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productions
2009

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Below the Belt

the break/s: a mixtape for the stage

Das Barbecu

Runt of the Litter

Rock 'n' Roll

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2009)

About the Play

Written By:

Jeffrey Hatcher
Robert Lewis Stevenson - Original Novella

About the Production

Run Dates:	4/10/2009 - 5/10/2009
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Directed By:	R. Hamilton Wright
Cast:	Sylvie Davidson - Miss Elizabeth Jelkes Bradford Farwell - Dr. Henry Jekyll Deborah Fialkow - Poole; A Maid; A Prostitute; A Police Physician; A Hotel Porter; Mr. Edward Hyde; A Surgical Student; Old Woman David Anthony Lewis - Dr. H.K. Lanyon; A Drunkard; A Surgical Student; Mr. Edward Hyde David Pichette - Mr. Gabriel Utterson, Mr. Edward Hyde Brandon Whitehead - Mr. Richard Enfield; Sir Danvers Carew; A Private Detective; A Police Inspector; Mr. Edward Hyde
Behind the Scenes:	Geoffrey Alm - Fight Choreographer Kurt Beattie - Artistic Director Melissa Y. Hamasaki - Assistant Stage Manager Brendan Patrick Hogan - Sound Designer Marcia Dixcy Jory - Costume Designer Alyssa Keene - Dialect Coach Rick Paulsen - Lighting Designer Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi - Executive Director Matthew Smucker - Costume Designer JR Welden - Stage Manager Lara Wilder - Assistant Lighting Designer

Below the Belt (2009)

About the Play

Written By:

Richard Dresser

About the Production

Run Dates:	5/22/2009 - 5/21/2009
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Directed By:	Pam MacKinnon
Cast:	Judd Hirsch - Hanrahan John Procaccino - Merkin R. Hamilton Wright - Dobbitt
Behind the Scenes:	Kurt Beattie - Artistic Director Jeffrey K. Hanson - Stage Manager Brendan Patrick Hogan - Sound Designer Rick Paulsen - Lighting Designer Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi - Executive Director Susannah Scott - Assistant Lighting Designer Matthew Smucker - Scenic Designer Deb Trout - Costume Designer JR Welden - Assistant Stage Manager

the break/s: a mixtape for the stage (2009)

About the Play

Written By:

Marc Bamuthi Joseph

About the Production

Run Dates:	6/17/2009 - 7/12/2009
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Directed By:	Michael John Garcés
Cast:	Marc Bamuthi Joseph - self
Music:	DJ Excess Tommy Shepherd
Behind the Scenes:	Kurt Beattie - Artistic Director Jeff Chang - Artistic Consultation James Clotfelter - Lighting Designer; Set Designer Rebecca Cullars - Stage Manager DJ Excess - Arrangements; Remixes Brian Freeman - Dramaturg Ajayi Lumumba Jackson - Composer Eli Jacobs-Fanauzzi - Filmmaker Kelvin Productions - Production Company Stacey Printz - Choreographer Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi - Executive Director Tommy Shepherd - Arrangements; Remixes David Szlasa - Video; Set Designer Bill Tolles - Audio/Video Technician Pamela Traynor - Technical Supervisor

Das Barbecu (2009)

About the Play

Written By:

Jim Luigs - Book and Lyrics
Scott Warrender - Composer

About the Production

Run Dates:	7/31/2009 - 9/6/2009
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Directed By:	Stephen Terrell
Cast:	Anne Allgood - Fricka, Erda, Needa and more Carter J. Davis - Siegfried, Alberich, Milam and more Jennifer Sue Johnson - Gutrune, Freia and more Billie Wildrick - Brunnhilde and more Richard Ziman - Wotan, Hagen, Gunther and more
Music:	Eric Chappelle - Fiddle; Mandolin Don Dieterich - Drums Richard Gray - Keyboards Jon Paul Miller - Guitar
Behind the Scenes:	Kurt Beattie - Artistic Director Alex Berry - Lighting Designer Richard Gray - Music Director Jeffrey K. Hanson - Stage Manager Brendan Patrick Hogan - Sound Designer Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi - Executive Director Stephen Terrell - Choreographer JR Welden - Assistant Stage Manager David Zinn - Scenery; Costume Designer

Runt of the Litter (2009)

About the Play

Written By:

Bo Eason

About the Production

Run Dates:	9/18/2009 - 10/11/2009
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Directed By:	Larry Moss
Cast:	Bo Eason - self
Behind the Scenes:	Kurt Beattie - Artistic Director Alex Berry - Lighting Designer Martin Christoffel - Scenic Designer Dawn Eason - Producer Bruce Ellman - Original Sound Designer Brendan Patrick Hogan - Staff Sound Designer Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi - Executive Director Jay Strevey - Assistant Lighting Designer JR Welden - Stage Manager

Rock 'n' Roll (2009)

About the Play

Written By:	Tom Stoppard
On Broadway:	IBDB Details
Wikipedia:	Read Wikipedia Article

About the Production

Run Dates:	10/9/2009 - 11/8/2009
Program:	Program (.pdf)
Directed By:	Kurt Beattie
Cast:	Anne Allgood - Eleanore, Esme Denis Arndt - Max Peter Crook - Ferdinand Andrew DeRycke - Interrogator, Nigel John Farrage - Milan, Policeman #1, Waiter Deborah Fialkow - Candida Benjamin Harris - The Piper, Policeman #2, Stephen Jessica Martin - Young Esme, Alice Matthew Floyd Miller - Jan Alexandra Tavares - Lenka Montana von Fliss - Gillian, Magda, Deirdre
Behind the Scenes:	Kurt Beattie - Artistic Director Candice Frank - Assistant to the Costume Designer Mary Louise Geiger - Lighting Designer Jeffrey K. Hanson - Stage Manager Brendan Patrick Hogan - Sound Designer Carolyn Keim - Costume Designer Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi - Executive Director Matthew Smucker - Scenic Designer Lara Wilder - Assistant Lighting Designer Erin B. Zatloka - Assistant Stage Manager