Bus Stop is presented by specia

l arrangement with

Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Scenic Design Christopher Scott Murillo

Lighting Design Karyn D. Lawrence

Audio Design E. Martin Gimenez

Assistant Stage Manager Melissa Gonzalez

Dramaturg Kyle Deichman

Costume Design G. Shizuko Herrera

Stage Manager Alicia Ellington

Director Candice M. Clasby

Fight Choreographer Collin Bressie

SCENES / MUSIC

“Why Don’t You Do Right?” written by Joseph "Kansas Joe” McCoy

arrangement by Jon Lee

The action of the play takes place in a street-corner restaurant in a small town about thirty miles west of Kansas City.

Act I A night in early March. 1:00 A.M.

Act II A few minutes later.

Act III Early morning. About 5:00 A.M.

There will be a 15 minute intermission.

Please  turn  off  all  electronic  devices  in  the  theatre.    Use  of  cell  phones  during  the  performance  may  result  in  being  asked  to  leave  the  performance.    No  recording  of  images  or  audio  is  permi<ed.  Violators  are  subject  to  copyright  infringement  law  by  the  license  holders  and  the  management.

THE CAST

Jon Lee as

Virgil BlessingLuke Bellmonte

as Bo Decker

Todd Leiser as

Dr. Gerald LymanEmma Andreini as Cherie

Lilyana Melero as

Grace Hoylard

Danielle Lee as

Elma Duckworth

Edward Rosales as Carl

Hanna Schultheis-Gerry

u/s Elma

Gregory Pickus as

Will Masters

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

This production of BUS STOP is the culmination project for my Masters in Fine Arts in Television, Film and Theatre.

I have always been attached to pieces that contain themes of loneliness, hope, transformation, and, of course, love. Until this year, my work has been focused in Musical Theatre, where these themes are quite prevalent.

In deciding which show I wanted to direct for my thesis project (a project that would showcase my transformation after 3 years of study), I considered both comedic and dramatic pieces. I wanted to challenge myself to work with a text that was difficult and yet still entertaining. A piece where I could work closely with the actors and dig deep, helping them go to places with their acting they may have been uncomfortable to tap into before this, and to help them break boundaries. BUS STOP was the perfect choice. While this piece is no easy task to tackle as a director, it is even more difficult for the actors. BUS STOP forces them to face obstacles, to be together in a confined space and deal with their issues rather than run away from them. These actors have allowed themselves to be challenged and they have put their trust in me as a director to work with them in order to service the words of William Inge. I would like to thank the College of Arts & Letters, the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, and the TVFT MFA program at CSULA, for putting their trust in me. To be supported by this phenomenal team has been a dream. Special thanks need to be given to my thesis committee Barry Gordon, Steve Rothman, and Meredith Greenburg, without their support and trust I would be a lost lamb. And finally, to the fantastic actors of BUS STOP: you are all so talented, and have beautiful lights within you, please continue to let them shine. Thank you for going on this journey with me!

- Candice Clasby TVFT M.F.A. Candidate 2015

Assistant Scenic Designer / Props Master Stephanie Gardea .......

Audio Crew Anthony Alvarez ...........................

Running Crew Amelia Gonzalez .............................

Scenic Shop Technicians Stephanie Almeida, Elizabeth Cron, .........Romeiro Davis, Sebastian Fernandez,

Kate Harmon, Eddie Lopez, Meri Oganesyan, Erla Pelaez, Sarah Templeton

Costume Shop Lead Rachel Masters .................................

Electrics Shop Technician Matthew Tsang ........................................

Poster/Graphic Design Candice M. Clasby ........................................

Assistant Production Management Candice M. Clasby ........................ Jessica Morataya

MTD Production Manager Meredith Greenburg ....................................

A&L Productions Staff

Technical Director/Shops Supervisor Elizabeth Pietrzak .................Costume Shop Supervisor Bruce Zwinge .....................................Electrics Shop Supervisor Tim Jones ....................................Audio Systems Technician Rico Garcia....................................

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Emma Andreini (Cherie) is a second-year undergraduate student at CSULA working to obtain her BA in Theatre Arts and Dance. BUS STOP is Emma’s first dramatic lead in CSULA’s theatre program. In November 2014, she worked with BUS STOP director, Candice Clasby in RENT. Emma grew up in the small town of Oakdale, California and left immediately following high school to pursue an education and career in theatre and film. She would like to thank her family and friends for being the greatest support group an actress could hope for!

