FLORIDA REPERTORY THEATRE
GREG LONGENHAGEN, Artistic Director • JOHN MARTIN, Executive Director
2019-2020 SEASON
ARTSTAGE STUDIO THEATRE • FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICT PRESENTS
SPONSORED BY MEDIA SPONSOR: WGCU PUBLIC MEDIA
STARRING
MICHAEL SATOW* DIRECTED BY
ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE**
SET DESIGNER TIM BILLMAN
COSTUME DESIGNER BROOKE ARTHUR
SOUND DESIGNER KATIE LOWE
LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGNER ANNALISE CAUDLE
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER AMY L. MASSARI* ensemble member
EVERY BRILLIANT THING is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. EVERY BRILLIANT THING was first produced by Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre, on 28 June 2013 at Ludlow Fringe Festival. The play had its North American premiere at Barrow Street Theatre, New York, on 6 December 2014, where it was presented by Barrow Street Theatre and Jean Doumanian Productions.
2019-20 GRAND SEASON SPONSORS
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This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists.
THE CAST Narrator Michael Satow
TIME AND PLACE Present day
PRODUCTION STAFF
Production Assistant/Understudy: Hunter Clark Lighting/Sound Board Op: Drew Kobus EVERY BRILLIANT THING will be performed without an intermission. The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists. See page 31 for the entire ensemble.
* The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this
production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT DUNCAN MACMILLAN Plays include: People, Places and Things (2015-2017, National Theatre/ Wyndham’s Theatre, West End); 1984, adapted from George Orwell (2013-2017, Headlong/Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company, West End, Broadway, international tours, co-adapted/co-directed with Rob Icke); Every Brilliant Thing (20132017, Paines Plough/Pentabus Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, UK and international tours, HBO); City of Glass, adapted from Paul Auster (2017, 59 Productions, HOME, and Lyric Hammersmith); 2071, cowritten with Chris Rapley (20142015, The Royal Court/Hamburg Schauspielhaus); The Forbidden Zone (2014-2016, Salzburg Festival and Schaubühne Berlin); Wunschloses Unglück, adapted from Peter Handke (2014, Burgtheater Vienna); Reise Durch Die Nacht, adapted from Friederike Mayröcker (2012-2014, Schauspiel Köln, Festival d’Avignon, Theatertreffen); Lungs (2011-2016, Paines Plough and Sheffield Theatres/Studio Theatre, Washington, DC); and Monster (2006, Royal Exchange Theatre).
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
ELEANOR HOLDRIDGE** (Director) Off-Broadway productions include world premieres of Selma ’65 (LaMaMa), Steve & Idi (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), and Cycling Past The Matterhorn (Clurman Theatre). Regional credits include World Premieres of David Grimm’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, Meg Miroshnik’s FiCKLE: A Fancy French Farce, Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists (Cincinnati Playhouse), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Roundhouse Theatre) and I and You (Olney and Geva Theaters); Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ Queens Girl in the World (Theatre J) and Darius & Twig (Kennedy Center TYA), and Zorro (Constellaton Stage), which she co-wrote. She has directed 24 of Shakespeare’s plays, some of them multiple times. Eleanor holds an MFA from Yale and is Chair of The Catholic University of America’s Department of Drama.
