UM School of MusicDepartment of Theatre and Drama

October 2 - 12, 2003 • Trueblood Theatre

GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA

� (GOOD� � MORNING

� � JULIET)

STAFF FOR DESDEMONA

SCHOOL OF MUSICDean ....................................................... Karen Wolff

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DRAMAChair ................................................. Erik FredricksenAdministration .......................... Bonnie Kerschbaum,

Becky SeauvageauPerformance ....Erik Fredricksen, Sarah-Jane Gwillim,

Darryl V. Jones, Philip Kerr, Mark Lamos,Annette Masson, Janet Maylie, John Neville-Andrews,

Jerry Schwiebert, Malcolm TulipArts Management ... Jeffrey Kuras, Kerianne M. TupacDesign/Production .. George Bacon, Mark Allen Berg,

Gary Decker, Doug Edwards, Jessica Hahn,Richard W. Lindsay, Jr., Tim McDevitt,

Vincent Mountain, Rob Murphy, Christianne Myers,Henry Reynolds, Arthur Ridley, Nancy Uffner

Theatre Studies/Playwriting .......... Glenda Dickerson,Mbala Nkanga, OyamO, E.J. Westlake, Leigh Woods

Professors Emeriti ........ Jack E. Bender, Alan Billings,John Russell Brown, Peter W. Ferran, Zelma Weisfeld

UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONSDirector .................................................. Jeffrey KurasAdministrative Associate .................. Fatima AbdullahOffice Assistant III ................................. Shelda SmithMarketing Director ...................... Kerianne M. TupacPublic Relations ...................................... Joel AalbertsComputer Administrator .................. Henry ReynoldsFacilities Manager ................................ Shannon RiceHouse Manager .............................. Dianne WidzinskiGraphic Design ....................................... Bill BurgardBanner Artist ......................................... Janine WoodsOffice Assistants .................. Justin Keyes, Justin Tanis

PRODUCTION STAFFProduction Manager ..................... Amanda MengdenProduction Stage Manager .................... Nancy UffnerTechnical Director (Frieze) ..... Richard W. Lindsay, Jr.Technical Director (Power) ............. Douglas EdwardsAssoc. Tech. Director (Power) ...... Donald C. WatkinsCarpenter ........................................... Robert MichaelScenic Artist ........................................ Tim McDevittScenic Painter ...................................... Toni Y. AulettiProperties Master .................................. Arthur Ridley

Asst. Properties Master .................. Bryan HuddlestonProperties Artisan ....................................... Dan TracyMaster Electrician ............................ Mark Allen BergCostume Shop Manager ........................... Julie MarshAssoc. Costume Shop Manager ............ George BaconDraper .......................................... Virginia R. LuedkeAssoc. Draper ........................................ Lea MarzonieCrafts Artisan/Stock Manager ... Elizabeth GundersonSound Engineer ................................. Henry ReynoldsHouse Technicians .......... Ron Cypert, Mark Gordon,

Jim Haven, Barry LaRueOffice Assistants ................................. Jessica Lukasik,

Johanna Schuster-Craig

PRODUCTION CREWAsst. Stage Manager ................... R.J. Buison, Liz FiliosScenery ....... Mark Altman, Justin Holmes, Ed Morris,

Katie Powell, Nicholas Riley,Veronica Smith, students of Theatre 250

Props ...... Cecilia Anderson, Jenni Barber, Grant Bates,Kyla Embrey, Keewa Nurullah,

Paul Wyatt, students of Theatre 250Scenic Artist .............................................. Toni AulettiPaint ........................... Raquel Barrera, Mikala Bierma,

Elizabeth Chisholm, Bergin Finisku, Kate Van Horn,Janine Woods, students of Theatre 250

Costumes ................... Linda Baldacci, Laurie Kantner,Monica Prince, Kay Stefanski, Jessica Askaevich,Mikala Bierma, Adam Caplan, Cristina Cocadiz,

De'Lon Grant, Hee-Yun Kim, Lorna McGee,Esther Neff, Jennifer Nweke, Stephanie Sullivan,

Angela Town, Katie Van Horn and students in 250Lighting ........... Ellen Katz‡, Anup Aurora, James Bria,

Jamie Burke, Ken Chard, Christian DeAngelis,Andy Fritsch, Amanda Heuermann, Justin Hyatt,Frank Maiorana, Adam Metzger, Joe Osterander,

