Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Presents

Holmes and WatsonBy Jeffrey Hatcher

DirectorRon May

Scenic Design Original Music and Sound Design Pauline Oleksy Christopher Kriz ^+

Costume and Make-up Design Properties Design Rachel Lambert Amanda Herrmann

Lighting Design Fight Director Claire Chrzan John Tovar #

Artistic Director Associate Artistic Director Connie Canaday Howard +* Amelia Barrett +*

CAST (in order of appearance)Watson ...................................................................................................................Norm Woodel+Dr. Evans ..................................................................................................................... Matt Penn*Orderly .............................................................................................................Steven WintersteinMatron ....................................................................................................................Robyn Coffin +Holmes 1 ................................................................................................................Kurt Naebig +*Holmes 2 .....................................................................................................................Ken BordenHolmes 3 ................................................................................................................... Mike Speller

Place: An asylum on the island of Starkhaven, Scotland and other places.Time: 1894

There will be no intermission.

Please note: This production will have simulated gun shots and haze.

Presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service

The world premiere of Holmes and Watson was originally commissioned and produced by the Arizona Theatre Company (David Ira Goldstein, Artistic Director),

Tuscon/Phoenix Arizona, in May 2017.

Sept. 5 – Oct. 6, 2019Playhouse Theatre, McAninch Arts Center

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or with-out a flash are strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devises, such as cell phones and watches.

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PRODUCTION STAFFStage Manager ............................................................................................... Stephanie Hurovitz*Assistant Stage Manager .......................................................................................... Anthony UrsoBTE Production Manager ................................................................................... Danielle WisemanBTE Stage Management Scholar .........................................................................Christopher Yee ◊Charge Artist ...............................................................................................................Emily MooreAssistant Sound Designer ..........................................................................................Alec DicksonDialect Coach ......................................................................................................Amelia Barrett+* Technical Director .................................................................................................. Sabrina ZeidlerScene Shop Manager ........................................................................................ Michael W. Moon+Scenic and Lighting Technicians ....................................Mary Ahlert, Jim Alop, Ethan Kamperman,

Michael Krane, Phillip Laricchia, Monsieur Mason, Brandon Torres, Kris Trapani, Miles Zable

Costume Shop Manager .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Supervisor ............................................................................Gretchen WoodleyCostume Shop Assistants ............................................................... Dunja Cicek, Nathan DittemoreWardrobe ......................................................................................................................Kyle Krisch

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Director and Acting ShadowsThis is an invited opportunity for select students who are working at the level of at least Acting II and/or Directing to shadow a theatre professional and gain meaningful insight into developing a character.

Acting and Directing Shadows ....................................... Trevor Frueh, Rylan Johnson, Kyle Krisch, Lucy LaPlaca, Faith Ley, Kailey Nelson, Gina Robertelli

+ Member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers^ Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829# Member of The Society of American Fight Directors◊ BTE Stage Management Scholarship Recipient

DIRECTOR’S NOTEA lot of successful filmmakers have had their share of duds.

Few seem to get the kind of “get out of jail free” cards that are dealt to M. Night Shyamalan.

I suspect that has much to do with the overwhelming success of his first jaw-dropper The Sixth Sense. A film that leads you one way only to completely pull the rug out from under you in the last reel subverting everything you thought was real and sending you spinning deliriously trying to recalibrate some sense of reality. You thought you were ahead of things the whole time only to find out the story was actually way ahead of YOU.

That’s a profoundly enjoyable experience…that kind of surprise. The proliferation of eleventy million versions of Law and Order – which operate on that same, “whodunit, I bet you can’t surprise me” — logic attests to it. We eat it up.

And with every new Shyamalan film comes the hope that perhaps THIS will be the one to capture the magic that first one brought us. THIS will be the one to surprise us the way that one did. The promise of that particular kind of magic is something so intensely exciting it’s almost like it’s wired into our DNA.

It’s precisely the kind of twisted magic at work in many Sherlock Holmes stories — and especially the one we’ve had the joy of playing with — Jeffrey Hatcher’s Holmes and Watson.

The ending is many things.

Elementary…is not one of them.

Much like the show you’re about to enjoy, you’ll have a handful of secrets yourself at the conclusion of the evening.

You’ll know the ending.

And then it’ll be your turn to keep the secrets.~ RM

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Matt Penn* (Dr. Evans) Across the U.S., Canada, and parts of Europe, Penn has worked in the theatre. Selected productions include: The Illusion, Antony & Cleopatra, Midsummer’s Night Dream (Stratford Festival, Canada); Othello, Winter’s Tale,

Tempest, As You Like It (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Silence, world premiere, (Milwaukee Rep/Subaru Theatre, Tokyo); The King’s Face, U.S. premiere (Illinois Shakespeare Fest); The California Incident, world premiere (Shakespeare Project). Nineteen seasons with the acclaimed Shaw-Chicago Company in leading roles such as Pygmalion, The Devil’s Disciple, St. Joan, Candida, Misalliance, and The Philanderer. Penn resides in the farthest north side of Chicago near Indian Village; ah, the smell of curry in the morning! He is thrilled to be able to drop in and share the stage with this tremendously talented and generous group of actors and artists. “The game’s afoot” to be sure!

Mike Speller (Holmes 3) of Crest Hill, IL began his professional acting career educating kids for CLIMB Theatre (MN), acting with Fanny Hill Dinner Theatre (WI), then opening Walt Disney World’s Adventurers Club. His Chicagoland

credits include Timeline (No End of Blame), City Lit (Jeeves in the Morning, Right Ho Jeeves, The Gilded Age), Lifeline (Cat’s Cradle, Sirens of Titan), New World Rep (Hamlet Remix’d, An Inspector Calls, Betrayal), Spartan (The Pillowman), and Mary-Arrchie (The December Man) companies. Not to mention he’s celebrating his 23rd year as part of The Mystery Shop’s versatile ensemble. He’s glad to be returning to BTE after a long absence!

