Shattered Globe Theatre presents
Marvin’s
Room
by Scott McPherson
Directed by Sandy Shinner
Featuring
Deanna Dunagan *, Rebecca Jordan *†, Kyle Klein II, Deanna Reed-Foster,
Linda Reiter *†, Nate Santana, Drew Schad †, Don Tieri
Set Designer – Nick Mozak
Costume Designer – Sarah Jo White †
Lighting Designer – Shelley Strasser Holland †
Original Music and Sound Design – Christopher Kriz, USA **
Props Designer – Vivian Knouse †
Executive Production Manager – Judy Anderson †
Production Manager – Kelly Clausen
Technical Director – Amanda Rozmiarek †
Stage Managers – Razor Wintercastle *, Tina M. Jach *
Assistant Lighting Designer – Drew Schad †
Publicity – David Rosenberg Public Relations
Producing Artistic Director: Sandy Shinner †
Managing Director: Doug McDade *†
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
†Shattered Globe Ensemble Member
◆ Shattered Globe Artistic Associate
**Member, United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829
Marvin’s Room was originally developed with the assistance of the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago,
Illinois. The play was originally produced at the Goodman Theatre in February 1990. It was further
developed and produced by the Hartford Stage Company, in Hartford, Connecticut, in November
1990. Marvin’s Room is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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CAST
Bessie......................................................................................................................................... Linda Reiter *†
Dr. Wally............................................................................................................................................... Don Tieri
Ruth...................................................................................................................................Deanna Dunagan *
Bob............................................................................................................................................... Drew Schad †
Lee.......................................................................................................................................Rebecca Jordan *†
Dr. Charlotte/Retirement Home Director..........................................................Deanna Reed-Foster
Hank............................................................................................................................................. Nate Santana
Charlie..............................................................................................................................................Kyle Klein II
Marvin.....................................................................................................................................Larry Bundschu
Time: 1990
Place: various locations in Florida and a mental hospital in Ohio.
Marvin’s Room is performed with one 15-minute intermission.
Understudies: Josh Leeper, Brandon Sak, Drew Schad†, Judi Schindler,
Tasha James, Adam Schulmerich, Eileen Niccolai†
PRODUCTION TEA M
Marketing Director................................................................................................................Kelsey Melvin†
Associate Director.........................................................................................................Deanna Dunagan*
Master Carpenters ..................................................................................................Greg Kopp†, Sean Tait
Master Electrician...................................................................................................................Cameron Petti
Master Electrician.............................................................................................................................. Jane Nix
Build and Light Crew......................... Colin David, David Abramov, Nick Belanger, Elyse Estes,
Nathan Waters, Larry Bundschu, and the SGT Ensemble
Graphic Designer...................................................................................................................Kelsey Melvin†
Brochure Photography...............................................................................................................Kevin Viol †
Production Photographer............................................................................................. Michael Brosilow
Videography............................................................................................ Starbelly Studios Photography
SPECIAL THANKS
Bruce Holland & CenterStage Productions, The Theatre School at DePaul University,
Kelsey Lamm, Lee Guthrie, Lori Cannon, Glen Fahlstrom and Fahlstrom’s Fresh Fish
Market; Billy Dek and Rockit Bar and Grill, Greg Kopp, Voice of the City, Sam Samuels
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ABOUT US
This season, Shattered Globe celebrates 25 years of building an ensemble. During
that time, SGT has produced over 60 plays and has garnered an impressive 42 Joseph
Jefferson Awards and 102 nominations. The Ensemble has been known for creating
visceral theatrical experiences that challenge the perspective of audience and artist alike,
through passionate storytelling. The theater is inspired by the diversity of our city and is
committed to making the theater accessible to all audiences. Through initiatives such as
our Protégé Progam, we create a space which allows emerging artists to grow and share
in the ensemble experience.
SGT would like to express their appreciation for the continued support of Dr. Len and
Cheryl Cerullo, John Cerullo, Carol Cerullo Cauley, Cathy and Terry Carey, and Robert Weir,
in loving memory of Katie Cerullo.
Shattered Globe Theatre is partially supported and funded by generous grants from
the James P. and Brenda S. Grusecki Family Foundation, The Gaylord & Dorothy
Donnelley Foundation, The MacArthur Fund for Arts & Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus
Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, The Field Foundation of Illinois, The Blum-Kovler
Family Foundation, and The Robert J. & Loretta W. Cooney Family Foundation, the
Shulman-Rochambeau Charitable Foundation, and Art Works Fund
FROM THE PL AY WRIGHT
Scott McPherson wrote this note for the program when Marvin’s Room
opened at Hartford Stage Company 25 years ago.
