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SET DESIGN
SEAN FANNING.
LIGHTING DESIGN
MICHELLE CARON
COSTUME DESIGN
JEANNE REITH.
SOUND DESIGN
GEORGE YE •
PROPS DESIGN
BONNIE L. DURBEN.
WIG/MAKEUP DESIGN
PETER HERMAN.
DIALECT COACH
ANNIE HINTON
PRODUCTION SPONSORANONYMOUS
THE NORMAN CONQUESTST. rl\~U!!:1 ~I
LIVING TOGETHER
WRITTEN BYALAN AYCKBOURNDIRECTORSSEAN MURRAY & FRANCIS GERCKE •
CASTIN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
TOM DANNY CAMPBELLSARAH SANDY CAMPBELL.
REG RON CHOULARTON.NORMAN ALBERT DAYAN.
ANNIE JO ANNE GLOVER.RUTH FRANCES ANITA RIVERA
THERE WILL BE ONE 15 MINUTEINTERMISSION.
CAST SPONSORDEBORAH B. PETTRY, ACL, INC.
PLACETHE SITTING ROOM
RESTAURANT
SPONSORFINANCIAL SUPPORT is IPROVIDED iN-PART BYTHE CITY OF SAN DIEGOCOMMISSION FOR ARTSAND CULTURE.
TIMEACT I, SCENE 1: SATURDAY 630PM
ACT I, SCENE 2: SATURDAY SPMACT II, SCENE 1: SUNDAY 9PM
ACT II, SCENE 2: MONDAY SAM
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS IS PRESENTED BY SPECIALARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
• CYGNET RESIDENT ARTIST • MEMBER OF ACTORS'EQUITY, THE UNION OF PROFESSiONAL ACTORS AND
STAGE MANAGEMENT iN THE UNITED STATES
STAGE MANAGER
ROSALEEBARRIENTOS.
ASM
JESSICA BIRD
SMINTERN
DILLION EVANS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ANDY SCRIMGER
MASTER ELECTRICIAN
ARETA MACKELVIE
CARPENTERS: Molly
Whittaker, Jacob Bruce,
Chuck Ramsey
SCENIC PAINTER:
Jessica Harriman Baxter
SCENIC ASST:
Virginia Provencher
ELECTRICIANS: Bonnie
Breckinridge, Matt Curley,
Noah Gehr, Patrick Kelly,
Andre Marquis
CASTIN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
RESTAURANTSPONSORFINANCIAL SUPPORT IS
PROVIDED IN-PART BYTHE CITY OF SAN DIEGOCOMMISSION FOR ARTSAND CULTURE.
CAST SPONSOR
DEBORAH B. PETTRY, ACL, INC.
THERE WILL BE ONE 15 MiNUTEINTERMiSSION.
PLACETHE GARDEN
TIMEACT i, SCENE 1: SATURDAY 530PM
ACT I, SCENE 2: SATURDAY 9PMACT II, SCENE 1: SUNDAY 11AMACT ii, SCENE 2: MONDAY 9AM
PRODUCTION SPONSORANONYMOUS
WRITTEN BYALAN AYCKBOURNDIRECTORSSEAN MURRAY & FRANCIS GERCKE •
TOM DANNY CAMPBELLSARAH SANDY CAMPBELL.
REG RON CHOULARTON.NORMAN ALBERT DAYAN.
ANNIE JO ANNE GLOVER.RUTH FRANCES ANITA RIVERA
THE NORMAN CONQUESTS IS PRESENTED BY SPECIALARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH. INC.
• CYGNET RESIDENT ARTIST. MEMBER OF ACTORS'EQUITY, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND
STAGE MANAGEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
PROFILES PROFILES
DANNY CAMPBELL SANDY CAMPBELL.RON CHOULARTON •ALBERT DAYAN.JO ANNE GLOVERFRANCES ANITA RIVERA
Tom
SarahReg NormanAnnieRuth
Cygnet Theatre Debut.
Cygnet: Passion-A StagedRon is thrilled to be backCygnet Theatre: NoisesCygnet Resident Artist.Cygnet Theatre Debut.
