friiji\ NEW VILLAGE ARTS~ THE A T R E

Presents THE ENSEMBLE l}f{OJECT t:H1d

The Si.1r1 Diego Pr"emiere of

THOM PAIN (based on nothing)

By Will Eno

Directed by I{ristianne I{urner

Scenic Design

Tim Wallace

Ugh Ling Design

Chris Renda

f'roperties

Design

Bonnie Durben

Costurne Design

Kelly Iversen

Stage ~v"1an(:1ger

Justin Lang

Sound Design

Justin Lang

THOM PAIN (based on nothing) ENSEM.BlE:

Adam Brick

THOM PAIN runs a little over an hour with no interrnission.

Produced by special orrongemen tvvith Drorno tiSL'S PloY' Servicc; Inc.

New VHlage Arts Theatre • 2787 State Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008

www.NewVillageArts.org • (760) 433-3245

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CAST PROFILESoooOr-000

ADAM BRICI( (Thom Pain): NV~ Ensemble Member. ,A.damis a founding Ensemble

Member of Ne'~v VillC1ge Arts, INher'e he has appeared in All, Wilderness!, S\,veet

Sturin Things VVe Wcmt/ Tirne Flies, The COtn1olei'e l,'t/ark of vVi1Iiorn Shakespeare

(Abridged) ami Three Sis(ers. ,A.dam graduated from The Meisner Technique Studio

III San Francisco. Previous acting roles in local performances include: Tartuffe

(CleanteL Dark l?aplUtt' (Hay}, anclI;VaN'ff1Qfor LE~fty (Joe) with Palomar Performing

Arts. In addition to his v./ork asan l.1ctorl Adam has done numerous sound designs

and photography shoots for Ne\N \/illage .Arts.

CREATIVE TEAM PROFllESoO(lCiOOOO

WILL END (Playv'lright): Vllill Ena's internationally heralded play T/·/OtV1 PAIN

(based on nothing) had a successful vear-Iong run at the DIl2 in New Yort

produced bV Bob Boyett and Dl.1rVI Hoth; follovJing a sold out run at the Au~ust

2004 International Edinburgh Festivdl (Fringe First Award and the Herald Angel

AI.'var'd)! ahd L1 subsequent transfer to the Soho'Theatre in London. The pl~W is now

being produced across the United States" as well asJ3razi!1 Itail(, GermanVI Francel

Norway, Denmark; ISrael,. Mexico and other countries. Tf-IOM PAIN (based on

f1othing) 'N~1$ a finalist For the 2004 f.\Jlitzer Prize in Drama. r\~r. Ena's nevv plav

J"v1IDDL~'TOVVN received Its world premiere ill f<.1112010 at the Vineyard TheC1tre in

Nevv York City' and recentl,;, completed a run at Steppemvolf Theatre in Chicago.

His filav TRAGED,I: a lrogedy received its US premiere atGerkeley Repertory

Theatre in Sp6ng 2008~ and 1'11$ collect[on of short plays entitled 0/./, THE

HUMIANJTY' and other exc/mnations world premiered at The Flea Theater in I.'vinter

2008. Mr. Eno' splav 1'.1-1£FLU SEASON received the. 2004 Oppenheimer AIA/ard for

the best debut production In r~e\AJ York by an American plaY\ivright. \Nfll's plavs.

have been produced bV lhe Gate Theatre/the SOHO Thegtre and SHC Hadiol in

Londoli;the Hude Mech<.1flfcals Theater CompanY' and. N9ked Angeisl in New York.

His plays are published bV Oberon Books dndhave appeared in Harper.ls; The

Antioch Heview! The Quarterly, and Best Ten~rvilnute PbV$ for nvo Attors. \A/ill

presently under comniissipn bV.the Royal Nationl.1t Theatre. He is a Helen Merrill

PlaYINritingFellov\I, a Guggehh~im Fellc.r\v, and Ed\vard F.Albee FpundaUon Fellow!

and was awarded the .first-ever r\Aarian Seld.eslGarson Kanin Fellowship byth~

Theater Hall of Farnei "as 'hlell as the Alfred Hodder Fellol/o/ship at Princeton. Will

Ihies in Brooklyn,l NY.

