Boston Financial Data Service is pleased to be the VIP Sponsor of Intergalactic Nemesis,

Books I and II at the Lied Center of Kansas.

Saturday, September 22Book One: Target Earth, 3:00 p.m.

Book Two: Robot Planet Rising, 7:30 p.m.

This event is sponsored, in part, by the Lied Performance Fund.

Live-Action Graphic Novel

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The Intergalactic Nemesis

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The Robot Planet Presents…

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Book One: Target Earth

Written and directed by Jason neulander

Adapted from the stage play by Jason neulander and Chad nichols

Adapted from the radio drama by ray Patrick Colgan, Jessica reisman, Julia edwards and Lisa d’Amour

Based on an original idea by ray Patrick Colgan

Comic book artwork by tim doyle

Color art by Paul Hanley and Lee duhig

Production designed by Jason neulander

sound effects created by Buzz Moran

Original music composed by Graham reynolds

sound engineering by Agustin Frederic

Jessie douglas, Company Manager

CAST(In order of appearance)

Danu Uribe ..................................................... Molly Sloan, Bird, Lead Hive Voice, Aughy, Claire and Queen of Zygon

Jason Phelps ................................... Timmy Mendez, Assassin, Jeeves, Shopkeeper, Clint, X-7, Silcron, Zygonian Guard and Little Girl

Christopher Lee Gibson ..................................................Vlad, Ben Wilcott, Driver, Mysterion the Magnificent, Lord Crawford, Thug, Omar, Jean-Pierre Desperois and Elbee-Dee-Oh

Kenneth Redding, Jr. ............................................................................ Keyboardist

Cami Alys ................................................................................................Foley Artist

InTERMISSIOn(20 Minutes)

Comic books, sound-effects gadgets, posters, shirts and Zygonian slime are available in the lobby at intermission and after the performance.

the cast will be signing books after the show.

the world premiere of this production was at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, texas.

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Book two: Robot Planet Rising

Written by Jason neulander and Chad nicholsDirected by Jason neulander

Adapted from the radio play by Jason neulander and ray ColganComic book artwork by david Hutchison

Color art by Lee duhigProduction designed by Jason neulander

sound effects created by Buzz MoranOriginal music composed by Graham reynolds

sound engineering by Agustin FredericProjections controlled by Jessie douglas

Jessie douglas, Company Manager

CAST(In order of appearance)

Danu Uribe ........................................................Molly Sloan, Dr. natasha Zorokov, Aughy and lots of robots

Jason Phelps ..............................................Dr. Lawrence Webster, Timmy Mendez, D9 and lots of robots

Christopher Lee Gibson .................................................... Alphatron, L7 and other sundry humans and robots

Kenneth Redding, Jr. ............................................................................ Keyboardist

Cami Alys ................................................................................................Foley Artist

InTERMISSIOn(20 Minutes)

Comic books, sound-effects gadgets, posters, shirts and Zygonian slime are available in the lobby at intermission and after the performance.

the cast will be signing books after the show.

the world premiere of this production was at the Long Center for the Performing Arts in Austin, texas.

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WHO’S WHO in tHe CASt And CreWCAMI ALYS (Foley Artist) relocated to Austin, texas, from New York City where she sang and played in reggae, pop and jazz bands. she also studied at the Juilliard school in 2008 and while she was there, she toured as the French clown Isabelle Belle in rocky Hopson’s, La Putain Avec Les Fleurs. Most recently, she closed a residency at L.A.’s Kirk Douglas theatre as Julie Jessup in the rude Mechanical’s Western Operetta, I’ve Never Been So Happy. this is her first tour as the foley artist with Intergalactic Nemesis.

JESSIE DOUGLAS (Company Manager) previously worked with the ZACH theater in Austin. there, she served as the stage manager for the production red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. she also worked as the assistant stage manager for August Osage County, Our Town and Hairspray. she also served as the assistant stage manager and an ensemble cast member for Rent. Douglas spent a year in Juneau, Alaska, working for Perseverance theatre as the company/stage management fellow. Her other credits include serving as the stage manager for Barefoot in the Park at Unity theater, Brenham, texas; and the stage manager for Proof, produced by thunder Mountain theater Project in Juneau. Douglas graduated from texas state University, san Marcos, texas, where she earned a bachelor of arts in theatre with a business minor.

