Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
Playhouse Creatures
January 22-24 and 28-31
A play by April De Angelis
Directed by John Garrity
Scenic Design: Trevor Elliott
Lighting Design: Jen Rock
Vocal and Dialect Coach: Megan Chang
Costume Design: Amanda Downing Carney
Props Procurement: Tray Gearing
Wig Design: Michael Dates
Sound Design: Dave Rabinow
Stage Combat: Sarah Elizabeth Bedard
The Cast: Doll Common -  Diane Lamattina, Nell Gwyn – Katrina Z. Pavao, Mrs. Farley – Emily Clark, Mrs. Betterton – Veronica Murphy, Mrs. Marshall – Amanda Piechota
Photography: Gabrielle Markshttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/playhouse_creatures_pubs/1001/thumbnail.jp

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Providence CollegeDigitalCommons@ProvidencePlaybill and Promotion Playhouse Creatures (2016)Spring 1-22-2016Playhouse Creatures PlaybillProvidence CollegeFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/playhouse_creatures_pubsPart of the Theatre and Performance Studies CommonsThis Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Playhouse Creatures (2016) at DigitalCommons@Providence. It has been accepted forinclusion in Playbill and Promotion by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Providence. For more information, please contactelizabeth.tietjen@providence.edu.Recommended CitationProvidence College, "Playhouse Creatures Playbill" (2016). Playbill and Promotion. 1.https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/playhouse_creatures_pubs/1Providence College Department of  Theatre, Dance & FilmAngell Blackfriars Theatre, Smith Center for the ArtsPlayhouseCreaturesby April De AngelisDirected by John GarrityLighting DesignJen RockWig DesignMichael DatesScenic DesignTrevor ElliottVocal and Dialect CoachMegan ChangCostume DesignAmanda Downing CarneyPlayhouse Creatures is presented by special arrangement withSamuel French235 Park Avenue South. Fifth Floor New York, New York 10013www.samuel French.com 1-866-598-8449Props ProcurmentTray GearingSound DesignDave RabinowStage CombatSarah Elizabeth BedardProgram Note In 1642 CIvIl War breaks out In england betWeen those Who sup-ported the monarChy and those Who Wanted a more republICan form of government. as a result of the CIvIl War, Charles I, the reIgnIng kIng of england, Is beheaded In 1649. Charles son, Who WIll beCome Charles II, flees the Country folloWIng the death of hIs father and spends several years In exIle. england beComes a de faCto republIC, and olIver CromWell beComes lord proteCtor of england. folloWIng the Collapse of the CommonWealth, kIng Charles II Is re-stored to the englIsh throne In 1660. the restoratIon of the monarChy Was quICkly folloWed by the re-openIng of englIsh theatres that had been Closed durIng the War and CromWell’s purItan regIme. Charles II grants patents al-loWIng tWo theatres to reopen In london, one, a Company formed by Charles kIllIgreW, beComes the kIng’s Company and the other, under the leadershIp of  WIllIam davenant Is knoWn as the duke’s Company. these theatres are patronIzed by an arIstoCraCy that fInds amusement In plays that depICt theIr oWn often CavalIer lIfestyle on stage.  WIth the neW theatres Comes the debut of aCtresses In england, Who, at fIrst, must Compete WIth male aCtors for female roles. In 1662, Charles Issues a deCree offICIally permIttIng aCtresses to appear on stage and forbIddIng the long held englIsh tradItIon of men playIng Women’s roles In theatrICal presentatIons. only 8-16 aCtresses appeared on stage durIng the perIod at any gIven tIme. It’s lIkely that the aCtresses beCame Well knoWn among the arIstoCratIC theatre goIng Class, and that theIr CelebrIty as “play-ers” afforded some the promIse of potentIal advanCement In englIsh soCIety.SourceS: From: The FirST engliSh AcTreSSeS by elizAbeTh howe; AcTing wiTh STyle by John hArrop And SAbin r. epSTein, All The KingS lAdieS by John hArold wilSon“alongsIde the establIshment of aCtresses, the late seventeenth Century also saW a serIes of strIkIng attaCks on all tradItIonal forms of authorIty (monarChIst, relIgIous, and famIlIal), a neW degree of support for dIvorCe, neW laWs In Women’s favour and a remarkable groWth In publICatIons by and for Women…the struggles that CharaCterIze every aspeCt of englIsh Culture durIng the seventeenth Century may not have brought Women sIgnIfICantly nearer to sexual equalIty, but the end of the Century left them more artICulate In theIr oWn defenCe than ever before.  although In one sense merely playthIngs for a small, male, mostly royalIst elIte, the aCtresses Were also part of the neW female voICe In soCIety. theIr talent and popular suCCess fostered a shIft from male-based drama to female and led more radICal ComIC dramatIsts to WrIte sympathetICally about female problems and female rIghts, partICularly In marrIage. In thIs Way the aCtresses form part of the neW plaCe In dIsCourse, the neW abIlIty to speak, WhICh by 1700 Women had begun to aChIeve.” from: the fIrst englIsh aCtresses by elIzabeth hoWe, CambrIdge unIversIty press (1992).Previous performancesplayhouse Creatures Was fIrst performed In 1993 by a femInIst theatre    Company Called the sphInx - Women’s natIonal tourIng theatre. the Company exIsts to promote neW WrItIng by Women playWrIghts WhICh gIves opportunItIes for Women performers.SeTTingthe aCtIon of the play Is set In the london theatre 1669, durIng the reIgn of Charles II.the castThere will be one 15 minute