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BIG BOYSby Rich Orloff

Directed byMary MacDonald Kerr

Scenic DesignRick Rasmussen

Costume DesignAria Thornton

Sound DesignDavid Cecsarini

Lighting DesignMichael Van Dreser

Properties DesignBenjamin W. Komistra

Stage ManagerJessica Connelly*

*member of Actors’ Equity Association

January 20th – February 13th, 2011

Tenth Street Theatre 628 North 10th StreetMilwaukee, WI 53202

BIG BOYS received its world premiere in a co-production between Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Madison, NJ (John Pietrowski,

Artistic Director and Elizabeth Murphy, Producing Director) and New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ (SuzAnne Barabas,

Artistic Director and Gabor Barabas, Executive Producer)

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and Larry & Patty Compton

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Victor Burlington ............................................................................................David Cecsarini*Norman Waterbury .........................................................................................Norman Moses*

*member of Actors’ Equity Association

SET TING

PLACE:Victor’s office

TIME: When big business was big

SPEC IAL THANKS

Avenue Fabricare, Marianne Burish, Jim Guy and The Milwaukee Rep prop shop, Katy Klein, Allyson Nemec & Quorum Architects, Inc., Chris and Jane Flieller and In Tandem Theatre, Andrea Toussaint, Steve Marcus and Marcus Promotions, Mike and Diane Schulz, Stephanie Stubbe and Freya Salon.

Next Act Theatre is a member of UPAF. This project is supported in part through a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Edowment for the Arts. Next Act Theatre is a member of Theatre Wisconsin, a statewide association of professional non-profit theatres.

BIG BOYS is a satirical look at the men of big business - that “evil empire” we call Corporate America.

The play is fast, funny and absurd, with a strong tip of the hat to the rhythms of the Marx Brothers, Sam Spade, Airplane and even Denny Crane. At the center of this whirlwind are two men, the ethically challenged Victor Burlington and the nice-in-the-face-of-all-odds Norman Waterbury. Orloff keeps us laughing at Vic-tor’s absurd behavior and brutally honest lust for money, sex and power. But while we laugh at Victor, we recognize this same greed as what fueled the devastating financial crises that we find our country in today. The conflict that Orloff has set up is a familiar one. Can a person of ethics and high ideals withstand a world of murky morals and corruption? Will Norm’s purity of heart be compromised and become part of the corporate machine? You know - that whole good vs. evil thing. In the most popular versions of this story, “good” wins hands down (George Bailey vs. Mr. Potter, Mr. Smith vs. Washington). In real life, however, my experience has been that evil runs the show (pretty much every politi-cian I’ve ever believed in). In BIG BOYS, Rich Orloff offers us a 3rd option. I don’t want to give away the ending, but pay close attention to Norm’s final philosophy. I think it might just be how we need to proceed as the nation navigates its way through our current eco/political challenges into a new age. We have to find a new way, right? Mary

DIRECTOR ’S NOTES — M ARY M ACDONALD KERR

PROGR A M

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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTRich OrloffRich Orloff is one of the most popular un-known playwrights in the country. His plays

have received over 600 productions, nu-merous awards, and oodles of laughter.

Rich’s plays have been presented across the country at such theaters as American Stage Company, Arizona Theatre Com-pany, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Dayton Playhouse, Florida Studio Theatre, New Jersey Rep, Phoenix Theatre Company, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Shad-owland Theatre, West Coast Ensemble, the WorkShop Theater Company, twice at Theatre Conspiracy, and three times at the Key West Theatre Festival.

Author of over a dozen one-acts and over 60 short plays, Rich’s short comedies have been published four times in the annual Best American Short Plays series, in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2007, in The Bedford Guide to Literature, in the bilingual collection An Anthology of Contemporary American Plays (published in China), and in anthologies published by Random House and Western Michigan University Press. Playscripts has published eight volumes of his plays.

Rich lives in New York City and is a mem-ber of the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild of America, the WorkShop Theater Company, and is the Relatively Artistic Director of the Foolish Theatre Company.

