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THEATRE SOUTH CAROLINA presents
THE
By KEN LUDWIG
Adapted from the novel by ALEXANDRE DUMAS
Directed by ROBERT RICHMOND
Scenic Designer..................................................TAMARA JOKSIMOVIC
Lighting Designer............................................................RACHEL SHEETS
Costume Designer.............................................LISA MARTIN-STUART
Hair/Wig/Make-up.......................................................VALERIE PRUETT
Sound Designer..........................................................DANIELLE WILSON
Fight Choreographer.......................................................CASEY KALEBA
Stage Manager............................................................REBECCA MARTIN*
Props Master...................................................................................ANDY MILLS
Choreographer...................................................GRACE ANN ROBERTS
CAST
D’ Artagnan ................................................................................................................................William Vaughan
Athos.............................................................................................................................................Benjamin Roberts
Porthos.................................................................................................................................................Dimitri Woods
Aramis.......................................................................................................................................Matthew Cavender
D’Artagnan’s Father/Cardinal Richelieu.........................................................................Josh Jeffers
Duke of Buckingham/Rochefort/Ensemble..........................................................Wes Williams
King Louis....................................................................................................................................................John Floyd
Treville..............................................................................................................................................................David Britt
Sabine.......................................................................................................................................................Nicole Dietze
Milady......................................................................................................................................................Rachel Kuhnle
Constance Bonacieux/Ensemble..................................................................................Grace Stewart
Queen Anne........................................................................................................................................Carin Bendas
D’Artagnan’s Mother/Elise/Mother Superior/Abbess.........................Candace Thomas
Little Sabine..................................................................................................................................Miranda Bourne
Scary French Nun/Ensemble.......................................................................... Andrea Wurzburger
Ensemble........................................................................................Michael Castro, Jay Fernandes,
.....................................................................Jalissa Fulton, Elizabeth Houck, Freddie Powers,
................................................................................................................Grace Ann Roberts, Kelsea Woods
There will be one intermission.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
First performed by Bristol Old Vic, December 2006.
*Member, Actors Equity
This theatre operates under an agreement between the Uni­versity Resident Theatre
management program and Actors Equity, the union of professional actors and
stage managers in the United States.
FROM THE CHAIR/CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Lisa Martin-Stuart
As we bring another season of Theatre South Carolina to
a close, I would like to thank you, our audience and patrons,
for your continuing support of the production programs of
the Department of Theatre & Dance. Your support makes it
possible to persist in the education and training of our students,
while augmenting the academic curriculum and bringing the
uppermost level of professional quality productions to you.
One of the many ways your support strengthens the quality of our
academic training, our artistic growth and our high-level production
standards is by providing the means with which to bring, into our
classrooms and rehearsals, the many professional guest artists from
whom our students glean knowledge and “real-world” insights.
This season we brought in more than twelve guest artists to help teach, train,
inspire and prepare our students in, and for, the various areas of production
offered by theatre. These guest artists are working professionals whose
collaborations bring expertise and artistry that enhances and supports
the work of our faculty in the classroom. This year I was delighted that
many of these professional artists were alumni of our graduate and
undergraduate programs! From Terrance Henderson, chorographer for
Ajax in Iraq, to William Vaughan, who takes on the role of D'Artagnan in
our production of The Three Musketeers, to the seven dance alumni who
recently returned to stage their original choreography with our students….
These former students and so many others have helped to inspire and guide
our current students as they make their way into the professional arena.
I offer my most sincere thanks to all our former students, now professional
artists, who helped to shape our 2014-15 season of Theatre South Carolina
(see below). And to our 2015 Graduates, I wish you the very best and
hope to see you again soon - maybe as a guest artist; helping shape
the future of the next class, and even generation, of theatre students.
Marybeth Gorman
Danielle Wilson
Terrance Henderson
Kelly Renko
William Vaughan
Kimi Maeda
Steven Cone
Sean Smith
MFA Acting, 2007
MFA Lighting Design, 2003
BA Theatre, 2001
BA Design Technology, 2009
BA Theatre, 2013
MFA Scenic Design, 2005
BA Theatre, 2002
MFA Costume Design, 2014
Lisa Martin-Stuart
Co-Artistic Director, Theatre South Carolina
Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance
FROM THE DIRECTOR
Robert Richmond
My first encounter of The Three Musketeers was as a
small boy when a badly dubbed French version was
shown on TV, episodically, during the children’s series, The
Banana Splits. It was the highlight of my week! I wanted
to be a swashbuckling musketeer and live by that same
mysterious code that turned normal men into men of honor.
Later I was taken to the cinema to see the 1973 version with Michael York, Oliver
Reid, Charlton Heston, and Faye Dunaway. Those scenes and that retelling
of the story has stayed with me ever since. But, what is it about this story?
Is it the adventure, the sword play, the dangerous and beautiful women? Is
it that good guys fight the bad guys and the good guys always win (and
get the girl)? Or is it this question of honor? One of the questions that the
company and I have asked in setting out on this journey is: what is honor? Do
we intrinsically have it? Or is it something that is given to us along our path?
When the opportunity to direct this epic story came about I was very
enthusiastic, a childhood dream had come true! Ken Ludwig’s adaption included
the brilliant invention of the character Sabine, D’artangan’s sister, which adds
a unique, female perspective on a classically male play. This brought about
the question in my mind, what would a young girl of today think of living and
surviving in the 17th century? What kind of choices would she have to make?