WHO’S WHO
MICHAEL SATOW* (Narrator) Returning for his fourth show at Florida Rep, Michael is giddy to be back with such a beautiful play. Previously at the Rep: Lend Me a Tenor, Hound of the Baskervilles, Arsenic and Old Lace. Off-Broadway/NY Stage includes A Better Place (The Duke) Final Analysis (Pershing Square Signature Center), Hot Season (Sheen Center), Raft of the Medusa (Secret Theatre), Look Upon Our Lowliness (HSA Theatre), Blacken the Bubble (Dixon Place), Merchant of Venice (Westbeth), Betwixt, Between, and BeTWAIN (The Crown), Hell For the Company (Bridge Theater) and numerous readings/workshops including NYTW, Joe’s Pub, New Dramatists, EST, The Director’s Company, The Lark and TMTC. Regional Stage includes Time Stands Still, On Golden Pond (Bristol Riverside Theatre), Rumors, Betrayal (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket), Red (Vero Riverside Theatre), Hannah (Premiere Stages), Shipwrecked! (Capital Rep), Proof (Seacoast Rep), Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet – w/ Jeffrey Donovan (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.), and the world premieres of Jericho (Florida Studio Theatre), I Heart Kant (CoLab @ George Street Playhouse) and Charlotte the Destroyer (Boston Center For the Arts). TV: Recurring as Stark Schiff in The Good Fight (CBS), Elementary, Instinct (CBS), Manhattan Love Story, All My Children (ABC), Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver (HBO). Film: Under Jakob’s Ladder (w/ Jeff Stewart), How To Break Up With Your Mother, Middle Ground, One Last Dream of America. Web: Website Story (College Humor), PX This, Conversations from the Afterlife, Yes We Candidate. Numerous commercials and voiceovers. Graduate of Northeastern University and Maggie Flanigan Studio. Michael lives in New York City with his
brilliant wife and his brilliant daughter. – AEA, SAG-AFTRA. Other brilliant things found at michaelsatow.com, @michaelsatow. BROOKE ARTHUR (Costume Designer) is in her first year as Costume Shop Manager at Florida Repertory Theatre where she oversees more than 15 productions throughout the season. Every Brilliant Thing is her first costume design on the Florida Repertory Theatre ArtStage. Previously she has worked as Crafts Artisan/ Design Assistant for When You Wish at Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Wardrobe Supervisor/Assistant Costume Shop Manager at Arizona Opera, Wardrobe at Shakespeare & Co, and Crafts Artisan/Wardrobe Supervisor at Illinois Shakespeare Festival. She attended Pratt institute for Fashion Design and is a proud Costume Design & Technology graduate of University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music. TIM BILLMAN (Set Designer) joined the Florida Rep family in 2014 as the Technical Director and has become the Production Manager. Tim’s scenic design credits include Always… Patsy Cline and productions for Blowing Rock Stage Company (NC), Temple Theatre (NC), Ensemble Stage (NC), Riverside Theatre (FL), Gardner-Webb University (NC), and the Blue Ridge Wine and Food Festival. He has served as the Technical Director for the Hayes Center of Performing Arts, Blowing Rock Stage Company, Troy State University at Montgomery and Riverside Theatre. In 2009, Tim was a founding member of Ensemble Stage, a professional theatre in Banner Elk, NC, now in its 10th season and just celebrated its 100th production. Tim also spent time supervising rigging installation and upgrades for theatres all across North and South America and is a charter member of the Mormish Council. He resides in Fort Myers with his wife Jamie and three children: Brooklyn, Jack, and Bridget.
2020-2021 SEASON For the first time ever, we’re bringing you THREE musicals, plus Tony and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Plays, A World-Premiere, Plenty of Comedies to Keep you Laughing and MUCH MORE!