Regional: King John
Concert (Fosca), Noisesat Cygnet - Previously:Off. Regional: The TamingFounder and Managing Direc-San Diego Theatre: 9 Parts
(Hubert), Taming of the
Off (Belinda), MauritiusSt Nicholas, My Fair Lady.of the Shrew. Romeo andtor of MOXIE Theatre. Cygnetof Desire (Mo'olelo Perform-
Shrew (Vincentio),
(Mary), A Little Night MusicRegional: Peter & TheJuliet (Tahoe Shakespeare);Theatre: The Receptionisting Arts Company); Ring
Intrepid Shakespeare.
(Charlotte), CommunicatingStarcatchers (La Jolla Play-Macbeth (Frantic Redhead(SO Critics Circle Best Supp.Round the Moon (Moon-
Ring Round The Moon
Doors (Ruella- SO Critic'shouse). Sight Unseen, MoonProductions- Ed inburgh);Actress). San Diego The-light Stage Productions).
(Guy Charles Romain-
Circle award). Regional:For The Misbegotten, DaThe Crucible, The Secretatre: Summer and Smoke,Regional:Frances has had the
ville), You Never Can Tell
Zhivago (ensemble), Diva(Old Globe). The Seafarer,Affairs of Mildred WildExpecting Isabel, Drinkpleasure to work with such
(Finch McComas), Moon-
(understudy), La Jolla Play-The Clean House, Christmas(SRT-Santa Rosa). LosMe, Rabbit Hole, Bleedingtheaters as Seattle Reper-
light Stage Productions.
house. San Diego Theatre:Carol, (San Diego Rep).Angeles: War Music (Gef-Kansas, Off The Ground,tory Theater, Arizona Jewish
Room Service (Dr. Glass),
The Light in the PiazzaSelected others: M. But-fen Theatre); As You Like ItThe Listener, BluebonnetTheater, Phoenix Theater,
Lamb's Players Theatre.
(Signora Naccarelli), 7776terfly. Breaking the Code,(A Noise Within); A BrightCourt, Devil Dog Six, WET,Magic Theater in San Fran-
The Last Night of Bal-
(Abigail), Lamb's Play-The Foreigner, Terra Nova,Room Called Day, MaryMiss Witherspoon, Thecisco, Marin Shakespeare
Iyhoo (Adolph), Scripps
ers (Associate Artist); TheJacob Marley's ChristmasBarnes (Odyssey Theatre);Adoption Project, Dog Act,Theater, and the American
Ranch Theatre. My Fair
Adoption Project: TriadCarol, A Christmas CarolThe Scarlet Letter (SingularLimonades Tous les JoursConservatory Theater.
Lady (Col. Pickering),
(Bernice), Mo'olelo Perform-(North Coast Rep). GangsterProductions); Romeo and(Patte award, Best Actress),Education: University of
Starlight Theatre. Other
ing Arts Company; The MostNo 7,A Midsummer Night'sJuliet (Theatricum Botani-Pulp, Kimberly Akimbo, TheCalifornia, Santa Barbara
shows include: 7776
Happy Fella (Rosabella), TheDream, Reckless, Vigil (Fritzcum); La Bete (Santa ClaritaTwo Gentlemen of Verona,(BA in Dramatic Arts); two
(James Wilson), Dancing
Spitfire Grill (Shelby), Lost inTheatre and EdinburghRepertory); Resa Fantas-Hamlet, Relatively Speak-years in The American Con-
At Lughnasa (Michael),
Yonkers (Bella), MoonlightFringe Festival). Enchantedtiskt Mystisk, Easy Targets,ing, Stop Kiss, Othello, Theservatory Theater Masters
Hamlet (Horatio), The
Stage Productions; Man ofApril (Lamb's Players).Focus Today (Burglars OfTaming of the Shrew andof Fine Arts program.
