michael frayn - La Mirada Theatre

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
and
McCoy Rigby Entertainment
present
by
Michael Frayn
Starring
ANNIE ABRAMS
RONA BENSON
LELAND CROOKE
JOE DELAFIELD BO FOXWORTH JAMES LANCASTER LORI LARSEN
MATTHEW MILLER
MAURA VINCENT
Scenic Design
JOHN IACOVELLI
Production Manager Costume Design
Lighting Design
ROSE PEDERSONYORK KENNEDY
Technical Director
Publicist
Sound Design
JOSH BESSOM
Assistant Stage Manager BUCK MASON DAVID CRUISEDAVID ELZER/DEMAND PRTERRY HANRAHAN
Casting JULIA FLORES Production Stage Manager
LISA PALMIRE General Management
MCCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT
Directed by
RICHARD SEYD
NOISES OFF is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
Opening Night SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
La Mirada Theatre for tHE PERforming Arts
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Farce is the placing of ordinary people in
situations in which their world has gone out of control.
In this sense, farce is closer to tragedy than to what we
normally call
comedy. When you watch
the great silent film comics you can see how easily
those same situations that have you rolling in the
aisle could also be very
poignant. Farce
enables us to laugh at our own nightmares. In doing
Noises Off we proudly present some of our profession’s
greatest
nightmares.
– Richard Seyd
Director
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Cast
(in order of appearance)
Dotty Otley....................................................................................................................................................... LORI LARSEN
Lloyd Dallas............................................................................................................................................... BO FOXWORTH
Garry Lejeune...................................................................................................................................... MATTHEW MILLER
Brooke Ashton.......................................................................................................................................... ANNIE ABRAMS
Poppy Norton-Taylor.............................................................................................................................. RONA BENSON
Frederick Fellowes............................................................................................................................JAMES LANCASTER
Belinda Blair............................................................................................................................................ MAURA VINCENT
Tim Allgood................................................................................................................................................JOE DELAFIELD
Selsdon Mowbray................................................................................................................................LELAND CROOKE
Production Stage Manager.....................................................................................................................LISA PALMIRE
Assistant Stage Manager.............................................................................................................. TERRY HANRAHAN
Act One
The living room of the Brent’s country home. Wednesday afternoon.
(Grand Theatre, Weston-Super-Mare, Monday, January 14th)
Act Two
The living room of the Brent’s country home. Wednesday afternoon.
(Theatre Royal, Goole, Wednesday matinee, February 13th)
Act Three
The living room of the Brent’s country home. Wednesday afternoon.
(Municipal Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees, Saturday, April 6th)
There will be one 15-minute intermission.
McCoy Rigby Entertainment is a professional theatre company employing members of Actors’ Equity Association, the
union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The video and/or audio recording of the performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please turn off
all wireless phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance. La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts is
equipped with Automated External Defibrillators (AED).
On the first Friday of October, the annual
celebration of California Arts Day takes place in
cities across the State. This year it’s October 7.
Noises Off is a special California Arts Day event.
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Annie Abrams (Brooke Ashton) is
thrilled to be in her first show at La
Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Recent theater credits include: Philia
in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum with Reprise Theatre
Company, Luciana in The Comedy of
Errors at A Noise Within, Clea in The
Scene with the Ensemble Theatre
Company, Curley’s Wife in Of Mice and
Men and Third Witch in Macbeth at
Theatre Banshee, Estella in Great Expectations at the Odyssey Theatre,
Sybil Vane in A Picture of Dorian Gray and Aura in Paradise Lost: Shadows
and Wings at the Theatre @ Boston Court, Serenity in And the Winner
Is… at the Laguna Playhouse, Ela in Charley’s Aunt at the International
City Theatre, Cécile in Les Liaisons Dangereuses with the Blank Theatre
Company, and Myrrhine in Lysistrata at the Stanford Summer Theater,
among others. Recent TV credits include roles on “Veronica Mars,” “Joan
of Arcadia,” “The King of Queens,” “Cold Case,” “How I Met Your Mother,”
and “Without a Trace.” Annie graduated from Stanford University with
a B.A. in Drama and is a native of Los Angeles. Love to my family, and
much gratitude to my manager, Nick Campbell.
Rona Benson (Poppy Norton-Taylor)
is delighted to be making her debut
at La Mirada Theatre. Rona’s theatre
credits include Lala in The Last Night of
Ballyhoo at the Alabama Shakespeare
Festival, Thomasina in Arcadia and
Muriel in Ah, Wilderness! both at South
Coast Repertory, Teenage Greek Chorus
in How I Learned to Drive at the Mark
Taper Forum, Little Sally in Urinetown
and Little Red Ridinghood in Into the
Woods both with Interact Theatre Company, and Kaja in The Master
Builder at A Noise Within. TV credits include recurring as Joni on
“Gilmore Girls,” a brief stint as a switchboard operator on “Mad Men,”
“Popular,” “Strong Medicine,” “Kenan & Kel,” and “Providence.” Film
credits include Jurassic Park 3, Psycho Beach Party, and a few short films
including the mute lead in Within, produced at The Academy of Art in
San Francisco. www.ronabenson.com
Leland CrookE (Selsdon Mowbray) is
thrilled to make his debut at La Mirada
Theatre in Noises Off. He was last seen at
the Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa
Barbara as Henry in The Fantasticks. In
Los Angeles he was last seen at the
Odyssey Theatre as Kaufmann in Bach
At Leipzig. He also starred as Wilhelm
Furtwangler in Taking Sides for which he
received a Garland Award, and Drama
Critics Circle and Ovation nominations.
