1998
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JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK (continuing)
YES IS FOR A VERY YOUNG MAN
InterACTivity '98
THE AMERICAN PLAN
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
THE TIGER
GOING PLACES
• Flight of Fancy
• Trumps
• Lemonade on the Promenade
• Jungle Express
• The Man in the Red Suit
MOLIÈRE ONE-ACTS
• The Flying Doctor (Le Médecin Volant)
• The Jealous Husband (La Jalousie de Barbouillé)
• Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckold (Sganarelle, ou Le Cocu Imaginaire)
THE SECOND-STORY MAN
RECKLESS
SKETCHY AT BEST
DESERT WOLF
THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG
XINGU
DOROTHY PARKER POETRY AND SHORT STORIES
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
GROTESQUE LOVESONGS
BENEDICT ARNOLD
6th ANNUAL NoHo ARTS FESTIVAL
SKETCHY AT BEST
InterPlay '98 "Changes"
RECKLESS


JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK
(CONTINUING)

for production details, see 1997

November 14, 1997 – March 22, 1998
62 Performances



YES IS FOR A VERY YOUNG MAN
by Gertrude Stein 

Directed by Lamont Johnson
 


February 13 - April 19, 1998
38 Performances

THE CAST:

FERDINAND
David Drew Gallagher
DENISE
Megan Zakar
HENRI
Josh Adell
CONSTANCE
Stacy Ray
OLYMPE
Mary Carver
CLOTHILDE
Eve Brenner
GEORGES POUPET
James Gleason
THE GERMAN
James Harper

STANDBYS:
 
for CONSTANCE - Leslie Hicks; for DENISE - Sione Owen; for OLYMPE and CLOTHILDE - Betty Vaughan; for FERDINAND, HENRI, and THE GERMAN - Rick Gunn 

 
Set Design
Bradley Kaye
Lighting Design
Cheryl Waters
Costume Design
Vicki Sanchez
Sound Design
James F. Dean
Music
Paul Cuneo
Associate Producers
Christal Lockwood and Megan Zakar
Box Office Manager
Harryette Feistman
Assistant Stage Manager
Jill Parker
Production Stage Manager
Keith Decker

Produced by Leon Russom and Carol Mayo Jenkins



InterACTivity '98
Fifth Annual Festival

June 12 - July 12, 1998

14 sponsored projects combined for 13 separate programs
26 Performances


Staged readings & performances of various projects sponsored by the membership and from the Play Development Lab.
75 actors and directors participated, and the works of 19 writers were represented.


project # 1:
THE AMERICAN PLAN
by Richard Greenberg
sponsored by Megan Zakar

Directed by Stacy Ray

THE CAST:

Matthew Ashford
Nancy Boykin
David Drew Gallagher
Veralyn Jones
Megan Zakar
Gil Harbison
Eva Adler
Nick Lockridge
Olivia Shaw
Lili Adler
 
Music Arranged by
Paul Cuneo
Stage Manager
Lisa K. Monroe

 

project # 2:
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer

sponsored by Betty Vaughan

Directed by Glenn Casale
 
THE CAST:

PRINCESS WINNIFRED
Marsha Kramer
PRINCE DAUNTLESS
James Gleason
KING SEXTIMUS THE SILENT
Sandy Kenyon
QUEEN AGGRAVAIN
Betty Vaughan
THE JESTER
David Engel
THE MINSTREL
Larry Raben
THE WIZARD
Ira Denmark
LADY LARKIN
Susan Hull
SIR HARRY
Matthew Ashford
SIR STUDLEY
Doug Ballard
SIR HAROLD
Jeffrey Park
1st KNIGHT
Justin Robertson
2nd KNIGHT
Christopher Caruthers
3rd KNIGHT
Phil Gold
PRINCESS # 12
Rona Benson
LADY ROWENA
Sione Owen
LADY MERRILL
Leslie Hicks
LADY LUCILLE
Nancy Boykin
LADY BEATRICE
Lia Sargent
LADY EMILY
Mary Carver
NIGHTINGALE OF SAMARKAND
Sione Owen

