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COLLABORACTION

SKETCHBOOK

COLLABORACTION’S 9TH ANNUAL

SKETCHBOOK FESTIvAL

Anthony Moseley, Executive Artistic Director

April 16 - May 10the building stage412 N Carpenter St.

Martin Kamenski, Managing Director

Special ThankSPiccolo Theatre, Leeann Zahrt, Dani Bryant, Lincoln Square Theatre, Kristina Schramm, The DANK Haus-German Cultural Center, John Szostek, Deborah Proud, Denita Linnertz, The Actor’s Gymnasium, Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, John Rooney, Saverio Truglio, Pegasus Players, Jim Moore and The Hypocrites, Court Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre, Dorothy Milne and Lifeline Theatre, Frost Lighting, Redmoon, TUTA Theater, The Theatre School at DePaul University, Mikhail Fiksel, Austin Shapley, Kelly Cardenas Salon

ScripT reading commiTTeeBecky PerlmanAnthony MoseleySeth BockleySam PorrettaEric Ziegenhagen

BEHIND THE SCENESAnthony Moseley* Festival DirectorSeth Bockley* Producing Director of Devised Work Dexter Bullard Guest Curator of Devised WorkSam Porretta* Production DesignSarah Moeller* Production ManagerSheena L. Young Stage ManagerJeremy Getz* Lighting DesignerMiles Polaski* Sound DesignerLiviu Passare Video DesignerElsa Hiltner Costume DesignerLauren Glass Floor ManagerKristin Idaszak Asst. Festival DirectorDeborah Lindell Asst. Production ManagerJessie Wayburn Properties MasterTim Borntrager Technical DirectorSarah Gitenstein* Casting DirectorCara Flaster Musician/Photographer Coordinator Tom Huston Lighting Assistant Claudette Perez Sound Assistant Robere Mertans Sound TechnicianKenneth Klemaier Sound/Video Op/EngineerKelly Coll Costume Assistant (What Am I Supposed to Be, Kattywampus)

Kelsey Rhodes Costume Assistant (Domestic Disturbance, Dead Bird)

Bethany Kelly Costume Assistant (Constriction, Pseudoephedrine)

Krystal Troutman Costume Assistant (SpaceLab.2030, Beatrice and Beau)

Stephanie Paradiso Costume Assistant (Big Tent, Dreaded Zepplin)

Stephanie McNair Costume Assistant (Para carmen, Kid)

Landscaper Danny BischoffLandscaper Mealah Heidenreich

AEA Denotes Member of Actors Equity Association* Collaboraction Company member

NOTE FROM THE FESTIvAL DIRECTOREach year, SKETCHBOOK evolves, changes, and morphs into a new entity. This year’s festival has many new and exciting elements. For the first time, this year’s festival has a theme: New American Fable. The SKETCHBOOK artists’ responses to this theme represent the breadth of what it means to be American in these unique times of crisis and hope.

We are also excited to introduce the Devised Work category into this year’s festival. These pieces depart from the traditional method of making a play, where a playwright writes a play by her/himself and hands it over to a director and actors. Instead, devised work starts with a vision and is developed collaboratively through the rehearsal process. Half of the SKETCHBOOK pieces were created using this model, and their inclusion has instilled a deep sense of risk and experimentation into the festival.

We also are also collaborating with 14 photographers who have each been paired with a piece from the festival as inspiration for creating new images. They are also pulling photographs from their existing portfolios and generating responses to the New American Fable theme. Their work can be seen throughout the space via video and mounted prints. This year’s environment mixes staging and seating areas, blurring the line between artists and audience and creating the ultimate storytelling arena. With our BYOB policy and fluid landscape, we want to give you an experience where you can be completely immersed by the work of over 200 artists while enjoying the social nature of the Festival.

In January of 2000, the first annual SKETCHBOOK Festival was created in hope of developing a space for theatre artists and audiences through new work, multi-media collaboration and a sense of celebration and exploration concerning what it means to be alive today. Nine years, 60,000 audience members and 138 short plays later, this remains at the core of the festival, which has since distinguished itself as a 21st century Chicago theatre tradition and one of the top short plays festivals in the country. But for all the blood, sweat, smoke and mirrors that is SKETCHBOOK, it would be nothing without you, our diverse and enthusiastic audience. Thank you for completing the circle and driving us to our best.

Anthony MoseleySKETCHBOOK, Festival DirectorCollaboraction, Exectutive Artistic Director

Thursday @ 8pm Friday @ 8pm Saturday @ 7pm Saturday @ 9pm Sunday @ 7pm

16. PREVIEW Kid Constriction Pseudoephedrine Dead Bird The Big Tent Birthday Party SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Anacron

17. PREVIEW Beatrice and Beau Dreaded Zeppelin Supposed to Be Kattywampus In the Chair The Gist Para Carmen MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Miles Polaski

18. OPENING Kid Constriction Pseudoephedrine Dead Bird The Big Tent Birthday Party SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Anacron

18. OPENING Beatrice and Beau Dreaded Zeppelin Supposed to Be Kattywampus In the Chair The Gist Para Carmen MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Miles Polaski

19. CDC NIGHT Dreaded Zeppelin Supposed to Be Dead Bird Kattywampus In the Chair The Gist SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Julius the Mad Thinker

23. Beatrice and Beau Kid Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Birthday Party Kattywampus In the Chair MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: TBA

24.Pseudoephedrine Supposed To Be Dead Bird The Big Tent The Gist Para Carmen SpaceLab2030. MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Leroy Bach

25. Beatrice and Beau Kid Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Birthday Party Kattywampus SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Eric Ziegenhagen

25. Pseudoephedrine Supposed to Be Dead Bird The Big Tent In the Chair The Gist Para Carmen MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: TJ Travelbee

26.Beatrice and Beau Kid Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Pseudoephedrine Supposed to Be Dead Bird MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Matt

30. Pseudoephedrine Supposed to Be Dead Bird The Big Tent In the Chair The Gist Para Carmen MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Jefferey Thomas

1.Beatrice and Beau Kid Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Birthday Party Kattywampus SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Andrew Fraker

2.Beatrice and Beau Kid Supposed to Be Dead Bird The Big Tent In the Chair Para Carmen MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

The Changes

2.Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Birthday Party Kattywampus The Gist SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Miles Polaski

3.The Big Tent Birthday Party Kattywampus In the Chair The Gist Para Carmen SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Hele

7.Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Pseudoephedrine Birthday Party Kattywampus The Gist SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Them Vs. Them - JQ & Iguana

8. Beatrice and Beau Kid Supposed to Be Dead Bird The Big Tent In the Chair Para Carmen MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Charles Kim

9. Pseudoephedrine Supposed to Be Dead Bird The Big Tent The Gist Para Carmen SpaceLab.2030 MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Starina

9. Beatrice and Beau Kid Constriction Dreaded Zeppelin Birthday Party Kattywampus In the Chair MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

Jon Langford

10. CLOSING

MARATHON @ 3PM

ALL SHOWS PLAY!