Steven Winterstein (Orderly) is very happy to be working with BTE for the first time. Recent productions include Admissions (Theater Wit), Traitor and Evening at the Talkhouse (A Red Orchid Theater), and Hero’s Wife (16th Street Theater). By

day a full-time Pilates instructor, Winterstein is the owner of Kinetic Axis Pilates and Bodywork in Lincoln Park.

Norm Woodel+ (Watson) He’s back! Having died right before the intermission in BTE’s “Outside Mullingar” last season, this season Woodel is not only alive and kicking in Holmes & Watson, he’s now a BTE Ensemble

Member and a Member of the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Board. “BTE was the first Theatre Company to put me on stage in the Chicago area when I moved here some 29 years ago. I have always been enormously grateful for that,” Woodel says. He has awards for Advertising, Journalism, and a Jeff Award for Best Supporting Actor as the father in Griffin Theater Companies production of Golden Boy. Woodel’s credits include TV’s Chicago PD and Matlock, films like The Client and Radio Land Murders, music videos with Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire, and he’s long been one of Chicago’s most successful voice artists having voiced The Unexplained on A&E, as well as promos and commercials for the likes of CBS News, ESPN, Subway, Chevy, and the famous Hillary Clinton 3AM political ad.

Ken Borden (Holmes 2) is honored to be in his fifth production with BTE where he has appeared as Sir Lucius O’Trigger (The Rivals), Guildenstern (Hamlet), Nat Ackerman (Death Knocks), and Roger (Wasp). For two decades, Borden has been an acting

instructor at College of DuPage, UT Austin, and Joliet Junior College. (At COD, he has also directed, assistant directed, and been a voice coach for student productions.) Borden studied at DePaul Goodman School of Drama, holds a BS in Theatre from Illinois State University (where he was a nominee for a Kennedy Center Acting Award), and earned an MFA in Acting from UT Austin (where he was the National Society of Arts and Letters — National Acting Runner-Up). In regional theatre, some favorite roles include Lopahkin (The Cherry Orchard) at Court Theatre, Polonius (Hamlet) with Illinois Shakespeare Festival, John Proctor (The Crucible) with Actors Repertory Company, and Stephano/understudy for Prospero (The Tempest) with Shakespeare on the Green. In his other life, Borden is a leading breeder and trainer of award-winning horses for dressage, hunter/jumper, and eventing at his family’s Little Bit Farm. He is a United States Dressage Federation Gold Medalist, a judge (L-Graduate with Distinction), and an in-demand clinician.

Robyn Coffin+ (Matron) is thrilled to be working with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, where she is a proud company member! Coffin grew up in Downers Grove and currently resides in Chicago. She can be seen as Cindy Herrmann on NBC’s

Chicago Fire. Other TV/film credits include Empire, Hot Date, Widows, Surprise Me!, Every 21 Seconds and Unexpected. Theatre credits

include Sycamore, Don’t Go Gentle, White Trash Wedding and a Funeral, At Ease, Spirits to Enforce and A Silent Christmas Carol. Robyn teaches On-Camera Level 1, Level 2 and Pro On-Camera classes at Vagabond School of the Arts, where she is also a coach for actors. She was a student/Belushi Scholarship recipient at College of DuPage, is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago and is represented by DDO Artists Agency.

Kurt Naebig +* (Holmes 1) is a member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble and has directed Defiance; The 39 Steps; Don’t Dress For Dinner; Leading Ladies; Trumbo: Red, White, and Blacklisted; The Drawer Boy; Moonlight and Magnolias; Italian

American Reconciliation; The Melville Boys; Lost In Yonkers; Sylvia; Fuddy Meers; The Country Club; Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me; and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof here. He recently directed a web series called VC (Venture Capitalists: The Web Series) and co-directed the web series Humane Resources. Naebig is also an actor and graduate of The Juilliard School and has been on stage at Steppenwolf Theatre, Portland Stage, Milwaukee’s Pabst Theatre, National Jewish Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare and A Red Orchid Theatre. Favorite roles include Merrick in The Elephant Man, Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire, Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Valene in The Lonesome West, Trotter in The Mousetrap and Bobby in American Buffalo. He has also appeared in such films as Public Enemies, Road to Perdition, The Express, Witless Protection, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Dillinger, Howard Beach: Making the Case for Murder, and TV episodes of APB, Chicago PD, Empire, The Red Line, Sense8, Chicago Fire, The Chicago Code, Detroit 1-8-7, ER and PrisonBreak. Naebig is a teacher, the former artistic director of The Theatre of Western Springs and an Acting Coach at Acting Studio Chicago.

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CAST PROFILES CAST PROFILES

Mike Pesola (Understudy, Holmes 3) is pleased to be back with BTE. He previously understudied on Time Stands Still as James. Pesola’s favorite credits include: La Ronde (COD), As You Like It (COD) and The Complete Works of

William Shakespeare: Abridged (PPT).

Vic Polites (Understudy, Holmes 1) has been involved with dozens of community and professional theatre productions in Chicago and in Western Michigan over the last fifteen years. Most recently, he appeared in Don’t Dress for

Dinner (Oil Lamp Theatre); previous credits include And Then There Were None and Lend Me a Tenor (North Riverside Players),Bleacher Bums (Brightside Theatre), Romeo & Juliet — 10 Years Later (Bravo Theatre), and the web series Losers, as well as understudying Mark Roberts’ New Country (Fair Trade).