I LOVE A PIANO
music & lyrics by Irving Berlin • conceived & written by Ray Roderick & Michael Berkeley
SEPT 29-NOV 8, 2020
PACKED WITH OVER FIFTY OF IRVING BERLIN’S GREATEST HITS! A JOYFUL & NOSTALGIC MUSICAL SALUTE TO AMERICA’S FAVORITE COMPOSER! • In the ArtStage Studio Theatre •
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
adapted by Stephen Mallatratt • from the novel by Susan Hill
OCT 27-NOV 15, 2020
A ROLLERCOASTER OF THRILLS AND CHILLS! “A MASTERPIECE!” -The Guardian • In the Historic Arcade Theatre •
WEST SIDE STORY
book by Arthur Laurents • music by Leonard Bernstein • lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
NOV 24-DEC 16, 2020
A Co-Production with Florida Rep’s Conservatory Program ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND CONSERVATORY STUDENTS UNITE IN THE MOST MEMORABLE MUSICAL LOVE STORY OF ALL TIME! A THRILLING PARTNERSHIP! • In the Historic Arcade Theatre •
DRIVING MISS DAISY by Alfred Uhry DEC 18, 2020-JAN 24, 2021
A PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AMERICAN CLASSIC! “DRIVING MISS DAISY IS A TOTAL DELIGHT.” -NY Daily News • In the ArtStage Studio Theatre •
THE HUMANS by Stephen Karam JAN 7-29, 2021
Contains Adult Language. “A HAUNTING, BEAUTIFULLY REALIZED PLAY ... BLISTERINGLY FUNNY AND ALTOGETHER WONDERFUL!” -The New York Times • In the Historic Arcade Theatre •
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INTO THE BREECHES by George Brant
FEB 9-MAR 3, 2021
A HILARIOUS & VIBRANT NEW COMEDY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE’RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER. • In the Historic Arcade Theatre •
GOOD AMERICANS by Bruce Graham
FEB 23-MAR 28, 2021
Contains Adult Language. AN ELECTRIFYING WORLD PREMIERE! CHOSEN FROM THE 2019 PLAYLAB! • In the ArtStage Studio Theatre •
BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY by Alan Janes
MAR 16-APR 11, 2021
BEFORE THE BEATLES, BEFORE THE STONES, ROCK AND ROLL WAS BORN! BUDDY WILL HAVE YOU DANCING IN THE AISLES! • In the Historic Arcade Theatre •
MORNING AFTER GRACE by Carey Crim
APR 13-MAY 23, 2021
Contains Some Adult Language and Situations. HILARIOUS AND HEART-WARMING! THIS UNCONVENTIONAL NEW COMEDY TACKLES LOVE, LOSS, AND GROWING OLD WITH STYLE! • In the ArtStage Studio Theatre •
FLORIDA REP IS
“One of America’s TOP Repertory Companies!” —The Wall Street Journal
WHO’S WHO
ANNALISE CAUDLE (Lighting/Projection Designer) is a lighting designer based in New York, but originally from DeSoto, TX. Some of her regional design credits include: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Gallery Players), The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bye Bye Birdie (Maine State Music Theatre), Rep Lab (Milwaukee Rep), Elephant and Piggie (ZACH Theatre). Some of her regional ALD credits include Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Paramount Theatre), Winter’s Tale (The Goodman Theatre), Things I Know to be True, The Chinese Lady, In the Heights (Milwaukee Rep). annalisecaudle.com KATIE LOWE (Sound Designer) is the resident sound designer at Florida Repertory Theatre. Previously, she has been an electrics intern at Florida Rep and sound apprentice at Endstation Theatre Company after graduating from the University of Kentucky. Previous credits include Matilda, Spring Awakening, Disney’s Newsies (Sound Engineer, Florida Repertory Theatre Education), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Always…Patsy Cline, Romeo and Juliet, Hay Fever, August Wilson’s Fences, Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical, A Christmas Carol: The Tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, Damascus, Steel Magnolias, Becoming Dr. Ruth,
Refugee, The Cat in the Hat (Sound Designer, Florida Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (Florida Repertory Theatre, A2), Million Dollar Quartet (Endstation Theatre Company, A2), Sense and Sensibility (University of Kentucky, Sound Designer). Katie would like to thank her parents and Ben for their endless support and love! AMY L. MASSARI*† (Production Stage Manager) is pleased to return for her 11th season as Florida Rep’s resident stage manager and an ensemble member. Amy has been a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association for the past 30 years, working in some of the country’s finest regional theatres: the Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), the Dallas Theatre Center (Dallas, TX), Stage-West (Springfield, MA), the Pioneer Memorial (Salt Lake City, UT), and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Boulder, CO). Among her favorite Florida Rep productions are Barefoot in the Park, Always…Patsy Cline, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Split in Three, The Fantasticks, Lend Me a Tenor, August: Osage County, Sylvia, and God of Carnage. Amy has been happily married to her husband of 23 years, Michael. Michael teaches theatre at Marymount Manhattan College in NYC and is a terrific partner and father to their children Jesse Cheyenne and Caleb Dakota.
