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Seed By Anna-Deveare Smith Jan. 28-Feb. 7, 2010 Performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; 2 p.m. on Sundays Tickets $25 VIP, $15 General Admission, $10 Seniors and Students - Contains adult language - Performances in Fontbonne University's Fine Arts Theatre, 6800 WydowR, Clayton 63105 For reservations call 314- 719-8060 or buy tickets online at www.mustardseedtheatre.com

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By Anna-Deveare Smith

Jan. 28-Feb. 7, 2010 Performances at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays; 2 p.m. on Sundays Tickets $25 VIP, $15 General Admission, $10 Seniors and Students - Contains adult language -Performances in Fontbonne University's Fine Arts Theatre, 6800 WydowR, Clayton 63105 For reservations call 314-719-8060 or buy tickets online at www.mustardseedtheatre.com

WORDS TO PONDER

Videos, pictures, and articles record history instant! y, and via our technological savvy we are able to access that documentation and process it as we see fit. As easily as we access this information, we can easily dismiss it and move forward by clicking a new tab to open the hottest music video, glimpse at photos of our dream vacation spot, or browse a social networking site to see who we can meet for coffee. We are very fortunate to acquire information at a touch of a button; yet, some events deserve more than a quick click. Some events deserve to be called forth and reflected through the human experience. They deserve time to pause, listen, and reflect in order for us to learn.

The Crown Heights riot is an event which deserves such pause. The characters featured in Fires in the Mirror are real people who experienced or were effected by a tragedy which flared into a conflict of race, economics, politics, and cultures. All of the dialogue is their words, their perceptions, and comes from their hearts. Today we pause to remember those people, walk in their words, and reflect upon our own personal conflicts with our neighbors.

We can't click away humanity. --Emily Immer

Dramaturg

Fires in the Mirror is written from interviews done by Anna Deavere Smith in 1991 in Crown Heights, New York.

Special Thanks The Black Rep

New Jewish Theatre John Wolbers Michele Siler

Robert A. Mitchell The NonProphet Theatre Company

Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith

Cast MICHELLE HAND and RORY LIPEDE play various characters.

The Interviews in order of appearance:

Director -Dramaturg-Set Design-

Anonymous Lubavitcher Woman The Reverend Al Sharpton Letty Cottin Pogrebin Rabbi Joseph Spielman Anonymous Young Man 1 Michael S. Miller Richard Green Norman Rosenbaum Anonymous Young Man 2 Sonny Carson Roslyn Malamud Carmel Cato

Staff

Light Design -Costume Design -Sound/Video Design­Stage Manager -

LORI ADAMS EMILYIMMER

COURTNEYSANAZARO MICHAEL SULLIVAN

KIRSTEN WYLDER KAREEM DEANES

PHILLIP BETTISON CALEE MCCAULEY

ZOE SULLIVAN and DAVID CHANDLER RYAN COOPER

ADRIENNE CURRY DEANNAJENT

Assistant Stage Manager -Board Operators -House Manager -Poster Design -Producer -

Funded by the generous support of the Fontbonne Community Connection - a women's giving circle.

BIOGRAPHIES

LORI ADAMS is delighted to be working with Mustard Seed Theatre and to renew her longtime friendship with Deanna Jent. Lori has been a member of the acting faculty at Illinois State University since 1997 where she serves as Head of the Undergraduate Acting program. Lori has directed over 30 shows including ISU productions of Tommy, Evita, Crimes I of the Heart, A View From the Bridge, The Grapes of Wrath ,

l To Kill A Mockingbird and The Diary of Anne Frank . In 2009 she directed the ~

original production of Lincoln 's In Town! commissioned by the Abraham Lincoln Bicenntennial Commission of Illinois . Her production of the original script FRONT, was presented at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Region III Festival. As an actor, Lori continues to tour nationally her one-woman show Shame the Devil! An Audience with Fanny Kemble, about nineteenth-century actress , abolitionist and writer, Fanny Kemble . Other acting credits include: Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Nebraska Repertory Theatre , Stockyards Theatre Project, Breadline Theatre Company, Actors Lab Arizona and Heartland Theatre Company. Living in St. Louis this month has been a pleasure even though it means being away from her talented scene designer husband, John Stark. Love to our beautiful and artistic children , Anna and Nathan.

PHILLIP BETTIS ON is ajunior at Fontbonne University. Last seas son he appeared with MST onstage in The Good Times Are Killing Me and backstage as the Stage Manager for Smoke on the Mountain . He is honored to be working among such talented women and men. Thanks Calee for holding down the fort. Love to Cherry.

