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Written byJoanna Murray-Smith

Directed byMarie Kohler

Stage Manager .........................................................................................................Brandy Kline*Scenic Design ..........................................................................................................Nathan StuberLighting Design ......................................................................................................... Jason Fassl**Costume Design ...........................................................................................................Holly PayneOriginal Music and Sound Design .............................................................Victoria DeIorio**

This production of HONOUR is generously sponsored by

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HONOUR was first produced by Playbox Theatre Centre of Monash University at the C.U.B. Malthouse in November 1995.

Originally produced on the New York stage in April 1998 by Ron Kastner

and Marcus Viscidi in association with New York Stage and Film.

HONOUR is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

** Member of United Scenic Artists

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HONOURBY JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH

HONOURBY JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH

BY JOANNA MURRAY-SMITH

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CAST

Honor ...................................................................................................................... Laura Gordon *Gus ................................................................................................................................... Brian Mani*Claudia ................................................................................................................... Greta WohlrabeSophie......................................................................................................................... Karen Estrada


DIRECTOR ’S NOTES

I was lucky enough to see HONOUR at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California in 2009 and came away impressed by the skill and depth of the play’s exploration of an age-old theme: infidelity and marriage. The subject has been approached in theater again and again in many different eras and styles, from Greek classics to Restoration drama to contemporary times. What is so strong and unusual about HONOUR, I believe, is its nuanced and deep examination of all the characters involved: wife, husband, lover, and daughter. The best I can do to honor this play is quote an interview with its playwright, Joanna Murray-Smith.

I was interested in this woman [Honor], a cultivated, intelligent woman who has willingly sacrificed her own aspirations in order to nurture her husband and child. I was moved by the idea of her being abandoned just at the point in her life when she ought to be reaping the rewards of those sacrifices. I was fascinated by how much wisdom the witness to ambition must be…to have watched her husband ascend, to watch her child come into herself…The mother is the receiver of so much information about human beings, their strengths and follies. And yet so often, these remarkable women are left and have to begin their lives again…

I soon found that the only way this story could really be interesting and moving would be if the audience understood the motivations of all of the characters. I strenuously wanted to avoid painting Honor as the only victim and Gus as a facile, vain bastard. I also didn’t want the girl to be a bimbo. I thought: how interesting it would be if the audience could move through the play experiencing the competing feelings of all of the characters. Only if this succeeded would the tragedy of the story come through. I didn’t want the audience to have a simple moral position confirmed on leaving the theatre. I wanted them to feel how confusing life is…how there are no simple villains or victims…and how even when we understand what the right way to behave is, we are nevertheless often compelled to behave badly. The theme of the clash between the heart and the head is somewhere in everything I write. I find the insufficiencies of ideology endlessly interesting territory.

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B IOGR APHIES

Joanna Murray-Smith (Playwright) Joanna Murray-Smith is a Melbourne based playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her plays, which include

HONOUR, RAPTURE, BOMBSHELLS, NIGHTFALL, REDEMPTION, LOVE CHILD and FLAME, have been produced around the world. HONOUR has been produced in over two dozen countries, including productions on Broadway and at the National Theatre in London and most recently in the West End. Both HONOUR and RAPTURE won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Best Play. Most recently, Melbourne Theatre Company produced THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES. Joanna has also published three novels Truce, Judgement Rock and Sunnyside.

Marie Kohler (Director) Marie has directed A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENT (2002) for Renaissance, as well as readings of IMPORTANCE OF

BEING ERNEST and BUS STOP. She is also a Co-Artistic Director and Playwright-in-Residence for the company and has written four plays produced by Renaissance: COUNTING DAYS, MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS, BOSWELL’S DREAMS and THE DIG. Marie is proud to have been named “Artist of the Year” by the Milwaukee Arts’ Board in 2005. She is also proud to be wife to Brain Mani, mother to three daughters and grandmother to six. Marie would like to dedicate her work in HONOUR to the wonderful Renaissance staff.

