Act II Playhouse Programs 22/23

DEC 6, 2022 - JAN 1, 2023

A fizzy, frothy dry martini of a holiday musical revue filled with Cole Porter favorites!

Just in time for the holidays, Act II Playhouse welcomes you to a swanky, jazzy evening of Cole Porter favorites including “You’re the Top”, “Night and Day” and “Friendship.” Join us and find out why these standards remain the best gift of all!

ACT II PLAYHOUSE

Artistic Director

Tony Braithwaite*

April Woodall* Understudy, Eleanor Roosevelt

By Mark St. Germain

Directed By Kate Brennan* Starring Penelope Reed*

Lisi Levy Assistant Director/ Assistant Stage Manager

Paul Dake* Production Stage Manager

Janus Stefanowicz Costume Designer

James Leitner Lighting Designer

Adam Danoff Projections Designer

Parris Bradley Scenic Designer

John Stovicek Sound Designer

Alice Dake Scenic Artist

Wed., November 16 is our Community Partner Night for this production. Family Promise Montco PA (formerly Inter-Faith Housing Alliance) is a social service nonprofit organization located in downtown Ambler. For more than 35 years they have partnered with the community to provide shelter and supportive services that help local families move from homelessness to self-sufficiency. They also operate a food pantry in Abington to assist individuals who are experiencing food insecurity.

* Member of Actors’ Equity. Actors’ Equity Association (“Equity”), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 Actors and Stage Managers. 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, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFLCIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.

THE CREATIVE TEAM

PENELOPE REED*

(Eleanor Roosevelt), Recipient of the 2017 Philadelphia Theatre

Barrymore Lifetime Achievement Award, is thrilled to share the heart and mind of Eleanor with Act II audiences. Among Penelope’s most favorite roles are: Blanche Dubois, Mary Stuart, Mrs. Antrobus in Skin of Our Teeth (Milwaukee Rep.); Emily Dickinson (Belle of Amherst), Hannah Jelkes (Night of the Iguana) and Winnie in Happy Days (McCarter Theatre); Lettice (Lettice and Lovage), Eleanor (Lion in Winter), and Mary (On the Verge) (Hedgerow Theatre); Laura (The Glass Menagerie) (Chicago’s Drury Lane); Gertrude (Hamlet) at Bristol Riverside: Past (A Christmas Carol) at Annenberg. She is grateful to Tony, Director Kate Brennan, Playwright Mark St. Germain, the Act II company, and husband Zoran Kovcic, who shares a “partnership of doing great things we could never do alone.”

KATE BRENNAN* (Director) Kate Brennan is an artist, educator and creator. An advocate for new work development, she has been a guest artist with the National Winter Playwrights Retreat, Tofte Lake Center, Rider University, Drexel University’s Mandell Professionals in Residence Project and is a founder of the 4 Seasons Residency. She was Head of Voice with Oklahoma City University, and has been on faculty with various others. Awards include: The O’Neill (semi-finalist), Princess Grace/New Dramatist Fellowship (finalist), and MAP Fund Grant recipient. Publications include: ALiEN8 (YouthPLAYS), elevated thoughts (Literati Press), McSweeney’s (“21 best of ’21”), Dramatist, Howlround, The Offing, and The New York Times She is a member of The Dramatist Guild, AEA, VASTA and is a Designated Linklater Teacher. Kate holds an MFA from The University of Virginia and is Artistic Director of Ignition Arts. Next up: Clean Slate at Passage Theatre Co. & Rider University. katebrennan.org

APRIL WOODALL*

(Understudy Eleanor Roosevelt) is always excited to return to Act II Playhouse where she was last seen in Café Puttanesca and Souvenir, A Fantasia on the Life of Florence

Foster Jenkins. Regional credits include Bristol Riverside Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, Montgomery Theatre, Fulton Theatre, Surflight, Flashpoint Theatre, Eagle Theatre, and The Devon, as well as theatres in New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Florida, Virginia, Missouri, and Illinois. Received some awards, and met a lot of fine folks along the way. Thanks to Tony, Kate, and everyone at Act II for including me on this journey! Proud member of Actors’ Equity. AprilWoodall.com Love always to E & C.