By happenstance, the design team on this project are all women, so much
of our early discussion was to explore the importance of the feminine
in this story. Since I became fascinated with this story at a young age
(between reruns of The Banana Splits), I began to wonder: If the story was
seen through the eyes of a little girl, what would it look like? How are the
female characters in this story shaped by her thoughts and imagination?
I am delighted by this new take on a classic production and
I hope you will be too. Thank you to the Department of Theater
and Dance at USC, and all the many creative minds that went into
making this work possible. I hope this production takes you back
to your first experience reading this impeccable adventure story.
"All for one! And...."
Robert Richmond
Director, The Three Musketeers
Co-Artistic Director, Theatre South Carolina
Associate Chair, Department of Theatre and Dance
Alexandre Dumas, Père (The Elder) - Creator of "The Three Musketeers"
By Associate Professor Amy Lehman
French novelist Alexandre Dumas
(1802-1870) was born in the
tumultuous aftermath of the French
Revolution (which began with the
storming of the Bastille in 1789). His
father was the bastard son of a white
French marquis and a black Creole
slave woman, and Alexandre was
proud of his mixed heritage. His father,
an army officer known as the “Black
Count,” started out as a soldier in the
army of the Old Bourbon regime.
After the monarchy was overthrown
in 1789, Dumas’ father then served
successfully as a general under
Napoleon before being dismissed in
disgrace for opposing Napoleon’s
seizure of the crown and the creation
of the French Empire in 1804. Dumas
shared his father’s love of liberty, taste
for heroic adventures, and largerthan-life personality – qualities which
would also make Dumas’ fictional
musketeers among the most beloved
and popular in world literature.
came through the theatre, which
he loved. He was blown away by
the Shakespearean drama he saw
performed by a troupe of English
actors who came to Paris in 1827.
For Dumas and other young French
artists, the passion, energy and
juxtaposition of the sublime and
the grotesque which they saw in
Shakespeare was a thrilling revelation.
Shakespeare inspired their own
Romantic revolution, and Dumas’ first
successful play - a romantic historical
melodrama titled Henri III and His
Court. The play brought Dumas
instant fame when it premiered in
Paris in 1829. It was the opening salvo
in the cultural war against Classicism
in the theatre.
France was an exciting and chaotic
place in the 19th century. The form of
government changed repeatedly, and
France was ruled at different times
as an empire, a restored monarchy,
a constitutional monarchy, and a
republic. Dumas supported the
revolutions of 1830 and 1848 which
sought to overthrow repressive
regimes. He was in the vanguard
of the new Romantic movement.
Romantic artists and writers including
Dumas and Victor Hugo (whose Les
Miserables depicted the tragic failed
uprising of July 1832) lead the culture
war against the Neoclassical aesthetic
which had dominated France since
the mid- 17th century
The revolution in theatre exploded
the following year when Victor
Hugo’s Hernani caused a literal riot
in the theatre. Romantic drama
and literature soon came to be
considered the drama of the people,
and Romantic artists their voice.
“Romanticism...” Victor Hugo declared,
“is nothing more than liberalism in
literature.... Freedom in art, freedom
in society.” (qtd. in Denis 661) Given
the Romantics’ obsession with freeing
themselves from the past, it may seem
curious that their leading authors, like
Dumas and Hugo, set so many of
their stories in the past. (The Three
Musketeers is set during the reign of
Louis XIII, 1610-1643) The Romantics
in fact had an idealized conception of
the late 16th and early 17th centuries,
which they regarded as a last great
epoch of individual freedom, heroism
and honor before the authoritarian
rule of Louis XIV began.
Dumas’ first success as a writer
Louis XIV, with the help of his advisor
Cardinal Richelieu, had ushered in
an era of strict control of art and
government. The king’s motto “l’état,
c’est moi” (I am the State) summed
up a move toward the tyrannical
concentration of all power in the
hands of the king (rather than being
distributed more equally amongst a
hereditary nobility). The Romantic
view was that at this time, France
had become a soulless centralized
bureaucracy which crushed political
and artistic individuality, freedom,
and self-expression. Richelieu, as
the architect of this regime and the
power behind the throne, was both
admired and hated, and thus appears
as the real villain of Dumas’ The Three
Musketeers.
D’Artagnan and his companions
symbolize the old French values
of honor, courage and individual
resistance
to
tyranny.
The
musketeers as a group embody the
“liberty, equality and fraternity” of the
Revolution as well as the grace, wit
and panache of the Ideal French hero.
Both The Three Musketeers and
Dumas’ novel, The Count of Monte
Cristo, were first published serially
in French newspapers in the 1840s.
Alexandre Dumas proved to be a
literary prodigy – turning out wildly
successful fiction at an astounding
rate, and also writing, before his death
in 1870, children’s stories, travel books,
memoirs, and a Grand Dictionaire de
Cuisine (Dumas’ cooking – as well as
his appetite – were legendary!)
REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
IN FRANCE
1789 Storming of the Bastille,
beginning of the French Revolution
1799-1804 Napoleon rules France
as Consul
1802 Alexandre Dumas born
1804-1814 Napoleon rules France as
Emperor
1814-1830 Bourbon monarchy
restored
1829 Dumas’ Henri III and His Court
1830 Victor Hugo’s Hernani
1831 Victor Hugo’s Hunchback of
Notre Dame
1830-1848 Constitutional monarchy
formed under Louis-Philippe
1832 Failed July uprising against
Louis-Philippe
1844 Dumas’ The Three Musketeers
1845 Dumas’ 20 Years After (sequel
to The Three Musketeers)
1846 Dumas’ The Count of Monte
Cristo
1848 Overthrow of Louis-Philippe,
beginning of Second Republic under
Louis Napoleon
1852 Louis Napoleon declares
himself Emperor and rules over the
Second Empire
1870 Alexandre Dumas dies
Sources
Hollier, Denis, ed. A New History of French Literature. Harvard UP, 1989.
Maurois, André. Alexandre Dumas: a Great Life in Brief. New York: Knopf, 1955.
Schopp, Claude. Alexandre Dumas: Genius of Life. New York: Watts, 1988.
Stowe, Richard. Alexandreè Dumas, père. Boston, Twayne, 1976.
CAST
Miranda is delighted to join the cast of
Three Musketeers.
Carin Bendas
Queen Anne
A native of Pittsburgh, PA,
Carin is thrilled to return
to the Drayton stage,
where she last appeared
as Poppy in Noises Off! Carin is a
professional actor and model and has
worked for many companies including
Fisher-Price, Big Lots, Dick’s Sporting
Goods, Sally Beauty Supply, and Blue
Cross/Blue Shield. Most recently,
Carin appeared as Evie/Dessa in CPE’s
Tongue of a Bird. Other cherished
performances include Titus Andronicus
(Lavinia), Reefer Madness (Mary Lane),
Two Rooms (Lanie), and Mr. Marmalade
(Lucy). Carin is a proud member of a
select group of actors employed by
Kaufmann Forensic Acting, through
whom she is contracted to work with
several government agencies. In her
favorite role, Carin is the very lucky
wife of USC MFA Acting Graduate Ben
Blazer. “Life is hope.”
Miranda Bourne
Little Sabine
Miranda is a second
grader
at
Oakview
Elementary School in
St. John’s MI. She has
appeared in several local television
commercials and in the short film
Dreadful Sorry, written by Dionne O’Dell.
Last summer she appeared at the Young
Perdita in the Academy for Classical
Actings production of Winters Tale
for Shakespeare Theatre, Washington
DC. Miranda has also performed
as a dancer in The Nutcracker at
Oakview Elementary and is studying
ballet. Her current ambition (other
than acting) is to be a writer. She has
recently completed a short story titled
Runaway J, and is working on a series
called Rocky the Rock about a pebble
that travels the world in people’s shoes.
David Britt
Treville
David Britt is a Senior
Instructor
in
the
Department of Theatre
and Dance. He has
Appeared on stage at Theatre South
Carolina in Measure for Measure, A View
from the Bridge, Bus Stop, Dancing
at Lughnasa and A Midsummer
Night’s Dream. He has directed several
productions in USC’s LAB Theatre. He
is from Raleigh, NC, where he appeared
in more than 30 roles. He has trained
at the New Actors Workshop in New
York City and at the world renowned
Shakespeare and Company in Lenox,
MA. David also completed the Second
City Comedy Improvisation Boot Camp
and a Acting for Camera Seminar at
NYU, both in New York City. In his
spare time David can be found seeing
and reading new plays so he can stay
relevant in the art!
Michael Castro
Ensemble
Born in Augusta, Georgia,
Michael is a native
of Graniteville, South
Carolina. He is in his
first year of Theatre studies here at
the University of South Carolina. This
is his second main stage production
with Theatre South Carolina, with prior
credits as Howie Newsome and Mr.
Foster in Steven Pearson’s production
of Our Town. Prior to beginning his
theatre studies, Michael was an avid
musician, having performed with various
University of South Carolina ensembles
and across South Carolina and Georgia.
He thanks all his teachers for their
mentoring and friends and family for
their support. He also gives special
thanks to his parents Lalo and Shirley
Castro for their continued support
through all his artistic endeavors.
Matthew Cavender
Aramis
Matthew Cavender is
proud to be returning for
his second semester at
the USC Graduate Acting
Program and is thrilled to be a part of the
wonderful cast of Three Musketeers. In
May of 2013 Matthew graduated from
Susquehanna University with a major
in Theatre Performance and minors in
Creative Writing and Philosophy. Some
of his favorite performances for
Susquehanna University include: A Lion
in Winter (Richard); A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Lysander); Funny
Girl (Nick Arnstein); and Amadeus
(Mozart). His credits outside of
SU include A Murder Announced
(Gretna Theatre) and Hippolytus
(American Thymele Theatre) among
others. Matthew would like to thank all
those who contributed their constant
support in getting him this far, especially
his mother and father Jane and Rob.
Enjoy the show!
Nicole Dietze
Sabine
Nicole is a first-year
MFA acting candidate.
She performed with
Pennsylvania Rep Co. in
Of Mice and Men and Romeo and Juliet
and also at The Shawnee Playhouse
in The Importance of Being Earnest,
Beyond Therapy, and Manhattan
Casanova. Nicole originated the roles
of Zoe in Spanakopita and Johanna in
Visions of Johanna through Shawnee
Playhouse’s Original Playwright Series.
