who’s afraid of VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Edward Albee’s

directed by christy yael-cox

you are invited over for drinks at george and martha’s. nothing will ever be the same.February 11 - march 13, 2016

i n t r e p i d : r e s o l u t e l y f e a r l e s s , b o l d , a u d a c i o u s , g u t s y

This play is many things. It is superbly written by one of the finest playwrights of our generation. It is a cornerstone of American theatre and will be considered a classic for generations to come. It is controversial not because of the language—profanity is barely used throughout this play—but because the themes and ideas resonate within us and gnaw away at a larger, more significant question within us.

The themes of this play can be vast in scope—we could talk about the cold war, the idealization of mid-20th century America, the spiritual themes, or the philosophical ones but my interest and curiosity about this play lies in the relationships.

I think this play, like most things in the world, is actually about love: new love that is shrouded in shame and secrets and old love that has been battered, abused and torn up into a million small pieces. Martha and George—symbols for so many larger ideas about this country and about humanity—are, to me, two people who love each other fiercely. And two people who must battle their own demons and their own brokenness to find their way back to each other. Although the larger themes are significant, it’s this smaller more domestic one that I believe allows this play to stir within us and ask us bigger questions about how we can all find our way back—to each other and to ourselves.

Intrepid is thrilled to be in a guest residency at Lamb’s Players Horton Grand Theatre. We hope you’ll join us for our next production, Woody Guthrie’s American Song, celebrating the story and music of Woody Guthrie and playing in downtown San Diego at the 10th Avenue Arts Center in East Village.

Christy Yael-Cox,Director of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,Producing Artistic Director, Intrepid Theatre Company

I n t r e p i d T h e a t r e C o m p a n y p r e s e n t s

who’s afraid ofVIRGINIA WOOLF?

Edward Albee’s

C A S T Martha Deborah Gilmour Smyth*

George Robert Smyth Nick Ross Hellwig*

Honey Erin Petersen

P R O D U C T I O N T E A M Director Christy Yael-Cox Stage Manager Cortney Cloud Dramaturg Tiffany Tang Scenic Design Mike Buckley Lighting Design Curtis Mueller Costume Design Jeanne Reith Sound Design and Original Music Kevin Anthenill Properties Master Bonnie Durben Stage Manager Cortney Cloud Technical Director Sean Yael-Cox Set Builders Matt Scott and Sean Yael-Cox Fight Choreography Jordan Miller Production Photography Daren Scott Publicity Photography Simpatika

S E T T I N GThe living room of a house on the campus of a small New England College. Fall 1962.

There will be two 10-minute intermissions.There will be one herbal cigarette used in this production.

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.*Denotes a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ROSS HELLWIG (Nick) is thrilled to be making his Intrepid Theatre Company debut in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? SAN DIEGO: Vincent in Brixton, Macbeth, Don Juan, Antony & Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It (The Old Globe); King O’ the Moon (North Coast Rep); and Edward II (Diversionary Theatre). EUROPE: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Vienna’s English Theatre).

NATIONAL TOUR: RFK: The Journey to Justice (LA Theatre Works). WEST COAST: Richard III, Measure for Measure, Twelfth Night, Antony & Cleopatra, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, and All’s Well that Ends Well (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company); Abigail/1702 (International City Theater); The Liar and The Lion in Winter (Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara); Crimes of the Heart and The Tempest (Rubicon Theatre Company); The Rainmaker (A Noise Within); and Photograph 51 (The Fountain Theatre). ELSEWHERE: Southwest Shakespeare Company, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre. FILM: The Selling. TELEVISION: Numb3rs, Law & Order: SVU, and Guiding Light. EDUCATION: MFA—The Old Globe/USD Graduate Theatre Program; BFA—The University of Arizona.

ERIN PETERSEN (Honey) is a resident artist as well as the Education Program Manager for Intrepid Theatre Company. Intrepid credits include Perdita (The Winter’s Tale), Hero (Much Ado About Nothing), Lydia (All My Sons), Witch (Macbeth), Polly (An Enemy of the People), Lady (Richard II), and Juliet (Romeo & Juliet), as well as numerous roles in Intrepid’s staged readings and their Shakespeare for a New

Generation Tour. Other credits include: Skinless, HickoryDickory, and Ten Cent Night with Moxie Theatre. When not onstage, Erin dabbles in costume design and enjoys working as a director, choreographer and teaching artist.