My grandmother was the first “dying” person I ever knew. I already
knew a dead person. My father. Dad, who was once a race car driver
and then a married Volkswagen salesman with three baby boys, drove
the babysitter home and on his way back to us wrapped his car around
a telephone pole, killing himself and disrupting phone conversations
on the east side of Columbus for a good couple of hours. But I never thought of my father
as a “dying” person. He was alive - and then simply dead.
It was my grandmother who was “dying,” her cancer-ridden body resting in the upstairs
bedroom where the only TV in the house stood at the foot of her bed. If you wanted
to watch Ed Sullivan, and I did, you also had to watch grandmother, commercials and
morphine injections coming at regular intervals. It was a situation that, to a child, seemed
neither odd nor morbid.
My mother was to be grandmother’s chief caregiver, raise three children, keep house
and work part time as a sales clerk at Lazarus department store. My mother, who studied
modern dance in college and married a race car driver against her parents’ wishes, threw
herself at her responsibilities with a terrifying determination - afraid if she gave any less she
would awaken to find she was running off in the other direction, leaving all of us behind to
fend for ourselves.
Now I am 31 and my lover has AIDS. Our friends have AIDS. And we all take care of each
other, the less sick caring for the more sick. At times, an unbelieveably harsh fate is
transcended by a simple act of love, by caring for another.
By most, we are thought of as “dying.” But as dying becomes a way of life, the meaning of
word blurs.
—Scott McPerson (November, 1990)
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WHO’S WHO
Deanna Dunagan
(Aunt Ruth) makes her
Shattered Globe debut,
her seventh
collaboration with
director Sandy Shinner,
this time as associate
director as well as actor. Her most recent
Chicago credits are Death Tax and The North
China Lover (Lookingglass Theatre
Company), and Other Desert Cities
(Goodman Theatre). Though she has
appeared in over 20 Chicago area theaters
(earning three Jeff Awards, three After Dark
Awards, and the Sarah Siddons Award), she
is best known as Violet in the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company’s production of August:
Osage County (Jeff Award), which moved to
Broadway (Tony, Drama Desk, Theatre World
and Outer Critics’ Circle awards), and toured
to London (Olivier Award nomination) and
Sydney, Australia. She can currently be seen
as Nana in the recently released M. Night
Shyamalan movie, The Visit. Television
credits include House of Cards, Law & Order,
and Private Practice. Her previous directing
credits include her play The Legend of Pecos
Bill (Dallas Theater Center).
Rebecca Jordan (Lee) is
ecstatic to be back in
Chicago at Shattered
Globe Theatre where
she is a founding
ensemble member and
where she has
performed in over 20 Joseph Jefferson
award winning productions. SGT credits
include: Mill Fire, Talk Radio, A View from the
Bridge, The Manchurian Candidate, All My
Sons, Anna Karenina, Rocket to the Moon and
Judgment at Nuremberg. Rebecca received
Jeff awards for her portrayals of Stella in A
Streetcar Named Desire and for Pam in Frozen
Assets, both at SGT. Other Chicago credits
include: House and Garden, Trojan Women
and Blue Surge (Goodman Theatre). Los
Angeles credits include: The Jacksonian
(Geffen Playhouse), The Butcher of Baraboo
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(The Road Theater, LA Scenie award for her
performance in a comedy), Scarcity and
Fatboy (Need Theater), Hellcab (Sky Pilot
Theater). Recent TV credits include: Eagleheart
and Shameless.
Kyle Klein II (Charlie) lives
in Central Illinois and is
honored to be making his
debut with the Shattered
Globe Theatre. His
Chicago credits include:
To Kill A Mockingbird (Oak
Park Festival Theatre), The Full Monty (Kokandy
Productions), Burn Girl Prom Queen (The
Ruckus), and understudying The Cryptogram
(Profiles Theatre). Regional credits include:
Lost In Yonkers (Bristol Riverside Theatre), A
Christmas Story (Little Theatre on the Square),
and 13: The Musical (Anderson Mainstage).
Kyle is a proud Equity Membership Candidate
with AEA. He has trained at the Acting Studio
in Chicago, Second City, and holds a Level
One Certification in Bodyflight from the IBA.
See more at www.kyleekleinii.com
Deanna Reed-Foster (Dr.
Charlotte) is an Emmy
Award winning actress
who is thrilled to be
working with SGT again.