He created the role of Dandy in the Olivier Award Nominated 900
Oneonta, winning a Garland Award and the LA Weekly Theatre Award
for Best Actor. He also appeared in the New York production at Circle
Rep, and the London production at the Old Vic and the West End’s
Ambassadors Theatre. Leland starred in all 13 episodes of the short lived
FOX series “Key West,” and has had recurring roles on “Alias,” “Charmed,”
“Angel,” “Melrose Place,” and “Star Trek Deep Space Nine.”
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JOE DELAFIELD (Tim Allgood) has
performed on Broadway as Damis in
Tartuffe (Roundabout) and off-Broadway
in Outward Bound, The Breadwinner, and
Theophilus North. Regional: Richard
Miller in Ah, Wilderness!, Charlie in
Da (both at the Guthrie), Raleigh in
Journey’s End (Alley Theatre), Valere
in School for Husbands (Westport
Playhouse), Timmy Cleary in The Subject
Was Roses (Pittsburgh Public), Romeo in
Romeo and Juliet (Virginia Stage Company), Tom in The Glass Menagerie
(Ensemble Theatre Co.), and several roles in Photograph 51 (Fountain
Theater). Joe is a member of LA’s Antaeus Company, where he was
recently seen in The Autumn Garden. TV/Film credits include “The
Sopranos,” “All My Children,” Filmic Achievement, and Company K. Joe
holds a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from NYU.
BO FOXWORTH (Lloyd Dallas) recently
performed the title characters in The
Malcontent with Antaeus and Richard
III with Southwest Shakespeare. LA
theaters he’s performed with include:
Theatre @ Boston Court, LATW, Laguna
Playhouse, Shakespeare Orange County,
Disney Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, The
Geffen, and A Noise Within where he
received an Ovation nomination for
Measure for Measure. New York and
Regional theaters include: The off-Broadway hit, As Bees in Honey Drown
at The Lucile Lortel; The Century Theater, HERE, The Pearl Theater, The
Shakespeare Theater in Washington D.C., Vienna’s English Theater in
Vienna, Austria, The Long Wharf, Baltimore Center Stage, Playmakers
Rep, The Old Globe, The Yale Rep, and many others. Bo has numerous
film and television credits most recently appearing in “Castle,” “Criminal
Minds,” and “The Wizards of Waverly Place.” He is a member of Antaeus
Theater Company and is a graduate of UCLA and received his Masters at
Yale School of Drama.
JAMES LANCASTER (Frederick Fellowes)
recently appeared in The Weir at South
Coast Repertory where his previous
credits include Dancing at Lughnasa and
The Caretaker. He began his theatrical
career with The Dublin University
Players at Trinity College and in fringe
theatre in Dublin. He was a member of
The Abbey Theatre Company for two
years and toured extensively with the
Irish Theatre Company. Since his move
to the U.S., he has appeared in Rat in the Skull at The Wisdom Bridge
and Galileo and Christmas Carol at The Goodman Theatre in Chicago.
He played the title role in The Hostage at the Irish Arts Center in New
York and also appeared in Twelfth Night for The New York Shakespeare
Festival in Central Park and Fighting Chance at the Long Wharf Theatre
in New Haven. In Los Angeles he played Ripley in Hapgood for the
Centre Theatre Group at the Doolittle. He also appeared in A Nightingale
Sang at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. His film credits include
Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean II, The Prestige, Spanglish, Lost Souls
and Gettysburg. His many TV appearances include “King of Queens,”
“Numb3rs,” “CSI NY,” “Judging Amy,” and “Even Stevens.”
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Lori Larsen (Dotty Otley), a Seattle
native, is pleased to reprise the role of
Dottie, having played it at Redondo
Beach Performing Arts and Seattle Rep.
In Seattle, recent credits include Paradise
Lost, The Year of Magical Thinking, All
the King’s Men, Uncle Vanya, To Kill a
Mockingbird, and Cymbeline at Intiman;
Private Lives, Noises Off, The Time of Your
Life, The Constant Wife, and The Beard of
Avon at Seattle Rep; Frozen, The Psychic
Life of Savages, Great Men of Science #21 & 22, and The Perfect Ganesh at
Empty Space; and Quills and Fuddy Meers at ACT. Regionally, Futura at
Portland Center Stage, Agripinna in You, Nero at South Coast Rep and
Berkeley Rep, The Underpants at Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Madame
Arcati in Blithe Spirit at ACT in San Francisco and Wit at Madison Rep.
