Pride and Prejudice
By Kate Hamill
Directed by Rob Lutfy
Low-priced Previews May 15 - May 18, 2019
The outspoken Elizabeth Bennet faces mounting pressure from her status-conscious mother to secure a suitable marriage. But is marriage suitable for a woman of Elizabeth’s intelligence and independence? Especially when the irritating, aloof, self-involved… tall, vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aristocratic Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn. Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life as it does in this effervescent new adaptation.
“the stuff hits are made of... the ever-ingenious Ms. Hamill has given us something completely and delightfully different, a smallish-cast period-dress Pride and Prejudice that she’s done over in the revved-up manner of a Hollywood screwball comedy. The language is traditional but the approach is thoroughly modern…” -Wall Street Journal
Running Time: 2:15 with one 15 minute intermission.
Cast
Adrian AlitaAdrian Alita
Mr. Bennett/CharlotteAdrian is very grateful for this return to Cygnet! He has previously been seen at Cygnet in Shockheaded Peter and When the Rain Stops Falling, and worked as the Understudy/Assistant Director for Every Brilliant Thing. He is a local teaching artist who has worked with La Jolla Playhouse and currently serves as the Head of Acting at SDSU. He holds a BA from SDSU and an MFA from UC Irvine.
Kevin Hafso-KoppmanKevin Hafso-Koppman
Mr. Bingley/MaryKevin Hafso Koppman was last seen at Cygnet in The History Boys. CREDITS: Young Frankenstein (SDMT) Funny Thing Happened…Forum, This Random World, The Drawer Boy, Becky’s New Car (NCRT). Hamlet, The Imaginary Invalid, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, Bright Star (The Old Globe), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It, The Seagull, and Acquainted with the Night (Globe/MFA), Ether Dome, His Girl Friday, (La Jolla Playhouse), West Side Story, The Foreigner, and The Winslow Boy (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Zoot Suit (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Birds of a Feather and Speech and Debate (Diversionary Theatre), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Intrepid Theatre Company). He received his MFA from The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and trained at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University.
Joy Yvonne JonesJoy Yvonne Jones
Jane/AnneOriginally from Houston, Texas Joy Yvonne Jones attended The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and went on to study at the University of Minnesota in the Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. She received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role for her work as Sara Baartman in Voyeurs de Venus at the Moxie Theatre. Joy’s recent credits include Hall in Men on Boats at New Village Arts Theatre and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at the Texas Shakespeare Festival. This is her first time working with Cygnet Theatre and she is beyond excited to be a part of this production. Joy’s future plans include to lassoing the moon and dancing among the stars.
Adrian Alita
Adrian is very grateful for this return to Cygnet! He has previously been seen at Cygnet in Shockheaded Peter and When the Rain Stops Falling, and worked as the Understudy/Assistant Director for Every Brilliant Thing. He is a local teaching artist who has worked with La Jolla Playhouse and currently serves as the Head of Acting at SDSU. He holds a BA from SDSU and an MFA from UC Irvine.
Kevin Hafso-Koppman
Kevin Hafso Koppman was last seen at Cygnet in The History Boys. CREDITS: Young Frankenstein (SDMT) Funny Thing Happened…Forum, This Random World, The Drawer Boy, Becky’s New Car (NCRT). Hamlet, The Imaginary Invalid, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, Bright Star (The Old Globe), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, As You Like It, The Seagull, and Acquainted with the Night (Globe/MFA), Ether Dome, His Girl Friday, (La Jolla Playhouse), West Side Story, The Foreigner, and The Winslow Boy (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Zoot Suit (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Birds of a Feather and Speech and Debate (Diversionary Theatre), and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Intrepid Theatre Company). He received his MFA from The Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Theatre Program and trained at the British American Drama Academy at Oxford University.
Joy Yvonne Jones
Originally from Houston, Texas Joy Yvonne Jones attended The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and went on to study at the University of Minnesota in the Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. She received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role for her work as Sara Baartman in Voyeurs de Venus at the Moxie Theatre. Joy’s recent credits include Hall in Men on Boats at New Village Arts Theatre and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at the Texas Shakespeare Festival. This is her first time working with Cygnet Theatre and she is beyond excited to be a part of this production. Joy’s future plans include to lassoing the moon and dancing among the stars.