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Jay Cook (Understudy, Watson) is delighted to be part of the Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s production of Holmes and Watson. His past stage work includes At Home at the Zoo, A Man for All Seasons, The God Committee, Love

Letters, California Suite as well the musicals The White City and Fairways. He also starred in three successful one-man cabaret shows; On the Way to Now, Song And Dance Man and But Wait! There’s More! Other performances include appearing at Park West in Chicago, two television commercials and several independent films.

Ben Dooley (Understudy, Orderly) Over the last 30 years Dooley had appeared in a wide range of stage plays and musicals as well as numerous commercials, training videos, audio books, toys and just about

everything there is for an actor in the city of Chicago to do. And that was all before he became a Master Certified Life and Business coach. This show marks his semi-debut and coming out of theatrical semi-retirement as a BTE understudy. Interestingly, years ago he was in an original adaptation of five classic Sherlock Holmes stories.

Rich Kropp (Understudy, Dr. Evans) is delighted to be a part of a Buffalo Theater Ensemble production for the first time. He has appeared in many productions, his favorites being Cadillac, Dracula, The Melville Boys, Unnecessary Farce

and Radium Girls at the Theatre of Western Springs, Time Stands Still and Communicating Doors at Village Theater Guild, and Rabbit Hole at Grove Players.

Daniel Vaughn Manasia (Understudy, Holmes 2) is thrilled to be joining Buffalo Theater Ensemble for the first time. He has been fortunate to train with some of Chicago’s finest talents at Acting Studio Chicago, Vagabond, Blue Door

Collective, iO Improv and Theater Momentum.

Stephanie Murphy (Understudy, Matron) is thrilled to be working with BTE for the second time, having last understudied for The Dingdong in 2018. Chicago credits include work with HartLife NFP, Mercy Street Theatre, MadKap Productions, and others. Other

regional credits include The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Murphy also writes and performs as half of the two woman comedy team The B-Plot. She has studied at The Second City and IO, and has an MFA in Performance from the University of Georgia.

UNDERSTUDY PROFILES UNDERSTUDY PROFILES

Naked Theatre (As Bees in Honey Drown, Valparaiso); Mesa Community College (Good N Plenty*, Mr. Burns: a post-electric play); Black Theatre Troupe, ASU’s Mainstage, and Planet Earth Theatre (Shopping and Fucking, Polaroid Stories) [*asterisk denotes ariZoni Award for Best Overall Production].

Acting credits include Crumpet the Elf in The Santaland Diaries at Arizona Theatre Company, Francis Henshall in Phoenix Theatre’s One Man, Two Guv’nors, Gil Pepper in Stray Cat’s Year of the Rooster, Mike Daisey in The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at Actors Theatre and The Trump Card at Stray Cat Theatre, Millett in Nearly Naked Theatre’s Fuddy Meers and Mason Marzac in Nearly Naked Theatre’s Take Me Out.

During the summer of 2001, he spent time in New York as a fellow in The Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab. He was named a finalist for the 2018 Zelda Fichandler Award recognizing an individual who has made, and who continues to make, a significant contribution to their community through extraordinary work in theatre in the Western region of the United States (defined as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). He was also nominated as an Artist for the 2019 Governor’s Arts Award. May currently pays the bills working at Arizona Theatre Company in Phoenix.

Amelia Barrett +* (Dialect Coach, Associate Artistic Director) is thankful to call BTE her artistic home. She has acted in numerous BTE productions over the years, most recently playing Margie in the Jeff Recommended Good People. She has appeared with regional companies such as Idaho Repertory Theatre, internationally at the Edinburgh Festival and in Chicago venues such as City Lit and the Cactus Theatre. In addition, she directs for the company; her most recent projectwas The Underpants. She has served as dialect coach for multiple BTE and College productions, most recently Miracle on South Division Street. Barrett is professor of Theater at College of DuPage. She is a proud member

of both Actors’ Equity and the Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of Film and Radio Artists. She holds a master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis from Columbia College Chicago.

Connie Canaday Howard +* (Artistic Director) is a member of BTE’s acting ensemble and has also directed numerous productions for BTE, with some favorites being Time Stands Still, Good People, Rabbit Hole, Noises Off, Into The Woods, Dancing at Lughnasa and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Other favorite directing projects with COD, where she is Chair of the Theater Department and has directed countless productions, have been Grease, The Diary of Anne Frank, Taming of the Shrew and The Heidi Chronicles, which received the award for best non-professional production in Chicagoland. Ms. Canaday Howard holds a M.F.A in directing, and has worked regionally with Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, City Theatre Company, Belvoir Terrace, Drama Workshop, Down River Dinner Theatre, Ingersoll Theatre, Charlie’s Showplace, and tours of both theatre and dance, as well as helping to create and perform several improvisational shows. She serves on the Artistic Team of the Joseph Jefferson committee, and adjudicates for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Ms. Canaday Howard was COD’s Outstanding Faculty for 2003–2004.

