Theatre of NOTE presents the world premiere of

PHRAZZLED Written and Directed by Phinny Kiyomura

Stage Managed by Stacy Benjamin

Produced for NOTE by John Money and Keith Hanson

Scenic Design Naomi Kasahara Lighting Design Eb Madry Costume Design Kimberly Freed Original Music & Sound Design Dean Harada Prop Design Hannah Dean Fight Direction Mike Mahaffey Assistant Stage Manager Michelle Cullen Graphic Design Gene Michael Barrera Publicity David Elzer/DEMAND PR

This show is produced with special permission from and under the guidelines of the Actors’ Equity Association 99-Seat Plan.

This performance is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Frasz ..................................................................................... Troy Blendell*+ Phraz ................................................................................... Tony DeCarlo*+ Whisk ............................................................................ Gina Garcia-Sharp+ Barney ..................................................................................... Keith Hanson Spur ......................................................................................... Sierra Marcks Travis .................................................................................. Will McFadden+ Betty ........................................................................................ Andrea Ruth+

Understudies Whisk: Alysha Brady*+, Betty: Kendra Chell*+, Spur: Sigi Gradwohl+, Frasz: Will McFadden+, Barney: Kerr Seth Lordygan+, Travis: Travis Moscinski+, Phraz: Travis York+*

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

+Member of SAG-AFTRA

Phrazzled is performed without an intermission.

The restroom will not be available during the performance.

Please turn off all electronic devices. Texting, tweeting, flash photography or any other use of these devices

is prohibited during the performance.

No sound and/or image recording devices are permitted in the theatre.

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PHRAZZLED

Phrazzled Crew

Master Carpenter: David Wilcox Master Electrician: Eb Madry

Front of House: Cat Chengery AMC Liaison: Bill Voorhees

Program Design: Dan Wingard Proofreaders: Phil Ward, Tony DeCarlo

Set Construction: David Wilcox, Doug Burch, Travis Moscinski

Set Crew: David Wilcox, Travis Moscinski, Andrea Ruth, Darrett Sanders, Bill Voorhees

Paint Crew: Naomi Kasahara, Chantelle Albers, Cat Chengery, Azra King-Abadim Jay Marcus, Rachel Parker, Andrea Ruth, Richard Werner

Special Thanks

Gene Michael Barrera Kathy Beck

Jennifer Cappelletty Alexis DeLaRosa

Christopher Durang Kimberly Freed Michelle Hilyard

Bill Goble Reamy Hall

Tish and Gary Korengel

Caroline Kuperstock LA Stage Alliance

Nancy Maniro Travis Moscinski

Kim Sellon Eunice Thompson Kirsten Vangsness

Phil Ward David Wilcox Dan Wingard

Playwright’s/Director’s Notes All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental but hopefully kind of amusing. Phinz

Cast Biographies

Troy Blendell (Frasz) is privileged to be back on the NOTE stage and working with such a talented writer/director, cast, crew, and producer. Other NOTE appearances include Do Not Disturb, Shake, Copy and Titus Andronicus. He has also recently been seen in Fugue at the Echo (where he is also a company member), and The

Christmas Present at Sacred Fools. Recent TV/film: Bosch, Masters Of Sex, Stalker, Modern Family, Now We Know, Game Shakers, The Escort.

Tony DeCarlo (Phraz) – Previous performances include: ICU at Circle X; Eat The Runt, Sheet Cake Sliding, The Invisible Play (understudy), Disassembly, Do Not Disturb, and the Young Writers Project at NOTE; Fast and Loose at Sacred Fools; The Car Plays at the La Jolla Playhouse and at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Other work: writing,

spoken word, standup, improv and film/TV appearances, most recently Comedy Central’s This Is Not Happening. Much appreciate your support of 99-seat theatre and thanks to all Phrazzled’ers. www.tonydecarlo.com

Gina Garcia-Sharp (Whisk) has been performing for over 30 years. Some of her favorite shows she’s done at NOTE are Hot Cat, The Invisible Play, Figure 8, They’re Just Like Us, and co-hosting the Annual Hollywood Performance Marathon. She also does things on the TV sometimes, including a recurring role on Criminal Minds and a bit on

Modern Family. Her husband, Kevin, and five-year-old, Walker, are her favorite people in the whole, wide world.

Keith Hanson (Barney) is delighted to be making his debut with Theatre of NOTE. He received a BFA in acting from the University of Rhode Island and is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory Program. Primarily a sketch writer and improviser, Keith worked as a standup for a number of years both in New York City and across the

country before taking a hiatus from performing to improve his credit score and raise a (currently six-year-old) upstanding member of society. Keith credits his fiancée for introducing him to his new artistic family and reigniting his passion to make art with his friends.