Jay Fernandes
Ensemble/Assistant
Stage Manager
Jay Fernandes is finishing
his
sophomore
year
as a Theatre major here at the USC.
Previous roles at Theatre South Carolina
include Pisoni from Ajax in Iraq and
Gus/Augustus Coverly from Arcadia.
Community Theatre credits include
the roles of Eugene Jerome from Biloxi
Blues at Columbia’s Workshop Theater,
directed by cast member David Britt,
and Ralph Brinkworth Jr. from Father
Knows Best at the Rock Hill Community
Theater. Jay would like to thank his
fellow cast members and the production
crew of The Three Musketeers for their
outstanding determination and talent
brought towards this production. “Enjoy
the show!”
John Floyd
King Louis
John Floyd is a senior
theatre major at USC
and is making his final
appearance on the USC
stage. His previous acting credits include
The Trojan Women (Talthybius),
The Women of Lockerbie (George
Jones), Ajax in Iraq (Soldier G, NOG
Soldier), Hamlet (Osric, Player Queen),
Yellowman (Alton White), King Lear
(Fool #2), 12 Angry Jurors (Juror #2),
Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Olly),
and The Importance of Being Earnest
(Ensemble). John has also worked as
a stage manager and assistant stage
manager on both the mainstage and
in the LAB. He would like to thank his
family, friends, Robert, and the amazing
cast for all their hard work! Enjoy the
show! Jalissa Fulton
Ensemble
Jalissa Fulton, a Columbia
native, is a senior Theatre
major at USC Columbia.
At the University, she
has been in many productions such as
Woyzeck as Doctor, and Yellowman
as Odelia. She is also President and
Founder of Black Box, a student
organization focused on performance
and outreach to the community. Her
plans after graduation is to become part
of a graduate MFA program beginning
Fall 2016. She is delighted to be with
such an amazing cast and crew for The
Three Musketeers!
Elizabeth Houck
Ensemble
Elizabeth
R.
Houck
is a junior at Carolina
and
studies
theatre,
psychology,
and
communication sciences and disorders.
Her theatre acting credits include: The
Trojan Women (Chorus), The Women
of Lockerbie (Woman 1), Ajax in Iraq
(Ensemble), The Taming of the Shrew
(Lucentio), Status Update (Melissa),
Finding Richard (Hastings), Twelve
Angry Jurors (Juror #3), The Rose
Tattoo (Assunta), and August Snow
(Genevieve). She also collaborated,
wrote, directed, and acted for whose
words all ears took captive, an original
short play festival. Elizabeth’s short film
acting credits include: 50%, Humans
of Columbia, Elements, and Sagitta.
She has also worked behind the
scenes, namely as a Foley artist for an
independent feature, Keepsake, and
also as production assistant on several
other projects. Most recently, a piece she
wrote and acted in, 50%, was selected to
represent Campus MovieFest at Cannes
International Film Festival. For her
next trick, she will be acting in her first
feature, Witch, ​
this summer. Elizabeth
is thankful to have such a supportive
family and partner and is thrilled to work
with Robert again, as well as with all the
cast and crew. Cheers!
Josh Jeffers
D’Artagnan’s Father/
Cardinal Richelieu
Josh
received
his
Bachelors
degree
in
2010 from Ball State
University. After which, he worked for
the New York Classical Theatre and the
New York Shakespeare Exchange, as
well as regionally for the Notre Dame
Shakespeare Festival and the Hamptons
Shakespeare Festival. Josh was last
seen onstage with Theatre South
Carolina in Our Town and Translations.
Rachel Kuhnle
Milady
A
first
year
MFA
candidate, Rachel most
recently appeared as
Bridget in Translations
and Mrs. Webb in Our Town. Locally, she
has performed with Trustus Theatre in
The House of Blue Leaves, Clybourne
Park, and the world premier of Pine.
Before moving to South Carolina,
Rachel completed a year long acting
apprenticeship with the Commonweal
Theatre in Minnesota. She has also
worked with CLIMB Theatre and Prairie
Fire Theatre and appeared in the 2012
Minnesota Fringe Festival. She would
like to thank her favorite person ever,
Josiah, for being awesome.
Freddie Powers
Ensemble
Freddie Powers is a is a
fourth-year
Computer
Science
major
with
Theatre and Physics
minors, and this will be his second
appearance in a USC mainstage
production, with his previous role
being as the Priest and Ghost in
Hamlet. He is also regularly involved
with the improv comedy group, The
OverReactors. Freddie is excited and
grateful for this opportunity to work
with such a talented cast and crew and
looks forward to working with the USC
Theatre department more in the future.
Benjamin Roberts
Athos
Benjamin Roberts is
happy to be performing
in Three Musketeers.
An MFA actor, Ben
has recently been seen in my God of
Carnage, Cherry Orchard, and Krapps’s
Last Tape, and Theatre South Carolina’s
Our Town. He would like to thank
everyone for their support.
Grace Ann Roberts
Ensemble/
Choreographer
Grace Ann Roberts is
honored to call The Three
Musketeers her final
production as a Theatre major. Since
her freshman year, she has been seen
on various USC stages in productions
including Translations (Maire), Ajax
in Iraq (Tecmessa),The Taming of
the Shrew (Bianca), Richard III (Lady
Anne), and How I Learned to Drive (Li’l
Bit). She would like to wholeheartedly
thank the director, Robert Richmond,
for a fantastic experience - both on
this production and in her training
throughout college. Enjoy the show!
