Theatre of NOTE presents the West Coast premiere of

D DEB DEBBIE DEBORAH By Jerry Lieblich

Directed by Doug Oliphant

Stage Managed by Stacy Benjamin

Produced for NOTE by Travis York;

Associate Produced by Jenny Soo and Travis Moscinski

Initially produced and developed at the Wild Project in May 2015 by Clubbed Thumb, an Obie award-winning company that commissions, develops, and

produces funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living American writers.

Scenic Design Joe Holbrook Lighting Design Eb Madry Costume Design Amanda Maciel Antunes Sound Design Mark McClain Wilson Assistant Director Julie Ouellette Assistant Scenic Design Bethany Lizarraga Graphic Design Alex Stephens Publicity David Elzer/DEMAND PR

This show is produced with special permission from and under the guidelines of the Actors’ Equity Association 99-Seat Plan.

This performance is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Actor E ................................................................................. Kerr Lordygan+ Karl (Actor C) ....................................................................... Greg Nussen+* Voice/Julia (Actor D) ............................................................ Alina Phelan+* Deb (Actor A) ............................................................................. Jenny Soo+ Mark (Actor B) ....................................................................... Travis York+*

Understudies Deb (Actor A): Liesel Hansen+*; Actor E: Debbie Jaffe+*; Voice/Julia (Actor D): Sierra Marcks; Karl (Actor C): Travis Moscinski+; Mark (Actor B): Phil Ward+

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

+Member of SAG-AFTRA

D Deb Debbie Deborah is performed without an intermission. The restroom will not be available during the performance.

Please turn off all electronic devices. Texting, tweeting, flash photography or any other use of these devices

is prohibited during the performance. No sound and/or image recording devices are permitted in the theatre.

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D DEB DEBBIE DEBORAH

D Deb Debbie Deborah Crew

Master Carpenter: Bill Voorhees Master Electrician: Eb Madry

Front of House: Cat Chengery AMC Liaison: Jonathon Lamer

Program Design: Dan Wingard Proofreaders: Phil Ward, Tony DeCarlo

Director’s Notes

Identity is subjective.

Our perception of another person is distorted by our own needs at any given time, and it often robs us from connecting with who that person really is.

But sometimes I lose track of who I am. Sometimes I need you to be someone else. Sometimes I’m not ready for you to be you just yet. If you could just be who I need you to be right now, I might just find myself again.

— Doug Oliphant

Special Thanks

Naked Dog Printing Press Out of Print Clothing

Tumbleweed Tex Styles Hamburger Mary’s Weho

Jeffrey Bowman (Foxy) Roxy Wood

Mandi Moss Holmes Candle Delirium

Voice Casters Johnny C.

Paso Robles Wine Relativity Media

Groundwork Coffee AO International Clubbed Thumb

Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab Alysha Brady Tom Jacobson

Colby Day David Thomas Dan Wingard Amy Tofte

Susie Obregon Molly Wootton Chad Ritterbach Jennifer Hooper Carrie Buchan Sharon Yablon

Kimberly Megan Yarnall Kevan Tucker

Julia Silverman Jennifer Morris

Elyse Mirto Melissa Cruz

Greg Bleier Roni Geva

David Wilcox Susan Sullivan Allison Volk

Chris Wells & The Naked City Sonya Shrier Justin Rigby

Studio Matter Films Matthew Lawler

Alex Chu Elizabeth Sung

Nicole Gabriella Scipione Carrie Johnson

Jen Prince David Bickford

Margaret Jane Dwyer Scott Marden Diane Bellino

Jaime Andrews Annabelle Larsen Sarah Jane Ryan

Minju Cho Alina Phelan Ballou

Evan Hilsabeck Kathleen Reibold Kelly Moscinski

Alex Mack Kathleen O’Grady

Hills Snyder Joe Roche Max Bales

The Asylum Sheila Callaghan

Very Special Thanks

Ellen Soo Nancy York Jevan Soo

Barbara Abundiz Kevin Alejandro

Kirsten Vangsness Todd Gilman

Dan Dietz Cailin Harrison Marie Oliphant Richard Hadsell

Barb Lawler MoMA Visitor Services Department

Antje Oegel

Cast Biographies

Kerr Lordygan (Actor E) – With a BFA in Acting from USC, Kerr has relentlessly thrown himself on local stages for over 30 years – welcome or not – and now he is proud to force himself upon the acclaimed NOTE stage as well. He has been an

actor, director, writer and producer, but...hey, does anybody really read these? If you're reading this, send a signal…like, do the chicken dance. Or maybe just vogue...?