Deanna recently worked
with SGT in Mill Fire. She
has been seen throughout Chicago and
abroad in productions such as: All Shook Up,
The Wiz, The Kentucky Cycle, The Bluest Eye,
Herbert III, Crowns, Jekyll & Hyde the Musical,
Yellowman, Fabulation, and Heat Wave at the
Steppenwolf Garage Rep. Deanna won a
Midwest Emmy Award for her voiceover work
in the Black History special “A Legacy in
Bronze” with MUTV. Most recently you can
see Deanna on several commercials and the
Netflix series Sense8. Deanna credits all of her
gifts and talents to the Lord Jesus Christ who
has so freely given them to her.
www.deannareedfoster.com
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Linda Reiter (Bessie) is
an ensemble member
of Shattered Globe
Theatre where she has
performed in 40
productions in their 25
years. She has garnered
six Joseph Jefferson Awards in the nonequity category and received five Equity
nominations, the most recent for her solo
performance last fall in The Testament of
Mary at Victory Gardens Theatre. She has
also performed with the Goodman Theatre,
Court Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre, and
Live Bait Theatre. Linda’s television credits
include an A&E episode of The Beast starring
Patrick Swayze, and Chicago PD. Her
voiceover credits include over 30 episodes
of The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, hosted
by Stacy Keach (www.twilightzoneradio.
com) and she played opposite Kelsey
Grammer in The Manchurian Candidate radio
drama produced by Chicago Theatres
On-the-Air.
Nate Santana (Hank) is
thrilled to be working
with Shattered Globe.
Chicago credits include:
Ironbound
(Steppenwolf); Balm in
Gilead and Golden Boy
(Griffin Theatre); White Tie Ball and Momma’s
Boyz (Teatro Vista); Comrades Mine (City Lit
Theater); The Rainmaker (Boho Theatre); The
Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet
(First Folio Theatre); What Happened When…
and Slipping (the side project). Nate has
been nominated for two Jeff awards and is a
recent graduate of the School at
Steppenwolf. He received his BA from
Valparaiso University.
Drew Schad (Bob) is
proud to be working
with Shattered Globe
Theatre, where he has
been an ensemble
member since 2009. His
SGT credits include: The
Rose Tattoo, The Whaleship Essex, Mill Fire,
Our Country’s Good, Happy Now?, Her Naked
Skin, Orpheus Descending, Romeo and Juliet,
Buried Child, and The Little Foxes. Other
Chicago credits include: Six Degrees of
Separation (Eclipse Theatre). Drew has
studied at the National Theater Institute and
holds a BA in Drama from Kenyon College,
where he received the Paul Newman Trophy.
Thanks to the fam and Sara. For the
ensemble.
Don Tieri (Dr. Wally),
returns to Shattered
Globe where he
appeared in A View from
the Bridge. His Chicago
credits include: Leander
Stillwell (Stage Left
Theater) Jeff Citation/Ensemble, Blood and
Gifts (Timeline Theatre), The Hiding Place,
Bonhoeffer’s Cost (Provision Theatre), The
Price, Anne Christie, (Illinois Theatre Centre),
Creole (Infusion Theatre), and productions
with Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens,
Northlight , Next, and Organic, among
others. Los Angeles credits include: Leander
Stillwell (Lee Strasberg Theatre)-Top Ten
Plays of 1996, L.A. Theatre Works, Open Fist
Theatre, and The Writers and Actors Lab.
Television and Film credits include: Dead
Last (WB), Profiler (NBC), Seven Days, The
Untouchables (UPN) Overexposed (ABC). Mr.
Tieri received an MFA at The Theatre School,
DePaul University, and he is represented by
Paonessa Talent.
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Larry Bundschu (Marvin) served as a
pilot in the US Navy followed by time
in commercial aviation with McDonnell
Douglas and recently retired after 30
years as a pilot for Northwest Airlines. He
heads an Aviation Fund whose goal is
to introduce the joys of aviation to high
school students. He lives in Chicago and
joined the SGT Board of Directors in 2009.
Scott McPherson (Playwright) premiered
Marvin’s Room at the Goodman Theatre in
1990, and the play went on to productions
at Hartford Stage, Playwrights Horizons,
the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City,
Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center and
at large and small theaters around the
country. Marvin’s Room received the Drama
Desk Award, the Oppenheimer Award,
the Obie Award, the Outer Critics Circle
Award, the Joseph Jefferson Award, and
Scott received the 1991 Whiting Writers’
Award. Later, Marvin’s Room was made
into a movie starring Meryl Streep, Diane
Keaton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro
and Hume Cronyn. Scott’s first full length
play, ‘Til the Fat Lady Sings was produced
at Lifeline Theater in 1987 and early short
play, Scraped, was produced at the Organic.
