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2013: A SEASON FOR LOVERS

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A SEASON FOR LOVERS

About Theater at MonmouthBoard of Trustees and Staff

From the PresidentFrom the Producing Artistic Director

2013 CalendarCorporate Sponsors

The Knight of the Burning PestleThe Taming of the Shrew

Our TownThe Year of Magical Thinking

The Velveteen RabbitSpecial Events

Fall MusicalHoliday Show

Cast MatrixCompany Bios

Individual DonorsIn-Kind Donors

2014 SeasonAbout Cumston Hall

Theater at Monmouth operates under a LORT Letter of Agreement with Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, and is a constituent member of Theater Communications Group, the Shakespeare Theatre Association, the Winthrop Chamber of Commerce, and the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce.

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The KnighT of The Burning PesTleby Francis Beaumont | Directed by Patrick FlickSponsored by D.R. Struck Landscape Nursery & The Wolfington Group

The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare | Directed by Sally WoodSponsored by Christine & David Heckman

by Thornton Wilder | Directed by Davis RobinsonSponsored by Kennebec Savings Bank

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKINGby Joan Didion | Directed by Dawn McAndrewsSponsored by Robert & Moira Fuller

The Velveteen RabbitMargery Williams’ classic adapted by Dawn McAndrews Directed by Brooke EdwardsSponsored by MaineGeneral

Patiencemusic by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W.S. GilbertDirected by Bill Van Horn Sponsored by Granite Hill Estates

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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THEATER AT MONMOUTH

THE BOARD STAFFRick D. DosedloPresident

Ellen O'Brien Vice President

David HeckmanTreasurer

Amy CooksonSecretary

Robin M. StruckExecutive Producer

Ryan DumaisPaula GaudetChristina GombergHon. Craig HickmanKaren F. LipovskyMelvin MountsPeter RosenbergBarbara RowellDavid ShawLinda Wilcox

Dawn McAndrewsProducing Artistic Director

Bill Van HornAssociate Artistic Director

Jay ShepherdMarketing Manager

Helen HoepfnerBox Office Manager

Mission: Our mission is to present innovative approaches to Shakespeare and other classic plays through professional productions that enrich the lives of people throughout the state of Maine. In its 43 seasons, TAM has presented more than 305 productions including 23 world premieres, entertaining audiences from 36 states and each of Maine’s 16 counties.

Education: This mission of all Theater at Monmouth education programs is to deepen understanding of, appreciation for, and connection to great literature. Objectives of all programs are: to build analytical and literacy skills; to inspire imaginative thinking and foster creativity; and to increase confidence, self-esteem, and a sense of community. We seek to expand partnerships, programs, and funding sources to provide services to our communities. TAM works in partnership with community-based arts, cultural, and service organizations using theatre and the works of Shakespeare to build community and enhance civic engagement.

Commitment to Community: From its inception, Theater at Monmouth has maintained strong community partnerships, education programs, and humanities initiatives. Through collaborations with such institutions as the University of Maine Augusta, the Maine Humanities Council, Arts Midwest, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maine Arts Commission, The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, Cumston Hall Public Library, and schools across the state, the Theater provides educational, scholarly, and artistic experiences for Maine residents of all ages.

History: Founded in 1970, TAM is a year-round, professional repertory company, named the Shakespearean Theater of Maine by the State Legislature in 1975. Performances are held in Cumston Hall, listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings since 1976. Since its founding, TAM has produced expertly crafted, engaging productions in its three-month Summer Repertory Season and through Education Tours annually reaching more than 15,000 students.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

FROM THE PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to Theater at Monmouth’s “Season for Lovers.” I start the season both very excited and grateful to be kicking off our 44th year. You will see a lot of me this summer and I hope to have the opportunity to meet each and every one of you.

I am most grateful for you, our TAM patrons. Thank you for your applause, your laughter, your tears, your enthusiasm, and your love of theatre. My wish this year is that many more people experience the energy, excitement, creativity and good fellowship we all feel the minute we turn into the Cumston Hall parking lot. Please help me realize that wish by encouraging your family, friends, and neighbors to come and enjoy the fantastic work being done at the Theater at Monmouth.

I am also grateful for my fellow Board members; for their hard work, dedication, and resourcefulness. I have never served on a board with a finer group of people. Very special thanks to Linda Wilcox who served as our Board President

for the last five years. Linda remains a very active board member and for that, too, I am thankful as I have already sought her guidance and wisdom on several occasions.

I am grateful for our remarkable Producing Artistic Director Dawn McAndrews and the entire company. Unless you’ve been through it you can’t imagine the amount of preparation and hard work involved in staging a play, let alone five at the same time. I literally don’t know how they do it and I’m not certain they know either and yet they do, year after year, with professionalism, grace, and brilliance. Please reach out to a company member and let them know how much you appreciate their efforts.

Last but certainly not least, I am grateful for your unwavering financial support without which we would not exist. Less than half of our operating revenue comes from ticket sales. As a patron of the Theater of Monmouth, if you haven’t already, please consider making a donation to our annual fundraising campaign. Help us keep this amazing theatre amazing! Together we can make this the most wonderful summer of love!

Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

–Vince Lombardi

Welcome to Season 44 at Theater at Monmouth! There is so much to share about the talented group of artists that have come

together this summer and the quote above says it all. What we create here, to paraphrase Mr. Lombardi, is a “company” of like-minded individuals working towards the common goal of breathing new life into classic literature for the good of our community. And now that you, our audience, are here that company is complete.

As Producing Artistic Director, I am charged with guiding the company’s mission—to present innovative approaches to Shakespeare and other classic plays through professional productions that enrich the lives of people throughout the state of Maine. Because TAM is a community-based, professional, arts organization dedicated to promoting

quality arts and humanities experiences for the people of our region.

For 2013, we have assembled five classic plays that examine the many faces of love—from chivalry to lust, loyalty to betrayal, dominance to domestic tranquility. The ups and downs of love and marriage fill the plays of our 44th season. From Shakespeare’s epic battle of the sexes to Joan Didion’s autobiographical memoir of loss, these plays are filled with strong women confronting profound obstacles and, a little magic.

All this is possible thanks to the generosity of supporters who believe in our work. It is our united commitment to the importance of the arts; the collaborative effort to honor the past through story; and our shared hope to shape the future that makes this work possible. It is the work that brings us together as a society and, for this evening, as a company of individuals ready to delight in great works of the stage. I sincerely hope you enjoy it!


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7:30 p.m.Pestle

PREVIEW ●

7:30 p.m.Pestle

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7:30 p.m.Shrew

PREVIEW ●

7:30 p.m.Shrew

OPENS

7:30 p.m.Our Town

PREVIEW ●

7:30 p.m.Our Town

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7:30 p.m.Magical

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7:30 p.m.Magical OPENS

7:30 p.m.Pestle

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7:30 p.m.Our Town

7:30 p.m.Our Town

7:30 p.m.Our Town

7:30 p.m.Our Town

1:00 p.m.Our Town

1:00 p.m.Our Town

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7:00 p.m.Our Town▲

7:30 p.m.Magical

7:30 p.m.Magical

1:00 p.m.Magical

1:00 p.m.Magical

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1:00 p.m.Velveteen

1:00 p.m.Velveteen

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1:00 p.m.Velveteen

1:00 p.m.Velveteen

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7:30 p.m.Patience

PREVIEW

7:30 p.m.PatienceOPENS

1:00 p.m. &7:30 p.m.Patience

1:00 p.m. &7:30 p.m.Patience

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1:00 p.m.Patience

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1:00 p.m.Our Town

7:30 p.m.Jazz Sirens

7:30 p.m.Write On!

7:30 p.m.Beatlemania

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CORPORATE SPONSORS

SEASON 44 SPONSORMain Street Psychotherapy

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PRODUCTION SPONSORSDR Struck Landscape & NurseryThe Wolfington GroupChristine & David HeckmanKennebec Savings BankRobert & Moira FullerGranite Hill EstatesMaineGeneral

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Theater at Monmouth extends its gratitude to the members of the business community who currently support our theatre’s work. Corporation donations ensure TAM’s ability to present world-class productions, introduce diverse audiences to classic theatre, and provide innovative education programs that serve thousands of students throughout our community.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE

The Knight of the Burning Pestle first appeared in quarto form in 1613. Twelve years later, two more editions were published and from their title pages we learn that it was “acted by her Majesties Servants at the Private House in Drury Lane.” With these barest of clues to the production history of Pestle, we decided to use the beautiful bones of Cumston Hall to perform the play as it might have been in 1635.

