oxford shakespeare festival 2007
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Playbill includes the cast, staff, orchestra, for the 2007 season. Play inclkude Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, and the Gulibert & Sullivan's, The Makado.TRANSCRIPT
Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare
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As You Like Itby William Shakespeare
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Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts
The University of Mississippi
xford Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce its Summer 2007 ‘A Season of Passion’ as it continues the tradition of summer theatre at Ole Miss and Oxford. Last summer, our third season, we presented A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, SHAKE-SPEARE’S FIGHT SCENES, and our Family Production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE.
This season we again proudly present three professional produc-tions: ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare; AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare; and our Family Production, Gilbert and Sullivan’s THE MIKADO.
2006 brought new major sponsors to OSF. Summer 2007 will build on the support from our new and continuing sponsors – the Department of Music, the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the Depart-ment of Theatre Arts, the Oxford Tourism Council, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and the Gertrude Castellow Ford Foundation. We thank all our sponsors and we ask that you give our business partners a look.
The Festival was created with you in mind. You are why we build, direct, design, and perform. Experience Shakespeare’s comedy and drama, Gilbert and Sullivan’s music and song, from June 14th through July 1st, 2007, at the beautiful Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts on the Ole Miss campus, as we celebrate Theatre Arts in Mississippi!
Joe Turner Cantú Artistic Director
O xford Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce its Summer O xford Shakespeare Festival is proud to announce its Summer
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About Gertrude Castellow Ford from the Ford Foundation Board
ertrude Ford was a gifted woman of the arts and letters. She was fl uent in several languages, an illustrator and scholar of literature. She was keenly interested in and loved the Shakespear-ean canon. Ford always sought fresh insights into the plays and sonnets. So much so, that she tenaciously pursed the authenticity of the origin of the work attributed to Shakespeare. Yet always in this pursuit of the authenticity of “The Bard”, Mrs. Ford had an unfl agging appreciation for the verses of the sonnets and the rendering of the plays on the stage. It is in this spirit that the Ford Foundation proudly supports this season of the Oxford Shake-speare Festival.
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare
June 14, 15, 16, 28, 30, at 8:00 p.m.June 29 and July 1 at 2:00 p.m.
As You Like Itby William Shakespeare
June 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 28, 30 at 2 p.m.June 24, 27, 29 at 8:00 p.m.
The Mikadoby Gilbert & Sullivan
June 21, 22, 23, at 8 p.m.June 24 at 2:00 p.m.
by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition
Staff Directed by Brian Evans
Scenic Designer.........................................Jared Spears
Costume Designer....................................Andi Bedsworth
Lighting Designer.................................Angela Golightly
Technical Director.............................Dewey Douglas
Stage Manager................................Wesley McClain
Choreographer................................ René Pulliam
Fight Choreographer.......................Christopher Schager
Sound/Music Designer..........................Brian Tichnell
Costume Shop Manager....................... Rebecca Hickman
Master Electrician.................................Josh Williford
Assistant Stage Manager.......................Robin Hess
Prop Master/Scenic Painter...................Johna Sewell
Costume Shop Staff..............................Danice Gentle
Brie Aamodt
Scene Shop Staff................................. .Allison Bingner
Blake McLemore
Wardrobe Master...................................Pep Speed
Wigs and Makeup.................................Kallie Rolison
Greg Flaherty
House Manager.....................................Amanda Malloy
A plague o’ both your houses! They have made worms’ meat of me. ___Mercutio
by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition
Cast
Juliet......................................................Mary Bess Pritchett
Romeo...................................................Ryan Dusek
Friar Laurence; Chorus..........................George Kehoe
Nurse......................................................Rebecca Jernigan
Lady Capulet.........................................Valerie Wilson
Capulet...................................................Jim Shollenberger
Mercutio................................................Brian Tichnell
Benvolio................................................David Simmons
Tybalt.....................................................Alex Mauney
Escalus...................................................Eric Sampson
Montague...............................................Andy Douglas
Lady Montague......................................Allison Stanford
Sampson; Masker; Boy..........................Danielle Wheeler
Abram; Servant #2; Watchman #1.........Janna Montgomery
Citizen; Masker; Watchman #2..............Dana Clark
Servant #1; Masker; Citizen..................Marta Dees
Apothecary; Citizen; Masker.................Mary Virginia Bartlett
Masker; Offi cer......................................Carolyn Free
Masker; Offi cer; Attendant....................Ashley Dulaney
Gregory; Peter; Masker.........................Jared Davis
Paris; Citizen..........................................Greg Flaherty
Balthasar; Friar John; Citizen; Masker..Caleb Fisher-Wirth
Why, Romeo, art thou mad? –––Benvolio
PART ONE
ACT IScene 1 A Street in VeronaScene 2 SameScene 3 Verona. Capulet’s houseScene 4 A Street in VeronaScene 5 A hall in Capulet’s house
ACT IIScene 1 Verona. Capulet’s orchard Scene 2 Same Scene 3 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell Scene 4 Verona. A street Scene 5 Verona. Capulet’s orchard Scene 6 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell ACT IIIScene 1 Verona. A street
- 12 Minute Intermission -
PART TWO
Scene 2 Verona. Capulet’s orchardScene 3 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell
Scene 4 A hall in Capulet’s house Scene 5 Verona. Juliet’s chamber
ACT IVScene 1 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell
Scene 2 A hall in Capulet’s house Scene 3 Verona. Juliet’s chamber Scene 5 Same
ACT VScene 1 Mantua. A street Scene 2 Verona. Friar Laurence’s cell Scene 3 Verona. A churchyard
by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition
SYNOPSIS
omeo and Juliet is the story of a passionate and powerful love that struggles against the forces of fate and society. The two young lovers are “star-cross’d” from the beginning, but their intense desire to be together drives the action of the play to its climactic end. Romeo’s pursuit of his true love enrages Juliet’s cousin Ty-balt. As Tybalt vows to defend his family’s honor, Romeo’s friend Mercutio steps in to fi ght, and the family feud escalates to stakes of life and death. Romeo’s revenge sparks an all-out war between the Capulets and the Montagues, and Romeo is banished from Ve-rona. Juliet is distraught by the news that her true love must leave, and she enlists the help of her Nurse and Romeo’s confi dant, Friar Laurence to arrange for Romeo and Juliet’s reunion. Juliet urgently needs to escape her parents, as they have arranged a marriage to a young nobleman named Paris. Through a series of miscommunica-tions, Romeo and Juliet miss one another, and cannot escape their “death-mark’d” fate. It is only the tragic conclusion of the play that forces the two families to recognize the damage that their hatred has produced, and the power of true love.
