Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
Bowab Studio Theatre
Beasts
An original play by Thomas Edwards \u2720
February 13-16, 2020
Directed by John Garrity
Scenic & Lighting Designer: Trevor Elliott
Sound Designer: Tim Brown \u2720
Costume Designer: Maxine Wheelock
Vocal Coach: Megan Chang
Cast: Left Samael - Katie Vennard; Right Samael - Carolyn Bradley; Joyce Anderson - Abigail Joy; Jason Anderson - Tim Brown; Mark Bernard - Daniel Jameson; Joseph Johnson - Marc Lancia; Bill Johnson - Mike Facenda; Stephanie Lawsdahter - Analisa Pisanohttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/beasts_pubs/1001/thumbnail.jp

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Providence College DigitalCommons@Providence Playbill and Promotions Beasts (2020) Winter 2-13-2020 Beasts Playbill Providence College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.providence.edu/beasts_pubs  Part of the Acting Commons PHOTOGRAPHY 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.THE MAIN RESTROOMS are located down the stairs in the lower lobby.       ACCESSIBLE RESTROOMS are located at either end of the main lobby. If you are a person with a disability and require an assistive device, service, or other accommodation to participate in events in the Smith Center, please contact the Central Reservations Coordinator (401-865-2070; M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) well in advance.TICKETS FOR EVENTS in the Angell Blackfriars Theatre and the Bowab Studio Theatre may be purchased online or over the telephone by Visa or Mastercard. If we have an accurate email for you, information will be sent to you prior to all mainstage events. To add your name to our list or to purchase tickets, call 401-865-2218 or visit theatre.providence.edu.THE BOX OFFICE AT THE SMITH CENTER FOR THE ARTS is open for walk-up sales 1:00-4:00 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 availability.Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & FilmJohn Bowab Studio TheatreBEASTSScenic & Lighting DesignerTrevor ElliottSound DesignerTim Brown ‘20Costume DesignerMaxine WheelockVocal CoachMegan ChangAn original play by Thomas Edwards ‘20Directed by John GarrityCAST (in order of appearance)TimeThe scenes alternate between 1945 & 1948Place The Midwestern America town of Ouranos (Or-an-ose) Special   NoteThis play contains coarse language, violence and the use of simulated weapons.Katie VennardCarolyn BradleyAbigail JoyTim BrownDaniel JamesonMarc LanciaMike FacendaAnalisa PisanoLeft Samael.......................Right Samael....................Joyce Anderson............... Jason Anderson............... Mark Bernard.................. Joseph Johnson................Bill Johnson..................... Stephanie Lawsdahter.....There will be one 10 minute intermission. §TDF relies on the volunteer efforts of a student-run production crew.  These students dedicate their time to contribute to the high-quality production values we here at Providence College are so proud to present to you, the patron. For more specific information about our crew positions for this production, or to sign up for a future crew experience, please contact James Calitri, Managing Director of Theatre at jcalitri@providence.edu.Production   crewSTAGE MANAGERKelly SladerASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERAlexandra HannafinRUNNING CREWKacey BilardiStacey DafiniceArianna DaveyARCHIVE/PRESS PHOTOSAshley DiCaro VIDEO RECORDINGJohn ChatfieldUSHERS Friars ClubBOX OFFICE MANAGERAshley DiCaro BOX OFFICE AND PUBLICITY Ashley DiCaroAilish EganGaby EspositoThalea GauthierMichael HenshawDeirdre LahiffAnnie RomanoCOSTUME SHOP CREWLarissa ChartierPaola DiazSamantha MarcheseMolly McGrathRachael McMillanLucille VasquezSCENE SHOP CREW Tim BrownAlan (Thang) BuiSydney CahillAlexander CannonConnor Christuk Daniel CroninGerardo DavilaGrace DolanThomas EdwardsKelly SladerJuan Velez Abdelnasser Zadieyhresident  Production   staffJohn Garrity (Director) has been a member of the Providence College Faculty since 1976. He was the Managing Director of Theatre for many years and in that capacity was instrumental in the development and design of the Smith Center for the Arts which opened in 2004. Mr. Garrity has worked at the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland, Off Broadway at the MCC theatre in New York, The