Artistic Director

Sean Murray

Executive DirectorBillSchmidt

Directed byFrancis Gerckeo and Sean Murray

Stage ManagerHeather M. Brose*

Scenic DesignAndrew Hull

Wigs and Makeup DesignPeter Herman°

Properties DesignBonnie L. Durbeno

PianistCharlie Reuter

Lighting DesignEric LotzeO

Sound DesignMatt Lescault-Woodo

ChoreographyColleen Kollar Smith

Costume DesignShirley Pierson°

Dialect Coach

Emmelyn Thayer

Fight ChoreographyGeorge Yeo

TH E CAST(in order of appearance)

Jessica Johno Sibyl ChaseSean Murray Elyot Chase

Manny Fernandeso Victor PrynneShana Wride* ... Amanda Prynne

Annie Hinton* ... Louise

Cast sponsored by Lisa Capper & Jesse King

Time and Place:Act I - A seaside resort in Deauville, France. July, 1930.

Act 11- Amanda's apartment in Paris. About a week later.Act III - Amanda's apartment. The next morning.

There will be one 15minute intermission, and one 10minute intermission.

'Cygnet Theatre Resident Artist.'Member of Acfor's Equity Association, the Union ot Protessional Actors

and Stage Managers in the United States.

Private Lives is presented courtesy ot the Robert A Freedman Dramatic Agency, Inc.

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ANDREW HULL (Set Designer) Cygnet Theatre: Bedand Sofa, The History Boys. Elsewhere: Hello Dolly(Arrowrock Lyceum Theatre), Hay Fever (Black HillsPlayhouse), Into the Woods, The Good Person ofSzechwan, Desire Under the Elms, Hamlet: Blood

in the Brain [San Diego State University), Night ofthe Iguana, The Man Who Came to Dinner, andA Piece of My Heart (Webster University). Andrewis currently working in the art department for thetelevision show Mad Men, and has worked as a

design assistant for Ralph Funicello at the LincolnCenter Theatre. He holds an MFA in Scene Designfrom San Diego State University.

Chalk Circle; Moonlight Theatre Productions:Ring Around The Moon and Swingtime Canteen.Recipient of The John Guth Award for Back StageBrilliance Patte'. Member of the SDSA.

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PETER HERMAN" (Wig and Makeup Designer)Cygnet Theatre (Resident Artist): Costumes andWigs/Makeup Design for Hedwig and the AngryInch. Wigs/makeup for Sweeney Todd, It's AWonderful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa, TheHistory Boys, A Christmas Carol, The Receptionist,A Little Night Music, Fences, The Turn of theScrew, Communicating Doors, Arcadia, TheMatchmaker. Elsewhere: Peter has designed hairand wigs for over 300 productions, including theLa Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, San DiegoOpera, Disneyland, and various film and televisionprojects. Film: Costume design for Ready? Ok!Peter currently teaches wigs and make-up atSDSU.

JENNIFER KOZUMPLIK (Assistant Stage Manager)Cygnet Theatre: Noises Off. Elsewhere: at theSan Diego Rep: SM Culture Clash in AmeriCCa,ASM The Seafarer, Doubt, and Water and Power.She was also the SM for the 2009 east coast tour

of Blessing of a Broken Heart. ion theatre: SMFrozen, La Gaviota, Punks. Playwrights Project: SMStage Directions. San Diego State University: SMThe Grapes of Wrath, Proof, Vagina Monologues,Rumors. Jennifer received her Bachelors Degreein Theatre Arts from San Diego State University.

MATT LESCAULT·WOODo [Sound Designer)Cygnet Theatre (Resident Artist): Dying City, It'sA Wonderful Life, The History Boys, Mauritius,Noises Off, Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Wit, / LoveYou Because (North Coast Repertory Theatre);Picasso at the Lapin Agile (USD); Danny andthe Deep Blue Sea, Red Light Winter, LonesomeWest (Triad); Plays by Young Writers 2008, 2009,2010 (Playwright's Project); Request Programme,Cripple of Inishmaan (ion); Butcher of Baraboo,

FRANCIS GERCKE· (Co-Director) Cygnet Theatre

(Resident Artist): Man from Nebraska (Patte Awardfor Outstanding Direction), Mauritius, Dying City,and Curse of the Starving Class (San Diego Critic'sCircle Award, Outstanding Direction). Acting

credits at Cygnet: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick),Desire Under the Elms (Eben), A Number (Bernard1, Bernard 2, and Michael Black) and Love Song(Bean). Most recent performances at localtheatres include Ring Round the Moon (PatriceBombelles) at Moonlight at the Avo and Hurlyburly(Eddie) with Ion Theatre Company. Francis is theAssociate Artistic Director of Cygnet.

