EQUALLY REPRESENTED ARTS
experimental theatre
JULY 4-20, 2024
ERA
ROMANOV
FAMILY
YARD
SALE
by
COURTNEY BAILEY
for
EQUALLY REPRESENTED ARTS
SOLD OUT
This is a PURGATION PLAY told in three demonstrations:
'Capeetalism'
'The Church of the Great Babooshka'
'Independence Day'
and a culminating Moviefilm:
'The Last of the Romanovs'
It is a real yard sale, in which the people making the play purge their stuff.
PRODUCED BY
WILL BONFIGLIO &
LUCY CASHION for ERA
WRITTEN BY
COURTNEY BAILEY
WITH
ASHWINI ARORA
MAGGIE CONROY
MIRANDA JAGELS FELIX
ADAM FLORES
CASSIDY FLYNN
WITH
CELESTE GARDNER
ANTHONY KRAMER
ALICEN MOSER
ELLIE SCHWETYE
KRISTEN STROM
WITH
JOE TAYLOR
RACHEL TIBBETTS
CHRISSIE WATKINS
and
JOHN WOLBERS
SCENIC DESIGNER
LUCY CASHION
COSTUME DESIGNER
MARCY WIEGERT
COMPOSER
&
MUSIC DIRECTOR
JOE TAYLOR
LIGHTING DESIGNER
DENISSE CHAVEZ
SOUND DESIGNERS
LUCY CASHION & JOE TAYLOR
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO EDITOR
JOE TAYLOR
Accent & Dialect
Coach
KEATING
Production
Stage Manager
SPENCER LAWTON
Technical
Director
EMMA GLOSE
Assistant
Director
JACK RIMAR
Production
Manager
EMMA GLOSE
Assistant
Stage Manager
JACK RIMAR
Associate
Producers
SPENCER LAWTON
MIRANDA JAGELS FELIX
House
Manager
MORGAN SCHINDLER
Scenic
Construction
JACK RIMAR
JAKE SANTHUFF
Technical &
Run Crew
JACK RIMAR
JAKE SANTHUFF
Management &
Production
Intern
MORGAN SCHINDLER
Baby
Raccoons
JACK RIMAR
JAKE SANTHUFF
Production
Assistants
JACK RIMAR
JAKE SANTHUFF
MORGAN SCHINDLER
Additional
Performance
Credits:
ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCE
Cousin Katrina
in Moviefilm
COURTNEY BAILEY
Rehearsal &
Production Intern
JACK RIMAR
Swing
Actor
JAKE SANTHUFF
DIRECTED BY
LUCY CASHION
It is July 1919, one year after the Romanov Tsar, Tsarina, and their children were executed.
Their (distant, surviving) Romanov cousins have set up a yard sale in a formerly Tsar-sponsered Russian theatre that the Bolsheviks have since wrecked.
These Romanovs here are the Romanovs no one cares about, but they are Romanovs nonetheless.
They are:
MASHA, MASHA, and MASHA: three sisters.
AUNT BABOOSHKA: The only word she can say is 'babooshka.'
UNCLE BORIS, BABOOSHKA's brother is a philosopher of eggs.
COUSIN ALEXI drags a rolling skeleton in a dress behind him (this is his deceased wife, COUSIN KATRINA). He cannot speak.
ANASTASIA, a rat-child-sewer-princess, might be dead.
There is also a RACCOON CHOIR, and, LITTLE YELENA, BIG YELENA, RASPUTIN, PIGBAT (RASPUTIN's friend, a little bat that looks like a pig), and KIRK and DODY (filmmakers).
Inspired by Southern yard sales
Also inspired by the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens
Also inspired by the 1997 Dreamworks animated feature Anastasia
Also inspired by Kate Bush's hit song 'Babooshka'
Also inspired by the 1996 feature Independence Day
Also inspired by episode #822 of This American Life
Also inspired by the Beanie Baby Bubble Burst of 1999
Cast
is thrilled to be working with ERA again for the second time! When Ash isn't at the YARD SALE, she can be found social workin' it and embarrassing her kids at the bus stop. Ash thanks her family, Lucy Cashion, and Courtney Bailey for believing in her ability to be absolutely bonkers.
