{"id":542,"date":"2019-07-03T20:37:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psf.2ss.net\/?p=542"},"modified":"2020-02-27T18:59:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T18:59:04","slug":"pennsylvania-shakespeare-festival-presents-noel-cowards-private-lives-directed-by-dennis-razze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pashakespeare.org\/press\/pennsylvania-shakespeare-festival-presents-noel-cowards-private-lives-directed-by-dennis-razze\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents No\u00ebl Coward\u2019s Private Lives, directed by Dennis Razze"},"content":{"rendered":"
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July 3, 2019<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Contact:\u00a0Tina.slak@pashakespeare.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Center Valley, Pa.\u2014
\nPennsylvania Shakespeare Festival continues its 28th summer season with\u00a0No\u00ebl Coward\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0delectable comedy of manners\u00a0Private Lives<\/em><\/strong>, directed by Associate Artistic Director,\u00a0Dennis Razze<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lauded as \u201ctwo hours of comic bliss\u201d by\u00a0The Telegraph<\/em>,\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>\u00a0previews July 18 and July 19, and opens on Saturday, July 20 through August 4 on the Main Stage at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University.<\/p>\n

After a volatile marriage of volcanic proportions, Amanda and Elyot have divorced and are each newly married. Chance has brought the two couples to adjacent honeymoon suites with adjoining balconies where the fires of former fervor prove irresistible. With the comedic weaponry of Coward\u2019s lightning cleverness and razor-sharp wit, sparks fly as the couple renews their tempestuous relationship. They fight to maintain effervescent decorum against the force of fiercer passions, but their self-restraint is no match for the kind of relationship one cannot live with or without.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe play\u2019s premise is absurd to say the least,\u201d says Director Dennis Razze. \u201cEven less plausible is their sudden decision to immediately flee to Paris, leaving their current spouses behind without even an explanation.\u00a0 It is supremely ridiculous, but it makes for delicious comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coward\u2019s scintillating satire will be helmed by Razze, who directed last summer\u2019s critically acclaimed production of\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>, PSF\u2019s\u00a0sold-out production of\u00a0Evita<\/em>\u00a0(2017), the critically acclaimed production of\u00a0West Side Story\u00a0<\/em>(2016),and the Festival\u2019s memorable\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables\u00a0<\/em>(2015).\u00a0 Razze, who has directed every musical PSF has produced, returns to the director\u2019s chair for his first non-musical since\u00a0Cyrano de Bergerac<\/em>\u00a0in 2008. This year he celebrated his 35th year as a faculty member of the DeSales University Theatre Department.<\/p>\n

\u201cPSF has cast captivating, witty actors as the two couples,\u201d Razze reflects. Playing the roles of the tempestuous couple are\u00a0Matthew Floyd Miller<\/strong>\u00a0as Elyot Chase and\u00a0Eleanor Handley\u00a0<\/strong>as Amanda Prynne. Miller, who has performed in New York at Broadway\u2019s Lincoln Center and Circle in the Square, makes his PSF debut. Handley,\u00a0<\/strong>whose PSF credits include\u00a0Twelfth Night<\/em>,\u00a0Blithe Spirit<\/em>,\u00a0The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>\u00a0and many more, has performed at Broadway\u2019s Lincoln Center, and regionally at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival and Bristol Riverside Theatre.<\/p>\n

Playing the roles of Amanda and Elyot\u2019s new, sensible spouses are\u00a0Tally Gale\u00a0<\/strong>as Sybil Chase and\u00a0Luigi Sottile<\/strong>\u00a0as Victor Prynne. Gale\u2019s regional theatre credits include performances at The Old Globe, Steppenwolf and Oldcastle theatres. Sottile, who played the\u00a0<\/strong>title role in last season\u2019s highly lauded\u00a0Shakespeare in Love<\/em>, has performed in PSF\u2019s\u00a0Troilus and Cressida\u00a0<\/em>(2017) and\u00a0The Two Gentlemen of Verona\u00a0<\/em>(2014), and regionally at Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Folger Theatre, Utah Shakespeare, and Walnut Street Theatre.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth the set and the costume designs for\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>\u00a0must be as elegant and sophisticated as the characters, and the designers,\u00a0Roman Tatarowicz<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah<\/strong>\u00a0Cubbage<\/strong>, have come up with a wonderful art deco environment and exceptionally beautiful gowns and formal attire that should certainly create the desired effervescence of the play,\u201d says Razze.<\/p>\n