Luke Bellmonte (Bo Decker) is an actor, filmmaker and writer. He has appeared nationally on the E channel's hit TV show “The Drama Queen.” He studied Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Theatre at Montclair State University before moving to Los Angeles. Luke is currently finishing his bachelors degree in theatre studies at CSULA. He has been involved in many CSULA productions including RENT, in which he played the role of Mark Cohen. Luke also acted in the 2014 John Lion New Plays Festival. He played the lead in CORRER CON LOS TOROS, a new work directed by Armando Molina. In addition, he was a semi-finalist in the 2014 ACTF Irene Ryan Acting Competition. Before moving to Los Angeles, Luke lived in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. He accrued a vast knowledge of fish working at a premier fish market outside of the metropolitan area. He enjoys trying new aquatic foods and playing basketball.

ACTOR BIOS

Danielle Lee (Elma Duckworth) is a new student to CSULA having transferred from Los Angeles Valley College. At LAVC she graduated cum laude and received her Associates Degree in Sociology: Social Welfare. Now at CSULA, Danielle is pursuing a few different degree programs including a major in Social Work and a minor in Theater Arts and Dance and Pan African Studies. However, it would be a dream come true for her to pursue an acting career full time. She was most recently seen as Kalisha in WOMEN ON FIRE and Mya in THE CAGE This is Danielle's first production with CSULA and she hopes to be a part of many more. Danielle would like to thank God for always providing and getting her this far and her mom and boyfriend for being her biggest supporters.

Jon Lee (Virgil Blessing) is an actor, composer and singer-songwriter active in the Los Angeles music and theater communities. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree in Commercial Music. In fall 2014, Jon portrayed Roger Davis in CSULA's production of RENT. Jon's past theater experiences include Composer/Music Director for Shakespeare’s TEMPEST with Santa Monica Rep, Music Director for Color and Light Theatre's production of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, and Music Director/Guitarist for Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show version of TWELFTH NIGHT. Jon also performs with the fabulous CSULA Commercial Music ensemble, the 444s, on an ongoing basis. www.jonleesongs.com

Todd Leiser (Dr. Lyman) is a current third year graduate student in the TVFT MFA at CSULA. As a Production student, his focus is on film directing and writing. He received his BA from Willamette University in Salem Oregon in 2012 where he majored in Film Studies. With a passion for film history, Todd also co-teaches the undergraduate film history class at CSULA as a graduate assistant. Todd was seen stage in RENT as “The Man”. He thanks everyone for all the support.

ACTOR BIOS

Lilyana Melero (Grace Hoylard) is a sophomore at CSULA, majoring in Theatre Arts and Dance with an option in Theatre. This is her acting debut at CSULA, but you will often find her operating the lights or getting her hands dirty on many behind the scenes projects. Last seen as Lulu in CABARET, at the Pinole Community Playhouse, her favorite role to date (Before Grace, of course) was Blanche in BRIGHTEN BEACH MEMOIRS. She absolutely loves to perform and she wants to thank her family, friends, and sorority sisters for accepting her favorite phrase, “I can’t I have rehearsal” and always being so supportive.

Edward Rosales (Carl) is in his first year at CSULA. Along with his passion for acting, Edward is also a huge sports fan, and a wrestling enthusiast. This marks his first production here after transferring from Ohlone Community College and was last seen on stage as Van in DOG SEES GOD. Edward is in the midst of earning his bachelors degree and he hopes you enjoy the show!

Gregory Pickus (Sherrif Will Masters) is thrilled to be working with this cast and crew on his first production at CSULA. Previous roles at the University of New England include Danny in GREASE, and Glenn Guglia in THE WEDING SINGER. He also performed in the play ALMOST MAINE. Gregory wrote and starred in numerous comedy shows during his time at UNE. He received his bachelors in political science from the University of New England and his masters in English from Southern New Hampshire University. He would like to thank Candice for giving him the opportunity for being a part of this production, and also would especially like to thank his mom for all her support and love.

Hanna Schultheis-Gerry (u/s Elma) graduated from UC Irvine in 2012 with a BA in Drama, emphasis in playwriting and musical theatre. She is now in her 2nd year of study for her MFA in Dramatic Writing for Television, Film and Theatre, here at CSULA. She has performed in Los Angeles, Orange County, the SF Bay Area and New York City. Favorite roles include Bonnie in ANYTHING GOES and the Nurse in ROMEO AND JULIET. She hopes to become the next Tina Fey and is grateful for her family, friends, kick-arse professors and gluten-free pasta. Thanks!

