Bright colors and Bold Patterns

stray cat theatre presents

September 17 - October 2, 2021

by drew droege

CASTGERRY ............................................................. Michael Thompson

PRODUCTION TEAMDirector ...................................................................... Louis FarberAssistant Director ................................. Angela Kabasan-GonzalezProduction Stage Manager ................................. Amanda KeeganProduction Manager ................................................. Michael PeckScenic Design ........................................................Douglas ClarkeCostume Design ......................................................... Maci HoslerLighting ........................................................Dallas Robert NicholsSound Design ................................................................. Pete Bish Property Design ........................................................ Natalie Ward Wardrobe Supervisor ................................................... Jessie TullyDeck Crew ............................................................... Devon MahonScenic Carpenters ......................... Chase Budden, Andy Cahoon, Brian Klein, Jennifer Stephens, David WeissPainting Assistants .............................Rhiannon Boute, Avery Volk

STRAY CAT STAFFArtistic Director ................................................................ Ron May Associate Artistic Director .......................................... Louis FarberProduction Stage Manager ................................. Amanda Keegan Production Manager ................................................. Michael PeckPatron Relationship Manager ............................Brooke UnverferthGraphic Design ...................................................... Eric Thurnbeck Program/Web Design .................................................. Cameo Hill

TIME: 2016 | PLACE: Palm Springs

Bright Colors And Bold Patterns premiered Off Broadway directed by

Michael Urie, produced by ZACH LAKS in association with RIKI KANE LARIMER

JAMIE DEROY KEITH BOYNTON/MIKE LAVOIE JIM KIERSTEAD DREW DESKY/DANE LEVENS

Bright Colors And Bold Patterns was originally presented at VS Theatre in Los Angeles, directed by Molly Prather.

MICHAEL THOMPSON (Gerry) is honored to be sharing his 7th production on stage and his 8th production overall with Stray Cat for their 20th season of purrposeful work. Previous Stray Cat credits: Play About the Naked Guy, MilkMilkLemonade (ariZoni recipient), Sons of the Prophet, The Brothers Size (ariZoni recipient), Heathers: the Musical, Antipodes, and assistant directed Two Mile Hollow. Other past credits: Kinky Boots, Hairspray, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Phoenix Theatre Company), Gutenberg! the Musical! (A/C Theatre), Toxic Avenger (Mesa Encore Theatre-ariZoni nominee), Rock of Ages, Hairspray (Arizona Broadway Theatre), and The Yellow Boat, Sideways Stories, Goodnight Moon, Snowy Day national tour, Go, Dog. Go! national tour (Childsplay). He received his B.A in Theatre from Arizona State University. Many thank yous to Louis, Amanda, and Angela for being apart of this adventure. Thank you to Ron for the trust and opportunity. Thank you to family, friends, and the entire litter for making this possible. Thank you for coming and supporting local art. Be bold. Be bright. Be you!

PRODUCTION BIOS

PETE BISH (Sound Designer) found the theatre while looking for a temporal mechanics class. He assumed that theatre had to be easier than his mission to find ways to slip between dimensions of time without any adverse effects on body or soul…he was wrong. On the plus side he is pretty sure that due to his time in the theatre he can prove with a relative level of certainty that time is cyclical, either that or he is so tired that he just keeps having the same waking dream about moose wandering across the stage on day 2. (Please watch out for the moose and let him know if it is there or not, he has named it Tiny the Moose). DOUGLAS CLARKE (Scenic Design) is a regional designer native to the Phoenix area and thrilled to join Stray Cat this season! He received awards for his scenic designs of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter at Mesa Community College and for End of the Rainbow at The Phoenix Theatre Company, as well as nominations for his puppets in She Kills Monsters at Arizona State University, and scenic design of Calendar Girls at Phoenix Theatre. Douglas designed New York City premieres of Coffee and Biscuit at Fallen Swallow/Laughing Pigeon and Unity 1918 at Project: Theater. He also presented Dead Man’s Cell Phone as part of the World Stage Design exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. He continues to design regionally in Nebraska, Colorado, and Arizona; primarily working on contemporary plays, musicals, and theatre for youth. Douglas received his BA & BFA from Arizona State University, and MFA from University of Maryland, College Park. Member of USA 829. Additional info can be found at douglasclarkedesign.com LOUIS FARBER (Director / Associate Artistic Director) is thrilled to help launch season twenty from the director’s chair. You may have seen him in one of the following Stray Cat productions: Small

