Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance and Film presents
Lend Me a Tenor
by Ken LudwigAngell Blackfriars TheatreJanuary 27-29 & February 3-5, 2012
DIRECTED BY: Jimmy CalitriSCENIC DESIGN: Kathryn KaweckiCOSTUME DESIGN: Amanda Downing-CarneyLIGHTING DESIGN: Jen RockSOUND DESIGN: Paul PerryVOCAL COACH: David HarperASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Dora MightyARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: Gabrielle Marks
Cast (in order of appearance)
MAX: Patrick Mark SaundersMAGGIE: Aubrey DionSAUNDERS: Jeff DeSistoTITO: Daniel CaplinMARIA: Grace CurleyBELLHOP: Kevin LynchDIANA: Marisa UrgoJULIA: Erin Fuscohttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/tenor_pubs/1000/thumbnail.jp

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance and Film presents
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
January 27-29 & February 3-5, 2012
DIRECTED BY: Jimmy CalitriSCENIC DESIGN: Kathryn KaweckiCOSTUME DESIGN: Amanda Downing-CarneyLIGHTING DESIGN: Jen RockSOUND DESIGN: Paul PerryVOCAL COACH: David HarperASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Dora Mighty
Cast (in order of appearance): MAX: Patrick Mark Saunders; MAGGIE: Aubrey Dion; SAUNDERS: Jeff DeSisto; TITO: Daniel Caplin; MARIA: Grace Curley; BELLHOP: Kevin Lynch; DIANA: Marisa Urgo; JULIA: Erin Fusco
ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY: Gabrielle Markshttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/tenor_pubs/1000/thumbnail.jp

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Providence CollegeDigitalCommons@ProvidencePlaybill and Promotion Lend Me A Tenor (2012)Spring 1-27-2012Lend Me A Tenor PlaybillProvidence CollegeFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/tenor_pubsPart of the Theatre and Performance Studies CommonsANGELLBlackfriars TheatreProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance and Film presentsLend Me a Tenorby Ken LudwigSCENIC DESIGNKathryn KaweckiLIGHTING DESIGNJen RockCOSTUME DESIGNAmanda Downing-CarneySOUND DESIGNPaul PerryDIRECTED BYJimmy CalitriVOCAL COACHDavid HarperAngell Blackfriars TheatreJanuary 27-29 & February 3-5, 2012•  •  •Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.•  •  •The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibitedCast(in order of appearance)MAXMAGGIESAUNDERSTITOMARIABELLHOPDIANAJULIAPatrick Mark SaundersAubrey DionJeff DeSistoDaniel CaplinGrace CurleyKevin LynchMarisa UrgoErin FuscoSettingThe action takes place in a hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio in 1934.Synopsis of ScenesAct I, Scene I: Early afternoon on a Saturday in SeptemberScene II: Four hours laterAct II, Scene I: That night, about 11 o’clockScene II: Fifteen minutes laterThere will be one ten minute intermission between acts.Special ThanksTrinity Rep Costume ShopGiacomo StriuliURI Theatre DepartmentJamie DufaultResident Production StaffPRODUCTION MANAGERJohn GarrityCOSTUME SHOP SUPERVISORMaxine WheelockTECHNICAL DIRECTORGeorge MarksPUBLICITY COORDINATORSusan WernerASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTORSpencer CrockettASSISTANT DIRECTORDora MightySTAGE MANAGERAmy BeckwithASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERTed Boyce-SmithPROPERTIES PROCUREMENTBrandon FerrettiLIGHT BOARD OPERATORRachel BallSOUND BOARD OPERATORAlex MacIntyrePROPERTIES RUNNING CREWChelsea BentleyWARDROBE RUNNING CREW Cayla BarbourMoira PowerCOSTUME SHOP CREWValerie ChaseElizabeth DennisKaitlin ElliottStacie KrawieckiAnnie WendelPRESS PHOTOGRAPHYAmy McCormackLend Me a Tenor StaffBOX OFFICE MANAGERCasey GilmondBOX OFFICE & PUBLICITYClaire ChambersCasey GilmondKelly HoartyAmy McCormackHayley McGuirlHOUSE MANAGERSAmy McCormackHayley McGuirlSCENE SHOP CREWAmy BeckwithTed Boyce-SmithKenny CarberryMichael CirrottiCarolyn DeDeoKerry DuranMatt HanniganHannah HughesNicholas IannoroneGeorge KillianVictor NeirinckxBen RemillardIrio SchianoARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHYGabrielle MarksPOSTERCoyote HillUSHERSThe Friars ClubA Conversation with Ken Ludwig Interviewed by the American Association of Community Theatre’s Ron ZieglerKen Ludwig’s numerous works have been performed on Broadway and in London’s West End. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award, England’s highest theatre honor, three Tony Award nominations and two Helen Hayes awards. His work has been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and has been performed in thirty countries in over twenty languages (kenludwig.com).Here are some excerpts from an interview with Ken Ludwig with AACT’s Ron Ziegler.RZ: Besides being a playwright you are also a director, correct?Ken Ludwig: Yes, I’ve done directing all my life … I love directing. The only trou-ble with directing for me at this moment is I still have a son in high school. If you want to direct, you’re gone from your hometown for six to eight weeks at a time and that’s something I just can’t do at this point.RZ: When you direct your own plays do you ever find yourself wanting to change your script because as a director you’ve gained a different perspective?Ken Ludwig: Oh absolutely. I’ll direct a piece and then I’ll discover I didn’t leave enough time for this person to change before an entrance or something. That might be the sort of elemental thing I discover. But the other, more profound cir-cumstance is, if I find that in directing a scene, it ultimately doesn’t pay off or work in the way that I want it to. And then it would be a matter of me turning to the playwright and saying “Hey, you know, write better!”RZ: Or asking the playwright if you could make changes?Ken Ludwig: Exactly … Playwrights slave away trying to get lines right. As Oscar Wilde said, he spent one morning putting a comma in and then in the afternoon taking it out. You’re very careful about every choice you make as a playwright and you don’t want to make changes willy-nilly.RZ: Do the characters and situations in your plays—as farcical as they may be at times—have a basis in real life, specifically in your real life?Ken Ludwig: Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Take a play like Lend Me a Tenor. People said to me, “Hey, Ken, that Max, that’s you!” If you don’t know the play it’s about a young man who wants to be an opera star and believes he has it inside him but no one else sees it. In the course of the play he proves it to the world, proves it to himself and he gains self-confidence. I went to law school because I thought I needed something to fall back on. And so I spent time practicing law as sort of my day job, and I wanted to be in the theatre more than anything else, and I always did, ever since I was a kid. And I had always felt that I had this ability inside me. I had this sense of what art really is about and trying to communicate it to people and trying to make people happy and trying to give people courage and trying to make people proud of themselves and having a sense of worth and humanity. And that’s what mattered to me and I thought I could convey that. But I had to prove it. In the course of the play Max proves it. RZ: I’ve always thought the dialogue you write for your characters rings true and strikes me as honest. Ken Ludwig: That’s a real compliment. That’s sort of a deep compliment that peo-ple not in our business wouldn’t understand. That’s really what I strive for, and it’s so easy as a playwright, or any kind of writer, to fall back on mannerisms or things that you think are cute. When you read pulp novels or bad plays you see it all the time. Finding that sense of honesty in a real simple way is in many ways the trick. It’s the skill of being a playwright.RZ: Your love of theatricality and the theatre itself as source material for your plays is obvious; many of your plays have theatrical settings. They also have a sense of theatre history and of tradition.Ken Ludwig: Yes, and part of the reason for that is that because I’ve always loved the theatre so much and wanted to be part of this since I was a kid. I think I’ve al-ways put it on a pedestal and said, “this is the world I’d like to live in.” And it makes me happy and it gives me courage, and so I tried to use theatre as a metaphor for all of life. And it’s been a way for me to write about things I care about.Photograph courtesy of Adventure TheatreResident and Visiting ArtistsJIMMY CALITRI (Director) holds an A.D. in Studio Art and Design, a B.A. in Theater Performance, a B.A. in Art History and Design, and an M.F.A. in Performance in Society from Rhode Island College. He is an adjunct faculty member and director in the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College Theatre Departments. His recent acting credits include appearances in Miss Pixie’s Local Cable Access Holiday Extravaganza at the San-dra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, URI’s musical production, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Mambo Italiano, an alumni production at Rhode Island College. Jimmy directed the first production of the URI 2009-2010 season, Boy Gets Girl and will serve as Associate Director for Singing in the Rain at URI in the spring. Jimmy also directed A Lie of the Mind and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Perishable Theater the past two sea-sons. The latter was named ‘Best of Theater in 2010’ by The Phoenix Newspaper and ‘Best Professional Production of 2010’ by Motif Magazine. Favorite past directing jobs include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Assassins the Musical, Miss Julie, The Taming of the Shrew, and A-MIRROR-CA: A Critical Burlesque on America’s Media-Driven Culture which was recently revived at RIC. This Summer Jimmy will be heading to Chicago to direct The 39 Steps. Jimmy would like to thank the cast, crew, and the entire