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Producer’s Note:

As a drama teacher, there is no greater pleasure than to unleash the entire spectrum of creativity inherent in Theatre Arts. In this performance, you will hear the themes important to our young students, and the voice of the student playwright. You see the vision of the student director and the results of their leadership. Students have collaborated to create and gather set, props, and costumes.

We were one of only a handful of schools to be awarded the Playwriting Intensive opportunity from NHSI of Northwestern University. We are so grateful to Marcus Folmar for providing inspiration and four weeks of playwriting instruction to our Intermediate/Advanced students.

Each student wrote a one-act play. The six shows you will see tonight were selected from the plays that each student wrote in class. Our students are invited to attend the NHSI summer high school outreach in playwriting!

Intermediate/Advanced Theatre Arts Class

Creative Team

Linda Bon

Producer

Mrs. Bon is the Drama Director at Long Beach Poly.

Isabella Dopulos

Playwright/Director of "Angels In A Train Station"

Isabella Dopulos is a Junior of the PACE Program at Poly High School. She is very excited to be directing her very first play! Previous shows with Poly Drama include Hairspray (2020), All Together Now (2021), Puffs (2021) and most recently Shrek the Musical (2022.) She is the President of the Intermediate and Advanced Theatre class at Polytechnic High School. She is also the soprano section leader in Poly Vocal Jazz 1 ensemble as well as Chamber Choir. Previous productions include: Long Beach Playhouse Summer Conservatory Showcases, Go-Fame’s Into the Woods and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Evil Stepmother, The Chef.) Isabella enjoys horror movies and roller-skating. Special thanks to Mrs. Bon and Marcus Folmar for this amazing opportunity.

Isabella Cabigao

Playwright/Director of "For Brian"

Isabella Cabigao is a junior in the CIC pathway here at Poly and loves being part of the theatre community. She was part of Long Beach Poly’s 2020 musical Hairspray ensemble. She takes a drama, dance, and choir class here at Poly and enjoys performing on stage. She is thankful for being able to be part of such a big production and making new friends along the way. She is looking forward to many memories throughout high school.

Kaysee French

Playwright/Director of

Although it is her directing debut, Kaysee is no stranger to the theater. Starting at age 5 appearing in over 13 productions with favorite roles as Olive in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”, Amy in “Little Women”, Molly in “Annie”, Little Red in “Into the Woods”, and most recently, Fiona in Poly’s production of “Shrek”! Kaysee has expanded her acting credibility from the screen to the stage and is excited to now include behind-the-scenes work as well. Currently a Junior in the PArts pathway, Kaysee plans to continue her education in the arts after high school. For now, though, she appreciates you watching her personification of how it felt to write this play and is here to inform you that she, in fact, did NOT just forget to add a name, and “Untitled Document” really is the title.

Marcus Folmar

Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter

Marcus Folmar is a graduate of Northwestern University where he majored in Radio, Television and Film Production. He performs regularly in Upright Citizens Brigade Harold team LoverBoy and has appeared in over 60 TV shows, films and commercials. As a screenwriter, Marcus’s ABC Family original movie “The List” was nominated in 2008 for three NAACP Image Awards, including one for Best TV Movie, and one for the romantic comedy’s leading man Wayne Brady. Recently, Marcus created Alley Way (alleywayseries.com), a comedy web series that he writes, directs and stars in.

Chris Gathe

Technical Advisor

Thank you Mr. Gathe for all your professional advice and hard work as we continue the update of the Poly Playhouse!

Madison Gathe

Assistant Stage Manager

This will be Madison Gathe's second performance at Long Beach poly, with the first being a council member in Hairspray. She is very excited to be returning to the stage after having no live performances in over a year! Madison participates all things music and arts related, including various instrumental and vocal classes as well as theatre and stage tech.

Shane Gillogly

Playwright/Director of

Shane made his stage debut with All Together Now musical revue last Fall. He is now a happy director of pirates and clones.

Victoria Gathe-Rosado

Set Design and Build

Thanks to Mrs. Gathe-Rosado's Stage Tech classes for building this flexible set! Mrs. Gathe's classes support Theatre Arts classes and our musical as well as other performing arts events on campus.

Lauren Griffieth

Playwright/Director of

Lauren Griffieth is a sophomore in PACE. This is her first time directing a play, however she is no stranger to theater. Before attending Poly, Lauren was in her community theater program playing Ebony Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. More recently, she was in the chorus and dance programs at Marshall Academy of the Arts and in the productions of Once Upon A Mattress and The Little Mermaid. Currently, she is the event manager for the Intermediate/Advanced theater program here at Poly.

