lehigh valley premiere

PERFORMING ARTS @ CEDAR CREST COLLEGE
LEHIGH VALLEY PREMIERE
Winner of The 2013 Tony Award For Best Play
A COMEDY FOR MATURE AUDIENCES
BY Christopher
Durang
DIRECTED BY Tim Brown
www.cedarcrest.edu
Vanya and
Sonia
and
Masha and Spike
THE CAST
Vanya....................................................................Mike Febbo
Sonia............................................................Sarah Slaw Kiewe
Masha............................................................Victoria Scovens
Spike...........................................................Goran Zdravkovic
Cassandra......................................................Miranda Alvarez
By Christopher Durang
Nina................................................................Jaclyn DeCarlo
Directed by Tim Brown
Understudy..........................................................Kyle English
Lighting & Set Design by Roxanne Amico
Technical Direction by Kevin Gallagher
Costume Design by Brian Strachan
Scenic Artist Sara Kleinert
Stage Manager Abby Ormiston
Assistant Stage Managers Alexis Macatangay & Lauren Grigoletti
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is presented through special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
“Here Comes The Sun” Written by George Harrison
Published by Harrisongs, Ltd. (ASCAP)
Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.
Originally produced on Broadway by:
Joey Parnes, Larry Hirschorn, Joan Raffe/Jhett Tolentino, Martin Platt & David Elliot, Pat Flicker Addis,
Catherine Adler, John O’Boyle, Joshua Goodman, Jamie deRoy/Richard Winkler, Cricket Hooper,
Jiranek/Michael Palitz, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Radio Mouse Entertainment, Shadowcatcher
Entertainment, Mary Cossette/Barbara Manocherian, Megan Savage/Meredith Lynsey Schade, Hugh
Hysell/Richard Jordan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Ron Simons, S.D. Wagner, John Johnson, in association with
McCarter Theatre Center and Lincoln Center Theatre.
Originally commissioned and produced by McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton, N.J.
Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director; Mara Isaacs, Producing Director
and produced by Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City under the direction of
Andre Bishop and Bernard Gersten in 2012.
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SCENES
PRODUCTION STAFF
PLACE - A lovely farmhouse in Bucks County
TIME - Set in the present
ACT ONE
Scene One - The Sun Room, Late-August, in the morning
Scene Two - Later that day
10 minute intermission
ACT TWO
Scene One - Evening, after the party
Scene Two - The next morning
Scene Three - Later that day
Scene Four - Late in the afternoon
Special Events
OPENING NIGHT PARTY
Thursday, November 5
ALUMNAE GREEN ROOM
Saturday, November 7
TALK BACK
Sunday, November 8
Patrons are invited to
the
Canova
Commons
immediately following the
performance for pizza and
cake! Sponsored by FCCPA.
Faculty, staff, CCC Alumnae
and their guests are invited
to join the Performing Arts
Department and Alumnae
Affairs for a pre-show reception
from 7:15-8:00 PM in the South
Annex. Wine and cheese will
be served courtesy of Alumnae
Affairs.
The cast, crew and production
team will be having a talk
back immediately following
the performance in Samuels
Theatre.
Patrons
are
encouraged to stay and ask
questions. Cake and coffee will
be served in the South Annex.
Sponsored by FCCPA.
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Directed by.................................................................................Tim Brown
Lighting & Set Design by...................................................Roxanne Amico*
Technical Director............................................................. Kevin Gallagher*
Costume Design & Direction........................................... ....Brian Strachan
Scenic Artist..................................................................Sara Kleinert
Stage Manager........................................................Abigail Ormiston
Assistant Stage Managers....Alexis Macatangay and Lauren Grigoletti
Sound Operators...........................Megan Smith and Daritza Rosario
Light Board Operator................................................Takevia Dennie
Deck Crew..................................Meaghan Lawler, Alexandra Petsko, .............................. Olivia Pastures, Jesse Kottmeyer, Tomey’cia Scott
Wardrobe..................................................................Natasha Segarra
Hair and Makeup...........................................................Kayla Smith
Box Office/Marketing
Crew
Lindsey Hutterer-Gallagher,
Alissa Johann, Amelia Sherwood,
Da'Vida Teagle, Laura Jane Moser,
Mallorie McIlwain, Julie Singer,
Ashley Grinnell, Alissa Bry,
Juliana Wall
Costume Shop
Crew
Olivia Vassot, Kayla Smith
Julie Singer, Ashley Cole
Nicole Raimondi,
Joanna Sharpe
Bernice Johnson
Malorie Mcllwain
Scene Shop Crew
Katie Spickard, Abigail Ormiston, Sarah Slaw Kiewe, Sara Klienert,
Michele LaPlante, Corinne Bohrer, Justina Lopez, Megan Smith,
Olivia Pastures, Samantha McMaster, Macey Turnicky, Olivia Vassot
Elizabeth Edwards, Natasha Segarra, Jillian Shaffer, Rogae Jean Francois
Jasmine Smith, Francesco Capodanno, Ashley Cole,
Meaghan Lawler, Nicole Raimondi, April Daly,
Constance Selinsky, Rianna Kinard, Mailaka Colson
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THE CAST (LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
MIRANDA ALVAREZ (Cassandra)
is a first year secondary education and
English double major from Easton, PA.
