Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. Programs in Acting & Directing

directed by Josiah Davis

by David Adjmi

Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs in Acting & Directing

Marie Antoinetteby David Adjmi

Director & Choreographer ....................................................................... Josiah Davis ‘20Set Designer .....................................................................................................Zoë HurwitzCostume Designer .........................................................................................Andrew JeanLighting Designer ............................................................................... Christina WatanabeSound Designer ................................................................................... Michael CostagliolaFight Choreographer ......................................................................... Lindsey Steinert ‘20Voice /Dialect Coach ................................................................................ Josh F.S. MoserProperties Master ....................................................................................Hayley WestphalStage Manager .............................................................................................. Jordyn SmithAssistant Director .............................................................................Shanel LaShay SmithAssistant Choreographer ...................................................................Jessica N. Smith ‘21Projections ................................................................Josiah Davis / Michael CostagliolaWardrobe ......................................................................................................Grace MitchellWig Designer ................................................................................................... Daisy WalkerRun Crew ..........................................................................................................Devin Gately

Febuary 27 – March 8, 2020 Pell Chafee Performance Center • Citizens Bank Theater

87 Empire Street, Providence RI

PRODUCTION STAFFInterim Production Manager .................................................................. Anne L. HarriganTechnical Supervisor ......................................................................................Michael ClinePCPC Technical Director .................................................................................Marc TiberiisCostume Shop Manager ........................................................................Lisa Batt-ParenteLight Board Op .......................................................................................... LeeAnne BrownSound Board Op .......................................................................................... Tristan O’SheaCover Art ...........................................................................................................Zö Pezzano

THE CAST Members of the Brown/Trinity Rep Acting Class of 2020

Anwar Ali Mr. Sauce

Henry Hetz Axel Fersen

Michael Rosas Sheep

Danielle Dorfman Tilly

Kalyne ColemanMrs. Sauce

Caitlin Duffy Yolande De Polignac

Ian Kramer Louis XVI

Nicholas Vicinanzo Revolutionary

Ricardy Fabre Revolutionary

Haley Schwartz Dauphin

Lindsey Steinert Marie Antoinette

Cloteal L. Horne Therese De Lamballe

Jack Dryden Joseph

The photographing, videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Marie Antoinette was commissioned by Yale Repertory Theater James Bundy, Artistic Director, Victoria Nolan, Managing Director and received its first public performance on September 1, 2012.

Marie Antoinette had its New York Premiere at Soho Rep. Sarah Benson, Artistic Director Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director.

The Artistic Team

David AdjmiPLAYWRIGHTDavid Adjmi’s Marie Antoinette received a world premiere co-production with A.R.T. and Yale Rep (three Connecticut Critics Circle Awards including Best Play) and received a NY premiere at Soho Rep in 2013. Other plays include Elective Affinites (Royal Shakespeare Company, Soho Rep), 3C (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Stunning (Lincoln Center Theater, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), The Evildoers (Sundance, Yale Rep), Caligula (Soho Rep Studio Series), Strange Attractors (Empty Space), The Stumble (a commission for Lincoln Center Theatre), Stereophonic (a co-commission for Second Stage Theatre and Center Theater Group), and The Blind King (Sundance Theatre Lab). Adjmi is the recipient of numerous awards for his work, including the Helen Merrill Award, the Marian Seldes-Garson Kanin Fellowship, and McKnight and Jerome Fellowships from The Playwrights’ Center. A collection of his work, Stunning and Other Plays, was published by Theatre Communications Group in 2011, and a second collection, 1789/1978, was published in 2017. His memoir entitled Lot Six will be published in June 2020 by HarperCollins.