intermission Doll CommonNell GwynMrs. FarleyMrs. BettertonMrs. MarshallDiane LamattinaKatrina Z. PavaoEmily ClarkVeronica MurphyAmanda Piechota(In order of appearance)production staffSTAGE MANAGERAnnie RodregezASSISTANT DIRECTORGaby DeParisASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERSZachary GrandaraKhol PeasleyLIGHT BOARD OPERATORPhoung DamSOUND BOARD OPERATORHa NguyenPROPERTIES PROCUREMENTTray GearingWARDROBE RUNNING CREWAshley MaitalndBrittany PriceAlexa SpinaARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHYGabrielle MarksPRESS PHOTOGRAPHYGabi DessPOSTER AND PHOTOGRAPHYAmanda TalbotBear Image: CC: Visual ImpactBOX OFFICE MANAGERJoanna McDonoughBOX OFFICE & PUBLICITYEmily ClarkGabi DessOlivia FerriJoanna McDonoughHOUSE MANAGERSAlexandra ChasseCOSTUME SHOP CREWLauren KuhnAshley LewisMaggie OatsMavis OseiRebecca PetrocelliRosie TurnerSCENE SHOP CREWJake DentonSeth PinchesBenita KalalaMark FolanErin LasherSophia ClarkinMaria MunarUSHERSThe Friars Clubresident / guest artistsMegan Chang(Voice & Accent Coach) Megan is Assistant Professor of  Voice & Diction at Providence College and the Core Curriculum Faculty Fellow for Oral Communication. Previously, she served as vocal coach for Addams Family the Musical, Marie Antoinette: the Color of  Flesh, and Imaginary Invalid at Providence College. She also teaches a variety of  workshops around campus and to local professionals. She received her MFA in Vocal Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University with a certification in Oxyrhythms, a breath, body, and voice warm-up and conditioning system designed for actors. Previous coaching credits include: The 39 Steps, A Christmas Carol, Dial M for Murder (Triad Stage, North Carolina); The Winter’s Tale, Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance, Deadly Sins: A Sword Play, Hoodoo Love, The Blood Knot, August: Osage County, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (University of  North Carolina School of  the Arts); The Glass Menagerie, Cabaret, Dracula, Psycho Beach Party (Virginia Commonwealth University); and The Mystery of  Edwin Drood (Appomattox Regional Governors School). Michael Dates (Wig Design): Michael is a costume, wig, and makeup designer from Providence, RI. Recent work includes costume design for: … Always, Patsy Cline (Ocean State Theater Company), Arsenic and Old Lace (Rhode Island College), The Mountain Top (Central Square Theater), 44 Plays for 44 Presidents (Elemental Theater Collective), Vacancy (Elemental Theater Collective), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Perishable/Trinity). Recent wig design credits include Ivanov, (Trinity Rep) Intimate Apparel (Trinity Rep), Vanya and Sonia and Masha, and Spike (Trinity Rep), Annie (Theatre By the Sea), La Cage Aux Folles (Theatre by the Sea), Winter Wonderettes (OSTC), Blithe Spirit and The Addams Family  (Providence College), Thoroughly Modern Millie( Boston Conservatory). Michael is a graduate from Miami’s New World School of  the Arts and holds a B.A. in Theatre from Rhode Island College.Amanda Downing Carney(Costume Design) is so excited to be designing at PC again! Previous credits include:  Lysistrata, Curtains, and Lend Me a Tenor. She has toured as a wardrobe supervisor both nationally and internationally but now stays close to home with her husband and two small boys in South County. Other local design credits include: Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre (House of  Blue Leaves, Morality Play, Good People, A Number & Far Away, The Real Thing, After the Revolution, BOOM, A Child’s Christmas in Wales), Contemporary Theatre Co. (Assassins) and the Wilbury Theatre Group (cain+abel, Next to Normal, Rapture Blister Burn, Body Awareness, Who’s Afraid of  Virginia Woolf?). She holds a BFA in Technical Theatre with a Concentration in Costume Design from the University of  Rhode Island and is the Costume Director at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence.Trevor Elliot (Scenic Design): Trevor Elliott is the designer in residence at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren RI.  He is also a member of  IATSE 481 where he builds scenery for the film industry in New England. Trevor is thrilled to be working on his 2nd set design for Providence College after designing The Addams Family last October. John Garrity(Director) has been a member of  the Providence College faculty since 1976. Mr. Garrity has worked at the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland, at the MCC theatre in New York and has directed many plays at Providence College; most recently, The Good Doctor in 2014, The Illusion co-directed with Patrick Mark Saunders ‘13 in 2013 and Poor Murderer in 2012. He served as Managing Director of  Theatre at Providence College for over 25 years and is the recipient of  the Providence College Alumni Association award for exemplary service in administration. He also writes theatre criticism for the New England Theatre Conference Journal.Jen Rock (Lighting Design): Jen is thrilled to be joining Providence College once again.  Previously at PC: Blithe Spirit, The Imaginary Invalid, These Shining Lives, Lend Me a Tenor, and The Illusion.  Elsewhere, Jen has designed lighting for companies and schools across New England, including: Speakeasy Stage Company, Company One, The Gamm Theatre, Actors Shakespeare Project, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, The University of  Rhode Island, and Connecticut College.  