Bang! Productions presents:

by Warren LeightDirected by Scott Striegel

Bang! Productions presents:

by Warren Leight

Directed by Scott Striegel

Produced by Michael McKeon & Scott Striegel

Choreographer

Miriam Cuperman

Costume DesignJemima Dutra

Hair & Wig DesignPeter Herman

Sound DesignMatt Lescault-Wood

Scenic DesignMichael McKeon

Properties DesignDavid J. Medina II

Stage ManagerSarah K Palmer

Lighting Design

Christopher Renda

Castin alphabetical order

Terry Amanda Cooley Davis

Jonesy Tom Hall

Clifford Brian Mackey

AI. Don Pugh

Ziggy Scott Striegel

Patsy Jacque Wilke

Gene Eddie Yaroch

Time: the 1950s through the 1980s

Place: New York City

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

SIDE MAN is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

NOTESMusic is considered the most abstract of all art forms. It is colorless and odorless.

We do not watch it. We cannot hold it in our hands or take a picture of it. Yet this

invisible art can elicit emotion, evoke mood, and make us feel nostalgic. It can make

us want to jump up and dance, shout, laugh, and it can move us to tears. In America,

Jazz wore the crown for half of the 20th century. Jazz musicians captured not only our

attention but also our imagination. Side Man reminds us that there was a time when

instrumentalists, not vocalists, were pop stars. Rhythm, not rhyme held our interest;

a time when men and women gathered around their radios, in juke joints, and in

nightclubs to jive. To be transported. To just listen.

SPECIAL THANKSFirst of all, we would like to thank Dan Kirsh, Bret Young and Travis Guss of

Diversionary Theatre for the guidance and help in mounting this production of

SIDE MAN. Without them, this production wouldn't have happened.

Jazz 88.3 Official Arts Partner

Marc Steinberg For Sharing his Knowledge of Jazz

Della and Hennin Foreman Trombone Loan

Chris Burger, Patrick Marion, Mark Wischkaemper, John Yaroch Box Office

Jules Schreiber and Team Ushers

Bacione Ristorante Opening Night Catering

John Whitley-Gibson Trumpet Instructions

Sigal Govrin Lobby Artist

San Diego Art Institute For the Love

SIDE MAN pays tribute to some of the great jazz trumpet players of the 20th

century. If you have an interest in the type music presented in tonight's show,

please look up and listen to the artists that we have included both in the show and

in our research material: Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown,

Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Bobby Hackett, as well as Freddie Hubbard,

Donald Byrd and Blue Mitchell.

Trumpet Solo performed by Andrew Elstob.

THE CASTAmanda Cooley Davis (Terry) SD Theatre: KILLER JOE

(Dottie), The Twenty Year Package (Ashlyn), Compass;

Terra Nova (Kathleen) 6th@Penn; Trojan Women

(Andromache), ion; A Christmas Carol (Christmas

Past, Martha), Cygnet; The Long Christmas Ride

Home (Claire), Diversionary; The Deception (Chevalier

u/s) , La Jolla Playhouse; The Bear (Popova), Tonic.

MFA in Acting, Brooklyn College.

Tom Hall (Jonesy) Selected Theatre Credits: Fade to

White (Grenna, Sweden); Julius Caesar (NVA); The

Magic Fire, Hay Fever, Bedroom Farce (MoonlighVAvo);

Relatively Speaking (NCRT); A Hundred Birds, Bloody

Poetry, Terra Nova (6th@Penn); The Complete Works

of William Shakespeare Abridged, Love Negotiated

(Lotus Theatre Collective); The Love of Three Oranges

(Understudy) (La Jolla Playhouse). B.A. Theatre­

UNC-Wilmington.

Brian Mackey (Clifford) History Boys (Cygnet); The

Little Dog Laughed, As Much As Vou Can, Corpus

Christi (Diversionary); A Streetcar Named Desire,

Bash, The Grapes of Wrath (Ion); A Christmas Carol

(North Coast Rep); Night Sky (Mo'olelo); Julius Caesar

(New Village Arts); The Playboy of the Western World

(Cinnabar Theatre); A Bright Room Called Day

(Actor's Theatre).

Warren leight (Playwright) Leight was born on January 15, 1957,

in New York City. When he was sixteen, he began attending Stanford

University, where he studied journalism. In interviews, Leight hasnoted that SIDE MAN touches on issues that were relevant to his

own childhood. So much so, in fact, that the author notes that it

was a difficult play for him to write. However, Leight is quick to note

that many of the specific situations in the play were invented for

dramatic purposes and that the play is not totally autobiographical.