Karen Estrada (Sophie) Karen is thrilled and overawed to return to Renaissance for HONOUR. She was last seen as Molly in THE SMELL OF THE

KILL. Karen just finished a run of SONG

AND DANCE MAN with Sunset Playhouse’s Bug in a Rug series where she was also in GOODNIGHT LULU, SWITCH WITCH, and CAPS FOR SALE. She was recently seen at First Stage Theater in SEUSSICAL and previously with First Stage’s charming First Steps series in AESOP’S FABLES and GIGGLE, GIGGLE, QUACK. Karen has also had the privilege of having worked with Milwaukee Chamber Theater in CRIMES OF THE HEART, In Tandem Theater in YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN and STUCK, sketch comedy troupe The Show and Bunny Gumbo’s Combat Theater. This Christmas season also saw her debut with the WOMEN WHO CAN’T SING cabaret at Next Act Theater. She is proud to be a lead teacher for Next Act’s summer Next Actors program for teens. Karen has performed with Skylight’s KidWrites program and will be seen for the first time on Skylight’s mainstage in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Thanks to the smart, funny and impassioned ladies who run this company.

Laura Gordon (Honor) Laura is thrilled to be working with her friends at Renaissance. She has directed SKIN TIGHT, MEMORY HOUSE, and

FULL GALLOP (2006) for the company but HONOUR marks her first time working here as an actor. She has been a member of the resident acting company at the Milwaukee Rep since 1993 where she has performed such roles as Linda Loman in DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Ann Landers in THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS, Sister Aloysius in DOUBT, Maureen in THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE and Queen Elizabeth I in MARY STUART. Most recently she directed Sarah Ruhl’s IN THE NEXT ROOM (or THE VIBRATOR PLAY) for Actors Theatre of Louisville and the Milwaukee Rep and THE WINTER’S TALE for the Utah Shakespeare Festival. She is a recipient of a 2010 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship and is married to actor Jonathan Smoots.


B IOGR APHIES (co n t.)

Brian Mani (Gus) Brian is happy to be back with Renaissance Theaterworks for the seventh time. His most recent productions with

Renaissance were BLACKBIRD in 2010, and THE DIG in 2009, along with BOSWELL’S DREAMS, MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS, ZARA SPOOK AND OTHER LURES, and COUNTING DAYS. Brian is a core company actor with American Players Theatre and will be performing in his 14th season with them this coming summer. Some featured roles at APT include Lennie in OF MICE AND MEN, Pozzo in WAITING FOR GODOT, Sartorius in WIDOWER’S HOUSES, Falstaff in HENRY IV: THE MAKING OF A KING, and Lord Timon in TIMON OF ATHENs. Brian has also been seen many times at the Milwaukee Chamber Theater over the last two decades, most recently as King Henry II in THE LION IN WINTER last spring and Harry in THE SUM OF US in 2009. Although Brian and his wife, Marie Kohler, have acted together many times and he has performed in four plays she’s written, this will be the first time he will be directed by her.

Greta Wohlrabe (Claudia) Greta is thrilled to be making her debut with Renaissance Theaterworks. As a Navy “brat” she has lived all over the

world, including California, Wales, Maine and Japan. She received her B.A from Wheaton College in Maine and her M.F.A. in Acting from Purdue University. Last year she spent an amazing nine months as an Acting Intern with Milwaukee Repertory Theater. During this time she had the privilege of understudying Laura Gordon; so now, to get to act alongside of her, is a dream come true. This past summer, she was an Acting Apprentice at American Players Theatre appearing in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE CRITIC and THE TEMPEST. She will be returning to

APT this season as Maria in TWELFTH NIGHT, Kyra in SKYLIGHT (with Brian Mani), and Cassandra in TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. She would love to thank the very talented ladies of Renaissance for giving her this opportunity, her family for loving and supporting her unconditionally and God for all of His blessings.