KAREEM DEANES recently earned his MA in Theatre Education and Speech/Theatre Teaching Certification from Fontbonne University. In addition to sound design for numerous Fontbonne productions, Kareem has designed for ACT Inc and Soundstage Productions. Kareem is looking forward to appearing onstage in FOrtinbras this coming March.

MICHELLE HAND is very happy to be performing again with Mustard Seed Theater, having previously appeared as Anagail in their production of Remnant. She is a co-founder of the Orange Girls Theater Company, an actor about town , and a recipient of the Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding Lead Actress . She 'd like to thank Deanna and Lori for the chance to be a part of this season and Rory for the gift of standing alongside a talent like hers to tell

these stories. Much love and thanks to Tim & Liv, to her family and friends , and to Mr. Welch for starting it all.

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BIOGRAPHIES (continued)

EMILY IMMER is a Fontbonne alum currently pursuing her Master's degree in Theatre Education . She has worked as a production dramaturg for MST's inaugural show Remnant, The Good Times Are Killing Me and Playhouse Creatures with The Orange Girls . Emily looks forward to working with MST later this season on their production of Tartuffe .

DEANNA JENT is pumping (mental) iron preparing to direct three shows this Spring: The People 's Violin at the New Jewish Theatre, Fortinbras with the Fontbonne Theatre program and Tartuffe with Mustard Seed Theatre. She is finishing her fifteenth year of teaching at Fontbonne, and is looking forward to a sabbatical in the fall! She is proud of everyone involved in creating this compelling production , and looks forward to the discussion after the show!

RORY LIPEDE received her B.A. in Performing Arts from Fontbonne University and moved to New York where she has lived for almost two years . Her credits include principal roles with The St Louis Shakespeare Company, The Black Repertory, The William Inge Center, HotCity, Negro Ensemble Company, Rattlesnake Theatre, The Old Vic: New Voices 24 Hour Festival , Manhattan Repertory Theatre, several productions

with FringeNYC, NYMF and The Public , as well as a company member of Kevin Spacey's At Play Productions . She is the recipient of many awards including two Kevin Kline Nominations and winner of the Irene Ryan acting competition, runner up Best Comedic Actor and the Comedia Del ' Arte Award at the Kennedy Center, ACTF. For my biggest fan, my loving and beautiful nana.

CALEE MCCAULEY is a native of West Virginia, having moved to St.Louis to obtain her Master's in Theatre Education. She holds a BA in Acting from Frostburg State University in Frostburg, Maryland. Some favorite roles include; Bess Johnson in Abundance , Peasant Woman in Incorruptible , Kleonike in Lysistrata, Meg in Little Women, to name a few. Calee will graduate with her MATE in May 2010 and will make the exciting

move to Chicago, to finally begin her career!!

COURTNEY SANAZARO is excited to be working with Mustard Seed Theatre! After graduating from St. Louis University she worked for such local companies as Opera Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis University High School Theatre Department, and ITC Scenic Services. She has most recently worked as the Scenic Charge for Chicago's Northlight Theatre, Scenic Designer for Chicago Tap Theatre, Scenic Designer and Technical Director for Triton College's Theatre Department, and still enjoys working with Chicago's Redbox Ltd.

MICHAEL SULLIVAN is a Mustard Seed Resident Artist, an Associate Professor in the theatre program at Fontbonne, the Technical Director and resident Lighting Designer. This season for Mustard Seed Theatre, he designed the lighting for Fiddler on the Roof. Michael was recently nominated for the Kevin Kline Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for last season's An Almost Holy Picture . Upcoming projects include lighting designs for Abies Irish Rose and The Cassilis

Engagement (ACT Inc) and Equus (HotCity) . Much love to Jane , Mark and Zoe.

KIRSTEN WYLDER loves working with Mustard Seed Theatre and was happy to assist with costumes for this production Thanks to Deanna, Lori, JC, Michelle , Rory, et al for their contributions and support. "The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate , wars producing more wars - must be broken , or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation ." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

COMING SOON FROM THE FONTBONNE THEATRE PROGRAM:

FORTINBRAS by Lee Blessing

A comedy about what happens AFTER Hamlet dies.

March 25-28,2010. 8 pm Th-Sa, 2 pm Sunday Tickets $5. Call 314-889-1425 for information and reservations.

Mustard Seed Theatre presents TARTUFFE by Moliere

April 23 - May 9,2010

What is a poor rich girl to do when her father is being conned by a religious hypocrite? Join Mariane , her maid

Dorine and the rest of the family as they try to convince Orgon that Tartuffe is

indeed an imposter.

Translated from Moliere 's French by Richard Wilbur, the witty rhyming

couplets keep the action moving as plots swirl and power is stolen.

Visit www.mustardseedtheatre.com for more information

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Mustard Seed Theatre 2009 - 2010

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