Download Playbill - Vermont Shakespeare Festival

August 9, 2014; pub.#2285
Vermont Shakespeare Company
Vermont Shakespeare Company
presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jena Necrason
Production Stage Manager- Mia Haiman
Scenic Design- John Nagle
Costume Design- Becky Bodurtha
Lighting Design- Sarah Simmons
Properties- John Nagle
Music composed by the cast
The Athenian Court
Theseus, Duke of Athens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Lacey
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus . . . . . . . . Molly Pietz Walsh*
Egeus, Hermia’s father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vince Rossano
Hermia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ceara Ledwith
Demetrius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Linnard
Lysander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Christopher Payseur
Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Rivers
The Rude Mechanicals, Workingmen and women
Peter Quince, a carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Roberts
Nick Bottom, a weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Nagle*
Francis Flute, a bellows-mender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Nuner
Robin Starveling, a tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Dunn
Snout, a tinker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grace Trapnell
Snug, a joiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vince Rossano
The Forest Fairies and Spirits
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, Oberon’s jester and lieutenant . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Piacente
First Fairy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cato Crumbley
Oberon, King of the Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Lacey
Titania, Queen of the Fairies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molly Pietz Walsh*
Peaseblossom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katrina Roen
Cob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aliza Kenney
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zoey LaChance
Moth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Xoe Perra
Mustardseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marykate Scanlon
* Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Place: Athens and a nearby forest
There will be one 10-minute intermission.
Vermont Shakespeare Company
Board of Directors:
Marianne Dimascio
Nick Durso
Lyn Jarvis
John Nagle
Jena Necrason
Adam Necrason
Molly Walsh
Board of Advisors:
Mark Hall Amitin
Joanne Farrell
About our partnership with The Department of Theatre at The University of Vermont:
Vermont Shakespeare Company is growing a Shakespeare Festival. Our vision is to build a
nationally recognized destination festival that has both outdoor and indoor shows, a funded
educational component, pre-show arts events and Shakespeare-focused community events for
all ages. About two years ago, I met with Gregory Ramos, chair of the UVM Department
of Theatre. We talked about the possibility of a partnership with a goal of bringing summer
Shakespeare back to the Royall Tyler Theatre while providing professional opportunities for
the UVM theatre students.
Many of you may remember the long-running Champlain Shakespeare Festival. We have a
strong vision to build something like that again. Vermont Shakespeare Company would like
to express deep gratitude to the talented and hard-working faculty and staff here at UVM
for welcoming us into their house and for all the assistance they have given us. These are the
initial stages of the re-birth of a Festival for our beautiful state. To specifically support this
partnership please visit: [TBA info here]
Our Mission:
Vermont Shakespeare Company is dedicated to presenting wildly innovative productions of
Shakespeare and to finding an exhilarating way to connect the beauty of our natural world to
the magic of live theatre. We are committed to using the powerful spirit of theatre to affect positive change in the
world. We achieve this by teaching workshops that encourage freedom of expression and the
nurturing of the authentic creative voice, mentoring young people interested in a career in the
arts, and involving the community in all aspects of our productions.
We utilize the timeless work of Shakespeare to continue the dialogue about the challenges of
being human, and to explore ways to meet those challenges with strength and joy.
Our Vision:
To create a thriving and nationally recognized Shakespeare Festival that serves the people of
Vermont. Our goal is to perform two shows in repertory each summer running for one month.
Would you like to take part in our Professional Internship Program?
Available to exceptional young theatre artists from high schools and colleges all over Vermont,
the program aims to give young people exposure and access to the world of professional
theatre and the opportunity to learn from and observe seasoned artists in rehearsal and in
performance. Participants take part in all aspects of theatrical production and take workshops
and classes with company members. To apply for our 2015 season please visit our website
www.vermontshakespeare.org .
Interested in helping us out?
Here is our Wish List:
A new website design
Mini Van or mid-size car for Company Transport (2 weeks only)
Large house for company (1-5 weeks)
Assistance with Fundraising/Grant Writing
Tents for our performance site
Sound System
Directors Note
W
elcome to our seventh season of Summer Shakespeare! As we dive into uncharted
territory with exciting new venues and partnerships, we are thrilled to share it all
with you. As we grow a Shakespeare Festival for the state of Vermont, the most
important thing is to build our audience and create lasting relationships that will help sustain
our vision.
