The Mischief Production of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Was originally produced on the West End Stage by Kenny Wax & Stage Presence
And on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J. Abrams, Kenny Wax & Stage Presence
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is presented by special arrangement with
Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
as Sandra
BY HENRY LEWIS, JONATHAN SAYER, & HENRY SHIELDS
Directed by
ERIC MORRIS
• ARTISTIC STAFF •
Scenic & Lighting Designer
Technical Director
Fight Director
Sound Designer
Costume Designer
Props Designer
Set Painter
Makeup/Hair/Wig Designer
Stage Manager
ERIK PAULSON
EVAN SIMA
AARON PREUSSE
NICK MROZEK
AMBER BROWN
ABBEE WARMBOE
NICKI CRAIG
PAUL BIGOT
SAMSON PERRY
• Cast•
TREVOR
CHRIS
JONATHAN
ROBERT
DENNIS
SANDRA
MAX
ANNIE
STAGE CREW
Greg Frankenfield
Luke Aaron Davidson
Neal Skoy
Carl David Swanson
Neal Beckman
Emily Scinto / Maureen O’Malley
Michael Terrell Brown
Audrey Parry
Mitchell Dallman, Sophenia Marchant,
Maureen O’Malley, Mike Tober
• This show will be performed with one intermission •
THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROBIBITED. PLEASE TURN OFF ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES
SUCH AS CELLULAR PHONES, BEEPERS, AND WATCHES. THE USE OF CELLPHONE IN THE THEATER IS PROHIBITED.
• Old Log Theatre STAFF •
Owners
Resident Scenic & Lighting Designer
Technical Director
Director of Marketing & Group Sales
Group Sales
Comptroller
Executive Assistant
GREG & MARISSA FRANKENFIELD
ERIK PAULSON
EVAN SIMA
MAUREEN KVAM
KAITLIN DAHLQUIST MCINERNEY
MIKE MURRY
SUE THEIMER
Old Log Theater • 5185 Meadville Street • Excelsior, MN • 55331
952.474.5951 • www.OldLog.Com • info@oldlog.com
• Production and Crew•
STEVE ASHLEY
JACK HINZ
BRIAN HESSER, TYLER KROHN, PETER AMENDOLAR, CORY
SKOLD, PAUL RUTLEDGE, MATT ERKEL, STEVE KATH
ERIC HOWE, CLARICE KELLING, ALEXI CARLSON
NICK MROZEK
SAMSON PERRY
MAUREEN O’MALLEY
SHAWN GOODMAN
Master Carpenter
Master Electrician
Carpenters
Electricians
Sound Board Operator
Light Board Operator
Assistant Stage Manager
Backstage Crew
• PRODUCTION STAFF •
• CAST BIOS•
NEAL BECKMAN
as Dennis (Perkins)
Is thrilled to be back on
the Old Log stage.
Previous credits include
As You Like It with
Zepher Theatre; Peerless
with Theatre Mu; Pride
and Prejudice with Park Square Theatre;
Twelfth Night with Classical Actors
Ensemble; Marie Antoinette with Walking
Shadow Company; and Cinderella at Old
Log Theatre. Accolades include 2016
Lavender Award for Superlative
Performance in Julius Caesar and the 2012
Ivey Award for Overall Outstanding
Excellence for Compleat Female Stage
Beauty. Neal is also a proud member of the
Actor’s Workout at the Guthrie Theatre.
MICHAEL TERRELL BROWN
as Max (Cecil Haversham & Arthur)
This is Michael's first
production with Excelsior
Entertainment and is
ecstatic. He is
originally from Chicago but
has been in the Twin Cities theatre scene
for over 13 years. He has worked in other
theatres including Chanhassen Dinner
Theatre, Park Square, Artistry, History
Theatre, Theatre Coup d'Etat, CLIMB
Theatre, and Pillsbury House.
• CAST BIOS•
LUKE AARON DAVIDSON
as Chris (Inspector Carter)
Luke is thrilled to be returning to theatre
at the Old Log! He was last seen at the
Old Log in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love &
Murder as part of the ensemble. Other
previous theatre credits include Chasing
Rainbows (reading), Lend Me a Tenor,
How I Became a Pirate, and Snow White &
the Seven Vikings at the Old Log, Our Town with Artistry in
Bloomington, MN, Flanagan’s Wake with Actor’s Theatre in St.
