WINTER'S The Tale BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MENDELSON - Portland Shakespeare Project
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PORTL AND SHAKESPE ARE PROJECT PRESENTS
The
WINTER’S
Tale
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
IN MODERN VERSE
TRANSLATION BY TRACY
YOUNG
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MENDELSON
portlandshakes.org
July 7-17, 2022 @ Portland Playhouse
PORTL AND SHAKESPE ARE PROJECT
MICHAEL MENDELSON ARTISTIC DIRECTOR KAREN RATHJE MANAGING DIRECTOR
The WINTER’S Tale
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
IN MODERN VERSE
TRANSLATION BY TRACY YOUNG
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL MENDELSON**
Artistic and Production
Production Manager & PPH Liaison Thyra Hartshorn
Scenic & Prop Designer Alex Meyer
Costume Designer Sydney Dufka
Lighting Designer Allison Blaine
Sound Designer Rob Smith
Stage Manager Danny Rosales
Assistant Stage Manager Sesen Haddish
Assistant Costume Designer Paige Hanna
Cast
Hermione, Time, Mopsa Morgan Cox
Lady, Paulina, Time, Servant Lucy Paschall
Emilia, Time, Perdita, Steward Miriam Schwartz
Archidamus, Lord, Autolycus Joshua Weinstein*
Camilo, Time, Gentleman James Luster
Leontes, Time Phillip Ray Guevara*
Polixenese, Jailer, Mariner Murren Kennedy
Antigonous, Clown Andrés Alcalá
Dion, Lord, Shepherd, Gentleman Gary Powell
Mamillius, Servant, Cleomenes, Rogero, Dorcas Tyler Hunt
Lord, Officer, Bear, Florizel Adam John Roper
RUN TIME: APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS, INCLUDING A 10-MINUTE INTERMISSION
Head Carpenter, Brent Hall | Head Electrician, Allison Blaine | Scenic Artist, David Pritchard
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
**Member, Stage Directors, and Choreographers Society.
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Sponsors
Portland Shakespeare Project gratefully acknowledges Play On Shakespeare as a
sponsor of this production, with additional support from the Hitz Foundation.
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Ronni Lacroute
Darci and Charlie Swindells
Jennifer and Carter MacNichol
Douglas Mouw & Steven Watson
Nathan Cogan
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Director’s
NOTES
Michael Mendelson
Inspired by Shakespeare’s journey and his reemergence as theatres are
reopening, we are thrilled to bring our production of The Winter’s Tale in a
modern verse translation by playwright Tracy Young as part of the Play
On Shakespeare Program. To finally bring it to life on stage, before a live
audience, seems like a dream, a long hard-won dream.
The Winters’ Tale is a magical play. It is about rebirth, atonement, jealousy,
forgiveness, and, of course, love. Like so many Shakespearean journeys, it
is also about much more, including reliance, strength, conviction, discovery,
and the simpleness of life and the joy we can find there.
The tale is told through humor and pathos. What is exciting to me is that
when we tell these tales with emotional vigor and passion, we are able to
shake our human spirit from tears to laughter. What interests me are the
tapes we play in our minds, the tapes we replay and refine based upon no
evidence “other than our own weak-hinged fantasies” we create, and how
these “lies” eat at our hearts until we are completely blinded from reality.
And, when once presented with the truth, the long arduous journey toward
redemption begins.
As we emerge to a new normal in our everyday lives, so, after the plague, did
Shakespeare’s England. Finding our footing is never easy and it takes time.
Let’s all dip our toes into the water together and learn to be back in the world.
Let’s all breathe together and know that the storm will pass. I believe theatre
teaches us how to be human, so let’s let our hearts take flight and be human
together. Thank you for choosing to spend your time with us. Enjoy the show.
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Morgan Cox (she/her) is thrilled to be making her Portland Shakespeare Project debut. Morgan is a graduate of Temple University’s MFA acting program. Most recently she performed with The Theatre Company, as Margery, in their audio recording production of Vinegar Tom. In addition to performing in the Portland area, Morgan spent several years as an associate company member with Bag&Baggage, in Hillsboro. She is overwhelmed with gratitude for the chance to perform in her first live show since pandemic times. Huge thanks to this amazing team of humans. Special shout out to her chihuahua, Mr. Fox, who has absolutely no clue what’s going on. Lucy Paschall (she/her) grew up in Northern England training in Classical Theatre and Performing Arts and went on to study ‘Skill development through Shakespeare’ at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. After performing in various classical, musical and comedic productions throughout the U.K. and Canada she moved to Portland 12 years ago and continues to work on stage, screen and audio. She recently played Brigit in Eclipsed, with Corrib theatre company and Gertrude in Valley Shakes production of Hamlet. She has worked with various local theatre companies including Imago, Artists Rep, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Lakewood and has appeared on TV shows such as The Librarians, Grimm and Portlandia. She currently stars in the comedy web series KEPT News (YouTube: keptnewspdx). Lucy gives her heartfelt thanks to Michael and the rest of the cast and crew for making this production matter. Miriam Schwartz (she/her) Originally from Seattle, WA, Miriam Schwartz has spent the majority of her career in Minneapolis where past credits include roles at the Guthrie Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, Six Points Theatre, Artistry MN, 7th House Theatre Company, Arrow Theatre Company, and The Playwrights’ Center. She is the recipient of a 2018 MN Theatre Award for Exceptional Individual Performance for her work in the Guthrie’s production of Indecent—a role she was honored to play again at Artists Rep in collaboration with Profile Theatre in 2020. She is thrilled to be joining Portland Shakespeare Project for the first time to tell this story. Miriam is a graduate of the Guthrie Theater’s BFA Actor Training Program. Many thanks to Michael, the cast and crew, and her favorite (and only) husband, Adam.
