Bees in Honey Drown - UMD TDPS

1 L The University of Maryland Department ofTheatre As bees in Honey Drown by Douglas Carter Beane D irector Figh t C ho reogrJpher Scenic D esigner Lig hting Dcr;ignc r Co1,rume D esigner Sound and Vidt!o Designer Production Manager Scot Reese Dan Curran Daniel Ettinger Alexander Cooper Kathleen Geldard Charles Marsh David Kriebs ' As bees in Honey Drown wa, on~ produced 111 C\\ '"' byTht' l) Dept. l>oul-\ ' UcJnc. Aru'll< 1)1rent11: M11 R o;cnbcr . ;inl-\ l>il'l"l tor .1ml \ub~cq11cmly hy I .1mbury. Ewn:Lt Kmd. I . Wrcgluu. Ch11>c M1shkrn, Steven M. Levy. LconJrd )'. pr<''l'nicd 111 J work~hop pro<lun11m .11 ' J~ of Llien I ml .. Ft'Sllhll of 1hc Greg Arti,11, Dm~nor;Tom Wader. Managm D1rccior 111 .. \\':l~ dew loped 111 p;m w ith 1 he: <uppo n o( rh.

2 : SundJllCC l'l:irwnght, I .1bnratorr November 9-17. 200 I R obert and Arle ne Kogo d Theatre C larice Smich Pe rforming Arts Center Unive rsity of Maryland College Pa rk, Maryland biographies (continued) Jonathan (Bo) Gorman (Ph otographer, ct al) 5cnio r comm u nicarions majo r. Tawes Theatre: Gcwtf Pmo11 ef rtz11a11 (Slrn), Once 011 Tit is Island (N a rrator). Pirasso at tlte Lapi11 .'l_~ilt (El vi~). O t he r t ht at res: Me 1111tf My Girl (Bill Snibso n), Noises Ojf (Selsdo n). Paige Marie H ernandez (rllya, ct al) senior thciltrc pc rformann: .md broild cast journalism 1mtilW, C reative :'Ind Performing Arts Sd1o hir, Stringer Foundation Scbohmhip. ~ T hcatn:: lt1rtm (Cbrysot hcmis). Puglicsc T hcatrc: Picasso ar the Lopi11 Agile (Cou nrc~s). Student producrio11~ far colored.

3 <!iris .. (Lady in 13luc). David Stewart Hudson ( , ct al) gc11e ral midies m nj or, Montgomery College; Source Summe r T heate r Pe rform ance Award. Tawcs T hcarre: 011ce 1111 1/1is Isl111ul (To n to n Julian). Pugliese Theatre: Picasso 111 tlie L 1pi11 rl,qilc (~ngot). Jamie KlasseJ (Ambe r, e r a l) j unior th ea tre pe rformance m ajor. Pugliese T hea tre: T he Provincerowu One Acts (Mabel). ~cudcm Produc n o n : T he i\foids (Sobngc). O t her th eatn:.s: R11il Ki11,rt (producer). Tommy Landers (Ev:m) junior :: pc rfo r111:111ce 111:.i1or, C rt :itivc :ind Pc rformjng Arr~ Schobr. Student Production : r!/o/rn. Sn)! t/1c Prcrry C irfr Qcd). O the r thc;itrcs: 0 011'1 Drink cite 11"1rcr (Krojac k). fl'o11derlm11/ A lice (Frog Footman. e nsemble). Kimberly Perfetto (Alexa) seni o r th eatre pe rformance major.

4 C reative and Pt'rforn1i11g Art:. ~ Theam. : Tlir Gtiod P1 rso11 <f Sc1:::111111 ( :r). Studl'lll :tio n : }1r c1ilored .!!iris .. (Lady m R e d). Otlw r: HIJO'~ "Shot in rhe H eart.'. {Nicole Ba ker). I H111e Hm11/er (D ie rdn::). N atasha Rothwell (unde rstudy ) r the:m e pcrfonn:111cc\ C rl':itive :Jnd Pe rforming Arrs Scho l:ir. K."l) T he:Jtre: L[/e is ,, Dr1 ,1111 (wig mi~rrcss). Kogod Thl :i m.:: 'rfmtiry Crisis/ <>istn . (q1111ri11s (h:Jir :111d co~tume dres~l r). Pug lil'M.: T ::: S11/Jl 1rliir1 (rn~tumc .1nd hair d rc%er). Stmle nt productions: _(cu rolorcil .rtirls .. ( in Ornngc). Kristen Shahmir (;1ssisrn11t ~ragl' manager) junior tht .m e perfonnanct: major. Pugliese Theam. : Primtt' E)'L'S Qigh t l opl'r:lmr). Pugliew Theam:: The P mvincc:town O ne An (run c rcw).]

