SETTINGAn Office

DRAMATIS PERSONAEJack Lawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard B. Watson*Henry Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Hamilton Cobb*Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stella Heath*Charles Strickland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Ireland*

PRODUCTION TEAM

UNDERSTUDIES

Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Ouellette Assistant Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W. Robert Sherry Set Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bert Scott** Costume Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise R. Warner Lighting Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Griffin Sound Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Britt Sandusky Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Hamrah*Production Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa HardtBoard Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Dressen, Mary Heffernan, Carolyn Hurst, Rob JonesWardrobe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Dombi, Emily Plonski

Jack Lawson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greg JoubertHenry Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derrick WilliamsSusan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Danielle ReneéCharles Strickland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandon Alpert

SUPPORT

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF is a non-profit professional theater company sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Divison of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Arts Council.

SPECIAL THANKSThe fabulous Costume Shop Volunteers - The Five S's - Shakespeare's Swingin’ Sister Sewing Society

Desk and office seating courtesy of Office Liquidation Inc. www.floridadesks.com

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association** Member of United Scenic Artists

COUNTING NEW BEANS: INTRINSIC IMPACT ASSESMENT We are attempting to better understand how our theater productions are impacting and affecting you, our audience members. You will receive a survey within 24 hours of your chosen performance. Your answers will assist us in understanding how audiences are impacted by theatrical works, and will help to ensure the vibrancy of our productions into the future. Thank you for taking a few minutes to give us your feedback!

KEITH HAMILTON COBB* (Henry Brown | Debut Season) Keith has spent the largest part of his professional life in the theatre and in television. His credits include: The Infernal Machine (The Jean Cocteau Repertory), Othello (New Jersey Shakespeare Festival), Hamlet (North Shore Music Theatre), Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet (The Shakespeare Theatre), The Beaux Stratagem (The Actors Theatre of Louisville), Cymbeline (The Huntington Theatre Company), Cuttin’ Up (The Alliance Theatre), Jitney (Stage Walker Productions), The Duchess of Malfi (The Red Bull Theatre), Hapgood (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ruined (The Denver Center Theatre Company), Find & Sign (The Pioneer Theatre Company). TV and Film credits include: “All My Children”, “Gene Rodenberry’s Andromeda”, “The Young and the Restless”, “Noah’s Arc”, “CSI Miami”, “Suddenly Susan”, “Boston Common”, “Twilight Zone”, and “Eyes Beyond Seeing”. However, he is also a writer, an acting consultant, and a visual artist. He is currently studying Italian, and preparing to e-publish a collection of short fiction entitled Little Portraits.

STELLA HEATH* (Susan | 2nd Season) Stella is happy to return to Orlando Shakespeare Theater after playing Juliet in last season’s Romeo and Juliet and Dorothy in Cymbeline. She spent the summer at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. NY Theatre: Not I (Mouth), The Father (Bertha), The Way of the World (Mrs. Millimant), The Winter’s Tale (Perdita) and Hester in a new work called The Lords of Wye about the early life of Fredrick Douglass. Regional/International: Luisa in The Fantasticks (St. Louis Repertory Theatre), Cordelia in King Lear (Beijing Shakespeare Festival), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania). B.F.A in Acting at Syracuse University; Interlochen Arts Academy.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT DAVID MAMET Born in Chicago in 1947, David Mamet began his theater career by performing bit parts and backstage tasks at the Hull House Theatre and working as a busboy at The Second City. He wrote his first plays while attending Goddard College in Vermont; soon after graduating, Mamet took a job teaching at his alma mater. There, Mamet founded the St. Nicholas Theatre Company with several of his students, including William H. Macy. The group staged the first production of Mamet’s now-famous play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, then relocated from Vermont to Chicago, where they continued to produce Mamet’s plays for several years, to critical acclaim. In 1975, Mamet found even more success with American Buffalo, which debuted at the Goodman before moving to Broadway; in 1984, his play Glengarry Glen Ross won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Around the same time, Mamet embarked on a screenwriting career, which led to such films as “House of Games” and “Wag the Dog”, and the television series “The Unit”. Meanwhile, his playwriting career continued, with such hits as Speed-the-Plow, Oleanna, and Boston Marriage. Mamet now lives in Santa Monica with his wife, actress Rebecca Pidgeon, and their two children.