Greg Nussen (Karl (Actor C)) – Theatre of NOTE debut! Los Angeles: Boxes (Theatre West), Grow a Pair of Wings (Fresh Produce’d). New York: The Tempest (CSC), Four-Letter Word (CSC & World Event Young Artists in Nottingham, UK), The

Government Inspector (3LD), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pulse Ensemble), Old Paper Houses (Piehole). Greg is an improviser performing at The Groundlings and UCB. Co-host of Moron That Later, an NPR parody podcast on iTunes. Subscribe! MFA, Columbia. www.gregnussen.com

Alina Phelan (Voice/Julia (Actor D)) is super excited you’re here and loves this play. Other NOTE shows include: Rio Hondo, Entropy, Niagara Falls, Hamlet: The First Quarto (winner – Garland Award), I Wanna Hold Your Hand,

Disassembly, Hearts Like Fists, Figure 8 and Bing. Other theatres: ICT: Dead Man’s Cell Phone, All In The Timing. Chalk Rep: Family Planning (Best Actress Ovation nomination). Circle X: Lascivious Something. Open Fist: Love Water. Recent film and TV credits include: Grey’s Anatomy, Shameless, Rizzoli & Isles, The Selling. #Pro99

Jenny Soo (Deb (Actor A)) feels good to be back at NOTE. This past spring she played a sassy teen (perhaps for the last time) in Dry Land at the Echo. Recent film/TV credits include: Murder in Mexico and the upcoming thriller Division 19. She holds a

BFA from NYU and an MFA from the ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard University. She would like to thank Doug, Jerry, Travis x2, her family and especially her husband.

Travis York (Mark (Actor B)) is from Texas. He has worked with Soho Rep, The Echo, 13P, Salvage Vanguard, The Committee, NYTW, La Mama, PS 122 and The Flea, among others. TV/film: yeah, some. He is the Lit Manager for

NOTE and was a two-time recipient of the Michener Fellowship in Playwriting at UT Austin. For Maw-Maw.

Alternate Cast Biographies

Liesel Hansen (Deb (Actor A)) – Liesel is both excited and nervous. Let's do this. Previous projects include the Lionsgate horror film Children of Sorrow and the original cast of Re-Animator the Musical (soundtrack coming soon)!

Debbie Jaffe (Actor E) couldn't pass up a show with all versions of her name in the title! She was last seen at NOTE in Steve Yockey's Niagara Falls. She's currently working on Wingin' It, a web series she created with a dear friend from her MFA

program at the Actors Studio: www.winginit.tv. Call her for your kid's bar or bat mitzvah lessons; she plays Rabbi on Saturdays. ☺

Sierra Marcks (Voice/Julia (Actor D)) – At NOTE: Phrazzled. Other southern CA credits include Long Beach Playhouse; Lyric Hyperion. NYC: Puppet Shakespeare Players; Adirondack Shakespeare; Merry Go Round Playhouse; 3V

Theatre; Red Fern Theatre and more. www.sierramarcks.com

Travis Moscinski (Karl (Actor C)) – Thank you for coming out this evening to visit our theatre and see our amazing show. This is a passion project of mine and I have to thank Jenny Soo and Travis York for all their hard work to make this dream a

reality. Most recently, you may have seen me in the racy comedy Entropy. And I’m very happy to be back on stage as part of this production. I hope that it makes you laugh and maybe think a little (or a lot). But most of all, I want you to have a good time. And thanks to my marvelous and understanding wife, Kelly, for putting up with me during this process. Cheers!

Phil Ward (Mark (Actor B)) has been a NOTE member since the eighties and shows no sign of going away. This century he’s appeared at NOTE in Clyt At Home, Lydia In Bed, 365 Plays/365 Days, Film, Have You Seen Alice, Copy and I

Wanna Hold Your Hand. He directs children’s theatre, performs at Disneyland, gigs occasionally as a guitar comic (you can see him a lot on KPBS in San Diego), and loves Silvie.

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Production Team Biographies

Doug Oliphant (Director) is stoked to be directing at NOTE. Recently directed Eurydice (Ophelia’s Jump), SubUrbia (Pacific Resident Theatre), Elizabeth Hammond—a Eulogy and Rite of Seymour (Drive Theatre), Love Life Alpha (Sci-Fest), Lazy Boy (The Blank’s YPF), The Sound of Silence (OC-Centric New Play Fest), and far too many readings. AD for Garry Hynes on The Price (CTG/Mark Taper). Recipient of The Kennedy Center’s ACTF SDC Directing Fellowship. BFA from Central Connecticut State University, studied at the O’Neill’s National Theater Institute and St. Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy (Russia). SDC Associate and Directors Lab West Producer. www.DougOliphant.com

Jerry Lieblich (Playwright) is a Brooklyn-based playwright. His work has been performed and developed at Playwrights Horizons, Soho Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Page 73, and other theaters, rooms and basements in New York and elsewhere. He is the writerly half of the devising team Tiny Little Band, a published scientist, and former bird-of-prey handler. www.tinylittleband.com

Travis York (Producer) – Please see his bio under “Cast Biographies.”

