Recipient of the
2012 American Theatre Wing
National Theatre Company Award

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Press

The undoing of King Lear by his children

Review of King Lear by Chuck Graham on May 1 in Let The Show Begin! at TucsonStage.com

Rogue stages an impressive King Lear

Review of King Lear by Kathleen Allen to appear in the May 3 Arizona Daily Star

Still timely after 400 years, Shakespeare’s Lear is on at Rogue

Preview of King Lear by Kathleen Allen in the April 26 Arizona Daily Star

Read others’ reviews of The Rogue Theatre, or write your own review on TripAdvisor!

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Bryn Booth as Regan and Matt Walley as Edmund

Ryan Parker Knox as Earl of Kent, Claire Marie Mannle as Doctor, Holly Griffith as Cordelia,
Joseph McGrath as King Lear and Christopher Pankratz as King of France

Kate Cannon as Goneril and Aaron Shand as Duke of Albany

Photo by Tim Fuller

Direction

	Cynthia Meier (Director) is Co-Founder and Managing and Associate Artistic Director for The Rogue Theatre where she has adapted and directed James Joyce’s The Dead, Kafka’s Metamorphosis and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tales of the Jazz Age, and directed Bach at Leipzig, Celia, A Slave, The White Snake, Miss Julie, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Jerusalem, Betrayal, Arcadia, Richard III, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, Shipwrecked!, New-Found-Land, Old Times, The Tempest, Naga Mandala, The Four of Us, Othello, Animal Farm, Orlando, Happy Days, The Good Woman of Setzuan, The Fever and The Cherry Orchard. She holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from the University of Arizona. She is co-founder of Bloodhut Productions, a company performing original monologues and comedy improvisation, which toured throughout the western United States. She also directed The Seagull (featuring Ken Ruta) for Tucson Art Theatre, and she directed Talia Shire in Sister Mendelssohn and Edward Herrmann in Beloved Brahms for Chamber Music Plus Southwest. Cynthia received the Mac Award for Best Director, Drama for Richard III in 2013, and for Arcadia in 2014. She has been nominated for seven Mac Awards for Best Actress from the Arizona Daily Star, and in 2008, she received the Mac Award for Best Actress for her performance of Stevie in Edward Albee’s The Goat at The Rogue Theatre. Cynthia Meier’s direction of King Lear is supported in part by a generous gift from Janice Linn & Richard Pincus.

Notes from the Director

KING LEAR: Dost thou call me fool, boy? FOOL: All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with. What can I possibly say as you are about to see (or are now contemplating at home) one of the greatest works of English literature? Everything seems inadequate, or else surely has been said somewhere else. Every line of this masterpiece has been examined and cross-examined, quoted and misquoted, memorized and forgotten. Yet, here we are. Staging King Lear in 2018. What is so universal about this play? Of all the themes that ring true in the play, perhaps it is simply the foolishness of Lear—his pride and impatience and vanity—that illustrates most clearly the universal nature of our humanity. The Fool (whose wisdom is often coded in poetry) tells Lear, “Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.” We cringe as we see Lear turning against his beloved youngest daughter, we want to yell out when he banishes his most loyal servant Kent, we watch with trepidation as he refuses to give up his hundred knights so that he might live in peace with his daughters, and we wonder at his plunge on to the heath in the middle of a raging thunderstorm. Do pride and impatience and vanity have this much power over him? Do they have this much power over us? Both Lear and his counterpart Gloucester are challenged by what they perceive. Gloucester is duped by his son’s evil depiction of his brother. Lear and Gloucester fail to recognize the long-time loyalty of their good children. It is only when Gloucester is physically blinded that he can finally see. What goodness is around us that we fail to see? Both Lear and Gloucester run out of time to benefit from any wisdom they acquire through their trials. Both are dead by the end of the play. What can we learn from them? As we prepare to turn the world over to our children, are we doing it in a way that is wise? Cynthia Meier, Director director@theroguetheatre.org

 

 

David Weynand as Duke of Cornwall and Matt Walley as Edmund

 

Joseph McGrath as King Lear and Patty Gallagher as The Fool

 

David Hentz, Christopher Pankratz, Patty Gallagher as The Fool, Joseph McGrath as King Lear,
Kate Cannon as Goneril, Ryan Parker Knox as Earl of Kent, Claire Marie Mannle and Eric Du

