SOW The Merry Wives of Windsor program

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
PRESENTS
SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS

The Merry Wives of Windsor
BY William Shakespeare
William T. Brown. Executive Producer
Sam McCready, Director & Artistic Director
Edie Catto, Associate Producer
J. Michael Griggs, Scene Designer
Elena Zlotescu, Costume & Mask Designer
Alice Robinson, Speech Consultant
Terry Cobb, Construction Engineer
Richard McCready, Musical Director
Tony Gallahan, Assistant Director


CAST OF CHARACTERS

Sir John Falstaff Dan Clarrett Shallow Vernon Winces Slender Zach Fuller Sir Hugh Evans Jacob Zahniser Franh Ford James Brown-Orleans George Page John C. Hansen Doctor Caius Jason Bohner Host of the Carter Inn Jessica Matulevich Bardolph James A. Everett III Pistol T. C. McGowan Nym Jason Yaffe Rugby Christine Talbot Simple Lita Schabra Fenton Kimberly Meal Mistress Ford Sharol Buck Mistress Page Joy Michener Anne Page Tamerin Corn Mistress Quickly Deb Randall Interpreter Marla Tibbels

PRODUCTION STAFF Stage Manager Sheila Lopez Production Manager Kim Turner Technical Director Joel Gough Costumer Elspeth Mason Costume Assistant Kathryn Falcone Sound Engineer Gregg Schraven Props Artisan Inge Heymann Acrobatics Consultant Zack Fuller Business Manager Elizabeth M. Hutton Program Designer Angela Ely-Gaydos Publicity Clara Marin Gray Monika Graves Truck Driver Greg Fiackos Production Assistants Emily Tibbels Ivana Hrga Cara Shaffer TECHNICAL CREW Michael Keating, Peter Laird, Greg Fiackos, Marion Aucock, John C. Hansen, Mark Lehman, Karl Brown, Neil Warren, John McClarity VOLUNTEERS Inge Heymann, Kathy Jackson, Bridget Fitzgerald, Gregg Schraven, Ivana Hrga, Wendy Coulton, Candace Reid BOARD Donna Singleton-Burke, Chair John Meyerhoff and Peggy Southerland HOST PRESENTERS Coppin State University * Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington County, Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Resources * Renfrew Institute for Cultural and Environmental Studies * Harrisburg Area Community College * Historic St. Marys City Foundation * Alleghany Arts Council * Alleghany Hearing and Speech Associates * Frostburg State University * Friends of Wyman Park Dell, Inc. * Department of Recreation and Parks, City of Rockville * Academy of the Arts * Ocean City Department of Recreation and Parks * Havre de Grace Chamber of Commerce, Lion's Club, County Bank, Tourism and Arts Commission, Decoy Museum * The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commisssion * The National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior * City of Bowie * Bowie Recreation Council * South Laurel Recreation Council * Strathmore Hall Foundation * Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park * Baltimore Resco * The City of Gaithersburg Arts Council * Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation * Washington County Arts Council * Hagerstown Junior College * The Oxon Hill Manor Foundation * Shepherd College * Slippery Rock University * Shippensburg University * Washington College * Kent County Arts Council * Charles County Community College

THE PROJECT With The Merry Wives of Windsor, SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS marks its ninth summer season. The SHAKESPEARE OM WHEELS concept was developed by UMBC Theatre Department Chairman William T. Brown, while on a special assignment in Nigeria, West Africa in 1963. A 40-foot flatbed truck becomes an innovative multi-levelstage. In the spirit of england's pageant wagons, the theatre and its players travel throughout Maryland and neighboring states, bringing the immortal works of Shakespeare to the people. SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS has received national and state awards. and its 1990 production of As You Like IT was invited to be performed at the John P. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS has received press coverage on CNN, The Voice of America, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other media in the U.S. and abroad. THE SCHOOL From its contemporary campus setting just minutes from Baltimore and convenient to Washington, DC, and Annapolis, the University of Maryland Baltimore County maintains the traditions and values of a liberal arts institution while advancing knowledge across a variety of disciplines. Its undergraduate degree programs range from the sciences and engineering to the arts and humanities. Its graduate school. conducted with the University of Maryland at Baltimore, offers 90 degree programs. The Theatre Department offers majors in acting, technical theatre, and educational theatre. Productions are presented during the regular academic year as well as the summer months via SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS. Over the past 18 years. ten UMBC productions have been selected for presentation in the regional competition of the American College Theatre Festival. The most recent was Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of The Tutor, directed by Sam McCready. Four have advanced to the prestigious National Festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This year, state budget cuts posed a serious threat to the program's existence. Audience response and appreciation helped to spare SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS and the Theatre Department, ensuring that we would continue to bring Maryland outstanding theatre. We thank you for your active interest and support. Coming next summer: SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS' 10th Anniversary Production of HAMLET

