIRECTION/ CHOREOGRAPHY/ Anastasia Weiss SET DESIGN / Alexia Chen LIGHTING DESIGN / Sydney May COSTUME DESIGN / Asia Milburn SOUND DESIGN / Rosalie Chaleunsouck PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Nichole Killion ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER / Kamryn Shackelford SET CONSTRTUCTION / Daz Weller Gary Parlanti Alexia Chen COSTUME ASSISTANT/ Sean Craig Stuart SOUND ASSISTANT/ Griffin Waxman

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Poster Image: Robert John Kley Production Photos: Richard Brusky

JACLYN BACKHAUS Playwright Jaclyn Backhaus is a cofounder of Fresh Ground Pepper. She is a playwright of Punjabi, German, and desert botanical descent. Her plays include MEN ON BOATS (New York Times Critics’ Pick, Clubbed Thumb, Playwrights Horizons, published

by Dramatists Play Service), INDIA PALE ALE (Manhattan Theatre Club, recipient of the 2018 Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play), YOU ACROSS FROM ME (co-written with 3 other writers for the Humana Festival), FOLK WANDERING (book writer and co-lyricist with 11 composers, Pipeline Theatre Company), and YOU ON THE MOORS NOW (Theater Reconstruction Ensemble, The Hypocrites in Chicago, published by DPS), among others. She was the 2016 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence at Clubbed Thumb and she is currently in residence at Lincoln Center.

Backhaus holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch, where she now teaches. She resides in Ridgewood, Queens.

ALLEGRA LIBONATI director

Allegra Libonati is proud to return to Vegas Theatre Company with “Men on Boats”, after directing last season’s “Accidental Death of an Anarchist”. She is a director of Theater, Circus, Nightlife and Opera. Most recently she created “Celestia” at The Strat (Best of Las Vegas 2019 Awards: Best New Show, Best Acrobatic Show) and is Resident Director for Spiegelworld’s “Opium”. Broadway: Tony Award-winning revival of “HAIR” (Associate). Tony Award-winning revival of “Pippin” Workshop (Associate). Off-Broadway: “In the Body of the World” by Eve Ensler (Associate), “Sleep No More” (Associate), and “The Light Princess” at New Victory Theatre. She was the Resident Director at the American Repertory Theater for 8 seasons: selected productions include “The Snow Queen”, “The Pirate Princess”, “Hansel and Gretel”, and “Prometheus Bound”, Resident Director of the immersive hit “The Donkey Show” at A.R.T.’S Nighclub venue, Oberon. Opera: Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress”, Boston Lyric Opera; Verdi’s “Falstaff”, Opera Omaha. BAM’s “Crossing” (Associate). Shakespeare: “Julius Caesar”, The Old Globe; “Romeo & Juliet”, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; and “King Lear”, Hilberry Theater Co., “The Tempest” dir. Teller and Aaron Posner, The Smith Center (Associate); Regional: “Always...Patsy Cline”, Northcoast Rep; “Henry IV Pt 1&2”, Resonance Theatre; and “Blood Wedding”, Nevada Conservatory Theatre; and 13 seasons of musicals and Shakespeare plays at the Summer Theatre of New Canaan, CT. International: “Peter Pan’s Neverland: the New Imersive Adventure Show”, Beijing, China. Allegra teaches at Harvard, Westfield, Wayne State, UNLV, and is a MIT Director’s Fellow. In addition, she is a physical performer, appearing with Spiegelworld in Las Vegas and the world-touring Tut Zanni Commedia Company.

Congratulations to the courageous and dedicated women who have made Men on Boats.

JILLIAN AUSTIN Hawkins

VALERIE CARPENTER BERNSTEIN O.G. Howland/Chief Tsauwiat

Jillian Austin is making her third appearance at the Vegas Theatre Company in Men on Boats. Jillian, a graduate of GVSU, is a singer/actress who performs throughout Las Vegas. She was most recently performing with the Righteous Brothers at Harrah’s on the Strip. She is grateful to her friends and family for their love and support and would like to thank all those involved in Men on Boats for making this the most rewarding experience of her life. Some of her Las Vegas credits, where you’ve seen her with her Men on Boat castmates include: “Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Super Summer Theatre), “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” (Cockroach Theatre Company), “The Wiz” (The Smith Center), “Bigfoot the Musical” and “An Octaroon” (Majestic Repertory Theater) and “Reservoir Dolls”.

Valerie Carpenter Bernstein was recently named BEST ACTRESS 2019 by KNPR Desert Companion for her role as Violet in A Public Fit’s “August Osage County”.

She has also appeared in APF’s “Small Mouth Sounds” as Joan whose cast won Las Vegas Valley Theatre Awards Best Ensemble 2018. Valerie was last seen In Las Vegas Theatre Company’s “The Wolves”and was awarded The Valley Theatre Awards BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS for her role as The Mother.