Also an actor, Scott moved to Chicago
in 1981 and performed in three of Dean
Corrin’s plays at Victory Gardens: Butler
County, Gentrification (both directed by
Sandy Shinner) and Expectations (directed
by Dennis Zacek), as well as in The House
of Blue Leaves, The Normal Heart, and
many other productions, commercials and
industrial films. Scott was a graduate of
Ohio University, and the university named
a new theater space in his honor. Scott was
inducted into the Gay and Lesbian Hall of
Fame in 1992 and was celebrated as one
of the first openly gay and HIV-positive
American artists. His bio there states: “He
has spoken eloquently, both in his writing
and his interviews, of the personal and
familial ravages of chronic illness and the
need for loving support and connection
with lovers, family and friends.” Scott and
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his lover, activist and cartoonist Daniel
Sotomayor, both died of complications from
AIDS. Scott was 33 years old when he died
November 7, 1992.
Sandy Shinner (Director and Producing
Artistic Director) was the original dramaturg
on the World Premiere of Marvin’s Room
at the Goodman. She recently directed
Sally Nemeth’s Mill Fire at Shattered
Globe which received an Honorable
Mention in the Sun-Times list of “Best
Productions of 2014”. Shinner received
the 2013 Kathryn V. Lamkey Spirit Award
from the Equal Employment Opportunity
Committee of Actors’ Equity Association.
The former Associate Artistic Director
of Victory Gardens Theater, she created
the nationally-known IGNITION! Festival,
served as co-director of the Access Project,
and accepted the 2001 Regional Theater
Tony Award on behalf of VG with former
Artistic Director Dennis Zacek and former
Managing Director Marcelle McVay. Her
other recent directing credits include:
Rasheeda Speaking by Joel Drake Johnson
(Rivendell Theater Ensemble) and Creditors
(Remy Bumppo Theater Company). She
has directed over eighty plays at theaters
such as Victory Gardens, Remy Bumppo,
American Blues, the University of Virginia,
Actors Theater of Louisville’s Humana
Festival, Steppenwolf’s First Look Repertory
of New Work, New York’s 78th Street Theater
Lab, and the Sacramento Theater Company,
among others. Her production of Trying
by Joanna McClelland Glass transferred to
New York and her direction was nominated
for the Joe A. Callaway Award. Shinner has
been recognized as one of “50 Top Players”
by New City, and a “Chicagoan of the Year”
by the Chicago Tribune. She is an adjunct
professor at DePaul’s Theatre School, an
At-Large Ambassador for the National New
Play Network, and an Artistic Affiliate at
American Blues Theater.
Judy Anderson (Executive Production
Manager) has been an SGT Ensemble
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member since 1991, starting as its Resident
Stage Manager. Judy has worked on every
show in one aspect or another since SGT’s
first production of Frozen Assets. She started
in the role of Resident Production Manager
in 2009. Some favorite SGT shows include:
both productions of Frozen Assets, Talk
Radio, God’s Country, For the Love of a Good
Man, The Manchurian Candidate, Peter Pan,
Bondagers, All My Sons, Coyote on a Fence,
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Of Mice and
Men, Come Back, Little Sheba, and Judgment
at Nuremberg. Judy wishes to thank her
family and friends for all their love and
continued support over these many years.
Peace.
Kelly Clausen (Production Manager) is
excited to be working with Shattered Globe.
Kelly has worked as a stage manager and
production manager in Chicago for The
House Theatre, TUTA Theatre, Silk Road
Rising, Raven Theatre, Piccolo Theatre,
and Theatre on the Lake. She was also
production assistant for the out of town trial
for Kinky Boots. Kelly has a BFA in Theatre
Arts from the Theatre School at DePaul.
Shelley Holland (Lighting Designer) returns
to design Marvin’s Room after designing last
season’s critically acclaimed production of
The Whaleship Essex. Shelley is a long-time
member of SGT. Her first lighting design for
the ensemble was Talk Radio in 1992, and
she joined the ensemble in 1993. Some
favorite SGT productions include Talk Radio,
The Manchurian Candidate, A Streetcar
Named Desire, All My Sons, Judgement at
Nuremburg and The Glass Menagerie (Jeff
nomination). Other Chicago area lighting
design credits include Ring of Fire currently
running at the Mercury Theatre, Stalag 17
for American Blues (Jeff Award), The Full
Monty for Drury Lane Water Tower, Salvage
for First Folio, Ring of Fire for Theatre at
the Center in Munster, IN. This fall, Shelley
will be designing scenery and lighting for
Fahrenheit 451 at Governors State University
where she is a part of the Theatre and
Performance Studies program. Love to my
family and friends for their support!
Tina M. Jach (Production Stage Manager)
is excited to be at Shattered Globe Theatre.
