Year of the Tiger

MARCH 24, 25 AND 27 AT 7:30 P.M. VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE THEATREDANCE.UTEXAS.EDU Michael Bruner – Interactive System Designer, Video Director • Chris Conard – Scenic Designer Zoey Crow – Media Designer • Jason Lee Huerta – Technical Director Khristián Méndez Aguirre – Director, Lead Playwright • Julio Muñoz – Stage Manager Pollyanna O’Hair – Sound Designer • Lindsey Rae – Costume Designer, Cinematographer Bill Rios – Lighting Designer

CAST Kimberly Jones, Annie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jayla Mariah Ball Anchor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melissa K. Elkins Tiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Kusman Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juan Padron Laura Curran, Sally May Lancaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Montserrat Santibáñez Marta Perkins, Donald Trump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tori Schulze

NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR Everything you’re about to see is true, including the parts we made up.

The Department of Theatre and Dance is a world-class educational environment that serves as the ultimate creative incubator for the next generation of artists, thinkers and leaders in theatre and performance.

CREATIVE Michael Bruner (Interactive System Designer, Video Director) is a third-year M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in integrated media for live performance. His work explores how design and storytelling can be integrated into diverse media and environments to enable afective sensory experiences that create community, even when socially distant. Recent performance credits include (Re)current Unrest (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2020), K ! :D D: Ö (Frank Wo/Men Collective, 2020) and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2020), in addition to a range of ongoing collaborations.

Chris Conard (Scenic Designer) is an Austinbased scenic and lighting designer for theatre, events and installations. He graduated from Santa Fe University of Art and Design with a B.F.A. in Technical Theater Design in 2014 and has designed for companies in Austin, Santa Fe, New York and Los Angeles. He is currently pursuing a M.F.A. in Design and Technology at The University of Texas at Austin. Conard continues to create original devised work with Frank Wo/Men Collective, a company he cofounded in Austin in 2016. He has also served as the technical director for Fusebox Festival.

Conard is the recipient of the 2017 and 2018 Austin Critics Table Awards for Best Set Design, the 2017 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Set Design and the 2019 B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Lighting Design. Jchrisconard.com

Zoey Crow (Media Designer) is a second-year M.F.A in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in integrated media for live performance.

Recent Texas Theatre and Dance credits include projection design for Fall For Dance (2019), assistant projection design for 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) (2019) and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (2020) as well as associate media design for (Re)current Unrest (2020).

Jason Lee Huerta (Technical Director) is the associate scenic studio supervisor for Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. He has a M.F.A. in Scenic Technology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Before coming to Austin, he worked at various theatres including Goodman Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, South Texas College and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Khristián Méndez Aguirre (Director, Lead Playwright) is a theatre-maker, arts researcher and scholar from Guatemala City. Recent directing credits include Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (PPP Graduate Student Alliance, 2019) and Mr. Burns, a post-electric play by Anne Washburn (“Better Mr. Burns” project, 2018). khristianmendez.com

CREATIVE Julio Muñoz (Stage Manager) is a B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in stage management at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Bog Butter (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020) and Dance Repertory Theatre’s Fortitude (2019), as well as Tales from the Globe (UT Shakespeare Company, 2019).

Lindsey Rae (Costume Designer, Cinematographer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in costume design. She has designed costumes for several Texas Theatre and Dance productions including Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (2020), Sow and Suckling (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020) and XOR (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019).

Pollyanna O'Hair (Sound Designer) is a fourthyear B.S. in Arts and Entertainment Technologies major. O’Hair has worked for Hogg Memorial Auditorium as an audio/visual technician for the past two years, working with events spanning from concerts to talk shows. Currently, she is the Department of Theatre and Dance's student audio coordinator. Previous credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include serving as the sound engineer for 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs) (2019) and Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (2020) as well as the audio engineering assistant for Spring Awakening (2019).

Bill Rios (Lighting Designer) is a third-year M.F.A. in Design and Technology candidate with a focus in lighting design at The University of Texas at Austin. His recent lighting design credits include Spring Awakening (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2019), The Creek Monster Habitat (Texas Applied Arts), Collaborative Escape Room Project (Texas Applied Arts), Spillage and Lloronx (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019) and Magic Box (DTYC Thesis Project, 2018).

CAST

Jayla Mariah Ball

Melissa K. Elkins

Andrew Kusman

Juan Padron

Montserrat Santibáñez

Tori Schulze

CAST Jayla Mariah Ball (Kimberly Jones, Annie) is a B.A in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process also pursuing a Bachelor of Journalism and a minor in Radio-TelevisionFilm at The University of Texas at Austin. She's received training in acting, dance and singing from a young age and is transitioning those skills to film. She is currently participating in the UTLA Semester in Los Angeles program. Ball was recently seen in Culture Shock (Campus Events + Entertainment African American Culture) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Everybody (PPP Graduate Student Alliance, 2019), directed by Khristián Méndez Aguirre.

