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Welcome to Rover as we near the end of our SWEET 16th Season! We have just announced our exciting 17th Season and invite you to buy your season tickets NOW so you won’t miss a thing! We’ve got seven great mainstage shows and two festivals that make up a season subscription package, PLUS five bonus shows: our annual Valentine’s Day Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre show, two One Day Only 24-hour play festivals, AND, new this season, two productions for youth performers ages 10-18!

On our rare “off nights,” we will also continue to entertain you with area improv troupes, shows by other theatre companies, and other unique programming.

Join us as we grow, won’t you? Volunteers make all of this possible. We are a business. We are an art. We are a community. If you have ever been a part of any of these things, you have the skills we’re looking for! We’re looking for people to join our dynamic Board of Directors, help us write grants, network on Rover’s behalf with local businesses, build sets, join our new guild - if you’ve got a talent, we can probably make use of it!

Just give your contact information to the box office or a roving board member and we’ll take it from there. You can also send an email to Rover’s Artistic Director Carol M. Rice at carol@roverdramawerks.com for more information or with kudos, questions, or concerns about anything Rover related, too!

If you don’t have a lot of extra time, you can still help out. Use GoodSearch.com when surfing the web (instead of Google), and Rover gets a penny per search. Use GoodShop when you shop online, and we get a percentage of your purchase! There’s even a nifty toolbar you can download that will tell you when you’re visiting a shopping site that will benefit Rover! With COUPONS!

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Be a show sponsor! You can sponsor the whole run, be a co-sponsor, or even just sponsor an opening night, closing night, or any special night during the run of any show in our season!

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More than anything though, we love it when you’re here in our audience. We need and appreciate your support and hope to see you again SOON. Don’t forget to make your tax-deductible donations and buy your season tickets!

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Season sponsors:

Special Thanks

Kong’s Night Out would not have been possible without the generous contributions of the following:

Tom Cao - FLOWERAMA of Plano

City of Plano Jason Cox

Davis Lighting Designs Emily, Avery and Melody Dowlen

Darwina Gobin Dave and Mitzi Hubbard

Lindsey Humphries Lyric Stage (Boston)

Bill Naifeh - Naifeh Photography Jack Neary

Onstage in Bedford Pocket Sandwich Theatre

Jason Rice Adam and Lori Steczko

Mark Stoddard Texas Commission on the Arts

Theatre Britain Ted Wesley

We also want to thank our wonderful donors, season sponsors, and purchasers of program ads.

Please visit those businesses whose ads you see here and let them know you appreciate their support of the arts!

YOU, for being in our audience - with an extra special thanks to our season ticket holders!

And thanks to YOU, Rover Dramawerks was just named Best Theater Company in Plano!

Rover's Mission

Presenting treasures, new and rediscovered: theatre "off the beaten path."

Rover Dramawerks produces

lost or forgotten works of well-known authors, revives excellent scripts that have suffered from lack of exposure,

and discovers unknown gems of the stage.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! If we have failed to acknowledge you, please accept our sincere apology

and let us know so we can rectify the situation.

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Rover Dramawerks Donors The Cast Myron Seigel...............................................................................Trey Albright Sally Charmaine............................................................................Cindy Kahn Daisy........................................................................................Danielle Shirar Little Willie............................................................................Louis Tarmichael Bertrille Seigel.............................................................................Penny Chinn Sig Higginbottom.............................................................Kenneth Fulenwider Ann Farrow........................................................................Esther Bayazitoglu Carl Dennam.......................................................................John C. Hogwood Jack Driskel................................................................................Eddy Herring Walter Winchell........................................................................Mark Stoddard

The Production Staff Director......................................................................................Carol M. Rice Stage Manager........................................................Jessica Morris Herrmann Fight Choreographer..........................................................Joseph L. Taylor II Set Designer………….............................................................Maxim Overton Costume Designer...………......................................................Shanna Gobin Sound Designer.............................................................................Jason Rice Lighting Designers...……….....……..Maxim Overton and Lindsey Humphries Properties Designer.…........................…...........................Kristin M. Burgess Makeup and Hair/Wigs Designer..............................................Shanna Gobin Specialty Weapons Designer.........................................................Jason Cox Light and Sound Board Operator..................................................Darcy Koss Program.................……………………………………..................Carol M. Rice Box Office…………………………………..................................Kim Wickware Show Logo Design..................................................................Mike Hathaway

Please turn off all cellular phones, pagers, wristwatch alarms, tablets, and other noise and light making devices.

