the complete deaths Digital playbill
Photo by Rebecca Gudelunas
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The Complete Deaths
Written and Adapted by Tim Crouch Created by Tim Crouch & Spymonkey: Aitor Basauri, Stephan Kreiss, Petra Massey, and Toby Park The Complete Deaths was first presented as a Spymonkey co-production with Brighton Festival and Royal & Derngate, Northampton in 2016 |
A note from the Director Meg Trelease
When Paul first suggested we do this play, it was over a year ago. I was in a pandemic haze, and it really felt like death and destruction was all around me. We were all just beginning to emerge from the trauma of it all, and I felt like my life had been tightly bound in saran wrap since March 2020. But I was still standing, and Curio was still standing. So I took a look at this play, and I laughed. I expanded again. I cackled at the wackiness, the stupidity, the joy, the silliness - it truly felt like a breath of fresh air. Finally, I could laugh in the face of death! It felt like a gift, and tonight I want to share that gift with you. We have had a blast making this piece, and I hope that is infectious. As we continue to navigate a brand new world with uncertain circumstances all around us, tonight let us celebrate death. Tonight, just for a little while, let us look death squarely in the face and laugh.
Cast
Paul Kuhn
Aetna Gallagher
Tessa Kuhn
Nathan Joseph
Production Staff
Director - Meg Trelease
Stage Manager - Celia HuttonJohns
Assistant Stage Manager - Eden Hershey
Sound and Multimedia Designer - Damien Figueras
Set Designer - Paul Kuhn
Lighting Designer - Dalton Whiting
Costume and Prop Designer - Aetna Gallagher
Fight Choreographer/Voice of Shakespeare - Kyle Fennie
Set Assistant - Sarah Lipman
Photographer/Poster - Rebecca Gudelunas
Curio Staff
Artistic Director - Paul Kuhn
Co-Artistic Director & Development Director - Meg Trelease
Managing Director - Gay Carducci-Kuhn
Artistic Associate - Aetna Gallagher
Education Director/Administrative Asst. - Tessa Kuhn
Box Office Manager - Elizabeth Gallagher
When Paul first suggested we do this play, it was over a year ago. I was in a pandemic haze, and it really felt like death and destruction was all around me. We were all just beginning to emerge from the trauma of it all, and I felt like my life had been tightly bound in saran wrap since March 2020. But I was still standing, and Curio was still standing. So I took a look at this play, and I laughed. I expanded again. I cackled at the wackiness, the stupidity, the joy, the silliness - it truly felt like a breath of fresh air. Finally, I could laugh in the face of death! It felt like a gift, and tonight I want to share that gift with you. We have had a blast making this piece, and I hope that is infectious. As we continue to navigate a brand new world with uncertain circumstances all around us, tonight let us celebrate death. Tonight, just for a little while, let us look death squarely in the face and laugh.
Cast
Paul Kuhn
Aetna Gallagher
Tessa Kuhn
Nathan Joseph
Production Staff
Director - Meg Trelease
Stage Manager - Celia HuttonJohns
Assistant Stage Manager - Eden Hershey
Sound and Multimedia Designer - Damien Figueras
Set Designer - Paul Kuhn
Lighting Designer - Dalton Whiting
Costume and Prop Designer - Aetna Gallagher
Fight Choreographer/Voice of Shakespeare - Kyle Fennie
Set Assistant - Sarah Lipman
Photographer/Poster - Rebecca Gudelunas
Curio Staff
Artistic Director - Paul Kuhn
Co-Artistic Director & Development Director - Meg Trelease
Managing Director - Gay Carducci-Kuhn
Artistic Associate - Aetna Gallagher
Education Director/Administrative Asst. - Tessa Kuhn
Box Office Manager - Elizabeth Gallagher
Cast and Crew Bios
Paul Kuhn (Ensemble/Set Designer) - Paul is the Co-Artistic Director with Meg Trelease. He is an original founding with Aetna Gallagher, Gay Carducci, Tim Martin and Jared Reed 18 years ago. He is grateful for the loyal support of Curios patrons, to the founding Members and to Meg over the past 18 years. Past favorite productions include Spymonkey's Oedipussy, Death and The Maiden, The Weir, Death of A Salesman. He just can’t believe he gets to be in a show with his sister, his daughter and his cousin from Canada. This is the first all-Canadian cast, eh! --
Si vous voulez correspondre en français je serais heureux de le faire
Aetna Gallagher (Ensemble/Costume and Prop Designer) - Aetna is a founding company member and Artistic Associate of Curio working as an actor and costume designer for the past 18 seasons. Last seen on the Curio stage in I (heart) Alice (heart) I. Past productions include Noises Off!, The Bald Soprano, The Cripple of Inishmaan , The Birds, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary, Catch-22, and All My Sons. Much love to my amazing family: John, Elizabeth, Judy, Danny and Jack.
