The Rainmaker Program

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Welcome to Laguna Playhouse and our production of THE RAINMAKER!

We are so glad you have joined us for this performance.

From the ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAVID ELLENSTEIN

Our hope in creating theatre experiences is that we evoke what is best in all of us. Through humor, pathos or new perspectives, we collectively absorb a story, and so bond through that common journey. The magic of theatre!

I have always loved THE RAINMAKER. In returning to a classic tale of Americana, not only is the inherent sense of “tall tale” hope and aspiration still as powerful and charming as when it was new, but as a play of another time, it allows us to refect on where we have been and where we have evolved to.

At Laguna Playhouse our commitment is to bring to our community a wide variety of theatrical oferings, using the best theatre artists available. With more than 100 years of history and reputation to stand on, we look to create our brightest and most fulflling works yet. I am grateful for your patronage and support as I lead the artistic way. I am truly honored to be leading this storied institution.

On behalf of the entire Laguna Playhouse team, we invite you to enjoy THE RAINMAKER. We also invite you to return for more incredible stories. The 2023-2024 season is packed with a variety of shows I’m excited to share with you. It’s not too late to become a subscriber to see all of these shows at a discounted price.

Warmest regards,

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CO-CHAIR

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Heather Anne Chalmers

Torin J. Cunningham, MD

James Hale

Joe Hanauer

Dr. Gary Jenkins

Justin Myers

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David Ellenstein

Barbara MacGillivray

Greg MacGillivray

Heidi Miller

Xiaohong Rose

Jordy Spiegel

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Bill Kerlin

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THE RAINMAKER

directed by

ANDREW BARNICLE

presents starring RICHARD BAIRD*, ANDREW BARNICLE*, ANDY HOFF*, JEFFREY MARKLE*, JAMES TAYLOR ODOM*, NICK TAG, LIZZIE ZEREBKO

scenic/costume designer BRUCE GOODRICH

props designer KEVIN WILLIAMS

lighting designer JARED SAYEG

production stage manager NATALIE FIGAREDO*

sound designer/composer IAN SCOT

casting MICHAEL DONOVAN CASTING

MICHAEL DONOVAN, CSA RICHIE FERRIS, CSA

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NOTES TO THE AUDIENCE: Please be considerate to the performers and your fellow audience members by turning off any device that could emit light and/or sound. THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTING RECORDINGS OR STREAMS IN ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR(S)’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYWRIGHT LAW. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists/

OPENING NIGHT SEPTEMBER 24, 2023 • MOULTON THEATRE, LAGUNA BEACH
“THE RAINMAKER” is presented by arrangment with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. * Denotes a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.
Noah Curry ...................................................................................................................... Richard Baird* Sherriff Thomas Andrew Barnicle* File......................................................................................................................................... Andy Hoff* H.C. Curry ......................................................................................................................Jeffrey Markle* Bill Starbuck ........................................................................................................... James Taylor Odom* Jimmy Curry .............................................................................................................................. Nick Tag Lizzie Curry ...................................................................................................................... Lizzie Zerebko
INTERMISSION There will be a 15 minute intermission.
THE COMPANY
RICHARD BAIRD JEFFREY MARKLE ANDREW BARNICLE ANDY HOFF
NICK TAG LIZZIE
TIME AND
JAMES
TAYLOR ODOM
ZEREBKO
PLACE A western state on a summer day in a time of drought.

THE COMPANY

RICHARD BAIRD (Noah Curry) is an award winning actor, director and producer. Select credits include: 34 productions at North Coast Repertory including AN ILIAD which he also performed internationally at the KotorArt Festival in Montenegro, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Arizona Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Kingsmen Shakespeare Theatre, Backyard Renaissance, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Diversionary Theatre and many more. Richard is the founding Artistic Director of Poor Players Theatre Company which became New Fortune Theatre Company in 2014.

