Mary Moody Northen

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! ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY

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UNIVERSITY THEATRE FACULTY & STAFF Dean of Humanities ........................................................ Fr. Louis Brusatti Artistic Dir./ Assoc. Professor ..................................... Dr. Melba Martinez Area Coordinator/ Assistant Professor .................................. Ev Lunning Jr. Theatre Business Manager .......................................................... Annie Suite Assistant Professor .............................................................. Michael Massey Assistant Professor .......................................................... Sara Medina-Pape

Costume Shop Manager···········································'.··········· T'Cie Mancuso Interim Technical Director ............................................. Gary van der Wege Adminstrative Assistants ............................ Vicky Boone & Phillip Owen Costume Shop Assistant ...................................................... Michelle Heath Aqjunct Faculty ............................................................... Ann Mary Carney Aqjunct Faculty ..................................................................... Bhagirit Crow Aqjunct Faculty ....................................................................... Babs George Aqjunct Faculty ....................................................................... Bill McMillin Aqjunct Faculty ......................................................................... Annie Suite Aqjunct Faculty ...................................................................... JoAnn Schatz Aqjunct Faculty ............................................................ Gary van der Wege

ST. EDWARD'S UNIVERSITY

AUSTIN

ACTORS' EQUITY FOUNDATION

AEA was founded in 1913 to protect actors from the severe mistreatment that permeated the industry at that time. Since its inception) Equity has had on!J 12 presidents. The current president is Patrick Quinn.

The 39)000-nmnber association consists of distinguished stars and other profes­sional actors and stage managers who work natiomvide from New Yorks Broad­wqy to Los Angeles) from Minneapolis to Miami Beach) in regional stock and dinner theatre) and in theatres for young audience J})hich build the audiences of tomorrow.

The actors and stage managers are committed to zvorking in the theatre as a profession) not as an avocation) and bringyou the finest professional training and experience. By presenting Equity productions) this theatre offers you) our audience) the best entertainment presented l?J the finest quality actors and stage managers that your admission dollars can b11J.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

Written by

Dale Wassertnan based on the novel by Ken Kesey

JED ARAIZA Guest Director

BRIAN SCOTT Guest Scenic & Lighting Designer

HOPE IRISH BUCHANAN Costume Designer

MELBA MARTINEZ Sound Designer

GABRIEL McIVER TITOS MENCHACA

JEFFERY MILLS ELIZABETH WAKEHOUSE Appearing courte[J of Actors) Equity

VALERIE REDD Stage Manager

BENJAMIN TAYLOR Asst. Stage Manager

the CAST

TITOS MENCHACA* ...... .................... ......... ..... .......... Chief Bromden CHRIS SYKES . .............................. ................ .................. Aide Warren JOSEPH PARKS ...................................... ...................... Ai de Williams ELIZABETH WAKEHOUSE* ..................................... Nurse Ratched ADRIENE MISHLER ...................................................... Nurse Flinn JASON NEWMAN ....... ....... ...... .................... ................. Dale Harding JEFFERY MILLS* ...................... .................. .................... Bil!J Babbit GABRIEL McIVER* .................................... ...... .................... . S'canlon AARON M. CLAY ............................ ............ ................... ...... Cheswick JOSE VILLAREAL ...... ...... ........ ...... ............................ ........... Martini JERRY JOE BENSON ....... .......... · ........................ ................... Ruck!J BRENT WERZNER ............... ..... .................. ..... Randle P McMurpf?y MATTHEW ADDISON CROSS ....... ................ ..... ............ Dr. Spivry NASH RAMIREZ ................................. ............................ Aide Turkel HOPE IRISH BUCHANAN ............................................ Canqy Starr KATIE Mc MANUS .................................................................. Nurse STEPHONNIE JASINSKI ............................................ Sandra/Nurse

* App earing courtesy of Act ors' E qui!J Association.