Mouth Sounds, The Antipodes, Stupid Fucking Bird, Year of the Rooster, The Flick, Heddatron, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party, 12th Night of the Living Dead, or The Play About The Naked Guy. Other performance credits include: S#!TFACED SHAKESPEARE (BLK BOX PHX); Hand to God (PhoenixTheatre/Stray Cat Theatre); The Santaland Diaries (Davisson Entertainment); The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Southwest Shakespeare Company); A Vampire Tale (Scorpius Dance Theatre); Big River (Mesa Encore Theatre); Times Square Angel, Equus (Nearly Naked Theatre), And In This Corner: Cassius Clay (Black Theatre Troupe/Childsplay), Flora & Ulysses, The Giver, Honus and Me (Childsplay); Mr. Marmalade (NewBraveTheatre); SHOTS: a love story (Progressive Theatre Workshop – 12th Annual New York International Fringe Festival.) Directing credits for Stray Cat Theatre include: MilkMilkLemonade by Joshua Conkel, All New People by Zach Braff, The TomKat Project by Brandon Ogborn, Heathers: the musical by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Anything You Hear and Only Half of What You See by Ron Hunting, Silence: the musical by Hunter Bell and Jon and Al Kaplan, and Two Mile Hollow by Leah Nanako Winkler. Outside of Stray Cat, Louis has directed for Black Theatre Troupe (Breakfast With Mugabe by Fraser Grace), Desert Stages Theatre (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman); Brelby Theatre Company (Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice); Space55 (The Power of Punctuation by Natalie Margolin); Mesa Encore Theatre (The Toxic Avenger: the musical by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan); BLK BOX PHX (The Truth About Santa: An Apocalyptic Holiday Tale by Greg Kotis); Southwest Shakespeare Company (A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare). For Stray Cat later this season, he will be directing Kevin Artigue’s Sheepdog. Louis is extraordinarily grateful to have been a part of crafting

Stray Cat Theatre’s twentieth season which will continue the company’s mission of bringing audiences engaging and provocative contemporary material that provides a visceral theatre experience. Love and gratitude to his incredibly supportive family and partner. MACI HOSLER (Costume Designer) is honored to be involved with Stray Cat’s 20th season! As well as being Stray Cat’s resident costume designer, she is a freelance designer living in the Valley, working with such theatres as The Phoenix Theatre Company, ASU’s Lyric Opera Theatre, and Southwest Shakespeare. Maci received her MFA in Costume Design from Arizona State University and a BS in Apparel Design from Purdue. Previous credits include Legally Blonde, Shrek, 35mm, Faustus, American Psycho, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, and a dramatic adaptation of Kafka’s In the Penal Colony. She would like to thank her mom, her boyfriend, and her dog, Desdemona, for all their love and support. ANGELA KABASAN-GONZALEZ (Assistant Director) As a freelance designer, Angela has worked on shows throughout the Valley in many capacities, but most notably as a Makeup/Hair designer. She won an AriZoni for her work in MET’s Urinetown and her makeup and costumes have been featured in the Shakespeare Theatre Association’s magazine, Quarto. As a passionate theatre student at MCC, she is elated for this opportunity to work with Stray Cat Theatre! Some of her favorite shows she’s designed are As You Like It, Taming of the Shrew, and Irma Vep (Southwest Shakespeare); Mary Poppins, Pirates of Penzance, She Kills Monsters, Urinetown, Beauty and the Beast (Mesa Encore Theatre); Plaza Suite (Desert Stages). Along with a little voiceover work, film, and tv, she’s also been seen on stage and is a Southwest Shakespeare Core Company Member. She will be performing in The Tempest and Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles later

