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ORGANIC THEATER COMPANY
T H E G O O D D O C TO R | B Y N E I L S I M O N
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director...................................................................................................................................Josh Anderson*
Assistant Director.................................................................................................................. Colin Jackson*
Stage Manager........................................................................................................................ Angela Kring*
Costume Designer...................................................................................................................Jeremy Floyd
Co-Costume Designer................................................................................................Alyson McCandless
Scenic Designer.......................................................................................................... Terrence McClellan*
Lighting Designer...............................................................................................................Ryan Breneisen*
Sound Designer..........................................................................................................M. Anthony Reimer*
Audio Engineer.................................................................................................................... Nora Simonson
CAST
Will Burdin*.......................................... Cherdyakov, Peter Semyonych, Policeman, Assistant, Boy
Sara Copeland..........................................................................................................Wife, Julia, Irena, Nina
Jim Heatherly.........................................................................................General, Sexton, Sailor, Kistinov
Laura Sturm....................................................................Madame B., Mistress, Madame Schukin, Ilka
Bryan James Wakefield*...............................................................................................................The Writer
*Organic Theater Company Member
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OUT OF THE BLUE | BY VL ADIMIR ZAY TSEV
Translated by Tatyana Khaikin and Robert Duffy
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director........................................................................................................................... Alexander Gelman*
Assistant Director.................................................................................................................. Colin Jackson*
Stage Manager........................................................................................................................ Angela Kring*
Costume Designer...................................................................................................................Jeremy Floyd
Co-Costume Designer...................................................................................................Nyssa Lowenstein
Scenic Designer.......................................................................................................... Terrence McClellan*
Lighting Designer...............................................................................................................Ryan Breneisen*
Co-Lighting Designer...................................................................................................... Graham Whipple
Sound Designer..........................................................................................................M. Anthony Reimer*
Audio Engineer.................................................................................................................... Nora Simonson
CAST
Will Burdin*....................................................................................................................................................Boy
Laura Sturm..............................................................................................................................................Mama
Bryan Wakefield*...................................................................................................................................... Papa
Julane Sullivan..................................................................................................................................Babushka
Amy Powell*.............................................................................................................. Vika Malakhova, Lena
Adam Zaininger........................................................................................... Andrey Averyanov, Student
Jessica Rzucidlo............................................................................................ Chemistry Teacher, Student
Matthew Romriell...................................Exorcist, Slender Guy, Stylish Guy, Taxi Drivers, Student
Bethany Mangum................................................................................................................... Viola, Student
Emily Rieder.............................................................................................................................Nurse, Student
*Organic Theater Company Member
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CAST BIOGR APHIES
Will Burdin
Will became a company
member at Organic in
2015, having previously
performed in Organic’s
productions of Picasso at
the Lapin Agile, Tartuffe,
and Macbeth. Will has performed with the
talented artists of the Suitcase Shakespeare
Company, and Midsommer Flight in
Chicago. Previous other work includes
productions of Hamlet, The Two Gentlemen
of Verona, Rozencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead, and Les Laisons Dangereuse at
American Players Theatre in Spring Green,
Wisonsin. Will received his BFA in Acting
from Northern Illinois University.
Sara Copeland
This is Sara’s first show
since graduating
from Northern Illinois
University’s acting
program and she is
excited to work and
grow with such a talented group of artists.
Credits at NIU include A Bright Room Called
Day, Laundry and Bourbon, Look Homeward
Angel, Antigone, and The Comedy of Errors.
She interned for Organic Theater Company
in 2014 and just moved to Chicago from
her hometown in Johnsburg, Illinois.
She also studied abroad in Russia at
the Moscow Art Theater School. Sara is
represented by Gray Talent Group.
Jim Heatherly
Jim is excited to be
making his debut with
Organic Theater as part
of this production of The
Good Doctor. Among 60+
productions over the
past sixteen years, Jim’s Chicago credits
Include The Best Man and Heroes (Remy
Bumppo),Company and Bleacher Bums
(Brightside Theatre), Cabaret (The
Hypocrites), Season’s Greetings (Northlight
Theatre), Miracle on 34th Street, Pal Joey and
Mack & Mabel (Porchlight Music Theatre),
State of the Union and Failsafe (Strawdog
Theatre), Guys and Dolls, Cabaret and
Annie Get Your Gun (Light Opera Works),
The Nutcracker (House Theater), and Moon
Over Buffalo (JPAC Theatre). Jim’s TV credits
include CHICAGO PD, SIRENS, CRISIS and
BOSS. Annamae, I found the muse!