Taming Of The Shrew
La Mancha (Aldonza), TheThree Sisters, The Man WhoHamm). Education: B.F.A.Monstropoly. Regional: BusFrances Anita Rivera is
(Petruchio), The Odd
Batting Cage (Julianna),(New Village Arts). Waitingin Acting, California InstituteStop (Broadway produc-sponsored by Artist Advo-
Couple (Felix), Brigadoon
North Coast Rep; Falset-For Godot; The Caretakerof the ArtsWith three oth-tion), The Three Sisters,cates Carl & Sue Woodend.
(Jeff), La Bete (Bejart),
tos (Cordelia), Diversionary(Renaissance). FILM/TV:ers, Albert runs Burglars ofSubtle Bodies, The Trojan
Much Ado About Nothing
Theatre. Solo Recording;The Dark, Splits ville, Pen-Hamm, an award-winningWomen, Romeo & Juliet,
(Don Pedro), Sweeney
Crazy World (cdbaby.comsacola, Renegade; Wrote/L.A.-based theatre com-Measure for Measure and
Todd (Jonas Fogg), West
and itunes)presented KPBS Britcompany dedicated to creatingI Hate Hamlet. Education:
Side Story (Lt. Schrank),
Proud member of Actor'sintros. Recipient of numer-original satire. He teachesGraduate of the University
A Walk In The WoodsEquity. www.performerpro-ous Dramalogue, SO Critic'sacting professionally in Losof Texas, and Circle in the
(Honeyman), and I Never
fi les .com/sa ndyca mpbe IICircle, Patte, & SO PlaybillAngeles and San Diego.Square Theatre School
Sang For My Father
Sandy Campbell isAwards. Albert Dayan is sponsored(NYC). She has worked On-
(Gene). He is married to
sponsored by ArtistRon Choularton is sponsoredby Artist Advocate Ralphand Off-Broadway, in Los
Sandy Campbell, with
Advocates Bev Connerby Artist Advocates LisaJohnson.Angeles, and regionally. In
whom he has appeared in
& Howard Finnecy andCapper & Jesse King and Jim.~
addition to acting, she alsoIlilLips Together Teeth Apart
Walter M. Mayes.Price & Joan Sieber. produced in New York and
and The Apple Tree ..~
Los Angeles.
Danny Campbell issponsored
Jo Anne Glover is sponsored
by Artist Advocate, Jean
by Artist Advocates Alan &
Neisewander.
Esther Siman.I
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PROFILESALANAYCKBOURN
(Playwright) is theauthor of more
than 60 plays, most
of which premieredat the Stephen
Joseph Theatre,Scarborough, Eng
land, where he is the long-serving artistic
director. His plays have been translated into40 languages and performed throughoutthe world. Plays include Absurd Person
Singular, Comic Potential, CommunicatingDoors, Relatively Speaking, How the OtherHalf Loves, House and Garden, The NormanConquests, Bedroom Farce, Woman in Mind,A Small Family Business, and with AndrewLloyd Webber, the musical By Jeeves. Hehas also written several children's plays. Hiswork has been presented in the West End,at the National Theatre and the RSC. In 1997,
Sir Alan was knighted for his services to thetheatre.
SEAN MURRAY (Director) Artistic Director
and co-founder of Cygnet Theatre. CygnetTheatre: Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, It'sA Wonderful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa
'09, The History Boys, A Christmas Carol, ALittle Night Music (SD Critic's Award, BestDirector), The Receptionist, The Invention ofLove, Bed and Sofa '04 (SD Critic's Award,Best Director, Best Musical Revival), Las
Meninas, Escanaba in da Moonlight (SDCritic's Circle, Set Design), The Book of Liz,Pageant, Bug, Hedwig and the Angry Inch,St. Nicholas, The Matchmaker, Desire Under
the Elms, Santaland Diaries, Firebugs, FullyCommitted, Arcadia, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,
The Little Foxes, My Fair Lady. Elsewhere:The Elephant Man (Patte Award, Direction),Man of La Mancha, The Importance of Be
ing Earnest, Travesties, North Coast Rep;Never the Sinner, Love! Valour! Compassion!,Diversionary. Education: University of NorthCarolina School of the Arts (BFA). In 2000,
Sean was named one of San Diego Magazine's "50 People to Watch" and in 2005 hewas named Producer of the Year by the SanDiego Critic's Circle.