Rhode Island Playwright’s Theatre and has directed over 40 plays at Providence College. He is the recipient of the Providence College Alumni Association award for exemplary service in administration. In 2006 the Masterpool Foundation established a theatre scholarship fund at Providence College in Mr. Garrity’s name.Thomas Edwards (Playwright) is among the current senior class of 2020 here at Providence College, and has been a theatre double major his entire four years. He has been working on Beasts since the idea first came into his mind all the way back in 2014 when he was only a sophomore in high school. These past six years, he has rewritten, edited, expanded and shrunk Beasts into what it is today. Thomas is extremely grateful to have been given the opportunity to workshop his first-ever produced show with the wonderful direction of John Garrity and the community of Providence College Theatre. Theatre tells us stories about people, and through these people we can have a conversation about what they are doing and why they do it, what the societal impacts and implications are, and where do we go from here; because we recognize a bit of ourselves and our society in these people, and if we can talk about what they do, we can talk about what we do too.Tim Brown (Sound Designer) is thrilled to be a part of the first production of Beasts. Hailing from Melrose, Massachusetts, Tim is a senior at Providence College, where he studies both Theatre and Psychology. Tim spends his time at PC both acting onstage and working behind the scenes. His recent stage credits include The Laramie Project, Hamlet in Hamlet, and Jack Merridew in Lord of the Flies. Additionally, Tim has found a passion in the world of sound design. He has sound mixed various musicals here at Providence, including Into the Woods, Bat Boy, and the regional college premiere of Something Rotten!, as well as sound designed Moon Over Buffalo last spring. This summer, Tim will serve as a stage manager at White Heron Theatre Company on Nantucket.  Megan Chang (Vocal Coach) Megan is Assistant Professor of Voice & Speech at Providence College and the Core Curriculum Faculty Fellow for Oral Communication. Previously, she served as vocal coach for Something Rotten! (Regional Premiere), Moon Over Buffalo, Lord of the Flies, Hamlet, The Laramie Project, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Playhouse Creatures, and The Addams Family at Providence College. She also teaches a variety of workshops on campus and with local professionals, most recently working as a Communications Consultant for Brown University’s EMSTL program. She also teaches workshops in conjunction with Breakthrough Providence and PC’s Friar Foundation. She received her MFA in Vocal Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University. §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, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! (University of North Carolina School of the Arts); Cabaret, Dracula, Psycho Beach Party (Virginia Commonwealth University).Trevor Elliott (Scenic & Lighting Designer) Trevor Elliott joined the production staff of PC in the spring of 2017.  Before that, he was a freelance set designer/builder for local theaters including 2nd Story Theatre in Warren and New Bedford Festival Theatre at the Zeiterion.  Trevor was the technical director at Roger Williams University from 2004 to 2011.  Trevor is a graduate from Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in illustration. Previous designs at PC include Bat Boy, Hamlet, Into the Woods, Playhouse Creatures, and The Addams Family.Maxine Wheelock (Costume Designer) Since 2006 Maxine has been the Costume Shop Supervisor in the department of Theatre, Dance and Film at Providence College. In that time she has built and/or coordinated costumes for all theatre and dance productions, working with many different designers and choreographers.  