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CONOR MCPHERSON was born in Dublin in 1971. His
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THE NIGHT ALIVE
B y Con or Mc Ph er s o n
D i rec te d b y J ac q u e l i n e Reid
This play is presented without intermission
AMERICAN PREM IER E PR E SE N TE D B Y ATL A N TIC T H E AT ER C OMPAN Y,
N E W YO R K CITY, 2 0 1 3 .
WORLD PREM IE R E PR E SE N TE D AT THE D O N MAR WAR E H OU S E
O N J UN E 1 3 , 2 0 1 3 .
THE NIGHT ALI V E IS PR E SE N TE D B Y SPE CIA L AR R AN G E MEN T
WITH DRAM ATISTS PL AY SE R V ICE , IN C., N E W Y ORK .
plays include Rum & Vodka (Fly by Night Theatre Company,
Dublin), The Good Thief (Dublin Theatre Festival; Stewart
Parker Award), This Lime Tree Bower (Fly by Night Theatre
Company, Dublin/Bush Theatre; Meyer-Whitworth Award), St
Nicholas (Bush Theatre/Primary Stages, New York), The
Weir (Royal Court/Duke of York’s/Walter Kerr Theater, New
York; Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Critics’ Circle,
George Devine Awards), Dublin Carol (Royal Court/Atlantic
Theater, New York), Port Authority (Ambassadors Theatre/
Gate Theatre, Dublin/Atlantic Theater, New York), Shining
City (Royal Court/Gate Theatre, Dublin/Manhattan Theater Club, New York; Tony Award
nomination for Best Play), The Seafarer (National Theatre/Abbey Theatre, Dublin/Booth
Theater, New York; Laurence Olivier, Evening Standard, Tony Award nominations for Best
Play), The Veil (National Theatre) and The Night Alive (Donmar Warehouse/Atlantic Theatre;
Critics Circle Award). Theatre adaptations include Daphne du Maurier’s The Birds (Gate
Theatre, Dublin/Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis) and August Strindberg’s The Dance of
Death (Donmar at Trafalgar Studios). Work for the cinema includes I Went Down, Saltwater, Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, The Actors, The Eclipse and an adaptation of John Banville’s Elegy for April. Awards for his screenwriting include three Best Screenplay Awards
from the Irish Film and Television Academy, Spanish Cinema Writers Circle Best Screenplay
Award, The CICAE Award for Best Film Berlin Film Festival, Jury Prize San Sebastian Film
Festival and The Méliès d’Argent Award for Best European Film.
director
JACQUELINE REID* is a founding member of FUSION.
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000
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, providing a wide range of
benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO,
and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions.
The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence.
2015-16 Season Support Provided By:
Directing credits include the regional premieres of Disgraced,
Outside Mullingar and Doubt, Tribes, Freud’s Last Session,
Red, The Mandrake, Happy Days, Death of a Salesman, The
Lieutenant of Inishmore, Buried Child, Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?, A Lie of the Mind, The Unexpected Man, The Long
Christmas Ride Home and the world premieres of Mad Hattr
and You Can’t Get a Decent Margarita at the North Pole. Acting at FUSION: Annapurna, The Other Place, Vanya & Sonia
& Masha & Spike, Humble Boy, Clybourne Park, Other Desert
Cities, Time Stands Still, Once in a Lifetime, God of Carnage,
The 39 Steps, August: Osage County, Overruled, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, How the
Other Half Loves, The Homecoming, Parlour Song, Suddenly Last Summer, Private Lives,
Hedda Gabler, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Taming of the Shrew,
Closer, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Agnes of God, Crimes
of the Heart, Tribute. Film & Television: Heat Lightning (Best Actress: Bend, Oregon Film
Festival), Doc West, Triggerman, In Plain Sight, Unsolved Mysteries, and True Confessions
with Adam Arkin. She is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. Jacqueline has
been a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association since 1983.
*Member Actors’ Equity Association
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cast
BRUCE HOLMES* (TOMMY) most recently appeared with FUSION as “Patsy” in The New Electric
Ballroom. He also appeared in the world premieres
of The Mayan Flute, You Can’t Get a Decent Margarita
at the North Pole, and Tennessee Williams’ Once in
a Lifetime. Previous FUSION roles include: “Felix
Humble” in Humble Boy, “Ross/Dan” in Clybourne
Park, Michael Novak” in God of Carnage, “Clown
2” in The 39 Steps, “Bill Fordham” in August: Osage
County, “Brother Timothy” in The Mandrake, “William
Detweiler” in How the Other Half Loves, “Ned” in Parlour Song, “Teddy” in The Homecoming, “Ben” in Death of a Salesman and
“Christy” in The Lieutenant of Inishmore. He also appeared in FUSION’s children’s tours of The Invention and The Lost Ending, as well as in Jen Silverman’s award-winning The Education of Macoloco (Samuel French OOB Festival, NYC). Bruce has also directed and acted in several annual productions of
FUSION’s The Seven: New Works Festivals. In Seattle, he worked at A.C.T.,
Center Stage, AHA!, N.W. Shakespeare Ensemble, and The Empty Space Theatre. Bruce has also performed with The Idaho Repertory Theatre and in Washington, D.C. he performed at Arena Stage and with the Washington Shakespeare
Theatre. In Virginia, Bruce appeared with The Metro Stage Theatre. Recent
film/tv credits include Better Call Saul, Night Shift, In Plain Sight, the feature
film Fright Night and the lead in Ultimatum Pictures’ Voiceover. He received his
BFA from the University of New Mexico and his MFA from the professional Actor’s Training Program at the University of Washington. Bruce has been a proud
member of the Actors’ Equity Association since 2005.