ACTOR BIOS

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Kyle Deichman (Dramaturg) is pleased to assist with this production of BUS STOP. During the day he can be found running the drama department at Warren High School in Downey where they are mounting their production of Alan Ayckbourn's ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR. This is Kyle’s first year in the Theater M.A. program and he is thrilled to be a part of this production. Enjoy the show.

Alicia Ellington (Stage Manager) is a senior at CSULA, majoring in Theatre Arts and Dance, with an option in Theatre and a minor in Creative Writing. This is Alicia’s 3rd theater production as part of the technical team with CSULA. She was the Wardrobe Manager for A LIE OF THE MIND, Assistant Lighting Designer for CORRER CON LOS TOROS for the John Lion New Plays Festival 2013-14, and now the Stage Manager for this show. She has been seen in Moving Dance Images 2014 and The International Women’s Day Dance Concert, performed at the Margo Albert Theater, Plaza de la Raza. Alicia would like to thank her professors and future professor for her long journey through college, and teaching her new skills that she has gained and will gain from them. She wants to also thank her mother Kimberly, her sisters Earleana and Janelle, her Grandma and Grandpa Earlean and Ernest, and her Aunt and Uncle Carla and Warren. Without them, she wouldn’t had made it through this epic adventure.

Melissa Gonzalez (Assistant Stage Manager) is currently a third year at California State University, Los Angeles and pursues a B.A. in Theatre and Dance. She enjoys acting and dancing and is also excited to be learning the other fields of theatre. Through her years at CSULA she has worked on The Round Table (Assistant Stage Manager), The Laramie Project (Sound Board Operator), and performed in the 2014 Spring Dance Concert. She would like to thank her family for all their support and her friends that she has made along the way.

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E. Martin Gimenez (Sound Designer) is a Los Angeles based sound and video artist who works in installations, site specific performance, and opera, and was named a "Young Designer to Watch" by Live Design Magazine.  He was the concept and technical designer for the site-specific headphone opera Invisible Cities, which was the subject of an episode of KCET's Artbound Other opera designs include CRESCENT CITY (The Industry), and IL POSTINO at the Los Angeles Opera, where he has been a member of the audio team since 2009. audio team. Theatrical

designs include THE COLORED MUSEUM (Pomona College), HOO’DOO LOVE (Mo'Olelo Theatre Company) GODS (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), THE EXILE OF PETIE DELARGE (RedCat NOW Festival), CRAZY BLOOD (Goethe Institute), The Poor Dog Group's SATYR ATLAS (Getty Villa), HAMLET (Interlochen Shakespeare Festival).  As a founding member of the performance group Opera del Espacio (O.D.E.), Martin collaborated on THE WAY OF WATER, I’VE FALLEN/CLAP OFF, MEET ME @ METRO II, and many of the earliest impromptu performances at the Downtown LA Artwalk.  With collaborators Zach Moore and Steven Klems, he has been the lead video designer for the LA/NY techno blues band American Royalty. Mr. Gimenez has been a staff member at Walt Disney World, West Virginia University, and the Interlochen Center for the Arts; a reviewer for Broadway Baby at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and holds degrees from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and CalArts.

G. Shizuko Herrera (Costume Designer) has been involved in technical theatre for 40 years.  She has taught stagecraft and design at ELAC and LACC.  Now an Emeriti Professor at CSULA, she has served as an Associate Chair and Principal Undergraduate Theatre and Dance Advisor for MTD. She also served as the Faculty Technical Director from 1989 through 2004. Shiz has taught courses in General Education and all the technical classes – lower division stagecraft and upper division design. She has designed scenery, lighting, costumes, makeup, properties, and has

also dabbled in directing. Shiz worked with East West Players, as a technician, stage manager, designer, technical director, and producer. Shiz has costumed a few feature films, a TV pilot, and has been nominated for a Lester Horton Award for Excellence in Dance Lighting.  With the East West Players, she received a Back Stage West Garland award for Lighting on PACIFIC OVERTURES at the David Henry Hwang Theatre and an Ovation and a LA Weekly award for Lighting on SWEENEY TODD.  Shiz has also been very involved with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. In 2009, she received an Excellence in Education award from the Design, Technology, & Management area and this past year, Region 8 honored her with the Golden Medallion of Excellence award.