DAVID CECSARINI (Victor/Sound Designer)This year marks David’s thirty-second as a theatre profes-sional. He has acted

with most of Milwaukee’s professional companies and also has extensive credits as a nine-year veteran of American Players Theatre in Spring Green, WI. He has proudly served as Artistic Director and Producer for Next Act Theatre for

nineteen seasons. His most memorable NAT acting assignments include Ben in LAST OF THE BOYS, Teddy in FAITH HEALER, Billy, et al in BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR, and Vince Lombardi in LOMBARDI: THE ONLY THING. Behind the scenes, David has created sound effects and scores for over sixty professional productions. Favorites include THE BRIDGE AT MO DUC, THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE, BELOW THE BELT, LAST OF THE BOYS and MARY’S WEDDING.

NORMAN MOSES (Norman)Norman Moses is happy to be back home in Milwaukee after spending the last three months of

2010 touring Japan singing with the Tokyo Philharmonic in Disney on Classic. If anyone wants to see the 3000 pic-tures he took, he’d be thrilled to share them. He is also extremely happy to be acting with David Cecsarini with Mary Kerr at the helm on such a wonderful and funny play. How lucky can you get, to be working with good friends? Nor-man has acted in Milwaukee for close to 40 years, which is really something, considering he is only 39.

MARY MACDONALD KERR (Director)Mary has been a member of Milwaukee’s theatre community for fifteen years. Mary

directed last year’s Next Act production of PURGATORIO, as well as GOING TO ST. IVES, GREETINGS and MERCY OF A STORM, and WOMAN IN BLACK at Renaissance Theaterworks. She has appeared in shows at Next Act, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwau-kee Shakespeare and Milwaukee Reper-tory Theater. Favorite roles at Next Act include Terry Glimmer in SIDEMAN, Lil’ Bit in HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, Maggie in RED HERRING, and Frankie in

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VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE. Mary most recently appeared in FOUR PLACES, THE PAVILION and FAITH HEALER with Next Act. Other Favorite roles include Dana/Darryl in SWEETEST SWING IN BASEBALL and Lina in THREE DAYS OF RAIN at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Barbara DiMarco in all four incarna-tions of SHEAR MADNESS at the Marcus Center. Mary and her husband of almost twenty years have two wonderful daughters and live in Paddock Lake WI.

JESSICA CONNELLY (Resident Stage Manager)Jessica is an Arizona native and honors graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Theater Dept. This season is her fourth as Resident Stage Manager at Next Act Theatre. Prior to joining Next Act full time Jessica worked with Renais-sance Theaterworks, The Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Madison Repertory Theatre, Little Theatre on the Square, Door Shakespeare and with Actor/Per-former John McGivern. A few of Jessica’s favorite projects include DEAR ESTHER, MASTER HAROLD…and the boys, LAST OF THE BOYS, THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, FAITH HEALER, and GOING TO ST. IVES (Next Act Theatre); CHESAPEAKE, TROJAN WOMEN, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, and the US premier of SKIN TIGHT (Renaissance Theaterworks); BLUE ROSE (Milwaukee Rep); HAIRSPRAY (Little Theatre on the Square). Jessica would like to thank In Tandem Theatre for sharing their theatre with us for this season of changes. Jessica is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

MIKE VAN DRESER (Lighting Designer)Mike has worked on many shows with Next Act and has also acted as Light-ing Designer for NEXT ACTORS SUMMER THEATRE FOR TEENS, PANIC EXPRESS, THE ENCOUN-TER, WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS, KISS ME KATE at Greendale High School, the summer productions of FAITH HEALER and MURDERERS

at Sheboygan’s Kohler Arts Center, WINTER TALES, PAUL ROBESON IN CONCERT, THE VALUE OF NAMES, BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR at the EAA Fly-in, and THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Sunset Playhouse. This year Mike had the opportunity to design In Tandem Theatre’s THE ART OF MURDER. Mike has had the good fortune of working with and learning from renowned Next Act Lighting De-signers Jason Fassl and Alan Piotrowicz and knows their guidance and continuing education will help make him successful. Mike looks forward to many more pro-ductive years and any new opportunities that may come his way.