There will be no smoking or vaping in the theatre.

About the Play

This is the story of what happened in the hotel room next to the hotel room where Fay Wray was whisked out into the Manhattan night by King Kong. There's always a backstory, and in this case, it’s a door-slamming farce meticulously coordinated with the events depicted in the classic 1933 movie.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Kong’s Night Out is produced by special arrangement with

THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. of Woodstock, IL.

Who's Who Trey Albright (Myron Seigel) is delighted to be in Kong's Night Out, his first show at Rover Dramawerks. Other theatre credits include: The Devil and Billy Markham (Off-Broadway) A Memory Play (Off-Off Broadway) Killer Joe, Spider’s Web, Fools, and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. TV credits include 1,000 Ways to Die, All My Children, and World's Worst Tenants. Trey would also like to thank his family and his loving partner in crime Alina for their continuous support. Esther Bayazitoglu (Ann Farrow) is making her Rover debut! In the past, she has performed in and choreographed multiple musicals at the University of Texas at Dallas and worked extensively at the Wharton Plaza Theater as an actor, stage manager, choreographer, and finally as director for Reserve Two for Murder in 2011. Her favorite roles have included Meg in Leading Ladies, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Miss Hannigan in Annie, and Lady Macbeth in a Shakespeare class showcase. Esther is currently a graduate student at UT Dallas studying accounting with an emphasis on internal audit, having graduated with her BS in Accounting in 2014. When she is not studying for the CPA exam or working on a show, she enjoys various aerial arts including aerial silks, lyra, and static trapeze. Kristin M. Burgess (Property Mistress) loves eating bananas but hopes to never have to make another banana again. Recent property design credits include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Onstage in Bedford) and Billy Elliot (The Firehouse Theatre). She is also the lighting designer for Runway Theatre's current production, Bell, Book and Candle. Penny Chinn (Bertrille Siegel) thrilled to be on the Rover Dramawerks stage. She was last seen in The Music Man as Marian Paroo for FUMCA Summer Musicals. Some of her favorite roles include Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Meg in Crimes of the Heart, Suzanne in Don't Dress For Dinner, and Meg in Leading Ladies. Penny sends her love to her children for being so supportive. XOXO!! To the Harem and PKMBT: “Thank you for all the love and encouragement you have given me. Y’all make my heart happy!! To Carol and the cast and crew, many, many Thanks. It has been a joy! Enjoy the show!” Kenneth Fulenwider (Sig Higginbottom) is always pleased to hit the Rover stage again. He was featured in this season's When Did You Last See Your Trousers? He has also enjoyed performing in Suite Surrender and Four Weddings and an Elvis, just to name a few. He can also be frequently seen on stage at Pocket Sandwich Theater, which is where he will be performing next. He wants to thank his family, friends and his sweet Rosie for their constant loving support! Shanna Gobin (Costume Designer) is happy to be back working with Rover Dramawerks! She is a graduate of the University of Texas El Paso with a degree in Performance. Some of her favorite past costume designs include The Hollow and Perfect Wedding for Theatre Britain, Close Encounters of the Dirk Kind for the Pocket Sandwich, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With? for Rover Dramawerks, and Supermodels Super Spies with Camp Death Productions.

First Friday INSIDERS

What’s better than being a VIP? Being a Rover Dramawerks INSIDER.

Sure VIPs receive special treatment, but INSIDERS not only receive special treatment

but are also treated to the additional perks that only INSIDERS get.

What perks, you may ask?

Following the show on the First Friday of each new production, INSIDERS are treated to a private soirée with food, drink,

and the chance to hobnob with playwrights, actors, directors, and designers.

If you already have tickets for another performance but wish to attend the First Friday and become an INSIDER, call or send us an email.

