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PRESENTS
THE TONY AWARD® WINNERS
A STAGED READING SERIES OF SIX OUTSTANDING PLAYS
THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED BROADWAY'S HIGHEST HONOR,
THE TONY AWARD® FOR BEST PLAY
©American Theatre Wing, Inc.™
Barry Heins
ITC Artistic Director & Series Producer
I'm Not Rappaport
by Herb Gardner
Directed by
Rob Adler
May 14, 2022
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FEATURING
(in order of appearance)
NAT ..... Allan Wasserman
MIDGE ..... William Stanford Davis
DANFORTH ..... Isaac Jay
LAURIE ..... Olivia Castanho
GILLEY ..... Benjamin Theobald
CLARA ..... Kristen Egermeier
THE COWBOY ..... Chad Doreck
SCENE
Early October 1982.
A bench near a path at the edge of the lake in Central Park, New York City.
ACT I
Three in the afternoon.
ACT II
Scene 1: Three in the afternoon, the next day.
Scene 2: Six in the evening, the next day.
Scene 3: Twelve days later, eleven A.M.
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ITC Board of Directors
Barry Heins, President, and Artistic Director
Anthony Wofford, Vice-President, and Managing Director
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Kristen Egermeier, Secretary
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Supporters
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Diane Adair and Peter McDonald
Rob Adler
Nancy Boykin
Eve Brenner
Rob Brownstein
David Bryant
Catherine Butterfield
Marcy Capoferri
Amanda Carlin and Fred Sanders
Philip Carlin
Christina Carlisi
Carrie Ceryes
Jeffrey Chernin and Peter Nardi
Els Collins
Julie Cobb-Cooper
Larry Corsa
Linnea Dakin
Emily Deschanel
Haile D'Alan
Christine Estabrook
Stephanie Erb and Arthur Hanket
Don Fischer
Dave Florek
Rick Friesen and Stephanie Satie
Rebecca Garcia
Dennis Gersten
Jon Goldberg
Amy and Allan Goldfarb
Colin Thomas Jennings
Jerome Jourquin
Matthew Hanchey
Andy and Leslie Heins
Kelsey Heins
Joan Henehan
Elizabeth and Christopher Herron
Leslie Hicks and Andrew Hill Newman
Kelly Hogan
John Hugo
Marlene Jensen
Jerome Jourquin
Marta F. Kauffman
Maurine Kornfeld
Paul Lazarus
Michael Menjivar
Jeff Meshel
Lynne Metty
Oliver Muirhead
Bruce A. North
Susan Norwitch
Mary O'Malley
Cynthia Paskos
Deborah Pearl
Tracy Powell
Stacy Ray
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Geoff Rich
Rob Shapiro
Nathaniel Seymour
Alison Shanks
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Cast
Creative Team
Rob Adler
Barry Heins
Herb Gardner
About Interact
"Together they form, in my view, the very best acting ensemble to be seen currently in Los Angeles."
– Cynthia Citron, Santa Monica Daily Press
"A company of hard-hitting professionals, with a rare combination of heart and expertise."
– NoHo News
"Since its inception in 1990, Interact Theatre Company has become known as one of the most exciting theatrical hamlets in the urban forest."
– F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times
HISTORY
In January of 1989, actor and director Barry Heins invited fifteen friends – all experienced stage actors homesick for the New York theatrical community – to a weekly play reading group held in a vacant apartment in Sherman Oaks. Before long, a pool of forty actors was involved in readings that consisted of everything from classic plays to new plays and screenplays. The quality of the work attracted other theatre professionals eager to collaborate. Directors came to hear plays, as well as playwrights and screenwriters who arranged to hear these talented actors breathe life into their new scripts. Ten months later, the group became the exclusive tenants of Theatre Exchange in North Hollywood, and Interact was born. On May 1, 1992, the company formally incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theater.
Interact’s loyal and supportive audience has followed the company to various stages and venues in the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, and Downtown LA, enjoying more than forty full-scale productions of plays and musicals since its founding. Interact also presents high-quality free or low-cost community programming, such as its lauded summer arts education program for underserved youth, hundreds of workshops, fundraisers and special events, and, to date, over a thousand public play readings.