Monika Patel, Mary Roeder, Joe Schlenke,Michelle Sherry, Kathryn Van Horn, students of Theatre 250

RUNNING CREWScenery/Props ...................................... Seth AndersonSound ..................................................... Russ KuhnerLight Board Operator ............................ Joe SchlenkeWardrobe .............................................. Adam Kaplan‡ Member IATSE local 395

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a rich bride, and lots of troubleMendelssohn Theatre • Nov. 20 - 23 • Dept. of Theatre & Drama

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The University of MichiganDepartment of Theatre and Drama

presents

GOODNIGHT DESDEMONA

(GOOD MORNING JULIET)

by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) premieredat the Nightwood Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1988.

DirectorAssociate Director

Scenic DesignerCostume DesignerLighting Designer

Fight ChoreographerMovement/Stage Manager

Suzi ReganTami Evans FosterJanine WoodsChristianne MyersGary DeckerBrad FrazierMarguerite Maiville

Setting:Constance Ledbelly’s office

There will be one intermission.

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is presented by special arrangementwith Lorraine Wells & Company Talent Management Inc.,

10 St. Mary Street, Suite 320, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1P9 Canada.

Latecomers will be seated at a suitable break or scene change. As a courtesy to others,please set pagers to silent mode. Cellular phones should be deactivated. Pleasedeactivate your electronic watch alarm so it will not interrupt the performance.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This production is entered in the Kennedy Center AmericanCollege Theater Festival (KC/ACTF). The aims of this

national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-leveltheater productions. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response bya regional KC/ACTF representative, and certain students are selected to participate inKC/ACTF programs involving awards, scholarships, and special grants for actors,playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels.

MARGUERITE MAIVILLE (Stage Manager) is a senior pursuing a BA in Theatre with aminor in Spanish. UM: First ASM, Oklahoma!; MUSKET, spot operator, Evita ;lightboard operator, Impact Dance. Regional Theatre: Walt Disney World. Other:Has taught dance at Sylvia’s Dance Studio and Swing City Dance Studio in Ann Arbor.

CHRISTIANNE MYERS (Costume Designer) is an assistant professor in the Dept. of Theatreand Drama. UM: Xerxes, The Cunning Little Vixen, Hamlet. Upcoming work at ThePurple Rose Theatre. New York: Heloise and Abelard, Juilliard School; Running Man,Music Theatre Group; Dare Clubb's Oedipus, Blue Light; The Acting Co.; Theatreworks/USA; The Public Theatre & Ma-Yi Ensemble; Irondale Ensemble; Lincoln CenterInstitute. Regional Theatre: Vermont Stage Co.; Clarence Brown Theatre; SyracuseStage; Caldwell Theatre; Pine Mountain Music Festival. Film: The Office Party, HBO.Other: BFA, theatre design, Pace Univ.; MFA, costume design, New York Univ.

SUZI REGAN (Director) is active throughout the Detroit area. Regional Theatre: Acting:Irene, Rain Dance, Signature Theatre, NYC; Ruth, Book of Days, Louisville RepertoryCompany and Hartford Stage; Jewish Ensemble Theatre; Meadowbrook; PerformanceNetwork; Purple Rose Theatre Company. The Merchant, Noises Off, Rain Dance(Oakland Press Best Actress), Book of Days (Free Press Best Actress), Criminal Genius,Julie Johnson, Keely and Du, Stanton’s Garage, Only Me and You, Off the Map, Hot LBaltimore, Apartment 3A. Directing: Born Yesterday, Months on End, Beast on the Moon,Labor Day, The Waiting Room, Ride Down Mt. Morgan.

JANINE WOODS (Scenic Designer) is a junior design and production major in the Dept.of Theatre and Drama, and intends to pursue a career in film design. UM: Xerxes,assistant design; Rude Mechanicals, The Fantasticks; MUSKET, Chicago. Other: GanguiProductions, Flight Into Memory; Marshall Civic Players, Godspell.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Constance ...............................................................................Elizabeth Hoyt

Professor Night/Othello/Tybalt ................................................... De’Lon Grant

Desdemona/Ramona ....................................................................... Jen Freidel

Iago/Romeo ................................................................................Brian Luskey

Juliet/Jill .......................................................................... Maureen Sebastian

Mercutio .................................................................................JoAnna Spanos

Nurse/Ghost ............................................................... Anika Habermas-Scher

