` Theatre of NOTE presents the West Coast premiere of Welcome to the White Room By Trish Harnetiaux Directed by Megan A. McGuane Stage Managed by Kelly Egan Produced for NOTE by Aaron Saldaña, Jaxy Boyd, and Michelle Cullen Assistant Director Greg Nussen Scenic Design Amanda Knehans Lighting Design Rebecca Raines Costume Design Sarah Figoten Wilson Sound Design Dean Harada Graphic Design Kjai Block Publicity David Elzer/DEMAND PR This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule. This performance is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
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Theatre of NOTE presents the West Coast premiere of Welcome to the White Room
By Trish Harnetiaux
Directed by Megan A. McGuane
Stage Managed by Kelly Egan
Produced for NOTE by Aaron Saldaña, Jaxy Boyd, and Michelle Cullen
Assistant Director Greg Nussen Scenic Design Amanda Knehans Lighting Design Rebecca Raines Costume Design Sarah Figoten Wilson Sound Design Dean Harada Graphic Design Kjai Block Publicity David Elzer/DEMAND PR
This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule.
This performance is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
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Theatre of NOTE presents the West Coast premiere of
Welcome to the White RoomBy Trish Harnetiaux
Directed by Megan A. McGuane
Stage Managed by Kelly Egan
Produced for NOTE by Aaron Saldaña, Jaxy Boyd, and Michelle Cullen
Assistant Director Greg NussenScenic Design Amanda KnehansLighting Design Rebecca RainesCostume Design Sarah Figoten WilsonSound Design Dean HaradaGraphic Design Kjai BlockPublicity David Elzer/DEMAND PR
This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule.
This performance is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Cast
Mr. Paine..........................................Chris Gardner+
Alternate CastElinor Gunn+ - Ms. White, David Bickford*+ - Jennings, Jonathan Lamer*+
Mr. Paine, Robert Paterno* - Patrick
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
+Member of SAG-AFTRA
Welcome to the White Room 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.
Welcome to the White Room Production CrewProp and Culinary Design Andrea RuthFight Choreography Jen AlbertDance Choreography Nancy Dobbs OwenAssistant Dance Choreographer Ana Cardenas
Welcome to the White Room Crew
Front of House: Cat Chengery, Sierra Marcks
AMC Liaison: David Wilcox
Master Carpenter Bill Voorhees
Program Design: Steven Biggs
Proofreaders: Phil Ward, Tony DeCarlo, Dan Wingard
AFTER THE SHOW, FOLLOW US
on Twitter: @theatreofNOTE #W2TWR on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theatreofNOTE
on Instagram: @theatreofNOTE #W2TWR
Welcome to the White Room Production Crew
Prop and Culinary Design Andrea Ruth
Fight Choreography Jen Albert
Dance Choreography Nancy Dobbs Owen
Assistant Dance Choreographer Ana Cardenas
Welcome to the White Room Crew
Front of House: Cat Chengery, Sierra Marcks AMC Liaison: David Wilcox
Master Carpenter Bill Voorhees Program Design: Steven Biggs
Proofreaders: Phil Ward, Tony DeCarlo, Dan Wingard
AFTER THE SHOW, FOLLOW US
on Twitter: @theatreofNOTE #W2TWR on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theatreofNOTE
on Instagram: @theatreofNOTE #W2TWR
Special Thanks
Raul Rosario, Cellar 43 Kelsey Choi, Waku Waku Sake Bar
David Bickford Kirsten Vangsness and Blinking Owl Distillery
Keith HansonLeslie Evans Alissa Smith Carl Pinder
Rebecca Watson Kathleen O'Grady
Calico Podcast
Andrea Ruth, Omnibus Delecto
Rebecca Light, Whimsy Do
Sienna H. Rayne
Google and Big Red Button
Troy Blendell
Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher, Actors Comedy Studio
Cast Biographies
Chris Gardner (Mr. Paine) is an NAACP Award-nominated actor (for Sunset Baby) whose career has spanned theater, television, film, print, and radio. TV credits include Oz, Law & Order, The Practice, The West Wing, Hart of Dixie and Pretty Little Liars. Theater credits include A Good Soldier (Odyssey Theatre), The America Play (Theatre @ Boston Court), Sunset Baby (Odyssey Theatre), Unbound (Hudson Theatre). Voice-over credits include Star Trek: Into Darkness, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and
World of Warcraft. www.ChrisLivesHere.com
Sarah Lilly (Jennings) - Northwestern (BS), UCLA (MFA) and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Most recently onstage she was Cheesecake in A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes here at NOTE and Charlie Gordon’s mother in Flowers for Algernon at Deaf West. Big-screen stuff includes Eleanor Roosevelt in Think and Grow Rich, Negative Proof and Blind Sight. On the small screen: Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan and You’re the Worst. She has always wanted to be
a mad scientist.