Victoria DeIorio (Original Music and Sound Design) Victoria is thrilled to be working with Renaissance again after AMERICAN FIESTA and THE PERSIANS. Off-Broadway credits: CASSIE’S WOOLEY’S CHIMERA at Joe’s Pub, THE BLUEST EYE with Steppenwolf Theatre at the Duke Theatre, and OPHELIA at The Connelly. Production credits: The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Writers’ Theatre, The Next, Florida Stage, Peninsula Players, Cleveland Playhouse, Syracuse Stage, Center Stage, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Milwaukee Rep, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and many other theatres in and around Chicago, NY, and LA. She has been nominated for 10 and has received 6 Joseph Jefferson Awards, as well as 2 After Dark Awards. She is the head of Sound Design for The Theatre School at DePaul University. For more information visit www.victoria-sound-design.com.

Jason Fassl (Lighting Design) This marks Jason’s fifteenth lighting design with Renaissance, and he is glad to be working again with his favorite team of co-conspirators. Favorite Renaissance designs include SKIN TIGHT, WOMAN IN BLACK, BLACKBIRD and last season’s IN ACTING SHAKESPEARE. For the last ten seasons, Jason has designed lighting for over three hundred theatrical productions across this state of cheese. He is an Artistic Associate for First Stage Children’s Theatre and the Resident Designer for The Fireside Dinner Theatre. Jason’s designs have been seen on the stages of The Milwaukee Ballet, The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Skylight Music Theatre, American Players Theatre, Peninsula Players, Next Act Theatre, Forward Theatre Company, Milwaukee



Chamber Theatre, Lawrence University, The Madison Repertory Theatre and Youngblood Theatre Company, among many others. Jason is a proud BFA graduate of UW - Stevens Point and a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Many thanks to the RTW Ladies, Holly, Toy and Nathan for all the great time we’ve shared in the dark. www.AntiShadows.com

Brandy Kline (Stage Manager) Brandy is glad to join Renaissance Theaterworks for her fourth season as Stage Manager while also working as Production Manager/Company Manager for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. Brandy has worked in various capacities of stage management, props and stage crew for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Bialystock & Bloom, Renaissance Theaterworks, Next Act Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Alverno College and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After

receiving a B.A. in Theatre from Lawrence University, she studied stage management and props at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and spent a summer as production assistant at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. In her spare time she has worked at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Spoleto Festival USA.

Jennifer Lyons (Props Design) Jennifer feels pretty darned fortunate to be working with such a talented bunch for Renaissance Theaterworks once again. In the past, Jen has had the pleasure of co-designing props for MEMORY HOUSE, THE SMELL OF THE KILL, and CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY (Renaissance Theaterworks) as well as JOE EGG (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre). She designed props for many a show for Bialystock and Bloom back in the day and continues to spend her days in the prop shop at Skylight Music Theatre.

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Anthony Lyons (Technical Director) This production marks Anthony’s fifth full year as Technical Director for Renaissance Theaterworks. In all, he has worked in various capacities on twenty-two Renaissance productions. Past credits include: light board operator for IMAGINING BRAD and TALKING WITH; Master Electrician for SYRINGA TREE (remount), SYNCOPATION, and FULL GALLOP (second mounting); He has been Technical Director for all productions from STRING OF PEARLS to the present. Anthony has worked for Skylight MusicTheatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Bialystock & Bloom (R.I.P.). Anthony is also Technical Director for Wild Space Dance Company and Danceworks Performance Company. In a parallel universe, Anthony is a partner in a small custom carpentry firm.

Holly Payne (Costume Design) Holly is delighted to join Renaissance and its troupe of lovely ladies for another fine production. Currently the Costume Director at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, she graduated with an M.F.A. in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Arkansas. She has designed at American Players Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Florentine Opera, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Delaware Stage Company, 11th Hour Theater in Philadelphia, Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware, University of Tulsa and Theatre Squared in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She loves working with this fantastic, charming group of theater folk. Special thanks to Aaron for being kind and good-looking.

Nathan Stuber (Scenic Design) This will be Nate’s sixth design with RTW. Nate lives in Spring Green and works at American Players Theatre where his job title is constantly in flux and often contains the disclaimer: “...and duties as assigned.” When not participating in this S&M role play that we call theatre he tends to be running, reading or injuring himself with rusty

metal, fire or saw blades... mostly unintentional. He would like to thank Tony, Jen and Andrea for making him look vaguely competent when he works in Milwaukee. Also thanks to Scurrie for a wonderful life of autonomy and support. Long enough, Sarah?