R omeo and Juliet is the story of a passionate and powerful R omeo and Juliet is the story of a passionate and powerful
And when I shall die, take him and cut him up in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fi ne that all the world will fall in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun. –––Juilet Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn. –––Romeo
or The Town of Titipuby W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
STAFFDirected by Julia Aubrey
Choreographer.............................................Rene Pulliam
Scenic Designer...........................................Jared Spears
Costume Designer........................................Andi Bedsworth
Lighting Designer........................................Angela Golightly
Technical Director........................................Dewey Douglas
Stage Manager.............................................Allyson Cartwright
Rehearsal Pianists .......................................Paul Brown
Andrew Gordon
Assistant Stage Manager..............................Robin Hess
Costume Shop Manager...............................Rebecca Hickman
Master Electrician........................................Josh Williford
Prop Master/Scenic Painter..........................Johna Sewell
Costume Shop Staff.....................................Danice Gentle
Brie Aamodt
Scene Shop Staff......................................Allison Bingner
Blake McLemore
Wardrobe Master..............................Pep Speed
Wigs and Makeup............................Kallie Rolison
Greg Flaherty
House Manager....................................Amanda Malloy
Costuming by Costume Specialists, Columbus, Ohio
or The Town of Titipuby W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
CAST
The Mikado of Japan..................................Walker Swaney
Nanki-Poo, his son..................................... Adam Hoak
Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner..................John Mansell
Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything...............Else Ryan Milstead
Pish-Tush, a noble lord...............................Kevin Webb
Yum-Yum, ward to Ko-Ko.........................Allison Stanford
Pitti-Sing, sister to Yum-Yum.....................Kelsey Didion
Peep-Bo, sister to Yum-Yum ......................Katie Richardson
Katisha, an elderly lady...............................Mimi Johnson
CHORUS
Jason Bouldin, Kelly Burns, Dana Clark, Marta Dees, Greg Flaherty,
Andrew Gordon, Melanie Heuer, Nick Keeling, Paige Mattox, Janna Montgomery,
Mary Bess Pritchett, Kallie Rolison, Pep Speed, Patrick Waller
Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted, I would say in tender tone,
“Loved one, let us be united — Let us be each other’s own!”
I would merge all rank and station, Worldly sneers are nought to us,
And, to mark my admiration, I would kiss you fondly thus —
–––Nanki-Poo
THE MIKADO ORCHESTRA
Conductor.................................................Robert H. AubreyPianist.......................................................Paul BrownFlutes ......................................................Tracey Stokes Trumpets...................................................Charlie Gates Tina Schmaltz Charlie MilesClarinets....................................................Deanna Nicholson Trombones............................................... Jonathan Evans Michael Aubrey Oboe.........................................................Lauren Crum Horn..........................................................James StuttsBassoons.................................................. Jeff TilghmanViolin........................................................Sarah Simonson Cello.........................................................Sue Gaston Bryan Gaston Percussion................................................Jeremy Burnham
Act ICourtyard of Ko-Ko’s Offi cial Residence
12 - Minute Intermission
Act IIKo-Ko’s Garden
True he loves me, but everybody does that. –––Yum-Yum
or The Town of Titipuby W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
SYNOPSIS
he drama is set in Japan, but the characters and music are decidedly British in the most popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Ko-Ko, condemned to death for fl irting, has recently been appointed Lord High Executioner. Because he cannot carry out the death sen-tence on his own person, he is free to marry his ward, Yum-Yum, the very afternoon the action begins. The situation turns topsy-turvy when Nanki-Poo (disguised as a wandering minstrel to escape his father’s decree he must marry Katisha) arrives to claim Yum-Yum for his own, only to fi nd she is betrothed to Ko-Ko. The Mikado orders Ko-Ko to execute someone in his place or forfeit his position. Nanki-Poo volunteers to be the victim if Ko-Ko will allow him to marry Yum-Yum fi rst and be beheaded afterwards. Ko-Ko begrudgingly agrees, but because he is too squeamish to kill anyone, he has Pooh-Bah create a document stating Nanki-Poo has been executed (“be-cause a Majesty’s will is law, consequently that gentleman is as good as dead, and if he is dead, why not say so?”) and avoids his ghoulish duty. The Mikado appears to see that Nanki-Poo marries Katisha and that his execution commands have been carried out. Many heads will roll when it is discovered that the wandering minstrel Ko-Ko has executed is none other than the son of The Mikado!