RICK RASMUSSEN (Scenic Designer) Calling Seattle, WA home, this former resident of Milwaukee travels the Midwest designing for various theatre companies. Rick has worked with the theatre artists at Next Act for 20 years and always finds their work stimulating and rewarding. Most recent design projects include FOUR PLACES, GOING TO ST. IVES, THE PAVILION, GREETINGS!, EARS ON A BEATLE and THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP (Next Act Theatre); THE TRUE CONFES-SIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE, A CHRISTMAS STORY, HANA’S SUIT-CASE (First Stage Children’s Theater); WEST SIDE STORY and THOROUGH-LY MODERN MILLIE (Fireside Dinner Theatre). This past summer, he designed sets and costumes for Emporia State University’s productions of THE LION IN WINTER and PLAZA SUITE.

ARIA THORNTON (Costume Designer) Aria is enthusiastic to tackle the corporate world in designing BIG BOYS. Previously she designed PURGATORIO at Next Act, where she has also been the Wardrobe Man-ager since the 2006 season. Aria will also be designing the upcoming production of CLUE at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School where she has previously designed SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL, THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT,

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ALL SHOOK UP and THE WIZ. She has worked as first hand, stitcher, and ward-robe crew at both the Utah Shakespearean Festival and Milwaukee Shakespeare. Apart from costuming, Aria stage manages for the Milwaukee Comedy Festival and has worked in various positions on several films.

BENJAMIN W. KOMISTRA (Properties Designer)Benjamin received his BA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Design and Tech-nology from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in 2005. Since graduation he has designed props for over 25 productions at The Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson. He has also worked for theatres all over Southeastern Wisconsin as a props de-signer, lighting designer, technical director, graphic artist, carpenter and electrician.

CHARLES KAKUK (Managing Director)This marks Charles’ nineteenth season with Next Act. After spending three years in the Marine Corps

protecting Missouri from Kansas, Charles worked for Pizza Hut Corporation as a restaurant manager from 1979 to 1985 in Kansas City, and various cities in Wisconsin. Moving to Milwaukee in 1985, he has experienced the inner working of its arts and entertainment industries, from rock and pop music promotions at the Riverside Theater and Alpine Valley to marketing for the Milwaukee Ballet. Along the way he earned a BSBA from Cardinal Stritch University.

MATT KEMPLE (Marketing & PR Manager)Matt holds a BA in Theatre and Com-munications from St. Norbert College and

has an extensive theatrical background including acting, directing, backstage and construction experience, as well as the creation of a dozen theatre groups, mul-tiple programs and events with emphasis

on new and emerging artists. In his spare time, he is the director and founder of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival and mil-waukeecomedy.com, and the Artistic Pro-ducer of the Pink Banana Theatre Co.

LISA MARIE GATEWOOD (Development Manager)Lisa Marie has been actively involved with Next Act since 2000

in various positions, including wardrobe manager, interim marketing manager, as well as the playwriting coach and admin-istrative coordinator for the Next Actors Summer Theatre for Teens Program. A graduate of the theatre program at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Gatewood has worked with many dis-tinguished arts companies in Milwaukee including Skylight Opera Theatre, Milwau-kee Shakespeare Company, The Milwau-kee Youth Symphony Orchestra and First Stage Children’s Theatre.

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Director .................................................................................................Mary MacDonald KerrStage Manager ..................................................................................................Jessica Connelly*Scenic Design .................................................................................................... Rick RasmussenLighting Design ..........................................................................................Michael Van DreserCostume Designer/Wardrobe Manager ..........................................................Aria Thornton Properties Design ..................................................................................Benjamin W. KomistraSound Design.....................................................................................................David CecsariniTechnical Director/Scenic Construction ....................Ron Weirick & Bronze Leaf StudioMaster Electrician/Light Board Operator ..............Alan Piotrowicz/Michael Van DreserDeck Chief ........................................................................................................ Sarah SherwoodHouse Management Coordinator ...................................................................... Libby Amato House Management Staff ...........................Andrea Toussaint, Maria Petrella, Erica WadeBox Office Manager ..........................................................................................Sandy RaduenzBox Office Staff .............................................................................. Libby Amato, Sally Lewis, Barbara Maglio, Andrea Toussaint, Michelle Usadel

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