Lori is a 2004 Fox Fellow and has been a proud member of Equity for 35
years. Lori played Mrs. LeFleur on “Northern Exposure” and Eleanor in the
independent feature William Never Married, which won this year’s award
for best cinematography at LA’s Downtown Film Festival.
MATTHEW mILLER (Garry Lejeune)
appeared on Broadway in Not About
Nightingales directed by Trevor Nunn at
Circle In The Square and in The Invention
of Love at Lincoln Center Theater. His
off-Broadway credits include Another
Part of the Forest with Peccadillo Theater
Co., Of Mice and Men at Urban Stages,
Letters From Cuba at Signature Theatre
Co., and The Seagull with NYU Director’s
Lab. His regional theater work includes
Phileas Fogg in Around The World In Eighty Days and Private Lives at
Laguna Playhouse, Jan in Tom Stoppard’s Rock’n’Roll and Katurian in the
acclaimed production of The Pillowman both at A Contemporary Theatre
in Seattle, Salvador Dali in Hysteria at The Wilma, Around The World In
Eighty Days and Desire Under The Elms for which he received a Bay Area
Dean Goodman Choice Award both at San Jose Rep, The Bald Soprano
at Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, the one-man This Wonderful
Life at Portland Center Stage, the world premiere of Theophilus North
in the title role at Arena Stage and Geva Theater Center, Midsummer
Night’s Dream at The Old Globe, and many others. His film and TV credits
include Pop Rocks, which won the Audience Award at Breckenridge
Film Festival, End of the Line, with Jon Polito, All Good Things and “Law
& Order” in which he had a big bushy moustache! He received his MFA
from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program.
MAURA VINCENT (Belinda Blair) is
thrilled to be working at La Mirada
once more where she was last seen
as Agnes in Dancing at Lughnasa. Her
most recent theatre credits include:
Bright Ideas (Laguna Playhouse); Light!
(Theatre @ Boston Court); Noises Off
(San Jose Rep, Pasadena Playhouse
& Marines Memorial – SF); Wonderful
World (Laguna Playhouse); Sir Peter
Hall’s productions of Measure for
Measure & A midsummer Night’s Dream (Ahmanson Theatre); The
Presentment (Pasadena Playhouse); Mrs. Warren’s Profession & Othello
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(American Conservatory Theatre); Urban Folk Tales (Coast Playhouse);
Romeo & Juliet (San Francisco Shakespeare); A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Anthony & Cleopatra & King Lear (California Shakespeare); & Skylight (U/S –
Mark Taper Forum). Television credits include: “King of Queens,” “Strong
Medicine,” “Judging Amy;” “The Practice,” “Family Law,” “Fantasy Island,”
“Almost Perfect,” and others. Film credits include: When Billie Beat Bobby,
Bad News Bears (remake), & Lansky. Maura can be heard as the voice for
many commercials and promos including National Geographic, National
Pork Association of America, Target, & University Hospital. Maura received
her MFA in Acting from UC Irvine and her BA in Drama from Catholic
University of America. Her real accomplishment is her life with husband,
Richard, and daughters, Raina & Keira.
MICHAEL FRAYN (Playwright) was born in London on September 8,
1933. After two years of National Service, during which he learned
Russian, he read Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He then
worked as a reporter and columnist for The Guardian and The Observer,
publishing several novels including The Tin Men (1965), winner of a
Somerset Maugham Award; The Russian Interpreter (1966), which won
the Hawthornden Prize; and Towards the End of the Morning (1967). More
recent novels include A Landing on the Sun (1991), which won the Sunday
Express Book of the Year and Headlong (1999), the story of the discovery
of a lost painting by Bruegel, shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction.
His latest novel, Spies (2002), a story of childhood set in England during
the Second World War, won the 2002 Whitbread Novel Award and the
2003 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia region, Best Book), and was
shortlisted for the Whitbread Book of the Year. Michael Frayn is also
the recipient of the 2002 Heywood Hill Literary Prize. His plays include
Alphabetical Order (1975), Clouds (1976), Donkeys’ Years (1977), Make or
Break (1980), Noises Off (1982) and Benefactors (1984). Copenhagen (1998),
about the 1941 meeting between German physicist Werner Heisenberg
and his Danish counterpart Niels Bohr, first staged at the Royal National
Theatre in London, won the 1998 Evening Standard Award for Best Play of
the Year and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Play (USA). His play Democracy
(2003) is set in 1960s Berlin. His latest play for the Royal National Theatre is
Afterlife (2008). Recent books are Stage Directions: Writing on Theatre 19702008 (2008), and Travels with a Typewriter (2009). A book of memoir, My
Father’s Fortune: A Life, was published in 2010, was shortlisted for the 2010
Costa Biography Award, and won the 2011 PEN/Ackerley Prize. He has also
translated a number of works from Russian, including plays by Chekhov
and Tolstoy. His films for television include First and Last (1989), for which
he won an Emmy, and an adaptation of his 1991 novel A Landing on the
Sun. He also wrote the screenplay for the film Clockwise (1986), a comedy
starring John Cleese. Michael Frayn is married to the biographer and
critic Claire Tomalin.