Bethany Mangum
Bethany is thrilled to
be making her Chicago
debut with Organic
Theatre Company! She
recently graduated with
her MFA in Acting from
Northern Illinois University and holds a BFA
in Acting from California State University,
Fullerton. Over the last year, she was
fortunate enough to travel and study both
in Turkey and at the Moscow Art Theatre
School. Some favorite roles include: Lady
Fulbank in The Lucky Chance, Masha in The
Three Sisters, Bessie in Awake and Sing!,
Lorraine in A Lie of the Mind, Eliza Gant in
Look Homeward, Angel, and Blanche DuBois
in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Amy Powell, native
resident of Illinois,
moved to Chicago in
2013. Starting out as an
intern with Organic, she
is excited to make her
debut as a company
member in Out of the Blue. Other Organic
credits include Jacob Marley’s Christmas
Carol as the Bogle, The Diviners as Darlene,
Tartuffe as Marianne, as well as two original
one act plays The Haunter of the Dark and
Garbot. Amy holds a BFA in acting from
Northern Illinois University and has also
studied at the Moscow Art Theater School.
In her spare time she enjoys dabbling in
photography and filmmaking.
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Emily Rieder
Emily is thrilled to be
making her Organic
Theater Co. debut.
She recently received
her MFA in Acting
from Northern Illinois
University. Favorite past roles include
Brooke in Noises Off!, Ruth in Blithe Spirit,
Andromache in Trojan Women, Marie in
Woyzeck and Beth in A Lie of the Mind.
She received her BFA in Acting from The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Matthew Romriell
Matt is excited to be
joining Organic for his
first Chicago show.
Originally from Salt
Lake City, Utah, he
received his MFA in
Acting from Northern Illinois University.
Regional credits include Les Miserables, The
Philadelphia Story, and Man of La Mancha.
Other favorites include Charles in Blithe
Spirit, Claudio in Measure for Measure,
Nick in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Flote
in Red Noses, Jake in A Lie of the Mind
and Berger in Hair. In Utah, he was also
fortunate to perform his verbatim play,
Schism, at Salt Lake Acting Company.
Jessica Rzucidlo
Jessica is very excited to
be making her Chicago
debut with Organic
Theater Company. A
New Jersey native, she
recently graduated from
Northern Illinois University with her MFA in
acting. She has had the privilege to study
at the London Dramatic Academy and
the Moscow Art Theatre School. Recent/
favorite credits include: Awake and Sing,
Threepenny Opera, The Love Talker and
Three Sisters. Jessica is very grateful for the
opportunity to be a part of this production.
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Laura Sturm
Laura teaches acting
and voice/movement
at Act One Studios, the
Actors’ Center, North
Central College, and
Oakton Community
College. Laura has
been seen in Chicago in a number of roles
including Blanche in Streetcar, Gertrude in
Hamlet (Polarity Ensemble Theatre), Ana
in The Clean House (Bluebird Arts), Charity
Barnum in Barnum (Quest Ensemble
Theatre), Mrs. Hardcastle in She Stoops to
Conquer (Signal Ensemble Theatre), and
Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(Polarity). Other favorite roles include
Imogen in Cymbeline, the title role in Evita,
and Anna in Burn This. Additionally, Laura
has worked with such theatres as MaryArrchie, Remy Bumppo, Victory Gardens,
Boho, Stage Left, Northlight, Provision,
Raven, Theo Ubique. Directing credits
include a world premiere of the dark sci-fi
comedy Ephemera, Sheridan’s 18th century
comedy of manners, The Rivals, and the
original zoo musical, Tuxedo Love. Laura is
currently an Adjunct Faculty member at
Oakton, teaches her own movement class
at the Athenaeum on Saturday mornings.
Julane Sullivan
Julane is honored
to be working with
the Organic Theatre
Company. Most recently
she was seen as Ana in
Sarah Ruhl’s The Clean
House at Steel Beam Theatre. Notable
acting credits include: Peg in The Outgoing
Tide (VTG), Midlife, the Crisis Musical (Beloit
TheatreWorks), Doris in Same Time, Next
Year , Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf (Independent Players), The Witch
in Into The Woods and all the female
supporting characters in Scrambled Eggs
(Evergreen Theatre Ensemble). Julane is
the founder and director of Shakespeare
at the Centre where she has directed A
Midsummer Night’s Dream and Twelfth
Night. She has directed two premiere
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productions written by Chicago area
playwright Donna Latham. When not
working on the stage, she is a costume
designer and owner of All Dressed Up
Costume in Batavia, IL. Julane is currently
President of the Batavia Arts Council.