Grace Stewart
Constance Bonacieux/
Ensemble
Grace Stewart is a senior
Theatre and
English
major. Her USC credits
include Ajax in Iraq (Rebo), The Taming
of the Shrew (Petruchio/Tailor), Becky
Shaw (Becky Shaw), and 12 Angry
Jurors (Juror #7). Through Green
Room Productions, she has performed
in Glengarry Glen Ross (Levene) and
Woyzeck (Marie). Grace would like to
thank the cast, crew, and Robert for
making this show such a wonderful way
to say goodbye.
Candace Thomas
D’Artagan’s Mother/Elise/
Mother Superior/Abbess
Candace Thomas is a
first year MFA acting
candidate who made
her Theatre South Carolina debut last
semester as Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town. The
New Jersey native is an active member
of the Philadelphia theatre community.
Candace was nominated for a 2014
Barrymore Award for Excellence in
Theatre for her performance as Crystal
in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production
of Little Shop of Horrors. Some of her
favorite credits include Tongue of a Bird
(Center for Performance Experiment,
USC), Spring Awakening (Theatre
Horizon), Joe Turner’s Come and
Gone (Plays and Players) and Passing
Strange (11th Hour Theatre Company).
Candace thanks Mommie, Daddy, and
brothers for love that never fails, and
dedicates every performance to MeMa
and Nana. “To God be the glory!”
William Vaughan
D’Artagnan
William
Vaughan
graduated from USC
in 2013 and is currently
based in Washington,
DC. His USC credits include: Jack in The
Importance of Being Earnest, Malcolm
in Macbeth, Dromio of Syracuse in The
Comedy of Errors, Tom in This Property
is Condemned, and Ralph Clark in
Our Country’s Good. His regional
theatre credits include: Folger Theatre:
Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Romeo
and Juliet (u/s); The Hub Theatre:
Abominable; Signature Theatre: Tender
Napalm (u/s); Waterside Theatre: The
Lost Colony. Next he will be joining
Robert Richmond in New York City for
a Lincoln Center Education production
of A Tale Told by an Idiot, produced
by Psittacus Productions. Upcoming
projects also include: Clown/Florizel
in The Winter’s Tale with We Happy
Few Productions and Vic in the world
premiere of Ironbound at Round
House Theatre. Film credits: Dreadful
Sorry; Colonizing the New World.
www.williamdvaughan.com
Wes Williams
Duke of Buckingham/
Rochefort/Ensemble
Wes is a sophomore
theater
major
and
is
thrilled
to
be
performing in his third show on the
USC MainStage. Some roles Wes has
portrayed include Doalty in Translations,
Sergeant in Ajax in Iraq, and Prince Erik
in The Little Mermaid. Wes would like
to thank the incredible cast, crew, and
director for an absolutely unforgettable
experience. All for one!​
Dimitri Woods
Porthos
Dimitri is a recent graduate
of Santa Clara University
where he received his B.A.
in Theatre Arts with an
emphasis in Acting and Directing. Since
graduating, he has performed in the Bay
Area for a number of companies, most
recently with Berkeley Rep’s Ground
Floor program and the Playwright
Center of San Francisco on new works.
He’s also performed in In The Heights
as Benny, The Color Purple, Follow
Me to Nellie’s, and Cinderella. Some of
his favorite roles he’s performed were
Paul in Six Degrees of Separation,
Schroeder in You’re A Good Man,
Charlie Brown, and as Assistant Director
for For Colored Girls. Dimitri is excited
to be a part of the MFA program, here at
University of South Carolina, and thanks
everyone for their support.
Kelsea Woods
Ensemble
Kelsea is a senior theatre
major graduating this May
with this being her final performance
on the USC stage before heading off
to graduate school in the UK next
Fall. Kelsea directed the immersive
production of The Trojan Women in
the Lab theatre earlier in the semester
following her performances in The
Women of Lockerbie (Madeline
Livingston) and in Ajax in Iraq (Soldier
B/Debbie/Patient/Chorus) as well as
a staged reading of Red Orchid and
Luna Moth (Rachel Ringwald/Red
Orchid). Prieviously, Kelsea was seen in
The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio/
Tailor), Glengarry Glen Ross (Dave
Moss), Richard III (Queen Elizabeth),
King Lear (Ensemble), 12 Angry Jurors
(Juror #4), and Compleat Female
Stage Beauty (Mrs. Barry). In addition
to performing, Kelsea has greatly
enjoyed working in the Costume Studio
as an undergraduate assistant for the
last three years. Kelsea would like to
thank all of the wonderful faculty in the
Department, Robert Richmond, Lisa
Martin-Stuart and Spencer Henderson
for helping her grow as a student and
an artist and her incomparable friends
for their inspiration and unwavering
support.
Andrea Wurzburger
Scary French Nun/
Ensemble
Andrea is a senior English
major who has been
involved in the theatre
program since her freshman year at USC.
Her favorite USC credits include: Ajax
in Iraq (Gertrude/Judy),The Taming
of the Shrew (Baptista), Finding
Richard (Margaret), Compleat Female
Stage Beauty (Lady Meresvale), The
Importance of Being Earnest (Dr.
Chasuble), and Twelfth Night (Maria).
