Center Repertory Company presents
Red Bike
by Caridad Svich
Directed by Jeffrey Lo^
Movement Direction by William Thomas Hodgson
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| Amy Lizardo* | Adrienne Kaori Walters* |
Creative Team |
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| Kelly James Tighe+ Scenic Designer |
Alyssa Tryon Props Designer |
| Aaron Spivey+ Lighting and Projections Designer |
Spence Matubang Associate Lighting/Projection Designer |
| Becky Bodurtha+ Costume Designer |
Scott Reardon* Stage Manager |
| Chris Sauceda Sound Designer |
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Red Bike is presented through special arrangement with, and all authorized performance materials are supplied by TRW Plays: 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036 www.trwplays.com
The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.
Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Margaret Lesher Theatre
February 4-25, 2023
*Member, Actors Equity Association
+Member, United Scenic Artists Association
^Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
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Cast
Creative Team
Meet the Company
Amy Lizardo is a former Bay Area based actor who has been seen in theaters across the country. Amy was most recently seen at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in It's Christmas Carol, The Tempest and Revenge Song. Previous credits include Mother Road with Arena Stage, Men on Boats, A Christmas Carol and Unfortunates with American Conservatory Theatre; The Tempest and Quixote Nuevo with California Shakespeare Theatre; The Rules and Dog Fight with San Francisco Playhouse; Taming of the Shrew and Pericles with San Francisco Shakespeare, Party People and Moby Dick (workshop) with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and many many more! Amy received her Masters Degree from San Jose State University.
Adrienne Kaori Walters is thrilled to be back at Center Rep, where she was last seen as Ilsa in Spring Awakening. Past credits include; Language Archive (TheatreWorks), Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatreworks), Blasted (Shotgun Players), Our Practical Heaven (Aurora), and Beneath the Tall Tree (TheatreFIRST) where she made her playwriting debut alongside Jeffrey Lo. Adrienne is the Conservatory Director at Hillbarn Theatre, as well as a teaching artist, director, and choreographer. She has a BA in Anthropology, a minor in Classics, and practiced archaeology abroad. Love to her family and as always for dad and Brian. More info at www.adriennewalters.com.
Amanda Le Nguyen is an active Vietnamese American teaching artist and performer based in the Bay Area. She was recently seen as Beth/Filcher and Ensemble in A Christmas Carol (American Conservatory Theater), Patty Di Marco in School of Rock (Palo Alto Players), Annelle in Steel Magnolias (Los Altos Stage Company) and Tong in Vietgone (City Lights Theatre Company). Other recent credits include the musical adaptation of Twelfth Night (SF Playhouse), Shout! The Mod Musical (South Bay Musical Theatre), and the local tour of Don’t Let Pigeon Drive the Bus (Bay Area Children’s Theatre). Love to her beautiful family and friends. Hey, Bub. @haus_of_win (she/her)
Vivienne Truong is ecstatic to be working and sharing the story of Red Bike on the Center Rep stage. She was last seen in TheatreWorks' New Works Festival reading stage directions for the staged reading of Christopher Chen's The Motion. Prior, she played Connie in a staged reading of The Great Leap (Contemporary Asian Theatre Scene) and Playwright (and others) in Vietgone (City Lights Theatre Company). Other credits include: Naja (and others) in Anon(ymous) (West Valley College), Kim in Alone Together (San Jose State University) and Madame Thernardier in Les Miserables (Norcal Academy of Performing Arts). She is an artistic and administrative assistant of Red Ladder Theatre Company and earned a BA in both Psychology and Theatre Arts with a focus in Musical Theatre from SJSU. She wants to thank her family and friends for supporting her passions and making everything possible. (she/her)
Jeffrey Lo (Director)
Jeffrey Lo (He/Him/His) is a Filipino-American playwright and director based in the Bay Area. He is the recipient of the Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Award, the Emerging Artist Laureate by Arts Council Silicon Valley and Theatre Bay Area Director's TITAN Award. Selected directing credits include The Language Archive, Little Shop of Horrors and The Santaland Diaries at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin and Hold These Truths at San Francisco Playhouse, Vietgone and The Great Leap at Capital Stage as well as A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Eurydice at Palo Alto Players (TBA Awards finalist for Best Direction). As a playwright, his plays have been produced and workshopped at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, BindleStiff Studio, City Lights Theatre Company and Stanford University. His play Writing Fragments Home was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwright's Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwright's Conference. Jeffrey has also worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Asian American International Film Festival, San Jose Repertory and is a company member of Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company and SF Playground. Jeffrey also works as an educator and advocate for issues of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and has served as a grant panelist for the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Silicon Valley Creates and Theatre Bay Area. He is the Director Community Partnerships and Casting Director at the Tony Award Winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, a graduate of the Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute and a proud alumnus of the UC Irvine Drama Department. For more: www.JeffreyWritesAPlay.com.