Bryan James Wakefield
Bryan joined Organic as
a company member in
2007 and has appeared
in Picasso at the Lapin
Agile,Tartuffe, Bartleby the
Scrivener, Bobby Gould
in Hell, Macbeth, Play Strindberg, The Police,
The Secret Agent, andTheophilus North.
Chicago credits include: Twelfth Night
and Cyrano de Bergerac(Oak Park Festival
Theater); You Can’t Take it With You (Village
Players); The Devils Arithmetic – TYA (Apple
Tree Theatre);Character Sheet (Chicago
ScriptWorks). Regional credits include
Moscow Art Theatre, Virginia Permiere
Theatre and Virginia Musical Theatre.
Bryan is also an actor/combatant with the
Society of the American Fight Directors
and a trained exotic bird handler from
the California-based Carvalho’s Friends
of a Feather. He holds an MFA in Acting
from Northern Illinois University and a
Certificate of Acting from the Moscow Art
Theater School
Adam Zaininger
Adam is proud to
be making his first
appearance with Organic
Theater Company. He
received his BFA in
Acting from Northern
Illinois University School of Theatre and
Dance. There he was part of productions
such as Twelfth Night (Priest), The Winter’s
Tale (Archidamus), Six Characters in
Search of an Author (Son), Not About
Nightingales (Shapiro) and Love’s Labour’s
Lost (Ferdinand). He studied abroad at the
prestigious Moscow Art Theatre School
where he played Konstantin in The Seagull.
His international credit includes touring to
the International Adana Theater Festival in
Turkey with the production of Marat/Sade
(Cucurucu). In Chicago, he played Stanley
in Pulse Theater Company’s production of
A Streetcar Named Desire.
PRODUCTION TEA M BIOGR APHIES
Josh Anderson(Director-The Good Doctor)
Josh has been a company member of
Organic Theater since 2007. He works
as a director, actor and is currently the
Managing Director of the company. He
recently directed productions of Picasso
at the Lapin Agile, The Diviners, Chekhov’s
The Bear, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol,
Tomfoolery, and Ancient History. Favorite
acting credits include The Emigrants,
Rhinoceros, Theophilus North, The Police, All
in the Timing, Sexual Perversity in Chicago,
The Secret Agent, Man with Bags, Bartleby
the Scrivener, and The $30,000 Bequest.
A film version of The $30,000 Bequest is
currently in post-production and can be
seen soon!
Ryan Breneisen (Lighting Designer)
Ryan is the resident lighting designer
for Organic Theater Company, lighting
such shows as Jacob Marley’s Christmas
Carol, Caligula, The Emigrants, Theophilus
North, and Man With Bags to name a few.
Other theatrical credits include War and
Peace, Disciples and Juliet. Ryan holds a
staff position at Upstaging Lighting and
Transport as well as touring extensively as
both a designer and electrician for such
tours as Bruno Mars, Death Cab for Cutie,
Rodney Carrington and World Wrestling
Entertainment. Ryan holds an MFA in
Lighting Design from Northern Illinois
University.
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David Doherty (Properties)
Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Dave has
gained theatrical experience working in
cities around the globe. Dave’s professional
experience includes technical direction,
design, and stage management. As technical director and director of entertainment
in Bamberg, Germany, he had the privilege
to work with members of the U.S Army
(USAEUR), civilian support personnel, and
their families. He relocated to the Chicago
area in 2009 with his wife, a Chicago area
native, and his four beautiful children. Dave
earned his BFA from Northern Illinois University in theatre design and technology in
2012. He is currently properties director at
NIU and freelances in the Chicago area.
Beth Drog (Technical Director)
Elizabeth is in her third year of the NIU
Masters program in technical direction. She has been the technical director at
Rockford University for 8 years and is has
also been a member of Actor›s Equity
Association since 2002. She has worked in
theaters in and around Rockford, including
New American Theatre, New Court Theatre
and Artist›s Ensemble Theatre.