Sean Murray is sponsored by Artist Advocates James & Claudia Prescott and JaniceWalker
FRANCIS GERCKE (Director) Cygnet Theatre Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Manfrom Nebraska (Patte Award for Outstanding Direction), Mauritius, Dying City, andCurse of the Starving Class (San DiegoCritic's Circle Award, Outstanding Direction). Acting credits at Cygnet: Cat on aHot Tin Roof (Brick), Desire Under the Elms(Eben), A Number (Bernard 1, Bernard 2,
and Michael Black) and Love Song (Beane).San Diego Theatre: include Ring Round the
Moon (Moonlight at the Avo) Hurlyburly (IonTheatre Company). Francis is the AssociateArtistic Director of Cygnet.
SEAN FANNING (Set Designer) CygnetResident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: SweeneyTodd, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol, A Little
Night Music, Mauritius, The Receptionist,The Matchmaker. Elsewhere: KINGDOM
(The Old Globe), Two Gentlemen of Verona,
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Old Globe/USD), Zombie Prom (2008 Patte Award),The Grapes of Wrath, The People vs. Mona,A Man of No Importance (San Diego StateUniversity); and Das BarbeciJ (Theatre inOld Town). Sean is the Resident DesignAssistant at The Old Globe, where he hasworked on over twenty productions. He hasalso worked as an assistant at both the San
Diego Opera and the Los Angeles Opera.Sean holds an MFA in Scene Design fromSan Diego State University.
MICHELLE CARON (Lighting Designer)Cygnet Theatre: It's A Wonderful Life
'09, Bed and Sofa '09 (Assistant LightingDesigner). Elsewhere: An Incidental Fearof Numbers (Sushi Arts), Malashock Dance
presents Surface Tension (Lyceum Theatreat San Diego Rep), A Midsummer Night'sDream, A Class Act, Hamlet: Blood in theBrain, and Die Fledermaus (San Diego StateUniversity). Ms. Caron's work has beenfeatured at the United States Institute of
Theatre Technology's Young Designer'sForum in Kansas City, MO and at the DesignShowcase West in Los Angeles, CA.
JEANNE REITH (Costume Designer)
Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre:The Receptionist, A Little Night Music, It'sA Wonderful Life, Arcadia, Desire Under
the Elms, The Matchmaker, Copenha-
PROFILESgen, My Fair Lady, and The Little Foxes.Elsewhere: Jeanne has designed over90 productions as resident designerfor Lamb's Players. Her creative workhas achieved Theatre Critic's Awardssuch as the Craig Noel, Patte, and BillieAwards for An Ideal Husband, A Womanof No Importance, Till We Have Faces,The Boy Who Fell Into A Book, JoyfulNoise, Tarantara! Tarantara!, Dr. Faustus,The Winslow Boy, and Metamorphoses.In 2008, Jeanne was presented a PatteAward for Costume Design Excellencefor her entire season of productionswhich included Hello Dolly!, The VoyseyInheritance, The Hit, Boomers, The Lightin the Piazza, Festival of Christmas: Angel's Arms, and An American Christmas.
GEORGE YE (Sound Designer) Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre:The Piano Lesson, Man From Nebraska,Christmas Carol, The Receptionist, ANumber, Fences, Arcadia, Yellowman,It's A Wonderful Life, Bug, Escanabain da Moonlight, Fully Committed; SanDiego Rep: Restless Spirits, The Goat,Proof, Nuevo California; Old Globe/MFA:Sir Patient Fancy, Marat Sade, AbsoluteTurkey; Diversionary Theatre: Little DogLaughed, M. Butterfly, The Killing ofSister George, Falsettos, Love! Valour!Compassion!, Cloud 9, 5th of July, Neverthe Sinner; North Coast Rep: A Life in theTheatre, Travesties, Relatively Speaking;San Diego Asian American Rep: WomanFrom the Other Side of the World, Struggling Truths, Flipzoids, FOB, Fool ForLove, Cultivated Lives, Elsewhere, andUniversity; The Country Wife, The SaintPlays, Cabaret, Find You in the Forest,Oedipus at Colon us, The Crucible, Sam IAm, Over the Asian Airwaves, Side Kick,Silent Sacrifices, The Illusion. George hashis MFA/MA and teaches at Mesa Collegeand the University of San Diego.
