SET DESIGNERBERT SCOTT***

This entire season sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. Florida Repertory Theatre is a fully professional non-profit LOA/LORT Theatre company on contract with the Actors’ Equity Association that proudly employs members of the national theatrical labor unions. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. ***Member of United Scenic Artists.

The Fred & Jean Allegretti Foundation • Naomi Bloom & Ron Wallace • Dinah Bloomhall • Alexandra BremnerBruce & Janet Bunch • Gholi & Georgia Darehshori • Mary & Hugh Denison • Ellie Fox • David Fritz/Cruise Everything

Dr. & Mrs. Mark & Lynne Gorovoy • John Madden • Sue & Jack Rogers • Arthur Zupko

STARRINGEnsemble Members

VIKI BOYLE* • JASON PARRISH*and

JON FREDA* • ANDREA GALLO* • JOHN LaGIOIA* • SARAH KATHERINE ZANOTTI

DIRECTED BY ROBERT CACIOPPO**ensemble member

LIGHTING DESIGNERDAVID M. UPTON***ensemble member

COSTUME DESIGNERALICE NEFF

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ROBERT CACIOPPO, PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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ASST. STAGE MANAGERAARON MARTIN

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERJANINE WOCHNA*ensemble member

Originally produced on the New York stage by Jonathan Pollard, Bernie Kukoff, Tony Converse and James Hammerstein.Presented at The Berkshire Theatre Festival (Arthur Storch, Artistic Director; Kate Maguire, Managing Director) on August 12, 1997.

Produced by The American Stage Company (James N. Vagias, Executive Producer) on January 10, 1996.Developed at the 1994 National Playwrights Conference/Eugene O’ Neill Theatre Center (Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director).

First produced at The Belmont Italian American Playhouse (Dante Albertie, Artistic Director; Marco Greco, Executive Director) in April 1994.

“Yes Sir That’s My Baby?” Written by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn. Donaldson Publishing Co. and Gilbert Keyes Music. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

ASST. SOUND DESIGNERRHIAN FRANCHEBOIS

SOUND DESIGNERJOHN KISELICA

Nick Cristano................................................................................................JASON PARRISH*†

Frank Gianelli....................................................................................................JOHN LaGIOIA*†

Aida Gianelli..........................................................................................................VIKI BOYLE*†

Nunzio Cristano....................................................................................................JON FREDA*†

Emma Cristano...............................................................................................ANDREA GALLO*†

Caitlin O’Hare.........................................................................SARAH KATHERINE ZANOTTI*†

TIME & PLACEMost of the action of the play takes place several decades ago

at The Gianelli home in Hoboken, New Jersey.

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS will be performed with one 15-minute intermission.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

Understudies: Alexis Slocum • Brady WeaseAsst. Costume Designer: Kim Griffin

Wardrobe Supervisor: Brittany Staudacher

The Actors & Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

JOE DiPIETRO won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score for Memphis, which was also awarded the 2010 Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. His other shows include All Shook Up; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (the longest running musical revue in off-Broadway history); The Toxic Avenger and The Thing About Men (both winners of the

Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical). His plays include the much-produced comedy Over the River and Through the Woods, The Art of Murder (Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play), Creating Claire, and The Last Romance. His work has been produced thousands of times across the country and around the world.

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*** *†Member of Florida Repertory Theatre’s Ensemble of Theatre Artists. See page 23 for the entire ensemble.

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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

(in order of appearance)

VIKI BOYLE*† (Aida Gianelli) is a 35-year veteran of New York and regional theatre, film, and TV. She is an ensemble member here at Florida Rep and last appeared in A Christmas Story, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Arsenic

and Old Lace, Noises Off, and Neil Simons’ Rumors. Off-Broadway credits at the Roundabout, MCC, and American Globe theatres include her own work The Whole Truth, winner of the Samuel French Short Play Series, and Term Limit for which she won the top prizes for both acting and writing. She received two Carbonell Awards for The Little Foxes and Don’t Dress for Dinner at the former Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton. Her movie and TV credits include The Wolf of Wall Street, The Leftovers, Person of Interest, and over 200 commercials, where her work has been recognized with the CLIO award. Besides contributing to the wonderful musical tribute A Dash of Rosemary, she and writing partner Doug Kampsen publish NYC Trivia Tours, a series of self-guided walking tours of New York City. She is overjoyed to be back at Florida Rep.

JON FREDA* (Nunzio Cristano) Off-Broadway: his critically acclaimed solo show Imagine Dat! (Jimmy Durante), Wild Children (Carmine), On A Darkling Plain (George), and Foreclosure (Ben). Off-Off

Broadway: Loyalties (Ricardo), and A Gathering Of Eagles (Roger). Selected regional credits: Breaking Legs (Mike), The Miracle Worker (Anagnos), Born Yesterday (Brock), and The Pink Panther Strikes Again (Clouseau). Recent Film: Luc Besson’s The Family, Run, Friends & Romans, Crooked & Narrow, and Las Vegas Film Festival award-winner L’Accordatore. TV: Law & Order SVU, Nikki & Sara Live, and The Joe Buck Show. Recipient of the Outstanding Actor Award for The Cannes Film Festival entrant Sisyphus’ Supper. www.jonfreda.com.

