Native Gardens

By

Karen Zacarías

January 12 – 27, 2024

P I O N E E R T H E A T R E C O M P A N Y The Roy W. and Elizabeth E. Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre KAREN AZENBERG Artistic Director

DIANE L. PARISI Interim Managing Director presents

by KAREN ZACARÍAS KATYA COLLAZO

MICHAEL KOSTROFF

TITO LIVAS

KELLY COFFIELD PARK

Scenic Design

Costume Design

LEX LIANG

PETER MARADUDIN

Sound Design

Casting by

Production Stage Manager

JO WINIARSKI BRYCE ROBINETTE

Lighting Design

BOB CLINE

EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH

Director

TIMOTHY DOUGLAS NATIVE GARDENS was commissioned and first produced by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park under Blake Robison (Artistic Director) and Buzz Ward (Managing Director). ”Native Gardens” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Cast (in order of appearance)

Pablo Del Valle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TITO LIVAS* Tania Del Valle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATYA COLLAZO* Frank Butley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL KOSTROFF* Virginia Butley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KELLY COFFIELD PARK* Production Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH* Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES O. HANSEN* *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

“The difference between a flower and a weed… is a judgment.” - Unknown SETTING Two back gardens, one beautiful, the other unkempt. The present.

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Director’s Note “All gardeners know better than other gardeners.” Chinese proverb In her seminal work In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens, Alice Walker “… believes that the truth of any subject only comes when all sides of the story are put together”. With her insightfully cultivated play, Karen Zacarías sews an analogy that roots a resolution to a seemingly simple neighbors conflict that blossoms out of control.

Like the precarious fence that divides their yards, which serves as the literal center of the Butley’s & DelValle’s rift, the heat of their microcosmic tussle at times resonates with the macro cultural conundrums currently facing society today. Zacarías, with her deftly constructed plot points and laser-like commentary on American societal norms, allows the audience to be in conversation with the onstage action – in real time - as authentically compelling points are made and dashed with whiplike agility.

As with the duality of a rose in full bloom, that releases the most delightful of fragrances while delivering its beauty by way of a thorny path, there’s no meaningfully concise way of contextualizing the journey of this play – so instead I’ll offer up the following quotes to serve as varying pathways upon which to enter our Garden.

Enjoy and contemplate … Timothy Douglas, Director “Weeds are nature’s graffiti.” Janice Maeditere “To plant a garden is to dream of tomorrow.” Audrey Hepburn “Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.” Zora Neale Hurston “A weed is but an unloved flower.” Ella Wheeler Wilcox “Flowers are restful to look at … they have neither emotions nor conflicts.” Sigmund Freud “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” Mahatma Gandhi “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” Greek proverb “This complexity is what makes us all Americans.” Karen Zacarías

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Who’s Who KATYA COLLAZO* (Tania Del Valle) is making her debut at PTC. OffBroadway: Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Mrs. Warren u/s & Vivie Warren u/s, Gingold Theatrical Group); Regional: The Da Vinci Code (Collet/Sophie u/s, American Premiere starring Michael Urie, Ogunquit Playhouse), No Child… (Solo Performer, Kitchen Theatre Co.), Nina Simone: Four Women (Sephronia, Arizona Theatre Co.), Possessing Harriet (Harriet Powell, Franklin Stage Co.), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Nurse Flinn/Sandra, Playhouse on Park), The Resolute (Grace, Wyoming Theater Festival), The Winter’s Tale (Perdita, South Dakota Shakespeare Fest.); TV: Special Ops: Lioness (Paramount+), The Blacklist (NBC), Dietland (AMC). For my family. KatyaCollazo.com @katyacollazo

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KELLY COFFIELD PARK* (Virginia Butley) “I had the great fortune of being born in New York, to a family of avid theatregoers. I have been acting professionally since I was 15.

I have been in productions Off-Broadway at the Perry Street Theatre, Second Stage, the Vineyard Theatre and the Women’s Project; and regionally at the Goodman Theater, Seattle Rep, and the Actors Theatre of Louisville. I am honored and grateful for this opportunity to perform at Pioneer Theatre Company. It is as thrilling to me now as it was when I was 15.”

