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Pink Depford Design Studio 716 Alhambra Ave Martinez, CA 94553 925-788-4080 By Appointment Only [email protected] ▪ www.pinkdepford.com Butterfield 8 Theatre Company presents The Tempest by William Shakespeare adapted for Butterfield 8 by Maureen-Theresa Williams Featuring Donald L. Hardy Nathalie Archangel Terry Downward Edwin Peabody Molly Kate Taylor John Butterfield Beth Chastain David Hardie Alexander Murphy Becky Potter Daniela Quinones Maureen-Theresa Williams Scenic Design Properties John Butterfield & Jean Butterfield Jean Butterfield & John Butterfield Lighting & Sound Design Costumes John Butterfield & Kathleen MacKay Liz Martin, Pink Depford Design Studio Sound & Light Operations Kathleen MacKay Directed by John Butterfield Director’s Notes S hakespeare’s Prospero and his books are not confined to the stage alone. They have been the subject of fiction and film as well. It is his books that draws him away from running his own state, and it is his books that give him the skills to survive and control all the wild on the island. They are the source of his power and the seed of his banishment. As best we can we have incorporated his books into the work — all of the sound design is influenced by the sound of books and paper. His lust for vengeance (supported by the magic from his books) fuels a tempest within and without his mind, so strong that it pulls the queen's ship and all its crew to him, but in the end it is his humanity that wins out. T he Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are the two Shakespeare plays in which immortals or other worldly beings partake in the action. There are plenty of deus ex machina throughout the cannon, but they usually appear at the end of the play to resolve the improbable events. These two plays have the interaction carry throughout the work, and like Midsummer, The Tempest is built on fantasy. The island itself is fantastical; what was the island like before Sycorax and Prospero arrived? What is Ariel? Who was Caliban's father, or — more to the point — what was his father? Caliban is described as a moon calf, a fish, a monster, but that is only through the eyes of the mortals who look on him as a wonderment or a slave. Ariel is a being that can shift into many things; he and his cohorts are the true natives of the island: they inhabited the island before the mortals arrived, and will remain when the mortals finally leave. A ll in all it is Shakespeare's last fairytale — one with shipwrecks, monsters, princes, and magic. We hope that you enjoy it. The Cast Living on the Island PROSPERO, rightful Duke of Milan ................................Donald Hardy MIRANDA, his daughter ...................................................Becky Potter CALIBAN, a deformed and savage slave ..................... Edwin Peabody ARIEL, an airy spirit ................................................Alexander Murphy Ariel’s MINION .............................................................John Butterfield Travelers Shipwrecked on the Island ALONZA, Queen of Naples .......................................Daniela Quinones FERDINAND, her son.................................................. E. Ellsworth, III SEBASTIANE, sister to the Queen ..................................Beth Chastain ANTONIA, usurping Duchess of Milan ......Maureen-Theresa Williams GONZALA, advisor to the Queen ........................... Nathalie Archangel ADRIENNE, attendant on the Queen.......................... Terry Downward TRINCULA, a jester .................................................Molly Kate Taylor STEPHANO, a drunken butler ..........................................David Hardie BOATSWAIN .............................................................. Terry Downward Setting An island, somewhere between Tunis and Naples There will be one fifteen-minute intermission All refreshment sales support the productions of Butterfield 8 About The Cast N athalie Archangel (Gonzala) is performing for the third time with Butterfield 8, having previously appeared in the all-female cast of Twelfth Night, and in Lady Windermere’s Fan. Since moving from Los Angeles in 2008, Nathalie has appeared in East Bay productions of Spitfire Grill, Harvey and Cotton Patch Gospel among others. A recording artist for most of her adult life, Nathalie invites you to Google her for at least two minutes of entertainment. If that is not sufficient, do feel free to “Like” her Facebook page entitled Nathalie Archangel :), which was created by her stunning 14 year old daughter Isabella. Nathalie dedicates this performance, and all of her other mortal acts, to her daughters Isabella, (and the equally fabulous) Wren and Olivia, and her righteously supportive husband Mark. J ohn Butterfield (Director; Minion) is the founder and Artistic Director of Butterfield 8 Theatre Company, now in its sixth season in residence at Cue Productions Live, and has been directing and choreographing productions in the Bay Area for many years. He studied directing at Toi Whakaari/Victoria University in New Zealand, and while there performed in Shifting; a devised work at BATS theatre in Wellington. In 2009 he returned to New Zealand where he staged Mates and Lovers to critical acclaim at BATS. He has taught theatre and dance locally at CTA and San Ramon Dance Academy and is currently teaching at Berkeley Ballet. As a dancer he has toured the US with Dance Through Time and ODC, and was a member of Company Chaddick for 8 years. He