A Woman of No Importance Program

Welcome to our Virtual Play Reading Series. I am excited to be able to share theatre with all of you in this new way. As you may know we announced our fifth season at The Studio recently, it will include: Spike Heels by Theresa Rebeck, Pipeline by Dominique Morriseau, 9 to 5 The Musical by Dolly Parton and Ada and the Engine by Lauren Gunderson. We chose those stories to highlight seminal moments in herstory so we can celebrate how far women have come and keep an eye on how far women have yet to go. We have selected those stories around the theme: “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History.”

Now as we embark on this new chapter in our global history, I wanted to find a way to continue to bring theatre to our patrons in a way that will support the work we will be doing in the future. We started the series with George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, and now we will continue to bring you stories that highlight the struggles woman have faced through out history. This week’s installment is A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. In a time when men are readily forgiven of their indiscretions, women are condemned for similar moral failings. The bravery of strong independent women brings the most surprise as Wilde voices this commentary through conversations in drawing rooms, parlors, and gardens.

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A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

By Oscar Wilde Producer Jason Goedken Artistic Director Whitney Morse Director Nathaniel Niemi

Production Manager Danielle Paccione

Stage Manager Grace Zottig

Company Manager Ryan Loeckel

Assistant Production Manager Layna Hoopfer

Mrs. Arbuthnot Whitney Morse

Lord Illingwoth Trevin Cooper

Gerald Arbuthnot Josh Kimball

Miss Hester Worsley Rachel Whittington

Mrs. Allonby Sarah French

Lady Hunstanton Alyson Johnson

Lady Caroline Pontefract Patti McGuire

Sir John Pontefract Lon Ward Abrams

Mr. Kelvil, M.P. Joe Llorens

The Ven. Archeacon Daubeny Michael Shiles

Lady Stutfield/ Alice the Maid Monica Titus

Francis/Lord Alfred Rufford/Farquhar/Narrator Sean Cullen Carroll Stay tuned after the show for a talk back with the actors and director.

You can ask questions about the play, its history and the performance!

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A WOMEN OF NO IMPORTANCE

By Oscar Wilde One woman bears the sin of two.

Set in Victorian England on Lady Hunstanton’s Estate, an intriguing family drama unfolds revealing closely-guarded secrets and unforgiven sins. A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde satirizes the double standards between men and women in the English upper-class.

Over teacups and biscuits insults are hurled and gloves are flung.

In a time when men are readily forgiven of their indiscretions, women are condemned for similar moral failings. The bravery of strong independent women brings the most surprise as Wilde voices this commentary through conversations in drawing rooms, parlors, and gardens.

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES: ANTIGONE

By Sophocles (441 BC) Translation by Don Taylor (1986) Streaming: MAY 22 | 1PM EDT Standing up for your beliefs despite all consequences.

Antigone, written by Sophocles in 441 BC, is a defiant story of bravery in the face of an unjust law. This Greek tragedy is sparked by Antigone’s loyalty to both of her brothers after their deaths on opposite sides of the battlefield. After winning the civil war, King Creon decrees traitors will not receive a proper burial. Antigone, being a woman of strong belief, defies the new order. This story details the tragic repercussions of her act of civil disobedience and love for her family.

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COMING SOON

QUALIA A post nuclear play by Ashleigh Ann Gardner (2019) Streaming: MAY 29 | 1PM EDT Is humanity born or created?

Qualia, a new play by central Florida playwright Ashleigh Ann Gardner, is a dystopian story set 100 years in the future. The world has been decimated by toxic radiation, save a few lingering humans. Alex lives alone safely tucked away in a bunker made by her doomsday prepping parents. Her only companion is Dominic. Dom is an omnipresent artificially intelligent program engineered by her mother, a computer science professor. Alex and Dom are the only “living” creatures for miles. Until one day a knock outside the bunker door turns their safe world upside down. This intelligent and modern play explores what qualities are needed to be a part of humanity, and who makes those decisions? Do personality, care, and love make you human; or do you need a bodily experience too? Tune into the reading of this funny and honest play about finding what it means to be human in a modern, isolated world.