Steven LoneSteven Lone
Mr. DarcySteven Lone is excited to be returning to the Cygnet Theatre stage. Steven was last seen here playing Thom in The Last Wife and Jackie in The Motherf**ker With The Hat. Born and raised in San Francisco, Steven moved here to attend UC San Diego where he graduated with a degree in Theatre. His favorite recent credits include: Ray in Roz & Ray (San Diego Repertory Theatre) The Uber Driver in Car Plays: Interchange (La Jolla Playhouse), Juan Julian in Anna in the Tropics (Moonlight Stage Productions), and Mace in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety (2014 Craig Noel Award Nominee, Ion Theatre Co.). Steven would like to send his love to all friends and family for their continuous support, patience, and understanding through the years while he runs off to play every night on stage.
Jake MillgardJake Millgard
Wickam/Collins/Miss BingleyJake is excited to make his Cygnet debut. Other San Diego credits include over 10 productions at The Old Globe. Including Barefoot in the Park, Benny and Joon, Guys and Dolls. as well as a Midsummer Night’s Dream and Measure for Measure as a part of the Globe for All program. Select regional and NYC Credits include A Christmas Carol and Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Full Monty (Northern Stage), Sex and Violence (Mint Theatre) and The Odd Couple (Mount Baker Summer Rep). Jake is also proud to be currently writing, acting in and Producing a webseries called Packed. Jake is a proud graduate of Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Acting Program where he received his MFA. All the thanks go to my beautiful family. www.JakeMillgard.com
Michelle Marie TresterMichelle Marie Trester
Lydia/Lady CatherineMichelle is overjoyed to be returning to the Cygnet stage after appearing in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds last season. San Diego credits include: Dancing Lessons (Scripps Ranch Theatre and Oceanside Theatre Company), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (New Village Arts), Blithe Spirit (North Coast Repertory Theatre), Romeo, Romeo & Juliet (The Roustabouts Theatre Co.), 4000 Miles (ion theatre), Hand to God (u/s) (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Hackathon (Playwrights Project), Same Time, Next Year (Oceanside Theatre Company), and Noises Off (Premiere Productions at Welk Resort). Elsewhere: Fight Dreams (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The XYZ Files (Off-Broadway), Little Piece of You (NYC International Fringe Festival), and the title role in Henry VI (The New School for Drama). She has also toured with her solo theatrical clowning show TO DO: to various festivals including the NYC International Fringe Festival. Film/Television credits include: “Deadly Devotion” (Discovery ID), “Mary Pillard 2016” (Safe Circle Productions). MFA, The New School for Drama. www.MichelleMarieTrester.com
Steven Lone
Steven Lone is excited to be returning to the Cygnet Theatre stage. Steven was last seen here playing Thom in The Last Wife and Jackie in The Motherf**ker With The Hat. Born and raised in San Francisco, Steven moved here to attend UC San Diego where he graduated with a degree in Theatre. His favorite recent credits include: Ray in Roz & Ray (San Diego Repertory Theatre) The Uber Driver in Car Plays: Interchange (La Jolla Playhouse), Juan Julian in Anna in the Tropics (Moonlight Stage Productions), and Mace in The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety (2014 Craig Noel Award Nominee, Ion Theatre Co.). Steven would like to send his love to all friends and family for their continuous support, patience, and understanding through the years while he runs off to play every night on stage.