Pestle owes direct literary allegiance to Don Quixote. The spirit of Cervantes’ romance is seen in the grocer’s apprentice, Rafe, and follows him through his many adventures. What interested me most was the addition of the good-natured Citizen and his wife as comedic foils serving as intermediaries between the audience and the story being played out on stage. Not only do Citizen and Wife react TO the play, they help SHAPE it with lively, comic, and heartfelt asides and direct admonitions to the players.

In The Empty Space Peter Brook makes much of the idea that plays that are in any way dated cannot ignore the modern culture and context in which they are presented. So, while our goal will be to emulate a production that might have occurred in 1635, we also hope to present you with a relevant, rollicking good time that will leave you laughing on your way out the door. Is that too much of an Impossible Dream? Have fun!

by Francis Beaumont | Directed by Patrick Flick

Prologue/Boy/MichaelCitizen

Citizen's WifeRafe

VenturewellJasper

LuceHumphrey

Tim/PompionaGeorge

Mistress MerrythoughtMaster Merrythought

Captive/TapsterHost/Greengoose

Barber/Hammerton/SoldierServant/Knight/Captive/Soldier

Simon KiserBill Van Horn*Grace Bauer Max WaszakJames Noel Hoban*Alexander HarveyAislinn KerchaertMike Anthony*Ambien MitchellRyan SimpsonJanis Stevens* Mark S. Cartier*Hannah Daly Frank Omar Josh Carpenter*Luke Couzens

Dan BilodeauJonna Klaiber Lynne ChaseRew Tippen Max WaszakJeff Meyers*Melissa A. Nathan*

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Stage Managers

CAST (in order of appearance)

PRODUCTION TEAM

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Video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.Black Friar’s Theatre, London, England; 1600s

Performed with one 15-minute intermission


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Character Word Search

- The Taming of the Shrew, Act I Scene 1

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“We will have rings, and things, and fine array,And kiss me, Kate. We will be married o' Sunday.”

- The Taming of the Shrew, Act II Scene 1

Photo Flashback: The Taming of The Shrew, Theater at Monmouth, 1994Left: Emma Roberts, Charles Weinstein, David Harbor; Right: Chloe Leamon and Michael O’Brien

Best wishes for a great season! From The Heckmans

BaptistaBiancaCurtisGremio

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FROM THE DIRECTOR

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

What a terror and delight it is to explore Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Many people have such a strong visceral reaction to this story. “How could you produce something that is so politically incorrect, that treats women so badly?” But what if The Taming of the Shrew is a real love story, a love story between two misfits? Do these two broken deeply flawed human beings have what it takes to navigate their own booby trapped expertly constructed walls of defense to find love? Do they even deserve it? I call it a “real” love story because it is ugly, painful and fraught with mistakes and missteps. The journey to love (and peace) is violent and passionate. How many times in your own life have you said (or at least thought) “that you would do anything for love?” Shrew asks that question of us—in blunt and aggressive terms. Anything? Okay, would you fight for it? Give up ev-erything you’ve ever known for it? Or how about the hardest thing of all—do you have the confidence and the strength to surrender completely to it?

As Shakespeare so aptly puts it…“I see a woman may be made a fool, If she had not a spirit to resist.” I hope you join us for this wild and exciting ride.

LucentioTranio

BaptistaKate

BiancaGremio

HortensioBiondelloPetruchio

GrumioTailor/Haberdasher

PedantVincentio

Widow

Luke CouzensAlexander HarveyMark S. Cartier*Ambien MitchellAislinn KerchaertBill Van Horn* James Noel Hoban* Max Waszak Josh Carpenter*Mike Anthony*Hannah DalySimon KiserFrank Omar Grace Bauer

Dan Bilodeau Kathleen BrownLynne ChaseRew TippinJeff Meyers*Melissa A. Nathan*


Sound DesignerStage Managers

by William Shakespeare | Directed by Sally Wood


PRODUCTION TEAM

PLACE & TIME

SPONSORED BYChristine

& David Heckman



Video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.Padua, Italy; late 1900s

Performed with one 15-minute intermission


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FROM THE DIRECTOR

OUR TOWN

Wilder’s New England roots come quite close to Monmouth: his father was born in Calais, his grandfather was a dentist and prosperous merchant in Augusta. But Wilder was also a voracious traveler and intellectual who spent formative years in China and wrote much of this play in Zurich. He sent early drafts of Our Town to Gertrude Stein for comments. Pirandello and Kabuki Theater influenced the play as much as time spent in the Belgrade Lakes and the MacDowell colony. The original title was M marries N, and what really interested Wilder was not a portrait of small-town life. It was setting everyday lives against the universal indifference of the stars. As a young man, Thornton observed an archeological dig in Italy and was struck by an ancient scene of Roman family life buried and forgotten in the dirt. That image of who might be looking at us a thousand years from now became a driving force for Our Town.

It’s a beautifully written play, the “Great American Play” according to Edward Albee. Each visit to Grover’s Corners reveals some new facet. You may have seen it before, or been in it in high school. But as Wilder said, “’I Love You’ and ‘I Suffer’” have been said many billions of times, and never twice the same.” So see it again, for this first time.


Sound DesignerStage Managers

Stage ManagerDr. Gibbs

Joe StoddardHowie Newsome

Mrs. GibbsMrs. Webb

George GibbsRebecca Gibbs

Wally Webb Emily Webb

Professor Willard/WarrenEditor Webb

Joe CrowellSimon Stimson

Mrs. SoamesSi Crowell/ Sam Craig

Mark S. Cartier*James Noel Hoban*Frank OmarRyan Simpson Grace BauerAmbien Mitchell Luke CouzensAislinn Kerchaert Simon Kiser Hannah DalyBill Van Horn*Mike Anthony*Alexander Harvey Josh Carpenter *Janis Stevens* Max Waszak

Jim AlexanderHeather CareyLynne ChaseRew TippenJeff Meyers* Melissa A. Nathan*

by Thornton Wilder | Directed by Davis Robinson


PRODUCTION TEAM

PLACE & TIME

SPONSORED BYKennebec Savings Bank

Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire; 1901, 1904, 1913



OUR TOWN © 1938, 1957 The Wilder Family LLCcopyright agent: Alan Brodie Representation Ltd

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Video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

Performed with two 10-minute intermissions


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| 17SEASON 44

FROM THE DIRECTOR

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”—Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking

The Year of Magical Thinking depicts Didion’s changing relationship between the person she was and her solitary struggle with grief and self-pity. However the play is not a clinical record of one woman’s emotional devastation and unimaginable loss; ultimately it is a provocative, and often humorous, journey of self-reflection.

The “magical thinking” of title refers to the belief that if a person hopes for something hard enough or performs the appropriate actions with sufficient conviction then the outcome can be changed. Magical equals amazing in its most literal sense—the daily discovery of difference as microscopic particles recombine altering the flow of living and breathing. Forever.

When asked the difference between her memoir and the play, Didion said: “When I was writing the book, I did not know whether or not I would survive. When I was writing the play, I knew that I had.” It is my hope that TAM’s production will awaken memories of loved ones, unite us to joy in the journey we all share, and help us to appreciate the simple beauty of life lived to the fullest.

Set DesignerLighting Designer

Sound DesignerStage Manager

Jim AlexanderLynne ChaseRew TippenMelissa A. Nathan*

by Joan Didion | Directed by Dawn McAndrews

Joan Janis Stevens*


PRODUCTION TEAM

PLACE & TIME SPONSORED BYRobert & Moira FullerHere, New York, Paris, Malibu;

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Joan Didion(Playwright, 1st Season) Born in California in 1934 and a graduate from Berkeley in 1956, Didion wrote her first novel in the early 1960’s. Her narrative nonfiction has earned her the reputation of a highly esteemed chronicler of American culture and politics. In 2005, Didion wrote The Year of Magical Thinking, a National Book Award

winning memoir chronicling her struggle with the dual burdens of the death of her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, and her daughter Quintana’s grave illness. In 2007, Didion’s adaptation of her novel first appeared on Broadway, directed by David Hare and featuring Vanessa Redgrave.