She has been the Production Stage
Manager at Victory Gardens Theater for
Sixteen seasons. Some of her credits are
The Who & The What, The Testament of Mary,
Rest, Death and the Maiden, The Gospel of
Lovingkindness, We are Proud to Present
a Presentation…, In The Next Room or the
vibrator Play, The Gospel According to James,
The Boys Room, At Home at the Zoo, A Guide
for the Perplexed, The Lost Boys of Sudan, The
Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (winner of
six Jeff Awards and a Pulitzer Prize Finalist
for the 2010), Eurydice, Ignition Festival,
Four Places, I sailed with Magellan, The Snow
Queen, Denmark, Cradle of Man, Symmetry,
Trying, Anna in the Tropics (2003 Pulitzer
Prize winner in Drama), God & Country,
Fossils, Blissfield, Cahoots, and Knock Me a
Kiss. Some of her other SM credits are Signs
Of Life, Elegy, Ask Aunt Susan at Goodman
Theatre New Stages Amplified Series, Race at
Goodman Theatre, An American Daughter,
Don Giovanni, A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Tina
completed her M.F.A. in stage management
at Rutgers University, has worked in
Business Theater, and is a proud member of
Actors’ Equity Association.
Christopher Kriz (Original Music and Sound
Design) is an award winning composer and
sound designer. Recent Shattered Globe
designs include Mill Fire (Jeff Nomination),
The Rose Tattoo and The Grown Up. In
Chicago, Kriz has designed for Goodman,
Steppenwolf, Court, Writers Theatre, Victory
Gardens, Northlight, TimeLine, Theatre
Wit, Rivendell and many others. For his
work in theatre, Kriz has been honored
with 11 Joseph Jefferson Nominations and
2 Awards, most recently nominated for
Cicada (Route 66). Upcoming and recent
credits include Carlyle (Goodman Theatre),
Gem Of The Ocean (Court Theatre), Sucker
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Punch (Victory Gardens), Sticky Traps (Kansas
City Rep), Sunset Baby (Timeline Theatre),
Mothers and Sons (Northlight Theatre), Fallen
Angels (Remy Bumppo), Good For Otto (Gift
Theatre), Mr. Burns (Theatre Wit), A Kid Like
Jake (About Face) and The Downpour (Route
66). Recently, Lifeline Theatre produced
Kriz’s new musical Soon I Will Be Invincible.
Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic
Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please
visit www.christopherkriz.com.
Vivian Knouse (Prop Design) is an
ensemble member with Shattered Globe,
where she has designed props for The
Grown Up, The Rose Tattoo, Whaleship Essex,
Millfire, Our Country’s Good, Other People’s
Money, Happy Now, Burn This, and Her Naked
Skin. Other Chicago theater design credits
include TimeLine, Eclipse Theatre, LiveWire,
the Den Theatre, the Organic Theatre
Company, Polarity Ensemble Theater,
Commedia Beauregard, Factory Theatre
and Imaginez Ensemblez. Vivian studied at
the Moscow Art Theatre, and holds her BFA
from Northern Illinois University where she
graduated with honors.
Amanda Rozmiarek (Master Carpenter) is
an Ensemble Member of SGT and has been
the Technical Director/Master Carpenter for
all SGT shows in the last two seasons. She
was the Set Designer for SGT’s production
of Happy Now? and she won a 2012 Joseph
Jefferson Award for her set design for The
Price at Raven Theatre.
Nick Mozak (Set Design) is pleased to make
his debut at Shattered Globe with Marvin’s
Room. Other Chicago area credits include:
Elmina’s Kitchen (Congo Square TheatreBlack Theatre Alliance Award for Best Set
Design); A Body Of Water (Redtwist Theatre);
A Little Night Music, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon
(Light Opera Works). Regional Credits: One
Man Two Guvnors (Phoenix Theatre), The
Producers, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers,
The Sound of Music (Arizona Broadway
Theatre), Hot L Baltimore, Clybourne Park,
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The Diary of Anne Frank, Take Me Out,
Dancing At Lughnasa, The Mousetrap, The
Glass Menagerie (Playhouse on the SquareMemphis, TN). Mr. Mozak holds an MFA in
Stage Design from Northwestern University
and an MFA in Costume Design from Wayne
State University, Detroit, MI.
Sarah Jo White (Costume Designer) ​is
a Shattered Globe Ensemble member.
Previous design credits include The Grown
Up, The Rose Tattoo, The Whaleship Essex, Mill
Fire, Our Country’s Good, and Other People’s
Money. Current and upcoming productions
include The Price (Timeline Theatre), Direct
from Death Row: The Scottsboro Boys (Raven
Theatre), and The Raid (Jackalope Theatre).
Other credits include productions with
Prologue Theatre, Mary-Arrchie Theatre,
Emerald City Theatre, Victory Gardens
Theater, and Redtwist Theatre. Sarah
Jo holds a BFA in Costume Design from
The Theatre School at DePaul University.
