Ride the Cyclone

Book, Music & Lyrics by

Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell DIRECTED BY JENNY LAVERY OCTOBER 25 AT 7:30 P.M. (PREVIEW) OCTOBER 26-27, NOVEMBER 1, 3 AT 7:30 P.M. OCTOBER 29, NOVEMBER 5 AT 2:00 P.M.

B. IDEN PAYNE THEATRE F. LOREN WINSHIP DRAMA BUILDING

THEATREDANCE.UTEXAS.EDU

Jocelyn Adair – Assistant Stage Manager • Jonathan Amezcua – Assistant Lighting Designer Leah Austin – Assistant Scenic Designer • Jeremy Benavides – Associate Choreographer Tere Guerrero C. – Scenic Designer • Katie Concannon – Costume Designer Sarah Jean Elliott – Lighting Designer • Andy Grapko – Intimacy Director Amber Huchton – Assistant Projection Designer • Jason Lee Huerta – Technical Director Victoria Ellyse Jeferson – Assistant Technical Director Jenny Lavery – Director Yuge Ma – Dramaturg • Mariah Mendoza – Assistant Director Selena Munguia – Assistant Stage Manager • Jose Salcido – Assistant Stage Manager Nitsan Scharf – Animator • Ellie Shattles – Music Director • Sydney Sousa – Projection Designer Alex Titsworth – Sound Designer • Jessica L. Peña Torres – Choreographer Kyle Trehern – Assistant Stage Manager • Rylee Vines – Stage Manager Julia Yelvington – Assistant Scenic Designer • Xinyue Zhang – Dramaturg

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CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Mischa Bachinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Gonima Jane Doe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hayden Howe Ricky Potts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edward Lopez-Jimenez Noel Gruber. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Mendenhall Constance Blackwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sereniti Lynn Patterson The Amazing Karnak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kira Small Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juliana Smith-Etienne Talia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chloe Whitehead

THE BAND: VIRGIL & THE UNDERWORLDS Drums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Hall Virgil/Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lannie Hilboldt Cello… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hector Moreno Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellie Shattles Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stevie Trudell

Originally Produced by Kevin McCollum and Morris Berchard.

Ride the Cyclone is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC. (www.broadwaylicensing.com) NOTE TO AUDIENCE: The videotaping or audio and/or visual recording of this production is a violation of United States Copyright Law and an actionable federal ofense.

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NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR At first, Ride the Cyclone’s themes are heavy: sudden death, the aferlife, missed opportunities. But once you get on the ride, the show’s joyful heart shines through as we watch our teenage characters live out their wildest fantasies and fulfill their (afer) life’s potential.

I grew up next to a rickety Cyclone-esque roller coaster, Western Pennsylvania’s “The Blue Streak.” I remember as a kid hearing stories about it being the country’s oldest wooden roller coaster. Walking up to the structure filled my body with fear as I inspected the seemingly fragile support structure and loud cars shaking their way toward the sky. Once on the ride though, I felt free. Like the Cyclone characters, I ofen felt the limiting and sometimes sufocating nature of small town living and spent my youth dreaming of the life I wanted – a life freer and wilder than my circumstance. I invite you to embrace our characters as their flawed selves who were thrown onto a questionable rollercoaster and who are doing the best they can as they navigate their new circumstance.

Some of us have lost loved ones in the last few years to untimely death. Many in our UT Theatre and Dance community are in the throes of grieving the untimely loss of a friend and colleague. This grief, the kind of grief that this play evokes, asks us to be present in each of our lives and relationships.

I hope this production can serve as a communal catharsis, as a place of healing and a renewal of hope and joy in living life to its fullness. Of being present for ourselves. And for each other.

In life, people make mistakes. Unexpected twists and turns occur and best laid plans get upset. Ride the Cyclone shows us that there is beauty in the unexpected and the mundane and in the world and people all around us. Just take a look around.

NOTE FROM THE DRAMATURGS Look around.

What do you see?