JOHN DENNIS JOHNSTON* (MAURICE) is making his FUSION debut. A native of Nebraska, he began
his professional acting career in Omaha in musical dinner theatre, then Off Off Broadway in NYC before moving to Chicago. Johnston originated roles in Chicago
at the Goodman (Winnebago) and The Ivanhoe (Italian
Straw Hat), in San Diego at the Old Globe (Dirt), at the
Arizona Theatre Co. (Minor Demons), and in Los Angeles
(All Good Horses, Land Line, The Downside Risk, 365,
and Jelly Role Shoes). He also performed at Milwaukee’s
Centre Stage in the Odd Couple and That Championship
Season. Johnston has been a “Guest Star” on over 100 TV shows and films over
his 40- year career. His screen credits include everything from episodes of Charlie’s
Angels, Dukes of Hazzard, Hill Street Blues and ER, to Without A Trace, Southland,
In Plain Sight and The Client List. John has been a proud member of the Actors’
Equity Association since 1973.
MICHAEL SAMUEL KAPLAN* (DOC) resides in
New York City and is making his FUSION debut. Recent
Off-Broadway and regional credits include: Red, Opus,
A Splintered Soul, Miss Julie, Intimate Apparel, A Christmas Carol, Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music,
The Government Inspector, Our Town, It’s A Wonderful
Life Radio Play and Those Learned Ladies, as well as the
American regional premieres of Oblomov, At A Loss,
Ants, God’s Ear and The History Boys. Television credits include Seinfeld, Saved by the Bell, Unsolved Mysteries and Law & Order. He has served as a resident artist at
Cornell University, and received his training at University of North Carolina School of
the Arts, Yale Drama School, American Conservatory Theatre and UCLA. Michael has
been a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association since 2001.
CAITLIN AASE † (AIMEE) Originally from New Mexico,
Caitlin relocated to Chicago in 2012 where she has appeared in several productions including: The Bacchae Revisited (Right Brain Project), Genius (Profiles Theatre), and The
Venetian Twins (Piccolo Theatre). Some of her favorite roles
include “Sylvia” (Tribes, FUSION), “Viola” (Twelfth Night),
“Juliet” (Romeo and Juliet), “Rosalind” (As You Like It), and
“Anissa” (The Veri**on Play). A graduate of Drew University
with a B.A. in Theatre Arts and French, she has also studied at
the London Dramatic Academy and The School for Theatre
Creators. Caitlin is a proud Equity Membership Candidate.
MATTHEW VAN WETTERING † (KENNETH) has
been acting on stage since age five and in film for the past
three years. He began his career at the Boles Theatre outside of Greenville, TX. Matthew studied Performance Theatre at the University of Wyoming. This past June he was
“Ray” in The Refrigerator, the Jury Award-winning play
in FUSION’s The Seven: Unfinished Business. In Albuquerque he has also worked at the Adobe Theatre, The Vortex,
Albuquerque Little Theatre, Desert Rose Playhouse, Aux
Dog and with Mother Road Theatre Company with roles
in God, Coming Attractions, All in the Timing, Offices, Is
Life Worth Living?, All My Sons, Pride and Prejudice, Traveling Companion, Tape, Jekyll
and Hyde the Musical, Pirates!, The Illusion, Cyrano, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Mousetrap,
Man From Earth and The Real Thing. Film/TV credits include: Longmire, The Night
Shift, Highly Functional, Gunslingers 2 and Manhattan. All his love and thanks to Rachel,
Joshua and Charlotte.
