2016 Season v 1

Chance Theater presents the Southern California premiere of

The Big Mealby Dan LeFrancDirected by Jocelyn A. Brown*Scenic Design by Joe HolbrookLighting Design by Martha CarterSound Design by Dave MickeyCostume Design by Rachael LorenzettiStage Manager Bebe Herrera*Dramaturg Laurie Smits Staude

Cast:

Woman 1 .................................................................. Karen Webster*Man 1 ........................................................................ David Carl GolbeckWoman 2 .................................................................. Jennifer Ruckman*Man 2 ........................................................................ Robert Foran*Woman 3 .................................................................. Angela GriswoldMan 3 ........................................................................ Ben GreenGirl ............................................................................ Abby LutesBoy ........................................................................... Dylan BartonServer ...................................................................... Kelly Ehlert

Setting:A very popular chain restaurant in the Midwestern United States, or rather...every popular chain restaurant in the Midwestern United States

Running Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes with no intermission.

* Chance Resident Artist

Execut ive ProducersSCOTT & SANDRA GRAHAM

THE BIG MEAL had its World Premiere on February 7, 2011 at American Theater Company, Chicago Illinois (PJ Paparelli, Artistic Director). Playwrights Horizons, Inc. produced the New York City premiere of THE BIG MEAL Off-Broadway in 2012.

THE BIG MEAL is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit: www.SamuelFrench.com/whitepaper

Additional Production Credits Booth Operator Bebe Herrera*Master Carpenter Teodora Ramos*Casting Associate Crystal PhillipsAssistant Scenic Designers JR Norman Luker and Bethany LizarragaAssociate Sound Designer Devon SwigerLoad-In Crew Aaron McGee, Jennifer Pershon, Barrett Roseman, Marc Sanford*Scenic Painter Christopher Schmidt, Yui SuzukiProduction Photographer Doug Catiller, True Image Studio

Special ThanksFrome Enterprises, The City of Anaheim, Cal State Fullerton Theater Department, Sherry Domerego, and, of course, Jim Book.

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2016 Season v 3

An odyssey of birth, death, divorce and dinner. by Dramaturg Laurie Smits Staude and Director Jocelyn A. Brown

Many of us can recall those moments, when something strikes us, causing us to look around at ourselves, our partners, our friends, our parents, our kids, and to think to ourselves…when did this happen? How did I get here? Stages of life can pass by too quickly, before we’ve found a moment to breathe and recognize where we are and where we’ve been. It can be a decade before we notice that we’re in a new stage of life and our priorities have shifted; time is always right around the corner and often sneaks up on us. Playwright Dan LeFranc said, “I have so many friends who, when they are younger say, ‘I’m never having kids; I’m never getting married; I’m never doing this’; and then it’s like one blinks and they’re saying, ‘I’m married and I have three kids’. And I’m like, ‘How did that happen?’ I feel like the play is an expression of that – of how quickly life can change.” In this brisk rush of human life, it is often hard to recognize that life is changing and to see how many, or how few, moments we’ll actually have to impact each other. Playwright Dan LeFranc grew up right here in Orange County, in Aliso Viejo, California. He studied English and theatre at University of California, Santa Barbara, received his MFA in Playwriting at Brown University, and is currently Playwright in Residence at Playwrights Horizon in NYC. Throughout his childhood, many of his important life events ended up taking place in restaurants; LeFranc’s parents worked in restaurants in both Southern California and the Midwest. He recalls more meals taking place in restaurants than at home and the noise of family arguments sometimes shutting down restaurants for the night. LeFranc wanted to explore the seminal moments that families can have, especially at a meal, while finding a new way to represent contemporary dialogue that reflected the true nature of verbal conversations. How many important life events take place around a dining table? Moments such as introducing a new boyfriend or girlfriend, announcing a birth or an engagement, celebrating a wedding, fighting with siblings, mourning a death? After reading Thornton Wilder’s The Long Christmas Dinner which reveals a family over decades at the dinner table in accelerated time, LeFranc wanted to explore this idea in the modern day. He researched his family’s history in restaurants in preparation for a “bake-off” playwriting workshop at Brown University in which playwrights write a play in two days. That is when he discovered he needed multiple columns of text to accurately represent all the unique “cross-talking” that occurred in order to capture the rhythm of overlapping, rapid-fire authentic conversations typical in his family and in modern conversations. After more years of play development, The Big Meal had its New York premiere at Playwrights Horizons in 2012.The Big Meal received a Lucille Lortel Award Nomination for Outstanding Play. LeFranc revealed he didn’t know the play would register with people the way it had, but he recognized that the abstraction of the piece allows us all to see ourselves in it. In LeFranc’s words, “…I mean it’s your family but it’s every family.”

Karen Webster (Woman 1) became involved with the Chance in 2001, and became a Resident Artist in 2003. Past Chance Theater credits include The Diary of Anne Frank (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick; OC Register’s

Best Ensembles of 2005), A Christmas Story, Hot N Throbbing (Garland Award nominee - Best Ensemble), Coyote On A Fence (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick; Chancie Award- Best Supporting Actress), Frozen (Garland Award nominee- Best Performance in a straight play), Variations On A Theme - The Best, Rabbit Hole (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick, Garland Award nominee-Best Ensemble), the 2009 production of Jesus Hates Me (Outstanding Achievement by a Featured Actress, StageSceneLA), the 2010 re-mounting of Jesus Hates Me (at South Coast Repertory), The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (L.A. Times Critic’s Choice, Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick), Reborning (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick), Passion Play, After The Revolution, and Hairspray.

