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By JOHN STEINBECK / Directed by ANNIE ENNEKING

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ARTISTIC STAFFDirector .........................Annie EnnekingScenic Designer ............Mina KinukawaSound Designer ...........Evan MiddlesworthCostume Designer ........Elin AndersonLighting Designer .........Michael P. KittelProperties Designer ......Robert-Bruce BrakeStage Manager .............. Jared Zeigler* Assistant Director .........Michaela Johnson

CASTGeorge ..................... Michael Paul Levin*Lennie....................... E.J. Subkoviak*Candy ....................... Patrick O’Brien*The Boss .................. Peter SimmonsCurley ....................... Vincent HannamCurley’s Wife ............ Jane FroilandSlim .......................... Jason Rojas*Carlson ..................... Jeromy DarlingWhit .......................... Avi AharoniCrooks ...................... Payton WoodsonCandy’s Dog ............. Boo

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Park Square Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

By JOHN STEINBECK

SETTING: An agricultural valley in Northern California during the Great Depression, 1937.

PERFORMANCE TIME: Approximately 2 hours, 20 minutes including intermission.

ACT I Scene 1: A sandy bank of the Salinas River. Thursday Night.

Scene 2: The interior of a bunkhouse. Late Friday morning.

ACT II Scene 1: The interior of a bunkhouse. About seven-thirty Friday evening.

INTERMISSION

ACT II Scene 2: The room of the stable buck, a lean-to. Ten o’clock Saturday evening.

ACT III Scene 1: One end of a great barn. Mid-afternoon, Sunday.

Scene 2: A sandy bank of the Salinas River. Sunday Night.

Of Mice and Men is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

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AVI AHARONIWhitPark Square Debut Representative Theatre Transatlantic Love Affair/Guthrie Theater: Promise

Land; Children’s Theatre Company: Iqbal; Stages Theatre: How I Became A Pirate, Princess Academy; Actors Theatre of MN: Awesome 80’s Prom; Artistry: Inspecting Carol; 20% Theatre Company: That Face; Swandive Theatre: mONSTER; Wayward Theatre: Kaleidascope, Tartuffe; Upright Egg Theatre Co: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Venus: A Play About Energy; The Guild Theatre (in Israel): The Fantastiks, All My Sons Upcoming Projects Classical Actors Ensemble: The Roaring Girl

JEROMY DARLINGCarlsonPark Square Debut TV/Film Commericals for Verizon, Best Buy, Cadillac, Menards,

Gorilla Glue, Hy-Vee, Ryder Cup, Western Wisconsin Health Upcoming Projects Web Series: Indomitable, The Shepherd

JANE FROILANDCurley’s WifePark Square The Realistic Joneses, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, Rock ’n’

Roll Representative Theatre Frank Theatre: Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. Minnesota Fringe Festival: On the Exhale (solo show); Walking Shadow Theatre Company: Marie Antoinette; Dark and Stormy Productions: The Norwegians; Mixed Blood Theatre: An Octoroon; Children’s Theatre Company: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea TV/Film Documentary Now! (IFC

Network); Theater People (Metasynthesis Productions) Training B.A., Theatre Arts, University of Minnesota Accolades/Other Best Actress in a Drama by Lavender Magazine for Rocket to the Moon; Ivey Award for Overall Excellence for Compleat Female Stage Beauty with Walking Shadow Theatre Company; Ivey Award for Overall Excellence for Doubt with Ten Thousand Things Upcoming Projects Park Square Theatre: The Diary of Anne Frank; Ten Thousand Things: Assistant Directing Park and Lake

VINCENT HANNAM CurleyPark Square The Matchmaker (Girl Friday Productions) Representative Theatre