ElegAieSosng Cycle

by William Finn

ON SALE NOW ELEGIES A SONG CYCLE

By William Finn Preview: AUG 13 | Opening: AUG 14 | Closing: AUG 22 $15 Preview Performance | $25 Performances

“Elegies: A Song Cycle” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.

"The living was the prize, the ending's not the story" Goodbye lyrics from Elegies The Studio Theatre Tierra del Sol presents their annual summer song cycle, Elegies by Tony Award-winning composer, William Finn.

This 5-person show is inspired by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Elegies is a heartfelt collection of songs about the deaths of various people Finn has known, including some of his closest friends and family members. This work is a commentary on the rewards and woes of being part of a family, a group of friends, and a society in good times and bad. Although the show is all about death and dying, it's no sad trip down memory lane. Never morbid, Elegies is touching, funny, and ultimately buoyant; floating on the spirits of those who inhabit its songs.

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LON WARD ABRAMS (Sir John Pontefract) has been a part of The Studio Theatre since its inception. He was cast as Robert in the award winning production of Proof in their inaugural season, a role for which he received a Best Actor award nomination from Theatre World Orlando. He was one of four actors selected to perform White Rabbit Red Rabbit and played Dr. Rank last season in A Doll's House. Lon has understudied three roles here as well including Rothko in Red. Favorite roles in regional theatre include Matt in Talley's Folly, Levinsky in Nuts, Lee in True West, Weller in The Gin Game, Henry VIII in Anne Of The Thousand Days, Henry II in The Lion In Winter, both Max and Saunders in Lend Me A Tenor and Mitch in Streetcar. Many thanks to The Studio staff who keep thinking of me and to my wife Boon who helps keep life a gas.

TREVIN COOPER (Lord Illingwoth) Previous acting credits include: Frankie and Johnny in the Claire De Lune, My Fair Lady, Equus, Man of La Mancha, among others. Trevin 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.

SEAN CULLEN CARROLL (Francis/Lord Alfred Rufford/ Farquhar/Narrator) is a NYC based actor/ and Philadelphia area native excited to be returning to The Studio after appearing as George in It Shoulda' Been You in 2019 and Larry in Company in 2018. Favorite credits include Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees (Highlands Playhouse), Moonface Martin in Anything Goes, Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown (Village Light Opera, NYC), Jim in Pump Boys and Dinettes (Pines Dinner Theatre, PA), Milton Perry in The Immigrant (American Monarch Theatre, PA) and Reg in The Full Monty (Argyle Theatre, NY). B.Music. in Voice Performance - Moravian College. www.SeanCullenCarroll.com | Instagram: @TheSeanCarroll

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SARAH FRENCH (Mrs. Allonby) is thrilled to be participating in this virtual reading with so many friends from Stop Kiss at The Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol. Other Central Florida Credits: It’s A Wonderful Life-The Radio Play at Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Rapture, Blister, Burn, Clybourne Park, The Big Meal, Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Mad Cow Theatre, Suite Surrender, Hank Williams: Lost Highway at The Ice House Theatre. She has been featured in national and regional campaigns for Credit Karma, Home Depot, Spectrum, Universal Studios Florida, Hertz, and Publix Supermarkets to name a few. Sarah played Young Sally Rayburn (the flashback of Sissy Spacek’s character) on the hit Netflix series Bloodline for 3 seasons.

ALYSON JOHNSON (Lady Hunstanton) has performed for nearly 20 years in Central Florida regional and community theatres. Favorites at The Studio include Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement, A Doll's House, It Shoulda Been You, Stop Kiss, and Next to Normal. Graduate of University of Central Florida, 2001 and 2019. She has spent this time of uncertainty mostly homeschooling and staring at books, and is eternally grateful to everyone at The Studio for giving her and the community some art and comfort right now.