Joshua J. Weinstein (he/him) born and raised in
Tallahassee, FL, Josh moved to Portland in 2011 to be
a member of the Portland Playhouse Acting Apprentice
Company. It’s an honor to be back in this space nearly
11 years later. At Artists Rep: Indecent, Magellanica,
We Are Proud to Present..., The Miracle Worker, 4000 Miles,
Tribes, and Foxfinder. Other Portland Credits: The
Baltimore Waltz (Profile, Drammy Award), Miss Bennet,
Major Barbara (PCS), Beirut, Tender Napalm (The
Shoebox, Drammy Award), A Christmas Carol (Portland
Playhouse), The Nether (Third Rail), and Body
Awareness (CoHo, Drammy Award). Many thanks to
the incredible cast, creative, and production teams for
keeping us safe and sharp. And Brandy. Always.
James Luster (he/him) is a Portland based actor,
writer and comedian. He’s worked with Oregon
Children’s Theater, Experience Theater Project,
Theater Vertigo, Bag&Baggage, Action/Adventure
Theater and Portland Actor’s Ensemble to name a
few. He’s also an ongoing writer/actor with Curious
Comedy’s house sketch team, The Sketch Society.
He’d like to thank his parents, Bobby, Carol and
Bogdan, and his partner Holly for their alway
continuous encouragement.
Phillip Ray Guevara (he/him) is a classically trained
actor from San Antonio, TX. He holds a B.F.A. in
Acting from Texas State University and an M.F.A. in
Acting from The University of Washington. During
his time at T.S.U., he had the privilege to study abroad
with the Royal Shakespeare Company in conjunction
with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-
Upon-Avon. He has since gone on to act professionally
all across the country for theatres such as Intiman
Theatre (Seattle), Titan Theatre Company (Queens,
NY), Illinois Shakespeare Festival, and Tony-Award
Winning Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. In addition
to being a stage actor, Phillip spends a good amount
of time on screen. You can see him in ads for clients
such as: Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, BP, Oregon
Health Insurance, and Altra Running. Be sure to keep
an eye out for his feature film debut, Somebody I Used To
Know, directed by Dave Franco; releasing exclusively
on Amazon Prime later this fall. Phillip would like to
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thank his wife, Tricia for her indescribable love and support, and his two children, one of which is due to be born any day now. Murren Kennedy (he/him) Murren is very excited to be working with Portland Shakespeare Project for the first time. Previous roles include Talk Show Host in Measure of Innocence with Bag&Baggage, Marlowe in Shakespeare in Love with Lakewood Theatre, Hector “Heck” Finn in Tom(boy) Sawyer with Quintessence Theatre, Ollie in All’s Faire with Action/Adventure Theatre, Banquo in Macbeth and Longaville in Love’s Labour’s Lost with Portland Actors Ensemble, and an Irishman and a very lost Brit in two shows with Portland Revels. Murren is a graduate of Portland Actors Conservatory (Class of ’15). Andrés Alcalá (he/him) is thrilled to be making his Portland Shakespeare Project debut in The Winter’s Tale. Other Shakespeare credits include Florizel in A Winter’s Tale, Curio in Twelfth Night and Friar John in Romeo and Juliet all at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Richard III, Iago in Othello, Brother Dumane for Alls Well that Ends Well, Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Southwest Shakespeare Company in Sedona and Phoenix Arizona. He has BFA from Southern Oregon University. Worked with Education outreach thru the Oregon Shakespeare Festival School tour program and Summer Seminar for five years, and has been committed to Theatre for Young Audiences for 28 years. He has received several award acknowledgements for acting, directing and projection design work in Phoenix, Chicago, and here in Portland. Gary Powell (he/him) previously appeared in Portland Shakespeare Project’s productions of The Taming of the Shrew and The Tempest. Since moving to Portland in1984 he has acted in over 100 plays in the area at ART, Lakewood Theatre Company, Coho Theater, Profile Theatre, Defunkt Theatre, and others too numerous to list. Film: Zig Zag; The Favor. TV: Grimm; The Librarians; We, the Jury; Richmond Remembers; Hold Me. Guest artist at Portland Actor’s Conservatory, the Oregon Symphony and PCC. Education: BA,MAT University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. MFA Virginia Commonwealth University. High school English, humanities, AP Literature and speech teacher for 35 years, now retired.