production team of Lend Me a Tenor for their dedication and collaboration on this project. He would also like to extend a special thank you to Claudia Traub, John Garrity, and Dora Mighty.AMANDA DOWNING-CARNEY (Costume Designer) holds a BFA in Technical The-atre with a Concentration in Costume Design from The University of Rhode Island. After graduation she toured nationally and internationally as Wardrobe Supervisor with Phoenix Entertainment’s FAME: the Musical, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, FAME: the Musical KOREA and Will Rogers Follies. Now off the road, she has worked at such local theatres as Theatre-by-the-Sea, the GAMM Theatre, and Perishable Theatre, and is currently the Costume Director at Trinity Repertory Company. This is Amanda’s first production experience at Providence College and she’d like to thank Jimmy Calitri and the entire theatre department for such a wonderful opportunity. Special thanks to her husband, son and new baby on the way.DAVID HARPER (Music Director/Conductor) is the Coordinator of Vocal Studies in the Department of Music at Providence College, where he teaches private voice lessons, voice class, lyric diction, song repertoire, opera workshop, and music in the theater.  As Music Director and Vocal Coach for the Theater Department at PC, David has served as Music Director for productions of Merrily We Roll Along and Brigadoon, and as Conductor/Music Director for Carousel, Company, Funny Girl and Gypsy.After completing his undergraduate work at the University of North Carolina at Greens-boro, David Harper went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Music from Virginia Common-wealth University.  He continued his studies at the Boston University School of Music, grad-uating with top honors and earning a second Master’s there.  A member of the Pi Kappa Lambda music society, his teachers have included Richard Cassilly, Daniel Ericourt and Anthony di Bonaventura.  He has accompanied such world-renowned singers as Mr. Cas-silly and Patricia Craig in concert, and has twice been chosen to participate in the presti-gious Cleveland Art Song Festival, where he worked with Warren Jones, Roger Vignoles, Olaf Bär and Sarah Walker.KATHRYN KAWECKI (Scenic Design) previously designed Providence College’s produc-tions of The Cripple of Inishmaan, Hedda Gabler and The Sweetest Swing in Baseball. New England scene designs: RENT and dollHouse (New Rep); Proof (Seacoast Rep); My Fair Lady (2010 IRNE Nomination), Rimers of Eldritch, and 42nd Street (Stoneham Theatre); Largo Desolato (A.R.T./MXAT Institute); Anna Bella Eema (Perishable Theatre);  Hansel and Gretel (Boston Lyric Opera Tour). Regional scene designs: Race and Ages of the Moon (Contemporary American Theatre Festival); Anna in the Tropics (Capital Rep); No Child… & Bad Dates (Hangar Theatre); Topdog/Underdog (Sacramento Theatre Co); La Traviata (Emerald City Opera). Costume designs: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and columbinus (Salve Regina University); Billy Witch (Northeastern Theatre); Pippin and Inherit the Wind (Groton School). Honors: 2009 NEA/TCG Career Development Program finalist; USITT’s 2007 Young Designer Award for Scene Design. www.kawecki-art.comPAUL PERRY (Sound Design) is a 2010 graduate of Providence College. Sound Design credits include The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (Providence College), Neighborhood 3, (The Actor’s Studio, CT), and I Loved Sam Stone (The Tank, NYC). He recently worked on Can-dide as the second engineer at The Huntington Theatre, Boston and was the mixer for The Nutcracker at the Stoneham Theatre, MA. He will be designing Little Shop of Horrors at the New Repertory Theatre, Watertown, MA in April. www.paulperrysound.comJEN ROCK (Lighting Design) is thrilled to be joining Providence College for her first pro-duction.  Recent design credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Perishable Theatre and Trinity Repertory Company, which was recently featured in Live Design Magazine and won the 2010 Rhode Island Motif Award for Best Production.  At the Gamm Theatre: Circle Mirror Transformation and Mauritius.  At the 2nd Story Theatre: In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play and Master Class. With the Orfeo Group: Love Song.  With Metro Stage Com-pany: The Bat Boy. With Dream Out Loud Productions: Rent.  With Totem Pole Playhouse: The Complete History of America (abridged), Unnecessary Farce and Ruthless!.  And with the Connecticut Repertory Theatre: The Skin of Our Teeth and The Arabian Nights.  