Musical Director
Lawrence James Wong
Musical Staging
David Engel
Production Coordinator
Eric Andrist
Stage Manager
Lisa K. Monroe

   

project # 3:
THE TIGER
by Murray Schisgal

Directed by Alan Brooks

THE CAST:
GLORIA
Dorothy Brooks
BEN
Alan Brooks

and

GOING PLACES

Five short plays by Louis Felder
sponsored and directed by Alan Brooks

FLIGHT OF FANCY

THE CAST:
JOE
Steven Gilborn
TRACY
Susan Hull


TRUMPS

THE CAST:
AUSTIN
Alan Brooks
CAMILLE
Rachael Harris


LEMONADE ON THE PROMENADE

THE CAST:
PAULINE
Sharon Madden
ANDY
Steven Gilborn


JUNGLE EXPRESS

THE CAST:
CELIA
Dorothy Brooks
ARNOLD
Matthew Ashford


THE MAN IN THE RED SUIT

THE CAST:
DOUGLAS
Alan Brooks
SANTA
Steven Gilborn


 
Sound Design
Thomas Needell

 

project # 4:
MOLIÈRE ONE-ACTS
Three short plays by Molière
Translation by Harry G. Carlson

sponsored and directed by Louis Turenne

Friday, June 19 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 21 at 1:00 pm

THE FLYING DOCTOR (Le Médecin Volant)

THE CAST:

GORGIBUS, a respectable citizen
Gregory White
LUCILLE, his daughter
Mary-Dixie Carter
SABINE, his niece
Megan Zakar
VALÈRE, a young man in love with his wife
Matt Sullivan
SGANARELLE, valet to Valère

Lance Davis
GRÔS-RENÉ, valet to Gorgibus
Alan Naggar
THE LAWYER
James Gleason

 
THE JEALOUS HUSBAND (La Jalousie de Barbouillé)

THE CAST:

LE BARBOUILLÉ
Doug Ballard
ANGÉLIQUE, his wife
Christal Lockwood
GORGIBUS, her father
Gregory White
VALÈRE, in love with Angélique
Matt Sullivan
CATHALI, Angélique's servant
Sione Owen
THE SCHOLAR
James Gleason
VILLEBREQUIN, brother of Gorgibus
Alan Naggar
LA VALLÉE, friend of Valère
Steve Spiro

 

SGANARELLE, or THE IMAGINARY CUCKOLD
(Sganarelle, ou Le Cocu Imaginaire)

THE CAST:

GORGIBUS, a respectable citizen
Gregory White
CÉLIE, his daughter
Megan Zakar
LELIE, young man in love with Célie
Matt Sullivan
GRÔS-RENÉ, Lelie's valet
Alan Naggar
SGANARELLE, neighbor of Gorgibus
Leon Russom
MARTINE, his wife
Sharon Madden
VILLEBREQUIN, father of Valère, Célie's intended
Lance Davis
LISETTE, Célie's confidante
Mary-Dixie Carter
DORANTE, Sganarelle's father-in-law
James Gleason

 
Music Arranged by
Lawrence James Wong
Solos performed by
Betty Vaughan, Sione Owen, and James Gleason
Assistant to the Director
Alan Naggar
Stage Manager
Drew Stauffer

 
project # 5:
THE SECOND-STORY MAN
by Richard Strand

sponsored by Susan Hull
Directed by Dennis Cockrum

THE CAST:
KATE
Susan Hull
ALEX
Dave Florek
ELLEN
Rachael Griffin
MARY
Christina Carlisi

