The Last Flapper

A theatrical biography of the original flapper, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

By William Luce

This production is presented as a part of the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival. A program of the Washington, DC non-profit Capital Fringe.

Venue: The Shop at Fort Fringe
607 New York Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001

Thursday 7/12 8:30pm
Saturday 7/14 Noon
Thursday 7/19 6:00pm
Tuesday 7/24 9:15pm (Special Event Afterwards to Celebrate Zelda’s Birthday – Details TBA)
Saturday 7/28 3:30pm

Tickets:  capitalfringe.org  866.811.4111
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Fort Fringe & the Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar 607 NEW YORK AVE. NW WDC 20001

General Admission: $17 with Fringe Button discount
$22 includes purchase of Fringe Button
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Starring Kate Erin Gibson
Directed by Carmela Lanza-Weil

Lighting Design by Mark Lanks
Costume Design by Erin Heintzinger

Based on her letters and stories, this exciting play is the definitive portrait of Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald: the glamorous, fun loving, and tragic Zelda. As in “The Bell of Amherst”, “Lucifer’s Child”, and “Bronte”, Luce reveals the contradictions and mysteries of an extraordinary woman while fashioning a moving yet witty play. Set in an insane asylum on the last day of Zelda’s life, the play unfolds as a hypnotic session. Zelda tells of her innocent rebellion as a southern belle, od her destructive marriage, and of her mental disintegration.

“A cry of the heart that relentlessly delivers the truth” – The New York Times.

On a personal note, discovering Zelda was a life altering experience. I discovered a woman so far ahead of her time, that her personal philosophies and view of life are still ground breaking for women 100 years later. She remains an enigma to those who have studied the 1920′s and the American ex-patriat movement. Additionally, some believe that she was the actual author of many works attributed to her husband.

More of the world deserves to know this fascinating woman.

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Graphic Design: Andrew L. Napier

Actor appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association.

The Last Flapper is being produced with permission from Samuel French, Inc.

 Company

Kate Erin Gibson (Zelda) is thrilled to be returning to the stage with her favorite character.  Kate originated the role of Zelda in Colette Silvestri’s new musical Zelda, which is currently in workshops.  Artistic Director and founder of The Red Door Theatre Company, Kate has served as director, stage manager, actor, producer, marketer, choreographer, teacher, photographer, and production manager for theatres ranging from High Schools to Broadway.  Favorite performance credits include: Eliza Doolittle, Carrie Pipperidge, Polonius, Emily Dickinson, and a myriad of chorus girls in all the standard shows.  Currently, Kate works as a Production Coordinator at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Unexpected Stage Company.  She studies acting with Seth Barrish and Lee Brock of The Barrow Group.  B.M. Shenandoah Conservatory.  M.A. New York University.  Proud member of AEA since 2007.

Carmela Lanza-Weil (Director) is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist and educator.  She has worked with scores of companies across the country in a variety of roles including director, actor, producer, consultant, playwright, and educator. In 2002, she co-founded Bump In the Road Theatre (BUMP) in Portland, Oregon (where she lived for over a decade).  BUMP is an award-winning company that dedicates its work to igniting discussion about important issues.  BUMP produces plays exploring specific life-changing events and themes, which have included end-of-life, health care, and forgiveness.  Favorite directing projects with BUMP include Old Age Ain’t No Place for Sissies, The Waiting Room, and Adventures in Ill-Care. BUMP produced Carmela’s play, Bury the Hatchet (a play about forgiveness) at the Philly Fringe in September 2011. In 2006, Carmela enrolled in Towson University’s MFA in Theatre program, designed for self-producing artists of new and experimental work.  There she enjoyed working with an extraordinary group of artists including Lee Breuer, Tim Miller, Rinde Eckert, and Richard Armstrong. A frequent participant at Association of Theater in Higher Education Conference (ATHE), Carmela has acted and directed with their new play development projects. She has presented excerpts from two of her projects during the Women in Theatre pre-conferences in Chicago and Los Angeles. Carmela has led theatre education programs with Everyman Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, Portland Opera, and MediaRites.  She directed the undergraduate theatre program at Concordia University/Portland for four seasons and was an artistic associate with the Portland International Performance Festival. This spring, Carmela’s (short) play, Reprieve, was selected for a reading by the Baltimore Playwrights Festival annual competition.  A member of Actors’ Equity and AFTRA, she is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/West and holds a B.S., summa cum laude, in Business and Communications from Concordia University, in addition to her MFA in Theatre from Towson University.

Erin Heintzinger(Costumer Designer) has been involved in the arts by the grace of her parents since she was a mere toddler. Having participated in dance for ten years as a child, playing the viola for over twenty years and being involved in theatrical costuming since high school, Erin has a deep respect for the arts in all their forms. Fortunate enough to receive numerous scholarships, Erin attended Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia where she studied Arts Management while working in their theatrical costume shop, as well as studying both viola and French horn and performing in every instrumental ensemble on campus at some point during her time there. Before receiving her Bachelor’s degree in 2002, Erin was hired by the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s costume department, where she had such duties as dye mistress, haberdasher, milliner as well as cobbler. While living in Westmoreland County, Erin worked as the Marketing Assistant for the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra during their 40^th anniversary season, as well as working under contract for the McKeesport Symphony providing them with public relations assistance during their 50^th anniversary season. Currently, Erin is working with an up and coming new organization in Pittsburgh, Texture Contemporary Ballet as their Marketing Director, now in their second season.

Mark Lanks(Lighting Designer) has designed in the DC area at Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, MetroStage, Fords Theatre, Strathmore Music Hall, Catholic University, and the Library of Congress.  Mark has also designed for Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre. He is the Event Services Manager at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland College Park.  He received a BA from Susquehanna University and an MFA from Boston University.

In Trousers

Book, Music and Lyrics by William Finn

March 25th, 26th & 28th at 9:30pm

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre
61 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue
NYC, NY 10014
www.theduplex.com

General Admission: $15 Cover& 2 drink minimum
AEA Member: $12 Cover & 2 drink minimum

Reservations Strongly Encouraged
212-255-5438

Directed by Samantha Saltzman
Music Direction by Eric K. Johnston
Michelle Foster, Production Stage Manager
Kate Rance, Costume Consultant
Jennifer Wilcox, Lighting Consultant

Starring Josh Scheer* as Marvin
with Kate Erin Gibson*, Chrysten Peddie,
and Nikki Van Cassele*

In Trousers centers on the women in Marvin’s life– his wife, his teacher and his high school honey– and on his attempts to decide if he is hetero, homo or bi. Eventually, of course, Marvin does leave the rather shrewish and demanding women in his life to find happiness with dear, delightful “Whizzer” Brown.

“These exploits … are set to music– funny, bouncy, cleverly constructed music … it galvanizes whatever it touches. Finn’s lyrics are even more cause for celebration. Densely packed with off the wall wit, these compact poems are tough little cookies that speak knowingly of the ups and downs of modern urban life.”—N.Y. Post.

“An innovative musical which succeeds as completely satisfying theatre.”– Hollywood Reporter.

