SET DESIGNERRICHARD CROWELLensemble member

This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists.

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STARRINGENSEMBLE MEMBERS

VIKI BOYLE* • PATRICIA IDLETTE* • WILLIAM MCNULTY* • PETER THOMASSON*AND

JOHN ARCHIE* • HARVEY E. EVANS • WILLIAM GARRABRANT • V CRAIG HEIDENREICH*LIZA JAYNE LONGENHAGEN • JOHN OTTAVINO* • GERRITT VANDERMEER*BARBRA WENGERD* • KEVIN CRAIG WEST* • SARAH KATHERINE ZANOTTI

WITHDICK BOYD • GORDON BRANDT • JIMMY CAPEK • CHASE CLARK • PATRICK ERHARDT

TOM FERGUSON • KEEHNON J. JACKSON • ANGELA PIERRE • MARSHALL PRATERNATE RITSEMA • HANNAH ROOS • ALEXIS SLOCUM • JOHNIEANN SMITH • CALVIN WALDAU

DIRECTED BY ROBERT CACIOPPO**ensemble member

LIGHTING DESIGNERJIM HUNTER***

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COSTUME DESIGNERSTEFANIE GENDA***

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ASST. STAGE MANAGERSRACHAEL BECHTEL

JASON PARRISH*ensemble member

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERJANINE WOCHNA*ensemble member

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ASST. SOUND DESIGNERRHIAN FRANCHEBOIS

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Harper Lee’s

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee’s

To Kill a Mockingbird

Jean Louise Finch......................................................................................BARBRA WENGERD*†

Scout Finch..................................................................................LIZA JAYNE LONGENHAGEN*†

Jem Finch......................................................................................................HARVEY E. EVANS*†

Calpurnia.......................................................................................................PATRICIA IDLETTE*†

Atticus Finch.........................................................................................V CRAIG HEIDENREICH*†

Mrs. Dubose..............................................................................................................VIKI BOYLE*†

Dill Harris.............................................................................................WILLIAM GARRABRANT*†

Nathan Radley............................................................................................................DICK BOYD*†

Cunningham/Judge Taylor........................................................................PETER THOMASSON*†

Reverend Sykes...................................................................................................JOHN ARCHIE*†

Mayella Ewell..............................................................................SARAH KATHERINE ZANOTTI*†

Bob Ewell......................................................................................................WILLIAM McNULTY*†

Sheriff Heck Tate.............................................................................................JOHN OTTAVINO*†

Mr. Gilmer/Boo Radley........................................................................GERRITT VANDERMEER*†

Tom Robinson.............................................................................................KEVIN CRAIG WEST*†

TIME & PLACEMaycomb, Alabama • 1935

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

Wardrobe Supervisor: Pingwei Li • Wardrobe Dresser: Brittany StaudacherLighting/Sound Board Operator: Chris Patterson

Fight Coordinator & Dialect Coach: Greg Longenhagen • Child Wrangler: Ashley CheslerScout u/s: Hannah Roos • Jem u/s: Calvin Waldau • Dill u/s: Chase Clark • Mayella u/s: Alexis Slocum

The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

HARPER LEE wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, a classic of American literature and a bestselling novel since 1960. Harper Lee grew up in the small southern town of Monroeville, Alabama, next door to young Truman Capote, on whom she based the To Kill a Mockinbird’s character Dill. She studied for a law career, but in 1950 headed to New York to embark on a life of writing. Beginning in 1959 she worked with Capote on his book In Cold Blood (published in 1966) After several revisions, her novel of growing up amid social tensions in the American south was published in 1960 to great acclaim and robust sales. It won a Pulitzer Prize and was made into a successful 1962 film starring Gregory Peck as the father, Atticus Finch. By the end of the 1960s, Harper Lee was dubbed “reclusive” for shunning media attention, and she remained famous throughout her life for minding her own business. Although she published short pieces in magazines after To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee did not publish another novel until 2015, when Go Set A Watchman was published. Lee had written the book in 1957, and the manuscript was apparently lost for decades. It is considered by many to be a first draft of To Kill a Mockingbird.