 
Stage Manager
Lisa K. Monroe

 
project # 6:
RECKLESS
by Craig Lucas

sponsored by Amanda Carlin
Directed by Fred Sanders

Saturday, June 20 & Sunday, June 21

THE CAST:
RACHEL
Amanda Carlin
TOM
Steven Culp
LLOYD
Dave Florek
POOTY
Christina Carlisi
TRISH
Leslie Hicks
ROY
Doug Ballard
DOCTORS ONE THROUGH SIX
Carol Mayo Jenkins
TIM TIMKO
Doug Ballard
TALK SHOW HOST
Doug Ballard
TALK SHOW GUEST
Leslie Hicks
WOMAN PATIENT
Christina Carlisi
RECEPTIONIST
Leslie Hicks
YOUNG MAN PATIENT
Steven Culp

Sound Design
Amanda Carlin and Fred Sanders
Special Effects Costumes
Amanda Carlin
Stage Manager
Lisa K. Monroe

 
project # 7:
SKETCHY AT BEST
comedy pieces written by Lance Davis
sponsored and directed by Lance Davis


Albert's Reminiscence

Tammish And Burns: OJ
Mark Toast: LA Subway

The Dark Ages

Heston
Shylock
South Pasadena Blue
Anesthesia
Close Your Eyes With Larry Wong
Tammish And Burns: Monica
Disabled
National Institute of Bureaucracy
Mark Toast: Betty Kennedy Sloan
Geza Magyar: Prince of Most of the Danube
The Dialect Coach
Titanic
How to Succeed Without Really Lying

THE CAST:

Alan Brooks
Lance Davis
Debra Henri
Lawrence James Wong

 
project # 8:
DESERT WOLF
by Leigh Podgorski

sponsored and directed by Dave Florek

THE CAST:
CONSUELO ARROYO
Denise Blasor
MACK STARR
Christina Carlisi
LUKE STONE
Dave Florek
LEO MONROE
Jeris Poindexter
EPPIE FALCO
Bette Rae
ARMAND JACOBI
Gregory White
 
Sound Design
Steven Hull
Stage Manager
Drew Stauffer

 
project # 9:
THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG
by Wendy Wasserstein

sponsored by Annie Abbott
Directed by Ron Abbott

THE CAST:
TESS GOODE
Zoe Abbott
PFENI ROSENSWEIG
Nancy Boykin
SARA GOODE
Annie Abbott
GEOFFREY DUNCAN
Alan Brooks
MERVYN KANT
Paul Collins
GORGEOUS TEITELBAUM
Amanda Carlin
TOM VALIUNUS
Andrew Villaverde
NICHOLAS PYM
Gregory White

 
Original Sound Design
Guy Sherman / Aural Fixation
Vocal Arrangements
Kevin D. Mayes
Additional Sound
Tom Needell
Incidental Music
Brian Smith
Production Coordinator
Marisol Novak
Stage Manager
Drew Stauffer

 
project # 10:
XINGU
by Edith Wharton
sponsored by Leslie Hicks
Directed by Wendy Radford
Saturday, June 27 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, June 28 at 1:00 pm

THE CAST:
MRS. BALLINGER
Nancy Boykin
MRS. LEVERET
Leslie Hicks
MRS. PLINTH
Carol Mayo Jenkins
MRS. ROBY
Stacy Ray
MISS VAN VLUYCK
Mary Carver
LAURA GLYDE
Christal Lockwood
OSRIC DANE
Eve Brenner

Costume Consultants
Eve Brenner, Wendy Radford
Stage Manager
Lisa K. Monroe


and


DOROTHY PARKER
POETRY AND SHORT STORIES

by Dorothy Parker

sponsored and directed by Sharon Madden

THE CAST:

JUST A LITTLE ONE
from May 1928 Issue of The New Yorker
Joel Anderson & Eve Brenner
COMMENT from Enough Rope
Carol Mayo Jenkins
EXPERIENCE from Enough Rope
Carol Mayo Jenkins
GODSPEED from Enough Rope
Carol Mayo Jenkins
THE LITTLE OLD LADY IN LAVENDER SILK
from Death and Taxes
Mary Carver
A TELEPHONE CALL
from January 1928 Issue of The Bookman
Mary-Dixie Carter
SENTIMENT
from May 1933 Issue of Harper's Bazaar
Nancy Boykin

