DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
PRESENTS
WORDS AND MUSIC BY
Michael John LaChiusa
BASED ON THE PLAY
"The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico García Lorca
DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY
William Carlos Angulo
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Jacob Kerzner
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Diego Alejandro González and Felipe Panamá
SCENIC DESIGNER
Zeke Leonard
STAGE MANAGER
Rachel Mondschein
COSTUME DESIGNER
Carmen M. Martínez
STAGE COMBAT
Alec Barbour
LIGHTING DESIGNER Henry Killbourn
INTIMACY
CHOREOGRAPHER
Kathleen Baum
SOUND DESIGNER
Jacqueline R. Herter
DRAMATURG
Aliana Aspesi
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Eleanor Holdridge
October 10 - 19, 2025
SEASON SPONSOR
FLAMENCO CONSULTANT Marisa Guzmán Colegrove
Bernarda Alba was originally produced by Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2006. Bernarda Alba is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
THE COMPANY
Madison Manning.....................................................Bernarda Alba
Amelia Serrano Gallagher.................................................Angustias
Delaney Thompson.........................................................Magdalena
Elizabeth Hughes.....................................................................Amelia
Eva Spaid.................................................................................Martirio
Sophie Snider..............................................................................Adela
Carolyn Burch...........................................................................Poncia
E.A. Hobbs......................................................................Maria Josefa
Lucía Caridad Soto.................................................Maid, Company
Natalie Palmer.....................................................Servant, Company
Lauren Holland...............................................Prudencia, Company
Jaelynn Ricks...........................................................Mare, Company
Addelyn Esposito...............................................................Company
Chloe Mendoza Smith......................................................Company
Leonard Allen......................................................Stallion, Company
Reed Grayner..........................................Antonio, Pepe, Company
Jude Emperado....................................................................Company
Tavien Goodson..................................................................Company
UNDERSTUDIES
For Servant – Avery Hocker For Poncia, Magdalena – Livia Nieves For Maid – Mary Potter For Bernarda Alba – Delaney Thompson
SWINGS
Avery Hocker, Robbie Mosley, Livia Nieves, Mary Potter
TIME/SETTING
Once upon another time, in a little town in Spain...
SONG LIST
PROLOGUE
Prologue........................................................................................................................Company
ACT I
The Funeral................................................................................................Bernarda, Ensemble
On The Day That I Marry (Part 1)......................................................................Young Maid
Bernarda's Prayer.........................................................................................................Bernarda
On The Day That I Marry (Part 2) ..................Young Maid, Servant, Poncia, Bernarda
Love Let Me Sing You....................................Amelia, Martirio, Magdalena, Adela, Pepe
Let Me Go to the Sea....................................................................Maria Josepha, Ensemble
— Interlude —
ACT II
Magdalena.................................................................................................................Magdalena
Angustias..................................................................................................Angustias, Ensemble
Amelia........................................................................................Amelia, Young Maid, Servant
Martirio............................................................................................................................Martirio
Magdalena (Reprise)...............................................................................................Magdalena
Adela.........................................................Adela, Magdalena, Amelia, Angustias, Martirio
I Will Dream of What I Saw......................................................................................Company
Thirty Odd Years...............................................................................................................Poncia
Limbrada's Daughter..................................................................................................Company
— Interlude —
ACT III
One Moorish Girl...........................................................................Young Maid, Servant, Poncia
The Smallest Stream..........................................................................................................Bernarda
The Stallion...................................................Martirio, Angustias, Magdalena, Adela, Amelia
Lullaby...........................................................................................................................Maria Josepha
Open The Door.....................................................................................................Adela, Ensemble
Finale.......................................................................................................................................Bernarda
Juerga music and dance devised by the entire company.
ORCHESTRA
Keyboard/Conductor: Jacob Kerzner
Viola: Amy Cirmo
Percussion: Josh Dekaney
Flute/Alto Flute: Martha Grener
Bass: Josef Lorenz
Guitar: Ken Meyer
MUSIC TEAM
Music Contractor: Brian Cimmet
Additional Arrangements: Jacob Kerzner
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Dance Captain: Lucía Caridad Soto
Fight Captain: Madison Manning
Assistant Director: Polly Jeanne Gilmore
Assistant Scenic Designer: Ren Nygaard
Assistant Costume Designers: Lilly Berget, Reyna Sanchez
Assistant Lighting Designer: Fotini Lambridis
Assistant Stage Managers: Tess Feldman, Maisey O’Brien
PRODUCTION STAFF & RUN CREW
Faculty Advisor to Student Designers: Carmen M. Martinez
Faculty Advisor to Stage Managers: Don Buschmann
Light Board Operator: Aileen Espino
Sound Board Operator: Claire Arveson
Spotlight Operators: Pearle Kendrick, Abigail Sebastian
Deck (Run Crew): Addison Goad, Jinyoung Kil, Emma Yee
Dressers (Run Crew): Maya Compton, Ali DeFilippo, Henry DiNapoli, Kaitlyn McCarley
Costume Maintenance: Makelle Lindsey & Maya Rublev
CONTENT ADVISORY
Bernarda Alba is suggested for ages 12 and up. Sexual language and situations and moments of violence are depicted.