Many thanks to the entire cast and crew
for making this experience so special,
and to her family, friends, and sorority
sisters for their continual love and
support!
ARTISTIC COMPANY
Robert Richmond
Director/ Co-Artistic
Director
Robert Richmond is
originally from Hastings,
England, and studied
at the Royal Scottish Academy of
Music and Drama. He is an Associate
Professor in Theatre at the University
of South Carolina, Co-Artistic Director,
and Head of Undergraduate Studies
and Performance in the Department of
Theatre & Dance. Prior to his academic
career Robert spent thirteen years as
the Associate Artistic Director of the
Aquila Theatre Company, and directed
productions of Shakespeare that toured
across the United States and Europe.
Robert’s directing career continues to
take him all over the nation. Most recently
his credits at the Folger Theatre include:
Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Henry V,
Othello, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, and
Richard III. Other companies Robert
has been directed for include Lost
Colony, La Jolla Playhouse, and Denver
Center for the Performing Arts. His
next project A Tale Told By An Idiot,
which was originated at USC in 2008,
will appear this May at the Clark Studio
at Lincoln Center, NYC. Robert will also
be directing Hamlet for the Academy of
Classical Acting at Shakespeare Theatre
in D. C. in June. His work is known for
its ability to reinvigorate theatre with
imagination, innovation, and relevance.
His mission is to create theatre that
will sustain and transform the twentyfirst century, revitalize audiences, and
reward them for their patronage.
Tamara Joksimovic
Scenic Designer
Tamara Joksimovic is a
first year Scenic Design
MFA candidate, studying
under Professor Nic Ularu.
In 2013, she graduated from the Faculty
of Applied Arts, Belgrade University
of Arts, in the Scenic and Production
Design Department. During her studies
in Belgrade, she participated in a number
of student and professional theatre
projects, including the international
production of the play Hieronymus,
written and directed by Professor Nic
Ularu, in Iași, Romania.
Rachel Sheets
Lighting Designer
Rachel Sheets is a first
year MFA lighting design
student originally from
Virginia
Beach,
VA.
Rachel has a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Geography from the University of Mary
Washington, VA. There she became
involved with technical theatre for the
first time. As part of the technical staff
at Dodd Auditorium on her undergrad
campus, she designed lights for the
UMW Preforming Arts Club (PAC),
Avery Ballet, and the Christopher
Morawetz Memorial Concert. She
served as a production assistant for the
PBS special A Fiddler’s Holiday with
Jim Brown Productions, and for the past
two years she learned about television
lighting on the set of It’s Supernatural!
in Charlotte, NC.
Danielle Wilson
Sound Designer
After obtaining her MFA in
lighting design from USC
in 2003, Danielle worked
as the house lighting
designer for the Blumenthal Performing
Arts Center’s Spirit Square. There she
worked with Derek Trucks, The Avett
Brothers, Arlo Guthrie, and Eve Ensler,
among others. Danielle then returned
to Theater South Carolina where she
was the ATD for lighting and sound for
four years. She currently freelances as a
designer and consultant in lighting and
sound in local and regional theaters.
Lisa Martin Stuart
Costume Designer/Chair/
Co-Artistic Director
As head of the Costume
Design Program, Lisa
has a strong background in design,
historical research and costume
technology. Over the last 20 years Lisa
has designed costumes for over 50
productions for Theatre South Carolina.
Lisa’s professional design credits
include Film: Ruby in Paradise, winner
of the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and
starring Ashley Judd; Ulee’s Gold (1997)
starring Peter Fonda; Coastlines (2002)
starring Timothy Olyphant. Regional
Theatre costume design credits include:
American Folklore Theatre, Asolo State
Theatre, Aquila Theatre Company of
London, Charlotte Repertory Theatre,
and Hippodrome State Theatre. Her
long-time collaboration with Marilyn
Wall (Emmy Award-winning costume
designer) and Marion Caffey (Three
Mo’ Tenors) on Cookin’ at the Cookery
has brought her design and technical
expertise to the Geva Theatre,
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and
Huntington Theatre Company.
Valerie Pruett
Hair/Wig/Make-up
Valerie has been working
as a professional hair and
makeup artist for over
fourteen years. Before
returning to the University of South
Carolina ten years ago, she free-lanced
and designed for regional theatres
across the country, including: Milwaukee
Repertory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare
Festival, American Players Theatre,
New American Theatre, Dallas Theatre
Center, American Folklore Theatre and
the Madison Repertory Theatre. Valerie
also worked as a guest lecturer and
adjunct faculty at Lawrence University
in Appleton, WI and the Professional
Theatre Training Program at the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In
addition to teaching and designing at
Theatre SC, Valerie maintains an active
professional career as a Hair and Makeup artist in the tri-state areas with film
and media productions. She firmly
believes that a successful portrayal
of any character must include the
complete visual transformation of that
character in order to have a true balance
and silhouette.
Casey Kaleba
FIght Choreographer
Casey
Kaleba
has
arranged violence for
more than three hundred
productions,
including
work at the Folger Theatre, Round House
Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, five national
tours for the National Players, Olney
Theatre, Signature and Shakespeare
Theatres. Academic work includes
productions for Georgetown, Mary
Washington, James Madison, Catholic,
the University of South Carolina, and the
University of Maryland at both College
Park and Baltimore County. He has
arranged fights for knights, musketeers,
princesses, zombies, wolves, pirates,
ninjas, and at least one alien tentacle.