IN TROUSERS is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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Cast

Josh Scheer* (Marvin) is thrilled to be making his Red Door Theatre Company debut with this production. Stage credits include Singin’ in the Rain (North Shore Music Theatre), 42^nd Street (Original Moscow Cast), Camelot (National Tour), Silk Stockings (Musicals Tonight!), My One and Only (Carousel DT), George M! (Theatre at St. Clements), Criss Angel’s Mindfreak (off-Broadway), The Magic of Frederick Loewe (Wings Theatre), and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Lycian Centre). Josh has also performed his critically-acclaimed one-man show From Russia, With Love (42^nd Street Plays Moscow) here in New York as well as at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre in Rochester, NY and aboard the Palm Beach Princess in Palm Beach, FL. Josh currently studies with Kimberly Vaughn, is an alumnus of Wagner College, and has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity since 2001. Special thanks to Aidan for his unending love and support.

Kate Erin Gibson* (The Wife) serves as Artistic Director of The Red Door Theatre Company. Favorite performance credits include Eliza Doolittle, Carrie Pipperidge, Zelda Fitzgerald, Emily Dickinson and many other incredible women. Also a director, stage manager, and photographer, Kate is a proud member of the award winning Barrow Group Theatre Company community where she studies with Seth Barrish and Lee Brock. Member of AEA since 2007.  B.M. Shenandoah Conservatory, M.A. NYU/Steinhardt. This show is for Tripp, who cultivated my love of musical theatre as a storytelling medium through a 1990 production of In Trousers. www.kateeringibson.com

Chrysten Peddie (Miss Goldberg) graduated from NYU with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Theatre.  Upon graduating, Chrysten originated the role of Emilie in The Game at Barrington Stage Company in MA, opposite Tony Winner Sara Ramirez.  Chrysten then went on to play Joan in the 35th Anniversary Off-Broadway revival of Dames at Sea with the Jean Cocteau Repertory, a role that garnered her positive reviews from the NY Times, the Downtown Express and the 2004 Zagat Entertainment Guide. Favorite regional credits include Hermione in Orestes: A Tragic Romp at Two River Theatre,  Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof at the Fulton Theater, Vienna in Johnny Guitar at Cortland Repertory, and Rona in Spelling Bee at TriArts Sharon Playhouse.  Chrysten has been an active member of the Red Door Theater Company since its inception in 2006, when she played Roberta in their inaugural production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.  The following fall she played the Porter/King Duncan/Murderer/Witch in the Red Door’s outdoor production of MacBeth. She also wrote an original children’s version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, which was performed as part of Socrates Sculpture Park’s annual Fall Family Festival.  Chrysten has been a proud EMC since the age of 21 and is pleased to announce that this spring she will finally be joining the Actors Equity Association.  Thanks to Kate for making sure that I was a part of this unique and wonderful show!  Love to Mom, Dad, Shannon, Mikey and Fernando.

Nikki Van Cassele* (The High School Sweetheart) is thrilled to be performing with The Red Door Theatre Company again after being last seen in their production of the new play N.I.C.E. She recently returned from performing in Milwaukee Rep’s production of Cabaret. Other favorite credits include: Angela in Bill Russell’s Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens with Sweet and Tart Productions, Spider Woman in Vortex Theater Company’s re-imagined production of Kiss of the Spider Woman directed by drama desk nominated director Gisela Cardenas, Cabaret-1st National Tour, Godspell at Walnut Street Theater, Brenda in Gutter Star at Minetta Lane Theater and Sin in Sophia’s Fall at 37 Arts Theater. Thank you Kate for this opportunity! Proud member of Actors Equity. Love to my husband and all my people. You know who you are.

Shoshanna Richman* (Understudy) has been in love with In Trousers from an inappropriately young age and thanks Kate and Samantha for the opportunity to learn every single note in the score! Favorite credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Fulton Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, Engeman Theatre), Patty Andrews in Sisters of Swing, Little Red in Into the Woods, Bella in Rags, Monica in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the workshop and NYC premiere of Theatreworks/USA’s If You Give a Pig a Pancake & Other Story Books, and Usherette in Ogunquit Playhouse’s The Producers. NYU graduate and proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.ShoshannaRichman.com

Artistic Staff

Samantha Saltzman (Director) New York directing credits include: No Moves Back, No More Waiting and Line. Directing credits include: Kol Nidre, Bed and Breakfast, and Icee (Hangar Theatre); Bernard Goes to Surgery; The Music Man. Assistant directing credits include: Trails (Stage Entertainment USA Development Award), Titanic Benefit Concert (NYSEC), Hair, Girl’s School Gothic, Arkansaw Bear, The Ant and The Grasshopper (Hangar Theatre). Production credits: Trails, Rock of Ages, Starquest International Dance Competition, The Cure, The Story (Playhouse on the Square); The 24-Hour Musical.

Eric K. Johnston (Musical Director/Pianist)  is psyched to finally get to music direct In Trousers, having started his professional career playing for Falsettoland and also having music directed Falsettos. Eric began his theatrical life at the age of four in Fiddler on the Roof and has spent more than three decades accompanying musicals. His Off-Broadway credits include Shanghai Lil’s, Evil Dead the Musical and How to Save the World and Find True Love in 90 Minutes.  Regionally, Eric has music directed Les Miserables and Hello, Dolly at Arkansas Rep and The Gifts of the Magi and The Fantasticks with The Human Race, as well as assisting on The Producers and Light in the Piazza at Pioneer Theatre and Les Miserables at North Shore.  Since 2004, he has spent his summers as rehearsal and pit pianist at Sacramento Music Circus, having played 27 productions so far. Eric has also composed two shorts musicals, The Guest and mOnster with Raw Impressions, and he has written original incidental music for a number of plays, including SubUrban Legend, Cadillac and Avenge! (The Spanish Tragedy), as well as Cynthia Granville’s short film “In Memoriam”.  www.twinklefingers.com

Michelle Foster (Production Stage Manager) Recent credits include: Much Ado About Nothing (American Globe Theatre), Gentrifusion (Red Fern Theatre Co.), Rosmersholm (Pearl Theatre Co.), Endless Summer Nights (Boomerang Theatre Co., PSM), FringeNYC (Venue Director), The Tempest (Boomerang, ASM), As You Like It (Marymount Manhattan College, PSM), Seagulls (Wingspan Theatre Co, Dallas, PSM), Fifteen Minute Play Festival (American Globe Theatre, Co-Producer), She Stoops to Conquer (Marymount Manhattan College, ASM).

Kate Rance (Costume Consultant)

Jennifer Wilcox (Lighting Consultant)  is delighted to be working with Red Door Theater and is pleased to be a part of a wonderful group of people!  Plays and Dances around NYC include:  Ondine: The Sea Sprite (Covenant Ballet Theatre of Brooklyn); Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey (Reidel Dance Theatre); Snakebit (Improbable Fiction); Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Red Door Theatre Company) Madama Fortuna! (Dixon Place); Chicks with Dicks (Barking Dove).  Jennifer is the Managing Director at Playlab NYC as well as the Assistant Electrics Shop Supervisor for the Production Department at The Juilliard School.

Hood

in Association with Art House Astoria

October 17th, 2010

11:30am & 2:00pm

Free!

Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Blvd. (@Broadway)
Long Island City, NY

Directed by Kate Erin Gibson

Featuring : Janice Amano, Luke Anderson, Samantha Cooper, Ricky Dunlop, Kaia Foss, Carly Frankel, Izze Gibson, Ana Holly, Alice Johnson, Laura Killeen, Ampora McLean, Jenny Paul, Timothy Scarpato, Andrew Starr, Matthew Stein, Stephanie Willing

Janice Amano (Guard/Handmaiden) Some of her favorite theatre credits include Wabi Sabi! Not Wasabi (Theater for the New City), Addiction Anonymous (Gallery Players), American Cultures ( ID America Festival-Quo Vadimous Arts). She attended Circle in the Square’s Theatre Conservatory.

Luke Anderson (Alan A’Dale) is an actor, comedian, writer, and teacher. A native of Boston, he moved at eighteen to New York City to attend university and, on a casual whim, began writing and performing stand-up comedy making his first professional debut as a performer. He later studied acting at the Atlantic Acting School and still performs stand-up, improvisational comedy, and is an acting instructor at his alma mater. He writes often and is creating an original web-series.

Samantha Cooper (Sprigget) is elated to be working outdoors with such talented artists.  Recent credits include Julie/Clotho (Ravel) at The Looking Glass Theatre, Alcestis with Apoloniad Productions, Viola (Twelfth Night) and Beatrice (Much Ado…) with Communicable Arts, Jess (One Night) on tour with Equalogy, Inc., Hermia (Midsummer…) with Hudson Shakespeare, and Lisa (The Killing of Jacob Marr) with 221 Films.  She received her B.A. in Theatre from UC San Diego, and has trained at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, A.C.T., Circle In The Square, and Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence, Italy.

Ricky Dunlop (Sheriff of Nottingham) is excited to work with Red Door again after performing as Ichabod Crane in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Van in Dog Sees God:  Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead last year. He was recently seen as Albert Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile at the Porch Light Theatre in New Jersey.  Other New York credits include: The world premier of King of Bohemia (Midtown Festival); Robbie in Shopping & F**king (Rude Monkey Theatre Group); world premier of Ask Someone Else, God (Looking Glass Theatre); Wild Thing (The New Acting Company); workshops of In Fields Where They Lay (The Dreamscape Theatre) and NYC Fringe hit How My Mother Died of Cancer and Other Bedtime Stories; as well as various other workshops/readings.

Kaia Foss (Native Guide) Originally from Oslo, Norway, Kaia is a Spring 2010 graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse School Of The Theater. She has many years of experience from film and theater, credits include “Rootie” in Graceland, Caroline in Happy Journey and Bea in the Norwegian coming-of-age-tale Just Bea. Hood is her very first children’s play and she is very excited!

Carly Frankel (Soothsayer) Carly is very excited to be a part of Hood, as she loves being goofy and making people (especially kids) smile! She also loves her family & friends, who have supported her unconditionally. She does not love heights and mean people. She wants to thank everyone involved in Hood for being awesome. Besides the film, musical theater, and new media projects she’s recently been working on, Carly has also created her own site, www.CarlyFrankel.net, where you can find her resume, videos, music, and more!

Izze Gibson (Cassandra Bingham-Ffrench) very happy to be performing with Red Door again after spending the summer working with middle and high school aged students at Acting Manitou, a performing arts camp in Maine.  Previous New York credits include: Dog Sees God (Red Door Theatre), and My Williamsburg Neighbors Downstairs (Manhattan Rep).  A recent graduate of The New School University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, she is currently an apprentice at The Barrow Group School. “For my Vogals!”

Ana Holly (Mrs. Codger) is an actor and teaching artist from Brooklyn New York. Most recently, she performed at The Producer’s Club in the short comedy JSEM Robot. Before that she was in Screaming With Maria at Columbia University. Ana is really excited to be in a Red Door Theatre production, and glad Hood can be her first experience performing children’s theatre!

Alice Johnson (Long John) is so excited to be working with The Red Door Theater again!  While she has played a ditz several times on stage, this will be her very first experience playing a burly, stick-wielding one.  It will be awesome.  She would like to thank her wonderful friends and fantastic boyfriend for coming to see the show and hopes that everyone has a great time!

Laura Killeen (Narrator) hails from London and graduated this year from the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. She has performed in 3 original pieces since graduating in great New York theatres such as The Richmond Shephard and Manhattan Theatre Source. Her short film “Homewrecka” was screened at the opening night of this month’s Syracuse Film Festival to great acclaim, and will be screened later this month in Berlin. A huge thank you to the big, beautiful cast and the one, the only- Queens.

Ampora McLean (Maid Marian)

Jenny Paul (Friar Tuck) is thrilled to finally be working on her first production with Red Door ! Some of her recent credits include No More Waiting, Lovers and Thieves, Funny Girl, 13 Girls and a Dead Cat, Church (Public Theater), and Go Go Beach! (Kennedy Center- DC). TV credits include Mystery Diagnosis, Cinematherapy, and the new MTV sitcom pilot, Polltakers. Special thanks to her family, friends, and roommates for all their love and support! www.jennypaul.info

Timothy Scarpato (Old Codger/Bishop) was born and raised in the Philadelphia area.  Now a resident of Astoria Queens.  He got his start in acting many years ago as young boy in school theater.  After pursuing many other interests and vocations over the years, he was reunited with his love for acting and moved to New York to pursue it further.  He is currently a member of Second Studio studying under the artistic direction of John Anthony. The most important lesson to him is learning to cherish every moment whether it be in rehearsal, on the stage or behind the camera.  It is a true blessing to be able to provide a service and enjoyment to our youth.

Andrew Starr (Robin of Loxley) a graduate of Fordham University, has been in the city for 5 years now and has tremendously enjoyed his time here.  Some of his most recent productions include a role in the Independent film “Crafty Chicks”, and as Two Deer, in a stage play directed for the National Museum of the American Indian.  He is very thankful, happy, and proud to be working with Red Door Theater’s newest production!

Matthew Stein (Prince John)

Stephanie Willing (Guard/Handmaiden)

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Dickinson: The Secret Story Of Emily Dickinson
By William Roetzheim

Directed by Susanne Boulle
Stage Manager: Katie Hong

With: Brian DeCaluwe*, Ellen DiStasi*, Jeffrey Farber*, James Fleming*, Kate Erin Gibson*, Matt Hollerbach, Brian McKeon*, Lori Singleton, Emilea Wilson

Tuesday, June 01, 2010        8:00 PM
Thursday, June 03, 2010        8:00 PM
Saturday, June 05, 2010        8:00 PM
Wednesday, June 09, 2010        2:00 PM
Friday, June 11, 2010        8:00 PM
Sunday, June 13, 2010        3:00 PM
Wednesday, June 16, 2010        8:00 PM
Saturday, June 19, 2010        2:00 PM

Why do they shut me out of Heaven? Did I sing too loud?–Emily Dickinson

The myth of Emily Dickinson is that she was a prudish Victorian spinster who wrote beautiful poetry. The reality is that she was a stunning creative intellect coping with an emotionally and sexually abusive Father, an enabling mother, surfacing homosexual feelings, raging sexual emotions, and mental breakdowns. This play brings the real Emily Dickinson to life, with all of her depth and complexities, and takes the audience on a magical journey of love and discovery.