AGUSTIN FREDERIC (Technical Director and Front of House Engineer) is an artist and musician born in san Jose, Costa rica, whose craft also includes composing and arranging theatre, recording, live sound, music pedagogy and working as an instrument technician. As a live sound engineer in New York City, Frederic has worked with artists including trey Anastasio, My Chemical romance, Fiona Apple and LL Cool J. In Austin, he worked with George Clinton & the Parliament Funkadelic, Neil Young, santana and Broadway Across America. Frederic has also had the pleasure of working with the Old settler’s Music Fest, south by southwest, the Paramount, the Bass Concert Hall, the Long Center for the Performing Arts and the erwin Center. His affiliation with production companies, studios, theaters and clubs include: sounds of Brazil, rocket studios, the French Institute: Alliance Francaise, tribeca PAC, Nomad sound and ACL Live studios. Frederic’s teaching and composing experience includes: Arizona state University, Wake Forest, University of Central Florida Winter Park High school, trinity High school and thoroughbred/sam Ash. In addition, he is the percussion instructor at the Austin Waldorf school. Performance credits include: youth orchestra in New Orleans, Hendersonville Orchestra and North Carolina symphony, Madison scouts Drum & Bugle Corps, Walt Disney World, Heronymus, John Neilson, La Putain Avec Les Fleurs and several bands in New York City and Austin. Frederic is performing and touring nationally on drums and percussion with Jessie torrisi & the Please, Please Me. Frederic holds a bachelor’s of education and social behavioral sciences from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

OLIVER FREEMAN (Assistant Company Manager) was born and raised in Northern Virginia. Due to his father’s opera career, he started working in theatre at the age of 15. Freeman attended the evergreen state College, Olympia, Washington, where he received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts with an emphasis in film, theatre and humanities. Graduating in 2006, he began working as a stagehand in the Washington, D.C. metropolis area on operas, plays, rock

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concerts and corporate events. Along with working as a stagehand, Freeman started a small music production company called rauchenWolf Productions, where he produces, records and promotes artists. Hoping to find more opportunities in the entertainment world, Freeman moved to Austin in the spring of 2011.

CHRISTOPHER LEE GIBSON (Ben Willcot, Mysterion, Jean-Pierre, Alphatron and L7) graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York City, in 1990. He has been an actor for several producing companies in tampa, Florida, including the Loft theatre, the tampa Players, American stage theatre, the Off-Center theatre, B.O.B. (theatrical palindrome) and the Hillsborough Moving Company. He was also the producer of the Orlando International Fringe Festival from 2001 to 2004 and the production manager at Orlando’s Mad Cow theatre in 2005. He was an actor for the Mad Cow theatre and the Orlando shakespeare theatre. In Austin, he was an actor for the Austin Playhouse, Zach scott theatre, salvage Vanguard theatre and the Da! theatre Collective.

BUZZ MORAN (Sound Effects Designer) has been performing live sound effects for Nemesis since the first production in 1996. since then he has worked steadily as a sound designer and recording engineer for theater productions. Moran is responsible for Foleyvision, a company in Austin, wherein odd foreign films receive new music, voices and sound effects as they are performed live in the theater. Also in Austin, Moran helps run the Dionysium, a monthly show featuring lectures, drinking and debates. He has recorded, mixed and produced several CDs and various soundtracks with Graham reynolds. Moran recently worked as the music editor for the upcoming film Bernie, starring Jack Black.

JASON NEULANDER (Writer, Director and Producer) was the founder and artistic director of the salvage Vanguard theater from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure, he directed and produced more than 50 world premiere plays, musicals and operas. the Austin American-Statesman said, “Neulander aims to change the world. …Unlike most of his artistic compatriots, he is winning.” In 2004, 2005 and 2007, he was voted “Best theatre Director” in the Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin readers’ polls. His directing work has been staged at salvage Vanguard theater, the Playwrights’ Center, Portland Center stage, Guthrie, the Public theater and others.

His current project, The Intergalactic Nemesis live-action graphic novel, received its world premiere at the Long Center for Performing Arts in Austin in 2010 to rave reviews. The Intergalactic Nemesis live-action graphic novel, Book two: Robot Planet Rising premiered in Austin in 2012 and, along with Book One: Target Earth, is touring to 35 venues around the world in the 2012-13 season.

JASON PHELPS (Timmy Mendez ,Dr. Lawrence Webste, D9 and Shopkeeper) is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives in Austin. As an actor, he received five Best Actor Awards from the Austin Critic’s table, including an award for his role as Prior Walter in Angels in America. He performed with Frontera, rude Mechs, salvage Vanguard and Zach scott theatre Center. He is a founding member of the Frontera/Hyde Park theatre. As a dancer, he performed with Ms/Nerve Dance Company. He also performed solo works in New York City, seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis/st. Paul and Austin. His voice-over highlights include the voice of Dalton Prescott for Wizard 101 and Alan scott/Green Lantern for DC Universe Online as well as a variety of Japanimation films.

KENNETH REDDING, JR. (Keyboardist) resides in san Antonio, texas, where he regularly performs as a pianist, vocalist, and bassist. He studied contemporary writing and production at the Berklee College of Music. redding composes music for television, film, jazz ensembles and orchestra.