Jeremy W. Floyd (Costume Designer)
Jeremy has been a freelance designer
in and around Chicago since 2008. His
costume designs have been seen at
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Kansas
City Rep, True Colors Theatre Company,
Paramount Theatre, Drury Lane, Notre
Dame Shakespeare Festival, The
Hypocrites, A Red Orchid, Silk Road Rising,
and Remy Bumppo. Mr. Floyd received
a Chicago Joseph Jefferson Award
nomination for his designs of The Hot
Mikado (Drury Lane, 2011). Jeremy also
studied makeup design at the Makeup
Designory in Burbank, CA and has worked
on various film and print productions as a
makeup artist and wardrobe coordinator.
Mr. Floyd currently teaches Costume
Design and Technology at Northern
Illinois University, and has also taught at
Northwestern University and the University
of Kentucky.
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Alex Gelman (Artistic Director/ Director-Out
of the Blue)
Alex has been the Producing Artistic Director
of Organic Theater Company since 2006.
He has directed Tartuffe, Macbeth, Caligula,
Rhinoceros, The Emigrants, Bartleby the
Scrivener, $30,000 Bequest, All in the Timing,
Bobby Gould in Hell, The Dressing Room,
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Man with
Bags, The Naked King, Play Strindberg, The
Police, The Secret Agent, Sexual Perversity in
Chicago, Theophilus North, and Tomfoolery.
Alexander was born in Russia and emigrated
to the United States as a teenager. He has
worked as a director and translator of plays
from Russian to English. He has worked
at such theatres as American Repertory
Theatre, Arena Stage Company, Canterbury
Opera (Christchurch, New Zealand),
Chicago Lyric Opera, Utah Opera, AshlawnHighland Music Festival, Chattanooga Opera
Association, Hartford Stage Company, The
Acting Company, New York Shakespeare
Festival, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre
Company, Emmy Gifford Theatre, and The
Juilliard School of Drama. He co-founded Salt
Lake Shakespeare and served as its Artistic
Director for five years. He has also assisted
such notable East European directors as
Andrei Serban, Yuri Lyubimov, Lucian Pintilie,
and Yuri Yeremin. Alexander is also the
Director of the School of Theatre and Dance
at Northern Illinois University.
Anna Hendrix (Graphics Design)
Anna has been a company member since
2007. She is currently a student at Oberlin,
studying directing. Anna has also studied
abroad at the Moscow Art Theater. She
credits Organic Theater Company with
the start of her theatrical passion, and its
company for her growth as an artist and a
person. Anna has worked as a production
assistant on The $30,000 Bequest, All in
the Timing, Bartleby the Scrivener, Bobby
Gould in Hell, Caligula, The Dressing Room,
The Emigrants, Jacob Marley’s Christmas
Carol, Man with Bags, The Naked King, Play
Strindberg, The Police, Rhinoceros, Sexual
Perversity in Chicago, The Secret Agent,
Theophilus North, and Tomfoolery
PRODUCTION TEA M BIOGR APHIES
Colin Jackson (Assistant Director)
Colin Jackson joined Organic in 2010.
Acting Credits with them include Caligula,
Tartuffe, Macbeth, Bartleby the Scrivener,
Rhinoceros and Theophilus North. Previous
Assistant Directing Credits: Picasso at the
Lapin Agile, The Diviners, and this past fall
he directed The Haunter of the Dark for
Stage 773’s Halloween themed One Act
Festival. Originally from West Virginia, Colin
is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy
in Michigan and received his BFA from
Northern Illinois University, he also studied
a semester abroad at the Moscow Art
Theater School.
Angela Kring (Stage Manager)
Originally from the hills of Fayetteville,
Arkansas, Angela graduated from Northern
Illinois University with a BA in Theatre
Studies and a minor in Southeast Asian
Studies in 2011. Angela has been with
Organic since 2010 when she began as an
intern, and is thrilled to be the company’s
resident stage manager. Organic credits
include: Stage Management - Bartleby
the Scrivener, Caligula, Picasso at the Lapin
Agile, Tartuffe, The Diviners, The Emigrants,
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Macbeth,
The Naked King, Rhinoceros, The Police,
Theophilus North; Properties Design - All
in the Timing, The Naked King, The Police,
Theophilus North.