KRISTIANNE I<URNER (Director): NVA Ensemble Member. Kristianne is the co­

founder and Execu Live Artistic Director of Ne\v Village Arts,I vvhere she hasdirerted

such productions as Dealh of a So/esrnan Summer and Smoke! TliE' Soritaland

Diories, Be Aggressive! Bulrusher! True vVesl~ Sai/orls SonQ" The tl\!cwerlFGoilery

and A Lie of the Mind. She has been seen on the NVA stages many Urnes, most

recently as Essie rvliller in Ahj lVilderness!, Amanda Blue in Woving Gci6dbyeand

th~title role in The Heidi Chronicles. Her \oVork has received numerous cWii.'irds,..

including San Diego Theatre Critics Circle and Patte AVv'ards for Theatre E:xcellence.

I<ristianne created THE ENSEMBLE PI~OJECT for Season 111 including

con1missioning the l~vOJld prerniere by Suzanne Bachner. She received her BFA in

Theatre at The College of \'Villiarn & Mary and her fvlFA in Acting froni the Actor's

Studio/New School.

TIM WALLACE (Scenic DeSigner): NVA Ensemble Member and Technical Director.

NVA: Deoth of n Salesrnanl S~veet Storrn, Sirnpalicoi \'1/avfnQ GoodlJVt', The

Santa/and Diaries tl0)! into the' !A/oods) The-Seven Year itch,. SumriJer and Smoke,

The Heidi Chronicles, The Man VII/lOr The SanlCl/cjnd Diories (09), Picasso at the

Lopin A~1ile; Time Flies! FoutDoQs and a Gone} Be Aggressive" Golden Boy; Scripps

f{anch: Shadowbox, The Lost Night of Baflv}wo,t Thev're Playjn~1 Our Song and

Holiday Memories; Backvard Productions: Nystericol Blindness. Tim has enjoyed i.1

20 veal' career with the San Diego Opera' painting scenerY' for productions that

havetraveled around the IA/orld.

KELLY lVERSEN (Costume Designer): NVA Ensemble Member. This is Kelly"s fir'st

foray ipto costume design . .As an actor, Kelly has \vorkedat NVA: Death (4" Cl

Salesman" Sweet StDtmr Simpc7t'icor The Seven Year Itch, The Heidi Chronicles,

P!ayre'adings of Picturing (lAy Sister & SirnplyMaria! OJ' the American Drearn, Be

Aggressiy,ti (U/S, AD): fv10XIE THEATf{E & INTf{EPID SHAI<ESPEARE CO.: The

Cru~ible; COMP4SS THEATRE: H/lw's Afraid of VirglnioWqolf?; DIVEH?IONARY

THE,L\TRE: The L,itt/e Dog Laughed; PALOMAR COLLE(;E: Lysistrata, The Rimers of

Eldritch; CAHLSBAD PLAYHEADERS::rhe Last Night' oj Ballvhoo, Lobby Nero.

CHRISTOPHER LOREN RENDA (Lighting D~slgn): NVA Ensemble Member: Qeath oj

a Salesman; Sweet Storm, Vl/aVJ'n~T Goodbve. Christopher Renda vvorks a t Mesa

Cbllege Theater Cornpany as the rnaster electrician, He is a proud rnember of the

Intrepid Shakespeare Company. His recent backstage credits- include lighti~g

design for RidhClfd II; The Crucible, Rorn6:'C.i and Juliet TCJrnin£1 o[.the Shre\vand I<ing

ADVISORY BOARDoooOCoOOD

NV A STAFFOOOOCOO(\

NVA BOARD OF DIRECTORSooooc.c-oo

Executive Artistic Director: Kri$ti.~\nri8 Kumar Production Manager: Stirn Shen1icm

Managing Oirector:A!exScollon Technical Director: Tim V...'dlltICe

Foundry & Special Events Manager: laUrt1 Kurnr;'r Gr<1phic Design: Ashley Howard·Goltz

Marketing & Development Specialist KeHy Iversen

Education/Outreach Coordinator: Justin Lang

Jviichael SChUtrli.H.:her

K011 nVtI f1

U5~.\ Urnber

Julie NVec\~lrd

Richard l(urtlnda

EI;.iine Glngory

Pat Hansen

Bobb1r~ Hodel'

Stephen "Hap" L'Heureux, President

Julie Norby, Vice Prcsjc!crflt

Gina McBride, Secretory

Kurt rilipovitchl Tn.'usurer

Russ Bruhn

P(.llritk radr~'l

Joll I-latch

Pal Hurley

Christine lIeto Pangall

Laura Se~CJII

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JUSTIN LANG (Stage [Vlan~1ger/Sound Design): This is JusUrr'sfirst sound design

and stage management position. NVA Ensemble rvlernber: As You Like It. Recent

acting '.,vork includes: DI\/E!{SIONAHY/fviOXIE: Poster Boys; rv'lOXIE THEATRE: Ten

Cent NiQht, Eurydice, DOQ Act; MOXIE/INTHEPID: The Crucible; INTfiEPID: Richard II.