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The Year of Magical Thinking is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Performed without intermission


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| 19SEASON 44

FROM THE DIRECTOR

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT

The Velveteen Rabbit is a timeless story about the magic of childhood and its ability to transcend reality with pure and uninhibited love. Margery Williams wrote her classic tale in 1922 when a stuffed rabbit was all a child needed to spark their imagination. As the original story, and this world premier adaptation, is both beautiful and simple it is my job as director to tell the story beautifully and simply. Our production is told through the eyes of children as they play dress up in the 1920s to reenact the tale of a little boy who loved a rabbit so much that she became real. It is my sincere hope that you and your family enjoy the piece and find the beauty, love, and simplicity in our production of The Velveteen Rabbit.


Sound DesignerStage Manager

OR HOW TOYS BECOME REALFrom the book by Margery WIlliams

Adapted by Dawn McAndrews | Directed by Brooke Edwards

The Velveteen RabbitThe Boy

The Rocking Horse/Wild Rabbit/Gardener

Nana/The Wood Lion/FairyTin Robot/Wild Rabbit/The Doctor

Hannah DalyNick SuttonSimon Kiser

Aislinn KerchaertArdarius Blakely

Stacey KoloskiElizabeth RochaXi ChenRew TippenBeka Bryer


PRODUCTION TEAM

SPONSORED BYMaineGeneral

PLACE & TIMEA Child’s Nursery, The Garden, The Woods; 1920s


Performed without intermission


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Black Fly Follies14th Annual Variety ShowJune 29 at 7:30 p.m.Theater at Monmouth’s 14th annual variety show, hosted by TAM favorite Mike Anthony, features the talents of our summer company. Presenting acts from the bizarre to the fantastic, past Follies have included song and dance, stand-up comedy and improv, tap dance, and drumming.

Beatles: The Studio Years 1967-70with Mark S. Cartier | July 30 at 7:30 p.m.TAM favorite Mark S. Cartier recounts the second half of the Fab Four's career, in this follow-up presentation to last season’s The Beatlemania Years. From their growth as singer-songwriters to their multiple innovations in the studio and the diverging interests which lead to the inevitable break-up of the group, leaving in their wake one of the greatest legacies in recording history.

Tribute to Jazz SirensFeaturing the Marcia Gallagher QuartetAugust 8 at 7:30 p.m.Marcia Gallagher, vocalist/ pianist, takes us on a journey through the stories and songs of jazz's greatest female singers. Honoring such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee, Nina Simone and Lena Horne, Tribute to Jazz Sirens features UMA faculty Dr. Richard Nelson on guitar, Steve Grover on drums, and bassist, Duane Edwards.

Write On! Student Playwright FestivalAugust 15 at 7:30 p.m.Join us as finalists from TAM's first student playwriting competition stage readings of their original scripts at Cumston Hall!

Theater at Monmouth’s 2013 Special Events are sponsored by Susan Tedrick and The Eaton Peabody Foundation.

| 21SEASON 44

FALL MUSICAL

HOLIDAY SHOW

PatienceMusic by Arthur Sullivan|Libretto by W.S. GilbertDirected by Bill Van HornSeptember 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29

All the society ladies in the village are in love with two aesthetic poets but the poets are in love with Patience, the village milkmaid, who cares nothing for poetry. The young ladies’ military suitors see no point to aesthetics but give it a try to win their hearts. Things are touch and go for a while but in the end everyone lands a suitable partner, even if it is only a tulip or lily.

This Wonderful Lifeby Steve Murrayconceived by Mark SetlockDirected by Dawn McAndrewsfeaturing Mike AnthonyNovember 29 & 30December 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 Now a holiday tradition at TAM, Mike Anthony returns for this hilariously touching one-person adaptation of the iconic holiday classic—Frank Capra’s, It’s a Wonderful Life. Clarence the Angel, Mary, Old Man Potter, and 20 more of Bedford Falls’ citizens guide George Bailey’s journey to discover that the actions of one person really can make a difference in the world.

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ACTING COMPANYACTOR PESTLE SHREW OUR TOWN MAGICAL VELVETEEN

Mike Anthony*

Ardarius Blakely

Grace Bauer

Josh Carpenter*

Mark S. Cartier*

Luke Couzens

Hannah Daly

Alexander Harvey

James Noel Hoban*

Aislinn Kerchaert

Simon Kiser

Ambien Mitchell

Frank Omar

Ryan Simpson

Janis Stevens*

Nick Sutton

Bill Van Horn*

Max Waszak

Humphrey

Citizen’s Wife

Barber/Soldier/Hammerton

Master Merrythought

Servant/Knight/Captive/Soldier

Captive/Tapster/Boy

Jasper

Venturewell

Luce

Prologue/Boy/ Michael

Tim/Pompiona

Host/Greengoose

George

MistressMerrythought

Citizen

Rafe

Grumio

Widow

Petruchio

Baptista

Lucentio

Tailor/Haberdasher

Tranio

Hortensio

Bianca

Pedant

Kate

Vincentio

Gremio

Biondello

Editor Webb

Mrs. Gibbs

Simon Stimson

Stage Manager

George

Emily

Joe Crowell

Dr. Gibbs

Rebecca

Wally

Mrs. Webb

Joe Stoddard

Howie Newsome

Mrs. Soames

Professor Willard/Constable Warren

Si Crowell/Sam Craig

Joan

Robot/Doctor/Wild Rabbit

Rabbit

Nana/Fairy/Wood Lion

Rocking Horse/Wild Rabbit

Boy

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States

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Mike Anthony (Equity Actor, 7th Season)Mike is thrilled to be returning to TAM for his seventh season! Some of his favorite shows at TAM have been The Comedy of Errors, Is He Dead?, Taming of the Shrew, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Mystery of Irma Vep and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He’d like to thank his family, and specifically, his mom and dad, who made his life

possible, and then beautiful.

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Jim Alexander(Technical Director/ 3rd Season)Jim has worked on theatre, dance, and opera productions from Maine to Missouri as production manager for Washington Revels and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis and master electrician at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington Ballet, and Portland Stage Company. He toured nationally and internationally as with

The Flying Karamozovs, Netherlands Dance Theatre, Suzhuo Kunju Opera, National Ballet of China, and Ballet Nacional de Cuba. When not at TAM, Jim is Technical Director at the Public Theatre in Lewiston (and also graduated from UMaine).

Francis Beaumont(Playwright, 1st Season) An English poet and playwright, Beaumont was born in 1585 and collaborated with John Fletcher on tragicomedies The Maides Tragedy, Phylaster, and A King and No King, among others. He married in 1613, and three years later died and was buried in Westminster Abbey. He had achieved a high contemporary

reputation for his non-dramatic poetry, but survives as a dramatist.

Grace Bauer(Actor, 3rd Season)Now living in Gardiner after many years in Vancouver, Grace holds a BA in Theater from UMaine and an MFA from USC. Episodic TV credits include: Masters of Horror, Psych, The 4400, Romeo, Godiva’s. Film and Television Movies: Helen, Dancing with Shadows, Tell Me No Lies, Boot Camp, Sarah’s Room. Stage: For TAM, Blithe Spirit (Madame Arcati), Hamlet

(Gertrude). Other: Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Life of Galileo, The Most Massive Woman Wins, The Women, Serpent in the Night Sky. Another favorite: joyful woman swinging from chandelier in along running Canadian lottery commercial.

