Welcome to our Staged 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 continue our Staged Play Reading Series with George Bernard Shaw's Candida. A classic comedy of manners, Candida, examines the relationship between a husband and wife in the late Victorian era. Enjoy The Show, Whitney Morse, Artistic Director
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CANDIDA By George Bernard Shaw Producer Jason Goedken
Artistic Director Whitney Morse
Director Nathaniel Niemi
Video Producer/ Company Manager Ryan Loeckel
Set Designer Kenneth Constant
Lighting Designer Lindsey Young
Sound Designer Nick Erickson
Lighting Director David Krupla
Production Manager Danielle Paccione
Technical Director Clayton Becker
Stage Manager Grace Zottig
Assistant Production Manager Layna Hoopfer
Assistant Production Manager Leslie Munson
Video Assistant David Bost
Audio Engineer Luke Bezio
Assistant Stage Manager Stephanie Horn
Literary Manager Rachel Whittington
Candida Morell Whitney Morse
Reverend James Mavor Morell Trevin Cooper
Eugene Marchbanks Justin Schneyer
Reverend Alexander (Lexy) Mill David Paul Rowan
Proserpine Garnett Monica Titus
Mr. Burgess Bobbie Bell
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CANDIDA By George Bernard Shaw When weakness is strength Candida, a classic comedy of manners, examines the relationship between a husband and wife in the late Victorian era. Candida Morell, a beautiful and charming woman, is married to Reverend James Morell, a dedicated Christian socialist. The couple have taken in Eugene Marchbanks, a young, idealistic poet without a home. Candida finds herself the subject of a tug-of-war between the two men as Marchbanks declares his passionate love for Morell’s wife. This lesser known play by George Bernard Shaw questions Victorian notions of love and marriage; asking what a woman really desires from her husband.
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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".
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PIPELINE LINE PIPE
ADA & THE ENGINE
BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
SPIKE SPIKE HEELS S HEEL 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
“Pipeline” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
“Spike Heels” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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BOBBIE BELL (Mr. Burgess) Although originally from the Midwest, Bobbie has worked for the past 35 years in Central Florida as a director, actor, composer, playwright, and professor. He directed Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune in The Studio Theatre’s Second Season, as well as the postponed Other Desert Cities. He has worked for many companies and colleges including Mad Cow Theatre, Theatre Downtown, Valencia College, New World Theatre, The Huron Playhouse, Tropical Theatre, and Kent State University. Recent directing credits include: Skylight, Marcus; Or The Secret of Sweet, The Brothers Size, Clybourne Park, The Merchant of Venice, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, August: Osage County, Titus Andronicus, The Pitmen Painters, Measure for Measure, The Caretaker, and A Delicate Balance. He twice won the Florida Playwrights Competition for his plays: Pascua De Flores and Of: A Play of Artemis. TREVIN COOPER (Reverend James Mavor Morell) 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.
WHITNEY MORSE (Candida Morell) 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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DAVID PAUL ROWAN (Reverend Alexander (Lexy) Mill) attended the University of North Florida where he received his Bachelors of Music Education concentrating in violin and voice. He served as the choir and theatre director for The Villages High School for three years. David has had the opportunity of performing in the choir for Star Wars in Concert with the Royal Philharmonic and sang on stage with Patti Lupone at The Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center. Previous roles include Jonah in Bad Jews, David in Company, Lt. Cable in South Pacific, and Dr. Neville Craven in The Secret Garden. David would like to thank his family and friends for their unwavering support. IG - @davidpaulrowan JUSTIN SCHNEYER (Eugene Marchbanks) is thrilled to work again with The Studio Theatre. He previously worked with the company in the musical Assassins as John Hinckley. Other Central Florida credits include Phallius in Winter Park Playhouse’s reading of No Need for Trojans and Margaret Meade in Theatre South Playhouse’s Hair. Justin also works as an actor with Capone’s Dinner Show, The Titanic Dinner Show, and Michelee Puppets. Outside of Central Florida, Justin has worked internationally with Artspot Educational Theatre and in a joint collaboration with Miami City Theatre and Azamara Club Cruises. A graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a performance BFA, he can next be seen online as the host of Mad Cow Theatre Company’s “Science Play Festival”. MONICA TITUS (Proserpine Garnett) 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.
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NATHANIEL NIEMI (Director) is thrilled to be directing Candida! He previously directed The Studio's staged play readings of The Violet Sisters, The Auntie Network, and Deborah. Nathaniel was also the director of The Studio's virtual readings of Lysistrata, A Woman of No Importance, Tartuffe, Accommodation, and Cosmo St. Charles is Dead and Someone in this Room Killed Him. Other directing credits at The Studio include Company, Now. Here. This., Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement, and Assassins. Nathaniel is a former Artistic Associate of Honolulu Theatre for Youth where his directing credits include Pinocchio, Extraordinary Stories of an Ordinary ‘Ohana, and You and Me and the Space Between. Other directing credits include A Murder of Crows, The Cat in the Hat, The Thin Man on the Ladder (University of Hawaii at Manoa), Rose and the Rime (Chaminade University), and Anne of Green Gables (HEARTS). Nathaniel holds an MFA in Theatre for Young Audiences from the University of Hawaii at MÄ noa 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 L. Morse Performing Arts Center.
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CAST Candida Morell..........................................................................Whitney Morse Reverend James Mavor Morell..................................................... Trevin Cooper Eugene Marchbanks................................................................... Justin Schneyer Reverend Alexander (Lexy) Mill............................................ David Paul Rowan Proserpine Garnett........................................................................ Monica Titus Mr. Burgess...................................................................................... Bobbie Bell PRODUCTION TEAM Director...................................................................................Nathaniel Niemi Video Producer/Company Manager.............................................. Ryan Loeckel Set Designer.......................................................................... Kenneth Constant Lighting Designer....................................................................... Lindsey Young Sound Designer............................................................................Nick Erickson Lighting Director..........................................................................David Krupla Production Manager............................................................... Danielle Paccione Technical Director...................................................................... Clayton Becker Stage Manager................................................................................ Grace Zottig Assistant Production Manager.....................................................Layna Hoopfer Assistant Production Manager..................................................... Leslie Munson Video Assistant..................................................................................David Bost Audio Engineer.................................................................................Luke Bezio Assistant Stage Manager............................................................ Stephanie Horn Literary Manager................................................................. Rachel Whittington Read more about our production team and designers at www.TheSharonStudio.com SPECIAL THANKS The VillagesÂŽ Marketing
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