Sierra Marcks (Ms. White) - At NOTE: Phrazzled, D Deb Debbie Deborah, A Beautiful Day in November... Other LA credits include Lyric Hyperion, Cupcake Theatre, Long Beach Playhouse. www.sierramarcks.com
Reuben Uy (Patrick) is a theater and film actor based in Los Angeles. Selected credits: Etienne in East West Players' La Cage Aux Folles, Laertes in Hamlet, Argan in Le Malade Imaginaire, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Eilert Loevborg in Hedda Gabler, Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire, Charles Aznavour in Piaf, Luke in Altar Boyz. For film, he played JJ in Metro Manila, Audience Award winner in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Alternate Cast Biographies
David Bickford (Jennings understudy), actor, vocal coach and roller derby fan, has appeared in many, many plays in his 23 years with Theatre of NOTE, most recently as Sarah Lilly’s husband (among other roles) in A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes. Recent TV includes The People v. O.J. Simpson, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and several sketches for Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Elinor Gunn (Ms. White understudy) - Elinor is delighted to be cast as an understudy alongside such talented actors in such a remarkable play. A recent transplant to LA, Elinor had great success in Seattle, where she was cast in the American premiere of Sugar Daddies, written and directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn; performed as Olivia in Twelfth Night and Cordelia in King Learwith Seattle Shakespeare Company, and as Queen Elizabeth I (a personal favorite) in Holiday of Errors with Sound Theatre Company, twice voted
Seattle's Theatre of the Year. This will mark Elinor's first theatrical performance in LA since the move. She hopes you continue to support local theatre, and enjoy the show!
Robert Paterno (Patrick understudy) - Training: MFA in Acting (Southern Methodist University). Credits: LA - Celebration Theatre, Company of Angels, Drive Theatre, Shakespeare Orange County, Sacred Fools Theater, Speakeasy Society, Theatricum Botanicum, Hudson Theatre. Regional - Stagewest, Great River Shakespeare. TV/film: Vampire Diaries (recurring), Days of Our Lives. He works as a Teaching Artist with The Unusual Suspects and Geffen Playhouse, and teaches Forensic Science with the Johns Hopkins Center for
Talented Youth. Enjoy the show!
Jonathon Lamer (Mr. White understudy) – At NOTE: Banshee, Possum Carcass, and understudied the role of Paul in I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Other credits include The Liar and The Curse of Oedipus at Antaeus, Pericles and Much Ado About Nothing at A Noise Within, Rabbit Hole, Frozen, and The Goat or Who is Sylvia? at The Chance Theater, and An Ideal Husband at The Sierra Madre Playhouse. Regional credits include Angels in America at the Arkansas Rep and many roles for Playhouse on the Square in Memphis and
St. Louis Shakespeare.
Production Team Biographies
Trish Harnetiaux (Playwright) - Her plays include How to Get into Buildings, Welcome to the White Room (Samuel French), and If You Can Get To Buffalo (forthcoming from Samuel French). She was a member of the Ars Nova Play Group and the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab. Currently, she's developing some new plays: Weren’t You in My Science Class? (Ars Nova), TIN CAT Shoes (Playwrights Horizons & Clubbed Thumb, Ars Nova) and Bender and Brian, a tale of subversive Breakfast Club fan-fiction. MFA, Brooklyn College.
Megan A. McGuane (Director) - A Los Angeles-based theater director with roots in Chicago, she remains a founding ensemble member of Sideshow Theatre Company, and served as the Executive Director from 2007 to 2016. A recent transplant, Megan has directed for Chalk Repertory Theatre (Chalk Rep Flash Festival 2016), Echo Theater (staged reading) and the Playwright's Union (First Peek Festival 2017). Megan focuses on new works and world premieres, and has directed multiple plays with Sideshow Theatre (Chalk, Tyrant, The Burden of Not Having a Tail, Theories of the Sun) and also at Southern Illinois University, iO Chicago, and 20% Theatre Company. She is a proud graduate of The Catholic University of America.
Greg Nussen (Assistant Director) - Greg is honored to have assisted Megan during this
production, which mostly consisted of nodding pensively as she spoke more intelligently than he did. He is also an AEA and SAG-AFTRA actor but that has nothing to do with this show. MFA, Columbia. www.gregnussen.com
Aaron Saldaña (Producer) - For info and credits, visit www.tech-tor.com.
Michelle Cullen (Producer) is currently in her second year at Theatre of NOTE. Her previous NOTE credits include Red Helen (Sound Designer), Supper (Co-producer), and Phrazzled (Assistant Stage Manager). She is excited to see this play brought to life on the NOTE stage, and is so thankful you're here to see it!
