The Do’s And Don’ts Of Time Travel
by Nicholas Wardigo · directed by John V. Bellomo
featuring Kate Brennan, Jen Jaynes, Sarah Milici, and Amanda Schoonover

October 2-19, The Playground at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St 

When her girlfriend Claire is diagnosed with cancer, Zoey’s past becomes her future. Hooked on time travel for decades Zoey wills herself to relive the two most painful years of her life. Rachel thinks Time Travel Movies “suck” and she’s writing a thesis to prove it. She wants Zoey to stop perpetually nursing her ailing lover long enough to change the course of their friendship. In a universe of endless possibilities they learn that no moment in time can ever be recaptured. A tale of love, hate and sacrifice that spins with velocity.

Performances

Wed
 Thr Fri Sat Sun
No Show 10/2
8:00 pm		 10/3
8:00 pm		 10/4
2:00 pm		 10/5
7:00 pm
No Show 10/9
8:00 pm		 10/10
8:00 pm		 10/11
2:00 pm		 10/12
7:00 pm &
2:00 pm
10/15
8:00 pm		 10/16
8:00 pm		 10/18
8:00 pm		 10/18
2:00 pm		 10/19
2:00 pm


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Nicholas Wardigo (Playwright)

Nick’s plays include Exit Corpse, Concrete Dinosaur, Chessboard Heroes, The Biggest Box of Crayons, and Editorial Decisions. He has enjoyed productions and/or staged readings with Theatre Exile, Flashpoint Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, The Brick Playhouse, and InterAct Theatre Company. Awards include the Roger Cornish Award as well as fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pew Fellowships in the Arts. 

Other interesting moments in Nick’s career include being quoted in The Collaborative Playwright by Bruce Graham and Michele Volansky, having a very short script published in Solving Your Script by Jeffrey Sweet, judging the 2006 Judy Lee Award for Dramatic Writing for the University of Pennsylvania, and writing the script for The 2006 Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre.

John V. Bellomo (Director)

John is a Philadelphia based Director/Fight Director/Actor. For the last two years he has traveled to Italy and directed William Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Twelfth Night for Teatro Delle Due. Other directing credits include A Lesson Before Dying, The Nina Variations, Oleanna and The Capitano Duped. He received an M.F.A. in Directing from Temple University and a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of the Arts. John has choreographed violence for many of Philadelphia’s theatre companies, including People’s Light and Theatre Co., Philadelphia Theatre Co., Theatre Exile, The Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival, Lantern Theatre, The Wilma Theatre, InterAct Theatre Co., Delaware Theatre Company, and The PA Shakespeare Festival, and is a two time Barrymore nominee for his fight choreography. He has taught Stage Combat at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, Teatro in Polvere in Milan, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York and Temple University in Philadelphia. John is also a graduate of The International School for the Comic Actor in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

Kate Brennan (Zoey 2)

Kate Brennan: A native of Philadelphia, Kate recently received her MFA in Acting from the University of Virginia. Graduate credits include: Hedda Gabler (Hedda), Songs for a New World (Woman 2), Hair (Jeanie), Arms & the Man (Louka), and Truth & Beauty. Philadelphia credits include: Angels in America (Harper, BCKSEET Productions), A Year with Frog & Toad (Turtle/ Snail u/s, Arden Theatre Co.), Tooth & Claw (Ana u/s, Arden)Yank! (GLTF), Annie Warbucks (Miss Clark u/s, Walnut Street Theatre), and The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Dancer, BCKSEET). Kate will be reprising her role as Dancer in The Eight with BCKSEET this winter and will star in the company’s production of Raised in Captivity in the spring. Kate teaches private voice lessons and serves as Literary Manager / Casting Director for BCKSEET Productions where she is piloting the company’s new education program, Ferocious Theatre Concept, this fall. Look for the workshop of her original musical, Some Assembly Required, at Society Hill Playhouse’s Red Room in 2009!

Jen Jaynes (Zoey 1)

Jen Jaynes is from the Northern Virginia area with a Vocal Music Performance Degree from Kutztown University. While at Kutztown, she was actively involved in the music, theatre, and chemistry departments. Her performances at Kutztown University include playing Annabel Glick in Lucky Stiff and Ampelisca in Plautus' The Rope. She also studied at the University of Virginia and University of Denver during her college years where she performed in such shows as Victor/Victoria as Victoria Grant and Li'l Abner as Mammy Yokum. She recently finished an education/performance apprenticeship with Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where her love for physical theatre and original works grew. This is her first show in Philadelphia and is incredibly excited for the opportunity to perform in such a fantastic city.

Sarah Milici (Claire)

Favorite past roles include “Olivia” in Twelfth Night, “Juliet” in Romeo and Juliet, “Madge” in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, “Cecily Cardew” in The Importance of Being Earnest, and "Miranda" in The Tempest. Much thanks to John, Nicholas, and Jackie. Love to Tom and Arthur.



Amanda Schoonover (Rachel)

Amanda Schoonover is excited to be making her Strawflower debut! Amanda is a four time Barrymore Award nominee receiving two (supporting actress and ensemble in a play) for her work as Dottie Smith in Theatre Exileʼs Killer Joe directed by Joe Canuso. She has worked with many theaters in Philadelphia including People's Light, Bristol Riverside, Pig Iron, Brat Productions, New City Stage and the Lantern. Favorite roles include Lucy in Mr. Marmalade with Exile, Flora in The Loyalist with Fictitious, Sara in Grace with Luna and Emily in Our Town at Hedgerow. She also co-produced and performed in the critically acclaimed 4.48 Psychosis with Theater Catalyst.