In addition to scenic design by Tatarowicz and costume design by Cubbage, the production will feature lighting design by\u00a0Eric T. Haugen<\/strong>\u00a0and sound design by\u00a0William Neal<\/strong>. The fight director for the production is\u00a0J. Alex Cardero<\/strong>, the production stage manager is\u00a0Shelby North<\/strong>, and the assistant stage manager is\u00a0Sean Ravitz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Private Lives\u00a0<\/em>runs in repertory with Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Antony and Cleopatra<\/em>\u00a0through August 4 on the Main Stage at the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University.<\/p>\n

Subscription packages and single tickets can be purchased online at\u00a0www.pashakespeare.org<\/a>\u00a0or by calling the PSF box office at 610.282.WILL [9455].<\/p>\n

The Production Sponsor for\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0Amy Miller Cohen, Ph.D.<\/strong>, and the Production Co-sponsors are\u00a0Susan Henry Martin and James T. Martin;\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Keith and Stefanie Wexler<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The 2019 Festival Season Sponsor is\u00a0Valerie Moritz Smith<\/strong>. The Associate Season Sponsors are\u00a0Linda Lapos and Paul Wirth<\/strong>,\u00a0Kathleen Kund Nolan and Timothy E.<\/strong>\u00a0Nolan<\/strong>,\u00a0the Szarko family<\/strong>, and\u00a0Harry C. Trexler Trust<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The professional theatre company at DeSales University, PSF features acclaimed actors from Broadway, television, and film, winners and nominees of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, and other major theatre awards, from New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and around the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

Summer 2019 Season:<\/strong>
\nMain Stage:\u00a0<\/strong>Crazy for You<\/em>\u00a0(June 12 to June 30),\u00a0<\/strong>Antony and Cleopatra\u00a0<\/em>(July 10 to Aug 4),\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(July 18 to Aug 4),\u00a0<\/strong>Shakespeare for Kids<\/em>\u00a0(July 24 to Aug 3).<\/p>\n

Schubert Theatre:\u00a0<\/strong>The Adventures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian<\/em>\u00a0(May 31 to Aug 3),\u00a0The Mystery of Irma Vep<\/em>\u00a0(June 20 to July 14),\u00a0Henry IV, Part 1\u00a0<\/em>(July 24 to Aug 4).<\/p>\n

About Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival<\/u><\/strong>
\nPennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Patrick Mulcahy, is the only professional Equity theatre of its scope and scale within a 50-mile radius. PSF is one of only a handful of theatres on the continent producing Shakespeare, musicals, classics, and contemporary plays, all of which can all be seen in rep and in multiple spaces within a few visits in a single summer season. Similarly, PSF was among just a handful of theatres on the continent this summer to produce three Shakespeare plays in a single summer season.\u00a0 A patron would have to travel seven to nine hours from PSF to find a comparable range of offerings at a single theatre within a few weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

