Eat Your Heart Out 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 music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick 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 women have faced through out history. This week’s installment is Eat Your Heart Out, by Nicole Zimmerer. In a world where mythological creatures and humans try to coexist in society, Eat Your Heart Out is a play about three sexy siren sisters.

Enjoy The Show, Whitney Morse, Artistic Director

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Has been postponed. All ticket holders will be receiving a refund for the full amount of their purchase. You should have been called by a box office representative to process your refund. If you have not, please call 352-753-3229 to update your contact information and receive your performance refund. Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to hosting you at the theatre in the future NEW DATES: PREVIEW: 8/19/21 | OPENING: 8/20/21 | CLOSING: 8/28/21 #TheStudioTheatreTDS #EatYourHeartOut

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EAT YOUR HEART OUT

By Nicole Zimmerer

Producer Jason Goedken Artistic Director Whitney Morse Director Grace Zottig

Production Manager Danielle Paccione

Company Manager Ryan Loeckel

Stage Manager Amber Sacks

Assistant Production Manager Layna Hoopfer

Assistant Production Manager Leslie Munson

Callie (Calliope) Rachel Comeau

Daphne Jordan Leigh McCaskill

Ilione Roxanne Schiebergen

Ty Joshua Kimball

Fowler Trevin Cooper

Stage Directions Alyson Johnson

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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EAT YOUR HEART OUT

By Nicole Zimmerer Streaming: JULY 10 | 1PM EDT Thirsty for blood, hungry for love In a world where mythological creatures and humans try to coexist in society, Eat Your Heart Out is a play about three sexy siren sisters. After a young man mysteriously goes missing, they flee to Virginia. They try to pass as humans to evade the detective who has hunted them for years. Ilione, the youngest of the sisters, suffered a horrific attack and now uses a wheelchair. Upon their arrival she bonds with their neighbor, Ty. The illusion ends when Ty discovers their secret. Stuck between two worlds, Ilione must choose between the boy she’s fallen for and her sisters. Will Illione find true love or will there be deadly consequences?

WE'VE CURATED ANOTHER THEATRE EXPERIENCE FOR YOU! Our Staged Play Reading Series is a filmed play reading right on our beloved stage at The Studio Theatre. With these readings we'll be bringing a little bit of The Studio Theatre right into the comfort and safety of your own home.

They work like this: • Purchase a $10 virtual seat for your preferred date • A link to stream your show will be emailed to you • Click your link at the time and date of your performance • Relax and enjoy the show!

COMING SOON...

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ON SALE NOW THE VIOLET SISTERS

By Gina Femia Streaming only available on: JULY 17, 24, 31 7PM EDT | $10 Forgiving when you cannot forget In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, two estranged sisters, Pam and Sam, reunite in Brooklyn after the tragic death of their father in the storm. The sisters go head to head over drugs, guilt, and abuse as they struggle to find common ground. After 8 years apart the sisters are forced to deal with all that they have let slip away, all the words that have been left unsaid for years. The Violet Sisters is a modern play in real time that is the perfect mix of comedy and gut-wrenching realism that is rightfully unapologetic.

COMING SOON

DEBORAH

By Elizabeth A. M. Keel Streaming Only Available: SEPT 25 & OCT 2, 9 7PM EDT | $10 A mostly true tale of a revolutionary woman.

This play is a feisty reimagining of the life of Deborah Sampson, a real woman who dressed as a man and fought in the Revolutionary War alongside soldiers like Paul Revere. Inspired by the infamous British sailor Hannah Snell, she chooses to swap her fate for a male’s and enlists in the Continental Army. Despite its difficulties, she proves a fantastic soldier. After the war she squeezes uncomfortably into the role of wife and mother and saves the family farm by becoming a successful author. This rebellious drama vivifies her astonishing journey straddling the realms of both genders embodying mother and warrior, loner and celebrity, wild rover and wife.

