written by Jez Butterworth

6
presents written by Jez Butterworth directed by Warren Sherrill Regional Premiere It's the morning of the local county fair. Johnny "Rooster" Byron is a wanted man. Just another day in the trailer park. TWO SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS! See two blockbusters for $44! (a 15% savings!) Visit the box office after the show or go to www.theedgetheater.com LUCKY GUY by Nora Ephron JUNE 12 - JULY 15, 2015 WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Edward Albee JULY 24 - AUGUST 16, 2015

Transcript of written by Jez Butterworth

Page 1: written by Jez Butterworth

presents

written by Jez Butterworthdirected by Warren Sherrill

Regional Premiere

It's the morning of the local county fair.

Johnny "Rooster" Byron is a wanted man.

Just another day in the trailer park.

TWO SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS!

See two blockbusters for $44! (a 15% savings!)Visit the box office after the show or go to www.theedgetheater.com

LUCKY GUYby Nora Ephron

JUNE 12 - JULY 15, 2015

WHO’S AFRAID OFVIRGINIA WOOLF?

by Edward AlbeeJULY 24 - AUGUST 16, 2015

Page 2: written by Jez Butterworth

www.theedgetheater.com www.theedgetheater.com

The Edge Theater Team

Rick Yaconis, Executive/Artistic Director

Patty Yaconis, Managing Director

Angela Astle, Director of New Play Development

Lara Maerz, Production Coordinator

Christopher Waller, Resident Set Designer

Rich Munoz, Master Carpenter Emeritus

Shelley Fleetwood, Volunteer Coordinator

Scott Bellot, Resident Director

Robert Kramer, Resident Director

The Edge TheaterBoard of Directors

Don Patarino, President

Patty Yaconis, Vice President

Katherine Martinez, Secretary

Derrick Dobbin, Treasurer

Elizabeth Grisard Kevin Keyes Leigh Ann KudloffKatherine MartinezJane McDonaldDavid RickliRick Yaconis

WELCOME TO THE EDGE

Dear Edge Patrons: Thanks for coming to The Edge Theater for our production of Jerusalem. We’re taking our fifth season by storm with three back to back challenging shows thus far (The Motherfucker With the Hat, Cock, and now Jerusalem.) Our sets have been interesting and have reached new heights of design and technical expertise with revolving platforms, cockfight pits, trailer parks, etc. Who knew we’d be able to utilize our space in such creative ways! But there’s more to come! Please join us for the rest of the season in which we promise to continue providing edgy and challenging entertainment. This summer, we bring another regional premiere, Lucky Guy by Nora Ephron, and a very classic favorite, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Please consider helping us continue along this great journey on The Edge. ATTEND: We would love to have you as season pass holders. DONATE: Our donors help make theater possible. PARTICIPATE: Consider joining our board. We are looking for two more professionals to round out our team of dedicated board members that will help lead fund raising and audience building initiatives. For now, sit back and relax. Enjoy your Jerusalem!

Rick Yaconis Executive/Artistic Director

Rick is both the Executive / Artistic Director of The Edge Theater and a member of The E Project Board. If you have any questions about the theater, he can be reached via email at [email protected] or via phone at 303-521-8041. We are always looking for fundraising opportunities, growing our contributor base, enhancing our Board of Directors with two more qualified professionals, and expanding our volunteer team.

RICK YACONISExecutive/Artistic Director

The Edge Theater is greatly appreciative of all our donors and contributors!

FOUNDING MEMBERS CLUB

DIRECTORS CLUB

ENSEMBLE CLUB

Patty and Rick YaconisNancy and John Ionoff, Jr.Michelle and Don Patarino

Lee and Robert RoperBetsy GrisardTom Hepler

Susan Eckert and Joseph SantarellaVeronica and Robert Kramer

Abby and Robert Angell

Rich MunozLes Crispelle and Glenn Tiedt

Devra and Kevin KeyesKatherine Martinez

Shelley Fleetwood and Jim GusekSusan Eckert

The Gloria Yaconis Memorial Foundation

The Maria Ionoff Memorial Foundation

Cynthia BarrowayKim Beckman and Randall Heskett

Beverly and Andrew BrilliantJoan and David Clark

Mirian and Pete DownsGinnie and Scott Eldredge

Marlene HillerJim Hunt

Robert JarrettDavid Mills

Morgan Awards

Sheila K. O’BrienKent Penley

Raven Print and MarketingLinda Rosales

Jean SaulBecky Skougstad

Subway in LakewoodAdam Weiss

Whole Foods in LakewoodIn honor of Arlene Abady

MOVIN’ ON UPCAMPAIGN

HELP US REACH THE NEXT LEVEL OF EDGE!Contribute on line at www.theedgetheater.com

or call 303.521.8041

OUR GOAL is to raise $50,000in the first half of 2015!

