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Brendan

by Ronan Noone
Directed by Justin Waldman

10/12/2007 - 11/17/2007

Wimberly Theatre
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Brendan ............
Woman ............
Fred, et al ............
Josh, et al ............
Bum, et al ............
Daisy, et al ............
Steveo, et al ............
Rose ............
Maria ............


Playwright ............
Director ............
Scenic Designer ............
Costume Designer ............
Lighting Designer ............
Sound Designer ............
Casting Director ............
Production Stage Manager ............
Stage Manager ............

Nancy E. Carroll in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Nancy E. Carroll (Woman) returns to the Huntington where she appeared as Miss Erickson in Present Laughter, the Strega in The Rose Tattoo, and Mrs. Martin in Dead End. She appeared Off Broadway in Balancing Act (Westside Theatre). Her regional credits include Winnie in Happy Days, Ruth Steiner in Collected Stories, and Mathilde Giffard in My Old Lady (Gloucester Stage Company); Amanda in The Glass Menagerie (Lyric Stage Company of Boston); Nancy in Frozen, Evelyn in Kindertransport, and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (New Repertory Theatre); Homebody in Homebody/Kabul (Boston Theatre Works); Nancy Blake in The Women and Joanne in Company (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Lily in A Man of No Importance (SpeakEasy Stage Company and The Sœg‡n Theatre Company co-production); Mommo in Bailegangaire (The Sœg‡n Theatre Company); Halie in Buried Child and The Woman in The Unexpected Man (Nora Theatre Company); the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (North Shore Music Theatre); Delores in Melinda Lopez' The Order of Things (Centastage); Gertrude in Hamlet and Paulina in The Winter's Tale (Publick Theatre); and Kate in Dancing at Lughnasa (Foothills Theatre Company).

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Ciaran Crawford in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Ciaran Crawford (Steveo, et al) was last seen in the Breaking Ground Festival reading of Brendan (then titled Smiler Becoming Yank) for the Huntington. He most recently played Steve in the Off Broadway production of Ronan Noone's The Blowin of Baile Gall and Yowsa in the off Off Broadway production of Noone's The Lepers of Baile Baiste. His other roles include Jake in Stones in His Pockets, Kellogg in The Lepers of Baile Baiste (The Sœg‡n Theatre Company), and Steve in The Blowin of Baile Gall (Boston Playwrights Theatre). Mr. Crawford can also be seen in the film The Strangler's Wife as the Strangler, a serial-killing security guard. He also appeared in an episode of "The Sopranos" and in the Showtime series "The Brotherhood."

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Dahiell Eaves in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Dashiell Eaves (Brendan) previously appeared in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and the Breaking Ground Festival reading of PathŽtique for the Huntington. He has appeared on Broadway in Coram Boy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, James Joyce's The Dead, 1776, and The Sound of Music. His Off Broadway and regional work includes Quincy Long's People Be Heard and James Joyce's The Dead (Playwrights Horizons), Observe the Sons of Ulster... (Lincoln Center Theater), A Midsummer Night's Dream and Street Scene (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Caryl Churchill's Not... Enough Oxygen (The Drama League Directors Project), Martha Clarke's Hans Christian Anderson (American Conservatory Theater), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Barrington Stage Company). He was an original U.S. cast member and traveled all over the world with the percussion troupe STOMP. Recently, he collaborated with author Tim O'Brien and American Place Theatre on a one-man stage adaptation of O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Mr. Eaves' film and television work includes Luc Besson's Arthur and the Invisibles, Jonathan Demme's Beloved, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Third Watch," and the HBO special "STOMP Out Loud." 

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Natalie Gold in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Natalie Gold's (Rose) Broadway credits include Festen. She appeared in the Off Broadway productions of Howard Katz (Roundabout Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (The Public Theater/ NYSF), and Unfold Me (Summer Play Festival). Her film and television credits include Noise, Sydney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Six Degrees," "Without a Trace," and "Guiding Light."

