BY
The Garbologists Lindsay Joelle
Shanara
Gabrielle~
Chris Genebach* Yesenia Iglesias* WITH
FEATURING
SCENICDESIGN
COSTUMEDESIGN
LIGHTINGDESIGN
SOUNDDESIGN
PROPSDESIGN
ASSISTANTDIRECTOR/DRAMATURG
STAGEMANAGER
ASSISTANTSTAGEMANAGER
WARDROBESUPERVISOR
LIGHTINGSUPERVISOR
AUDIOSUPERVISOR
Jonathan Dahm Robertson ^ Jeannette Christensen ^
ALBERTO SEGARRA ^
MADELINE “Mo” Oslejsek Isabel Simoes deCarvalho
THEO YU
REGINA VITALE
NIKI SEARS
NYASHA KLUSMANN
BEN HARVEY
ALLISON PEARSON
THE GARBOLOGISTS runs approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.
Please turn off all cell phones. Photography, videotaping, or any other audio or visual recordings of this production is strictly prohibited.
*MembersofActors’EquityAssociation,theUnionofProfessionalActorsandStageManagersintheUnitedStates Thetheatreoperates underanagreementbetweenTheaterAllianceandActors’EquityAssociation ^MembersofUnitedScenicArtistsLocal829,TheInternationalAllianceofTheatricalStageEmployees Thistheatreoperatesunderan agreementbetweenTheaterAllianceandUnitedScenicArtists,LocalUSA-829oftheIATSE ~MemberoftheStageDirectorsandChoreographersSociety,anationaltheatricallaborunion
“THEGARBOLOGISTS”ISPRESENTEDBYARRANGEMENTWITHDRAMATISTSPLAYSERVICEOFTHEBROADWAYLICENSINGGROUP ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONEDBYTHEENSEMBLESTUDIOTHEATRE/ALFREDP SLOANFOUNDATIONSCIENCE&TECHNOLOGYPROJECT THE GARBOLOGISTSWASDEVELOPEDWITHTHESUPPORTOFPLAYPENN(PAULMESHEJIAN,ARTISTICDIRECTOR) DEVELOPEDATCITYTHEATRE'S MOMENTUMFESTIVALIN2019(MARCMASTERSON,ARTISTICDIRECTOR;JAMESMCNEEL,MANAGINGDIRECTOR) THEGARBOLOGISTS RECEIVEDITSCO-WORLDPREMIEREATPHILADELPHIATHEATRECOMPANY(PAIGEPRICE,PRODUCINGARTISTICDIRECTOR;EMILYZECK, MANAGINGDIRECTOR)INPHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA,NOVEMBER11–DECEMBER5,2021,ANDATCITYTHEATRECOMPANY(CLARE DROBOT,MONTEZEFREELAND&MARCMASTERSON,CO-ARTISTICDIRECTORS;JAMESMCNEEL,MANAGINGDIRECTOR)INPITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,APRIL30–MAY22,2022
COMPANY
CAST CREATIVE TEAM
DANNY MARLOWE
PLAYWRIGHT DIRECTOR
SCENICDESIGNER COSTUMEDESIGNER LIGHTINGDESIGNER SOUNDDESIGNER PROPSDESIGNER
ASST.DIRECTOR/DRAMATURG
CHRIS GENEBACH*
YESENIA IGLESIAS*
Lindsay Joelle
Shanara Gabrielle~
Jonathan Dahm Robertson ^
Jeannette Christensen ^
Alberto Segarra ^
Madeline “Mo” Oslejsek
Isabel Simoes deCarvalho
THEO YU
PRODUCTION TEAM
STAGEMANAGER
AUDIOSUPERVISOR
REGINA VITALE
NIKI Sears
Nyasha Klusmann
Ben Harvey
Allison Pearson
Special thanks to: INSeries Opera, The Academy for Classical Acting at STC, Fords Theatre, Theater J, Megan Behm, Marie Schneggenburger, Good Company Doughnuts and Cafe, Bozzuto Management Group, Hoffman & Associates, AppleTree Institute.