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Karyn Lawrence (Lighting Designer) is a theatrical and event lighting designer based in Southern California. She earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree in lighting design from the University of California, Irvine. In addition to CSULA, Karyn has designed for companies such as South Coast Repertory, The Wallis Annenberg, Universal Studios, East West Players, The Fugitive Kind, The University of California Irvine, Great River Shakespeare Festival, The New Swan Shakespeare Festival, University of Southern California, Southern Utah University, Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, The Wooden Floor, and Sacred Fools. She has alsodesigned events for Radiance Lightworks and First Circle Design. Her work has been seen in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania. www.kdllightingdesign.com

Christopher Scott Murillo (Scenic Designer) has designed sets throughout the Southern CA area and in New York. Selected Theater Design Credits Include: At Deaf West Theatre: SPRING AWAKENING. At East West Players: BEJING SPRING, STEEL MAGNOLIAS. At Playwrights’ Arena: PAINTING IN RED, CINNAMON GIRL, DALLAS NON-STOP At Chance Theater:

LYSISTRATA JONES, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, THE WHO’S TOMMY, HAIR. At Chautauqua Theater Company: CARVE, BUILD, ELIJAH. Film Consulting & Set Decor Credits: “The 86th Academy Awards”, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “Orange County Reunion Specials”.  He holds an MFA from the UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance and a BA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. www.christopherscottmurillo.com

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Candice M. Clasby (Director) is currently finishing her MFA in Television, Film, and Theatre production and directing at CSULA.  She holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts with an emphasis in Directing from CSU, Fullerton and has been working as a performer, director, choreographer, producer, and teacher in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties for the last 12 years. She is a graduate of The Orange County School of the Arts, where her educationalemphasis was in Musical Theatre and Directing.  She is a member of Hollywood based theatrical production company, Consuming The Arts: Theatre Project, L.A. based film production companies, Uphill Entertainment, and Awesome Women Making Movies, and is a former member of The Street School Artist Club with founding member, Josh Brolin. Theatrical Directing Credits include: WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE-Hollywood Fringe, THE GOOD, SOMETHING LIKE LONLINESS-CSULA, SCROOGE, and ALL SHOOK UP-Buena Park Youth Theatre, ALMOST MAINE, BEYOND CONVENTION, and PLAYWRIGHTS BAKE-OFF, at The Hunger Artists’ Theatre Company, Beckett’s COME AND GO-CSU,Fullerton. Theatrical Choreography: BLESS CRICKET, CREST TOOTHPASTE AND TOMMY TUNE at CSULA, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, HAIRSPRAY, THE MIKADO, and OLIVER with RVLS.C.O.R.E (theatrical charity company for Spinal Cord Rehabilitation), RENT and GODSPELL at South Bay Center for the Arts at El Camino College. SEUSSICAL, and CABARET at CSU, Fullerton. Her most recent performing credits include: Chris Isaacson Presents a Broadway Christmas (Vocalist), RENT (Maureen) and HAIR (Dionne/Ronnie) at CSULA, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFE (Patty) at NTAC, CABARET (Sally Bowles) at The Hunger Artists Theatre Company, GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL (Lin) at Stages Orange County, A CHORUS LINE (Bebe) at The Gem.  She currently works as an On-Camera Acting coach at Gary Spatz’s Young Actors Studio, and is also available for private coaching in acting (Theatrical, Film & TV) and audition preparation. She is honored to be adding BUS STOP to her directorial credits.

Bruce Zwinge (Costume Shop Supervisor) After attaining a B.A. from CSU Fresno and a Certificate of Fashion Design from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), Bruce Zwinge has worked in the field of costume and fashion design for more than 25 years. Early years spent as a production patternmaker in the garment industry led to extensive costume work in commercials, film, television,

music videos, concert tours, stage, and print advertising. Experience working with top designers Theoni V. Aldredge, Bill Whitten, Melissa Daniels, and Pamela Shaw (past president of The Costumer’s Guild) has provided Bruce with opportunities to work with recording artists Prince and David Lee Roth, and entertainment industry work in films such as The Hidden, Slam Dance and television shows like Grace Under Fire. CSULA has been his artistic and occupational home for the past 24 years. Bruce nevertheless finds time to serve as freelance patternmaker, stitcher and designer for industry client Advanced Entertainment Technology, providing him subcontract work for Universal Studios, Universal Studios Florida, The Walt Disney Company, and Disneyland Tokyo and Paris. He is very proud of the long standing working relationships he has with many other local colleges and universities and has been a member of the Cerritos College costume technician certificate advisory board for the past four years. In a long and distinguished career, Bruce considers his most personally and professionally rewarding times to have been those spent at CSULA working with students, designers, and the CSULA campus community

A&L Productions operates primarily under the auspices of the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, Dr. Peter McAllister.