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Kelly McAndrew in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Kelly McAndrew (Maria) appeared in the Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Her Off Broadway credits include The Cataract (Women's Project), Book of Days (Signature Theatre), and Trout Stanley (Culture Project). Other New York theatre credits include Greedy (Clubbed Thumb) and Topsy Turvy Mouse (Cherry Lane Mentor Project). Regionally, she has appeared in The Bald Soprano (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Three Sisters (American Repertory Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival), Eugene's Home (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Proof (George Street Playhouse), Talley's Folly (The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), The Miracle Worker and The Great White Hope (Arena Stage), and Holiday (Olney Theatre Center, Helen Hayes nomination for Best Actress). Other regional appearances include Shakespeare on the Sound, Pioneer Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, and the Unicorn Theatre. Ms. McAndrew's film and television credits include Superheroes, New Guy, Company K, Out of the Darkness, "Law & Order: SVU," and "As the World Turns." She received her M.F.A. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.

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Kathleen McElfresh in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Kathleen McElfresh (Daisy, et al) appeared Off Broadway in The Frugal Repast (Abingdon Theatre Company). Her regional credits include Pride and Prejudice at Dallas Theater Center, The Jammer at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (winner of Fringe First Award), and Steel Magnolias at Theatre Southeast. Ms. McElfresh received her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama, where she was the recipient of the Rebecca West Scholarship and the Herschel Williams Acting Award.

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Cliff Odle in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Cliff Odle's (Fred, et al) previous Huntington credits include understudy work in two August Wilson productions, Radio Golf and King Hedley II, in the latter of which he performed for seven shows. Off Off Broadway, he has appeared as Aaron in Titus Andronicus (FNF Company), and Lucien P. Smith in The Boys Next Door and Walker Harris in Two Rooms (Circle Players). His other credits include Mitch in Mitch's Blues and Carl in Dirty Hearts (Ed Bullin's Roxbury Crossroads Theatre), Troy Maxon in Fences (Up You Mighty Race Performing Arts Company), Pontius Pilate in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Company One), and Orgon in Tartuffe (Theater in the Open). He has also appeared in several productions in the San Diego area such as David in Bed (Fritz Theater), Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (North County Productions), and various roles in Passion & Honey (Ira Aldridge Players). He has also appeared as Terrell in "Waterfront" for CBS and several training videos for Staples. Mr. Odle is currently a graduate student in Boston University's playwriting program.

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Tommy Schrider in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Tommy Schrider (Josh, et al) previously appeared as Costard in Love's Labour's Lost for the Huntington. His Off Broadway credits include Acts of Mercy and St. Crispin's Day (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), She Stoops to Conquer and Pigtown (The Irish Repertory Theatre), Race (Classic Stage Company), Indoor/Outdoor (Kirk Theatre/Summer Play Festival), Bread & Roses (New York Theatre Workshop), Miss Julie (Culture Project/FringeNYC), and Uncivil Wars (37 Arts/David Gordon's Pick Up Performance Company). Other credits include Hamlet in Hamlet (Syracuse Stage), One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and The Einstein Project (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Journey's End (Westport Country Playhouse), Vincent in Brixton (Virginia Stage Company), Lobby Hero (Portland Stage Company), This Is Our Youth (Philadelphia Theatre Company), East of Eden I & II, In Her Sight, and Miss Julie (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Rivals and The Blue Demon (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Playboy of the Western World (Pioneer Theatre Company), and Composition (TheaterWorks, Hartford). Film and television credits include The Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom (HBO), "WHOOPI!," and "As The World Turns." Mr. Schrider received his M.F.A. from New York University.

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Bradley Thoennes in Brendan at The Huntington Theatre Company Bradley Thoennes (Bum, et al) most recently appeared as F.X. Wohltat in King of the Jews at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre, and as Michal in The Pillowman at New Repertory Theatre. He has worked extensively in regional theatres in Philadelphia (Roderigo in Othello at the Philadelphia Drama Guild and Taylor in Prelude to a Kiss at the Philadelphia Theatre Company), Delaware (Jaques in As You Like It and T. Stedman Harder in A Moon for the Misbegotten, both for Delaware Theatre Company), New Jersey (Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival), and Washington, D.C. (Pater in The Invention of Love at The Studio Theatre). A veteran of dozens of commercial voice-overs, Mr. Thoennes will appear in the upcoming film 21, starring Kevin Spacey.