Tessa Kuhn (Ensemble) - Tessa has had a blast working on this show with her closest friends and family. Most recent productions with Curio include: Gideon's Knot (Heather Clark), The Winter's Tale (Perdita), Three Sisters, by Rashdash, After Chekhov (Irina), and Crimes of the Heart (Babe Magrath). Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this crazy show happen. All my love to Shaun and Marlowe.
Nathan Joseph (Ensemble)- Nathan is multidisciplinary actor and creator with an affinity for devised theatre, performance creation, improv, sketch comedy, and the Pochinko Clowning Method. Recent credits include: Eraser (actor/creator/playwright), BETR! With Bevon a workshop, one man show presented by Epigraph Collective (actor), Cleave at the Forward March Festival presented by Theatre Direct (actor) and Two Brothers presented by Meikle Productions on OUTTv. Nathan is overjoyed to be joining Curio Theatre in the production of The Complete Deaths, and would like to extend endless thanks and gratitude to everyone involved with this production, friends, family and to you for joining us. Let it be known, Nathan did once play Blanche Dubois. Enjoy the show!
Meg Trelease (Director) - Meg is thrilled to be back in the room with some of her very favorite people in the world. Previous Curio directing credits include Francesca: I Was or Am (an original piece written with Tessa Kuhn and Elizabeth Gallagher) and Three Sisters, by Rashdash, After Chekhov. Thank you to Paul for always believing. Dedicated to my three great loves - Kyle, Saoirse, and Beckett.
Celia HuttonJohns (Stage Manager) - Celia is a Philly and New York based stage manager and is thrilled to be working with Curio for the first time! Credits include SPEECH (Lightning Rod Special), The Taming! and Pericles: Prince of Tyre (Shakespeare in Clark Park) and Barbecue and Wolves Eat Elk (Purchase Repertory Theatre). So much love to Meg, Eden, Nathan, Tessa, Paul, Aetna, Gay, Damien, and Dalton for such an amazing and fun project.
Eden Hershey (Assistant Stage Manager) - Eden (she/her) is thrilled to be joining Curio's regular season as an assistant stage manager! She has worked with Curio for several years as an intern and a member of Curio's resident teen ensemble, the Curiositeens. Much love to all my friends and family, and a huge thank you to Meg for everything!
Damien Figueras (Sound and Multimedia Designer) - Damien (He/Him) is a two-time Barrymore nominated sound designer, composer and video designer. Recent credits include: Party Face (Off-Broadway, NY City Center), A Hit Dog Will Holler (Azuka Theatre), Kiss (Wilma Theatre), Athena (Theatre Horizon), The OK Trenton Project (Passage Theatre), We Can't Wait (Tiny Dynamite), The Cake (Lake Dillon Theatre Company), Beehive (Walnut Street Theatre). Damien is the Production Manager for Wolf Performing Arts Center and the Resident Sound and Video Designer at Arcadia University. He is a proud member of USA829. As always, he would like to dedicate his work to the memory of his mother. DFigueras.com
Dalton Whiting (Lighting Designer) - Dalton is joining Curio Theatre once again to blind the (Audience) Actors throughout this crazy show. Dalton is a Philly based Lighting and Set Designer along with being a Co-Founder of 10th Floor Productions. A couple of upcoming shows he is working on are Lighting Design for A View From The Bridge with New Light Theatre Co, and Set Designing for The Pirates of Penzance with The Savoy Company. Outside of designing, Dalton is a Theatrical Coach for Lower Merion Highschool's PLAYERS and member of the band Tryptophan.