NOEL COWARD (Playwright)Born in 1899 in Teddington,Middlesex. Noel Coward made

his name as a playwright withThe Vortex (1924), in which he

~.~ ~ also appeared. His numerous

~ other successful plays included, Fallen Angels (1925), Hay Fever

(1925), Private Lives (1930), Design for Living[1933), and Blithe Spirit (1941). During the war hewrote screenplays such as Brief Encounter (1944)and This Happy Breed (1942). In the fifties hestarted a new career as a cabaret entertainer.

He published volumes of verse and a novel.Pomp and Circumstance (1960), two volumes ofautobiography, and four volumes of short stories:To Step Aside [1939). Star Quality (1951), PrettyPolly Barlow (1964), and Bon Voyage [1967).Coward was knighted in 1970 and died threeyears later in Jamaica.

HEATHER BROSE* (Stage Manager) Recent PSMcredits include: The Piano Lesson, Man FromNebraska, Sweeney Todd (Assistant StageManager), Cygnet Theatre; Dreamgirls, SDMT; AShayna Maidel, North Coast Rep; The Seafarer,DOUBT. Water & Power, The Blessing of a BrokenHeart, San Diego REP; Menopause The Musicalat the Grove Theatre in Upland, CA and at theLyceum Theatre in San Diego; 3 Hotels at theFremont Centre Theatre; Salome and The Father

directed by Estelle Parsons for The Actors Studiostarring AI Pacino and Dianne Wiest; and StephenSondheim's 70th Birthday Bash at the HollywoodBowl. Proud member of Actor's Equity Association.

BONNIE L. DURBEN° (Properties Designer) Cygnet

Theatre (Resident Artist): Recent shows includeSweeney Todd, Piano Lesson and Noises' Off.Other venues include: New Village Arts, [EnsembleMember and Property Master) The Man Who, HeidiChronicles and Picasso at the Lapin Agile; MiraCosta College: 1940's Radio Hour, The Caucasian

ANNIE HINTON* (Louise) Cygnet Theatre: Book of Liz (Liz).A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Dilbur/Fezziwig); Old Globe Theatre, The Hostage (Jack 0'Brien); Seattle Repertory Theatre, OurTown (Dan Sullivan); A Contemporary Theatre; Empty Space Theatre; Seattle Children'sTheatre; and New Mexico Repertory Theatre; San Diego Rep, Clean House (Virginia);North Coast Rep, Glorious, Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties; Moonlight, RingAround the Moon. Film: Bring It On; Outta Time; 29th & Gay. TV: Jenni Project (Disney),Veronica Mars, Push and many others. Annie also channels her creative energy into herprivate students and is a Freeway-Flyer Theatre Professor of many years. Annie Hinton is

sponsored by Artist Advocates Mary & Jerome Grossman.

JESSICA JOHN" (Sibyl Chase) Cygnet Theatre (Resident Artist): Noises Off (SD Critic'sCircle Award Outstanding Ensemble). Mauritius, Love Song, Desire Under the Elms,Communicating Doors (Patte Award Outstanding Production). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof(SD Playbill Award Outstanding Performance). Burn This (SD Critic's Circle AwardOutstanding Performance); Other favorite theatre credits include: Ring Round theMoon, Moonlight @ the Avo; A Shayna Maidel, North Coast Rep; Pulp!, Moxie Theatre;The Playboy of the Western World (Patte Award Outstanding Performance), New VillageArts; An Experiment with an Airpump, Backyard Productions; A View from the Bridge (SD

Critic's Circle Award Outstanding Performance), Renaissance Theatre. Jessica John is sponsored by Artist

Advocates Arthur & Marilyn Neumann.