SYNOPSIS Justice Shallow and his cousin Slender complain to Evans, a Welsh preacher, of their injuries at the hands of Sir John Falstaff. Evans advises them to forget their grievances, and to seek a marriage between the simple-minded Slender and the wealthy Anne Page. Unrepentant of the injuries he has inflicted. and feeling the emptiness of his purse. Falstaff decides to seduce Mistress Ford and Mistress Page to gain access to their husbands' considerable purses. Outraged when they receive identical love letters from Falstaff, the faithful wives turn their indignation to constructive and entertaining uses to teach the 'fat knight' a lesson. Their husbands, Ford and Page. are warned of Falstaff's lustful intentions. Jealous and determined to "expose" his wife, Ford disguises himself to enlist the help of ralstaff. Thus, the tricks and traps of the 'Merry Wives' not only lead Falstaff on a merry chase, but Ford as well. Meanwhile, Slender's plans to marry are frustrated by the amorous intentions of the pompous French physician, Dr. Caius, and the handsome, but poor, Master Fenton, both of whom also want to mary Anne Page. The complicated twists and turns of the plot are resolved in the woods near Windsor, in a fantastic finale that includes a stag, fairies, and mistaken identities. FUNDING SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS is funded in part by grants from the Maryland State Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding is provided by the UMBC Office of the President, the UMBC Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences, the UMBC Theatre Department, the FRIENDS OF SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS, and our many host presenters throughout the region. Proceeds from the sale of T-shirts and buttons benefit SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS. FRIENDS OF SnAKESPEARE ON WHEELS Although SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS receives funding from university, state, and local sources, the program still relies on the generosity of others to meet its operating needs. Your support of SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS ensures that our wheels keep rolling along in the future. Would you consider making a gift to us? All funds donated to SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS are managed by the University of Maryland Foundation for the benefit of SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS. Please make your check payable to the University of Maryland Foundation, Inc.. and mail to the Theatre Department, UMBC, Baltimore, MD 21228. For more information, call SHAKESPEARE ON WHEELS at (410)455-3058.

1993 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE JULY 2 & 3 AUGUST 9 & 10 UMBC - Fine Arts Hillside, STRATHMORE HALL Catonsville. MD Rockville. MD (410)455-3058 (301)530-0540 JULY 5 & 6 AUGUST 12 COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY LEAKIN PARK - Baltimore, MD Baltimore. MD * Raindate: August 13 (410)383-5540 (410)233-7867 JULY 7 & 8 AUGUST 14 & 15 BLUEMONT PARK- Arlington. VA GAITHERSBURG TOWNSHIP (703)358-6960 Gaithersburg, MD JULY 10 & 11 (301)258-6310 RENFREW MUSEUM & PARK AUGUST 16 & 17 Waynesboro. PA INDIANA PLAZA - Washington. DC (717)762-0373 (202)724-9060 JULY 13 & 14 AUGUST 21 & 22 HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY HAGERSTOWN JUNIOR COLLEGE COLLEGE - Harrisburg. PA Hagerstown, MD (717)231-ROSE (301)791-3132 JULY 15 & 16 AUGUST 26 & 27 HISTORIC ST. MARY'S CITY OXOM HILL MANOR St. Mary's City, MD Oxon Hill. MD (301)862-0990 (301)839-7782 JULY 18 & 19 AUGUST 28 & 29 FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY SHEPHERD COLLEGE Frostburg. MD Shepherdstown, WV (301)777-ARTS (304)876-2511 JULY 21 SEPTEMBER 2 & 3 WYMAN PARK DELL COPPIN STATE UNIVERSITY Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD *Raindate: July 22 (410)383-5540 (410)889-7927 SEPTEMBER 9 & 10 JULY 23 & 24 SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY COURTHOUSE SQUARE PARK IN Slippery Rock, PA TOWN CENTER - Rockville, MD (412)758-2367 (301)309-3340 SEPTEMBER 11 & 12 JULY 25 & 26 SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY IDLEWILD PARK - Easton. MD Shippensburg, PA (410)822-0455 (717)532-1693 JULY 27 & 28 SEPTEMBER 18 & 19 NORTHSIDE PARK WASHINGTON COLLEGE Ocean City, MD Chestertown. MD (410)250-0125 (410)788-2800 JULY 30 & 31 SEPTEMBER 25 & 26 HAVRE DE GRACE DECOY CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY MUSEUM - Havre de Grace, MD COLLEGE - La Plata. MD (410)939-4252 (301)870-3008 AUGUST 3 OCTOBER 2 & 3 ALLEN POND - Bowie, MD UMBC - Fine Arts Hillside, *Raindate: August 4 Catonsville, MD (301)262-7510 (410)455-3058 AUGUST 5 & 6 MONTPELIER MANSION GROUMDS Laurel, MD I For further information, call the site (301)953-1993 I number listed above, or the UMBC AUGUST 7 & 8 I Theatre Box Office at (410)455-3058. FT. WASHINGTON NATIONAL PARK - Ft. Washington, MD (301)763-4600