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Razor Wintercastle (Stage Manager) has
worked in the Chicago area for quite some
time with various theatre companies: Congo
Square, Teatro Vista, Writers Theatre, and
Black Ensemble, to name a few. Razor has
also worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada
and all over the world doing everything
from theatre, dance, film, concerts, bands,
you name it. It is a pleasure to work with
Shattered Globe.
Doug McDade (Managing Director) An
original ensemble member of SGT, his
credits include multiple Shattered Globe
productions. Doug received a Joseph
Jefferson Award and three nominations for
his work as an actor and shares several Jeff
and After Dark awards for Ensemble with
SGT, American Blues Theatre, and Next
Theatre productions. He understudied
Pulitzer-Prize/Tony-Award recipient Tracy
Letts in Steppenwolf’s production of
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Film credits
include Michael Keaton’s directorial film
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debut, The Merry Gentlemen. His directorial
work spans film, video, TV and stage (SGT,
Clockwise, and Gurnee Theatre Companies;
Northside Story Productions, Koch-Cohen
Productions, and Kalibre Productions). The
short film, CUTEeGRL, which he directed
with writer/composer Jeton Murtishi,
received Best Short Film Thriller at the 2011
Illinois International Film Festival. Doug
is one of the premier film acting/ theatre
coaches in Chicago and serves on the
faculty of Lake Forest College and Acting
Studio Chicago. In 2006, Doug received a
Volunteer of The Year Award for his work
with the developmentally disabled for an
acting program he devised for Northpointe
Resources in Zion, IL.
T H E S E A S O N C O N T I N U E S AT S H AT T E R E D G L O B E
January 14 – February 27, 2016
ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER
By Rajiv Joseph
Directed by Devon de Mayo
In Rajiv Joseph’s ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER, Andy, a calculus teacher and avid fan,
pressures a reclusive Ilana, a world famous origami artist, into becoming an unwitting
mentor to a troubled teenage prodigy, Suresh. These three intriguingly flawed characters
begin to reshape and mold each other’s lives in much the same way they fold and crease
their origami art. During a production at New York’s Second Stage Theater, The New York
Times wrote, “Mr. Joseph’s observant, pitch-perfect script seems modest at first but is
really quite ambitious, dealing ruthlessly…with the fragility of happiness, the tragedy of
impulsiveness and the tenuousness of hope.”
April 21 – June 4, 2016
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
Based on the novel by John Ball
Adapted by Matt Pelfrey, directed by Louis Contey
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT recounts the classic, highly charged story of an African
American police officer asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.
It’s a torrid night in 1965 Argo, Alabama, when a dead white man is found. The local
police, desperately searching for a motive and a suspect, arrest a black man passing
through town. The police soon discover that their suspect is an expert homicide
detective from LA and they must confront their personal prejudices as they are forced
to work side by side to solve the crime. The award winning film version starring Sidney
Poitier remains emblematic of our country in the 1960s. Fifty years later, Pelfry’s new
adaptation of the novel leaves room for the evolution of these attitudes. But watching
the nightly news – how far have we come?
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YOUR PASSPORT TO A FIRST CLASS THEATER EXPERIENCE AWAITS
Visit SGT’s website at shatteredglobeseason.org while you are waiting for the show to
begin for a list of Season Traveler benefits. Or, chat with an Ensemble member in our
lobby tonight for more details.
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B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Sam Harrod, President
Carol Eastin, Vice-President and Treasurer
Sandy Shinner, Producing Artistic Director
Larry Bundschu, Grant Chair
Judy Anderson†*, Assistant Treasurer
Nancy M. Carter, Secretary
Alaric Blair
Ernesto Borges
Larry Bundschu
Nancy M. Carter
Adam Cullin
Mary G. Dietz
Linda Doyle
Carol Eastin
Michael Egan
John Harrell
Sam Harrod
Mark Levey
Kevin McQuade
Rhonda Rochambeau
Mary Filice
Gitta K. Jacobs
Marcelle McVay
Dawn & John Palmer
Bruce Sagan
Dennis Zacek
Steve Kleinedler
Greg Kopp
Kate LoConti*
Doug McDade*
Cortney McKenna
Kelsey Melvin
Eileen Niccolai
Steve Peebles
Brian Pudil, Emeritus
Amanda Rozmiarek
Linda Reiter*
Drew Schad
Megan Skord
Sandy Shinner
Angie Shriner
Joe Sikora*
Roger Smart
Alysa Turner
Kevin Viol
Ben Werling*
Joseph Wiens*
Dan Wilson
Brad Woodard
A DV I S O R Y B OA R D
Dr. Len & Cheryl Cerullo
Daniel Coffey
Ray Drymalski
SGT ENSEMBLE
Judy Anderson*
Rosie Chevalier
Maury Cooper*
David Dastmalchian
Mike Falevits
Joe Forbrich*
Christina Gorman
John Harrell
Shelley Strasser Holland
Leigh Horsley
Rebecca Jordan*
Steve Key*, Emeritus
* Denotes Member of Actors Equity Association
A R T I S T I C A S S O C I AT E S
Amy Chisholm
Rebecca Cox
Gwynn Fulcher
Cybele Moon
Abbey Smith
Jeffrey Clark Stokes
PR OTÉG É S 2 015 -16 S E A SO N : N E W C L A SS TO B E A N N O U N C E D SO O N
The Shattered Globe Protégé Program, now in its sixth year, offers training in ensemble
building, collaboratively based theater, and devising techniques, as well as master
classes with SGT Ensemble members. Protégés work alongside the SGT Ensemble
throughout the year, in all areas of production, easing their transition into Chicago’s
professional theater community. The program is free to participants in order to
provide equal access and opportunity to talented young artists. Originally created by
Roger Smart, the program has been run by Kate LoConti and now, in her third year,
Cortney McKenna is heading the program.