   
Original Music
Sebastien Koch
Costume Maven
Eve Brenner
Stage Manager
Lisa K. Monroe

 
project # 11:
DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by Arthur Miller
sponsored by Eddie Jones
Directed by Anita Khanzadian

Thursday, July 9 & Sunday, July 12

THE CAST:
WILLY LOMAN
Eddie Jones
LINDA
Carol Mayo Jenkins
HAPPY
Steven Culp
BIFF
Don Fischer
BERNARD
Steven Hack
THE WOMAN IN BOSTON
Amanda Carlin
CHARLEY
Steven Gilborn
UNCLE BEN
Louis Turenne
HOWARD WAGNER
Doug Ballard
JENNY
Sione Owen
STANLEY
James Gleason
MISS FORSYTHE
Mary Jo Mecca
LETTA
Sione Owen
VOICE OF WAGNER DAUGHTER
Kate Gleason
VOICE OF WAGNER SON
Bryan Gleason
VOICE OF MRS. WAGNER
Laura Gleason

Assistant to the Director
Debra Henri
Original Music
Paul Cuneo
Sound Production
Steven Hull
Costume Consultant
Eve Brenner
Stage Manager
Debra Henri

 
project # 12:
GROTESQUE LOVESONGS

by Don Nigro

sponsored by Rachael Harris

Reading supervised by Joel Anderson

THE CAST:
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Alan Naggar
ROMY, John's girlfriend
Rachael Harris
PETE, Louise's son
James Calvert
LOUISE, Dan's wife
Annie Abbott
DAN, Louise's husband
Gregory White
JOHN, Louise's younger son
Michael Woolson
   
Stage Manager
Drew Stauffer

 
project # 13:
BENEDICT ARNOLD

by William Mastrosimone

sponsored by Christina Carlisi

Directed by Joel Anderson
Saturday, July 11 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, July 12 at 3:00 pm

THE CAST:
ARNOLD ONE
Eddie Jones
BENJAMIN
Harry Hutchinson
PEGGY ONE
Leslie Hicks
ARNOLD TWO
Dave Florek
GENERAL GATES
James Gleason
MAJOR FRANKS
Andrew Villaverde
THE SURGEON
Steven Hack
PEGGY TWO
Christina Carlisi
CAPTAIN JOHN ANDRE
Steven Culp
JOSEPH REED
Alan Brooks
JUDGE EDWARD SHIPPEN
Leon Russom
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Doug Ballard
THE CONGRESSMAN
James Gleason
JOSHUA SMITH
James Gleason
SAMUEL CAHOON
Steven Hack
SIR HENRY CLINTON
Doug Ballard
ISAAC VAN WART
Steven Hack
COLONEL ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Alan Brooks
THE COURIER
Harry Hutchinson
ARNOLD'S SECOND
Steven Hack
LORD LAUDERDALE
Alan Brooks
LAUDERDALE'S SECOND
James Gleason
NATANIS, the Abenaki Indian Chief
James McDonnell
STAGE DIRECTIONS
James McDonnell
   
Stage Managers
Brigid O'Brien
and Drew Stauffer

 

FOR INTERACTIVITY:

Original Scenic Design
Peter Zapp
Scenic Artist
Lisa Hashimoto
Lighting Design
J. Kent Inasy
Associate Producers
Josh Adell and Stacy Ray
Box Office Manager
Harryette Feistman
Production Stage Managers
Debra Henri, Lisa K. Monroe,
Drew Stauffer

Festival Produced by James Harper



 
6th Annual NoHo Arts Festival
Performed at the interim American Renegade Theatre, at the corner of Lankershim Boulevard & Weddington Street.


