2000
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INTERACT'S PRE-CONSTRUCTION THEATRE FESTIVAL
ON THE RAZZLE
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL
AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN
8th ANNUAL NoHo ARTS FESTIVAL
CHICK SINGERS
THE RIVALS


Interact's Pre-Construction
Theatre Festival

June 10 - 25, 2000
4 projects
8 Performances


Staged readings of four plays
(one project originally scheduled had to be cancelled)

ON THE RAZZLE

by Tom Stoppard
adapted from Einen Jux will er sich machen by Johann Nestroy

Directed by Dan Kerns

Saturday, June 10 at 7:00 pm & Sunday, June 11 at 3:00 pm

THE CAST:
Stage Directions read by
Doug Ballard
WEINBERL
Lance Davis
CHRISTOPHER
Rachel Griffin
SONDERS
Michael Louden
MARIE
Melanie Lora
ZANGLER
James Harper
GERTRUD
Sharon Madden
BELGIAN FOREIGNER
Alan Brooks
MELCHIOR
Matt Sullivan
HUPFER, The Tailor
Steven Hack
LIGHTNING, The Horse
Doug Ballard
PHILIPPINE
Sione Owen
MADAME KNORR
Nancy Boykin
FRAU FISCHER
Leslie Hicks
ITALIAN WAITER
Steven Hack
COACHMAN
Dave Florek (6/10), Jeffrey Stubblefield (6/11)
WAITER #2
Alan Brooks
CONSTABLE
Gregory White
GERMAN COUPLE
Eve Brenner & Gregory White
SCOTTISH COUPLE
Sione Owen & Doug Ballard
MISS BLUMENBLATT
Marilyn McIntyre
PARROTT
Doug Ballard
LISETTE
Sione Owen
CUSTOMERS, WAITERS, CITIZENS
David Backus, James Brandon, Ona Ziegler

Stage Manager
Darline Sacquety

Produced by James Harper
 


 
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES
by John Guare  

Directed by Alan Brooks
 

Friday, June 16 at 8:00 pm & Saturday, June 17 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
RONNIE SHAUGHNESSY
Robert Zeigler
ARTIE SHAUGHNESSY
Doug Ballard
BUNNY FLINGUS
Christina Carlisi
BANANAS SHAUGHNESSY
Nancy Boykin
CORINNA STROLLER
Susan Hull
HEAD NUN
Betty Vaughan
2ND NUN
Sione Owen
LITTLE NUN
Megan Zakar
M. P.
Alan Brooks
MAN IN WHITE
Alan Brooks
BILLY EINHORN
Steven Culp
   
Musical Selections performed & recorded by Michael Sartor

Produced by Jane Lanier and Christina Carlisi

   
THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL
by Herman Wouk  

Directed by Dan Kern
 

Sunday, June 18 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm

THE CAST:
LT. STEPHEN MARYK
Don Fischer
LT. BARNEY GREENWALD
Steven Culp
LT. COM. JOHN CHALLEE
James McDonnell
CAPTAIN BLAKELY
Steven Gilborn
LT. COM. PHILIP FRANCES QUEEG
James Harper
LT. THOMAS KEEFER
Michael Manuel
SIGNALMAN THIRD CLASS JUNIUS URBAN
Robert Zeigler
LT. (JR. GRADE) WILLIS SEWARD KEITH
Josh Adell
CAPT. RANDOLPH SOUTHARD
Gregory White
DR, FORREST LUNDEEN
Doug Ballard
DR. BIRD
David Drew Gallagher
STENOGRAPHER / ORDERLY
James Brandon
   
Stage Manager
Tiffany Wiggins

Sponsored and Produced by James Harper

   
AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN
by Douglas Carter Beane

Directed by Maggie Blanc

Friday, June 23 at 8:00 pm & Saturday, June 24 at 8:00 pm

THE CAST:
ALEXA VERE DE VERE
Don Fischer
EVAN WYLER
Steven Culp
PHOTOGRAPHER, SWEN, ROYALTON CLERK, KADEN
James McDonnell
RONALD, SKUNK, MIKE
Steven Gilborn
AMBER, BACKUP SINGER, SECRETARY, BETHANY,
2ND MUSE
Rachel Grifin
WAITER, BACKUP SINGER, CARLA, NEWSSTAND WOMAN, DENISE,
ILYA, A MUSE
Mary Jo Mecca

Stage Manager
Tiffany Wiggins

 
Sponsored and Produced by Matt Sullivan

Festival Produced by the Interact Theatre Company
Joel Anderson, President


 
8th Annual NoHo Arts Festival

First Interact Theatre Company / NoHo Arts Festival performance to take place at the actual Interact Theatre, 5215 Bakman Avenue in North Hollywood.


June 24 & 25, 2000
2 Performances
CHICK SINGERS
One-Woman Show written and performed by Deborah Pearl
(Developed in the Interact Play Lab)

Directed by Clifford Bell

Produced for the NoHo Arts Festival by James Harper



THE RIVALS
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Directed by John Rubinstein

October 20 - December 3, 2000
24 Performances

THE CAST:
COACHMAN
Dave Florek
MR. FAG
Steven Hack
LUCY
Rona Benson
LYDIA LANGUISH
Sione Owen
JULIA MELVILLE
Christina Carlisi
MRS. MALAPROP
Eve Brenner
SIR ANTHONY ABSOLUTE
Steven Gilborn
CAPTAIN JACK ABSOLUTE
Jeffrey Stubblefield
FAULKLAND
Alan Brooks
BOB ACRES
Michael Manuel
ERRAND BOY
Stephen Heath
SIR LUCIUS O'TRIGGER
Gregory White
DAVID
John T.W. Hemphill
SERVANT
Kelly Lohman
MAID
Morgan Davis
   

STANDBYS:
for MR. FAG - Stephen Heath; for LUCY - Laura Hornberger*; for LYDIA LANGUISH - Kelly Lohman*; for JULIA MELVILLE - Morgan Davis*; for MRS. MALAPROP - Annie Abbott; for JACK ABSOLUTE - Peter Carlin; for FAULKLAND - Michael Sean McGuinness; for BOB ACRES - John T.W. Hemphill; for LUCIUS O'TRIGGER - Burt Sharp; for DAVID - Michael Sean McGuinness

* appeared in the covered role during the play's run

Set Design
Bradley Kaye
Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Costume Design
Peter A. Lovello
Sound Design
Steve Hull
Press Representation
ECCO! Diana & Bernadette Hale
Box Office Manager
Harryette Feistman
Assistant Stage Manager
Kelly Lohman
Production Stage Manager
Carol Doehring

Produced by Betty Vaughan