is a LEAP graduate from St. Mary’s College, and in addition to directing and choreographing continues to perform both locally and in New Zealand. John recently appeared on the B8 stage as Gaveston in Edward II and Viola in the all-male cast of Twelfth Night. To his whanau in NZ “Haere taka mua, taka muri; kaua e whai.” B eth Chastain (Sebastiane) is thrilled to be making her third appearance with Butterfield 8, having been seen last season as the Duchess of Berwick in Lady Windemere’s Fan, and earlier this season as Baldok/Matrevis in Edward II. She has been performing in the Bay Area for over 10 years working with companies such as Role Players, Masquers, Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, Act Now! and Onstage. She is a company member and casting director of Woman’s Will, the all female About The Cast (cont’d) Shakespeare troupe. As always, she wishes to thank her husband Paul for his everlasting love and support, without which life is not possible. T erry Downward (Adrienne/Boatswain) was previously seen with Butterfield 8 as Antonio in the all-female version of Twelfth Night and as Kitty in the world premiere of Pride and Prejudice. She is a sassy waitress by day and an actress by night who manages to fool people into thinking she knows what she’s doing. Well-versed in Shakespeare, she has been doing Renaissance Pleasure Faires since she was little (read not born). She also performs with the Broadside Music Hall as Miss Kitty Purrswell at the Charles Dickens Christmas Fair in San Francisco. She is especially grateful to her mother and father for staying awake to come get her from the BART station after late-night rehearsals, and would like to thank her wonderfully supportive boyfriend, Alejo. Thanks for helping me run lines. You rock! E . Ellsworth, III (Ferdinand) is happy to be involved with this production. He’s a trust fund baby who tried acting on a dare, once. In 1991. He hasn’t appeared on stage since then, but loves theatre for all its strange twists of fate. D avid Hardie (Stephano) is honored to be back with Butterfield 8, having performed in the past in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2002, Twelfth Night in 2004, Blithe Spirit in 2006, Romeo and Julian and Much Ado About Nothing in 2007, The Importance of Being Earnest and The Merchant of Venice in 2008, Cymbeline and As You Like It in 2009, and Arcadia and Hamlet in 2010. Last year he reprised his role of Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the all-male cast of Twelfth Night, created the roles of Mr. Collins and Mr. Gardiner in the world premiere of Pride and Prejudice, and played the Earl of Kent in Edward II. This, and every performance he gives, is dedicated to the memory of his BEST friend Terri “Buster” Bischel, who passed away from cancer in 2006. Love you, miss you! Giddy Up! About The Cast (cont’d) D onald L. Hardy (Prospero) has appeared in theatrical productions on both the East and West coasts, performing The Normal Heart, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Secret Garden, and Falsettos. In October of 2006 he first appeared with Butterfield 8 as Charles Condomine in Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. He followed as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, created the role of Mr. Kale in the B8 workshop production of The Bird House, and took an unexpected turn as Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Last year he created the role of Francis in Virago Theater’s premiere production of Jennifer Robert’s Beekeeper. Other roles at Butterfield 8 include Prince Escalus in Romeo and Julian, Antonio in The Merchant of Venice, the title role in Cymbeline, Duke Senior and Duke Frederick in As You Like It, and Bernard Nightingale in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. Last summer his adaptation of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice premiered to critical and popular acclaim at B8, and this January he adapted and directed An Evening of Saki: the Short Stories of H. H. Munro. This is his second production of The Tempest. A lexander Murphy (Ariel) is excited to be working with Butterfield 8 again! He was last seen onstage as Spenser the Younger in Edward II with B8, and will be reprising his role as Mr. Bingley in Pride and Prejudice this summer. Backstage, he just finished assistant directing Babes in Arms with Center Stage of Diablo Valley, and last January directed The Glass Menagerie with Contra Costa Christian Theatre. He has performed extensively in the Bay Area for nearly a decade. Highlights include: Godspell (Jesus), The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee (William Barfée), High School Musical (Ryan Evans), Fiddler on the Roof, Seussical (Cat in the Hat u/s), and Brigadoon. In addition to theatre, he plays piano and ukulele, collects mardi gras masks, and has unhealthy obsessions with Rubik’s Cubes and Doctor Who. He would like to thank his family, God, and the rest of his support group for helping him get to where he is today! E dwin Peabody (Caliban) is thrilled to be appearing in another Butterfield 8 production with such a strong cast and director. He has appeared with B8 in Merchant of Venice, Cymbeline, As You Like It, Pride & Prejudice, Arcadia, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Twelfth Night, and Steampunk Hamlet, to name a few. A graduate of AADA Hollywood, he has been acting locally for the past 20 years. He dedicates his performance to his beautiful wife and furry