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*** *†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists. See page 23 for the entire ensemble.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

(in order of appearance)

†TOWNSPEOPLEDICK BOYD • VIKI BOYLE*† • GORDON BRANDT • JIMMY CAPEK • CHASE CLARK • PATRICK ERHARDT

TOM FERGUSON • KEEHNON J. JACKSON • ANGELA PIERRE • MARSHALL PRATERNATE RITSEMA • HANNAH ROOS • ALEXIS SLOCUM • JOHNIEANN SMITH • CALVIN WALDAU

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JOHN ARCHIE* (Reverend Sykes) is delighted to return to Florida Rep. A member of Actors Equity and SAG-AFTRA, John’s credits include TV, Film, Commercials, voice, and print ads. Last seen on stage as Doug in Florida Rep’s

Dividing the Estate and as Kenyatta in Sunset Baby at Primal Forces in Ft. Lauderdale. John’s stage credits include The Whipping Man, Radio Golf, Permanent Collection, Top Dog Under Dog, Lobby Hero, Buffalo Soldier, The Meeting, and Driving Miss Daisy. John wrote and performed the story of Ft. Mose for thousands of kids. Nominated several times, he is the recipient of Carbonell, Curtain Up, and Silver Palm awards. John thanks God, family, friends, colleagues, and theatre audiences for their support.

VIKI BOYLE*† (Mrs. Dubose/Townsperson) is a 35-year veteran of New York and regional theatre, film, and TV. She is an ensemble member here at Florida Rep and last appeared in The House of Blue Leaves, Over the River and Through

the Woods, A Christmas Story, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Arsenic and Old Lace, Noises Off, and Neil Simons’ Rumors. Off-Broadway credits at the Roundabout, MCC, and American Globe theatres include her own work The Whole Truth, winner of the Samuel French Short Play Series, and Term Limit for which she won the top prizes for both acting and writing. She received two Carbonell Awards for The Little Foxes and Don’t Dress for Dinner at the former Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton. Her movie and TV credits include The Wolf of Wall Street, The Leftovers, Person of Interest, and over 200 commercials, where her work has been recognized with the CLIO award. Besides contributing to the wonderful musical tribute A Dash of Rosemary, she and writing partner Doug Kampsen publish NYC Trivia Tours, a series of self-guided walking tours of New York City. She is overjoyed to be back at Florida Rep.

HARVEY E. EVANS (Jem Finch) is a student at Oasis Charter Middle School here in SW Florida and he is very excited to have this opportunity to perform at Florida Rep with this overwhelmingly talented cast of actors and creative

team. He was last seen as the Artful Dodger in Florida Rep Conservatory’s production of Oliver! The Musical. Harvey’s other recent credits include Seussical, 101 Dalmatians, Sweet Charity, A Wonderful Life, Music Man, and Les Miserables. Harvey was also very honored to sing the National Anthem at the City of Palms National Schools Basket Ball tournament. He would like to thank his family, friends, coaches, and the wonderful Florida Repertory Education team for all their love, help and encouragement to fulfill his dreams.

WILLIAM GARRABRANT (Dill Harris) is very excited to be making his Florida Repertory Theatre debut! He was recently seen as Billy in Assassins at freeFall Theatre in St. Petersburg. Other past performances include freeFall

Theatre: The Pirates of Penzance (Droid), A Christmas Carol: A New Musical (Tiny Tim), Mame (Young Patrick), The Importance of Being Earnest with Zombies (Little Zombie), Our Town (Si/Joe Crowell), and Francis Wilson Playhouse: Les Miserables (Gavroche). He is very grateful for all of his amazing acting experiences, wonderful actor friends, and his supportive family.

V CRAIG HEIDENREICH* (Atticus Finch) appeared last season at Florida Rep as Juror Eight in Twelve Angry Men and recently directed Best of Enemies this past November, and Echo Location for the PlayLab new play festival. He also appeared

in Pitmen Painters for American Stage in St. Petersburg and directed Freak for the Urbanite in Sarasota. He has produced, directed, and/or performed in more than 200 professional productions throughout the country including 15 seasons and more than eighty productions with Actors Theatre of Louisville, three seasons with the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, two seasons with the Asolo in Florida, five with Shakespeare Santa Cruz in California and three years as artistic director of the Complete Theatre Alliance and Infinite Space as well as the first three seasons of the Banyan Theater in Sarasota of which he is a founder. He currently splits his time between theatre work and coaching for Banyan Voice and Speech in which he and his wife, Tess Hogan, are partners.