Previous credits include Ursula March
in Sweet Charity (Easton Area High
School). She is the 2019 class president
and a member of The Crestiad. This is
her Cedar Crest College stage debut.
ROXANNE T. AMICO* ∆ (Set &
Lighting Design, Chair, Performing
Arts) has been a professor at Cedar
Crest College since 1981. She holds
an M.F.A. in stage design from
Northwestern University and a B.A. in
theatre and English from Heidelberg
University. She is the current chair of
the Performing Arts Department and
also served as chair from 1985-2006.
During that time, she also served five
years as dean of Academic Services,
dean of the faculty and in 2007 acting
provost. She has designed well over 150
productions for Cedar Crest including
over 300 individual designs for scenery,
lighting and costumes. She has been
a scenic artist member of the United
Scenic Artists Local 829 since 1980.
TIM BROWN*∆ (Director) director/
actor/playwright has directed and
acted in dozens of productions both
regionally and nationally. A member
of the Society of Stage Directors and
Choreographers (SSDC), his work has
been seen across the United States and
Europe. Credits include CHICAGO,
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Trust, Eurydice,
Spitfire Grill, Big Love, Metamorphoses,
Dear Edwina, Proof, The Early Girl, The
House of Bernarda Alba (Cedar Crest
College), Batboy! The Musical and
A Christmas Story (Theatre Outlet),
and The Clean House (Pennsylvania
Playhouse). As artistic director of
Funkopolis, Tim wrote/directed
An Exquisite Dream of Fire (world
* member of Alpha Psi Omega
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†
premiere -Theatre Project, Baltimore).
His homage to Richard Foreman,
Words from Richard, was invited to the
Istropolitana International Festival of
Puppetry. He was assistant director
for the Broadway premiere of Squonk
(Helen Hayes Theatre, N.Y.). Tim
earned his M.F.A. in theatre from
Towson University and his B.A. in
theatre and English from Marquette
University in Milwaukee. Director of
Cedar Crest’s award-winning forensic
speech team, he also serves as the
regional district chair for the American
Forensics Association.
JACLYN DECARLO (Nina) is a senior
dance and English double major from
Brick, NJ. Previous Cedar Crest College
credits include ensemble in Nunsense,
ensemble in Completely Hollywood,
Echo in Polaroid Stories and Sybil in
Cover of Life. She is a member of Nu
Delta Alpha, Buskin Society, Alpha Psi
Omega, and the Forensic Speech Team.
KYLE ENGLISH (Understudy) is a
first year art therapy and psychology
double major from Benton,
PA.
Previous credits include Ape/Professor
Porter in Tarzan, Lily St. Regis in
Annie, Betty Blast in Footloose, and
Nancy in Bye Bye Birdie (all Benton
High School). She is a member of Out
There, Art Club, and Buskin Society.
MIKE FEBBO (Vanya) is from
Bethlehem, PA. Previous stage credits
include ensemble in Metamorphoses
(Cedar Crest College), Joe Pitt in
Angels in America Parts I & II (Civic
Theatre), R.P. McMurphy in One
Flew Over the Cuckooo’s Nest (PA
Playhouse), and Man in Chair in The
Drowsy Chaperone (PA Playhouse).
member of Nu Delta Alpha
∆
member of Pi Kappa Delta
KEVIN GALLAGHER* (Technical
Director) has been the technical
director at Cedar Crest College since
2000. He was the production manager
at the Barter Theatre (Lort D) in
Abingdon, Va., technical director for
Emerson College in Boston, Mass.,
and at Ramapo College in Mahwah,
N.J. Kevin received his M.F.A. from
the University of Connecticut and a
B.A. from DeSales University (formerly
Allentown College).