GRAHAM REYNOLDS (Composer) was called “the quintessential modern composer” by the London Independent. the Austin-based composer-bandleader creates, performs and records music for film, theater, dance, rock clubs and concert halls. He has collaborated with a variety of artists, from richard Linklater to DJ spooky to Ballet Austin and has been heard throughout the world on tV, on stage, in films and on radio. His work has been featured on HBO, showtime, the BBC, NPr and has been heard from the Cannes Film Festival to the Kennedy Center. As bandleader of Golden Arm trio, reynolds has toured the country and released four critically acclaimed albums. As co-artistic director of Golden Hornet Project with Peter stopschinski, reynolds has produced over fifty concerts of world-premiere alt-classical music. Cinema Retro Magazine named reynolds’s score to the robert Downey, Jr. feature A Scanner Darkly, Best soundtrack of the Decade. In 2011, Innova recordings released The Difference Engine: A Triple Concerto and DUKE! Three Portraits of Ellington. 2012 brings the Jack Black-shirley MacLaine film Bernie and HULU tV series Up To Speed with reynolds’s scores. Over the next three years, he’ll compose a commission for Ballroom Marfa called The Marfa Triptych: Three Portraits of West Texas, including a suite for western swing big band, a concert of solo layered-piano and a chamber opera.

DANU URIBE (Molly Sloan, Queen of Zygon, Dr. Natasha Zorokov and Aughy) performs with the multimedia sketch comedy troupe, the Latino Comedy Project. With the group, she was nominated for a daytime emmy award for her acting and writing contributions to a promotional campaign for MtV tr3s. Uribe played opposite Martin sheen, along with Michael York and Kristen Bell in the award-winning, animated film, Flatland: The Movie based on the 1884 science fiction novella. she earned a bachelor’s degree in drama from texas Woman’s University, where she starred in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, as the bride in spanish dramatist Frederico Garcia Lorca’s Blood Wedding and as Maria in shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Uribe’s musical theatre credits also include Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy Parker in Red, Hot

& Cole. Offstage, Uribe regularly appears on-camera and provides voice-overs for numerous commercial, industrial and educational projects. she takes pride in having created over one-hundred unique characters for educational software curriculums used by students all over the United states. In her spare time, she performs improvisational comedy at the New Movement theater. she thanks her family and her extended families at the Paramount theatre and the New Movement theaters in Austin for their unending love and support.

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SO PerCuSSiOnWhere expert musicians and experimental percussion meet

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October 18 7:30 p.m.

February 7-9 7:30 p.m.

“So Percussion prove that they can really play. Not just play their instruments — which they do with expertise — but play with the genuine freshness and wonder of kids with their favorite toys.”

— The Birmingham News

“The Guru of Chai blends archetypes of Indian folklore into an exotic romantic thriller. It’s cleverly constructed, full of melodramatic twists and humorous asides on contemporary Indian society.”

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Ragamala DanceIndian dance graces

the modern stageFrIDAY, sePt. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Nnenna Freelon jazz vocalist

Lena Horne, A Lovesome ThingFrIDAY, OCt. 12, 7:30 p.m.

So PercussionWhere expert musicians and

experimental percussion meettHUrsDAY, OCt. 18, 7:30 p.m.

Robert BelinicCharismatic classical guitar

sUNDAY, OCt. 21, 2:00 p.m.

Here to Stay: The Gershwin Experience

Celebrating George and Ira Gershwin

sUNDAY, OCt. 28, 2:00 p.m.

QUIxOTICFusing technology, live music,

movement and expressive emotionFrIDAY, NOV. 9, 7:30 p.m.

¡SOFRITO! David Gonzalez with Larry Harlow

and the Latin Legends BandA spirited blend of

Latin music and storiessAtUrDAY, NOV. 10, 7:30 p.m.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

The smash-hit Broadway musical

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An Evening with Suzanne Vega and daughter Ruby FroomsAtUrDAY, FeB. 2, 7:30 p.m.

Guru of Chai, Indian Ink Theatre Co.A guru who will sell you a cup of teatHUrsDAY–sAtUrDAY, FeB. 7–9, 7:30 p.m.

West Side StoryA timeless love story with Tony Award-winning choreographytUesDAY, FeB. 19, 7:30 p.m.

it gets betterFeaturing the Gay Mens Chorus of LA in a multimedia event that addresses bullyingsAtUrDAY, FeB. 16, 7:30 p.m.

Russian National OrchestraDaniil Trifonov, pianist Works by Tchaikovsky, Dvorák and moretHUrsDAY, FeB. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Narek ArutyunianVibrant young clarinetsUNDAY, MArCH 3, 2:00 p.m.

MUMMENSCHANZ 40 YearsLegendary Swiss pantomime troupeFrIDAY, MArCH 8, 7:30 p.m.

Regina Carter, jazz violinistTraditional African melodies re-imagined through jazz sensibilitiesFrIDAY, APrIL 5, 7:30 p.m.

Brentano String QuartetFragments — Connecting Past and PresentFrIDAY, APrIL 12, 7:30 p.m.

The Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch and the Band of the Scots GuardsFrIDAY, FeB. 15, 7:30 p.m.

Andrew TysonRobust romantic pianosUNDAY, JAN. 27, 2:00 p.m.

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