PATRICIA IDLETTE*† (Calpurnia) is a local Actor, Writer, and Director working in Regional Theatres across the United States and Canada. Her creative explorations include television, film, voice over, and performance art. Most recently, she

appeared in Theatre Conspiracy’s The Bluest Eye. Her most exhilarating artistic venture was as Director of the choreopoem, for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf in collaboration with Theatre Conspiracy and the Theatre Department of Florida Southwestern State College. Ms. Idlette is a proud member of the Florida Rep Ensemble of Theatre Artists.

LIZA JAYNE LONGENHAGEN (Scout), a fourth grader, is no stranger to this theatre. She has participated in Camp at Florida Rep over the past four summers; 42nd Street, Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan and most recently, playing Michelle

(Michael) in Elf Jr. the Musical. A 2015 Jr. Princess of Edisonia, she is a member of the Singing Owls

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Choir and Newspaper Club. She loves spending time with her mom, dad, brother, and kitties. This creative and imaginative performer enjoys attending theatre, collecting, fashion design, swimming, reading, writing, and long bike rides. This is Liza’s first professional experience, and she is thankful to her supportive Tanglewood Elementary family and to Florida Rep for such a remarkable and timely opportunity. She dedicates her performance to the late Nelle Harper Lee.

WILLIAM McNULTY*† (Bob Ewell) is an ensemble member at Florida Rep where he was last seen in Becky’s New Car and as Juror Ten in Twelve Angry Men. The bulk of his career has been with Actors Theatre of Louisville, dating back

to 1976. With that company he has directed over thirty productions and acted in more than one hundred fifty. He has also performed with other major theatres such as the Public Theater in New York, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Arena Stage, and Milwaukee Rep. Representative roles include Jamie in Moon for the Misbegotten, Alceste in The Misanthrope, Charlie in The Foreigner, Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra, and Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. He is a 2009 recipient of the prestigious Theatre Communications Group Distinguished Artist Grant.

JOHN OTTAVINO* (Sheriff Heck Tate) 68 professional productions in 37 states and seven countries: A Dolls House on Broadway, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in Lithuania & Leningrad and Hawk Moon in Vienna & Prague both

directed by Edward Albee. Off-Broadway: Checkers- The Vineyard, Dandy Dick - Roundabout, Blackbird - MTC and The Poor Itch - The Public. Regionally: Circle, Mirror, Transformation - St. Louis (Kevin Kline Award), Seascape - Coconut Grove Playhouse (Carbonelle Award Nomination), Blackbird (Cincinnati Award). Television: Recurring roles on NYPD Blue, FEDS. Wife Eve teaches fourth grade in Brooklyn and son Adam is the closer for the Colorado Rockies.

PETER THOMASSON*† (Cunningham/Judge Taylor) returns to Florida Rep having recently appeared as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol for the seventh time at the Flat Rock Playhouse, and The Importance of

Being Earnest, Vintage Hitchcock, A Radio Play, and as Hermann Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank. Last year at Florida Rep he had the great joy of playing Mr. Lockhart, the Devil, in The Seafarer, Bradley in The Cocktail Hour, Juror #4 in Twelve Angry Men and Walter Flood in Becky’s New Car. An ensemble member here, he first appeared in 2004’s Golfing With Alan Shepard. Favorite Rep shows include The Little Foxes, Arsenic and Old Lace and To Kill A Mockingbird. Peter lives in

Asheville, North Carolina, and is a 40-year member of Actors’ Equity Association. And as always, thanks to Bob and Carrie!

GERRITT VANDERMEER* (Mr. Gilmer/Boo Radley) is delighted to be making his Florida Repertory Theatre mainstage debut. Previous appearances at the Florida Rep PlayLab include: Rainbow’s Return, The Dingdong, and A Pier at the

Edge of The World. Mr. VanderMeer has appeared in more than 10 productions with TheatreZone (Naples, Fl.) since 2012. Favorite roles include: The Man in Whistle Down the Wind, J.J. Hunsecker in Sweet Smell of Success, and President Wintergreen in Of Thee I Sing. National Tour: Harold Hill in The Music Man. Regional Theatre: Will and Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, Pioneer Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre Company (D.C.), Texas Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, The Geffen Playhouse. Film and Television: The Good Wife, Law and Order, Ugly Betty, Rescue Me, All My Children, As the World Turns. He currently serves as Assistant Professor and Theatre Program Leader at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is married to actress, vocalist, voice teacher and mother extraordinaire Carolann Sanita.