The Festival\u2019s award-winning company of many world-class artists includes Broadway, film, and television veterans, and winners and nominees of the Tony, Emmy, Obie, Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Jefferson, Hayes, Lortel, and Barrymore awards. A leading Shakespeare theatre with a national reputation for excellence, PSF has received coverage in\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>,\u00a0NPR<\/em>,\u00a0American Theatre Magazine<\/em>, Playbill.com,\u00a0The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, and in recent seasons\u00a0The New York<\/em>\u00a0Times\u00a0<\/em>has identified PSF as one of the leading summer theatre festivals in the nation. \u201cA world-class theater experience on a par with the top Bard fests,\u201d is how one New York Drama Desk reviewer characterized PSF.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1992 and the Official Shakespeare Festival of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, PSF\u2019s mission is to enrich, inspire, engage, and entertain the widest possible audience through first-rate productions of classical and contemporary plays, with a core commitment to Shakespeare and other master dramatists, and through an array of education and mentorship programs. A not-for-profit theatre, PSF receives significant support from its host, DeSales University, from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With 150 performances of seven productions, the Festival attracts patrons each summer from 30+ states. In 27 years, PSF has offered 168 total productions (72 Shakespeare), and entertained 900,000+ patrons from 50 states, now averaging 34,000-40,000 in attendance each summer season, plus another 13,000 students each year through its WillPower Tour. PSF is a multi-year recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts: Shakespeare in American Communities, and is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and the Shakespeare Theatre Association. In 2013, leaders of the world\u2019s premier Shakespeare theatres gathered at PSF as the Festival hosted the international STA Conference.<\/p>\n

The Festival\u2019s vision is for world-class work.<\/p>\n

PATRICK MULCAHY<\/strong>\u00a0(Producing Artistic Director) Since assuming leadership in 2003, Mulcahy has led PSF\u2019s surge in artistic excellence, financial stability, and national recognition. Accomplishments include first-ever grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, attracting a multitude of award-winning artists including winners and nominees of the Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Barrymore, and Emmy awards, a doubling of annual attendance, a successful campaign to double the Festival\u2019s endowment, and the expansion of the number of Actors\u2019 Equity contracts per season. He led the strategic planning process that led to PSF\u2019s\u00a0Vision 2030<\/em>, a commitment to world-class professional theatre, and coverage in\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>,\u00a0The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em>, and\u00a0The Washington Post<\/em>. As a professional director, actor, and fight director, credits include Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre, television and radio. Mr. Mulcahy has acted with many industry luminaries including Don Cheadle, Angela Bassett, Cynthia Nixon, and Tony Shaloub at the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Roundabout Theatre, Hartford Stage, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and the Walnut Street Theatre.\u00a0 He served as fight director for\u00a0A Few Good Men<\/em>\u00a0on Broadway, and multiple Off-Broadway productions starring Marcia Gay Harden, John Mahoney, Patrick Dempsey, and John Savage.\u00a0 He directed Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga in\u00a0The Real Thing<\/em>, and, for PSF, directed\u00a0The Winter\u2019s Tale<\/em>,\u00a0Henry IV, Part 1<\/em>,\u00a0The Tempest<\/em>,\u00a0Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Shakespeare in Love.<\/em>\u00a0Also Head of Acting at DeSales, Patrick holds degrees in acting and directing from Syracuse University.<\/p>\n

Dennis Razze\u00a0<\/strong>(Director,\u00a0Private Lives<\/em>; PSF Associate Artistic Director)\u00a0Mr. Razze directed last summer\u2019s critically acclaimed production of\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>. In 2017 he directed PSF\u2019s\u00a0sold-out production of\u00a0Evita<\/em>\u00a0starring Broadway luminaries Dee Roscioli and Tony Award-winning actor Paulo Szot. He also directed PSF\u2019s critically acclaimed production of\u00a0West Side Story\u00a0<\/em>in 2016\u00a0and the Festival\u2019s memorable\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables\u00a0<\/em>in 2015.\u00a0Including these three blockbuster musicals, Mr. Razze has directed many of PSF\u2019s highest attended productions\u2014The Taming of the Shrew (1998),\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof,\u00a0Twelfth Night (2000), My Fair Lady,\u00a0South Pacific,<\/em>\u00a01776,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Man of La Mancha<\/em>.\u00a0In 2017 he was awarded the Allentown Arts Ovation Award for Performing Arts. This year he celebrated his 35th year as a faculty member of the DeSales Theatre Department. He has directed more than 60 productions for DeSales\u2019 Act 1 including this year\u2019s smash success,\u00a0Pippin<\/em>. Mr. Razze is also a composer who has created musical scores for\u00a0The Devil\u2019s Disciple<\/em>,\u00a0Antigone<\/em>,\u00a0Cyrano de Bergerac<\/em>,\u00a0The Tempest,\u00a0Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/em>, and\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Matthew Floyd Miller<\/strong>\u00a0(Elyot Chase) has acted all across the U.S. for twenty-three years. Broadway:\u00a0Not About Nightingales\u00a0<\/em>(Directed by Trevor Nunn) and\u00a0The Invention of Love<\/em>. Off-Broadway:\u00a0Another Part of the Forest\u00a0<\/em>(Pecadillo) and\u00a0Letters From Cuba<\/em>\u00a0(Signature). Regional includes:\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>\u00a0(Chicago Shakespeare, co-directed by Aaron Posner and Teller, of Penn and Teller),\u00a0Stupid Fucking Bird\u00a0<\/em>(Theatre @ Boston Court, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award). Some other theatres: Geffen Playhouse, ACT- Seattle, Portland Center Stage, Wilma, Dallas Theatre Center, Arena Stage, The Old Globe.<\/p>\n