Josiah Davis DIRECTORJosiah Davis is a Los Angeles-based director, choreographer, and actor from Dallas, TX. Josiah’s work melds expressive movement, live music, emerging technology, and ritual to give new life to physical storytelling. He is a graduate from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, a current Brown/Trinity MFA Directing Candidate 2020, and the Associate Artistic Director of On The Verge Theatre Company in Santa Barbara. He also

does work in projection, video editing, sound, and lighting design. His directing credits include: Outcry by Thais Francis, Sweet Child by Roxie Perkins, From White Plains by Michael Perlman, Trouble in Kind by Caridad Svich, Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks, Mirage by Kyla Searle, Mary Got Hers by Emma Horwitz, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, How We Got On by Idris Goodwin, Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, and kemps by Emma Horwitz. He has assistant directed under William Friedkin, John Rando, Tyne Rafaeli, Oliver Butler and Rainn Wilson. He has also appeared on Transparent, Glee , Idiotsitter, Killer Kids, and Buzzfeed. onthevergefest.org www.josiah-davis.com

Zoë Hurwitz SET DESIGNERZoë is a set designer for stage and film based in London and New York. Originally from the UK, she has a training in Fine Art from Chelsea School of Art (University of the Arts London) and has since worked in theatre, film, and TV. Selected design credits include The Hope Hypothesis for Voyage Theater Company at the Sheen Center; Assisted Living (web series); Sing, Goddess at Here Arts; Of The Sea at Access Theatre; Tomorrow Will Take Care Of Itself at NYU/Tisch; The Xander Xyst Experience at Ars Nova/ Antfest; We Anchor in Hope at the Bunker (London); The 5 Plays Project at the Young Vic (London); Lovesong of the Electric Bear at the Hope Theatre (London); and Peckham The Soap Opera at the Royal Court (London). Zoë is a winner of The Linbury Prize for Stage Design UK 2019. MFA-NYU

A Note From the Director

Andrew Jean COSTUME DESIGNERAndy Jean is a New York-based costume designer. Previously at Trinity Rep, he designed Little Shop of Horrors, Othello, and Macbeth. Recently he’s worked at Ars Nova, Vineyard Theater, Movement Theatre Company, Public Theater, and PlayMakers Repertory. Latest works include: What to Send Up… When it Goes Down, Trouble in Mind, Rags Parkland, Good Grief, Cabaret, and Macbeth in Stride. Andy has an MFA in Stage Costume Design from Tisch/NYU. More at www.andyjean.com

Christina Watanabe LIGHTING DESIGNERChristina is a New York City-based designer for theatre, dance, music, and events. Recent: As You Like It (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Pathetic (Minor Theatre); The Wild Party (Post Theatre Company); Peer Gynt (Barnard); Heartbreak House (Gingold Theatrical Group); A Christmas Carol (Florida Rep); Into the Woods (Charlottesville Opera); The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Weir, Fireflies, and Private Lives (White Heron Theatre Company); Scissoring (INTAR); Glory (Muhlenberg); Dido of Idaho (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Fairy Queen (Hofstra); Small World: a fantasia (59E59); Neighbors: A Fair Trade Agreement (INTAR); Daniel’s Husband (Primary Stages/Cherry Lane); I Will Look Forward To This Later (New Ohio). TV: Colin Quinn: Red State Blue State (CNN). Academia: NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts (The Tempest, Macbeth, Violet) and Yale Dramatic Association (A Midsummer Night’s Dream). Other design work includes cabaret, events, and Ralph Lauren’s Madison Avenue windows. Touring: Shen Wei Dance Arts, Jonah Bokaer, and So Percussion. Lincoln Center Festival (2013, 2015-2017). Visiting Professor: NYU Tisch. Guest speaker: The League of Professional Theatre Women

“A Discussion: Designers and Directors”. USITT Gateway Mentor. MFA: NYU Tisch. Member USA 829. www.StarryEyedLighting.com.

Michael Costagliola SOUND DESIGNERMichael Costagliola is a New York-based sound designer and composer. Previously at Brown/Trinity Rep: Pericles; Look Back in Anger; The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant; tick, tick… BOOM!; The Good Person of Szechwan; She Kills Monsters; and How We Got On. He studied music at Brown University and Sound Design at the Yale School of Drama. He is a Teaching Artist in Sound Design for the Roundabout Theatre Company and is the resident composer for the AntiGravity Performance Project. His work has been heard in New York at La MaMa, New York Theatre Workshop, The Public, and Ars Nova among others, as well as at various theatres across the U.S., Europe, and India. michaelcostagliola.com

Some may say ignorance is bliss. But looking at Marie Antoinette, ignorance is death. We are living in a time of fire. A time when our core beliefs and values are constantly being put to the test under a microscope. This year specifically, it is pivotal that we keep thinking about who is fit to hold positions of power. Where that power comes from. God. Bloodlines. The People. What do we do when the scales are out of balance? We must learn from our history or it will inevitably repeat itself...

