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MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

NOVEMBER 2005

By William Shakespeare
Directed by J. Clark Nicholson

CREW

Scene Designer   Steve Krempasky
Zachary O. Breach   Production Stage Manager
Mike Banks   Musical Director/Sound Design
Jennifer Kilander   Costume Designer
Dan Burke   Fight Choreographer
Karen M. Gasser   Lighting Designer
Tim Parsons   Technical Director

CAST

Sean Adams
Lancaster/Mortimer/
Lord Bardolphe

Janet Bixler
Blunt/Feeble

Robert Campbell
Mistress Quickly/
Douglas

David Chromiak
Thomas Duke of Clarence/
Page

Alexis Dow
Poins/Mouldy/Lord Hastings

Melissa Dunphy
Hotspur/Justice Silence/
Mowbray

Sherman Hawkins
Northumberland/
Lord Chief Justice

Brian Hoover
Pistol/Archbishop Scroop/
Lady Percy

Nick Hughes
Glendower/Justice Shallow

Jennie Kelley
Sheriff/Officer/Warwick

Nicole Borreli-Martinez
Earl of Westmoreland/
Bardolph

Melissa Nicholson
King Henry IV

Karen Ruch
Falstaff

Amber E. Wagner
Prince Hal

Jacquie Williams
Doll Tearsheet/Bullcalfe/
Worcester


Jamie Tyrrell   Assistant to the Director
Jessica Lynes   Properties Manager
Ron Rash   Assistant Technical Director
Nancy Wagner   Head Costumer
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Phillip Mann   Lighting Assistant
Joe Gualtier   Sound Assistant
Sandi Ross   House Manager
Michael Ross   Production Assistant
Sara Ross   Production Assistant
Peter Twigg   Production Assistant
Michelle Camilli   Volunteer Coordinator
Robinson Smith   HSF Artwork/Logos
Teresa Campbell   Box Office Manager
Maria Dever   Program Design
Katharine Newhouse   Stitcher
Magdalena Newhouse   Stitcher
Macrina Newhouse   Stitcher
     

The young Prince Hal has many challenges before him. He must prove himself to his father, King Henry. He must face the deadly Harry “Hotspur” Percy, the knight leading the rebellion against his father. And he must survive being friends with the obese reprobate Sir John Falstaff, who seeks to use the prince for his own advantage. Written as two parts of an eight play series, HSF combined the two plays into one evening of theatre.

In a bold break from tradition, the show was cast in reverse gender – nearly all of the male roles were portrayed by female actors, and the women in the story were played by men. In a play that is dominated by powerful and ambitious men, this was a fascinating study in what it means to be a man – in every sense.

(For those of you interested in HSF trivia: this play was the prequel to Henry V, which the company had presented earlier that year in Reservoir Park. In an interesting twist, Hal was played by Amber Wagner, and Hostess Quickly by Robert Campbell – whereas in the production of Henry V, Robert played Hal as king, and Amber portrayed the Hostess. And though many actors returned for Henry IV, only one assumed the role of the same character in both – Brian Hoover as Pistol. Neat, huh?)

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