On the stage is the afermath of a tragic event. But, as you shall soon discover, in the mystical space between life and death, there is much more to this unfortunate sight.

Look around.

Who is here with you?

In this mystical space, there is loss and despair, as well as laughter and joy. At the center of all these, is every moment lived, shared and loved.

Just take a look around this whimsical, unpredictable, strange and beautiful thing we call life.

And ride along.

Welcome to a celebration of youth and life, of dreams and hopes.

CREATIVE Jocelyn Adair (Assistant Stage Manager) is a first-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology.

Recent credits include scenic design for Big Fish (Cedar Park High School, 2023), technical direction for Xanadu (Cedar Park High School, 2023) and serving as the props artisan for Grease (Summer Stock Austin, 2023) and The Wizard of Oz (Summer Stock Austin, 2023).

Leah Austin (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include assistant scenic design for Proving Up (Butler Opera Center, 2023) and scenic fabrication for the short stop motion film Paper Fangs (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023).

Jeremy Benavides (Associate Choreographer) is a UTeach Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Before taking on the role of associate choreographer for Ride the Cyclone, he was previously seen on stage as a dancer and actor during The Cohen New Works Festival (2023).

Tere Guerrero C. (Scenic Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Theatre (scenic design) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include production design for a KB Brookins documentary (2023), production design for the short film Floaters (2023), scenic design and fabrication for the short stop motion film Paper Fangs (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023), production designer for the short film Monstrum Opus (2023) and serving as the lead scenic designer for UTNT (UT New Theatre) (2023).

Katie Concannon (Costume Designer) is a second-year M.F.A. in Theatre (costume design) candidate. She earned her B.A. in Environmental Justice at Middlebury College and asks questions every day about how to create art in an era of environmental crisis. Recent costume design credits include Botticelli in the Fire (Middlebury College, 2022) and Address the Body! (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2023). In addition to costume design, she dabbles in scenic painting and has worked on Grease (2022), The Wizard of Oz (2022), La Bohème (2022), as well as Ride the Cyclone.

Sarah Jean Elliott (Lighting Designer) is a M.F.A. in Theatre (lighting design) candidate with a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Credits include Bakersfield Mist

(Riverside Theatre, 2023); Fishing For Stars (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023); Nutcracker on the Indian River (Ballet Vero Beach, 2022); The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (ZACH Theatre, 2022); Liminal Traces (chuthis, 2022) and In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (2022), Witchcraf (Fall For Dance, 2022) and PIVOT (2022) with Texas Theatre and Dance.

Andy Grapko (Intimacy Director) is a lecturer and the resident intimacy director for the Department of Theatre and Dance. Her recent intimacy credits include Pipeline (The Alchemy Theatre), Sanctuary City (Ground Floor Theatre), The Pearl Fishers (Austin Opera), Big Love (Texas State University), Address the Body! (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2023), Fabulous Monsters (The Public Theater of San Antonio), More Blackberries, Please (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023) and films Growing Pains and Do Not Disturb. andygrapko.com Amber Huchton (Assistant Projection Designer) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology at The University of Texas at Austin. Her past credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fishing for Stars (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023), EMERGE (2023), Fall For Dance (2022) and Jinkies! or The Dog Play (2022).

Jason Lee Huerta (Technical Director) is the Operations Manager of Fabrication for Texas Performing Arts and a lecturer for the Department of Theatre and Dance. He has an M.F.A. in Scenic Technology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (2022), and The Tasters (2021). Prior to coming to Austin, he worked at Goodman Theater, Illinois Shakespeare Festival and South Texas College, among other theatres.

Victoria Ellyse Jeferson (Assistant Technical Director) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology.

She has a background in both scenic design and lighting and has worked on a number of Texas Theatre and Dance productions as a fabrication student assistant at Texas Performing Arts. Past credits include …but you could’ve held my hand (2022) and In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (2022).