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE:

SCHEDULE & INFO (Show order subject to change)

Beatrice and Beau Writer: Chelsea MarcantelDirector: Brandon Ray Assistant Director: Kyra Lewandowski

Beatrice: Sarah Gitenstein* Beau: Michael Salinas

Beatrice and Beau struggle to find the words that will allow them to escape the box that confines them. They try to push against the limitations of language to find themselves and each other in this meditation on modern relationships.

14 WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS: The Plays

Constriction

Writer: Jennifer BarclayDirector: Devon de Mayo

Shox: Kimber Hall Bobo: Kathryn Hribar Rubber: Elaine Ivy Harris Fenway: Taylor Bibat Teacher: Emma Starling Beelzebub: Marvin Quijada

When a gaggle of tough-talking teenage girls winds up in the underworld, Beelzebub arrives to help them journey backwards in time to discover how they got there. This is a Faustian fable of laughing gas, high school and hell.

Photographer: Philip Dembinski

Photographer: Stephanie Bassos

KidWriter: William NedvedDirector: Mark Fleischer

The Kid: Joshua HeinleinDad: Jim FarruggioNarrator: Jim Shinkle Pedro: Julio Santos-DeSoto Pedro’s Friend: Gabe Notorangelo Pedro’s Brother: Nathan Randall Dad’s “friend”: Susan Steinke Cop: Wes Perry

Inspired by Billy the Kid, a twelve-year-old boy fantasizes about his adventures as a cowboy in the Wild, Wild West to escape from the disappointments of his smaller-than-life Dad in this quirky coming-of-age story.

The Dreaded ZeppelinWriter: Emily SchwartzDirector: Brian Bell Assistant Director: Ethan UckerScenic Artist/Puppet Design: Becket Flannery Puppet Construction: Blayne Greiner, Liz Larsen-Silva & Nk Mooneyham

Friedrich: Scott CupperEnsemble: Patrick De NicolaEnsemble: Patrick ZielinskiEnsemble: Britta Rowings

It is WWI, and Friedrich Antweiler dangles in the sky as a human target for Zepplin bombs. This solo puppet show illuminates the whimsy and imagination of mankind, and how quickly these traits are employed for war and destruction.

Photographer: Todd Baxter

Photographer: Michael David Rose

What Am I Supposed to Be?

Writer: Sean GraneyDirector: Jack Tamburri Ensemble: Greg Hardigan, Denise Parkhurst, Torey Adkins, Greg Guiliano, Lindsay Verstegen, Amber Robinson, Hank Hilbert, Cara Olansky, Jeremy Oase, Scott Baity, Jr., Angela Sprinkle, Nina O’Keefe, Adam Shalzi, Eric Paskey, Celeste Januszewski, Andi Earles, Aurelia Clunie, Nick Rokop, Charlotte Dearborn, Noe Jara, Rhonda Bynum, Greer Beckman, Zach Johnson-Dunlop, Raymond Shoemaker, Madeline Wager, Nikki Klix, Tom Lally, Matthew LaChapelle, Tim Heurlin, Dana LaChapelle, Patrese McClain, Laura Lodewyck

In this sweeping exploration of identity, 40 actors examine how we subvert or submit to the roles in which society casts us.

PseudoephedrineWriter: Ken UrbanDirector: Bea Bosco Musical Arrangement: Lloyd Brodnax King Aerial Coach: Rani Waterman

Chorus: Kristen MageeChorus: Rebecca Ribich Chorus: Delia Baseman Ted: John ZinnAnnemarie: Kathy Logelin

Underscored by a Greek chorus-like group of Indigo Girl fans, Ted plummets through space towards his old girlfriend, Annemarie. Using acrobatics and a capella, “Pseudoephedrine” illustrates how our lives seem to get closer to fine even as the sidewalk rushes up to meet us.

Photographer: Aaron Corey

Photographer: Doug Fogelson

The Big TentDevised By: Paula Gilovich & Greta Honold

Additional devisers: Dav Yendler (co-director), John Rooney (rehearsal stage manager), Kit Novotny (dramaturg), Johnny Berona, Catherine Glynn, Ena Ibrakovic, Scott Jaburek, Morgan Maher, Momone Maley, Mia Park, Zoe Schwartz, Tea Sefer, Jose (Che Che) Turrubiartez, Reginald Vaughn, Members of the About Face Youth Theatre Ensemble

This new American fable by the About Face Youth Theatre ensemble captures stories of preaching, gambling, marriage, love, citizenship, race, children, and hope under one tent. Will the tent remain standing in a moment characterized by a mythic president, a mythic economic collapse, and the mythic promise of hope and unity?

14 WORLD PREMIERE PLAYS: The Devised Pieces

Who Put the DeadBird in My Mailbox?

Writer: Sarah HammondDirector: Karen Kessler

Hero: Jennifer Waldrip

In this post modern urban detective story, a young woman tries to solve the mystery of the unexpected package she has received. This epistolary fable looks at the isolation and absurdity of becoming an adult.

Photographer: Lisa Predko

Photographer: Alix Sugarman

In the Chair, orFix Your Teeth B*tch

Devised by: Carolyn Hoerdemann & Atalee Judy

Additional devisers: Carl Wiedemann (video), featuring music written and performed by the Thin Man

This solo performance by Carolyn Hoerdeman takes place in the mind and body of a dental patient, asking how pain is manifested, endured, experienced...even enjoyed. With choreography by Atalee Judy of Breakbone DanceCo, Fix Your Teeth, B*tch uses text, movement, sound, and video to explore the dance between the dentist and the patient’s mouth.

A Domestic Disturbance at Little Fat Charlie’s Seventh Birthday Party

Devised by: Andrew Hobgood & The New Colony

Additional devisers: Mary Hollis Inboden, Matthew Lang, Danny Taylor, Nicole Pellegrino, Forest Hynes, Cynthia Castiglione, Evan Linder, James Asmus, Gary Tiedemann, Kevin Stangler, Michael Peters

This piece tells the fateful tale of Little Fat Charlie’s parents on his special day. Bringing the audience on stage and into the action, the ensemble will conduct an audience-performed recreation of this terrible event.

Photographer: Saverio Truglia

Photographer: Callie Lipkin

The GistDevised by: Mark Comiskey

Additional devisers: Laura Fisher, Michael Macias, Brian Shaw, Eric Leonardson (musician), Lori Hall-Araujo (costume design)

If it happens, does it matter? Does it matter if it happens? A casual visit takes a turn for the worst as three characters recycle the past through a present day encounter with a bowl a fruit. Using a mix of music, live and pre-recorded citrus and living performers, “The Gist” will tell and retell and retell what happens when the details of candor are better left unsaid.

KattywampusDevised by: Joseph Ravens

Embracing sculptural aesthetics rather than dramatic conventions, Kattywampus is a hybrid of art, theater and dance. In a world where everything is askew and heads are way too large, the dysmorphic hero wonders why he is the way he is; and why the way he is wrong.

