“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 three out of the four shows (Private Lives, The Last 5 Years, 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.
PROOF
by DAVID AUBURN
Originally Produced by Manhattan Theatre Club on May 23, 2000.
Subsequently produced on Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer), Roger Berlind, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Jujamcyn Theatres, Ostar Enterprises, Daryl Roth and Stuart Thompson on October 24, 2000.
Produced by Jason
Goedken
Director
Trevin Cooper Sound Designer Eric Mielke Set Designer Kenneth Constant
Costume Designer Seth Stelly
Technical Director
Preston Speaker
Lighting Designer Weston Corey Production Manager Heather Ard
Lighting Director Dan Hopper Stage Manager Abigale Bobb
House Manager Grace Petty Scenic Artist Virginia McKinney
PROOF is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
PROOF
The house where genius and insanity collide.
Catherine is the daughter of a brilliant, but mentally disturbed mathematician, trying to come to grips with her possible inheritance: both his brilliance and his insanity. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk Awards' Playwright, David Auburn's Proof currently holds the record for the longest running Broadway play of the 21st century. The final offering in The Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol's inaugural season, see the play that has garnered more awards and critical praise than any other play of its time.
Announcing our first annual summer concert! Every summer enjoy a new song cycle featuring new and familiar voices.
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
AUGUST 13th - AUGUST 29th
Songs for a New World takes us on a vibrant, thrilling and moving journey through the life-changing moments that define us. Jason Robert Brown’s unforgettable songs weave characters, locations and time periods together in one extraordinary evening…
SEASON 2 SUBSCRIPTIONS:
May 10th Season 2 will be Announced
May 16th Season 2 Subscription Renewals will go on sale at 8:30am
Sept 5th Deadline to Renew Subscriptions
Sept 12th New Subscriptions will go on sale at 8:30am
Sept 19th Individual Tickets will go on sale at 8:30am
JILL JONES (Catherine) Jill Jones is excited to be performing the role of Catherine in Proof . Jill has performed in Central Florida as Sara in Stop Kiss , Marjorie in Extremities , Olivia in Twelfth Night , and in New York as Queen Creon in Antigone Unearthed, to name a few. She is grateful for this to opportunity to perform at the The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol with such a wonderful cast and crew. BA Theatre Arts - Rollins College, Juris Doctor - Florida A & M University College or Law. Jill is the co-founder of the online magazine I Love Central Florida. She would like to thank her Husband Ross, her family, Trevin Cooper, and Whitney Morse. "Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art." - Stanislavksi
WHITNEY MORSE
(Claire) Whitney is so excited to be a part of The Studio’s inaugural season. Central Florida Theatre credits include Diana in Next To Normal and Cathy in The Last 5 Years here at The Studio, The Science Play Festival's reading of Arcadia, The Secret Garden, and 1776 (Mad Cow Theatre.) Her recent Chicago credits include Next To Normal (Skokie Theatre), Other Desert Cities (Citadel Theatre), The Children’s Hour (Pride Films and Plays), Spike Heels (Brown Paper Box), Down Range (Genesis Theatricals), Trafford Tanzi and I Carry Your Heart (Prologue Theatre Company), Accomplice (Jedlicka Performing Arts Center), The Turn of the Screw, Jeeves at Sea, Unnecessary Farce and The Merchant of Venice (First Folio Theater), and Little Women (Theatre-Hikes). New York credits: Hold Music (Culture Project,) and Love’s Labour’s Lost and Three Sister’s (both directed by Andrei Serban.) Whitney is also the Artistic Director of The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center and The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol. BA Psychology - Rollins College, MFA Acting - Columbia University School of the Arts.
NICU BROUILLETTE
(Hal) Nicu is excited to be returning to The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol for his third and final show of the season. He was last seen in the pit as the violinist for The Last 5 Years and Next to Normal. For the past four years Nicu has performed all across Florida in Tampa, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, and Miami. Companies include Jobsite Theater, Florida Studio Theatre, and Stages Productions Family Theatre. Some of his favorite roles are Aladdin in Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, Bruce/ Karl in Old Enough to Know Better, and Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors. Nicu is a graduate of the University of South Florida. There he earned his bachelors in Music Studies with a focus in Vocal Performance. He hopes everyone enjoys the show!
LON WARD ABRAMS
(Robert) While studying at Northwest Missouri State University Lon had the pleasure of performing the roles of Hamlet, King Lear and Richard III. He continued his studies at Terry Schreiber Studio in Manhattan. His selected credits since commencing his education include: Love, Sex and the IRS at the Spotlight Theatre; Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire, Levinsky in Nuts, Lee in True West, Matt in Talley's Folly and Henry in Anne of the Thousand Days at TheTheatre Company of Plantation; Max in Lend Me A Tenor and Henry in The Lion In Winter at the Hollywood Playhouse; Elyot in Private Lives, The Owl and the Pussycat, Twice Around the Park and Marriage is Murder, at the Broward Stage Door Theatre; The Bald Soprano with Prodan Dimov, and Weller in The Gin Game with Prodan Dimov at Metropolis Theatre Company of Atlanta and Pure Confidence at Balzer Theatre also in Atlanta.
ABIGAIL
CLINE (U/S Catherine & Claire) 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). This Spring, she and her writing partner are producing an original cabaret, Letter to Spring: An Evening of Music by Kelly Pekar and Abigail Cline. 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 Robert & Hal) John Hamilton Rice is glad to be a part of his second show at The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol with Private Lives and Proof. 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 where he most recently directed Private Lives and The Last 5 Years. 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. Trevin dedicates his work on Proof to Alanna Woonteiler. "Flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
AUTHOR
DAVID AUBURN (Author) David Auburn's plays include Proof (Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award), An Upset and Amateurs (EST Marathons), and Skyscraper. Films include “The Girl in the Park” (writer/director) and “The Lake House.” Recent directing credits include A Delicate Balance for BTF. His short plays have been collected in the volume FIFTH PLANET AND OTHER PLAYS (DPS). His work has been published in Harper's, New England Review, and Guilt and Pleasure; and he was a contributing editor to the Oxford American Writers Thesaurus. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he lives in New York City.
DESIGNERS
Set Design
Kenneth Constant
Lighting Design Weston Corey
Sound Design Eric Mielke
Costume Design Seth Stelly
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Manager ........................................................Heather Ard
Technical Director ......................................................Preston Speaker
Stage Manager ............................................................... Abigale Bobb
House Manager ................................................................ Grace Petty
Lighting Director ............................................................. Dan Hopper
Properties Manager/Production Assistant........................ Amber Sacks
Scenic Artist ......................................................... Virginia McKinney
SPECIAL THANKS
The Villages® Marketing Stetson University
Rebecca Morse
City Furniture for providing The Studio Theatre with all the furniture for this season’s productions.
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