MANNY FERNANDES· (Victor Prynne) Cygnet Theatre (Resident Artist): Mauritius, AChristmas Carol, Communicating Doors, Bug, The Invention of Love, Burn This,Escanabain da Moonlight. Elsewhere: The Man Who, Sailor's Song, Golden Boy (San Diego Critic'sCircle Award, Outstanding Performance). Dancing at Lughnasa, The Three Sisters,NewVillage Arts [Ensemble Member); Boys in the Band, Jeffrey, Never the Sinner, Cloud 9, 5thof July, Love! Valour! Compassion!, M. Butterfly, Diversionary; Arcadia, The Rivals, MoonOver Buffalo, An American Daughter, North Coast Rep; A Christmas Carol. Cabaret,Death of a Salesman, The Whole World is Watching, San Diego Rep. Manny has a BA

in Theatre Arts from UCSD. Manny Fernandes is sponsored by Artist Advocates Arthur & Marilyn Neumann.

SHANA WRIDE* (Amanda Prynne) Cygnet Theatre debut. Regional Theatre credits include­Shakespeare Festival/LA:A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Merry Wives of Windsor;The Colony Theatre: Indoor/Outdoor; Open FistTheatre: Macbeth, Fen, Wooden Breeks,andMeasure for Measure; Idaho Shakespeare Festival:Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Love's Labor's Lost.SanDiego Theatre credits include- San Diego Repertory Theatre: Suds,Working, Six Women withBrain Death, Women Who Steal. A ChristmasCarol; Sledgehammer Theatre: New, ShadowyWaters,No Time Like The Present;Gaslamp Theatre: Heidi Chronicfes and LipsTogether, TeethApart. Sherecently directed the critically acclaimed Who'sAfraid of VirginiaWoolf? for Compass

Theatre.While living in LosAngeles, she co-hosted the nationally syndicated radio show, "Women Aloud" with actor/comedienne Mo Gaffney. Shana Wride is sponsored by Artist Advocate Deborah M. Bodinger, PhD.

SEAN MURRAY (Elyot Chase/Co-Director) Cygnet Theatre: Sweeney Todd, It's AWonderful Life, Noises Off, Bed and Sofa '09, The History Boys, Love Song, A ChristmasCarol. A Little Night Music (SD Critic's Award, Best Director), The Receptionist, TheInvention of Love, Bed and Sofa '04 (SD Critic's Award, Best Director, Best MusicalRevival), Las Meninas, Escanaba in do Moonlight (SD Critic's Circle, Set Design), TheBook of Liz, Pageant, Bug, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, st. Nicholas, The Matchmaker,Desire Under the Elms, Santaland Diaries, Biedermann and the Firebugs, FullyCommitted, Arcadia, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, My Fair Lady. Elsewhere:

The Elephant Man (Patte, Direction), Man of La Mancha, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties,North Coast Rep; Never the Sinner, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Diversionary. Acting Credits: A Little NightMusic, My Fair Lady, Man of La Mancha, The Rocky Horror Show, The Elephant Man, Richard 11/, Travesties.Sean holds a BJ.A. from the professional actors training program at the North Carolina School of theArts. In 2000, Sean was named one of San Diego Magazine's "50 People to Watch" and in 2005 hewas named Producer of the Year by the San Diego Critic's Circle. Sean Murray is sponsored by Artist

Advocates Larry & Sydney Cousins and Steven Schwarz & Miles Kahler.

Uf fAM Uf fAMDog Act, Expecting Isabel, Eurydice (Moxie); Tick,Tick...BOOM (Stone Soup); Sideman (BANG). Mattholds a Bachelors of Arts in Theatre Design andTechnology from SDSU.

ERIC LOmo (Lighting Designer) Cygnet Theatre(Resident Artist): Sweeney Todd, Man fromNebraska, Fully Committed, Noises Off, Hedwigand the Angry Inch, Bed and Sofa, Mauritius,The History Boys, It's A Wonderful Life, Dying City,The Receptionist, Fences, The Turn of the Screw,St. Nicholas, Communicating Doors, Arcadia,Yellowman, Bug, Copenhagen, The Little Foxes(SD Critics Circle Award). Elsewhere: The GoodBody, San Diego Repertory Theatre, The Listener,Rhubarb, Wet, Moxie Theatre; Les Miserables,

Beauty and the Beast, Route 66, Moonlight;Ragtime, Aida, Urinetown, Sweeney Todd,Starlight; Riptide, Shamu's House of Douse, Terrorsof the Deep, SeaWorld.

