OCTOBER 8 AT 7:30 P.M. (PREVIEW) OCTOBER 9-10, 14-16 AT 7:30 P.M. OCTOBER 11, 18 AT 2:00 P.M. OSCAR G. BROCKETT THEATRE F. LOREN WINSHIP DRAMA BUILDING
Theatredance.utexas.edu Georgia Beckmann – Dramaturg / Associate Director Aanya Bhasin – Second Assistant Stage Manager • W. Scott Bussey – Technical Director Cinthia Chen – Assistant Media Designer Joseph Crawford – Assistant Lighting Designer Gala Demarin – Scenic Designer • Amanda Earp – Stage Manager Rob Hahn – Voice and Dialect Coach • Marco Hurtado – Co-Sound Designer PJ Jetton – Assistant Scenic Designer • Allison Normin Johnson – Costume Designer Julia Kreutzer - Director • Nandita Mahesh – Composer / Music Director Jacqueline Mai – Assistant Stage Manager Micah Medellin – Assistant Costume Designer • Joe Morales – Media Designer Nate Motes – Assistant Scenic Designer Angie Olivieri – Second Assistant Stage Manager Jessica Paine – Assistant Dramaturg / Directing Apprentice Patrick Shoen – Lighting Designer • Rylie Wilson – Co-Sound Designer
Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane was originally commissioned, developed and produced at Childsplay in Tempe, Ariz. David P. Saar, artistic director; Steve Martin, managing director.
CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Caleb Goodwin Channing Grace Shaya Harris Jarell Kearney Meera Laskar Mackenzie Moberly Blake Persyn Christian Zak Penny Lou Zimmerman
Musician/Edward Tulane Traveler/Lawrence/Others Traveler/Sarah Ruth/Others Traveler/Bull/Others Traveler/Pellegrina/Others Traveler/Nellie/Others Traveler/Jack/Lucius/Others Traveler/Bryce/Others Traveler/Abilene/Others
Ava Deviney Siena McKelvey
Understudy Understudy
Meet the cast and creative team behind The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Scan the QR code to view actor and creative team bios.
https://theatredance.utexas.edu/miraculous-journey-edward-tulane-cast-and-creative-team
The videotaping, photographing or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
The “shock of recognition” — coined by writer and critic Edmund Wilson — is the best part of consuming art. It’s that moment of surprise, when someone else’s deeply personal experience stirs an inexplicable feeling in your own stomach; when empathy is achieved not just by seeing someone else in a new light, but recognizing that maybe, just maybe, they see you. At the start of his journey, Edward is fighting to be seen. He wants others to bear witness to his needs, to be nurtured and adored, to feel that his desires and passions are important and for others to hear his pain. What he learns, though, is that these “shocks of recognition” come only to those who are willing to connect to the world around them to bear witness to the experiences of others, to open their own eyes, first. It’s a story about perspective; it tells us that by opening our hearts to the pains and triumphs of those around us, our journeys become all the more vibrant and meaningful. What DiCamillo’s story does perhaps most powerfully, is make magic real. These characters make Edward’s life miraculous, and they do it in ways we can mirror. They give generously. They share vulnerably, even when the truth is terribly hard to name. They take in the stranger. They clothe the needy. They love deeply. I can’t think of a more poignant message for this moment. This production is brought to life by a team of artists who have imbued the fabric of this story with all the things they love. They’ve given it new life, so to speak, by leaning on the practices that give them that spark — that shock of recognition — in hopes it will help us see things in a new way, and thus, see ourselves. - Julia Kreutzer, Director
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NOTE FROM THE DRAMATURG
You are about to enter a world shaped through the eyes, hear, and mind of a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. Every piece of this play is driven by the doll’s perspective, from his emotional state during his repeated discovery of new homes, to his exaggerated views of the clothing and accessories of his owners, to his literal visual perception, which is captured by an embedded live-feed camera. In approaching this play, the directing and dramaturgy team has trusted audiences, both young and adult, to play along with us. To fill in the in-between spaces of our stage and story as actors put on various characters, time flows quickly and the thoughts of a rabbit doll are voiced by a musician. I have found that often, as we age, humans can lose that fierce sense of imagination. Like some of the characters in the play you are about to watch, we lose our curiosity about one another and about the world, sequestering ourselves within our familiar orbits. We only see what is laid out explicitly, realistically, in front of us. Like Edward, we resist connecting the dots between us and the unfamiliar. I hope that the performance you are about to watch can be an opportunity for us to collectively embrace curiosity, deep feeling, abstract representation and imagination. I hope we can lean into the deconstruction and reconstruction of this story to attune to the beauty honed in the negative spaces. Despite its inanimate protagonist, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a profoundly human story. It is about learning how to care for others and allowing yourself to be cared for. It is about perseverance and the labor of optimism. It is about the constellations of people, memories and places that we gather over our lives. - Georgia Beckmann, Dramaturg