Vermont Shakespeare Company was founded in 2005 and A Midsummer Night’s Dream was
our inaugural production. It’s a play that is always a joy to re-visit. What you will see tonight
is a completely new production.
This season we had the challenging task of creating a show that would be performed both
outdoors and indoors; a first for us. The questions and obstacles this presented also opened up
exciting opportunities. We needed to figure out how to design a set that would work in both
environments. We wanted to utilize as much organic material as possible. The play encouraged
us to think about how the things we strive for and seek are often right there in front of us. We
began to think about how we might re-purpose set materials we already had in stock, how
we could utilize recycled materials. And we combed the woods to find pieces we could use.
Almost the entire set is composed of items that were utilized in previous seasons and found
organic material.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream begins in a place of turmoil in a world that is off-kilter. The
citizens of Athens are attempting to re-define themselves, and the spirit world has been
thrown into chaos as a result of the strife between the Fairy King and Queen. The characters
themselves are on a journey of renewal, struggling toward wholeness and balance. They
grapple with the question: What is true love? How do we know when we find it?
Enjoy this beautiful, familiar story. Let your imagination run wild, just like the characters in
the play. Thank you for being here and supporting us. We’ll see you on the other side of the
Dream!
Jena Necrason
Artistic Director
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Play Synopsis
heseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, anticipate their
impending wedding, when Lord Egeus arrives with Lysander, Demetrius and his
daughter Hermia. Egeus demands she wed Demetrius, despite the fact that she
and Lysander are in love. Athenian law requires Hermia to either obey her father, or choose
between death or life as a nun. Hermia and Lysander secretly plot to run away to the
forest. They reveal their plans to Helena, Hermia’s childhood friend. Helena, who loves
Demetrius and hopes to win his favor, informs him of the elopement. Demetrius pursues
Hermia and Lysander into the forest; Helena follows.
A group of working men/women from Athens meet to discuss the play they hope to
perform for the royal wedding. They arrange to rehearse in the woods.
Oberon and Titania, King and Queen of the fairies, meet in the woods after a long
separation and resume their jealous confrontation. Oberon takes revenge by ordering his
servant Puck to fetch a magical flower. When the nectar is squeezed onto the sleeping
Queen’s eyes, she will fall in love with the next live creature that she sees.
Oberon spies Demetrius spurning Helena in the woods, and instructs Puck to also apply
the nectar to Demetrius’ eyes hoping to unite the two Athenians. However Puck mistakes
the sleeping Lysander for Demetrius, unleashing a series of mishaps that reap havoc on the
quartet of young lovers.
In another part of the woods, as the workers rehearse their play, Puck transforms the head
of one of the workmen, Bottom, into an ass, which sends his comrades running in fear. At
that moment, Titania wakes and falls in love with Bottom the ass.
Chaos ensues deep into the night.
As day starts to break, Oberon realized the extent of Puck’s errors with the young lovers
and orders him to immediately remedy the situation. In the meantime, Oberon releases
Titania from her spell and Bottom is restored to human form.
It is now morning and Theseus, Hippolyta and Egeus discover the sleeping lovers in the
woods and learn of their newfound harmony. Egeus begs punishment but Theseus overrules
Egeus, decreeing that the lovers will marry as they wish, alongside Hippolyta and himself.
Bottom is reunited with this friends and they learn they will perform their play for the
royal wedding. After the performance, there is a dance. The clock tolls midnight. The
three couples retire to their bedrooms. Oberon, Titania and their fairies bless the marriages,
and Puck blesses the house.
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Cato Crumbley (First
Nelson Lacey (Oberon/
Fairy) is currently a student
Theseus) is a Boston-based
at the University of Veractor, delighted to be makmont, studying theater.
ing his Vermont debut
She is going into her senior
with the Vermont Shakeyear. This is her first professpeare Company. He
sional role, and she couldn’t
recently played the Second
be more excited to be workActor in “Lebensraum”
ing with Vermont Shakeand Thomas More in “A
speare Company. Many thanks to the cast and crew Man for All Seasons.” Other favorite roles have
for a fantastic summer, and to her family and friends been Gaveston in “Edward II,” Dr Caius in “The
for all their love and support! Enjoy the show!