Claire Chrzan (Lighting Design) is a Chicago based lighting designer. This is her second production with BTE after previously designing Time Stands Still. Other recent credits include Radio Golf, Frankenstein (Court Theatre); The Brother’s Size (Steppenwolf SYA); Yen, Suddenly Last Summer (Raven Theatre); The Room, The Mutilated (A Red Orchid Theatre); Hamlet (The Gift); Fun Harmless Warmachine (The New Colony); We’re Gonna Die, Fear and Misery in the Third Reich (Haven) Caught (Sideshow); Dada Woof Papa Hot, Bull in a China Shop (About Face); Winning Works (2017–2019; Joffrey Ballet’s Joffrey Academy). In her spare time, Chrzan is a facilitator with the ABLE ensemble (Artists Breaking

Jeffrey Hatcher (Playwright). Hatcher’s Broadway credits include: Never Gonna Dance (book). Off-Broadway credits include: Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; The Government Inspector at Red Bull Theater; Scotland Road and The Turn Of The Screw at Primary Stages; Lucky Duck (book with Bill Russell) at the New Victory Theater; Tuesdays With Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at the Minetta Lane Theatre; Murder by Poe, The Turn of the Screw, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court at the Acting Company; Ten Chimneys at Peccadillo Theater Company; Neddy at American Place; and Fellow Travelers at Manhattan Punchline. Other theatre credits include: Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Armadale, Korczak’s Children, Work Song (w/ Eric Simonson), To Fool the Eye, Sherlock Holmes and the Suicide Club, Jeffrey Hatcher’s Hamlet, The Scarecrow and His Servant, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Critic, Holmes and Watson, and others at the Guthrie, the Old Globe, Yale Rep, the Geffen, Seattle Rep, Huntington Theatre Company, the Shakespeare Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, San Jose Rep, the Empty Space, Indiana Rep, Children’s Theatre Company, History Theatre, Madison Rep, Intiman Theatre, Illusion Theater, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre, City Theater, Studio Arena, and dozens more in the US and abroad. FILM/TV: Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, Mr. Holmes, The Good Liar, Columbo, Murder at the Cannes Film Festival and The

Mentalist. GRANTS/AWARDS: NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award (Best New Play), and the 2013 Ivey Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member and/or alumnus of the Playwrights’ Center, the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild, and New Dramatists.

Ron May (Director) is a proud College of DuPage alumnus from many moons ago. He was the recipient of the John Belushi Scholarship, performed in 13 shows and studied under Connie Canaday Howard - who remains a huge influence on what he’s doing today. He is thrilled to be returning to his old stomping grounds in a new capacity with the honor of working at BTE. After COD, he went on to become the founding Artistic Director for Stray Cat Theatre in Phoenix, AZ — celebrating their 18th Season in 2019–2020. Selected credits include Stupid Kids, The Dianalogues, The Laramie Project, A Clockwork Orange, [sic], The Normal Heart, The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love/Suicide, Trainspotting, 4.48 Psychosis, A Number, Pulp*, Everything Will Be Different, An Impending Rupture of the Belly, columbinus*, Blackbird, The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later, Speech and Debate*, Learn to be Latina*, Octopus, Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Heddatron, Wolves*, Sons of the Prophet, The Flick, The Whale, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Brothers Size*, Pluto, Sex with Strangers (co-production with Arizona Theatre Company), Stupid Fucking Bird, American Idiot, John, Native Son, Hir, Kiss, Mercury*, Hand to God (co-production with Phoenix Theatre), The Antipodes, and Let the Right One In (*asterisk denotes ariZoni Award for Best Overall Production). He will direct American Psycho: The Musical and Dance Nation for Stray Cat in the coming season. http://straycattheatre.org

Outside the kitty condo, May has directed for Phoenix Theatre (Buyer & Cellar*, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson*), Actors Theatre (Seminar, Hunter Gatherers, This, boom, Augusta, The Pursuit of Happiness), Nearly

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Stephanie Hurovitz* (Stage Manager) is thrilled and honored to be back at BTE a year after stage managing The Dingdong or How the French Kiss. She had the privilege of working with some wonderful Canadians on Gilgamesh and Enkidu, which was a part of the Pivot Festival this past June. She has stage managed nine shows with Teatro Vista Theatre Company since 2012: the world premiere of The Abuelas (2019); American Jornalero (2018); the world premiere of The Madres (2018); Jeff nominated The Wolf At The End Of The Block (2017); In the Time of the Butterflies (2016); My Mañana Comes (2015); the world premiere of Between You, Me, and the Lampshade (2015); Jeff Award winning A View From the Bridge (2014); and the world premiere of i put the fear of mexico in ’em (2012). Other Chicago credits include: Tender Napalm (Quick + Dirty Productions); Dance for Beginners (Piven Theatre Workshop); The Taming of the Shrew (Oak Park Festival Theatre); Animals Out of Paper (Shattered Globe Theatre); In Love and Warcraft (Halcyon Theatre Company); My Own Invention and The Bard Unraveled (Innervation Dance Cooperative); and An Inspector Calls (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company), to name a few.

Anthony Urso (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble again! Having understudied for previous BTE shows Improbable Fiction (Male Understudy) and The Ding Dong or How the French Kiss (Understudy Actor #2), he is ecstatic for this opportunity to get backstage and to continue working with this talented and hardworking group of artists. Urso is a Chicago Theatre artist who has directed at The Second City (Yes And(ish) and Killing Scrooge) and was featured in Semi Charmed: A 90s Love Story (Ensemble) also at The Second City and with Gorilla Tango Theatre in their New Author Series production of …because I Love You (Mike/Logan). Urso would like to thank his family and fiancé, Brittany, for always believing in and supporting him in all of his theatrical endeavors.

Danielle Wiseman (Prodution Manager) is happy to be continuing to work with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble again. A graduate from Illinois State University, Wiseman has a degree in Theatre, specializing in stage management, scenic painting and props. She is also an alumni from College of DuPage. Her past credits include Miracle on South Division Street (Assistant Stage Manager/PM), Defiance (Assistant Stage Manager/PM), The Ding Dong: Or How The French Kiss (Assistant Stage Manager/ PM), Outside Mullingar (Assistant Stage Manager), Good People (Stage Manager), Don’t Dress For Dinner (Stage Manager), Noises Off (Properties Designer), Anon(ymous) (Scenic Charge Artist), Picnic (Stage Manager), A Flea in Her Ear (Assistant Stage Manager), Rock ’n Roll (Assistant Stage Manager), A Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) and Fools (Stage Manager).