David Carl Golbeck (Man 1) is thrilled to be making his second appearance at Chance Theater. His debut came last season as Morty in After the Revolution. David earned his BA degree in Drama from UC Irvine,

and has studied regularly at South Coast Repertory. He appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Equus, and Much Ado About Nothing at SCR, and Picnic at The Flower Street Players in Glendale. David wants to thank his wife, Kate, for her continuing support as he continues his visit to the boards once again. David would like to thank Dr. Joshua Grill of UCI MIND for his insights into Alzheimer’s disease.

Jennifer Ruckman (Woman 2/Literary Manager) is proud to be a Resident Artist at Chance Theater. Performances at the Chance include Samsara, Maple and Vine (OC Weekly’s Best Play of the Year),

Time Stands Still, Reborning (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (Ovation Recommended), Jesus Hates Me, Rabbit Hole (Back Stage Critic’s Pick) and Frozen. Additionally, she has performed at The Oval Theatre in London and in the remounting of Jesus Hates Me at South Coast Repertory. She is also thrilled to be a member of Sword Fights, Inc. Jennifer is honored to work with such an incredibly talented team of artists and to be a part of The Big Meal family. “Special thanks to my family and my husband, Ken, for all our shared moments. And to Hailey – monkey kisses!”

Robert Foran (Man 2) got a late start and didn’t begin studying acting until 1994 at Saddleback College. This led to being accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Upon graduating from

the Academy in 1998, Rob and 21 other Academy students started their own theater company in Hollywood. They experienced some initial success and were nominated for two LA Weekly Theater Awards for Susan Yankowitz’s Terminal. Rob worked on a couple of student films and showcases, but devoted most of the next 13 years to being a husband and father. In 2013, Rob auditioned for The Laramie Project Cycle at Chance Theater. This began an intense and rewarding relationship with the Chance. Rob has done several readings as well as worked on The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Passion Play, and After The Revolution. He is a proud Resident Artist at the Chance. Rob considers himself fortunate to have found a group of focused and passionate artists, and looks forward to future seasons.

Angela Griswold (Woman 3) is so thrilled to be back with the Chance in her third production; she was last seen in The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, and this past holiday season as

Anne in Anne of Green Gables. She has performed/starred in straight plays and musicals across Orange County. Regional: Little Sally (Urinetown, The Barn Stage Company). Some other favorite past credits include Wendla (Spring Awakening), Kate Monster (Avenue Q), Elle Woods (Legally Blonde the Musical), and Hermia (A Midsummer Night’s “Gay” Dream). She can also be found on YouTube in projects with MyDamnChannel, DailyYou, and PeggleBlast (from EA Games). She gives all her love and thanks to her amazing family and friends.

Ben Green (Man 3) BA in Theatre Arts - CSU Fullerton ‘11. Chance Fellowship Inaugural Member. Chance Theater credits: Reindeer Monologues (Dasher), Jesus Hates Me (Georgie), Chance-A-Thon. Other

credits: The Glass Menagerie (Tom Wingfield), Psycho Beach Party (Kanaka), RENT (Benny), The Rocky Horror Show (Rocky Horror), The Violet Hour (John Pace Seavering), Beyond Therapy (Bob), The Busy World is Hushed (Brandt), Edward II (Edward II), Bent (Horst), Bell, Book, and Candle (Shep Henderson), You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Kirby), Extremities (Raul), Our Town (Stage Manager), Proof (Hal), Frost/Nixon (Jim Reston), The Playboy of the Western World (Christy Mahon), Prelude to a Kiss (Peter), Romeo & Juliet (Romeo), Midsummer... (Demetrius), The Glass Menagerie (Jim O’Connor), Sexual Perversity

Artist Biographies

in Chicago (Dan Shapiro), and Baby (Danny). Thank you to Mom, Dad, Michelle, my family, Boo, Jocelyn, Oanh, Bebe, this incredible cast/family and crew, and every member of my Chance family for their belief, encouragement, and support. Always. RG/RR/GR.

Abby Lutes (Girl) has been doing theatre for about six years. She has been in many wonderful plays, such as Peter Pan, A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland, The Lion King, and Anne of Green Gables. This

is her second show at the Chance and she is very excited to be back, and to be with this amazing cast and crew! Abby has trained at Huston School of Music with Kris Huston and Gary Krinke. Abby lives in Yorba Linda with her parents, brother, sister, and dog. She would like to thank her parents, teachers, and Kris Huston for motivating her to follow her acting dream.