ANDREW BARNICLE (Sherriff Thomas/Director) was the artistic director of Laguna Playhouse from 1991 to 2010, where he produced 150 shows, directed more than 40, and acted in nine. Some of his recent directing projects at Laguna are HARVEY, starring French Stewart, KING OF THE ROAD: THE ROGER MILLER STORY, and Lissa Levin’s SEX AND EDUCATION, starring Julia Dufy. Recent acting projects at Laguna include TWELVE ANGRY MEN and FALLEN ANGELS. Andy has also acted Of-Broadway and in regional theatres around the country, including Michigan’s Meadow Brook Theatre, San Diego Rep, North Coast Rep, Alaska Rep, and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He has directed thirteen plays at North Coast Rep, fve plays at Burbank’s Colony Theatre, fve plays at the Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara, and two plays at Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre in Burbank. Andy has also directed at San Jose Rep, LA’s Odyssey Theatre, Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre, and Michigan’s Meadow Brook Theatre.

ANDY HOFF (File) Film and TV credits include: KING RICHARD, BIRDS OF PREY, CRIMINAL MINDS, AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT, NCIS, NCIS:LA, JUSTIFIED, MAD MEN, LETHAL WEAPON and many more. Favorite theatre credits: Father Flynn in DOUBT and Joey in A STEADY RAIN.

JEFFREY MARKLE (H.C. Curry) has enjoyed a long career in theatre, television and flm and is delighted to return to Laguna Playhouse. Most recently, Jefrey guest starred on NCIS, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and starred in the short flm CONTROL which was featured on Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween. “It is an honor and a thrill to work in such a beautiful Playhouse. My thanks to the Crew, Production Staf, my Director and my fellow Cast Members.” www.JefreyMarkle.com

JAMES TAYLOR ODOM (Bill Starbuck) National Tours: The D’Ysquith Family in A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER and Von Trapp U/S in THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Regional: Wadsworth in CLUE with Sally Struthers (Gateway Playhouse); THE 39 STEPS (Virginia Stage Company); Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL (TheatreSquared); IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE-the musical (World Premiere, TheatreSquared/ Chicago Shakespeare); Sherlock Holmes in SHERLOCK HOLMES THE FINAL ADVENTURE (West Virginia Public Theatre); D’Ysquith in GGLAM (Gateway Playhouse & Tuacahn); GRUMPY OLD MEN (Ogunquit Playhouse); The Suspects in MURDER FOR TWO (TheatreSquared); GOD OF CARNAGE (Shadowland Stages); George Banks in MARY POPPINS (Tuacahn). MFA: University of Arkansas; BA: Brenau University. Avalon Artists Group.

NICK TAG (Jimmy Curry) is honored to be returning to the stage here at Laguna Playhouse for his fourth production and to be surrounded by such a talented cast and crew. You may have seen Nick on stage here starring in THE GRADUATE, SEX AND EDUCATION or most recently in BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Outside of the theatre, Nick is an award winning filmmaker most notably for his work on the short film, OTHER SIDE OF THE BOX, which won at the esteemed SXSW festival in 2019. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area where he studied with A.C.T (American Conservatory Theatre), he now hails from Los Angeles where he attended the BFA program at USC for Acting. He would like to thank the entire Laguna Playhouse family for their endless support.

LIZZIE ZEREBKO (Lizzie Curry) is delighted to make her Laguna Playhouse debut in THE RAINMAKER. Past roles include: Laura in THE GLASS MENAGERIE (International City Theatre), Alice in YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (Antaeus Theatre Company) and Mabel in AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Sierra Madre Playhouse). TV/ Film: ENDANGERED, IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY, FOR THE PEOPLE, DISJOINTED, DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, CASUAL, and GRAND HOTEL. Education: USC School of Dramatic Arts and British Academy of Dramatic Arts.