Paul, MN, and Pump Boys & Dinettes with Cider Mill Playhouse
in Endicott, NY. Luke is also a film actor who has worked on a
variety of projects, including a new fantasy-adventure web
series, Hidden Falls. Luke was born and raised in Minnesota,
but attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY where he graduated
with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Luke returned home and has
enjoyed living and working in the Twin Cities for the past four
years. Luke feels blessed to be able to do what he loves again
and to share this show with you. ‘I hope you enjoy every
second’. www.lukearrondavidson.com
Mitchell Dallman
Stage Crew & u/s for Chris/Trevor/Dennis
of
University of Minnesota-
Duluth with a BFA in
Acting. Some of his
notable roles include
Garry in Noises Off,
Charlie in The Foreigner, and Robert in Boeing
Boeing. He is also an avid photographer and
guitarist.
Instagram: mitchdallman
Website: www.mitchelldallman.com
• CAST BIOS•
GREG FRANKENFIELD
as Trevor
Greg is excited to be at the
Old Log Theatre for his
professional debut as
Trevor in The Play That Goes
Wrong. Previous roles include
Tony in The Boyfriend at Fridley
Sr. High, Grumio in Taming of
the Shrew and Milo in Lu Ann Hampton Laverty
Oberlander at the University of Minnesota, Tree
#2 in Wizard of Oz and Fred in A Christmas Carol
Musical at Minnetonka Community Theatre.
Greg also held the role of CEO/co-founder at
Magenic , a software consulting firm for the last
26 years and co-owner of the Old Log Theatre/
Cast & Cru restaurant along with his wonderful
wife of 36 years Marissa. A special thanks to Eric
Morris for allowing Greg to cast himself in the
show.
MAUREEN O’MALLEY
as Sandra (Florence Colleymore) & u/s Annie
Maureen is thrilled to be
returning to the Old Log
Theatre for The Play That
Goes Wrong. Previous
credits include The
Emperor's New
Clothes (William) and Winnie the Pooh (Piglet).
Regional Credits: Lyric Arts: BrightStar
(Margo), Legally Blonde (Ensemble), Walking
Shadow Theatre Company: Hatchet Lady (Emily).
Maureen is a proud arts educator, working with
companies such as Blue Water Theatre,
Steppingstone Theatre, and Mayer Arts.
• CAST BIOS•
AUDREY PARRY
as Annie
Theatre credits
include Dr. Voynich and
Her Children (Uprising
Theatre Company)
When We Were Young
and Unafraid (Persistent
Theatre Productions), As You Like It (2140
Productions), and Twelve Angry Men (Abe
Burrows Theatre, New York). Audrey is also
the writer and co-star of short
films Bye, Nora, and Art You Talking to
Me? (MNKINO Film Score Fest 2019
Selection). Graduate of New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts and the Lee
Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Firm
believer in the Loch Ness
Monster. www.audreyparry.com
EMILY SCINTO
as Sandra (Florence Colleymore)
Emily is delighted to
return to the Old Log
Theatre, having previously
been seen as Sibella
Hallward in A Gentleman’s
Guide to Love and Murder.
Regional Credits:
Ordway: Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Guthrie: A Christmas
Carol (Ensemble); Artistry: Footloose (Urleen, u/s
Ariel Moore), Victor/Victoria (Norma Cassidy);
History Theatre: Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee
Story (Ensemble), This Side of Paradise (Scottie
Fitzgerald); Children’s Theatre
Company: Buccaneers (Artemisia (u/s Bevin, u/s
Mother), The Wizard of Oz(Ensemble, u/s Dorothy
Gale). Training: BFA Musical Theatre, Minnesota
State University, Mankato. www.emilyscinto.com
IG: @emilyscinto / TikTok: @theemilyscinto
• CAST BIOS•
NEAL SKOY
as Jonathan (Charles Haversham)
Neal received his formative
training as a clown with
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum & Bailey Circus. In
2019 he starred in The
Beldenville Troll with Open
Eye Figure Theatre. Prior to this,
notable credits include: Girl Friday Productions/Park
Square (The Skin of Our Teeth), The Jungle Theater
(Next Fall, Noises Off!), Stepping Stone Theatre (A
Charlie Brown Christmas), Artistry (Noises Off!), Lyric
Arts (Flavio Betrayed, Noises Off!), Theatre Pro Rata
(Elephant’s Graveyard) and Yellow Tree Theatre (One
Man, Two Guvnors.) He has appeared on Jimmy
Kimmel Live! and can be spotted as a street
performer with the Minnesota State Fair and the
Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Neal also
participated twice as an invited guest at the AEMI
Comedy Festival in China.