AWARDS
ITC has received 94 performance and production awards (168 nominations), including Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Ovation, Stage Raw, Garland, LA Weekly, Telly, and NAACP Awards.
Meet the Company
Allan Wasserman
Allan appeared as Roger in Suburbicon opposite Matt Damon and directed by George Clooney and produced by The Coen Brothers, and as Adam Sandler’s doctor in Funny People directed by Judd Apatow, and as Matthew Broderick’s psychiatrist in Finding Amanda directed by Peter Tolan. He was in Certifiably Jonathan costarring with Jonathan Winters. Allan’s other film credits include Echo Park Blues which internationally garnered Allan numerous film festival awards, Big, Little Big League, and Cocktail. His numerous television appearances include recurring guest-starring roles on The Shrink Next Door, Hunters, the F/X pilot Gone Hollywood, Arrested Development, Castle, Two Broke Girls, Bones, The Office, ER, The Sopranos, Boston Legal, Las Vegas, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Seinfeld. On stage, Allan performed on Broadway in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel with Al Pacino, directed by David Wheeler, Off-Broadway in Coming Attractions, and numerous regional theatre productions for over thirty years. As a film director, Allan has several films in Indie Film Festivals including Ira Aldridge, Lucky Lopez, and Losing Faith. As a writer, Allan has published several award-winning short stories including Toughest Cat in the Bronx, Bozza, and Finkelstein the Bear. Allan is the alto saxophonist/vibraphonist/bandleader of The Allan Wasserman Jazz Ensemble
William Stanford Davis
William Stanford Davis is an award-winning, classically trained actor and veteran of both stage and screen with close to 100 credits. The St. Louis, Missouri native is currently receiving rave reviews for his performance as the cantankerous yet lovable janitor Mr. Johnson on the hit ABC series “Abbott Elementary,” and also recurs as Coach Max on the sports series “Swagger,” based on Kevin Durant’s youth basketball playing experience with the AAU circuit for AppleTV+.
Davis has appeared in some of the most popular and award-winning TV shows, from his role on Showtime’s long-running, Golden Globe-winning series “Ray Donovan,” as the popular Potato Pie from “Donovan’s Gym,” and on OWN’s flagship successful series, “If Loving You Is Wrong,” from Tyler Perry.
Davis has also been cast in critical recurring roles on TNT’s “Snowpiercer,” “Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip,” from Aaron Sorkin, and “Lincoln Heights,” and has guest-starred on such long-running programs such as “Perry Mason,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Chicago Med,” “Criminal Minds,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Ally Mc Beal,” “Touched By An Angel,” and many more. In a career filled with numerous outstanding highlights, Davis also earned an Emmy Award in 2002 as part of the cast of Rasheen Crawley’s “The Movement.”
In film, Davis recently starred alongside Nafessa Williams and Sharon Neal in, “A Holiday Chance,” which premiered in November 2021 on AppleTV+ and Hulu, as well as “Please Stand By,” starring Dakota Fanning and Toni Collette, and “So B It,” starring Cloris Leachman and Alfre Woodard.
On stage, Davis was honored with an Ovation Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the 2006 Actors Studio Production of August Wilson’s “Fences,” and he performed in the musical production “North on South Central,” which won five NAACP Theatre Awards in 2004. He also counts “Cages” written by Leonard Manzella and directed by Jon Rivera at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, “The Anteroom,” also for the Actors Studio, The Circle West Production of “Legacies” at The Matrix Theatre, written and directed by the late John Bishop, and the world premiere of “Two Ships Passing,” at the Pan Andreas Theater in Hollywood.
In addition to acting, Davis has directed a number of productions including Lawrence Fishburne’s play “Riff Raff,” a production of “Shame,” at the Elephant Asylum Theatre, and “The Old Settler,” at the Pico Playhouse.