Jeffrey Lo (He/Him/His) is a Filipino-American playwright and director based in the Bay Area. He is the recipient of the Leigh Weimers Emerging Artist Award, the Emerging Artist Laureate by Arts Council Silicon Valley and Theatre Bay Area Director's TITAN Award. Selected directing credits include The Language Archive, Little Shop of Horrors and The Santaland Diaries at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin and Hold These Truths at San Francisco Playhouse, Vietgone and The Great Leap at Capital Stage as well as A Doll’s House, Part 2 and Eurydice at Palo Alto Players (TBA Awards finalist for Best Direction). As a playwright, his plays have been produced and workshopped at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, BindleStiff Studio, City Lights Theatre Company and Stanford University. His play Writing Fragments Home was a finalist for the Bay Area Playwright's Conference and a semi-finalist for the O'Neill Playwright's Conference. Jeffrey has also worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Asian American International Film Festival, San Jose Repertory and is a company member of Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company and SF Playground. Jeffrey also works as an educator and advocate for issues of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and has served as a grant panelist for the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Silicon Valley Creates and Theatre Bay Area. He is the Director Community Partnerships and Casting Director at the Tony Award Winning TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, a graduate of the Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute and a proud alumnus of the UC Irvine Drama Department. For more: www.JeffreyWritesAPlay.com.
William Thomas Hodgson (Movement Director)
William Thomas Hodgson is a choreographer/director, and actor, based out of Oakland, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego, and is co-artistic director of the Oakland Theater Project. Most recently, he worked with Jeffrey Lo on Little Shop of Horrors (TheatreWorks)! Other movement/directing credits include The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Ragtime (Berkeley Playhouse), Passing Strange, Brownsville Song (Shotgun Players), This Land Was Made, The Radicalization of Bradley Manning (Oakland Theater Project). Upcoming projects include Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse), Exodus to Eden and Is God Is (Oakland Theater Project)!
William Thomas Hodgson is a choreographer/director, and actor, based out of Oakland, CA. He received his MFA from UC San Diego, and is co-artistic director of the Oakland Theater Project. Most recently, he worked with Jeffrey Lo on Little Shop of Horrors (TheatreWorks)! Other movement/directing credits include The Tempest (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Ragtime (Berkeley Playhouse), Passing Strange, Brownsville Song (Shotgun Players), This Land Was Made, The Radicalization of Bradley Manning (Oakland Theater Project). Upcoming projects include Fun Home (Berkeley Playhouse), Exodus to Eden and Is God Is (Oakland Theater Project)!
Kelly James Tighe+ (Scenic Designer)
Kelly James Tighe: Off-Broadway and national tour credits include Martin Luther on Trial, Shadowlands, The Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce, The Fantasticks, Almost Heaven, Movin’ Out, Shear Madness and Cats. Other credits: Disney theatrical, Paper Mill Playhouse, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Center REPertory Company, SlowBurn Theater, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Sacramento Theatre Company, Gateway Playhouse, Broadway By the Bay, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Diablo Theatre Company and Ray of Light Theatre. Kelly’s theatrical work is published in the textbook Scene Design and Stage Lighting and his work as an illustrator has been published in "Mooseltoe, A Moose and a Dream." Awards and recognitions include the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, DramaLogue and the Shellie Awards. kjtdesign.com
Kelly James Tighe: Off-Broadway and national tour credits include Martin Luther on Trial, Shadowlands, The Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce, The Fantasticks, Almost Heaven, Movin’ Out, Shear Madness and Cats. Other credits: Disney theatrical, Paper Mill Playhouse, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Center REPertory Company, SlowBurn Theater, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Sacramento Theatre Company, Gateway Playhouse, Broadway By the Bay, Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Diablo Theatre Company and Ray of Light Theatre. Kelly’s theatrical work is published in the textbook Scene Design and Stage Lighting and his work as an illustrator has been published in "Mooseltoe, A Moose and a Dream." Awards and recognitions include the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, DramaLogue and the Shellie Awards. kjtdesign.com
