The Squirrels
By Robert Askins
Directed by Mandy Fox
The performance runs two hours with a 10-minute intermission.
Cast
Sciurus
Othman Shuri
Scientist/Sciuridae
Ryan Heitkamp
Carolinensis
Luke Kleeman
Mammalia
Marina Sepulveda
Chordata
Sophie O'Leary
Rodentia
Marta Minarik
Ensemble
Desiree Gailes
Sarah London
Diego Diaz
Sam Hicks-Jirkans
Understudies
Sciurus
Sam Hicks-Jirkans
Scientist/Sciuridae
Darrian Ippolito
Carolinensis
Elliot Boley
Mammalia
Maddie Green
Chordata
Sarah London
Rodentia
Maddie Green
Ensemble
Kalee Sribanditmongkol
Ensemble
Jay Xu
The Squirrels is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
Developed at The Lark, New York City.
The world premiere of The Squirrels
Produced in 2018 by La Jolla Playhouse
(Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director; Debbie Buchholz, Managing Director)
La Jolla, California
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited. Please silence your cell phones and pagers prior to the beginning of the performance. In consideration of those seated around you, please refrain from texting during the performance.
Department Chair
E.J. Westlake
Artistic Director
Mandy Fox
Producer and Production Manager
Sherée Greco
Director
Mandy Fox
Intimacy and Fight Director
Paitton Lewis
Co-Fight Director
Bob Pike
Movement Coach
Persis Yoder
Scenic Designer and Properties Designer
Kaitlyn Crosby
Costume Designer
Alexis Miller
Lighting Designer
Sarah Herkert
Sound Designer
Keya Myers-Alkire
Media Designer
Alex Oliszewski
Production Stage Manager
Ray Hahn
Production Technical Director
Chad R. Mahan
Lighting Programmer
Eris Dale
Assistant Director
Maddie Green
Assistant Costume Designer
Hannah Allen
Assistant Lighting Designer
Anna Nienhaus
Assistant Sound Designer
Ava Williams
Assistant Stage Manager
Claire Pennington
External Relations and Publicity Coordinator
J. Briggs Cormier
Ticketing Services and Audience Services Specialist
Julia Buttermore
Business Operations Manager
Dev Singer
Graphic Design
Biaggio Bican
Staff Technical Director
Chris Zinkon
Scenic Studio Manager
Chad R. Mahan
Scenic Studio Teaching Associates
Kaitlyn Crosby, Jack MacGregor, Megan Wells
Scenery Construction Crew
Ben Ault, John Baniak, Joshua Crawford, Alice Davis, Sally Dempsey, Keshabi Dhimal, Grace Dicus, Morgan Eisenbraun, Rory Fabec, Matthew Fisher, Miriam Frank, Hailee Franklin, Amaya Harbaugh, Is Gibson, Matt Henry, Grey Lynsky, Troy Malone, Alex Pastuzyn, Claire Pennington, Hunter Reprogle, Nathan Ruppert, Juliana Sobecks, Mia Sutorius, Gabe Willenberg, Andrew Yates
Set Run Crew
Cale Bishop, Grey Lynsky
Costume Studio Manager
Coco Mayer
Costume Studio Teaching Associate
Alexis Miller, Jeremy Quick
Costume Construction Crew
Maverick Aranas-Armstrong, Joe Blair, Alice Davis, Grace Middleton, Ray Hahn, Darrian Ippolito, Luke Kleeman, Anastasia Smith, Natalie Soder, Donna Tanner, Denize Totonchi, Klaire Weinroth, Ansley Wilson, Persis Yoder
Wardrobe Crew
Gracy Frea, Greg Goldberg
Lighting Studio Manager and Production Electrician
Eric M. Slezak
Lighting Studio Teaching Associates
Sarah Herkert, Evan Lane, Robbie Wilt
Lighting Crew
Colin Barberic, Matthew Fisher, Ryan Fowler, Sam Hicks-Jirkans, Finn Hossain, Anna Nienhaus, Leash Pfefferle, Conner Rittenhouse
Light Board Operator
Persis Yoder
Sound and Media Studio Manager
Keya Myers-Alkire
Sound Crew
Colin Barberic, Cale Bishop, Matthew Fisher, Gregory Goldberg, Greta Hickman, Daniel Matys, Sean Riley
Sound Board Operator
Max Cerny
Student Ticket Seller Supervisor
Brenda Ramos Perez
Box Office Staff
Gracy Frea, Yareni Velazquez Garcia, Kendall McNutt, Sophie Reynolds, Shavonna Simpson, Logan Thomas
House Managers
Shavonna Simpson
Diego Diaz (ensemble), senior
Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Perrysburg, OH
Major(s): aviation
Minor(s): theatre
Department Productions: Debut
Desiree Gailes (ensemble), sophomore
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Major(s): music education; theatre
Department Productions: Debut
Maddie Green (assistant director, understudy for Mammalia and Rodentia), senior
Hometown: Springboro, OH
Major(s): English
Minor(s): history; theatre
Department Productions: Silent Sky; The Moors; Orlando
Ray Hahn (stage manager), senior
Pronouns: they/them
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: The Moors; Orlando
Luke Kleeman (Carolinensis), sophomore
Hometown: Columbus
Major(s): English; theatre
Minor(s): voice acting; game studies
Department Productions: Orlando
Sophie O'Leary (Chordata), junior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Major(s): music performance; theatre
Department Productions: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Moors; The Dog Project
Claire Pennington (asst. stage manager), senior
Hometown: Batavia, OH
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: 1st department production
Marina Sepulveda (Mammalia), senior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Youngstown, OH
Major(s): psychology
Minor(s): Spanish; theatre
Department Productions: Silent Sky; Everybody
Othman Adam O. Shuri (Sciurus), senior
Hometown: Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: Blood Wedding; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Seven Guitars
Kalee Sribanditmongkol (ensemble understudy), junior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Gahanna, OH
Major(s): theatre
Minor(s): musical theatre
Department Productions: Silent Sky; Orlando
Ava Williams (asst. sound designer), senior
Pronouns: she/her
Hometown: Georgetown, OH
Major(s): theatre
Minor(s): Italian
Department Productions: 1st department production
Yongjie (Jay) Xu (ensemble understudy), sophomore
Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Major(s): psychology
Minor(s): education
Department Productions: Debut
Persis Yoder (movement coach), junior
Pronouns: they/them
Hometown: Wooster, OH
Major(s): theatre
Department Productions: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Moors; Orlando
This production includes the use of fog and loud noises. It also includes graphic staged violence, staged intimacy, strong language, discussions of sex, discussions of cannibalism, references to racism, and implied incest.