Tyler Hunt (he/him) is overjoyed to be making his
professional debut with Portland Shakespeare Project
and this delightful cast! Tyler is an actor, improviser,
and a coach with PlayWrite. Tyler is a graduate of The
Actors Conservatory and holds a BA from University
of Portland. He sends so much love to his family for all
their encouragement!
Adam John Roper (he/him) is a performer originally
from the East Coast. He holds a BFA in theatre from
NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, having studied both at
the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Experimental
Theatre Wing. Favorite roles include Apollo in The
Oresteia, Uncle Sam in The Revolutionalry Revue, Dr
Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Raskolnikov in Crime and
Punishment, Sanjar in The Apple Tree and Duncan in “The
Scottish Play”. When not performing, Adam spends his
time teaching yoga, going to Crossfit, and working as
a Realtor for Works Real Estate. Much thanks to his
friends and family for all of their support.
TWELFTH NIGHT (2015; photo by David Kinder)
Ithaca M. Tell, Jim Butterfield, Orion J. Bradshaw
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Tracy Young (she/her) Translation
Tracy Young is a theatre director and playwright. She began her
writing career developing several original plays with The Actors’ Gang
in Los Angeles, including the musicals Hysteria (Ovation Award and
PEN West Finalist), Euphoria (Ovation, LA Weekly and Garland
Awards) and A Fairy Tale (Garland and GLAAD Image Awards). She
has created several adaptations of classic plays and novels, including
the critically acclaimed Candude, or The Optimistic Civil Servant (from
Voltaire’s Candide for Cornerstone Theatre Company), The Servant of
Two Masters and The Imaginary Invalid for the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, and most recently a theatrical adaptation of Madeleine
L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time for Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Her most
challenging and joyful work to date is Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (with
co-creator Bill Rauch), a simultaneous telling of Euripides’ Medea,
Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
She translated Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale into Modern English for
Oregon Shakespeare Festival as part of their Play On! Series.
Michael Mendelson (he/him) Director
Michael is Artistic Director of Portland Shakespeare Project,
Managing Artistic Director of The Actors Conservatory and a resident
artist at Artists Repertory Theatre. Well known in Portland as an actor,
director and teacher, Michael received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from
Wayne State University and a Master of Fine Arts from University
of Washington’s Professional Actors Training Program. While in
New York City, he studied with Tanya Berezin. Michael’s directing
credits for Portland Shakespeare Project include: A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It and Lear’s
Follies. And from the Play on! Shakespeare, staged readings of Ranjit
Bolt’s Much Ado About Nothing, Jeff Whitty’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
and An Educational First Reading of The Winter’s Tale translated by
Tracy Young. At ART his direction includes: The Importance of Being
Earnest, The Understudy, Intimate Apparel and both directed and starred
in Mistakes Were Made. An Act of God (Nebraska Repertory Theatre),
Love’s Labour’s Lost (Northwest Classical Theatre Company), Stones
In His Pockets (Public House Theatre), As Is (Key Productions), The
Meaning of Prayer (Verbatim Productions) and staged readings of
Botticelli (Profile Theatre) and Dinner With Friends (Mt. Hood Repertory
Theatre). His acting credits at Artists Rep include The Children, Indecent,
1984, Small Mouth Sounds, Magellanica, An Octoroon, Marjorie Prime, Trevor,
The Price, also Tribes, The Skin of our Teeth, Blithe Spirit, The Quality of Life,
Ten Chimneys, Red Herring and Sherlock in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of
the Christmas Carol, God of Carnage, The Cherry Orchard, Superior Donuts,
Othello, Design for Living, Holidazed, Becky’s New Car, Three Sisters, Eurydice,
House, Garden, Orson’s Shadow, Mr. Marmalade, Theater District and
Love!Valour!Compassion! Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night with Portland
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Shakes. Other local credits include Scrooge in A Christmas Carol with Portland
Playhouse and work with Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Portland, Profile Theatre,
Miracle Theatre, Northwest Classical Theatre Company, triangle productions!,
Tygres Heart Shakespeare, Portland Center Stage, Reader’s Theatre Repertory and
New Rose Theatre. New York credits include Revolving Shakespeare Company,
Theatre 1010, The Normal Heart (Lincoln Center/Clark Studio Theatre), Genesius
Guild and The Barrow Group. Regional credits include work at PCPA Theatrefest,
Paper Mill Playhouse, A Contemporary Theatre, Saint Michael’s Playhouse,
Penobscot Theatre Company, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, First Stage Milwaukee,
Idaho Rep, Attic Theater and Wisconsin, Utah and Berkeley Shakespeare Festivals.
Michael is a proud member of SDC, AEA, and SAG-AFTRA.
Thyra Hartshorn (she/her) Production Manager & PPH Liaison
Alex Meyer (she/her) Scenic & Prop Designer
Sydney Dufka (she/her) Costume Designer
Allison Blaine (she/her) Lighting Designer
Rob Smith (he/him) Sound Designer
Danny Rosales (he/him) Stage Manager
Sesen Haddish (she/her) Asst Stage Manager
Paige Hanna (she/her) Asst Costume Designer
THE WINTER’S TALE 11Coming Next
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