JOSH KIMBALL (Gerald Arbuthnot) is a third-year graduate student at University of Central Florida, with a focus in Acting.

Regional Credits include; Next to Normal (Henry), The Full Monty (Malcolm), Gypsy (Tulsa), Songs for a New World (Man 1), and Jesus Christ Superstar (Annas). Academic credits include; The Rover (Frederick), Titanic (Mr. Andrews), Hot Mikado (Nanki-Poo), Rent (Mark), and Three Musketeers (D’Artagnan). He has worked for Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Lines as a singer/dancer for a number of ships, including; Brilliance of the Seas, Carnival Ecstasy, and Triumph. Website: www.JoshuaTrentKimball.com

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JOE LLORENS (Mr. Kelvil, M.P.) is thrilled to be back with The Studio! His previous credits include Stop Kiss at The Studio (Detective Cole), Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Mad Cow Theatre (Freddy), Destiny of Desire at Garden Theatre (Dr Mendoza), and El Wiz with Paul Castaneda (Leon). He’s been a performer for close to 20 years and created the improv group Let’s Get Real.

Joe would like to thank the wonderful people at The Studio for casting him. He would also like to express his gratitude and love for his wife and children, who provide him with a daily source of love and grace.

PATTI MCGUIRE (Lady Caroline Pontefract) first appearance with The Studio Theatre was in A Doll’s House playing the role of Anne-Marie. Patti moved to Orlando when cast as the original Iowa Housewife in Menopause, The Musical. She has appeared in Central Florida productions with Mad Cow, Orlando Repertory Theatre, Winter Park Playhouse, SeaWorld, and Fringe Festival.

Before moving to Florida, Patti appeared in many productions in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Patti earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She recently retired from teaching and enjoys having more time to act, travel, and ride her Harleys.

WHITNEY MORSE (Mrs. Arbuthnot ) kicked off The Studio Theatre's Inaugural season in Next To Normal, The Last Five Years, Proof, and Songs for a New World. For her performance in Proof she won Broadway World's Best Supporting Actress. Since the first season she has starred in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Company and A Doll’s House at The Studio. She accomplished a once-in-a-lifetime acting experience performing in White Rabbit Red Rabbit. She has starred in Summer Song Cycle's Tell Me On a Sunday and Now. Here. This. Her Central Florida Theatre credits include The Secret Garden, 1776 and Big River (Mad Cow Theatre). Chicago: 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). Whitney is the Artistic Director of The Sharon and The Studio Theatre. MFA Acting Columbia University School of the Arts. www.whitneymorse.com

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MICHAEL SHILES (The Ven. Archeacon Daubeny) is happy to continue his association with The Studio Theatre after playing The Proprietor in Assassins. A native of Daytona Beach, FL, he holds a BM in Voice Performance from Stetson University. He has appeared in 49 states in 11 national tours of Broadway shows, Kiss me Kate, Cinderella, Annie, Victor/Victoria, big, 42nd Street, Me and My Girl, Fiddler on the Roof, City of Angels, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Ziegfeld: A Night at the Follies.

MONICA TITUS (Lady Stutfield/Alice the Maid) is an Orlando based performer and designer most recently seen onstage at The Studio as Rebecca in It Should Have Been You, and as Jenny in Company. She was also the costume designer for The Story of My Life, Stop Kiss, Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement, and most recently, Assassins. She is especially proud of her costume design for Wild Party (Theater West End), which was nominated for a 2019 Broadway World Regional Award for Best Costume Design.

Local Performance Credits: Honky Tonk Angels, Some Enchanted Evening (Winter Park Playhouse), Bridges of Madison County (Theater West End), A Christmas Story the Musical, James and the Giant Peach, Lend Me a Tenor (Athens Theatre), Sunday in the Park with George, Death of a Salesman (Mad Cow Theater). Thank you to The Studio team for creating this lovely little pocket of creativity and storytelling during this strange time.