Suzan Fete (Co-Artistic Director/Movement Coach) Suzan co-founded Renaissance Theaterworks (RTW) in 1993. She is a past president of the

Board and currently serves as Co-Artistic Director. Suzan has over 20 years experience as an actor, director, and producer in professional theater. Past directing projects for RTW include TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, SPINNING INTO BUTTER, ELEEMOSYNARY, DAYTRIPS, A DIFFERENT MOON, FAT PIG, BLACKBIRD and REASONS TO BE PRETTY. In January, Suzan directed RTW’s production of NEAT by Charlayne Woodard. Suzan lives in Wauwatosa with her husband Jeff and son Matthew.

Jennifer Rupp (Co-Artistic Director) Jennifer is Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Renaissance Theaterworks. As an actress, her credits

include productions with Renaissance Theaterworks, Next Act Theatre, First Stage, Bialystock & Bloom, Boulevard Ensemble, Theatre Gigante, Madison Repertory, and Children’s Theater of Madison. Ms. Rupp is a co-creator of the RED PEPPER JELLY musicals, original shows written and performed by local Milwaukee artists and produced by Renaissance. Jennifer also works with her husband, Dick Chudnow, and son, Nick Chudnow, as the Business Manager for ComedySportz Milwaukee.



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Julie Swenson (Producing Director) Julie became Renaissance’s Producing Director in 2001 having served on the Board of Directors since 1997.

She received a BA in theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL. She became a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association in 1986 while working in New York City. Julie has been on the board of the Village of Nashotah since 1998. She is also the Spokesperson for Water Doctors and the host of New Home Building Today.

Sarah Kriger Hwang (Marketing Director) Sarah has been Renaissance Theaterworks’ Marketing Director since 2003. Past theater marketing

experience includes the role of Marketing Director for Skylight Music Theatre and Court Theater (Chicago). She also worked for four years in consumer marketing research at C&R Research in Chicago. Sarah holds a Master’s degree in Arts Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is grateful to have a supportive family that encourages her to do what she loves.

Lisa Rasmussen (Development Director) Lisa started as Renaissance Theaterworks’ Development Director with

excitement in the summer of 2008. Recent experience includes stage management for ComedySportz-Milwaukee and more than five years in marketing. Lisa received her BA in Theater and Psychology from Cardinal Stritch University in 2003. She loves living in Bay View with husband Jake and daughter Anna.


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Friends at Villa TerraceThe General StoreGerman FestMarti GobelGolfsmithGoodyear ChiropracticLaura GordonGordon LodgeMark David GrayGreat Lakes DistilleryGreen Bay PackersHarley-Davidson MuseumHarley’s For MenJill HeavenrichJohn & Kathleen HickeyThe HogHoward Mandel PhotographyKat HusteddeThe Irish PubJulie Schnoll DesignsMarie Kohler & Brian ManiThe Lemon TreeGayelin Littellluludesigns - Pamela NorrisJane & Paul MandelAndrea & Philip MannJohn McGivernMilwaukee Art MuseumMilwaukee Boat LineMilwaukee Chamber TheatreMilwaukee Children’s ChoirMilwaukee County ParksMilwaukee Public MuseumMilwaukee World FestivalMilwaukee Yacht Club and

Skipper Bud’sMolloy’sCongresswoman Gwen MooreNeimannsNeroli SalonNext Act TheatreNorthern TrustKurt Ollmann & Bill LavonisPalms Bistro & Bar

Julie PandlTess & George PapageorgePast BasketCissy PeltzPaula PenebakerPeninsula Players TheatrePolish Center of WisconsinPresent MusicReal Men CrochetRenaissance Theaterworks

Board MembersRobert Laurence Hair StudioRubin’s FurnitureJennifer Rupp & Dick

ChudnowAnn & Will SchmidSheridan’sDiane Sims & Matt KopcaSkylight Music TheatreSprecher Brewing Co. Inc.Laurie Stellick & John TopetzesTen ChimneysThird Avenue PlayhouseTime Warner CableFay TopetzesSophia Angela Topetzes