BARBRA WENGERD* (Jean Louise) Selected NY Theater: Taming of the Shrew (Duke on 42nd Street – Off Broadway), A Wilder Christmas (Peccadillo Theater Company – Off Broadway), Tamburlaine (Target Margin), All God’s Chillun

Got Wings (Civic Ensemble), Medea (Jean Cocteau Repertory), Maybe Baby, It’s You (Penguin Repertory), Fit for Feet (Vital Theatre Company), Blank Canvas (HERE Arts Center), The Inn at Lake Devine (Tongue in Cheek). Selected Regional: To Kill a Mockingbird, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Syracuse Stage), Cyrano de Bergerac, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo and Juliet, Coriolanus, All’s Well That Ends Well (The Old Globe), The Glass Menagerie (Arizona Theater Company), Leaving Iowa (The Royal George), Panic (International Mystery Writers’ Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet (National Shakespeare Company - National Tour). TV: The Family, I Shudder. Web Series: The Digressions, Honestly, Amelia, #ThatThingFromBefore. MFA, University of San Diego.

KEVIN CRAIG WEST* (Tom Robinson) is an award winning actor and filmmaker most recently known for his critically acclaimed and award winning short film, I Hate Being Black and is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA.

Kevin is excited to return to Florida Rep and thanks his family and friends for their love and support. Visit him on social media at @KevinCraigWest

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CREATIVE TEAMSARAH KATHERINE ZANOTTI (Mayella Ewell) is thrilled to be an acting intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She has been seen as Caitlin O’Hare in Over the River and Through the Woods and is currently playing Miss Nelson

and Viola Swamp in Miss Nelson is Missing and Actor 3 in Dream Within a Dream: The Spirit of Poe. Sarah is a recent graduate from Lipscomb University from Nashville Tennessee with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She is thankful to have studied theatre abroad in London and at Stella Adler Acting Studio in New York. Some of her credits at Lipscomb University include Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Mary Warren in The Crucible, and Gertrude in Seussical. www.skzanotti.com

DICK BOYD (Nathan Radley/Townsperson) started his theatre journey with leading roles in over 25 dramas, comedies, musicals, and Shakespeare in community theatres in Warren and Youngstown, Ohio. He expanded to the Williamstown

Theater Festival and with work on several Florida Stages, Southwest Florida Symphony, The Old Schoolhouse, and two seasons at the Pirate Playhouse. His Florida Rep credits include The Rainmaker, You Can’t Take It With You, and The Little Foxes. Dick is excited to return to Florida Rep and gives a big thanks to his wonderful wife, Gail.

GORDON BRANDT (Townsperson) has lived in Fort Myers for 40 years. He retired from Lee County EMS after 31 years in 2005. For the last six years he has been a volunteer with the Florida Rep, mainly as the opening night parker and assisting

the volunteer coordinator. This is his second appearance onstage at Florida Rep; the first one was in Arsenic & Old Lace as a dead man who came on stage at the end of the opening night.

JIMMY CAPEK (Townsperson) is beyond excited to be making his Florida Rep debut. Some favorite credits include: Rock of Ages (Franz), Pippin (Player), A Year With Frog and Toad (Toad), Fancy Nancy the Musical (Lionel) and

Young Frankenstein. Jimmy has worked at a few regional theatres ranging from Indiana to Chicago to Montana. Jimmy holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Western Illinois University. He would like to thank his family, friends and most importantly, Kody C. Jones for this amazing opportunity. Follow his journey at www.jimmycapek.com

PATRICK ERHARDT (Townsperson) is an actor, singer, and director. Some of Pat’s acting credits over the last 26 years on stage include Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar, Giles Corey in The Crucible, and five

characters in Les Miserables. Pat enjoys comic characters and has performed in many Ray Cooney British farces. Some of Pat’s directing projects include On Golden Pond, A Christmas Story, and The Psychic, which earned him a Best Director nomination from BroadwayWorld. Locally, Pat has performed in Table Manners at the Herb Strauss Theatre on Sanibel and Wings at The Laboratory Theatre of Florida.

