Created
and performed by BRADFORD LOURYK
With ROB GRACE
Directed by JOSH HECHT
Production Stage Manager FRANK RAMIREZ
Set Designer WILSON CHIN
Costume Designer MARY PING
Lighting Designer JOSH BRADFORD
Sound Designer ROB KAPLOWITZ
Video Designer KEVIN R. FRECH
Wig Designer JASON HAYES/Hothouse Flowers
Properties Designer JUNG KIM GRIFFIN
Production Dramaturg
CHRISTIE EVANGELISTO
Bradford Louryk (Christine Jorgensen). Off Broadway debut.
Selected NY Theater: Klytaemnestra's Unmentionables at hERE, Clay
McLeod Chapman's redbird and Rob Grace's The Tragedy of Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark at The Culture Project for Studio 42, the American
Premiere of First You're Born at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at
Playwrights Horizons, Jewish Mothers (also by Clay McLeod Chapman)
for the Culture Project's Women Center Stage Festival, New Georges' ManFest,
in which he performed his Elektra, and, most recently, his solo
play Christine Jorgensen Reveals at 59E59 Theaters in July and
at The Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August. With director
Josh Hecht, performer Jack Ferver, and writers Mike Albo, David Grimm, Lisa
Kron, Bryony Lavery, Wendy MacLeod, Theresa Rebeck, and Kate Robin, he is
currently developing Version Mary, his latest performance piece.
In May 2005, Bradford was a finalist for PS122's inaugural Ethyl Eichelberger
Award. He is a founding member of Studio 42 (for whom he served as Artistic
Director from 2001 through 2005) and continues to sit on its Board of Directors,
a founding member of The Starving Artists Award Fund (and two-time Co-Chair
of The Starving Artists Ball), and the newest addition to The Vineyard Theater's
SpringBoard. BA: Vassar.
Josh Hecht (Director) has most recently staged new works
by Bob Morris (MCC), Theresa Rebeck (Slant), John Guare (MCC), Victor Lodate
(O'Neill Playwrights Conference), Winter Miller (13P), Ann Marie Healy (Ontological),
Itamar Moses (MCC), Ross Maxwell (EST), and Joe Hortua (NY Fringe -- Best
in Fringe), in addition to readings at Primary Stages, The New Group, New
Dramatists, Rattlestick, The Directors Company, New Georges, and many others.
In development: Version Mary, a performance piece created with
writers Bryony Lavery, Theresa Rebeck, Wendy MacLeod, Kate Robin, Lisa Kron,
David Grimm, and Mike Albo and performance artists Bradfrod Louryk and Jack
Ferver; and Something's Wrong with Amandine with playwright Winter
Miller and composer Lance Horne. Affilliations: SoHo Rep Writers/Directors
Lab, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, The Wooster Group (observership, '02-'03).
Josh is the former Director of Playwright Development at MCC.
Rob Grace (Mr. Russell) is an actor, playwright and comedian.
His New York credits include the American premiere of First You're Born,
The Bakkhai, which he performed with the internationally-acclaimed
Black Moon Theater Company, and the role of God in his play, The Tragedy
of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He won the Marilyn Swartz Seven Playwriting
Award for his plays Paper Hearts and Suffern. His plays
have been produced at hERE, New Georges' Manfest, and the Culture Project
Main Stage. He is a member of After School Special, a sketch comedy group
that performs at the Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles.
Frank Ramirez (Stage Manager): a native New Yorker and
proud member of Actors' Equity Association is thrilled to be a part of Christine
Jorgensen Reveals. After touring the country and spending time working
throughout Florida, Frank is happy to be back in NYC and has since worked
on several Off-Broadway shows and is currently the PSM for Naked Boys
Singing! Many thanks to everyone at Martian Entertainment LLC.
Wilson Chin (Set Designer). New York: The Dear Boy
(Second Stage) Joy (Actors' Playhouse), Holy Cross Sucks!
(Ars Nova, sets and costumes), Boise (Rattlestick), Golden
Age (Tobacco Bar), Say You Love Satan (FringeNYC), Dido
and Aeneas (New York Chamber Opera). Regional: Iron Kisses
(Geva Theatre), Cyrano (Weston Playhouse), Rough Magic
(Hangar Theatre), Breath, Boom (Yale Rep), A Streetcar Named
Desire (Yale Drama School), L'italiana in Algeri (Berkeley
Opera). MFA: Yale School of Drama (Oenslager Travel Fellowship Award). www.wilsonchin.com
Mary Ping (Costume Designer) graduated with a Bachelor's
degree in Art at Vassar College, and spent a year in London attending the
London College of Fashion and Central Saint Martin's, and working with Robert
Cary-Williams. Ping apprenticed in the design studios of Han Feng and Anna
Sui and the history-laden halls of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute
as a research assistant. She launched her eponymous label in 2001. In 2004
Ping was awarded the prestigious Ecco Domani award for womenswear and presented
her most accomplished collection at Lincoln Center.
Josh Bradford (Lighting Designer). Recent designs include
The Bald Soprano and The Lesson, Arrangements
and The Hiding Place for the Atlantic Theater, Sin: A Cardinal
Deposed and A Likely Story for The New Group, and The
Breadwinner, Outward Bound, Pyretown, The Hasty
Heart and Pullman Car Hiawatha for Keen Company. Josh also
serves as the Resident Lighting Designer for the Eugene O'Neill Theater
Center's Playwrights and Cabaret Conferences. He began studying design at
Middlebury College and holds an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Robert Kaplowitz (Sound Designer) has worked on a couple
of hundred new plays as a composer and/or dramaturgically driven sound designer.