Aaron Spivey+ (Lighting and Projection Designer)
Aaron Spivey: Previous Lesher Center designs include Pricilla Queen of the Desert, Matilda, and West Side Story (CCMT). Regional designs: The Winter’s Tale, 2666, Blind Date, Brigadoon and Ah, Wilderness! (Goodman Theatre); Tug of War-Civil Strife (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); La Cage aux Folles and Sweat (Pioneer Theatre Co); The Producers, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Beauty and the Beast (Broadway By the Bay); The Secret Garden (Children’s Theater of Charlotte); Marry Me a Little (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Bomb-ity of Errors (Syracuse Stage); Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors and God of Carnage (Theatre Aspen); The Full Monty (Pittsburgh CLO). His off-Broadway credits include Shadowlands, Jukebox Jackie, Wanda’s World, From My Hometown, 4 Guys Named José, Golf the musical and Elle, staring Alan Cumming. Internationally he designed A Chorus Line in Mexico City. On Broadway Aaron has served as the associate/assistant designer on 30 Broadway productions including: Long Day’s Journey into Night, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Motown, The Coast of Utopia, Catch Me if You Can, The Merchant of Venice, 9 to 5, Tarzan, Little Women, Grease, A Chorus Line, Lend Me a Tenor and Collected Stories. Aaron served as the associate designer for Disney’s Aladdin from 2013-2022, creating productions in Tokyo, Hamburg, Sydney, London, Mexico City, as well as two US tours.
Aaron Spivey: Previous Lesher Center designs include Pricilla Queen of the Desert, Matilda, and West Side Story (CCMT). Regional designs: The Winter’s Tale, 2666, Blind Date, Brigadoon and Ah, Wilderness! (Goodman Theatre); Tug of War-Civil Strife (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); La Cage aux Folles and Sweat (Pioneer Theatre Co); The Producers, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Beauty and the Beast (Broadway By the Bay); The Secret Garden (Children’s Theater of Charlotte); Marry Me a Little (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Bomb-ity of Errors (Syracuse Stage); Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors and God of Carnage (Theatre Aspen); The Full Monty (Pittsburgh CLO). His off-Broadway credits include Shadowlands, Jukebox Jackie, Wanda’s World, From My Hometown, 4 Guys Named José, Golf the musical and Elle, staring Alan Cumming. Internationally he designed A Chorus Line in Mexico City. On Broadway Aaron has served as the associate/assistant designer on 30 Broadway productions including: Long Day’s Journey into Night, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Motown, The Coast of Utopia, Catch Me if You Can, The Merchant of Venice, 9 to 5, Tarzan, Little Women, Grease, A Chorus Line, Lend Me a Tenor and Collected Stories. Aaron served as the associate designer for Disney’s Aladdin from 2013-2022, creating productions in Tokyo, Hamburg, Sydney, London, Mexico City, as well as two US tours.
Becky Bodurtha+ (Costume Designer)
Becky Bodurtha is a costume designer with regional, international and New York City credits. Recent credits include Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (SF Playhouse) Drowning in Cairo (Potrero Stage), Felix Starro (Theatre Ma-Yi), Open (The Tank), 1000 Nights and One Day (Prospect Theatre Company), and Mr. Burns (NYU Gallatin). Other credits: Constellations (Wilma), The Strangest (East 4th Street), Among the Dead (Theatre Ma-Yi) Passover (Cherry Lane), The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go! (Theatre Ma-Yi), Livin’ La Vida Imelda (Theatre Ma-Yi), and This Lingering Life (HERE Arts). International credits include Anna in the Tropics (Repertory Philippines), Movement for Humanity and Africa’s Hope for the Ubumuntu Festival in Kigali, Rwanda. She currently is Senior Lecturer of Design at Stanford University. MFA University of Iowa. Please visit her website at: www.beckybodurtha.com
Becky Bodurtha is a costume designer with regional, international and New York City credits. Recent credits include Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (SF Playhouse) Drowning in Cairo (Potrero Stage), Felix Starro (Theatre Ma-Yi), Open (The Tank), 1000 Nights and One Day (Prospect Theatre Company), and Mr. Burns (NYU Gallatin). Other credits: Constellations (Wilma), The Strangest (East 4th Street), Among the Dead (Theatre Ma-Yi) Passover (Cherry Lane), The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra, Go! (Theatre Ma-Yi), Livin’ La Vida Imelda (Theatre Ma-Yi), and This Lingering Life (HERE Arts). International credits include Anna in the Tropics (Repertory Philippines), Movement for Humanity and Africa’s Hope for the Ubumuntu Festival in Kigali, Rwanda. She currently is Senior Lecturer of Design at Stanford University. MFA University of Iowa. Please visit her website at: www.beckybodurtha.com
Alyssa Tryon (Props Designer)