We will gladly move your existing tickets to the First Friday.

The INSIDER meet and greet with food and beverage following the show is included in your ticket price, so please stick around and let us meet you!

Tickets may be purchased online or at the box office.

First Friday INSIDER tickets are included FREE with your Season Ticket Package

when you choose the first Friday of the run as your date!

Become a subscriber today!

Donate on North Texas Giving Day

Rover is involved once again with North Texas Giving Day on September 22. While we will gladly and gratefully accept your donations any time, we ask that you help us on this amazing day of giving, as we could win monetary prizes and are also eligible for matching funds! Please think of Rover when you give.

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Eddy Herring (Jack Driskell) is returning to the Rover stage, having previously appeared as the Sergeant in It Runs In the Family and Flint in Something's Afoot. He has appeared on several area stages, most recently as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story (Allen). Other favorite roles include Max in Lend Me a Tenor (Frisco, McKinney, and Mesquite), Bernard in Don’t Dress for Dinner and Willum Cubbert in The Nerd (Richardson), Bob/Zorro Cobb in There’s No Place Like Homer, The Baker in Into The Woods, and Paul Bratter in Barefoot In the Park (Allen). Eddy is a commercial/print/film actor represented by Core Talent. He sends big love to his family and the Harem for their support. Thanks to the cast and crew, and to Carol for the opportunity. And to the audience…thank you for coming and please enjoy this crazy show! Participating in the theatrical arts at a young age, Jessica Morris Herrmann (Stage Manager) began her theatrical career at the Dallas Hub Theater and has also worked at Bishop Arts Theater Center. After first taking an interest in lighting and acting, she found her specialization in stage management, and was even awarded DFW Best Stage Manager in 2008. After taking some time off, Jessica is excited to take part in her second show with Rover Dramawerks. She is quickly re-establishing her reputation in the DFW theater community as an ambitious and dedicated professional in stage management. John C. Hogwood (Carl Dennam) is making his Rover debut. He is a resident actor at Core Theatre in Richardson. In February, he performed in Boston, MA in a 6-week run of Inferno: Fire at the Cocoanut Grove, 1942 and received critical accolades in the Boston Globe. He will be reprising his roles in NYC in the Fall of 2017. Favorite stage roles include Kenneth and Leroy in Bad Seed; Amos in Chicago; Jigger in Carousel; and Granger in Taxidermania.

Cindy Kahn (Sally Charmaine) has been on the stage for the last 46 years in the Dallas area, and she is so happy to be performing on the Rover Dramawerks stage for the first time. You might have caught her last performances at Garland Civic Theatre as Mrs. White in Clue the Musical, Mrs. Daigle in The Bad Seed, Evilene & Adaperle in The Wiz, Matron Mama Morton in Chicago, All Aboard For Broadway playing multiple roles, Mrs. Brice in Funny Girl, and Florence in the Female Version of the Odd Couple. Her favorite roles include Momma Rose in Gypsy, Bloody Mary in South Pacific, Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, Miss Hannigan in Annie, and many others. She is thrilled to be performing under the direction Carol M. Rice. Cindy wishes to dedicate all her performances to her late father Aaron Kahn who was always her biggest fan. She would also like to thank her daughter Jana, her mother Gloria, and of course John for all their loving support. Darcy Koss (Stage Manager) began working backstage for Rover in 2011, when she worked on Murder at the Orient Burlesque. A few of the shows she has stage managed for Rover include Crisis, Rocket Man, The Girls in 509, WRENS, Other People's Money, and 18 Holes. She also recently branched out a bit to stage manage Steel Magnolias for the Company of Rowlett Performers. She loves working with the cast and crew and bringing the shows to life. She'd like to thank Jason and Carol for allowing her to be a part of the Rover family. Jack Neary (Playwright) has been produced all over the United States and in Canada. His most recent play, Auld Lang Syne, produced by the Peterborough Players and featuring Emmy Winner Gordon Clapp, was the winner of five New Hampshire Theater Awards, including best Professional Production of 2012. It has since been produced by New Century Theatre at Smith College and Gloucester Stage. Other recent plays are The Porch, produced by the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, CityStage in Springfield, the Stoneham (MA) Theatre and the Majestic Theater in West Springfield, Massachusetts, and Kong’s Night Out, presented at the Lyric Stage in Boston, New Century Theatre at Smith College, and the Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan, featuring TV's Cindy Williams. Jack is co-founder of New Century Theatre (1991) in Northampton, Massachusetts and the Greater Lowell Music Theatre (2012) based at UMass Lowell. Maxim Overton (Set and Lighting Designer) designed lights for Cactus Flower, the recent 10-Minute Play Festival, and Four Weddings and an Elvis, all in the last year at Rover. Maxim also designed and built the set for Four Weddings and an Elvis and Heels Over Head, as well as building sets for the Pocket Sandwich Theatre for the last two years. He also acts, but nobody cares about that.