children. About The Cast (cont’d) B ecky Potter (Miranda) is grateful and honored to be a company member of Butterfield 8. As an actor with the company she has been seen onstage in Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Merchant of Venice, Zelda’s Mama’s Cookin’, Cymbeline, Arcadia, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Pride and Prejudice, and Edward II. Becky has also performed with Galatean Players, Diablo Theatre Company and the Willows Theatre Company. Becky received her B.A. in Drama from UC Irvine, and her M.A. in Drama from SF State. She is now serving on the theatre department faculty at Oakland School for the Arts where she is co-directing Les Miserables this spring. This summer she is thrilled to be reprising the role of Elizabeth Bennet in B8’s remounting of Pride and Prejudice. Don’t miss it! D aniela Quinones (Alonsa, Queen of Naples) studied acting with the 2006 conservatory at The Actors Center, New York, and with Jim Kirkwood at Diablo Valley College. She has a B.A. in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley with an emphasis on Shakespeare’s works. Daniela and her husband David welcomed their son Max to the family in 2009. He is a wonderful boy, and it has been an amazing experience. She is excited to be back in the Bay Area and working with Butterfield 8 again, having performed previously with the company as Titania in the 2002 prodction of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as the Exercise Instructor, Helene, and the Cigarette Girl in The Women, and most recently as Celia in As You Like It. M olly Kate Taylor (Trincula) thinks she may have been typecast, but is thankful nonetheless. Molly was a student and intern for Center REP’s Young REP program for seven years and also studied clowning and physical theatre at The Flying Actor Studio. Past shows that she enjoys to reminisce include Hamlet (Gertrude), Saint Joan (Joan), Blithe Spirit (Madame Arcati), and Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice). With Butterfield 8, she was Sebastian in the female cast’s Twelfth Night and more recently Mrs. Hurst and Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice. She sincerely hopes you laugh at least once during this production; it’s good for the soul. About The Cast (cont’d) M aureen-Theresa Williams (Antonia) is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of Butterfield 8. Previous roles with the company include Ruth in Blithe Spirit, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Zelda in Zelda’s Mama’s Cookin’, Edith Potter in The Women, Hannah Jarvis in Arcadia, and Mrs. Bennet in the world premiere of Pride and Prejudice. Other favorite roles include Dotty Otley in Noises Off and Veta in Harvey (Contra Costa Civic Theatre), Miss Maudie in To Kill a Mockingbird (Antioch Rivertown Theatre), Queenie in Bell, Book and Candle (Chanticleers), and Mrs. Pert in Look Homeward, Angel (Willows Theatre Company). She was recently seen as Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (Contra Costa Christian Theater), and Mrs. Cratchit in Scrooge – The Musical (Bay Area Stage). Maureen has been privileged to also perform over the past thirty-plus years with Act Now!, Angry Reynolds Productions, Arclight Repertory Theatre, Civic Arts Rep, Odyssey Players, Onstage, Subterranean Shakespeare, Theatrefest, Dramateurs/Town Hall Theatre Company, as well as for Diablo Valley College and Cal State East Bay (Hayward). Production Staff Stage Manager - Ali Arman House Management - Kathleen MacKay Properties - Jean Butterfield, John Butterfield, Donald Hardy, Kathleen MacKay Wardrobe Mistress - Jennifer Dougherty For Pink Depford Designs Assistant Costume Designer - Eliza Washington Cutter - Kimberly Wright Stitchers - Emily Clark, Janice Gartin, Narae Kim, Kimberly Liljequist, Joyce Liu, Hyo Namgung, Cathryn Reynolds, Hilary Seeley, Janice Sellers Artistic Staff J ean Butterfield (Set Design/Props/Masks) has performed, designed, and constructed props, masks, and set pieces for both NUDC and Butterfield 8 theatre companies. In May 2007 her play, The Raft, was chosen as a finalist in Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwriting Contest and was presented as a staged reading in New York City. Jean is a graduate of Mills College in Oakland, California where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Book Arts. Currently she works in publishing as a freelance graphic designer and production artist. J im Lively (Sound Effects) has previously designed sound effects and soundscapes for Butterfield 8’s productions of Hamlet and Twelfth Night. L iz Martin (Resident Costume Designer) has been involved in theater for over 25 years. Her custom design business, Pink Depford Design Studio (www.pinkdepford.com) has built costumes for actors, re-enactors, wineries, and a squirrel. In addition to her prior work with Butterfield 8 (Edward II, Pride and Prejudice, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Twelfth Night, Hamlet) she has worked with several theater companies in the Bay Area: Ross Valley Players (The Miracle Worker), Vagabond Players (Sound of Music) & Martinez Opera (Madame Butterfly). She spends her winter holidays as the Costume Director for The Great Dickens Christmas Fair (www.dickensfair.com). She gives thanks everyday that she has the opportunity to make her living doing two the things she enjoys the most: costuming and nails. E liza Washington (Assistant Costume Designer) was raised in the charming seaside dell of