You may have seen her in other Cockroach Theatre productions: “The Whale”, “HIR”, and “Death of A Salesman”. Valerie moved to LV from LA where she had a career in film and television. Special thank you to her husband Richard for his undying support and to her children Sabrina and William for giving life meaning. To the Cast and Crew “OARS UP”! Valerie is a proud member of the Cheyenne Nation.

ADRIANA CHAVEZ Seneca Howland/The Bishop

VENUS COBB Goodman/Mr. Asa

Adriana Chavez is a Queer Latinx actor-creator and director. She recently directed the staged reading of “The Ghosts of Lote Bravo” for A Public Fit Theatre Company. Locally, she has performed in several productions with The LAB LV Experimental Theatre Company, Majestic Repertory Theatre and Meow Wolf. In 2017 she organized and co-directed the staged reading of “It Can’t Happen Here”. In 2016 she co-created and co-curated Small Space Fest, an immersive art and performance experience in DTLV. Adriana received an MFA in Ensemble-based Physical Theatre from Dell’Arte International. She’s a Project Director for Time Machine LV and a Performance Community Liaison for Meow Wolf. Other Credits: New York City: Homunculus Mask Theater (Innovative Theatre Award), Palissimo Dance, NYC Clown Theater Festival, Collective Opera Company, Elke Rindfleisch Dance.

California: Naked Empire Bouffon Company, Dell’Arte Company. Massachusetts: Shakespeare & Company.

Venus Cobb, Vegas’ favorite ingenue, has been acting for over a decade, all over this great valley of ours. You would probably know her from her work at the Majestic Repertory Theatre, but she’s achieving a high school dream by finally working with the Vegas Theatre Company. So, enjoy the show. Drink more water.

Vote Democrat. Fight bigotry. Act up!

Love you!

DINA EMERSON Old Shady

KIM GLOVER Hall

Dina Emerson was the lead singer at “Mystère” by Cirque du Soleil for over 10 years and more than 5000 shows. She is also an actor and opera singer and has performed around the Valley with Vegas City Opera, A Public Fit, Majestic Repertory Theatre and The LAB LV. Dina currently sings at “O” by Cirque du Soleil 2 nights a week and is thrilled beyond belief to navigate these waters with such a fantastic crew.

Kim Glover was last seen in “The Portuguese Kid” at Las Vegas Little Theatre and Bridget Sullivan in “Lizzie the Musical” at Poor Richards Playhouse. She has also been in “Midsummers’ Night Dream” (The LAB LV), “Into the Woods”(SST), “Company” (LVLT), “Beauty and the Beast”, “Spinning into Butter”(Cockroach Theatre Company), “Outside Mullinger” (LVLT), “Casa Valentina” and many more. She is super excited to be in the company of such brilliant actors.

BARBARA KING Major John Wesley Powell

BREANNA McCALLUM William Dunn

Barbara King is thrilled to be on stage at Vegas Theater Company with this cast of extraordinary actresses. She most recently appeared as Mattie Fae Aiken in “August: Osage County” at A Public Fit. Favorite roles include: E.M. Ashford, DPhil. in “Wit” (APF), Lady Bracknell in “The Importance of Being Earnest” (Onyx), Meg in “The Birthday Party” (Cockroach), Helga ten Dorp in “Deathtrap”, Madame Arcati in “Blithe Spirit”, and Lady Tennant in “Orpheus Descending” (all LVLT). She emigrated from England 40-something years ago, and acting, and granddaughter Margot, are her joys.

Breanna McCallum is excited for the opportunity to be in her first production with Vegas Theatre Company. She graduated from UNLV with her degree in Stage and Screen acting. Her most recent credits include, Sarah in NCT’s “African Company Presents Richard III”, Maima in Broadway in the H.O.O.D.’s “Eclipse” at the Skitch Center and Mark Antony in NCT’s production of “Julius Caesar”. She is thankful for the growing theatre community in Las Vegas and all the people who support her.

AMY LEE REUSCH Bradley

MAYTHINEE WASHINGTON John Sumner

Amy Lee Reusch is thrilled be performing with Vegas Theatre Company! She was seen most recently as Terri in “Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding”. Favorite Credits include: Maggie in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, Speeding Theatre; Helena in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Aurora Players; Brooke/Vikki in “Noises Off”, Lake Plains Players; Titania in “A Midsummer’s Night Dream”, Curtain Up Productions; Laura in “Glass Menagerie”, ACT’s.

Maythinee Washington is excited to join this all women-enby-genderqueer team for Men On Boats. She returned to VTC for “Holmes & Watson” and “Sweat” after playing Konstantin “The Seagull” and Lady Macbeth “Macbeth”, both for Atlanta-based Serenbe Playhouse, recently named one of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies 2019 by Fast Company. Before working in Atlanta she co-starred in the lauded production of “Constellations” for which she was named Best Actress by KNPR’s Desert Companion in 2017.

She is an alumna of The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama London and holds an MFA from the University of Washington.