CREATIVE Jenny Lavery (Director) is a director and educator. Credits include Merrily We Roll Along (The Public Theatre of San Antonio), Roe (ZACH Theatre) and In Sisters We Trust, or My F*cked Up American Girl Doll Play (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2022). Lavery holds an Executive Strategy for Non-Profit Management Certification from the University of Pennsylvania. Lavery is a Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Member, Artistic Director of Theatre en Bloc and a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate. Upcoming: Into the Woods (St. Edward’s University). B.F.A.- New York University; M.Ed.- University of Massachusetts.

Yuge Ma (Dramaturg) is a second-year M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in performance as public practice. She has an educational background in philosophy and dramatic literature. Her research and practice engage with the concept of “spatial-temporal” at the intersection of philosophy and theatre.

Upcoming writings include Day of Performance Art (riverSedge: A Journal of Art and Literature, 2023) and What I Lost, The Disappeared, and More (Beijing Penghao Theatre, 2023).

Mariah Mendoza (Assistant Director) is a fourthyear UTeach Theatre major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include “m” in mirror, mirror (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2023), “Vestal Virgin” in Murky as Hell (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2022) and “Willa” in 9/10 beds (studio project, 2022).

She also served as an Arts Administration Intern for Summer Stock Austin this past summer.

Selena Munguia (Assistant Stage Manager) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process at The University of Texas at Austin. She has been working in theatre for six years. Her recent credits include assistant direction for multiple productions, including Eurydice (Palmview High School, 2021), Carmela Full of Wishes (Palmview High School, 2022) and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Palmview High School, 2023).

Jose Salcido (Assistant Stage Manager), an El Paso native, is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Education (UTeach Theatre). Salcido has been an active theatre artist for six years, learning new technical practices along the way and volunteering to stage manage several shows over the years.

Recent credits include The Lion King (2023),

Alice in Wonderland (2023) and Little Shop of Horrors (2022) with Xochipilli Theatre.

Nitsan Scharf (Animator) is a first-year M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate at The University of Texas at Austin.

Recent design credits include Over/Under (Extreme Lengths Productions), Rock Paper Scissors (The Welders), The Body of a Woman as a Battlefield (ExPats Theatre), The Ascension Project (Uprooted Dance), A Chorus Within Her (Theater Alliance), My aMeriCa (Montgomery College) and RESILIENCE and Trés | Tres (Ars Nova). He received his B.A. from the University of Maryland in 2018. nitsanscharf.com (he/him) Dr. Ellie Shattles (Music Director/Pianist) holds a D.M.A. in Opera Performance from The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Shattles has an extensive background in performing and music direction. Recent music directing credits include Next to Normal ( Deaf Austin & Ground Floor Theatres, 2019), Mack and Mabel (The Alchemy Theatre, 2022), The Last Five Years (Deaf Austin & Ground Floor Theatres, 2022), Baker’s Wife (The Alchemy Theatre, 2023) and Lizzie (Doctuh Mistuh Productions, 2023).

Sydney Sousa (Projection Designer) is a thirdyear M.F.A. in Theatre (integrated media for live performance) candidate. She received her B.A. in Lighting Design and Technology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Before attending The University of Texas at Austin, she was a touring media technician for Feld Entertainment.

Recent credits include Address the Body! (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2023) for Texas Theatre and Dance and Lohengrin and Aida for Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre. sydneyesousa.com Alex Titsworth (Sound Designer) is a UTeach Theatre major. She has designed for Texas Theatre and Dance for the last three years and has recently designed for the Prague Shakespeare Company. Recent credits include Hamlet and Love’s Labour's Lost (Prague Shakespeare Company) and Love and Information and Sonnets for an Old Century (Texas Theatre and Dance; 2022, 2021).