Brendan McPherson

Technical Director

Camara Ma'alea

Stage Manager

Camara Ma’alea is the wardrobe manager in the auditorium for intermediate drama makes sure everything is in place and ready for use making sure everyone has all their gear and stuff ready to go she’s always in the roll and making sure everything is good !.

April Vasquez

Playwright of "After"

April Vasquez is currently a senior at Poly in CIC pathway. This will be April’s 3rd official performance at Poly (Poetry Slam 2020, Ensemble in Hairspray, Mad Hatter). April has been involved in the theater program for roughly all four years of their high school career. April is very grateful for the opportunity they have had to express themselves with LBPoly Drama. They would like to thank their family and friends for supporting the show and especially thank Ms. Bon for the past four years.

NHSI

Special Thanks

NHSI (The National High School Institute) provides High School outreach and training courses at Northwestern University for high school students in Theater Arts, Film/ Video, and Debate. Northwestern University has one of the top undergraduate Theater Arts Programs in the country. Please check out nhsi.northwestern.edu to learn about exciting opportunities to extend learning to your student!

Intermediate/Advanced Theatre Arts class

Production Team

Intermediate Theatre Arts this year had the opportunity to produce and perform in All Together Now Musical Revue Fall of 2021, and then to write, direct, and produce original plays this Spring. You will see them on stage and behind the scenes throughout this evening.

Angels In A Train Station by Bella Dopulos

CAST LIST:

Og: Marielle Russell

Enoch: April Vasquez

Martin: Zion D.C.

Tabatha: Eunique Sherow

Joey: Ben Farfan

Mother: Abenie Mendoza

Little Girl: Lindsey Iqbal

Ensemble:  Aanyah Banket, Melinda Barrios, Angela Bautista, Valerie Borjas, Darius Curry, Gabriela Galaviz,  Camara Ma'alea, Emily Nop, Devin Samples

Director’s Note:
Angels in a Train Station follows the meeting of two best friends, the angels Og and Enoch, in Grand Central Station on a Tuesday as they bicker over the lives of the station occupants. When writing this play, I was inspired thematically by Kevin Smith’s Dogma. However, I cannot say that I wasn’t greatly impacted by these past two years of solitude, and the feeling that we have not returned to our lives as the same people who we were on March 13th, 2020. I am eternally grateful for my brilliant cast, who stuck with me through rehearsals in the drama room as well as the muddy meadow and transformed the characters I created on paper into real people.

For Brian by Isabella Cabigao

Collin - Brenden McPhereson

Alyssa - Brooklyn Murray

Mom - Abigail Rifkin

Veronica - Noeline Sanchez

Untitled Document by Kaysee French

CAST LIST:

Travis: Kenechukwu Okonjo

Julian: Kylie Porter

Chett Larson: Jaden Alexius

Extras: Jordan Man, Esmeralda Lopez, Oat Gomez, Taylor McEachin, Alina Nhean

Directors Note: No one should have ever given me this much power to tell people what to do

Truth and Lies...Mainly Lies by Lauren Griffieth

Billie Sofia Farfan Real Billie. Reena Bantican

Therapist Jennifer Cisneros

Art Teacher Kobe Khean

Heckler #1/Bully #1 Camara Ma'alea

Heckler #2/Bully #2 Melinda Barrios

Alexis Darlene Metivier

Miss Jenna Valerie Borjas

Malcolm Wesley Khourn

Mom Angela Bautista

After by April Vasquez

5 After by April Vasquez, directed by Sophia Karpouzas

Randy Gavin Carey

Narrator/Randy’s Mom Elani Moss

Randy’s other Mom Madison Gathe

Teacher Jordan Man

Isobel Qowlayah Peters

Darla Emily Nop

Ensemble:

Aanyah Banket, Sezana Thomas, Darius, Devin Samples, Darius Curry

A Man Walks Into A Bar by Shane Gillogly

Mike Jonas Gutierrez

Boss Dashiell McFarr

William Gavin Carey

Pirate Gio Bueno

Amelia Alina Nhean

Amelia’s clone Jennifer Lopez

Goon 1: Elijah Farmer

Goon 2: Devon Dove

Goon 3: Devin Samples

Man in Bar: Darius Curry

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