RICHARD SEYD (Director) is currently developing a new rock musical
called The Twelve. His most recent theatre credits include The Waters
of Babylon (Geffen Playhouse and Seattle Rep Theatre), a new play by
Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright Robert Schenkkan (The Kentucky
Cycle). He directed a touring production of Noises Off that included San
Jose Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, and Marines Memorial (San Francisco).
He won acclaim for his successful production of A Reckoning starring
Jonathan Pryce at the Soho Theatre in London’s West End. Other
regional theatre productions include: A Feast of Fools (starring Geoff
Hoyle) at La Jolla Playhouse & Marines Memorial; Berkeley Repertory
Theatre, Dinner with Friends (Bay Area Critics Circle Award); The Beauty
Queen Of Leenane (Bay Area Critics Circle Award), Collected Stories
(Garland Award from Backstage West); Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf and
A View From The Bridge. He has also received Drama-Logue, Backstage
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West and Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for his direction of Cloud Nine,
About Face, Noises Off, Oleanna, A View From The Bridge, Rosencrantz And
Guildenstern Are Dead, and A Streetcar Named Desire. From 1992 - 1997
he served as Associate Artistic Director of the American Conservatory
Theater in San Francisco. For ACT he directed The Learned Ladies, Dario
Fo’s The Pope And The Witch, Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Oleanna,
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, Othello, The Matchmaker, and A
Streetcar Named Desire. In the 1980’s Richard was Associate Producing
Director of the Eureka Theatre, and directed many productions for the
company including Cloud Nine (which ran commercially in San Francisco
for a year and a half at the Marines Memorial Theater), The Wash,
Threepenny Opera, and Dario Fo’s About Face. Other directing credits
include The Pickle Family Circus (London Tour), King Lear at the Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, As You Like It for the San Francisco Shakespeare
Festival, A Midsummer Nights Dream for the California Shakespeare
Festival, The Lion In Winter at La Mirada Theatre, Present Laughter and
The Presentment for the Pasadena Playhouse, and productions at the
Classic Stage Company and the Wonderhorse Theatre’s in New York.
He has also directed an award-winning 35 mm short film entitled Brass
Tacks. Richard holds classes for professional actors in San Francisco
and Los Angeles at Richard Seyd Acting Studios. He can be contacted for
information or comments at [email protected].
JULIA FLORES (Casting Director) This marks the start of our 18th season
with McCoy Rigby Entertainment. Projects include the current national
tour of our personal favorite, Peter Pan starring Cathy Rigby and past
tours Happy Days, the Musical, Camelot starring Lou Diamond Phillips and
Jesus Christ Superstar starring Carl Anderson. Additional credits include
productions for TheatreWorks, Boston Court, Los Angeles Philharmonic,
Universal Studios, B Street Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Portland
Center Stage, Reprise!, The Pasadena Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals,
LA Opera, The Goodman Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, Lincoln Center
Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Arizona
Theatre Company, The Long Wharf Theatre, San Francisco Opera, A
Contemporary Theatre, Coconut Grove, The Paper Mill Playhouse, and
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre.
JOHN IACOVELLI (Scenic Designer) designed this set for the Seattle
Rep production of this play and on several previous productions of this
show, which have also been directed by Richard Seyd. He designed a
similar set to this for South Coast Rep. Broadway: Peter Pan, The Twilight
of The Golds; National Tour: Camelot. Regional: Over 200 productions at
theatres including The Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena
Playhouse, The Globe, Berkeley Rep, Magic, Dallas Theatre Center,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Stage, San Jose Rep, San Diego
Rep, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Film:
Production Designer on Ruby in Paradise starring Ashley Judd in her film
debut. Art Director on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! TV Production Design:
Beckett Directs Beckett: Endgame with The San Quentin Drama Workshop,
The Old Settler starring Philycia Rashad & Debbie Allen, The Gin Game
staring Mary Tyler Moore & Dick Van Dyke, Other TV: “Ed,” “Babylon 5,”
“Resurrection Blvd.,” “Lincoln Heights.” Awards: Emmy Award for Peter
Pan Starring Cathy Rigby (on A&E), LA Drama Critics Circle for Lifetime
Achievement in Scenic Design. He is on the Design Faculty, Department
of Theatre & Dance, UC Davis and is a visiting professor at the Shanghai
Drama School. Website portfolio: www.iacovelli.com
ROSE PEDERSON (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for more
than one hundred professional productions at theaters from Broadway
to Seattle. On Broadway, she designed the costumes for Bill Irwin’s
Tony Award nominated play Largely, New York. She has designed
many productions for the Seattle Repertory Theater, including the
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original workshop productions of three plays by Wendy Wasserstein:
An American Daughter with Meryl Streep; The Heidi Chronicles, and The
Sisters Rosenzweig, with Mary Tyler Moore. Other productions at the Rep
include Jar the Floor, Oleanna, Substance of Fire, Marvin’s Room, Lisbon
Traviata, That’s it Folks, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, The Beauty
Part, The Understanding, Landscape of the Body, Happy Days, August Snow,
and The Nice and the Nasty. At A Contemporary Theater in Seattle she has
designed, among many other plays, Polish Joke, The Notebooks of Trigorin
and The Nina Variations, Hapgood, Sunset and Glories, Eleeomosynery,
Shadowlands, My Children, My Africa and The Odyssey. At Intiman Theater
she has designed costumes for their productions of Electra, A Christmas
Sampler, Intimate Exchanges and Ghosts. She has also designed for New
City Theater, The Empty Space, Tacoma Actor’s Guild, Portland Center
Stage, The Arizona Theater Company and The Berkley Repertory Theater
where her work was nominated for a Bay Area Drama Critics Award.