Photo by Tim Fuller

 

Cast
King Lear		Joseph McGrath*
Goneril, his eldest daughter		Kathleen Cannon
Regan, his second daughter		Bryn Booth
Cordelia, his youngest daughter		Holly Griffith
Duke of Albany, Goneril’s husband		Aaron Shand*
Duke of Cornwall, Regan’s husband		David Weynand*
Oswald, Goneril’s Steward		Hunter Hnat
Earl of Gloucester		David Greenwood*
Edgar, his son		Matt Bowdren*
Edmund, his bastard son		Matt Walley
Earl of Kent		Ryan Parker Knox*
The Fool		Patty Gallagher*
King of France		Christopher Pankratz
Duke of Burgundy		Eric Du
Curan		David Hentz
Doctor		Claire Marie Mannle
Servants, attendants, gentlemen, messengers, and soldiers		Eric Du, David Hentz, Claire Marie Mannle and Christopher Pankratz
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

 

	Bryn Booth (Regan) is a graduate from the BFA Acting program at the University of Arizona and resident ensemble member of The Rogue Theatre where she was most recently seen as Rose of Sharon in The Grapes of Wrath. King Lear marks Bryn’s fifth production with The Rogue where she has also played Sybil in A House of Pomegranates and Lady Macduff in Macbeth.  Other credits include Gowdie Blackmun in The Love Talker with the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Tucson Shakespeare the Park), Bianca in Othello, Justine in Frankenstein, and Fritzie in Cabaret (Arizona Repertory Theater). In recent years, she had the wonderful pleasure to understudy for Arizona Theatre Company’s productions of Romeo and Juliet as Lady Montague and Lady Capulet, and Of Mice and Men as Curley’s Wife. Bryn would like to thank her fellow Rogues for letting her be a part of such a wonderful and unique theatre. Bryn Booth’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Jan Stewart.
Matt Bowdren (Edgar) is an Artistic Associate for The Rogue Theatre. At The Rogue he has appeared in The Grapes of Wrath, Penelope, Uncle Vanya, Tales of the Jazz Age, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Miss Julie, By the Bog of Cats, Hamlet (2015 Mac Award for Best Actor), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Awake and Sing, Betrayal, Arcadia, Measure for Measure, Mistake of the Goddess, after the quake (2013 Mac Award for Best Actor), Richard III, Metamorphosis, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Night Heron, Journey to the West, As I Lay Dying, Major Barbara, The Real Inspector Hound, New-Found-Land, The Four of Us, Six Characters in Search of an Author and The Goat. For The Rogue Theatre Matt has directed Angels in America Part One (2016 Mac Award for Best Director) and Macbeth. Other Arizona acting credits include The Pillowman with the Now Theatre and Romeo and Juliet with Southwest Shakespeare and with The Arizona Repertory Theatre in Frankenstein and Othello. Regionally Matt has performed in Georgia and New York City with The Rose of Athens, Hudson Shakespeare Company, and Collaborative Stages. Matt currently resides in Chicago and has been performing with The Shakespeare Project of Chicago. Matt holds an M.F.A in Performance from the University of Georgia. Matt Bowdren’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Julia Annas.
	Kathleen Cannon (Goneril) is thrilled to be making her debut performance at The Rogue Theatre. As a graduate of the University of Arizona’s BFA Acting Program, she appeared as Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Mrs. Stanley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, and the Teenage Greek Chorus in How I Learned to Drive. Other roles include Bun Blackmun in The Love Talker (Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre), Joan in What Every Girl Should Know (Something Something Theatre), Marc Antony in Julius Caesar (NYSF Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Company), and Cordelia in King Lear (Beowulf Alley Theatre). In her spare time, she produces, writes, shoots, and acts in short films. Two of her short films, Max and The Good Morrow, premiered at the Playhouse West Film Festival. She is delighted to bring the wicked Goneril to life. A big warm thanks to Cindy and Joe for your unrelenting commitment to bring quality works of theatre to the Tucson community. Kathleen Cannon’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Karen Loeb.
Eric Du (Duke of Burgundy, Ensemble) is excited to make his return to The Rogue Theatre, having most recently played The Captain (etc.) in Macbeth, Burns in Penelope, and Fortinbras in Hamlet/Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead. He’s also appeared as The Captain of the Inquisition and a Shtetel Boy/Russian Soldier in Man of La Mancha and Fiddler on the Roof, respectively, at Arizona Theatre Company. Other recent work includes Dr. Watson in Baskerville at Live Theatre Workshop, and various roles at The Gaslight Theatre. He received a minor in theatre at Millikin University, is an Ohio native, loves tacos, and loves Tucson theatre! Eric Du’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Kristi Lewis.