ROSALIE CHALEUNLSOUCK sound design

Rosalie Chaleunsouck is the sound designer for Men on Boats and her most recent credits include: FunHome at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre, Love’s Labours Lost, and Death of an Anarchist at the Vegas Theatre Company. She is currently pursuing a degree in Biochemistry and Applied Physics and hopes to work in space travel someday.

She would like to thank the amazing cast and crew for their amazing contribution in creating this vision!

ALEXIA CHEN scenic design

Alexia is thrilled to work with Allegra at Vegas Theatre Company. Her credits at VTC include the 2018 Valley Award-winning production of “The Father”, “The Thanksgiving Play“The Christians”, and “Seven Deadly Sins” and “Erwartung”, a CTC collaboration with Sin City Opera. She has also designed for “Cat on the Hot Tin Roof” and “Suddenly Last Summer” for Super Summer Theatre’s offseason series in collaboration with Speeding Theatre. By day, Alexia is an architect at LGA. You might have seen her work at the Discovery Children’s Museum and DesertSol at the Springs Preserve.

Alexia was the proect manager who led UNLV’s team to compete and take home second place at the Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013. She has a BA in Theatre from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

NICHOLE KILLION production stage manager

Nichole Killion is the Resident Stage Manager for Cockroach Theatre. She has a BA in Stage Management, from Colorado State University. She has worked professionally as a stage manager in many fields of the performing arts including theatre, rock concerts, dance, fashion shows, and festivals. Her Las Vegas credits include “The Father” and “Every Brilliant Thing” (Cockroach Theatre) and “The Odd Couple” Female Version (LVLT). When she is not managing shows she is with her husband and two beautiful children.

STACIA LARSON props

Stacia Zinkevich has served as Props Master for numerous Cockroach Theatre shows including “Sweat”, “Every Brilliant Thing”, “The Birthday Party”, “Edmond”, “Mr. Burns”, “The Nether”, and “Hir”. Other props credits include “Sideman”, “Titanic”, and “Veronica’s Room” with Las Vegas Little Theater and “Pirates of Penzance” with Sin City Opera/ Super Summer Theater.

As a performer, Stacia participates yearly as an actress and belly dancer in the Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival with Endless Productions. She is a performing member of The Mother Fuppets sketch comedy troupe and Found Door Theatre, who were awarded “Best of Fringe” at the 2017 and 2018 Vegas Fringe Festivals, respectively.

SYDENY MAY scenic design

Is thrilled to be designing her first show with Vegas Theatre Company. This is Sydney’s 6th show with VTC previous shows include: “The Father”, “The dog, The cat”, “Death of an Anarchist”, “Sweat”, and “Holmes and Watson”. You may have also seen some of her designs at Super Summer Theatre Studios with “The Andrew Brothers”, “Death is a Drag”, and “Anybody for Tea/ The Omelet Murder case”. Sydney is working towards her degree in Theatre Design and Technology. She would like to thank her friends for all their support.

ASIA MILBURN costume design

Asia is very excited to be making her Vegas Theater Company debut as Costume Designer. With credits from Dollywood and many other projects within Country and Western Music, this show felt like a natural fit. Having traveled the world with Several Entertainment Companies and Cruise lines, Asia is happy to call Downtown Las Vegas home. On any given day you can find her under a parasol, strolling through downtown, taking inspiration from murals and the lively culture of this wonderful city. She dedicates her work with this production to the future generations of Dreamers following their passion, “Make your dreams a reality!”

ANASTASIA WEISS movement director/ choreography

Anastasia Weiss found her love for dance at the age of 3. She earned her BFA from UNLV in Dance Choreography and Performance. While in college, she discovered the magic of theatre and went on to work with such Las Vegas-born theater companies including “BNTA” and “Cockroach Theater”, while also dancing for Best Agency.

Anastasia Weiss is the creator and artistic director for Magical Madness Dance Theater, founded in 2013. She continues to perform and choreograph for theatre and opera companies including Vegas City Opera, Vegas Theatre Company, and The Lab LV. With Magical Madness Anastasia has created many pieces all over the Las Vegas area.

Magical Madness also has a YouTube channel to showcase short dance films. Anastasia loves to share the gift of dance and has been teaching for over 15 years. She runs the dance program at Doral Academy Red Rock Middle and Upper School and teaches children and young adults at Soulfire Dance Studios. ​​​​

The VTC staff, board and cast and crew of Men On Boats would like to thank: Christy Miller, Mimi Tran, Vijaya Poulri, Toby Allen, Mandy Iacono, Richard Brusky, Camren Wakefield, Anthony Ward, Rebecca Sass, LVLT.

COCKROACH THEATRE COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Alexia Chen (Chair), Ann C. Pongracz (Vice-Chair), Jessica Scheitler (Treasurer), Levi Fackrell, Matthew Neely, , Michael Roitman ADVISORY BOARD Vijaya Poluri, Chuck Akin, Will Adamson, Scott McAdam, Lisa Howell.

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