She is resident designer at Seattle University’s Drama Department. In
addition to frequent television commercial and corporate video work,
Rose also has a design and consulting business serving individual
and corporate clients in a variety of areas, from interior design and
decorating to clothing and fabric design.
YORK KENNEDY (Lighting Designer) Mr. Kennedy’s designs have been
seen in theatres across America and in Europe including Arena Stage,
The Old Globe, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Repertory, American Conservatory
Theatre, Sacramento Opera, The Alley Theatre, Dallas Theatre Center,
Yale Rep, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Goodspeed Musicals and the
Denver Center. Awards for theatrical lighting include the Dramalogue,
San Diego Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage West Garland, Arizoni Theatre
Award and the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award. In the dance world
he has designed for Malashock Dance, Brian Webb and Tracey Rhodes.
As an architectural lighting designer he has designed both nationally
and internationally numerous themed environments, theme park,
residential, retail, restaurant and museum projects including the Sony
Metreon Sendak Playspace in San Francisco, Warner Bros. Movie World
in Madrid, Le Centre de Loisirs in Morocco and The LEGO Racers 4D
attraction in Germany, Denmark, England and the U.S.A. He is a graduate
of the California Institute for the Arts and the Yale School of Drama.
JOSH BESSOM (Sound Designer) is pleased to design his 15th show for
MRE as a designer partner with Sound Advice, LLC. Recent designs
have included The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife & Little Shop of Horrors,
as well as associate design for the national tour of Peter Pan starring
Cathy Rigby. Josh is also the Audio Engineer for La Mirada Theatre
for the Performing Arts. In his spare time he runs the independent
record label Organik Records and plays bass and flute in the band
Lazy Preacher. Josh would like to thank Julie Ferrin and his gal Jane
for their encouragement and support. www.joshuabessom.com www.soundadvicedesigns.com
TERRY HANRAHAN (Assistant Stage Manager/Properties Coordinator)
MRE is truly “home” to Terry, and she is thrilled to be back for yet another
challenging show in her 12th year with the company. Among prior
outings have been Little Shop of Horrors, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,
Steel Magnolias, Driving Miss Daisy, and lots more. She is very proud of
recently having helped on the production team that sent Cathy Rigby
flying to the third star to the right once again as Peter Pan. (Thanks
Tom and Cathy for that, the house flight still brings tears to my eyes).
When not in La Mirada, Terry is also happy to be very involved with
3D Theatricals, in a variety of capacities, in their inaugural season at
Fullerton’s Plummer Auditorium. Remember, all theatre is good for all
theatre! Thanks for coming, we hope you enjoy “the sardine play.” Proud
Member of Actors Equity.
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THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED AT THIS
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THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE
MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
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BRIAN KITE (Producing Artistic Director, La Mirada Theatre for the
Performing Arts) has directed across the United States and abroad. He is
the Producing Artistic Director at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing
Arts where his credits include the critically acclaimed productions of
Little Shop of Horrors, Dinner With Friends, Steel Magnolias starring Cathy
Rigby, Driving Miss Daisy starring Michael Learned and David Auburn’s
Proof. He recently helmed a production of Cabaret in Bermuda under
the patronage of the Queen’s Governor and directed a production
of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie at The Actors Co-op in
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Actors' Equity Association founded in 1913, is the labor union
that represents more than 48,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the
United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of
live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates
wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits,
including health and pension plans, for its members. Actors' Equity
is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international
organization of performing arts unions.
LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (Brian Kite,
Producing Artistic Director) Now in its fourth decade, La Mirada Theatre has
been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “…one of the best Broadway-style
houses in Southern California.”  This beautiful, state-of-the-art theatre has
been producing quality productions for its Southern California audiences
since 1977.  The theatre has produced several national tours and is the
recipient of many accolades including Ovation and Emmy Awards and
Tony Award nominations and in addition to the McCoy Rigby Series, also
produces many special events and a children’s series, Programs for Young
Audiences.  The theatre is also home to Upright Cabaret, Phantom Projects
Theatre for Teens, and the La Mirada Symphony. La Mirada Theatre is owned
and operated by the City of La Mirada. www.lamiradatheatre.com.