KAREN ZACARÍAS (Playwright) was recently hailed by American Theater magazine as one of MICHAEL KOSTROFF* (Frank Butley) the ten most-produced playwrights in the US. Her is an established stage and television award-winning plays include The Copper Children, actor best known for his five seasons Destiny of Desire, Native Gardens, The Book Club Play, on HBO’s The Wire. His long list of TV Legacy of Light, Mariela in the Desert, The Sins of and film credits includes Platonic, Sor Juana, and the adaptations of Just Like Us, Into Billions, Law & Order: SVU, The Blacklist, NCIS, Molly’s the Beautiful North, and How the Garcia Girls Lost Game, Wizard of Lies, and The Plot Against America.

Their Accent. She is the author of ten renowned TYA Kostroff toured with Les Misérables (Salt Lake City musicals (including Ella Enchanted: The Musical) audiences may remember him as the comic villain, and the librettist of several ballets. She is one of Thénardier) and The Producers, and has appeared at the inaugural resident playwrights at Arena Stage, regional theatres all over the country—most recently a core founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons – a in Pasadena Playhouse’s Inherit the Wind, starring large national organization of artists seeking to Alfred Molina. Kostroff is the author of Letters from update the American narrative with the stories of Backstage, Audition Psych 101, and The Stage Actor’s Latinos – and she is the founder of the award-winning Handbook. He’s an instructor, mentor, and frequent Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT). YPT was cited by guest speaker at colleges and universities. Native the Obama administration as one of the best artsGardens marks his Pioneer Theatre Company debut. education programs on the nation. Karen was voted TITO LIVAS* (Pablo Del Valle) 2018 Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian Regional: The Old Globe: Destiny of magazine for her advocacy work involving the Desire; Pioneer Theatre Company: arts. She is an inaugural 2019 Sine Fellow for Policy Fireflies, A Christmas Story:The Innovation at American University and is selected Musical!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, In

by The League of Professional Theatre Women to the Heights; Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth, receive the 2019 Lee Reynolds Award, given annually As you Like It. SPT: Salt Lake Acting Company: to a woman in theater who has helped illuminate the Sleeping Giant, Mercury; Tours: Theatreworks, Idaho possibilities for social, cultural or political change.

Shakespeare Festival, National Theatre for Children.

In 2021, Karen was awarded a United States Artists Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Walt Disney Fellowship award. Karen lives in Washington, D.C. World. Film/TV: Hallmark: Love at First Glance, Sister with her husband and three children.

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Who’s Who TIMOTHY DOUGLAS (Director) helmed the PTC productions of Clybourne Park and Fences. Recent credits include The Color Purple (Signature Theatre; Helen Hayes Award for Best Musical), Jeanine Tesori & Tazewell Thompson’s Blue (New Orleans Opera, the U.S. premiere of Natasha Gordon’s Nine Night (Roundhouse Theatre), Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Terence Blanchard’s Champion (Boston Lyric Opera), the premiere of Something Happened in Our Town (Children’s Theatre Company), the U.S. premiere of Tristan Bernay’s adaptation of Frankenstein (Classic Stage Company), and the Great Theatre of China’s production and tour of Disgraced. He has made productions for Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Denver Center, Downstage New Zealand, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Juilliard School, Kennedy Center, Mark Taper Forum, Milwaukee Rep, Off Broadway, Portland Center Stage, Red Bull, Steppenwolf, among many others,

including Yale Rep with the world premiere of August Wilson’s Radio Golf. Instagram: @timdirects | TimothyDouglas.org JO WINIARSKI (Scenic Design) Jo’s previous designs at PTC were The Prom, What the Constitution Means to Me, A Distinct Society, Ass, The Lifespan of a Fact, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Jo’s Off-Broadway credits include The Fears, HYPROV, Accidentally Brave, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, and Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Regional design credits include Guthrie Theater; Arizona Theatre Company; Utah Shakespeare Festival (over 40 shows); The Old Globe; Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Dallas Theater Center; and Geva Theatre Center. Additional credits include Wishes for Disney Cruise Line. Jo was the art director on Late Night with Seth Meyers (episodes 1-844) and received an Emmy nomination for art direction for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All. PETER MARADUDIN (Lighting Design) Pioneer Theatre Company: Debut. Broadway: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Kentucky Cycle. Off-Broadway: Threesome, Hurrah at Last, and Ballad of Yachiyo.