RUN TIME
1 hour and 30 minutes (no intermission)
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DIRECTOR'S NOTE
Catholicism waged a bloody genocide in Spain.
Then, via Spanish ships, Catholicism waged a bloody genocide in the Americas.
All of Latin America, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, was birthed in the wake of that war.
(Note that “Latin America” is a continent-and-a-half worth of people. Our cultures and racial backgrounds are vastly different from one another.)
It can never be assumed that two people with Spanish surnames share cultural similarities. Yet, whenever I—a mixed-race, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural “Latino” raised in the Midwest— interact with any other Latin person living in the States, we inevitably share commonalities in cuisine, music, the centrality of family, and our shared experiences of religious trauma.
I would posit that all of these commonalities came from Spain, but none so much as the brutal depiction of a God who subjugates through punishment and pain.
When we share stories about our upbringings, it seems like we all had the same parents:
Because the church wants our parents to be police.
That was the terrifying provocation that sparked our process for Bernarda Alba. Yet this astonishing group of young people used it to build a resilient community, a sense of collective bravery, and a vitality that can only come from a mutual desire for liberation.
Endless gratitude to my creative partner Diego Alejandro González and to our collaborators Felipe, Aldo, Aliana, Marisa, Jacob, Stuart, Eleanor, Ralph, Zeke, Carmen, Henry, Jacqui, Kathleen, Alec, Mara, Polly, Lucía, Rachel, Tess, Maisey, Banji, and Kiki for facilitating this experiment.
Thank you to Lorca who penned this play, and to my hero Graciela Daniele who lovingly transformed it into musical theater.
And thank you to the real Bernarda Alba and to every Bernarda in Spain, Latin America, and elsewhere—I want your liberation most of all.
Con Amor,
William Carlos Angulo
CAST
Leonard Allen (Stallion, Company) is a sophomore musical theater student at Syracuse University from Naples, Florida. Bernarda Alba is his first show at the Syracuse University Department of Drama! His favorite food is tacos. He thanks his friends and family for their endless support. All love to the tribe. IG: @Nardful
Carolyn Burch (Poncia) is a senior musical theater major from the San Francisco Bay Area and is honored to be closing out her time in the Syracuse University Department of Drama with this wonderful production. You may have seen her most recently as Meg March in Little Women, as Marcy in The 25th Annual P.C. Spelling Bee (Black Box Players), and as Lake in Lighthouse (New Works New Voices). Carolyn would like to thank her parents, peers, instructors, and the entire Bernarda Alba team for their unwavering support! @carolynkburch
Jude Emperado (he/any) (Company, u/s Stallion) Department of Drama Debut! He is a sophomore from Southern California majoring in musical theater and minoring in civil engineering. He most recently assistant directed a workshop of the new musical Magia for the Department of Drama. Regional: Chess (Muny), Cats (Mungojerrie, Jean’s Playhouse), The Secret Garden (Fakir, Jean’s Playhouse), Hello Dolly (Cortland Rep), The Wedding Singer (u/s Glen Guglia, Cortland Rep), and The Little Mermaid (Dance Captain, u/s Sebastian, Cortland Rep). He thanks all his wonderful professors and educators and sends all his love to his family and friends. Bleed Orange! @jude.gabrielll
Addelyn Esposito (she/her) (Company, u/s Adela) is a junior musical theater major and finance minor from Clinton, MA. She is so excited to make her Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage debut in Bernarda Alba. Other recent credits include Patty Simcox in Grease (Theater at the Mount) and Samantha/Maude in In Sisters We Trust (Department of Drama small-scale). She is so excited to be a part of this incredible company. She would like to thank her family, friends, and professors for all their support! @addelyn_e
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Amelia Serrano Gallagher (she/her) (Angustias) is a senior musical theater major from Hoboken, New Jersey. Past credits include Margaret in Sense and Sensibility (Syracuse Stage), Swing in Ghost Ship (mainstage), and Church u/s in Lighthouse (New Works, New Voices). She is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to tell this story and extends the utmost love and gratitude to her mentors, friends, and family. I love you mucho, mucho. @ameliaggallagher
Tavien Goodson (he/him) (Company) is a senior musical theater major from Roswell, GA. He is honored to be part of Bernarda Alba as a capstone to his time with the Syracuse University Department of Drama. Previous credits include Ensemble in Ghost Ship (mainstage) and Avery in The Flick at Redhouse Arts Center. Tavien is proud to share the hard work and dedication this incredible cast and creative team have poured into the production. He would like to thank his friends and family for their unconditional love and support.
