Summer, 1976
by David Auburn
directed by Daisy Walker
August 9 – 31 | Previews August 7 & 8
Tuesdays – Saturdays at 7:00
Photographers Michael & Suz Karchmer have given permission to use their production images below. Please be sure to credit them for any images used. Thank you!
CAST
Jennifer Van Dyck* (Diana)
Annie Meisels* (Alice)
CREATIVE TEAM
Scenic Designer Kevin Judge
Costume Designer Jennifer Spagone
Lighting Designer Patricia M. Nichols
Sound Designer Grace Oberhofer
Casting Judy Bowman C.S.A.
Production Stage Manager Lauren Nicole Jackson *
* appearing through an agreement between this theater and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
The scenic and lighting designers of this production are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
The director is a member of the Stage Director and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
Jennifer Van Dyck* (Diana) is thrilled to be back on the Cape where she last appeared in Sarah Schulman’s The Lady Hamlet at Provincetown Theatre (best performer in a play – Broadway World Boston Awards). She is a frequent collaborator with Charles Busch and Carl Andress : Ibsen’s Ghost (Dorian nominee), The Confession of Lily Dare (Outer Circle Critics Award), Cleopatra, Judith of Bethulia, The Divine Sister, The Third Story. Broadway: Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors, The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway: Primary Stages, Barrow St., Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Keen Company, Naked Angels. Some favorite collaborators: David Auburn, Joseph Haj, Michael Barakiva, Melia Bensussen, Joe Calarco, Topher Payne, Jack O’Brien. Film/Television: all versions of Law & Order, Blindspot, Madam Secretary, Bull, The Good Wife, The Blacklist, Royal Pains, Elementary, Person of Interest, Too Big to Fail, Michael Clayton, Across the Universe. Regional work includes: The Guthrie, Berkshire Theater Group, Barrington Stage, Sharon Playhouse, Huntington, La Jolla, Trinity Rep, The Old Globe.
Annie Meisels* (Alice) is thrilled to be making her WHAT debut! Some of Annie’s work has included TV: Happy, Law & Order, SVU, Blue Bloods, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Life on Mars and more. On stage both in NYC and regionally she’s performed at these theaters: 2nd Stage, Carnegie Hall, Alliance, Barrington stage, Dorset, Longwarf, Baltimore Center Stage, Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Cincinnatti Playhouse in the Park and more. Some favorite roles are Vivi in Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Felicia Dantine in I Hate Hamlet, Peobe in As You Like It, Patricia “Pat” Green in Breaking the Code, to name a few. Annie also works with individuals and company’s coaching public speaking: APowerfulVoice.net. Annie has a BFA from Rutgers Univ. and is a member of The Actors Center. She lives in NYC with her son Jesse and used to play competitive ultimate frisbee!
David Auburn (Playwright) David Auburn’s plays include Summer, 1976; The Adventures of Augie March (based on the Saul Bellow novel); Lost Lake; The Columnist and Proof (2001 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award). Film work includes The Girl in the Park (writer/director), Georgetown and The Lake House. He serves as Associate Artistic Director of the Berkshire Theatre Group, where he has directed many productions, and teaches screenwriting at Columbia University. Raised in Ohio and Arkansas, he now lives in New York City.
Daisy Walker (Director) has directed around the country from San Diego to NYC, at theatres such as Berkshire Theatre Group, The Guthrie Theater Lab, La Jolla Playhouse, Keen Company, Classic Stage Company, New Georges, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Payomet PAC, 59 E 59, Adirondack Theatre Festival, The Pool Plays and others. She has directed new work by artists such as Kristoffer Diaz, Julia Jordan, Duncan Sheik, Kevin Rice, Brenda Withers, Eric Lane and Melanie Marnich. Previously, she was Executive Artistic Director of Theater Masters an Assistant Director on Jersey Boys or the Broadway, National Tour, and Regional productions, and served as an Artistic Associate at Classic Stage Company. Other Broadway Assistant Directing credits include Aaron Sorkin’s The Farnsworth Invention, Dracula – The Musical, and Sinatra, His Music, His World, His Way. A Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop. Her work at WHAT includes Oblomov, One Night in the Life of Denise Ivanovich, Rhinoceros, The Little Dog Laughed, Private Eyes, Stonewall Jackson’s House, Ride, Shipwrecked!, Painting Churches, The Pickleball Wars, and An Act of God.
SUMMER, 1976
by David Auburn
Tickets: $45 ($41.50 seniors, $15 students); previews $30 ($27 seniors, $15 students);balcony (Partial View) $15
When: August 9-31, Tues. – Sat. 7:00 p.m.; previews August 7 & 8, 7:00 p.m.
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
Outermost Performing Arts Center
2357 State Highway Route 6
Wellfleet MA 02667
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