Merry Wives of Windsor,” and Astrov in “Uncle
Vanya” (Elliot Norton nomination fort OutstandIan Dunn (Robin Starve- ing Actor, 2012). In January 2015 he will direct
ling) is a senior at the Uni- “King Lear” for the Porpentine Players, a company
versity of Vermont, where he co-founded, in Boston.
he studies Theatre. This is
his first time working
Zoey Maleekah
with Vermont ShakeLaChance (Fairy) is thrilled
speare Company and he is
to be making her profesthrilled to be collaboratsional theatre debut with
ing with such a talented
the VSC! Zoey is a recent
group of individuals on a show as wonderful as A
graduate from Champlain
Midsummer Night’s Dream. Along with acting,
Valley Union High School
Ian is also a director, writer, and filmmaker. He
where she performed as
would like to thank everyone for coming to see the
Helen Keller (The Miracle
show and hopes you all enjoy!
Worker), The Little Prince (The Little Prince), and
directed The Actor’s Nightmare. Other roles
Aliza Kenney (Fairy) just include Emily (Our Town), Puck (A Midsummer
graduated high school, Night’s Dream), and Malvolio (Twelfth Night).
and is taking a gap year Zoey will be attending Drew University in the fall.
before attending Emerson Love to her framily!
College to study performance arts with a focus
Ceara Ledwith (Hermia)
on directing. She has been
is a Junior, theater major
doing theater all her life,
at UVM. She is thrilled to
from musicals to straight
be in her first Vermont
plays through her high school and various theatre
Shakespeare production!
programs, but Shakespeare is her passion. This is
She is an active member of
her second year interning with the Vermont
the UVM theater departShakespeare Company, and is so excited to perment and has appeared as
form with such a talented group.
Mollie Ralston in The
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to
advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more
than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers, and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity
members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its
members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage
managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of
performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.
Credits: Hamlet (OTG), Naked Holidays (The
Cutting Room), Survive! Survive! (133rdST),
Tempest (VSC), Waste of Space (133rdST), Fortinbras (Fight Dir.), Rockabye Hamlet (Fight Dir.)
Chris would like to thank his wonderful Family
Dean Linnard (Demetri- and Friends for their continued support!
us) is truly tickled to
return to Vermont ShakeZoë Perra (Fairy) is
speare Company, where
thrilled to be returning for
he has previously played
her second season acting
Caliban in The Tempest
with the Vermont Shakeand Autolycus in The
speare Company and her
Winter’s Tale. New York:
fourth year as an intern.
Hamlet: A One Man Show
Zoë is looking forward to
(Manhattan Repertory Theatre and the Chain
being back in Vermont for
Theatre) and Sleep No More. Regional: The Shaketwo short months before
speare Theatre of New Jersey, Portland Playhouse, returning to Shanghai, China to complete a year of
and the New Orleans Fringe Festival. Dean is a language immersion at Jiaotong University. In
teaching artist for Broadway.com and a gallery February she will be moving back to the States to
performer for Museum Hack. BFA: NYU Tisch, attend the American Musical and Dramatic AcadStella Adler Studio, RADA. DeanLinnard.com
emy’s Musical Theater Program in Manhattan.
Mousetrap, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, and
Beth in The Woods on the RTT stage. She will be
appearing in A Grand Night For Singing this fall.
Thank you to all involved and enjoy the show!
Robert Nuner (Francis
Flute) is happy to re-join
Vermont Shakespeare Company, having last appeared
in VSC’s Comedy of Errors.
A long-time Vermont transplant, he’s performed with
Lost Nation and Vermont
Stage companies, and, formerly, Two Penny Theater (a Commedia dell’arte
troupe), also writing and performing with radio
comedy group, the Panther Players. Film work
includes Kingdom County, Pasture Productions,
student projects, and occasional commercials. In
2010, he performed in Jim Lantz’s The Bus at the
59E59 Theatre.