Reed Grayner (he/him) (Pepe el Romano, Antonio) is a sophomore musical theater major from Parker, CO. This is his first ever production with the Department of Drama, and he is incredibly honored to work with and learn from such a talented and passionate company. He would like to extend a huge thanks to his parents, who have done so much to allow him to continue pursuing his unwavering passion for acting. Love you Mom, Dad, and Livi!
E.A. Hobbs (Maria Josefa) is honored to share this important and impactful piece. Past performance credits include Ghost Ship (Horngold, Sailor #2), Newsies (Tommy Boy, Spot Conlon), and Cinderella (Ella). Past choreography credits include Little Women (Choreographer), The Addams Family (Choreographer), and Head Over Heels (Assistant Choreographer). Hobbs is endlessly grateful to the ones who love her most.
Avery Hocker (she/her) (Swing, u/s: Servant) is a sophomore musical theater major, originally from Southwest Missouri. She is wildly thrilled to be a part of her first show at Syracuse and has nothing but gratitude for the directing team, department faculty, and her fellow castmates. She sends her love to her family and friends, both at school and back home.
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Lauren Holland (she/her) ( Company, Prudencia, u/s: Angustias) is a senior musical theater major from Jacksonville, FL. Prior credits include Swing in Guys And Dolls (mainstage) and ensemble in the Drama Dance Concert (small scale). She would like to thank her friends and family for their support.
Elizabeth Hughes (she/her) (Amelia) is a senior musical theater major from Media, PA. She is thrilled to be in her third mainstage production in the Department of Drama and is honored to be working with such an amazing and talented group of people. Previous Department of Drama credits include: Ghost Ship (Deveau) and What the Moon Saw (Zanni). New Works New Voices productions include: Lighthouse (u/s Bus) and Bend Toward the Light (Willow). She would like to thank her instructors, friends, and family for all their love and support. @elizagracehughes
Madison Manning (she/her) ( Bernarda Alba, Fight Captain) is a senior musical theater major from Denver, CO. Past performances include: Sunday in the Park with George, The Rake’s Progress, The House on Mango Street (Glimmerglass Festival); Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, A Christmas Carol (Syracuse Stage); Guys and Dolls (Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage); Drama Dance Concert, New Works New Voices workshop readings of Lighthouse and Magia (Syracuse University Department of Drama small scale); Pathways: A New Musical Play (Senior Honors Thesis workshop). Lots of love and gratitude to her family, her heart, Damaris, instructors, and voice teacher Marina de Ratmiroff for their unwavering support and for helping her achieve what she thought impossible. God is good! Lamentations 3:22-23 | @_madison.manning_
Robbie Mosley (he/him/his) (Swing) is ecstatic to be making his Syracuse University mainstage debut. He is currently a sophomore musical theater major. Robbie has most recently been seen as the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors and as a tapping rat in Shrek the Musical. Outside of theater, Robbie enjoys volleyball, baking, and Hollow Knight.
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Livia Nieves (Swing, u/s: Poncia, Magdalena) is a sophomore musical theater major from Rochester, IL. This is her first Syracuse University Department of Drama mainstage production, and she is so honored to share this story with such an incredible group of artists. She sends love and gratitude to her fabulous teachers, past and present, and her supportive friends, peers, and family! @livnieves
Natalie Palmer (Servant, Company) is a sophomore musical theater major from Pittsburgh, PA. This is her first production at the Department of Drama, and she is extremely grateful for this experience with such an incredible team. Natalie would like to thank her friends and family for always supporting her dreams.
Mary Potter (she/her) (Swing, u/s: Maid) is a sophomore musical theater major from San Diego, CA. This is her first Syracuse University Department of Drama production, and she is so thankful to be working with such a talented cast and crew. She is so grateful for her family, friends, and teachers who helped her get to this moment in her life. Enjoy the show!
Jaelynn Ricks (Mare, Company) is a senior perusing her B.F.A. in musical theater at Syracuse University. She’s been performing all her life, and her love of dance naturally led to her love of theater. She’s so excited to be a part of Bernada Alba as her last musical with Syracuse University. Her past credits include Commanding Space (Syracuse Stage), Guys & Dolls (Department of Drama, mainstage), The Wedding Singer (Cortland Repertory Theater), and A Charlie Brown Christmas (Rivertown Theater). She’d like to thank God, her family, and the Syracuse University faculty for their support.