Melissa K. Elkins (Anchor) is a second-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major with an emphasis in performer’s process. She has participated in many community theatre productions in her hometown of Dallas-Fort Worth. This is her first production with Texas Theatre and Dance.

Andrew Kusman (Tiger) is a first-year B.F.A. in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin. This is his first production with Texas Theatre and Dance.

Juan Padron (Carl) is a second-year B.F.A in Acting major at The University of Texas at Austin originally from Houston, Texas.

Year of the Tiger is his first production with Texas Theatre and Dance.

Montserrat Santibáñez (Laura Curran, Sally May Lancaster) is a third-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance and International Relations and Global Studies double major. She is also completing a certificate in Human Rights and Social Justice from the Bridging Disciplines Program and is part of the Portuguese Flagship Program at The University of Texas at Austin.

Santibáñez is a Mexican artist with a passion for change. Recent productions include Tjipetir: A Search History (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020); Noises and Voices: A Collection of Ghost Stories (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019); Matawan (Texas Theatre and Dance, 2018); The Sacrament of Matrimony (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019) and S.E.E.D. (Dance Action).

Tori Schulze (Donald Trump, Marta Perkins) is a fourth-year B.A. in Theatre and Dance major at The University of Texas at Austin. Recent credits with Texas Theatre and Dance include Not Omaha (UTNT (UT New Theatre), 2020) and Noises and Voices: A Collection of Ghost Stories (The Cohen New Works Festival, 2019), as well as Everybody (PPP Graduate Student Alliance, 2019). Afer graduating, she plans to use her education in theatre, journalism and film to pursue a career in media.

CREW

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER BRISA SHAW ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER JAMES HOAG

PRODUCTION LEADS ZOE BIHAN GABBY CLEMENTE DANIEL GELD JAKE JOSEPHI EVAN MCCLAIN JULIO MUÑOZ

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER JACOB EAKER

PROP SHOP SUPERVISOR CAROLYN ALLINGHAM HARDIN

ASSISTANT MEDIA DESIGNERS JACKSON COBB BENJAMIN RANDALL

PROP MASTER CAROLYN ALLINGHAM HARDIN

ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER DILLON JAMES SCENIC STUDIO SUPERVISOR J.E. JOHNSON SCENIC ART SUPERVISOR KAREN MANESS ASSOCIATE SCENIC STUDIO SUPERVISOR JASON LEE HUERTA MASTER CARPENTER HANK SCHWEMMER ASSISTANT CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST ASHTON BENNETT MURPHY GRADUATE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT HARRISON HAYES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MADISON SHERIDAN

PROP ARTISAN MORGAN RIDDLE PROP STOCK MANAGER INDIRA RAMPERSAD COSTUME PRODUCTION DIRECTOR NANETTE ACOSTA COSTUME PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE DESIREÉ HUMPHRIES DRAPERS SARAH ALDRIDGE POUA YANG COSTUME SHOP ASSISTANTS EMMA DICKERSON KATHRYN MILLER CALIFORNIA THORSON COSTUME CRAFTS ARTISAN TANYA OLALDE TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS SUPERVISING ELECTRICIANS SEB BOONE SARAH CANTU

SENIOR LIGHTING TECHNICIANS ARI JAMIESON EMILY NOVACK

DIRECTING ADVISORS KJ SANCHEZ ALEXANDRA BASSIAKOU SHAW

TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS LIGHTING CREW CHARLOTTE BRUMBELOW LIBBY JANTZ BRISA SHAW

COSTUME DESIGN ADVISOR RAQUEL BARRETO

ASSOCIATE AUDIO SUPERVISOR KENNY KUYKENDALL

COSTUME TECHNOLOGY ADVISOR JAMES GLAVAN LIGHTING DESIGN ADVISOR MICHELLE HABECK

TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS AUDIO CREW CHEYENNE CHESTER CODY HANCOCK POLLYANNA O'HAIR WILLA SNOW

INTEGRATED MEDIA DESIGN ADVISOR SVEN ORTEL

ASSISTANT AUDIO EDITOR DILLON JAMES

SOUND DESIGN ADVISOR SAM LIPMAN

AUDIO A2 CHEYENNE CHESTER

ACADEMIC PRODUCTION MANAGER JEFF GRAPKO

MEDIA SHOP SUPERVISOR EARNEST MAZIQUE MEDIA GRADUATE ASSISTANTS JACKSON COBB BENJAMIN RANDALL PRODUCTION CREW SUPERVISORS EMMA CRAIG ZOEY CROW AURORA KENYON NINGMO LIU COURT ROGERS STAGE MANAGEMENT ADVISOR RUSTY CLOYES

SCENIC DESIGN ADVISOR WILLIAM BLOODGOOD

GRAPHIC DESIGNER JEFF GRAY