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David Elzer (Publicist) is the Ovation Award-winning theatrical
producer for The Marvelous Wonderettes (Los Angeles, Laguna, OffBroadway), Winter Wonderettes (El Portal Forum Theatre), the Broadway
production of Sister Act: The Musical, Jewtopia (Off-Broadway), The Laramie
Project (at the Laguna Playhouse), also produced the award-winning,
smash-hit production of Life Could Be A Dream, which recently played at
the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood and Laguna Playhouse (and this Fall at
La Mirada). His most recent production is the critically-acclaimed Having
It All.  Through his publicity company DEMAND PR, David represents the
Rubicon Theatre Company, Cabrillo Music Theatre, Celebration Theatre,
Colony Theatre Company, Furious Theatre Company, La Mirada Theatre
for the Performing Arts, NoHo Arts Center, Open Fist Theatre Company,
Theatre of NOTE, Road Theatre Company, Theatre Tribe and West Coast
Ensemble.  Thanks to Tom, Cathy and Brian for the opportunity and to
you for supporting La Mirada Theatre!
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DAVID CRUISE (Technical Director) has tech directed many a production
in the Southern California area, but his favorites on the ever growing list
are still McCoy Rigby’s Johnny Guitar & Ring of Fire and Theatre League’s
Burt Bacharach musical revue tour Love Sweet Love. He would like to
thank Tom for the opportunity to “put the flinge above the flange next to
the tuba-four” and the entire LMT staff for making the job in ’11as fun as
it was in ’00, and Megan too.
McCOY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT (Tom McCoy & Cathy Rigby McCoy,
Executive Producers)Tom McCoy and Cathy Rigby are beginning their
18th season as Executive Producers of the McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Series at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Since the 1994/95
Season, McCoy Rigby has produced over 75 plays, musicals, concerts,
dramas, and comedies. MRE has also produced several Broadway
productions and National Tours including Peter Pan, Seussical the Musical
both starring Cathy Rigby, Jesus Christ Superstar starring Carl Anderson,
Camelot formerly starring Michael York and through 2008, starring Lou
Diamond Phillips, and Happy Days, The Musical. Since 1990, Peter Pan
starring Cathy Rigby has made 4 stops on Broadway, garnering four Tony
Nominations including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actress in a
Musical. Other credits include the A&E Television Network Premiere of
“Peter Pan,” which received 4 Emmy Award Nominations and one Emmy
Award; “The Historic All Star Concert for Pope John Paul II” at the Los
Angeles Coliseum, and the award-winning documentary on balancing
wellness, titled “Faces of Recovery.” Coming in the 2011-2012 Season
McCoy Rigby will produce the Broadway series at the Fox Theatre in
Riverside California. www.mccoyrigby.com
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Donna Rose Fletcher (Consultant) During her 30-year career as
a stage manager, Donna has repeatedly returned to her two favorite
shows. The first is Little Shop of Horrors, starting with the original
WPA workshop followed by five years with the original off-Broadway
production and three European tours. The second is Noises Off, directed
by Richard Seyd, for his 1989 San Francisco production, a remount in
2003 for San Jose Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, and another extended San
Francisco run, followed by a completely new production at Seattle Rep
in 2004. There have been other highlights (and a few low) at numerous
Bay Area theatres including American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley
Rep, the California Shakespeare Festival, and Theatre on the Square.
Hollywood. Before that he directed two Los Angeles revivals, J.B. by
Archibald MacLeish, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and the West Coast
premiere of Václav Havel’s The Beggar’s Opera. He directed the Philadelphia
production of Glenn Wein’s Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral and worked with
Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan on The Geffen Playhouse’s
production of Hedda Gabler starring Annette Bening. He directed over
20 productions at French Woods Festival in New York where he was the
Director of Theater Programs for over 7 years. Brian is currently a member
of the directing faculty at U.C.L.A.’s School of Theater, Film and Television,
serves as the Chair of the LA Stage Alliance’s Board of Governors, and is the
Artistic Director of the award-winning Buffalo Nights Theatre Company.
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Jason Bieber (Associate Lighting Designer) Jason is thrilled to return to
Noises Off for the fourth time, having worked on previous productions at
the Pasadena Playhouse, Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco, and
the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities in Redondo Beach. Jason lives in
San Diego, where he has designed for such companies as the Old Globe
Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, and Starlight Musical Theatre. He
holds a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University.
