(based on nothing) · thom pain (based on nothing) by will eno directed by i{ristianne i{urner...
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friiji\ NEW VILLAGE ARTS~ THE A T R E
Presents THE ENSEMBLE l}f{OJECT t:H1d
The Si.1r1 Diego Pr"emiere of
THOM PAIN (based on nothing)
By Will Eno
Directed by I{ristianne I{urner
Scenic Design
Tim Wallace
Ugh Ling Design
Chris Renda
f'roperties
Design
Bonnie Durben
Costurne Design
Kelly Iversen
Stage ~v"1an(:1ger
Justin Lang
Sound Design
Justin Lang
THOM PAIN (based on nothing) ENSEM.BlE:
Adam Brick
THOM PAIN runs a little over an hour with no interrnission.
Produced by special orrongemen tvvith Drorno tiSL'S PloY' Servicc; Inc.
New VHlage Arts Theatre • 2787 State Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008
www.NewVillageArts.org • (760) 433-3245
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CAST PROFILESoooOr-000
ADAM BRICI( (Thom Pain): NV~ Ensemble Member. ,A.damis a founding Ensemble
Member of Ne'~v VillC1ge Arts, INher'e he has appeared in All, Wilderness!, S\,veet
Sturin Things VVe Wcmt/ Tirne Flies, The COtn1olei'e l,'t/ark of vVi1Iiorn Shakespeare
(Abridged) ami Three Sis(ers. ,A.dam graduated from The Meisner Technique Studio
III San Francisco. Previous acting roles in local performances include: Tartuffe
(CleanteL Dark l?aplUtt' (Hay}, anclI;VaN'ff1Qfor LE~fty (Joe) with Palomar Performing
Arts. In addition to his v./ork asan l.1ctorl Adam has done numerous sound designs
and photography shoots for Ne\N \/illage .Arts.
CREATIVE TEAM PROFllESoO(lCiOOOO
WILL END (Playv'lright): Vllill Ena's internationally heralded play T/·/OtV1 PAIN
(based on nothing) had a successful vear-Iong run at the DIl2 in New Yort
produced bV Bob Boyett and Dl.1rVI Hoth; follovJing a sold out run at the Au~ust
2004 International Edinburgh Festivdl (Fringe First Award and the Herald Angel
AI.'var'd)! ahd L1 subsequent transfer to the Soho'Theatre in London. The pl~W is now
being produced across the United States" as well asJ3razi!1 Itail(, GermanVI Francel
Norway, Denmark; ISrael,. Mexico and other countries. Tf-IOM PAIN (based on
f1othing) 'N~1$ a finalist For the 2004 f.\Jlitzer Prize in Drama. r\~r. Ena's nevv plav
J"v1IDDL~'TOVVN received Its world premiere ill f<.1112010 at the Vineyard TheC1tre in
Nevv York City' and recentl,;, completed a run at Steppemvolf Theatre in Chicago.
His filav TRAGED,I: a lrogedy received its US premiere atGerkeley Repertory
Theatre in Sp6ng 2008~ and 1'11$ collect[on of short plays entitled 0/./, THE
HUMIANJTY' and other exc/mnations world premiered at The Flea Theater in I.'vinter
2008. Mr. Eno' splav 1'.1-1£FLU SEASON received the. 2004 Oppenheimer AIA/ard for
the best debut production In r~e\AJ York by an American plaY\ivright. \Nfll's plavs.
have been produced bV lhe Gate Theatre/the SOHO Thegtre and SHC Hadiol in
Londoli;the Hude Mech<.1flfcals Theater CompanY' and. N9ked Angeisl in New York.
His plays are published bV Oberon Books dndhave appeared in Harper.ls; The
Antioch Heview! The Quarterly, and Best Ten~rvilnute PbV$ for nvo Attors. \A/ill
presently under comniissipn bV.the Royal Nationl.1t Theatre. He is a Helen Merrill
PlaYINritingFellov\I, a Guggehh~im Fellc.r\v, and Ed\vard F.Albee FpundaUon Fellow!
and was awarded the .first-ever r\Aarian Seld.eslGarson Kanin Fellowship byth~
Theater Hall of Farnei "as 'hlell as the Alfred Hodder Fellol/o/ship at Princeton. Will
Ihies in Brooklyn,l NY.