Christopher Payseur
(Lysander) is so excited to
be returning for his second season in VT this
summer! Chris played
Trinculo in VSC’s production of The Tempest two
years ago. Chris is a New
York based actor and fight
director who holds his MFA from The New School
for Drama. He is also the Resident Fight Director
for the Ophelia Theatre Group in Queens. Recent
Nick Piacente (Puck/
Education Coordinator) is
a graduate of NYU’s Tisch
School of the Arts where
he studied at the Stella
Adler Studio of Acting.
Theatre: The Fox on the
Fairway (Justin), The Tempest (Ferdinand), Puppet
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo). He has worked with
WPPAC, Oldcastle Theatre Co., Premiere Stages,
The Hangar Theatre, and American Globe Theatre
to name a few. He also voices novels for Audible.
com and teaches Movement at Stella Adler in NYC.
Full bio please visit www.tinyurl.com/nickpiacente
Kit Rivers (Helena) is
thrilled to be a part of her
first Vermont Shakespeare
production! She recently
performed The Search for
Signs on Intelligent Life in
the Universe and some of
her favorite roles include
Romeo in Romeo and
Juliet, and Pamela in Vermont Stages’ The 39 Steps.
She has participated in the Saint Michael’s Playhouse and also can be found performing stand up
all over New England.
Mark Roberts (Peter
Quince) lives here, sometimes commits art here
and loves Vermont. Mark
has worked with Woodchuck, Northern Stage,
Lost Nation and others.
Past roles include Doug in
Judevine, Pozzo in Waiting
for Godot, Polonius/Ghost in Hamlet., and several
seasons with VT Shakespeare (Leonato in Much Ado,
Camillo/Shepherd in Winters Tale…) Mark says VT
Shakes is the best part of summer in VT and he is
proud to a fault to be a member of the company.
Katrina Roen (Peaseblossom) is excited to be part of
her first VSC production!
She is a Vermont native
and was most recently in
UVM’s production of Urinetown the Musical.
Through out her years in
Burlington, Katrina has
been involved with many Very Merry Theater and
Flynn Youth Theater productions. Her favorite
roles include Maria in West Side Story, Kim in
Miss Saigon, Mimi in Rent, Fantine in Les
th
Misérables and Marcy Park in The 25 Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Vince Rossano (Snug/
Egeus) began acting in college in 1967. After moving
to Vermont in 1969, he
performed regularly with
local theater groups as
well as at Goddard College. In 1975, he returned
to UVM as a theater major
where he was also a member of the Champlain
Shakespeare Festival company for three summers.
Most recently, he has performed with Shakespeare in the Hills in Plainfield, the Waterbury
Festival Playhouse and Lost Nation Theater in
Montpelier.
Marykate Scanlon (Mustardseed) hails from Southington, CT. She will enter
her senior year at UVM
this fall, studying Geography and Theatre. At UVM,
she has been seen in The
Heidi Chronicles (Jill/Debbie/Lisa/Hostess), How I
Learned to Drive (Female Greek Chorus), The
Beaux’ Stratagem (Kate Sullen), and The Good
Woman of Setzuan (Wife). She is thrilled to try her
hand at Shakespeare for the very first time! Love to
Milo, Kody, and her wonderful family.
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Grace Trapnell (Tom
Snout) is a UVM theatre
alum (‘13) hailing from
Charlottesville, VA. Recent
roles include ensemble
member in The Two Gentlemen of Verona with
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company in Boston, and Liz Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story at
Live Arts. She is thrilled to be participating in her
first show with Vermont Shakespeare Company,
and is A huge thanks to the whole cast and crew
for a lovely (mid)summer!
Molly Pietz Walsh (Titania/Hippolyta) is honored to be with Vermont
Shakespeare Company
again, after playing Paulina in last summer’s production of “The Winter’s
Tale”. Molly was a resident
actor in New York’s Off
Broadway Company, The Jean Cocteau Repertory, and some roles there included Katrin in
“Mother Courage”, and Desdemona in “Othello”.
She was also a resident actor at the Pendragon
Theater in the Adirondacks, where she played
Viola in “Twelfth Night”, Maggie in “Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof ”, and Harper in “Angels in America”. In Vermont, Molly played Laura in “The
Glass Menagerie” at Vermont Stage, and Veronica
in “God of Carnage” with the Lost Nation Theater. Love to Keith, Briar and Marin...the greatest
of families...
