The Arts at CCBC presents

Small Mouth Sounds

by Bess Wohl

Directed by Brandon Rashad Butts

CCBC Essex, F. Scott Black Theatre

Production Team

Lighting/Scenic Designer
Terri Raulie

Stage Manager
Andrew Pfluger

Costume Design
Eva Grove

Sound Designer
Heiko Spieker

Technical Director
Jason Randolph

Fight/Intimacy Consultant
Production Coordinator
Brad Norris

SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC,
servicing the Dramatist Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law.

Small Mouth Sounds contains mature content, including discussions of addiction and self-harm.

ASL interpretation provided by CIRS/HASA

Director's Note

Thank you all very much for joining us this evening for the CCBC production of Small Mouth Sounds. Once you've found your seat, take a moment to close your eyes and take a deep breath. How'd that feel? Maybe you need another? Go ahead. How often do you get the chance to just sit and breathe these days? Take another breath, and clear you mind of what's weighing it down. This is just the beginning of our journey for the evening. The storytellers whose work you're about to encounter, will join you in the process shortly.

Between personal endeavors, patriarchy, politics and all the other ever changing facets of the world, we all know that can be quite taxing. Often, we make decisions that affect our loved ones, including ourselves, that result in detrimental outcomes. But hey, we're human. How often do we get to turn it all off and do nothing? Maybe if we just had that sanctuary, we'd be able to connect with ourselves; in turn, being better humans.

To each their own, but one place that you are not likely to find me, is in a cabin in the woods. Bess Wohl, however, has created a setting where that's the only place the characters you are about to meet can find solace, solitude, and silence. For your time with us, you'll bear witness to characters at their wits end as they take measures toward finding inner reconciliation with their personal paths and the results of how said paths have made them wary on a multitude of levels.

I appreciate you all for providing support and hope you walk away with reflective actions that will propel you on your journey. Breathe in. Breathe out.

Brandon Rashad Butts, Director

Cast

Ryan Carter

Jan

Jayline Figueroa

Judy

Darian Grade

Joan

Kayla Lasson

Alicia

Broadus Nesbitt III

Rodney

Kevvin Ross

Ned

Creative Team

Bess Wohl

Author

Brandon Rashad Butts

Director

Andrew Pfluger

Stage Manager

Terri Raulie

Lighting and Scenic Designer

Eva Grove

Costume Designer

Heiko Spieker

Sound Designer

Jason Randolph

Technical Director

Brad Norris

Fight/Intimacy Consultant Production Coordinator

Olawale Durodola, Robert Noakes, III

Assistant Lighting Designers

Jennifer Cassagrande

Light Board Operator

Robert Noakes, III, Oz McDonough, Dez Akano

Fly Rail/Stage Crew

Students of THTR 193 Stage Lighting

Electrics Crew

Students of THTR 131 Stagecraft

Set Construction and Properties

Meet the Company

Ryan Carter

Jan

Ryan is making his CCBC debut. He has previously been in Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia!, and Fiddler on the Roof, along with other various shows. He is undecided on his major and plans to continue his education elsewhere once he “figures it out”.

Jayline Figueroa

Judy

Jayline is a full-time student at CCBC Essex, she is in the Theatre Performing Arts Program. This is her first show here at CCBC, and she is so excited to be playing Judy in Small Mouth Sounds. Jayline recently graduated from Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, from the Theatre Performing Arts Magnet. Jayline has recently done The Play That Goes Wrong playing Max, and Sister Act which she both assistant directed and had a cameo as Mary Martin-of-Tours at Patapsco. Jayline is so grateful to be in such a loving cast, and she wants to thank Brandon, and Andrew for all of their hard work!

Darian Grade

Joan

Darian is a theatre major at CCBC. She appeared on stage in last seasons CCBC Spring Arts Festival 2021, Fall 2021 as Louise Maske in The Underpants, and in the Spring 2022 production of Fabulation. She also appeared in Scam Artist at Truest Ethos Theatre Company. She is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts, where she performed in Of Gods and Men and worked on the production side for many productions including Pippin, The Nutcracker, Little Shop of Horrors, and many more.

Kayla Lasson

Alicia

Kayla has experience with theatre from a performing arts camp from when she was younger. She is majoring in Theatre at CCBC. She is a barista and dog sitter, but makes time for theatre because it is what she enjoys doing the most. She plans to transfer to Towson by the end of this school year.

Broadus Nesbitt III

Rodney

Broadus returns to CCBC for the final time in Small Mouth Sounds. After 4 long years and over 6 productions he has decided to pursue other avenues such as live-streaming, and writing!

Kevvin Ross

Ned

Kevin returns again to another play at CCBC. Kevvin appeared last year as Cohen in The Underpants, and in previous years before that, playing several different roles in several different productions, the most at one time being 7 roles in Argonautika. A performing arts major at heart, Kevvin likes to spend time outside of performances crafting stories and pieces of art, hoping to one day share them all with the world.