ASK ABOUT BEING A 2015 SEASON SPONSOR or INDIVIDUAL SHOW SPONSOR!

Jim AstleDouglas Blondin

Laurie Carlton-MarezJean ChartrandMichael Collins

Joel ConklinAnny CouryMary Craig

Jeanne CraneAnn Dain

Lisa DeCaroRosemary Egolf

Daniel Fean

Lynn FritzGeorge Harshorne

Josh HartwellMarlene HillerRobert JarrettDavid JensenAlistair Kamm

Scott KeersgaardRobert KellerAngela Kelsey

Joel LabueJessica LeventalCheryl Loetscher

Jeffrey NeumanBill Ojile

Richard ParkerChristina Patarino

Alexandra RadcliffeKathleen Reilly

Carol and David RickliLisa RukstalesBrian SpillaneLinda Suttle

In honor of Kay Marie Mirich

The Edge Theater is part of The E-Project, a 501c3, so alldonations may be tax deductible.

Page 3: written by Jez Butterworth

www.theedgetheater.comwww.theedgetheater.com

LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Mr. Sherrill studied Performing Arts at Colorado State University and has since directed, produced and acted in numerous productions in Denver and along the Front Range. In 2000 he cofounded Denver’s critically acclaimed Paragon Theatre and served as its Artistic Director until the company closed its doors in 2012. Among other awards, Mr. Sherrill won the 2007 Henry Award for Best Director of a Play for Paragon’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf and in 2011 was awarded Denver Westword’s Best Director of a Drama for Paragon’s The Sound of a Voice. Mr. Sherrill recently directed Aurora Fox’s award-winning production

Painted Bread and their sold out production of Beets which will be remounted this summer for a short tour. Mr. Sherrill has appeared in 4 out of 6 of Jez Butterworth’s previous plays and is elated to be able to direct what is considered to be his masterpiece, Jerusalem. He thanks Rick and the team at The Edge Theater for this opportunity.

William Blake wrote a short poem in 1804 as a preface to his epic Milton a Poem. The words were set to music by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916 and became the popular English anthem called Jerusalem (think Star Spangled Banner for us Americans). The words imply that there may have been a divine visit from Jesus on English soil making it, at one point, the true definition of heaven on earth where people live in peace in connection with the land. Jerusalem is something we hope for, wish for and dream of.

Cut to our playwright, Jez Butterworth. Cut to the small town of Flintock, England, 2009. Cut to a cast of wandering outcasts. Cut to Johnny “Rooster” Byron.

I have had the pleasure of working on four out of the six plays Mr. Butterworth has written…Jerusalem will be my fifth. He only really became popular here in the states after Jerusalem (his fifth also) came to Broadway and united critics and audiences alike into one giant “Bravo!” I have always been fascinated with his plays simply because they are real, they are funny, they are dark and most importantly, they leave audiences asking questions…the right questions, the questions that provoke discussion and create dialogue that leads to ideas and spark even more thought and creativity.

Ok, me first; So how does a coveted British hymn relate to a bunch of drug-crazed vagabonds and their fearless leader facing eviction and maybe even worse?

Jerusalem does what true art does.

Warren Sherrill Director

WARREN SHERRILL(Director)

And did those feet in ancient timeWalk upon England’s mountains green:

And was the holy Lamb of God,On England’s pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,Shine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded here,Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold;Bring me my Arrows of desire:

Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:

Till we have built Jerusalem,In England’s green & pleasant Land

JERUSALEM GLOSSARY CONT.

Flapjack – A UK flapjack is like a granola bar, not an American flapjack that’s like a pancake.

