Eat the Rich, Audrey!
Eat the Rich, Audrey!
A devised workshop based on Little Shop of Horrors
Curated by Alani Sky Rose
PRODUCTION TEAM
Alani Sky Rose (Director)(she/they) is graduating from the Directing, Playwriting, Production major this December! Past credits at UArts include My Mother Once Read, Urinetown, Ballyturk, and Summer of 69. Endless thanks to Grammy and everyone who has supported me during my time at UArts!!
Sara Mascelli (Assistant Director, Additional Text)(she/they) is a Junior Directing, Playwriting, and Production major. Past UArts credits include Family Undone (Director), Crimson Lit (Dramaturg), Head over Heels (Assistant Director), Nonmonogamy (Dramaturg), The Fairy and the Snapdragon (My Mother Once Read, Playwright). Thanks to the cast and crew and every brain who made this show. Go soup and swim swim swim!
Gio Coppola (Stage Manager)(he/him) is a Junior Musical Theater major, and if there was a DPP minor he would probably be getting it. Previous stage management credits include The Lightning Thief (Greater Boston Stage Company), and Alchemic Oddities (UArts). Thanks to Amy Dugas Brown for yet again entrusting him with an entire show to stage manage, thanks queen.
Emilia Hoard (Assistant Stage Manager)(she/they) is a freshman Directing, Playwriting, and Production Major. She has played roles in The Sound of Music (Leisel), The Little Mermaid (Andrina), Godspell (Lindsey), and Be More Chill (Ensemble), and has choreographed for Annie Jr. all at her former high school.
Emma McAllister (Assistant Stage Manager)(she/her) is an exchange student from Rose Bruford College in London. Previous performance credits at RBC have included Machinal, Blackbird, Doubt: A Parable, DNA and Macbeth.
Sydney Taper (Dramaturg)
Teayra Bowden (Season Dramaturg)
Jaden Alvaro Gines (Assistant Season Dramaturg)
Becky Wright (DPP Mentor)
Candra Kennedy (Puppet Designer)(she/her) is a puppeteer whose work has been hailed as “pure genius” by the Philadelphia Weekly. She has designed and assisted in crafting puppets for White Box Theatre, the Arden, Puppetyranny, and Transmissions Theatre. Love to Irra and Sean for studio support, and Jeremy and Lyra for support outside the studio.
Alex Dembner (Lighting/Sound Designer)
Jillian Warner (Costume Designer) is a Philadelphia-based costume designer. She is a recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s Costume Design program. Previous designs include: Delco: The Movie (Philagape Productions), Chicago (Shady Side Academy), and Considering Matthew Shepard (CMU). Jillian would like to thank her incredibly supportive parents and her partner!
Naia Morgan (Prop Designer, Artistic Assistant)(they/them) is a Freshman Design/Tech Major. Past UArts credits include Fun Home (wardrobe supervisor), and Sleepy Hollow Haunts (performer, "Doctor"). Past regional credits include The Wedding Singer, The Prom, The Drowsy Chaperone and many others (Props Artisan, Orbit Arts Academy), Little Shop of Horrors, Grease (Props Designer, The Weber School), Guys and Dolls (Assistant Props Designer, Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute). @jimothythepickle
Troy Martin-O'Shia (Production Electrician)
Joe Fasciano (Technical Director)
Anna Sorrentino (Costume Shop Manager)
Puppet Help: Sean Macphee, Irina Vinokur, Nora Humpage, Lex Williams, Krisa Halasy, Andrew Rucker, Evie Morrel-Samuels, Naia Morgan, Lan Phung, Lydian Zweiman, Jeremy Prouty, Lyra Prouty
Special thanks to the brains of: Katrina Mortko, Callie Demos, Violet Reagan, Rayne Smith, and Fadi Skeiker
DEVISED BY
Kyle Edens (CEO)(they/he) is a Junior Acting and DPP double major. Past UArts acting credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), Hamlet (Guildenstern), and psychic investigation... (Young August/Ensemble). Past UArts production credits include Hamlet (Stage Manager), Polyphone Festival (Assistant Artistic Director), and Everybody (Assistant Stage Manager). Endless love to the cast and crew!
Val Giesey (Seymour)(hé/they) is a Sophomore Acting and Dance major. Past UArts credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spring ‘23 senior thesis, and the UArts Ballet ensemble. Grateful to spend time working with this group of people.
Riley Irvine (Plant)(they/she) is a Senior Musical Theater major. Past UArts credits include Urinetown and Terms of Endearment (Equinox New Play Festival). Regional: Mamma Mia (Stumptown Stages). @realrileyirvine.
Pamela Jimenez (Ensemble)(she/her) is a Senior Acting major. Past UArts credits include Visiones del Cuerpo (Body) by Santi Castro and directed by James Bruenger-Arreguin and A Midsummer Night's Dream (Hippolyta) directed by Krista Apple.
Madison Luckey (Audrey)(she/her) is a Junior Musical Theater major. Past UArts credits include Felipillo, Fit For A Queen, and Dear Mr. C.
Ksenia Panchenko (Ensemble)(she/her) is a Sophomore Acting major. Past UArts credits include Terms of Endearment (Equinox Festival (staged reading)) (Worm).
Aidan Shultz (Ensemble)(she/her) is a Senior Acting/DPP Major with a Minor in Songwriting. Past UArts credits include Bodies & Bones, I Want A Country, All At Once, WOF, In The Green, Great Comet, Esther's Play, and Hamlet. Many thanks to the cast and crew for creating such a playful, welcoming environment.
Sydney Taper (Ensemble)(she/her) is a Junior DPP major. Most recent UArts credits include Horse Girls (SM), and Wanting, Only to You, the Future (performer). She applauds the production team, designers, technicians, and her cast mates of Eat the Rich for their hard work.
music by THE CANNIBALS
Cullen Buettler (Musician)
Natalie Gebhardt (Musician)(they/she) is a Freshman Vocal Performance major.
Lieth Jehu (Musician)
CREW
Cyrus Nasib (he/him) is a Freshman Directing, Playwriting, and Production major. Past UArts credits include Sleepy Hollow Haunts (Operations Manager).
Cessie Yu Ling
About:
Eat the Rich, Audrey! Is a devised performance based on the story of the 1960 sci-fi film “The Little Shop of Horrors”. We have taken the iconic characters and plot from this movie, and moved them into 2023. With a feminist and anti-capitalist lens, we have turned this into an immersive farce. You can expect to see loads of physical comedy, jaw dropping puppets, slow motion fights, and a live psychedelic rock band to tell the story. This is a version of Little Shop of Horrors that has never been told before.
Content Disclosures: Blood, Depictions of violence
University of the Arts
Kerry Walk, President
Kikau Alvaro, Interim Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Aanika Allen, Assistant Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts
Madison Claus, Senior Administrative Assistant
Krista Apple, Program Director, Acting
Amy Dugas Brown, Program Director, Directing, Playwriting and Production
Thom Weaver, Interim Program Director, Theater Design & Technology
Jacob Brent, Interim Program Director, Musical Theater
Quinn Bauriedel, Program Director, Pig Iron School MFA in Devised Performance
Nick Embree, Associate Professor
Sarah Sanford, Assistant Professor
Issac Byrne, Visiting Assistant Professor
Kyle Metzger, Visiting Assistant Professor
Lindsay Cram, Associate Producer
Joe Fasciano, Technical Director
Troy Martin-O’Shia, Production Electrician
Anna Sorrentino, Costume Shop Manager
Larry Fowler, Sound Practicum Instructor
Chris Haig, Technical Practicum Instructor
Rebecca Kanach, Costume Practicum Instructor
Juliana Luber, Audience Services Coordinator