Chloe Mendoza Smith (she/her) (Company, u/s: Martirio, Maria Josefa) is a senior acting major who’s beyond excited to be part of this unforgettable production! She sends a big shout-out to her amazing friends, inspiring instructors, and endlessly supportive family! Vamos!!!
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Sophie Snider (Adela) is a senior musical theater major from Mount Airy, Maryland. It has been an absolute gift to work alongside the cast, crew, and creative team on a show with so much power. Past Syracuse University Department of Drama credits include Thea Elvsted (Hedda Gabler), Missy (Ghost Ship), and Eleanor u/s in Syracuse Stage’s Sense and Sensibility. She would like to thank her family and friends for their unwavering support and love; it means the entire world. She couldn’t imagine a better production to close out her last show with Syracuse and sends all her gratitude to everyone who made it possible. Enjoy the show!
Lucía Caridad Soto ( Maid , Company, Dance Captain) is a sophomore musical theater major and history of architecture minor from Miami, Florida, and a proud Cuban American. Department of Drama mainstage debut! Previous credits include several works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins with Miami City Ballet, Voices in Verse Staged Reading (Loft), and choreographer for the Television, Radio, and Film thesis film Schrödinger’s Kiss (studio project). Muy agradecida por el apoyo de mi familia, y la guía de Dios. @lucia.csoto
Eva Spaid (she/her) (Martirio) is a senior musical theater major at Syracuse University from Mountain View, CA. Recently, she was in Sense and Sensibility at Syracuse Stage and John & Jen with Black Box Players. All the love and thanks to Mom, Dad, friends, faculty, and creative team for support and collaboration in this beautiful piece of art. @eva.spaid
Delaney Thompson (she/her) (Magdalena, u/s: Bernarda Alba) is a senior musical theater major from Baltimore, MD. Her previous Department of Drama credits include ensemble in The Skriker (small-scale) and Lighthouse (New Works New Voices), and Marmee in Little Women (mainstage). She is eternally grateful to her family and friends for their support.
ARTISTIC STAFF
Zeke Leonard (Scenic Designer) is a maker and educator based in Syracuse. He is an Associate Professor in the Syracuse University School of Design and is the Program Coordinator for the School of Design First Year Experience. His making practice, centered around furniture and musical instruments, explores resource usage and waste-stream contributions as indicators of sociocultural value structures. In addition to teaching drawing and furniture design and making at Syracuse University, he also regularly teaches at craft schools such as Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Maine and Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts in Tennessee.
Carmen M. Martinez (Costume Designer) hails from the city of Lima, Peru, but has been in the New York area since 2004. She holds a B.F.A. in graphic design from RISD, and an M.F.A. in set and costume design from the Yale School of Drama. This unique combination allows her to collaborate in many disciplines (almost) seamlessly. As a graphic designer, she worked at The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum. She is also a founding partner and creator of the small women owned and run studio “all of the things nyc” (www.allofthethingsnyc.com). In this endeavor she provides costume crafts and prop design services, as well as creates her own line of jewelry and home goods (which usually have a funny, socially conscious, and feminist twist). With AOTT, she has been a vendor at multiple events like the Union Square and Columbus Circle Holiday Markets. Some of her theatrical projects include, set design for James and the Giant Peach at The Alliance Theater, Danny, King of the Basement at Syracuse Stage, props for The Hairy Ape at the Armory, scenic elements for Katy Perry’s performance at the Met Gala (2017), Un Informe Sobre la Banalidad del Amor in Lima, Peru, and Owners at Yale Rep. To see more of her work, visit www.cmmartinezo.com
Henry Killbourn (he/him) (Lighting Designer) is a senior theater design and technology major from Orinda, CA. Other Syracuse lighting design credits include What The Moon Saw and the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He would like to thank his family, friends, and mentors for their unwavering support.
Jacqueline R. Herter (Sound Designer) has served as resident sound designer at Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University Department of Drama since 1997. She shifted and combined theatrical design with video/film design for the 20/21 season. Herter has designed for Indiana Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena, the Wilma, Geva, Round House, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Virginia Stage, and the Hangar Theater as well as other theatres across the nation. Some favorite designs have been: Annapurna, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Next
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to Normal, Mary Poppins, Nine, Hairspray, The Overwhelming, Caroline, or Change, The Miracle Worker, The Wolves, The Day Room, The Christians, Radio Golf, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Red Noses, The Real Thing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, M. Butterfly, A Raisin in the Sun, A Lesson Before Dying, Copenhagen, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Inherit the Wind, and Big River.
Rachel Mondschein (she/her) (Stage Manager) is a senior stage management major from Glastonbury, Connecticut. She was previously the stage manager for What the Moon Saw (mainstage), and assistant stage manager for Syracuse Department of Drama’s productions of Dance Nation (mainstage) and Guys and Dolls (mainstage). Rachel was also the stage management intern for Syracuse Stage’s production of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Outside of Syracuse, she has been a stage management intern for The Lexington Theatre Company’s productions of 42nd Street, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fiddler on the Roof, and Jersey Boys. She would like to thank her Mom, Dad, Sister, Auntie, and friends for all their love and support. Go Orange and enjoy the show!