Jake Millgard
Jake is excited to make his Cygnet debut. Other San Diego credits include over 10 productions at The Old Globe. Including Barefoot in the Park, Benny and Joon, Guys and Dolls. as well as a Midsummer Night’s Dream and Measure for Measure as a part of the Globe for All program. Select regional and NYC Credits include A Christmas Carol and Dracula (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Full Monty (Northern Stage), Sex and Violence (Mint Theatre) and The Odd Couple (Mount Baker Summer Rep). Jake is also proud to be currently writing, acting in and Producing a webseries called Packed. Jake is a proud graduate of Old Globe/USD Shiley Graduate Acting Program where he received his MFA. All the thanks go to my beautiful family. www.JakeMillgard.com
Michelle Marie Trester
Michelle is overjoyed to be returning to the Cygnet stage after appearing in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds last season. San Diego credits include: Dancing Lessons (Scripps Ranch Theatre and Oceanside Theatre Company), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (New Village Arts), Blithe Spirit (North Coast Repertory Theatre), Romeo, Romeo & Juliet (The Roustabouts Theatre Co.), 4000 Miles (ion theatre), Hand to God (u/s) (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Hackathon (Playwrights Project), Same Time, Next Year (Oceanside Theatre Company), and Noises Off (Premiere Productions at Welk Resort). Elsewhere: Fight Dreams (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The XYZ Files (Off-Broadway), Little Piece of You (NYC International Fringe Festival), and the title role in Henry VI (The New School for Drama). She has also toured with her solo theatrical clowning show TO DO: to various festivals including the NYC International Fringe Festival. Film/Television credits include: “Deadly Devotion” (Discovery ID), “Mary Pillard 2016” (Safe Circle Productions). MFA, The New School for Drama. www.MichelleMarieTrester.com
Jacque WilkeJacque Wilke
LizzyJacque is thrilled to be back on stage at Cygnet! Recent acting credits: Cygnet Theatre: Stupid F*cking Bird, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, and Mistakes Were Made; North Coast Repertory Theatre: Moon Over Buffalo, The Father, Unnecessary Farce, Lend me a Tenor, Mistletoe, Music, and Mayhem, and Don’t Dress for Dinner; Diversionary Theater: The Happiest Place on Earth, Ballast, The Divine Sister, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Scrooge in Rouge, Next Fall, Fair Use, The New Century, Anita Bryant Died for your Sins; Moxie Theater: Ironbound, Or; Backyard Renaissance Theatre: Abundance; San Diego Repertory Theater: Honky (Craig Noel Award); La Jolla Playhouse: Yoke, The Car Plays; Intrepid Theater: The Winter’s Tale, All My Sons; Moonlight at the Avo: Blithe Spirit; New Village Arts: The Seven Year Itch, and The Heidi Chronicles; Bang Productions: Side Man; Jacque is a proud member of Actors Equity. Special thanks to her family and NDT for their love and support.
Shana WrideShana Wride
Mrs. BennettCygnet Theatre – Directed The Whale and Mistakes Were Made, and appeared as Amanda in Private Lives. Other credits include work as an actor and director for Diversionary Theatre, The Old Globe, North Coast Repertory Theatre, The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, The Colony Theatre, Open Fist Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Intrepid Theatre, Moxie Theatre, Compass Theatre, Gaslamp Quarter Theatre, and Sledgehammer Theatre. While living in Los Angeles, she co-hosted the nationally syndicated radio show, “Women Aloud” with Mo Gaffney.
Jacque Wilke
Jacque is thrilled to be back on stage at Cygnet! Recent acting credits: Cygnet Theatre: Stupid F*cking Bird, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, and Mistakes Were Made; North Coast Repertory Theatre: Moon Over Buffalo, The Father, Unnecessary Farce, Lend me a Tenor, Mistletoe, Music, and Mayhem, and Don’t Dress for Dinner; Diversionary Theater: The Happiest Place on Earth, Ballast, The Divine Sister, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Scrooge in Rouge, Next Fall, Fair Use, The New Century, Anita Bryant Died for your Sins; Moxie Theater: Ironbound, Or; Backyard Renaissance Theatre: Abundance; San Diego Repertory Theater: Honky (Craig Noel Award); La Jolla Playhouse: Yoke, The Car Plays; Intrepid Theater: The Winter’s Tale, All My Sons; Moonlight at the Avo: Blithe Spirit; New Village Arts: The Seven Year Itch, and The Heidi Chronicles; Bang Productions: Side Man; Jacque is a proud member of Actors Equity. Special thanks to her family and NDT for their love and support.