LAUREN GRIGOLETTI (Assistant
Stage Manager) is a sophomore arts
administration major with minors
in psychology and art history from
Washington, NJ. Previous Cedar Crest
College credits include Bonnie in Sealed
for Freshness and ensemble in Completely
Hollywood.
SARAH SLAW KIEWE (Sonia) is a
junior social work major with a minor
in theatre from Blairstown, NJ. Previous
Cedar Crest College credits include
Smee in Peter Pan, Rita in Cowgirls, and
Tood in Cover of Life. She is a member
of Buskin Society, Alpha Psi Omega and
Social Work Club.
ALEXIS JIZELLE MACATANGAY
(Assistant Stage Manager) is a junior
new media and media studies double
major from Dayton, NJ. Previous Cedar
Crest College credits include sound
board operator for Nunsense, ensemble
for Completely Hollywood, sound board
operator for Peter Pan, and Tracy Ann
in Sealed for Freshness. She is a member
of Buskin Society, Out There and the
Cedar Crest College Community Choir.
ABBY ORMISTON (Stage Manager)
is a junior media studios major with
minors in writing and theatre from
Weatherly, PA. She is a member of
Buskin Society and The Crestiad.
VICTORIA SCOVENS (Masha) is
a first year theatre and dance double
major from Bethlehem, PA. Previous
credits include Velma Von Tussle in
Hairspray and Irene Roth in Crazy For
You (all with Freedom High School
Theatre Co.) and The Sour Kangaroo
in Seussical (Third Mask Theatre Co.).
Previous Cedar Crest College credits
include Sister Mary Amnesia in Nunsense.
She also choreographed Broughal
Middle School’s 2015 production of
Seussical Jr. and will be choreographing
their 2016 production of Hairspray Jr.
BRIAN STRACHAN
(Costume Designer) is the resident Costume designer and Costume Coordinator at Cedar Crest College. He holds a
M.F A. in costume design from Temple
University. He has designed costumes
for many companies in the Philadelphia
area, including the Bucks County Playhouse, Lantern Theater, Philadelphia
Shakespeare Festival and Enchantment
Theater Company. He has designed
dance costumes for the Koresh dance
Company, Sharp Dance Company and
Marie Mulgrew and dancers. Mr. Strachan has also done costumes for The
University of the Arts in Philadelphia,
PA and Ursinus College.
GORAN ZDRAVKOVIC (Spike)
is from Allentown, PA. Previous
stage credits include OJ Berman &
Jose in Breakfast At Tiffany’s (Civic
Theatre of Allentown), Jacob Marley
in A Christmas Carol (Civic Theatre
of Allentown), Terence Hearsay/
Murderer in A Shropshire Lad (Crowded
Kitchen Players), and assistant director
of Over The River And Through The
Woods (Global Impactors Group.)
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Please join us on
Monday, November 9 at
List of students and their majors who participated in the
production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Involvement includes: actors, dancers, costumes, props, scenery, lighting,
box office, usher, administrative, and more.
Miranda Alvarez
Kaylah Baylor
for a fundraiser to support
our Dance Honor Society!