T he drama is set in Japan, but the characters and music are T he drama is set in Japan, but the characters and music are
But I don’t stop at that. I go and dine with middle-class people on reason-able terms. I dance at cheap suburban parties for a moderate fee. I accept refreshment at any hands, however lowly. I also retail State secrets at a very low fi gure. For instance, any further information about Yum-Yum would come under the head of a State secret. –––Pooh-Bah Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado
by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition
StaffDirected by Joe Turner Cantú
Scenic Designer..........................................................Jared Spears
Costume Designer......................................................Andi Bedsworth
Lighting Designer.......................................................Angela Golightly
Technical Director......................................................Dewey Douglas
Stage Manager...........................................................Wesley McClain
Choreographer............................................................René Pulliam
Fight Choreographer..................................................Christopher Schager
Sound/Music Designer...............................................Brian Tichnell
Music Composers........................................Alex Mauney
Jared Spears
Costume Shop Manager...............Rebecca Hickman
Master Electrician........................Josh Williford
Assistant Stage Manager...................Allyson Cartwright
Prop Master/Scenic Painter...............Johna Sewell
Costume Shop .......Danice Gentle
Brie Aamodt
Scene Shop Staff.......................Allison Bingner
Blake McLemore
Wardrobe Master.....................Pep Speed
Wigs and Makeup....................Kallie Rolison
Greg Flaherty
House Manager................Amanda Malloy
by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition
Cast(in order of appearance)
ORLANDO, son of Sir Rowland de Boys Alex Mauney
ADAM, old servant to Sir Rowland de BoysJim Shollenberger
OLIVER, elder son of Sir Rowland de BoysAdam Hoak
DENNIS, servant to Oliver Caleb Fisher-Wirth
CHARLES, the wrestler John Mansell
CELIA, daughter of Duke Frederick Paige Mattox
ROSALIND, daughter of the banished Duke Senior Kelsey Didion
TOUCHSTONE, a clown Jared Davis
LE BEAU, courtier attending upon Frederick Eric Sampson
DUKE FREDERICK, brother to Duke Senior, and usurper Andy Douglas
LADY ASHLEY, courtier attending upon Frederick Ashley Dulaney
LADY MARY, courtier attending upon Frederick Mary Virginia Bartlett
LADY DANIELLE, courtier attending upon Frederick Danielle Wheeler
DUKE SENIOR, living in exile George Kehoe
Cast(in order of appearance)
AMIENS, lord attending on Duke Senior in his banishmentNick Keeling
LORD TO DUKE SENIOR, in his banishment Ryan Dusek
DUKE’S ATTENDANT, in his banishmentCarolyn Free
CORIN, a shepherdRyan Milstead
SILVIUS, a shepherdBrian Tichnell
JAQUES, lord attending on Duke Senior in his banishmentDavid Simmons
AUDREY, a country womanKatie Richardson
SIR OLIVER MARTEXT, a country vicarDanielle Wheeler
PHEBE, a shepherdessKallie Rolison
WILLIAM, a country fellowCaleb Fisher-Wirth
PAGE 1Mary Virginia Bartlett
PAGE 2Danielle Wheeler
HYMEN, god of marriageKevin Webb
by William Shakespeare A. L. Rowse edition
SYNOPSIS
uke Frederick has usurped the title and throne of his elder brother, Duke Senior. Duke Senior has taken up residence in the Forest of Arden with his band of loyal followers, leaving his daughter, Rosa-lind, behind at the court. Into this situation, enter Orlando and Oliver de Boys, two brothers divided by enmity. Orlando has long been mistreated by his brother; when Orlando enters a wrestling match sponsored by Duke Frederick, Oliver tells his opponent, Charles—a champion wres-tler—that he wouldn’t care if Charles were to break Orlando’s neck. To the surprise of all, Orlando wins the match. In doing so, he attracts the romantic attention of Rosalind and the ire of Oliver. Orlando and his servant, Adam, fl ee Oliver’s wrath into Arden. Duke Frederick decides to banish Rosalind to the Forest of Arden as he did with her father. Celia, Frederick’s daughter and Rosalind’s best friend, declares that she will accompany her in exile. Rosalind disguises herself as a boy named Ganymede, while Celia assumes the part of “his” sister, Aliena. They are accompanied by the clown Touchstone. Orlando eventually fi nds himself in the company of Duke Senior’s men, pining for his lost Rosa-lind. Rosalind, meanwhile, purchases a fl ock of sheep and a pasture, and sets out to lead a pastoral life. Before long, however, Orlando’s habit of carving Rosalind’s name in the trees and leaving love poems scattered about the forest tip her off to his presence. Shakespeare’s signature mis-taken identity plays through to a one of his most satisfying resolutions.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,Thou art not so unkindAs man’s ingratitude:
Thy tooth is not so keen,Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude
–––Shakespeare’s As You Like it
D uke Frederick has usurped the title and throne of his elder D uke Frederick has usurped the title and throne of his elder
PART ONEACT IScene 1 An Orchard near OLIVER’S house Scene 2 A Lawn before the DUKE’S Palace Scene 3 A Room in the Palace
ACT IIScene 1 The Forest of Arden Scene 2 A Room in the Palace Scene 3 Before OLIVER’S House Scene 4 The Forest of Arden Scene 5 Another part of the Forest Scene 6 Another part of the Forest Scene 7 Another part of the Forest
ACT IIIScene 1 A Room in the Palace Scene 2 The Forest of Arden
- 12 Minute Intermission - PART TWO Scene 3 Another part of the Forest Scene 4 Another part of the Forest. Before a Cottage Scene 5 Another part of the Forest
ACT IVScene 1 The Forest of Arden Scene 2 Another part of the Forest Scene 3 Another part of the Forest
ACT VScene 1 The Forest of Arden Scene 2 Another part of the Forest Scene 3 Another part of the Forest Scene 4 Another part of the Forest
EPILOGUE
JAQUES “All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his time plays many parts,His acts being seven ages. At fi rst the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping like snailUnwillingly to school. And then the lover,Sighing like furnace, with a woeful balladMade to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the leopard,Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,Seeking the bubble reputatiònEven in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,In fair round belly with good capon lined,With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,Full of wise sayings and usual instances;And so he plays his part. The sixth age shiftsInto the lean and slippered pantaloon,With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wideFor his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,Turning again toward childish treble, pipesAnd whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,That ends this strange eventful history,Is second childishness and mere oblivion,Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.”