Photographer: Jeff Stella

Photographer: Erika Dufour

Para CarmenDevised by: Sandra Delgado* Costume Assistant: Stephanie McNair

Photographer: Michelle Nolan

Additional devisers: Jasmin Cardenas (choreographer), Stephanie Diaz (masks), Ilana Faust, Juan Gabriel Ruiz, Isabel Quintero, Christina Nieves, Wannapa Eubanks, Khanisha Foster, Remy Ortiz, Jeremy Harris, Kimberlee Soo, Jazmin Corona, Jennifer Young (violin), Tim Travelbee (guitar), Eric Engelson (percussion)

Inspired by (and with a live performance of) Lhasa de Sela’s song “De Cara a la Pared,” this fable is about a woman in the moments leading up to and immediately following her death. As she is aided into her transition by three women, her life starts to flash before her eyes, and the images and memories she has carried with her come to life.

SpaceLab.2030Devised by: Dean EvansCostume Assistant: Krystal Troutman

Additional devisers: Jay Torrence (director), Curtis Williams (musician)

Photographer: Ryan Robinson

A man adrift in an orbiting space lab conducts experiments on unknown alien plant life. Over time he loses control of his pristine scientific habitat as the life form he once controlled grows unstable and unstoppable. Using mime with live music and original sound, a dark and humorous story of losing control is unraveled.

* Denotes Collaboraction Company Member**Denotes Collaboraction AssociateAEA Denotes Member of the Actors Equity Association

MUSICIAN SCHEDULE AND INFOAnacron Allen

APRIL 16TH @8PM & 18TH @7PM www.myspace.com/anacronmusic

Julius Spates AKA Julius the Mad Thinker

APRIL 19TH @7PM www.myspace.com/themadthinker

Bounte APRIL 23 @8PM www.myspace.com/bountemusic

Leroy Bach APRIL 24TH @8PM

Eric Ziegenhagen

APRIL 25TH @7PMwww.ericzieg.com

TJ Travelbee APRIL 25TH @9PM www.tjtravelbee.com

Matthew Kerstein

APRIL 26TH @7PM www.myspace.com/matthewkerstein

Jefferey Thomas APRIL 30TH @8PM

Andrew Fraker MAY 1ST @8PM

The Changes MAY 2ND @7PM www.myspace.com/thechanges

Miles Polaski MAY 2ND @9PMwww.milesoundesign.com

Allison Chesley AKA Helen Money

MAY 3RD @7PM www.myspace.com/helenmoney

Them Vs. Them – JQ & Iguana MAY 7TH @8PMwww.foulmouthpoet.com

Charles Kim MAY 8TH @8PM

www.charleskimmusic.com

Starina MAY 9TH @7PMwww.myspace.com/starinaandthevel

Jon Langford MAY 9TH @9PMwww.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/jon-langford

Mikhail Fiksel MAY 10TH @3PMwww.myspace.com/akathewhiterussian

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Todd Baxter (The dreaded Zepplin) www.baxterphoto.com

Stephanie Bassos (constriction)

www.stephaniebassos.com

Aaron Corey (pseudoephedrine) www.aaroncorey.com

Philip Dembinski (Beatrice and Beau) www.philipdembinski.com

An ensemble of 14 photographers will document the SKETCHBOOK experience from the beginning to the end. Each photographer has been paired with one of the new works to design a photo to represent its world premiere. Using each image, along with a New American Fable image from their personal portfolio, the photos will be incorporated into the video design of this year’s festival. The photographers will be on site throughout the run to capture the individuality of each evening and each audience, so keep checking back for more photographs as the festival continues!

Doug Fogelson

(What am i Supposed to Be) www.dougfogelson.com

Callie Lipkin

(in the chair, or Fix Your Teeth, B*tch) www.dougfogelson.com

Michelle Nolan

(para carmen) www.mtnolan.com

Lisa Predko

(Who put the dead Bird in my mailbox?) www.lisapredko.com

Erika Dufour

(kattywampus) www.erikadufour.com

Michael David Rose

(kid) www.michaeldavidrose.com

Jeff Stella

(The gist) www.jeffstellaphoto.com

Alix Sugarman

(The Big Tent) alixsugarman.com/home

Saverio Truglia (a domestic disturbance at little Fat charlie’s Seventh Birthday party) saveriotruglia.com

Ryan Robinson

(Spacelab.2030) www.ryanrobinson.com

ARTIST BIOSThe Plays

JENNIFER BARCLAY (PLAYWRIGHT, CONSTRICTION) is thrilled to be a part of this year’s Sketchbook. Her plays have been produced and/or developed at Steppenwolf, The International Theatre of Vienna, Edinburgh Fringe, Piven, Remy Bumppo, Teatro Vista, Stage Left and American Theatre Company, among others. As an actress, Jennifer has performed in Austria, Scotland, California, New York, and Chicago. Residencies: Hawthornden International Writers Retreat (Scotland), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Awards: Kennedy Center National Science Playwriting Award second place, Final Draft Big Break semi-finalist, Princess Grace finalist, Pinter Review Gold Medal, San Francisco Fringe Best Dramatic Solo, Northwestern’s Mary Margaret Linn Theatre Award. Jennifer is a graduate of Northwestern University and will graduate in June with her MFA in Playwriting from UC San Diego.

BRIAN BELL (DIRECTOR, THE DREADED ZEPPLIN) is excited to be directing for the Sketchbook Festival, and to be working with such incredibly fun material. Texan by birth, Chicagoan by choice, Brian has also staged multiple productions in Berlin where he lived and worked for two years. In Chicago Brian has worked with Lincoln Square Theatre, Darknight Productions and Adventure Stage where he is an ensemble member. He is also a cofounder of Cabaret Vagabond-DAS IST KUNST! Many thanks to Becket, and as always to Mom and the Dadster.

BEATRICE BOSCO (DIRECTOR, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE) is a theater director, educator, and scholar, and is currently the Associate Director of Education at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and teaches at DePaul University. In Chicago, she has directed at Stage Left Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre, Scrap Mettle SOUL, Lakeside Shakespeare, Estrogen Fest, Rhino Fest and 2nd Story. A Company Associate at Collaboraction, she directed Eric Ziegenhagen’s On Air for SKETCHBOOK 4 and Theresa Rebeck’s How We Get to Where We’re Going for SKETCHBOOK 6.

DEVON DE MAYO (DIRECTOR, CONSTRICTION) is a founder and associate artistic director of Dog & Pony. She recently co-directed The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler and devised and co-directed As Told by the Vivian Girls for D&P. Directing credits include shows with Dog & Pony, 2nd Story, Cherubs (National High School Institute), Northlight Theatre Academy, and theatres in London, Bali and Ohio. She’s assistant directed at Steppenwolf, Northlight and Mary-Arrchie. She studied directing at Middlesex University in London, the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow and the Indonesian Institute for the Arts in Bali. Thank you to Seth, Jennifer Barclay and my awesome cast!

MARK FLEISCHER (DIRECTOR, KID) SKETCHBOOK 9 is Mark’s second time directing for the festival. In 2007 he directed Stephen Cone’s We Came Here Because it was Beautiful. Mark has developed new works at Chicago Dramatists, Plano Repertory Theatre, Victory Gardens, Pegasus Theatre,

Collaboraction, and Teatro Vista. Favorite productions include David Harrower’s Blackbird, Neil LaBute’s Bash, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. From 1994 – 2001 Mark served as the Artistic Director of Plano Repertory Theatre in suburban Dallas. In 2007 Mark assumed the leadership of the Adirondak Theatre Festival (ATF) in Glens Falls, New York. His next projects are Ordinary Days, a new musical by Adam Gwon, and a workshop of Brush the Summer By by Hal Corley, both for ATF. Mark holds an MFA in Directing from the Theatre School at DePaul University and a BA from Austin College.