Grace Bauer

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Francis Beaumont

Ardarius Blakely(Shop Foreman/Actor/ 3rd Season)Hailing from the depths of Georgia and Furman University’s Class of 2012 this is Ardarius’ 3rd summer with TAM, previously appearing in Of Thee I Sing, King Lear, Henry IV, Part 1 and the 2013 Page to Stage tour. When not in Maine, Ardarius tours to schools and military bases nation-wide in a social outreach

production called Sex Signals with Chicago-based Catharsis Productions. He is very excited to be in Maine for the summer, though less excited about the black flies.

Ardarius Blakely

Adam P. Blais(House Manager/ 2nd Season)Adam is happy to return to TAM where his previous credits include choreographer/Mathew Fulton (Replacement) in Of Thee I Sing. Adam has had the opportunity to work as a director, choreographer, stage manager, performer, and educator throughout New England, most recently as company manager

for the Public Theatre in Lewiston, and assistant stage manager at Shakespeare & Company. He received his BA in Theatre from the University of Maine.

Adam P. Blais

Dan Bilodeau (Resident Set Designer/ 7th Season)Dan’s set designs include, Crime and Punishment (Gamm Theatre), King Lear and The Glass Menagerie (Theater at Monmouth), Proof (Public Theater, Lewiston), and Doubt (Portland Stage Company). Recent work includes Wit (Penobscot Theater Company), and Spring Awakening at the University of Maine. Dan holds an MFA in Design

from Brandeis University, and is an assistant professor of theatre at the University of Maine. Dan would like to thank Beth, Sophie, and Luke for all their love and support.

Dan Bilodeau

Michelle Benoit (Stitcher, 1st Season)Michelle is pleased to return to the TAM costume shop. In 2011, she was the costumer for On the Twentieth Century. She earned an MFA in costume production from the University of Florida in 2007 and has been working at theatres around the country ever since, most recently at Montana Shakespeare in the Parks

and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. She lives in Florida but grew up in Maine and returns whenever she can.

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Kathleen Brown (Costume Designer/ 1st Season)A costume designer and adjunct faculty member at the University of Maine for the past four years, Kathleen’s designs have appeared in Portland Stage’s Love/Sick, Hidden Tennessee, God of Carnage, Syncopation and Over the Tavern. Other design credits: Public Theatre, Northport Music Theater, Huntington Theatre Company, Lyric

Stage Company, and NJ Shakespeare Company. Kathleen holds a BFA in Theatrical Production Design from Ithaca College and lives in Camden with her husband and two teenage sons, whom she’d like to thank for their love, support, and patience.

Kathleen Brown

Tannis Boyajian (Master Carpenter/ 1st Season)From Salem, MA, Tannis graduated from Salem State University in spring 2012 with a BFA in Technical Theatre and since graduating has been working at various schools and theatres throughout the Boston area. She has worked with Summer Theatre at Salem (MA), the New London Barn Playhouse (NH) and the Des Moines

Metro Opera Company (IA). Tannis hopes to return to grad school to pursue a degree in Technical Direction.

Tannis Boyajian

Amy Cain(Stitcher/ 1st Season)Amy is excited to be joining the TAM team in the costume shop for the 2013 season! Originally from New York, she graduated with a BA in Drama from Lee University (TN), then interned in the costume shop of Totem Pole Playhouse (PA) summer 2010, and then Phoenix Theatre (AZ), for their 2010-2011 season.

She is currently working on her MFA in Costume Design at Illinois State University.

Rebekah Bryer (Stage Management Intern/ 1st Season)Beka was born and raised in Bowdoinham, Maine, and has gone to productions at TAM her whole life. She recently graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts with a double major in Theatre and History. While at Wheaton, she stage managed four productions (Romeo and Juliet,

Cloud 9, Cabaret, Rumors) and was an intern last summer at Adirondack Theatre Festival in Glens Falls, NY. She is thrilled to work at TAM this summer!

Rebekah Bryer

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Josh Carpenter(Actor/ 1st Season)Josh is thrilled to be making his TAM debut. A company member of Quintessence Theatre Group in Philly, he has acted with Shakespeare Theatre New Jersey, Cherry Lane Theatre (NYC), American Shakespeare Center (VA), GTA Southern Stage (GA), and Playground Theatre (FL). Favorite roles include Iago, Henry V, Richard Hannay

in The 39 Steps, and Zanetto and Tonino in The Venetian Twins. Thanks and love to Ally and my family. www.joshcarpenter.net.

Josh Carpenter

Heather Carey (Costume Designer/ 3rd Season)Heather has designed for Harbor Lights Theater Company, Intimation Productions, UnSung Musicals Co., Spence School for Performing Arts, ArtEffects Theatre, TAM, Brandeis Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Psych Drama Company; she has assisted on productions with Making Books Sing, Queens College,

and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Super Sidekick: The Musical, was voted Best of FringeNYC 2012 in the FringeNYC Encore Series. Heather received her MFA in Costume Design from Brandeis University. www.heatherjcarey.com

Heather Carey

Lynne Chase (Lighting Designer/ 8th Season)Lynne has spent the last year touring the world without ever leaving home. She explored the intricacies of Norwegian pipe mazes for An Enemy of the People. She created searing Middle Eastern suns for The Arabian Nights. In Maine, she has designed dozens of shows right here at TAM in addition to lighting over

50 productions at Penobscot Theatre and Doubt at Portland Stage Company.

Lynne Chase

Mark S. Cartier(Equity Actor/ 17th Season)Mark returns for his 17th season at beautiful Cumston Hall, where he has appeared in more than 50 productions over the years. Since last summer, he has played Mr. Gower in It’s a Wonderful Life at Stoneham Theatre (MA) and Mishkin in Fools at Ocean State Theatre Company (RI). Mark had principal roles in the independent

films Infinitely Polar Bear and Mary Loss of Soul and worked on several other film and TV projects, including an interactive web series. He lives in West Bridgewater, MA with his wife Jane. www.markscertier.net

Mark S. Cartier

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Luke Couzens(Actor/ 1st Season)A New England native, Luke comes to TAM from Chicago, where he has been living, working, and studying for the past six years. Recent credits include Coriolanus (The Hypocrites), The Glass Menagerie (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Romeo & Juliet (First Folio Theatre), Letters Home (Griffin Theatre), Thirty Thousand

One (Pursuit Productions), as well as multiple projects with Redmoon Theater and Collaboraction. Many thanks to friends and family for their continued support.

Luke Couzens

Xi Chen(Lighting Designer/ 4th Season)A full-time resident of Maine, Xi is excited to be spending the summer again in Monmouth. He is also pleased to remain true to his dramatic roots by pursuing a career in the American legal system in the fall. Favorite designs include James and the Giant Peach; Metamorphoses; Camelot; and L’Histoire du Soldat.

Much love to the parents and everyone in the Department of Theater at Colby College.

Xi Chen

Lisa DeHart(Kitchen Manager/ 3rd Season)Lisa is the AEA stage manager at the Public Theatre in Lewiston during the winter. She stage managed two seasons at TAM 1995-1997. Lisa has been a Registered Maine Guide in Wilderness Canoeing since 1993, guiding everywhere from the Rio Grande to the Gaspe. She lives in West Gardiner with husband Jeff and

nine-year-old son Elijah. She loves to cook and is thrilled to be a member of this company.

Lisa DeHart

Hannah Daly(Actor/ 1st Season)Originally from beautiful Portland, ME, Hannah is pursuing a BFA in Acting from Syracuse University. Favorite roles include Martha Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (Portland Stage Company), Mary Tilford in The Children’s Hour, Thea in Spring Awakening (Mad Horse Theater Company), and Lucy in

Mr. Marmalade (Syracuse University). This fall she will be studying abroad in London at Shakespeare’s Globe. Many heartfelt thanks to Dawn, Dusty, and, as always, B, L.& N.

Hannah Daly

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Brooke Edwards (Director, Props Master/ 2nd Season)Brooke is an actor, director, and designer who has recently completed an MFA in Directing at Western Illinois University. Previous professional experience includes work at Woolly Mammoth, Studio Theater (D.C.); Metropole Theatre Works (CA); Orange Girls, St. Louis Actor’s Studio, Upstream Theatre,

New Jewish Theatre, St. Louis Shakespeare and HotCity (MO). Brooke is a two-time Kevin Kline Award recipient, has appeared in film and television, and is a proud member of SAG/AFTRA.