CARL SWANSON
as Robert (Thomas Colleymore)
Carl is excited to once again be
returning to The Old Log Theatre
as Robert in The Play That Goes
Wrong! Before Carl was flailing
about onstage he originally hails
from the small town of Hawley,MN
and graduated from the University
of WI in Stevens Point. Credits that prepared him for
this "very serious role" include National Tour: NOEL
the musical, Regional: Maples Repertory Theatre (Big
River, The Curious Savage), Twin Cities: Children's
Theatre Co. (Cinderella); Artistry (The Drowsy
Chaperone, Wit); Old Log Theatre (The Reluctant
Dragon, How I Became a Pirate); Theatre Pro Rata
(Silent Sky); Lyric Arts (If/Then, Bright Star), Film:
Sanctified (Feature Film releasing in 2021); Road to
Damascus (Currently on Amazon). Get ready to be in
pain from laughing!!... seriously. Website:
www.carldswanson.com Instagram: @carldswan
• CAST BIOS•
MIKE TOBER
Stage Crew & u/s for Robert/Jonathan/Max
Mike Tober is thrilled to make is debut with
Old Log Theater! Mike has performed with
various theaters and companies in the Twin
Cities such as: The Guthrie, Classical Actors
Ensemble, Zephyr Theatre, Theatre Pro Rata,
Artistry, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, Sidekick
Theatre, Lyric Arts, Minneapolis Musical
Theater, Chameleon Theatre, Theatre In The Round, Lakeshore
Players Theatre, The Phipps Center for the Arts, & Actors Theater of
Minnesota. Notable credits include: (as actor) Romeo in Romeo &
Juliet, Lysander/Flute in A Midsummer Nights Dream, Don John in
Much Ado About Nothing (Classical Actors Ensemble); Anitipholus
of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, Damis in The Metromaniacs
(Theatre In The Round); The Squip in Be More Chill (Minneapolis
Musical Theatre); Emmett Forest in Legally Blonde The Musical
(Paul Bunyan Playhouse); & Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone
(Artistry); (as assistant director) Little Shop of Horrors Directed by
Joe Chvala (Artistry); (as director) May The Musical Be With You
(A.Y.N.E. Productions); Boeng Boeng; A Streetcar Named Desire
(North Central University); Newsies!, Seussical Jr., James & The
Giant Peach Jr. (The Zephyr Theater).
SOPHENIA MARCHANT
Stage Crew & u/s Annie & Sandra
is pleasantly surprised to be
joining the Old Log crew! She is
a graduate of Augsburg
University (in her day it was a
College) with a BA in Theatre
Performance. Recent notable
roles include John Hughes
Wrote my Diary (Marty) and The Wolves (7). Sophenia
has worked behind the scenes for Lyric
Arts' Evita and Plaid Tidings, Walking Shadow
Theatre Company's The Whale, and Jungle
Theater's...too many shows to list, though most
memorably The Two Gentlemen of Verona, where she
joined the cast onstage as a last minute understudy
(pageboy/outlaw)
• ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS •
ERIC MORRIS Director
Eric is grateful to be celebrating
the reopening of the Old Log Theatre
with this tremendous show. Eric
directed Old Log’s critically acclaimed
production of A Gentleman’s Guide to
Love & Murder. Other Old Log directing
credits include Ghost: The Musical,
Lend Lend Me a Tenor, Tenderly: The
Rosemary Clooney Musical, The Dixie Swim Club, How I
Became a Pirate, Winnie-the-Pooh, and The Emperor’s New
Clothes. As an actor in the Twin Cities, Eric has performed in
Guys & Dolls at the Guthrie Theater, The Bridges of Madison
County at Artistry Theater, and Assassins at Theatre Latte Da.
Other Twin Cities collaborators: Old Log Theatre, History
Theater, Mill City Summer Opera, Nautilus Music-Theater,
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, and Second Fiddle Productions.
Regional collaborators: Dayton Opera, Beef & Boards, Gallery
Players, and the Heritage Theatre Festival. Eric spent this
summer in Michigan at the Barn Theatre for their historic 75
th
season. He appeared in 9 to 5, Mamma Mia, and The
Wedding Singer. Eric also directed their production of
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical. Eric holds a
BFA in Musical Theater from Ithaca College.
ERIK PAULSON Scenic/Lighting Designer
As resident Designer, Erik
has enjoyed inventing the
visual worlds of the plays
at Old Log over the past
eight seasons. Before
collaborating on this stage,
Erik designed regionally
and locally including Palm Beach Opera, Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, Great River Shakespeare
Festival, Madison Opera, History Theatre, Park
Square, Nautilus Music- Theater and Minnetonka
Theatre. He is proud to be a founding member of
the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Erik shares his
home in Minneapolis with his lovely wife and son.
• ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS •
EVAN SIMA Technical Director
AARON PREUSSE Fight Director
Aaron is thrilled to make his
Old Log debut with this show
and talented team! Aaron is
the Founder and Grand High
PooBah of the Fake Fighting
Company. He is also the Mid
America Regional Rep and a
Certified Teacher and Fight
Director with the Society of
American Fight Directors. Aaron
also received honors of Advanced Gold with
Recommendation from the British Academy of Dramatic
Combat. Aaron has created fights for the Guthrie Theater,
the Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Minnesota Opera,
the Children’s Theatre Company’s Theatre Arts Training
Senior and Junior Intensives and Senior Showcase,
Commonweal Theatre Company, Park Square Theatre,
Gremlin Theatre, Theatre in the Round, Theatre Pro Rata,
Red Bird Theatre, Skylark Opera, Lyric Arts Company of
Anoka, the University of Minnesota, the Saint Paul
Conservatory for Performing Artists as well as many other
theatres, schools and universities in the region.
www.fakefighting.com
Evan has been working in
the Twin Cities theatre
community for the last
decade. He went to school
for technical theatre at the
University of Minnesota,
Morris. He began working at
the Old Log Theatre
September of 2019. This show marks the most
complicated set of his career and may remain thus
for decades to come. Evan's favorite employee is
the shop dog known as Perry, who gets to go to
work with Evan nearly every day.
• ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS •
NICKI CRAIG SET PAINTER
Nicki is a lifelong painter,
capturer of story, doodler and
embellisher who received her
BA(Hons) in Fine art (painting)
from Norwich University of the
Arts in Norwich England. After
her TransAtlantic move to MN
many years ago (let's not be
TOO specific!) Nicki began working with interior
designers in residential and commercial spaces
producing murals, commissioned artwork and
decorative wall finishes. In 2011 Nicki added Graphic
Recording ( producing live visual notes at events and
conferences ) to her visual practice, developing her
digital art skills as well as working large scale on paper
with good old analog tools. Since 2013 Nicki has been
the Scenic painter at the Old Log bringing her painting
skills to our sets and is especially happy to be back and
working on such a colorful extravaganza of a set with
such a great collaborative crew. www.nickicraig.com
ABBEE WARMBOE Props Designer
Abbee is a freelance props
designer based in Minneapolis.
Having grown up in Minnesota she
is happy to have made a career for
herself here, working on over 200
productions with 37 different companies
over the last decade. Past productions with Old Log
include Dixie Swim Club and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love
and Murder. Recent work includes Animate with Mixed
Blood Theatre, What to Send Up When It Goes Down with
Pillsbury House Theatre, Handprints with Ten Thousand
Things Theater and Freestyle Films, and Today Is My
Birthday with Theater Mu. She also often collaborates with
Theater Latte Da, Penumbra Theater, Ordway Center, History
Theater, among others. Abbee is a 2020-2021 McKnight
Theater Artist Fellow at the Playwrights’ Center.
• ARTISTIC STAFF BIOS •
SAMSON PERRY Stage Manager
Samson Perry is excited to
be returning to Old Log after
previously Stage Managing
Winnie the Pooh. Previously,
Samson has Stage Managed
shows with Six Points
Theatre, DalekoArts, and Lyric Arts. When not
working as a freelance stage manager throughout
the Twin Cities, Samson can be found at Elk River
High School where he directs and occasionally
writes shows for his wonderful students.
AMBER BROWN Costume Designer
is so happy to be back at Old
Log doing live theater with
this amazing group of artists.
Her designs include Pillsbury
House Theatre:Great Divide II:
Plays on the Politics of Truth,
Almost Equal To, The Great Divide: Plays for a Broken
Nation; Park Square Theatre: Aubergine; History Theatre:
Stewardess; Loudmouth Collective: Testament of Mary;
Mixed Blood Theatre: Interstate, Autonomy, Corazón
Eterno, Agnes Under the Bigtop; 7th House Theater:
Rhinoceros; Macalester College: 12 Ophelia's, Accidental
Death of an Anarchist
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BRIAN HESSER Carpenter
STEVE ASHLEY Master Carpenter
Steve has been involved in
Twin Cities theater for over 20
years. Some notable shows
include ‘The Dragons and
Singing Tonight and Kipo with
Tiger Lion Arts. Super Monkey
with John Ferguson, Alive and
Kickin with Michael Mathew Farrell and many others.
Steve was a long-time carpenter and welder for
Stages Theater Company and Stage West/Troupe
America
TYLER KROHN Carpenter
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