Dickinson Tickets

N.I.C.E.
By William Roetzheim

Directed by Kate Erin Gibson
Stage Manager: Nicole Walters

With: Richard Rice Alan*, Nikki Van Cassele*, Jennifer Winegardner*, Jill Melanie Wirth*

Wednesday, June 02, 2010        8:00 PM
Saturday, June 05, 2010        2:00 PM
Tuesday, June 08, 2010        8:00 PM
Thursday, June 10, 2010        8:00 PM
Saturday, June 12, 2010        8:00 PM
Wednesday, June 16, 2010        2:00 PM
Friday, June 18, 2010        8:00 PM
Sunday, June 20, 2010        3:00 PM

Four siblings confront death, each other, and themselves

In Britain, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (N.I.C.E.) sets up guidelines about who should live and who should die for terminal patients. What happens when they decide your comatose mother must die? What starts out as a debate about issues of nationalized health care quickly turns into a debate about the value of human life.
NICE
Four siblings are forced to confront death and their own inner demons. Tess, raised in London, grew up with National Health Care and she must now defend the system against her American siblings. Frank, a truck driver from Clayton, Iowa and an avid fan of the Fox Network, believes in defending the sanctity of life against attacks by left wing liberals. But his use of stereotyped responses to cope with life’s issues fails him when he must confront failings in his own life, failings for which there are no pat answers. Dawn ran away to Berkley to pursue her career as a folk singer, but also to escape persecution by the religious right for her sexual orientation. Elizabeth’s Harvard education helps her to be sexual calculating financial value for mergers and acquisitions, but what happens when the equations directly affect the lives of those around her?

N.I.C.E. Tickets

T.S. Eliot: A New Musical
Book & Lyrics by William Roetzheim
Music by Vlad Spasovick
Arrangements by Andrew Fox

Directed By JV Mercanti
Musical Direction by Andrew Fox
Stage Manager: Jeanette Prather

With: Pierce Cravens*, Dierdre Friel*, Bruce Jones, Danny Katz*, Richard Koons*, Eric Loscheider*, Jeremy Parrish*, Ethan Sher*, Steven Strafford*,  Erin Williams*, Kit Williams*

Wednesday, June 02, 2010        2:00 PM
Friday, June 04, 2010        8:00 PM
Sunday, June 06, 2010        3:00 PM
Wednesday, June 09, 2010        8:00 PM
Saturday, June 12, 2010        2:00 PM
Tuesday, June 15, 2010        8:00 PM
Thursday, June 17, 2010        8:00 PM
Saturday, June 19, 2010        8:00 PM

“The future is a faded and crushed flower, a wistful regret of those who are no longer here to regret.” T.S. Eliot

Poet T.S. Eliot’s imaginary and real worlds are brought to life and intertwined in this euro-pop jazz musical. Eliot is gay, but his religious background and societal attitudes force him to hide this fact. Eventually he discovers that his greatest threat is not from London society, but from within the corridors of his own mind.

Eliot Tickets

All shows are playing at:

The Grand Theatre
Producers’ Club Theaters
358 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
(8th & 9th Aves)

Tickets:
General admission: $18
Students and Military: $15
Subscribe to all three shows: $30

and are available in advance at www.Smarttix.com

*Actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

Richard Rice Alan* (Frank N.I.C.E.) Some of his favorite roles/shows; Dracula – Dracula; Emile de Becque – South Pacific; Charles – Blithe Spirit;  El Gallo – The Fantastiks; John Dickinson – 1776; Serge – Art; Count de Chandon – Phantom; Nick Arnstein – Funny Girl; Mr. Manningham – Angel Street ; Donald – The Panacea.  FILM- Terminus, Mercy; Abscond Valley. As always, with thanks and love to Frances, his mom.  Have a job offer or just curious? – www.RichardRiceAlan.com

Pierce Cravens* (T.S. Eliot T.S. Eliot) Broadway credits include: Ragtime (original company), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (original company), Beauty and the Beast (original company), Titanic and Christmas Carol.  Selected Off-Broadway and regional appearances: All’s Well That Ends Well (The Public/NYSF), Plagued! (NYMF), Silver Nitrate (Blue Heron), The Secret Garden (5th Avenue Theater, Seattle), The Prince and the Pauper (World Premiere, Starlight Theater, Kansas City). Film & TV: co-starred with Oscar-winner Fisher Stevens in the upcoming indie-feature Rising Stars (Moderncine), The Life Before Her Eyes (2929 Productions), Pitch (Cannes Film Festival 2006), Filmore! (Disney) and the voice of Joshua Finkel on Finkel Files (Cartoon Network).  Numerous commercials and voiceovers.  Four albums. Grammy voter. Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Pierce is also president of Metropolitan Entertainment, a theatrical and film production company which is currently developing a screen adaptation of Annie Cheney’s non-fiction, Body Brokers. www.MetropolitanEntertainment.com

Brian DeCaluwe* (Austin Dickinson) is so excited to be a part of this production!  NY Credits include:  Back in Pictures (Off-Bway), Fade Out, Fade In (Opening Doors), The Dad Play (Actors’ Studio), Bloody Lies (Midtown Theater Festival).  Other favorites include: Bash: The Latter Day Plays, Our Country’s Good, Three Sisters, The Laramie Project, Piece of My Heart.  BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University.  Thanks to Susanne!

Ellen DiStasi* (Emma Dickinson) was a part of the Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company the past two summers playing Gertrude in Hamlet and Isabel, Joan’s mother in Joan of Arc. In December she was in the TRU Voices Musical Festival playing the mother in Kafka’s Mr. K at the Players Theatre. As a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University Drama Department, she appeared in two new plays by the Carnegie Collaborative in NYC. Ellen appeared Off Broadway last spring as a midwife from the 1800′s. This year Ellen played principal roles in three Independent films and was featured on television in Gossip Girl and 30 Rock. Later this summer Ellen will be appearing in the Airmid Theater production of Three Cornered Moon. She is a member of Actors Equity Association.

Jeffrey Farber* (Judge Lord Dickinson) studied at both The Circle In The Square Theatre School and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute through NYU and with Alice Spivak ever since. In his youth he attempted to mug Al Pacino in Serpico, traveled the country as Spiderman for Marvel Comics and later the northeast as the Rabbi in The Godfather’s Meshugeneh Wedding. Jeff can be seen as Viggie in the non-cult hit Auditions & has performed in many oob & regional theatre productions.  Some of his recent favorites; Sidney Feinman in What Makes Sammy Run, Arnold in A Thousand Clowns, Serge in Art and Henry Kissinger in Nixon’s Nixon.

James Fleming* (Higginson Dickinson) has appeared as Dr. Watson and Hercule Poirot as well as the fathers in A Christmas Story, Othello, and Proof. Other stage favorites include: The Foreigner, Sylvia, Driving Miss Daisy, Oscar Wilde Solitaire, God’s Man In Texas, On Golden Pond, A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, and others. Television appearances include Guiding Light, Another World, and Alamance (for PBS), and others. Films include Somewhere Tomorrow and Do Me A Favor with Sarah Jessica Parker, Anna To the Infinite Power, Preppies for Playboy, and the interactive feature Darkside of the Moon.