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CREW TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS FABRICATION STUDIO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SCENIC ART KAREN MANESS
PRODUCTION CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD COSTUME PRODUCTION AND FABRICATION STUDIO
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR JASON LEE HUERTA
COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR NANETTE ACOSTA
LEAD FABRICATOR HANK SCHWEMMER
PRODUCTION ASSOCIATES DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES JONATHAN WATERS
PROPERTIES MANAGER ASHTON MURPHY ASSISTANT PROPERTIES MANAGER LEAH AUSTIN CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST BRIDGETTE CLIFFORD EMERGING ARTS PROFESSIONAL – TECHNICAL DIRECTION GRACE MONDY SENIOR TECHNICAL DIRECTOR SCOTT BUSSEY GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS ALIK CLAY ALLISON JOHNSON GUSTAVO HERNANDEZ PINZON AVA SETTOON PATRICK SCHOEN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS GABI HERNANDEZ MADISON JACKSON PRODUCTION LEADS JUNO ADAIR VALERIA NUNEZ ESTRADA ZOE SALDANA FABRICATION STUDENT ASSISTANTS TEX CANTU BENWARE SARAH EWING ERIN GLASSCOCK ALISA IRVIN CARLY KLEIN MASON OUSLEY ABIGALE REYNA HENGYU ZHOU 314Q/324P FABRICATION PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS LILIAN BATEY ZHIVAN FLORANCE JALYSSE LEE MAUDEJANEI OMAGBEMI
COSTUME PROJECT MANAGER DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES DRAPERS SARAH BARBOUR POUA YANG FIRST HANDS JENNIFER BALL REGAN SHAW STUDENT STITCHERS AMANDA ROSE GEYER ENRIQUE LANDA KENNEDY MARTIN COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN TANYA OLALDE COSTUME CRAFTS ASSISTANT OLGA SHEVELKINA STUDIO ASSISTANTS MORGAN GARSAUD BELLE GARZA-OMAE KITTY YUHENG JIANG COSTUME PRODUCTION CREW SUPERVISORS CALLIE MCDONOUGH CALIFORNIA THORSON COSTUME PRODUCTION CREW TEX CANTU BENWARE BEVERLY FRANKENFELD AUDREY HOCH MEERA LASKAR MICAH MCDONOUGH KEREN ORTEGA MAKEUP, HAIR AND WIG DESIGNER STEPHANIE WILLIAMS MAKEUP, HAIR AND WIG ASSISTANT ANGEL MACIAS COSTUME STOCK SUPERVISOR DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES
PROP STOCK MANAGERS JACKI MAI LAURA SOARES
COSTUME STOCK ASSISTANTS DEE FITZGERALD MICAH MEDELLIN
PRODUCTION PROPERTIES MANAGER ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY
LIGHTING/SOUND/MEDIA
PUPPET FABRICATOR ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY
ACADEMIC PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER EARNEST MAZIQUE
ASSISTANT LIGHTING SUPERVISOR MICHAEL SHANKS SENIOR ELECTRICS TECHNICIANS NAIT BIGLER CINTHIA CHEN JOSEPH CRAWFORD KAY CURRIER-GRAVES LUNA JONES POLINA PINCHEVSKY 324P LIGHTING FACULTY SUPERVISOR SEB BOONE 324P THEATRE AND DANCE ELECTRICS CREW AMANI EDMOND ELLIE HERR SETH HOLTON BRIAN KIM ARIEL LAGUNAS JADE LANG PRESTON MARK TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS LIGHTING CREW ABEL AGUILAR DOMENICA CALLARO MIYA CHAVIS EDGARDO CRUZ PJ JETTON ERIC RAMIREZ RYLIE WILSON ASSISTANT AUDIO VIDEO SUPERVISOR K. ELIOT HAYNES TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS AUDIO CREW EVER AGUILERA KALEB AZIZ NATALIE WATKINS
SCENERY/PROPS CREW JOE COLALEO ADALAE HOWE ETHAN LARRIVA LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR LARA ALCANTARA FOLLOW SPOT OPERATORS TALITHA BETTY CAROLINA DAVILA V KAELYN SCOTT AUDIO BOARD OPERATOR ERIC RAMIREZ AUTOMATION OPERATORS JUNO ADAIR MASON OUSLEY PRODUCTION ADVISORS STAGE MANAGEMENT RUSTY CLOYES DIRECTING MEGAN ALRUTZ KJ SANCHEZ COSTUME DESIGN RAQUEL BARRETO UNDERGRADUATE COSTUME DESIGN NANETTE ACOSTA COSTUME TECHNOLOGY DAVID AREVALO LIGHTING DESIGN MICHELLE HABECK
MEDIA PROGRAMMER DESNE WHARTON
INTEGRATED MEDIA FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE KATE FREER
RUN CREW
SCENIC DESIGN JOSAFATH REYNOSO
314P RUN CREW FACULTY SUPERVISOR AUSTIN SHIRLEY 314P RUN CREW GRADUATE ASSISTANTS ALLISON JOHNSON JOE MORALES AVA SETTOON WARDROBE SUPERVISOR REGAN SHAW WARDROBE CREW AZENETH CORRALES HUDSON DONNELL SARA RIVERA SARA SMITH
SOUND DESIGN PHILLIP OWEN DRAMATURGY RACHEL MERRILL MOSS ACTING ROB HAHN RESIDENT INTIMACY DIRECTOR ANDY GRAPKO
DEPARTMENT CHAIR PETER CARPENTER
PR/MARKETING PEARL BHATNAGAR SYDNEY PATTILLO
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION RUSTY CLOYES TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS DIRECTOR OF FABRICATION AND ACADEMIC PRODUCTION JEFF GRAPKO FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGEMENT AND TICKETING DANA MCLAUGHLIN
PHOTOGRAPHER SARAH ANNIE NAVARRETE ESSENTIALS CREATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGNER MONICA GRIFFIN MARZENA KRUPA
SPECIAL THANKS
Devon Treadway, Brent Baldwin, Ella Eavenson, Christin Davis, KJ Sanchez, Megan Alrutz, Alex Bassiakou Shaw, Madi Palomo, Eliot Haynes and Pete Carpenter