At the height of the foreclosure crisis, single mother Crystal loses more than her house. She struggles to stay positive, though—with plenty of help from a roommate with conspiracy theories, a motivational speaker with a secret, and her colleagues at the local Saturn dealership. But optimism is no match for a bad economy, and before long Crystal’s desperate quest to regain what she’s lost turns into the fight of her life. This dark comic thriller explores just how far we’ll go to get back what’s ours.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The World Premiere of BETHANY was in New York City by Women’s Project Theater, Julie Crosby, Producing Artistic Director.

 

Developed at the Lark Play Development Center, New York City.

 

“BETHANY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)”

Bethany Bohall, Director
Trevor Gagnon, Production Stage Manager

 

CAST

Victoria Hartson, Shannon
Mellissa Marlowe, Crystal
Renee Garvens, Patricia
Zach Lewis, Charlie
Daniel Everidge, Gary
Gloria Sanchez-Molina, Toni

 

TIME

Early 2009

 

SETTING

The exurbs of a small city in America

 

CREATIVE TEAM

Set Design, Jeremiah Teutsch
Lighting Design, Chuck Drew
Master Carpenter/Set Construction, Edward Diaz

 

THE TOBIN TEAM

President & CEO, Michael J. Fresher
VP & CFO, Jeff LaSante
VP of Brand and Engagement, Christopher Novosad
VP of Development, Renee Garvens
Director of Marketing, Lauren Keck
Graphics Manager, Rigo Ortiz
Community Engagement & PR Manager, Mandie Sullivan
Digital Marketing & Promotions, Alyssa Mora
Graphic Design Coordinator, Lucy Coronado
Front of House Manager, Chance Margotta
Technical Director, Hector Gutierez
Assistant Technical Director, Adam McCoy
Lighting Head, Gabriel Garcia IV
Video Head, David Sangiuliano 

 

 

SPECIAL THANKS

Audrey Gaytan, Javan Johnson, Appliance Liquidation Outlet- San Antonio, the cast & crew, and the 100A production team

BIOGRAPHIES
Victoria Hartson

(Shannon) Victoria is an Austin-based artist, and is thrilled to be onstage in their hometown of San Antonio again! They are passionate about art in all forms, working primarily in performance, digital design, and videography. Some favorite past roles include: Viola (Twelfth Night), Buckingham (Richard III), Gertrude (Hamlet), Anna Andreyevna (The Government Inspector), and Olive Ostrovsky (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee). They received their B.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and will be pursuing an M.S. in Strategic Communication in the fall.

Mellissa Marlowe

(Crystal) Mellissa is a theatre artist and educator who has worked in the San Antonio community for many years.  She has extensive experience as an actor, director, producer, and costumer working for many area theatres, including Jump-Start Performance Co., the Magik Theatre, the Witte Museum, and Shakespeare in the Park San Antonio.  She is an Assistant Professor and Founding Coordinator of Drama at Northwest Vista College, where she has helped to build a thriving and diverse theatre program for students and community.  And, most importantly, she is the proud mama of Paulina Esperanza Rodriguez, a brilliant writer, and senior at Barnard College at Columbia University.

Renee Garvens

(Patricia) Renee has spent the past forty years as a part time stage actress with occasional tiny roles in television and film while raising three phenomenal children and working for non-profit organizations including several San Antonio Theatre companies; The Classic Theatre, AtticRep, Vexler Children’s Theatre, and The Magik Theatre. In 2021, she was able to combine her passion for the performing arts with her experience in fundraising as the Vice President of Development for The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. When she isn’t at The Tobin, she enjoys spending time with her wife, entertaining in the style of Amy Sedaris, and begging her adult children to come over for a visit. Some favorite past roles include Carla in Lincolnesque (AtticRep), Carla in Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight (Public Theatre of SA), Woman in Stage Kiss (Public Theatre of SA), and Karen in August Osage County (Sheldon Vexler Theatre).