SEAN GRANEY (PLAYWRIGHT, WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE) is proud to participate in his 7th Sketchbook. He is the Artistic Director and Founder of the Chicago company The Hypocrites. As a playwright, Sean has received productions of The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Suicide; Autophagy; Porno. He received a commission from The Goodman to write Without. As a director, Sean has directed over 30 productions since 1997 and was a participant in the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors from 2004/6. He won two Joseph Jefferson Citations for Outstanding Direction for Equus and Machinal. In 2004, Chicago Magazine identified him as Chicago’s Best Avant-garde Director. Upcoming projects include The Mystery of Irma Vep at Court Theatre and A Hundred Dresses at Chicago Children’s Theatre. If you have any questions for Sean, please feel free to contact him sean@seangraney.com. Thank you for spending your time and money on theater.

SARAH HAMMOND (PLAYWRIGHT, WHO PUT THE DEAD BIRD IN MY MAILBOx?) The daughter of journalists, Sarah grew up in Hong Kong, Belgium, and South Carolina. Honors include the Heideman Award, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, a commission from South Coast Repertory Theatre, and a residency at the Royal National Theatre in London. Her plays have been seen on stage at Trustus Theatre (SC), Live Girls (Seattle), Ars Nova’s Out Loud Series, the Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the Summer Play Festival, Australia’s Interplay Festival and the Undergroundzero Festival in Germany. Her short plays have been seen at the Hangar Theatre, City Theatre (Miami), the Actors Theatre of Louisville, in print in Ten Minute Plays for 2 Actors: the Best of 2004 and at Playscripts Inc. She is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.

KAREN KESSLER (DIRECTOR, WHO PUT THE DEAD BIRD IN MY MAILBOx?) is very happy to be working on SKETCHBOOK with Collaboraction while she is simultaneously directing Pumpgirl by Irish playwright Abbie Spallen for A Red Orchid Theatre – where she is a proud ensemble member. For Red Orchid, Karen has directed Blasted by Sarah Kane, Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke and Mr. Kolpert by David Gieselmann. In May, she will return to the Illinois Shakespeare Festival to direct Bill Irwin’s adaptation of Moliere’s Scapin. Other credits include: War by Roddy Doyle, Sam Shepard’s The God of Hell; The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace, David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross for the Northern Stage Ensemble in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; and Measure for Measure, Macbeth (twice!), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Hamlet at a bunch of different and very cool theatres.

CHELSEA M. MARCANTEL (PLAYWRIGHT, BEATRICE & BEAU) was born, raised, and very well fed in south Louisiana; she received two BAs and a Master’s from LSU. In Chicago, Chelsea has worked with the Mercury Theatre (Transference), Bailiwick Director’s Festival (Open), The Hypocrites (Mud, Threepenny Opera), and The Side Project (Cut to the Quick Festival Fall 08/Spring 09). Her original

plays The Tiniest Sound in Recorded History and Round Earth’s Imagined Corners have been produced by R7Co, of which she was a founding member. Chelsea has two current projects: STUNT, an original one-act, and Demons and Monsters, which she directed. You can catch both at The Side Project right now. Chelsea is a pescetarian and thinks you’re cute, too. www.chelseamarcantel.net WILLIAM NEDVED’S (PLAYWRIGHT, KID) play, The Saved, was a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Ten-Minute Play Festival. Fate, an original musical, was awarded the first-ever Leonard Bernstein ‘Learning Through The Arts’ Interdisciplinary Scholarship. Full-length works include A Young Man in Pieces, County Fair (The Gift), The Three-Way (The Gift Sydney), The Two of You (The University of Iowa), and See Through You (Nuffield Theatre, England). He received a Ragdale Foundation residence, and a Community Arts Assistance grant from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs. Nedved holds an MA in Theatre Studies from the University of New South Wales – Sydney, and is completing his MFA in Film and Television Writing at the University of Southern California. Prior to attending USC, he was the Publicist for Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

BRANDON RAY (DIRECTOR, BEATRICE & BEAU) was Artistic Director of Chicago’s New Leaf Theatre from 2003 to 2007, where he directed As It Is In Heaven and the US Premiere of David Hare’s The Permanent Way, both of which were nominated for Jeff citations for Best Ensemble. Most recently, he directed Three Hymns of Apathy for the side project’s “Cut to the Quick” play festival, and the sketch revue Youthenized at Donny’s Skybox. He is extremely excited to be working with Collaboraction for the first time, having been a Sketchbook fan for many years. Thanks to Anthony, Sarah, Michael, Kyra and Chelsea. Love to his beautiful fiancee Amy.

EMILY SCHWARTZ (PLAYWRIGHT, THE DREADED ZEPPLIN) is the Artistic Director of and Resident Playwright for The Strange Tree Group. For them she has penned such critically acclaimed shows as The Dastardly Ficus and Other Comedic Tales of Woe and Misery, Mr. Spacky...The Man Who Was Continuously Followed by Wolves, and The Mysterious Elephant and the Terrible Tragedy of the Unlikely Addington Twins*(*Who Kill Him). Ms. Schwartz is an Artistic Associate of Collaboraction and has had her work featured in SKETCHBOOKS 5,6,7,8 and now 9. She was the Critic’s Pick for Best Chicago Playwright of 2008 in the Chicago Reader, is collector of antique chairs, a lover of lantern light and graduate of Indiana University.

JACK TAMBURRI (DIRECTOR, WHAT I AM SUPPOSED TO BE) has directed plays for Chicago Fusion Theater (bobrauschenbergamerica) and Mary Arrchie (7 Blowjobs). He has performed with National Headquarters, The Hypocrites, The Building Stage, The House Theatre of Chicago, and The Plagiarists, with whom he is a company member, and his writing has been performed at the Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Festival and The University of Chicago. During the day he is the Artistic Administrator of Court Theatre.

KEN URBAN’S (PLAYWRIGHT, PSUEDOEPHEDRINE) plays have been produced at The Flea, Moving Arts, Target Margin, Theatre of NOTE, Rude Guerrilla, The Mill @ Stage Left, and The Chocolate Factory. His work has been developed at Playwrights Horizons, The Huntington, Son of Semele Ensemble, Urban Stages, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, Soho Rep and Annex Theatre. Ken

received the L. Arnold Weissberger Prize from Williamstown Theatre Festival, a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwrights’ Center, a Playwriting Fellowship from the Huntington Theatre, a MacDowell Residency, and a Tennessee Williams Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers Conference. Other plays include I (HEART) KANT, Nibbler, Halo, The Absence of Weather, The Private Lives of Eskimos, The Female Terrorist Project, and The Happy Sad. Ken is the Founding Artistic Director of The Committee, a New York-based theatre company that produces “catastrophic theatre.” He teaches theatre and playwriting at Harvard University and Tufts University. www.kenurban.org.

