Lockdown | Season 2022 Program

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LOCKDOWN JUNE 23 THRU JUNE 26 2022

written by DOUGLAS CRAVEN direction by LORRY LEPAULE FO R TI CKETS & I N FO: 707.937.4477 at the M E N D O C I N O TH E ATR E C O M PA NY

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LOCKDOWN

BY DOUGLAS CRAVEN DIRECTED BY LORRY LEPAULE

CAST LIZ .................................................................... Annabell Guinan GRADE 9 STUDENT .......................................... Savanna Oglesby CHELSEA .................................................... Lidie Jimenez-Potter SARAH ........................................................................ Sara Rose MARK ..................................................................... Pablo Salmon TYLER ................................................................. Katan Sosnovec ADAM ................................................................ Derringer Tower PHIL ................................................................... Ethan Zartman MRS. KARSH ....................................................... Pamela W. Allen

THE TIME The present.

THE PLACE

A classroom in a suburban high school, Deerborne C.V.I. Please wear your mask while in the theatre building.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

LOCKDOWN is presented by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc., New York, N.Y. Design & Layout: inkfish design

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PRODUCTION STAFF Director

Lorry Lepaule

Assistant Director

Phannarai Inkun

Stage Manager Set

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Annabelle Stacho & Maitreya Tindall

Set Design Mentor Lighting

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Lighting Design Mentor Sound

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DIRECTOR’S NOTES Working on Lockdown has been quite a journey. Although we encountered some obstacles, what has made this experience fun and inspiring is the great attitude of the student cast and crew, the mentors and my one adult cast member, Pamela.

I think the hardest part of directing this particular play was wondering, how much do I want the cast to really feel what it’s like to be in an actual school lockdown? It is an untenable and terrifying reality; how do we make that terror and uncertainty bearable?

Our young cast and crew are strong, creative, smart, funny and resiliant. I applaud them and am in awe of their lion hearts.!

Lorry Lepaule, director

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: DOUGLAS CRAVEN Mr. Craven lives in Whitby, Ontario. He earned several degrees in English Literature and Dramatic Arts from the University of Western Ontario. He is an actor, director, teacher, and father.

When not writing, he practises Japanese swordsmanship.

Photo by Ronan Garza-Hillman | Lockdown cast & crew members 4

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CAST BIOGRAPHIES ANNABELL GUINAN (LIZ) has been per-

PABLO SALMON (MARK) is fifteen years

forming for as long as she can remember.

She has performed with Mendocino Community Center, Gloriana Musical Theater, Caspar Creek, Mendocino Theater Company and MCHS.“Doing this play with what happened In Texas makes this even more real, and I hope that none of us have to experience that, My heart goes out to families involved in the Ulvalde shooting.”

old and attends Mendocino High School. He has been acting in theater productions since he was in kindergarten, but this is his first time in a production with MTC. “When I first started this production, I had no idea how real it would feel now.”

LIDIE JIMENEZ-POTTER (CHELSEA) is an eighth grade student at the Mendocino K-8.

Lidie has always been passionate about theatre and singing. She’s acted in various things, including Shrek with her fellow cast mate, Pablo. Lidie believes that working on Lockdown is important, because events like those in the play are often ignored and overlooked, and hopes that the art of theatre will better help spread awareness to the subject.

SAVANNA OGLESBY (GRADE NINE STUDENT) has been in many small plays/productions before. This is his first play with the Mendocino Theatre Company and he is excited to be able to participate in this production.

“I’m very glad to be given the opportunity to work on this production with so many wonderful cast and crew members.”

SARA ROSE (SARAH) has been a performer for most of her life and has been involved in local theater for almost 10 years. She has done plays with CCM, Caspar Creek, Mendocino K-8, and with MTC for the radio. She is excited to make her on-stage MTC debut with such an impactful play.

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KATAN SOSNOVEC (TYLER) is a fifteen year old MCHS student with interests in D&D and acting. He has participated in multiple MTC productions as an actor and as a backstage worker, as well as school performances. He feels that Lockdown is an important exercise in widening his perspective to the cultures and realities of other students throughout the world.

DERRINGER TOWER (ADAM) is a 12-yearold, openly agender 8th grader, attending Pacific Community Charter School in Point Arena. Originally from Los Angeles, they love reading, watching cartoons, judging people, and collecting dead animals! They are looking forward to being a part of this culturally relevant theatre production.

ETHAN ZARTMAN (PHIL) has been in many plays since he was little and is happy to be performing in Mendocino’ Theatre Company”s Lockdown! He attends Fort Bragg Middle School. Ethan is a Boy Scout and also a swimmer for the Mendocino Coast Sea Dragons swim team. Working on Lockdown is important because it brings awareness to the problems students face today.

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CREW BIOGRAPHIES PHANNARAI INKUN (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)

RORY TWUNGUBUMWE (LIGHTING) is

is a fifteen year old student going into the Sophomore year. They have some experience with theater in the form of The Wizard of Oz as well as a Zoom improv show. They enjoy writing, reading, crocheting, and watching movies.

Phannarai is very grateful for the opportunity to work with such a wonderful cast and crew.

13-years-old and goes to middle school. He enjoys working on lighting. “Lockdown is important because it is based on real events.”

BELLA FICILI (STAGE MANAGER) has been involved in theatre for many years, starting out as an actor with Gloriana Musical Theatre and, more recently, working behind the scenes as a techie and stage manager. Bella is also a performing musician and spends most of her time playing guitar and bass at live shows and for her Instagram page. She has enjoyed working alongside Lorry and the cast and hopes you enjoy Lockdown.

MAITREYA TINDALL (SET) is an athlete, a writer and has lived in more places than you can count on your fingers. She is now settled in Mendocino. “Being a set designer on Lockdown was a super fun and new experience.”

ANNABELLE STACHO (SET) is eleven years old and has attends Mendocino K-8. She moved to California after temperatures in Michigan plummeted to -60°F. She enjoys the outdoors and not being cold. This is her first year working with MTC.

FREJ BARTY (SOUND) is an aspiring filmmaker, cinematographer, and storyteller. Always looking for new opportunities to learn filmmaking, he plans on making movies that inspire. He is also a roller skating champ, Dungeons and Dragons lover, and nerd. “It is an honor to work on this play for we are all Anne Franks, living though today’s crises, and this is in some ways her anxious journal of today, an expression of the seriousness of our time.”

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