Chumbawumba – The 90’s British rock band that brought us Tubthumping, this famous song:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H5uWRjFsGc

Cheeky moo – A more polite way of calling someone a cow.

Snaffler – A greedy person or thief.

Bluey – £5 note.

TARDIS – The time machine from Doctor Who. It’s bigger on the inside.

Slotted – Drunk.

Got the hump with me – Mad at me.

Breezers – Fruit flavored Bacardi rum coolers. Popular among teenage girls.

Earwigging – Eavesdropping.

Knobbly knees – Apparently this is a contest in which contestants compare their knees and are judged on whose knees look/feel the “knobbliest.”

Welly wanging – A competition of who can throw a rubber boot the farthest.

Draw – Marijuana.

Knackered – Tired.

Little Chef – A roadside restaurant chain in the UK modeled after American diners.

Land’s End – A headland in western Cornwall, it’s the most western point in all of England. Because of this it’s often used as a figure of speech to express distance.

The Lizard – A peninsula in Cornwall, it’s the most southern point in all of England.

Salisbury Plain – The location of Stonehenge, in Wiltshire and partially in Hampshire county.

BBC Points West – A news program covering the west of England.

Scratchcard – A lottery ticket, the kind where you scratch off a coating and underneath it says ifyou won.

Pillock – Idiot.

Plimsolls – Canvas sneakers, e.g. Converse, Vans.

Jimmy Riddle – Peeing.

Candyfloss – Cotton candy.

Avebury Standing Stones – A large Stonehenge-type circle located in Wiltshire.

Silbury Hill – A neolithic monument, a manmade hill, near Avebury in Wiltshire.

Glastonbury – A town in Somerset County that has been inhabited since neolithic times.

Bender – British slang for a gay man.

10 Brookside Close/Trevor Jordache – A murder that occurred on the British soap opera Brookside in 1995.

Sparko – Sleeping, in a daze.

Worzel – Country bumpkin.

Stig of the Dump – A British children’s book about a caveman who lives in a junkyard.

Tannoy – Loudspeaker.

Abattoir – Slaughterhouse.

Saveloy – British fast food sausage/hotdog.

Povvo – Derogatory slang for a poor person (short for ‘poverty’).

Alan Sugar – A British billionaire business magnate.

Borstal – Juvenile detention center.

Barrow – Grave.

Búri – A Norse god, grandfather of Odin.

Gog and Magog – Biblical figures who are portrayed as giants in British folklore.

Vili and Vé – Norse mythological figures, brothers of Odin.

Yggdrasil – A giant tree in Norse cosmology.

Brutus of Albion – Referring to Brutus of Troy, who is the founder and first king of Britain (previously known as Albion) in medieval British legend.

Page 4: written by Jez Butterworth

JERUSALEM CREDITS

Playwright Jez Butterworth

Producer Rick Yaconis

Director Warren Sherrill

Johnny Augustus Truhn

Phaedra Bethany Richardson

Ms. Fawcett Erica Fox

Mr. Parsons Peter Marullo

Ginger Jonathan Brown

Professor Rick Williams

Lee John Hauser

Davey Ben Hilzer

Pea Ren Manley

Tanya Samara Bridwell

Wesley Mark Collins

Dawn Emily Paton Davies

Markey Harrison Lyles-Smith

Troy Marc Stith

Production Coordinator Lara Maerz

Stage Manager Michelle Blake

Assistant Stage Manager Andrew KC Nicholas

Set Designer Christopher Waller

Props Master Nick Marinelli

Lighting Designer Kevin Taylor

Sound Designer Ren Manley

Costume Designer Brynn Starr Coplan

Master Carpenter Emeritus Rich Munoz

Publicity Gloria Shanstrom

Photography RDG, Rachel Graham

Poster/Cover/Program Tim Ovesen, Raven Print &Design and Production Marketing

SCENEThere are three acts that take place in England’s green and pleasant land. There will be two ten minute intermissions, for a total running time of approximately 2 hours, 45 minutes.

Special Thanks to The Wizard’s Chest in Cherry Creek

www.theedgetheater.comwww.theedgetheater.com

JERUSALEM GLOSSARY

Wessex – An anglo-saxon kingdom in the southwest of England founded in 519 AD and lasted until 927 AD when England was united.