West Marin where she learned how to do very important things like peeling avocados, avoiding mountain lions, befriending strange horses and body-surfing on moonless nights. She spent two years at FIDM learning how to measure twice and cut once and stitch as many times as it takes to get it right, damn it. For approximately fourteen months, three weeks and two days Eliza has been happily working with Liz Martin at Pink Depford Design on everything from highly sequined dance costumes to sparsely sequined harpy costumes. The Director Thanks Pat Church and Judy & Jerry Potter — as always, for all the little and big things you do for us Jim Lively for the sound design Jean, my sister, for taking the time off her own work to build three amazing masks and book pieces for the production Don Hardy for once more tackling this role, and for spearheading and scripting Saki while I was away. It was good to know things were in good hands Alan Beatts for the donation of the book case and the loan of the casters Michael Cawelti for the generous loan of the cutlasses Liz Martin and her amazing crew — this was a tough one, and once again you came through and challenged us to look at the world we make a little differently The company, you band of merry few, thank you for pulling together while I was away and for showing me again how much this means to you and to all of us All of you that came to Saki and donated to our fund-raisers — you keep us going B8 Needs You! Butterfield 8 productions are made possible in part by contributions from the the Bank of America Matching Gifts Program, Kaiser Permanente Matching Gifts Program, Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Inc., Lucky stores S.H.A.R.E.S program, and patrons like you. We’d like to thank our individual donors who have have contributed more than $5,000 to Butterfield 8 since December 1, 2011: Dorothy Anderson Donald Hardy Paula Bakalar Richard Louis James Pat Church Maya Kennedy Bruce & Christine Clegg Julia Gilliland Liu Deborah Doyle Anne Matthew William Egli Sheilah Morrison Martha & Stephen Emry Jerry & Judy Potter Timothy & Pamela Duncan Bharat & Usha Srinivasan Jill Gelster & David Dierks Claudia Waite Clifford & Diana Goldbeck Alexandra Wentworth Kerry Gudjohnsen David Williams Does your company have a matching grant program? Won’t you consider a donation? Butterfield 8 is the theatrical branch of New Urban Dance Company, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, tax ID# 94-3148473. All donations to NUDC are fully deductible to the extent allowed by law. Coming up Next Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer directed by Alan Cameron produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. “Enlarge! Enliven! Enlighten!” Lettice Duffet, an expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry, is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the theatre. As a tour guide at Fustian House, one of the least stately of London’s stately homes, she theatrically embellishes its historical past, ultimately coming up on the radar of Lotte Schoen, an inspector from the Preservation Trust. Neither impressed nor entertained by Lettice’s freewheeling history lessons, Schoen fires her. Not one to go without a fight, Lettice engages the stoic, conventional Lotte in a battle to the death of all that is sacred to the Empire and the crown. Lettice and Lovage previews May 3, 2012 and runs through May 27 Later in the Season Pride byand Prejudice Jane Austen adapted for the stage by Donald L. Hardy “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” So begins Jane Austen’s enduring tale of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage among the landed gentry of early 19th century England. This revival of Butterfield 8’s critically acclaimed production is presented in two parts. August 1 through August 26, 2011 Join us for the Fabric & Costume Rummage Sale Extravaganza Sunday May 6, 2012 11am to 5pm More than a dozen costumers on hand, selling fabrics, costumes, trims, patterns and more! $5 admission Refreshments available All admission fees and refreshment proceeds support Butterfield 8 Downtown Nails Liz Martin, Proprietor 718 Alhambra Avenue Martinez, CA 94553 (925) 788-4080 Your full-service nail salon Call today for an appointment! T he Mission of Butterfield 8 Theatre Company is to provide audiences a fresh take on classic plays, and foster the creation of new works. O ur Vision is to present audiences with examples of both ends of the theatrical spectrum: new productions of classic works, focusing in particular on text-driven plays (such as the works of Shakespeare), and new works devised by the company or written by local playwrights. Our work often examines perceptions of gender, both within the context of the play and the larger context of society as a whole. We strive to create an immersive environment, believing the audience’s experience starts when they buy the ticket, and shouldn't end when they leave the theatre. We honor that the audience has come for a live theatre experience to engage with a story or an idea; to be taken on a journey. This is our responsibility, and our craft. W e are always looking for people to be active members of our Board of Directors. The job requires people who have experience living and working in the world, with an interest in helping us grow as a theatre company. If you would like to help us achieve our vision, please contact John Butterfield at (510) 282-6174 or [email protected]. www.theatrebayarea.org