PLACE: A State Mental Hospital in the Northwestern United States

TIME: 1962

Th ere will be one TEN MIN UTE intermi ssion.

the PRODUCTION TEAM

STAGE MANAGER ......................................................... Valerie Redd ASST. STAGE MGR . ................................................... .. B~jamin T cry/or SCENE SHOP ASST.s ...... ..... ... Brent Werzne0 Chris Shea, Andrea Skala PROPERTY MASTER ........ .......... ...... ....................... Benjamin Tcrylor COSTUME SHOP STAFF .................. .... Hope Buchanan, Michelle Heath BOX OFFICE STAFF ...................................... Joseph Parks) Adriene Mishler LIGHTBOARD OPERATOR ......... ...................... ........ ...... Lee Edqy SOUNDBOARD OPERATOR ...................... ........... .......... Chris Shea

MELBA MARTINEZ , Artistic Director/ Producer/Sound Design, holds an interdiscipli­nary PhD in Film and Theatre from the Uni­versity of Texas where she was award ed th e prest igious D anfort h Fellowship to study the impact of film and me­di a on performan ce. Melba has worked at SEU since 1982 in the capacity of teaching, directing, producing and acting. She has directed over twenty shows on th e MMNT stage includi ng HONKY TONK ANGELS, THE KEN­TUCKY CYCLE, PLAYING FOR TIME, LEN D ME A TENO R, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, BAREFOOT IN T HE

. PARK, PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AG­ILE, BLACK ELK SPEAKS, TROJAN WOMEN, LAUGHTE R ON THE 23rd FLOO R. She wishes to thank the faculty, staff and students of the MMNT .

J ED ARAIZA, Guest Director: has ous ly di rected THE HOUSE, C/O THE GROVE and MEDEA STORIES - all original scripts develope d and p remiered with SEU students. This summ er, MEDEA STORIES will be part of the New Play Readi ng ser ies at the Ford Tneatre in Los Angeles. Ot her original script/ dire ctin g cre di ts: T H E LOST PR OJECT in Minneapo li s, EL INQU ILINO at La Casa D elTeatro in Bogota Colombia and HIJOS in collabora­tion with El Teatro de laEsperanza. As an actor bis Regional Theater credits includes: THE CURE AT TROY, (Yale Rep, Ameri­can Premiere); SANTOS AND SANTOS (Mixed Bloo dTheatre, Minneapo lis); KEELY AND DU (Original Cast; H artford Stage and ATL); 1969 , (Actors Theatre of Louisville); YER.i.\1A (Arena Stage); PICN IC (ATL); PRINCI PIA SCRIPTO RIA,(A Contemporary Theatre); CHARLEY BACON,(South Coast Rep.) KING LEAR,

MACBETH, LA VI CTIMA, TUM­BLEWEE D S (LATC). Off Broa dway: ORESTES, OCCASIONAL G RACE, WO RD S DI VINE . Off-off Broadway: EASTE RN STANDARD, BODY GAME, THE OPIUM WARS. As a member of the SITI Company he has appeared in CUL­TU RE OF D ESIRE, SMALL LIVE S/ BIG DREAMS, bobraus chenbergamerica, THE ME D IUM, WAR OF TH E WORLDS and MID SUMMER N IGHT'S DR EAM- all directed by Anne Bogart; This summer he perfor med at the BONN Biannual in German y.

HOPE IRISH BUCHANAN, Candy Stan~ Costume Design, is completing her Jun ­ior year here at SEU and has been involved in acting, designing and stitching on numer­ous shows. Her most recent perfor mances include THE HOUSE and A FLEA IN HE R EAR. Hope fancies the family, friends, and faculty who have helped her to get as far as she has gotten.

GABRIEL McIVER*, Scanlon, is a St. Edward's University alumnus, who gradu­ate d Summ a Cum Laude in 2003. Other credits include A RAI­SIN IN THE SUN, ALL MY SO NS , THE KEN TUCKY CYCLE, HO NKY TONK ANGEL S, THE MEDEA STO­RIES, and THE

HOUSE (all for the MMNT) and D ON'T D ROWN (Rude Mechs Second Stage) Film: "The Danger," "High Beams," "Nlaking the Porn."