ANDREA GALLO* (Emma Cristano) is thrilled to be making her Florida Rep debut! Regional theater work includes Third, Good People, The Last Romance, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?,

Evie’s Waltz, Tilt Angel, tempOdyssey, Exposure Time, The Language Archive, Mercy and the Firefly, Murderers, A View from the Bridge, As Bees In Honey Drown, The Sweepers, Italian American Reconciliation, What Every Woman Knows, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Over the River and Through the Woods, Noises Off, Lettice and Lovage, I’m Not Rappaport, and two solo shows, Broomstick and Donna Orbits the Moon. In New York, Andrea has performed in Hidden Voices (w/ Terrence Mann), The Respectful Prostitute, Ring Round the Moon, and in world premieres of Strings, The Velvet Oratorio, Frankie, Coney and The Chaos Theories. Her film and TV work includes Law and Order: SVU, Brooklyn Battery, The Query, Chasing Taste, The Date and Across Dot Ave. She is a frequent narrator of audio books. B.A., Tufts University; M.F.A., Temple University. Fulbright Recipient (Paris, France).

JOHN LaGIOIA* (Frank Gianelli) New York credits include On Borrowed Time (director George C. Scott), Gemini, War of the Roses, Titus Andronicus, Pavlo Hummel (N.Y. Shakespeare Fest), Over

the River and Through the Woods among others. Regional: The Crucible, You Can’t Take it With You (Pioneer Theater-Utah), Hedda Gabler (Alley Theater,) An Enemy of The People (Williamstown), Inner Voices (Spoleto Festival), A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream (Pittsburg Public), A View from the Bridge, Manitoba, Antony and Cleopatra (Great Lakes-Cleveland), Loves’ Labors Lost, Richard III and Orphans (Cincinnati). A regular in all New York-based soap operas, he was Johnny Dallas on The Edge of Night as well as appearing on Law and Order and Law and Order: SVU. In Remembrance of Mr. and Mrs. Ignazio LaGioia.

JASON PARRISH*† (Nick Cristano) is now in his twelfth season with Florida Rep as an Ensemble Member and the company’s Associate Director. His over twenty appearances with the company include

The Dingdong, Twelve Angry Men, Dividing the Estate, Around the World in 80 Days, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Clybourne Park, 2014’s nationally-acclaimed production of Arsenic and Old Lace, Noises Off, A Funny Thing...Forum, and six years in The Santaland Diaries, among many others.

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His directing credits with Florida Rep include A Christmas Story, The Fantasticks, Tru, [title of show], and The Shape of Things, as well as Miss Nelson is Missing, Journey to Oz, Schoolhouse Rock Live, How I Became a Pirate, The New Kid, and The Mischief Makers for Florida Rep’s Theatre for Young Audiences Series. His work with other theatres as an actor and director includes Actors’ Playhouse (Miami), Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach), Theatre by the Sea & Ocean State Theatre Company (Rhode Island), and guest appearances with the New York Philharmonic’s Young People’s Concert Series at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. Jason is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. This one is for his grandparents, Richard and Marcella Fisher.

SARAH KATHERINE ZANOTTI (Caitlin O’Hare) is thrilled to be an acting intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She is playing Miss Nelson and Viola Swamp in Miss Nelson is Missing and Actor 3 in Dream Within a

Dream: The Spirit of Poe. Sarah is a recent graduate from Lipscomb University from Nashville Tennessee with a BFA in Musical Theatre. She is thankful to have studied theatre abroad in London and at Stella Adler Acting Studio in New York. Some of her credits at Lipscomb University include Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Mary Warren in The Crucible, and Gertrude in Seussical. She is very thankful to be apart of this cast and would like to dedicate her performance to her grandmothers, Dorothy Weiss and Rose Zanotti, thank you for all the good food and love. www.skzanotti.com

RHIAN FRANCHEBOIS (Asst. Sound Designer) is a first-time intern at Florida Repertory Theatre. She recently graduated from Flagler College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts. This is her first job after college, and she hopes she pleases your ears.

JOHN KISELICA (Sound Designer) is a graduate of West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in lighting and sound design. He is the Resident Sound and Lighting Designer for Endstation Theatre Company in Central VA and acts as the Lighting and Sound Supervisor for year round consultation and project specific work. He has worked on a national tour, Buddy: the Buddy Holly Musical, as the master electrician after a contract with Royal Caribbean International as

a stage technician. Commercial theatrical work includes installing Prodigy Hoists, an automated rigging system from Electronic Theatre Controls. John continues to freelance in addition to his seasonal position with Florida Rep in the professional, academic, and community theatre circles.

AARON MARTIN (Asst. Stage Manager) is a recent graduate of Jacksonville State University. He is very excited to be a stage management intern for Florid Repertory Theatre. Aaron will be working on the following shows for the 2016-2017 season: Over the River and Through the Woods, The Mousetrap, Shear Madness, and Doublewide. He would like to thank his family and friends for all their support, because without them he would not be where he is today.