CA
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L USA
The Designers at this Theatre
are Represented by
United Scenic Artists • Local USA 829
of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes
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La Mirada City Council
STEVE JONES............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Mayor
GABRIEL P. GARCIA................................................................................................................................................................................................Mayor Pro Tem
PAULINE DEAL.....................................................................................................................................................................................................Councilmember
STEVE DE RUSE, D. MIN....................................................................................................................................................................................Councilmember
Lawrence P. MOWLES..................................................................................................................................................................................Councilmember
THOMAS E. ROBINSON..........................................................................................................................................................................................City Manager
Special Thanks
City of La Mirada, Friends of the La Mirada Theatre, Myllie Taylor, Donna Rose Fletcher
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Staff
BRIAN KITE................................................................................................................................................................................................Producing Artistic Director
DEBBIE J. WALKER......................................................................................................................................................................................Ticket Services Manager
DEVIS ANDRADE........................................................................................................................................................................................................ House Manager
LAURA MOORE...................................................................................................................................................................................Rentals/Contracts Manager
DAVID CRUISE..........................................................................................................................................................................................................Technical Director
JANE LYNCH..........................................................................................................................................................Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director
ROBERT FELIX............................................................................................................................................................................................................Master Electrician
JOSH BESSOM................................................................................................................................................................................................................Audio Engineer
GRANT CORNISH, DOUG GILDNER.........................................................................................................................................................................Stagehands
Helene Duarte.........................................................................................................................................................................................................Rental Assistant
MARY DILENA.....................................................................................................................................................................................Patron Services Coordinator
ADRIENNE MEDRANO..........................................................................................................................................................................................Graphic Designer
JENNIFER ANDERSON, MARILYN HOLLAND,
JENNIFER ANDERSON, MARILYN HOLLAND, Beverly Kirton, KIMBERLY OLSON....................................................... Box Office Staff
JUSTIN MURPHY, Dylan Purkiss, MEGAN WOLFF.....................................................................................................Assistant House Managers
KAM ANDRESEN, BETTY BENKE, SCARLETT BRAIS, JUDY BUUCK,
LORRAINE CANADA, BARBARA CAPEN, NORRIE FAULKNER,
ADRIANA GARNICA, JANET IVERSON, TOMMIE LANOUX,
WANDA MCGUIRE, DIANE MARKWELL, JUSTIN MURPHY,
DYLAN PURKISS, GINGER REYNOLDS, DONNA THEECK,
DESIREE VIERA, MEGAN WOLFF............................................................................................................................................................................................Ushers
SHIRLEY COBBLE, GINGER REYNOLDS, DONNA THEECK.........................................................................................................Customer Relations
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McCoy Rigby Entertainment Production Staff
TOM MCCOY AND CATHY RIGBY............................................................................................................................................................Executive Producers
ANA LARA........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Office Manager
THERESA FLEMMING........................................................................................................................................................................................Managing Director
Buck Mason............................................................................................................................................................................................ Production Manager
GINA FARINA.................................................................................................................................................................................Associate Production Manager
Donna Rose Fletcher................................................................................................................................................................................................ Consultant
JASON BIEBER.................................................................................................................................................................................... Associate Lighting Designer
WILL LEONG.............................................................................................................................................................................................................Stunt Coordinator
ANDY TAYLOR...................................................................................................................................................................................................................Dialect Coach
TERRY HANRAHAN.................................................................................................................................................................................... Properties Coordinator
HELEN BUTLER................................................................................................................................................Costume Coordinator/Wardrobe Supervisor
MICHAEL LAMONT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................Photographer
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2011-2012 FRIENDS OF THE LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
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Doris Thompson
President
Dottie Francis
1st Vice President
Judy Smith
2nd Vice President
Janet Krabbenhoft
Treasurer
Ray Romero
The Friends of the La Mirada Theatre is a nonprofit organization whose main purpose is to support the Theatre in the areas of ushering and
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for your
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support!
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LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
MC COY RIGBY ENTERTAINMENT
2011/2012 SEASON
WINNER! LA DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS! BEST PRODUCTION
OF THE YEAR, ENSEMBLE and MUSICAL DIRECTION!
WINNER! LA WEEKLY AWARD! BEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR!
WINNER! BACKSTAGE GARLAND AWARDS - BEST PRODUCTION OF
THE YEAR, ENSEMBLE and MUSICAL DIRECTION!
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy
novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you
have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for
anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This
2-time Tony® and Drama Desk Award-winning
treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over
150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously
talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash,
handcuffs, missing fingers and some good
old-fashioned romance! A riotous blend of
virtuoso performances and wildly inventive
stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an
unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!
HITCHCOCK MEETS
HILARITY
“The most
entertaining show
on Broadway!”
- The New York Post
Apr 13 - May 6, 2012
Music by
CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Lyrics by
RICHARD MALTBY, JR.
and ALAIN BOUBLIL
Oct 28 - Nov 20, 2011
Written and Created by Roger
SH-BOOM! From the “marvelous” mind of
creator Roger Bean, comes another trip to
Springfield where we meet the Crooning
Crabcakes, the boy group banned from
the Springfield High School prom, which
made it possible for The Marvelous
Wonderettes to perform there. Now in
an era before “American Idol” and “Star
Search,” the guys get one more chance
at fame and fortune as Denny and his
friend Eugene form a singing group so
they can enter and win the local radio
contest on Big Whopper Radio and realize
their dreams of making it to the big time!
Featuring such classic songs as “Stay (Just
a Little Bit Longer),” “Runaround Sue,” “The
Great Pretender,” “Tears On My Pillow,”
“Unchained Melody,” “Earth Angel,” “Little
Darlin’,” “The Glory of Love,” and of course
the title song, “Life Could Be A Dream” is
another musical trip down memory lane
that will leave you laughing, singing and
cheering - let’s hear it for the boys!