Creative Team
Becky Bodurtha (Costume Design) is excited to
be back for her 4th season with Vermont Shakespeare! NY credits include: The Wong Kids in the
Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go! (La Mama/
Theatre Mayi), Alondra was Here (Wild Project),
Olives and Blood (HERE), Labyrinth of Desire,
Centaur Battle of San Jacinto (Fordham University). Regional credits include: A Little Night
Music, Singin’ in the Rain, Fiddler on the Roof
and Thoroughly Modern Millie (New London
Barn Playhouse). MFA University of Iowa. Please
visit my website at www.beckybodurtha.com !
Mia Sara Haiman (Production Stage Manager)
is honored to be working with Vermont Shakespeare Company this season. Production Stage
Manager: “Spring Festival of Plays”, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, How I Learned to Drive, [title of
show] (UVM); Assistant Stage Manager: Shout!,
Rumors, Fiddler on the Roof, Forever Plaid, Unnecessary Farce, Nunsense (St. Michael’s Playhouse),
The Beaux’ Stratagem (UVM); Master Electrician:
The Quarry, Venus in Fur, Other Desert Cities (Vermont Stage Co.); Projection Design: Urinetown,
2
The Heidi Chronicles (UVM). Love to T & RTT.
Tracy Liz Miller (Associate Producer) currently
lives most of the year in Tempe, AZ. She teaches
Acting and Cinema Studies at Chandler-Gilbert
Community College as well as pursuing freelance
acting and directing projects. She most recently
played Titania and Hippolyta with Southwest
Shakespeare Company. This past fall she directed
The 12 Dates of Christmas by Ginna Hoben with
Class 6 Theatre in Mesa, AZ. Selected acting credits: Dora in The Swan by Elizabeth Egloff (Chester Theatre Company), Molly in Dusk Rings a Bell
by Stephen Belber (Shaker Bridge Theatre), Mrs.
Daldry in In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by
Sarah Ruhl (Colorado Springs FAC); Desdemona
in Othello (NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble),
Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar (Tennessee Shakespeare Co.), Viola, Twelfth Night (Improbable Fiction, NYC), Directing credits: Titus Andronicus
with Improbable Fiction (NYC), Italian American Reconciliation with 33 Productions (NYC),
Tracy is pleased to lend support to Vermont
Shakespeare Co. in the areas of development, strategic planning and intern recruitment to help continue to grow this wonderful theatre company.
John Nagle (Bottom/
Executive Director /Scenic Design) Acting credits
include A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Vermont
Shakespeare
Company
2005), and Juliet (Arkansas Rep); for Measure
(Connecticut Rep); Last
Night of Ballyhoo (Helen Hayes PAC); Labors’
Lost, The of , and Cressida, and Winter’s Tale (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). He toured with
The National Shakespeare Company in Midsum-
mer Night’s Dream and Caesar. In 2003, John performed the voice of Scooby Doo on the national
tour of Doo In ! He has directed Twelfth Night,
The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing,
The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale for Vermont
Shakespeare Company. He has also directed for
New York University Tisch School of the Arts, The
National Shakespeare Company, Arkansas Rep as
well as numerous projects in NYC. He holds an
MFA from The University of Alabama/ Alabama
Shakespeare Festival. John co-founded Vermont
Shakespeare Co. with his wife Jena in 2005.
Jena Necrason (Artistic Director/Director) New
York performing credits include shows at: Lincoln
Center, The Ohio Theatre, HERE, The Cherry
Lane Theatre and The Connelly Theatre. Recent
work: Mrs. Gibbs in the Harold Clurman Lab
Theatre’s production of Our Town and a collaboration and performance with Margie Gillis in New
York. Shakespeare credits include Hamlet, The
Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Richard III, Much Ado about Nothing, Macbeth,
The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale. Jena is the Head of Movement at The
Stella Adler Studio of Acting, where she teaches
in the Conservatory and for the Undergraduate Drama Department at New York University
Tisch School of the Arts. Earlier this summer Jena
was in New York teaching Devising for Physical
Theatre to a group of international theatre artists.
Other teaching: The National Shakespeare Conservatory, School for the Visual Arts and high
schools all over the northeast. Jena received a BFA
from the Performing Arts Conservatory at SUNY
Purchase. She co-founded Vermont Shakespeare
Company in 2005 with her husband John. They
live in South Burlington with their son Jackson.
