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Theatre on San Pedro Square 29 N. San Pedro Street • Downtown San Jose March 7 - 23, 2014 Presents

FAREWELL, FTZGERALD - Tabard Theatre FTZGERALD. ... let Fitzgerald tell his own story in his own words so that it will be true. ... Karen & Jerry Carter Case Remodeling

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Theatre on San Pedro Square29 N. San Pedro Street • Downtown San Jose

March 7 - 23, 2014

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FAREWELL, FITZGERALD

Welcome / Author’s Note

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When F. Scott Fitzgerald’s alcohol-ravaged heart finally gave out at the age of 44, he was an unemployed Hollywood screenwriter living in obscurity with columnist Sheilah Graham, desperately trying to complete The Last Tycoon,

the novel he hoped would restore his forgotten place in American literature. His last royalty check from Scribners for his six novels that were still in print — including The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and This Side of Paradise — was for $13.13. The New York Times obituary, alluding to the title of a collection of his short stories, wrote that Fitzgerald’s life epitomized “all the sad young men” of his generation. When Fitzgerald died in Hollywood in 1940, he was dismissed as a failed writer who never fulfilled the literary promise of his youth. No one then could anticipate that he would later be recognized and revered as one of America’s greatest writers.

The mysterious process that somehow renders genius from a life of anguish and torment has always fascinated me. I have always been drawn to writers who struggle with their own maladjustment to life, and how this struggle becomes the engine that drives their own fiction. Perhaps more than any other American author, Fitzgerald’s life is inseparable from his work — he seems to have stepped right out of one of his own stories: an emblem of the Jazz Age, the Roaring Twenties, the Lost Generation, wandering through the dark side of the American Dream. But Fitzgerald was far more than just a chronicler of his age. He once wrote, “Genius is the ability to put into effect what is in your mind,” and to accomplish this, Fitzgerald was not afraid to dig into the darkness of his own character. This, I believe, is why his work transcends the limits of time. With incomparable tenderness, his work has touched some dark place of loss and anguish that is in us all. And I think, perhaps, we all, like Fitzgerald, believe in “the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.”

As a writer, I want to explore this connection between anguish and art in the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, but my own words always fail me. As an actor, however, I feel I have a much better chance of conveying his mystery of genius if I can embody it and let Fitzgerald tell his own story in his own words so that it will be true. Perhaps genius is something than can only be perceived and felt, and not ever wholly understood. But if I let Fitzgerald tell his own story, I think then I will have a better chance of communicating the incommunicable heart and soul of this American literary icon.

From Kurt Gravenhorst, Author

In keeping with our season of “twists and turns,” we are thrilled and proud to welcome back to Tabard Kurt Gravenhorst in his powerful star-turn as F. Scott Fitzgerald in Farewell, Fitzgerald.

From Cathy Spielberger Cassetta, Producing Artistic Director

FAREWELL, FITZGERALD

Starring

Kurt Gravenhorstas

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Written byKurt Gravenhorst

Original music composed and performed byJeremy Harris

Originally directed byBrian Conroy

© 2012, 2014 Kurt Gravenhorst

Experience the magic. Tabard. Theatre is more than a show. Tabard.

Producer Cathy Spielberger Cassetta Technical Director / Stage Manager Andrew Marshall Technical Consultant Joe Cassetta Program Layout Barbara Reynolds Pre-Show Musicians Piano: Gary Dugan, Bob Sunshine, Bob Visini, Christopher Wemp Bass: Terry Shoup

Sincere and grateful appreciation to...

all our season subscribers, donors, sponsors, and community partners who helped make this season possible.

Kurt extends his thanks to the people who contributed their time, effort, and invaluable insight to the development of his show: Brian Conroy,

Annette Stenger, Lori Basuino, Carol George, Doug Baird, and Cathy Cassetta and The Tabard Theatre Company.

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The Tabard Theatre Company is a proud and active member of:

The Tabard Theatre Company is grateful for the support provided, in part, by the Farrington Historical Foundation, a Cultural Affairs grant from the

City of San Jose, and a Regional Arts Fund grant from Silicon Valley Creates.

A portion of Tabard’s concession proceeds from this production will be donated to

You are invited to stay for an informal Question & Answer session with Kurt following the performance.

