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frIji\ NEW VILLAGE ARTS~ THE A T R E
Presents THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Justin Lang
Scenic Design
Tim Wallace
Stage Manager
Samuel Sherman
Lighting Design
Chris Renda
Properties Design
Bonnie Durben
Costume Design
Kristianne Kurner &
Amanda Sitton
Costume Apprentice
Allyson Francis
Sound Design
Tim Wallace
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS ENSEMBLE:
Antipholus of Syracuse: Max Macke
Antipholus of Ephesus: John DeCarlo
Dromio of Syracuse: Kyle Lucy
Dromio of Ephesus: Adam Brick
Adriana: Kristianne Kurner
Luciana: Amanda Sitton
Duke Solinus: Manny Fernandes
Egeon/Dr. Pinch: Jack Missett
Amelia/Stage Manager/Nell: Dana Case
Angelo: Jonah Gercke
The Courtesan: Frances Regal
Balthasar: Chris Renda
The Officer: Durwood Murray
The Messenger: Member of NVA's Junior Ensemble
Junior Ensemble Members: Kaila Burton, Allyson Francis, Anton Maroun, Ike Mauga, Martin
Ortiz & Charlotte Hope Perkis
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS runs 2 hours including one 15 minute intermission.
Setting: Hollywood, California, early 1950's.
NEW VILLAGE ARTS THEATRE' 2787 STATE STREET, CARLSBAD, CA 92008
www.NewVillageArts.org • (760) 433-3245
THE ENSEMBLE BIOSoooooooo
ADAM BRICK (Dromio of Ephesus): NVA Ensemble Member: Of Mice and Men, THOM PAIN
(based on nothing), Ah, Wilderness!, Sweet Storm, Things We Want, Time Flies, The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) and Three Sisters. Adam graduated from The
Meisner Technique Studio in San Francisco. Previous acting roles in local performances
include: Tartuffe (Cleante), Dark Rapture (Ray), and Waiting for Lefty (Joe) with Palomar
Performing Arts. In addition to his work as an actor, Adam has done numerous sound designs
and photography shoots for New Village Arts.
ADAM BRICK SPONSORED BY MAS FINA CANTINA.
DANA CASE (Amelia/Stage Manager/Nell): NVA Ensemble Member: Death of a Salesman, A Lie
of the Mind, The Waverly Gallery, True West, Humble Boy, Be Aggressive, Summer and Smoke,
Curse of the Starving Class (co-produced with Cygnet Theatre). Elsewhere: The Old Globe
Theatre, Gaslamp Theatre, Sushi, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Project Theatre. Thank you to
Kristianne. Love and thanks to Bill and Chase.
JOHN DECARLO (Antipholus of Ephesus): NVA Ensemble Member: Of Mice and Men, Ah,
Wilderness!, Death of a Salesman, The Seven Year Itch, Summer and Smoke, The Heidi
Chronicles, Julius Caesar, Golden Boy, Off the Ground; CYGNETTHEATRE: Man From Nebraska;
Mauritius; Bug; DIVERSIONARYTHEATRE: Beautiful Thing; LYCEUM: Josephine Tonight;
Foreign Bodies; TONIC: The Bear; Little Eyolf; 6th@PENN: Four Dogs and a Bone; Echoes;
Medea. John would like to thank Dani, Dyllan and Jackson for their constant love and support.
BONNIE DURBEN (Props): NVA Ensemble Member and resident props designer. Previous NVA
shows include: THOM PAIN (based on nothing), Ah, Wilderness!, Death of a Salesman, Sweet
Storm, Simpatico, Waving Goodbye, Into the Woods, The Seven Year Itch, Summer and Smoke,
The Heidi Chronicles, The Man Who, The Santaland Diaries, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Things
We Want, Time Flies, Sure Thing, Julius Caesar, Four Dogs and a Bone. CYGNETTHEATRE:
Private Lives, Sweeney Todd, Bed and Sofa, Noises Off and Hedwig. NCRT: Don't Dress for
Dinner, Over the Tavern.
MANNY FERNANDES (Duke Solinus): NVA Ensemble Member: Of Mice and Men (San Diego
Critics Circle AwardL Ah, Wilderness!, Simpatico, Into the Woods, The Man Who, Sailor's
Song, Golden Boy (San Diego Critics Circle Award) Dancing at Lughnasa, Three
Sisters. Elsewhere: The Tragedy of the Commons, Private Lives, Mauritius, A Christmas
Carol, Communicating Doors, Bug, Burn This, The Invention of Love, Escanaba in da Moonlight,
CYGNETTHEATRE(Resident Artist); Fifth of July, Jeffrey, Never the Sinner, Cloud 9, Boys in the
Band, DIVERSIONARY;The Rivals, An American Daughter, Moon over Buffalo, Arcadia, NORTH
COASTREP;Cabaret, A Christmas Carol, Death of a Salesman, SAN DIEGOREP. Films: 29th and
Gay, Ozark Savage.