Act II, sc 7, As You Like It
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O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets,
Stealing and giving odour!
–––– Duke Orsino Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
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Adam Hoak (Oliver in AS YOU LIKE IT, Nanki-poo in THE MIKADO) is a post-graduate acting student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, UK. Originally from Pittsburgh, favorite roles include Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte, Parris in The Crucible, and Osiander in the world-premier of Copernicus Ris-ing. Thanks to IUP, SIUC, and the family.
Mimi Johnson (Katisha in THE MIKADO) is a graduate of Ole Miss with a Masters degree in Music Education and is mak-ing her debut with the Festival this season. She has served with the Ole Miss Opera Theatre and Choral Ensemble and will be attending Northwestern University to receive a second Masters degree in Vocal Performance in the fall of 2007.
George Kehoe (Duke Senior in AS YOU LIKE IT, Friar Lau-rence in ROMEO AND JULIET) a native of New Orleans, has lived in Oxford since 1982. This longtime local actor is thrilled to participate in OSF for his fourth season. He is also adjunct faculty in the Ole Miss English Department.
Jim Shollenberger (Duke Fredrick in AS YOU LIKE IT, Capu-let in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a faculty member in the Depart-ment of Theatre Arts teaching Film Acting, Theory and History. Prior to coming to the UM he was a professional actor in New York and Los Angeles.
Allison Stanford (Lady Montague in ROMEO AND JULIET, Yum-Yum in THE MIDADO) an Ole Miss alumnus, is currently pursuing her M.A. in Music at Arizona State University. Favorite roles include Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Lucy in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Papagera in The Magic Flute.
Walker Swaney (THE MIKADO) has been a practicing general dentist for thirty-two years. Growing up as a singer, he used to enjoy any participation, however, he took 20 years off, and looks forward to returning with his “Mikado enrollment!!” He has a wonderful wife Malissa, and three grown children, Walker Jr., Sara, and Mary Hinley.
Valerie Wilson (Lady Capulet in ROMEO AND JULIET) teaches Theatre Appreciation and Dramatic Literature at Ole Miss, where she received her M.F.A. in Theatre/Acting in 1995. She has appeared in Agnes of God and Proof and recently direct-ed SubUrbia at the Powerhouse.
Kelsey Didion (Rosalind in AS YOU LIKE IT, Piti Sing in THE MIKADO) is a junior at the University of Evansville pursuing a B.F.A. in Theatre Performance. Favorite roles include Roberta in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, the Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Pauline in Contre Toute At-tente, and Beatrice in Much Ado A bout Nothing. She is thrilled to join OSF for the fi rst time.
Andrew Douglas (Adam in AS YOU LIKE IT, Montague in RO-MEO AND JULEIT) was born in New York and raised in Chi-cago. He is a restaurant manager, research scientist, and father, and has lived in Oxford for eight years. This is his second season with the Festival.
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Ryan Dusek (Lord to Duke Sen in AS YOU LIKE IT, Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a senior in the B.F.A. program at Ole Miss and is from the Lake Texoma area in Texas. Ryan just fi n-ished his second year at Ole Miss and will graduate next spring. He’s pumped about Romeo and Juliet. Go Montagues!
Nick Keeling (Amiens (sings/guitar) in AS YOU LIKE IT, Cho-rus in THE MIKADO) is a rising Junior Vocal Performance Ma-jor at Ole Miss. This is Nick’s second year with the Festival. Last year he performed the role of Robin Starveling in A Midsummers Night’s Dream, and a pirate in Pirates of Penzance.
John Mansell (Charles in AS YOU LIKE IT, Koko in THE MIKADO) received his Bachelor of Music degree from Ole Miss this spring. While at Ole Miss, John performed the roles of Reverend Moore in Footloose, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Pooh Bah in The Mikado, and Damis in Tartuffe. John will begin his M.F.A. in Musical Theatre with the University of Central Florida Conservatory Theatre in Orlando.
Paige Mattox (Celia in AS YOU LIKE IT, Chorus in THE MI-KADO) is a senior B.F.A. Musical Theatre Major at UM where she most recently appeared as Marquise de Merteuil in Les Liai-sons Dangereuses. She is thrilled to be joining the Festival for a second summer.
Alex Mauney (Orlando in AS YOU LIKE IT, Tybalt in ROMEO AND JULIET) most recently performed on the Ole Miss stage as Le Vicomte de Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. He was George Nowack in the NEMCC production of She Loves Me, as well as the Demented Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors at CTA in Corinth. This is his fi rst year with OSF.
Ryan Milstead (Corin in AS YOU LIKE IT, Pooh-Bah in THE MIKADO) is a senior vocal performance major from Okolona. He has been with Ole Miss Opera Theatre for three years and participated in last year’s Shakespeare Festival as a pirate in Pi-rates of Penzance, and cast in Shakespeare’s Fight Scenes.
Mary Bess Pritchett (Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a senior B.F.A. Acting Major at UM. She was last seen on the UM stage as la Presidente de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She dedicates her performance to her mother, Lawrie.