www.jenrockdesign.comDepartment Of Theatre, Dance & Film Faculty & StaffProfessor / Chair, Dept. of  Theatre, Dance, Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy OliverAssociate Professor/Managing Director, Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John GarrityProfessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Costa-Cabral, Mary G. FarrellRev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P.Associate Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Matthew Powell, O.P.Special Lecturer/Musical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  .David HarperSpecial Lecturers-Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate Ambrosini,Pamela Howell, David Rabinow,Luke Sutherland, Claudia TraubSpecial Lecturer-Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy MillerSpecial Lecturer-Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George SteeleTechnical Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George MarksAssistant Technical Director/Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer CrockettCostume Shop Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maxine WheelockSenior Office Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ali BoydProduction Office Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan WernerNow, more than ever, our students need you.Donations to scholarship funds are fully tax decuctible.•  •  •Department of Theatre, Dance & Film, Providence CollegeOne Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918We would like to acknowledge the recipientsof the 2011-2012 Theatre, Dance & Film Scholarships.•  •  •Blackfriars ScholarshipAmy Beckwith ‘12Kevin Lynch ‘13Kelly Smith ‘12•  •  •John Bowab ScholarshipPatrick Saunders ‘13Erin Fusco ‘13•  •  •John Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 ScholarshipDora Mighty ‘12Erin Fusco ‘13L e n d  T h e m  a  H a n d !Help a Friar Shine Onstage!Box Office Information & PoliciesThe Box Office at the Smith Center for the Arts is open for walk-up sales 1:30-5:00 PM Monday through Friday, and one hour prior to curtain on all performance days.  Cash, check, or credit cards are accepted for walk-up sales. Tickets for Angell Blackfriars Theatre and Bowab Studio Theatre events may be purchased online or over the telephone by Mastercard or Visa. If you are on our mailing list, informa-tion will be sent to you prior to all mainstage events.  To be placed on our mailing list or to purchase tickets, visit  www.providence.edu/theatre or call 401-865-2218.All ticket sales are final and cannot be refunded.  You may exchange tickets for a different performance of the same production by returning your tickets to the Box Office up to 24 hours prior to curtain, subject to seat availablity.BOX OFFICE: 401-865-2218www.providence.edu/theatreThank youto the following local businesses for publicizing Lend Me A TenorAS220 115 Empire StreetProvidenceBrooklyn Coffee & Tea House209 Douglas AvenueProvidenceCraftland235 Westminster StreetProvidenceStereo Discount Center189 Angell StreetProvidenceSpring 2012TARTUFFEby Moliere, tranlsation by Ranjit BoltFeb. 23-25, 7:30 pmMar. 1-3, 7:30 pmFeb. 26, 3:00 pmMar. 4, 3:00 pmSINGIN’ IN THE RAINBased on the MGM Film. Music by Nacio Herb Brown; Lyrics by Arthur Freed; Based on the Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph GreenApril 19-21, 7:30 pmApril 26-28, 7:30 pmApril 22 & 29, 3:00 pmOnline tickets: www.uri.edu/theatrePurchase at the Box Office: 401-874-5843URI Fine Arts Center, Kingston RIPatron InformationPHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDING of any kind is strictly prohibited during per-formances in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre.  PLEASE TURN OFF CELLULAR PHONES AND PAGERS before the  performance begins. Out of respect to the performers and as a courtesy to those seated next to you, TEXTING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE THEATRE during the performance.ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS are located at either end of the main lobby.   THE MAIN RESTROOMS are down the stairs in the lower lobby.  At the end of Intermission, an an-nouncement will be made, audible in all restrooms and lobbies.The Music and the MirrorFeb. 10-12A Musical Theatre Revue (Student Directed)Selections from musicals, all with a theme of identity and self- discovery.The Cripple of Inishmaanby Martin McDonagh        Oct. 28-30 Nov. 4-6“Jolly dark fun” - The Los Angeles TimesBlackfriars Dance Concert Nov. 18&19Guest and resident choreographers create original work with the Providence College Dance Company, Lend Me a Tenorby Ken Ludwig            Jan. 27-29 Feb. 3-5A slapstick farce nominated for seven Tony AwardsPoor MurdererBy Pavel Kohout      Mar. 30-Apr. 1 Apr. 13-15A play of illusion and deception - an underperformedmasterpiece.Student Film FestivalMay. 2A juried screening of original short films written and directed by Providence College students.Providence College Theatre, Dance & FilmSpring Dance ConcertApr. 27-28 The Providence College Dance Company showcases the work of student choreography. Tickets:  401.865.2218             www.providence.edu/theatre 

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