JONAH GERCKE (Angelo): NVA Ensemble Member: The Seven Year Itch, Summer and Smoke,
Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Two Gentlemen of Verona; staged readings of An Enemy of the People
and Dark at the Top of the Stairs. CYGNETTHEATRE:Our Town, staged reading The Four Color
Way; MIRACOSTA COLLEGE:Distracted. NORTH COAST REP THEATRESCHOOL: Comedy of
Errors, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the One-Act Festival. Jonah was featured in the
award-winning short independent film Abuelo and is a student at Pacific Ridge School.
JONAH GERCKE SPONSORED BY ANDIE HARVEY.
KRISTIANNE KURNER (Adriana): NVA Ensemble Member. Kristianne is the co-founder and
Executive Artistic Director of New Village Arts, where she has directed such productions as
Summer and Smoke, The Santaland Diaries, Be Aggressive, Bulrusher, True West, Sailor's Song,
The Waverly Gallery and A Lie of the Mind. She has been seen on the NVA stages many times,
most recently as EssieMiller in Ah, Wilderness!, Amanda Blue in Waving Goodbye and the title
role in The Heidi Chronicles. Her work has received numerous awards, including San Diego
Theatre Critics Circle and Patte Awards for Theatre Excellence. Kristianne created THE
ENSEMBLEPROJECTfor Season 11, including commissioning the world premiere by Suzanne
Bachner. Eduction: BFA Theatre, The College of William & Mary; MFA Acting, the Actors
Studio/New School.
KRISTIANNE KURNER SPONSORED BY GIGI CRAMER.
JUSTIN LANG (Director): NVA Ensemble Member. This is Justin's directorial debut with NVA.
He has appeared as an actor at NVA in Of Mice and Men and As You Like It. MOXIE
THEATRE/DIVERSIONARY:Poster Boys; MOXIE THEATRE/INTREPID: The Crucible; MOXIE
THEATRE:Ten Cent Night, Eurydice, Dog Act; INTREPID:Richard 1/; POORPLAYERS:numerous
productions including Romeo & Juliet, Measure for Measure and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Justin is the Education and Outreach Manager for New Village Arts, created THE SHAKESPEARE
NETWORKand directed the inaugural production of that program, Romeo & Juliet at EICamino
High School. He thanks his friends and family for their constant love and support in these
strange times.
JUSTIN LANG SPONSORED BY SHER DENTON.
KYLE LUCY (Dromio of Syracuse): NVA Ensemble Member: Of Mice and Men, Ah, Wilderness!,
Death of a Salesman (BernardL Waving Goodbye (BoggyL Into the Woods (StewardL Picasso at
the Lapin Agile (Schmendiman); MIRACOSTACOLLEGE:Anything Goes (Purser), Our Town (Joe
Crowell/Sam CraigL Assassins (Lee Harvey OswaldL All My Sons (Frank Lubey) and Lend Me A
Tenor (Bellhop). Kyle feels truly honored to be able to share the stage with this group of
amazingly talented artists, both actor and tech alike.
MAX MACKE (Antipholus of Syracuse): NVA Debut. Max is thrilled to make his NVA debut.
POORPLAYERS(Founding Member): roles include Claudius in Hamlet, Falstaff in Henry IV and
Merry Wives of Windsor, Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Leonato
in Much Ado About Nothing and Ross in Macbeth. DIVERSIONARYTHEATRE: Edmund in
Edward 1/;SCRIPPSRANCHTHEATRE:Humphrey Bogart in Play it Again Sam; MOXIETHEATRE:
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The Devil in Eurydice. Special thanks to the cast for welcoming him into The Ensemble Project,and to his wife Amanda for everything.
JACK MISSETT(Egeon/Dr. Pinch): NVA Ensemble Member: Of Mice and Men, Ah, Wilderness!,
Death of a Salesman, Simpatico, Summer and Smoke, Bulrusher, Off the Ground, Fool For Love,
Prelude to a Kiss, True West Three Sisters, The Playboy of the Western World, Curse of the
Starving Class (with CYGNETTHEATRE),The Waverly Gallery, A Lie of the Mind, The Only Gamein Town and A Hatful of Rain. CYGNETTHEATRE:Man From Nebraska, Mauritius.JACKMISSETTSPONSOREDBY BOBBIEHODER.
DURWOOD MURRAY (The Officer): NVA: Of Mice and Men. Durwood is excited to be working
with New Village Arts. He previously appeared in Intrepid Shakespeare Company's King John,
Romeo and Juliet and Henry II. He can also be seen weekly on San Diego's #1 sketch comedy
show, "The House," as a performer, writer, and producer. Durwood is very happy to see that
his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University isn't going to waste. Special thanks to
Wondrous Strange Prod., The Usual Suspects, all his VA peeps, and those with CrazedImaginations. "Don't Dream It, Be It."