Dylan Barton (Boy) The bright-eyed, ready-for-anything Dylan Barton is just taking off in his career on stage. He’s had leading roles in children’s theater productions of The Sound of Music, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and

You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown. Dylan has also played the Scarecrow and several roles in Oliver. He trained at South Coast Repertory and jumped at the chance to be in his school productions. Dylan is part of the Young Singers Orange County where he tours Southern California performing at charity events. Mr. Barton plans to attend Orange County School of the Arts in Fall 2016 for Acting. He hopes to be in 50 movies and 15 stage productions throughout his career. Some fun facts about Dylan are that he plays the ukulele, studies guitar, and has four siblings. Dylan loves Broadway and film and aspires to see his name in shining lights some day.

Kelly Ehlert (Server) is a Chance Fellow and previously appeared at the theater as Little Red Running Shorts in The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales and as Ellen in Maple and Vine. A selection

of other credits include: Marcy in Dog Sees God at Theatre Out; Outlaw in Two Gentlemen of Verona at Seattle Shakespeare Company; Mrs. Ruley in Holey Smokes at Boom! Theatre Company; various roles in ClassicsFest at Antaeus Theatre Company; Fan in A Christmas Carol and Liz in Florence, David, and Art at South Coast Repertory; The Loud Stone in Eurydice and Minnie Tinwell in The Doctor’s Dilemma at A Noise Within Theatre Company where she also also appeared in several Words Within Reading Series events including Catherine Sloper in The Heiress. Kelly has a BFA in Acting from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.

Dan LeFranc (Playwright) received the 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award for Sixty Miles to Silver Lake, premiered by Page 73 Productions and Soho Rep. His play The Big Meal

was declared the “#1 Play of 2011” by Time Out Chicago and garnered five Joseph Jefferson Award nominations. The Big Meal received its off-Broadway premiere at Playwrights Horizons, where it picked up a Drama Desk nomination and four Lucille Lortel nominations, including Outstanding Play. His most recent play,Troublemaker or The Freakin Kick-A Adventures of Bradley Boatright recently premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Dan’s other plays include Backyard, Bruise Easy, Catgut, The Fishbone Fables, In the Labyrinth, Kill the Keepers, Night Surf, and Origin Story. Dan is currently the Playwright-In-Residence at Playwrights Horizons.

Jocelyn A. Brown (Director/Associate Artistic Director) Chance directing highlights include The Artist as a part of the Chance’s On The Radar Series, Evita, Never In My Lifetime (Back Stage Critic’s Pick),

Big Love, and The Cherry Orchard (OC Weekly Best Direction nomination). Chance acting highlights include Blitzen in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, the Witch in Into the Woods (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Cathy in The Last 5 Years (Back Stage Garland nomination for Best Actor), Nancy in Closer Than Ever (LA Times Critic’s Choice), and Ann in Goodnight Children Everywhere (OC Weekly Award for Best Female Lead Performance). Outside of the Chance, Jocelyn teaches at Laguna Hills High School, is earning her Masters in Education, runs around after two toddlers, Kyden and Torin, and on occasion sees her loving husband, Kirk.

Joe Holbrook (Scenic Designer) is excited to be returning to Chance Theater for which he previously desiged the sets for Maple and Vine, Triassic Parq, The Musical and ROOMS: a rock romance (Ovation

Award nomination), and projections for The Laramie Project as well as The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later. Joe’s other scene design credits include Eurydice for Ophelia’s Jump Productions as well as The Wedding Singer, Tartuffe, Our Lady of 121st Street, 365 Days, and Equus. Joe has also worked internationally as a Technical Director and recently returned from Singapore having served as Technical Manager for the Esplanade Theatre’s 10th anniversary original production, National Broadway Company. Joe received his Master in Fine Arts degree from CSU Fullerton and during his graduate program, received the KC/ACTF Barbizon National Award for Scene Design as well as the regional KC/ACTF award for Technical Direction. Since 2000, Joe has served

as Asst. Technical Director for the Theatre Dept. at Cal State Fullerton during which he has worked on over 180 productions. Joe has also worked as a Vectorworks trainer, a draftsman for H&H Specialties, a lighting designer, and a freelance 3D computer artist.

Martha Carter (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer based out of Los Angeles, California. She will obtain her MFA in Lighting Designer in June of this year from the University of California at Irvine. Martha enjoys

collaborating and working with ensemble companies to create new work that addresses the current political and social issues of today to insight positive change within communities. Her recent credits include: Romeo and Juliet at Great River Shakespeare Festival, The Why at The Blank Theater, Pygmalion at Long Beach Playhouse, and Marry Me A Little at Theater Out. Martha has a long-standing relationship with Chance Theater, where she has designed several productions, on both the Cripe and Fyda-Mar Stages. These shows include After the Revolution, In The Heights, The Legend(s) of Sleepy Hollow, and now The Big Meal and the upcoming revival of A Chorus Line.