	Patty Gallagher (The Fool) is a Rogue ensemble member. She is Professor of Theatre Arts at University of California Santa Cruz where she teaches movement, mask, Balinese dance, and clown traditions. With The Rogue, she was last seen as B in Three Tall Women. She has performed the roles of the White Snake in The White Snake, Mrs. Kilbride in By the Bog of Cats, Rosencrantz in Hamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Portia in The Merchant of Venice, Mabel in The Lady in the Looking Glass, Madame Moiselle in Dante’s Purgatorio, Hannah Jarvis in Arcadia, Kali in Mistake of the Goddess (Hayavadana), Red Peter in Kafka’s Monkey, Mrs. Samsa in Metamorphosis, Monkey King in Journey to the West, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Player 1 in Shipwrecked!, Alibech in The Decameron, Ariel in The Tempest, Rani in Naga Mandala, Emilia in Othello, the Player in Act Without Words, Orlando in Orlando, Sonnerie and Scarron in Red Noses, Winnie in Happy Days, Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard and Shen Te in The Good Woman of Setzuan. She has worked with Shakespeare Santa Cruz, The Folger Shakespeare Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, The New Pickle Circus, Ripe Time Theatre, Two River Theatre, Teatro Cronopio and Grupo Malayerba. She has performed, choreographed and directed workshops in Asia, South America, Europe, and the U.S. In 2006 she was Fulbright Scholar in Quito, Ecuador. In 2014 she was awarded the Pavel Machotka Chair in Creative Studies at UCSC’s Porter College. She holds a doctorate in Theatre from University of Wisconsin–Madison. From 2002 to 2010, she was Director in Residence at Circus Center San Francisco. Patty Gallagher’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Bill & Barbara Dantzler.
David Greenwood (Earl of Gloucester) has appeared at The Rogue in The Grapes of Wrath, Celia, A Slave, Macbeth, The White Snake, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, By the Bog of Cats, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Jerusalem, Awake and Sing, Purgatorio, Arcadia, Measure for Measure, Mistake of the Goddess, Richard III, Metamorphosis, Mother Courage, The Night Heron, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, As I Lay Dying, Major Barbara, The Real Inspector Hound, The Decameron and The Rogue’s first production, The Balcony. David has appeared locally in Shining City and The Birthday Party at Beowulf Alley Theatre and The One-Armed Man, The Disposal and The Glass Menagerie at Tucson Art Theatre. David Greenwood’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Ruth Kosakowsky.
	Holly Griffith (Cordelia) is a 4th year member of the Acting Ensemble at The Rogue. Favorite productions include Three Tall Women, The Grapes of Wrath, Celia, A Slave, Macbeth, The White Snake, Uncle Vanya, Angels in America Part One, By the Bog of Cats, Hamlet, and Arcadia. She has also served as a Box Officer and Co-Producer of the John & Joyce Ambruster Play-Reading Series at The Rogue. Holly holds an MA in English Literature from the University of Arizona, serves as an Artistic Associate at The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, and has a fierce interest in the history, culture, and literary tradition of Ireland. Holly Griffith’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Todd Hansen.
David Hentz (Curan, Ensemble) is a Tucson native and is thrilled to make his Rogue debut in King Lear. He is also acting in New York City, and has recently appeared in The Laramie Project (Parts I & II), Merry Wives of Windsor, Rhinoceros, King John, and Platonov. David is a graduate of the University of Arizona’s Acting Program (2015), where he appeared in Othello, Lend Me A Tenor, Frankenstein, Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Fantasticks and Cymbeline. David would like to thank his friends, family and everyone at the Rogue. Cheers and enjoy! David Hentz’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from The Learning Curve in memory of Joan van Dyke.
	Hunter Hnat (Oswald) is working with The Rogue Theatre for the third time, having appeared in this season’s Bach at Leipzig and last summer’s A House of Pomegranates. He is a Tucson local who has most recently been seen in the Tucson Fringe Festival’s Beer with the Bard. He is a U of A alumnus with his BFA in Musical Theatre class of 2015 and has plans to take his career to Chicago where he can live happily ever after with his amazing fiance. Enjoy the show! Hunter Hnat’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Meg & Peter Hovell.
Ryan Parker Knox (Earl of Kent)  Wrapping up his 6th season in the Acting Ensemble, King Lear marks Ryan’s thirtieth production at the Rogue Theatre. Some of his favorite roles during that span include Septimus Hodge in Arcadia, Guildenstern in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, and Joe Pitt in Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches. Ryan came to Tucson from South Dakota, after a 10+ year tenure in Minnesota’s Twin Cities during which time he appeared in over 80 productions throughout the state. He sends his love to his nieces, nephews, and the rest of his family, and his close friends who have stuck by him through hard times, and love and gratitude to his girlfriend/best friend/partner for everything. Ryan would like to dedicate this production of King Lear to his Shakespeare professor/enthusiast/guru, the late Dr. Ron L. Moyer and his family. Thank you, Dr. Moyer, for your guidance, your patience, and helping to instill my passion for the craft. Ryan Parker Knox’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Carol Mangold in memory of Bill Mangold.
	Claire Marie Mannle (Doctor, Ensemble) is excited to return to The Rogue this season. She appeared in The Grapes of Wrath (Ensemble), Macbeth (Ross), and The White Snake (Ensemble). Locally, she has appeared in The Yellow Wallpaper for The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre in addition to directing the recent production of Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play. Other work around town includes The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors for Arizona Repertory Theatre. She is an Instructor for the School of Theatre, Film, and Television for The University of Arizona. A New York City native raised in the Midwest, she came to Tucson via Los Angeles where she worked with The Grand Guignolers, Cornerstone Theater Company, A Noise Within, The Antaeus Academy, and SITI Company. She has her MFA from the Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theater and her BA from Smith College. Claire Marie Mannle’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Kristi Lewis.