Christopher Yee ◊ (BTE Stage Management Scholar) is very excited and humbled to be working with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble as an ASM for this show. Previously he has been onstage in 1984 and Godspell at College of DuPage.

Sabrina Zeidler (Technical Director) is pleased to be back as Technical Director for BTE. She is an Assistant Production Manager for the McAninch Arts Center. As a former technical director for Hinsdale South High School, her favorite set she has traveled was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which was selected to perform for the Illinois High School Theater Festival. She is a graduate of Elmhurst College with a BA in Theatre-Stage Management, Design and Technology, and Theatre Arts Administration. While there, she received accolades from the Kennedy Center for her work in Stage Management on shows such as, The Country Wife, and Sweeney Todd. One of her favorite roles she has played in the theatre is the puppeteer for Audrey II in a production of Little Shop of Horrors. She sits on the board of the Summer Place Theatre in Naperville, where she has held countless roles, starting as a volunteer and working her way through the company. Her previous work at The MAC has been as the Technical Director or Properties Designer for the DuPage Opera Theatre, and Stage Manager for the New Philharmonic.

Limits and Expectations). Chrzan grew up in Des Plaines, IL. clairechrzandesigns.com

Amanda Herrmann (Properties Design) is excited to be working with The Buffalo Theater Ensemble for the first time! Chicago credits include: Frankenstein, Acts of God, Steadfast Tin Soldier, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Hard Times, Beyond Caring, Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth, Life Sucks and Moby Dick (Lookingglass Theatre); Anna Karenina (Joffrey Ballet); How to be a Rock Critic (Steppenwolf Theater); Frankenstein, Hang, Pirandello’s Henry IV, Fallen Angels (Remy Bumppo Theatre); Book of Will, Miss Bennet (Northlight Theater) Miss Holmes, The Hollow, Tin Woman (Peninsula Players Theater). Hermann is a graduate of Ripon College with a BA in Theater and Art.

Christopher Kriz ^+ (Original Music and Sound Design) is an award winning composer and sound designer based in Chicago, and is a company member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. Winner of 4 Joseph Jefferson Awards with a total of 19 nominations, Kriz’s recent BTE designs include: The 39 Steps (Jeff nomination), Defiance, Outside Mullingar and Time Stands Still. Chicago: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Remy Bumppo, Victory Gardens, Timeline, The Gift Theatre, American Blues, and many others. Regional: Seattle Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and many summer seasons at Peninsula Players. Kriz is a proud memberof United Scenic Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please visit christopherkriz.com.

Rachel Lambert (Costume and Make-up Design) is so happy to be working with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble again, having previously designed Time Stands Still and The Dingdong. Her other Chicago design credits include Santaland Diaries and The King of Hell’s Palace (Goodman Theatre); Twist Your Dickens (The Second City); Mothers and Sons (Northlight Theatre); Puff: Believe It or Not, Henry IV, Travesties and Northanger Abbey (Jeff nominations — Remy Bumppo Theatre); Silent Sky, Cymbeline, Merchant of Venice, and

Romeo & Juliet (First Folio — Jeff nomination); Elizabeth Rex and Much Ado About Nothing (Oak Park Festival Theatre); A Swell in the Ground (The Gift); A Perfect Ganesh, Intimate Apparel (Jeff nomination — Eclipse Theatre); The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Magic Flute (DePaul School of Music); Rose (Greenhouse Theatre); Next to Normal (BoHo Theatre); The Drowning Girls (Signal Ensemble); and American Myth (American Blues Theatre). Regionally she has designed for Peninsula Players and the Texas Shakespeare Festival.

Pauline Oleksy (Scenic Design) is a Chicago based scenic and exhibit designer from Illinois. She has earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Scenic Design from Northern Illinois University and offers services in corporate and exhibit design, 3D pre-visualization, and properties/scenic design for theatre. Some of her recent scenic design credits include: Grace (Interrobang Theatre Project), Outside Mullingar and The Dingdong (Buffalo Theatre Ensemble), She Kills Monsters and Young Frankenstein (Elgin Community College), and Some Like it Red (The Plagiarists).

John Tovar # (Fight Director) John is thrilled to be back at BTE, choreographing his 12th production with this amazing company. Tovar has choreographed over 300 productions in his career with companies all across the Midwest. Recently, Tovar won the 2019 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity award for Fight Choreography for his work on Girl in the Red Corner with Broken Nose Theatre Company. He is a Fight Director and Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. Lastly, Tovar received his MFA in Directing from Illinois State University, where he serves on faculty, teaching in the areas of acting, directing and stage combat.

