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May 2001.

Audacity Productions presents

a workshop production of. . .

TANGRAM

by Jason Stuart

Directed by Brad McEntire

- - - Cast - - -

Lauren. . . Julie Osborne

Augustus. . . Jason Stuart

Josephine. . . Stephanie Young

Stage Managed by Samantha Tella and Assistant Stage Managed by Megan Morelock

Audacity Productions proudly presented the world-premiere "workshop" production of TANGRAM. This hard-hitting original piece by American College Theatre Festival-winning playwright Jason Stuart ran for three nights, May 2001.

"Workshop means that it will have only bare bones as far as technical production aspects go. The characters and the story of the play are emphasized as it is tried out for the first time in front of a live audience," said director McEntire. An audience feedback discussion was held each night after the perfomances between the audience and the artists.

TANGRAM is a full-length play involving three individuals tied to one another in a complex puzzle. An embittered writer, his new female assistant, and his ex-wife all struggle to get an emotional upper hand as they savagely burrow into each other's psyches. Funny, irrevelant, dark, and tense TANGRAM is the latest work by Audacity Associate Playwright and Quad C Theatre's playwright-in-residence Jason Stuart, whose fisrt play THROUGH A GLASS ONION has been recently published by Samuel French, Inc.

CAST AND CREW BIOS... FROM THE PROGRAM NOTES

Jeff Hernandez (Art Design) graduated from SMU with a BFA in Fine Arts where he was a recipient of the Dan Wingren Award for Artistic Endeavor. He is a Board member as well as an Associate Artist with Audacity Productions. He once met the Old 97s'.

Brad McEntire (Director, Producer) is Artistic Director of Audacity Productions. An experienced actor, director, playwright and producer as well as a published cartoonist and fledgling filmmaker, McEntire's recent directing credits include WAITING FOR GODOT (Audacity, TX), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Mac Wellman's CLEVELAND (Turner Theatre, TX), THROUGH THE WINDOW (Expanded Arts, NYC), and BOOGIE MAN (Theatre-Studio, Inc., NYC). He is off to New York this summer to train with the Aquila Theatre Company and will be ending a two year gig as a high school teacher of Theatre and Visual Media.

Megan "Moe" Morelock (Assistant Stage Manager) goes to Quad C where she has worked on such productions as SUBURBIA, DON'T ROCK THE JUKEBOX, ALIEN VOICES, DANNY & THE DEEP BLUE SEA, and YERMA.

Julie Osborne (Lauren) is excited to be back in Texas after studying theatre and performing in New York. Her training includes the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NYC). Her New York credits include: HARM'S WAY and VINEGAR TOM. Other credits include: THE TRAVELING LADY, LES MIS, WHODUNNIT, CHAMBER MUSIC, THE MUSIC MAN, and GODSPELL.

Jason Stuart (Augustus, Playwright) stepped in two and a half weeks ago to fill the role of Augustus. He is an American College Theatre Festival-winning writer whose first play, THROUGH A GLASS ONION, was recently published by Samuel French, Inc. He earned acclaim in the role of Alan Berg in Quad C's production of GOD'S COUNTRY several years back, as well. Recent projects with Audacity include Vladimir in WAITING FOR GODOT and directing SLICK KADMON V. GOD at the NY Fringe Festival last summer.

Samantha Tella (Stage Manager) has spent the past year working and training at the Quad C theatre. She has performed carpentry and electrician duties on SUBURBIA, DON'T ROCK THE JUKEBOX, ALIEN VOICES, and YERMA. Her favorite position was as Assistant Director on YERMA, as she is an aspiring director herself. Thanks to the cast and crew of TANGRAM , as well as her best friend Moe for all the hard work.

Stephanie Young (Josephine) received a BA in Acting from Baylor University. She was a high school drama director for several years. Some of her favorite roles include Queen Elizabeth in RICHARD III, Rose in GOD'S FAVORITE, and Miss Felletti in ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST. She now works as a Marketing Director to support her theatre habit. Thanks, she says, to her family and friends.

Performed at:

Quad C Theatre's Alt Lab Studio Collin County Community College

2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, TX

May 17, 18, and 19, 2001… 7:30 p.m.

FREE !!! (but donations welcomed!)