Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Flordelino Lagundino
November 2 - 30, 2008
Did he or didn’t he? Do you really want to know...?
It’s a catholic school in 1964. Father Flynn is popular. Sister Aloysius is tough. Sister James doesn’t know which one to believe. Can we ‘just know’ someone is guilty? Would you throw away someone’s career based on a hunch? What would you do to protect the children? Do our instincts protect or betray us? Join us for this Pulitzer Prize-winning play and try to decide for yourself.
Doubt is directed by Flordelino Lagundino, director of last season’s Yellowman and features Shona Strauser, Christina Apathy, and Ed Christian.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director Flordelino Lagundino
Set Design Chisato Uno
Costume Design Rick Silaj
Lighting Design Art Rotch
Composer/Sound Design Lucy Peckham
Production Stage Manager Kristin Garot
CAST
Mrs. Muller Marinda Anderson
Sister James Christina Apathy *
Father Flynn Ed Christian
Sister Aloysius Shona Strauser
* Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
DIRECTOR AND DESIGNERS
Kristin Garot (Stage Manager) has been involved as a stage manager in several Juneau area productions - on Perseverance Theatre’s Second Stage (Translation, A Question of Mercy) and as resident stage manager for Thunder Mountain Theatre Project (The Beauty Queen of Leenane, True West). She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Trinity University and works to incorporate the arts into the classroom as part of the Global Expressions Academy at Thunder Mountain High School.
Flordelino Lagundino (Director) has worked at Perseverance as an actor, director, teacher, and administrator for the past four years. In addition to directing Doubt on the Perseverance Theatre Main Stage, he will direct Shakespeare’s R & J, an all-male adaptation of Romeo & Juliet, with Thunder Mountain Theatre Project in February (www.thundermountaintheatre.org). He holds an MFA in Acting with a secondary concentration in Directing from The University of Texas at Austin. His Perseverance acting credits include the World Premieres of The Long Season, Voyage, and Yeast Nation, as well as The Last 5 Years, Hamlet, Hair, Twelfth Night, Noises Off, The Government Inspector, and King Island Christmas. He has performed regionally at The Shakespeare Theatre, The Kennedy Center, African Continuum Theatre Company, The Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Imagination Stage, Young Playwrights’ Theatre, and was a guest artist with Living Stage Theatre Company. He is the founder of the Thunder Mountain Theatre Project and directed its inaugural production, True West by Sam Shepard last November. This past Spring he directed Ishmael Hope’s new play Brother on the Perseverance Theatre’s Second Stage, Proof for the University of Alaska Southeast/Perseverance Theatre Joint Theatre Program, as well as Yellowman on the Perseverance Main Stage. www.flordelinolagundino.com.
Christy Long (Properties Design) is primarily the homeschool mom of her 7-year old son Jayden, who helped her find props for Doubt. Christy graduated from U.W. with a degree in social work. She’s lived in Juneau for 6 years, and this is her first foray from audience member into production support. In addition to searching crazily and comprehensively for inexpensive props, she is the caregiver of two dogs, a frog, many fish, and a husband.
Lucy Peckham (Sound Design) Last heard at PT in The Faraway Nearby and A Little Shop of Horrors, and in Juneau as a sound engineer for the Alaska Folk Festival, Lucy has received an LA Critics Circle Dramalogue Award for Sound Design while at the Old Globe Theatre. She has also designed for Intiman, New City, Seattle Shakespeare Festival and TBA Theatre among others. Lucy is delighted to be back at Perseverance! “Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.” –Saint Benedict.
Art Rotch (Lighting Design) is the Artistic Director at Perseverance, after having worked in Juneau and at PT for over twenty years. He has recently returned to Juneau after six years in New York City. Art has designed dozens of productions over the years at PT with directors Molly Smith, Peter DuBois, and others including premieres by Darrah Cloud, Paula Vogel, and Deborah Brevoort. Art studied Russian Intellectual History at Harvard and wrote a thesis on Soviet dissident thought, and recently earned an MFA degree in Design from New York University. Regional theater credits: Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Epiphany Theatre Company, Foothill Theatre Company, Sacramento Theater Company, The People’s Light and Theatre Company, M Gorky Drama Theatre of Vladivostok, Russia, ActorsExpress and Trinity Repertory Company. Opera: Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, Anchorage Opera, Aspen. Next Projects: Treasure Island (Sacramento), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Juilliard), O Lovely Glowworm (Perseverance). Thanks to Akiko for her support and love.
Rick Silaj (Costume Design) Design credits include: Oklahoma! and Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Weathervane Theatre); The Beauty Queen of Leenane and True West (Thunder Mountain Theatre Project); Mr. Marmalade (Perseverance Theatre 2nd Stage); The Blind Date, The Universal Language, and The Philadelphia (Theatre Northwest). Assistant Costume Design: Grease (Theatre at the Center); Fashion; or Life in New York and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Theatre Northwest). Assistant Costumer (film): For the Rights of All.
Chisato Uno (Set Design) is a set designer based in New York City. Originally hailing from Tokly, Japan, she has designed a variety of dance, opera, and theatre, including Soldier Songs (Le Poisson Rouge), Aida (Berkeley Opera), Inter (Ulua Theatre, Hawaii), The Golem (Columbia Stages), and Arcadia (New York University). She has been assistant esigner to George Tsypin (The Little Mermaid, Broadway; Spider-Man, Broadway), and Thomas Lynch (See What I Wanna See, The Public Theatre), among many others. In her spare time, she also works as a Japanese translator and interpreter, specializing in the fields of art, film, and performance. Chisato holds an MFA in Design for Stage and Film from New York University, and is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of IATSE. Website: www.chisatouno.com.
ACTORS
Marinda Anderson (Mrs. Muller) is thrilled to be returning to the Perseverance Theatre stage. She was last seen on PT’s stage in Hair and The Laramie Project. Her New York credits include From the Inside Out, Once in a Wifetime, War uncensored, In Dog Years and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Other credits include Aida, Beauty and the Beast and Into the Woods. She thanks God, family, Flor and Art for having her back once again.
Christina Apathy (Sister James) last performed on the Perseverance Stage as Dobsky in The Government Inspector, and Juneau audiences may remember her swashbuckling turn as Constance in TR’s production of The Three Musketeers. Up next she will play Sister James in PT’s mounting of Doubt. In 2006 Christina directed Steel Magnolias and an original play A Fish out of Water with the Perseverance Young Company. She has performed Off-Broadway with the Actor’s Studio, on tour with The Acting Company, and regionally in cities around the country including Minneapolis, Princeton, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Indianapolis, Syracuse, Ithaca, Cleveland, and Knoxville. MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Thanks to Dan!
Ed Christian (Father Flynn) is thrilled to be appearing again on the Perseverance stage in this 30th season opener. Ed is a graduate of the University of Texas' Radio-Television-Film school, and has appeared in many Perseverance productions. Recent roles include Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, the Gravedigger in Hamlet, Frank Strang in Equus, and The Superintendent of Schools in The Government Inspector. Ed and his wife Louanne have lived in downtown Juneau for many years.
Shona Strauser (Sister Aloysius) enjoys working with young people to ensure that art plays a role in their every day lives. Shona moved to Juneau from Seattle over three years ago. While here, she has worked as an artist-in-residence at many schools. She has directed plays for and with young people in Texas, California, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming and Alaska. Most of her training in theatre education came from working as the resident teaching artist at Seattle Repertory Theatre for many years. Shona loves living in Juneau, and when not doing theatre, tries to spend her time in the beautiful land she now calls home.