LISI LEVY (Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager) (she/her) is an actor, director, and teaching artist from Saint Louis, MO. She attended Oklahoma City University where she graduated summa cum laude with a BFA in Acting and a minor in Directing. As an artist and person, Lisi values community and empathy above all. She strives to contribute to strong ensembles which promote inclusivity and belonging in their theatrical practices. Some of her recent favorite directing experiences include: Courtship (The Tank), Footloose, Godspell Jr. (Gateway Center for Performing Arts), John Proctor Is The Villain and The Revolutionists (Oklahoma City University). Special thanks to Kate for being a mentor and friend. Lisi would also like to thank her mom, Jim, and Papi for helping her dreams become realities.

JOHN STOVICEK (Sound Designer) is always glad to return to Act II Playhouse where he has designed twenty-five shows. Formerly the long-time Designer in Residence for Villanova University Theatre, he is currently the Lead Technical Co-ordinator for the University’s Mullen Center for the Performing Arts.

THE CREATIVE TEAM

PAUL DAKE* (Production Stage Manager) joined Act II in 2021 and has worked in professional theater since 2006 as both an Actor and Stage Manager. Paul can be seen in TV commercials now and then, is an accomplished singer/songwriter, and has selfproduced several albums of original music. He enjoys spending time with his family, golfing with his musician friends, reading biographies, and is an avid runner. www.PaulDake.com

JAMES LEITNER (Lighting Designer) has worked for many years in Philadelphia with the Arden Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Wilma Theater, Act II Playhouse, Theatre Exile, Delaware Theatre Company, Montgomery Theater, Curtis Opera, Pennsylvania Ballet, and various colleges and universities. Further afield, he has worked extensively for Tri-Cities Opera, Sarasota Opera, Milwaukee Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and the Vail International Dance Festival.

ALICE DAKE (Scenic Artist) is thrilled to be working on this Act II production after creating the fun caricatures of Tony, Jen Childs, and Owen Robbins for A Couple of Swells and the pop-art faces for I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. She was also the scenic painter for The Prisoner of Second Avenue. She has also worked as a scenic artist at Montgomery Theater (favorites include A Thousand Clowns, I Love My Wife, and Any Wednesday) where she continues to work as the scenic designer/painter for all of their children’s productions, a position she has held since 2009. She also worked as a scenic artist for six seasons at The Center for Performing and Fine Arts in West Chester, as well as providing commissioned art and set pieces for a number of productions at St. Joe’s Prep over the years. Alice is now in the eighth year of her “A Drawing a Day” project, first suggested by her children - you can see her work on Instagram at alyssmermangel. Alice joined the Act II team in 2021 as Box Office Associate/House Manager and is loving every minute.

PARRIS BRADLEY (Scenic Designer) is the Executive Director of the Mullen Center for the Performing Arts at Villanova University and teaches Set Design for Arcadia University. Selected set design credits include: Souvenir, I Ought to Be in Pictures, Tom Foolery (Act II); Orlando, The Book Club Play, Much Ado About Nothing (Villanova), As You Like It, Motherf**ker with the Hat, Speech and Debate (Arcadia); Persistent Memory, Pressing Matters (MBL Productions- Beckett Theatre, NYC). Outdoor installations: Washing Nature, The Troll Bridge [co-design with John Stovicek], Nature’s Wave Bench, and Tulip Treehouse [co-design with Michael Rhile] (Tyler Arboretum). Upcoming Designs: Dancing at Lughnasa (Arcadia) www.parrisbradley.com

JANUS STEFANOWICZ (Costume Designer) is happy to be back at Act ll having designed: Looking Over the President’s Shoulder, Greater Tuna, Biloxi Blues, Camelot, Collected Stories, Becoming Dr Ruth and Together Off-Broadway: Merman and Martin. Janus is the resident costume designer and shop manager at Villanova University’s Theatre Department. Since 1996, she has been nominated for 17 Barrymore Awards and has won three: the 2006 Barrymore Award for Best Costume for Intimate Apparel at Philadelphia Theatre Company, the 2003 Barrymore Award for Big Love, and 1998 Award for On the Razzle, both at the Wilma Theater.