Yellow Tree Theatre: Clybourne Park; DalekoArts: Wait Until Dark, Snowed Inn; Mission Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet, Ghost Train (with Wayward Theatre Co.); Commonweal Theatre: Mary’s Wedding, Arcadia; Paul Bunyan Playhouse: Almost, Maine; Hangar Theatre: The Trip to Bountiful; Heartwood Regional Theater: Our Town TV/Film In an Instant (ABC) Training B.F.A., Acting, University of Central Florida

MICHAEL PAUL LEVIN*GeorgePark Square Might as Well Be Dead: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, The Diary of Anne Frank, Of Mice

and Men, The Red Box, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, August: Osage County, The Sisters Rosensweig, The Soul of Gershwin Representative Theatre Illusion Theater: Bill W. & Dr. Bob; Actor’s Theater of MN: Sleuth; History Theatre: The Immigrant; St. Croix Valley: My Fair

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CASTHouse of the Spirits; Guthrie Theater: Arms and the Man; Theatre Forever: Muy Very Authentico; Public Theater of Minnesota: Macbeth, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Gremlin Theatre: Rocket to the Moon Training B.F.A., University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program

PETER SIMMONSThe BossPark Square The Diary of Anne Frank, 33 Variations, To Kill a Mockingbird Representative Theatre

Yellow Tree Theatre: One Man, Two Guvnors; Old Log Theater: Almost, Maine; Classical Actor’s Ensemble: Julius Caesar; Paul Bunyan Playhouse: The Underpants; Open Window Theater: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Bloomington Civic Theater: Twelve Angry Men Training Professional Training, Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts Upcoming Projects Park Square Theatre: Romeo and Juliet

E.J. SUBKOVIAK*LenniePark Square Might as Well Be Dead: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Great Expectations, Sherlock

Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders, The Red Box, Of Mice and Men, King Lear, Oliver Twist, The Last Seder, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, You Can’t Take It With You, Noises Off Representative Theatre Jungle Theater: On Golden Pond; History Theatre: The Highwaymen; Actors Theater of Minnesota: We Gotta Bingo; Hey City Theater: Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding Training B.S., Theater Arts, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Lady; Mixed Blood Theatre: The Boys Next Door; Paul Bunyan Playhouse: I Ought to Be in Pictures TV/Film Thin Ice, Hiding Victoria, I Am Not A Serial Killer, In an Instant, The Jingle Dress, Don’t Blow It Training American Academy of Dramatic Arts, West Accolades/Other Morrow-Heus Screenwriting Fellowship, Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre Playwright Award

PATRICK O’BRIEN*CandyPark Square Of Mice and Men Representative Theatre New York Shakespeare Festival: A

Midsummer Night’s Dream; Penumbra Theatre/Guthrie Theater: A Raisin in the Sun; Old Globe (San Diego): Love’s Labour’s Lost; Arena Stage (D.C.): The Tempest; Yellow Tree Theatre: The Rainmaker; Mixed Blood Theatre: Strider: the Story of a Horse TV/Film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Pleasantville; Stuart Little; Saved by the Bell (NBC); E.R. (NBC); C.S.I. (CBS); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (ABC); Training B.A., Theater, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Accolades/Other Lifetime Achievement Award: University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire Upcoming Projects Daleko Arts: Underneath the Lintel; Chippewa Valley Theater Guild: Whisper Into My Good Ear

JASON ROJAS*SlimPark Square A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders,

Of Mice and Men, The School for Lies, Cyrano Representative Theatre Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It; Mixed Blood Theatre: The

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CAST ARTISTIC STAFFPAYTON WOODSONCrooksPark Square To Kill a Mockingbird Representative Theatre Mu Performing Arts:

Kung Fu Zombies vs Cannibals; Whitney Fine Arts Center: Fences; Mixed Blood Theatre: Ruined; Children’s Theatre Company: Bud, Not Buddy; Pillsbury House Theatre: Boseman and Lena, Angels in America; Phoenix Players (Nairobi, Kenya): The Meeting; Penumbra Theatre: Sleep Deprivation Chamber TV/Film Commercials for Fingerhut, Walser, Treasure Island, Best Buy, HOM Furniture, Kare 11 Training B.A., Theatre Arts, Prairie View A&M University Accolades/Other Irene Ryan Award for Best Acting; Accepted the Presidential Coming Up Taller Award on behalf of Pillsbury House Theatre’s Chicago Avenue Project at the White House

BOOCandy’s DogBoo is happy to be making his debut at Park Square. In his spare time he likes to cuddle, chew

on bones and tennis balls, and go to his favorite park.