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SEASON 5 | Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History Anne Richards once famously remarked, “Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.” This quote clearly illustrates the awkward balancing act women have been performing for years. Do I nurture my career or my children? Do I support my spouse or my own goals? Do I forego family life all together and focus on myself? This season at The Studio we are going to take a deep dive into the struggles women have faced finding their footing over the last two and a half centuries as homage to the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage this year. Women no longer need to wear heels, or even be the partner that follows. Instead, we can take the lead in footwear of our own choosing! We chose these four stories to highlight seminal moments in herstory so we can celebrate how far women have come and keep an eye on how far we have yet to go. We are proud to present season five at The Studio: “Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History”

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

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

11/18/20-12/12/20

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

NOW APPEARING ON THE SHARON STAGE!

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RACHEL COMEAU (Callie/Calliope) is stoked to be a part of this story! Rachel was first seen at The Studio as Daphna in Bad Jews. Past stage credits include A View From The Bridge, Three Sisters (Mad Cow Theater), The Whale, girl., and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (BethMarshallPresents). She can be seen in indie film Testament (Amazon) and an upcoming television series The Right Stuff (Disney+) premiering later this year. She’s trained at Rollins College where she earned her BA in Theatre Arts, The Stella Adler Studio, and currently takes classes at Class Act Studios in Orlando. She thanks The Studio Theatre for this amazing opportunity! IG: thatrachelcomeu Facebook: rachel.comeau.10 TREVIN COOPER (Fowler) 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.

ALYSON JOHNSON (Stage Directions) 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.

JOSHUA KIMBALL (Ty) 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. www.JoshuaTrentKimball.com

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JORDAN LEIGH MCCASKILL (Daphne) is so excited to work with The Studio Theatre. You may remember her as Marta in their production of Company. Jordan has just returned from touring Australia and New Zealand with The Book of Mormon for nearly two years. In the Fall, Jordan will be attending the Academy for Live and Recorded Arts in Manchester, UK for her Masters in Directing. Jordan has committed herself to making the theater community a safer and more accessible one for black professionals and students. This is in honor of Oluwatoyin Salau who deserved someone to protect her as fiercely as Daphne would and who deserved to live a much longer life than she did.

JordanLeighMcCaskill.com ROXANNE SCHIEBERGEN (Ilione) was born and raised in The Netherlands and moved to New York City to study Music Theatre at NYU Tisch. She took on the role of Nina in Chekhov’s The Seagull at Columbia University and has recently guest starred in an episode of CBS’s Evil. In her free time, you will find Roxanne in the park with her dog, Clifford.

GRACE ZOTTIG (Director) Resident Stage Manager for The Studio Theatre can typically be found in the audio/visual booth in the space. She has been with the team since August 2018, with her first production being Stop Kiss. Some other titles she has staged managed are: Assassins, Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement, It Shoulda Been You, and Now. Here. This. She is stoked to switch gears and direct the live stream table read series. Grace's directing debut, Silent Sky​, premiered at the Fred Stone Theatre, 2017. A special thanks to her friends, family, teammates at The Studio, and Noah. Without y'alls love and support, she wouldn't be the young professional she is today.

NICOLE ZIMMERER (Playwright) is a playwright and librettist from Houston, Texas. She has been a recipient of The Kennedy Center’s VSA Playwright Discovery Award and the Betty Z. Rose and Anne J. Exline Presidential Fellowship. She has had multiple productions in Houston, New York City, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. Her play, Eat Your Heart Out, was recently workshopped with The Workshop Theater in NYC. She holds a BFA in Playwriting and Dramaturgy from the University of Houston and an MFA in Dramatic Writing at Carnegie Mellon University.

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CAST Callie (Calliope)........................................................................ Rachel Comeau Daphne......................................................................... Jordan Leigh McCaskill Ilione.................................................................................Roxanne Schiebergen Ty............................................................................................... Joshua Kimball Fowler......................................................................................... Trevin Cooper Stage Directions.........................................................................Alyson Johnson

PRODUCTION TEAM Director......................................................................................... Grace Zottig Stage Manager................................................................................ Amber Sacks Production Manager............................................................... Danielle Paccione Assistant Production Manager.....................................................Layna Hoopfer Assistant Production Manager..................................................... Leslie Munson Company Manager/Editor............................................................ Ryan Loeckel Reading Graphics..................................................................... Kenny Constant Sound Design...............................................................................Nick Erickson

SPECIAL THANKS The Villages® Marketing Lyndsey Staib at KMR Talent

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