*MEMBERSOFACTORS’EQUITYASSOCIATION,THEUNIONOFPROFESSIONALACTORSANDSTAGE MANAGERSINTHEUNITEDSTATESTHETHEATREOPERATESUNDERANAGREEMENTBETWEENTHEATER ALLIANCEANDACTORS’EQUITYASSOCIATION
^MEMBERSOFUNITEDSCENICARTISTSLOCAL829,THEINTERNATIONALALLIANCEOFTHEATRICALSTAGE EMPLOYEESTHISTHEATREOPERATESUNDERANAGREEMENTBETWEENTHEATERALLIANCEAND UNITEDSCENICARTISTS,LOCALUSA-829OFTHEIATSE
MEMBEROFTHESTAGEDIRECTORSANDCHOREOGRAPHERSSOCIETY,ANATIONALTHEATRICALLABOR UNION
CAST BIOS
CHRIS GENEBACH
he/him |Danny
ChrisGenebachisexcitedtomakehisTheaterAlliancedebut.DC AREA: The Seafarer, Ink (RoundHouseTheatre); Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Measure for Measure, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, King Lear, Titus Andronicus (ShakespeareTheatreCompany); Billy Elliot (Signature Theatre); The Mary Stuart Project, Oil, The Crucible, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Awake and Sing! (OlneyTheatreCenter); Davenant’s Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night, Henry V, Othello, Cyrano, Orestes, A Tragic Romp (FolgerTheatre); A Human Being Died that Night, Ulysses on Bottles (MosaicTheater); Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play (WoollyMammothTheatreCompany); The Big Meal, Superior Donuts, Shining City (StudioTheatre).BROADWAY: Shining City (ManhattanTheatreClub);OFF-BROADWAY: Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 (CSTatTheDuke); The Other Side (ManhattanTheatreClub)
REGIONAL: King Lear (Goodman Theatre); Short Shakespeare! Macbeth, Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3, King John, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet (Chicago ShakespeareTheater); The Seafarer (TheaterWorksHartford).
Yesenia Iglesias
she/her |Marlowe
YeseniaIglesiasisgratefultobemakingherTheaterAlliancedebut withthisincredibleteamofartists.DCAREA: Primary Trust (SignatureTheatre), Metamorphoses (FolgerShakespeare Theatre), At the Wedding (StudioTheatre), POTUS… (ArenaStage), Daphne’s Dive (SignatureTheatre).Shehasperformedonvarious stagesaroundtheDMV,includingOlneyTheatreCenter,The KennedyCenter,RoundHouseTheatre,ImaginationStage, ConstellationTheaterCompany,Ford'sTheatre,andShakespeare TheatreCompany.REGIONAL: Dial 'M' for Murder (Adirondack TheaterFestival); Passing Strange (ACT-Seattle); Mwindo (Seattle Children’sTheatre); Water by the Spoonful (Theatre22).Yeseniais aproudnativeofBayamón,PuertoRico,andagraduateofthe UniversityofWashington.UPCOMING: Don't Eat the Mangos (HuntingtonTheatreCompany)
production bios
Jeannette Christensen
she/her |CostumeDesign
JeannetteChristensenisaBaltimore-basedcostumedesignerwithnotablecreditsincludingthe Broadwaynationaltourof On Your Feet! (2022-2024),anditsworldpremiereinSpanishatGALA HispanicTheatre(HelenHayesAwardforOutstandingCostumeDesign,2022).NATIONALTOURS: KennedyCenterTYA: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (2019), Show Way (2024),and Look Both Ways (2025).REGIONAL: Wolf at the Door (AmericanPlayersTheatre), The Thanksgiving Play (OklahomaCityRep), The Last Five Years (PennsylvaniaShakespeareFestival), Romeo & Juliet (FolgerTheatre),and The Brothers Paranormal (OlneyTheatreCenter).Shehasworkedasan associatedesignerwithTheMuny,RoundhouseTheatre,WolfTrapOpera,andStudioTheatreDC.A mentorandeducator,shehastaughtatUniversityofMaryland,AmericanUniversity,andGeorge WashingtonUniversity.EDUCATION:UniversityofMaryland-MFA,MPSinBusinessofArt&Design; ArizonaStateUniversity-BAinDesign&Production jcstudios.design