Deirdre Friel* (Madame Sosostris T.S. Eliot) is a proud member of SAG and Actors’ Equity.  New York and Regional credits:  Connie Deluca Lighter (NYMF 2009);  Sr. James Doubt (Triad Stage, the Appalachain Theater Festival);  Annie Pazinski Over the Tavern (Portland Stage, Theater at the College of Santa Monica);  Marcus Brutus Julius Caesar (the Kraine Theater);  Portia Cinderella (Arkansas Repertory Theater);  Aemelia/ Nell/ Ensemble Comedy of Errors (Mile Square Theater Company);  Katina Zorba! (Berkshire Theatre Festival);  King Lear, Comedy of Errors, Richard III (Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London;  dir.  Rob Clare) .  Staged Readings: Connie Deluca Lighter; Sister Mary Patrick Sister Act:  the Musical (with Peter Schneider and Alan Menken).  Film/Television: The Sopranos, My Father’s Will, Pretty Bird (with Billy Crudup and Paul Giamatti;  dir. Paul Schneider). Awards: MAC Nominee for “Outstanding Female Debut 2004.”  Many thanks and love to God, her family, and JV.

Kate Erin Gibson* (Emily Dickinson) I’m nobody! Who are you?/Are you nobody, too?/Then there’s a pair of us–don’t tell!/They’d banish us, you know. /How dreary to be somebody!/How public, like a frog/To tell your name the livelong day/To an admiring bog!

Matt Hollerbach (The Playwright Dickinson) moved to New York last summer from Ann Arbor, where he graduated from the University of Michigan. He studied acting, production, and management with the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, MI and appeared last year in Rabbit Hole at Tipping Point Theatre, Panache at Williamston Theatre, and Orpheus Descending and Jack Goes Boating at Blackbird Theatre. In New York, he has performed with Safe Mode Productions and was ASM for Phoenix at the Barrow Group Theatre, where he is an apprentice. He makes his on-screen debut this Fall alongside Hilary Swank and Minnie Driver in Fox Searchlight’s Betty Anne Waters. Thanks to Hurley, Alan, Kit, Max, Ollie, Mom, Dad, and Katie. For Charlie.

Bruce Jones (Columbo T.S. Eliot) s honored to be a part of the T.S Eliot team and be a part of something completely new!
NYC credits: Whom Shall I Send (tour), and Its Nothing Personal (a musical review), Regional credits: Honk! (u/s Ugly), and other recent credits: Pirates of Penzance (u/s Frederic), To Kill a Mockingbird (u/s Tom Robinson), Once Upon a Mattress (Sir Harry). Deepest love and gratitude to my beautiful family, beautiful friends, and the beautiful cast and crew! “I’m much more powerful than ANY law!”

Danny Katz* (Hammond, T.S. Eliot) will be singing in a concert performance of  Brigadoon at the Shubert Theatre this June to benefit the IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE.  Recently, he was seen in To Paint the Earth (NYMF) and  Body Language (Midtown International Theatre Festival).  He has played Menelaus in The Trojan Women at LaMaMa e.t.c. and understudied the roles of Marcellus and Reynaldo in Hamlet at the American Repertory Theatre.  Television: Loving Leah (HALLMARK HALL OF FAME PRESENTATION)  and As The World Turns.  Thank you to JV and Kate for this opportunity.  For Meg, my parents,  my brother, Denise, Sal and Lucia.

Richard Koons (Sweeney T.S. Eliot) is a native of South Bend, Indiana and received Degrees in Vocal Performance from Ball State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  Recent NYC appearances include OFFSHORE PIRATE, IMMORTAL JOURNEY, WUTHERING HEIGHTS, SLEEPY HOLLOW and SWEET WILLIAM. Regional and Tour credits include: JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA, SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, EVITA, MAN OF LA MANCHA, CAROUSEL, THE STUDENT PRINCE,  BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and TITANIC THE MUSICAL. www.richardkoons.org

Eric Loscheider* (Prufrock T.S. Eliot) Off-Broadway: Cycling Past the Matterhorn (Theatre Row). NY: Convict Therapist (Arcade Theatre), At the Public Burning Place (Infiltrage 2), Shelf Life, Ophelia (NY Fringe Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dog Run Rep), Mao on Line One (Downtown Theater Company), Three Musketeers (Actors Shakespeare Company), Mindbleach (Phareplay).  Regional: Twelfth Night (Cincinnati Playhouse/Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Runaway Beauty Queen (Florida Studio Theatre), Assassins (Berkshire Theatre Festival), 1776 (Drury Lane, Joseph Jefferson Award-Musical/Director), The Taming of the Shrew, The Forty Minute Macbeth (First Folio Shakespeare Festival).  Rutgers University: Arms & the Man, Tartuffe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard Cory, Camino Real.  Television: Guiding Light.  MFA: Rutgers University under William Esper.  He is Artistic Director of The Arcade Theatre, head writer for Hungry Hungry Hobo, a member of AEA and the SAFD, and currently on faculty at William Esper Studio and CAP 21.

Brian McKeon* (Edward Dickinson) AEA   SAG  AFTRA  studied classical theater in Germany for two years and later worked in everything from summer stock to regional theater and Broadway, as well as in television and film. Brian originated the role of David in Bent at the Gate Theater and went on to star on Broadway in Sleuth opposite Patrick MacNee, and in The Circle opposite Erika Slezak. His television credits include a featured role on The Doctors (Dr. Rolf Kriling) and more recently as a GE executive on 30 Rock. Recent film credits include Burn After Reading and the upcoming summer release Salt. For the past several years he has been featured in original theatrical productions such as Getting and Spending (Brother Alfred) and Heaven-Sent (Samuel Clemens), as well as in Laughter on the 23^rd Floor (Max Prince), Death of a Salesman (Uncle Ben/Howard), Same Time, Next Year (George), The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Ira), and The Lion in Winter (King Henry). On an exotic note, Brian speaks Farsi fluently, having lived in Iran for 16 years where he had his own pistachio farm.

Jeremy Parrish* (King Bolo T.S. Eliot)

Ethan Sher* (Reginald T.S. Eliot) Off-Broadway work includes The Pirates of Penzance (Frederick u/s and performed; Drama Desk Nomination) and The Marriage Contract. Other NYC credits include House of Love and Prayer (Jazz at Lincoln Center), 5XWilder, Tonight at 8:30 (Provincetown Playhouse), Silk Stockings, Oh Lady Lady! (Musicals Tonight!), The East Village Chronicles (Metropolitan Playhouse), Joan of Arc (Gorilla Rep). At CT’s Ivoryton Playhouse he played Ernst in Cabaret. Film work includes lead and supporting roles in Just Another Zombie Love Story, You Can See It, What’s The Point? and So She Fell Silent. Originally from Israel, Ethan trained at NYU’s Steinhardt School (MA) and Birmingham School of Acting, England (BA). His first play, RealMusik, was a semi-finalist at The Network’s One-Act Festival. Ethan is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and is also a cantor. Thanks to JV, Kate, cast and crew.

Lori Singleton (Sue Dickinson) is glad to be back on the stage and excited to be a part of Red Door this season. Originally from Wichita Kansas she studied acting and set design at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.  After taking a  break from acting to work as a production associate on the now broadway show Million Dollar Quartet and other new musical works for the stage and recently heading up an off Broadway venue Theatre 80 as Company Manager, she is happy to be here in New York City and on  stage again. Favorite roles include Martha in A Piece of My Heart, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar and Sarah in Guys and Dolls. Special thanks to Susan and Kate for letting me be a part of this process.