Alec Barbour (Stage Combat) is a Rochester, NY based actor, fight choreographer, and playwright. He has been studying stage combat since 2005 and is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. He received his M.F.A. in acting at the Hilberry Repertory Theatre at Wayne State University in Detroit, where his roles included Iago in Othello, Carson in Gross Indecency, and Charles Lomax in Major Barbara. Regional acting credits include Sir Castor (and fight captain) in Camelot at Drury Lane Theatre and Horner in The Country Wife at Franklin Stage. Intimacy Direction: (for Syracuse Stage) Amadeus; (for Syracuse University Department of Drama) Romeo & Juliet, Everybody, Wild Party; (for Wallbyrd Theatre Co.) Bard Bending: Fight Club Edition, Two Gentlemen of Verona; (for Utica College) Dracula. Fight Direction: (for Syracuse Stage) Amadeus, Suzette who Set to Sea, Deathtrap, Disgraced; (for Syracuse University Department of Drama) Wild Party, Kiss Me, Kate; (for University of Rochester) Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (with J. David Brimmer); (for Nazareth College) Spring Awakening, Hayfever, Vinegar Tom; (for Le Moyne College) She Kills Monsters, Macbeth in Concert, Romeo & Juliet in Concert, The Liar; (for Hilberry Repertory Theatre) The Cripple of Inishmaan, Macbeth, The Mousetrap, Moon Over Buffalo; (for Wayne State University) Arabian Nights, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, SubUrbia; (for Wallbyrd Theatre Co) Two Gentlemen of Verona, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Dracula. Alec teaches stage combat courses at Le Moyne College, Nazareth College, and Utica
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College. He is an apprentice with Intimacy Directors International and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.
Kathleen Baum (Intimacy Choreographer) is an actor, movement coach, intimacy choreographer, and teacher. She has worked at theaters and training programs across the U.S. and internationally in Berlin, London, Toronto, Sao Paolo, Sydney, and Melbourne, among others. She has been on faculty at Emerson College and the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and is currently on faculty in the Syracuse University Department of Drama.
Aliana Aspesi (she/her) (Dramaturg) is a sophomore theater management major and is working as the dramaturg for Bernarda Alba. She would like to thank the Syracuse University Department of Drama for allowing her to work so extensively on this incredibly cultural and beautiful piece of theater.
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER
William Carlos Angulo is a theater-maker of Bolivian descent, based in New York. His work centers the creation of culture, using oral history, music, and dance to explore, express, and celebrate third-culture identity. His works in theater and dance have premiered in fifteen U.S. states including Puerto Rico, as well as in Poland, France, Germany, Croatia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Previous collaborations include Lincoln Center Theater, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, The MUNY, Bushwick Starr, Ars Nova, PCLO, Ford’s Theatre DC, Cincinnati Playhouse, Marriott Theatre, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Court Theatre, and more. He has collaborated with Grammy Award-winning recording artists like Breland, LOCASH, and Florida Georgia Line, and his Legally Blonde choreography has been hash-tagged on TikTok and Instagram over 17 million times. He cocreated the musical theater training program at Goodman Theatre in Chicago before serving as an original instructor for Broadway Across Borders through the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program. He has been a guest artist at Northwestern University, NYU, and The Juilliard School. Currently, he mentors gifted teen choreographers through the NextGen Apprenticeship at Dance Lab New York where he serves as Director of Education. He is a proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and the Alliance of Latine Theatre Artists (ALTA). williamcarlosangulo.com
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Jacob Kerzner is an Assistant Professor of Musical Theater and this is his first production at the Department of Drama. Credits include: Pipe Dream (Berkshire Theatre Group), The Legend of the Waitress and the Robber (Concrete Temple Theatre), Oklahoma! (St. Ann’s Warehouse, 2019 Broadway revival), Hadestown (The Citadel Theatre), and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway (The Muny). Jacob is editing the forthcoming critical edition volumes Of Thee I Sing and La, La, Lucille for The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition. Love to Nicole, Mira, and Juniper.