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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble2019–2020 Ensemble Sponsorships

We gratefully acknowledge a special group of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble sponsors. With a financial commitment of $500 or more, these donors help bring our stories to life by “sponsoring” an Ensemble member for the season. Sponsorship includes:

• Recognition in show program for entire season

• Backstage tour for one production

• Two additional complimentary tickets to the show of donor’s choice

• One-on-one visit with “your artist” (at a mutually agreed upon location such as the theatre,

a coffee shop)

• Invitation to attend opening night post-show receptions

2019–2020 sponsors include:

• B Allendorfer Roofing & Contracting (Ballendorfer.com), sponsoring Norm Woodel

• Carolyn and Eric Oesterle, sponsoring Bryan Burke

• Cindy and Robert Wunderlich, sponsoring Robert Jordan Bailey

• Don Westlake, sponsoring Loretta Hauser

• Ida Hagman, sponsoring Amelia Barrett

• Jean Hawkinson, sponsoring Jon Gantt

• John K. Rutledge, sponsoring Kurt Naebig

• Kathy Wessel, sponsoring Rebecca Cox and Kelli Walker

• Kristin and Peter Shulman, sponsoring Robert Jordan Bailey

• Norm Woodel, sponsoring Kurt Naebig

• Peggy Connolly, sponsoring Michael W. Moon and Galen G. Ramsey

• Sandra Sansone Brennan, sponsoring Nick DuFloth

• ShankerValleau Wealth Advisors (ShankerValleau.com), sponsoring Norm Woodel

• Steve Schroeder, sponsoring Lisa Dawn

• Terry and Maureen Taylor, sponsoring William “Sandy” Smillie

• The Blue Berry Farmer (TheBlueBerryFarmer.com), sponsoring Norm Woodel

Guest designers for the season sponsored by Ensemble member Amelia Barrett.Guest directors for the season sponsored by Ensemble member Connie Canaday Howard.

Note that some donors give at a “sponsorship level” but do not wish to be acknowledged as a sponsor. For all of our donors, at all levels, we share our deep gratitude. Thank you.

If you are interested in becoming an Ensemble sponsor, please call 630.942.2100 or email ab@btechicago.com

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble is a designated 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Your donation may be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. Please check with your tax advisor.

Acknowledgements

BTE would like to acknowledge the generous support ofthe College of DuPage Board of Trustees.

BTE would like to thank the DuPage Foundation for their generous support in the reinstatement and continued operation of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble in its 33rd season.

BTE also thanks the Norm Woodel Inspiration Fund for its assistance in the rebirth and further development of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble.

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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble

For more than 33 years, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) played a major role in the cultural community of College of DuPage and the surrounding area, through the marriage of committed permanent ensemble members, fine Chicagoland artists, and great theatrical works. We gratefully acknowledge the donors who have made it possible to return for our 33rd season. This list of donors reflects contributions made from September 2017 through August 2019. While we carefully prepared this listing, we recognize that errors may occur. Please accept our apology if you are not properly represented on this list and contact BTE at (630) 942-2100 so we may correct our records.

Benefactor ($3000 and above)Katherine Balek DuPage Foundation Jean Hawkinson Network for Good Carolyn & Eric Oesterle John K. Rutledge Scott Vesely Donald Westlake, in Memory of Helen Gum Westlake Norman Woodel

Dream Maker ($1000–$2999)Amelia Barrett Michael Boyna Connie Canaday Howard Peggy Connolly Ida Hagman George and Mary Hall Art Hirsch Jessica Lippman Maggie and Mike McCoy Karen Owen Nathan Schuette Maureen and Terrence Taylor Kathy Wessel Robert Wunderlich

Imaginer ($500–$999) Brian Allendorfer Robert Bailey Deborah Borge Sharon Brockmeier Mary Sue Brown Charles Buege Robert and Nancy Casey Kathleen Drennan Dr. James & Judy Dunlap Phil Gelber

Elizabeth, Brooke and Ayden Harrington Harold and Karyl McAninich Tom and Karen Pulver Merrill and Janet Rajeck Sandra Sansone Brennan Shanker Valleau Wealth AdvisorsKristin and Peter Shulman James and Linda SmedinghoffKelli Walker

Director’s Circle ($250–$499) Mary Bacci and Renato Bacci Jr. John E. and Suzanne R. Buntrock Marcia and Arthur Burke Robert Cappetta Chipotle Community Roots Lisa Crank Robin DyeDonald and Catherine Fischer Kenneth and Debra Fulks Charles and Phyllis GoodmanRebekah and Rodney Harris Loretta HauserJohn and Emily Herndon Cynthia Ann and Andrew Johnson Dennis Johnson Richard and Mary Kuhn Robert and Jean Lindsey Kathleen McCullough Colleen and Dale Moir Gwen O’LoughlinLinda Osanka Edward and Bernadine Pillar Pamela Pipkin William Podgorski Alfred and Lorraine Schuller

William Smillie Arnold R. and Susan M. Stenvog Gloria P. and Kennan Sullivan Haruo Kurokawa and Hal TempleMarcy and David Uphoff Bonnie Wheaton Rich and Kathy Wilders Jo Anne Zipperer Mary Ann and Walt Zlotow

Rising Star (up to $249) Angela AbramiteAnne AhlertMichael AikinsShamili AjgaonkarPeggy AldworthBarbara and Lowell AndersonRon and Judith AndersonChristine AumentShannon BachelderDaniel BarnettJoy BarrellDianne BatzkallCarol and Johann BayerBob and Betty BeckerMark BegovichSusan BellKenneth and Annabel BergmanMartha and Ray BrightNancy BurkePatrick and Joanne CallahanMargaret CanonMaura CanzanoBenjamin CaracelloToni ChapmanMichael ChurchRay and Melissa CliffRobyn Coffin

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (“BTE”) is a 501(c)(3) not for profit, professional theatre company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (“MAC”) on the campus of the College of DuPage.

But ticket revenues only cover a portion of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s operating expenses. The rest must be raised through contributions, the majority of which comes in the form of gifts from individuals like you.

It’s because of our close circle of friends that BTE is able to return and explore new ideas and provocative issues through the production of professional, high quality theater for the enjoyment of its audiences.