Dave Mickey (Sound Designer) has designed sound, video, interactive, and lighting for theatre productions at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, 59E59 NYC, Virginia Stage Company, International City Theatre, The Colony

Theatre, The Rubicon Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Chance Theater, the Blank Theatre, and Syzygy theatre. Mr. Mickey is a Co-Host of THE CUE podcast about show control. Some projects include MicePaceMaze at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the publication of 30 iOS apps, led a workshop on Interactive Theatre for the Scenofest at the PQ11 in Prague, and theme park show control (video) programming at Universal Studios Hollywood (2009/10). Mr. Mickey won the 2014 NAACP Best Sound Design for Breath & Imagination and the Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award, a national award in sound design sponsored by USITT, three Editor Choice Awards from the Maker Faire, Honorable Mentions for the Garland Awards, Outstanding Achievements by StageSceneLA.com, and nominations for the LA Weekly Theater Awards. Mr. Mickey holds an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and is the Sound and Projection Design Professor for the Theatre and Dance Department at CSU Fullerton, Integrated Media Adjunct Professor for The Center for Integrated Media at CalArts, and Sound design Adjunct Professor for Saint Mary’s College of California.

Rachael Lorenzetti (Costume Designer) is very excited to be back at Chance Theater, designing costumes for The Big Meal. She recently designed costumes for Chance Theater’s world premiere of

Loch Ness: A New Musical. Rachael graduated from Cal State Fullerton with an MFA in Costume Design, and has been teaching and designing costumes for Cypress College’s Theater and Dance department for the past three years. Her most recent costume designs include Romeo and Juliet, Spamalot, and Boeing Boeing, for Golden West College, and People in Motion and Celebration of Dance concerts at Cypress College. Rachael would like to thank the entire production team and cast for letting her be part of this great production.

Bebe Herrera (Stage Manager/Production Manager) is delighted to be working with Chance Theater. A member of Theatre of NOTE in Los Angeles, some previous stage management credits include Chance’s

Maple and Vine, the world premiere of Pat McGowan’s FILM, regional premiere of Holy Ghost by Jon Tuttle, B. Walker Sampson’s Alceste, and The Pity of Things, an evening of one-act plays. Hailing from the South Bay, she has worked with theatre companies from Hollywood to Anaheim and back including Rangeview Productions, the University Players, Movimiento Estudiantil de Teatro y Artes and Moveable Piece. She would like to thank Chance Theater for making every time working with them such memorable experiences.

Laurie Smits Staude (Dramaturg) is making her debut as a dramaturg with this production of The Big Meal, although she is no stranger to the Chance. She currently serves on the Board of Directors and was

the Associate Producer for last season’s After The Revolution, and will be the Associate Producer for A Chorus Line later this season. Laurie did her graduate work in English at Stanford University, was a professor of English for 35 years, and started her career in college teaching, decades ago, as an instructor at

Scott & Sandra Graham (Executive Producers) first went to the Chance over 10 years ago and this is their third time as honorary producers. The Grahams are

native California geeks with no theater background that stumbled onto great theater right in their backyard. Scott is a retired electrical engineer with a BS in engineering from UCI and an MS from Cal State Long Beach. Scott worked in aerospace and at JPL on the deep space communication network. Sandy is also a retired aerospace worker who has a BS in Math from Cal State Long Beach. Both love the outdoors and enjoy hiking and biking all over the world, where they find inspiration for their art. Scott is a photographer and Sandy works in watermedia. They are members in the OC Astronomers, local art associations, OC Tennis Friends, and the OC Sierra Club.

North Carolina College, where among other courses, she taught a course in poetry via television.. Laurie currently resides in Monarch Beach, and is very excited to support the arts and education in every way she can. She thanks Jocelyn for this opportunity and hopes that you enjoy the show.

Oanh Nguyen (Artistic Director) has been serving as Chance Theater’s founding Artistic Director since 1999. Oanh is a recipient of TCG’s New Generations Grant and the TCG Nathan Cummings Young Leaders of

Color Fellowship. He was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award by Arts Orange County, profiled in Orange County Register’s “Most Influential People” 2014 series and OC Weekly’s 2014 People Issue, inducted into Anaheim High School’s Hall of Fame and recently was the commencement speaker to the 2014 graduation class of Chapman University College of Performing Arts. Oanh was Producing Associate at South Coast Repertory for four years. He also served on the advisory board of the Anaheim High School Performing Arts Conservatory, the board of Network of Ensemble Theatres, LA’s 99-seat Transitional Committee, multiple SDC committees and grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and Theatre Communications Group. Oanh is a proud member of SDC and SAG-AFTRA. His directing credits include productions at Chance Theater, East West Players, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and South Coast Repertory, and served as the Associate Director for the international tour of David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish (Berkeley Repertory, South Coast Repertory, Hong Kong Arts Festival). His selected film credits include Two Brothers directed by Jean-Jacques Annaude, Rush Hour 3 directed by Brett Ratner, and Lonely Boy directed by Dale Fabrigar (Best First Feature Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Louisiana International Film Festival and Audience Award Winner at the 2013 BolderLife Festival).

Casey Long (Managing Director) is proud to be a Chance Resident Artist and co-founder. Casey is a graduate of the Leadership Anaheim program, Annenberg Foundation’s Alchemy training, and the Fieldstone

Foundation Leadership program. Recent Chance acting credits include Samuel Hunter’s A Bright New Boise, the Orange County Premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play, Southern California Premiere of Reborning, and Nerve. He would like to thank you all for being here to support local artists and our mission.