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Ronan Noone's (Playwright) play The Atheist was recently presented by the Huntington starring Campbell Scott. He began writing The Lepers of Baile Baiste, his first play, while working on Martha's Vineyard. The play caught the attention of Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, head of Boston University's M.A. program in playwriting, and he was asked to join the program. Lepers won the National Playwriting Award at the American College Theatre Festival, was produced at The Kennedy Center, and played off Off Broadway in 2004 at the Phil Bosakowski Theatre. Mr. Noone's second play, The Blowin of Baile Gall, was nominated by the American Theatre Critics Association for the Steinberg New Play Award, and won the prestigious Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script. Both plays shared the Independent Reviewers of New England Award (IRNE) for Best New Script. Blowin was produced Off Broadway (Gabriel Byrne, producer) in 2005. His plays have had productions in Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. Mr. Noone has been chosen by Boston Magazine as a Best Young Playwright and is a Huntington Playwriting Fellow. This play is for Lizzy.

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Justin Waldman (Director) is the artistic associate of the Huntington and the producing artistic director of Next Stages, which he founded. In September, he directed Ronan Noone's The Atheist starring Campbell Scott for the Huntington. Other Huntington credits include assistant director of Present Laughter; Persephone; The Cherry Orchard; Love's Labour's Lost; Sonia Flew; The Rose Tattoo; Springtime for Henry; and Breath, Boom; and director of readings of Alexandros; The Cry of the Reed; Mauritius; Persephone; Two Days at Home, Three Days in Prison; Stabbing; and Carol Mulroney. Last year, he directed Brendan for the Boston University College of Fine Arts, and Sonia Flew by Melinda Lopez for the Summer Play Festival in New York. Other credits include Over It (Next Stages) and News Junkie (Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab) both by Marc Ardito, This is Our Youth, 12 Angry Men, and three seasons as assistant director for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. He is a graduate of Tufts University.

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Alexander Dodge (Scenic Designer) previously designed the Huntington's productions of Present Laughter, Love's Labour's Lost, The Rivals (IRNE Award), Butley, A Month in the Country (IRNE Award), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Heartbreak House (Elliot Norton Award), and Hedda Gabler. For Broadway, he designed productions of Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. Off Broadway credits include Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater/NYSF); The Water's Edge (Second Stage Theatre); Observe the Sons of Ulster ... (Lucille Lortel Award) and Chaucer in Rome (Lincoln Center Theater); and Force Continuum and Sexual Perversity in Chicago (Atlantic Theater Company). His regional credits include productions at Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Baltimore's Centerstage, Dallas Theater Center, Dublin's Gate Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, The Old Globe, Stratford Festival of Canada, Triad Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Yale Repertory Theatre. His opera credits include Der Waffenschmeid  (Munich), The Flying Dutchman (WŸrzburg), Lohengrin (Budapest), and Il Trittico (Berlin). Mr. Dodge is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. 

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Mariann Verheyen (Costume Designer) has designed for the Huntington since its premiere season, Present Laughter being her most recent show. She designed Peter Pan for Broadway and her numerous Off Broadway credits include work at The Public Theater/NYSF, The York Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, and Hudson Guild Theatre Company. Additionally she has designed at Ford's Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Studio Arena Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Her work has been seen at the Chicago, Oregon, Colorado, and Alabama Shakespeare Theaters. Ms. Verheyen has also designed for Disney Cruise Lines and Disney World's Animal Kingdom. Her awards include two IRNE Awards; two Best of Atlanta Awards and the 2006 Atlanta Suzi Award; a Villager Downtown Theatre Award, NYC; Chicago's 2002 Jeff Award and 2005 and 2007 Jeff nominations; an AUDELCO Award nomination; and the  Distinguished Achievement Award in Humanities from her undergraduate alma mater, St. Norbert College. She is head of the costume design program at the Boston University College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre.