DEBORAH GILMOUR SMYTH (Martha) is Associate Artistic Director of Lamb’s Players Theatre. Deborah has been a member of the Lamb’s resident ensemble since 1979. Originally from the East Coast, she has lived all over the United States and went to school at San Francisco State University where she studied music and theatre. One of San Diego’s most active performers with over 200 productions to her credit,

she is a six-time recipient of the San Diego Theatre Critics’ Circle’s Craig Noel Award including Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play for Lamb’s 2013 production of Wit and Outstanding Female Performance in a Musical for her performance as Mother in Ragtime at Starlight Musical Theatre, for her role of Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza at Lamb’s Players, and for her role of Mrs. Lovett at Cygnet Theatre. She has been honored with Backstage West and numerous Patté awards for performance, original music, sound design. At Lamb’s Players, Deborah has performed in over 160 productions, directed over 70 productions, sound designed, written original music, or musically directed over 80 productions. Deborah enjoys the opportunity to be involved in an amazing ensemble that is the Lamb’s Players family. She and her husband, Producing Artistic

Director Robert Smyth, make their home in Coronado. Deborah is thankful and honored to be making her debut with Intrepid Theatre.

ROBERT SMYTH (George) is the Producing Artistic Director of Lamb’s Players Theatre. Under his leadership over the last 30 years, Lamb’s has grown to be one of the region’s premiere non-profit performing arts organizations. Robert has directed more than 150 productions, and performed in over 100, including favorite roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1776, Cyrano De Bergerac, The Boys Next Door, Freud’s Last

Session, and the one-man show Damien. He and his wife, director, actor, composer, Deborah Gilmour Smyth, make their home in Coronado.

CHRISTY YAEL-COX (Director/Producing Artistic Director) is the Co-founder of Intrepid Theatre Company. Recipient of the Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a small theatre company in 2014 by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle. Recent directing credits at Intrepid Theatre Company include End of the Rainbow by Peter Quilter, The Quality of Life by Jane Anderson (recipient of the for Outstanding Dramatic Production, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Ensemble), All My Sons by Arthur Miller (recipient of the San Diego Theatre Critics’ Circle’s Craig Noel Awards for Outstanding Dramatic Production and Outstanding Ensemble), Macbeth by William Shakespeare,

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In a fun and creative environment, campers develop theatre skills, gain confidence and develop social skills through collaboration and performance. Four professional teaching artists lead four separate classes focused on acting, singing, and dance, with one specialty class that varies from session to session depending on the themes within the play that week.  Examples of the specialty class include: improv, fight choreography, stage makeup, and puppetry.  The week will culminate in a showcase performance of the play for friends and family.

Young Actors Theatre Camp for Ages 6-15

Encinitas Community Center 9:00am to 3pm

One week campsJune 20 - August 5

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information, please visit www.intrepidtheatre.org

Oleanna by David Mamet, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Musical by William Shakespeare (Adapted by Christy Yael-Cox and Sean Yael-Cox), An Enemy of the People adapted by Arthur Miller based on the play by Henrik Ibsen, Richard II by William Shakespeare, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, King John by William Shakespeare. Producer of the acclaimed Shakespeare for a New Generation Education Tour.

MIKE BUCKLEY (Scenic Design) is pleased to be working with Intrepid for the first time, having designed scores of productions at Lambs Players Theatre, Moonlight Stage Productions, The Laguna Playhouse, San Diego Rep, and the Old Globe/USD MFA program. Recent favorites include West Side Story at Lambs, and set and lights for In the Heights at Southwestern College where he teaches technical theatre, design, and scriptwriting. Also a playwright, his romantic comedy The Hit had an extended run at LPT’s Coronado Theatre and then here at the Horton Grand Theatre. The winner of two Theatre Critic’s Circle Awards and five Patté Awards, Mike also designs residential interiors through his business, Weekend Makeover.