Regional: over 300 productions for: The Guthrie Theater, American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Rep, and Portland Center Stage, among many others. Guided over 200 architectural lighting projects to completion. Training: Stanford University and the Yale School of Drama. Author of the mystery novels The Masked Avenger, The Queen of Spades, and The Robber Barons, under his nom de plume, Peter Alexei.

LEX LIANG (Costume Design) Recent: the world premieres of Tiananmen, Yes, I Can Say That!, Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty, Shane, Mr. Holland’s Opus, The Tattooed Lady, and May We All. Regional: Actor’s Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Asolo Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Dallas Theatre, Denver Center, Geva Theatre, Goodspeed, Guthrie, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Old Globe, Papermill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Pioneer Theatre Company, Portland Stage, Portland Center Stage. Lex is the founder/principal of LDC Design Associates, an 12

Who’s Who experiential event design and production company in NYC. Clients include Absolut, Gucci, Invesco, Johnson & Johnson, The Kardashians, The Tony Awards Gala, NYFW, NYWFF, William Hill Wine, and others. LexLiang.com | LDCdesign.com | @Lex924 BRYCE ROBINETTE (Sound Design) is excited to be in his second season here at Pioneer Theatre Company. He has toured across the country running theatrical and concert productions such as: the Australian Off-Broadway Company, The Temptations, Pat Benatar, Superband, and many more.

EMILY NACRISSA GRIFFITH* (Production Stage Manager) This is Emily’s eighth season with Pioneer Theatre Company. She graduated from UVU with multiple awards for her work, including the Kennedy Center’s Meritorious Achievement Award. She has also managed multiple productions for Sundance’s Summer Theatre.

JAMES O. HANSEN* (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be in his first season here at Pioneer Theatre Company!

Recent PTC credits include: Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, The Rocky Horror Show, and Christmas in Connecticut. Other credits include Clue (starring Sally Struthers), The Wedding Singer, and A Christmas Carol at The Gateway Playhouse; Joseph…Dreamcoat (starring David Archuleta), Mary Poppins, and Wonderland at Tuacahn Amphitheatre. James earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Management from Dean College. Special thanks to his Mom, Family, and Ostie for their love and support! DHH. BOB CLINE (Casting) is the founder of Bob Cline Casting in New York. He has cast film, TV,

commercials, over 75 national tours, and numerous regional theaters across the country and has been associated with the casting for PTC for many years.

Cline is currently a proud faculty member in Pace University’s theatre program, in charge of the senior BFA musical theatre majors. He is the Associate Director of Broadway Artists Alliance, enjoys working with The Open Jar Institute, and often teaches through The Growing Studio and The Actor’s Loft.

PIONEER THEATRE COMPANY (PTC) Now celebrating its 62nd season, the award-winning PTC is Utah’s premiere professional theatre company and leading arts organization of the West. Led by Artistic Director Karen Azenberg and Interim Managing Director Diane L. Parisi, PTC presents world-class productions that celebrate diversity in culture and society and serve as the connecting bridge between art and scholarship as an affiliate of the University of Utah.

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) Founded in 1933, AEA represents more than 51,000 professional Actors and Stage Managers nationwide. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, improving working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actor’s Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #equityworks *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

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For Your Information Emergency Exits are indicated to your right and left in the theatre. Please identify the exit closest to your seat location in case an emergency occurs.

Videotaping, photographing, or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. This includes photos taken by phone.

SMART WATCHES, CELL PHONES, AND CAMERAS ARE DISRUPTIVE; even when set on silent or vibrate, they may disrupt wireless sound equipment. Please leave your electronics in the car, or turn them off entirely while in the theatre.

TEXTING is disturbing to the actors and your fellow audience members. Do not text during the performance.