SPECIAL THANKS Paul Simeone, Ph.D and Lauren Walker - Lee Health Lori Brooks, M. Ed., Sherry Wenzel - Lee County School District Florida Rep Scene Stealers
ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL founded in 1913 as the first of the American THEATRES ASSOCIATION (FPTA) Actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, is a statewide organization of promote and foster the art of theatre as an professional theatre companies essential component of our society. Today, and theatre professionals interested in the Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, development and promotion of professional singers, dancers and stage managers working in theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory hundreds of theatres across the United States. Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest Florida Repertory Theatre artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and is a member of THEATRE working conditions and provides a wide range of COMMUNICATIONS GROUP benefits including health and pension plans for (TCG), the national organization its members. Through its agreement with Equity, for the American Theatre. this theatre has committed to the fairPreviews treatment $20 of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFLFlorida Repertory Theatre CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international is a proud Associate Member organization of performing arts unions. For more of the NATIONAL NEW PLAY information, visit www.actorsequity.org. NETWORK.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS & FLORIDA REP STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
R. Marc Laviolette, Chair Arthur Zupko, Treasurer Dinah Bloomhall Alexandra Bremner Rachel Burttram Janice Danzig
Naomi Bloom, Vice Chair Doris Colgate, Secretary
David M. Fritz Fay C. Gronski David Hall Greg Longenhagen
Sunny Lubner Martin McLaughlin John Martin
ADVISORY BOARD
Don Abbott • Liz Abbott • Lori Collins • Marc Collins • Stephanie Davis • Don Gurule • Deb Jonsson Jane Lane • Marc Laviolette • Darrel Lieze-Adams • Clive Lubner • John Martin • Jeff McCullers
Greg Longenhagen Artistic Director
STAFF
John Martin Executive Director
Jason Parrish Associate Artistic Director
ADMINISTRATION Julieta Figueroa Finance Director
Renee Pesci Development Director Daniel Benzing Director of Operations Bryelle Dafeldecker Marketing Director Neil Curiel Group Sales & Playbill Ad Sales Marketing Manager Aaron Martin Company Manager Brendan Powers Community Outreach Coord. Rebekah Lynn Development Associate
Chris Clavelli Resident Director
EDUCATION
Kody C Jones Education Director Christina DeCarlo Asst. Education Director Catalina Porterfield Tour Manager
INTERN STAFF Kiana Pinder Education
Kylie Gray Mask Bethany Ellen Mansfield Bailey Cecile Tyler Hunter Clarke Asher Van Meter Thomas Hadzeriga Acting
Drew Johnson Technical Director Josh Schacht Asst. Technical Director Shellie Raleigh Miranda White Carpenters Brooke Arthur Costume Shop Manager Jasmine Harvey Asst. Costume Manager Katie Lowe Resident Sound Designer
Jackson Berkhouse Drew Kobus Lighting
Jeff Sammarco Master Electrician
Andrew Burns Anthony Tony Kelsey Waller Costumes
KateLynn Foster Asst. Company Manager
Ansley Gayton Sound
Sally Joslyn Volunteer Coordinator
Tim Billman Production Manager
Danica Murray Rachel Van Pamel Stage Management
Joseph Dafeldecker Digital Media Specialist
Karen Downey Business Associate
PRODUCTION
Nicholas Lease Paint Kaitlyn Gumm Props Max Conoley Company Management
Isabella Trevino Scenic Charge Shannon Rossi Props Master Jesseca Terhaar Props Assistant Katie Wilhelm Asst. Production Manager/ Stage Management Intern
Isabella Cintron Tyler Colmery Cassandra Dayton Jesse Massari Keifer MacDonald Gerrie Benzing Kalie Miner Artistic Associate Box Office Manager Matteo Occhino Contains strong language, adult situations, & brief nudity. Box Office Associates Jamie Billman Box Office and Sales Associate
Stephanie Stanley Front of House