2008
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InterACTivity '08
MR. MARMALADE
THE WINTER'S TALE
LETTICE AND LOVAGE
FAT PIG
THE CLEARING
THE SEAGULL
STATE OF THE UNION
ACTOR UNDER FIRE
RABBIT HOLE
MURDER, MAYHEM, AND MUSIC (Benefit)
InterPlay '08 "Changes"
ACTOR UNDER FIRE


InterACTivity '08
Tenth Annual Festival

presented at
The Two Roads Theatre
4348 Tujunga Ave.
Studio City, CA 91604

February 29 - March 30, 2008
9 separate programs
19 Performances

Staged readings & performances of various projects sponsored by the membership.
9 sponsored projects combined for 19 programs --- one performed once, two performed three times, and all the others performed twice.


project # 1:

MR. MARMALADE
by Noah Haidle

Directed by Kristina Lloyd
Sponsored by Amanda Troop


Friday, February 29 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, March 21 at 8:30 pm,
Sunday, March 22 at 7:00 pm.

THE CAST:
LUCY
Amanda Troop
MR. MARMALADE
Rob Kahn
SOOKIE / EMILY / SUNFLOWER
Alyss Henderson
GEORGE / MAN / CACTUS
Malcolm Barrett
LARRY
Colin Thomas Jennings
BRADLEY
Kevin Fabian


Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri

project # 2:
THE WINTER'S TALE
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Susan Marie Keller
Sponsored by James Calvert & Susan Marie Keller


Sunday, March 2 at 2:00 pm & Friday, March 7 at 2:00 pm

THE PLAYERS:
James Calvert
Emily Janice Card
Don Fischer
Julie Inmon
Rob Kahn
Susan Marie Keller
Bob Larkin
Michael Manuel
Alison Shanks
Vanessa Whitney


Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri

project # 3:
LETTICE AND LOVAGE
by Peter Shaffer

Directed by Lisa Pelikan
Sponsored by Annie Abbott


Saturday, March 8 at 5:00 pm & Sunday, March 9 at 7:00 pm

THE CAST:
MISS LETTICE DOUFFET
Annie Abbott
MISS CHARLOTTE SCHOEN
Liz Herron
MISS FRAMER
Amanda Troop
MR. BARDOLPH
Paul Keith
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
Amanda Troop, Paul Keith


Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri

project # 4:
FAT PIG
by Neil LaBute

Sponsored by Vanessa Whitney


Saturday, March 8 at 8:30 pm, Sunday, March 9 at 2:00 pm,
& Sunday, March 16 at 7:00 pm

THE CAST:
TOM
Kevin Blake
JEANNIE
Emily Janice Card (3/16),
Amanda Tepe, (3/8 & 3/9)
CARTER
Rob Kahn
HELEN
Vanessa Whitney


Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Music Supervisor
Mimi McCloy
Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri

project # 5:
THE CLEARING
by Helen Edmundson

Directed by Darryl Johnson
Sponsored by Alyss Henderson


Friday, March 14 at 8:00 pm, & Saturday, March 15 at 5:00 pm

THE CAST:
KILLAINE FARRELL
Amanda Troop
PIERCE KINSELLAGH
Rob Kahn
SOLOMON WINTER
Kent Minault
SUSANEH WINTER
Alison Shanks
ROBERT PRESTON
Adam Harrington
MADELEINE PRESTON
Alyss Henderson
SIR CHARLES STURMAN
Steven Hack
A COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION, A SAILOR, AN APPEAL JUDGE
James Benjamin Cooper


Stage Manager
Heather Gonzalez

project # 6:
THE SEAGULL
by Anton Chekhov
English translation by Robert Corrigan


Directed by Bonnie Friedericy
Sponsored by Rona Benson


Saturday, March 15 at 8:30 pm & Sunday, March 16 at 2:00 pm

THE CAST:
ARKADINA
Rebecca Tilney
TREPLEV
David DeSantos
SORIN
Bob Larkin
NINA
Rona Benson
SHAMRAEV
Dave Florek
POLINA
Liz Herron
MASHA
Vanessa Whitney
TRIGORIN
Michael Manuel
DORN
Dougald Park
MEDVEDENKO
Jeffrey Stubblefield
YAKOV
James Calvert


Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Assistant to the Director
Robin Wesley
Stage Manager
Heather Gonzalez

project # 7:
STATE OF THE UNION
by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Directed by Anita Khanzadian
Sponsored by James Gleason


Friday, March 28 at 8:00 pm & Sunday, March 30 at 2:00 pm

THE CAST:
CONOVER
James Gleason
SPIKE
James Calvert
KAY THORNDYKE
Rebecca Tilney
GRANT MATTHEWS
Don Fischer
NORAH
Mimi Cozzens
MARY
Caryn West
STEVENS
Steven Connor
SAM PARRISH
Eddie Jones
SWENSON
Jason Lewis
JUDGE ALEXANDER
Steve Connors
MRS. ALEXANDER
Pam Bruhl
JENNY
Jodie Mann
MRS. DRAPER
Mimi Cozzens
WILLIAM HARDY
Alan Naggar
SENATOR LAUTERBACH
Robert Briscoe Evans
   
Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Musical Transitions
Anita Khanzadian
Stage Manager
Ricki McKissock

project # 8:
ACTOR UNDER FIRE
by James Gleason

Directed by Shannon Cochran
Sponsored by James Gleason


Saturday, March 29 at 5:00 pm

THE CAST:
HIMSELF
James Gleason
   
Sound Design
Mark Holden & Steven Hull
Slide Show
Allan Naggar
Music Supervisor
John Rubinstein
Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri

project # 9:
RABBIT HOLE
by David Lindsay Abaire

Directed by Dave Florek
Sponsored by Mimi Cozzens


Saturday, March 29 at 8:30 pm, Sunday, March 30 at 7:00 pm

THE CAST:
NAT
Mimi Cozzens
BECCA
Susan Hull
JASON
Colin Thomas Jennings
HOWIE
Jeffrey Stubblefield
IZZIE
Amanda Tepe
   
Sound Design
Steven Hull
Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri


for InterACTivity '08:
Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Box Office Manager
Marcy Capoferri
Stage Managers
Casey Capoferri, Heather Gonzalez, Ricki McKissock
 
Festival Produced by Jane Lanier and Laura Nickerson
 

 

MURDER, MAYHEM, & MUSIC:
Showstoppers from the Dark Side of Broadway

(a Special Benefit performance)

Directed by Todd Nielsen
Musical Staging by Todd Nielsen
Additional Choreography by
Tracy Powell and Gwen Hillier

June 28, 2008
1 Performance

THE NUMBERS and PLAYERS:

ACT ONE: MURDER

1. MADNESS

"Mack the Knife" (The Threepenny Opera)
Music & Lyrics: Kurt Weill
Roger Befeler, Emily Janice Card, Amanda Carlin, Susan Hull, Paul Keith, Susan Marie Keller, Ben McLain, Tracy Powell, Jud Shelton, Nicole Waters

"A Man Could Go Quite Mad" (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Music & Lyrics: Rupert Holmes
Ben McLain, Jud Shelton

"Epiphany" (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Fred Sanders

"A Little Priest" (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Amanda
Carlin, Fred Sanders

"Moonfall" (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Music & Lyrics: Rupert Holmes
Emily Janice Card


"City On Fire" (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Rona Benson,
James Calvert, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Brandon Jones, Diane Pershing, Melanie Rockwell, Amanda Troop, Vanessa Whitney

2. HORRORS (Little Shop of)

"Little Shop Of Horrors" (Little Shop Of Horrors)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Kelly Lohman, Laura Nickerson, Nicole Waters

"Grow For Me" (Little Shop Of Horrors)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Nicole Waters

"Git It" (Little Shop Of Horrors)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Michael Shepperd, Nicole Waters

"Be A Dentist" (Little Shop Of Horrors)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
James Benjamin Cooper, Kelly Lohman, Laura Nickerson, Nicole Waters