Brooke Edwards

Deirdre Dosedlo(Concessions Manager/1st Season)Deirdre is excited to be joining the company at TAM. She is no stranger to the theatre as her father introduced her to TAM a few years ago and has been here every summer since. She has volunteered in many positions but this year she will be kitchen assistant and concessions manager. She looks forward to many more years of service at TAM.Deirdre Dosedlo

W.S. Gilbert (Playwright, 5th Season) William Schwenck Gilbert was an English humorist and playwright whose dramatic productions include An Old Score; Pygmalion and Galatea; Charity and Sweethearts; Broken Heart; H.M.S. Pinafore; The Sorcerer; The Pirates of Penzance; Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride; Iolanthe; Princess Ida; The Mikado; Ruddigore; Yeoman of the Guard;

The Gondoliers; and Utopia. In most of his comic operas he collaborated with Sir Arthur Sullivan.

Patrick Flick(Director/ 1st Season)Patrick has worked as a producer, director, and actor at theatres across the country including: Orlando Shakespeare, TheatreWorks, Marin Theatre Company, San Jose Stage, Florida Studio, Phoenix Theatre, Alliance Theatre, and Riverside Shakespeare in New York. Directing credits include Comedy of Errors, Into the Woods, Twelfth Night, A Little Night

Music, Private Lives, and Kiss Me Kate. A four-time Emmy winning television producer, Patrick is the General Manager of the Shakespeare Theatre Association and serves as the Literary Chair of the National New Play Network.

Patrick Flick

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James Noel Hoban(Equity Actor/ 3rd Season)James is very pleased to return to TAM this season. He appeared last year as Tartuffe in Tartuffe and Worcester in Henry IV, Part 1. Regional credits include productions with the Public Theater, Portland Stage Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Good Theater, Dramatic Repertory Company, Mad Horse

Theatre, and American Renaissance Theatre. James is a graduate of SUNY Purchase and studied at the National Theatre of Great Britain.

James Noel Hoban

Alexander Harvey(Actor/ 1st Season)Alexander trained at Bristol Old Vic and Syracuse University. Recent New York credits include: Long Day’s Journey into Night and Jew of Malta (York Shakespeare Company); Midsummer Night’s Dream, King Lear (ShakespeareNYC); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Compassion Theater Co.). Regionally he has appeared in: Othello, The Seagull, Antigone, The Venetian

Twins, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V (Quintessence Theatre Group); Doubt, Hip/Shake (Syracuse Stage). www.alexander-harvey.com

Alexander Harvey

Sara Holden(Costume Intern/ 1st Season)Sara comes to TAM all the way from Moscow, ID where she is a student at the University of Idaho. Her previous professional experience was at the Idaho Repertory Theatre. She is extremely happy to join the company at TAM this summer.

Sara Holden

Helen Hoepfner(Box Office Manager/ 1st Season)Helen is a recent Maine transplant. She comes to TAM from Missouri where she was the Sales and Service Coordinator for the St. Louis Symphony. She has an MA in Theater History and Dramaturgy from the University of Oklahoma. When she is not in the Box Office she spends her time working on new plays and

reading old ones. Thank you for supporting live theatre! Now, please unwrap your candy and enjoy the show!

Helen Hoepfner

Simon Kiser(Actor/ 1st Season)A graduate of the UNCSA High School Drama program, a Fellow in Emerson College’s Honors program, and a veteran of the American Shakespeare Center’s Young Company, Virginia-native Simon is thrilled to make his TAM debut. Favorite roles include Dante in The Inferno, Warren in This Is Our Youth,

Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth in Macbeth. www.facebook.com/SimonKiser.

Simon Kiser

Aislinn Kerchaert(Actor/ 1st Season)Born in Boston, MA and raised in West Hartford, CT—Aislinn comes to TAM from Chicago, IL where she received her BFA at DePaul University. Chicago credits include Messenger/Chorus in Oedipus Rex (The Arc Theatre), and Sylvia Plath in Lady Lazarus (Gorilla Tango Theatre). She is devising The Ladies

Empowerment Project, with a fierce female ensemble and The Goodnight Ladies artist collective. Working with TAM is dream come true.

Aislinn Kerchaert

Stacey Koloski(Set Designer/ 1st Season)Stacey is a Portland-based scenic designer. Recent credits include Big Mouth Thunder Thighs (Portland Stage Company Studio Rep), If We Were Birds (Lorem Ipsum Collective), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Mad Horse Theatre), Topdog/Underdog (Dramatic Repertory Company), The Birthday Party (Acorn

Productions), and The Seafarer (American Irish Repertory Ensemble). Stacey is co-owner of STAGES: The Performing Arts Academy for Kids and a co-founder of PortFringe.

Stacey Koloski

Jonna Klaiber(Resident Costume Designer/6th Season)A Maine native, Jonna grew up attending TAM. She fell in love with theatre here at age six and is thrilled to be returning for her 6th season. Previous costume designs include Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Glass Menagerie, Blithe Spirit, Twelfth Night and The Mikado among others. Jonna designs costumes at the Public

Theatre in Lewiston and teaches Costume Construction at her alma mater, University of Southern Maine. She lives in Auburn with her husband Steve and Cody the Brown Hound.

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Samantha Lemon(Master Electrician/ 1st Season)Born and raised in Delaware, Samantha got out as fast as she could. Professional experiences includes Trinity Repertory Company, Barter Theatre, Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and Berkshire Theatre Festival. Samantha loves her awesome cat Sahara, to travel the

country, and working in theatre.Samantha Lemon

Elizabeth Lardie(Box Office Assistant/ 1st Season)Elizabeth, a Maine native, has performed with AIRE, Fenix Theatre Company, Theater Project, Dramatic Repertory Company, Snowlion Repertory Company, and Lanyard Theater Company as well as Manhattan Theatre Club in NYC and Sydney Theatre Company in Australia. She was thrilled to perform in TAM’s

Page to Stage tour of The Legend of Finn MacCool. Elizabeth earned a BA from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Elizabeth Lardie

Dawn McAndrews(Director/ 4th Season)Dawn has worked as director, producer, and educator at theatres across the country including Shakespeare Theatre Company, Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Portland Stage Company, and Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. Directing credits include The Language Archive (Public Theatre), The Mousetrap, Henry

IV, Part 1, Of Thee I Sing (TAM), The Glass Menagerie, Holiday, and Three Days of Rain (1st Stage), Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Antigone, The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, as well as adapting and directing A Christmas Carol at Portland Stage Company.

Dawn McAndrews

Beth Livengood(Props Intern/ 1st Season)A rising senior at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Beth will be receiving her BA in theatre in 2014. Some of her favorite properties credits include Bat Boy: The Musical with the City Arts Center of Greensboro and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson at UNCG. Beth is very excited to be joining TAM for the summer.Beth Livengood


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with performances in Augusta and the L/A area, plus a special Classical Pops concert here at Cumston Hall on March 22nd.

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Jeff Meyers (AEA Stage Manager/ 8th Season)Jeff was in a play once. He played the “Captain” in the Grand Junction, CO, high school production of Carousel. He then turned to stage management. He is very pleased and proud to be a part of the TAM team. He calls New York City home and his recent highlights there include the Off-Broadway productions of Neil Simon’s Marry Me A Little and

Tina Howe’s Painting Churches (Keen Company). His union of choice is AEA, and he dedicates this season to Joan.

Jeff Meyers

Max McAndrews(Lighting Apprentice/ 2nd Season)Born in Maine, Max moved to Washington D.C at two, Missouri at ten, and finally back to Maine two years ago. He is a junior at Mt. Ararat High School, plays violin, and enjoys listening to music. When he was younger, he tried acting in plays but stage fright kept him from making it past the rehearsals. This is his second gig with a professional

theatre and he looks forward to future opportunities.Max McAndrews

Melissa A. Nathan (AEA Assistant Stage Manager/ 1st Season)Melissa is very excited to be working at TAM. Favorite credits include: SWP (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Educating Rita (Florida Rep), August: Osage County (WPPAC), Lost in Yonkers (Atlantic Stage), Wicked City (Depot Theatre), Victory (PTP/NYC), Bonnie & Clyde (Asolo Repertory Theatre), China: The Whole Enchilada

(FringeNYC), Twelfth Night and The Imaginary Invalid (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre). She is a proud member of AEA and co-secretary of the Stage Managers’ Association.