—Josiah Davis

About the Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. programsThe Brown University/Trinity Rep M.F.A. Programs provide a three-year professional training program under the auspices of an Ivy League university and Rhode Island’s Tony Award-winning theater company. Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies is internationally recognized for the quality of its faculty and instruction. Trinity Rep, with its deep tradition of resident artists, provides powerful artistic assets and creates a firm foundation for a new generation of theater artists. Together, the two organizations have produced a model of theater training that is rigorous and technically demanding, offering particular emphasis on training the whole theater artist.

About Trinity RepRhode Island’s Tony Award-winning theater, Trinity Rep has created unparalleled professional theater for and with its community since its founding in 1963. Trinity Rep strives to facilitate human connection and has been a driving force behind the creativity that fuels and defines the region for more than 50 years. Trinity Rep is committed to reinventing the public square and inspiring dialogue by creating emotionally-stimulating live productions that range from classical to contemporary and innovative education programs for all ages and abilities. Its annual production of A Christmas Carol has brought families together for 40 years and made memories for over a million audience members. Trinity Rep’s 2019-20 Season continues with: A Tale of Two Cities, Sweat, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. For more information or to subscribe, call the box office at (401) 351-4242 or visit www.TrinityRep.com

About the M.F.A. Thesis ProductionsThis production is the work of a third-year directing M.F.A. student in collaboration with a cast of third-year M.F.A. actors. In their first year, M.F.A. directing students explore methods of collaborating with actors to communicate a story clearly and directly to an audience, directing workshop productions of established texts. In the second year of training, they add playwrights and theatre designers to their collaborations, focusing on dramaturgy and conceptualization to create small-scale productions of new plays and classics. In their third and final year, students direct their thesis production, collaborating with colleagues in the acting program and professional designers, with the full support of the Trinity Rep production staff. We are proud to introduce you today to a director and a group of actors who we believe will make significant contributions to the American theater.

Brown/Trinity MFA Programs Faculty & Staff

The Arthur P. Solomon & Sally E. Lapides Artistic Director, Trinity Repertory Company ...........

Curt ColumbusDirector, Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs ....................................................... Angela BrazilHead of Acting ................................................................................................. Brian McEleneyHead of Directing, DGS .........................................................................................Brian MertesHead of Movement and Physical Theatre ................................................. Shura BaryshnikovInterim Head of Voice and Speech ................................................................. Josh F. S. MoserChair of the Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies ................... Patricia YbarraFounding Director ....................................................................................... Stephen BerensonCreative Producer, Professional Development .............................................. Melissa KievmanProgram Manager .........................................................................................................Jill JannInterim Production Manager ......................................................................... Anne L. HarriganProgram Coordinator .........................................................................................Sammi HaskellTechnical Supervisor of the MFA programs ........................................................ Michael ClinePCPC Technical Director ....................................................................................... Marc TiberiisPCPC Costume Shop Manager .................................................................... Lisa Batt-ParenteProps Master .................................................................................................. Hayley WestphalActing ............................................. Stephen Berenson, Rachel Christopher, Anne ScurriaDirecting/Dramaturgy ....................................Curt Columbus, Taibi Magar, Patricia YbarraPlaywriting ............................................................................................ Deborah Salem Smith Singing .............................................................................Hillary Nicholson, Rachael WarrenSpeech ................................................................................................................. Angela BrazilPhysical Theater ............................................... Angie Jepson, Tina Mitchell, Mycah Hogan,

Jackie Davis, Jude SandyDesign ..................................................................................................................... Eugene LeeAlexander Technique, Voice ..............................................................Barbara Casey, Carol GillOn-Camera Training ..........................................................................................Gillian WilliamsIndustry Mentor ....................................................................................................Erica JensenIntern ..................................................................................................................... Devin Gately

Marie Antoinette is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.

Love, redemption & revolutionA Tale of Two Citiesby Brian McEleney based on the novel by Charles Dickens

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