TOM FERGUSON (Townsperson) is pleased to be making his first appearance with Florida Repertory Theatre. Tom has played most recently at The Cape Playhouse in The Music Man and at Oldcastle Theatre Company in Cabaret and

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He has performed at The Dorset Theatre Festival in The Mousetrap and Barefoot in the Park. Other roles include August: Osage County, I Am My Own Wife, and The Fantasticks for which he won the BroadwayWorld.com Award for Best Actor in a Musical Vermont 2015. Tom extends his gratitude to Robert Cacioppo, Jason Parrish, and the entire staff of Florida Repertory Theatre.

KEEHNON J. JACKSON (Townsperson) is beyond excited to be a part of To Kill a Mockingbird. He is in the sixth grade and attends Veterans Park Academy for the Arts. Keehnon likes playing soccer, the keyboard, singing, dancing as

well as participating in leadership roles at school. He played Sir Harry in Once Upon A Mattress during the Florida Repertory Theatre summer camp program. Keehnon is a well-rounded individual who enjoys helping others, and he would like to thank his family for their ongoing love and support.

ANGELA PIERRE (Townsperson) is a Miami native and a proud University of Florida graduate. She is most proud of her work in South Florida, especially her creation of Angela Pierre & The Motown 4 Revue. She is thrilled

to rejoin Florida Repertory Theatre, and has made several appearances on stage including her role as Sylvia in All Shook Up, The Laboratory Theatre in An Open Hand, and her lead role at Theatre Conspiracy in Toni Morrison’s Nobel Prize-winning adaption of The Bluest Eye. In 2016, she received a first place Platinum award in the Turn It Around vocal competition and Outstanding Featured Actress for her role as Mama Brubeck in Sweet Charity. Glory to God!

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CREATIVE TEAMMARSHALL PRATER (Townsperson) is making his first appearance at Florida Repertory Theatre. He has studied intensely at the Actors Movement Studio and Maggie Flanigan studio in New York City. Marshall currently resides in Southwest Florida.

NATE RITESMA (Townsperson) is an acting intern here at Florida Rep. Originally from Leesburg, VA, Nate graduated from Christopher Newport University where he majored in Theatre, with a concentration in acting, and a minor in dance. Favorite roles include

Macbeth, Pericles, and Peter Shaw in Silent Sky. Nate made his Florida Rep debut as Christopher Wren in The Mousetrap earlier this season. He is looking forward to making great friends who love what he loves, and growing by learning from them.

ALEXIS SLOCUM (Mayella u/s, Townsperson) is a recent graduate from The University of Kentucky, and is delighted to begin her career here at Florida Rep! Some of her favorite roles include Annabella/Pamela/Margaret in The 39 Steps, Alice in Alice in Wonderland, and

Chris Mundy in Dancing at Lughnasa.

JOHNIEANN SMITH (Townsperson) is very excited to be making her stage debut with Florida Rep, although she has attended summer camp and acting classes. She currently attends Kindergarten at Bayshore Elementary. Her performance is dedicated to her late

Great-Grandmother, Doris Lilas, who was a huge fan of the theatre.

CHASE CLARK (Dill Harris u/s, Townsperson) is so excited to be a part of the cast of To Kill a Mockingbird! He is 13 years old and in 7th grade. Chase loves theatre, music of all kinds, and playing his guitar. Some of his favorite roles at Florida Rep include Peter Pan in

Peter Pan Jr., Schwartz in A Christmas Story, and Benny Southstreet in Guys and Dolls. Chase would like to thank his parents for their support of his dream and to Florida Rep for this amazing opportunity to be a part of this production.

HANNAH ROOS (Scout Finch u/s, Townsperson) is in 6th grade at Oasis Middle School, and she is excited to be a part of Florida Repertory Theatre for the first time. She’s involved in dancing and loves to act, sing, and perform. She has

previously performed in Peter Pan Jr. as Tinkerbell and Shrek Jr. as Donkey with Oasis Arts. She currently is on the Junior Theatre Festival team that travels to Atlanta, Ga. to compete. This summer she was chosen to spend a week in NYC for ITheatrics doing a choreography DVD. In addition to acting and singing she loves outdoor activities and spending time with her friends. She would like to thank her family and Florida Rep for this opportunity.