Katie Richardson (Audrey in AS YOU LIKE IT, Peep-Bo in THE MIKADO) is excited to return for her second season with OSF, after appearing last year as Isabel in Pirates of Penzance. She recently completed her fi rst year at the University of Missis-sippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.
Kallie Rollison (Phebe in AS YOU LIKE IT, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a senior B.F.A. in Acting at Ole Miss. She has ap-peared in numerous main stage and fringe productions and heads Tampon Productions. She is a member of the improve comedy troupe, Laff Co. Kallie enjoys applause and hosting pirate par-ties. She hopes to become a dancer next year.
David Simmons (Jacques in AS YOU LIKE IT, Benvolio in RO-MEO AND JULIET) is a senior B.F.A. Acting student at UM. He has been in the Ole Miss Theatre productions of The Importance of Being Earnest and Torch Song Trilogy, among others. He is very excited to be a part of this festival.
Pep Speed (Chorus in THE MIKADO, Wardrobe Master) is a Senior B.F.A. Musical Theatre Major at Ole Miss. Credits include The Rocky Horror Show, Footloose, Anything Goes, Pi-rates of Penzance, The Cave Dwellers, and Showstoppers as well as directing The House of Yes at Ole Miss.
Kevin Webb (Hymen in AS YOU LIKE IT, Pish-Tush in THE MIKADO) is a Vocal Performance Music Major at Ole Miss. He was recently seen in the Ole Miss Theatre’s production of Foot-loose as Ren, and was featured as Dr. Blind in Die Fledermaus. Last summer he directed music for Into The Woods, Jr. at his hometown community theatre. Thanks to his family, friends, and Laquesha.
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Marie Virginia Bartlett (Attendant in AS YOU LIKE IT, Mask-er in ROMEO AND JULIET) is a Junior B.F.A. Acting Major at the University of Mississippi. She was most recently seen as Pakeeza in SubUrbia. This is her fi rst year with the festival and she is thrilled to be a part of the company.
Jason Bouldin (Chorus in THE MIKADO) feels privileged to re-turn to the Gilbert and Sullivan chorus after playing a policeman in last summer’s OSF production of The Pirates of Penzance. He lives and works in Oxford.
Paul Brown (Rehearsal Pianists) is a senior Music Education Major at UM from Greenwood. He has been an accompanist for UM choirs, Opera Theatre, UM Musical Theatre, and the Voice Department. He performed last year in The Pirates of Penzance.
Kelly Burns ( Chours in THE MIKADO) is a freelance singer-songwriter, actor, painter, and gourmet cheese maker from Wis-consin. His operatic and musical credits include Prince Orlofsky and Oberon, and he has understudied Adele in Die Fledermaus and the Third Clown in Send in the Clowns: A Stephen Sond-heim Review. This is Kelly’s second season with the Festival.
Allyson Cartwright (stage Manager) will be starting at Ole Miss in the fall. A theatre transfer student from Booneville, Mississip-pi, Allyson has several credits, including She Loves Me, Annie Get Your Gun, Steel Magnolias, and Alice in Wonderland. This is her fi rst summer with OSF.
Dana Clark (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKA-DO) is a Junior B.F.A. Musical Theatre Major at Ole Miss. She has been involved in many productions, including the Rat Queen in Mixed Nuts with Ole Miss Theatre and Die Fledermous with Ole Miss Opera. She is also an active member of “Mississippi: The Dance Company.” This is her fi rst year to work with the Festival and she is very excited.
Jared Davis (Touchstone in AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a Junior Theatre Major at Ole Miss. He was born and raised in Bledsoe, Texas. He went to High School at Whiteface High School. He attended Tyler Junior College in Texas before transferring to Ole Miss.
Marta Ann Dees (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) is a B.F.A. Musical Theatre graduate from Ole Miss. This is her second year with the Festival. Her Opera Theatre credits include Kate in Pirates of Penzance, Patience in Patience, Leila in Iolante, and Tessa in Gondoliers.
Ashley Dulaney (Lady in AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JU-LIET) is a junior in the B.F.A. program at Ole Miss and is from Tupelo. This is her fi rst year to be associated with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival and will be appearing in Romeo and Juliet and As You Like It.
Caleb Fisher-Wirth (Dennis/William in AS YOU LIKE IT, Friar John/Masker/Balthazar in ROMEO AND JULIET) Caleb was raised in Oxford and after brief stints in Vermont and Oregon, he has returned to his hometown. He is a Theatre major at Ole Miss. This is Caleb’s second year with OSF.
Carolyn Free (Duke’s Attendant in AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a native of Oxford, and recently graduated from Lafayette High School. She will attend Ole Miss in the fall. She has been with the festival since its conception in 2004. She is very proud of all it has come to be. Her only suggestion is that all who can, support the arts, or else.
Greg Flaherty (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MI-KADO) is a junior with a B.F.A. in Acting with an emphasis in Musical Theatre. He recently played the role of Willard in Footloose and Mervin in In Trousers. He enjoys indie music and being involved in any theatre activity.
Andrew Gordon (Chorus in THE MIKADO) After performing in orchestra pits for over forty productions, Andrew fi nally de-cided to audition for an onstage part. (Incidentally, the day after this picture was taken, Andrew had a root-canal performed on him by the Mikado himself!)
Robin Hess (Assistant Stage Manager THE MIKADO) Assistant Stage Manager THE MIKADO) Assistant Stage Manager This is Robin’s fi rst year with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival. She is entering her sophomore year as a Theatre major at Ole Miss. She is from Nebraska, where she was involved in high school and community theatre productions.