Joseph McGrath (King Lear) is Co-Founder and Artistic Director for The Rogue Theatre and has appeared in Bach at Leipzig, Celia, A Slave, Macbeth, Penelope, The White Snake, Angels in America Part One, Tales of the Jazz Age, Miss Julie, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Jerusalem, Awake and Sing, Arcadia, Measure for Measure, Richard III, The Night Heron, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, The New Electric Ballroom, Shipwrecked!, Major Barbara, New-Found-Land, Old Times, The Tempest, Ghosts, Naga Mandala, Othello, Krapp’s Last Tape, A Delicate Balance (2009 Mac Award for Best Actor), Animal Farm, Orlando, Happy Days, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Red Noses, The Goat, The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Endymion, The Dead, and The Fever. Joe is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama and has toured with John Houseman’s Acting Company. He has performed with the Utah Shakespearean Festival and has been a frequent performer with Ballet Tucson appearing in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and for seventeen years as Herr Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. He has also performed with Arizona Theatre Company, Arizona Opera, and Arizona Onstage. Joe owns, with his wife Regina Gagliano, Sonora Theatre Works, which produces theatrical scenery and draperies. Joseph McGrath’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Kathleen McGrath & Jerry James & Matt McGrath.
	Christopher Pankratz (King of France, Ensemble) is a Tucson native and University of Arizona graduate with a BFA in theatre production and a master’s degree in education. King Lear is Christopher’s second performance at The Rogue, following his role in The Grapes of Wrath. He has previously acted and designed scenery for Arizona Onstage Productions. Currently Christopher teaches theatre at Flowing Wells High School where he has written several plays for his students including Black Friday, Frankenstein, Cuando Soñamos, and Spinning Tales. Christopher would like to thank his director, colleagues, family, friends, and students for their support and inspiration. Christopher Pankratz’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Kathy Ortega & Lawrence Johnson.
Aaron Shand (Duke of Albany) is very excited to be in his second production at The Rogue Theatre, having debuted in January as Noah Joad in The Grapes of Wrath. Born and raised in Tucson, he received a BFA in Acting from the University of Arizona, performing for the Arizona Repertory Theatre as Bo Decker in Bus Stop, James Keller in The Miracle Worker and Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet. He also spent a season interning for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, performing in The Cherry Orchard, State of the Union and A Christmas Carol. After eight years in Los Angeles, Aaron has returned home to where his love of theater began. Aaron would like to thank his wife and two sons for sacrificing their nights together so he can continue to pursue his passion. Aaron Shand’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Chris Wozney.
	Matt Walley (Edmund) is a member of The Rogue Theatre acting ensemble and was most recently seen as Uncle John in The Grapes of Wrath. He has enjoyed previous roles at The Rogue in Bach at Leipzig, Macbeth, Richard III, Journey to the West, The Winter’s Tale, Shipwrecked!, As I Lay Dying, and Major Barbara. As the Artist in Residence at The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre, he’ll be premiering a new work in May 2018. He is on the board of The Tucson Fringe Festival and also The Shakespeare Forum in New York City. His company, Theatre 3, created new work for Live Theatre Workshop’s late night series Etcetera including Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and Mixtape. He graduated from Dell’Arte International in 2009 with an MFA in Physical Ensemble Theatre. He has also performed with The Pinnacle Peak Pistoleros and their Wild West Stunt Shows, Stories that Soar!, and Live Theatre Workshop. Matt Walley’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Kathleen Ortega & Lawrence Johnson.
David Weynand (Duke of Cornwall) has appeared with The Rogue as Ensemble in The Grapes of Wrath, Graupner in Bach at Leipzig, Duncan in Macbeth, Fa Hai in The White Snake and Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya. Tucson audiences have seen him in Stella and Lou (Invisible Theatre) and Comedy of Errors, Tempest, Othello and Frankenstein (Arizona Repertory Theatre). He has performed off-Broadway as one man in Night just before the forest (UBU Repertory) and Ron in The Ice Fishing Play (The Samuel Beckett Theatre). Favorite roles in regional theatre include Dvornichek in Rough Crossing (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Etienne in A Flea in Her Ear (St. Louis Repertory Theatre), Hindley in Wuthering Heights (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Tuna Christmas (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Algernon in The Importance of Being Ernest with actor Larry Linville (Capital Repertory), Pseudolous in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Hampton Playhouse), Bela Zangler in Crazy for You (Walnut Street Theatre), Lord Henry in  The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wisdom Bridge), Paul in You Can’t Take it With You (Steppenwolf) and Tom/Phyllis/Leslie in Sylvia (Capital Repertory). David holds an MFA in Directing from Texas State and a BFA in Acting from Theatre School at DePaul University/Goodman School of Drama. David Weynand’s performance is supported in part by a generous gift from Paul & Ronda Lustman.