SHIRLEY PIERSOW (Costume Designer) CygnetTheatre (Resident Artist): Sweeney Todd, It's aWonderful Life, The History Boys, A ChristmasCarol. San Diego Theatre: Holiday Memories,Scripps Ranch Theatre; Richard //I, Old Globe/

University of San Diego; Good Night DesdemonaGood Morning Juliet, Trepidation Nation costumeand set design, University of San Diego; TheGood Person of Szechwan, Archangels Don'tPlay Pinball, The Jungle Book, San Diego StateUniversity. Elsewhere: Drumming Up Peace, Zip'sGreat Day, Someone Like Me, Jay and Eon the ZigZag Sea, Kaiser Foundation Educational TheatreProgram. Awards include a Patte Award forTheater Excellence, Outstanding Costume Design;The Irving Parker Award for Excellence in TheatreArts; and The Kennedy Center American CollegeTheater Festival, Region VIII, Costume Design inProduction Award.

ANDY SCRIMGER (Technical Director) is the ownerand founder of Volume 11, a graphic design andlarge-format printing agency in San Diego, CA.Prior to moving to San Diego, he served as theTechnical Director at the Marin Theatre Companyand worked as a freelance designer for theatresincluding CCMf, SF Playhouse, the York School,Center Repertory Theatre, and Western Stage.Andy received his degree in Theatrical Designfrom Chico State in 1998. Through Volume 11, hehas drafted set designs for such productions as

Last Comic Standing, The Chris Isaac Show, Dans /e

Ciel, and Top Chef (Season 4). Andy is a memberot San Diego Ad Club and a leader in eco-friendlyprinting and design. He works with many clients toproduce color-specialized marketing and artworkfor banners, vehicle wraps, event displays, andgallery exhibits.

COLLEEN KOLLAR SMITH (Choreographer)Choreography: Resident Choreographer forLamb's Players Theatre. At LPT: Pump Boys andDineffes, Godspell, Light in the Piazza, Hello, Dolly!,Joseph .. ., An American Christmas. MoonlightStage Productions: Ring Round the Moon, YouNever Can Tell. Performance: Cygnet: Bed andSofa (San Diego Critics Circle Craig Noel Award).Proud Member of the Lamb's Players TheatreResident Acting Ensemble. Upcoming at LPT ­Smoke on the Mountain and the premiere ofmiXtape which she isco-writing with Jon Lorenz.

GEORGE YEo (Fight Choreographer) CygnetTheatre (Resident Artist): Sweeney Todd, NoisesOff, Mauritius, Dying City, Communicating Doors,Bug, Desire Under the Elms, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.La Jolla Playhouse: Tobacco Road, Peter and

the Star Catchers; The Old Globe: The WhippingMan, Alive and Well, The Price, Dancing in theDark; Compass: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf;Old Globe MFA: Richard //I, Pericles, An AbsoluteTurkey, Marat Sade. George is a member of theSociety of American Fight Directors, Actor's Equityand teaches theatre at the University of San Diegoand Mesa College.

" ACTOR'S EQUITY ASSOCIATION

Actor's Equity Association (AEA),founded in 1913, represents more

,than 45,000 actors and stageACTORS managers in the United States.EQUITY Equity seeks to advance, promoteASSOWTlON 1913 and foster the art of live theatre

as an essential component of our society. Equitynegotiates wages and working conditions,providing a wide range of benefits, includinghealth and pension plans. AEA is a member ofthe AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an

international organization of performing artsunions. The Equity emblem is our mark ofexcellence. www.actorsequity.org

This program is part of the heART of Old Town initiative, with funding from The San Diego .;~~Foundation and the County of San Diego. ~,,)

Stephen Metcalfe

Bill & Judy Garrett

Thanks to a generous gift from theatre lovers Bill and

Judy Garrett, Cygnet Theatre has begun a program for

developing NewWork. The project is directed by Associate

Artistic Director, Francis Gercke and began with our first

reading of The Tragedy of the Commons by Stephen

Metcalfe. A second reading of that play will take place in

October, in preparation for the full production, opening

in early 2011 as part of our upcoming

2010-11 Season. A second play by

Mr. Mecalfe, World of Their Own was read for the first time in late April with a

talk-back afterward, providing an opportunity for the audience to ask questions

and make comments about the work. There are other playwrights interested

in participating in Cygnet's 'Playwrights in Process' and more information willfollow when details are confirmed.