Prior to coming to PC she served as principal dressmaker at Foothills Theatre and costume designer at the Forum Theatre, both regional theatres in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was principal dressmaker for Wood & Poplyk, whose design work for Showboat, aired on the PBS series “Great Performances,” and was nominated for an Emmy. In recent years, she has enjoyed designing productions for Providence College, including Our Town (fall 2016), Hamlet (January 2018) and Bat Boy: The Musical (fall 2018). Her work on Bat Boy: The Musical earned a Motif Award nomination. In spring, 2017, she co-designed and built costumes for the premier production of Snow White for Providence Ballet Theatre. This past summer she worked as cutter/draper in Pompano Beach, FL at Costume World, the country’s largest theatrical rental house.Special   Thanks from the playwright to...Donna and Kevin Edwards for their support over the years.John Garrity for believing in this project and pushing back against me to make it the best we can do.Tim Brown for his support in this show and these past four years as it’s been developed.David Rabinow and all the students in his Principles of Playwriting class who participated in developmental readings of the play.About   the   World   of   the   PlayOuranos is a Midwestern mining town in 1940’s America. Small and religious. Midwestern values have always been the way of things, that was until a traumatic event shook the town’s community to its core and they rested total control into the hands of their young mayor, Jason Anderson, an ambitious andunscrupulous man hell-bent on modernizing Ouranos. Loyalty is king, truth is suppressed and ignorance feigns bliss as Ouranos moves into post World War II America.AS200115 Empire Street, Providence401.831.3663Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House209 Douglas Avenue, Providence401.575.2284Craftland235 Westminster Street, Providence401.272.4285La Salle BakeryProvidence993 Smith Street, 401.831.9563685 Admiral Street, 401.228.0081Salon 888888 Smith Street, Providence 401.331.4888Eastern Art & Picture Frame1376 Eddy Street, Providence401.781.8363Mind 2 Body Fit Studio60 Valley Street,  Providence774.406.8222Domenick PanzarellaExpert Guitar Service and Repairmachineswithmagnets.com/repairs/401.475.2655Stereo Discount Center, 279 Taunton Avenue, East Providence 401.521.0022Frey Florist50 Radcliffe Ave, Providence401.521.3539THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING BUSINESSES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR PUBLICITY!§Here and now...Your support makes all the diff erence.We have a goal to make all of our scholarships full-tuition scholarships. Please consider giving to the scholarship of your choice:Scholarships include: Blackfriars Guild Scholarship John Bowab Scholarship John Patrick Garrity Jr. ‘73 Scholarship John F. Leonard ScholarshipDonations to scholarship funds are fully tax-deductible.Send your donation in any amount to:Department of Theatre, Dance & FilmProvidence CollegeOne Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918For more information:Institutional Advancement/Gift Processing 401.865.2845Wendy Oliver, Ed. D., Professor of Dance   Dept. Chair of  Theatre, Dance & Film            David Costa-Cabral, MFA, Professor               TheatreJimmy Calitri, MFA,  Assoc. Professor Managing Director of TheatreMegan Chang, MFA,  Assist. Professor  Voice and SpeechMary Farrell, MFA, Professor Emerita            Theatre    John Garrity, MFA,  Assoc. Professor                 Theatre Rev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P., MFA, Professor   Film Erin Joy Schmidt, MFA,  Assist. Professor    TheatreAli Boyd, Academic Administrative CoordinatorTrevor Elliott, Technical DirectorGabe Luxton, Asst. Technical DirectorTalia Triangolo, Production Administrative CoordinatorMaxine Wheelock, Costume Shop SupervisorPROVIDENCE COLLEGEDEPARTMENT OF  THEATRE, DANCE & FILMFull-Time FacultyAdjunct FacultyAli Angelone, MFA TheatreAlan Hawkridge, Graduate of LAMDA        TheatreAnn Huyck, MFA                                       DanceRobin James, MA                                                            Oral CommunicationKate Lohman, MFA                                           Oral CommunicationJennifer Madden, Ph. D.                                    TheatreKathleen Nasti, MBA & MFA     Dance Kevin Olson, MFA                                                  Public SpeakingDave Rabinow, MFA Theatre/Creative Drama Coordinator Patrick Mark Saunders, MFA Theatre                   Linda Sutherland, MA                                       Theatre                                             Ben Sweeney, MFA                                       FilmStaff

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