Steven Strafford* (Jack T.S. Eliot) s happy to be a part of this process. He has been seen as Prince Herbert/ Not Dead Fred/ et al in Monty Python’s Spamalot(Orig. Vegas Cast); The Herald in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella w/ Lea Salonga; and most recently as Lord Edgar Hillcrest and Jane Twisden et al in The Mystery of Irma Vep at Portland Stage. This summer he will be reprising his roles in Spamalot at The Sacramento Music Circus. Thanks to JV for the opportunity.

Nikki Van Cassele* (Dawn N.I.C.E.) was most recently seen in Gutter Star at the NY Fringe Festival. Prior to that was in a new play called Blowing Bubbles as part of a festival performed at The Barrow Group. Favorite credits include: the role of Sin in the NYMF show Sophia’s Fall, role of the Spider Woman in the Vortex Theater Company’s re-imagined production of Kiss of the Spider Woman directed by drama desk nominated director Gisela Cardenas, Cabaret-1st National tour, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and Godspell at the fantastic Walnut Street Theater.

Erin Williams* (Vivienne T.S. Eliot) Previous credits include 1776 (Goodspeed), The Last Five Years (Amphibian Stage Productions),  Merrily We Roll Along (Gallery Players), Pippin, The Secret Garden, Rags, Julia Pastrana…, Vincent in Brixton and Look Back in Anger.  Erin holds a BFA in Theatre from Texas Christian University.  Much love to Daniel and Jasper.

Kit Williams* (Queen Bolo T.S. Eliot) hails from Tulsa, OK, and ever since she was three years old claimed “I want to be a singer, dancer, actress just like Miss Irene Cara from Fame.”To this day no one knows how at three she even knew what the movie was about, but the mantra stuck.A proud member of both Screen Actors Guild and Actor’s Equity Association, Kit has various film credits, national commercials, New York, regional and hometown credits: The Little Mermaid (Fish Witch), Nunsense (Sister Hubert), Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon), and Dreamgirls (ensemble/us Effie). Thanks to my mom and God. Because without either I would not be. And of course to my mentor and friend Dickie Daddy Sabellico for showing me that “if you are afraid to fail you’ll never fly.”

Emilea Wilson (Vinnie Dickinson) is so happy to perform in her third Red Door Theatre production! Recent work includes Neither Here Nor There at The Cherry Pit, Dog Sees God at The Barrow Group Arts Center and Jumpin’ The Gun, from which she won Best Supporting Actress in The Network’s One-Act Play Festival. Regional productions include The Ghost Sonata, Betty’s Summer Vacation and variety of new works in conjunction with the University of Iowa. Thanks to family, friends and Jeff for your love and support. Visit her website: www.emileawilson.com.

Jennifer Winegardner* (Elizabeth N.I.C.E.) Jennifer has been seen Off Broadway in The Awesome 80s Prom, Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding and Murder at Midnight. Other notable NYC credits include: Musicals Tonight’s revivals of Oh Lady! Lady!! and The Girlfriend, as well as concerts at Lincoln Center and Symphony Space.  Her favorite regional theatre roles include: The Thing About Men (Lucy), How To Succeed… (Rosemary), Grand Night for Singing (Lynne), Dial M for Murder (Margot), and The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Reba). Jennifer’s television appearances include roles on Rescue Me, Chappelle’s Show and Late Night with David Letterman. Jennifer co-wrote and recorded two CDs of original children’s music – Songs to Blather By and Playground of My Mind – with her husband, Bill.  She is also writing an original musical revue entitled Halloween Hullaballoo. www.jenniferwinegardner.com

Jill Melanie Wirth* (Tess N.I.C.E.) is an actress, singer, and writer of one-person-one-act “dramedies.” She most recently appeared in Sex Ed, which she co-wrote and performed with her husband, David Wirth. Sex Ed was presented as part of Boxers & Briefs: An Eclectic Evening of Short Works by Artistic New Directions. Additionally, Jill has performed at Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons, Carnegie Hall, BAM, Vineyard Theatre, La Mama E.T.C., The 92nd Street Y, and The York Theatre. As a writer/performer her recent “dramedies” focus on matters of sex and death. The SEX/DEATH pieces include: Long Term Care, Life Support, Rufus To The Rescue, Sex Sells!, PC Pull-Ups, Boston on Business, and Sex Ed. Jill has worked in theatre, film, television, concert, commercials, and voice-overs in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and London.  www.JillMelanieWirth.blogspot.com

William Roetzheim (Playwright) is the author of seven plays, twenty-two books, and twenty spoken word audio poetry CDs (Producer and Director).  He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.  His writing has won eight gold medals and twenty-two finalist awards in national and international literary competitions.  Two of his plays were produced in NYC during 2009, and three are scheduled for production in NYC during 2010.  He edits an annual anthology of new plays called “Regional Best,” and is a member of the Board of Directors of American International Theater, Inc. where he serves as the Producing Director.  His film credits include Producer for “Decay,” a short film due for release in April 2010.  He and his wife Marianne own and operate a Victorian Bed and Breakfast outside of San Diego, CA.

Vlad Spasojevic (Composer T.S. Eliot: A New Musical)

Susanne Boulle (Director Dickinson:The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson) is the Resident Director at the Red Door Theatre. Dickinson is her third production for the Red Door, along with Dog Sees God and Proof . Other credits in NYC: Strange Kindness by Brook Berman, Affair Play by Jessica Goldberg, and Untitled by J.Hairston at the Atlantic Theatre/New Works; The Marriage of Bette and Boo and Silverstein One Acts at NYU/453 Studio; Teaching Artist for Theatre for A New Audience’s New Voices Program (2000-2003). She has workshopped new plays for Abingdon Theater Company and the Puerto Rican Travelling Theater and is currently a member of The Actor’s Studio Playwrighting/Director’s Unit. Susanne spent six seasons as Resident Director at Barter Theatre in Virginia. At Barter: Blackbird, Travels With My Aunt,  Pow’r In the Blood, The Baby Dance,  Miracles, Huck Finn, Of Mice and Men, The Tempest, John Henry, many others.  She is a founding member of Barter’s First Light Theatre for young audiences which played to over 180,000 kids in the U.S. and Russia in it’s first three seasons. Member AEA. Upcoming: The Dad Play by Kevin Podgorski, The Actor’s Studio P/D Festival 2011.

Kate Erin Gibson (Director N.I.C.E.) serves as founder and Artistic Director of The Red Door Theatre Co. Recent RDT performance credits include Catherine in Proof and Van’s Sister in Dog Sees God: Confessions….  New York (Highlights): Emma and Company (Wings Theatre), Hello, Dolly!, A Grand Night… (Neuwirth Theatre), Katie and Frank (The Barrow Group). Regional: My Fair Lady (Eliza), Carousel (Carrie), Zelda (Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald), Hamlet (Polonius), The Secret Garden. Nat’l Tour: Four Score and Seven Years Ago. Directing credits include: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Witches, Bye Bye Birdie, Harvey, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, The Choir Loft (World Premiere). Kate is also active in NYC as a producer, stage manager and teaching artist. BM. Shenandoah Conservatory, MA. NYU/Steinhardt. www.kateeringibson.com. Proud AEA member.