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Tim Jones (Electrics Shop Supervisor / Master Electrician) has worked at CSULA for 15 years, principally providing audio and lighting support for the Theatre Arts and Dance. His responsibilities now include music performance venues and focus primarily on lighting and effects support for all of our facilities. His accomplishments at CSULA include major lighting upgrades and installations on the State Playhouse and Arena stages, as well as spearheading the SpiralLift orchestra pit lift installation in 2007. Professionally, beyond CSULA, Tim provides lighting, audio and event support through his production support company.

(Technical Director and Shops Supervisor) As a poet and theatre artist, Elizabeth Pietrzak has been designing, building, technical directing, and storytelling through live theatre for more than 25 years. She has worked throughout Southern California with colleges and universities, churches, theme parks, local and community theaters, and spent two summers on the east coast doing summer stock theatrein New Hampshire, most notably designing and building 8 shows in 9 weeks for the oldest running summer stock theatre in the United States, the Barnstormers Theatre. Prior to coming to CSULA, she was the Theatre Manager and Technical Director for 17 years at the University of La Verne in their Department of Theatre Arts. While there, she also taught classes in stagecraft, scenic and lighting design, desktop publishing, creative writing, and performance art. Elizabeth earned her BA in Theatre Arts from the University of La Verne and her MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Elizabeth continues to write poetry and has been published in a variety of online journals. She is fascinated by the intersection between science and poetry, the exploration of liminal spaces through performance, the fragmented and de-centered self, and the dialogic nature of identity. “I am intensely interested in poetry and writing that is multi-voiced, multi-languaged, and that presents a mutable, fluid identity.” Elizabeth also writes scripts and monologues for collaborative work with solo performance artists. She approaches her lighting design work as storytelling and calls it “writing with light.” She has studied Irish Gaelic and dabbles on the accordion. She gardens when she can, but mostly lets the plants run wild.

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Rico Garcia (Audio Engineer and Audio Systems Technician) has a BA in Ethnomusicology Jazz Studies from UCLA and Certificates in Audio Engineering and Post Production from The Musicians Institute. Before coming to Cal State LA, Rico had worked for the Getty Museum as an audio technician, for LA Opera Community Outreach Programs and Center Theater Group as a touring Audio Engineer. Rico owns and operates his own boutique recording studio and has recorded many local up and coming rock bands. His responsibilities at Cal State LA include technical maintenance of all audio systems, sound design for stage productions, and live mixing/recording of concerts and recitals.

DRAMATURGICAL MATERIAL

and Tulsa Oklahoma, Independence often hosted one night performances of several Broadway shows touring the nation. Inge was often treated to live theater performances due to his association with a local Boy Scout troop. While this small town life features prominently in Inge’s work, he confessed in an interview that “I’m one of those people who grew up in Kansas feeling very superior to it. I felt out of place in that forlorn mid-western agricultural state. I had nothing in common with it at all. It was boring as hell and I wanted out.” It was only after arriving in New York that he began to brag about his Kansas origins. He felt it provided him with something unique to help him stand out among his fellow fledgling playwrights. He later took a brief teaching job in Columbus, Kansas, but found great difficulty teaching due to his growing passion for theatrical writing. He quit teaching to pursue a Master’s Degree from Peabody College in Speech and Drama. Upon graduating, he landed a job writing for the St. Louis Star Times. After three years of writing for the paper, Inge quipped,” one, of course, sees an awful lot of crap… [and] it occurred to me that I had as much a right to fail as any of them.” Upon coaxing from his new friend, acclaimed playwright Tennessee Williams, he started work on his first script. Three months later, his first draft of Farther Off from Heaven was completed. The production opened at Margo Jone’s theater in Dallas, Texas. While he deemed the production successful, he felt it wasn’t up to contemporary New York theater standards. Disheartened, he retreated to St. Louis and resumed the teaching profession which he loathed.

That retreat didn’t last for long as the 1950s proved to be a golden era for Inge. Throughout the next decade, he penned Come Back Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop, and Dark at the Top of the Stairs. All four plays are classics of the American theatrical cannon and found second life in cinemas across the country as renowned films. Throughout the 1950’s Inge was one of the most popular playwrights of the American stage; however, as the nation evolved into the sixties William Inge’s popularity began to dim. He suffered his first commercial failure A Loss of Roses.