CALVIN WALDAU (Jem Finch u/s, Townsperson) began his acting career in 2014 at the Canterbury School production of The Addams Family. He was a supporting member of the cast and enjoyed the experience so much he signed up for the summer camp at Florida Rep. He

then played the role of Hugo in the production of Bye, Bye Birdie, Flick in A Christmas Story, and Buddy the Elf in Elf at Florida Rep. He continues to embrace the arts, attend performances, and grow as an artist through taking classes and going on auditions. Calvin has one brother and sister and enjoys reading, writing, soccer, and hanging out with his friends. He is thrilled to be back at Florida Rep again.

RACHAEL BECHTEL (Asst. Stage Manager) is a graduate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received her BFA in Technical Theatre. Rachael is thrilled to have moved to Fort Myers to be a part of Florida Repertory’s 19th season as a stage management intern! Recent productions as an assistant stage manager include Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, Best of Enemies, and The House of Blue Leaves. She would like to thank her family and friends for their endless support.

RICHARD CROWELL† (Set Designer) has been designing scenery and lighting for the stage in various parts of the country for over thirty years. He is delighted to be considered a long-time member of Florida Rep’s “Ensemble of Theatre Artists,” designing in the Arcade since the inaugural season. Becky’s New Car, Split in Three, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Arsenic and Old Lace, Tally’s Folly, Red, The Rainmaker, and The Last Romance are among the over twenty-five designs that have been produced at Florida Rep. Richard received his MFA from the stage design training program at Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, and his BFA from Memphis State University.

RHIAN FRANCHEBOIS (Asst. Sound Designer) is a first-time intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She recently graduated from Flagler College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts. This is her first job after college, and she hopes she pleases your ears.

STEFANIE GENDA***† (Costume Designer) Florida Repertory: Best of Enemies, Twelve Angry Men, The Unexpected Guest, One Slight Hitch, Clybourne Park, Alone Together. Regional Theater Credits: Crossing Swords, tick, Tick...BOOM!, Marry Harry (American Theater Group); The New Moon, Sweethearts (Light Opera of New York); Othello (American Shakespeare Center) and Kiss Me Kate, My Fair Lady, Die Fledermaus

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CREATIVE TEAM(Ohio Light Opera). Film/TV: How You Look at It (Short Film, Winner USA Film Festival Award for Best Experimental Film), The Americans (FX, shopper, Season 3). Stefanie is also the Assistant Costume Supervisor for Manhattan Theatre Club and has worked at Lincoln Center Theater, The Public, SoHo Rep and MCC Theater. She holds a BA in theatre from the College of Wooster and an MFA in Costume Design from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.

KIM GRIFFIN (Asst. Costume Designer) graduated from Baylor University with a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology with an emphasis in Costume Design and a Music Minor. She began her career designing costumes for the Baylor Opera Theatre as the resident costume designer for four years. She has worked as a designer and assistant designer for Baylor Theatre, Waco Civic Theatre, Performing Arts Supply Company, Theatre Under The Stars, Houston Family Arts Center, and Ohio Light Opera. She was on tour with Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey with the Legends production as the Head Seamstress and traveled the country by train. She is currently the Assistant Costume Supervisor and Resident Assistant Costume Designer here at Florida Rep where she has designed Romeo & Juliet, Miss Nelson Is Missing, and the upcoming production of Big River.

JIM HUNTER***† (Lighting Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird is Jim’s 18th design at Florida Repertory Theatre since 2000, since which time he has also designed Best of Enemies, A Christmas Story, August: Osage County, Lend Me A Tenor, The Glass Menagerie, Amy’s View, and Noises Off, among others. Folger Theatre: Julius Caesar, Richard III. Phoenix Theatre: Man of La Mancha, The Full Monty, Applause, Tintypes. Charlotte Repertory Theatre: Jar the Floor, Other People’s Money. Theatre Virginia: Lost in Yonkers, Moon Over Buffalo, The Sunshine Boys. Arizona Broadway Theatre: The King and I. Florida Stage: Goldie, Max, and Milk, Some Kind of Wonderful. Arkansas Repertory Theatre: Talley’s Folly, Foxfire. Orlando Shakespeare: West Side Story, Spamalot, The 39 Steps. The Lost Colony: The Lost Colony. Drury Lane (Chicago): La Cage Aux Folles. Tours: Clear Channel: Veggie Tales Live (National) and Wall Street Danceworks. AriZoni Awards in Scene Design for Thoroughly Modern Millie and Picnic. Jim is a Professor of Theatre Design at the University of South Carolina and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Schools of Theatre and Chairs the NAST Commission on Accreditation. www.jimhunterdesigns.com.