Favorites include: Tracy Scott Wilson's The Story at the Public
(Lortel Nomination), The Jo Alder/Mabou Mines residency of Request Concert,
Kia Corthron's Light, Raise the Roof at NYTW, Emily Mann's Meshugah
for Naked Angels, Neil LaBute's Fat Pig for MCC, and Yasmin Godder's
Hall at the Kitchen. He spent 5 years as the resident sound designer
at the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference (2000-2004), is the Producing
Artistic Director for Relentless Theatre Company, and dedicates this, and
all of his work, to KMO.
Kevin R. Frech (Video Designer). Selected credits included:
Video Designer, Shrinkage Manhattan Theater Source; Video Designer,
Nerds, New York Musical Theater Festival; Associate Video Designer,
The Regard Evening with Bill Irwin, The Signature Theater; Intrigue
With Faye, MCC Theater; Trumbo, Westside Theater; Blue
Man Group: Live At Luxor, Luxor Theater, Las Vegas. His documentary
on the connection between trendy restaurants and gentrification on skid
row, Bowery Dish, just premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
He is delighted to be working with Josh and The Splinter Group on this show.
Christie Evangelisto (Dramaturg) is the Associate Literary
Manager at Playwrights Horizons, where she oversees the Musical Theatre
division of the Literary department. She holds an MFA in Dramaturgy and
Dramatic Criticism from Yale School of Drama and a BA in Dramatic Literature,
Theater History, and Cinema from NYU. In Washington, DC, Christie worked
as the Dramaturg/Associate Literary Manager at The Studio Theatre and as
a dramaturg and writer with the Washington National Opera, Arena Stage,
The Shakespeare Theatre, and The Kennedy Center. She is on the selection
committee for the O'Neill Music Theater Conference and is a consultant with
The Shuman Company in LA. Christie has most recently worked on plays by
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Rolin Jones, and Rey Pamatmat, as well as the new
musicals Grey Gardens and Broadcast. She is thrilled to
be working with Bradford and Josh again on the upcoming Version Mary.
DAVID GERSTEN ASSOCIATES (Press Representatives) also represents
the hit off-Broadway shows Altar Boyz (NYC, Des Moines, upcoming
National Tour), The Awesome '80s Prom (NYC, Chicago, Minneapolis),
and the upcoming Irish Curse. Other clients include Mint Theater
Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Edge Theatre, The Lortel Foundation and
The League of Off-Broadway Theatres & Producers' annual Lortel Awards.
David serves on the Board of Governors of ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical
Press Agents & Managers. David produced Tea at Five, starring
Kate Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn and served as an Associate Producer on
the new musical Dr. Sex.
Splinter Group Productions, LLC (Producer) was formed by
Seth A. Goldstein in the spring of 2002 to produce works of singular vision
for the stage and screen. In the spring of 2003, The Splinter Group produced
the UK premiere of Joe Calarco's critically acclaimed Shakespeare's
R&J, which transferred to London's West End for a ten-week
engagement before touring the UK. The Splinter Group also general manages
productions for clients including the critically acclaimed Apparition
by Anne Washburn, playing now through January 7th at the Connelly Theater,
and the award-winning hit, Confessions of a Mormon Boy, opening
January 27th at the Soho Playhouse. Other clients have included the British
musical comedy trio Fascinating Aida's production of Absolutely Fascinating
at Theatre Row, The Riot Group in Pugilist Specialist at 45 Bleeker
and Ami Dayan's A Tale of a Tiger at 59E59 Theaters.
Highbrow Entertainment (Producer). After only two years
of existence, Highbrow already has an eclectic selection of credits for
the screen and stage: from the documentary, Inside the Bubble about
the Kerry campaign, to the fiction films, Milk and Honey by Joe
Maggio (2004), and The Tollbooth by Debra Kirschner (release Feb.
2006). Stage credits include: Dario Fo's A Tale of a Tiger at 59E59,
Christine Jorgensen Reveals (at this year's Edinburgh Festival with
The Splinter Group), as well as Performance Art, (as a sponsor of Christian
Marclay's Screen Play for the Performa '05 Biennial). Currently
at the Zipper, Rope, in a co-production with the Drama Dept. Next
will be a production of Vernissage, a farce by Simon Fortin.
Sterling Bridge Productions LLC (Producer) was formed in
the summer of 2005 as a partnership made up of husband and wife team Christian
Pimsner & Pamela Lloyd. Credits include Christine Jorgensen Reveals
(59E59 Theaters and the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Christian is a
Senior Executive working for Healthology, a leading producer and distributor
of physician-generated health and medical information on the Internet. Pamela
is a member of Broad Horizons Theater Company and a graduate of Penn State
University and Commercial Theater Institute. Since 2001, she's has the pleasure
of working for Producers Michael David and Edward Strong at Dodger Theatricals
(The Music Man, 42nd Street, Urinetown, Into
the Woods, Dracula, Bare, Good Vibrations,
Drumstruck, Jersey Boys).
Sandra Garner (Producer) is currently General Management
Associate at Playwrights Horizons where she has worked most recently on
Miss Witherspoon by Chris Durang, Fran's Bed by James
Lapine and B.F.E. by Julia Cho. Upcoming shows at Playwrights Horizons
include spring productions of Grey Gardens: A New Musical by Doug
Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie based on the documentary film by
the Maysles brothers and Pen by David Marshall Grant. Recent producing
credits include the New York premiere of Christine Jorgensen Reveals
at 59E59, Golda's Balcony and Prim Butterfly.