Erika C. Miller (Development Director) is a Chance Founding Artist alongside husband, Oanh Nguyen. She began singing professionally with The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus where she was privileged

to perform with Peabo Bryson, Barry Manilow, Andre Previn, Yo-yo Ma, Doc Severinsen, Luther Vandross, among others. She can be heard on the soundtracks of “Hero”, “The Dark Half” and “Merry Christmas from Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Orchestra”. Opera credits: Die Frau Ohnne Schatten and El Gato Montez with Placido Domingo at The Music Center, Carmina Burana at the Hollywood Bowl, and The Magic Flute at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Ragtime solist at Steamers Jazz Club, Old Town Music Hall, and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center. Backup singer for local Celtic band Craic in the Stone, and featured on their two albums. Favorite Chance Roles include: She Loves Me (LA Times Critic’s Choice), Little Women (remounted at La Mirada Theatre in 2013),The Laramie Project Cycle, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Ovation Award for Best Musical, LA Times Critic’s Choice), title role in Evita, Into the Woods (Back Stage Critic’s Pick and Garland Award Honorable Mention), Cabaret (Garland Award nominee: Best Actress), Closer Than Ever (LA Times Critic’s Choice), and Lee Miller: The Angel and The Fiend (OC Weekly Award).

Masako Tobaru (Technical Director) has been with the Chance since 2003, and also serves as a resident stage manager and lighting designer. Her Chance Theater credits include Little Women, Anne of Green Gables,

Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, and Evita, among others. Her credits outside the Chance include Ganga...Life as a River, Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret, Medea, Patient A and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Masako received her BA in Theater and Communications from Concordia University, Irvine.

Teodora Ramos (Master Carpenter) is a proud Chance Resident Artist. She earned her BA in Theater - Technical Production and Design from Cal State Fullerton. Credits include Anne of Green Gables

(Stage Manager), world premiere of The Boy in the Bathroom (Master Carpenter), The Secret Garden (Stage Manager), Edward Albee’s The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? (Master Carpenter, Back Stage Critic’s Pick and LA Times Critic’s Choice), The Who’s Tommy (Master Carpenter), Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (Master Carpenter), Merrily We Roll Along (Assistant Stage Manager), Little Women (Assistant Stage Manager), The Seagull (Master Carpenter), Hair (crew), Guys and Dolls (Assistant Technical Director), and Noises Off (Stage Manager). She would like to thank Calvin for his constant love and support.

Jeff Hellebrand (Box Office Associate) co-founded Chance Theater in 1999 in his native Orange County. He received his degree from Cal State Fullerton and additional training at Cal State Chico and The

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Professional Actors Conservatory. He has worked on both sides of the curtain in venues throughout California. He currently sits on the Stagecraft Technology advisory committee for North Orange County Regional Occupational Program. Chance Theater acting credits include Anne of Green Gables, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), The Stroop Report, Therese Raquin, The Diary of Anne Frank (O.C. Register Best Ensembles), Memories on the Wind and the O.C. entry in 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan Lori-Parks. Script writing credits dear to his heart are Is Pepperoni a Vegetable? And Other Mysteries of Love, But I Don’t FEEL Grown Up, and The Beach... Without Leo.

Darryl B. Hovis (Co-Education Director) earned his MA in Theatre Production at Central Washington University and studied acting at the Professional Conservatory at UCSD under Anna Shapiro (Steppenwolf) as

well as South Coast Repertory under Karen Hensel. He is the co-founder and artistic director of the Culver City Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, where he developed an intensive arts program for high school students in theatre, film, music, and art, and has gone on to develop theatre programs at other Southern California high schools, as well as Theatre International at Leysin American School in Leysin, Switzerland. Some of his favorite shows that he has directed include Therese Raquin (Chance Theater), Rent and The Threepenny Opera (Samohi Theatre), Machinal and Resurrecting Antigone (UniTheatre), and The Miracle Worker and Treehouses (AVPA).

Karen O’Hanlon (Co-Education Director) received her B.A. in Theatre from East Stroudsburg University. She has worked as a teaching artist, actress and director throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

and New York, including and most notably at the McCarter Theatre at Princeton University. Previous performances include Cinderella Waltz, Are the Lights Still on in Paris, Great Western Wanderlust, Coyote Ugly, Slaughter City and Tony and Tina’s Wedding. She would like to thank her family and friends for their ongoing support, especially her loving and patient husband Nick for being her rock.

Marc Sanford (Associate House Manager) is very happy to be a Chance Theater Resident Artist. In 1994, Marc did a production of Little Shop of Horrors at Rancho Santiago College (now known as Santa Ana

College), where he met future Chance founders Oanh Nguyen and Jeff Hellebrand. Marc first performed at the Chance in A History of the American Film as Mickey (plus 4 other characters) and soon became a

resident artist. In 2004, Marc had to drop out of the company due to the discovery of a tumor about the size of a ping-pong ball on his optic nerve. His surgery was successful, but he moved up to the Seattle area to stay with family to recuperate. While he was up there, he attended the Seattle Film Institute where he received a Filmmaking Certificate. Marc has been a resident artist since June 2008.