Jonathan Dahm Robertson
he/him |ScenicDesign
JonathanDahmRobertsonisgladtoreturntoTheaterAlliance.THEATERALLIANCE: Day of Absence, Blood at the Root DCAREA: Look Both Ways (KennedyCenter), Passing Strange (Signature Theatre), Nollywood Dreams (RoundHouseTheatre), Two Jews Walk into a Bar, The Christians (TheaterJ), The Agitators, Oh God! (MosaicTheater), The Mamalogues, Member of the Wedding, The Nance (1stStage).REGIONAL: Indecent (AmericanStage); Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Footloose, The Sound of Music, Murder for Two,andmore(TotemPolePlayhouse); Into the Woods (TheBarnstormersTheatre); Wait Until Dark (CapeFearRegionalTheater);OPERA: Nixon in China, Fidelio, Peter Grimes; Opera in the Heights: Candide, Un Ballo En Maschera, Cosi Fan Tutte (The PrincetonFestival) jdahmrobertson.com|@jdahmrobertson
Isabel Simoes deCarvalho
she/her |PropsDesign
IsabelSimoesdeCarvalhoisalocalprop,scenic,andprojectiondesigner.Thisisherfirstshowwith TheaterAlliance,andsheisstokedtobeworkingonpropsforGarbologistsandAmericanFast.DC AREA: Proof (CompassRoseTheater), Little Shop of Horrors (CompassRoseTheater), Paradise Blue (StudioTheatre) isabelsimoes.design
Shanara Gabrielle
she/her/any |Director
ShanaraGabrielleisanartistworkinginawidevarietyofmediumswithafocusongutsyand inventivetheaterforallaudiences.Drivenbytalesofimaginationandstoriesofjustice,Shanara fostersnewworkandreimaginesclassicswithartistsofcourageanddepth Shanarahasworked professionallyattheatersacrossthecountry,includingArenaStage,SignatureTheatre,Shakespeare TheatreCompany,InSeriesOpera,TheGuthrie,ActorsTheatreofLouisville,INSeriesOpera, SouthernShakespeareFestival,TheNewVictory,GreatLakesTheatre,SouthernShakespeare, NorthernStage,IdahoShakespeare,ImaginationStage,AdventureTheatre,CoterieTheater, ChesapeakeShakespeare,thecellnyc,GoetheInstitut,St LouisRep,NotreDameShakespeare Festival,Stages,TheatrefortheNewCity,ShakespeareFestivalSt.Louis,HollywoodPlayhouse,The BlackRep,UpstreamTheater,andmanymore ShanarahasworkedasanArtisticProduceratThe KennedyCenter,ENOUGH!,ArenaStage,ShakespeareTheatreCompany,spearheadedWorkingIn DC,isontheBoardoftheatreWashington,andissoproudtoserveastheProducingArtisticDirector ofTheaterAlliance.shanaragabrielle.com
production bios
Lindsay Joelle
she/her |Playwright
LindsayJoelleisaTucson-basedwriterwhoseworkexplorestherituals,routines,andhumorof diversecommunitiesacrossAmerica Playsinclude TRAYF (TheaterJ,GeffenPlayhouse,Goldberg MFAPlaywritingAward,LADramaCriticsCirclenominationforbestwriting); The Garbologists (PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany,CityTheatre,NorthlightTheatre,DesertTheaterLeagueAwardfor BestOriginalWriting);and The Messengers,asci-fiaudioplaycommissionedandrecordedby Audible.JoelleisaformerNNPNPlaywright-in-ResidenceatCuriousTheatreandalumnaof NashvilleRep’sIngramNewWorksLab,ColumbiaUniversity(BA),andHunter(MFA) lindsayjoelle.com