JOHN KISELICA (Sound Designer) is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in lighting and sound design. He is the Resident Sound and Lighting Designer for Endstation Theatre Company in Central VA and acts as the Lighting and Sound Supervisor for year round consultation and project specific work. He has worked on a national tour, Buddy: the Buddy Holly Musical, as the master electrician after a contract with Royal Caribbean International as a stage technician. Commercial theatrical work includes installing Prodigy Hoists, an automated rigging system from Electronic Theatre Controls. John continues to freelance in addition to his seasonal position with Florida

Rep in the professional, academic, and community theatre circles.

GREG LONGENHAGEN*† (Fight Coordinator/Dialect Coach) is thrilled to be working with the talented team on To Kill a Mockingbird. To date, Greg has coached in 27 professional productions and created over 50 fights for the stage. Some of his favorites include The Rover-University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Business of Murder-The Pirate Playhouse, Romeo and Juliet- The Mountain Playhouse, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)-Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, Dr. Cooks Garden, Moon Over Buffalo, Deathtrap- Florida Repertory Theatre, Perfect Wedding-St. Vincent Theatre, Les Liaisons Dangereuses-The Butler Theatre, Macbeth- Pittsburgh’s Shakespeare in the Schools, Of Mice and Men-Trilogy Theatre, Dial M for Murder- Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, and Charlotte’s Web-The Great American Children’s Theatre. Greg’s stage combat training includes instruction from both the British (BASSC) and American (SAFD) schools of discipline. He received his S.A.F.D. certification at Carnegie Mellon University.

JASON PARRISH*† (Asst. Stage Manager) is Florida Rep’s Associate Director and an ensemble member now in his twelfth season with the company. Jason’s work onstage with Florida Rep includes Over the River and Through the Woods, The Dingdong, Twelve Angry Men, Around the World in 80 Days, the nationally-acclaimed Arsenic and Old Lace, six years in The Santaland Diaries, and many more. His work as a director includes A Christmas Story, The Fantasticks, Tru, and many productions with Florida Rep’s Theatre for Young Audiences series. Jason is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

CHRISTOPHER SERGEL (Adaptor) was an adventurer: as captain of the schooner Chance, he spent two years in the South Pacific; as a writer for Sports Afield magazine, he lived in the African bush for a year; as a lieutenant commander during WWII, he taught celestial navigation; as a playwright, he penned an adaptation of Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio that was seen on Broadway. But his greatest adventure and deepest love was his work with Dramatic Publishing where he wrote adaptations of To Kill a Mockingbird, Cheaper By the Dozen, The Mouse That Roared, Up the Down Staircase, Fame, Black Elk Speaks and many more. He was a generous and spirited mentor to many playwrights here and around the world.

JANINE WOCHNA*† (Production Stage Manager) is an ensemble member having previously stage managed The House of Blue Leaves, Over the River and Through the Woods, The Cocktail Hour, The Unexpected Guest, Tribes, Around the World in 80 Days, Collected Stories, Time Stands Still, Talley’s Folly, and many others over 11 seasons. Regional theatre credits include: Brother Wolf, Underneath the Lintel, and Abundance at Triad Stage, four seasons as Resident Stage Manager at the Geva Theatre, and 14 seasons at the Cleveland Play House. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Harper Lee’s

To Kill a Mockingbird

T I C K E T S

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American Actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of theatre as

an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL THEATRES ASSOCIATION (FPTA) is a statewide organization of professional theatre companies and theatre professionals

interested in the development and promotion of professional theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre.

THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK is the country’s alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions

the development, production, and continued life of new plays. The NNPN strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights. Florida Repertory Theatre is proud to be an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

Florida Repertory Theatre is a member of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.

SPECIAL THANKS: Asolo Repertoy Theatre

Geva Theatre CenterThe Hartt School at University of Hartford

Milwaukee Repertory TheatreRiverside TheatreRutgers University

Erin Hennessy Dean • Cathy Homa-RocchioBill Taylor • Annette Trossbach