Kurt Gravenhorst (F. Scott Fitzgerald) returns for an encore performance of his third production with The Tabard Theatre Company, Farewell, Fitzgerald, following appearances in It’s a Wonderful Life, The Gifts of the Magi and the award-winning Trying. Other recent Bay Area performances include My Antonia and Red Clay (TheatreWorks), The Kentucky Cycle (Willows Theatre), Santos & Santos (Teatro Vision), and A Moon for the Misbegotten (Pear Theatre). A recipient of a Dean Goodman Award, Kurt also has performed for the Exit, Dragon, and City Lights theatre companies.

Cathy Spielberger Cassetta (Producer) is a theatre/television veteran and entrepreneur who created/produced/co-hosted the weekly TV program Theatre This Week in the 1990s before founding Tabard in 2001. For Tabard she’s directed Scapin, Dames at Sea, The Gifts of the Magi, The Dog Sitters, Sabrina Fair, A Taffeta Wedding, It’s a Wonderful Life, Crossing Delancey, Babes in Hollywood, and the award-winning production of Trying; she created and co-wrote More Than Petticoats; and she both directed and wrote Stompin’ at the Savoy, Bandstand Beat, and The Duke, The Count, and Me as well as the upcoming Love, Laughter and Linguine.

Joe Cassetta (Technical Consultant) continues to lead Tabard’s technical team, which he has done since the company was founded in 2001. With a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University, Joe’s steady and skilled leadership has led to Tabard’s increased ability to explore and expand what we do technically.

Jeremy Harris (Composer, Pianist) has composed and performed background music and featured solos for other Tabard shows, including It’s a Wonderful Life and Trying. He also wrote the music and lyrics for The Elves and The Shoemaker. Born and raised on the East Coast, Jeremy graduated from the Indiana University School of Music, served as pianist and arranger in the U.S. Air Force Band, and worked in the theater for many years in New York City.

Andrew Marshall (Technical Director, Stage Manager) returns to Tabard after stage-managing 1776 and The Elves and the Shoemaker. He was previously a theatre student at Ohlone College, where he directed two plays and wrote and directed a short film. Most recently, he was a technician at California’s Great America where he built mazes and did the show Blades of Horror for Halloween Haunt. Outside of theatre, Andrew is a video game developer.

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Husband of ZeldaFather of Frances “Scottie”

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NovelsThis Side of Paradise (1920)

The Beautiful and Damned (1922)The Great Gatsby (1925)

Tender Is the Night (1934)The Last Tycoon (published posthumously 1941)

Short story collectionsFlappers and Philosophers (1920)

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)All the Sad Young Men (1926)

Taps at Reveille (1935)Afternoon of an Author (1957)

Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (1960)The Pat Hobby Stories (1962)

The Basil and Josephine Stories (1973)The Price Was High: Fifty Uncollected Stories (1979)

The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1989)

Notable short stories“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” (1920)

“Head and Shoulders” (1920)“The Ice Palace” (1920)

“The Offshore Pirate” (1920)“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (1921)

“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” (1922)“Winter Dreams” (1922)“The Baby Party” (1925)

“The Freshest Boy” (1928)“The Bridal Party” (1930)

“A New Leaf” (1931)“Babylon Revisited” (1931)

“Crazy Sunday” (1932)

Other notable worksThe Vegetable, or From President to Postman (play 1923)

The Crack-Up (collection of essays, notebook excerpts, and letters 1945)

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F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896 - 1940

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‘tab’ard: \’tab- erd also -ärd\ n: 1. An ancient London inn featured in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, from which pilgrims began their journey to Canterbury Cathedral and at which the innkeeper offered a free meal to the best storyteller. 2. A tunic worn by a knight over his armor and emblazoned with his sovereign’s arms. 3. The name appropriated by numerous contemporary collegiate literary fraternities. 4. A dynamic and imaginative theatre company in Silicon Valley, CA

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Our Mission Statement: The Tabard Theatre Company is committed to making a difference in the community through the arts by providing professional-quality theatre experiences such as productions and workshops that are appropriate and affordable for audiences of all ages. Tabard focuses on new works or works not commonly produced. Especially engaged with altruism and philanthropy, Tabard reaches out to the under-served, such as the blind/visually impaired and children in low-income areas, and donates a portion of each production’s concession proceeds to a designated local charity.

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Executive Director: Nick Nichols Producing Artistic Director: Cathy Spielberger Cassetta