Orange County Premiere!

Hot 'N' Throbbing
by Paula Vogel
Directed by Magdalena Zira

PLEASE NOTE: This play contains adult language and subject matter.

Feb. 4 - Mar. 12
Sat. 4pm; Sun. 6pm

$25 General, $22 Seniors/Students
$40 Dinner and Show

Runtime: approximately 1 hour, 30 minutes with no intermission

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES:
February 5 at 6pm: $40 OPENING GALA performance.
February 4 at 4pm: $20 PREVIEW performance

*Every Sunday: Post performance TALKBACKS with cast and designers

Synopsis

Prepare to have your buttons pushed, as you consider what is more obscene: pornography or domestic violence? Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel’s play is a savagely funny and potent exploration of sex, power, violence, and the consequences of habitual abuse of the imagination. As fantasy overlaps reality, you’ll be challenged to consider a woman’s control of her body in the heterosexual world, and the inner conflict of humans as sexual versus social beings.

Designers
Performers
Crew

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
    Paula Vogel (Playwright)

Paula Vogel's plays have been performed at theatres such as the Lortel Theatre and Circle Repertory in New York, the American Repertory Theatre, the Goodman, the Magic Theatre, Center Stage and Alley Theatre as well as throughout Canada, England, Brazil and Spain. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1998 for How I Learned to Drive. The Baltimore Waltz won the Obie for Best Play in 1992 and her anthology, The Baltimore Waltz and Other Plays, has been published by TCG. Other plays include Hot 'N' Throbbing, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, and The Oldest Profession. Other awards include the AT&T New Plays Award, the Fund for New American Plays, the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center Fellowship, several National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and the McKnight Fellowship. She is a member of New Dramatists. [top]

 
    Magdalena Zira (Director)

Magdalena Zira (BA Oxford University, Magdalen College, MA King’s College London, MFA Candidate U.C. Irvine) recently directed The Seagull, Agamemnon, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore and Vita and Virginia. She has worked as Assistant Director at South Coast Repertory Theatre on Caucasian Chalk Circle and The Clean House, both directed by Kate Whoriskey and at the Utah Shakespearean Festival on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Kathleen Conlin and Love’s Labor’s Lost, directed by Timothy Douglas. Theatre credits abroad include working as Assistant Director on the opera Caterina Cornaro at the KYPRIA International Festival in Cyprus and on the Athens premiere of Our Country’s Good. [top]

 
    John Robinson (Set Designer)

This is John's sixth production with The Chance. He is an architect who has done set design in LA and New York. He most recently designed the sets for The World Goes 'Round, The Laramie Project, Cabaret and Big Love all here at The Chance. He thanks Magdalena for the opportunity and Kelly for her support and inspiration. [top]

 
    Jon Langrell (Lighting Designer)

Jon has a B.F.A. in lighting design from Boston University and began his career as the house sound and lighting designer at the well known “Ballroom” cabaret in New York in the late 80's. There he designed for Peggy Lee, Jack Jones, Eartha Kitt, Helen Schneider, Patti Page, Jimmy Webb, Little Anthony, Yma Sumac, Barbra Cook and many more. Jon then landed in Seattle in 1991 and designed productions for Microsoft, Boeing, Major League Baseball, Billionaires and also served as a theater and technical manager of a theater & convention center. In 1997 Jon joined ITEC entertainment in Orlando Florida to serve as the LD for the private imagineering firm. At ITEC Jon worked on ten attractions at Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios, 5 attractions at Disney’s Epcot, designed lighting for “The Holy Land Experience” theme park and several major retail installations. Jon returned back to Seattle to serve as production manager of the largest arts festival in the country, “Bumbershoot”, for two years. Jon is a member of the United Scenic Artists local 829 and his work and contact information can be seen at JLLD.com. [top]

  
    Dave Mickey (Sound Designer)

Graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in Technical Theatre Design, and is currently an MFA1 in sound design at CalArts. Dave has been a working Sound and Lighting Designer in Southern California since 1996. Design credits include the West Coast Premier of The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, World Premier of Wicked City Blues and the World Premier of FIG: R.O. at The Chance Theater. [top] 		 
    Jim York (Assistant Sound Designer)

Jim is a Lancaster native, currently pursuing a degree in Music at Cal Poly Pomona. Although he still mostly considers himself an engineer, he is very grateful to Dave and those at The Chance for giving him a chance to collaborate and become that much closer to a "real" sound designer. [top]

  
    Rachel Stivers (Costume Designer)

Rachel Stivers recently completed her fifth season at California Music Circus. She has also designed for Calfornia Musical Theater and Garbo’s Dinner theater in Sacramento. She is in her second year at University of California Irvine persuing a degree in Costume design. This is her first show at The Chance and hopes it isn’t her last! She would like to thank her parents for their love and support. [top]

 
    April Tra (Choreographer)

April Tra is a senior at the University of California, Irvine, pursuing her B.A. in Dance. She gives great thanks to Magdalena for the opportunity to work in the theatre once again. While April has spent a great deal of time performing the work of others, her recent choreographic projects include the UCI production of The Seagull and the premiere of “Unbroken” at the 2005 Celebrate Dance Festival. April currently trains under Donald McKayle and is a member of the UCI Etude Ensemble. [top] 		 
    Martin Noyes (Fight Director)

Some other shows Martin has Fight Directed: Grapes of Wrath, Tom Jones, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Romeo and Juliet, Beaty and The Beast, Zastrossi, The Elephant Man, and Richard III. Martin received his B.F.A. from Southern Oregon University, and his M.F.A. form the University of Alabama and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival both in Theatre with emphasis on Acting. [top] 		 
    Tiffany Hamilton (Rehearsal Stage Manager)