 

Matt Bowdren as Edgar, Patty Gallagher as The Fool, Joseph McGrath as King Lear and Ryan Parker Knox as Earl of Kent

 

Matt Walley as Edmund, Kate Cannon as Goneril and Hunter Hnat as Oswald

 

Ryan Parker Knox as Earl of Kent

Photo by Tim Fuller

 

Music

	Jake Sorgen (Music Direction and Composer) was music director for Three Tall Women, The Grapes of Wrath, Bach at Leipzig, Celia, A Slave, A House of Pomegranates, Macbeth, Penelope, The White Snake, Uncle Vanya, Angels in America Part One, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Miss Julie, By the Bog of Cats, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Merchant of Venice, The Lady in the Looking Glass, Waiting for Godot, Jerusalem and Awake and Sing at The Rogue Theatre, and has performed as a musician at The Rogue in Purgatorio and Betrayal. Jake is an improviser/composer/musician originally from Woodstock, New York. He performs solo and in music and interdisciplinary ensembles around the world with musicians, writers, actors, and dancers. Jake's 4th solo album is set for release in 2018. This summer, Jake will premiere an as yet untitled original work as the 2018 Maverick Prodigy at the Maverick Concert Hall in New York. Jake studied guitar with Ed DeLucia, improvised music with violist Mary Oliver, and movement with dancer Katie Duck and performed and studied with members of the Instant Composers Pool and the Creative Music Studio in the Netherlands and New York. Jake Sorgen’s music direction is supported in part by a generous gift from Kathleen Ortega & Lawrence Johnson.