Jen is the recipient of  the 2013 & 2014 Eliot Norton Award for Outstanding Design for a Midstage, Small, or Fringe Theatre.  Jen holds an M.F.A. in lighting design from the University of  Connecticut and Special Thanksserves on the faculty of  Performing Arts at Eastern Connecticut State University.Dave Rabinow(Sound Design) is a local theatre artist who teaches playwriting at Providence College, the Gamm Studio, and Trinity Rep’s YASI program. He is a member of  Improv Jones and a cofounder of  Elemental Theater, which is presenting a workshop production of  his one-woman play, Ghost Story, in February. This is his third time designing sound at PC; he also served as musical director for Waiting for Lefty in 2009.April DeAngelis(Playwright) is an English dramatist, graduate of  Sussex University, and trainee of  The East 15 Acting School. She is recognized for her 17th and 18th century historical works set in the British Victorian colonial era. De Angelis gained experience and material for her work during her time with the Mounstrous Regiment Theatre Company, helping her to make contributions to the opera in the 2000s.  As a librettist, De Angelis assisted with production of  The Silent Twins (2007), composed by Errollyn Wallen, based on the case of  June and Jennifer Gibbons. Works of  De Angelis include: Breathless (1987) prize winner at the 1987 Second Wave Young Women’s Writing Festival, Wanderlust (1988), Ironmistress (1989), Playhouse Creatures (1993), and A Laughing Matter (2002). De Angelis’ most recent work, After Electra (2015), a witty black comedy about the meaning of  family premiered last March as a Theatre Royal Plymouth ProductionTrinity Repertory Company pleASe noTedue To The nATure oF ThiS STAge, lATe SeATing And reSeATing during AcTS will noT be poSSible.reSTroomS Are AvAilAble on The groundFloor Through The houSe leFT door wAyAcceSSAble SeATing iS provided on houSe leFT; pleASe SeeK A houSe mAnAger For ASSiSTAnceMind 2 Body Fit Studio60 Valley Street Providence774.406.8222Domenick PanzarellaExpert Guitar Service and Repairmachineswithmagnets.com/repairs/401.475.2655Stereo Discount Center, 198 Angell Street Providence 401.521.0022THANK YOU TO THEFOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR THEIR PUBLICITYAS200115 Empire StreetProvidence401.831.3663Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House209 Douglas AvenueProvidence401.575.2284Craftland235 Westminster StreetProvidence401.272.4285Eastern Art & Picture Frame1376 Eddy StreetProvidence 401-781-8363Join Us for  a stUdent directed Lab show captsone presentation ofthe piLLowmanby martin mcdonoUghdirected byLogan serabian ‘16John bowab stUdio theaterfeb 6-8Professor / Chair, Dept. of  Theatre, Dance & Film.....................................Wendy  OliverAssistant Professor/Managing  Director, Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James M. CalitriProfessors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David  Costa-Cabral, Mary  G. FarrellRev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P.Associate Professor /Acting Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John GarrityAssistant Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Megan Chang,  Ben SweeneySpecial  Lecturers-Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate  Ambrosini, Jennifer MaddenSpecial  Lecturer-Dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Betsy MillerSpecial Lecturer -Oral Communication . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kate  LohmanAdministrative Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .Ali  BoydTechnical  Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George MarksAssistant  Technical Director/Master  Electrician. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer  CrockettCostume  Shop  Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maxine  WheelockProduction  Office Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Talbot DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE, DANCEPHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDING of  any kind is strictly prohibited during performances in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and the Bowab Studio Theatre.  PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELLULAR PHONES AND PAGERS before the performance begins. TEXT MESSAGING  IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE THEATRE during the performance out of  respect to the performers and as a courtesy to those seated near you.ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS are located at either end of  the main lobby.THE MAIN RESTROOMS are located down the stairs in the lower lobby. TICKETS FOR EVENTS in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and Bowab Studio Theatre may be purchased online or over the telephone by Visa or Mastercard. If  you are on our mailing list, information will be sent to you prior to all mainstage events.  To be placed on our mailing list or to purchase tickets, call 401-865-2218 or visit www.providence.edu/theatre.THE BOX OFFICE AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE ARTS is open for walk-up sales 1:30-5:00 PM Monday through Friday when classes are in session, and one hour prior to curtain on performance days.  Cash, check, or credit cards are accepted for walk-up sales. 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/theatre

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