Robin “George” Shorter (Associate House Manager) is very excited to be working with the Chance. She has been very involved since 2012’s 24hr Chance-a-thon, where she stayed up all night with some

Chance staff members. Since then, she has built sets, ushered people, but you’ll recognize her most as the person who’s usually behind LindaBAR. When not volunteering her time at the Chance, “George” (as she’s lovingly known at the Chance) hands out caffeine drinks at Starbucks in Disneyland and California Adventure. Come by and say “hi” the next time you visit the happiest place on earth.

Crystal Phillips (Casting Associate) stays quite busy at the Chance in a variety of ways: Chance-a-thon, the Gala, community outreach, auditions, On The Radar, and more in-between… She is always interested in

finding ways to increase engagement. You may even catch her doing the curtain speech before the show. What she loves more than just about anything else is to engage in conversations about how theater honestly relates to our own lives and how we’re affected by our experiences. She is grateful for her husband: Steve and mom: Melody, who ceaselessly stand by her with love and support. :)

Chance Theater is proud to be one of the leading ensemble-driven theatre companies in Southern California. We have won five Ovation Awards (including two for Best Production of a Musical for Triassic Parq -- The Musical and Jerry Springer: The Opera). The Chance also received an LADCC Award for our reimagined revival of West Side Story. Anaheim City Council named us “the official resident theater company of Anaheim”. Twice named “Outstanding Arts Organization” by Arts Orange County, Chance Theater is also a recipient of the LADCC’s Polly Warfield Award for Excellence. Founded in 1999, we are focused on the goal of being Orange County’s premiere mid-size contemporary theater by contributing to a more compassionate, connected, and creative community. As a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, Network of Ensemble Theaters, and the LA Stage Alliance, Chance Theater continues to bring national attention to the Southern California and Orange County theater scenes.

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Mary Kay Fyda-Mar Yvonne & Damien Jordan

Naming Donor ($20,000)

Naming Donors ($10,000-$19,999)

Premium Chair Donors ($5,000)

Founding ArtistsChance Resident Artists

Dr. Michael & Jean AbdallaRobert Berman & Robin Preiss Glasser

Lily M. FanFoundationAC

Camille GouletBradley Kaye

David & Danice LimbergSammy Pierce

Eddie Schuller & Rachelle MenakerScott & Georgia Well

AJIS LambChapman University

Susan Carol CarpenterSusie Dittmar

Kathy & Bahram EsfahaniStephen & Susan Faessel

Michael Garcia & Burt VosburghThe Hamman Family

Jeffrey HellebrandPatti Howard & Carol Hellebrand

Nancy JohnsonElizabeth Jones

Dan Kee & Judy Todd

Joanne & Dennis KeithIn Honor of

Don Laffoon & Grace SongoloJames & Marsha Lindsey (2)

Casey LongTommy & Madeleine Long (2)

Jolynn & Pat MahoneyChristina Mar

In Memory of Judy MartinMarc Masterson

Bryan McCormick & Gary Kuwahara (2)In memory of David McCormick

Bill & Jane McDonald

Drs. Pauline Merry & John GoodmanDr. and Mrs. Eberhard S. Neutz

Oanh Nguyen & Erika C. Miller (2)Pacific Western Bank (2)

Muriel Pollia Foundation (2)Ron & Marilyn Rice

Michelle & Terry SchomburgLeonard & Susan Silberman (2)

Karen SmitsTom & Julie TaitThe Well Family

Tod & Linda White (2)Lisa C. & Thomas E. Zaradich

Contributors ($150-$2,499)

Argyros Family FoundationMartin & Wendy BensonVictor & Marnie Ceporius

David Emmes & Paula TomeiLynn Gold & Karen “Jade” Martner

Gail & Ernie DoeFred Kinney

Pamela J. Lorenz, CFPManny & Betsy Porto

Frances RiggsEddie Schuller & Rachelle Menaker

Laurie Smits StaudeZeinab H. Dabbah &

Daniel Temianka

AnonymousAT&T Pioneers

The Boeing Company

Alan & Theresa CorcoranJohn Lane

Guy W. Marr

Irina MorrisJohn & Margi Murray

Rey O’Day

Marshall Pailet & Kellie SpillHerb & Jan Parks

Fran & Leonard Rich

In-Kind DonorsCity of Anaheim John Dominguez Roger Parkman Ken & Kristi Wilcox KC Wilkerson

Scott & Sandra Graham

Priority Chair Donors ($2,500)

�anks to our Annual Fund Donors�e following provide outstanding support to the Chance, and enjoy a host of special bene�ts, including meet-the-artists receptions, behind-the-scenes access, and much more. For information, call Erika C. Miller at (714) 970-0592.