JEANNE REITH (Costume Design), who recently dressed Intrepid Theatre’s End of the Rainbow, returns to design for Lambs Players directors, Deborah and Robert Smyth, in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The first time she dressed these two was in 1990 for An Ideal Husband which won the Critics Circle Costume award that year. She currently serves as Resident Designer at Lambs Players Theatre, as Associate Artist for Cygnet, and has an occasional guest spot at San Diego Repertory Theatre. Dozens of her costume designs have received nominations and awards in LA, Santa Barbara, and San Diego, including Craig Noel, Patté, and LA Weekly Awards. Recent productions include Lamb’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Critics’ Craig Noel nomination) and Cygnet’s When the Rain Stops Falling. Jeanne also mentors and teaches classes at San Diego Mesa College and San Diego Continuing Education West City.

CURTIS MUELLER (Lighting Design) previously designed for Intrepid Theatre Company’s productions of End of the Rainbow, Quality of Life, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, I Hate Hamlet, All My Sons, Macbeth, Oleanna, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Past clients include The Army and Navy Academy, The AVO Playhouse, Cabaret at The Merc Summer Series, Canum Entertainment, Carlsbad Community Theater, Christian Community Theater, Compulsion Dance & Theater, Coronado School of The Arts, Diversionary Theatre, Encore Youth Theater, Fallbrook Players, Greenway Arts Alliance, Irvine High School, The Mission Theater, Mission Hills High School, Moonlight Stage Productions, New Village Arts, Oceanside Theater Company, The Old Globe Theater, Pasadena Musical Theater Program, Pasadena Playhouse, PGK Dance Project, Rancho Buena Vista High School, and San Dieguito Academy. Curtis holds a BFA in Lighting Design from California Institute of the Arts.

KEVIN ANTHENILL (Sound Design/Original Music) previously designed Intrepid’s End of the Rainbow. He is the Resident Sound Designer at San Diego Repertory Theatre,

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designing My Manana Comes, Violet, Everybody’s Talkin’, Honky, Steal Heaven, Red, and Zoot Suit, with original music for Uncanny Valley, Detroit, Boom, and In the Next Room. Recent design and music credits include The Old Globe’s All’s Well That Ends Well; Cygnet Theatre’s Shakespeare’s R&J; The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, and Maple and Vine; San Diego Musical Theatre’s West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, and La Cage aux Folles; USD/Old Globe’s Much Ado About Nothing and Measure for Measure; Diversionary Theatre’s Amazon’s and Their Men, Tru, Regrets only, Bare, and Thrill me; New Village Arts’ The Clean House; and Moxie Theatre’s The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek.

BONNIE DURBEN (Property Master) Intrepid Theatre: Hamlet, All My Sons, Macbeth, Diversionary Theatre She-Rantulas, Baby With The Bathwater, A New Brain, and Amazons and Their Men. Mira Costa Theatre: Seven, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and Urinetown. Moonlight Theatre Productions: The Music Man, Shrek, All Shook Up, and Big Fish. Bonnie is a member of the Society of Property Artisans and Managers.

CORTNEY CLOUD (Stage Manager) first worked with Intrepid as an Assistant Stage Manager for their production of Macbeth, and is thrilled to be working with them again on Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? Cortney has a BA in Theatre Arts from University of San Diego and her previous Stage Management credits include Bye, Bye Birdie and Cinderella with North County School of the Arts, Eurydice and The Spitfire Grill at the University of San Diego, as well as stage managing for the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus and the Miss Greater San Diego Pageants.

SEAN YAEL-COX (Artistic Director) is an Artistic Director and co-founder of Intrepid Theatre Company. Acting Roles for Intrepid: Leontes/Autolycus (The Winter’s Tale), Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Macbeth, Hamlet, Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Musical), Richard II, Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), John Proctor (The Crucible), the Man (The Turn of the Screw), and the Bastard (King John). Directing Credits: King John, Romeo and Juliet, An Enemy of the People, and The Winter’s Tale. He is Co-creator and director of Intrepid’s acclaimed Shakespeare for A New Generation Education Tour. Other San Diego Theatres: Lamb’s Players Theatre (Associate Artist), Cygnet Theatre, San Diego Rep, North Coast Rep, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Moxie, and The Fritz. Regional Credits include Texas, Nevada, and Idaho Shakespeare Festivals; Sierra Rep; LA Rep; and PCPA Theaterfest. Recipient of the 2014 Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a small theatre company by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle.