Justin \:\Iill next be appearing as (;€orge in Of [vliet! and IV/en here at NVA. He thanks

his friends and famllv for their constan t love and support in these strange times.

BONNIE DURBEN (Props): ['~VA Ensemble f'v'lember and resident props designer.

Previous [']VA shoVJS include: DeMh of a Solesman, Sweet Stann) Simpatico,

Vtlaving GODdbVe, into the VI/Gods, The Seven 'leur Itch, SUfnmer and Smoke, The

Heidi Chronicles, The Pvlon VVho, The Sonlolond Diories, Picosso at the Lapin Agile,

Things We Wont, Time Fiies, Sure Thilf~l, }ulius Caesar, Pour Dogs and a Hone.

CYGNET TH E.A.THl:: Privott' Lives, S~1/eeney Todd, Bed and Sofa, 1\loises Off and

J'ledwiQ. NCHT: DonJt Dress for Dinner, Over the Tavern. Bonnie lAd!! be a rnernber

of NVA's ENSErv'1l3LE PROJECT for SeClsol111.

John \vith Intrepid. An evening of short plays by the .Asian American Repertory

Theater Companv, As rVluch As You Coni The Uttle Dog Laughed and Bent at the

Diversionary Theater' (received a Patte ~~',.\lardfor 13ent').J-lurlvburly \,vltl1 the Ion

Theatre Company; live rnicrophone mixing for If's a t·VondetJul Life (2009) and A

LiU1e IVlght Music at the Cygnet Theater. Scenic design for Fat Pig and First Love

with Intermission Productions.

FOR TH.IS PRODUCTIONDOOOOOMBox Office: Carly Dellinecr &. Julie Hurnpllrey

House Manager: R~H.:hei\-Vhite

Set Construction: Adam Brick, Darin Hibi, Sarnw21 Shf2rman

Sound Engineer: 5 tHll LH::I Sherman

Costume Assistant: Holiday Gt.:iger

Volunteer Coordin(.1tor: Jules Schreiber

FROM THE DIRECTORoOOOOOOD

V'}ekorT1E to the wr)dd of Will Eno and THOli4. PAU',/ (bw;ed un (10th/fig), All of LI~ at New Village Arls are ~o

proud to bE:pwduCiIii{ thE': San Diego prerniere of thi::; thrillitlg new playwlighL's vlark. Mr. EI1b is absolutely

bri1liant I;viih hiS use of 1angudl-:e. I have Hken(~d working on THOfvl Pldj"lLo working on a mash-up of ,I WHilam

comedo" and a Samuel Beckett existential rneditdUon. THOA,1 PAIN Is about life, fII1dJngand losing

love, why weare IYer£:and so tl1Utll rnore, It's heaftw~mningj dwHeitging, lunnv (Hid incredibly thought-

provoking, It is lJ\e kind or v\i;jl1l to see 5 tlr 6lirnes: - cH:,d e,lch tirne 'wi.ltch it you'll find

SOn1f~Lhing ne'IV,

SPECIAL THANKS T0210000000

Pannildn La Jolla (Coffee sponsors)

Stone Brewery {Beer Sponsors)

Mesa College, Jack Missettl Frances Regal, Gordon Polk.

PAIN 13not a reference 10 the well-known revolutionary war

wdlcJ, but it is about I((}ui anti me, p,rlh5 and IL'sa dne rtl;jf1 Sf\CJW that tl'Ju!d rwt exist

without you, tile audience. It'$ an UllfDlliettable 65 mt!1mesof tlIE~dtt'e that i.-.dUstay wilh vou for a Ibflg tfme.

Tllank "Iou for being of theNe\'jVUI8ge .8,(t5 Ellsemble.

Krlstianne Kumerl ExecutiveArtIstk Directorl New Village Arts, Director, THOM PAIN (bclsedon nOthing)