The Devised PiecesMARK COMISKEY (THE GIST) has been producing, creating and performing original theater, music and media on Chicago stages for nearly 20 years. His work has premiered locally at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Dance Chicago, PAC/Edge, Links Hall, throughout New York City and in festivals across Germany. He has created over 70 original productions and has also been seen performing with PLaSTiCeNe, The Curious Theater Branch, Theatre Oobleck, Red Moon, the Neo-Futurists, Bread & Puppet, Prop Theater and Jellyeye. Mark has scored and performed original music for dancer Asimina Chermos, Curious Theater Branch, Local Infinities, Maestro-matic, Plasticene, Prop Theatre and Red Moon. He has worked as a foley artist for Big Idea’s animated series VegiTales; and released a CD, A Wide Arc, as a member of the performance poetry ensemble, Ten Tongues. Mark earns a living as the Video Director of Blue Man Group, Chicago.

SANDRA DELGADO (PARA CARMEN) is a founding member of Collaboraction and co-produced the SKETCHBOOK festival from 2005-2008. Acting credits with the company include Guinea Pig Solo, Refuge and the upcoming summer 2009 world premiere of El Grito del Bronx, a co-production with Teatro Vista in association with the Goodman Theatre. She has been an ensemble of Teatro Vista, the Midwest’s only Equity Latino theatre company, since 2004 and served as the company’s associate artistic director from 2006-2008. Acting credits with the company include the Midwest premiere of Massacre (co-production with the Goodman); Dreamlandia; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner and Two Sisters and a Piano (co-production with Apple Tree). In Chicago, she has also appeared on the stages of Steppenwolf, the Goodman, Victory Gardens, Lookingglass, and About Face. Outside of Chicago, Ms. Delgado has been seen Off-Broadway at INTAR; at Actors Theatre of Louisville and at Missouri Repertory.

DEAN EVANS (SPACELAB.2030) is a professional Actor, Mime Artist, and Clown. He has studied Mime and Physical Theater at The School for Mime Theater, The Ohio State University, and with masters Marcel Marceau, Stephen Niedzialkowsky, and Avner Eisenberg. He is an ensemble member of the Neo-Futurists and has performed with Kapoot Clown Theater, Redmoon, Chicago Children’s Theater, Second City, The Goodman and as a solo artist. He performs a one man Clown and Mime show called The Magical Exploding Boy. He is the director of Chicago Physical Theater, an organization that teaches Clown, Mime and Physical Theatre.

PAULA GILOVICH (BIG TENT) is the director of About Face Youth Theatre. She most recently wrote and directed Fast Forward, which premiered last summer. As a playwright and director, her work has been performed at Center on Halsted, SAIC, PAC/Edge, Curious Theatre Branch and The Vic Theatre. As a reporter and essayist, Gilovich has contributed to the New York Times, Allure, The Stranger, and other publications nationwide. She co-founded Tenth Avenue East Publishing, where she edited and published the titles: The World is Yours: The Geography of Hip Hop, The Rendevous Reader, and Pacific Bell. Currently, she is trying to start a high school and finish her first novel. She is thrilled to be a part of SKETCHBOOK 2009.

ANDREW HOBGOOD (DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AT LITTLE FAT CHARLIE’S SEVENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY) is a founder and Artistic Director of The New Colony. He co-created the 2006 FringeNYC Best Musical, 58!, and co-wrote and directed Love is Dead which won the 2008 FringeNYC award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics and three After Dark awards. Recent directing projects include the Jeff Recommended production of Torch Song Trilogy and The New Colony’s productions of Amelia Earhart Jungle Princess and FRAT. He and The New Colony are working in collaboraction with Victory Gardens Theater on Literally Sexy and are excited to be part of SKETCHBOOK. Many thanks to Anthony, Seth, Martin and everyone making SKETCHBOOK possible.

CAROLYN HOERDEMANN (FIx YOUR TEETH B*TCH) is pleased to be back at SKETCHBOOK and Collaboraction where she is an Artistic Associate, and grateful to be collaborating with the incomparable Atalee Judy again, as she collaborated and performed in The De Evolution of Mudwoman with Breakbone Dance Co. this past summer at the Viaduct Theatre. Carolyn is also inspired by her other collaborator, film-maker Carl Wiedeman. As a member of the European Repertory Company for twelve years, she performed as Clytemnestra, Glactia in Scenes from An Execution, Madame de St Fond in Madame DeSade, and many Russians; in Zoyka’s Apt, Uncle Vanya, Ivanov, The Duel, Black Milk, and Maria’s Field at TUTA Theatre where she was also the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. Carolyn has a BFA from DePaul and an MAAE from The School of the Art Institute, she teaches Performance at DePaul University. This is for Dr. R.

GRETA HONOLD (BIG TENT) is super psyched to be a deviser for this year’s SKETCHBOOK. Greta is most often an actor and was seen in Collaboraction’s Heros and Villains as well as in SKETCHBOOK 6 and 7. She has also worked with Steppenwolf, Court, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Redmoon and Piven among others. Greta has been heard on the radio, reading for WBEZ’s Stories On Stage, and seen on TV, in the sitcom What About Joan? as well as in a few silly commercials. In June, she graduated from University of Chicago with a BA in Anthropology and now is a proud staff member at About Face Theatre.

ATALEE JUDY (FIx YOUR TEETH, B*TCH) does it all for her Chicago based dance company Breakbone DanceCo. A genuine DIY gal, Atalee has racked up an impressive list of credits; Choreographer, Dancer, Marathon Runner, Actor, Director, Composer, Singer, Costumer, Filmmaker, Producer, and Punk Rocker. Her list of extensive creative ventures and performances in Chicago spans over 18 years. Check out breakbone.com for more info.

JOSEPH RAVENS (KATTYWAMPUS) creates performances that challenge expectations and champion a dialogue between artistic mediums. Recipient of numerous awards for interdisciplinary art and new performance forms, Ravens has shown throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. He studied at the Gerrit Reitveldt Acadamie in Amsterdam and received his Master of Fine Arts in Performance from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Please visit http://www.josephravens.com.

THE PRODUCTION STAFFSETH BOCKLEY (PRODUCING DIRECTOR OF DEVISED WORK) is a director, writer and performer in Chicago, and is currently serving as Collaboraction’s Associate Artistic Director. He was a recipient of the 2005-2007 Theater Communications Group New Generations Grant, which supported an intensive apprenticeship to Redmoon’s artistic directors Jim Lasko and Frank Maugeri in the fields of site-specific theater and art direction. Recent projects include Collaboraction’s critically acclaimed world-premiere adaptation of George Saunders’ short story Jon, for which he served as director and adaptor. Other recent writing credits include the puppet opera Laika’s Coffin, Redmoon’s Boneyard Prayer, and Hansel and Gretel at Links Hall’s “Method to Madness”. Directing credits include Jon, Hansel and Gretel, Impossible Cities: A Utopian Experiment, and event work and site specific theater with Redmoon, Collaboraction, and Walkabout Theater.