ADAM DANOFF (Projections Designer) Adam is thrilled to return for a second production at Act II. In addition to theatrical projection and sound design, Adam does Location Sound recording and post-production sound design for films such as Hayride to Hell (2022), Alpha Rift (2021), and Bloodrunners (2014). He is the Production Manager for Visual Expressions Chinese Puppet Theater and the Director of Education and Production at Montgomery Theater where he is currently directing Blithe Spirit.

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THANK YOU TO OUR HONORARY PRODUCER

The Deborah Holt Weil Fund

ACT II PLAYHOUSE DONORS

We’d like to give the following individuals a HUGE round of applause for their generous contributions which make this performance and everything Act II Playhouse produces possible. This listing acknowledges all contributions received from December 4, 2021 to September 27, 2022. If your name has been omitted or misprinted, please contact External Relations Director Mary Carpenter at mary@act2.org.

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Santoro

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ACT II PLAYHOUSE DONORS

Joan Sklaroff

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Fishbein

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In Memory Of

Leeds Bird

Edward Feldman

Peggy Hughes

Thomas W. Ludlow

Sue Ann Marburg

Gregory J. Nowak, Esq.

Jay Rosen

In Honor Of

2 in honor of Steve Blumenthal

6 in honor of Tony Braithwaite

Michael Donovan

Merle Holman

3 in honor of Frank “Buddy” Martin

Fredda Pollack

in tribute to Ellen Ratner

Years of great theatre

CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

Corporations

Ambler Savings Bank

BBL&B Advisors, LLC

Lori Carpenter Insurance Group

SEI

Amos & Advisors

New Age Industries

Rotary Club of Springfield Township

The 501 at Mattison Estate

Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board

Government

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

U.S. Small Business Administration

Foundations

Arcadia Foundation

BLBB Charitable

CHG Charitable Trust & Haas Charitable Trust A

Connelly Foundation

Independence Foundation

Lindback Foundation

Louis N. Cassett Foundation

The Malfer Foundation

The Robert and Elaine Fitt Family Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation

The Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development Fund

The Wyncote Foundation

William Penn Foundation

Matching Gifts

Johnson & Johnson Foundation

The Merck Foundation

Vanguard Charitable

A Toast To Our 24th Season! Merle Holman

ACT II PLAYHOUSE BOARD

OF DIRECTORS

Berne Siergiej, Esq. - President Of Counsel

Timoney Knox, LLP

Alan Roomberg, CPA - Treasurer Shareholder

Strouss Hui Roomberg Ellis, P.C.

Valerie Baker Faculty member at MCCC Psychotherapist

Howie Brown Director of Admission St. Joseph’s Preparatory School

Jeffrey Coon Annual Fund & Foundation Manager Fulton Theatre

Joe Mancano Founding Partner Mancano Law, PLLC

James D. Scully Jr. Partner Scully Company Real Estate

Colleen Stratton - Vice President SEI Investments

Susan Galletti - Secretary Former Senior VP Gramercy Property Trust

Tony Braithwaite Artistic Director Act II Playhouse

Curt Cockenberg Head Coach, Track & Field/Cross County St. Joseph’s Preparatory School

Merle Holman CEO Group Dynamics, Inc.

Stephen Blumenthal - Board Member Emeritus Founding Artistic Director Act II Playhouse

Dr. Jay R. Rosan - Board Chairman Emeritus VP Health Innovation Walgreens

Frank ‘Bud’ Martin - Board Member Emeritus Executive Director Delaware Theatre Co.

STAFF

Tony Braithwaite, Artistic Director

Pat Taddei, Director of Finance and Operations

Mary Carpenter, Director of External Relations

Nick Cardillo, Director of Marketing

Liz McDonald, Production and Company Manager

Deb Wesler, Audience Services Manager

Ariel Brenna, Alice Dake and Ed Sabato, Box Office Associates/House Managers

Patricia G. Sabato, Resident Stage Manager

Paul Dake, Production Associate

Rose Marie Kettinger, Education Coordinator and Production Associate Will Dennis, Teaching Artist

Michael Donovan, Stand-Up Comedy Producer