Jule’s Song Playbill
A reading of a play by Candace Perry
Music by Candace Perry
Directed by Art Devine
Dramaturge: Rita M. Bleiman
Cast
Trish LaRose as Jule Colton
Dennis Cunningham as Ray Colton
Susanna Creel as Carrie
Paul Kehoel as Tommy
Production Team
Will Oxtoby - Stage Manager / House Manager
Margaret Van Sant - Producing Artistic Director / O’Neill Festival of New Work & Provincetown Dramatic Arts
Donna Rockwell - Graphic Design
Bill Evaul - Eugene O’Neill Graphic
Terry Catalano / Fli-bois Delivery Service - Poster/Postcard Distribution
Before We Begin…
Jule’s Song is approximately 90 minutes in duration.
There will be no intermission.
Please silence personal devices before the show begins.
No recording of any kind is permitted during the show.
Special Thanks…
Special thanks to the following for help with “Jule’s Song”:
Rick Arnoldi
Roland Blair
Cape Rep Theater
Wellfleet Public Library
And, always, Charles Thibodeau
Bios…
Rita M. Bleiman
Rita M. Bleiman (Dramaturge)
Rita left Texas in the sixties for Washington, D.C., where she worked for Senator Walter F. Mondale and (later) in the Carter Administration. She graduated from the Smith College Ada Comstock Scholars Program. In addition to being a community activist, she has written ten plays, two of which appeared in the anthologies From Valley Playwrights, Vol. 1 and 2. Her humorous articles have been published in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post and Newsweek. Her poetry and short pieces have appeared in several small publications. She’s currently at work on her third novel. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband, Bruce.
Dennis Cunningham
Dennis Cunningham (Ray)
Dennis’s stage roots go back to 1985 when he appeared as Bobby in WHAT’s second production, American Buffalo. He has appeared in multiple productions at WHAT over the years, as well as at Cape Rep. He played the role of Ollie in the film Give or Take which is currently streaming on multiple platforms. He has also performed at the Harbor Stage in Wellfleet as Doctor Chebutykin in Chekov’s Three Sisters, the role of Jack in The Weir, Dectective Baylen in Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, and as Dodge in the play “Buried Child.” Most recently at WHAT he appeared as Matty in “The Pickleball Wars.”
Susanna Creel
Susanna Creel (Carrie)
Susanna is a performing arts major at CCCC. You may have recently seen her as Alice Murphy in Bright Star at the Tilden Arts Center. Past performances include, Wednesday Addams (CDG), Angela in Stage Kiss (APA), and Emily Webb in Our Town (ETC) which she received an EMACT DASH nomination for Lead Performer. You can find her next at the Cotuit Center for the Arts as Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof.
Art Devine
Art Devine (Director)
Art is a theater artist whose work as a playwright, director, actor, and designer has been enjoyed throughout New England and California. Directing credits include 9-Ball (at Cape Rep/Boston), Sunday in the Park with George, A Streetcar Named Desire, Top Dog/Under Dog, Our Country’s Good, the world premier of Boundless, the world premier of The Tuna Goddess, Dear Jack and Louise and A Man of No Importance - (Cape Rep), Marvin’s Room, A Quarter Ton of Fiction, Evita, and Equus (APA). Art studied acting, directing, and playwriting at Trinity Rep Conservatory.
Paul Kehoe
Paul Kehoe (Tommy)
Paul spent several years teaching second grade for the Brewster Schools. He just completed an exciting 4 year educational journey as a private teacher at Cannon Hill Academy. Paul has led countless school programs entertaining children and families with songs focusing on social and emotional learning. Most recently, he has been collaborating with puppeteer, Mary Wilson, as Puppets, Paul & Mary. They can be found performing their summer shows at Cape Rep Theater in addition to many libraries, too. Paul is excited to be joining the cast of Jule’s Song.
Trish LaRose
Trish LaRose (Jule)
Trish is thrilled to be part of this workshop with such wonderful people! She is a resident artist at Cape Rep Theatre where they produced her commissioned one woman show, Come On-A My House. She frequently performs at Cotuit Center for the Arts and Provincetown Theatre and has been a guest artist with the Cape Symphony. Up next: Tickle Me Pink at Cape Rep from 11/6- 12/8 and First Night Chatham at 9pm at St. Christopher's.
Candace Perry
Candace Perry (Playwright)
Candace Perry’s short and long plays have been performed in festivals and theaters in the US and Ireland. Regionally, she’s won awards, been selected as a commissioned playwright, and served as a playwright-in-residence. Though she’s written and published in other forms, she finds that the making of a play presents the greatest opportunity and challenge for creating work that might change the world, or nudge it in the right direction. Her writing life has been enriched and interrupted by relationships, activism, teaching, travel, open water swimming, and her clinical social work career. She lives in Wellfleet, MA with her husband, Charles Thibodeau. More info at www.candaceperryplaywright.info
O’Neill Festival Schedule…
Sat., Oct. 5 at 2pm
”Temporary Land Masses” by Joe MacDougall
Sat., Oct. 5 at 7pm
”White Gays” by Jim Dalglish
Sun., Oct. 6 at 2pm
”Jule’s Song” by Candace Perry
Sun., Oct. 6 at 7pm
”Goody - The Witch of Eastham” by Margaret Van Sant
Sun., Oct. 13 at 2pm
”White Gays” by Jim Dalglish ”Temporary Land Masses” by Joe MacDougall
Sat., Oct. 13 at 7pm
”Temporary Land Masses” by Joe MacDougall
Mon., Oct. 14 at 2pm
”Jule’s Song” by Candace Perry
Mon., Oct. 14 at 7pm
”Goody - The Witch of Eastham” by Margaret Van Sant