Melanie Heuer (Chorus in THE MIKADO) will be a sopho-more this fall majoring in Vocal Performance. Her latest role was in Die Fledermaus in the soprano chorus. She is so glad to be in the chorus in The Mikado and thanks everyone who gave her the opportunity. Enjoy the opera everyone!
Janna Montgomery (ROMEO AND JULIET, Chorus in THE MIKADO) originally from Lawton, Ok, is excited to be back with the Festival this year. She was last seen as the White Queen in Alice, Through the Looking Glass. Janna has been involved with several local choirs and productions.
Eric Sampson (Le Beau in AS YOU LIKE IT, Escalus in RO-MEO AND JULIET) is a senior, studying towards his B.F.A. in acting. Favorite credits include last year’s festival (Shakespeare’s Fight Scenes and Pirates of Penzance) and Frosch in Die Fleder-maus. He wishes to thank his friends and family for their support.
Brian Tichnell (Mercutio in ROMEO AND JULIET and Silvius in AS YOU LIKE IT) will be entering his senior year at Ole Miss in his wild and courageous pursuit of a B.F.A. degree in Theatre Acting. Last year he played Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and sang in the chorus in Pirates of Penzance. Brian is also the company Sound Designer, so he hopes that you all enjoy the beautiful, sultry sounds he has designed for your pleasure.
Patrick Waller (chorus THE MIKADO) returns for The Mikado this year. He attends school at Ole Miss. He will be playing this summer in his band The Psychedelic Revival at various bars and venues in the area.
Danielle Wheeler (AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET) is a returning festival performer and a Theatre Major at Ole Miss. She is a member of Laff Co. Troupe and was last seen in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, as Emilie. She hosts the morning show for Rebel Radio 92.1.
Josh Williford (Master Electrician) is an Ole Miss Art Major from Oxford. This is his second year with the Festival and has worked on a number of productions including Fosse, Percy Sledge, and Man of La Mancha. He is presently a technician at the Ford Center, and enjoys the natural world in his free time.
His play, AMERICAN COWGIRLS, performed at a theatre festival in Blago-evgrad, Bulgaria. Most recently, his play, GOD BLESS ELIZABETH TAYLOR, received a workshop performance. His play, CROWN OF THUNDER, will receive its world premiere at Ole Miss in April of 2004, under his direction. He served as director of two playwriting festivals, the New England Festival of New Works and the Texas Playwrights Festival. His artistic directing background includes Artistic Director of Penobscot Theatre Company in Maine in the early 1990’s and as Associate Artistic Director of a Houston equity theatre, Stages Repertory Theatre, for four years in the 1980’s. Joe’s professional directing credits include such companies as Grand Canyon Shakespeare Festival, Capitol City Playhouse in Austin, the Latino Theatre Festival in Austin, Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Stages Repertory Theatre and Penobscot Theatre Company. In July 1995, the North American Cultural Institute of Peru brought Joe to Lima to direct a pro-fessional Spanish-language production of Tennessee Williams’ LA NOCHE DE LA IGUANA at the Teatro Bi-Nacional. In 2003, Joe returned to Lima, Peru with a Spanish-translation production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams, which was invited to represent the U.S.A. at the International Theatre Festival in Lima. Joe’s list of directing credits is extensive. Joe has taught at Northern Arizona University, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan, and at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University, where he earned his M.F.A in Acting. Joe is a member of The Dramatists Guild, Inc.
Joe Turner Cantu (OSF Artistic Director, Director of AS YOU LIKE IT) An actor trainer, director and playwright, Joe is an As-sociate Professor and Head of the Acting Program at The Univer-sity of Mississippi (Ole Miss) Department of Theatre Arts. His teaching expertise is Acting process and Acting styles. His pro-fessional playwriting credits include several productions through-out the country of his play ROCK AND BETTY DANCE, winner of a Rockefeller playwriting grant award.
Norm Easterbrook (Director of Ford Center for the Performing Arts) Easterbrook comes to UM from Americus, GA., where he directed The Rylander Theater, a restored 1921 vaudeville facil-ity. There he was responsible for completing the restoration proj-ect, as well as coordinating programming during the theater’s fi rst four years of operation. A Graduate of New York’s Ithaca Col-lege School of Theater, Easterbrook has directed and performed professionally in numerous fi lm, video and stage productions. He
received a master’s degree in theater from Florida State University in Tallahassee
Julia Aubrey (Director, THE MIKADO) Dr. Aubrey is Associate Professor of Voice and Director of Opera Theatre at the Univer-sity of Mississippi. She holds a Master of Music in Vocal Per-formance and a Master of Arts in Theatre. As Director of Opera Theatre, Professor Aubrey’s productions include The Marriage of Figaro, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Tartuffe, The Magic Flute, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Street Scene, Die Fledermaus, Cosi fan tutte, The Crucible, and Orpheus in the Underworld. Other posi-
tions include: three years as the Opera Stage Director for the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska; Musical Director for the Department of Theatre’s produc-tions of The Rocky Horror Show, Anything Goes, Chicago, Cabaret, The Man of LaMancha, How to Succeed in Business, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and West Side Story; and Director of the Youth Music Theatre Work-shop for the past 10 years in partnership with her husband, Robert Aubrey. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Opera Association and is Gover-nor for the Southeast Region.
Dr. Robert Aubrey (Conductor, THE MIKADO) has been on the faculty of the Department of Music for the past eight years, con-ducting stage works for both the opera program and for Ole Miss Theatre’s musical productions. In recent years he has conducted the Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan tutte, Street Scene, the Ballad of Baby Doe, Die Fledermaus, and Tartuffe. In the fi eld of musical theatre, his works include Chicago, Cabaret, the Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma, Oliver, and Anything Goes.