Chorus ....... Liz Filios, Jen Freidel, Anika Habermas-Scher, Courtney Harge,Chelsea Leinberger, Esther Neff, Franchesca Ramsey, JoAnna Spanos

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

ANN-MARIE MACDONALD (Playwright) Canadian playwright,actor, and author, Ann-Marie MacDonald’s star continuesto rise. A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada,MacDonald was a professional actor before turning toplaywriting. In 1988, Goodnight Desdemona (Good MorningJuliet) premiered at Nightwood Theatre, and has since hadmore than 70 productions internationally. It received theGovernor General’s Award for Drama, the Chalmer’s Award

and the Canadian Author’s Association Award. MacDonald’s theatrical rootsare in collective creations such as This is For You Anna. She co-created andperformed in Theatre Columbus’ The Attic, The Pearls and 3 Fine Girls, and herother works for the theatre include The Arab’s Mouth, and the libretto for theopera Nigredo Hotel. MacDonald has performed in theatres across Canada andshe continues to act in film and television. Her screen credits include I’ve HeardThe Mermaids Singing, a Gemini Award-winning performance in Where TheSpirit Lives, and the role of Frances in Better Than Chocolate. Her latest theatreproduction is a new musical comedy, Anything That Moves, for which she wrotethe script and lyrics. MacDonald is author of the best-selling novel Fall On YourKnees (1996), which won several awards including the Commonwealth Prizefor Best First Novel as well as being selected for Oprah's Book Club. Her latestbook is The Way the Crow Flies.

ABOUT THE CAST

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

LIZ FILIOS (Chorus) junior, BFA Musical Theatre, Canton, MIJEN FREIDEL (Desdemona/Ramona) junior, BFA Performance, Dallas, TXDE’LON GRANT (Prof. Night/Othello/Tybalt) sophomore, BFA Performance, Duluth, MNANIKA HABERMAS-SCHER (Nurse/Ghost/Chorus) junior, BFA Performance, Minneapolis, MNCOURTNEY HARGE (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Performance, Saginaw, MIELIZABETH HOYT (Constance) junior, BFA performance, Manitowoc, MICHELSEA LEINBERGER (Chorus) sophomore, BFA performance, Bay City, MIBRIAN LUSKEY (Iago/Romeo) senior, BFA Performance/BA English, Saratoga, CAESTHER NEFF (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Directing, Goshen, INFRANCHESCA RAMSEY (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Performance, West Palm Beach, FLMAUREEN SEBASTIAN (Juliet/Jill) junior, BFA Performance/BA English, Novi, MIJOANNA SPANOS (Mercutio/Chorus) senior, BFA Performance, Bloomfield Hills, MI

The performers in this production are composed of undergraduate students in the School ofMusic. The designers are composed of faculty and undergraduate students in the Departmentof Theatre and Drama. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, and lighting were realized by thestudents and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of the School of Music.

GARY DECKER (Lighting Designer) has designed more than 100 productions. In Michigan,he has worked at the Gem, Attic, Birmingham, Boarshead, and Purple Rose Theatres.Recent designs include the national tours of The Sunshine Boys and Same Time, NextYear. His scenic design for Fully Committed at The Century Theatre earned the DetroitFree Press 2002 Theatre Design Excellence Award. He has designed interiors or lightingfor commercial projects including: The Elwood Grill in Detroit, The Fashion Café inNew York, and The Arndale Centre in Manchester, UK. He has been a member of theTheatre Department faculty since 1984.

TAMI EVANS FOSTER (Associate Director) lives in NYC and will perform in Leaving Iowaat the Purple Rose this winter. Directing: Anybody for Murder?, Chemical Reactions,Orphans. New York City: Acting: Brilliant Traces, Magda’s Story, Thanksgiving, Scenesfrom a Wake, Kindling Effect. Regional Theatre: Only Me & You, Life, Liberty & Lust,Purple Rose; The Foreigner, Black Coffee, A Christmas Carol, Meadowbrook; I HateHamlet, Losing Father’s Body, Boarshead; The Foreigner, Cherry County; Cat on a HotTin Roof, Cyrano, Les Liasions Dangereuses, Twelfth Night, Hilberry. Film/TV: Celebrity,Sweet & Lowdown, Stepmom, Sex & the City, One Life to Live, Voice of People Magazine.Other: MFA from Wayne State Univ.

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