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Diego Alejandro González (he.they+) is an NYC-based theater-maker from the MX/TX border. Diego is a 2025/26 Directing Fellow at Mercury Store (a lab for NYC theater artists), an SDC Associate Member, a selected director for The Drama League 2023/24, and the 2024 SDCF Observership recipient on Broadway’s Hadestown. In Development: DAVID & THE APOCALYPSE (CoCreator, BORDERLANDS/urbanX). Works: Great Comet of 1812 (Director/Choreographer, UVA Drama & NYU Tisch); Sweeney Todd (Director, VLOG); The Secret Sharer (Co-Creator, DNA Works/ArtsEmerson); In The Heights (Associate Director, TUTS); The Baker’s Wife (Director/Choreographer, VLOG); ¡DESPIERTA! (Choreographer/Associate Director, Arts For Everybody); NYU Opera Lab (Director, AOP & NYU Tisch Grad. MTWP); La Broa’ (Assistant Director, Trinity Rep); and Guadalupe (Director/Playwright, Thirteen O’Clock Theater). Diego was formerly Associate Artistic Director of Thirteen O’Clock Theater and Creative Director of Dance Lab NY. They have collaborated with Ars Nova, The Public (PUBLIC WORKS), Roundabout, Tectonic Theater Project, Signature Theatre, The Playwrights Realm, The TEAM, WP Theater, Sol Project, Musical Theatre Factory, The Civilians, ¡OYE! Group, Abrons Arts Center, and THEURBANX.ORG. Diego is the Co-Creator of BORDERLANDS, an arts company for new interdisciplinary works rooted in Nepantla and our collective liberation. diegogzz.com theborderlands.co
Felipe Panamá (he/him) is an educator, choreographer, visual artist, and performer. He is a Professor of Dance in the Department of Drama of Syracuse University, as a member of the Musical Theater faculty. Choreography credits include Shaina Taub’s musical adaptation of As You Like It, dir. by Rodney Hudson, Dance Nation, dir. by Katherine McGerr. Direction credits include Associate Direction for The Tempest - SU x CENTRO, dir. Katherine McGerr and the Drama Dance Concert. IG@_felipepanama
FLAMENCO CONSULTANT
Marisa Guzmán Colegrove is a trained flamenco dancer, teacher, and choreographer, having also studied various other classical dance forms, such as ballet, jazz, and modern from an early age. Marisa first learned flamenco from her aunt Silvia Hackett (A professional flamenco dancer in N.Y.C.) at the age of 13. When she was 19, she began traveling to study under other flamenco dancers in N.Y.C. (Andrea Del Conte and Maria Loratta). Since that time, she has studied and performed with other various dancers, such as Peter Suarez and Serigo Aranda. In 2010, She performed with Syracuse’s first Flamenco troop, Puente Flamenco, later called Alegre Flamenco. Marisa continues to teach Flamenco at her dance studio, Guzmán’s Dance Studio, and has thoroughly enjoyed working with this cast! Asi se Bailen!
AUTHORS
Michael John LaChiusa (Words and Music) is a five–time Tony Awardnominated Composer, Lyricist and Librettist for his Broadway productions of The Wild Party, Marie Christine and Chronicle of a Death Foretold. LaChiusa’s acclaimed Off-Broadway musicals have been seen at The Public Theater and Lincoln Center Theatre in New York City and include First Daughter Suite, Giant, Queen of the Mist (Outer Critic’s Circle Award, Best Musical), Bernarda Alba, See What I Wanna See, Little Fish, Hello Again, First Lady Suite, and Four Short Operas: Break, Agnes, Eulogy For Mr. Hamm, Lucky Nurse. LaChiusa has been commissioned by Chicago Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival among others and has penned Lovers & Friends: The Chautauqua Variations for CLO and Send (who are you? I love you) written for Audra McDonald at HGO. LaChiusa’s revues of his own work include la..la…LaChiusa (Joe’s Pub), Hotel C’est l’Amour (Blank Theatre), and most recently Heartbreak Country: Michael John LaChiusa’s Stories of America (Jazz at Lincoln Center). LaChiusa’s awards include an Obie, Gillman Gonzalez-Falla, Kleban Foundation, Dramatists Guild, and 2008 & 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards. LaChiusa teaches at NYU. He is a resident of New York City.
Federico García Lorca (Playwright), Spanish poet and dramatist, was born on June 5, 1899, in the small town of Fuente Vaqueros, near Granada. He attended the University of Granada and the University of Madrid, but left school to write. His first play, El Maleficio de la Mariposa, opened in Madrid in 1920, and in 1921, he published his first collection of poetry, Libro de poemas, inspired by Spanish folklore. During this period he became involved with Generación del 27,” a group of avant-garde and surrealist artists that included Salva-
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dor Dalí, Luis Buñuel, and Rafael Alberti. In 1928, Lorca published his second book of poetry, Romancero Gitano (The Gypsy Ballads), which brought him international fame. He then spent two years in New York, where he studied English at Columbia University and wrote a third book of poetry, Poets in New York. After returning to Madrid, he opened the theater company La Barraca, which toured Spain performing Spanish classics as well as Lorca’s own plays. Among these were his three “rural tragedies,” Bodas de Sangre (1933), Yerma (1934), and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (1936). He also wrote several comedies, including Mariana Pineda (1929), La Zapatera Prodigiosa (1930), El Amor de don Perlimplin con Belisa en su jardin (1933), and two surrealist plays, When Five Years Pass and The Audience. In August of 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, Lorca was arrested and shot outside Granada. His books were burned in the Plaza del Carmen in Granada, and his writings were banned under the Franco regime until the 1950s.