ANNIE ENNEKINGDirectorPark Square Directorial Debut; Fight Direction: Cyrano, Of Mice and Men, Panic Representative

Theatre Children’s Theatre Company: Peter Pan; Jungle Theater: Noises Off; Theater Latté Da: Cabaret; Guthrie Theater: To Kill a Mockingbird; Ten Thousand Things: Henry IV; Dark and Stormy: Extremities Training Associate Instructor and recognized Fight Director, Dueling Arts International; University of Minnesota Theatre and Dance Department Accolades/Other 2010 Playwrights’ Center McKnight Fellow; 2010 and 2014 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative recipient; Jerome Foundation support recipient; Founder and front woman for Annie and the Bang Bang.

ELIN ANDERSON Costume DesignerPark Square Sexy Laundry, The School for Lies, Mary T. & Lizzy K., Rock ‘n’ Roll, The Sisters Rosensweig, Steel Magnolias, Enchanted April, Romeo and Juliet, Visiting Mr. Green, Of Mice and Men Representative Theatre Minnesota Jewish Theatre: Moonlight and Magnolias; Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company: Ruddigore; Starting Gate Productions: A View from the Bridge; Walking Shadow Theatre Company: Fat Pig; Girl Friday Productions: An Empty Plate in the Cafe du Grand Boeuf; Daleko Arts: Wait Until Dark Training B.A., English and Art, Gustavus Adolphus College; Doctoral program in Dramatic Literature, University of Minnesota; Guthrie Theater: Internship in Dramaturgy Other Costume Designer for Metropolitan State University and Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists; Costume Designer and guest speaker for Saint Paul Academy

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ARTISTIC STAFFMICHAELA JOHNSON Assistant DirectorPark Square Debut Representative Theatre As Assistant Director – Ten Thousand Things: Electra; Yale Institute for Music Theatre: Gumbo; National Playwrights Conference: The Burdens; As Director – National Theater Institute: Trophy, Dead Men Don’t Catcall; Yale Playwrights Festival: Girlish Training B.A., Theater Studies, Yale University; Theatermakers 2016, National Theater Institute Accolades/Other 2017 Louis Sudler Prize nominee; 2016 Yale Drama Coalition President Upcoming Projects 20% Theatre Company: The Naked I: 5.0

MINA KINUKAWA Scenic DesignerPark Square Flower Drum Song (co-produced with Mu Performing Arts) Representative Theatre Jungle Theater: The Oldest Boy; Mu Performing Arts: Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them; Stages Theatre Company: The Mitten; SteppingStone Theatre: The Nightingale Training M.F.A., Scenic Design, University of California San Diego

MICHAEL P. KITTEL Lighting DesignerPark Square Over 150 productions (as Resident Lighting Designer) including The Color Purple, Red, Ragtime, Grey Gardens, Democracy, To Kill a Mockingbird, Rock ‘n’ Roll Representative Theatre Ordway, Frank Theatre, Stages Theatre Company, Steppingstone Theatre, Mu Performing Arts, Bloomington Civic Theatre TV/Film tpt: The St. Olaf Christmas Festival Training University of Wisconsin-River Falls Accolades Ivey Award for The Pillowman (Frank Theatre); Lavender Magazine Best Lighting Design 2008 & 2009