Tiffany is a transfer student working on her BA at the University of Irvine, in Stage Management. She is currently working on UCI’s production of Castle and is looking forward to continuing her work in Our Town in the Spring. She thanks her family and friends for their support and the teachers who have given her faith that she can follow her dreams. [top] 		 
    Megan White (Asst. Stage Manager)

Megan is currently working on a BA in Theater at the University of California, Irvine. She is delighted to have been a part of this production and looks forward to continue working in theater. She would like to thank her friends and family for all the love and support they have given her in her pursuit of her goals. She also thanks her teachers for helping her find the courage to follow her dreams. [top] 		 
    Tom Hamman (Prop Master)

Having absolutely no theater background, Tom became involved when his talented and lovely wife Myrna first performed here in 2001. He has since been involved in a variety of positions including set builds, light board operation, box office manager, usher, and currently, house manager. This is his first stint as prop master, and he thanks the talented company and crew for their support, but mostly he thanks Myrna for 24 years of love and life. I'll be seeing you. [top] 		 
    Sal Ponce (Production Stage Manager/Sound Board Operator)

This is Sal's fourth show with The Chance Theater. Previously he was the sound board operator for The Diary of Anne Frank (OC Register's Best of 2005) and Production Stage Manager for Porcelain (2006 GLAAD Media Award Nominee: Outstanding Los Angeles Theater, OC Register's Top Ten of 2005) and One Flea Spare (OC Register's Top Ten of 2005). Sal started working as a theatre tech 9 years ago and now sometime later with a degree and some professional work under his belt it doesn't look like he's just getting started. [top]
 
    Michael Irish (Light Board/Follow Spot Operator)

Zing! This is Michael’s tenth production with The Chance Theater. Previously he was seen in Oedipus At Colonus, Hang Up, Company, It’s A Wonderful Life, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Cup of Ha-Ha 2, The Diary of Anne Frank, Fig:R.O., and Cabaret. He has also performed at Rude Guerilla Theater, The Laguna Playhouse, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and South Coast Repertory. He popped up in heaps of shows at U.C. Santa Cruz, where he earned his BA in theater in 2003. [top] 		 
    Karen Webster (Charlene)

As a Company Member, Karen is proud to call The Chance "home," and has fallen in love with its people and its vision. Past Chance Theater credits include Little Women, Trail of Tears, Spring's Awakening, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Hollow, The Cherry Orchard, The Diary of Anne Frank and A Christmas Story. She balances her commitment to The Chance with a full time dental hygiene practice in Irvine. [top]		  
    Warren Draper (Clyde)

Warren is very excited to be playing the very complex role of Clyde in Hot 'N' Throbbing.. he has also appeared in One Flea Spare, The Cherry Orchard, and Lee Miller, the Angel and the Fiend on this stage. He is represented by Horizon One Talent. "This performance is dedicated to the memory of one of the greatest ladies I have ever met, Myrna Miles..... a fellow Chance Company member who is greatly missed." [top]		  
    Cheryl Texiera (Leslie Ann)

After being in CA for two weeks, Cheryl was thrilled to be cast as Leslie Ann for her debut at The Chance Theater. She is originally from New York, and was most recently featured in the top 25 females on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance?" She has studied acting at NYU's Tisch Program and received a BA Psychology degree from Fordham University. Leading credits include Grease, Godspell, Laramie Project, Footloose, Chorus Line, and Seascape with Sharks and Dancer. Cheryl would like to thank the cast and crew for making this an amazing experience. This show is dedicated to Eric and her loving family for all of their unconditional support and understanding! [top]		  
    Casey Long (Calvin)

Casey has been a proud member of The Chance Theater Repertory Company since their third production, and he'll never live down his procrastination. Previous credits at The Chance include The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (OC Weekly Theater Award Nominee: Best Ensemble), The Laramie Project (OC Register's Best Ensembles of 2005), Cabaret (Back Stage West's Critic's Pick), Porcelain (2006 GLAAD Media Award Nominee: Outstanding Los Angeles Theater, OC Register's Top Ten of 2005, Back Stage West's Critic's Pick), and Stephen Belber's Tape (OC Weekly Theater Award Nominee: Best Actor). He would like to thank this very talented and hard-working cast and crew for their devotion and inspiration. He would like to thank Alex for loving him no matter what. Casey would like to dedicate his performance to his cousin, Cathy. [top]		  
    Alex Bueno (Voice-Over)

Alex has been a company member at The Chance Theater since 2002 when she made the "BIG Move" from Culver City to Anaheim. Alex feels very excited and honored to be surrounded by such a talented and passionate group of people. Some of her past credits include The Laramie Project, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Big Love, One Flea Spare, and The Rover which aired on KOCE in 2005. Alex would like to thank her family, friends, Oanh and everyone at The Chance Theater for their inspiration, Casey for his love and support and finally.... Alex would like to thank each and everyone in the cast and crew for their hard work and friendship. Apparently, Alex also likes to talk in the third person. [top]		  
    Dimas Diaz (The Voice)

Dimas is a proud Chance company member. Some of his credits on the Chance stage include Tape, The Cherry Orchard, As You Like It, The Laramie Project, and Chey Yew's Porcelain, which was recently nominated for a GLAAD award and chosen by the OC Register as one of the ten best shows of 2005. Dimas would like to thank Magdalena for her brilliant direction, this great cast and crew, Oanh, the talented artists in the Chance company, and Liz for her love, support, and for missing the Super Bowl to come see the show opening night. [top]