The resident ensemble brings professional theatre to DuPage County and at the same time enhances the training of students in Theatre at the College of DuPage, providing opportunities for students to develop their talents alongside working theatre artists. We invite you to become a part of this family of supporters by joining the Friends of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. For more information, visit btechicago.com. Please consider dropping a gift into the enclosed envelope and leaving it with an usher or mailing back to:

BTE415 Melrose Ave.

Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

First name: _______________________ Phone: __________________________

Last name: _______________________ Email: ___________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________

Enclosed is my gift of: $100____ $250____ $500_____ Other______

FRIENDS OF BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE

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Business Partners Alpha Graphics of WheatonCostcoDuPage Convention and Visitors BureauEddie Merlot’sFire & Wine

Glen Ellyn Chamber of CommerceMaize + Mash Malloy’s Parkers’ Restaurant and BarQuick Impressions GroupSanta Fe Restaurant of Glen Ellyn

Silver Foxes TravelSkelton BreweryTrader Joe’sWest Suburban Wellness Wheaton Chamber of Commerce

Allison CohenPatrice ConawayMichael CorneliaWinifred CreamerKat CreedonLisa Dawn CurranJohn and Pamela DalbyJeanne DavikRhea DawsonJudith DeckerPatrick DeeringRachel and Paul DieterleJulia DilbertiGary DobsonGlenn DomovicJames and Marie DrasalFran Kravitz and Daniel EdelmanSally and William FairbankJ.V. FigueredoAngela and James Frank Barbara FriedJon GanttJohn GarceauChris GerribFran GillesPeter GlassmanJon and Ruth GoodJohn and Lisa GorakKathleen GraffamKate Zoe GrahamJames and Gail HannonGary HarperSusan Harris MitchellBob and Sue HartmanCarrie Hayden CerriNancy HeadonEdward M. and Cindy L. HegartyJames and Ann HeltMark HendricksonDiane HicksMichelle HoRon and Valerie HollaenderRalph and Dolores HolmenRex HowardCarla InwoodPhyllis JanikKathryn JohanssonCassandra Johnson

Matt JohnsonBernard JokielBenn JosephMolly JunokasKenneth KadenDarlene KaempenJill KainuSusan KerbyStephanie KissamCharlene Kornoski-DuvallKarin KramerEileen LandauLarry LarsonIda LeePaul and Eileen LefortVirginia LennonSusan Levy-CreedBrandee Martin-HortonDiana MartinezJohn MategranoMeg McGarryEllen McGowanJacqueline McGrathMaren McKellinJohn and Rita MeierDaniel MillhouseChristine MonnierThomas Montgomery FateDr. and Mrs. Joseph Morrissey, DDSKurt NaebigDonald and Mary Ellen NewsomNatalie NimeralaJohn L. NortonOberweissKevin O’BrienKelly O’HanlonJane OldfieldJean R. and Joanne OliphantLorayn OlsonBetty O’NeillJeff OwnbyJim and Lorraine PaulissenDean and Lisa PaytonMichael PesolaJudy PittsSarah and Roger PoeppelCynthia and Thomas PowerKathryn PurdyErin Ransford

Mary RashWilliam RaymondMary Ellen ReedyJen RiddleBarbara RoosMarlene and Robert RosecransBarb and Doug RundellRandy Johnson and Lisa SavegnagoKathy SchleicherKathleen SchneiderSusan SchurmeierElizabeth Schwan-RosenwaldPatricia and Richard SchwarzeThomas ScottCarol ShafferTina ShelleyDelores SiejaSusan SimekMichael SitrekMaureen and George SlaterAndrew SpenceJean SpitzerRick StackDonald StadingLouis and Marilyn Steenwyk James StoverLorraine SubraBarbara and Thomas SuhrburNancy SvobodaDr. and Mrs. Anthony TaylorJean TelloGeorge TenneCathy TomasiewiczMary TrecekHolly TruebloodJames TrusdaleJoseph and Mary Beth TurekAmy TurnerLinda and Barry TusinGale VanceJohn VinopalVince and Gloria Walsh-RockDianne WawrzyniakBobbi and John WheatleyTammy WhiteChristopher WilliamsElissa Wolf

FRIENDS OF BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE FRIENDS OF BUFFALO THEATRE ENSEMBLE

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WE MAKEGIVINGMATTER

3000 Woodcreek Drive, Suite 310 | Downers Grove, IL 60515630.665.5556 | dupagefoundation.org

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VOLUNTEERSPeggy Aldworth Quinn BayolaDebbie Borge Bill Bulger Benjamin Caracello Gayatri ChoudharyChristopher CorriganPeggy Connolly Julia DilbertiAndrea Ficarelli

Joan FrankKen Frank Rex Howard Paul LeFortBrett Mathieson Maggie McCoyMike McCoy Caroline McGowanIsola Metz Barb Murphy

Elaine PatrickTony PaynePam Pipkin Lynda PratscherErin Lynn Ransford Erica Sandvig Debbye SimpsonNancy Svoboda Donald WestlakeMary Ann Zlotow

BTE BOARD OF DIRECTORSBrandee Martin-Horton (President), Kathy Wessel (Vice President), Colleen Trinko (Secretary), Carolyn Osterle (Treasurer), Robert Jordan Bailey, Amelia Barrett, Connie Canaday Howard, Rebecca Cox, Ted Donner, Diane Hicks, Richard Jarman, Michael J. McCoy, Sandra Sansone Brennan, Kelli Walker, Norm Woodel

Founding Artistic Director: Craig BergerEmeritus members: Bob Cappetta, Peggy Connolly, Ida Hagman, Joan Morrissey, Kurt Naebig, John K. Rutledge, Bonnie Wheaton, Mary Ann Zlotow