TITOS MENCHACA*, Chief Bromden,first appeared on the MMNT stage as the title character in BLACK ELK SPEAKS in '98. He revisits the ro le of Chief Bromden hav­ing played the role in a 1981 production at the famed Gaslig ht

Theater and again at Andrews Lane The-

ater in Dublin, Ireland last year. No stranger to Austin stages, Titos' resume stretches back over 20 vears and includes such roles as Villa in PANCHO VILLA 'S WED­DING DAY, Milos in the Paramount Theater's production of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, The Attendan t in STEAMBATH, and Sylvio in PVT. WARS, among others. Television and film credits include the Clash's cult music video ROCK THE CASBAH, WALKER, TEXAS RANGER, the USA movie A FACE TO KILL FOR and the upcoming independent comed y, THE CHIPOTLE DIAMONDS. Titos is an accomplished singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist whose much an­ticipated CD, Sacred Ground, is due out later this year. He thank his family and loved ones for all their support in this crazy thing we call LIFE.

JEFFERY MILLS*, Bilb Bibbet, has been seen in numerous pro­ductions at the MMNT including EQUUS, DEATH OF A SALES­MAN, ROMEO AND JULIET, THE MEDEA STORIES, ALL MY SONS and THE KEN ­TUCKY CYCLE. He was also seen in THE ROAD TO WIG AN PIER last winter courtes y of Mr. Robi Polgar. Jeffery is a graduate of SEU and is proud and excited to return to the MMNT stage. On the outside, Jeffery works with the award-winning Improve Comedy troupe Fatbuckle and ThinkT ank. He would like to thank his family, Ms. Eddy, 500 Leland, Michael Redden, and his beautiful room­mate. A special thanks to J Ed and Melba for helping us continue the journry.

BRIAN SCOTT, Guest Scenic and L ighting Designer, is a SITI Company member and has designed lighting for DE ATH AND THE PLOUGHM AN, WAR OF THE WORLDS Radio Pla y and bobrauchenbergamerica. Most recentl y he designed T\X'ISTED OLIVI A with mem­bers of the Ridiculous Theatre Company; THE LARAMIE PROJ ECT, DEATH OF A SALESl\fAN in Baton Rouge, LA.; STA­DIUM DEVELDAR E, HOW LATE IT WAS HOW LATE(Production De sign), REQUIEM FOR TESLA, EL

PARAISO,BIG LOVE and LIPSTICK TRACES with the Rude Mechs. Other re­cent projects include the des ign for GERTRUDE AND ALICE in London for the Foundry Theatre directed by Anne Bog art, the design for La Femme de Chambre in Paris with Banal Molotov and is currentl y creating dance / theatre piece SYSTEMS/ LAYERS with SITI Compan y and the Musical group Rachel's and Design­ing Scener y and Lights for MACBETH in Baton Rouge, LA.

ELIZABETH WAKEHOUSE*, Nurse Ratched, is extreme ly proud to be a graduate of SEU. Previous MMNT credits include DEATH OF A SALESMAN, THE MEDEA STORIES, THE HO USE , PLAY­ING FOR TIME, LOVE'S FIRE. She wou ld lik e to thank

SEU and the cast & crew for this opportu-nity.

BRENT WERZNER, McMurplij, is a re­cent graduate o f St. Edward's University and is happ y to be back on the MMNT stage. He has recentl y been seen in THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER at the Off Center . Last year, Brent received the Dea­con Crane Award for

Bod y of Work by a Student by the Austin Critics' Table . Recent shows include C/O THE GROVE, another original piece by Mr. A raiza, and TH E KENTUCKY CYCLE. He is very honored to return to this beautiful theatre and work in such a nurturin g environment. Mr. Werzner would like to thank St. Edwards for the opportu­nit y to return as well as the faculty of MMNT, Mr. Araiza, Ms. Lauren, all the fabulous students, his family, Baba, and McLarge Hu ge.

JERRY JOE BENSON, is very excited to be working with such a talented en­semble. You may remember Jerr y as Sam from THE HOUSE. H e performed as As­sistant Stage Manager for AMAD EUS and ran tech for A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Jerry

wishes to thank his family for their support, especially his paw-paw and grandma: I owe it all to you.