this season. She last worked on Antigone at MCC which played on the big screen at the Phoenix Film Festival! Some of her most memorable of all-time roles include Golde in Fiddler on the Roof and Ilona Ritter in She Loves Me (Don Bluth Front Row Theatre); Josephine Strong in Urinetown (Mesa Encore Theatre), Karen Nash in Plaza Suite (Desert Stages Theatre), and Truvy Jones in Steel Magnolias (Fountain Hills Theatre). Gratitude to all the talented designers – the work, creativity, and love you put into this production are awe-inspiring! Being able to surround myself with such talent helps tap and release my own creativity I thought I lost years ago! Thanks to: Louis for his guidance, process, and thoughts – you’ll never understand the gift you’ve bestowed and how honored I am you chose me to receive it; Amanda, for bringing order to our often chaotic worlds – I wish my life could always be the well-oiled machine that is working with you; Michael, for staying the course, keeping things moving, and making the hard choices so we don’t have to; Ron, for making theatre “heart first” and evolving the ways that we all think and feel about theatre. Finally, love to Mark, Bailey, and all the friends who supported me through this journey – I am humbled and grateful for all of you. AMANDA KEEGAN (Production Stage Manager) is honored to mark the 2021-22 season as her 10th with Stray Cat Theatre. Favorite productions include Octopus, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Wolves, Heathers: The Musical, Silence! The Musical, Two Mile Hollow, and American Psycho the Musical. Many thanks to the SCT family for being a constant source of inspiration, support, and encouragement both personally and professionally. It truly is a privilege to work and play in the company of such remarkably talented and generous artists.

DEVON MAHON (Deck Crew) is excited to return to the Stray Cat stage for his 4th show as crew. He has performed with Stray Cat as Luis in American Psycho and Pembry/Lamb in Silence! the Musical. RON MAY (Artistic Director) is the founding Artistic Director for Stray Cat Theatre. Credits include Stupid Kids, The Laramie Project, A Clockwork Orange, [sic], The Normal Heart, The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love/Suicide, Trainspotting, 4.48 Psychosis, A Number, Pulp*, columbinus*, Speech and Debate*, Learn to be Latina*, Octopus, Wolves*, Sons of the Prophet, The Flick, The Whale, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The Brothers Size*, Pluto, Sex with Strangers (co-production with Arizona Theatre Company), Stupid Fucking Bird, American Idiot, John, Native Son, Hir, Kiss, Mercury*, Hand to God, The Antipodes, Let the Right One In, and American Psycho: The Musical. (* - asterisks = Zoni Award for Best Overall Production). In 2020, he headed back to his hometown Chicago to direct Holmes and Watson for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble and directed Heddatron virtually for ASU last spring.

Outside the kitty condo, Ron has directed for Phoenix Theatre (Buyer & Cellar*, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson*), Actors Theatre (Seminar, Hunter Gatherers, This, boom), Nearly Naked Theatre (As Bees in Honey Drown, Valparaiso); Mesa Community College (Good N Plenty*, Mr. Burns: a post-electric play); Black Theatre Troupe, ASU’s Mainstage, and Planet Earth Theatre (Shopping and Fucking, Polaroid Stories.) (* - asterisks = Zoni Award for Best Overall Production)

Local acting credits include Crumpet the Elf in The Santaland Diaries at Arizona Theatre Company, Francis Henshall in Phoenix Theatre’s One Man, Two Guv’nors, Gil Pepper in Stray Cat’s Year of the Rooster, Mike Daisey

in The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at Actors Theatre and The Trump Card at Stray Cat Theatre, Millett in Nearly Naked Theatre’s Fuddy Meers and Mason Marzac in Nearly Naked Theatre’s Take Me Out. And this November, you can catch him haunting Southwest Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

During the summer of 2001, he spent time in New York as a fellow in The Lincoln Center Theatre Director’s Lab.