Nyssa Lowenstein (Co-Costume Designer
– Out of the Blue)
Nyssa is originally from Denver, CO and
attends Northern Illinois University as a
BFA Acting Candidate who will graduate
in 2017. Last fall, she studied at the
prestigious Moscow Art Theatre School
in Russia. Past costume credits include
design of Love’s Labour’s Lost at Notre
Dame Shakespeare Festival, assistant to
the designer for Tartuffe and Picasso at the
Lapin Agile at Organic Theater Company,
and design for Love’s Labour’s Lost at
Northern Illinois University.
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Alyson McCandless (Co-Costume
Designer – The Good Doctor)
Alyson is an NIU alumni with a BFA in
Theatre Design and Technology. Her
recent credits included co-costume
designer for Organic Theatre’s The Good
Doctor, and assistant costume designer
for NIU’s Three Sisters, Red Noses, Awake &
Sing, and A Skull in Connemara.
Greg Poljacik (Fight Director)
In addition to being the inventor of the
secret recipe for Gravity & Momentum’s
stage blood products, Greg Poljacik
has been working as a teacher and
choreographer for over a decade. He
has been instrumental in the training
of thousands of theater students and
professionals worldwide and has provided
award winning choreography for over
two dozen theater companies in Chicago.
Currently Greg teaches stage combat
at The Second City Training Center in
Chicago and is a Research Consultant
in the field of Cognitive/Behavioral
Neuroscience. Greg also has been a
guest lecturer at Columbia University
Chicago and has taught at Regional
workshops across the country, including
co-coordinating the Winter Wonderland
Workshop, the largest stage combat
conference in the US. Greg is a teacher
with the United Stuntmen’s Association,
a member of SAG/AFTRA, the Society of
American Fight Directors, AGMA, and LBP
stunts Chicago. All of his work in the art
of stage combat follows the principles of
“Safety, Story, Substance.”
Tony Reimer (Sound Design)
Tony joined the company in 2007. As
Resident Sound Designer, he has worked
on $30,000 Bequest, All in the Timing,
Bartleby the Scrivener, Bobby Gould in
Hell, Caligula, The Diviners, The Emigrants,
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Macbeth,
The Naked King, Picasso at the Lapin Agile,
Tartuffe, The Police, Rhinoceros, Sexual
Perversity in Chicago, and Theophilus
North. Originally an orchestral French
Horn player hailing from Indiana, Tony
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has spent most of the last 20 years
freelancing in live theatre as a composer
and sound designer. His work has been
heard on stages and at festivals across the
country and internationally. He completed
his undergraduate work at Bell State
University, received a Masters in Computer
Music and New Media from Northern
Illinois University and is currently pursuing
a doctorate in Music Composition at the
University of Illinois.
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Graham Whipple (Co-Lighting Designer)
Graham is a lighting designer in his second
year of NIU’s Design and Technology MFA
program. Graham is from Ojai, California
and holds a degree in Theatre Arts Studies
from Brigham Young University. His previous credits include lighting designs for
A Man for All Seasons at Brigham Young
University, Blithe Spirit at Northern Illinois
University, associate lighting designer for
Organic Theatre Company’s Tartuffe, and
stage manager for NIU’s Art For Life 2015
and Student Choreographic Showcase 2016
dance shows.
A B O U T T H E O R G A N I C T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y
The Organic is committed to staging bold and relevant productions of new and adapted
works with a permanent group of artists over a sustained period of time and presenting
productions as a rotating repertory. This approach, while unusual in the United States,
is widely accepted in much of the Western world as the ideal way to create a body of
theatrical work.
S TA F F
Alexander Gelman........................................................................................Producing Artistic Director
Josh Anderson................................................................................................................Managing Director
Colin Jackson.................................................................................................................Company Manager
Bryan James Wakefield................................................................................................. Business Manager
Matthew Romriel.......................................................................................................... Marketing Director
C O M PA N Y M E M B E R S
Josh Anderson, Ryan Breniesen, Will Burdin, Alex Gelman, Philena Gilmer,
Anna Hendrix, Kendra Holton, Colin Jackson, Angela Kring, Jose Ochoa, Melanie Parks,
Anthony Perrella Jr, Amy Powell, M. Anthony Reimer, Bryan James Wakefield
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Jordan Clifton, John DeNapoli, Billy Doody, Kristina Gaston, Eil Hamilton,
Mariah Koss, Mick LaRocca, Nyssa Lowenstein, Lauren Markey, Logan Nelson,
Faith Peila, Vincent Prisco, Julian Serna, Michael Sheridan, Keely Smith, Zaq Swanson,
Haley Welch, Alexis Yordon, Maria Zoia
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