Shana Wride
Cygnet Theatre – Directed The Whale and Mistakes Were Made, and appeared as Amanda in Private Lives. Other credits include work as an actor and director for Diversionary Theatre, The Old Globe, North Coast Repertory Theatre, The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, The Colony Theatre, Open Fist Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Intrepid Theatre, Moxie Theatre, Compass Theatre, Gaslamp Quarter Theatre, and Sledgehammer Theatre. While living in Los Angeles, she co-hosted the nationally syndicated radio show, “Women Aloud” with Mo Gaffney.
Creative Team
Melanie Chen Cole
Melanie is thrilled to be working with Cygnet Theatre again! She is a San Diego based freelance sound designer who has designed over 50 productions in San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. This past summer, she assistant sound designer Sten Severson at the Old Globe on Love’s Labor’s Lost and Macbeth on the Festival Stage. Recent credits include: Plays by Young Writers Festival 2015 with The Playwrights Projection at the Old Globe; Our Lady of Kibeho at Moxie Theatre; Now You See It, Way Downriver, Hedda Gabler, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and The Cocktail Hour at North Coast Repertory Theatre. Coming up, she will be designing The Cherry Orchard at Pomona College in Clairemont, Laughter on the 23rd Floor at North Coast Rep, The Two Gentlemen of Verona with the USD/Old Globe MFA program, and La Jolla Playhouse’s POP Tour in 2017. Melanie holds an M.F.A. in Sound Design for Theatre & Dance from UC San Diego. www.melaniesound.com.
Sean Fanning
Sean is a Southern California based scenic designer and Resident Artist of Cygnet, where he has designed over twenty productions including HIR, Spamalot, The Wind and the Breeze, A Little Night Music, The Last Wife, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Animal Crackers, Shockheaded Peter, On the 20th Century, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Gypsy, Dogfight, Hay Fever, The Vortex, The Whale, Sons of the Prophet, Pageant, Maple & Vine, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Parade, and many more. Elsewhere: Full Gallop (Craig Noel Award Nomination), A Doll’s House, Plaid Tidings, Kingdom (The Old Globe); Manifest Destinitis, The Oldest Boy, Honky, In the Heights, (San Diego Repertory Theatre); My Mañana Comes (Marin Theatre Company); Brownsville Song (Moxie Theatre); Now or Later, the World Premiere of The Boy Who Danced on Air (Diversionary Theatre); West Side Story (San Diego Musical Theatre); The Improv at Harrah’s and Menopause The Musical (Harrah’s Las Vegas). He holds an M.F.A. in Scenic Design from San Diego State University. See more of his work at www.seanfanningdesigns.com.
Rachel Hengst
Rachel is delighted to work with Cygnet Theatre again. Recent prop design credits include Lamb’s Players productions You Can’t Take It With You, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Mixtape, The Wizard of Oz, Dinner with Marlene, The Miracle Worker, American Rhythm, and Equivocation. Other credits include Cygnet Theatre productions of On the 20th Century, Bad Jews, A Christmas Carol, The Rocky Horror Show, Stupid F**king Bird, and Gypsy. She also contributes to Lamb’s Players Theatre and Cygnet Theatre as an Assistant Stage Manager/Production Assistant. She thanks her family for their endless support and for God’s guidance in her life.
Peter Herman
Wig & Makeup Designer
Rob Lutfy
Director
Michael Mizerany
Choreographer/Assistant Director
Peter Herman
Cygnet Theatre: Costumes and Wig/Makeup Design for Shakespeare’s R&J, Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Wigs/Makeup Design for Angels in America, Marie and Rosetta, HIR, Spamalot, The Last Wife, Shockheaded Peter, On the 20th Century, Bad Jews, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Gypsy, Stupid F**king Bird, The Rocky Horror Show, When the Rain Stops Falling, Hay Fever, The Vortex, Dogfight, My Fair Lady, Sons of the Prophet, Pageant, Fool for Love, True West, The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Spring Awakening, Maple and Vine, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Company, Assassins, A Christmas Carol, Gem of the Ocean, Mistakes Were Made, Man of La Mancha, Dirty Blonde, Parade, A Behanding in Spokane, The Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town, Cabaret, The Norman Conquests, Private Lives, Sweeney Todd. Elsewhere: Peter has designed hair and wigs for over 300 productions, including the La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego Rep, San Diego Opera and Disneyland. Peter currently teaches wig and makeup at SDSU.
