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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.

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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