Music Director’s Notes

As I began to assemble and assign the array of instruments you see on the left side of the stage to different characters and plotlines, it became clear to me just how singular King Lear stands in Shakespeare’s body of work. It does not adhere to the typical structure of storytelling we’re used to from other tragedies and presents entire scenes that take place in the mind of the characters. What is the sound of a man who thinks he is falling to his death but is merely kneeling over? How can you capture the emotion of an aging king’s fits of insanity that are both comical and profoundly tragic? Questions like these, asked and discovered together with this incredible group of actors and artists, led to the score you’ll hear tonight. The sonic palette for this show is very wide. You’ll hear guitar and mandolin mimicking the tones of single-string and double-stringed lutes of the period, a log drum which provides just a hint of different tones, allowing pulsing rhythms to take on slight melodic qualities, soprano saxophone to create royal trumpet calls with respect for the intimate space of the Rogue, and bass clarinet—both dark and visceral in a way this play demands. —Jake Sorgen, Music Director and Composer

 

Kate Cannon as Goneril and Hunter Hnat as Oswald

 

Matt Walley as Edmund

 

David Hentz, Patty Gallagher as The Fool, Joseph McGrath as King Lear and Holly Griffith as Cordelia

Photo by Tim Fuller

 

Designers
Costume Design		Cynthia Meier
Costume design is supported in part by a generous gift from Mona Mizell
Scenic Design		Joseph McGrath
Lighting Design		Deanna Fitzgerald*
Lighting design is supported in part by a generous gift from Gay Miller
Production Staff
Assistant Director		Matt Bowdren
Stage Manager		Shannon Wallace
Fight Choreographer		Brent Gibbs
Scenic Artist		Amy Novelli
Set Construction		Joseph McGrath & Christopher Johnson
Costume Construction		Cynthia Meier & Nanalee Raphael
Associate Lighting Designer		Shannon Wallace
Master Electrician		Peter Bleasby
Lighting Crew		Connor Greene, Mack Woods, Mandy Spartz & Ken Phillips
House Manager		Susan Collinet
Assistant House Manager		Paul Winick & Susan Tiss
Box Office Manager		Thomas Wentzel
Box Office Assistants		Kara Clauser, Holly Griffith, Allie Knuth & Rebekah Thimlar
Program Advertising		Paul Winick
Poster, Program & Website		Thomas Wentzel
*Represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

 