KRISTIANNE I<URNER (Director): NVA Ensemble Member. Kristianne is the co
founder and Execu Live Artistic Director of Ne\v Village Arts,I vvhere she hasdirerted
such productions as Dealh of a So/esrnan Summer and Smoke! TliE' Soritaland
Diories, Be Aggressive! Bulrusher! True vVesl~ Sai/orls SonQ" The tl\!cwerlFGoilery
and A Lie of the Mind. She has been seen on the NVA stages many Urnes, most
recently as Essie rvliller in Ahj lVilderness!, Amanda Blue in Woving Gci6dbyeand
th~title role in The Heidi Chronicles. Her \oVork has received numerous cWii.'irds,..
including San Diego Theatre Critics Circle and Patte AVv'ards for Theatre E:xcellence.
I<ristianne created THE ENSEMBLE PI~OJECT for Season 111 including
con1missioning the l~vOJld prerniere by Suzanne Bachner. She received her BFA in
Theatre at The College of \'Villiarn & Mary and her fvlFA in Acting froni the Actor's
Studio/New School.
TIM WALLACE (Scenic DeSigner): NVA Ensemble Member and Technical Director.
NVA: Deoth of n Salesrnanl S~veet Storrn, Sirnpalicoi \'1/avfnQ GoodlJVt', The
Santa/and Diaries tl0)! into the' !A/oods) The-Seven Year itch,. SumriJer and Smoke,
The Heidi Chronicles, The Man VII/lOr The SanlCl/cjnd Diories (09), Picasso at the
Lopin A~1ile; Time Flies! FoutDoQs and a Gone} Be Aggressive" Golden Boy; Scripps
f{anch: Shadowbox, The Lost Night of Baflv}wo,t Thev're Playjn~1 Our Song and
Holiday Memories; Backvard Productions: Nystericol Blindness. Tim has enjoyed i.1
20 veal' career with the San Diego Opera' painting scenerY' for productions that
havetraveled around the IA/orld.
KELLY lVERSEN (Costume Designer): NVA Ensemble Member. This is Kelly"s fir'st
foray ipto costume design . .As an actor, Kelly has \vorkedat NVA: Death (4" Cl
Salesman" Sweet StDtmr Simpc7t'icor The Seven Year Itch, The Heidi Chronicles,
P!ayre'adings of Picturing (lAy Sister & SirnplyMaria! OJ' the American Drearn, Be
Aggressiy,ti (U/S, AD): fv10XIE THEATf{E & INTf{EPID SHAI<ESPEARE CO.: The
Cru~ible; COMP4SS THEATRE: H/lw's Afraid of VirglnioWqolf?; DIVEH?IONARY
THE,L\TRE: The L,itt/e Dog Laughed; PALOMAR COLLE(;E: Lysistrata, The Rimers of
Eldritch; CAHLSBAD PLAYHEADERS::rhe Last Night' oj Ballvhoo, Lobby Nero.
CHRISTOPHER LOREN RENDA (Lighting D~slgn): NVA Ensemble Member: Qeath oj
a Salesman; Sweet Storm, Vl/aVJ'n~T Goodbve. Christopher Renda vvorks a t Mesa
Cbllege Theater Cornpany as the rnaster electrician, He is a proud rnember of the
Intrepid Shakespeare Company. His recent backstage credits- include lighti~g
design for RidhClfd II; The Crucible, Rorn6:'C.i and Juliet TCJrnin£1 o[.the Shre\vand I<ing
ADVISORY BOARDoooOCoOOD
NV A STAFFOOOOCOO(\
NVA BOARD OF DIRECTORSooooc.c-oo
Executive Artistic Director: Kri$ti.~\nri8 Kumar Production Manager: Stirn Shen1icm
Managing Oirector:A!exScollon Technical Director: Tim V...'dlltICe
Foundry & Special Events Manager: laUrt1 Kurnr;'r Gr<1phic Design: Ashley Howard·Goltz
Marketing & Development Specialist KeHy Iversen
Education/Outreach Coordinator: Justin Lang
Jviichael SChUtrli.H.:her
K011 nVtI f1
U5~.\ Urnber
Julie NVec\~lrd
Richard l(urtlnda
EI;.iine Glngory
Pat Hansen
Bobb1r~ Hodel'
Stephen "Hap" L'Heureux, President
Julie Norby, Vice Prcsjc!crflt
Gina McBride, Secretory
Kurt rilipovitchl Tn.'usurer
Russ Bruhn
P(.llritk radr~'l
Joll I-latch
Pal Hurley
Christine lIeto Pangall
Laura Se~CJII
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JUSTIN LANG (Stage [Vlan~1ger/Sound Design): This is JusUrr'sfirst sound design
and stage management position. NVA Ensemble rvlernber: As You Like It. Recent
acting '.,vork includes: DI\/E!{SIONAHY/fviOXIE: Poster Boys; rv'lOXIE THEATRE: Ten
Cent NiQht, Eurydice, DOQ Act; MOXIE/INTHEPID: The Crucible; INTfiEPID: Richard II.