"Don't Feed The Plants" (Little Shop Of Horrors)
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Howard Ashman
Rona Benson, James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Brandon Jones, Paul Keith, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Diane Pershing, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Jud Shelton, Michael Shepperd, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

3. GUNS

"As If We Never Said Goodbye / With One Look" (Sunset Boulevard)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Don Black

Susan Hull

"The Gun Song" (Assassins)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Roger Befeler, Robert Briscoe Evans, Jud Shelton, Vanessa Whitney

"Unworthy Of Your Love" (Assassins)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Brandon Jones, Amanda Troop

4. WAR

"War Is A Science" (Pippin)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, James Benjamin Cooper, Brandon Jones, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Jud Shelton, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

"Momma, Look Sharp" (1776)
Music & Lyrics: Sherman Edwards
Ben McLain

5. VILLAINS

"Facade" (Jekyll and Hyde)
Music: Frank Wildhorn
Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse
Rona Benson, James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Susan Hull, Brandon Jones, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Jud Shelton, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

"They Don't Know" (Thoroughly Modern Millie)
Music: Jeanine Tesori
Lyrics: Dick Scanlan
Amanda Carlin

"Little Girls" (Annie)
Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Martin Charnin
Diane Pershing

"Captain Hook's Waltz" (Peter Pan)
Music: Mark Charlap
Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh
Paul Keith


"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek
Amanda Carlin, Paul Keith, Diane Pershing

6. A VALENTINE, ACT ONE FINALE, and A PAUSE TO REFLECT . . .

"I Hold Your Hand In Mine" (Sunset Boulevard)
Music & Lyrics: Tom Lehrer
James Calvert

"Cell Block Tango" (Chicago)
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Rona Benson, Susan Hull, Kelly Lohman, Tracy Powell, Diane Pershing, Melanie Rockwell

"Class" (Chicago)
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb

Laura Nickerson, Vanessa Whitney

"Necrology" (Song of Singapore)
Music & Lyrics: Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Robert Hipkens, & Paula Lockhart
Emily Janice Card, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Ben McLain

ACT TWO: MAYHEM

7. PEOPLE CAN'T PEE FREE!

"Opening" (Urinetown... The Musical)
Music: Mark Hollmann
Lyrics: Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis

Rona Benson, James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, Amanda Carlin, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Susan Hull, Brandon Jones, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Diane Pershing, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Fred Sanders, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

"Cop Song" (Urinetown... The Musical)
Music: Mark Hollmann
Lyrics: Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis

James Calvert, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Jud Shelton

"Snuff That Girl" (Urinetown... The Musical)
Music: Mark Hollmann
Lyrics: Mark Hollmann & Greg Kotis

Rona Benson, James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, James Benjamin Cooper, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Melanie Rockwell, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

8. DUELING PHANTOMS

"Music Of The Night" (The Phantom of the Opera)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe

Roger Befeler, Kelly Lohman

"You Are Music" (Phantom)
Music & Lyrics: Maury Yeston
Ben McLain, Kelly Lohman

9. MANY WAYS TO DIE

"Lizzie Borden" (New Faces of 1952)
Music & Lyrics: Michael Brown
James Calvert, Robert Briscoe Evans, Susan Hull, Brandon Jones, Paul Keith, Susan Marie Keller, Laura Nickerson, Jud Shelton, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters

"Funeral Tango" (Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris)
Music & Lyrics: Jacques Brel
Rona Benson, Emily Janice Card, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Melanie Rockwell, Fred Sanders, Vanessa Whitney

"Just One Step" (Songs For A New World)
Music & Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown
Diane Pershing

"Clean Out The Freezer" (Nunsense)
Music & Lyrics: Dan Goggin
Rona Benson, Amanda Carlin, Susan Hull, Kelly Lohman, Melanie Rockwell

10. YOU'RE IN TROUBLE NOW

"Hello, Little Girl" (Into The Woods)
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Roger Befeler, Rona Benson

"All You Have To Do Is Wait" (City of Angels)
Music: Cy Coleman
Lyrics: David Sippel

Roger Befeler, Emily Janice Card, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Jud Shelton