William Motter Inge American Playwright May 3, 1913 - June 10, 1973

William Inge was born in the small Midwestern town of Independence, KS. His father, a traveling salesman, would often leave William and his four other siblings with their mother while he would hit the road peddling dry goods. While the Inge family was not prosperous, the town of Independence was an extremely wealthy town boasting more millionaires per capita than any other city in the union. Serving as a pit stop between Kansas City, MO

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Farther Off from Heaven 1947Come Back Little Sheba 1950

Picnic 1953Bus Stop 1955

Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1957A Loss of Roses 1959Natural Affection 1963Where’s Daddy 1966Summer Brave 1975

Even before the curtain rose on the show, lead actress Shirley Booth resigned from the role as the mother, feeling her performance was overshadowed by the far younger romantic lead. While the tensions surrounding the opening were high, Inge said very little about the problems. He did however, provide the N.Y. times with the insight, “our actors are afraid of heightened dialogue….they have an unfortunate habit of wanting to collaborate with playwrights. They love rewriting speeches. You do a speech on which you’ve worked rather hard to bring out a certain nuance – and they try to make it sound ordinary, drop a word here or there, slur two words together to make it sound more prosaic.” While Inge was still able to rehearse another actress, Dorothy Fields to assume the lead, the production opened to a slaughtering of bad reviews. A Loss of Roses dimmed its marquee after only three weeks of performances. After owning the Broadway Theater throughout the 1950’s, Inge suffered his first major commercial failure and took the news hard. While Inge found success in Hollywood with the 1961 production of Splendor in the Grass, he never again found success on the Broadway stage. In 1973, he attempted suicide by overdosing on prescription pills. He was later revived and attempts were made to have him committed, but his sister hesitated as she knew he had great fears of being institutionalized. Five days after his attempted overdose, on June 10th, 1973, Inge checked himself out of the hospital and committed suicide in the Hollywood home he shared with his sister: The cause of death, carbon-monoxide poisoning.

References Biography. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2015. By, M. Z. (1959, Nov 22). PLAYWRIGHT ON THE EVE. New York Times (1923-Current

File) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/114873323?accountid=10352 Inge, William, and Digby Diehl. “William Inge: A Conversation with Digby Diehl.” The

Transatlantic Review, 26 (1967): 51-56. William Inge Center. Independence Community College, n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2015

William Inge on Stage

Dr. Peter McAllister, Dean of the College of Arts & Letters

Dr. Lena Chao, Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Letters

Tommy Luong, Sylvia Ramirez, Aurora Hauffen, Flora Saavedra-Hernandez in the Dean’s office.

Dr. John Kennedy, Chair of the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance.

Leticia Ramirez, Jenny San in the MTD office, Karm Cooper in the TVF office, Kristiina Hackel and all of the faculty in TVFM and MTD.

Mauricio Tejada and the CSULA Plumbing Shop

THE PRODUCTION WISHES TO THANK…

John Kennedy, Chair of Music, Theatre and Dance for his advisement and support.

My Thesis Committee: Meredith Greenburg, Steve Rothman, and Barry Gordon for their encouragement, trust, and guidance.

MTD 2014 Season Committee: Shiz Herrera, James Hatfield, Steve Rothman, Anne McMills and Meredith Greenburg

Tanya Kane-Parry for her stories.

The faculty of TVFT for pushing me these last few years to challenge myself, and for supporting my goal to direct in an educational environment with support from the University.

Todd Leiser for stepping in to Role of Dr. Lyman with only 4 days of rehearsal.

Collin Bressie for his unending guidance and fantastic staging of intense fights within a confined space. You are masterful.

And finally, my parents. I’m sure they didn’t know what they were getting in to when they found out I wanted to work in Entertainment. But they should be applauded for always pushing me to be the best in whatever capacity I choose to take on, and supporting me through the ups and downs of this industry. Not every artist has parents who understand them, or at least try to understand them, I am truly blessed!

FROM THE DIRECTOR…

The Kennedy Center THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival™ 48, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program,

is generously funded by David and Alice Rubenstein.  

Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation; the National Committee for the Performing Arts; The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust; and Beatrice

and Anthony Welters and the AnBryce Foundation.

This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels.

Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance.

Last year more than 1,300 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.

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