Eleanor Handley<\/strong>\u00a0(Amanda Prynne) returns for her 6th summer at PSF. PSF credits:\u00a0Twelfth Night\u00a0<\/em>(Olivia),\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Taming of the Shrew<\/em>\u00a0(Katherina),\u00a0Blithe Spirit<\/em>\u00a0(Elvira),\u00a0Cat on a Hot Tin Roof<\/em>\u00a0(Maggie),\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>\u00a0(Beatrice),\u00a0Lend Me a Tenor<\/em>\u00a0(Diana),\u00a0Macbeth<\/em>\u00a0(Witch),\u00a0Comedy of Errors<\/em>\u00a0(Adriana), and\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Two Noble Kinsmen<\/em>\u00a0(Emilia); NYC: Most recently made her Lincoln Center debut in the NYC premiere of\u00a0The Hard Problem\u00a0<\/em>by Tom Stoppard. Also\u00a0Jericho<\/em>\u00a0(NYT Critic\u2019s pick), Limonade tous les Jours<\/em>\u00a0(opposite Austin Pendleton),\u00a0A Christmas Carol<\/em>\u00a0(with Dominic Chianese); Regional highlights:\u00a0Troilus & Cressida<\/em>\u00a0(Cressida),\u00a0King Lear<\/em>\u00a0(Regan),\u00a0Lost in Yonkers<\/em>\u00a0(Bella, Barrymore Nomination),\u00a0Betrayal<\/em>\u00a0(Emma),\u00a0Witness for the Prosecution\u00a0<\/em>(Barrymore Nomination), and\u00a0Time Stands Still<\/em>; TV: Royal Pains, As the World Turns<\/em>, and\u00a0Unforgettable<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Talley Gale\u00a0<\/strong>(Sibyl Chase) her credits include:\u00a0Hamlet, Love\u2019s Labors Lost, Macbeth,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Red Velvet\u00a0<\/em>(The Old Globe);\u00a0Proof\u00a0<\/em>(Oldcastle Theatre Company) and\u00a0This is Our Youth\u00a0<\/em>(Steppenwolf Theatre Company). She can be seen in the web series\u00a0Queen\u2019s English.\u00a0<\/em>BFA Acting, Ball State University; MFA, The Old Globe\/University of San Diego.<\/p>\n