ASSISTANTS AND ASSOCIATES
Lilly Berget (Assistant Costume Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major from St. Petersburg, Florida.
Tess Feldman (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore stage management major from Westport, CT.
Polly Jeanne Gilmore (she/her) (Assistant Director) is a junior theater management major from New York City, N.Y.
Fotini Lambridis (she/her) (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a junior stage management major from Long Island, N.Y.
Ren Nygaard (he/they) (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a sophomore theater design and technology major with a concentration in scenic design from Dawsonville, GA.
Maisey O’Brien (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager) is a sophomore stage management major from Malden, MA.
Reyna Sanchez (she/they) (Assistant Costume Designer) is a junior theater design and technology major with a concentration in lighting design from Salinas, CA.
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Eleanor Holdridge Off-Broadway productions include world premieres of Selma ’65 (LaMaMa), Steve & Idi (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), and Cycling Past The Matterhorn (Clurman Theatre). Regional world premieres include Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, David Grimm’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists (Cincinnati Playhouse), NNPN Rolling World Premieres of Lauren Gunderson’s Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley and I and You, Meg Maroshnik’s Fickle: A Fancy French Farce, and Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ Queens Girl in the World (Theatre J). She has directed twenty-four of Shakespeare’s plays, some of them multiple times. Recently she directed Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville at the Alley Theatre in Houston. Upcoming directing projects include a workshop of Ken Ludwig’s Napoleon at Pemberly and The Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Olney Theatre in Summer 2026. She holds an MFA from Yale School of Drama.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Syracuse University Department of Drama offers degree programs in acting, musical theater, theater design and technology, stage management, and theater management utilizing conservatory-style training in a university setting and in collaboration with Syracuse Stage. With much appreciation, the Department of Drama wishes to acknowledge the valuable contribution of the Syracuse Stage staff.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA
Chair........................................................................................................................Eleanor Holdridge
Finance & Operations..........................................................................................................Erna Eno
Administrative Specialist..................................................................................................Jen Ballard
Director, VPA: NYC.................................................................................................Julia Smeliansky
Production Manager..............................................................................................Stuart Plymesser
Dean, VPA...................................................................................................................Michael S. Tick
FULL-TIME FACULTY
Christine Albright-Tufts
Robert Andrusko
Brian Cimmet
James A. Clark
Danyon Davis
Izmir Ickbal
Alex Jainchill
Rebecca Karpoff
Dylinn Andrew
Alec Barbour
Kathleen Baum
Bradley Beckman
Kerry Bereza
Don Buschmann
Diane Coloton
Jed Daniels
Gretchen Darrow-Crotty
Adrianna DiRosio
Danita Emma
Kathryn Fathers
Jacob Kerzner
David Lowenstein
Celia Madeoy
Carmen Martínez
Michael McBride
Katherine McGerr
Thom Miller
Erica Murphy
ADJUNCT FACULTY
Marcus Herndon
Jacqueline R. Herter
Emily Holm
Aldo Kattón
Richard Koons
Nicholas Kowerko
Andy LiDestri
Zizi Majid
Michael McCurdy
Amanda Moore
Leslie Noble
Kevin O'Connor
ACCOMPANISTS
Kerry Bereza, Abel Searor, Dan Williams
Ricky Pak
Felipe Panamá
Bradley Stone
Holly Thuma
Kathleen Wrinn
Ralph Zito
Krystal Osborne
Whitney Pak
Stuart Plymesser
Mara Rich
Rebecca Schuetz
Hanni Schwarzlander
Abel Searor
Blake Segal
Randy Steffen
Joseph Whelan
Dan Williams
Matthew Winning
SYRACUSE STAGE STAFF
Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp
Managing Director.............................................................................................Carly DiFulvio Allen
Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo
Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann
Associate Director of Production Operations.......................................................Stuart Plymesser
Student Employee.............................................................................................Nikky Spencer†
Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty
Assistant Company Manager.....................................................................................Sarai Ford
Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen
Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz
Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King
Technical Assistant...................................................................................................Liz Daurio
Carpenters...............................................................................John Gamble, Brian McBurney
Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm
Lead Scenic Artist................................................................................................Laurel Arnold
Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan
Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich
Associate Props Supervisor...................................................................................Andrew Babb
Craftpersons....................................................................................Alexis Frizzell, Nora Galley
Student Employee.........................................................................................Natalie Steinberg†
Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty
Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore
Cutter-Drapers..............................................................................Emily King, Kathryn Rauch
First Hand.......................................................................................................Katelyn Yonkers
Stitchers.................................................................................Sidney Barmoha, Sophie Shahan