He has been a life long proponent of Gilbert and Sullivan, both as a performer and a conductor.
Brian Evans (Director, ROMEO AND JULIET) is from Ohio where he worked at Porthouse Theatre. He received his M.F.A. in acting from U.C. Irvine and has performed across the country at venues such as Illinois and Colorado Shakespeare Festivals and South Coast Repertory. Brian lived in Los Angeles, work-ing in fi lm and television before moving to Oxford. He currently teaches acting, voice, and speech as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Ole Miss.
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Brie Aamodt (Costume Shop Staff), a native of San Diego, Cali-fornia enrolled at UM, is entering her senior year in the Fashion Merchandising program.
Andi Bedsworth (Costume Designer) is a native of Louisiana. She is the Costume Technologist for the Department of Theatre at Ole Miss. Previous credits include Resident Costume Designer for Playmakers of Baton Rouge and it is her second year to de-sign for the Festival.
Allison Bingner (Scene Shop Staff) This is Allison’s third year with the Festival. She previously worked on shows such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Taming of the Shrew. She is from Oxford and will be a junior at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Dewey Douglas (Technical Director) This is Dewey’s second year with the festival. After more than 35 years in theatre, Dewey received his M.F.A. last year from The University of Southern Mississippi and is on the theatre faculty at William Carey Uni-versity.
Deborah Freeland (Senior Designer for the Division of Out-reach and Continuing Education, and Graphic Designer for the Oxford Shakespeare Festival) In 2007 she received 4 awards for graphic design from the UCEA, including her designs for last years OSF. Her daughter, Sarah, is the violinist in The MIkado Orchestra.
Danice Gentle (Costume Shop Staff) is from Florence, Ala-bama. She has a twin, Janice McLaughlin from Killen, Alabama and a daughter, Amanda Gentle Powell from Paris, Tennessee. Danice graduated in 1985 from Heritage Christian University in Florence. She is a senior working on a B.F.A. in Theatre Arts in Costume Design/Technology at Ole Miss.
Angie Golightly (Lighting Designer) is a B.F.A. Lighting Major at Ole Miss. Some past lighting designs include Rocky Hor-ror, The Importance of Being Earnest, and A Street Car Named Desire, for which she has received awards. She is currently the Master Electrician at the Ford Center of Performing Arts. Angie also enjoys creating art in her spare time.
Rebecca Hickman (Costume Shop Supervisor) is a recent M.F.A. graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi in Costume Design and Technology. She has designed such shows as Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, Hair, Game of Love and Chance, and Design for Murder.
Amanda Malloy (House Manager) fi rst year with the Oxford Shakespeare Festival. This fall she will be transferring from Central Michigan University to Ole Miss as a junior majoring in Theatre. She is very excited to join OSF for her fi rst season.
Blake McLemore (Scene Shop Staff) is from Olive Branch and graduated with a BA in History from Ole Miss. He was the Assis-tant Technical Director for several Ole Miss Theatre productions and was the scene shop assistant. This is his fi rst Festival.
Michelle McAnally (Marketing and Publicity Coordinator) is a writer and farmer living in Taylor. She received her M.A. from UM in 2001 and has worked as a writer and an archeologist for the 15 years. This is Michelle’s fourth year to work with OSF.
Wesley McClain (Stage Manager) Originally from California, Wesley is a Junior Theatre Arts major at Ole Miss. This is his fi rst year with the Festival, but he has worked on over fi fteen produc-tions in the past two years including A Streetcar Named Desire and Showstoppers. Rene Pulliam (Choreographer)Rene Pulliam (Choreographer) heads the BFA Program in Musi-cal Theatre for the Theatre Arts Department. She received her
Rene Pulliam (Choreographer) heads theB.A. in Music from Whittier College and her MFA in Dance/Choreography from Mills College. She has directed and/or choreographed hundreds of musical across the United States, including the West Coast pre-mieres of Smile, Closer Than Ever and Over Here. She has been awarded the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for her work on No, No Nanette and Good News. Her performance
credits include television (the Carol Burnette Show), commercials (Dr. Pepper), and touring companies. This is Rene’s second OSF season.
Anna Sayre (Graphic Designer) earned a B.F.A. in Graphic De-sign from the University of Mississippi in 2002. She is currently a Web Designer and Graphic Designer with the Division of Out-reach & Continuing Education. The current design of the Oxford Shakespeare Festival website is her second website design for the festival since fi rst working on the site with her husband, Errol Sayre, in 2004.
Johna Sewell (Costume Shop Staff) is from Ft. Worth, Texas. Johna is a B.F.A. Theatre Arts Major in Costume/Scenic Design at the University of Mississippi.
Christopher Schager (Fight Coordinator) is Theatre Director at Northwest Mississippi Community College. There, he teaches Acting, Stagecraft, Theatre Fundamentals, Musical Theatre Workshop, Voice and Diction, Stage Makeup, Drama Production, Movement for the Actor, Theatre Appreciation, and Stage Combat.
Jared Spears (Scenic Designer) is a sculptor and farmer living in Taylor and has been the resident scenic designer for OSF sinceJared (Scenis Designer) is a sculptor and farmer living in Taylor and has been the resident scenic designer for OSF since its incep-tion. He is the technical director and a design instructor at Ole Miss. He graduated with a BFA from Delta State University and got his MFA from Ole Miss. He has designed and worked for the-
atres around the region, and his painting and sculpture is featured in collections and museums, including the Smithsonian.
Pam Wilburn (Administrative Assistant) is from Bruce and is the secretary for Ole Miss Theatre. This is Pam’s fi rst year to work with OSF.
