Sylvia Program Detail

COCKPIT IN COURT SUMMER THEATRE
presents

By A. R. Gurney

Director | Robert W. Oppel

Scenic & Lighting Designer | G. Maurice “Moe” Conn, III

Technical Director | David Martin Sunderland

Costume Designer | Eva Grove

Sound Designer | David Martin Sunderland, Robert W. Oppel

Properties Master | Lisa L. Boeren

Stage Manager | Miles Lawlor

Sylvia is presented by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Cole Porter’s “EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE”
is used by permission of the Cole Porter Musical & Literary Property Trusts.
“EV’RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE” Copyright © 1944, Chappell & Co., Inc.
Copyright renewed. Assigned to John F. Wharton, Trustee of the Cole Porter
Musical & Literary Property Trusts, Chappell & Co., Inc., Publisher.
International Copyright secured. All Rights Reserved.

CAST

Sylvia | Allison Comotto
Greg | Troy Haines-Hopper
Kate | Tammy Oppel
Tom/Phyllis/Leslie | Matt Wetzel

Setting: A Manhattan apartment, a park & an airport

Time: The present

There will be one fifteen-minute intermission

ALLISON COMOTTO (Sylvia) is thrilled to return to the Cockpit stage after playing Ariel in The Little Mermaid last summer. Favorite past roles include: Wendla in Spring Awakening, (Spotlighters Theatre), Wednesday in The Addams Family (Dundalk Community Theatre), Beth in Little Women (Dundalk Community Theatre), and Marian in The Music Man (Children’s Playhouse of Maryland). Big thanks to this small but mighty cast and crew for making her first straight play such a wonderful experience. And a special thank-you to Jim for always laughing at her jokes. Enjoy the show!

TROY HAINES-HOPPER (Greg) Past Cockpit in Court credits: Sister Act (Eddie). Other selected credits: Side Show (Dundalk Community Theatre), Black Diamond (Discovery Theater), The Little Mermaid (Olney Theatre Center), Violet (Ford’s Theatre), Company (Vagabond Players), many more. ig: @troyperforms

TAMMY OPPEL (Kate) is thrilled to be working with this amazing group of humans…umm, people…err…this group. Favorite past roles include Little Sally in Urinetown, CB’s Sister in Dog Sees God, Squeaky in Assassins, Amy in Company, Bella in Lost in Yonkers, and Paulette in Legally Blonde. Though, she enjoys her new mom roles, like Carol in Catch Me if You Can and Prudy in Hairspray- ESPECIALLY as a dogmom. Wait- Sylvia! Did you write this??? Excuse me… Tammy has a BA in Theatre Arts from Towson University and MA in Arts Administration from Goucher College and works as the Deputy Director for the Howard County Arts Council.

MATT WETZEL (Tom/Phyllis/Leslie) is thrilled to be performing in his first show with Cockpit in Court! Recent credits include Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Fells Point Corner Theatre), Leaf Coneybear in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Artistic Synergy), and Barnum in Barnum (Heritage Players). As always, Matt would like to thank the love of his life, Lindsey Litka, for being hands down the most amazing person in the world. They actually have their own little Sylvia (who goes by the name Olive.) Matt would like to dedicate this performance to her, as, much like the relationship between Greg and Sylvia, he can’t imagine his life without her.

ROBERT W. OPPEL (Director) is very excited to return to direct his fourth show for Cockpit, having previously directed Legally Blonde, Crazy For You and Songs For A New World. He is very active in Baltimore theatre as both a director and actor. Director: Side Show, Catch Me If You Can, The Addams Family, All Shook Up, The Full Monty, Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged!, Proof, Spring Awakening, Company, The Shadowbox, Lost In Yonkers, Urinetown, Assassins, and The Life. Actor: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (McMurphy), Proof (Hal), Dog Sees God (C.B.), The Shape of Things (Adam), Sideshow (Reptile Man), Curtains (Johnny Harmon), A Chorus Line (Zach), The Mercy Seat (Ben), La Cage Aux Follies (Phaedra), Mr. Roberts (Ensign Pulver), Lost In Yonkers (Uncle Louie), Hamlet (Horatio), An Actors’ Nightmare (George Spelvin), Macbeth (Malcolm), The Woods (Nick), Children of a Lesser God (James Leeds).

MILES LAWLOR (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back at Cockpit in Court! Previous Cockpit credits include The Gazebo and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Other credits include A Lie of the Mind (Asst. Stage Manager) at Towson University, Catch Me If You Can at Dundalk Community Theatre, The Menaechmi Twins, Macbeth, and Everyman for CCBC Essex’s Academic Theatre, and [title of show] at Fells Point Corner Theatre. He has his A.A. in Theatre Design & Production from CCBC and is currently pursuing a B.A. in Design & Production at Towson University. We would like to thank Rob, James, Lisa, the cast and crew, and his family and friends for their love and support!

G. MAURICE “MOE” CONN, III (Scenic & Lighting Designer) is in his eighth year as full-time Technical Director and Designer at CCBC Catonsville Center for the Arts Theatre. He has an MFA in Scene Design and Technical Theatre. Moe has been doing technical theatre since 1993, as a Designer, Technician, Technical Director, and Educator. Moe has also served as the Technical Director and Designer for Cockpit in Court Theatre, Maryland’s Oldest Summer theatre, for 4 summers. Moe has received multiple nominations for Best Scene Design from Broadway World.com and Received Best Scenic Design from the MD Theatre Guide’s Readers’ Choice Awards. When not backstage, Moe volunteers with “Behind the Scenes” which help theatre technicians in crisis. He also helps coordinate the Long Reach Long Riders charity motorcycle ride, (www.LRLR.org) to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity fights AIDS and Behind the Scenes, two theatre-based charities.

DAVID MARTIN SUNDERLAND (Technical Director / Sound Designer) This is David’s fourth Summer working with Cockpit, and his first as Technical Director. He is a student at Towson University studying Design and Production with a Concentration in Technical Direction.

EVA GROVE (Costume Designer) is honored to be involved with Cockpit in Court again, having previously costumed Avenue Q, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Toward Zero, The Gazebo, and Don’t Drink The Water. Elsewhere onstage, she has been seen in such shows as A Christmas Story, Cabaret, Bridges of Madison County, Evita, and a Helen Hayes-nominated production of A Chorus Line. Eva was blessed to have traveled the US and Canada in 3 national tours: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Can-Can, and Singin’ in the Rain.

PRODUCTION STAFF

COCKPIT IN COURT 2019 STAFF

COCKPIT IN COURT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James Hunnicutt | Artistic Managing Director
Lisa L. Boeren | Administrative Manager

James Shirk | President
John Chrzanowski | Vice-President
William Pheil | Recording Secretary
Louise Higgins | Corresponding Secretary

Special Thanks

Dr. Sandra L. Kurtinitis, President, CCBC
Mr. Jack McLaughlin, Interim Vice President of Instruction
Dr. William Watson, Dean of Liberal Arts
Patti Crossman, Chair, Performing Arts and Humanities
Dr. Anne Lefter, Director, Performing Arts
Michael Elspas, Assistant Director, Creative Services
Jackie McTear, Graphic Designer
The CCBC Essex Foundation for the donation of Wine

Cockpit In Court would like to acknowledge the support of Towson University.
On the web at Towson.edu

This production is supported in part by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council.
On the web at msac.org

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