Nyasha Klusmann
she/her |WardrobeSupervisor
NyashaKlusmannisatalentedcostumedesigner/wardroberbasedinWashington,DC,anda proudnativeWashingtonian.Withanaturalflairforcreativity,Nyashaexcelsinbringingcharacters tolifethroughtheartofcostumedesignandstyling.Drawingfromyearsofexperienceintheater, film,andspecialevents,Nyashacombinestechnicalexpertisewithaninventivevisioninevery wardrobetheycurate.Alwaysinspiredbythecity'sdynamicculture,Nyashacontinuestoexplore freshwaystoinnovateandelevatetheworldoffashionanddesign
Madeline “mo” Oslejsek
she/they |SoundDesign
Madeline“Mo”Oslejsek isaqueermultidisciplinarytheatreartistpreviouslybasedinLondon, England,whoseworkexploresphenomenologyand'queer'asapractice.Recenthighlightsinclude:
DCAREA: Astro Boy and the God of Comics (FlyingV), The Trans-Atlantic Time Travelling Company (TheaterAlliance), Orlando (ConstellationTheatreCo.).REGIONAL: SCAT: An Ode to the Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed (TheVoxel,Conceiving&AudioArtist), HAIR (SignatureTheatre,AssistantDesign), I Will Eat You Alive (InterrobangTheatreCompany) madelineoslejsek.com
Alberto Segarra
he/him |LightingDesign
AlbertoSegarraisgladtoreturntoTheaterAlliance.THEATERALLIANCE: Blood at the Root (Helen HayesAward), Day of Absence,and Look Both Ways (HelenHayesnomination).REGIONAL: What the Constitution Means to Me (ClevelandPlayhouse), Camelot (VillageTheatre), Jane Eyre (AlleyTheatre), The Great Leap (PortlandStage), The Three Musketeers (ClevelandPlayhouse).DCAREA: The Honey Trap (HelenHayesAward,SolasNua), Lend Me a Soprano (OlneyTheatreCenter), The Joy That Carries You (HelenHayesnomination,OlneyTheatreCenter), Passing Strange (SignatureTheatre), Romeo & Juliet (FolgerTheatre) UPCOMING: Constellations (ConstellationTheatreCo), The Lehman Trilogy (MaltzJupiterTheatre), The Scenarios (StudioTheatre), Your Name Means Dream (TheaterJ), Bakersville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (AlleyTheatre),and Andy Warhol in Iran (MosaicTheater).Mr. SegarraisaUSA829member albertosegarra.com
production bios
Niki Sears
she/her |AssistantStageManager
NikiSearsisveryexcitedtobewithTheaterAllianceforthefirsttime.Nikiisusually foundworkingatShakespeareTheatreCompany’sHarmanHallasthedeckchiefand IATSELocal22Steward.Sheisespeciallyhappytobespendinghertime(andlove)with herwife,ReginaVitale,onthisshow.
Regina Vitale
she/her |StageManager
ReginaVitaleisthrilledtocontinueherfirstseasonastheResidentProductionStage ManageratTheaterAlliance.THEATERALLIANCE: Covenant (SM). DC AREA: Step Afrika's MMHSS (ShowCaller;ArenaStage), The Cradle Will Rock (SM;INSeriesOpera), The Rover/Romeo & Juliet (SM;STCAcademy), Unknown Soldier (PA;ArenaStage), As You Like It (PA;STC), Squeakers & Mr Gumdrop (SM;ArtsOntheHorizon), The Playboy of the Western World (SM;SolasNua).Shewouldliketothankherwholefamilyfortheir support,particularlyHeatherandTed,andherluminouswifeNicole.
Theo Yu
they/them |AssistantDirectorandCommunityDramaturg
TheoYuisecstatictobemakingtheirTheaterAlliancedebut DCAREA: The Cradle Will Rock (AssistantDirector,INSeriesOpera), Jesus Christ Superstar(Choreographer,Young ArtistsofAmerica),and The Prom (AssociateChoreographer,YoungArtistsofAmerica).