St. George’s Day – National Saint’s Day of England. Celebrated on April 23. St George is the Patron Saint of England. Full of feasting and celebrating and parading, etc.

Jools Holland – An English musician who hosts a late night music talk show.

Girls Aloud – An English all-female pop group popular in the early 2000s. Kind of like the Spice Girls.

Super T – Tennent’s Super, a super strength lager from the UK.

Rothmans – A British cigarette brand.

Spun the lemons – Played a slot machine.

Bog – Toilet.

Slapper – British term for an unattractive slut.

Moonrakers – This bar is named after a colloquial term for people from Wiltshire.

Squaddie – Derogatory term for an off-duty British soldier.

Whizz – Amphetamines.

“To see a strange outlandish fowl…” – Most of this is from a 1616 poem by Henry Farley. The lines about the warlock and St George’s Day are added and do not seem to come from any outside source.

Bracken – A type of fern.

Baccy – Tobacco.

HP – HP Sauce, a brown sauce that is very popular in England. You could put it on a bacon roll.

Where’s my money, then – ie. Which one should I bet on? Which float is the best

St Trinian’s – A fictional all girls’ boarding school that was the subject of some British cartoons and movies. Basically, naughty schoolgirls to the extreme.

Golliwogs – A blackface rag doll character from the late 19th century.

Polytunnel – Those rounded plastic tunnels that are used in agriculture like greenhouses.

Wangers – Breasts.

Ribena – British berry flavored soft drink often used as a mixer with hard liquor.

Benilyn – Cough syrup.

Action Man – British version of G.I. Joe.

Oxfam – British charity/store like Goodwill.

Pot Noodle – Instant ramen.

Tuss – British insult, like wanker.

Dual carriageway – A divided highway.

Kip over – Visit, come over.

Got the hump – British expression that means to be upset at someone because you think they did something bad to you.

New Estate – Wiltshire county is building/has recently built a whole bunch of housing developments all over the county. The goal is to make nice suburban homes more affordable to residents.

Giving it long handle – Drinking excessively.

Trials bike – Mountain bike used for obstacle courses.

Chucking it down – Raining hard.

Tally-Ho – Adnams Tally-Ho, a traditional British Christmas beer.

The world of Jerusalem is rife with the colorful language and slang of the English countryside.

Look over this glossary of terms and make sure you’re not left in the dark by Johnny “Rooster”

Byron and his motley gang of offbeat characters!

Page 5: written by Jez Butterworth

CAST & CREWCAST & CREW

Bethany Richardson honored to be part of The Edge Theater and is excited to be involved in this amazing production of Jerusalem. She has been involved in several shows at The Edge Theater as an actor in the New Playwright Festival production of Tales of the Peacetime Army, and both an ensemble actor and stage crew for The Graduate.

Michelle Megan Blake holds a BME from Illinois Wesleyan University and makes her Denver debut, stage managing for Jerusalem. Her past productions include stage managing for Paliku Theatre’s production of Les Miserable in Hawaii, Augusta Players Production of Jekyll & Hyde, and Fort Gordon Dinner Theatre’s production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure in Georgia. She has also worked with both Hawaii Opera Theatre and Augusta Opera as a stage manager for several seasons. Michelle is a member of the Colorado Choral and has performed onstage for Paliku Theatre’s production of The Phantom of the Opera. She thanks her husband Dan and daughter Anya for supporting her in all she does.

BETHANY RICHARDSON(Phaedra)MICHELLE MEGAN BLAKE

(Stage Manager)

Augustus Truhn returns to The Edge after recently spending Christmas here playing Dom in The Familiars. Other local roles include Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Cornwal in King Lear and Orsino in Twelfth Night at the Colo. Shakespeare Festival as well as Dr. Qari Shah and Zai Gershi in Homebody/Kabul at Curious Theatre Co., Eddie in Entertaining Mr. Sloan and Lenny in The Homecoming at Germinal Stage. In NYC he appeared as Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Saturninus in Titus Andronicus and Fluellen/Dauphin in Henry V with Improbable Fiction Theatre Co., also in NY he

played Nathanial Hawthorne in Kraken at SoHo Rep. and Slim in Cowboy Mouth at The Michael Checkhov Theatre Co. A 2004 graduate of The William Esper Studio in NYC.