JV Mercanti (Director T.S. Eliot: A New Musical) is currently serving as the Assistant Director on Martin McDonagh’s A Behanding in Spokane.  He recently served as the Acting Coach on the CW series “TBL: The Beautiful Life.”  JV was the Casting Director and Producing Associate on the recent Broadway revival of Cyrano de Bergerac starring Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner.  As a Casting Associate for Jim Carnahan Casting projects included: The Woman in White, Fiddler on the Roof, The Threepenny Opera and Noises Off, among others.  JV has an MFA in Directing from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts where he directed Therese Raquin, As Bees in Honey Drown and Other People. NYC and regional credits include: Matt and Ben, dark play or stories for boys, Icarus, Julia Pastrana, The Ugliest Woman in the World.  He was the associate director of the National Tour of Cabaret as well as the Broadway productions of Joe Egg and Little Me.

Andrew Fox (Musical Director T.S. Eliot: A New Musical) is an up-and-coming composer, performer, producer and musical director working in theatre, film, and popular music. In the past year he has assistant musical directed under Drama Desk Nominee James McElwaine, taught voice and music performance at the acclaimed Purchase Conservatory of Acting, written and orchestrated the award-winning short musical film Cheap Shots, and composed orchestrations for more than fifteen pop records. Andrew most recently provided orchestrations for a new r&b project with Grammy-nominated producer Joe Ferry, and will be releasing an EP of his own original songs this July. He trained in musical theatre performance at Circle in the Square and holds a Bachelor’s of Music in Studio Composition from Purchase Conservatory. Thanks to JV, Kate, William, cast and crew.

Katie Hong (Stage Manager) is delighted to be a part of Dickinson.  Her latest NYC credits include, 167 Tongues (Lighting Designer & Assistant Stage Manager) and BASH (Assistant Designer). Katie is a graduate of University at Buffalo’s B.F.A theatre design & technology program. Thanks to family, friends, and pmd for the never ending love and support.

Nicole Walters (Stage Manager) is a recent graduate from the University of Miami with a BFA in Stage Management. Nicole is currently working as an ASM for Platanos and Collard Greens and was recently the Production Assistant for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Nicole has worked as a PSM for the Arsht Center in Miami, as well as a SM intern for Florida Grand Opera.

Jeanette Prather (Stage Manager) graduated California State University, Long Beach in journalism, international studies, French and dance. She taught dance in Los Angeles while performing in events like the Super Bowl XXXVII, NBA and ABA, and acting as the city editor for a daily newspaper, the managing editor for a magazine, and a dj for her own radio show. While living in France in 2005, she wrote two books, “Flicker” and “Vital Energy,” before leaving for a two-year stint as the assistant choreographer in Club Maeva in Mexico, as well as the stage manager and choreographer of Club Med in Cancun, the Turks & Caicos Islands and Florida. Jeanette moved to New York City in 2009, where she currently practices circus (Lyra, silks, hammock, static trapeze and contortion) and dance. Jeanette is writing her third and fourth books, freelancing for various publications, setting choreographic works, and stage managing for multiple New York City-based theatrical events.

Justin Couchara (Scenic Design)

Kate Rance (Costume Design) since graduating from Central Saint Martins, Kate has enjoyed a very varied career as a Production Designer in both London and New York, working on dance productions with The Rambert School and Ballet Black, physical theatre with Forbidden Theatre Company, Shakespeare at the Young Vic Studios, musicals with the St Bride Foundation and the Brothers Kaufman, big scale illusion shows with False Impressions, Ibsen with The Barrow Group and most recently a number of films including a feature length adaptation of Moliere’s Don Juan shot on location in New York. She is currently designing another feature film, Hulk which is being shot entirely on a built set in Brooklyn.

Jennifer Wilcox (Lighting Design)

Susanne Collins (Intern)

Marketing Designs by Andrew Napier, www.designapier.com

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
adapted by Chrysten Peddie

Directed by Jen Browne and Kate Erin Gibson

POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN!!!  New Date – October 25, 2009 2pm

October 17th at 2pm
October 18th at 12pm & 2pm

Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd at Broadway, Long Island City
www.socratessculpturepark.org

FREE ADMISSION

Co-Produced by Art House Astoria and Presbyterian Church of Astoria

The Red Door Theatre Company visits this classic Halloween tale set right in our own part of the world.  Come visit with Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and Brom Van Brunt, as they tell the tale of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.

Stage Manager: Kathryn McConnell

Cast: Jen Browne, Ricky Dunlop, Rainbow Geffner, Alice Johnson, Michelle Poynton, Clare Schmidt, Emilea Wilson

Scenic Design: Séamus Mulholland

Cast

Jen Browne actor and all around theatre maker studied physical theatre at Middlesex University in London as well as Stella Adler Studios here in New York. She recently returned from a three month stint in Belfast Northern Ireland where she studied ensemble and creative performance at Queens University. Whilst in Belfast she worked with company Curious Doings devising two original pieces over a three month period. Currently she is working with the Deconstructive Theatre Company here in New York on their new piece The Orpheus Variations as well as The Red Door Theatre Companies adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Her script lamb was produced as part of the 2008 Houston Fringe Festival and her short play again and again was produced this past February. Recently she directed the New York debut of Short Cycle of a Love Story at The Barrow Group. She also collaborated on Indecipherable Gesture a collection of original movement based pieces with Forgotten Theatre as part of the Rider University Women’s Conference. She has had the opportunity to assist Pete Clerke of benchtours, Scotland, as well as director Simone Federman. She has also worked closely with choreographer Melanie Stewart of Melanie Stewart Dance in Philadelphia. She is a co-founder of Purple Threads Theatre Ensemble as well as an associate member of Rebellious Subjects Theatre.
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Ricky Dunlop is excited to team up with The Red Door again, after performing in a successful production of Dog Sees God:  Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead this past Summer.  Ricky studied Theatre at the University of Florida and performed in productions of Our Town, BENT, The Foreigner and more.  Some of his New York credits include:  Wild Thing (The New Acting Company), Ask Someone Else, God (The Looking Glass Theatre), and he is an original collaborator of the brand new In Fields Where They Lay (The Dreamscape Theatre) coming this December to The Hudson Guild Theatre.  Add Ricky as a FAN on Facebook!  www.rickydunlop.com / www.blahblahtheatre.com

Rainbow Geffner trained in Physical Theatre at Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 2001 and received her Masters from East 15 Acting School in London, England in 2003. She has performed nationally and internationally, doing original theatrical works professionally for the past ten years, with long-established ensembles like A Traveling Jewish Theater, Teatro Kismet O.P.E.R.A, Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, and Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, Rainbow wrote and performed a solo show called Emily: On Clerical Errors and Destiny. Since her arrival here in New York six years ago she has performed in the New York Fringe Festival and numerous off-off Broadway shows. She has also done commercial work for Disney, Microsoft, and Bloomberg Television. In 2008 she wrote, directed and produced Tales From the Tub. She has taught at Spoke the Hub in Park Slope and directed HAIR at Riverdale in the spring of 2009.

Alice Johnson is excited to be back on stage (or grass/wooden pathways in trees) with the Red Door Theater again!   She appeared in last year’s Fall Harvest Production of The Witches and had so much fun that she couldn’t wait to do it all again this year.  She is originally from Seattle but has been a resident of Astoria for the past couple of years while she embraces the struggling actress cliche by waitressing and bartending in Manhattan between auditions.  She’d like to thank everyone for coming out to see the show, and hopes that you have a great time watching.  Happy Fall everyone!