Davis has spent more than 15 years mentoring the next generation of talent at both his own company, the William Stanford Davis Acting Class masterclass, and at the Actors Studio, where he is a lifetime member. He has coached several emerging stars, including Alisha Boe, Dylan Sprayberry, Laila Ali, Mc Lyte, and many more.
Stan resides in Los Angeles.
Isaac Jay
Heralding from Santa Fe, New Mexico, ISAAC W JAY is a working actor and writer in Los Angeles. He holds a BA in dramatic arts from the University of Southern California. His latest film/TV credits include American Crime Story: Impeachment (FX), Headcount (Defiant Studios), Flock of Four (Bristol Pictures), and Condoms and Cherries (Monisha Dadlani) as well as many Giggle Break and Tr!fecta YouTube sketches. His theatre credits include Copenhagen (INTERACT), Death of a Salesman (INTERACT), Rope (Actor’s Coop), The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare by the Sea), A Man for All Seasons (Actor’s Coop), 12th Night (West Valley Playhouse), This is our Youth (Raven Theatre), Yesterday Again (World Premiere/SFBATCC Nom for best actor), and The Bacchae (World Premiere London). Isaac is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
Olivia Castanho
Olivia Castanho was born and raised in the small town of South Windsor, CT. She started performing at the age of 6 in both community and school theatre. At 18, she moved to Los Angeles to attend USC’s BFA Acting program where she won the Jack Nicholson Award for Outstanding Performances in her junior year. Since then, she has worked regularly in film, television, and commercials and has starred in over 30 Netflix titles as a dubbing actor.
Olivia has been an Interact member for three years and is always honored to be a part of their staged readings. She studies with Rob Brownstein at An Actor’s Space and is a graduate of UCB improv.
Aside from acting, Olivia is a certified scuba diver, shark enthusiast, horror aficionado, writer, and singer.
Benjamin Theobald
Ben Theobald is overjoyed to know the dream isn't quite as dead as he thought it was. He still mostly just participates in his normal 9 to 5, but here he is again to grace the stage with his presence. Things are too good. This isn't normal. Blink once if you need help.
Sincerely,
Ben
Kristen Egermeier
A Los Angeles native, Kristen is a professional actress, voice over artist, and Interact Theatre Company's Board secretary and company member. She spent eight years acting across the East coast before moving back to California, where she honed her voice over career. She is a graduate of Cal State University, Northridge and has also studied with Shakespeare & Co, and The Shakespeare Theatre. Selected favorite stage roles have included Flo in Nice Fish, Ariel in The Tempest, Emily in Our Town, Viola in Twelfth Night, and Young Seward in Macbeth. She is a proud alumni company member of Commonwealth Classic Theatre and The Hub Theatre.
Chad Doreck
Recent credits include: Lifetime TV's viral sensation "Recipe for Seduction" where Chad played the villain to Mario Lopez's Colonel Sanders; "Hollywood" (recurring, Netflix); the upcoming "Dead Ringers" (recurring, opposite Rachel Weisz, Amazon); General Hospital (recurring); "The Upshaws" (Netflix); "Call Me Kat"; "Saved By the Bell"; "Promised Land"; "Dollface". Selected LA Theatre: SERRANO (Dir. Joel Zwick); TWIST (Dir. Debbie Allen); GIDGET (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola); POST OFFICE (Dir. Mark Brokaw). With the GGC Players: FOOL FOR LOVE (BWW Nominee, Best Actor); ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (BWW Award Nominee, Best Actor in a Musical) THE COMEDY OF ERRORS; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (All Directed by Gloria Gifford). Off-Broadway: ALTAR BOYZ. Film: "Natty Knocks"; "Death Without Consent"; "Jackass II". Chad was a finalist on NBC's "Grease: You're the One That I Want", played Greg Brady in "The Brady Bunch in the White House" and is a successful voice actor, voicing Krackle for Rice Krispies and Brad on "My Life as a Teenage Robot" among many others. Deep thanks to his Parents, Representation, Family, Class, and Gloria.