Up Next For Rover Dramawerks

a chilling thriller by Ayn Rand

directed by Lindsey Humphries

October 20 - November 12

Rover is once again partnering with AmeriStage Players this holiday season to bring you

It’s a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry

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Carol M. Rice (Director) is the Artistic Director of Rover Dramawerks, as well as one of the co-founders. For Rover, a few of the plays she has directed include The Cupcake Conspiracy, Who Was That Lady I Saw You With?, Written in Time, Epic Proportions, and Shakespeare in Hollywood. She also recently appeared on the Rover stage as Margo Euston in Crisis and as Stephanie Dickinson in Cactus Flower, and as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias for the Company of Rowlett Performers. Also a playwright, Carol is proud to say that Rover produced her world premieres of Around the World in 80 Days in 2008 and Murder at the Orient Burlesque in 2011. Some of her plays are published through Next Stage Press (nextstagepress.com) and Brooklyn Publishers (brookpub.com). Despite her absolute love of theatre, her favorite roles are Wife to best friend Jason and Mom to Stephen and Scott. (And she likes baseball. GO RANGERS!) Jason Rice (Sound Designer) has been on the Rover board since it was founded and is the current Board President. He has designed sound for such shows as Towards Zero, Suite Surrender, Other People’s Money, Written in Time, Adventures in Mating, Mary’s Wedding, The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged), and Night Must Fall. He has received awards for acting and sound design, and he has written several custom murder mysteries and one-act plays. Jason has composed music for both live theatre and video, receiving the Aegis Award for his original composition for Matt Kaufman’s film short Willoughby. Some of the plays he has directed for Rover include Rocket Man, WRENS, More Fun Than Bowling, Premiere!, The Runner Stumbles, and War of the Worlds. As much fun as theater is, Jason’s favorite role is Daddy to Stephen and Scott. “What’s my motivation for ‘Because I said so!’?” Danielle Shirar (Daisy) is delighted to return to the Rover stage in Kong’s Night Out. She has previously been seen in Four Weddings and an Elvis, Bloody Murder, and Something’s Afoot. She would like to thank her stellar cast and crew for making this show such a fun experience, her family for their unwavering support, and her late father, Frank Shirar, without whom she would never have been inspired to tread the boards again and again. Mark Stoddard (Walter Winchell) has inflicted himself on several of the best theaters in the Dallas/Fort Worth area from time to time over the last thirty plus years, a couple of which managed to survive the experience and are still in business. He stopped doing live theater when he discovered he had too short an attention span for it and now indulges his muse doing voice work for radio and TV. Louis Tarmichael (Little Willie) is a math teacher by day and caped crusader by night (but don't tell the cops). His talents include sword fighting, vocal impressions, knowing the lyrics to every Disney song ever written, and being really good at math. If you see him in the wild and tell him a pun, he will give you a high five. He is survived by his beautiful wife and adorable daughter. Joseph L Taylor II (Fight Choreographer) would like to thank you for blessing us with your patronage at Rover Dramawerks. He would like to personally thank Carol and Jason Rice, Darise Error, and Rhonda Durant. “Thank you for coming out and seeing what we love to do and I urge to share that love with everyone you come in contact with on your travels. Don't forget to donate!” His favorite fights he's directed are in this production of Kong's Night Out.