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S G T O F F S TAG E R O L E S
Roger Smart....................................................................................................................Education Director
Cortney McKenna............................................................................................Protégé Program Director
Nate Santana, Angie Shriner, Addison Heinman................................................Protégé Assistants
Larry Bundschu, Shelley Strasser Holland, Amanda Rozmiarek..............................Grant Writers
Doug McDade.....................................................................................................................Casting Director
Drew Schad.......................................................................................................Assistant Casting Director
Steve Kleinedler.................................................................................... Copywriting and Proofreading
Megan Skord and Steve Peebles........................................................................................... Group Sales
Kelsey Melvin, Brad Woodard, Megan Skord, Angie Shriner.................Website and Marketing
Doug McDade, Steve Peebles, Amanda Rozmiarek,
Angie Shriner, Sandy Shinner............................................................................................Envision Team
Mike Falevits, Kate LoConti, Kelsey Melvin, Steve Peebles,
Drew Schad, Joseph Wiens, Kevin Viol ................................................................Team Bacchus Bowl
S H AT T E R E D G L O B E T H E AT R E E N S E M B L E U P DAT E
Catching up with the SGT Ensemble who are not onstage in Marvin’s Room
Judy Anderson, our Executive Production Manager
and Accounts Manager, organized the build for
Marvin’s Room, is closing out last year’s grant work,
and is looking forward to opening the process for
preparing financial reports for the new season.
David Dastmalchian is currently working on the
new TV series 12 Monkeys, in the role of Kyle Slade.
He can be seen in theaters in Marvel Studios Ant-Man
starring Paul Rudd. He’s also working with Sandy and
the rest of the company to organize a workshop of his
new play in the near future.
Joe Forbrich just closed Bull at the Alchemical
Theatre Lab in NY. He will be playing the role of
Johnny in the film Like We Were, which is in preproduction. He’s also starring in the short film In Kind,
which was shot on the streets of NY back in March
and is planned to be released next month. Joe is also
understudying The Crucible on Broadway and has a
Guest Star appearance on the Netflix Series Dare Devil
coming up.
Christina Gorman fight choreographed The Cheats at
Steep Theatre, directed by Joanie Schultz. Next up for
SGT, she will be acting in In The Heat of the Night.
Leigh Horsley is serving as the Director of
Institutional Advancement for the Alabama School of
Fine Arts in Birmingham, Alabama.
Steve Kleinedler is currently in Philadelphia, PA
where he teaches, directs, and performs at the
Philadelphia Improv Theater (PHIT). He’s in preproduction as director for Designed to Fail, a new
one-person show which will appear in the New York
City’s Frigid Festival in February. By day, Steve is the
Executive Editor for the American Heritage Dictionary.
Kate LoConti is still in Buffalo, NY, and is now the
Program Coordinator of the Theatre Arts program at
Niagara County Community College, and full-time
teacher of theatre there. Soon, she’ll be doing Outside
Mullingar at Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre Company.
Doug McDade directed Soldier’s Heart for Clockwise
Theatre in Waukegan, which runs through October
18th. He is also in pre-production for the short film
A Raven’s Cry which he is directing, set to shoot this
coming spring 2016.
Cortney McKenna is SGT’s Protege Program Director
and is leading the Protege Class of 2016.
Eileen Niccolai is relaxing and catching up with
her nephews after performing as Serafina in last
season’s critically acclaimed hit, The Rose Tattoo. Her
performance has been Jeff nominated.
Steve Peebles is in Spamalot at Theatre at the Center
thru October 18th. He is then understudying their
next show, A Christmas Story, opening Nov. 27th. He
will be in SGT’s spring production, In The Heat of the
Night.
