Overdrawn at the Fuck Bank Acclaimed performer and Commedia dell’arte maestro Antonio Fava describes Commedia as “the genre of theater that expresses the present as it moves.” However, what if that present refuses to express itself through movement? What if, instead, it is defined by the act of waiting? Whether it’s waiting for the Mueller Report (or, nowadays the full report), waiting for a candidate to challenge the Cheeto-in-Chief in 2020, or the daily grind of waiting to see if this day is going to be better than the last, our current moment seems to be an anxious ball of potential energy about to explode. We all need to wait and see what the future has in store. Otherwise, I guess we’ll just have to (Circle all that apply):
Fuck and Fight
Kiss and Tell
Pop and Lock
Stop and Shop
Surf and Turf
Choke and Swallow
Touch and Go
Cheer and Jeer
Push and Pull
Hem and Haw
Wake and Bake
Sing and Dance
Mom and Pop
Run and Hide
Meet and Greet
Chat and Chew
Top and Bottom
Drink and Drive
Peas and Carrots
Rock and Roll
Toss and Turn
Live or Die
Lock and Load
Twist and Shout
Pump and Go
Lift and Separate
Salt and Pepper
Rough and Tough
Nip and Tuck
Huff and Puff
—PATRICK DENNEY, PRODUCTION DRAMATURG
Antonio Fava, The Comic Mask in Commedia dell’Arte: Actor Training, Improvisation and the Poetics of Survival. (Evanston: Northwestern University Press) 2007, vii.
APRIL 8 AT 8PM APRIL 9 AT 4PM AND 8PM APRIL 10 AT 4PM Kondoleon Studio, 217 Park Street
2018–19 SEASON
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA James Bundy, Dean Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean Chantal Rodriguez, Associate Dean Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Assistant Dean
PRESENTS
Completely Out of Fucks
Created by Christopher Bayes and the company Music and Lyrics by Scott Feiner, Christopher Bayes, and the company Directed by Christopher Bayes
Creative Team Music Director
Scott Feiner Production Dramaturg
Patrick Denney Stage Manager
Avery Trunko*
Production Staff Associate Production Manager
Shannon Csorny Crew
Alicia J. Austin Austin Byrd Lily Guerin
Administration Associate Managing Director
Stephen Cefalu, Jr. Danielle Chaves Erron Crawford José Espinosa Moses Ingram Louisa Jacobson Kineta Kunutu Hudson Oz Sohina Sidhu Arturo Luís Soria
Supported by The Benjamin Mordecai III Production Fund.
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
BY JERRY LEE WILLIAMS FOR ERIC CLAPTON
When your world, it starts to fall apart Look deep within, within your lonely heart. Do your best my friend, try and understand It’s only you, pull yourself through.
Caitlin Crombleholme Assistant Managing Director
Caitlin Volz Management Assistants
Emma Perrin Eliza Orleans House Manager
Carl Holvick Yale School of Drama productions are supported by the work of more than 200 faculty and staff members throughout the year.
Company
in alphabetical order
See What Love Can Do
Setting
“here and now” Completely Out of Fucks is performed without an intermission.
Special Thanks
When you tell your story, Make sure your story’s right; Every little single word is true. See what love can do. See what love can do. When the words are in the music, the music is the song. The world would be so happy, if we’d all just get along. I want to see it, a smile on every face. So when we tell our story, Make sure that it’s right And every single word is true. See what love can do. See what love can do.
Jake Ryan Lozano
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual talents and energies toward the staging of collaboratively created works. THE BENJAMIN MORDECAI III PRODUCTION FUND, established by a graduate of the School, honors the memory of the Tony Award-winning producer who served as Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, 1982–1993, and as Associate Dean and Chair of the Theater Management Department from 1993 until his death in 2005.
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA James Bundy, Dean Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean Chantal Rodriguez, Associate Dean Kelvin Dinkins, Jr., Assistant Dean
PRESENTS
Completely Out of Fucks
Created by Christopher Bayes and the company Music and Lyrics by Scott Feiner, Christopher Bayes, and the company Directed by Christopher Bayes
Creative Team Music Director
Scott Feiner Production Dramaturg
Patrick Denney Stage Manager
Avery Trunko*
Production Staff Associate Production Manager
Shannon Csorny Crew
Alicia J. Austin Austin Byrd Lily Guerin
Administration Associate Managing Director
Stephen Cefalu, Jr. Danielle Chaves Erron Crawford José Espinosa Moses Ingram Louisa Jacobson Kineta Kunutu Hudson Oz Sohina Sidhu Arturo Luís Soria
Supported by The Benjamin Mordecai III Production Fund.
*Appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
BY JERRY LEE WILLIAMS FOR ERIC CLAPTON
When your world, it starts to fall apart Look deep within, within your lonely heart. Do your best my friend, try and understand It’s only you, pull yourself through.
Caitlin Crombleholme Assistant Managing Director
Caitlin Volz Management Assistants
Emma Perrin Eliza Orleans House Manager
Carl Holvick Yale School of Drama productions are supported by the work of more than 200 faculty and staff members throughout the year.
Company
in alphabetical order
See What Love Can Do
Setting
“here and now” Completely Out of Fucks is performed without an intermission.
Special Thanks
When you tell your story, Make sure your story’s right; Every little single word is true. See what love can do. See what love can do. When the words are in the music, the music is the song. The world would be so happy, if we’d all just get along. I want to see it, a smile on every face. So when we tell our story, Make sure that it’s right And every single word is true. See what love can do. See what love can do.
Jake Ryan Lozano
The Studio Series productions are designed to be learning experiences that complement classroom work, providing a medium for students at Yale School of Drama to combine their individual talents and energies toward the staging of collaboratively created works. THE BENJAMIN MORDECAI III PRODUCTION FUND, established by a graduate of the School, honors the memory of the Tony Award-winning producer who served as Managing Director of Yale Repertory Theatre, 1982–1993, and as Associate Dean and Chair of the Theater Management Department from 1993 until his death in 2005.
Overdrawn at the Fuck Bank Acclaimed performer and Commedia dell’arte maestro Antonio Fava describes Commedia as “the genre of theater that expresses the present as it moves.” However, what if that present refuses to express itself through movement? What if, instead, it is defined by the act of waiting? Whether it’s waiting for the Mueller Report (or, nowadays the full report), waiting for a candidate to challenge the Cheeto-in-Chief in 2020, or the daily grind of waiting to see if this day is going to be better than the last, our current moment seems to be an anxious ball of potential energy about to explode. We all need to wait and see what the future has in store. Otherwise, I guess we’ll just have to (Circle all that apply):
Fuck and Fight
Kiss and Tell
Pop and Lock
Stop and Shop
Surf and Turf
Choke and Swallow
Touch and Go
Cheer and Jeer
Push and Pull
Hem and Haw
Wake and Bake
Sing and Dance
Mom and Pop
Run and Hide
Meet and Greet
Chat and Chew
Top and Bottom
Drink and Drive
Peas and Carrots
Rock and Roll
Toss and Turn
Live or Die
Lock and Load
Twist and Shout
Pump and Go
Lift and Separate
Salt and Pepper
Rough and Tough
Nip and Tuck
Huff and Puff
—PATRICK DENNEY, PRODUCTION DRAMATURG
Antonio Fava, The Comic Mask in Commedia dell’Arte: Actor Training, Improvisation and the Poetics of Survival. (Evanston: Northwestern University Press) 2007, vii.
APRIL 8 AT 8PM APRIL 9 AT 4PM AND 8PM APRIL 10 AT 4PM Kondoleon Studio, 217 Park Street
2018–19 SEASON