VISIONARY CIRCLE

ANGEL ($2,500-$4,999)

Disney EARS to YOU Joyce Givens & Leslie HaymanBruce Goodrich

Nancy JohnsonAndy & Judith LambShannon C. Lamb, APC

DIAMOND ($5,000-$7,999) The Allergan FoundationJocelyn & Kirk BrownNexgen PharmaCapital Group Companies Charitable FoundationElizabeth George FoundationGuy W. Marr

Robert J. & Doreen D. Marshall Fund for Dramatic Arts and MusicJennifer Ruckman & Ken Favell

SAPPHIRE ($8,000-$14,999)

City of AnaheimArgyros Family FoundationMartin & Wendy BensonSteve BrownGoogle, Inc.Scott & Sandra Graham

Wendy HooperRachelle Menaker & Eddie SchullerLaurie Smits StaudeScott & Georgia Well

EMERALD ($25,000+)

Bette & Wylie Aitken

RUBY ($15,000-$24,999)

Larry & Sophie CripeMary Kay Fyda-MarRobin Glasser & Robert BermanGFS, Inc.Tod & Linda WhiteKC Wilkerson

2016 Season v 13

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE ($600 - $1,199)

Ashleigh Aitken & Michael PennAngels Booster ClubAnaheim City Council Member Jordan BrandmanJoe Dale & Judy FlindtSheryl D. DoncheyAlisa & Jay DuffeyMary Jane FosterChelle FriedmanRoger FriedmanLynn Gold & Jade MartnerCamille GouletCourtny GreenoughPatti Howard & Carol HellebrandKris Huston

Interior Office Solutions, IncSam Joslin & Max EspinosaDeirdre Kelly & Howard PrivetteKiwanis Club of Greater AnaheimLaguna PlayhouseLorin E. LiesyPamela J. Lorenz, CFPRobyn ManionAdrienne McCambridgeDeborah & John MontevideoRachel MountAnaheim City Council Member Kris MurrayRey O`DayCrystal Phillips

M. J. PoptanichTom & Amy PrenovostPRP Wine International, Carole MarkeeFran & Leonard RichFrances RiggsMichael J SalimbeniRick & Cheri SmetankaSteve & Linda SundvoldMayor Tom Tait & Julie TaitWhale of a TaleAnaheim City Council Member James VanderbiltLisa & Tom Zaradich

ADVOCATES ($300 - $599)

Susan & Thomas AlexanderKatheryn BakerBarbara & Don BarkemeyerBroadway KnightsLeslie & David BrownCarolyn CarpenterLewis & Marty CrouseKim DaltonTravis K. DonnellyKerry DrakeSarah DuValKathy EsfahaniStephen & Susan FaesselRobert ForanMargaret GatesElaine & Nathan GochmanBen Green

Lisa HaleLaura M. HathawayJeff HellebrandOlivia A. JohnsonDavid & Judy JossMarcia & Bernard KamineLisa KeatingDenis & Barbara KitayamaJohn LaneKeith & Elizabeth McDonaldAngeline MirendaIrina MorrisBoroka NagyAshley Nelson & Miguel CardenasKaren O`HanlonMaureen Peltzer

Carol & Mike Penn Sr.Charlie & Kristi ProctorNohely QuirozTeodora Isabelle RamosMarilyn & Ronald RiceDick Roberts & Maria RigattiJanet RiggsNicole & Jeremy SchlittDoug & Hannah SchroederSegerstrom Center for the ArtsKathy Coyle Smith & Stephen SmithJudy SmithTaylor StephensonRosalynn & Bill StronginMasako Tobaru

Kelly Todd & John RobinsonDavid Emmes & Paula TomeiTotal Wine & MoreKaren WebsterRobert WeirBruce L. WilkinsonNancy Nguyen-Witlin & Scott WitlinLaura & Will YoungThe Zotovich Family Trust

SUPPORTERS ($150 - $299)

Barbara & Don BarkemeyerReynolds Family FoundationFredrick M. BorgesAutumn Browne & Michael BussAlex BuenoJosh L CableBailey CastleCenter Club Orange CountyChemers GalleryGlenn Chitjian3D TheatricalsCarolina De La TorreMs. Donna Di CesareGail & Ernie DoeSherry & Jean DomeregoKerry & David Drake

Kelly EhlertAl EnderleJeffery FronteaMichael Garcia & Burt VosburghJune GlennTrish GoffLynn Gold & Jade MartnerMr. Irwin GoldbergJanet GreenPeggy Grover-CourtneyEmily & Niles GuichetCharlotte Hemme & Peter H. TannerBebe HerreraJon M. HyrkasBonnie Kent

Glenn KoppelKroger FoodsSunjay KumarDon Laffoon & Grace SongoloMichael & Cheryl LavenAlan LawsonDoris LongmeadPat & Jolynn MahoneyAdrienne McCambridgeMike & Lindy MichaelisLeslee MiddlebrookM R MountMargi & John MurrayMichael OppenheimMary OttmanArthur PartridgeIrmagaard Rawyler-Waltz

Michael SalimbeniMarc SanfordSanta Ana Zoo at Prentice ParkWalter & Joann ShaferLori ShapiroGlenn ThomasMitchell TurnerMichael VuRobert WaltersKai WilbanksBruce WilkinsonWade WilliamsonPeter WilsonHoward & Sumi Yata

PATRON CIRCLE ($1,200-$2,499)

Jean & Michael AbdallaAnaheim Community FoundationAnaheim Arts CouncilDiane & Chimo ArnoldRob BlaneyBristol Consulting GroupCraig BrownRachel Oliveros Catalano & Tim CatalanoMarnie & Victor CeporiusAlan & Theresa CorcoranSusie DittmarDramatists Guild FundGregory Heiertz & Carollyn Lobell

Liz Jones & Dennis O`ConnellYvonne & Damien JordanBradley KayeMaddy & Tommy LongOanh Nguyen & Erika C. MillerJolene PerezTerry & Michelle SchomburgRobin ShorterWendy & Jac TobiskaJudith Todd & Dan KeeRobin WaltonHeather M. Young

List as of April 18, 2016

Producer’s Circle�ese are the individuals who have stepped forward to publicly a�liate their name with our theater company. While they enjoy a one-of-a-kind VIP all-access, they are also providing vital support for the artists, the productions, the organization, and their community. We can’t thank them enough.