THE COMPANY

N.RICHARD NASH (Playwright/1913 -2000) wrote with distinction for the theatre, television, film, poetry and fction. He is best known for THE RAINMAKER, which has been translated into nearly 40 languages. Nash wrote the screenplay for PORGY AND BESS and the libretti for THE HAPPY TIME and 110 IN THE SHADE. Novels: East Wind, Rain and The Last Magic. TV: One of that select group of writers associated with the period in media history known as “The Golden Age of Television.” Many radical plays and novels were also written by him under the name of John Roc. Awards: The American Dramatists, the Maxwell Anderson Verse Drama, the Orbeal Prize, the Wilhelm Gosse, the Cannes Prize for Literature and Drama, the Geraldine Dodge Award and the New American Play Award. He taught at Bryn Mawr College, Haverford, Brandeis, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale and Princeton.

BRUCE GOODRICH (Scenic & Costume Designer) Many projects for Laguna Playhouse, including scenic design for HARVEY, featuring French Stewart, directed by Andy Barnicle. New York/Regional venues include Primary Stages Co. (many new plays including long-running original and Off-Broadway productions of David Ives’ ALL IN THE TIMING), Ensemble Studio Theatre, Musical Theatre Works, American Stage Co., Playwrights Theatre of NJ, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Kirk Douglas, The Colony, The Falcon, The Rubicon, The Odyssey (BROADWAY BOUND, directed by Jason Alexander), El Portal, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Ensemble Theatre Company (Santa Barbara), The Chance, The Human Race (Dayton), Skylight Opera, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Montclair TheatreFest (DO NOT DISTURB, Directed by Olympia Dukakis), and many others. Stage Raw, LA Critics and Ovations nominations. BFA University of Wisconsin, MFA CarnegieMellon School of Drama. Served on the Design & Production Faculties of Williams College, Montclair State College and CSU, Fullerton (Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance).

JARED SAYEG (Lighting Designer) A recipient of the Ovation & LADCC Kinetic Lighting Award, his designs for theatre, opera, musicals, ballet, themed attractions, exhibits and architectural installations have been seen throughout the world. Jared designed THE ILLUSIONISTS on Broadway and National Tours. Regionally he’s designed for Center Theatre Group, South Coast Repertory, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, International City Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, 5-Star Theatricals, 3D Theatricals, Reprise, Ensemble Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Virginia Stage Company, 5th Avenue Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. On the WestEnd he designed ROLLING WITH LAUGHTER at Her Majesty’s Theatre and was on the design teams for the Broadway productions of PRIMO, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE WOMAN

IN WHITE, THE RADIO CITY

CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR and the national tour of BLITHE SPIRIT starring Angela Lansbury. Notable projects include four seasons lighting LA Opera, lighting Pope Benedict XVI in NYC and the USA International Ballet Competitions. Jared became the youngest member of the United Scenic Artist-Local 829 and serves as Vice Chair to the executive board. www.jaslighting.com

IAN SCOT (Sound Designer/Composer) is a composer and sound designer specializing in the development of new works and installations. His music and designs have been heard at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, Actors Shakespeare Project, Dorset Theatre Festival, Ars Nova, Heartbeat Opera, Yale Repertory Theatre, Space Wing. In addition to his artistic endeavors, Ian has made an extensive career as an A1 for productions with Audible Theatre, The New Group, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Rattlestick Theatre, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Classic Stage Company, Theatre for the New City, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and others. Ian received his MFA in Sound Design from Yale School of Drama.

KEVIN WILLIAMS (Props Designer) Recovering actor and L.A. native, Kevin has spent over two decades working as a designer, fabricator and consultant for clients such as Disney Imagineering, HUB Network, Red 5 Studios and Twentieth Century Fox among many others. Notably, he was the Resident Production Designer for interactive theatre company, Delusion, for seven years: LIES WITHIN (2014), HIS CRIMSON QUEEN (2016), LIES WITHIN VR (2017), THE BLUE BLADE (2018) and REAPER’S REMORSE (2021.) Kevin is the Prop Department Supervisor for UCLA’s School of Theater, Film & Television and lives in Orange County with his incredible family. Proud member of S.P.A.M.