A Certified Teacher with the Society
of American Fight Directors, he has
taught throughout the country as well
as serving as a guest artist for the Nordic
Stagefight Society and Fight Directors
Canada. www.toothandclawcombat.com
Rebecca Martin
Stage Manager
Rebecca is a professional
actress,
commercial
and voice over artist,
director and educator,
and a licensed WholeSpeak Somatic
Performance Coach in San Francisco,
CA. She received her M.F.A. from The
National Theater Conservatory at
the Denver Center and her B.A. from
Middlebury College in VT. A huge thank
you to the welcoming staff at USC
department of dance and theater, the
cast of Three Musketeers and Robert
Richmond for making this rich learning
experience possible.
Andy Mills
Props Master/Technical
Director
Andy
has
designed
professionally
at
Shakespeare
Theatre’s
Young Company (Washington, DC),
Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Carolina
Opera, USC Opera, and Trustus. Andy
currently teaches Intro to Theatre
Design and Theatre Laboratory. He
specializes in the area of properties,
finding or building the most obscure of
items. Andy is a Member of USITT.
Nick Ducko
Assistant Sound Designer
Nick
Ducko
is
an
undergrad Media Arts
student at USC and an
award winning sound
designer. He has worked on film and
music projects across the country as
part of UoDuo, a production company
he co-founded with long time creative
partner O.K. Keyes. Locally, they have
won Jasper Magazine’s Second Act
Film Festival and the USC Campus
Movie Fest, continuing on to finalize in
the Hollywood Campus Movie Festival.
Ducko was most recently the sound
designer for The Trojan Women at the
LAB Theatre, and is currently working
on the LAB’s upcoming production
of Player King. He is grateful for the
opportunity to assist on The Three
Musketeers, and is excited to be playing
a bigger part in the Theatre community.
Sam Gross
Assistant Technical
Director
Sam Gross is a graduate
of Indiana University
where he earned an MFA
in Theatre Technology. He specializes
in mechanized scenery, computer
controlled systems, electronics, set
construction, and rigging. He has
designed and built motion control
systems for such productions as The
Real Thing, Sweeney Todd, Romeo and
Juliet, Sweet Charity, Dracula, and Pal
Joey. He has overseen the construction
of USC productions since 2005. Mr.
Gross received his Bachelor of Sciences
Degree from the University of North
Alabama where he also worked as
a sound designer, lighting designer,
sound engineer, carpenter, and actor.
In his position as Assistant Technical
Director, Sam supervises graduate
and undergraduate students in the
construction of scenery and props for
USC Theatre and Dance productions.
Spencer Henderson
Costume Studio
Supervisor
M. Spencer Henderson is a
graduate of the University
of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill where he received an MFA
in Costume Shop Management and
Costume Technology. He received
his BA in theatre from Florida State
University. His costuming credits include
Playmakers Repertory Company, The
Utah Shakespearean Festival, and
Glimmerglass Opera.
Recently, he
spent the three summers (‘09-’11) at
the Williamstown Theatre Festival as
the Costume Shop Manager. Spencer
supervises the USC costume shop,
assists with the patternmaking and
construction of costumes, and teaches
costume construction classes.
Jim Hunter
Lighting Design Advisor
Jim’s
scene
and
lighting designs have
been seen at such
theatres as the Folger Shakespeare
Theatre, Theatre Virginia, Phoenix
Theatre, Florida Repertory Theatre,
Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Florida
Stage, Arkansas Repertory Theatre,
Playhouse on the Square, Drury Lane
Theatre, Heritage Repertory Theatre,
Flat Rock Playhouse, VeggieTales Live
National Tour, Florida Studio Theatre,
World Stage Exposition in Toronto
as well as others. Jim toured with the
modern dance company Wall Street
Danceworks. Recent designs have
been recognized with two consecutive
AriZoni Awards for Excellence in
Scene Design. Jim is a member of
the national designers union, United
Scenic Artist, Local 829 in both scene
and lighting design. He served as
Chair for the Department of Theatre
and Dance here at the University of
South Carolina and Artistic Director
of Theatre South Carolina from
2004 to 2014. During this period the
department produced 63 main stage
and 46 second stage theatre and
dance productions. Current national
service activities include Chair of
the Commission on Accreditation/
Member, Board of Directors with
the National Association of Schools
of Theatre and regular assignments
chairing Accreditation Teams for
NAST. Recent local community
service includes board membership
on the Columbia Design League and
President of the Blythewood Middle
School Orchestra Booster Club.
Please visit his online portfolio at
www.jimhunterdesigns.com.
Christine Jacky Assistant Technical
Director
Christine Jacky received
her MFA from Southern
Illinois University in
Theater with emphasis in lighting
design and theatrical management.
She specializes in stage electrics,
sound
technology,
production
management, and photography for
the stage. She has worked at Central
Piedmont Summer Theater, Long
Lake Camp for the Arts, McLeod
Summer Playhouse, New York City
International Fringe Festival, and
Lookingglass Theater in Chicago.
Leroy Kelly
Assistant Stage
Manager
Leroy Kelly is an
undergraduate theatre
major at USC. He has
played Ajax in Ajax in Iraq for USC main
stage undergraduate production, and
played The Egungun for In The Red
and Brown Water at Trustus. He's very
excited to be a part of this production
of Three Musketeers.