Justin \:\Iill next be appearing as (;€orge in Of [vliet! and IV/en here at NVA. He thanks
his friends and famllv for their constan t love and support in these strange times.
BONNIE DURBEN (Props): ['~VA Ensemble f'v'lember and resident props designer.
Previous [']VA shoVJS include: DeMh of a Solesman, Sweet Stann) Simpatico,
Vtlaving GODdbVe, into the VI/Gods, The Seven 'leur Itch, SUfnmer and Smoke, The
Heidi Chronicles, The Pvlon VVho, The Sonlolond Diories, Picosso at the Lapin Agile,
Things We Wont, Time Fiies, Sure Thilf~l, }ulius Caesar, Pour Dogs and a Hone.
CYGNET TH E.A.THl:: Privott' Lives, S~1/eeney Todd, Bed and Sofa, 1\loises Off and
J'ledwiQ. NCHT: DonJt Dress for Dinner, Over the Tavern. Bonnie lAd!! be a rnernber
of NVA's ENSErv'1l3LE PROJECT for SeClsol111.
John \vith Intrepid. An evening of short plays by the .Asian American Repertory
Theater Companv, As rVluch As You Coni The Uttle Dog Laughed and Bent at the
Diversionary Theater' (received a Patte ~~',.\lardfor 13ent').J-lurlvburly \,vltl1 the Ion
Theatre Company; live rnicrophone mixing for If's a t·VondetJul Life (2009) and A
LiU1e IVlght Music at the Cygnet Theater. Scenic design for Fat Pig and First Love
with Intermission Productions.
FOR TH.IS PRODUCTIONDOOOOOMBox Office: Carly Dellinecr &. Julie Hurnpllrey
House Manager: R~H.:hei\-Vhite
Set Construction: Adam Brick, Darin Hibi, Sarnw21 Shf2rman
Sound Engineer: 5 tHll LH::I Sherman
Costume Assistant: Holiday Gt.:iger
Volunteer Coordin(.1tor: Jules Schreiber
FROM THE DIRECTORoOOOOOOD
V'}ekorT1E to the wr)dd of Will Eno and THOli4. PAU',/ (bw;ed un (10th/fig), All of LI~ at New Village Arls are ~o
proud to bE:pwduCiIii{ thE': San Diego prerniere of thi::; thrillitlg new playwlighL's vlark. Mr. EI1b is absolutely
bri1liant I;viih hiS use of 1angudl-:e. I have Hken(~d working on THOfvl Pldj"lLo working on a mash-up of ,I WHilam
comedo" and a Samuel Beckett existential rneditdUon. THOA,1 PAIN Is about life, fII1dJngand losing
love, why weare IYer£:and so tl1Utll rnore, It's heaftw~mningj dwHeitging, lunnv (Hid incredibly thought-
provoking, It is lJ\e kind or v\i;jl1l to see 5 tlr 6lirnes: - cH:,d e,lch tirne 'wi.ltch it you'll find
SOn1f~Lhing ne'IV,
SPECIAL THANKS T0210000000
Pannildn La Jolla (Coffee sponsors)
Stone Brewery {Beer Sponsors)
Mesa College, Jack Missettl Frances Regal, Gordon Polk.
PAIN 13not a reference 10 the well-known revolutionary war
wdlcJ, but it is about I((}ui anti me, p,rlh5 and IL'sa dne rtl;jf1 Sf\CJW that tl'Ju!d rwt exist
without you, tile audience. It'$ an UllfDlliettable 65 mt!1mesof tlIE~dtt'e that i.-.dUstay wilh vou for a Ibflg tfme.
Tllank "Iou for being of theNe\'jVUI8ge .8,(t5 Ellsemble.
Krlstianne Kumerl ExecutiveArtIstk Directorl New Village Arts, Director, THOM PAIN (bclsedon nOthing)