DExTER BULLARD (GUEST CURATOR OF DEVISED WORK) is honored to curate the devised portion of this year’s SKETCHBOOK. Dexter is theater artist dedicated to creating and directing original theater for Chicago and beyond. He co–founded Plasticene – a physical theater company whose critically–acclaimed experimental works have been featured at The Steppenwolf Studio, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Storefront Theatre, MCA, The Cultural Center, The Museum of Science and Industry, Performing Arts Chicago, and in New York City. In 2004, Dexter was awarded the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Direction Off-Broadway for Tracy Letts’ Bug at The Barrow Street Theater, as well as a Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director. He founded The Next Lab at The Next Theatre where he directed Bouncers, for which he received a Jefferson Citation and an After Dark award for his direction. As Associate Artistic Director at Next Theatre, he directed and/or created eight shows for mainstage and Lab. He has also directed projects for Famous Door, American Theatre Company, Hartford Stage Company, and many times for A Red Orchid Theatre. Dexter is Head of Graduate Acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University and teaches acting, physical theater, and improvisation nationally.

JEREMY GETZ (LIGHTING DESIGNER) is a well-known, diverse and accomplished lighting designer working in Chicago for the past 10 years. After receiving a BFA in lighting design from DePaul University Theater School, he helped establish and maintain Collaboraction. He also designed lighting for the Albany Park Theater Project, Circle Theater, Ensemble Espanola, and Steppenwolf Garage. He designed the lighting for several area nightclubs and restaurants including Avec, RedNofive, Hydrate and OHM. Mr. Getz has served as the technical director and lighting designer of Northside College Prep. He also works as a freelance lighting technician and programmer for Intelligent Lighting Creations and Upstaging where projects include River of Life in Seattle, Spring Branch in Virginia Beach, and St. Francis and St. Charles High Schools, both in Chicago.

SARAH GITENSTEIN (CASTING DIRECTOR) is a company member and the resident Casting Director at Collaboraction. For Collaboraction, Sarah has cast, assistant directed and produced numerous productions including the World Premiere of Heroes and Villains, SKETCHBOOKs 6, 7 and 8, and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow. For other Chicago theaters, Sarah cast Teatro Vista’s Dreamlandia directed by Cecilie Keenan and has performed with Curious Theater, Pavement Group, Teatro Vista, and Timeline.

ELSA HILTNER (COSTUME DESIGNER) is thrilled to be designing with Collaboraction on SKETCHBOOK 2009! Earlier this season she designed costumes for JON and has costumed many events with Collaboraction in the past year. Other Chicago credits include DRIVING MISS DAISY (Nominated for a Jeff Award for Best Costume Design), JEEVES INTERVENES, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, DESIGN FOR LIVING, A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN and THE MADNESS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE: A LOVE STORY (First Folio Theatre); THE AUTUMN GARDEN and BOURBON AT THE BORDER (Eclipse Theatre); THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (Signal Ensemble). Upcoming productions with Collaboraction include the remount of JON and EL GRITO DEL BRONX. Before moving to Chicago, she designed for many Seattle area theatres including Balagan Theatre, SecondStory Repertory Theatre, Western Washington University, and Book-It Repertory Theatre. Currently she is designing and drafting as the Spectacle Costume Shop Manager at Columbia College Chicago. For more information about her designs, visit www.elsahiltner.com.

KRISTIN IDASZAK (ASSISTANT FESTIVAL DIRECTOR) is delighted to return to Collaboraction after assistant directing JON this fall. She recently assistant directed Thomas Middleton’s The Changeling for Caffeine Theatre, where she also co-curated the Antigone Coffeehouse and dramaturged Ion. She has interned in the literary departments at The Goodman and La Jolla Playhouse. This spring her plays will receive readings and Chicago Dramatists and the Theatre School at DePaul University, where she will also be directing Late: A Cowboy Song. She will receive her BFA in Theatre Arts and a double major in Philosophy this June. Thanks to her family, and to Anthony, Seth and Sam.

MARTIN KAMENSKI (MANAGING DIRECTOR) is thrilled to help produce his first SKETCHBOOK. A long-time fan and recently appointed Managing Director, he still can’t get over how many truly talented individuals come together to create this festival. Martin has produced Collaboraction’s first three productions this season, and is currently also President and Founder of Rockstar CPA, Chicago’s premier creative and entertainment industry accounting firm. He also sits on the boards of Matter Dance Company and the Global Alliance of Artists.

SARAH MOELLER (PRODUCTION MANAGER) is a Collaboraction company member, resident production manager and director. Her past credits with Collaboraction include Production Manager for Heroes and Villains, JON, Gold Brick and The Siddhartha Project, Stage Manager for The Pull Toy and his Paisan, SKETCHBOOKS 6, 7 & 8, director for SLP’s 365 Project and the premiere studio series project, Tone Clusters. She is also a company member at Eclipse Theatre Company where she works as a dramaturg, director and stage manager. When she isn’t working in the theater she can be found teaching elementary music around Chicago.

ANTHONY MOSELEY (FESTIVAL DIRECTOR) has been the Executive Artistic Director of COLLABORACTION since 1999, where he has led the company through a period of remarkable growth from $19,000 annually to over $600,000. During this period he has developed a Board of Directors, strategic planning process, operations staff, a for-hire division called Experience Design that offer Collaboraction’s creative and production services to private clients and produced over 100 productions and events including Collaboraction’s critically acclaimed productions of JON, The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild; a road trip, Guinea Pig Solo, and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow. Collaboraction recently received a “Hopie” award from the Lester and Hope Abelson Foundation for recognition in creativity and innovation. Mr. Moseley is the co-creator and Festival Director of the annual SKETCHBOOK Festival, an electrifying blend of theatre, music and art makes up “premiere short play festival in the Midwest.” His past Collaboraction directing credits include Mud by Maria Irene Fornes, the Chicago premiere of Refuge by Jessica Goldberg (2000 Jeff Citation nomination for Best Direction), To Kill a Mockingbird by Christopher Sergel based on the novel by Harper Lee, the Chicago premiere of The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union by David Greig, the Chicago premiere of Guinea Pig Solo by Brett C. Leonard, the world premiere of The Pull Toy (and His Pasian) by Robert McEwen, the world premiere of Heroes and Villains by Dan Janoff and numerous world premiere short plays at SKETCHBOOK. Mr. Moseley produced, directed and wrote Nightlight (Independent Film Channel) and The Bee (winner of Audience Choice Award – Short Film, 2002 N.Y. Int’l Independent Film Festival). As an actor, Mr. Moseley was in the world premiere of Jose Rivera’s Massacre, produced by the Teatro Vista in Association with the Goodman Theatre in the Owen Theatre. He as has also performed in Collaboraction’s When You Comin’ Back Red Ryder (1999 Jeff Citation nomination for Best Actor), Beyond Therapy, Three Sisters, Spandex and Sympathy and Pong. Mr. Moseley has also been performed in numerous commercials, televisions shows and movies including Prison Break and The Beast. Anthony was the 2007 Michael Maggio Fellow for early-career directors at Goodman Theatre. He graduated in ’95 from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Finance before having his quarter-life crisis and pursuing a career in theater and arts.