MARC STUBBLEFIELD (Managing Director) comes to Intrepid after two years as the Associate Production Manager at the La Jolla Playhouse. Prior to moving to California, Marc was the Director of Production at the Court Theatre in Chicago for 11 years, where he was also a Joseph Jefferson Award nominated Lighting Designer. He has dual MFAs from UCLA in Scenic Design and Production Management, and a BA in Theatre Production from Rice University.

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Playshops: Any play is available to study in Playshops.  An interactive hour-long workshop that integrates theatre into the classroom.

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School Tour 2016

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Marc StubblefieldManaging Director

Tiffany TangCommunications Director

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B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s

Founded by Christy and Sean Yael-Cox in a small downtown theatre,

Intrepid’s first season included the popular Midnight Macbeth and the critically-acclaimed smash hit King John which played to sold out houses.

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Year 1

The company moved north and launched Shakespeare For A New

Generation, an educational tour that takes plays and workshops into K-12 classrooms from San Diego to Los Angeles. To date, the school tour has been seen by over 55,000 students, many of whom had never before seen a Shakespeare play performed live.

Year 2

Intrepid continues with critically-acclaimed productions of The

Crucible (a co-production with Moxie Theatre), Richard II and An Enemy Of The People and begins a monthly Staged Reading Series at the Encinitas Library. 

Year 3

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Musical comes to life! This

original adaptation fused Shakespeare’s magical play with popular music from the 1950s and 1960s. The brainchild of Intrepid’s founders Christy and Sean, Midsummer, the Musical quickly became an audience favorite, selling out so often that it returned the following year and garnered Intrepid its first Craig Noel Award for featured performer (Phil Johnson as Bottom). Year 4 also saw the well-received productions of Hamlet and Oleanna as well as the inception of Camp Intrepid, a summer drama camp for kids ages 6-15.

Year 4

Intrepid solidifies its presence in the San Diego theatre community with

vibrant productions of Macbeth, I Hate Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and the Craig Noel Award-winning production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, which took home Outstanding Ensemble as well as Outstanding Dramatic Production at the 2014 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, Intrepid was awarded the 2014 Don Braunagel Award for Outstanding Work by a Small Theatre Company.

Year 5

Intrepid raised the bar with the San Diego premiere of The Quality

Of Life which brought the controversy of end-of-life options into conversation. At the recent Critics Circle Awards, this production was honored with Outstanding Dramatic Production, Outstanding Ensemble, and Outstanding Direction of a play by Christy Yael-Cox. Shakespeare Unplugged took flight this year with The Winter’s Tale, the company returned downtown with the wildly popular End Of The Rainbow and was also selected to be the first in Lamb’s Players Guest Residency Program at the Horton Grand Theatre with the Edward Albee’s masterpiece Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?

Year 6

Intrepid continues production in downtown San Diego, setting up

shop at the Tenth Ave Arts Center to conclude Season Six with the San Diego premiere of Woody Guthrie’s American Song. The soon-to-be-announced Season Seven will feature productions that reflect the intrepid heart of this company.

Year 7

Years7

Woody Guthrie’sAmerican sonG

Songs and Writings by

Woody Guthrie

Conceived and Adapted by

Peter Glazer

June 30 - July 31, 2016

“An exuberant musical celebration of our nation, our history, and our shared humanity” –Seattle Times

“Bound for Glory,” “Nine Hundred Miles,” “This Land Is Your Land.” We all know them and we’ve sung them – songs about the open road, fighting for one’s rights, and the beauty of nature. Now meet the man that brought them all to life. As he looked for work and his next meal, Woody sang the stories of a whole nation determined to survive the Great Depression. Pull up a chair and join with us in discovering and celebrating the great American who gave our country its voice.

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