EVAN MIDDLESWORTH Sound DesignerPark Square Macbeth, A Raisin in the Sun; Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue; Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders; Cyrano; Words By; Of Mice and Men; Good People; King Lear; August: Osage County; The Last Seder Representative Theatre Gulfshore Playhouse:

Constellations; Aurora University: Our Town; ArtsWest Theatre: History Boys; Seattle Public Theatre: I Hate Hamlet; Second Story Repertory: Anything Goes; Purdue University: Big Love Training B.A., Sound Design, Purdue University Other Owner, Pine Hollow Audio, Eau Claire, WI (Audio Production, Sound Design, Composition)

JARED ZEIGLER* Stage ManagerPark Square Debut Representative Theatre Sod House Theatre: The Hoopla Train, Enemy of the People; Dark & Stormy Productions: The Norwegians, And So It Goes, Sunshine, Extremities; Frank Theatre: Citizen; Theatre Novi Most: The Seagull, Rehearsing Failure; Workhaus Theatre: Lake Untersee Training B.A., Theatre Arts, University of Minnesota Upcoming Projects Theater Latté Da: Five Points (Assistant Stage Manager)

Production Staff & CrewAssistant Stage Manager: Jorge RodriguezRun Crew: Samm Nordstrom Sound Operator: Samantha Faye KingWardrobe Crew: Kathleen MartinProduction Director: Rob JensenTechnical Director: Ian StoutenburghPaint Charge: Mary Montgomery-JensenMaster Carpenter: William BankheadCarpenters: Becky Provost, Meagan KedrowskiWardrobe Supervisor: Aaron ChvatalMaster Electrician: Katie DeutschSound Supervisor: Charlotte Deranek

Special AcknowledgementsPark Square would like to thank the following: Todd Hughes; Sharon Selberg, Theatre in the Round Players; Sarah Gullickson, Guthrie Theater; John Novak, Jungle Theater

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers

and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

PARK SQUARE THEATREEDUCATOR ADVISORY BOARDMarcia Aubineau, University of St. Thomas, RetiredLiz Erickson, Rosemount High School, RetiredTheodore Fabel, South High SchoolCraig Farmer, Perpich Center for Arts EducationAmy Hewett-Olatunde, LEAP High SchoolCheryl Hornstein, Freelance Theatre and Music EducatorAlexandra Howes, Twin Cities AcademyDr. Virginia McFerran, Perpich Center for Arts EducationKristin Nelson, Brooklyn Center High SchoolMari O’Meara, Eden Prairie High SchoolJennifer Parker, Falcon Ridge Middle SchoolMaggie Quam, Hmong College Prep AcademyKate Schilling, Mound Westonka High SchoolJack Schlukebier, Central High School, RetiredTanya Sponholz, Prescott High SchoolJill Tammen, Hudson High School, RetiredCraig Zimanske, Forest Lake Area High School

PARK SQUARE THEATRE AMBASSADORSWilliam Booth (Mounds View High School),Trent Chiodo (Minnehaha Academy), Jamie Darling (Saint Anthony Village High School), Gloria Elena Portillo Flores (Hope Academy), Michaela Long (Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists), Elijah Owens (Hope Academy), Claire Scharfenberg (St. Croix Falls High School), Jessica Stonehouse (Mounds View High School),Greta Hallberg (Minnehaha Academy), Payton Anderson (Shell Lake High School), Amiri Burns (Harding High School), Soren Eversoll (Highland Park High School), Mairi Johnson (Mounds View High School), Catherine Vorwald (Twin Cities Academy)

By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur SullivanConceived and Directed by Doug Scholz-CarlsonMusical Direction by Denise Prosek

Gilbert and Sullivan are on a steamer bound for the New York opening of their new hit – a roaring farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, and hopeful young lovers. Unfortunately, they’ve left the score in London! They scramble to recreate the show with only the clothes in their trunks and ship mates for a cast. All the music you love in this hilarious steampunk operetta at sea.

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