† Equity Membership Candidate
*Member Actors’ Equity Association
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designers and crew
supporters
PRODUCER/SCENIC & LIGHTING DESIGNER……Dennis Gromelski
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER……………….Maria Lee Schmidt*
SOUND DESIGNER………………………………….……Brent Stevens
PROPERTIES MASTER/DECK CHIEF……………………Robyn Phillips
COSTUME DESIGNER………………………………….Kristina Kassouf
SET CONSTRUCTION……………………………………David Pearson
BOARD OPERATOR ……………………………………….Alex Paramo
THE CELL BOX OFFICE…………….……………………...Sherri Stone
LOGO DESIGN….….….….….….….….….….….………...Harrison Sim
PROGRAM DESIGN………………………….…………..Hannah Reiter
THE DIONYSIAN SOCIETY ($10,000+) American Theatre Wing, Anonymous, Anonymous
DENNIS GROMELSKI (PRODUCER/SCENIC & LIGHTING DESIGNER) is a Co-
DIRECTOR’S CHAIR ($500-$999) Alice Bergman, Laura Brown, Barry & Janet Gaines,
Founder, Executive Director, and President of the Board of FUSION. Contact: Dennis@
FUSIONabq.org. Previous main stage FUSION design credits include: Scenic & Lighting:
Tribes, Williams’ World, The Long Christmas Ride Home, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues,
Taming of the Shrew, Bye Bye Blackbird, Bedbound, Buried Child, You Can’t Take It With
You, Closer and two editions of The Seven; Scenic: The Art of Dining; Lighting: Red, Lie of
the Mind.
MARIA LEE SCHMIDT* (PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER) A native of New
Orleans, Maria graduated from USC in Los Angeles with a dual BA degree in Journalism and
Theatre. She stage-managed at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, Mark Taper Forum, Westwood Playhouse (now The Geffen Playhouse), and other theatres in the L.A. area for many
years. Maria has made Albuquerque her home since 1993 and began stage-managing for
FUSION during its inaugural season in 2002. Maria has been a proud member of the Actors’
Equity Association since 1986.
BRENT STEVENS (SOUND DESIGNER) has been FUSION’s Resident Sound Designer
since the first season. Brent is the Program Director for Classical 95.5 KHFM and can be
heard weekdays from 6 – 10 am. Before returning to New Mexico, Brent was a resident sound
engineer at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and the Los Angeles Theatre Center and worked in
Public Relations at MCA INC. He engineers recordings and live broadcasts of local classical
music ensembles including The New Mexico Symphonic Chorus, New Mexico Philharmonic,
Albuquerque Youth Symphony, Albuquerque Chamber Soloists and others. Brent is married
to FUSION’s Stage Manager Maria Lee Schmidt; they have two teenage children who have
no interest in theatre or the performing arts.
ROBYN PHILLIPS (PROPERTIES MASTER) is FUSION’s Resident Properties Master. She
has worked on 54 shows since 2003 and considers The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Red and The
39 Steps to be her favorites. She received her theatre training from Idaho State University
and the University of New Mexico.
KRISTINA KASSOUF (COSTUME DESIGNER) is proud to design her first professional
show with FUSION. She graduated from West Texas A&M with a B.A. in Theatre in 2012 and
moved to Albuquerque with her husband last year. With FUSION, Kristina was the Production Stage Manager for Lady in the Light and the Assistant Stage Manager for The New
Electric Ballroom, Annapurna and Year of the Rooster. She also served as Deck Chief for The
Seven: Unfinished Business.
FUSION / n: 1. a merging of diverse, distinct or separate elements into a unified whole;
2. a political partnership; 3. the union of atomic nuclei resulting in the release of enormous
quantities of energy when certain light elements unite.
*Member Actors’ Equity Association
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(II), City of Albuquerque, Cleveland & Associates, Dennis Gromelski, Jacqueline Reid, Shubert
Foundation, Laurie Thomas, Urban Enhancement Trust Fund, Zygote Pro-Creations, Inc.