Jenny Soo (Associate Producer) – Please see her bio under “Cast Biographies.”

Travis Moscinski (Associate Producer) – Please see his bio under “Cast Biographies.”

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Stacy Benjamin (Stage Manager) – Proud NOTE member since 2009. Productions at NOTE include: Spider Bites; FUBAR; A Mulholland Christmas Carol (co-production with Sacred Fools); Kill Me, Deadly; Eat the Runt; Shoe Story; Disassembly; Possum Carcass and Phrazzled. Much love and adoration to the cast and entire production team.

Joe Holbrook (Scenic Designer) – This is Joe’s first design for Theatre of NOTE. His recent designs include The Big Meal, Maple and Vine, Triassic Parq: The Musical, and Rooms: A Rock Romance (Ovation Award nomination) at the Chance Theatre; also Eurydice for Ophelia’s Jump Productions, The Wedding Singer, Tartuffe, Our Lady of 121st Street, 365 Days, and Equus. Joe also designs and drafts for special events at Disneyland and works internationally as a Technical Director. He received his MFA from CSU Fullerton where he received the KC/ACTF Barbizon National Award for Scene Design as well as the regional KC/ACTF award for Technical Direction. Joe is on the production staff for the Theatre department at CSU Fullerton and teaches design and technical production classes at several colleges in Southern California.

Eb Madry (Lighting Designer) is a third-year MFA candidate at the University of California at Irvine. She is a proud alumnus of Texas Tech University and spent the 2013-2014 theater season at the Arkansas Repertory Theater as the electrics assistant to the Master Electrician. Eb has lighted special events for The Clinton Presidential Library, P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm and at UCI has designed two mainstage productions, more than ten dance pieces, and worked as the ME for five mainstage productions. Her most recent design is Georama, a new musical directed by Paul Barnes and presented by Great River Shakespeare Festival. Eb is honored to be mentored by Professor Lonnie Alcaraz and Professor Jaymi Smith. To see more examples of Eb’s work, please visit her website at www.ebmadry.com.

Amanda Maciel Antunes (Costume Designer) is proud to be joining Theatre of NOTE once again. Antunes's recent work includes costumes for Helsinki West's production of I Gelosi, David Bucci's Possum Carcass at Theatre of NOTE and Annie Baker's The Flick (2014 Norton Award for Outstanding Design). Other recent projects include: How We Got On (Company One Theatre), The Stronger, Rancho Mirage (New Rep Theater). She has created custom wardrobes for music videos, as well as for films, commercials and most recently for HitRECord on TV. Ms. Antunes studied at Universidade Belas Artes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she is originally from, and has had a lifelong passion for theatre and performance.

Mark McClain Wilson (Sound Designer) – Previous sound designs at Theatre of NOTE include Hearts Like Fists (LA Weekly nomination) and Skeleton Stories (Ovation nomina-tion). He’s designed over thirty shows in Los Angeles at such companies as Sacred Fools (Ovation nomination for Neighbor-hood 3: Requisition of Doom), Theatre Banshee, Syzygy Theatre, Celebration Theatre, The MET Theatre, The Elephant Theatre, The Lounge Theatre, Vox Humana, and Inside the Ford. He designed sound effects and did sound mixing for the films Show Me and A Girl, A Guy, and a Space Helmet. In addition to his work as a designer, Mark has worked exten-sively in Los Angeles as an actor and director. I heart PMD.

Julie Ouellette (Assistant Director) is an actor, director, and fight choreographer in Los Angeles. Recent acting credits include Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday (Netflix) and Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything (Disney XD). Other projects include Orange is the New Musical! (Director, Los Angeles Theatre Center), The Outsiders (Fight Choreographer, La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts), and Awful Pretty (Stunt Coordinator, produced by Alex Williams). Julie is having a rad time working with NOTE on D Deb Debbie Deborah and hopes you enjoy the show!

Bethany Lizarraga (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a recent graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a major in Theatre Scene Design and a minor in Art. She has been involved in several productions at Cal State Fullerton, as well as the recent production of The Big Meal at the Chance Theatre. This is her first time designing at Theatre of NOTE.

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