Kira Neighbors
Assistant Stage
Manager
Kira Neighbors is a
sophomore
Theatre
major at USC and is
very excited to be working on this
production. During her time at USC
she has assistant stage managed
for two previous main stage
shows including, Our Town and
Translations. She is treasurer of the
musical theatre student organization,
Off Off Broadway, and has been a
part of three musical revues with that
organization. She is very excited to be
working with such a wonderful cast
and crew and thanks her friends and
family for all of their support.
Nic Ularu
Scenic Design Advisor
Professor Ularu has
extensive design credits
in USA and Europe,
including
theatres
in Sweden, Northern Ireland and
Romania. Nic Ularu was the head
of scenography at the National
Theatre of Bucharest - Romania,
and served for four years as a board
member of The European League
of the Institutes of the Arts (ELIA),
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He has
taught scene and/or costume design
in Romania, Germany, Sweden, UK,
Italy, Denmark and Hong Kong. Prior
to USC, he taught at Smith College,
National Theatre School of Denmark
and The University of Theatre and
Film, Romania. In 2003, Professor
Ularu received an OBIE award for
outstanding achievement in OffBroadway theater. Ularu’s designs
appeared in the USA entries at the
Prague Quadrennial International
Exhibitions of scenography in 2007,
2003 and 1998. In 2005, Nic codesigned the exhibit and designed
the poster for the World Stage Design
Exhibition, Toronto - Canada, and
was appointed by the United States
Institute of Theatre Technology as the
leading designer and curator of the
USA National Exhibit at the Prague
Quadrennial International Exhibition
of 2007. Besides his national and
international design activity Nic Ularu
is a playwright and director. His recent
freelance work as playwright and
director includes several acclaimed
productions at LaMaMa ETC - New
York, Sibiu International Theatre
Festival - Romania, Teatrul Foarte
Mic, Bucharest - Romania, “O”
Teatret - Sweden, National Theatre
of Constanta - Romania, and National
Theatre of Cluj - Romania. Nic recently
received the Grand Prix award
for Best Production for a show he
designed and directed at the Belgrade
International Theatre Featival. BEHIND THE SCENES
Assistant Technical Director
Assistant Technical Director
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Sound Designer
Puppet Master
Scenic Graduate Students
Scenic Undergraduate Assistants
Undergraduate Lighting Crew
Sam Gross
Christine Jacky
Kira Neighbors
Leroy Kelly
Jay Fernandes
Nick Ducko
Kimi Maeda
Baxter Engle, Neda Spalajkovic,
Tamara Joksimovic
Sallie Sargent, Leroy Kelly,
Victoria Whitten, Drake Dial
Ashley Pittman, Jack Wood, Brooke Kramer, Elizabeth Johnson, Megan Branham, Sara Hilton,
Kelly Gibson
Graduate Lighting Students
Christopher Patterson,
Rachel Sheets
DE Owens
Bettina Morales
Desiree Aude, Alice Grace Cherry
Light Board Operator
Sound Board Operator
Follow Spot Operators
Costume Graduate Students
Undergraduate Assistants
Vera DuBose, Rachel Harmon
Emma Thompson, Kelsea Woods, Lizzie Johnson, Kat Marchant, and the students of the theatre lab
Staff Drapers Kelly Renko, Sean Smith
Dressers Samantha Baker, Amy Dawson, Lauren Feathers, DaSean Jefferson, Samantha Purcell, Kayla Shaw
Costume Studio Supervisor Spencer Henderson
Dept. Chair/Co-Artistic Director Lisa Martin-Stuart
Assoc. Chair/Co-Artistic Director Robert Richmond
Financial Manager Ray Jones
Administrative Assistants Charlotte Denniston, Leigh Cowart
Student Coordinator Lakesha Campbell
Marketing/Promotions Kevin Bush
Promotions Assistants DaSean Jefferson, Katrina Koprowicz, Corey Robinson, Victoria Robinson, Haley Sprankle,
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April 23-26, 2015
Player King
Written and Directed by Ryan Stevens
Lab Theatre,
1400 Wheat St.
$5 Admission
Tickets available only at the door.
Show Times: 8pm nightly
Undergraduate student Ryan Stevens directs his original play about a theater
company working on an incoming production of Hamlet. When an egotistical actor
is snubbed for the titular part, he takes manners into his own hands to manipulate
his fellow actors and superiors. Simultaneously, two quick-mouthed set designers,
smelling chicanery in the works, set out to establish themselves as the chief
architects of whimsy in the theater and maintain order, or at least their version of it.
ANNOUNCING OUR 2015-16 SEASON
Exact dates to be announced soon!
MAIN STAGE
September/October 2015
The Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht
Longstreet Theatre
November 2015
Title to be announced
Drayton Hall Theatre
February 2016
Scapin
by Bill Erwin and Mark O'Donnell
Adapted from Moliere
Longstreet Theatre
April 2016
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Drayton Hall Theatre
LAB THEATRE
September/October 2015
Stop Kiss
by Diana Son
Directed by Elizabeth Houck
November 2015
Circle Mirror Transformation
by Annie Baker
Directed by Jamie Boller
February 2016
Still Life
by Emily Mann
Directed by Leroy Kelly
April 2016
Five Women Wearing
the Same Dress
by Alan Ball
Directed by Abigail McNeely