Luigi Sottile<\/strong>\u00a0(Victor Prynne)PSF:\u00a0Shakespeare in Love, Richard II, Troilus and Cressida<\/em>, and\u00a0Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/em>. Chicago:\u00a0Familiar\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Buena Vista<\/em>\u00a0(Steppenwolf);\u00a0Hundreds and Hundreds of Stars<\/em>\u00a0(Goodman);\u00a0Book of Will<\/em>\u00a0(Northlight); and\u00a0Shakespeare in Love, Othello, The Tempest<\/em>\u00a0(CST). Regional:\u00a0The Way Of The World<\/em>\u00a0(Folger Theatre);\u00a0Zombie The American<\/em>\u00a0(Woolly Mammoth);\u00a0Sex With Strangers<\/em>\u00a0(Signature Theatre DC);\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing, Three Musketeers<\/em>\u00a0(Utah Shakespeare Fest.);\u00a0Three Sisters, Cyrano<\/em>\u00a0(Arden Theatre);\u00a0Seminar<\/em>\u00a0(Philadelphia Theatre Co.);\u00a0An Ideal Husband<\/em>\u00a0(Walnut Street);\u00a0Angels In America, The Vibrator Play<\/em>\u00a0(Wilma Theater); and\u00a0The Cherry Orchard, Nathan The Wise<\/em>\u00a0(People’s Light). TV:\u00a0Chicago PD<\/em>\u00a0(NBC); and\u00a0It’s A Man’s World<\/em>\u00a0(YouTube Red).<\/p>\n

Creative Bios:<\/strong>
\nJ. Alex Cordaro<\/strong>\u00a0(Fight Director) PSF credits:\u00a0Richard II, Ragtime, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Fiddler, As You Like It, Othello<\/em>, and\u00a0Shrew<\/em>. Regional credits include the McCarter, The Wilma, The Actors Theater, The Arden, Philadelphia Theater Company, Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, The Lantern, Theater Exile, Inis Nua, Philadelphia Artists Collective, Quintessence Theatre Group, Philadelphia Opera Company, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. Alex runs the Stage Combat progression at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is a Certified Teacher and Theatrical Firearms Safety Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors.<\/p>\n

No\u00ebl Coward<\/strong>\u00a0(1889-1973) (Playwright,\u00a0PL<\/em>) Born to a working class family in London, Coward became an internationally-renowned playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known as \u2018The Master\u2019 by many of his contemporaries and fans. On Coward\u2019s 70th birthday, Lord Louis Mountbatten said, \u201cThere are probably greater painters than No\u00ebl, greater novelists than No\u00ebl, greater librettists, greater composers of music, greater singers, greater dancers, greater comedians, greater tragedians, greater stage producers, greater film directors, greater cabaret stars, greater TV stars. If there are, they are 14 different people. Only one man combined all 14 labels\u2014\u2018The Master.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah Cubbage<\/strong>\u00a0(Costume Designer) Favorite designs include:\u00a0The Triumph of Love<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Hippolyte et Aricie<\/em>\u00a0(director, Stephen Wadsworth); The Juilliard School;\u00a0Crazy for You,\u00a0<\/em>David Geffen Hall (director, Susan Stroman);\u00a0Beauty & The Beast,\u00a0<\/em>Disney Creative Entertainment\/Disney Cruise Lines;\u00a0The Lily\u2019s Revenge,\u00a0<\/em>American Repertory Theatre;\u00a0Dark Lark,<\/em>\u00a0BAM (Kate Weare Company);\u00a0The Radio Show\u00a0<\/em>(Bessie Award,Kyle Abraham\/Abraham.In.Motion). Off-Broadway: Soho Rep, Theatre for the New City, Aquila Theatre Company, Urban Stages, Ohio Theatre, Atlantic Stage 2.Member of USA 829.<\/p>\n

Eric T. Haugen<\/strong>\u00a0(Lighting Designer) In recent seasons, Eric has designed the lighting for some of the more memorable PSF productions such as:\u00a0Ragtime<\/em>,\u00a0Evita<\/em>,\u00a0West Side Story<\/em>,\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>,\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof<\/em>,\u00a0Oklahoma!<\/em>,\u00a0Sweeney Todd<\/em>,\u00a0South Pacific<\/em>,\u00a0Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan<\/em>\u00a0Harker<\/em>,\u00a0King Lear<\/em>,\u00a0Amadeus<\/em>, and\u00a0My Fair Lady<\/em>, among others.\u00a0 His theatrical lighting has been seen Off-Broadway and in regional theatres across the country.\u00a0 Through his company, Luminous Design Studios, Eric provides lighting designs for television, themed entertainment, and architectural projects worldwide.\u00a0In August of 2018, Eric joined the faculty of DeSales University.\u00a0www.LD-Studios.com<\/p>\n