Zach Lewis

(Charlie) Zach is an actor, theatre producer and graphic designer living in San Antonio. Originally from Houston, he graduated with a BFA in theatre arts from Sam Houston State University and was an Irene Ryan finalist (alternate) in 2009. After college, he began working in Houston with a variety of companies as an actor and a production run crew specialist. He is proud of his theatre education work as a stage manager for the Young Actors Conservatory at Stages Repertory Theatre and as a volunteer instructor with the groundbreaking A.B.L.E. Ensemble in Chicago. Acting credits include: The Surround Project: 9 Circles; The Classic Theatre of San Antonio: Macbeth, A Doll’s House, School For Scandal; Unity Theatre: I Hate Hamlet; The Landing Theatre: SMUDGE; Back Porch Players: In The Blood; NightCap Theatre: Post by Eric James; Texas Repertory Theatre: Bus Stop, Crimes of the Heart; Stages Repertory Theatre: Auntie Mame; Shakespeare Globe Centre of the Southwest: Romeo

Daniel Everidge

(Gary) Daniel was born in Brownsville, TX and was a graduate of the North East School of the Arts and LEE High School here in San Antonio. Daniel received his BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University in Westerville, OH and was the recipient of the Petie Dodrill Children’s Theatre Award and the Leslie Burrell-Mangia Musical Theatre Award. Daniel moved to NYC was seen on Broadway in the revival of Grease playing the role of Roger. Off-Broadway, Daniel starred in FOUND at the Atlantic Theatre Company, Fat Camp at the Chernuchin Theatre, Promenade at Encores! Off Center, and Falling at the Minetta Lane. Falling earned Daniel a Lucille Lortel nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play and a Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play. Daniel has performed twice at the Metropolitan Opera, where he understudied Ivan in the opera Die Fledermaus and was most recently in a production of Love Life at Encores City Center right before the pandemic hit. Daniel can be seen in the shows The Knick and Jessica Jones on Netflix, as well as the movies Inside Llewyn Davis and the musical hit, The Greatest Showman. Daniel is featured on the Broadway cast recordings for Grease and was lucky to be a soloist on the Grammy and Golden Globe winning Oscar-nominated album for The Greatest Showman. Daniel is the director of acting and musical theatre at the North East School of the Arts and is currently directing his 9th production for his beloved alma mater, NESA. Daniel is honored to be working with 100A Productions here at the beautiful Tobin Center.

Gloria Sanchez-Molina

(Toni) Gloria is a San Antonio native whose professional acting career began at Six Flag Fiesta Texas in 1996 working as a costume character (Daffy Duck). Yes, it was hot! She received her BA in Theatre from the University of the Incarnate Word. Gloria gave a stand out performance as a Clown in the 100A Production of The 39 Steps. Over the years you may have seen her in productions at AtticRep; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Martha), God of Carnage (Veronica), The Goat or Who is Sylvia (Stevie), Hell Cab (Ensemble) and Lydia (Rosa) ,  San Pedro Playhouse; The Glass Menagerie (Amanda), Enchanted April (Costanza) Corpus Christi (Bartholomew) Electricidad (Electircidad) and Santos y Santos (Victoria), The Classic Theatre of San Antonio; The Cherry Orchard (Pischik) or perhaps performing stand-up comedy at Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club. Gloria is grateful to be returning to the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts.