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Adapted from the original French lyrics by
ALAIN BOUBLIL
Bean
Additional Material by
RICHARD MALTBY, JR.
Orchestrations by WILLIAM D. BROHN
Jan 20 - Feb 12, 2012
Adapted by Patrick
A classic love story is brought up-to-date in
one of the most stunning theatrical spectacles
of all time. In Miss Saigon, Alain Boublil and
Claude-Michel Schönberg (the creators of Les
Misérables), along with Richard Maltby, Jr., bring
Puccini’s Madame Butterfly to the modern world
in a moving testament to the human spirit and
a scathing indictment of the tragedies of war.
In the turmoil of the Vietnam War, an American
soldier and a Vietnamese girl fall in love, only
to be separated during the fall of Saigon. Their
struggles to find each other over the ensuing
years ends in tragedy for her and a fighting
chance for the child he never knew he had. Raw
and uncompromising, Miss Saigon is an intensely
personal story of the losses we suffer and the
sacrifices we make in a world gone mad.
Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan
“GRIPPING ENTERTAINMENT.”
From the movie of Alfred Hitchcock -The New York Times
“PETER PAN sparkles with fairy dust! Rigby has
mastered the singing, dancing and aerial
shenanigans, but has also gotten to the core
of the boy who wouldn’t grow up.”
- The Washington Post
Musical Production of the Play by
Sir James Barrie
Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
Music by Moose Charlap
Additional Lyrics by Betty Comden
and Adolph Green
Additional Music by JULE Styne
Cathy Rigby flies again as Peter Pan, the boy who will never grow up!
Peter Pan recounts the adventures of the three Darling children as they
fly away from their nursery into the magic and wonder of Neverland. It
is in Neverland that they encounter the cunning and evil Captain Hook,
villainous pirates, a crafty crocodile and a sprightly fairy, Tinker Bell. The
score, a joint effort by Moose Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne, Betty
Comden and Adolph Green, remains a favorite of children and adults alike.
Peter Pan features such classics as “I Gotta Crow,”“Neverland” and “I’m Flying.”
Bring a whole new generation of children to experience the magic of Cathy
Rigby as Peter Pan!
JunE 1-24, 2012
Singing sensation Debby Boone earned instant fame in 1977 when “You Light Up My Life”
became an overnight hit. The song went on to win an Academy Award® for Best Song in
a Motion Picture, and Debby received the Grammy® Award for Best New Artist of the Year.
Since then, she has won two additional Grammy Awards and has received seven Grammy
nominations. Debby Boone’s Reflections of Rosemary is an intimate, deeply heartfelt tribute
to her late mother-in-law, the legendary singer Rosemary Clooney. The show is a touching
musical portrait filled with a collection of standards chosen for their significance in Boone’s
life with Clooney, led by her and Clooney’s Musical Director, John Oddo. “I wanted to select
songs that would give an insight into Rosemary from a family perspective, and from the more
than thirty years that I spent with her,” says Boone. In addition to her incredible recording
career, Debby’s starring roles on Broadway include Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Rizzo in
Grease, and Maria in Lincoln Center’s 30th Anniversary production of The Sound of Music. After
delighting audiences across the United States., Debby Boone comes to La Mirada for two
memorable performances.
SPECIAL BONUS EVENT! TWO CONCERTS ONLY
Debby
Boone
Reflections of Rosemary
May 19, 2012
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PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
Great
for
ages 4
and up!
CHARLOTTE’S WEB • Oct. 23, 2011
JAMBO, WATOTO! • Feb. 26, 2012
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? • Mar. 25, 2012
CINDERELLA • Apr. 1, 2012
FUNKY PUNKS • Jul. 22, 2012
www.LaMiradaTheatre.com • (562) 944 – 9801
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HOLIDAY EVENTS
AT LA MIRADA THEATRE
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
with
Mariachi
Mexicanisimo
Posada Mexicana, “A Mexican Holiday Spectacular”
DECEMBER 17 • 2PM & 8PM
MOSCOW BALLET’S GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER
DECEMBER 18 • 2pm & 7pm
www.LaMiradaTheatre.com • (562) 944 – 9801
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IN OUR INTIMATE CABARET LOUNGE
THE
TROUBADOURS
Heart and
Soul
JANUARY
NOVEMBER RHYTHM IN VIVA
THE NIGHT LAS VEGAS
Music of Bob Dylan, Carole King
& James Taylor
Music of Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick
& Whitney Houston
Music of Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan
& Santana
ALL SHOWS 7:30PM
APRIL
Music of Elvis Presley, Cher
& Elton John
JUNE
Nov. 6, 2011 • Jan. 29, 2012 • Apr. 29, 2012 • JUNE 10, 2012
ONEMAN,
TWO
GUVNORS
October
Captured live
in London in
high definition and
broadcast around the world!
THE
KITCHEN
November
COLLABORATORS JANUARY
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS MARCH
SCREENING DATES - TIMES VARY
OCT. 9, 2011 • NOV. 13, 2011 • JAN. 13, 2012 • Mar. 18, 2012
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