SEGERSTROM STAGE /JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 26, 2023
David Ivers Paula Tomei
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MANAGING DIRECTOR
David Emmes & Martin Benson
FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
APPROPRIATE
by BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS
LAWRENCE E. MOTEN III. Scenic Design
DOMINIQUE FAWN HILL, Costume Design
TOM ONTIVEROS, Lighting Design
MELANIE CHEN COLE, Sound Design/Original Music
NATHAN CROCKER, Dialect Coach
MICHAEL POLAK, Fight Choreographer/Intimacy Consultant
MARIA PATRICE AMON, Dramaturg
JOANNE DENAUT, CSA. Casting
SARAH GOSHMAN* Production Stage Manager
directed by DELICIA TURNER SONNENBERG
RICHARD & LISA DE LORIMIER
Voices of America Lead Honorary Producers
APPROPRIATE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
New York premiere originally produced by Signature Theatre, New York City (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director, Erika Mallin, Executive Director)
World Premiere production in the 2013 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville and at the Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Il. (Chay Yew, Artistic Director, Chris Mannelli Interim Managing Director) APPROPRIATE, recipient of the Sundance Institute Tennessee Williams Award, was developed, in part,
at the 2011 Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation and at the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab
at the Sundance Resort with the Sundance Institute Time Warner Fellowship Program.
APPROPRIATE was developed, in part, at Vineyard Arts Project (Ashley Melone, Founder and Artistic Director)
CAST OF CHARACTERS
FRANÇOIS "FRANZ/FRANK" LAFAYETTE -Lea Coco*
RIVER RAYNER - Jess Andrews*
RHYS THURSTON - Hunter Spangler*
ANTOINETTE "TONI" LAFAYETTE - Shannon Cochran*
RACHAEL KRAMER-LAFAYETTE - Tessa Auberjonois*
BEAUREGARDE "BO" LAFAYETTE - Jamison Jones*
AINSLEY KRAMER-LAFAYETTE - isaac Person
CASSIDY "CASSIE" KRAMER-LAFAYETTE - Natalie Bright
SETTING
The living room of a former plantation home in southeast Arkansas. Summer.
LENGTH
Approximately two hours and 30 minuties, including one 15-minute intermission.
Recommended for ages 16+ for strong language and sexual themes.
PRODUCTION STAFF
Assistant Stage Manager - Kathryn Davies*
Production Assistant - Kaylee Mesa
Assistant Director - Summer Session
Fight Choreogrpher/Intimacy Consultant - Michael Polak
Associate Scenic Designer - Daniel Allen
Costume Design Assistant - Carson Julian
Assistant Lighting Designers - Jennifer Gonzalez, Avery Reagan
Light Board Operator -Hannah Ferla
Sound Board Operator - Noé Valenzuela
Automation Operator - Ben Morrow
Wardrobe Supervisor/Dresser - Corbyjane Troya
Dresser -Jillian Pricco
Wig and Makeup Crew - Kate Galleran
Additional Costume Staff - Denise Barry, Jordan Bridges, Sean Castro, Kendall Montunnas, Tessa Oberle, Jillian Pricco
* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Cellular phones, beepers and watch alarms should be turned off or set to non-audible mode during the performance. Please refrain from unwrapping candy or making other noises that may disturb surrounding patrons.
Photos may be taken before and after the show, and during intermission, but not during the performance itself.
Show your appreciation for the play by using the hashtag #AppropriateSCR.
Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the theatre.