Craftsperson/Shopper..............................................................................................Wyatt Kim
Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................................................Dylinn Andrew
Electrics and Projection Supervisor...............................................................................Jed Daniels
Associate Electrics and Projection Supervisor......................................................Andy LiDestri
Electrician/Board Operator...................................................................................Kat Larrabee
Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer.....................................................Jacqueline R. Herter
Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor
Sound Engineer/Board Operator..........................................................................Garrett Frink
Stage Management Assistants................................................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy
Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale
Associate General Manager...................................................................................Jacob G. Ellison
Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler
Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez
Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez
Development Assistant/Executive Assistant..................................................................Julia Rakus
Development Interns.......................................................................Lauren Schweers†, Youran Li†
Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow
Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle
Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid
Education Interns........................................................................Aliana Aspesi†, Nat Wilson†
Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joanna Penalva
Audience Development Manager..............................................................................Tracey White
Creative Director, Marketing..................................................................................Brenna Merritt
Marketing Content and Publications Manager.....................................................Matthew Nerber
Graphic Designer.................................................................................................Jonathan Hudak
Marketing Intern......................................................................................................Mady Mohat†
Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson
Assistant Box Offic Manager...............................................................................Clari Atherlay
Box Office Assistants........................................................................................Nathan Ayotte†
Show Supervisor......................................................................................................Lisa Doerle
Audience Services Manager.......................................................................................Luke Centore
Audience Services Associates....................Pat Condello, Michelle Cannizzo, Khayman Clancy, Laurie DeMaria, Meg Pusey, Bianca Stevenson, Donna Stuccio
Bartenders.................................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey
Audience Services Intern....................................................................................Phinneas Roy†
Sign Language Interpreters...........................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman
Open Captioning........................................................................Jacob G. Ellison, Michael McCurdy
Audio Description........................................Kate Laissle, Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah, Joseph Whelan
Artistic Intern..................................................................................Ella Femino†, Amanda Podhurst†
Community Services Officers...........................................................Stacey Emmons, Martha Farmer
Custodians........................................................................Tony Rogers, Ron Taylor, Candace Velario
†Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.
BERNARDA ALBA
WORDS AND MUSIC BY MICHAEL JOHN LACHIUSA | BASED ON THE PLAY THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA BY FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA | DIRECTED AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY WILLIAM CARLOS ANGULO | ASSOCIATE DIRECTION BY DIEGO ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ AND FELIPE PANAMÁ
MUSIC DIRECTION BY JACOB KERZNER
OCTOBER 10 - 19 | OPENING NIGHT: OCTOBER 11
ANTIGONICK
BY SOPHOKLES | A NEW VERSION BY ANNE CARSON
DIRECTED BY MATTHEW WINNING AND ERICA MURPHY
NOVEMBER 14 - 22 | OPENING NIGHT: NOVEMBER 15
PICNIC
BY WILLIAM INGE | DIRECTED BY RALPH ZITO
FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 1 | OPENING NIGHT: FEBRUARY 21
A REBEL PRAYER
BOOK AND LYRICS BY ELOISE T. GOVEDARE | MUSIC BY ALEKSANDRA M. WEIL | DIRECTED BY KATHLEEN WRINN | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHY BY BRADLEY STONE
MARCH 27 - APRIL 5 | OPENING NIGHT: MARCH 28
BALTIMORE
BY KIRSTEN GREENIDGE | DIRECTED BY MICHELLE CHAN APRIL 24 - MAY 3 | OPENING NIGHT: APRIL 25
DISNEY’S FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY KRISTEN ANDERSON LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ | BOOK BY JENNIFER LEE | BASED ON THE DISNEY FILM WRITTEN BY JENNIFER LEE | AND DIRECTED BY CHRIS BUCK AND JENNIFER LEE | ORIGINALLY PRODUCED ON BROADWAY BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS DIRECTED BY EMILY MALTBY | MUSIC DIRECTION BY BRIAN CIMMET | CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARJORIE FAILONI | COPRODUCED WITH SYRACUSE STAGE
MAY 13 – JUNE 21, 2026 | OPENING NIGHT: MAY 15
* Please Note: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical is not included in the Department of Drama subscription package. However, discounts are available to Department of Drama subscribers.
* Bernarda Alba is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com Antigonick is presented by special arrangement with Paradigm Talent Agency | Picnic is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com) | Baltimore is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. (www. playscripts.com) | Frozen is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com