BONNIE L. DURBEN (Properties Designer) Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, ThePiano Lesson, Man from Nebraska, FullyCommitted, Noises Off, Hedwig, Bedand Sofa, Mauritius, The History Boys,Love Song, A Christmas Carol, Dying
City, Fences, It's A Wonderful Life, Communicating Doors, Bug, My Fair Lady,A Little Night Music, The Receptionist.Elsewhere: New Village Arts :The ManWho, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, ThingsWe Want; Moonlight Productions: WestSide Story, Little Shop of Horrors, Me andMy Girl; Mira Costa College: The Tempest,7940's Radio Hour, Heartland, AnythingGoes, Blithe Spirit, Electra, As You Like It,Assassins. Film: Ready? Ok!, The StreetSweeper.
PETER HERMAN (Wig and Makeup Designer) Cygnet Resident Artist. CygnetTheatre: Costumes and Wig/MakeupDesign for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.Wigs/makeup for Private Lives, SweeneyTodd, The Piano Lesson, It's A WonderfulLife, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa, The History Boys, A Christmas Carol, The Receptionist, A Little Night Music, Fences, TheTurn of the Screw, Communicating Doors,Arcadia, The Matchmaker. Elsewhere:Peter has designed hair and wigs forover 300 productions, including the LaJolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, San Diego Opera, Disneyland, and various filmand television projects. Film: Costumedesign for Ready? Ok! Peter currentlyteaches wigs and makeup at SDSU.
ROSALEE BARRIENTOS. (Stage Manager) Cygnet Resident Artist. CygnetTheatre: Sweeney Todd, It's A WonderfulLife 2007 & 2009, Noises Off, The HistoryBoys (ASM), A Christmas Carol, The Receptionist, A Number, Turn of the Screw,Arcadia, Yellowman, Copenhagen, TheInvention of Love, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof,Pageant, Bed and Sofa 2004. San DiegoTheatre: A Dream Play, Macbeth, Nu,[sic], Berzerkergang, and The UniversalMonster Show (Sledgehammer Theatre); Redwood Curtain (Asian AmericanRepertory Theatre); Fuddy Meers, MoonOver Buffalo, The Rivals, and The Diaryof Anne Frank (North Coast RepertoryTheatre); Ghosts (SRT, Santa Rosa). Rossgraduated from San Diego State University with a BA in Theatre Arts .Rosalee Barrientos is sponsoredby Artist Advocates Lee Lampard &Michael Stone.
JESSICA BIRD (Assistant Stage Manager) Cygnet Theatre Debut. Elsewhere:SDRep: Picasso (ASM), Boom (ASM),Holiday Celebration (Producer), TheSeafarer (Props), Long Story Short(Props); Jewish Arts Festival: Women ofValor and The Show Across the Street(Stage Manager); PLNU: The Fantasticks(Musical Director), Blind Date (Director), Urinetown (Stage Manager), TheTempest (Ariel, Costume Designer), TheGlass Menagerie (Amanda), CaucasianChalk Circle (Grusha, Costume Designer),Little Women, The Musical (Marmie,Co-Costume Designer). Independent:Talley's Folly (Sally, Co-Director, Producer). Jessica is a teaching artist withThe'Old Globe and the Drama Director atTorah High. She received her Bachelor'sDegree in Music and Theatre from PLNU.
ANNIE HINTON (Dialect Coach)Cygnet Theatre: Cat On a Hot Tin Roof,The Invention of Love, Communicat-ing Doors, The Turn of the Screw, AChristmas Carol; Elsewhere: La JollaPlayhouse (Tobacco Road), NewVillage Arts (Crimes of the Heart),6th@Penn (Killer Joe, Back to the 5and dime Jimmy Dean), Avo Playhouse (On Golden Pond, You NeverCan Tell, Driving Miss Daisy, RingRound The Moon), Moonlight Stage(My One And Only).
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