Casey Burns and Jonathan Felix
Comic Potential
by Alan Ayckbourn
Presented in Roy
Bowen Theatre
Directed by Valerie Lucas
Cast | Production Staff | Production Crew | Program Copy
Feb. 12 at 7:30 pm
Feb. 13-15, 19-22, 26-28, March 1 at 8 pm
Feb. 15 and 22 at 2 pm
A sci-fi comedy-thriller, Comic Potential is set in a TV studio in the near future, where an alcoholic director and his assistants make a typically appalling daytime soap opera. The difference? They use actoids (robots programmed to act) and no scriptwriters. When the idealistic nephew of the millionaire station owner decides he wants to write classic comedy, he falls in love with one of the actoids and everything is turned upside down as she grows more human and the line between TV-robot and human diminishes.
Cast
| Prim Spring | Allyson Morgan |
| Trudi Floote | Amy Tzagournis |
| Doctor/Farmer | Toby Wilson |
| Mother/Farmer’s Wife | Susan Wismar |
| Young Man | Welsey Vermilyea |
| Jacie Triplethree | Leah Reddy |
| Chandler (Chance) Tate | James Harper |
| Ms. Carla Pepperbloom | Dana Scurlock |
| Adam Trainsmith | Jack Clancy |
| Lester Trainsmith | Casey Burns |
| Marmion Cedilla | Jonathan Felix |
| Desk Clerk | Casey Burns |
| Girl in Dress Shop | Amy Tzagournis |
| Man in Dress Shop | Toby Wilson |
| Dress Shop Assistant | Susan Wismar |
| Waiter #1 (Android) | Luke Mess |
| Waiter #2 | Wesley Vermilyea |
| A Prostitute | Susan Wismar |
| Turkey | Luke Mess |
| Technician | Wesley Vermilyea |
| Robot Maid | Sarah Reese |
Production Staff
| Chair/Director Of Theatre | Lesley Ferris |
| Producer | Mark Shanda |
| Director | Valerie Kaneko Lucas |
| Scenic Designer | Amanda J. Hart |
| Costume Designer | Melissa B. Bialko |
| Lighting Designer | Andrew Ward |
| Sound Designer | Stacey Siak |
| Choreographer | Aiyana Marcus |
| Movement Coach | J. Briggs Cormier |
| Technical Director | Sarah Reese |
| Production Coordinator | Jim Knapp |
| Stage Manager | Keri Godsey |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Crystalyn Donavan |
| Voice, Speech & Dialect Coach | Mandy Fox |
| Fight Choreographer | Robert Behrens |
| Fight Captain | Donald Clark |
| Assistant to the Director | Jonathan Nawn |
| Assistant Sound Designer | Michael Buchman |
| Dramaturg | Nicholas Dekker |
| Box Office Manager | Rachel E. Barnes |
| Poster and Program Art | Adam West |
| Poster and Program Design | Laura Sipe |
Production Crew
| Scene Studio Supervisor | Chad Mahan |
| Assistant to the Technical Director | Sarah Reese |
| Properties Manager | Justin Hagovsky |
| Scenic Studio Teaching Associates | Carla Chaffin, Amanda Hart, Who Jeong Lee, Brad Steinmetz |
| Scenery Construction Crew | Sonia
Baidya, Morgan Beetham, Emily Beisner, Tim Burhenne, Lindsey Carr, Andrea
Clark, Abby Crain, Kari Crilow, Katherine Davis, Jen Delfosso, Dan Federer,
Megan Fellers, Meghan Funk, Jodi Genter, Wendy Gerrish, Nate Gory, Tabitha Hillman, Stephen Kennedy, Amy Kern, Nicole Landis, Christopher Lee, Brandon Lewis, Steve Liskiewics, Sarah Locke, Amy Long, Justin Nawman, Jonathan Nawn, Daniel Nash, Alexander Neffenger, Joe Neikirk, Katie Owen, Bernadette Phole, Desiree Roffers, Joey Shultz, Theresa Stumphauzer, Stacey Siak, Jody Stevenson, Fergus Theibert, Jason Tuttle, Wesley Vermilyea, Charles Wheeler, Stephanie Wilkerson, Caitlin Wilkes |
| Scenery Run Crew | Deborah
Borchers, Todd Henderson, Bonnie Milligan, Betsy Pandora, Nolan Saunders |
| Costume Studio Supervisor | Julia Weiss |
| Stitchers | Tatjana Longerot, Nadine Spray |
| Costume Studio Teaching Associates | Melissa B. Bialko, Jocelyn R. Jurlina, Adam M. West |
| Costume Technician | Tatjana Longerot |
| Costume Construction Crew | Bianca
Carson, S. Elizabeth Estell, Jennifer Finn, Lauren Fish, Dee Dee Katchen,
Dinah Lachecki, Elisha Teague, Susan Wismar, Mary Yaw |
| Wardrobe Head | Cassandra Rae |
| Costume Run Crew | Abby
Crain, Aiyana Marcus, Nereida Trujillo |
| Lighting Studio Supervisor | Matt Hazard |
| Lighting Studio Teaching Associates | Jim
Hutchison, Anjeanette Stokes, Andrew Ward |
| Production Electrician | Nikki
Heinlein |
| Assistant Electricians | David
Atkinson |
| Lighting Console Operator | Benjamin
Jones |
| Lighting Crew | Sarah
Allan, Jim Allison, Doug Avery, Mary Anne Benson, Sabrina Broner, Lee Brooks, Lindsey Carr, Andrea Clark, Joi Cooper, Andre Culpeper, Stephanie Dean, Jennifer Doelger, Elizabeth Estell, Dean Evans, Shawna Fancher, Westie Grosh, Matt Hashiguchi, Wendy Hoop, Beth Josephsen, S. Morgan, Sarah Rankin, Lindsay Rehage, Kara Rhodes. Nathaniel Ryland-Davis, Peter Schwartz, Adam Schweigert, Amy Stauffer, Andrew Steinmetz, Jody Stevenson, Vanessa Walls, Zach West, Nick Willson |
| Sound Console Operator | Vanessa
Walls |
| Videographers/Editors | Chris Langer,
Christian Pine, Rob Shupbach |
| Box Office Graduate Associate | Elizabeth Dekker |
| Box Office Staff | Joshua
Bozile, Amy Brenner, Ariel Webb |
| Box Office Associates | Eric
Colleary, Tiffany Forrester, Michelle Lemon, Ryan O’Neil, Ashley
Ward, Davina Ware |
| House Managers | Lindsey
Carr, Katie Miller, Marsha Woody |
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