He was named a finalist for the 2018 Zelda Fichandler Award recognizing an individual who has made, and who continues to make, a significant contribution to their community through extraordinary work in theatre in the Western region of the United States (defined as Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) . He was also nominated as an Artist for the 2019 Governor’s Arts Awards and received The Trailblazer Award in 2021 from City of Tempe / State of the Neighborhoods.

DALLAS ROBERT NICHOLS (Lighting Design) is happy to be once again designing for Stray Cat Theatre. Recently he has designed for Phoenix Theatre on the projections of Daddy Long Legs, and the video for My Way, and Ring of Fire. Currently he is developing immersive experiences in the valley. MICHAEL PECK (Production Manager) This is Michael’s ninth season as Production Manager. In addition to his work wrangling designers and crew, he directed punkplay, Year of the Rooster, and Small Mouth Sounds. You may also have seen him on stage in shows like An Impending Rupture of the Belly, All New People, Pluto, Mercury and The Antipodes. Special thanks to all the designers, cast, and crew for making him look good, the SCT board and family: Ron, Louis, Amanda and Brooke, and of course his little nugget, Corbin.

ERIC THURNBECK (Graphic Design) Eric Thurnbeck has been the resident graphic artist at Stray Cat Theatre since 2012. He studied Fine Arts at ASU and has been a member of the Phoenix art community for many years. He has also designed images for events by Davisson Entertainment, AC Theatre, Scorpius Dance, and the Phoenix boys of Leather. Eric has contributed pieces to fundraising efforts for various local community organizations and strives to represent the broad diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in his art.

JESSIE TULLY (Wardrobe Supervisor) is thrilled to be back for her 4th season with Stray Cat. When she’s not running wardrobe you can see her hair, make up, and costume designs through out the valley. Her recents include Toxic Avenger (MET), Antigone (Now and Then), Power of Punctuation (Space 55), and Fly By Night (Brelby). Special thanks to the entire Stray Cat team for always being so kind and welcoming. BROOKE UNVERFERTH (Patron Relationship Manager) My 10th season as Patron Relationship Manager!! Let’s shout out from the rooftops some gratitude! To Ron May for founding a fearless company that stages productions that are smart, thought-provoking, and intellectually enriching - and for hiring me (holy crap!) a decade ago, not to mention being a great friend/theater buddy/dining ride or die. To Amanda because a good person in the front of the house is only as good as their stage manager, and I know no one better than Amanda. Ask me how lucky I am to call her one of my best friends? (#personpower). To Louis and Michael and everyone else who helps keep the lights on, the actors clothed, and the sets built - my heartiest thanks for keeping everything moving. To our actors, past and present and those coming, who gift us with their time and talent – we are always grateful and aim to never abuse that gift. And to

Michelle ChinSECRETARY

Actress/Musician/ Teaching Artist

Matthew HeilCity of Phoenix

Will HightowerPRESIDENT

FounderTheatre Think Tank

Paco MaddenASU Foundation /

Playwright

Ron MayFounding Artistic

DirectorStray Cat Theatre

John TerryTREASURER

Community Volunteer

STRAY CAT THEATREBOARD OF DIRECTORS

my beloved Ross who knows that being with me is being with Stray Cat, loves me for it, and provides a wonderful home base to come back to. And finally to our audiences, without whom I’m just a sad person sitting in the lobby. Thank you for opening your hearts and minds to Stray Cat, and for trusting us with your time, energy, and resources. NATALIE WARD (Property Design) is a theatre artist, actor, and technician based in Phoenix. She holds degrees in theatre from Scottsdale Community College and Grand Canyon University. This is her second full season as Resident Property Designer at Stray Cat, and she is stoked to be back working on such thought-provoking theatre and with such dedicated artists. Natalie is the production manager at MoezArt Productions, an educational theatre company catering to the homeschool community, and is the former ATD and prop master at Arizona Broadway Theatre. She is always reaching for the next story to tell, expanding into the world of filmmaking through production design and producing, which allows her to enable artists in creating their own work. Favorite prop designs include American Psycho (Stray Cat), The Revolutionists (The Bridge Initiative), Sweeney Todd, and Titanic (ABT). Soli Deo Gloria

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