Announcing...Rover’s 17th Season!

Things My Mother Taught Me January 12 - February 4 by Katherine diSavino, directed by Carol M. Rice Comedy When Olivia and Gabe move into their first apartment together, everything that can go wrong does go wrong: from both sets of parents arriving to help them move to their van being stolen. Is this really how they want to start their lives off together?

Bigger - Winner of our annual new play contest! March 9 - April 1 by Ron Peer, directed by Rick Tuman World Premiere Comedy Plastic surgeon John Swift is in BIG trouble...he’s in debt to loan sharks, the FBI wants him to help bring down a ruthless mobster, and he’s gotten both his wife and the mobster’s girlfriend pregnant. You won’t believe how he gets out of it!

365 Women a Year Festival April 6-15, Festival Rover again partners with international playwriting coalition, 365 Women A Year, whose focus is to write and present plays about extraordinary women , bring women back into the social consciousness, and plant seeds of herstory around the country.

Move Over, Mrs. Markham May 4-27 by Ray Cooney & John Chapman, directed by Paul McKenzie British Farce This riotous farce exposes the intricacies and complications that ensue when three different sets of hopeful lovers all converge on the bedroom of the Markham’s supposedly empty flat, assuring a hectic and hilarious evening for all!

Who’s Under Where? June 8 - July 1 by Marcia Cash & Doug Hughes, directed by Frances Seman Farce Jane and Sybil have rented a hotel suite for a very private showing of their new lingerie line for famous Italian designer Bruno Fruferelli...but their jealous husbands arrive, having jumped to the wrong conclusions! Giddy farce in the classic tradition.

10-Minute Play Festival July 20-29, Festival Join us for the winners in our third annual 10-minute comedy contest! Funny stuff from playwrights all over the world!

Dear Delinquent August 10 - September 2 by Jack Poppelwell, directed by Carol M. Rice Comedy When David finds pretty Penelope robbing his apartment, he decides he must reform her. His fiancée is not particularly enthusiastic about the idea, the police just want to find his neighbor’s missing jewels, and Penelope decides she just wants David!

Bus Stop September 14 - October 7 by William Inge, directed by Matt Stepan Classic Comedy A snowstorm leaves weary bus passengers holed up at a roadside diner over night. Cherie is being pursued by a headstrong cowboy in love who’s ready to sling her over his shoulder and carry her, alive and kicking, all the way to Montana to marry him.

Sherlock Holmes and the West End Horror October 26 - November 18 by Anthony Dodge & Marcia Milgrom Dodge, directed by Paul McKenzie Mystery A theatre critic has been murdered! Holmes and Watson are soon visited by aspiring Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, who entices Holmes to take the case. Featuring some of the most famous literary luminaries of the day, this is a rollicking whodunit!

Bonus Shows (not included in the season) Death Imitates Art: A Valentine Murder Mystery February 10-11 conceived by Lindsey Humphries Interactive Dinner Theatre Somebody in the Rover family will be murdered, and it will be up to the audience to help us solve the crime. Two nights only! This event tends to sell out fast!

One Day Play Festivals One Day Only 27 Saturday, April 22 One Day Only 28 Saturday, October 14 Two more installments of our signature play festival, featuring five short plays, concept to curtain in JUST ONE DAY!

NEW! Shows for Youth Actors! Murder in the Knife Room February 23-25 by Jonathan Rand Mystery/Comedy One murder, ten suspects. Who killed Mysterious Host? Could it be Respected General? What about Wealthy Dowager? Or maybe it was Santa Claus. The mystery unfolds as Inexplicably Omniscient Inspector takes on his most thrilling and baffling murder case in the history of thrilling and baffling murder cases.

Miss Millions July 13-15 by Glenn Hughes, directed by Lindsey Humphries Comedy Wealthy Valerie Morgan is missing, and according to her father’s will, she has to be married by her 21st birthday or she loses her fortune! When a Miss Jones, a Miss Brown, and a Miss Smith all check into the Crystal Lake Inn, Fred the desk clerk takes it upon himself to propose to each of them, just to be safe, and hilarity ensues!

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