BECKY PERLMAN (LITERARY MANAGER) is Collaboraction’s literary manager. She’s worked with companies including Apple Tree Theatre, Around the Coyote, Child’s Play, Collaboraction, Collision Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, Pavement Theatre Group, Six Flags Great America Theme Park, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Timeline Theatre Company, Uma Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival. This winter, she dramaturged J.T. Roger’s The Overwhelming at Next Theatre.

MILES POLASKI (SOUND DESIGN) Miles Polaski is a sound designer, composer and musician in Chicago, IL. He is the resident sound designer with Collaboraction and a music director/curator with Serendipity Theatre’s 2nd Story. In 2008, Miles worked on music for Lie of the Mind at Strawdog Theatre which won a non-equity Jeff Award and his sound design for White People at The Gift Theatre was nominated for an equity Jeff Award. In 2007, he was nominated for two non-equity Jeff Awards for his sound design and original compositions for Equus at Actor’s Workshop. Miles has had the pleasure of working with many Chicago theatre companies, since moving to Chicago in 2004, including TUTA, Chicago Dramatists, Noble Fool Theatricals, The House Theatre of Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare, Light Opera Works, Redmoon, The Hypocrites, Theatre Seven, Infamous Commonwealth, Backstage

Theatre, among others. Before moving to Chicago, Miles worked as an actor and sound designer at The Barter Theatre, state theater of Virginia.

SAM PORRETTA (PRODUCTION DESIGN) is Chicago based designer, director & performer. A company member since 2004, he currently serves as Collaboraction’s Creative Director, and has designed productions for Jon, SKETCHBOOK ’04 -‘08, Guinea Pig Solo, Beggar’s Banquet ’04-’06, along with also co-directing Carnaval, Prom, Suffering City, and Krisis. He has also designed sets for Serendipity Theatre Collective (Girl 20), Theater Wit (Men of Steel), and Field House Lab (Orpheus Now). As a performer, he has worked with notable Chicago companies such as Redmoon, The Hypocrites, Strawdog, and Trap Door. He devoted last year to studying design methodologies at the alternative design school Archeworks. There he worked in a multidisciplinary design team along with members of Chicago 2016 (Olympic Bid Committee) creating strategies to engage Chicago’s ethnic and cultural communities in the Olympics.

JESSIE WAYBURN (PROPS DESIGNER) is thrilled to be working with Collaboraction for the first time. She is the Production Manager for The New Colony, typically, but she also works as a Stage Manager all around town. She most recently stage managed The Shape of a Girl with Pegasus Players, a Jeff-recommended production. She was stage manager for The New Colony’s inaugural production, Amelia Earhart: Jungle Princess, winner of Chicago Free Press’s Pressie for Best Local Theater Production. Her previous Chicago stage management credits include The Grounded Theatre, The Comedy Shrine, the Awesome 80’s Prom, Open Door Productions with Northlight Theatre, A Red Orchid Theatre, the Theatre Arts Project with Thresholds, Trap Door Theatre, Open Eye Productions, Black Sheep Productions, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Seanachai Theatre, and the Game Show Show... & Stuff! with Strawdog Theater members at the Lakeshore Theatre. Her other credits include Spoleto Festival USA and PURE Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina, as well as One Little Goat Theatre of Toronto, when they toured to Trap Door Theatre.

SHEENA L. YOUNG (STAGE MANAGER) is completely thrilled to be working with Collaboraction on SKETCHBOOK 2009. Some of her previous experiences have included working as the ASM for Winter Pageant Redux 2009 and SM for Boneyard Prayer at Redmoon Theater. She has also enjoyed working on Noir at the Building Stage Theater, Odin’s Horse at Infamous Commonwealth Theater, and Bare, A Pop Opera at the Bailiwick Repertory Theater. She is also currently the Dramaturg for The Grapes of Wrath at Infamous Commonwealth Theater as well. Sheena thanks her family, De and Michael Stauffer for inspiring her.

What is Collaboraction?Collaboraction’s is a company of creative people organized as a non-profit corporation which acts as the hub of a large and fluid Chicago-based artistic community to create unique artistic experiences through theatre and multidisciplinary collaboration in order to celebrate the human spirit.

The company is an award-winning theater dedicated to melding artistries and providing them in a variety of forms. Founded in 1997, Collaboraction has created over 35 productions representing a wide variety of genres that have garnered 14 Joseph Jefferson nominations and 4 Joseph Jefferson awards. Performances and events are collaborative in nature; Collaboraction has worked with over 2500 artists and volunteers in dozens of venues in the Chicago area. In the ten years since its inception, Collaboraction has established itself as a reputable non-profit arts organization that has performed for over 60,000 audience participants, and as an artistic force with a unique voice in Chicago.

Collaboraction cultivates the influence of new ideas and creativity from several disciplines, taking inspiration from theater, music, film, visual art and dance and combining them in unexpected and original ways. Collaboraction’s examining nature is rooted in the blending of these mediums as a means to enhance the audiences’ experience and to cultivate the artistic growth of collaborative artists. The company seeks to offer cultural experiences that truly reflect and contribute to the total range of human experience. In addition, Collaboraction strives to give young, emerging and mid-career Illinois artists opportunities to present their work in showcases like SKETCHBOOK and our Total Environment fund raisers, such as Beggars’ Banquet and Carnaval.

Collaboraction’s core creative values are defined by the creation of inspired and energizing theatrical experiences for its expanding audiences and in the constant pursuit of inventive approaches to its work. This theater company continually challenges itself to evolve the quality of its art and strives for evolution artistically, organizationally, and within the community.

ARTISTIC STAFFAnthony Moseley: Executive Artistic DirectorSeth Bockley: Associate Artistic DirectorJoel Moorman: Associate Artistic DirectorSam Porretta: Creative DesignerSarah Gitenstein: Casting DirectorBecky Perlman: Literary Manager

GENERAL OPERATIONS STAFFMartin Kamenski: Managing DirectorMichelle Kelley: Director of DevelopmentJames Asmus: Director of MarketingSarah Moeller: Production ManagerEric Ziegenhagen: Grant Writer

COLLABORACTION BOARD OF DIRECTORSMike Grillo: PresidentEd Rafalski: TreasurerJon Aberman: SecretaryHarry Arader: EmeritusManuela Guidi: EmeritusPaul KleinRick La ChapelleNik Rokop

COLLABORACTION COMPANY MEMBERSAnacron AllenSeth BockleySandra DelgadoJeremy GetzSarah GitensteinMark HicksIsabelle LibmannSarah MoellerJoel MoormanAnthony MoseleyMiles PolaskiSam PorrettaGalina SchevchenkoJohn ZinnEric Ziegenhagen

COMPANY MEMBERS ON HIATUSCary CronholmIan ForesterBrant Russell

EMERITUS COMPANY MEMBERSJohn CabreraEmily CripeLily FortinKimberly Senior

COLLABORACTION DEVELOPMENT COUNCILCouncil ChairsMatt Woodburn & Carmelita Tiu

General MembersDana AndersonYvonne ChengMatt DuFourBeth GomezAnne HarveyGavin IngierLorna JuettIsabelle LibmannAnthony QaiyumKatie RahnPatrick RyanChristine SandersGraham Thomas

SKETCHBOOK NEEDS 100 FRIENDS!