AARON M. CLAY, Chesivick, and theatri­cal entrepreneur, is proud to be building this, his11 th show at MMNT. You may recognize him as the mush mouth, Camille, from A FLEA IN HER EAR, or for his work as di­rector for TITANIC and ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS EVE. Visit Aaron on the web @a cad.stedwards.edu /-a clay. "l\lluch thanks to nry darling, Michael."

MATT CROSS, Dr. Spivry, is returning to the stage after a long hiatus. He has been seen is such SEU productions as ALL MY SONS, TRACERS, and PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE. He would like to thankthis excerllent compan y for welcoming him back.

STEPHONNIE JASINSKI, Sandra, is ex­cited and proud that this is her second ap­pearance on the MMNTstage and her sec­ond opportunity to work with J Ed Araiza . In addition to being in THE HOUSE, Stephonnie worked set crew for AMADE US and costume crew for A FLEA IN HER EAR. She was seen in last year's FronteraFest showing of CONNECTIONS. She'd like to thank her family and friends.

KATIE MC MANUS, Nurse, was last seen in THE HOUSE. She is very thankful for this chance to work with such taleneted group of people. She sends love to her fam­ily and friends for all their support.

ADRIENE MISHLER, Nurse Flinn, is ex­tremely honored to be part of this creative ensemble. Recent acting credits include THE HOUSE, THE MEDEA STORIES, C/ O THE GROVE, THE KENTUCKY CYCLE, HONKY TONK ANGE LS, and AMADEUS. Huge waves of gratitude go to her family, her mentors , her mates, and Jeffery for such love and wise influence. Peace.

JASON NEWMAN, Dale H arding, is happ y to be performing again on the MMNT sta~e. An Alumni of SEU, Jason has appeared 10

ALL MY SONS, TRACERS, PLAYING FOR TIME, CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS, ROMEO & JULIET, D EATH OF A SALESMAN, and PIC ASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE. He would like to express gratitude to his family and frends who have been so supporti ve and hilarious.

JOSEPH PARKS, Aide Williams, is proud to be working with this talented group of students and alumni. Thi s is Joseph 's 7th mainstage show in his two years at SEU. Recent roles includ eHerr Schwartz in A FLEA IN HER EAR and Ventecello in AMADEUS. He wished to thank the cast for their support, his boss, mentor and friend Annie Suite, and his family for their encour­agement and support throu gh everything.

VALERIE REDD, Stage Manager, is a jun­ior and has been seen in man y MMNT plays including ROMEO &JULIET, PLAYING FOR TIME, THE MED EA STORIES, THE HOUSE, and most notably as Ann in ALL MY SONS (Austin Critics' Table nomi­nation ) and stage mana ged THE KEN­TUCKY CYCLE. She has worked in the communit y as stage man ager for LADEE LEROY at HPT, and THE MIDDLE OF TH E NIGHT and is now an Artistic Mem­ber of the Dirigo Group. She is very happy to be involved in this project and thanks her family for their love and support.

CHRIS SYKES, Aide Warren, was last seen in THE HOUSE at the MMT. Additiona l credits A FLEA IN HER EAR and THE MEDEA STORIES. Last Fall he was seen in THE COLO R OF YOUR DREAMS for FronteraFest. Much thanks to the St. Edward's Theatre Department, and the cast and crew of CUUCKOO.

BENJAMIN TAYLOR, A ssistant Stage Manager, is about to start his 2nd year at SEU. This is also bis 3rd show to ASM­AMADEUS and LAD EE LEROY being the others. Ben has been seen in A FLEA IN HE R EAR and THE HOUSE this past sea­son. He would love to thank his family and friends for helping him get this far.

JOSE VILLAREAL, Martini, a graduate of SEU, returns to the MMNT.dedicates his perforhappily mance to Josh and Annie his future roomaies. I'm glad 11?)1 last sho1v in Aus ­tin is zvith this group of homies!

SPECIAL THANKS

Blue Genie Art * Ava Sharifian Rosemarie Schwarzer

Fabrizio Photo graphy * K-UT George Buchalew * Chris Shea

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