"If You Hadn't But You Did" (Two On The Aisle)
Music: Jule Styne
Lyrics: Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Tracy Powell

11. A PICTURESQUE VACATION

"Welcome To Transylvania" (Young Frankenstein)
Music & Lyrics: Mel Brooks
James Benjamin Cooper, Brandon Jones, Ben McLain, Jud Shelton

"The Transylvania Mania" (Young Frankenstein)
Music & Lyrics: Mel Brooks
Rona Benson, James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, Amanda Carlin, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Susan Hull, Brandon Jones, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Diane Pershing, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Jud Shelton, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

12. THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE

"You Only Go Around Once" (City of Angels)
Music: Cy Coleman
Lyrics: David Sippel

James Benjamin Cooper, Susan Hull, Kelly Lohman, Jud Shelton

"All You Have To Do Is Wait" (City of Angels)
Music: Cy Coleman
Lyrics: David Sippel

Roger Befeler, Rona Benson, James Calvert, Emily Janice Card, Amanda Carlin, James Benjamin Cooper, Robert Briscoe Evans, Susan Hull, Brandon Jones, Paul Keith, Susan Marie Keller, Kelly Lohman, Ben McLain, Laura Nickerson, Diane Pershing, Tracy Powell, Melanie Rockwell, Fred Sanders, Jud Shelton, Michael Shepperd, Amanda Troop, Nicole Waters, Vanessa Whitney

   
Musical Director & Pianist
Michael Paternostro
Musical Supervision
John Rubinstein
Lighting Design
Carol Doehring
Graphic Design
Kevin Fabian
Sound Design
Adam Hankinson
Associate Director
Gwen Hillier
Drummer
Eli Hludzik
Bass
Fred Sanders
Sound Effects
Steve Hull
Costume Design
Vandy Scoates
Graphic Layout
Amanda Troop
Production Stage Manager
Casey Capoferri
Sponsored by:
Carol & Dom DeLuise, Scott Hendrick & Tony Foster, Deborah & Boyd Lewts, Dan & Sharon Lowenstein, Jack Rarick, Colleen McAndrews & Robert Wood
 
Produced by Barbara Matteson Cooper and Tracy Powell
 

 
INTERPLAY '08:
"Changes"
CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP
presented by
Interact Theatre Company
in association with
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Directed by Megan Zakarian Adell and James Calvert


presented at the NoHo Arts Center

11136 Magnolia Boulevard
North Hollywood


Saturday, August 23, 2008
at 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM
2 performances

THE CAST:
Branden Alberts
Misty Angel
Jesse Angel
Chris Angel
Grace Ardolino
Rowan Blanchard
Ella Jennings
Jesus Lopez
Cesar Mendez
Oscar Mendez
Thomasina Sanders
Ravela Clara Smith
Amy Solano
Rosamilia Solano
Alex Thompson
Camryn Thompson
Jorge Vigil
Joselyn Yang


INTERPLAYER ACTING COMPANY:

Casey Capoferri
Christopher Carillo
Tammy Cho
Tori Halote
Karina Lopez
Luis Solano
Monica Vigil
Jasmine Yang


Choreographer
Michael Owen
Dance
Steven Hack
Pianist
John Rubinstein
Stage Make-up
Jessica Bellinger
Writing
Deborah Pearl
Theatre/Imagination
Sharon Madden
Stage Manager
Matt Lemp

Produced by Jane Lanier and Marcy Capoferri
 

 

ACTOR UNDER FIRE

written and performed by James Gleason

Directed by Anita Khanzadian
 

presented by
SBW Productions & By The Skin Of Our Teeth Productions
in association with Interact Theatre Company
at The Sherry Theatre
11052 Magnolia Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA


December 5 - 21
12 Performances


THE CAST:

HIMSELF
James Gleason
   
Lighting Design
Peter Strauss
Video
Bob Gannon
Publicity
Philip Sokoloff
Co-Stage Manager
Danielle See
Stage Manager
Ricarda McKissock
 
Produced by Laura Weil Gleason and Alan Naggar