5 Smdc nr productions: ..J/v/111. Say tlil' Prell)! Girls (Myrna), Tin D r1111lumf (Agnes). Ann Shapiro (. so u11d / video dl:signc r) ~cnior ' de~ign and prodm:tion major. Kay Theatre: L{/i l.' A Drc11111 (assistant sm111d designer). Puglic;;e T heatrc: '11/1Ul'/1i<1 (soUJ1d dL ~ig1wr). Srutk-nt productio n: Tltc B,i/d Svpm1111 (stage 'r). Jessica Sherlock (assi.~ta11t sceni c designer) se niur rhea rre design :llld pro duction m ajor. l'uglitsc T :: The M i11co/<1 Trr,;m (soum i board opt ra to r). Student productio ns: Tlte J\laids (costLu11e am! p ro per ties d esigne r), jc>r ro/cired .\!iris .. (sce111c desig-n e r). Other theatres: sbakcspc:ire Alive" tour (sce111c d esig ne r), Olney T heatre Cente r (p ro pc r til:s m tern)..You're Not the Person You Were Born Elizabeth A.}

6 Osborne, student, Department of Theatre, University of Maryland, College Park You 're 11111 rhr person )'Oii rr1cn bom. 111lw wo11dc!fitl is? 1111 'rr tli e J1ersm1 JIOll 111crr 111e11111 rc1 be.'' -Alexa Ver(' de Ve re, As bees in Honey Drown "A witty, fast- paced com edy, As bees i11 Honey Dro1m prcmil' n:d J une 17, 1997 :lt the Drama Department. O nly the third major prodm:tio11 oi the new O ff- Ilro:idway theatre. Bet'S \.Vas grcereJ with cnthmiastic praise, awarded t h<" O ute r Critic~ C ircle John Gassner Playwriting nomii1ated for the Drama Dt'sk Bl St Play Award. ;md served to fimher entrench an already exhil:ir:icing young romp:Jny 111 the New York theatre SCt'.JJt\ After . early career boom wlil.'n pLiywrighc Dougln~ Carter l3cam: had three ~hows runnin~ ~innilrnncomly in Nt>w York, Im.

7 Ucc<:'S.~ :.ecmcd to evaporatc. All d11-ee show~ ck)scd and. with no othcr clo~c to finished. he was reduced to b:iby-sirring to 111<1kc fi11anc1al e nds meet. Nm to be de terred. Ucanc convinced Thl D nun:i Bookshop ro loan him a lwok on ~rreenwnring. He wrote funously for a w.:ck ,ind sent out !11~ ~cret'.11play, hoping that producers woL1ld hire m wri lt' filr .1 telcvbicm ,l'ric~. I mteJJ . hi'> 'rrecnplay, which t a bec:11111: known ~' 7,; If;,,~\? I i>11, 1 ]11111ks Jiir CrW)'llii1(1J, Jrdh N1 11 11111r. \~a~ pun:hased <t11d djrectcd hy Stt>ven p1dbcrg. T h e c 1lsu1ng cvcnr.~ provided tl1c genesis for _ Is Brt~' 111 H,111<'y Dmr1111: 1::11.'allt' suLkk nly became the 11exr " hot'" wr iter, .111<l cnJoycJ horde~ of ;mention a~ well .1~ rhrce offers to direct I lollywood m ovies befon: even setting foot u 11 a movie w t.

8 As Bci:.1 i11 H1111t'y Drorr111, "A ddicious 'oufflc of :i ~:itirt:" (Rt n Br:intky. 7 711' i\'1:111) (irk 'timl.',S). addres~es the Hollywood 1nacl1u1c. a~ well as thl' sucit:tal fascination scandal and cd ebricy. T hrough Alexa. Deane rcrnlli rhe d:Jys of the grl'at eccentric women of thcatrt' and film -Auntie M:Jn1c (M11111r). Dolly (Hr/lo, Dolly), Sally Dowlf'"s ( r). and t vcn H olly Golightly (llnm~ /Z1st ai T[ffe11y's) played by forger tha11 life acrresscs uc h as Rosalind Russell. Cllml C hJ11ning, Liza Minnelli. and Audrey Hepburn. Like these wo mc.:11. Alexa's vivacious spii-it is infectious, m:ikmg one wane lirclc more than ro ex11crk nce life :l~ she dot's. full of glirrer and excitcmc nt. After pursuing rht: thrilb o ( Akxa's life ,111ll t'!)]

9 \"Pcricncing cl1c darkt r ~ide, hO\v-t ver. Evan Wyler is forced to make ~ome to ugh dccbions llbouL his ,in, cclcbrity .. ind int.:~ricy. Thi~ juxtapositi o n begs rhe questions: What ronstirute~ ~uccc$~ in the paforming arrs? Whose life is r11o rc successfol? While one side of the issue stresses rhe imporra ncc or srri\ring for :irmac mc:irnng through proce.~~. thl' a\.1pos1cion focu~.:s on the rc~ultmg fame ;im l fortunl'. OL-am chu~e to follow Iii., dn::u11 .mJ ha, conti11ued wririn~. SinCl' rt:n1rning co t h eatrt'. he w r irrcn lll':irly :i dozen pbr ~ 77w C.:e11111tr)' C/11/>. Ad1 icc Pmm a Catapil/11r. I "71i1c Lfrs. Old 1\ loll(' )' and M11sic /1 Sp11rkl11t~ i'l<lllcr. I k:ine ~~ bre~r piece w il l o pen nexr sw11111er ar the Drama Dc pam11ent, a uon-profit the,1 Lrc tollective who~e 1111ssio11 is m promote new work~.

10 Md forgorren cJ:i~~ic~. :Jnd where Bc~ne i~ cum:ntly the Ara11lic Di n:ctor. Today, thj~ dy11:1111ic ;rn d :iciw comp:iny bo:ists the work of such :irtim :'ls Sar:ih Jessic:i Parke r. (Jaid Rudnick. J uhn Cam l' ro n M itcht:ll, RD. Wong, George S. Kaufo1:in , and Stephen Fbhcrry. " .. 11/f yo11 111/lllf to do is 111ake so111etlti11g tltnt 111i fl rn1111ec1 11'il/1 or her eop/e so thnt 111<' 11// rr1C111 '1 Ji!ef so profo1111df)1 11/cl/le .. " - Evan Wyler. As bees in Honey Drown