Jessica L. Peña Torres (Choreographer) is a dance/theatre artist focused on Mexican identity and performance. She graduated from The University of Texas—Pan American (now UT Rio Grande Valley) with a B.A. in Dance and a

CREATIVE B.A. in Theatre. In 2020, Peña Torres obtained an M.A. in Performance as Public Practice and is now pursuing a Ph.D. at the Department of Theatre and Dance. Peña Torres continues to study the intersection between nationalism and the performing arts in postrevolutionary Mexico. With her company, Coctel Explosivo, Peña Torres produces dance-theatre works that explore this intersection. (she/her) Kyle Trehern (Assistant Stage Manager) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in stage management at The University of Texas at Austin. He has a background in technical direction and stage management.

Recent credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Lake Belton High School, 2023); Annie Jr. (Belton High School, 2023) and Moon Over Bufalo (Lake Belton High School, 2023).

Rylee Vines (Stage Manager) is currently pursuing a B.A. in Theatre and Dance with an emphasis in stage management and a B.S. in Public Relations from The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits include Grease (Summer Stock Austin, 2023), Very Blue Light and Address the Body! (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2023) and In the Heights and Allice’s Wonderland (Summer Stock Austin, 2022).

Julia Yelvington (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in design and technology. Recent credits include Proving Up (Butler Opera Center, 2023), as well as working as a student assistant in the fabrication studios at Texas Performing Arts.

Xinyue Zhang (Dramaturg) is a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in drama and theatre for youth and communities at The University of Texas at Austin. She holds a M.A. in Theatre and Performance (Queen Mary University of London). As a deviser and educator, Zhang has worked with theatres, art museums and research institutions in the United States, China and the United Kingdom. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Fishing for Stars (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2023).

CAST

David Gonima

Hayden Howe

Edward Lopez-Jimenez

Eli Mendenhall

Sereniti Lynn Patterson

Kira Small

Juliana Smith-Etienne

Chloe Whitehead

CAST David Gonima (Mischa Bachinski) is a secondyear B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. He has an extensive background in musical theatre and acting. Recent credits include The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Zion Theatre Group, 2022) and H.M.S. Pinafore (Northeast School of the Arts, 2022), in addition to multiple projects in The Cohen New Works Festival with Texas Theatre and Dance (2023).

Hayden Howe (Jane Doe) is a fourth-year B.F.A. in Studio Art major at The University of Texas at Austin. She has an extensive background in both singing and musical theatre. Recent credits include “Mona” in Chicago (Plano Theatre, 2020) and “Little Sally” in Urinetown (Clark High School Theatre, 2018). Ride the Cyclone is her first production with Texas Theatre and Dance.

Edward Lopez-Jimenez (Ricky Potts) is a fourthyear B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. His previous musical theatre roles include "Quasimodo" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and "Gomez Addams" in The Addams Family (Lobo Theatre, spring 2019 and fall 2018). His most recent credit with Texas Theatre and Dance was the role of "Stage Manager" in Our Town (studio project, 2022).

Eli Mendenhall (Noel Gruber) is a fourth-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in playwriting and directing. Mendenhall is an active member of the Austin theatre scene, having worked with The Alchemy Theatre on productions of The Baker’s Wife (2023), Mack & Mabel (2022) and Frost Bites: A Holiday Cabaret (2022). Mendenhall has also appeared in virtual shows and experiences through UTNT (UT New Theatre) and The Cohen New Works Festival with Texas Theatre and Dance.

Sereniti Lynn Patterson (Constance Blackwood) is a third year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin.

She has an extensive background in both singing and acting. She was most recently seen on stage with Texas Theatre and Dance in More Blackberries, Please, performed at The Cohen New Works Festival (2023).

Kira Small (The Amazing Karnak) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer's process at The University of Texas at Austin.

Recent credits include the role of “Hamlet” in Hamlet (Shakespeare at Winedale, 2023) and performances in The Cohen New Works Festival (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2023).

Juliana Smith-Etienne (Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer's process also pursuing a double major in journalism. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include kin • song: ode to disability ancestors (2021), Love and Information (2022) and the studio project Our Town (2022), as well as multiple projects in The Cohen New Works Festival.