William Neal<\/strong>\u00a0(Sound Designer) is the Resident Sound Designer and Sound Supervisor for PSF and for DeSales University. He has designed sound and\/or composed original music for over 65 productions, including the original Off-Broadway productions of\u00a0After, Daniel\u2019s Husband, Small World, Drop Dead Perfect<\/em>, and\u00a0The Little Prince<\/em>, as well as dozens of regional productions, including last summer\u2019s PSF production of\u00a0Richard II<\/em>. William is a member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 and the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association.<\/p>\n

Shelby North<\/strong>\u00a0(Production Stage Manager) Shelby is delighted to be making her PSF debut! She is a Philadelphia based Stage Manager whose previous\u00a0credits include\u00a0Bridges of Madison County<\/em>\u00a0(Philadelphia Theatre Company),\u00a0Oliver!\u00a0<\/em>(Quintessence Theatre Group),\u00a0Assassins<\/em>,\u00a0Father Comes Home from the Wars\u00a0<\/em>(Yale Repertory Theatre),\u00a0The Petrified Forest<\/em>,\u00a0Church and State<\/em>,\u00a0Fiorello!<\/em>,\u00a0Constellations<\/em>, and\u00a0Million Dollar Quartet<\/em>\u00a0(Berkshire Theatre Group). Shelby is a graduate of Yale School of Drama with an MFA in Stage Management.<\/p>\n

Sean Ravitz<\/strong>\u00a0(Assistant Stage Manager)\u00a0<\/strong>PSF debut.\u00a0<\/strong>Broadway: Lincoln Center. Regional: Bristol Riverside Theatre, Walnut Street, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pig Iron Theatre Co, FringeArts Philadelphia, Berkshire Theatre Group, CENTERSTAGE Baltimore, REV Theatre Company, and New City Stage Company. Film\/Events: McElhinney Productions (Key PA), Philadelphia Gay Pride Festival (SM), FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony (Calling SM), U2 Rock Band (Substitute Calling SM).<\/p>\n

Roman Tatarowicz<\/strong>\u00a0(Set Designer)\u00a0Recent:\u00a0The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Humans<\/em>\u00a0(Walnut Street Theatre); and\u00a0Sweat<\/em>\u00a0(People\u2019s Light). Selected Off-Broadway credits:\u00a0The Banana Monologues\u00a0<\/em>(Acorn Theatre);\u00a0Honky, Apostasy, Roses in December, The Sweepers, Comfort Women, Mother Lolita, The Oxford Roof Climber\u2019s Rebellion,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a027 Rue de Fleurus\u00a0<\/em>(Urban Stages);\u00a0Mother Courage, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Triumph of Love, Dona Rosita The Spinster,<\/em>\u00a0The Threepenny Opera, Dames At Sea,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The Maids\u00a0<\/em>(Jean Cocteau Rep). Selected Off Off-B\u2019way:\u00a0Bee-Luther-Hatchee\u00a0<\/em>(Audelco Award nom.),\u00a0Sacred Journey, Medal of Honor Rag,\u00a0<\/em>and Ionesco\u2019s\u00a0Macbett\u00a0<\/em>as well as the 20th anniversary production of\u00a0Closer Than Ever\u00a0<\/em>at the Queens Theatre in the Park. Designs for Regional Theaters: Capital Rep,Florida Studio Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Ensemble Theatre Company (Santa Barbara), Bristol Riverside Theatre, InterAct Theatre Company, Azuka Theatre, Act II Playhouse, and Passage Theatre Company. Proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. www.tatarowicz.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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July 3, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact:\u00a0Tina.slak@pashakespeare.org Center Valley, Pa.\u2014 Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival continues its 28th summer season with\u00a0No\u00ebl Coward\u2019s\u00a0delectable comedy of manners\u00a0Private Lives, directed by Associate Artistic Director,\u00a0Dennis Razze. 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