Bethany Bohall

Director | Bethany’s San Antonio theatre credits include performing with The Classic Theatre (Six Degrees of Separation) and AtticRep (Elizaveta). Bethany, while a member of Actors’ Equity Association, worked primarily in South Florida, where she appeared in the Florida premiere of Angels in America at New Theatre (Carbonell Award, Best Ensemble), O’Keeffe (Carbonell Award, Best Actress) at Hollywood Boulevard Theatre, and Moon for the Misbegotten (New Theatre Award, Best Actress) at New Theatre, where she was a member of the resident acting company. Other regional credits include Actors’ Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, and Florida Shakespeare Company. Her directing credits include higher and secondary education and Theater with Your Coffee, a company she co-founded that was solely focused on new play development. Ms. Bohall has worked in arts administration and theatre education for over twenty-five years, including directing the Royal Shakespeare Company Residency at Davidson College, as the Assistant Director of Education Programs at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, teaching acting at New World School of the Arts and managing the City of San Antonio’s Cultural Collaborative. She has proudly served as the Director of Fine Arts at the Tobin Fine Arts School at Saint Mary’s Hall since 2008. A published writer, Bethany’s ten-minute play “” was developed last year at the Public Theater of San Antonio’s Playwrights’ Gym. Ms. Bohall holds a B.F.A. in Drama from the University of Miami (Coral Gables) and an M.A. in Arts Leadership and Cultural Management from Colorado State University. She is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of Texas-El Paso. Bethany is delighted to be part of 100A Productions’ inaugural season.

Jeremiah Teutsch

Set Designer | Jeremiah is an artist, political caricaturist, actor, voiceover artist, cook, writer, set designer, sound designer, sign painter, musician, and craftsman working in San Antonio. Originally from Lubbock, Texas, Jeremiah moved to Denver, Colorado and received his BA from the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. He was a founding member of Rhinoceropolis, a music and art venue in Denver. He moved to San Antonio in 2009, after having lived in New York, Maine, and Austin. He is a founding member of the artist-in-residency program TRANSIT, as well as the AGORA art space, both in San Antonio. Jeremiah has worked at the McNay Art Museum for 13 years as the matting and framing technician. He has designed multiple AtticRep productions, including American Buffalo, God of Carnage, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and From the Mhabharata.

Chuck Drew

Lighting Design | Chuck Drew is an award winning lighting, sound, projection, and special effects designer with over twenty five years of experience in the arts and entertainment. Theater works include Cabaret, The Vex, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf, True West, AtticRep, Nevermore, Texas Light Opera, Tristan und Isolde, Opera San Antonio with San Antonio Chamber Orchestra, Edger Allen Poe, The Overtime, The Cherry Orchard, The Classic Theatre, A Little Night Music, UTSA Lyric Theatre, The Nutcracker, Ballet San Antonio, and many more. Content production work for The Nation Park Service, Michael Nye, and The Witte Museum. Light art installations for Palo Alto College, Houston Hobby Airport, Chris Sauter, and Texas Tech University. He is the Technical Director at The Overtime Theater. He is thrilled to would with 100A in it’s inaugural season and would like to thank Rick Fredrick for the opportunity to work with him and The Tobin once again. He is also thankful for the support of his wife, Jana.

Trevor Gagnon

Production Manager | Trevor began his entertainment career as an acrobat in the Edmonton Opera’s production of The Mikado in 1991.  He parlayed that experience into an acrobatic and performing career that spanned 23 years and six countries with such acclaimed companies as Dragone Entertainment and Cirque du Soleil.  After retiring from performing full-time, Trevor worked as a Show Manager and Artistic Director in San Diego, California. His show, Cirque Electrique went on to win the IAAPA award for Best Show in 2017.  Trevor is proud to have worked at the Tobin Center in a variety of roles since 2021 and is excited and thankful to be a part of 100A Productions.

Ed Diaz

Master Carpenter | Ed has a long history of set building over the years. Starting in the 90’s, Ed worked on several TV and film productions, transitioning to theatre while living in Ireland. Credits include Donal O’ Kelly’s Farawayan, Dublin 1998, and a production of Brian Friel’s Translations, with the Baltimore Theatre Group, West Cork, 1999. Upon returning to San Francisco, Ed also served as the house carpenter for the Magic Theater, building  multiple sets including the construction of Sam Shepard’s The Late Henry Moss in 2000. Ed was also a part of multiple AtticRep productions, including American Buffalo, God of Carnage, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and True West. Ed is a residential Contractor when not working on theatre gigs.