SIDE MAN won multiple awards including the 1999 Tony Award

for Best Play, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Glimmer, Glimmer

and Shine, received an American Theatre Critics Association Nomination for Best New

Play Award. Other theatre includes Mayor, the Musical (Drama Desk nomination, Book)

and The Final Investigation of Ceaucescu's Dog; (EST Marathon; Chicago Humanities

Festival). Mr. Leight is on the Councils of both the Writers' Guild of America East and theDramatists' Guild.

Don Pugh (AI) Don was recently seen in Compass

Theatre's production of KILLER JOE and has also

worked with the North Coast Rep., Octad-One and

Lamb's Players. In his free time he enjoys traveling,

expanding his polyglot exploits and performing the

Haka for free beer in pubs.

Scott Striegel (Ziggy/Director) Scott appeared Off­

Broadway in High Strung Quartet, and also in the New

York Fringe Festival's Y2Gay (Village Voice Award.) He

now calls San Diego home. He has performed with

Diversionary (facing east, Dear Harvey), San Diego

Repertory, and Vox Nova. Scott thanks Marc Steinberg

who taught him to 'Just listen, man!"

Jacque Wilke (Patsy) She was last seen as Suzette in

North Coast Repertory's Don't Dress for Dinner. She

graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic

Arts in 2006. Film credits include Roll Over, Play

Dead, The Little Astronaut, Red Hot and Bothered,and A Promise.

Eddie Yaroch (Gene) Recent credits: Macbeth

(Banquo/Doctor), Intrepid Shakespeare Company;

Acts Of Faith (Loren/Jack), Laterthanever

Productions; The Shadow Box (Brian), Scripps Ranch

Theatre; Golden Boy (Roxy Gottleib), New Village

Arts; Terra Nova (Wilson), 6th@Penn. Future roles

include Picasso At The Lapin Agile (Gaston), New

Village Arts this November.

Diversionary Theatre

was founded in

1986 to provide

quality theatre for

the lesbian, gay,

bisexual and transgender communities. The mission of the theatre is to produce plays

with gay, lesbian and bisexual themes that portray characters in their complexity and

diversity both historically and contemporarily.

Diversionary Theatre is recognized as one of San Diego's best theaters. Though its

history has been long and varied, it is one of the most vibrant showcases of theatrical

talent in the city.

Over the last four years the theater has elevated its productions and extended its season.

The response has been remarkable, as its productions regularly receive "Critic's Choice",

"Don't miss it" reviews, and multiple awards.

Sarah K Palmer (Stage Manager) graduated in 2008 from Chapman

University with a BA in Technical Theatre with and emphasis in Stage

Management. Recent shows include Lonesome West (Triad Productions),

Acts of Faith (Laterthanever Productions), and lanna, Don't (Ariel Performing

_' '" Arts). At Chapman, she stage managed several shows including A School for

•• I Scandal, The Tempest, A Night of Noh Theatre and A Piece of My Heart.

Christopher Renda (Lighting Design) works at Mesa College Theater

Company as the Master Electrician, as well as an assistant director and

a lA. in the acting classes. His recent backstage credits include lighting

design for The Little Dog Laughed and As Much As You Can (Diversionary),

live microphone mixing for It's a Wonderful Life and A Little Night

Music (Cygnet), scenic design for Fat Pig and First Love (Innermission

Productions). He recently directed Love Unrequited (Gallery Three) in the

New Perspective festival.

Sigal Govrin (Artist) Sigal was born inIsrael in a small kibbutz near Haifa. She

moved to Northern California with her

family when she was eleven and started

focusing on her interest in art, exploringmore mediums, and discovering her deep

love for painting.

In 2001 she attended San Diego State

University and spent her junior year

studying abroad at SAC I (Studio Arts

Center International) in Florence, Italy.

While in Florence, she was strongly

influenced by the great masters and their

figurative paintings and derived greatinspiration from living in one of the art capitals of the world.

Sigal graduated with a BA in Painting and is pursuing a career in art

with a concentration in portraiture. She loves to capture her subject's

emotions and likeness on canvas and thinks that the best part is

bringing joy to those receiving the gift:

"I think the best feeling in the world is the exchange of the final

painting, when I see the emotions on that person's face and they

tell me that I captured the essence of their personality in my work. I

couldn't ask for a better compliment!"

Sigal thanks her family for her unique upbringing and the perspective

of growing up in a kibbutz and a country with such diverse cultures.

She continues to pursue her other passion - travel - which helps her

derive new inspiration for her paintings and her growth as a well­

rounded artist. She currently paints out of her studio in San Diego and

does commission work in oils and acrylics. She is often recognized for

her unique work for special events such as weddings, Bar-Mitzvahs,

birthdays, anniversaries and fundraisers.

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