FRANCESREGAL (The Courtesan): NVA Ensemble Member: Death of a Salesman, The Seven
Year Itch, The Heidi Chronicles, Playreading of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress;
CARLSBADPLAYREADERS:The Odd Couple, Beau Jest, and The Intelligent Design of JennyChow; SCRIPPSRANCHTHEATRE:All This and Moonlight; SAN DIEGOASIAN AMERICAN REP:
TheJoy Luck Club; PLAYWRIGHT'SPROJECT:If I Were Your Super-Hero. Much Love to Justin and
Sandy and her "other" family at Encinitas Acupuncture and Massage without whom life wouldhave no flavor and way less joy.
CHRISRENDA (Balthasar/Light Design): NVA Ensemble Member. Chris has designed lights for
NVA numerous times and this is his NVA debut as an actor. As an actor, Chris has worked with
INTREPID SHAKESPEARE(company member): King John, Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and
Juliet and Richard the Second; with INTERMISSION PRODUCTIONS:Mending Monologues in
San Diego and LA. He trained with the British American Dramatic Academy in Oxford. As a
lighting designer for NVA: Of Mice and Men, THOM PAIN (based on nothing), Ah, Wilderness!,
Death of a Salesman, Sweet Storm, Waving Goodbye. Other Lighting Design credits include:
INTREPID:An Enemy of the People, Richard II, The Crucible, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the
Shrew and King John; DIVERSIONARY:The Little Dog Laughed and Bent (Patte Award); ASIAN
AMERICAN REPERTORYTHEATER:As Much As You Can; ION THEATRE:Hurlyburly.
SAMUEL SHERMAN (Stage Manager): NVA Ensemble Member and Production Manager. In
addition to his work at NVA, Samuel has had the privilege of working on-stage and off-stage
with Moonlight Stage Productions and MiraCosta College Theatre. Favorite productions
include: Of Mice and Men, Death of a Salesman, Into the Woods, Summer and Smoke, The
Heidi Chronicles, The Santaland Diaries, Four Dogs and a Bone, Be Aggressive, Off the Ground,
Ragtime, Once Upon a Mattress, and Blithe Spirit. Sam is honored to be working with NVA thisseason!! SAMUEL SHERMAN SPONSOREDBY PHIL & JEAN BURNS.
AMANDA SITTON (Luciana/Co-Costume Design): NVA Ensemble Member. Amanda previously
directed Ah, Wilderness!, The Seven Year Itch and The Heidi Chronicles for New Village Arts.
She has won San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards for her acting in San Diego Rep's Doubt
and New Village Arts' Golden Boy. A founding member of NVA's Ensemble, she has appeared
in the New Village Arts productions of Three Sisters, Crimes of the Heart, Sailor's Song, Golden
Boy, Dancing at Lughnasa, Be Aggressive and Four Dogs and a Bone.
TIM WALLACE (Scenic and Sound Designer): NVA Ensemble Member and Technical Director.
NVA: Of Mice and Men, THOM PAIN (based on nothing), Ah, Wilderness!, Death of a Salesman,
Sweet Storm, Simpatico, Waving Goodbye, The Santaland Diaries ('10), Into the Woods, The
Seven Year Itch, Summer and Smoke, The Heidi Chronicles, The Man Who, The Santaland
Diaries ('09), Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Time Flies, Four Dogs and a Bone, Be Aggressive,
Golden Boy; Scripps Ranch: Shadowbox, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, They're Playing Our Song
and Holiday Memories; Backyard Productions: Hysterical Blindness. Tim has enjoyed a 20 year
career with the San Diego Opera painting scenery for productions that have traveled around
the world. Special thanks to the NVA Ensemble.
FOR THIS PRODUCTIONoooooooo
Box Office: Carly Dellinger, Mea Hall, Julie Humphrey
House Manager: Rachel White
Set Construction: Darin Hibi, Samuel Sherman, Tim Wallace
Costume Design Apprentice: Allyson FrancisVolunteer Coordinator: Jules Schreiber
SPECIAL THANKS TOoooooooo
Pannikin La Jolla (Coffee Sponsors)
Stone Brewery (Beer Sponsors)
MiraCosta College, Palomar College, Mesa College, Jack Missett, Frances Regal, Jay Sarno,Laura & Dave Kurner.
N"A STAFFoooooooo
Executive Artistic Director: Kristianne Kurner Production Manager: Sam Sherman
Managing Director: Alex Scollon Technical Director: Tim Wallace
Patron Services Manager: Kelly Iversen Graphic Design: Ashley Howard-Goltz
Foundry & Special Events Manager: Jenna Carlson
Education and Outreach Manager: Justin Lang
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