Chloe Whitehead (Talia) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major. She has an extensive background in acting, singing and dance. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include The Tasters (2021) and Community Garden (2022), in addition to an art installation as part of The Cohen New Works Festival (2023).

CAST Kevin Hall (Drums), originally from Cooperstown, New York, began performing in marching, concert and jazz ensembles. Hall was selected for All-State bands and has earned the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award and the National Association of Jazz Educators Award. Hall studied with the Philadelphia Philharmonic in Saratoga, New York before attending the Onondaga Community College. Later, Hall moved to Austin, Texas and has performed and recorded throughout the U.S. and Europe with numerous acts and theatre groups.

Lannie Hilboldt (Virgil/Bass) is a professional touring bassist with many artists from the 1960s. Hilboldt has over 35 years and well over 100 shows of theatrical experience as first call bassist for ZACH Theatre, among other theatres in Austin. Career highlights include two tours of Japan, two command performances at the White House and performances as a guest artist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.

Hector Moreno (Cello) obtained his bachelor’s degree in cello performance and composition from Stanford University in 2004 and completed his Master’s degree at the University of Toronto in 2006. His orchestral experience includes performances with Abilene Philharmonic, the Symphony of Southeast Texas, Victoria Symphony, Temple Symphony Orchestra and the Round Rock Symphony. He regularly performs live musical theatre with companies such as ZACH Theatre, Gilbert & Sullivan Austin, Austin Shakespeare, Ground Floor Theatre and Magnolia Musical Theatre.

Stevie Trudell (Guitar) is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Austin. He has been working for almost a decade in musical theatre, sound design, studio recording and live band performance. Recent credits on guitar include The Last Five Years and Next to Normal (Ground Floor Theatre); The Lightning Thief and Beauty and the Beast (St. Stephen’s Episcopal School) and Little Shop of Horrors and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Wimberley Players). (he/him)

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THEATRE AND DANCE COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR NANETTE ACOSTA PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES JONATHAN WATERS LEAD DRAPERS SARAH BARBOUR POUA YANG STAFF FIRST HAND JENNIFER BALL GRADUATE DRAPER ARIES LIMON STITCHER RACHEL GREEN COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN TANYA OLALDE COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANTS JACOB BENIAM LUCIA CALLENDAR STUDIO ASSISTANTS VIOLET CLEMMONS KATHERINE CONCANNON GRADUATE FIRST HANDS KAITLYN COMFORT MATTHEW SMITH WIG HAIR AND MAKEUP SPECIALIST STEPHANIE MILLER ASSISTANT WIG HAIR AND MAKEUP SPECIALIST PARIS FULKS STUDIO CREW SUPERVISORS MARISA LAWRENCE ALEX ROCKEY STUDIO CREW LAYLA ISAAC CELESTE IZAGUIRRE NOLAN MEYERS ARIA MORGAN JADEN WEST WARDROBE SUPERVISOR DESIREE TOWNES

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PRODUCTION ADVISORS STAGE MANAGEMENT RUSTY CLOYES DIRECTING KJ SANCHEZ ALEXANDRA BASSIAKOU SHAW COSTUME DESIGN RAQUEL BARRETO COSTUME TECHNOLOGY DAVID AREVALO

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION RUSTY CLOYES TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR OF FABRICATION AND ACADEMIC PRODUCTION JEFF GRAPKO FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGEMENT AND TICKETING DANA MCLAUGHLIN PR/MARKETING MEGAN BOMMARITO SYDNEY PATTILLO PHOTOGRAPHER THOMAS ALLISON GRAPHIC DESIGNER JEFF GRAY

LIGHTING DESIGN MICHELLE HABECK INTEGRATED MEDIA FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE KATE FREER SCENIC DESIGN JOSAFATH REYNOSO SOUND DESIGN PHILLIP OWEN DRAMATURGY MADGE DARLINGTON

SPECIAL THANKS Thank you to our loved ones who've supported us through this process, especially our fur babies, who are the real MVPs.