ARE YOU IN?Over the past 9 years, SKETCHBOOK has played a critical role in developing the future of Chicago theatre's artists and audiences. While introducing young, diverse, audiences to the power and beauty of theatre, we have been able to play a small part in developing the careers of some theatre artists who will lead the industry for the next 30 years, including Sean Graney, Brett Neveu, Laura Jacqmin, Emily Schwartz, Ann Filmer, Jimmy McDermott, Amanda Delhiemer, Sandra Delgado, Drew Dir, and many many more. Ticket sales alone do not cover the costs of the festival and we must rely upon donations from individuals, funders and business sponsorships in order to make SKETCHBOOK sustainable. This year we're asking 100 supporters to please consider making a donation of any amountas your way of taking a stand for SKETCHBOOK and it's future. We'll be keeping track of and posting our generous donors to SKETCHBOOK on our website and at the festival so check in during the run to see our progress towards our goal of 100 supporters. Thank you and I hope to see you at the 9th annual SKETCHBOOK!

Anthony Moseley,Executive Artistic Director

exclusive donor BenefitsrememBer- we're asking for 100 people to support the festival at anY leVel!if you donate : $1,000You choose one night of the festival to be presented by YOU, and get 10 tickets to SKETCHBOOK ($250 value!) to share the night with your friends and family. Enjoy a meet and greet with festival participants and a guided tour of the new SKETCHBOOK space. Also, your name will be included on our SKETCHBOOK Donor Wall as well as on the Collaboraction website.

$500-$999You will receive 5 tickets to SKETCHBOOK ($125 value!) and your name will be included on our SKETCHBOOK Donor Wall as well as on the Collaboraction website!

$100- $499You will receive 2 tickets to SKETCHBOOK ($50 value!) and your name will be included on our SKETCHBOOK Donor Wall as well as on the Collaboraction website!

$10-$99 Your name will be included on our SKETCHBOOK Donor Wall as well as on the Collaboraction website!

COLLABORACTION’S DONORS* indicates a Board member† indicates Board emeritus• Indicates Staff∞ indicates company+ indicates development council member

All Donations From 2008 - Present

$2500 and BeyondJon & Carolyn Aberman*Harry & Susan Arader†Jeffrey Asperger & Sharon ChinnaswamyPaul Klein* & Amy CrumMark & Libby GitensteinMike Grillo*Richard & Dana LaChapelle*Jazz MartinDavid O’ConnorEd Rafalski*Nik Rokop*Erin West

$1000 - $2500Justin AnselmoJonathan BednarshCleve CarneyBetty CleelandMarilyn Davis RabkinMike EpiscopeJudy GreerManuela Guidi†Matthew La ChapelleDale & Irene MurrellRob & Mary O’ConnorKay SchmidtJim StoneEllen Stone BelicTodd & Elizabeth Warnock

$500 - $999Jonathan and Michele BednarshEd CohenSuzy & Bob CronholmCharlie GrodeMark∞ & Amy HicksAnthony Qaiyum+ & Rachel McClainThania PanopoulosJim & Kate PlatisJill Reehl

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Steve JohnsLoran Juett+Monica KleinIsabelle Libmann∞+Eamon MadiganDavid & Carol MagnusonAli MajdKevin & Eliza MalloyGuy Massey & Kristin BastaClare McDermottBob McEwenIan & Jullianna MendelsohnMary MikvaKirk NortridgeCarol Billie O’ShanaScott PerlmanStanley PerlmanRichard PetersonJim & Kale PlatisBill PredmoreG & Carley QaiyumJ QaiyumKatie Rahn+R. Lance & Susan RobbinsJill RobertsJames & Kay RussellJan Rose, Danny Orleans & Leah Rose OrleansDan & Peg RyanPatrick Ryan+Matt & Mary SampleBettylu & Paul SaltzmanChristine Sanders+Stu SchnayerFrank & Karen SchniederRoche SchulferNancy ShawerTimoth SinalJohn SlocumJane StewartSher SussmanGraham Thomas+Tom & Merel Tresser

Davoud Vossough & Tara SteinschneiderMatt & Vicki WakelyJohn Slocum & Rachel WeberNick & Nora WeirMatthew Woodburn+ & Carmelita Tiu+

$1 - $99Kelly ArnoneJudy BlueLance, Kimberly Baker∞Lisa BaldwinMichael BencicMarilyn & William BurnsRichard & Catherine CripeEmily DeanStephannie DiazTania DobleAli DolanGregory & Sue DudkinBryan DunhamGilead FishelLaura FisherEdward & Beryl FlomJohn & Cindy GalliganSarah Gitenstein∞Brian GoldenNora HipolitoBartlett JohnsonLorna JuettCecilie KennanMichael KelleyDev KennedyBrian LoevnerAngie MassaniAnn McGravieMary Ann McMillanMary Lea Moseley McMillanMarvin Mirsky

Michelle MoseleyKatina PanagopoulosSean PatrickKristin PellicoriBecky PerlmanLaura PerlmanMiles Polaski∞Kelli PoloKimberly PriebeMarcia PurzeBarbara RosenbalmBrant Russell∞Elizabeth SchueringJohn SierrosJulius SpatesKaren StehleJennifer Warner-BlankenshipWendi WeberAaron Weiner

2008 In-Kind DonorsAmy KrushinskiAnthony MoseleyApril 7’s Custom FramingAround the CoyoteBushmills Irish WhiskeyChicago History MuseumChris PeldoCourt TheatreCrate & BarrelDavid O’ConnorDaVinci Group Ltd.Dog House WineEclipse TheatreEd CohenEd RafalskiFrontera GrillFulcrum Point New Music ProjectG Boutique

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COMING IN JULY ‘09

The World Premiere of

EL GRITO DEL BRONX by Migdalia Cruz

Directed by Anthony MoseleyJuly 2009. A co-production with Teatro Vista in association with the Goodman Theatre.

At the Goodman’s Owen Theatre: 170 N. Dearborn St.

El Grito del Bronx follows the story of Lulu on the eve of her wedding as she confronts her past, including her connection to her brother Papo, who is on death row awaiting the death penalty for murder. Collaboraction’s world premiere production will merge the lyrical nature of Migdalia Cruz’s work, Teatro Vista’s stellar ensemble and Collaboraction’s penchant for cinematic staging and powerful acting.

A co-production with Teatro Vista, in association with the Goodman Theatrewith funding from the NEA

SPECIAL THANKSThis program is partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Collaboraction also receives generous support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Alphawood Foundation, The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, the City Arts Assistance Program, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Lester & Hope Abelson Foundation (a donor advised fund at the Chicago Community Trust), The MacArthur Foundation and the Ronald A. Greene Memorial Fund (a donor advised fund at the Chicago Community Trust). collaboraction wishes Special Thanks to the lester & hope abelson Foundation who awarded collaboraction with the hopie award in august, 2008. collaboraction was awarded the hopie award along with a $15,000 gift for innovation and creativity associated with the SkeTchBook festival.