Matt Zerangue (Ford Center Technical Director) is a native of Opelousas, Louisiana. He is an U.S. Army Veteran. He earned a B.F.A. from the University of Louisiana. He has held positions in virtually every aspect of Theatre Design and Technical Theatre, as well as performing on stage and commercial TV. He is the Techni-cal Director of the Ford Center and was the scenic designer for the UM Opera production of Die Fledermaus. He has been designer
for the University of Louisiana Dance productions, State of La Danse and an Eve-ning of Dance and the UL opera production of The Medium.
Dr. Rhona Justice-Malloy is Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Mississippi. She is the Editor of Theatre History Studies. She has served as President of the Mid-America Theatre Conference and has chaired panels and delivered papers at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, American Soci-ety of Theatre Research, The International Federation for Theatre Research, Mid-America Theatre Conference, and Performance
Studies International. She is a member of the National Theatre Conference.
Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550-1604)
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was born on 12 April, 1550, at Castle Hedingham in Essex. Throughout the 1580s, De Vere maintained a band of
tumblers as well as two theater companies, Oxford’s Boys and Oxford’s Men. The former company played at the Blackfriars Theater in London.
Evidence of De Vere’s lifelong interest in learning were the numerous contemporary tributes to his patronage.
A biography of Edward de Vere was written in 1928 by Bernard M. Ward. In 1920 the Earl of Oxford was put forward as the true author of the works of William Shakespeare by J. Thomas Looney in his Shakespeare Identifi ed in Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. In 1975, the Encyclopedia Britannica (15th edition) commented that, “Edward de Vere became in the 20th century the strongest candidate proposed for the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays.”
The Globe TheaterThe original Globe opened in 1599. It burned down in 1613 and was
immediately rebuilt. It was closed by the Puritans in 1642. Now, 200 yards from its original site, after almost 400 years, the Globe Theater has been
opened to the public again: the rebuilt playhouse was offi cially inaugurated by Her Majesty the Queen on Thursday 12 June 1997, its Opening Season ran from 29 May to 21 September 1997, and every summer it now offers perfor-mances of plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries on the type of stage
they were written for, many of them in authentic clothing.
Bard of AvonA title given to William Shakespeare, who was born and buried in
Stratford-upon-Avon, England. A bard is a poet.
StratfordStratford-upon-Avon is situated in the heart of the English midlands. A market
town dating back to medieval times, Stratford is today most famous as the birthplace of the Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare.
Chamberlain’s Men, also called Lord Chamberlain’s MenA theatrical company with which Shakespeare was intimately
connected for most of his professional career as a dramatist. It was the most important company of players in Elizabethan and
Jacobean England.
Earl of Oxford Circle $1500 and up (includes 8 season tickets)
Globe Circle
$1000 to $1499 (includes 6 season tickets)
Bard’s Circle$500 to $999 (includes 4 season tickets)
Stratford Circle$100 to $499 (includes 2 season tickets)
Lord Chamberlain’s Circle$25 to $99
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MAIL TO: Central Ticket Offi ce,301-B Student Union, University, MS 38677
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Thank You For Supporting OSFDepartment of Theatre and Dance, University of Southern Mississippi
Don Howie, Deborah Freeland, Eddie Upton, Dr. Kevin FreyChloe Bedsworth, Toby Douglas, Gavin Douglas, Kenneth Jones
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on...”_____William Shakespeare’s The Tempest
sponsors & patrons
Earl of Oxford CircleGertrude Castellow Ford Foundation
Mary and Samuel B. Haskell III (Lifetime Charter Sponsors)Ford Center for the Performing Arts — Norm Easterbrook, Director
Division of Outreach — Timothy Angle, Assistant ProvostDepartment of Theatre Arts — Dr. Rhona Justice-Malloy, Chair
Department of Music — Dr. Charlie Gates, ChairMississippi Arts CommissionByrnes and Marion Kuehnle
Laurence G. and Bonnye A. SampsonJohn and Marty DunbarJanice and Brian Evans
Rene Pulliam and Christopher SchagerJennifer Mizenko
Kate Kellum and Jason FinchImpression Solutions, Inc.
Betty HarringtonRobert and Julia Aubrey
Eddie J. Upton and Joe Turner Cantú
Globe CircleCollege of Liberal Arts — Dr. Glenn W. Hopkins, Dean
Offi ce of University Relations — Dr. Gloria KellumYoknapatawpha Arts Council
Oxford Tourism Council
Bard’s CircleRandy M. & Sherie B. Mayfi eld
Barbara Purdon
Stratford CircleMr. Colby KullmanVirginia D. Cantú
Anne and Ben UptonMr. & Mrs. Briggs SmithAssociated Student Body
Anne M. Klingen and Thomas R. AylesGerald C. and Laurie S. Richlovsky
Arthur Pinkerton and Valerie AngeloroMark A. McClain
D. A. Edwards and Jo Ann Miller EdwardsMr. Herbert K. Moore, Jr.
Dr. Charles E. NoyesOxford Trading Company
Lord Chamberlain’s CircleMr. Sherwood Harris
Michael LandonCarol Sewell
Ms. Mary Ann Reed Bowen
Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle
September 19th - September 30th
Companyby Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
October 17th- October 21st
Lysistrataby Aristophanes
November 28th-December 2nd
Mississippi Dance Company: “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
Choreographer: Dance 458 Students and Jennifer MizenkoFebruary 14th - February 16th
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Adapted for the Stage by Frank Galati
April 2nd - April 6th Special matinee for local schools April 3rd
ShowstoppersDirected and choreographed by:René Pulliam
April 22nd - April 27th
The End
Juliet speaks...What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
––––Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
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