Committed to signi�cantly increasing the support to

our theater artists, including directors, designers, actors,

stage managers andEquity contracts.

Martin & Wendy Benson

Wendy Hooper

Rachelle Menaker & Eddie SchullerLaurie Smits Staude

Robert BermanSophie & Larry CripeMary Kay Fyda-MarGFS, Inc. & Sammy PierceScott & Sandy GrahamTod & Linda White

SEASON PRODUCERS Bette & Wylie Aitken

ARTISTS

CIRCLE

OTRCIRCLE

SPEAK UP

CIRCLE

Bruce Goodrich

Georgia & Scott Well

Allergan Foundation

Orange County Community Foundation, Robert J. &

Doreen D. Marshall Fund for Dramatic Arts & Classical

Music

ASSOCIATE

PRODUCERS

EXECUTIVE

PRODUCERS

PROGRAM SPONSORS

Committed to creating a home for the hottest new

voices in American �eater through our new works program, On �e Radar

(OTR).

Committed to broadening the reach of our company

into the community through summer youth workshops,

veteran programs, free performances and more.

ENDOWMENT FUND DONORSThe endowment fund ensures the future of the Chance for years to come.

Tod & Linda WhiteMAJOR INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

Diane & Chimo ArnoldRobert E. CampbellSophie & Larry Cripe Camille Goulet

DEFERRED ESTATE GIFTSTo find out more

or to make a donation

Call Erika at(714) 970-0592

OFFICIAL CHANCE PHOTOGRAPHER SINCE 2005

Visit us at www.SallyAnnCatering.com801 S. Lakeview Ave, Ste B, Placentia 92870

Phone 714.779.1260 FAX 714.779.7629info@SallyAnnCatering.com

OFFICIAL CHANCE CATERING PARTNER SINCE 2013

Long-Time Friends of the Chance

16 v 18th Anniversary Season

STAFF

Oanh Nguyen, Artistic DirectorCasey Long, Managing DirectorErika C. Miller, Development DirectorMasako Tobaru, Technical DirectorTeodora Ramos, Master CarpenterBebe Herrera, Production ManagerJeff Hellebrand, Box Office AssociateJocelyn A. Brown, Associate Artistic DirectorJennifer Ruckman, Literary Manager Courtny Greenough, Company ManagerDarryl B. Hovis, Co-Education DirectorKaren O’Hanlon, Co-Education DirectorMarc Sanford, Assoc. House ManagerRobin “George” Shorter, Assoc. House Manager

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Scott B. Well, ChairLarry Cripe, Vice-ChairAndy Lamb, TreasurerMary Kay Fyda-Mar, Immediate Past Chair

Jocelyn A. Brown, councilAlex Bueno, councilCourtny Greenough, councilLaura M. Hathaway, councilJeff Hellebrand, councilBebe Herrera, councilCasey Long, councilErika C. Miller, councilOanh Nguyen, councilTeodora Ramos, councilJennifer Ruckman, councilMarc Sanford, councilBill Strongin, councilMasako Tobaru, council

Kelly Todd, councilKaren Webster, councilSherry DomeregoRobert ForanRobyn ManionJames McHaleKaren O’HanlonSarah PierceNicole SchlittDavid McCormick, member emeritusMyrna Niles, member emeritus

M I S S I O N Chance Theater seeks to create exciting theatrical experiences that will engage, surprise and unite our audiences, our artists, and our community.The mission of the Chance is to contribute to a more connected, compassionate and creative community.

We do this by:• producing powerful, socially-conscious, provocative, intimate theater experiences• generating participation and dialogue between our diverse communities• nurturing and supporting local artists• inspiring and empowering creative young minds

R E C E N T H O N O R S / A W A R D SNamed official “Resident Theater of Anaheim”Winner of 6 Ovation Awards, including 2 for Best Musical (Triassic Parq and Jerry Springer: The Opera) Winner of 5 LADCC Awards, including the Polly Warfield Award for Excellence for Outstanding SeasonOC Weekly’s Best of OC 2015 - Best Musical (Loch Ness, a new musical) and Best Play (Maple and Vine)29 Ovation Award nominations15 LADCC Award nominationsWinner of Robby Award for Best Choreography (Lysistrata Jones), plus 5 more nominationsRecipient of National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Grant Two “Outstanding Arts Organization” Awards from Arts Orange County

RESIDENT ARTISTS

Bette AitkenMartin BensonRobert BermanSusie DittmarBruce GoodrichSandy GrahamWendy HooperCasey Long Guy W. Marr

Rachelle MenakerOanh NguyenTerry SchomburgLaurie Smits StaudeGeorgia Well