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Jeff Croiter (Lighting Designer) previously designed Kiki & Herb: Alive from Broadway, Trumbo, and A Month in the Country for the Huntington. His New York credits include Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway; Rufus Wainwright's Judy Garland Concert at Carnegie Hall (London and Paris, too); The Works (The New Victory Theater); concerts at the New Amsterdam Theatre including Chess and On the Twentieth Century; The Voysey Inheritance; The Accomplices; The Internationalist (Lucille Lortel Award nomination); Burleigh Grime$; Drumstruck; Jacques Brel...; I Love You Because; Almost, Maine; Lone Star Love; Dedication; Trumbo; Matt & Ben; Cam Jensen; Barbra's Wedding; Passion Play; The Eros Trilogy; Miss Witherspoon; Privilege; The Dazzle; and Fiction. Regional credits include productions for The Old Globe, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Geffen Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Ford's Theatre, TheatreWorks, Goodspeed Opera House, and New York Stage & Film. 

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Fitz Patton (Sound Designer) was the sound designer for the Broadway production of As Long As We Both Shall Laugh, and the Off Broadway productions of This is How it Goes directed by George Wolfe, Fran's Bed and Modern Orthodox directed by James Lapine, A Soldier's Play directed by Jo Bonney, Barbra's Wedding and The Voysey Inheritance directed by David Warren, The Trip to Bountiful directed by Harris Yulin, and Dirty Tricks directed by Margaret Whitton. His recent designs include Blithe Spirit directed by Maria Mileaf, Some Men directed by Philip Himberg, orchestrations for The Araboolies of Liberty Street for Imagination Stage, Manic Flight Reaction directed by Trip Cullman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Israel Hicks, A Safe Harbor for Elizabeth Bishop directed by Richard Jay Alexander, Warren Leight's James and Annie, Nilo Cruz' Anna in the Tropics, Naomi Wallace's Things of Dry Hours, Candida, Matt & Ben, and I Am My Own Wife. His most recent score and designs include Pride and Prejudice directed by Stan Wojewodski, and The Tempest directed by Davis McCallum.

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Alaine Alldaffer, C.S.A., (Casting Director) is the casting director for Playwrights Horizons. She cast "Knights of Prosperity" for ABC, Walmartopia the Off Broadway musical, and is currently casting Sand for the Women's Project in New York City. Past credits include productions for Soho Repertory Theatre and The Flea Theater in New York City, and the Long Wharf Theatre in Connecticut. Her past associate credits include "Ed" (NBC), "Monk" (USA), the Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, and Heights, a feature film for Merchant Ivory. Ms. Alldaffer works alongside associate Lisa Donadio.

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Eileen Ryan Kelly (Production Stage Manager) has Huntington credits that include Present Laughter, Well, The Cherry Orchard, Rabbit Hole, Radio Golf, Love's Labour's Lost, The Hopper Collection, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Sisters Rosensweig, Falsettos, 36 Views, Sonia Flew, and Bad Dates. Her other credits include productions at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, and Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Ms. Kelly is an alumna of Boston University's College of Fine Arts.

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Kelly Beaulieu (Stage Manager) previously worked on both Love's Labour's Lost and Falsettos for the Huntington. Her Off Broadway credits include The Voysey Inheritance (Atlantic Theater Company), Our Leading Lady (Manhattan Theater Club), The Polish Play: A Conflation of Macbeth and Ubu Roi (Katharsis Theater Company), Flags (59E59 Theater), and Drug Buddy (the stageFARM). Her regional credits include The Corn is Green, The Front Page, Opposite of Sex, Anything Goes, On the Razzle, and Lady Windermere's Fan (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Indoor/Outdoor (Hangar Theatre), and Madama Butterfly (Connecticut Grand Opera). She received her B.F.A. in stage management from Boston University.

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