Private Lives Program by Significant Productions, Inc

“We are so excited to launch our inaugural season at The Studio Theatre™. This season’s selected scripts follow a common theme, “A Model Home: Peer Beyond the Façade.” It features four stories of seemingly perfect homes and the lengths these characters go through to hold these homes and their lives together. What we observe from the outside is a perfect house, but if you just peer through the shaded window, you’ll find that things are not so perfect after all.”

—Whitney Morse, Artistic Director

ABOUT THE STUDIO THEATRE™:

Tierra del Sol was formally a Country Club with performances as a backdrop to the outstanding food and impeccable golf course views. It has since transitioned, bringing the performances to the forefront by evolving into a new black box theatre. The Studio Theatre is now a flexible theatre with ninety-nine seats and options for Thrust, Round, or Proscenium style seating. There will be 100 performances total in the inaugural season (25 performances per each of the 4 shows), that will commence from November 2016 through April 2017.

The Studio Theatre is an extension of The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center™, located in The Spanish Springs Town Square™, in The Villages® Community. The Sharon® is primarily a touring house hosting a variety of artistic disciplines ranging from concerts and comedians to dance, musicals, and operas. The Sharon seats just over 1,000 guests in a multi-level theater offering state of the art audio, visual, and theatrical rigging systems to create an entertainment experience second to none.

The Studio Theatre will be staffed by The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center’s employees as well as a few new members. The Sharon’s Educational Director, Trevin Cooper will direct two out of the four shows (Private Lives and Proof) the Artistic Director, Whitney Morse will appear in three of the plays (as Diana in Next to Normal, Cathy in The Last Five Years, and Claire in Proof) while Technical Director, Kenneth Constant; Lighting Director, Dan Hopper; and Audio Director, Eric Mielke will be designing the entire season. Gary Powell will be jumping from The Sharon to The Studio Theatre as Musical Director. The team is excited to produce its own work.

PRIVATE LIVES

Produced by Jason Goedken by Noel Coward

Director

Trevin Cooper

Set Design

Kenneth Constant

Lighting Design

Dan Hopper

Technical Director

Preston Speaker

Stage Manager Abigale Bobb

Production Manager

Heather Ard

Costume Design/ Scenic Artist

Virginia McKinney

Sound Design

Eric Mielke

House Manager

Grace Petty

Vocal Coach

Whitney Morse

Presented by special arrangement with The Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency, Inc.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

PRIVATE LIVES

Marriage: A place where romance and catastrophe become one! Noel Coward’s 1931 masterpiece is one of the most revered comedies in the theatre canon. Set against the backdrop of glitzy and glamorous 1920s Paris, this hysterical and heartwarming love story examines the comedy and calamity of love and marriage.

ACT I The terrace of a hotel in France. A summer evening.

ACT II Amanda's flat in Paris. A few days later. Evening.

ACT III The same. Next morning.

Sibyl Chase ................................................................... Emily Miraglia

Elyot Chase .................................................................... Brian Zealand

Victor Prynne ............................................................ Tyler Beauregard

Amanda Prynne ............................................................. Lauren Culver

The play is produced by Jason Goedken.

COMING THIS SEASON AT THE STUDIO THEATRE™:

CAST

TYLER BEAUREGARD

(Victor Prynne) A recent graduate of The University of Central Florida with a BFA in Musical Theatre and a minor in dance. Tyler was most recently seen at The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol as Gabe in Next to Normal. Previous roles include Robert (The Drowsy Chaperone), Berger (HAIR), Boy (Love Story), and Sister Mary Theresa (Sister Act). Tyler is thrilled to have been given the opportunity to be a part of the inaugural season here at The Studio Theatre.

LAUREN CULVER

(Amanda Prynne) Lauren Culver holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Millikin University (Decatur, IL). She has worked regionally all over the country, and is happy to now call Orlando her home. She spends her days performing at Universal Studios Florida, singing, dancing, acting, and helping create magic in one of her favorite fictional worlds. Credits include: Blanche Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde (Garden Theatre, Fall 2016); Betty Hudson, White Christmas (Showpalace); Vibrata, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Theatrezone); Lulu/Chanteuse Cabaret (Gen Y Productions); Sister Sophia, The Sound of Music (Porthouse Theatre); Woman 2, And The World Goes Round (Porthouse Theatre). She is absolutely thrilled to be a part of The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol's first season, and thanks every single one of you for your patronage. You help keep theatre alive! www.laurenculver.weebly.com.

EMILY MIRAGLIA (Sybil Chase) Emily Miraglia is so thrilled to be a part of the inaugural season at The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol! Emily was most recently seen performing as Sally in The Charlie Brown Christmas at The Garden Theatre and as Belle in The Golden Mickeys at Hong Kong Disneyland. She studied musical theatre at Palm Beach Atlantic University and graduated in May 2014. Emily has also worked in entertainment at The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL. Other favorite roles include Hope Langdon in Something's Afoot, Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa and Esther Smith in Meet Me in St Louis. She'd like to thank her friends and family for supporting her to follow her dreams! Jeremiah 29:11.

BRIAN ZEALAND (Elyot Chase) Originally from Omaha, Nebraska, Brian Zealand has been seen on stages across the nation. After studying at the University of South Dakota, Brian went back to Omaha where he performed at the Blue Barn Theatre (Mike in 33 Variations, Georg in Spring Awakening, Peter in Bug), the Omaha Community Playhouse (Ash in Evil Dead The Musical), and toured with the Nebraska Theatre Caravan's production of A Christmas Carol as Jacob Marley. Most recently Brian was seen as Dan in Next to Normal, and is thrilled to be appearing here at The Studio Theatre later in the inaugural season as Jamie in The Last Five Years. After the season, Brian will head back to Chicago where he has resided for two years.

ABIGAIL CLINE (U/S Amanda Prynne & Sybil Chase) Abigail

Cline is a performer, composer, and writer in Central Florida. She was previously seen on stage in a modern political adaptation of Tartuffe (Maryann), Arcadia (Thomasina), Nine (Stephanie Necrophorus), Sister Act (Ensemble), and The Divine Sister (U.S. Mrs. Lev/Timothy). Last year she released her debut album, Parallel Roads: A Song Cycle by Abigail Cline, now available on Bandcamp and most digital streaming sites such as iTunes and Spotify. This past summer she was invited to the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska as a Teaching Artist to perform and play upright bass in a premiere Playworks staged reading and interpret the mainstage production, Spring Awakening, in American Sign Language. She received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre (Honors)/Creative Writing Minor from University of Central Florida. www.AbigailCline.com

JOHN HAMILTON RICE (U/S Victor Prynne & Elyot Chase)

John Hamilton Rice is glad to be a part of his first show at The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol with Private Lives. John has most recently appeared as Bob Cratchet in A Christmas Carol – The Musical and several characters in Gypsy both at The Athens Theatre in Deland. John has participated in several productions such as You Can’t Take It with You and The Secret Garden with Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando. John can also be caught occasionally making magic at Universal Studios. He would like to thank his friends and family for their constant support and encouragement.

DIRECTOR

TREVIN COOPER (Director) Trevin Cooper serves as the Director of Education for the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center and Resident Director for The Studio Theatre at Tierra Del Sol. Previous directing credits include: Lend Me a Tenor, The Miracle Worker, The 39 Steps, The American Plan, The Last Five Years, Art, Always…Patsy Cline , and 9/11: We Will Forget , voted one of the top 10 plays of the 2012 Orlando Fringe Festival. He holds an M.F.A from The University of Central Florida, an M.A. from The University of Oklahoma, and a B.A. from Rollins College.