Melissa A. Nathan

Ambien Mitchell (Actor/ 3rd Season)Ambien is a Brooklyn-based storyteller who is overjoyed to return to Monmouth for her third season. TAM credits: Glass Menagerie, Blithe Spirit, and Much Ado About Nothing. Regional: Amadeus (Northern Stage), The Diary of Anne Frank (Triad Stage), The Crucible and two educational tours (NC Shakes).

Ambien lights on plays, readings, and films as well as an amusing assortment of part-time jobs.

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Christina Nugent (Box Office Assistant/ 1st Season)Christina is a recent film and theater graduate from Quinnipiac University. She spent last summer with the Abingdon Theatre Company as a playwright and a script reader. When she’s not writing, or thinking about how she should be writing, she’s probably eating. She is excited about her first official summer with TAM

and encourages you to stop by the box office to say hello! Preferably with cookies.

Christina Nugent

Liz Nelson (Sound Intern/ 1st Season)Liz, originally from Tallahassee, FL, recently graduated from Plymouth State University where she was Head of Audio for the Silver Center for the Arts. Previously, Liz has interned with California Shakespeare Theatre (CA), Taproot Theatre (WA), and Charleston Stage (SC). In the fall she will move to Sarasota to intern with the Florida

Studio Theatre for the 2013-2014 season.Liz Nelson

Amadi Pate(Marketing Intern/ 1st Season)Amadi is excited to be part of Theater at Monmouth this summer. Originally from Texas, Amadi comes to TAM from DePaul University in Chicago, where she is a junior theatre management major. Amadi would like to thank her family and friends for their continued love and support!

Frank Omar (Actor/ 8th Season)Frank has appeared in Theater at Monmouth productions of Taming of the Shrew, Henry V, Fantasticks, My Three Angels, The Winter’s Tale, and Of Thee I Sing. He is a resident of Hallowell and a member of Gaslight Theater, where most recently he appeared in Dinner for One, And Then There Were None, and Key for Two. He,

also, organizes and emcees an annual fundraiser for Johnson Hall in Gardiner.

Frank Omar

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Davis Robinson(Director, 7th Season)Davis has worked professionally as an actor and director for more than 20 years in film, television, and on stage. For TAM, he has directed Blithe Spirit, A Little Hotel on the Side, and Arsenic and Old Lace. Davis is best known for his work as founder and artistic director of the award-winning Beau Jest Moving Theater, a physical

theatre company. He is the author of The Physical Comedy Handbook, now in its eighth printing.

Davis Robinson

Rebecca Porzig(Stitcher, 1st Season)Rebecca is thrilled to be working with the Theater at Monmouth after graduating from New College of Florida with a B.A. in psychology! Wait, is that right? Yes, a degree in psychology, not in anything that seems like it should be related to making costumes.

Rebecca Porzig

Elizabeth Rocha(Costume Designer/ 1st Season)Elizabeth grew up outside of Augusta and is excited about coming back to work in Maine. She currently lives in Boston where she started as a children’s illustrator before getting involved in theatre. She has worked with the Boston Circus Guild, Behind the Mask Theater, Prometheus Dance Company, Jose Mateo Ballet Theater,

Boston Ballet and 3Past Midnight Films. www.elizabethrochadesign.net

Elizabeth Rocha

William Shakespeare(Playwright, 44th Season)No man’s life has been the subject of more speculation than Shakespeare’s. For all his fame and celebrity, Shakespeare’s personal history remains a mystery. We know a man named William Shakespeare was baptized at Stratford upon Avon on April 26, 1564, and was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford on April 25, 1616.

Tradition holds that he was born three days earlier and that he died on his birthday, April 23, but this is perhaps more myth than fact. Regardless, it is clear that by 1594, Shakespeare was a shareholder, actor, and principle playwright in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, one of the most popular companies in London, and remained so until the end of his career in 1611. In the years since Shakespeare’s death, he has risen from obscurity to the most read, adapted, and translated writer of all time.

William Shakespeare

Matthew Shearer(Lighting Intern/ 1st Season)His first summer at TAM, Matthew is currently a junior at Point Park University studying Technical Theatre with a concentration in Lighting. Last summer he was an electrician apprentice and board operator for a Chekhov festival at the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre. This past fall he was Deck

Electrician for The Producers, put on by Point Park’s Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Jay Shepherd (Marketing Manager/ 2nd Season)Born and raised in Winter Park, Florida, Jay recently received an MS in Arts Management and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Oregon. Whether it’s on stage or off, she is driven by her passion for theatre, especially Shakespeare, and in supporting engagement in the

arts. Special thanks to AJ, Mom, Kristin, Dawn, and the #thinktank. www.jLshepherd.wordpress.com

Jay Shepherd

Matthew Shearer

Ryan Simpson (Actor/Box Office/ 3rd Season)Ryan is thrilled to return to TAM! He is from the Chicago area and is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (BFA Music Theatre). TAM credits: Henry IV, Part I, Room Service, James and the Giant Peach, and tours of The Legend of Finn MacCool, The Reluctant Dragon, and The Comedy of Errors.

Ryan is a member of the improvisational comedy troupe, GreenRoom Productions. Special thanks to Dawn, Mom, Dad, Danielle, Jay, AD, and Daniel!

Ryan Simpson

Janis Stevens (Equity Actor/ 12th Season)Favorite TAM roles: Amanda/The Glass Menagerie, Paulina/The Winter’s Tale, Merteuil/Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Amanda/Private Lives. Regional: Maria Callas/Master Class at Sierra Repertory Theatre and at Capital Stage (CA); title role in Becoming Julia Morgan at the Berkeley City Club (Bay Area

Theatre Critics Nominee). 2006 Drama Desk Nominee for her portrayal of Vivien Leigh in Vivien, off-off Broadway. She is an Associate Artist with Capital Stage in Sacramento where she will be returning this Fall to portray Lady Macbeth for the third time in her career! A Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

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Nick Sutton (Actor/ 1st Season)Nick loves entertaining his family and friends with his theatrical stylings and he is very excited to be a part of this company! In 2012 Nick spent his summer vacation at Stages Theater Camp for kids where he participated in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Anna and the King. Other roles include Thomas Mara Jr. in Miracle on 34th

Street and Prince Eric in Little Mermaid (Portland Players).Nick Sutton

Arthur Sullivan (Playwright, 5th Season)Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was an English composer best known for his collaborations with librettist W. S. Gilbert, including such popular works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance, and The Mikado. Sullivan’s artistic output included 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several

plays, numerous hymns and other church pieces, parlour ballads, carols, and chamber pieces.

Arthur Sullivan

Rew Tippin(Resident Sound Designer/ 8th Season)Rew would have stayed where he wrote this bio, a land of sun, sand, surf, and hot tubs, but he preferred to return to this wonderful theatre and produce sound designs for a brilliant season. He’s like that. You know these artist types.

Rew Tippin

Daniel B. Thompson(Production Manager/ 3rd Season)A Utah native, Daniel returns to TAM from his home in Davis, California. Daniel also works as the Campus Events Coordinator for the Mondavi Center at UC Davis where he coordinates live events for the university as well as performances with organizations and artists like the New York Philharmonic, St. Louis

Symphony, B.B. King, Wayne Shorter, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Buddy Guy.

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Max Waszak(Actor/ 2nd Season)Originally from North Carolina, Max could not be more grateful to return to Monmouth! TAM credits: The Little Prince, Henry IV Part 1, The Two Gentlemen of Verona and two educational tours. Off-Broadway: Henry V, Playing Molière (New York Classical Theatre). Regional: The Little Foxes (Triad Stage), Much Ado About

Nothing, A Thousand Cranes, (NC Shakes). BFA Acting UNC Greensboro.