Angie Shriner is prepping for her role in SGT’s spring
production, In The Heat of the Night.
Joseph Sikora is co-starring with Omari Hardwick in
their Season Three of Starz Network’s Power which
started shooting last month. Power is now listed
as the highest rated show in Starz history! He also
appears in a new show called The Player, which
started airing airing October 1st on NBC.
Roger Smart is in London, England working on his
doctorate, and making plans to return to the States
later this winter.
Kevin Viol will appear in Blood Wedding at
Lookingglass Theatre which opens March 2, 2016.
He’ll be playing the role of Woodcutter and will be
involved in creating the music that will accompany
the entire show. He will also be working at the Old
Town School of Folk Music with a full-time position on
the marketing team.
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GLOBAL SUPPORTERS
“To keep a light burning we have to keep putting oil in it.” — Mother Teresa
Shattered Globe Theatre and its work would not be possible without the invaluable
contributions from civic minded foundations and individuals who believe in the
necessity of supporting the arts. We extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone that has
donated time and resources to Shattered Globe, thereby sustaining us for 25 seasons. We
are proud to recognize the following individuals and funders whose contributions have
continued to “keep the oil in the lamp” this past season.
solarius $25,000 and above
Dr. Leonard and Cheryl Cerullo
Blum - Kovler Foundation
The James P. and Brenda S.
Grusecki Family Foundation
stella erratica $20,000$24,999
Anonymous
Bruce Holland
The Field Foundation of Illinois
inventore global $10,000$19,999
Art Works Fund
The Robert W. and Loretta J.
Cooney Family Foundation
The MacArthur Fund for Arts
and Culture at The Richard
H. Driehaus Foundation
Shulman-Rochambeau
Charitable Foundation
intercontinental $5,000$9,999
Anonymous
Larry Bundschu
The Gaylord and Dorothy
Donnelley Foundation
Carol Eastin
Gitta K. Jacobs
John Logan
continentes $2,500-$ 4,999
Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Illinois Arts Council
Linda and Kevin McQuade
communitas $1,000-$2,499
Troy Baresel
Nancy Carter
Mary G. Dietz
Joan and William Dutton
Sam Harrod
Alan R. Hinds
Mark Levey
Dawn and John Palmer
Susan Solomon
Fran and Stan Tucker
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Sandy Shinner and Jerry Wilson
inquirentium $500-$999
Judy Anderson
Charles and Mary Beth Banks
Donna Barber and Judy Weiss
Elizabeth Blendell
Joan and Mike Callahan
Douglas Dixon
James Farr
Janet Giambrone
Anne Larson
Elizabeth Marple
Sandra and Michael Perlow
Linda Reiter
Jeffrey Schad and Marilyn
Lankfer
Linda and Ron Thisted
Terry Tippett
proximus $100-$499
Anonymous
Rebecca A. Adler
Elizabeth Auman
The Baila Foundation
Kimberly Barrett
Alex and Ryan Benz
Nancy Breseke
Amanda Brimmer
John Brix and Bette Rosenstein
Barbara Burgess and Ivan Dee
Cathy and Terry Carey
John Cerullo
Lauren Cerullo
Matt Corrigan
Michelle and Steve Cucchiaro
Elinor and Conway Dahmer
Deanna Dunagan
Barbara A. Dughi
Cynthia Erler and Michael
Melvin
Stuart and Claudia Flack
Joe Forbrich
Mary Filice
Rita Gagliano
Jolanta Gal
Jan Grayson
John Harrell
Dan Hayes
Robin and Mike Horina
Dave Klemish and Sherry
Palmer
Jeanne Laduke
Steve MacIntyre
Susan Dickerson Mayes
Julie and Stephen Melvin
Sara Mushlitz
Arthur Nielsen, III, M.D.
Nicholas Patricca
Frank and Karen Schneider
Meg Thalken and Gary Baugh
Barbara and Randy Thomas
Patricia Long Tucker
Robert Weir
David and Anne Wiens
Jeremy Wintroub
amici globus
Richard Kirby Biggs
Jill DeVaney
Gwen Fulcher
Mary Ferol DeFilippo
Jonathan Heuring
Joel Drake Johnson
Cecelie Keenan
Doug McDade
Nancy McDaniel
Barbara and Steven Murphy
Eileen Niccolai
Jerry and Kathryn Osen
Myra Ping
Mary D. Plunkett
Sarah Romjin
Christopher Schad
Joe Sikora
Richard M. Skolly
Janice and Richard Sparr
Janice Witzel
Janice Valukas
in huiusmodi contributiones
CenterStage Productions of
IL, Inc.
The Theatre School of DePaul
University
Michael J. Ryan of Noland Sales
Corp., a full service floor
covering solutions provider
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