Jeremy “Jez” Butterworth is an English playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Butterworth’s fourth play for the Royal Court was the comedy Jerusalem, which premiered in July 2009 to outstandingly positive reviews. Described as a “contemporary vision of life in [England’s] green and pleasant land”, Jerusalem was a sell-out at the Royal Court, won the Evening Standard Theatre Award and Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for the best play of 2009 and, with the same cast, transferred to the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in January 2010. Jerusalem opened on Broadway, New York, in April 2011, with many of the original UK cast. Butterworth’s other works include Birthday Girl, The Night Heron, Mojo, and Parlour Song.

AUGUSTUS TRUHN(Johnny)JEZ BUTTERWORTH

(Playwright)

Erica Fox is thrilled to be making her Edge debut in this amazing and magical piece of theater. Other credits include The Mousetrap (The Arvada Center); Closer (Vintage Theatre); Enchanted April, Don’t Dress For Dinner (Spotlight Theatre Company); Curious New Voices Festival (Curious Theatre); Oscar and Felix: A New Version of the Odd Couple, A Christmas Story (Backstage Theatre); All’s Well That Ends Well, Ruby’s Story (New York University). Training: Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York University.

“Jerusalem” was first presented in London by the English Stage Company

at the Royal Court Theatre in July 2009.

First produced in New York by: Sonia Friedman Productions Scott Rudin Stuart Thompson Roger Berlind,

Royal Court Theatre Productions Beverly Bartner/Alice Tulchin Dede Harris/Rupert Gavin, Broadway Across America Jon B. Platt 1001 Nights/

Stephanie P. McClelland, Carole L. Haber/Richard WillisJacki Florin/Adam Blanshay.”

Peter is thrilled to be back on stage at The Edge. This is his fifth production at The Edge Theater, including last summer’s production of The Graduate, as well as One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Next, The House of Blue Leaves, and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. He was also seen in Evergreen Players 2014 productions of Bright Ideas and Apartment 3A. Peter is very excited to share the stage with this incredibly talented group. Thanks to Rick, Patty, Warren, and Michelle. Also, thanks to his friends and family for their unconditional love and support. This show is for Jenna.

Rick Williams has recently performed in productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Camelot (Pellinore) and Beyond Therapy (Stuart). Trained at the University of Hawaii and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he has performed all across Colorado’s Front Range. Favorite roles include Ko-Ko in The Mikado, McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, Louie in Lost in Yonkers and Greg in Sylvia. Special thanks to Chloe and Hannah for all their support, and to Warren andMr. Y for this great opportunity.

ERICA FOX(Ms. Fawcett)

PETER MARULLO(Mr. Parsons)

RICK WILLIAMS(Professor)

www.theedgetheater.com

Andrew KC Nicholas is a Denver native. He graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO in December 2013 with a degree in Theater, concentrating in stage management. His credits as a stage manager include Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Comedy of Errors, A Christmas Story, Wait Until Dark, On The Edge: A Festival of New Plays v2.

ANDREW KC NICHOLAS(Stage Manager)

Page 6: written by Jez Butterworth

Jonathan Brown, playing the role of ”Ginger”, is thrilled to be making his debut at The Edge Theater. A Colorado native, Jonathan has appeared on various local stages, working with esteemed groups such as The Buntport Theater Company and The LIDA Project, and most recently in The Feral Foxes original production “The Night Season”. Jonathan has also tread the boards in Los Angles where he was awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role (dramatic) by StageScene LA for his performance of the role of Marcus in Carol Lynn Pearson’s “Facing East”. Jonathan

would like to thank all of the cast and crew of this wonderful show, especially Director Warren Sherrill for giving him the opportunity to be a part of this amazing artistic experience.

JONATHAN BROWN(Ginger)

THE CAST & CREW CONTINUED

John Hauser has loved his time at The Edge Theater working on Jerusalem. He has recently been seen in Ambition Facing West with the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, and will be playing Romeo in Romeo & Juliet for the Denver Center’s Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. He will also be playing Jim in The Glass Menagerie with Ripple Effect Theatre Company.