REGIONAL: The Importance of Being Earnest (Director,Self-Produced), Detox: The Art of Expression (Director/Choreographer,ArtWorksTrenton),and Clean Slate (Assistant Director,PassageTheatreCompany).theojyu.weebly.com
the ta team
Staff
PRODUCINGARTISTICDIRECTOR
SHANARA GABRIELLE
NNPNPRODUCER-IN-RESIDENCE
ARIA VELZ
ADMINISTRATIONANDOPERATIONSMANAGER
SAMBA PATHAK
FINANCEANDADVANCEMENTDIRECTOR
ELLYS ABRAMS
TECHNICAL&ARTDIRECTOR
JONATHAN DAHM ROBERTSON
PATRONEXPERIENCEMANAGER
NINA YOUNG
RESIDENTPRODUCTIONSTAGEMANAGER
REGINA VITALE
CONSULTANTS
EZINNE ELELE, GENNY CEPERLEY, SAVINA BARINI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIR
Cecelia Thomas
VICECHAIR
Rashida Moore
SECRETARY
Elizabeth Ho
TREASURER
Patty Koscinski
DIRECTORS
Scott Blackwell, Tres McMichael, Elizabeth Winston, Carla Thomas McGinnis (Emerita)
Thank you to our supporters
DOERS
WALTERADAMS
BILLALLEN
MARVINALLEN
NATASHAATKINS
ANTHONYBELL
MONICABELL
ERICABONDAREVRAPACH
BRUCEBRENNAN
WILLIAMBRYANT
ELISEBRYANT
DAVIDCULBREATH
ELLADAVIS
JOHNDRISCOLL
MARQUITADILL
NATIONGARZA
TRICIAGONZALESANDZACHARYJONES
PAULINALOPEZGONZALEZ
JACKHAIRSTON
SKIPHARRINGTON
JEREMYHUNTER
KEVJORIKJONES
JEANKOHANEK
RENEEKLISH
STEVELANGLEE
ABELLOPEZ
DEBORAHMENKART
RYANMERKEL
RANDALLNORTON
CATHARINEO'CONNOR
GAUTAMRAO
KASEYRAY
JANETRIGGS
LEIGHROBINETTE
DENOSEDER
CAROLSCHRIER-POLAK
BRIANSHAW
ALEXANDERSPINDLER
AMANDASTEGNER
JOHNSTOLTENBERG
PETERTHEWES
CATHYWALTER
GERRYWIDDICOMBE
MAKERS
ELLYSABRAMS
SCOTTBLACKWELL
MICHAELBURKEANDCARLSMITH
JOEANDSUEBREDEKAMP
SHONALIBURKE
JEFFERYCUNARD
SHANARAGABRIELLEANDALECWILD
JOSEPHGROVESANDELLENO’BRIEN
DONHESSEANDJERRILYNANDREWS
JAMESHANDLY
THEHOFAMILY
VICKIHICKS
DEBBIEJACKSON
CHRISTIEJOHNSON
TOMANDCLAREKLANDERMAN
Thank you to our supporters
MAKERS(CONT.)
COMMUNITYPARTNERS
THEBEEKEEPERSGROUP
BUZZADVOCACYSUMMIT
THECAFRITZFOUNDATION
CAPITOLHILLCOMMUNITYFOUNDATION
EDUCATIONALTHEATERTOURS
FANNIEMAE
NATIONALCAPITALBANK
THENORAROBERTSFOUNDATION
THESHAREFUND
THEFRIENDSOFSOUTHWESTDC
ThisprojectissupportedinpartbytheDC CommissionontheArtsandHumanities, whichreceivessupportfromtheNational EndowmentfortheArts.
THEKENNEDYCENTERKENANFELLOWSHIPPROGRAM
THENATIONALNEWPLAYNETWORK
JOIN TAMM!
TheaterAllianceMonthlyMembership(TAMM)isforenthusiaststoshowtheirsupportfor ourworkandfosteracommunityofsharedgenerositybeyondthestage.Beapartofthis fantasticgroupoffolkswhocareaboutvibrant,socially-conscioustheater.
Joiningatanylevelwillgiveyouexclusivebenefitslike: Sneakpeekandseasonannouncementevents. 20%offallsingletickets.
Specialeventsincluding After 5 receptionsand Coffee Chats withspecialguestsand TheaterAllianceartists.
Adesignated Membership Matinee foreachproductiontoconversewithotherTAMMs andartistsfromtheshow. Exclusiveupdates,invites,insights,andmore. Andmostimportantly:makeadirectimpactonthenexteraofTheaterAlliance!