Jaxy Boyd (Producer) has been a member of Theatre of NOTE since 2013; she recently appeared in Theatre of NOTE’s Young Writers Program. Her most recent TV work includes Henry Danger, Hand of God, and Harry’s Law. Jaxy holds a BA in Drama from Stanford University and an MBA from UC Berkeley. This is her first time producing for NOTE!
Kelly Egan (Stage Manager) is a proud Tech and Artistic Management Committee member at NOTE. She is a freelance SM and has worked all over Los Angeles with many fantastic artists. Kelly also works for the Haugh Performing Arts Center. Sometimes she also makes the lights twinkle, speakers sing, and the walls look pretty. And props...she just did a lot of props. Thank you, family and friends, for your continued support of the arts.
Amanda Knehans (Scenic Designer) is a Los Angeles-based scenic designer and art director. Recent theatre credits include Dry Land (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Blueberry Toast, One of the Nice Ones, and A Small Fire (The Echo Theater), ICU and Goonie (Circle X), and Mutual Philanthropy (Ensemble Studio Theatre). Recent film credits include Assistant Art Director on East Los High seasons 4 and 5 (Hulu) and Sing It! season 1 (YouTube Red).
Rebecca Raines (Lighting Designer) is a Georgia native who has spent 15 years performing, stage managing, and designing lighting. She and her husband founded LightRaines, a technical company providing events in LA, Atlanta and beyond, with lighting, sound, management, and multimedia services. In LA, her designs have lit the Zephyr Theatre’s Low-Hanging Fruit, House of Yes and Theatre of NOTE’s Whiskey Maiden. Special appreciation to her husband, J.R., whose daily adventures make it worth getting up in the mornings. Enjoy the show!
Kjai Block (Graphic Designer) - Kjai has been a part of Theatre of NOTE since 2013 and loves each and every member. You would have last seen him on the NOTE stage with a headset during A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes. He is pleased as punch to be able to help see this show come to life.
Sarah Figoten Wilson (Costume Designer) - Design work includes The Devil’s Wife, The Lost Child and Lord of the Underworld's Home for Unwed Mothers (Skylight Theatre), El Grande Circus de Coca Cola (Skylight and Colony Theatres), Niagara Falls (Theatre of NOTE) and many shows at the Ruskin Group Theatre, where she is the resident costume designer. Next up Sarah is looking forward to directing Hello Stranger at NOTE in the fall. www.sarahfwilson.com
Dean Harada (Sound Designer) was born and raised in Hawaii and went on to study music theory and performance with MacArthur fellow Ran Blake at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Collaborating with Grammy winner Oswaldo Golijov set his path toward the compositional life. Since moving to Los Angeles, his music (a romantic minimalism drawn from acoustic instruments and abstract sound) has underscored film and broadcast television. Dean's professional life reflects an ongoing interest in exploring modes of conversive, narrative, and figurative work. The process of making music for film and theater reconciles all the contradictory things Dean loves: collaboration and solitude, narrative structure and nonlinear thinking, technology and the human touch.
Andrea Ruth (Prop and Culinary Designer) - Andrea is a longtime actor and member of NOTE. She is also a chef and owner of the catering company Omnibus Delecto (Everything's Delicious). In her capacity as a multi-hyphenate she has recently found that two of her passions have intersected in new and delightful ways. This is Andrea's second show for NOTE making edible props. She has also performed cooking demos on the NOTE stage as well as acted with no food at all. But, c'mon, everything is better with a snack.
Jen Albert (Fight Choreographer) is an actor, producer and an award-winning fight choreographer. She is excited to once again be working at Theatre of NOTE. Recent fight choreography credits include: The School of Night’s Punch and Judy (2016 LADCC award for Fight Choreography and Stage Raw nominee) and The Faggot King or The Troublesome Reign and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second; Normal (The Vagrancy); Entropy (Theatre of NOTE); and Henry VI, Part 1 (The Production Company). Jen is a faculty member at The Art of Acting (Stella Adler Conservatory) where she teaches Stage Combat. She also teaches self-defense to women and the LGBTQ community.
Nancy Dobbs Owen (Dance Choreographer) - Choreographs, directs, teaches, dances, acts, sings, styles; often all at the same time. Theatre, film, TV, web, print. AEA, SAG-AFTRA and an associate member of SDC. Happy to be choreographing again at NOTE! www.nancydobbsowen.com
Ana Cardenas (Assistant Dance Choreographer) is a dancer/choreographer and a graduate of AMDA-LA with a BFA in Dance Theatre. She grew up in South Texas, training at the Vidal M. Trevino Fine Arts and Communications Magnet and North East School of the Arts. While at AMDA-LA, she worked extensively in both concert and commercial dance styles as a choreographer and performer.
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