RACHEL WHITTINGTON (Miss Hester Worsley) an Elon University graduate, is thrilled to back at The Studio! In 2012, she performed with multi-platinum singer/songwriter Ben Folds and the North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh, NC. Previously at The Studio: Neighbors, Company, Stop Kiss, Bad Jews. Favorite Central Florida credits: Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, A Christmas Carol (Athens Theatre), James Joyce's The Dead, The All-Female 1776, A Philadelphia Story (Mad Cow Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Insomniac Theatre), Into the Woods (CFCArts), Equus (a Jeremy Seghers Production). Other Credits: A Little Night Music, The Music Man, Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi. Rachel would like to thank her family, friends, and everyone who chooses live theatre for making her dream job a reality! www.rachelewhit.com

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NATHANIEL NIEMI (Director) is thrilled to be directing this adaptation of A Woman of No Importance! He previously directed The Studio's virtual play reading of Lysistrata. He was last seen in the virtual play reading of Pygmalion team. Recent credits include Sparkle at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Hawaii: Thumbelina, Ouch!, Elephant and Piggie's We Are in a Play (Honolulu Theatre for Youth), Noodle Doodle Box (Hawaii Theatre). Chicago: How to Survive a Fairy Tale, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Musical, Dooby Dooby Moo, Duck for President, Click Clack Boo (Lifeline Theatre), The Baker's Wife (Circle Theatre), Into the Woods (Quest), Hey Dancin'! Hey Musical! (Factory Theatre). TV: "Hawaii 5-O".

Nathaniel holds an MFA in Theatre for Young Audiences from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and is a recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Directing Award. Nathaniel is currently the Resident Director at The Studio Theatre and the Director of Education at The Sharon.

ANNOUNCING SEASON 5 Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History

SPIKE SPIKE HEELS S HEEL

PIPELINE LINE PIPE

ADA & THE ENGINE

BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU

BY THERESA REBECK

BY LAUREN GUNDERSON MUSIC & LYRICS

BY DOLLY PARTON

BOOK BY PATRICIA RESNICK

BASED ON THE 20TH CENTURY FOX PICTURE ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY ROBERT GREENBLATT, APRIL 2009

“Spike Heels” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

9/22/20-10/24/20

“Pipeline” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

11/17/20-12/19/20

9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).

All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

1/26/21-3/13/21

4/6/21-5/8/21

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ON SALE JUNE 9TH

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! MAY 19TH Season 5 Subscriptions Renewals Begin (In-person or via phone)

JUNE 9TH Season 5 New Subscriptions ON SALE

JUNE 9TH Season 5 Individual Tickets ON SALE

JUNE 16TH Season 5 Preview Tickets ON SALE

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CAST Mrs. Arbuthnot..........................................................................Whitney Morse Lord Illingwoth........................................................................... Trevin Cooper Gerald Arbuthnot...........................................................................Josh Kimball Miss Hester Worsley............................................................ Rachel Whittington Mrs. Allonby..................................................................................Sarah French Lady Hunstanton.......................................................................Alyson Johnson Lady Caroline Pontefract..............................................................Patti McGuire Sir John Pontefract.................................................................Lon Ward Abrams Mr. Kelvil, M.P..................................................................................Joe Llorens The Ven. Archeacon Daubeny......................................................Michael Shiles Lady Stutfield/Alice the Maid........................................................ Monica Titus Francis/Lord Alfred Rufford/Farquhar/Narrator.................. Sean Cullen Carroll

PRODUCTION TEAM Director...................................................................................Nathaniel Niemi Production Manager............................................................... Danielle Paccione Assistant Production Manager.....................................................Layna Hoopfer Company Manager........................................................................ Ryan Loeckel Stage Manager................................................................................ Grace Zottig Reading Graphics..................................................................... Kenny Constant Sound Design................................................................................ Nick Erikson

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