June 13 & 14, 1998
2 Performances

a selection from INTERACTIVITY '98

SKETCHY AT BEST

comedy pieces written by Lance Davis
Directed by Lance Davis

THE CAST:
Lance Davis
James Harper
 
Produced for the NoHo Arts Festival by James Harper


 
 
INTERPLAY '98: "Changes"
CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP

Directed by Sharon Madden

Saturday, July 25, 1998 at 11:00 am & 1:00 pm

THE CAST:
Grace Ashford

Edward Estrada Avila
Casey Capoferri
A Covarrubias
Ronald Covarrubias
Tiffany Curtis
Evelyn Delgado
Mindy Delgado
Stephanie Delgado
Angelica Duran
Victor Duran
Walker Dornisch
Enrique Escudero
Maria Espino
Lauren Gardiner
Shekinah Glory Kee
Angelica Gomez
Shawn Darly Helmuth
K. C. Kat
Emmanuel Knight
Jesse Luna
Jeffira Oakes
Jeffrina Oakes
Paul Padilla
Irvin E. Vasquez

INTERPLAYER ACTING COMPANY:
Erika Abbott
James Calvert
Joclyn Greene
Sean Germany
Mykle McCoslin
Rendon Ramsey
Nina Sauter
Bradley Warden
Meredith Weiner
Robert Zeigler

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
directed by Fred Sanders


GROUP IMPROVISATION
inspired by Leigh Podgorski


LA DISPUTE
by Marivaux
THE CAST:
Casey Capoferri
Maria Espino


GEMINI
by Albert Innaurato
THE CAST:
Victor Duran
Robert Zeigler


SAMMY CARDUCCI'S GUIDE TO WOMEN
by Ronald Kidd
THE CAST:
Shawn D. Helmuth
Emmanuel Knight


 
Pianist
Laurence J. Wong
Assistant Director (5-7)
James Calvert
Director - Group B
Megan Zakar
Associate Director (5-7)
Erika Abbott
Associate Director (7-11)
Mykle McCoslin
Playmaker
Leigh Podgorski
Artist/Camera
K. C. Kat
Camera
Jack Rarick
Associate Producer
Rona Benson
Grant Writer
Amanda Carlin
Program Design / InterPlay Logo
Steven Hack
"Changes" Artwork
K. C. Kat
Press Representatives
Michael Patrick, James Harper
Accounting
Christal Lockwood

Produced by Mary Jo Mecca


 
RECKLESS
by Craig Lucas

Directed by Fred Sanders

October 16 - December 20, 1998
35 Performances

THE CAST:

RACHEL
Amanda Carlin
TOM, GAME SHOW ANNOUNCER, DERELICT, YOUNG MAN PATIENT
Don Fischer
LLOYD
Dave Florek
POOTY, WOMAN PATIENT
Christina Carlisi
ROY, TIM TIMKO, DERELICT, TALK SHOW HOST
Doug Ballard
TRISH, DR. HELEN CARROLL, RECEPTIONIST
Leslie Hicks
DOCTORS
Michele Farr

VARIOUS TV AND RADIO VOICES: Doug Ballard, Michele Farr, James Harper, Susan Hull, Christal lockwood, James McDonnell, Gregory White


STANDBYS:
for RACHEL - Christina Carlisi; for TOM - Matthew Ashford; for LLOYD - Larry Bazzell; for POOTY and TRISH - Christal Lockwood; for ROY - Fred Sanders; for DOCTORS - Annie Abbott

 
Set Design (5-7)
Bradley Kaye
Lighting Design
Cheryl Waters
Costume Design
Eve Brenner
Sound Design
Steven Hull
Fight Director
Steve Rankin
Press Representation
Michael Patrick
Production Coordinator
James Harper
Associate Producers:
Amanda Carlin, Leslie Hicks, Megan Zakar, Josh Adell
Box Office Manager
Harryette Feistman
Assistant Stage Manager
Nat Whitten
Production Stage Manager
Bryan Cook

Produced by Christal Lockwood