Rob Adler
Rob Adler is an actor, director, performance coach, professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago and Artistic Director of AdlerImprov a small private acting studio in Los Angeles. As a private coach he helps actors, directors and production companies like Lionsgate, Disney, FOX, NBC and ABC and notably on national television as the on-air acting coach for Disney’s High School Musical: Get in the Picture. Adler writes a regular column offering expert advice for Backstage.
For Interact Adler starred in a celebrated production of Other Peoples Money at the Pico Playhouse. Directing credits include the award winning short films “You Too?” and “iVote”, original plays like “Patriot Act” starting Roger Guenveur Smith and “Bad Hamlet” with LAs Coin & Ghost, and the upcoming Chicago premier of “Goosebumps: The Musical” for Chicago Playworks. As an actor Adler’s appeared on commercials, television and feature films. You can find him on social media @adlerimprov
Barry Heins
Barry Heins was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. Upon graduation from The Juilliard School (BFA, Drama), he toured forty-five states with five plays as a member of The Acting Company, including Michael Langham's production of "Twelfth Night" and Alan Schneider's 25th Anniversary production of "Waiting for Godot." Broadway: "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" starring Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan, and the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Good" starring Alan Howard. Off-Broadway: "An Enemy of the People" starring Roy Dotrice (Roundabout Theatre), "The Boys Next Door" (Lambs Theatre), "On the Verge" (John Houseman Theatre), "Ten by Tennessee" (Lucille Lortel Theatre), and "Spring Awakening" (NYSF/Public Theatre). Favorite film and TV roles: "Baby Boom," "Fear of a Black Hat," and "Grace and Frankie." Favorite regional theater roles: Ben in "The Sunshine Boys" with Eddie Bracken and Lou Jacobi, and Norman in "And a Nightingale Sang" with John Slattery. Los Angeles: Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles's production of "Much Ado About Nothing" at The Ford Theater (Drama-Logue Best Actor) and Interact's productions of "Other People's Money" (Pico Playhouse) and the West Coast premiere of the Mark Rylance & Louis Jenkins comedy "Nice Fish." In addition to his work as a voiceover actor, Heins has taught voice and speech at the professional actor training programs of NYU Tisch School of the Arts/Playwright's Horizons Theater School, SUNY Purchase College, and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC). Heins produced ITC's "The Pulitzer Prize Winners: 10 Plays from 10 Decades" for the Los Angeles Public Library, directing "You Can't Take It With You" and "The Great White Hope." He recently produced and directed ITC's first forays into short films, "Faultless" and "Just Another Birthday in Bedlam," receiving Best Indie Filmmaker at Top Shorts Film Festival and a 2021 Telly Award for Best Remote Production Online.
Herb Gardner
Herb Gardner (December 28, 1934 – September 25, 2003) was an American commercial artist, cartoonist, playwright, and screenwriter. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Gardner was the son of a bar owner. He was educated at New York's High School of Performing Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Antioch College. While a student at Antioch, he began drawing The Nebbishes. The comic strip was picked up by the Chicago Tribune and syndicated to 60-75 major newspapers from 1959 to 1961. Even before syndication, the Gardner characters were a national craze, marketed on statuettes, studio cards, barware, wall decorations, and posters. In 1960, after "the balloons were getting larger and larger, and there was hardly any drawing left", he dropped it and began writing plays. Gardner is best known for his 1962 play A Thousand Clowns, which ran for 428 performances. He received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay for the successful 1965 movie adaptation. The play was revived in 1996 and 2001. Gardner's biggest commercial success was the 1985 play I'm Not Rappaport, which ran for two years, won the Tony Award for Best Play, and became the basis for a 1996 movie. Other Broadway credits include The Goodbye People (1968), Thieves (1974), and Conversations with My Father (1992). He collaborated with Jule Styne on the ill-fated 1980 musical One Night Stand. Gardner's autobiographical novel, A Piece of the Action, was published in 1958. Gardner was the screenwriter and co-producer of the 1971 motion picture Who Is Harry Kellerman, and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, which starred Dustin Hoffman. Gardner's first wife was actress Rita Gardner; the union ended in divorce. He later married Barbara Sproul, with whom he raised two adopted sons.
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