Strelka & Tom StrelkaTraveling Dance ShoesTres ChicTrio RestaurantDavid & Julia UihleinUihlein/Wilson ArchitectsUsinger Famous SausageVintage Art CreationsVita Fitness and Physical

TherapyDella WellsKen WilliamsWisconsinCheeseMasters.comTami WorkentinYan Hair SalonZoological Society of

MilwaukeeJudy Zwirlein


RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS STAFF

Co-Artistic Directors ............................................Suzan Fete, Marie Kohler, Jennifer RuppProducing Director ............................................................................................... Julie Swenson Marketing Director ....................................................................................Sarah Kriger HwangDevelopment Director .......................................................................................Lisa RasmussenPlaywright in Residence ......................................................................................... Marie KohlerFabulous Intern .................................................................................................Mallory Metoxen

HONOUR STAFF

Director ....................................................................................................................... Marie KohlerStage Manager .........................................................................................................Brandy Kline*Scenic Design..........................................................................................................Nathan StuberCostume Design ......................................................................................................... Holly PayneLighting Design.........................................................................................................Jason Fassl**Original Music and Sound Design ............................................................ Victoria DeIorio**Props Design ........................................................................................................... Jennifer LyonsAssistant Director .............................................................................................Mallory MetoxenTechnical Director ................................................................................................Anthony LyonsScenery Construction ........................... Jennifer Bezjak, Timothy Linn, Anthony LyonsScenic Painting ................................................................................................ Andrea ToussaintDeck Chief ................................................................................................................... Tanya DheinBackstage/Wardrobe ............................................................................................. Darcy DevensMaster Electrician ................................................................................................ Ryan BertelsonLight Board Operator ...............................................................................................Justin PetersHouse Manager(s) .................................................................Libby Amato, Mallory Metoxen


** Member of United Scenic Artists

William Inge’s classic romantic comedy

April 12-29A collaboration with

UW-Parkside

Broadway Theatre Center158 N. Broadway414.291.7800

milwaukeechambertheatre.com


About UPAFEach year, more than 30,000 individuals, corporations and foundations in greater Milwaukee support the UPAF annual campaign, making it one of the nation’s larg-est united arts funds. In addition to raising and allocating operating funds, UPAF is enhancing its value to the community, donors and performing arts by serving as a community wide resource for developing the excellence, reputation and impact of our performing arts.

GENER AL INFOR M ATION

The mission of Renaissance Theaterworks is to create moving theatre that awakens our recognition of what it is to be human – from classics to world premieres – with attention to roles for women onstage and off. Renaissance Theaterworks was founded in 1993 by Suzan Fete, Marie Kohler, Raeleen McMillion, Jennifer Rupp and Michelle Traband.

RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS - BOARD OF DIRECTORS2011-12

Executive CommitteePresident: Judith Zwirlein

Vice President: Gabrielle DavidsonTreasurer: Laura Arnow

Secretary: Deneine Powell

Directors

Renaissance Roundtable

Jean BernsteinFran Bauer

Elisabeth Townsend BridgeTracey Carson

Kathleen DoheartySue FrautschiSandra Hays

Jill Heavenrich

John HickeyPatti Keating-Kahn

Jane MandelPaula Penebaker

Lois SmithJudith Steininger

Sophia Angela Topetzes Strelka

Cecilia AbramsKathy Andreadis

Tyne DalyBarbara Felix

Mary and Matt FlynnDanni GendelmanCarmen Haberman

Julilly KohlerPam Kriger

Eric LindAnne Cabot MacDougald

Mary McCannRaeleen McMillion

Michael Murphy

Betty QuadracciNorma Saldivar

David SengkhammeeKathleen TolanLynde Uihlein

Barbara Ulichny

SPEC IAL THANKS

AFF IL IATIONS

Amanda Marsala, Temple of Holiness – Church of Deliverance, Rubin’s Furniture, Burke Candy & Ingredients, SpinGroup, 2-Story Creative , Lisa Schlenker, Jim Guy, Gary Ellis

Renaissance Theaterworks is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization of non-profit professional theaters, and of Theatre Wisconsin, UPAF and The Historic Third Ward Association

Documents

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