For more information, please visit our Facebook page,
Performing Arts at Cedar Crest College
Cactus Blue Mexican Restaurant is located at
2915 Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem 18017
Their menu is available at cactusblue.biz
Special Thanks
Alumnae Affairs
Cedar Crest Printing Services
Parkhurst Dining Services
Amico Studios
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Juliana Wall
Lynda Yohe
Seth Rehrig
F CCPA
Secondary Education
& English
New Media
Corinne Bohrer
Theatre & History
Ashley Cole
Media Studies
April Daly
Pre Vet
Jaclyn DeCarlo
Dance & English
Takevia Dennie
Kyle English
Psychology
Art Therapy &
Psychology
Biology
Rogea Jean
Francois
Samantha
McMaster
Art Therapy
Laura Jane Moser
Dance & Theatre
Esosa Oghide
Nursing
Abigail Ormiston
Communication
Oliva Pastures
Social Work
Nicole Raimondi
Daritza Rosario
Natasha Segarra
Constance
Selinsky
Tomey’cia Scott
Nursing
Nursing
Social Work
Biology
Dance & Theatre
Theatre
Jasmine Smith
Julie Singer
Sara Kleinert
Sarah Slaw Kiewe
Early Childhood
Education
Theatre
Nursing
Art
Social Work
Kayla Smith
Megan Smith
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice
Katie Spickard
Environmental
Conservation
Da’Vida Teagle
Olivia Vassot
Juliana Wall
Shannon Wolak
Business
History
Communication
Forensic Science
Ashley Grinnell
Dance
Victoria Scovens
Jillian Shaffer
Hope Hurd
Secondary Education
& Mathematics
Amelia Sherwood
Lindsey HuttererGallagher
Theatre, Secondary
Education & English
Alissa Johann
Bernice Johnson
Dance & Media
Studies
Communications
Sarah Kleinert
Art & Theatre
Michelle LaPlante
Meaghan Lawler
Chemistry
Theatre
Justina Lopez
Psychology
Alexis
Macantangay
Accounting
Mallorie McIlwain
Communication
Theatre &
Communication
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION...
Faculty & Staff
Chairperson / Professor / Resident Designer................. Roxanne T. Amico*
Associate Professor / Technical Director............................. Kevin Gallagher*
Associate Professor / Director of Dance.......................... Robin Gerchman*†
Associate Professor / Director of Forensic Speech....................Tim Brown*∆
Costume Director................................................................. Brian Strachan
Graphic Designer................................................................ Nathan Billman
Program Coordinator / Publicity and Marketing.............. Dannah Hartman
Webmaster.............................................................................. Paul Pastrone
Theatre...........................................................................Domenick Scudera
Theatre................................................................................Joanna Whitney
Musical Theatre..........................................................................Brian Foley
Musical Theatre................................................................William Whitney
Public Speaking......................................................................Clair Freeman
Dance........................................................................Patricia Bostick-Winn
Lighting Design..........................................................................Sue Ragusa
Set Design...................................................................................Vicki Neal
Set Design.............................................................................Dick Kendrick
∆
About Cedar Crest College
Cedar Crest College is a liberal arts college for women dedicated to the
education of the next generation of leaders. Cedar Crest College educates
the whole student, preparing women for life in a global community.
Cedar Crest also provides a wealth of opportunity for non-traditional
and graduate students. Our co-educational lifelong learning and graduate
programs demonstrate our commitment to education at all levels.
About the Department of Performing Arts
The mission of the performing arts majors at Cedar Crest College is to
encourage and develop individual artists, prepare students for future study
in the performing arts and to make available multiple perspectives in dance
and theatre through experiential work, foundational information and skills
for all students and offer individual mentoring of advanced students.
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Purchasing Tickets
• In person: Hours are Mon-Fri
11 a.m. - 5 p.m. during the
regular school year. The Box
Office is also open 1 hour prior
to each performance.
• By Phone: Please call
(610) 606-4608.
• Online: Tickets can be
purchased online by
visiting our website,
www.cedarcrest.edu/stage
Special seating areas are
available in Samuels Theatre for
people with wheelchairs and special
needs. Please discuss special
seating needs with the box office
when making your purchase.
Photographing, videotaping or
sound recording of any performance or the possession of any
device for such purpose inside the
theatre, without written permission
of the management, is prohibited by
law. The act is a violation of copyright law and violators will be asked
to leave the theatre.
Restrooms are located outside the
theatre on the 2nd and 3rd floors of
the Tompkins College Center.
Listening enhancement headsets
are available for the hearing
impaired. Please inquire at the
Box Office.
Management reserves the right to
All performances begin promptly at remove any patron creating a
their scheduled times. As a
disturbance.
courtesy to artists and patrons,
latecomers will be seated at the
Refreshments are available for
discretion of the ushers.
purchase in the lobby prior to the
performance and at intermission at
Cell phones, digital watches,
most events. All proceeds benefit the
alarms and pagers should be
Department of Performing Arts.
silenced before the performance
begins. Please no texting during the Food and drink are not permitted
performance.
in the theatre.
Lost and Found items may be
claimed in the Box Office
immediately after a performance.
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