If you might need to be reached during a performance, leave your exact seat location with the box office. The number for emergency calls is 801-581-6963.

We have a hearing assistance system that allows our hardof-hearing patrons to sit in any seat in the house. Collateral required; inquire at coat check.

We welcome all persons. Those with special requirements should request assistance in advance.

Refreshments are not permitted in the auditorium, but are available in the main floor lobby pre-show, and during intermission. Bottled water and approved PTC drink

containers are allowed in the theatre.

University of Utah is a non-smoking campus, both inside and outside all buildings.

Evening performances are at 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Saturday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Please avoid arriving after curtain time. To avoid disturbing other patrons, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the House Manager. This policy has been instituted at the request of many of our patrons.

Season ticket holders may exchange their tickets for another performance of the same play by notifying the box office at least 48 hours prior to the performance date. Tickets are non-refundable.

You may donate your tickets, helping yourself and Pioneer Theatre Company. If you are unable to attend a production, make a tax-deductible gift of your tickets to the Theatre so that we may re-sell them. Call the box office at least 48 hours prior to the performance date.

The Patron Services staff will serve you from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During the run of a show, the box office is open extended hours Monday through Saturday.

No children under age 5 are admitted to performances.

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Pioneer Theatre Company Staff ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . KAREN AZENBERG INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR. . . . DIANE L. PARISI General Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heidi Bruce ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Outreach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Jackson Director of Development. . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Doiron Resident Fight Choreographer. . . . . . Christopher DuVal Annual Giving Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Céline David Resident Scenic Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . George Maxwell MANAGEMENT Resident Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . Bryce Robinette Company & Operations Manager. . . . . . . . . . Lisa Edwards Business Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ross Terrill PRODUCTION Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor LW Long Assistant Business Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Arnold Production Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . James O. Hansen MARKETING Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Nacrissa Griffith Joshua Black Director of Marketing/Comms. . . . . . .

Technical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Mack Marketing/Comms Coordinator. . . . . . . . . Sophie White Charge Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Jensen Photo/Video Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BW Productions Scenic Artist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda McMall Season Artwork. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modern8 Carpenters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cara DelloRusso, Lu Dunham, Cliff Merritt PATRON SERVICES Props Artisan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tanner Sase Patron Services Manager . . . . . Jenifer Christensen Master Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicolas Wulfe House Manager/Asst. Patron Services. . . . Nikki Baum Assistant Master Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivy Frampton Front of House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kat Bailey, Scott Bigler, Costume Studio Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . Phillip R. Lowe Keelee Bingham, Cormac Bywater, Susannah Castleton, Samanta Cuallo, Asst. Costume Shop Manager. . . . .Wendy Schow-Massine Sophia Dodge, Amona Faatau, Cutter/Drapers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy Schow-Massine, Ella Frank, Yasmine Jensen, Margo Seamons, Catherine Soucy Brighton Kidd, Elijah McCann, First Hand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K.L. Alberts Kate Morris, Elizabeth Nelson, Millinery/Crafts Artisan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson Leibering Sasha Pinegar, Shaina Runolfson, Stitchers. . . . . . . . . . Brandee Jenks-Kluthe, Bett Shouse Caprice Schulte, Talia Thorpe Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maxwell Paris Costume Rental Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do’nel Ault Technical Advisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Hollaar PTC/University of Utah Interns. . . . . . . . . . Evan Beesley, Ashlen Boresow, Alison Hagen, Matthew Jbara, Skyler LeMelle, Natalie Ruthven, Jazmin Viquez The theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

MILLS PUBLISHING STAFF Dan Miller, President; Cynthia Bell Snow, Office Administrator; Jackie Medina, Art Director; Ken Magleby, Graphic Design; Patrick Witmer, Web Developer; Paula Bell, Dan Miller Advertising Representatives The Pioneer Theatre Company program is published by Mills Publishing, Inc., 772 East 3300 South, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 Phone: 801.467.8833 Email: advertising@millspub.com Website: millspub.com. Mills Publishing produces playbills for many performing arts groups. Advertisers do not necessarily agree or disagree with content or views expressed on stage. Please contact us for playbill advertising opportunities. Copyright 2024.

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