Ren Manley puts the “Ren” in Renaissance. With a BA in Theater Arts and Video from Arcadia University, she had worked professionally in Philadelphia for the past 6 years as a sound & projections designer, as well as a stage manager and performer (with a little bit of props and stage makeup mixed in). She is extremely excited to be making her Denver debut on stage and behind the scenes with this production. Thanks to Warren for the opportunity, the whole cast for being bloody brilliant, and Eric for being just the best.

Harrison is currently studying with The Colorado Children’s Theatre and will appear as both FDR and Sandy in their June production of Annie . His most recent appearances have been in The Play Ground with And Toto too Theatre Company, and in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Happy with the adult dance company-Parallax Dance Company. His skills include Tae Kwon Do, Tap Dancing and Origami. Thank you to Warren and The Edge for this opportunity, and the cast and crew for this great experience.

Marc is thrilled to be a part of this production, and is excited to work with this extremely talented cast and director. Marc has appeared in a handful of productions at the Edge over the past three years, including The Shadowbox (Joe) and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Gooper). Last year’s credits include appearances at Vintage Theatre (Bill in Lobby Hero) and Spotlight Theatre (Markinson in A Few Good Men).

JOHN HAUSER(Lee)

REN MANLEY(Pea)

HARRISON LYLES-SMITH(Markey)

MARC STITH(Troy)

Ben Hilzer is new to the Denver theatre area and a recent graduate of Colorado State University. At CSU, he was awarded the David Lord Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Performing Arts and several Kennedy Center honors. He has recently been seen in OpenStage Theatre’s Spring Awakening (Moritz) and Scapin (Sylvestre), CSU’s Alice in Wonderland (White Rabbit) and Evil Dead: The Musical (Jake), and PACE’s A Christmas Carol (Fred). He will be seen in Germinal Stage’s Relatively Speaking as Greg this August. Ben also writes and performs online sketch comedy for “Office Conduct” and performs music locally. Ben is so thrilled to be

making his Edge debut in such a beautiful, meaningful show with an incredible production team. He would like to thank his Mom, Dad, AJ, Warren, the Edge, the cast and crew, and all of his friends for the overwhelming support!

Samara is delighted to be back home at The Edge! She holds a BA in theatre from Colorado Mesa University and has been performing throughout the Denver area since 2011 with Vintage, Germinal, Spark, Goodness Gracious Productions, Miner’s Alley, Theatre Out, and on this very stage. Favorite roles include Jo in boom, Catherine in Proof, Cecily in The Odd Couple, Lana Sherwood in It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Odette in Southern Baptist Sissies, Nurse Kelly in Harvey, various stints in The Vagina Monologues, and a brief appearance on Icelandic television. Catch her this fall in Relatively Speaking at Germinal Stage. A thousand thanks to Rick and Patty, and to Warren, for taking us down the bizarre and magical rabbit hole that is this play. All my love to Scott.

Mark is glad to be back at The Edge after appearing with the company as Pato in “The Beauty Queen of Leenane” in 2014. Other roles of late include Roy Disney in “A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney” and Gibson in “Mr. Burns — a post-electric play,” both with The Catamounts; Johnnypateenmike in Miners Alley Playhouse’s “The Cripple of Inishmaan;” Preacher in square product theatre’s world premiere of “SLAB,” and Leo in Curious Theatre’s “After the Revolution.” He will appear in “Driving Miss Daisy” at Cherry Creek Theatre in June. Mark holds an MFA in Acting from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Emily has performed in theaters throughout Colorado for many years and has received critical nods from The Denver Post, Westword, the Rocky Mountain News, the Boulder Daily Camera and Colorado OutFront among other outlets. She received her third Henry Award nomination from the Colorado Theatre Guild in 2014 for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Maureen in The Edge Theatre’s production of THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE. She won the 2007 Henry Award in the same category for her work in FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIRE DE LUNE with Paragon Theatre. Emily is thrilled to work with one of her all-time favorite directors once again. She is also very grateful to Rick and Patty for having her back at The Edge.

BEN HILZER(Davey)

SAMARA BRIDWELL(Tanya)

MARK COLLINS(Wesley)

EMILY PATON DAVIES(Dawn)

Emily Paton Davies