THE CASTING COUCH ($5000-$9999) Joann Albrecht, Anonymous, New Mexico Arts/
Arts.gov, Scott Family Foundation
THE BARD GUILD ($1000-$4999) AEA Foundation, Anonymous, Bernalillo County, Bob
Bosser, Justine Fox-Young, Ioana & Richard Engstrom, Gary Goodman, Gwendolyn Holmes,
Susan McLendon & Rick Hudson, Kelly Koepke & Don Pizzolato, Pamela & Don Michaelis, Maria
Moya-Keller, R.J. Reynolds Foundation, In Memory of Julia Wandrick, Peter & Tina Watterberg,
Dr. Dean Yannias, Wells Fargo
Charlie & Alicia Hawkins, Richard Henry, Norty & Summers Kalishman, Gil & Kathryn Lazier, Faye
& Chuck North, Michael Rising, Dr. Estelle Rosenblum, Brent & Maria Stevens
THE ACTOR’S CIRCLE ($250-$499) Anonymous, Edward & Leslie Atler, Ron Bronitsky,
Nancy Burg, Frederick Chapman, Andrew Connors, Eiichi Fukushima, Gerald & Madelyn Gold,
Janet & Donald Harris, Nancy Kassner, Dawn Liberman, Cynthia Lyman, Beverly Rogoff, Betty
Rosenberg, Valerie Scott, Floyd & Deborah Spencer, David & Wendy Stires, Laura Stokes, Robert & Shari Wightman, Ann & Peter Ziegler, Lucia Zimmitti
THE GREEK CHORUS (UP TO $249) Nancy Adam, Jeff Alexander, Jean Anderson, Martin
Andrews, Anonymous, Susan Marie Bachechi, Sylvia Ball, Katherine Barit, Patricia Bartels, Walton
Beacham, William Becker, Harry & Carole Beckhoff, Robert Benedetti, Dr. Judith Bissett, Phil &
Barbara Bock, Alice Bodnarczuk, Ira Bolnick, Suzanne Bolton, Bradford Borman, Henry Botts,
Tom & Carole Bowling, Sherri Brueggemann, Meghann Brummett, Pat & Debbie Bryan, Ileana
Buican, Elaine Burgess, Janet Burroway, Marylyn Burridge, Robert Butler, James Caputo, James
Carroll, Richard & Karen Carruthers, Robyn Casaus, Jim Cebak, Jeannie Chavez, Leroy Clard, Ted
Cloak & Laura White, Dinsdale Compton, Cheryle Costales, Dianne Cress, Susan Crow & Tom
Steiner, Lauretta Cubbin, Amy Lynn Cuomo, Stephen & Stefani Czuchlewski, Philip Dale, Margaret
Doberneck, Kathleen Doherty, Vivien Dorsey, Donna Dowell, Ellen Evans, Michael Evans, Gary
Fishman, Barbara Folse, Valerie Ford, Wallace Ford, Sarah Gamoke, Rosa Gaston, Doug Gaylor, Alice Geesey, Ava Geyer, Monika Ghattas, Michelle Giusto, Marvin & Patti Gladstone, Gerald
Gold, Dr. Irving Arthur Greenfield, Elizabeth Greenlee, Alan & Gail Haft, Karen Halderson, Abby
Harris, Chris Heimerl, Edith J. Henderson, Fred Hindel, Lynn Hinrichs, Richard Hogle, Kristin Jackson, Frank Jerabek, Nancy Jeris, Judy Jones, Kurstin Johnson, In Memory of Gil & Carol Kaleko,
Mervyn Kaufman, Gayle Keenan, Wendy Keller, Lee Kitchen, Joshua Klein, Barbara Kleinfeld,
Evelyn Kloepper, Karen Knauf, Noel & Meredith Kopald, April Kopp, Rebekah Krispinsky, Steve
Lacey, Diane LeAnnais, Paul Lewis, Stephanie Lipkowitz, Les Lipschutz & Barbara Rifkin, Rosa
Maria Lopez-Gaston, Susan Lucas-Kamat, Derek Maese, Frederic & Joan March, Martha Marchand, Gerald Marconi, Laura Matter, Carolyn Meyer, Barbara McGuire, Lenann McGookey, Nadine
Miner, Carol Mitchell, Suzanne Mistretta, Carol Ann Mullaney, Richard Neuman, David Nice, Joyce
Neimanas, Paul Oostenbrug, Del & Barbara Packwood, Travis Parkin, Lara Marie Patriquin, Ann
& Jim Pedone, Madelyn Pons, Lori Proe, Dixie Lee Prowell, Sherry Rabino Lewis, Roberta Ramo,
Baji Rankin, Joel Rathfon, Lenore Reeve, Zane Reeves, George Richmond, Arun Rodriguez, Alice
Rogers, Hilary Rogers, Jo Rose, Arthur Rosenberg, Bernard & Ann Rubenstein, John Shannon &
Becky Schreiber, Martha Schimpf, Myrtle Schmidt, Robert Schoenfeld, David Schott, Joan Scott,
Marcia Ann Secord, Susan Shank, Barry Earl Simon, Dorothy Simpson, Lawrence Skrivseth, Matthew & Diane Sloves, Harriett Smetters, Jeffrey Squires, Nora Stats, Imogen Stein, Carole Sullivan,
Bara Swain, Maria Szasz, Victoria Teahan, Kristin Thompson, Nancy Traylor, Susan Trumbo-Forrer,
Sally Van Nostrand, Laurel Vander Velde, Julia Vertrees, Marietta Vogel, Robert Wanderman, Jan
Ward, Robert Glenn Webb, Linda Weil, Judy Weinstein, Chuck Wellborn, Janislee & Bill Wiese,
James Wilterding, Kylene Wing, Charles & Danelle Winship, Kathryn Wissel, Hugh Witemeyer,
Carol White, Eric Woods, Sue Wright, Victor Yamada, Sandy & Bill Young
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