Rob Lutfy
Rob is the Associate Artistic Director at Cygnet Theatre. Cygnet Theatre: Marie and Rosetta, HIR, Every Brilliant Thing, The Wind and the Breeze, The Last Wife, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Shockheaded Peter, Bad Jews, Stupid F***ing Bird, When the Rain Stops Falling, Hay Fever, Sons of the Prophet, The Motherf**ker with the Hat. Elsewhere: Clown Play, NYC International Fringe Festival; The Gin Game, Anacostia Playhouse; The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Threshold Repertory; The Sunset Limited, 3M Productions; Time Stands Still, Collaborative Arts, Bodas de sangre, Grossmont College. He has worked on plays in development at The Kennedy Center, The O’Neill Theatre Center, Burning Coal Theatre, The Hub Theatre and The Rensing Center. He has assisted directors at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Arena Stage, The Kennedy Center and Marin Theatre Company. He was the 2014-2015 National New Play Network Producer-in-Residence at Marin Theatre Company, and the 2012-2013 William R. Kenan, Jr. Directing Fellow at The John F. Kennedy Center. Rob is a graduate of the directing program under Gerald Freedman at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Michael Mizerany
Michael is the artistic director for Compulsion Dance & Theater. Choreography Credits: At Cygnet: Stupid F**king Bird, When the Rain Stops Falling, Spring Awakening. Elsewhere: Dooley, Divine Sister, Miss Kitty’s Wild West Revue, Scrooge In Rouge, Thrill Me, Bare: A Pop Opera, A New Brain, Hot Guys Dancing 1-3, In The Va Va Voom Room 1 & 2 (Diversionary Theatre); Chicago: A Speakeasy Cabaret, Grey Gardens, Ass, or A Midsummer Night’s Fever, Jesus Hates Me, Airline Highway (Ion Theatre); Carnival!, Suds, Altar Boyz (The Coronado Playhouse); The Full Monty (New Village Arts); Trolley Dances (SDDT); Rent (Southwestern College); West Side Story, Once on this Island, The Wiz (J*Company).
Shirley Pierson
For Cygnet: Angels in America, Hir, ShockHeaded Peter (San Diego Critics Circle – Craig Noel Outstanding Costume Design Award), Wind and the Breeze, Pageant, The Importance of Being Earnest, Travesties, Assassins, WCYG A Christmas Carol (’13, ’12), Parade (Craig Noel Outstanding Costume Design Award), Spring Awakening, Mistakes Were Made, Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, Our Town, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, Private Lives, It’s a Wonderful Life (‘09, ‘10, ‘11), History Boys, A Christmas Carol (’09). Selected Regional and San Diego Theatre: The Pasadena Playhouse: The Fantasticks, The Old Globe: Tiny Beautiful Things, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Rich Girl, Diversionary Theatre: The Moors, The Boy Who Danced on Air, Now or Later, Marry Me A Little, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabbler, When Last We Flew, Pippin, Harmony Kansas, Next Fall, New Village Arts; Seascape, Into the Woods. Shirley received her MFA in Theatrical Design from San Diego State University. View her work at: shirleypiersondesigns.com.
Chris Rynne
Cygnet Resident Artist. Cygnet Theatre: Angels in America, Spamalot, A Little Night Music, The Last Wife, Shockheaded Peter, On the Twentieth Century, Gypsy, When the Rain Stops Falling, My Fair Lady, Sons of the Prophet, Spring Awakening, The Importance of Being Earnest/Travesties, Company, Assassins, Gem of the Ocean, Parade, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2003). Off-Broadway: The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Additional credits include The Old Globe, Geffen Playhouse, San Diego Opera, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Madison Opera, Pasadena Playhouse, San Diego Repertory Theatre, Michigan Opera Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Cleveland Playhouse, Hartford Stage, San Diego Musical Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Diversionary Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, and Starlight Theatre. Chris also designs lighting for museum exhibitions, special events, architectural features, and lighting systems for new venues.
May 2019