THE CAST

Orlando Theatre Project, Florida Rep. and Riverside Theatre in Florida, Walt Disney World, Royal Caribbean International, Acadia Repertory Theatre in Maine and Arena Stage in Washington, DC. Currently, George is the Production Manager for Orlando Shakes.

THOMAS OUELLETTE (Director | 5th Season)Thomas most recently directed Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Previous Orlando Shakes directing credits include Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, Arms and the Man, and I Hate Hamlet. Also an actor, he appeared last season as Adam in Next Fall and as Hysterium in …Funny Thing at Orlando's Mad Cow Theatre; this December he’ll play Father Farley in Mass Appeal at Mad Cow. He has taught directing and acting at Rollins College since 1996, where he has directed over a dozen productions in the storied Annie Russell Theatre. BRITT SANDUSKY (Sound Designer | 8th Season)Britt is thrilled to be part of this production team once again. He formally trained at the Audio Recording Technology Institute here in Orlando. Britt has designed the sound-scapes for many Orlando Shake-speare Theater favorites including The Importance Of Being Earnest, The 39 Steps, Shotgun, School-house Rock Live!, Robinson Crusoe, and many others. He also mixed live music for what is affection-ately known as the “Beer Tent” on the “Green Lawn of Fabulousness” during the Orlando Fringe Festival last year. His film credits include many disciplines such as Foley artist, re-recording engineer, ADR supervisor, dialog mixer, and sound effects supervisor.

BERT SCOTT** (Scenic Designer | 7th Season)Bert is the coordinator of the Design & Technology training program at UCF. Bert’s professional design credits include resident designer since 2001 for the Off-Broadway company Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, Stages St. Louis, North Shore Music Theatre, The Carolina Theatre, Theatre West Virginia (9 seasons as resident designer), The Opera Company of Philadelphia, The Mark Twain Playhouse, Theatre By The Sea, The Orlando Rep, Nickelodeon, and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Previously for the Orlando Shakes: Scenery for Twelfth Night; Into the Woods; The Comedy of Errors; A Tuna Christmas; Kiss Me, Kate; Yankee Tavern; Chaps!; and The Importance of Being Earnest, and lighting for The Merry Wives of Windsor; As You Like It; Macbeth; The Trials of Ebenezer Scrooge; Much Ado about Nothing; The Merchant of Venice; Hamlet; All’s Well That End’s Well; Romeo and Juliet; and Cymbeline. Member United Scenic Artists. MFA in theatre from UNC-Greensboro, BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.

W. ROBERT SHERRY(Assistant Director | 3rd Season)Robert is a Professor/Director of Dance at Rollins College. He received a B.S. from Indiana University and holds an M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University (full scholarship); J.D. cum laude, Stetson University College of Law with additional training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London). Performance: Broadway Salutes The New York City Opera (Lincoln Center) with Mickey Rooney and Ruby Keeler. National tours: Pal Joey (Joey US) with Joel Grey and Alexis Smith; Annie Get Your Gun with Florence Henderson; Flower Drum Song with Pat Suzuki; Hollywood Magic at El Centro (Acapulco, Mexico); and Indiana’s professional modern dance company, Dance Kaleidoscope. Director/Choreographer: Over 100 musicals, plays, industrial shows, and concert dance works in professional and academic settings including: over 50 productions at Rollins College; Director: Hollywood’s Pretty Woman (Disney/MGM Studios); and NBA All-Star Game Opening Ceremony (Orlando Arena). Choreographer: Huck & Jim On The Mississippi with Joshua Logan.

DENISE R. WARNER(Costume Designer | 13th Season)Denise serves as the Costume Manager and staff costume designer for Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Some of Denise’s previous design credits for Orlando Shakes include: Cymbeline, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Dracula, Yankee Tavern, Moon for the Misbegotten, Arms and the Man, Shotgun, Twelfth Night, and The Island of Dr. Moreau. Other professional credits include Center Stage – Baltimore, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Maples Rep, Mad Cow Theatre, Millbrook Playhouse, Michigan Rep, Orlando Opera, Orlando Rep, and Penguin Rep.

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