Alyssa Tryon (she/her) has been the Resident Properties Designer for Center REPertory Company since 2019. Originally from New Jersey, she worked in NYC for six years prior to moving to the Bay Area. Her work has been featured in NYC, Santa Fe, Sacramento, and all over the Bay Area. She has a BA in Theatre Performance & Theatrical Design from Marymount Manhattan College. She would like to thank her family, friends, and fellow creatives for all their support! www.alyssatryon.com
Alyssa Tryon (she/her) has been the Resident Properties Designer for Center REPertory Company since 2019. Originally from New Jersey, she worked in NYC for six years prior to moving to the Bay Area. Her work has been featured in NYC, Santa Fe, Sacramento, and all over the Bay Area. She has a BA in Theatre Performance & Theatrical Design from Marymount Manhattan College. She would like to thank her family, friends, and fellow creatives for all their support! www.alyssatryon.com
Scott Reardon* (Stage Manager)
Scott Reardon: Actor's Equity Association member. Actor/Director/Producer/Stage Manager. Bay Area native/local. Theatre: Beach Blanket Babylon, TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Musical Theatre West, 5-Star Theatricals, Fresno Grande Opera, PCPA Theatrefest, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Presidio Theatre, Hillbarn, Disney Cruise Line, and Nickelodeon. Actor’s Equity Association’s Roger Sturtevant Award Winner. Commercial: Visa, Samsung, Philips, Dell, Verizon, LinkedIn, Logitech, LG, Dolby, Google, Cisco Systems, Symantec, Garmin, Intuit, Polycom, Service Now, and more. Education: B.A. Drama – University of California, Irvine; M.A. Education – Alliant International University.
Scott Reardon: Actor's Equity Association member. Actor/Director/Producer/Stage Manager. Bay Area native/local. Theatre: Beach Blanket Babylon, TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Musical Theatre West, 5-Star Theatricals, Fresno Grande Opera, PCPA Theatrefest, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Presidio Theatre, Hillbarn, Disney Cruise Line, and Nickelodeon. Actor’s Equity Association’s Roger Sturtevant Award Winner. Commercial: Visa, Samsung, Philips, Dell, Verizon, LinkedIn, Logitech, LG, Dolby, Google, Cisco Systems, Symantec, Garmin, Intuit, Polycom, Service Now, and more. Education: B.A. Drama – University of California, Irvine; M.A. Education – Alliant International University.
Spence Matubang (Associate Lighting/Projection Designer)
Spense Matubang is a freelance lighting and projections designer currently based in Oakland, California. They have been working in the professional theater world of the Bay Area for four years. They received their degree in Theater Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2020. Spense uses their career as a never-ending outlet for exploration, creative experimentation, and community building. They have previously designed for The Chikahan Company, City Lights Theater Company, EnActe Arts, Town Hall Theater Company, Ferocious Lotus, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Shotgun Players, SF Playhouse, West Valley Light Opera, and Jewel Theatre.
Spense Matubang is a freelance lighting and projections designer currently based in Oakland, California. They have been working in the professional theater world of the Bay Area for four years. They received their degree in Theater Arts from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2020. Spense uses their career as a never-ending outlet for exploration, creative experimentation, and community building. They have previously designed for The Chikahan Company, City Lights Theater Company, EnActe Arts, Town Hall Theater Company, Ferocious Lotus, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Shotgun Players, SF Playhouse, West Valley Light Opera, and Jewel Theatre.
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* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
+ Member, United Scenic Artists Union
^ Member, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
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Rooster Productions is a small, employee-owned scene shop located in Richmond, California. Rooster provides each of its clients with hands-on experience, dedicated service, creative & effective technical solutions to ensure complete realization of design, production and staffing needs. Rooster's team consists of experienced, multi-disciplinary project managers, scenic carpenters, welders, sculptors, scenic artists and theatre technicians. Rooster's approach to scenic construction provides innovative solutions that are budget-sensitive, spectacular, and can be delivered as envisioned. Over the years, Rooster's theatrical client roster has rapidly grown to include many companies ranging such as Des Moines Metro Opera, Center REPertory Company, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Festival Opera, Livermore Valley, and the hit productions of Opera San Jose’s Cinderella, that was just revived in 2022.
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