Sierra Marcks (Spur) – NOTE debut! So happy to have found a theatre home here. Previous credits include: Long Beach Playhouse, Lyric Hyperion; NYC: Puppet Shakespeare Players, Adirondack Shakespeare, Merry Go Round Playhouse, 3V Theatre, Red Fern Theatre and more. www.sierramarcks.com

Will McFadden (Travis; Understudy: Frasz) is a member of Theatre of NOTE and Ensemble Studio Theatre LA. He wrote and starred in the upcoming feature film Doubting Thomas. Other notable films: Tiger Orange, Takers, The Roommate, and Hollywood Homicide. Notable TV: Scorpion (CBS), Gang Related (FOX), Castle (ABC), and

The Forgotten (ABC).

Andrea Ruth (Betty) is a longtime member of LA’s theatre community. She has been seen at NOTE in Josh Fardon’s This Contract Limits our Liability – Read It and multiple one-act productions, as well as Phinny Kiyomura’s Figure 8. She spent years on Sacred Fools’ late-night stage in Fast and Loose, Serial Killers and Crime Scene. She can be seen

in the upcoming sci-fi film After We Leave, to be screened at some prestigious as-yet-unannounced film festival. When not on stage she cares for one writer-husband, one adorable daughter, and one suspicious cat.

Alternate Cast

Alysha Brady (Whisk) has been Theatre of NOTE’s self-proclaimed resident Brit since 2011 and yet this is her first time using her own accent on this stage. She’s well chuffed. Other accents you might have heard her use here were General American (Hearts Like Fists), Drunk American (Sheet Cake Sliding), understudying an American

(Disassembly) and Scary Irish Gal (Banshee). Thanks to Phinny, John and the entire production including both fantastic casts. Love to SD. More info at www.AlyshaBrady.com.

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Kendra Chell (Betty) – Originating the role of Olga in Theatre Movement Bazaar’s Track 3, Kendra performed with the show throughout China and the UK, as well as at SCR, RADAR Festival and Bootleg Theater. Other theater credits include: Peace In Our Time (Antaeus; Ovation Award, Best Production), The Illusion (Open Fist; LA

Weekly Award Nominee), Arcadia (Sierra Madre Playhouse), As You Like It (Kingsmen) and The Dead (Open Fist). Film/TV: Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse, I Am I, The Selling, Save the Date, Mary Olsen. Kendra has a one-eyed dog who might or might not make an appearance at www.kendrachell.com.

Sigi Gradwohl (Spur) is a bicoastal Israeli-Swiss-American triple citizen and a proud member of Theatre of NOTE. Favorite theater credits are The Diary of Anne Frank (winner of Best Leading Actress at Theatre Palisades) and Askance (winner of a Scenie Award). TV: Girl Meets World, Jessie (Disney), The Middle (ABC) and Chelsea

Handler’s After Lately (E!). Film: James Franco’s Killing Animals, Little Loopers and Spare Parts (winner of OutWest Film Festival). Sigi co-created the award-winning online series Bad Nannies and SigNHil and stars in the viral YouTube hit Girls Are Assholes. You can catch Sigi onstage again this July in Bad Jews at NOTE or weekly at The Improv Space. www.sigigradwohl.com.

Kerr Seth Lordygan (Barney) has his BFA in acting from USC and is the recipient of several acting, playwriting, and directing awards. Kerr has performed at numerous Southern California theaters and in a plethora of indie films you’ve never heard of. His original play Askance had a hit run a few years back at Eclectic Company Theatre. He’s

represented by Hollywood Original Talent.

Travis Moscinski (Travis) is very happy that you could join us this evening, and thanks you for supporting 99-seat theater. He is very honored to be on the NOTE stage again. You may have seen him in such plays as Disassembly and Niagara Falls. He would like to thank his wife Kelly for being an understanding theatre widow. Love you!

Travis York (Phraz) is from Texas. At NOTE he was last seen in Niagara Falls. He has worked with Soho Rep, 13P, SVT, Actors Theatre of Louisville, NYTW, The Echo, and Rattlestick, among others. He’s done some TV and film, but can’t seem to get arrested these days. Adopt don’t shop. www.KarmaRescue.org

Production Team

Phinny Kiyomura (Playwright/Director) is a writer, actor and dad from Long Beach, CA.

Stacy Benjamin (Stage Manager) – Proud NOTE member since 2009. Productions at NOTE include Spider Bites, FUBAR, A Mulholland Christmas Carol (co-production with Sacred Fools), Kill Me, Deadly, Eat the Runt, Shoe Story, Disassembly, and Possum Carcass. Much love and adoration to John, Phinny, the cast, and entire production team.

John Money (Producer) – Phrazzled is the 11th mainstage production that John has produced for NOTE. In addition, he is a member of NOTE’s Board of Directors and one of the producers on the feature film of Kill Me, Deadly which originated as a play on NOTE’s stage. As with every production, Phrazzled has taken the time and talents of many people, most listed in this program, and for their contribution and support, and to everyone who has supported NOTE, including most importantly you for your attendance and support of Los Angeles’ local theater community: Thank you.

