Confidence, Women!

ACME Acting Lab presents
CONFIDENCE, WOMEN!
March 1—17, 2007
Axis Theatre

Written and directed by ROBERT CUCUZZA

THE PLAYERS
(in the order of their appearance)
HAGAR MOOR plays Liane
BRITT GENELIN plays The Pedestrian Bill Souse
KELLY SHARP plays Bertha Bogshingler
GINA GUARNIERI plays Ophelia TK
KELSEY BACON plays Gwen
ELLA BOLE plays Black Pearl
REGINA BETANCOURT plays John Sharp

THE PRODUCTION
Set design MEROPE VACHLIOTI
Costumes LEE HARPER/MATTHEW SIMONELLI
Costume Assistant KELLY SHARP
Lighting Design AMY HARPER
Stage Manager STEPHANIE USIS
Set Construction IAN TOOLEY

RUNNING TIME:
100 minutes, no intermission

Special Thanks to Heather Suran and Amelia, Brian Barnhart and Randy Sharp of Axis Theatre, the Costume Collection, DJ Mendel

Thanks to Tim Donovan, Alan Suran, Stephanie Cooper and Loren Larsen, Emel Birsin, Hudson Valley Materials Exchange, Sabrina Usher, Christian Rogers, Rachel Wood, Edward Terhune


Regina Betancourt, Ella Bole, Gina Guarneiri, Kelsey Bacon, Kelly Sharp (Photo: Sabrina Usher)		ACME Acting Lab presents CONFIDENCE, WOMEN! March 1—17, 2007 Axis Theatre Written and directed by ROBERT CUCUZZA THE PLAYERS (in the order of their appearance) HAGAR MOOR plays Liane BRITT GENELIN plays The Pedestrian Bill Souse KELLY SHARP plays Bertha Bogshingler GINA GUARNIERI plays Ophelia TK KELSEY BACON plays Gwen ELLA BOLE plays Black Pearl REGINA BETANCOURT plays John Sharp THE PRODUCTION Set design MEROPE VACHLIOTI Costumes LEE HARPER/MATTHEW SIMONELLI Costume Assistant KELLY SHARP Lighting Design AMY HARPER Stage Manager STEPHANIE USIS Set Construction IAN TOOLEY RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes, no intermission Special Thanks to Heather Suran and Amelia, Brian Barnhart and Randy Sharp of Axis Theatre, the Costume Collection, DJ Mendel Thanks to Tim Donovan, Alan Suran, Stephanie Cooper and Loren Larsen, Emel Birsin, Hudson Valley Materials Exchange, Sabrina Usher, Christian Rogers, Rachel Wood, Edward Terhune
	DESCRIPTION A manic dark comedy that tells the story of six hard-edged and desperate women at the turn-of-the-century who will stop at nothing to befriend, con, swindle, or kill a seventh woman—the mythological figure known as The Pedestrian Bill Souse. Nothing is quite what it appears on the surface as genders get bent, identities turned inside-out, con after con falls apart, the gloves come off, and Bill Souse’s multiple layers get peeled away.
	PRESS The New York Times [Mar. 7,2007] TimeOut New York [Mar. 15-21, 2007] New York Daily News [Mar. 16, 2007]
	BACKGROUND "Confidence, Women!" was created as part of an ACME Acting Lab “Theater Lab.” The actresses and their playwright/director began meeting in September 2006 to create characters and develop a story. A first draft was completed in December 2006. Rehearsals began in January and the script was revised up to the point of opening and, in some cases, during the run of the show. Although the text was written by the playwright, much of the ideas, dialogue and story arcs came from each of the actresses.	Kelsey Bacon (Photo: Sabrina Usher)