Max Waszak

Bill Van Horn(Associate Artistic Director, Equity Actor/ 12th Season)Bill has been a fixture at TAM since the 2001 and has directed and acted in numerous productions since then. Bill acts, directs, and writes for the acclaimed Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. A successful playwright, screenwriter and librettist, Bill’s script and narration for the award-winning

documentary Workshop for Peace appeared on PBS and is seen by thousands of visitors each day at the United Nations.

Bill Van Horn

Thornton Wilder(Playwright, 1st Season)Born in Madison, Wisconsin and educated at Yale and Princeton, Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience. He was the recipient of a U.S. National Book Award for the

novel The Eighth Day, and of three Pulitzer Prizes for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the two plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth.

Thornton Wilder

Brynn White (Wardrobe Supervisor, 2nd Season)Brynn is excited to return for her second season with Theater at Monmouth. A recent graduate of the Texas State Theater Design and Technical program, Brynn now hails from Springfield, MO. She spent the last year cultivating her skills as a seamstress with custom freelancing.

Brynn White

Margery Williams(Author, 1st Season)Author of the classic story of how a boy’s love transforms a velveteen rabbit into a real one, Margery Williams Bianco was born on June 22nd, 1881. Mostly home schooled, she came to the United States when she was nine years old. Her first adult novel was published when she was 21, but The Velveteen Rabbit was the first

and best-known of her 30 children’s books.Margery Williams

Sally Wood(Director, 11th Season)Sally is an actor, fight choreographer, teaching artist, and director. She has worked regionally and abroad. At Portland Stage Sally directed Hidden Tennessee and John Cariani’s Love/Sick. Sally was artistic director at Theater at Monmouth for many seasons and is a favorite both on and off stage for TAM audiences.Sally Wood

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Dukes & Duchesses$1,000-$2,499AnonymousRobert BittarBruce & Susan BurleighGreg & Kelly CaiazzoDr. & Mrs. Delvyn C. Case, Jr.Rick DosedloMichael & Tracy FasanoPaula & Ed GaudetLiz & Steven GoldstoneOrton P. Jackson, Jr.Robert J. & Cynthia A. McGuireIn Memory of Joe & Robert SchauerShirley Haskell & Rod ScribnerWes SmithRobin StruckLinda & Gordon WilcoxBill & Joan Wing

Barons & Baronesses $500-$999AnonymousPeggy & John BarnesRoger & Nancy CampbellMicheal W. Claus & Catherine R. ConnorsCynthia Frye-Macomber & Robert MacomberTina GombergMartha & Don KentRobert M. LaddDavid & Susan OfferEdwin H. PertSuzanne Kiefer & Peter RosenbergBarbara RowellDianne & Allen RyanJoan L. & Reade H. Ryan, Jr.Jeffrey J. ShawJoanne & Robert Steneck

Lords & Ladies$250-$499AnonymousErick Apland & Kimberly K. GoochLaura & Ed AtleePeter & Lyn BallouTom & Karen BoelsenSteven & Elaine ColferMark DershwitzJoseph EdwardsJean GardnerTom & Bobbie GottschalkJeffery & Diane HandlerPolly S. HodgkinsKaren Herold & Mark IsaacsonKen & Sandy JohnsonLinda KindigDon & Marilyn McDowellIn Memory of Joan MeyersSue NealJeff & Amy O’BrienMr. Phil D. O’Connell Jr.Joan G. Price & Joseph M. O’DonnellLanny & Barbara OliverChuck Peel & Monty WingIn Memory of A. James PhelpsStephanie RalphIn Memory of Rev. David A. RipleyPaul Rucha & Jeanette SmithPhilip & Susan SimpsonConstance O’Brien SkahanMildred R. StengelAndy & Susie TolmanAnn E. WeissJanet West & Jonathan GuildroyCindy Yachanin

Knights & Dames $100-$249 Marilyn & Emory AckleySteve AlbisonBrian P. Allen & Stephen UnderwoodAnonymousEloise & Peter AultAnn & Tom BaiocchiDale & Maria BardoRobert & Nancy BarnesAl Barthelman & Beth HochholzerJoseph Bauer & Mary ParleeCathleen & Paul BauschatzCynthia O. BeanBangor Savings BankDorothy & Donald BellDean & Sheila BennettGregory & Joanna BittarCricket & John Blouin

Arthur & Elaine BoatinEmily & Norman BreitnerLeon Bresloff & Mary BayerDr. Lawrence Buggia & Teresa BeckerHolly & Daniel BurnesPat BurnesVin & Vinnie BurnsJanet Z. BursonDr. & Mrs. William ButlerJerry Casey & Patrice PutmanDeborah G. ChandlerBarbara G. ClarkLou Ann Clifford & Al DiamonRodney M. & Lois W. ColeLynda & Thomas CrowleyDr. & Mrs. Charles R. CushingDave’s Appliance, Inc.Mark DawsonMichael & Alice DeLuciaMr. & Mrs. Edward DeweyPeter & Lisa DeWolfeMary & Peter DionneJohn & Elizabeth DollhopfWilliam & Ann DollhopfRon & Melissa EmersonGuy EmeryCharles & Lore FergusonStephen & Mary FordWarren & Sally FosterJennifer FriedmanCecelia ReardonJayne & John GiudiciDavid & Kathy Glenn-LewinPeter & Nancy GodfreyLynn & Matthew GoldfarbIn honor of David GrahamCarol S. GriffithsLois M. GriffithsJames H. HallReg & Tinker HannafordCheryl Harrington & Dennis HarnishBruce & Wendy HazardJohn & JoAnn HerzfeldCraig HickmanSteve & Deb HidesMarian B. HinkleyMary HolsterLew & Mary Lou HorzempaDr. Michael & Gail HoytS. Clifton & Jane IvesRobert B. & Karin W. JacksonJulia D. James, Inc.Bill JenningsLogan Johnston & Phyllis GardinerMark & Judy JohnstonWendy & Bud Kellett

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INDIVIDUAL DONORSJohn D. Cullen & Natasha Kempers-CullenEdward Hatch & Catherine KerrSusan & George KnappJ. Scott & Patricia LaddLincoln & Gloria LaddThe Laskas FamilyEino & Janet LeinonenWilliam W. LeonardMichael J. Levey & Michael Susan BrownKaren LipovskyCandace LitchfieldMs. Esther LowellThe Lund-Hess FamilyJames LuntErik Lund & Sandra LynchSusanne G. MacArthurKristi & John MacKinnonJerry & Faith MadoreMichael McCarthyDale McCormickMary M.P. & George McNeilKathy & Irving MeekerTom & Donna MickewichDavid & Ruth MillayLarry MorganNorman & Barb MoultonEarl MountsIn Memory of Daniel J MurphyElisa & Wade Narin van CourtLouise Schimke & Paulette NewcombJoseph & Margaret NewhouseMrs. Judith H. NisbettEllen & Richard O’BrienJames PegolottiEdward T. Pollack Fine ArtsRoland & Fanny PoulinJohn & Elizabeth RandallPamela & David RawsonRalph & Kathy RecordJo & Grant ReynoldsBurtt & Gladys RichardsonHarry & Dee RichardsonJoyce M. RiversCol. Joseph J. Rogers, USA (ret.)Cynthia & John SangerMatt & Carolyn SanzonePaula SawyerIn Memory of Tina ScharbackJim & Eleanor SchneidThe John & Susan Sturc FamilyArleen & Fred SchwartzKaren Schermerhorn & Evan SeymourDavid & Donna ShawMary Sheridan & Matt Crane