ALICE NEFF (Costume Designer) is delighted to be designing at Florida Repertory Theatre for the first time. She has designed frequently for professional as well as academic companies, including Lees McRae Summer Theatre, the outdoor drama Horn in the West, Blowing Rock Stage Company, and for the Appalachian State University Opera Program, all in North Carolina. She has also designed at Davidson College, Ballet Austin, Western Carolina University, and the University of the Cumberlands. She has built costumes for Glimmerglass Opera, some of which are now in stock for the Metropolitan Opera; for the Hallmark channel miniseries True Women, and for Alvernia University. She managed the ASU Theatre & Dance Department costume shop for many years, and mentored many students who went on to graduate schools and professional careers. She holds a BFA in costume design and construction from UT-Austin. She and her husband enjoy riding their motorcycle cross-country, raising money for theatre-based charities.

BERT SCOTT*** (Set Designer) Off-Broadway designs include According to Goldman, Bass for Picasso, The Unexpected Guest, The Cocktail Hour, The Middle Ages,The Rules of Charity, and many others. Regionally, Bert has designed for Stages St. Louis, Theatre West Virginia (where he served for seven seasons as Resident Designer), The Opera Company of Philadelphia, The Mark Twain Playhouse (Branson, MO), Theatre by the Sea and Ocean State Theatre (Rhode Island), North Shore Music Theatre (Boston), The Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Orlando Rep, and Nickelodeon (Slime Time Live! on Norwegian Cruise Lines and several

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T I C K E T S

ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American Actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of theatre as

an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL THEATRES ASSOCIATION (FPTA) is a statewide organization of professional theatre companies and theatre professionals

interested in the development and promotion of professional theatre throughout Florida. Florida Repertory Theatre is a proud FPTA member theatre.

THE NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK is the country’s alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions

the development, production, and continued life of new plays. The NNPN strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights. Florida Repertory Theatre is proud to be an Associate Member of the National New Play Network.

Florida Repertory Theatre is a member of THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (TCG), the national organization for the American Theatre.

CREATIVE TEAMproductions of Dora the Explorer Live! in the US and Canada). Bert is an associate professor of theatre and the coordinator of the Theatre Design & Technology BFA program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

DAVID M. UPTON***† (Lighting Designer) is a New York based Lighting Designer and Production Manager and is happy to return to Florida Rep. National Tour: Sweet Charity, Off-Broadway: Mad Libs Live!, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, The Bonus Army, Strictly Dishonorable, The Mnemonist of Dutchess County and The Tutors. Other designs include work for: The New Victory Theater, The Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios Singapore, Alabama Shakespeare, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Northeast Shakespeare, North Carolina Theatre, Florida Studio, Tennessee Shakespeare, Northern Stage, Seven Angels, Gulfshore Playhouse,

Merrimack Rep, Orlando Shakespeare, ReVision Theatre, Seaside Music Theater, Orlando Opera and Orlando Ballet, among others. www.dmujrdesigns.com.

JANINE WOCHNA*† (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to return to Florida Rep where she is an ensemble member having previously stage managed The Cocktail Hour, The Unexpected Guest, Tribes, Around the World in 80 Days, Collected Stories, Time Stands Still, Talley’s Folly, and many others over 11 seasons. Regional theatre credits include: Brother Wolf, Underneath the Lintel, and Abundance at Triad Stage, four seasons as Resident Stage Manager at the Geva Theatre, and 14 seasons at the Cleveland Playhouse. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

DRAMATURGICAL NOTES

Italian-American CultureDemographics In the 2000 U.S. Census, Italian-Americans constituted the fifth largest ancestry group in America with about 15.6 million people (5.6% of the total U.S. population).

Religion Most immigrants had been Catholics in Italy. Observers have noted that they often became more devoutly Catholic in the United States, since their faith was a distinctive characteristic in the U.S.

Stereotypes in Pop Culture To this day, Italian Americans are unfairly associated with organized crime and New York due to pervasive media stereotyping, seen in popular gangster movies like The Godfather and television series such as The Sopranos.

Food Cannoli (meaning “little tube”) are Italian pastries that originated in Sicily and are a staple of Sicilian and Italian-American cuisine. Cannoli consist of tube-shaped shells of fried pastry dough, filled with a sweet, creamy filling usually containing ricotta.

Hoboken, NJ FirstsFirst Baseball Match: 1846, First formal game of modern baseball was played at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken between the Knickerbockers and the New York Club.

First Woman to Travel the World: 1889, The first woman to travel the world in less than 80 days, left from Hoboken on November 14, 1889.

First Zipper: 1913, originally called the “hookless” fastener was perfected in Hoboken by Swedish Engineer Gideon Sundback.

First Radio Broadcast: 1921, First radio broadcast nationwide was the Dempsey-Carpentier Boxing Fight.

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Writer Joe DiPietro A Florida Rep FavoritePast productions of plays written by DiPietro include:

Over the River and Through the Woods (2000)

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (2001)

The Art of Murder (2009)

The Last Romance (2009)

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Kathyrn Blake, Margot Moreland, Tom Souhrada

Rachel Burttram, Tom Nowicki

David S. Howard, Jason Parrish, Sara Morsey

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