Sarah Simmons (Lighting Design) is a graduate of the UVM Department of Theatre (2012),
where she studied stage management and lighting
design. She is thrilled to be involved in this production of ‘Midsummer’s Night Dream’, her first
with VT Shakespeare Company. Past lighting
design experience includes LD of ‘Beyond Therapy’ at Vermont Stage Company (2014), LD of ‘The
Toys Take Over Christmas’ at UVM (2013, 2014),
Ass. LD of ‘Boom’ at VT Stage Company (2012),
and more. She would like to thank Jena, John, and
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Upcoming events in the fall:
The return of Vino and the Bard- dates TBA
Marathon reading of Shakespeare’s entire canon- dates TBA
Special Thanks:
Dr. Keith Walsh and Adirondack Audiology Hearing and Balance Centers
Ruth Wallman and The Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Amy E Tarrant Foundation, The Byrne Foundation and The Windham Foundation
Gregory Ramos, Wayne Tetrick and the Department of Theatre at UVM
Karen Petersen and the Shelburne Museum staff
Joanne and Nick Necrason, Adam Necrason and family, Mary Anne Nagle, Jan Nagle,
Nick and Lori Durso, Meredith Neary and WCAX- TV3, Fred Hill and 101-the One,
Pamela Polston and Seven Days, James Henault, Vermont Woman Magazine, Fordham
University, Sherri Potvin, Lauren Madden, Lyn Jarvis, Marianne DiMascio, Joanne Farrell
and Champlain College, Robert Peterson, Mike Smith and the staff at Knight Point State
Park, Mary and George Harwood, Vermont Arts Council, Katya Wilcox and Island Arts,
Kim Bent and Kathleen Keenan, Cristina Alicea, Molly Kurent, Denise Boutin and My
Kids Kitchen Catering, The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, The Islander Newspaper, Mark
Nash, Ronni Lopez, Suzanne Curtis, Fred Balzac, Brent Hallenbeck, Leeeza Robbins
and Flynntix, The FlynnArts Program, Eric Herz-O’Brien, Cecil Yeats, Nicole See, Ian
Marshall and United Stages, and our fantastic, adventurous and hard-working cast,
designers, crew and interns. And to all of the wonderful people who came onboard after
this program went to print on July 23rd- thank you!
And to the amazing kids of Vermont Shakespeare Company for putting up with their
parents being so busy! Jackson Nagle, Marin and Briar Walsh.
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Interested in having Vermont Shakespeare Company come to your school for a workshop?
We have a variety of workshops for young people that offer the opportunity to explore the
magic of theatre. Visit our website for more details.
For more info, to make a donation or to volunteer, please visit our website
www.vermontshakespeare.org or email us at [email protected]
Thank you to the following donors:
Production Sponsors
Amy Tarrant Foundation
Windham Foundation
Adirondack Audiology Associates
Hearing and Balance Centers
Sponsors of our Professional
Internship Program
Lyn Jarvis
Hero $1000+
Byrne Foundation
Joanne and Nick Necrason
Angel- $500+
Adrienne and Roger Rosenberg
Betty K. Scrimm
Muse- $250+
Gretchen and Bob Babcock
Claire Bergeron-Rousseau
Colleen Burns
Joanne Farrell
Nancy B. Holland
Main Street Landing
Patron- $100+
Pauline Bergeron
Kristofer Anderson
Nick Clary
Darlene and Ken DeHart
Anita Goodrich-Licata
Lisa and Daniel Graziano
Jennifer Harris
Jennifer and Gary Lackman
Anne McCune
Richard Nagle
Daniel and Sandra O’Brien
Mason Petit
Carolyn Prasch
Damielle Simpneau
Dale Singer and Gary Carriero
Doug and Billie Tudhope
Adam and Robin Schwartz
Joel and Anneleise Wallerius
Molly Walsh
Mary Jane and Dolf Wirsing
Player- up to $99
Yvonne and JD Dallam
Janice Dawley
Sandra Dooley
George Fowler
Marc Andre LaChance
Martin and Barbara LeWinter
Maurice and Camille Maffia
Michelle Matlock
Traci McCartney
Scott Rader
Media Sponsors:
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