Barbara & Burton EpsteinHannah FaulknerPam FeitzDoug & Linda FindlaySusan FirlottePaul & Elizabeth FlohnLaura Juraska & Richard FochtmannPaul C. & Pauline M. FournierWinifred, Earl, & Kimball FraserBrian & Pan FryeKen & Nancy FurthGregg GogginNathan GreenleafSusan M. GregoireJason & Lisa Grundstrom-WhitneyFrank J. HeymannGarry Hinkley & Lynne CaytingChristine HoldenBrigitte E. HorneBill & Coe HuckabeeAnita M. JackStephen B JacobsHelena JensenMichael & Ruth KahnTreona KallochKevin & Judy KaneRaymond & Susan LagueuxLinda LallyRachel LapointeMary & Dana LeightonDarlene LepoffSusan LiebermanNancy & Douglas LudewigSue & Don LudginMary Grace LymanNancy B. MaharLeslie ManningGerry & Claudette MartelJodi McDonoughCarl & Audrey McGeeDr. James & Helen McKendryDavid & Cindy McLeanMartin C. MillerCarroll & Muriel MinkowskyPatricia MooreCindy Namer & Scott McEachernBernadette NicolausRoger & Beth ObieSharyn OgdenIn Memory of Valjeane OlennTonda L. OlsonJeffery ParsonsMargaret ParsonsRuth B. PeckNancy PerkinsWilliam & Jill Peterken

Pamela SmithRichard & Sherrilynn SmithIn Memory of Rudolph StockSusan H. TedrickWilliam & Faith TowleIn honor of Dustin TuckerDavid & Marjorie WhippleDavid W. WhitbeckWalter J. WiacekJohn & Bonnie WilderErwin H. WoodCharles & Susan Woodman

The CourtUp to $100 Anonymous David Ault & Norine JewellHelen & Brian AyotteKen & Mary BarnardLiese BarnesWarren & Christine BartlettPaul & Jemelie BessetteEmily & Jerry BleyJD BlomIn Memory of David M. BlossomRichard & Frances BloxamDoug & Nona BoyinkLloyd D. Brace, Jr.Kelly & Trish BreazealeCharlene & John BridgeJohnny S. BrooksAnne & Rick BrownJane & Hank BurrLindsey & Andrew CadotCarol CampbellConny & El CarlsonCathy CarmichaelMary Jo ChapmanNancy CharetteJames & Donna ChickJonathan CohenPaula & Tim CollierPeter B. CookAmy CooksonW. J. CoteRichard & Carolyn CrockerJohn & Peggy CrossJames CummingMr. & Mrs. Keith B. DalenPhil DavisAlexis DesRochesStephen DiamondRoland L. DubeMaggie DumaisCharlotte S. EastmanMcIver Edwards


INDIVIDUAL DONORSDian PettyCarolyn C. PhilipponJeffrey PinnetteNorman & Christine RatteyLaura & Michael RifkinIn honor of Robin Struck & Dennis PriceMr. & Mrs. Richard RodgersIn honor of J. Reece RothNancy Winetrout SchenckIn Memory of Anne SchrammVictoria SearsDeb & Syd SewallNancy & Dick ShawMs. Bonnie ShulmanKristin ShumwayIn memory of CDR Albert J. Smalley USCGGeorge SmithHolly & Jim SmithR.W. & Mary Jane SpellmanKathy SteinertCynthia StewartIn Memory of James M. StewartIn Memory of Tom SturtevantMuriel Surowiec

IN-KIND DONORSBruce BoutetDori Burnham & Adrian OrtizNeil Chesley Plumbing & HeatingGanneston ConstructionChristina GombergBonnie GreenLorraine HaagDavid & Christine HeckmanJ.D. Blom & Craig HickmanLisa HicksBetsy JohnSteve & Margy KnightBarbara Granville & Ben LundBill MacDonaldHope OlmsteadDave & Donna ShawNancy SmithWes SmithRuth Ann SmithKristy VickersonHelen Watts

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2014 SEASONIn celebration of Shakespeare’s 450th and TAM’s 45th, we’ve taken our designation as the Shakespearean theatre of Maine to heart presenting a line-up of plays from England’s greatest playwrights. The British are coming to Monmouth in 2014—come join us!

As You Like It | by William Shakespeare The more pity that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly—Touchstone, As You Like ItWhen Rosalind and Orlando are banished from the court by the usurping duke, they flee for their lives into the wild. Stepping into the magical Forest of Arden with the philosophical fool Touchstone and her cousin Celia, Rosalind disguises herself as a young man. Orlando, and his long-time servant Adam, fall in with the banished duke’s band of brothers. It isn’t long before the lovers find each other and act out a bizarre ritual courtship that ends, as all good comedies do, with everyone paired up two-by-two.

A Woman of No Importance | by Oscar WildeOne should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.—Lord Illingworth, A Woman of No ImportanceA group of high society lords and ladies gather for a weekend of brilliant banter at Lady Hunstaton’s idyllic English country estate. Lord Illingworth, a dashing womanizer set to become an ambassador, hires the young George Arbuthnot as his secretary. In this dark comedy of serial seducers, moralizing monogamists, secret pasts, and simmering heartbreak, which Arbuthnot choose—social advancement or loyalty of the heart? Surely the basis for Downton Abbey, Wilde's deliciously witty satire lays bare the moral contradictions of Victorian England.

Romeo & Juliet | by William Shakespeare The course of true love never did run smooth—Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s DreamWhen you are passionately, purely in love, nothing else matters—not family, not friends, not self. Shakespeare’s impetuous tragedy of young lovers swept into a whirlwind of misunderstandings, secrets, and fate—begins and ends with the hope that love conquers all. Romeo and Juliet, the children of two landed families locked in an age-old feud, are irresistibly drawn to each other. Defying hatred and distrust, they dare to believe they can, and must, be together.

What the Butler Saw | by Joe Orton I’m not mad. It only looks that way—Dr. Prentice, What the Butler Saw by Joe OrtonIt’s your typical boy-meets-girl story. Only the boy is a wily psychoanalyst married to a nymphomaniac. And the girl is his secretary…once she passes a not-so-routine physical. Mix in a little blackmail, a lot of sexual innuendo, a government inspector, a lusty bellboy and you’ve got all the ingredients for a classic farce! Decried as scandalous in 1969, What the Butler Saw is a timeless tale of sexual repression in a culture gone mad, never slowing down long enough to let you catch your breath from laughter.

Tales from the Blue Fairy Book | edited by Andrew LangThe first volume in Lang's fairy tale series gathers some of the finest children’s stories from around the world, including Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella, The Arabian Nights, Beauty and the Beast, Hansel and Gretel, Jack the Giantkiller, and Puss in Boots. TAM’s 2014 Family show will feature a collection of classic tales as compiled by British scholar and poet, Andrew Lang.

The Sorcerer | music by Arthur Sullivan | libretto by W.S. Sullivan He can rack your brains with chains, And gibberings grim and ghastly!—John Wellington, The SorcererWhat happens when a magically brewed cup o‘tea intoxicates unsuspecting residents of an entire community? Based on An Elixir of Love, a Christmas story written by Gilbert in 1876, The Sorcerer relates the tale of Alexis, a young man obsessed with the idea of love leveling all social distinctions. He engages J. W. Wells & Co., Family Sorcerers, to concoct a love potion that causes everyone in the village to fall in love with the first person they see regardless of age, rank or fortune. Can such magical mayhem be untangled? The results are both comic and heartbreaking; in the end J. W. Wells must sacrifice all to break the spell.

Take part in the Season 45 and become a subscriber! 2014 Subscriptions will be available beginning August 1, 2013. Contact the Box Office at 207.933.9999 or visit www.theateratmonmouth.org for more details.


CUMSTON HALL

For the past several years, the Monmouth community, Cumston Hall Trustees, The Friends of Cumston Hall, the Monmouth Board of Selectmen, representatives of the library and many user groups have worked cooperatively on a $2.9 million revitalization and addition. Supporters, donors, and other organizations combined to finish the last pieces of the opera hall restoration project that began in 2000.

The remarkable investment project is a testament to the vision of Dr. Cumston and Mr. Cochrane and their ability to create a facility that is both practical and unique more than 100 years later.

For an expanded history of this exceptional building, visit theateratmonmouth.org

This beautiful edifice dominates the main street of the town and has aroused the interest and awe of passersby since its dedication in 1900. It is names for Dr. Charles Cumston, who for many years was the headmaster of Boston Latin High School. Having retired to Monmouth, Dr. Cumston decided to give his town a community building which would house the town offices, a caucus hall, a public library, and an auditorium. He entrusted the job of designing the building to Harry Cochrane, a Maine native with a reputation for fine interior work.

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