NON-BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRSHal Temple, ArchivesColleen Trinko, Volunteers

STUDENT VOLUNTEERSMary Ahlert Shannon BachelderMichael BellinoBrandon Michael BunnCaroline BroderickBenjamin CardinalCassie CollinsJack ColumboAnita ConstabileNathan CozziJacqueline DavisNathan Thomas DittemoreBrendan FlahertyTrevor Frueh

Ed GarzaroRyan GentileJulie Good Kyle KrischDimitris MichelisRachel Koshie MillsRenata NaomiEthan OakleyAuguste PilelyteRyan Sinclair Gina Robertelli Riley SkalskiAustin Slott

Rachel StrolleTess SundstromRebekah SzilagyiAaron TaylorBrandon TorresStephanie Turner Marissa Warner Brendan Matthew WeaverTenleigh WellsPatrick WoodOwen WoodardCaitlyn Woods

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For ADA accommodations, call (630) 942-2141

(voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD). Please call two

weeks in advance.

SATURDAY, OCT. 5, 2019This will be the LAST ever, let’s make it the BEST ever! $20 for general registration with discounts for COD students,

kids, and seniors. As always, no fee to enjoy the 15+ food trucks!

To Do List:• Mark your calendar.

• Invite your friends and family.

• Set your food truck game plan.

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Oakbrook | Old Orchard | South Barrington

After the show, visit one of our

three Chicagoland stores, for

products and experiences that

take us out of our seats and into

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2019-20 DINING PARTNERS

535 W. Liberty Dr, Wheaton, IL 60187(630) 784-8015

499 N Main St, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137(630) 474-0969

298 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL 60515(630) 472-0600

1250 Roosevelt Rd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137(630) 613-1250

321 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, IL 60187(630) 960-5700

485 Winchell Way, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137(630) 469-5550

1000 31st St, Downers Grove, IL 60515(630) 960-5700

The MAC is thrilled to be partnering with neighborhood restaurants in the Glen Ellyn area. For your pre-show meals or post-show bites, these establishments will provide MAC patrons with exclusive discounts and offers. All ticket orders to the MAC include coupons for our dining partners. Please present coupons prior to ordering.*

*Valid on performance days only. Must show McAninch Arts Center ticket to redeem offer.

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MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center .................................................................................................. Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ...........................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Ellen McGowan Assistant Business Manager ................................................................................................................ Kari SchoettleCleve Carney Art Gallery Curator .............................................................................................................. Justin WitteGallery Assistant .................................................................................................................................... Heidi Holmes Project Coordinator, Frida Kahlo 2020 .................................................................................................. Molly JunokasEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ............................................................................. Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ...............................................................................................Janie OldfieldGraphic Design and Group Sales Coordinator .......................................................................................Kat Kazmierski Administrative Assistant ........................................................................................................................Mandy RakowStudent Clerical Assistants ..................................................................................Danielle Pawlowski, Karen Robinson

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ...................................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager .......................................................................................................... Natalie WawczakAssistant Box Office Supervisor........................................................................................................ Michelle DowneyBox Office Assistants .............................................................................................................................. Kali SheldonPatron Service Manager ........................................................................................................................... Tom MurrayFront of House Manager ............................................................................................................................Rob NardiniFront of House Assistant .......................................................................................................................Chris Corrigan

MAC Resident Professional EnsemblesBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Artistic Director ............................................................................Connie Canaday HowardBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Associate Artistic Director ........................................................................... Amelia BarrettBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Business Manager ......................................................................................... Bryan BurkeNew Philharmonic, Conductor and Music Director ..................................................................................Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic, Associate Conductor and Librarian ....................................................................... Benjamin NadelNew Philharmonic Manager ................................................................................................................... Paula Cebula

MAC Design and Technical StaffTechnical Production Coordinator .................................................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ............................................................................................................................ Michael W. MoonCostume and Make-up Design Coordinator .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Coordinator and Stitcher ................................................................................... Gretchen Woodley Production Manager................................................................................................................................. Joe HopperAssistant Production Managers ...............................................................Ben Johnson, Elias Morales, Sabrina ZeidlerStage Hands ...................................................................................................................Bobby Bryan, Caitlyn Woods

HOUSE NOTES• Mailing List: If this is your first visit to the McAninch

Arts Center, please stop by our Box Office to add your name to our mailing list or register your email at www.AtTheMAC.org.

• Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theater and are prohibited by our contracts with the artists.

• Smoking is not permitted in the theater or on campus.• For your comfort and security, all backpacks and large

bags must be checked.• Electronic pagers and patrons’ seat locations should be

given to the House Manager, who will notify you in the event of a call. Patrons wearing wristwatch alarms or carrying cellular phones are respectfully requested to turn them off while in the theater.

• Emergency phone number at College of DuPage Police Department for after-hour calls is (630) 942-2000.

• Latecomers seated at discretion of the House Manager.

• Groups of 10 or more may contact Kat Kazmierski at (630) 942-3026 or kazmierskik@cod.edu to arrange for group discounts.

• If you notice a spill in the theater, please notify an usher.• McAninch Arts Center volunteers are people

who assist the house staff in areas of ticket taking, ushering and general management during performances. To get involved, call (630) 942-3705.

• For Americans With Disabilities Act accommodations, call (630) 942-2141 (voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD).

• Infrared Assistive Listening Devices: For audience members who desire audio amplification of performances, headsets with individual volume controls are now available. You may check out the headsets at the Ticket Office with a credit card or driver’s license. Underwritten by a generous gift from The Knowles Foundation.