Paul Kuhn (Ensemble/Set Designer) - Paul is the Co-Artistic Director with Meg Trelease. He is an original founding with Aetna Gallagher, Gay Carducci, Tim Martin and Jared Reed 18 years ago. He is grateful for the loyal support of Curios patrons, to the founding Members and to Meg over the past 18 years. Past favorite productions include Spymonkey's Oedipussy, Death and The Maiden, The Weir, Death of A Salesman. He just can’t believe he gets to be in a show with his sister, his daughter and his cousin from Canada. This is the first all-Canadian cast, eh! --
Si vous voulez correspondre en français je serais heureux de le faire
Aetna Gallagher (Ensemble/Costume and Prop Designer) - Aetna is a founding company member and Artistic Associate of Curio working as an actor and costume designer for the past 18 seasons. Last seen on the Curio stage in I (heart) Alice (heart) I. Past productions include Noises Off!, The Bald Soprano, The Cripple of Inishmaan , The Birds, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary, Catch-22, and All My Sons. Much love to my amazing family: John, Elizabeth, Judy, Danny and Jack.
Tessa Kuhn (Ensemble) - Tessa has had a blast working on this show with her closest friends and family. Most recent productions with Curio include: Gideon's Knot (Heather Clark), The Winter's Tale (Perdita), Three Sisters, by Rashdash, After Chekhov (Irina), and Crimes of the Heart (Babe Magrath). Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this crazy show happen. All my love to Shaun and Marlowe.
Nathan Joseph (Ensemble)- Nathan is multidisciplinary actor and creator with an affinity for devised theatre, performance creation, improv, sketch comedy, and the Pochinko Clowning Method. Recent credits include: Eraser (actor/creator/playwright), BETR! With Bevon a workshop, one man show presented by Epigraph Collective (actor), Cleave at the Forward March Festival presented by Theatre Direct (actor) and Two Brothers presented by Meikle Productions on OUTTv. Nathan is overjoyed to be joining Curio Theatre in the production of The Complete Deaths, and would like to extend endless thanks and gratitude to everyone involved with this production, friends, family and to you for joining us. Let it be known, Nathan did once play Blanche Dubois. Enjoy the show!
Meg Trelease (Director) - Meg is thrilled to be back in the room with some of her very favorite people in the world. Previous Curio directing credits include Francesca: I Was or Am (an original piece written with Tessa Kuhn and Elizabeth Gallagher) and Three Sisters, by Rashdash, After Chekhov. Thank you to Paul for always believing. Dedicated to my three great loves - Kyle, Saoirse, and Beckett.
Celia HuttonJohns (Stage Manager) - Celia is a Philly and New York based stage manager and is thrilled to be working with Curio for the first time! Credits include SPEECH (Lightning Rod Special), The Taming! and Pericles: Prince of Tyre (Shakespeare in Clark Park) and Barbecue and Wolves Eat Elk (Purchase Repertory Theatre). So much love to Meg, Eden, Nathan, Tessa, Paul, Aetna, Gay, Damien, and Dalton for such an amazing and fun project.
Eden Hershey (Assistant Stage Manager) - Eden (she/her) is thrilled to be joining Curio's regular season as an assistant stage manager! She has worked with Curio for several years as an intern and a member of Curio's resident teen ensemble, the Curiositeens. Much love to all my friends and family, and a huge thank you to Meg for everything!
Damien Figueras (Sound and Multimedia Designer) - Damien (He/Him) is a two-time Barrymore nominated sound designer, composer and video designer. Recent credits include: Party Face (Off-Broadway, NY City Center), A Hit Dog Will Holler (Azuka Theatre), Kiss (Wilma Theatre), Athena (Theatre Horizon), The OK Trenton Project (Passage Theatre), We Can't Wait (Tiny Dynamite), The Cake (Lake Dillon Theatre Company), Beehive (Walnut Street Theatre). Damien is the Production Manager for Wolf Performing Arts Center and the Resident Sound and Video Designer at Arcadia University. He is a proud member of USA829. As always, he would like to dedicate his work to the memory of his mother. DFigueras.com
Dalton Whiting (Lighting Designer) - Dalton is joining Curio Theatre once again to blind the (Audience) Actors throughout this crazy show. Dalton is a Philly based Lighting and Set Designer along with being a Co-Founder of 10th Floor Productions. A couple of upcoming shows he is working on are Lighting Design for A View From The Bridge with New Light Theatre Co, and Set Designing for The Pirates of Penzance with The Savoy Company. Outside of designing, Dalton is a Theatrical Coach for Lower Merion Highschool's PLAYERS and member of the band Tryptophan.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS PRODUCTION!!
Kyle Fennie, John Gallagher, Donna Kuhn, Steve Carpenter, Ken Opdenaker, Sarah Lipman, CJ Keller
Kyle Fennie, John Gallagher, Donna Kuhn, Steve Carpenter, Ken Opdenaker, Sarah Lipman, CJ Keller
Support provided by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund
