O Lovely Glowworm
Written by Glen Berger
Directed by Wier Harman
April 26 - May 24, 2009
“I cannot see or hear the world beyond my eyes and ears, no, but I’ve constructed, with great effort, an inner world, and it’s lovely.” –A dead goat
What would a stuffed goat dream about? Writer Glen Berger’s play is about the recollections of a taxidermy goat 100 years ago in Ireland. He daydreams of two soldiers competing for the same mermaid, a third young soldier who just wants to perfect a working flush toilet, and many other tall tales. Craziest of all, the goat thinks he might be a unicorn. Glen Berger, a brilliant writer for stage and television, weaves toilets, mermaids, soldiers and a goat into a quirky, romantic story.
O Lovely Glowworm is sponsored in part by:
The Alaska State Council on the Arts
City and Borough of Juneau
Juneau Arts and Humanities Council
GCI
Wells Fargo
The Scene - Every Friday, meet our artists!
Friday, May 15 @ 7PM - Art Rotch - SEASON 31 Announcement
Drinks served on Fridays and Saturdays of O Lovely Glowworm!
Beer, wine and cocktails served, provided by The Rendezvous Bar.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Director Weir Harman
Set Design Art Rotch
Costume Design Marta Lastufka
Lighting Design Art Rotch
Properties Design Valerie Snyder
Composer/Sound Design Jen Raynak
Fight Choreographer Tim Hyland
CAST
The Goat (also Truant Officer, Taxidermist, Elder Halliwell, Old Soldier, Clerk, & Unicorn) Aaron Elmore
Marveaux Enrique Bravo
MacMann Rory Stitt
Mother/Kathleen Emily Windover
Philomel Christina Apathy
Halliwell Dan Reaume
DIRECTOR & DESIGNERS
Wier Harman (Director) has been Executive Director of Town Hall Seattle since 2005. Previous posts in arts administration include Executive Director of The Foundry Theatre (2003-2005), an eight-time OBIE-winning company in New York City dedicated to commissioning and producing new plays and public discourse events; Artistic Director of Actor’s Express Theatre in Atlanta (2000-2003), a respected regional company and school;
and programming positions for multidisciplinary arts festivals such as Arts & Ideas New Haven (1996-1999) and the Howl! Festival of East Village Arts in downtown New York (2003-2005). In the early 1990s, Harman directed plays and was marketing manager at Seattle’s Annex Theatre. A native of Virginia, Harman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1989) and studied directing at Yale School of Drama (1999).
Tim Hyland (Fight Choreographer) is delighted to make Perseverance Theatre in Juneau his first trip to Alaska. He has been a Seattle based actor, director, teacher, dialect coach, and fight choreographer for 19 years. Fight direction credits include The Tengu of Kami at Seattle Public Theatre; Sancho’s Revenge, Kilroy Was Here at One World Theatre; The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi at The Bathhouse Theatre Company. Tim has taught stage combat and physical comedy in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Canada. He would like to thank Wier Harman for this opportunity and his wife Tracy for her love and support.
Marta Lastufka (Costume Designer) This play marks a rough return to the theater after several years of adventuring with her family. At one time, Perseverance Theatre was Marta’s virtual home where she designed and performed in over 30 productions. She is the proud recipient of an NEA/TCG Designer Fellowship and is a Bishop Michael Kenny Fellow. It is good to be in the building again. Thank you to Art, Wier and Meaghan and to all the many devoted people who keep this remarkable ball rolling Thanks best and most to my adventurers who let me go on this one without them.
Jen Raynak (Sound Designer) Jen’s recent sound design projects include shows with Third Rail Repertory Theatre (where she is a Core Company member), Portland Center Stage, CoHo Productions and Oregon Children’s Theatre. By day, she is the steward o PCPA’s Winningstad Theater and serves on the Membership Committee for IATSE Local 28. She is also the President of the Board of Directors of the Portland Area Theatre Alliance.
Art Rotch (Lighting and Set 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. Thanks to Akiko for her support and love.
Valerie Snyder (Properties Design) has been involved with Perseverance Theatre since her 2004 costume shop internship. Since then she has worked on stage and off as a costume designer, props designer, scenic artist, stage manager, juggler, musician, stage crew, dancer, and house manager. In her spare time she is the executive director of the Juneau Symphony. Valerie loves all aspects of the performing arts and has enjoyed working on Glowworm very much.
ACTORS
Christina Apathy (Philomel) last performed on the Perseverance Stage as Sister James in Doubt, and Juneau audiences may remember her in The Government Inspector and her swashbuckling turn as Constance in Theatre in the Rough’s production of The Three Musketeers. 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!
Enrique Bravo (Marveaux) This is Enrique’s fifth production with Perseverance Theatre. Perseverance credits include The Who’s Tommy, Hair, Equus, and Yeast Nation. He was recently in both productions of Thunder Mountain Theatre Project’s Dying City and Shakespeare’s R&J and was in their inaugural production of True West. He holds an MFA in Acting from The University of Texas at Austin. Enrique would like to thank Perseverance for continuing to allow him to be part of this wonderful artistic community.
Aaron Elmore (The Goat) is an actor, director, writer and designer who has been a company member at PT since 1991. Previous roles include Vulture in Coyote Goes Salmon Fishing, Duke Thesius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and ensemble work in The Laramie Project. With Katie Jensen, he is Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Theatre in the Rough where his acting credits include the title role in Richard III, the Courtezan in The Comedy of Errors and Porthos in The Three Musketeers. He also performed the title role in Don Giovanni for Opera to Go!
Rory Stitt (MacMann) Over the last ten years Rory has worked as actor, sound designer, composer, orchestrator and music director. He has played Joe's Pub in the Public Theatre in Manhattan, The Knitting Factory in L.A. and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He is currently working on a series of compositions for chamber ensemble and voices incorporating multimedia collaborations, as well as a new musical incorporating Japanese kabuki theatre. For more information on Rory and his projects, his albums and his performances go to www.rorystitt.com.
Daniel Reaume (Halliwell) first performed on the Perseverance stage in 1989 as Humberto in The Obscene Bird of Night, and most recently appeared as The Mayor in The Government Inspector. He also enjoys working with Katie and Aaron at Theatre in the Rough, when they will have him. The rest of his life is a closely guarded secret.
Emily Windover (Mother/Kathleen) is thrilled to be back in Juneau after a 5 year break. She's happy to be working with Wier on another Glen Berger play after appearing in The Wooden Breeks in 2002. Other favorite Juneau shows include On the Razzle, Fry Tales, King Stag and As You Like It. Emily graduated from the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in 1999. She currently lives in Gettysburg, PA with her husband Chris and 2 beautiful daughters. In the summers she and Chris run the outreach program, The Greylock Theatre Project, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.