	Deanna Fitzgerald (Lighting Design) is a professional Lighting Designer and member of United Scenic Artists, as well as an Associate Professor and head of lighting design and technology at the University of Arizona, where she also serves as the Associate Director of the theatre program and the Director of Graduate Studies. Her lighting design credits include a range of theatre, dance, opera, circus-themed entertainment, puppets, architectural lighting and more. She is a registered yoga and meditation teacher and conducts classes and workshops focused on using these and other “quietive” practices to enrich creative processes. Some of Deanna’s career highlights include the lighting designs for STOMP OUT LOUD, the Las Vegas version of the internationally acclaimed STOMP, for whom she also toured for 6 years as lighting director; Cirque Mechanics: Boom Town, which toured for 2 years with an off-Broadway appearance at The New Victory Theatre; and Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo US Tour. Deanna has been smitten with her Rogue family since 2014 when she designed their extraordinary creation Jerusalem, and has since designed Waiting for Godot, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Miss Julie, Bridge of San Luis Rey, Tales from the Jazz Age, Uncle Vanya, Penelope, Macbeth, Celia A Slave, Bach at Leipzig and Three Tall Women. She is grateful for every moment she gets to spend making things with them and for ME Peter Bleasby and Associate LD Shannon Wallace whose collaborations make that possible.
Shannon Wallace (Stage Manager) is finishing her second year as Resident Stage Manager with The Rogue Theatre. She served as stage manager for Angels in America, A House of Pomegranates, and The Grapes of Wrath. She also worked on The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Uncle Vanya, Penelope, Macbeth, Celia, A Slave, Bach at Leipzig and Three Tall Women as stage manager as well as associate lighting designer. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, focusing on both stage management and lighting design. During her time in school she worked on over 25 productions with Arizona Repertory Theatre. She has also worked for Arizona Theatre Company, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival serving on both stage management teams and company & events management teams. She is grateful to be working full-time as a theater artist in her hometown. Shannon Wallace’s stage management is supported in part by a generous gift from Susan & Stacy Litvak.
	Peter Bleasby (Master Electrician) lit his first show at 13. Professionally, he was with BBC-TV for several years, and was an assistant to UK lighting designer Richard Pilbrow during the inaugural production of the National Theatre (Hamlet, directed by Olivier.) He transferred to architectural lighting, but maintained his theatre interests by lighting many shows on both sides of the Atlantic. When the Rogue established itself at the Historic “Y” in 2009, he volunteered for the initial season, returning in 2013 with  lighting designer Don Fox, and later working with Deanna Fitzgerald. He devised the installation of the permanent wiring system that enables lighting teams to devote more time to the creative process. For the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation he directs the technical and logistical aspects of fundraisers, including the fashion show Moda Provocateur.
Susan Collinet (House Manager) earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing and English Literature from the University of Arizona in 2008. Decades before returning to college as a non-traditional student, Susan spent twenty years in amateur theater, mostly on the East coast, as well as in Brussels, Belgium in the American Theater of Brussels, and the Theatre de Chenois in Waterloo. She has worked in such positions as a volunteer bi-lingual guide in the Children’s Museum of Brussels, the Bursar of a Naturopathic Medical school in Tempe, Arizona, an entrepreneur with two “Susan’s of Scottsdale” hotel gift shops in Scottsdale, Arizona, and as the volunteer assistant Director of Development of the Arizona Aids Project in Phoenix. Susan continues to work on collections of poetry and non-fiction. Her writing has won awards from Sandscript Magazine, the John Hearst Poetry Contest, the Salem College for Women’s Center for Writing, and was published in a Norton Anthology of Student’s Writing. In addition to being House Manager, Susan serves on the Board of Directors and acts as Volunteer Coordinator for the Rogue.

 

David Greenwood as the Duke of Gloucester, David Weynand as Duke of Cornwall and Bryn Booth as Regan

 

Eric Du, Holly Griffith as Cordelia, Joseph McGrath as King Lear and Christopher Pankratz

 

Patty Gallagher as The Fool and Joseph McGrath as King Lear

Photo by Tim Fuller

 

Our Thanks
Tim Fuller		Tucson Weekly
Chuck Graham		Patrick Baliani
Arizona Daily Star		Shawn Burke
Jerry James		Our Advertisers
The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre
Student tickets are sponsored in part by generous donations from Pat & John Hemann, Kristi Lewis, and Carol Mangold in memory of Bill Mangold

 

 

Matt Bowdren as Edgar

 

David Greenwood as the Duke of Gloucester and Joseph McGrath as King Lear

 

Ryan Parker Knox as Earl of Kent, Joseph McGrath as King Lear and Patty Gallagher as The Fool

 

The cast and crew of King Lear

Photos by Tim Fuller

Performance Schedule for King Lear

Location: The Rogue Theatre at The Historic Y, 300 East University Boulevard
Click here for information on free off-street parking

Performance run time of King Lear is two hours and forty minutes, including one 10-minute intermission.
Run time does not include the music preshow beginning 15 minutes before curtain, or post-show discussion.

Thursday, April 26, 2018, 7:30 pm DISCOUNT PREVIEW
Friday, April 27, 2018, 7:30 pm DISCOUNT PREVIEW
Saturday, April 28, 2018, 7:30pm OPENING NIGHT
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 2:00 pm matinee SOLD OUT

Thursday, May 3, 2018, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 4, 2018, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2:00 pm matinee SOLD OUT

Thursday, May 10, 2018, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 11, 2018, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 12, 2018, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 13, 2018, 2:00 pm matinee SOLD OUT

Patty Gallagher as The Fool and Joseph McGrath as King Lear

Holly Griffith as Cordelia, Bryn Booth as Regan, David Weynand as Duke of Cornwall,
Joe McGrath as King Lear, Aaron Shand as Duke of Albany, and Kate Cannon as Goneril

Patty Gallagher as The Fool and Joseph McGrath as King Lear

Photos by Tim Fuller