Michelle Poynton is a recent graduate of the Boston University School of Theater with a BFA in acting. She also holds a diploma in classical theater from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Since moving to NYC last year, Michelle has done an acting apprenticeship with New Perspective Theater, an internship with The Barrow Group, and has had her play Pope Joan produced off Broadway at New World Stages. Michelle also appeared in Shakespeare’s Three Marys with The Dark Lady Players, and is a writer for the New Perspectives Theater Women’s Work Lab. Michelle is excited to be making her debut with The Red Door Theater Company, and would like to thank Kate and Jen for all their support.

Clare Schmidt is thrilled to be working with the Red Door on this wacky and fun production of Sleepy Hollow. She received her BFA from Otterbein College last year. New York Credits: Mentshn (New Worlds Theatre Project) Regional: Stickfly (Contemporary American Theatre Festival) A View of the Harbor (CATF) She has been privileged enough to work on various commercials, and currently just finished production on her first documentary entitled Showcase.

Emilea Wilson is a recent graduate of the University of Iowa with a BA in Theatre Arts and Journalism. Her most recent work includes the Red Door Theatre Company’s production of Dog Sees God at The Barrow Group Arts Center; Theatre for the New City’s musical production of Who Murdered Love, and The Network’s NYC One-Act Play Festival in Jumpin’ The Gun, where Emilea won Best Supporting Actress of the festival for her role as Julie. Emilea has been seen regionally in productions of The Ghost Sonata, Betty’s Summer Vacation and various other new works in conjunction with the University of Iowa. Visit her website at www.emileawilson.com.

Kate Erin Gibson (Co-Director) serves as RDT’s Founder and Artistic Director. Recent RDT performance credits include Catherine in Proof and Van’s Sister in Dog Sees God: Confessions….  New York (Highlights): Emma and Company (Wings Theatre), Hello, Dolly!, A Grand Night… (Neuwirth Theatre), Katie and Frank (The Barrow Group). Regional: My Fair Lady (Eliza), Carousel (Carrie), Zelda (Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald), Hamlet (Polonius), The Secret Garden. Nat’l Tour: Four Score and Seven Years Ago. Directing credits include: The Witches, Bye Bye Birdie, Harvey, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, The Choir Loft (World Premiere). Kate is also active in NYC as a producer, stage manager and teaching artist. BM. Shenandoah Conservatory, MA. NYU/Steinhardt. www.kateeringibson.com. Proud AEA member.

Kathryn McConnell (Production Assistant) is a Director and Dramaturg (who dabbles in Stage Management) with a BFA from the University of Oklahoma. She most recently worked as ASM and Dramaturg for Gutter Star: The Paperback Musical at the NY Fringe, and is a director and charter member of Friends Always Creating Theatre collective.  All-time favorite credits include The Last Five Years, Ancient History, The Crucible, The Dead Guy, Yard Sale, and COLLEGE: The Musical.

dog sees god

Thomas Matthew Kelley as CB

Dog Sees God

Dog Sees God:
Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
by Burt V. Royal

Upcoming!
July 5-12th, 2009 8pm
July 11th, 2009 2pm

TBG Arts Center
312 West 36th Street
3rd Floor

General Admission $18
Seniors $14
www.smarttix.com

When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful

***Not appropriate for children under 13. Suggested violence, drug use, and sexual situations.***

Directed By Susanne Boulle
Featuring: Kaitlin Colombo, Ricky Dunlop, Dan Gershaw, Izze Gibson, Kate Erin Gibson*, Thomas Matthew Kelley*, Kevin Michael Murphy*, Emily Kenyon Scott, Andy Wagner, Emilea Wilson

Stage Manager: Marc Eardley*

*These actors and stage manager appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

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Press Release

Contact: Kate Gibson                                                       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: 718-316-3842
Email: KateErinGibson@me.com
www.thereddoortheatre.com

MARVIN’S HAVING GIDDY SEIZURES AT THE DUPLEX
Limited NYC Run of William Finn’s In Trousers

The Red Door Theatre Company will present William Finn’s rarely done, conceptual musical IN TROUSERS, the first of the “Marvin” musicals.  Performances will be 3/25-28 at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre in Greenwich Village.  Samantha Saltzman directs.

IN TROUSERS follows Marvin’s journey in both the present and the past, to discover who he was meant to be. He turns to the women who have become important to him throughout his life to help him balance his natural inclination towards bi-sexuality and his inherent need to protect his family and establish a sense of normalcy.  Finn’s book, lyrics and music make this a touching story, familiar to all audience members, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

Tony Award winner William Finn is best known for his Falsetto trilogy, which includes IN TROUSERS, March of the Falsettos & Falsettoland (the latter two became a full-length Broadway musical called Falsettos).  Other shows in the Finn catalogue include The 25^th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A New Brain, Elegies, and the Broadway-bound Little Miss Sunshine.

Samantha Saltzman’s New York directing credits include: No Moves Back, No More Waiting and Line. Directing credits include: Kol Nidre, Bed and Breakfast, and Icee (Hangar Theatre); Bernard Goes to Surgery; The Music Man. Assistant directing credits include: Titanic Benefit Concert (NYSEC), Hair, Girl’s School Gothic, Arkansaw Bear, The Ant and The Grasshopper (Hangar Theatre). Production credits: Rock of Ages, Starquest International Dance Competition, The Cure, The Story (Playhouse on the Square); The 24-Hour Musical.

The Red Door Theatre Company is dedicated to producing socially relevant theatrical pieces and to offer a safe haven for controversial or delicate subject matter to be explored on stage, also to provide a risk-free environment for artists to create without negative influence. Previous productions include Proof, Danny & the Deep Blue Sea, Dog Sees God, and Macbeth. www.thereddoortheatre.com

The cast of IN TROUSERS will be announced shortly.

Performances of IN TROUSERS are Friday, March 25^th at 9:30pm, Saturday, March 26^th at 9:30pm, and Monday, March 28^th at 9:30pm, at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre. For tickets, visit www.theduplex.com. There is a $15 cover and a two-drink minimum. The Duplex is located at 61 Christopher Street at 7th Avenue.

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2009

Contact: Kate Erin Gibson (718)-316-3842, kateerin@thereddoortheatre.com

The Red Door Theatre Company
Presents
DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD
by Bert V. Royal
July 5-12, 2009

The Red Door Theatre Company presents DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD by Bert V. Royal, July 5-12th at the TBG Arts Center, 312 W. 36th Street, 3rd Floor.  Tickets are $18/$14 and available through www.Smarttix.com 212-868-4444

When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB a peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Drug use, suicide, eating disorders, teen violence, rebellion and sexual identity collide and careen toward an ending that’s both haunting and hopeful.

An ensemble cast features: Thomas Matthew Kelley as CB, Kevin Michael Murphy (Craig Stevens Guide to Making it on Broadway) as Beethoven, Kaitlin Colombo (Last Comic Standing) as Marcy, Izze Gibson as CB’s Sister, Ricky Dunlop as Van, Dan Gershaw as Matt, Kate Erin Gibson as Van’s Sister, and Emilea Wilson as Tricia.  The piece is directed by Susanne Boulle.

The Red Door Theatre Company’s mission is to offer a safe haven to produce socially relevant theatrical pieces.  With gay marriage and episodes of school violence being highlighted in the media almost everyday, DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS… seems extremely relevant as it takes a look at how teens must deal with discovering their own sexuality and identity and how it will impact their lives in larger ways.

DSG Press Release