NATALIE FIGAREDO (Production Stage Manager) Tours: MY FAIR LADY (1st National Tour). Regional highlights: STAGED, ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS (Laguna Playhouse), LA HAVANA MADRID, AVAAZ, SNOW WHITE, A SHOT RANG OUT, AMERICAN MARIACHI, POOR YELLA REDNECKS, LITTLE BLACK SHADOWS, ORANGE, GOING TO A PLACE WHERE YOU ALREADY ARE, PARISIAN WOMAN (South Coast Repertory), THE CAKE (Geffen Playhouse), THE CAKE (Echo Theater Company), WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN (Boston Court), WHAT YOU ARE, TWELFTH NIGHT (The Old Globe). Trained at CSULB and The London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art.

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Gala honoree, Richard Schweickert, passed away July 11, 2023, after a lengthy battle with cancer. Rich served on the Laguna Playhouse Board of Directors from 2001 to 2008 and was president from 2003 to 2005. An insurance broker by trade, Rich’s initial connection to the Playhouse and other arts organizations in Southern California was as their insurance broker. Rich combined his experience and expertise in the insurance industry with his love for the arts by creating programs for arts organizations to obtain better insurance coverage at lower prices, saving arts groups thousands of dollars over the years.

Rich was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii in 1939. He attended Pasadena City College and the University of Southern California. He founded Schweickert & Company Insurance Agents, Brokers, and Managers in 1979. He is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Betty Schweickert, his two children, and seven grandchildren. He will be missed!!

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE STAFF

MANAGEMENT

General Manager ......................................................................................... Denys Baker

Assistant General Manager/Company Manager Rachel Garlington

PRODUCTION

Production Manager

Jordan Muller

Technical Director ............................................................................................ Paul Rossi

Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer Ian Scot

Lighting Supervisor..................................................................................... Jeremy Plant

Wardrobe Supervisor Stacey Nezda

Production Management Assistant ........................................................ Cameron Wall

EDUCATION

Director of Youth Theatre, Education

Joe Alanes

Education and Outreach Coordinator ............................................... Nakisa Aschtiani

Teaching Artists Sabrina Harper, Toni Redman, Anthony Kairouz, Mary Sherg Kaye, Christina Mott, Keya Vance, Nathan Acupan, Arizsia Staton, Eric Hagen, Ben Hartley, Steve Northeast, Emily O’Flaherty, Ellen Prince, Christopher Smith, Mary Shipley

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Please check house boards for any program changes.

The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

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We at Laguna Playhouse acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral lands of the Tongva people. We recognize the enduring presence of the Tongva and are committed showing respect to the past, present and future caretakers of this land.

YOUTH THEATRE & EDUCATION

ACTING INTENSIVES

FALL SESSION: SEPTEMBER 5 - NOVEMBER 7

WINTER SESSION: JANUARY 16 - MARCH 19

SPRING SESSION: MARCH 26 - JUNE 4

Laguna Playhouse is proud to offer youth acting and theatre classes in conjunction with their fall and spring Youth Theatre productions.

Conservatory classes at the Laguna Playhouse nurture students ages 9 - 18 in learning professional skills that will guide them to success in theatre and life. In Conservatory, students learn important acting techniques and methods that are later utilized in full-scale youth productions.

With five levels, this program is for passionate individuals who have a desire to learn professional skills, have fun, and explore their creative voices with other committed students.

We are excited to also be offering Junior Conservatory classes for students ages 6 to 9! Our fall Junior Conservatory session runs September 19th to November 14th. NOV

VISIT LAGUNAPLAYHOUSE.COM/EDUCATION-COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT for more information on Conservatory Classes, Young Adult Workshops and more!

THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who have established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.

This designated gift to the theatre’s permanent Endowment will help provide scholarship assistance to talented young people seeking to expand their knowledge and skills though our youth conservatory.

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