Keith Hanson (Producer) – Please see his bio under “Cast Biographies.”

Naomi Kasahara (Scenic Designer) is excited to be back at Theatre of NOTE for Phrazzled. Originally from Japan, Naomi has an MFA in scenic design from Cal State Long Beach. She has worked with Teatr Pokoleniy in St. Petersburg, Russia in the fall seasons of 2008 and 2009. Her set design work includes Alceste, Pity of Things, and Copy at Theatre of NOTE, Hell Money at Chalk Rep, Spring Awakening, Bat Boy and Hay Fever at Long Beach Playhouse, Bottom of the World at The Vagrancy, and Animals Out of Paper at East West Players.

Eb Madry (Lighting Designer) is a second-year MFA candidate at the University of California Irvine. She is a proud alumnus of Texas Tech University (Class of 2013) and spent the 2013-2014 theater season at the Arkansas Repertory Theater as the electrics assistant to the Master Electrician. Eb has worked for The Clinton Presidential Library and P. Allen Smith’s Moss Mountain Farm and has now designed two mainstage productions, more than ten dance pieces, and worked as the ME for five main stage productions at UCI. Her most recent design was an adaptation of Clybourne Park, directed by the very talented Leslie Ishii. Eb is honored to be mentored by Professor Lonnie Alcaraz and Professor Jaymi Smith. You can see more examples of Eb’s work in upcoming productions of Physical Graffiti (a dance concert) in May, Georama in June, and on her website, www.emadry.com.

Kimberly Freed (Costume Designer) is in her happy place at NOTE, collaborating with the talented cast and crew of Phrazzled! Theatre credits include Entropy (Ovation, Broadway World and Stage Raw award nominated), The Gary Plays, The :nv:s:ble Play, A Mulholland Christmas Carol, Potential Space, Figure 8, Kill Me, Deadly, Eat the Runt, and Nibbler. Kimberly also designs for film, TV, commercials and fashion styling. She is a member of the prestigious Costume Designers Guild local 892 and completed formal training in Fashion Design at Otis College of Art and Design. Special thanks to playwright and director Phinneas Kiyomura and producer John Money. www.kimberlyfreed.com

Dean Harada (Composer/Sound Designer) was born and raised in Hawaii, and went on to study music theory and performance with MacArthur Fellow Ran Blake at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Collaborating with Grammy winner Oswaldo Golijov set his path toward the compositional life. Since moving to Los Angeles, his music (a romantic minimalism drawn from acoustic instruments and abstract sound) has underscored film and broadcast television. Dean’s professional life reflects an ongoing interest in exploring modes of conversive, narrative, and figurative work. The process of making music for picture and theater reconciles all the contradictory things that Dean loves: collaboration and solitude, narrative structure and nonlinear thinking, technology and the human touch.

Michelle Cullen (Assistant Stage Manager) – Originally from Minnesota, Michelle has had a wide variety of experience in theatre, including sound design, makeup design, stage management and acting. Her most recent work was a student-led production of The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, in which she performed two monologues. Michelle is also a host for Afterbuzz TV, interviewing actors, showrunners, writers and producers of a variety of shows including Z Nation, Face Off, and Galavant. This is her first production as a member of Theatre of NOTE.

Hannah Dean (Prop Designer) most recently worked on The Whiskey Maiden with NOTE. She is a SoCal native with a rich and varied background in design. She has a degree in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her passion is to bring people joy using creativity which has taken her on various artistic adventures. Hannah currently works at Walt Disney Imagineering. She is so grateful to the people who inspire her dreams daily.

Gene Michael Barrera (Graphic Designer) – is a proud member of Theatre of NOTE. Past shows with NOTE include A Mulholland Christmas Carol and The Fan Maroo. He is also the co-writer (with Bill Robens) of Poseidon Adventure: The Musical, in which he starred as Red Buttons (starring as James Martin). He would like to thank his NOTE family, as well as the magical institution of divorce. It truly is the best thing ever.

Mike Mahaffey (Fight Director) was recognized in 2015 with an LA Ovations Honors Award for She Kills Monsters at Loft Ensemble and has been nominated for two straight years by Stage Raw for fight choreography. Credits include Casa Valentina and Stoneface (Pasadena Playhouse); Rio Hondo (Theatre of NOTE); Thieves (El Portal); A Gulag Mouse, Astro Boy and the God of Comics, The Behavior of Broadus, Taste (Sacred Fools Theater); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (English Theatre of Frankfurt); Carmen, Faust (San Diego Opera). Film/TV credits: The King’s Rook, Brush with Danger, Masters of Sex, Resident Evil: Degeneration, Chronicles of Narnia. Mike is a member of SDC and the Society of American Fight Directors.

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