ANASTASIA
Ashwini Arora
is thrilled to be working with her friends at ERA again. She is the co-producing director and co-founder of YoungLiars and has worked locally with SATE, Upstream Theatre, Metro Theater Company, New Jewish Theatre, WEPG, Hotcity Theatre, OnSite Theater, and St. Louis Shakespeare.
MASHA #3
Maggie Conroy
is a St. Louis based theatre artist originally from Madrid, Spain. She holds an M.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Washington University, and a B.A. from Saint Louis University. Miranda recently played the character of Donna Adams in Spirits To Enforce. She frequently collaborates with Prison Performing Arts, where she was last seen in their original production of Hag-Seed. Miranda is thrilled to be back on the ERA stage! She loves it here.
AUNT BABOOSHKA
Miranda Jagels Félix
is happy to be in his second ERA show and to be working with this group of theatre friends.
COUSIN ALEXI
Adam Flores
is thrilled to return to ERA, where he previously played Sigmund Freud in Oedipus Apparatus. Other recent credits include Spirits to Enforce (The Tune/Randell James/Ferdinand) with The Midnight Company, Twelfth Night (Aguecheek) with St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, and Grand Horizons (Brian) with Moonstone Theatre Company. Cassidy’s regional credits include The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, SATE, New Jewish Theatre, Metro Theater Company, YoungLiars, Mustard Seed Theatre, SIUE Summer Theatre, Theatre Nuevo, Max & Louie Productions, West End Players Guild, and more. michaelcassidyflynn.com
RASPUTIN
Cassidy Flynn
is thrilled to be appearing on the ERA stage for the first time. She has previously appeared in Midnight Company’s Spirits to Enforce as “Fragrance Fellow,” Critique Theatre Company’s Elektra as Orestes, and Saint Louis University’s The Wolves. They are a current student at SLU pursuing a BA in Theatre and History.
MASHA #1
Celeste Gardner
is a lawyer by day, and an actor by night. He is thrilled to be part of another ERA production helmed by Lucy Cashion, and could not be more excited to help bring this outstanding script by Courtney Bailey to the stage. He'd like to thank his family, his wife (and co-star) Alicen Moser, and the entire cast and crew behind ROMANOV for being constant sources of support and inspiration during this process.
UNCLE BORIS
Anthony Kramer
was raised by wolves and we let her be in our plays.
PIGBAT
Alicen Moser
is a producer, director, performer, sound designer, and adapter. As a performer with ERA, Ellie has appeared in The Residents of Craigslist, Trash Macbeth, MOSCOW!, Oedipus Apparatus, and Antigone, a co-production with SATE, with whom Ellie is the co-producer. She has also worked with Prison Performing Arts, The Black Rep, The Midnight Company, West End Players Guild, New Jewish Theatre, YoungLiars, Tennessee Williams Festival, and SIUE Summer Theatre Festival. Ellie serves on ERA’s Board of Directors and is the Assistant Theatre Program Director at Clayton High School.
LITTLE YELENA
Ellie Schwetye
is happy to be in another ERA extravaganza.
MASHA #2
Kristen Strom
of Kid Scientist fame is back at ERA performing his original score as A CHOIR of RACCOONS.
A Choir of Raccoons
Joe Taylor
(she/her) is Artistic Director for Prison Performing Arts and co-producer of the Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble (SATE). She received her B.A. in Theatre from Oklahoma State University, and is a graduate of the Community Arts Training Institute sponsored by the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission. Rachel works in the community as an actor, director, intimacy director, and teaching artist. For ERA, she recently performed in NEVER LET GO and THE BRECHTFAST CLUB. Rachel received the 2023 Saint Louis Visionary Award for Community Impact Artist. Rachel’s greatest achievement is her daughter, Rose. Boorp boorp.
BIG YELENA
RACHEL TIBBETTS
is a blooming actress in the Midwest. She is always striving to expand her horizon within the theatre and film industry. Her work in Sylvia as the title role was recognized with a Theatre Mask Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy. She also received a nomination nod for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy as well as a win for her ensemble work in It Is Magic. Chrissie has also starred in several short films and commercial projects while also writing and producing a few projects of her own. You can catch her in the film The Company You Keep on Amazon Prime and Tubi. You can also see her next on stage with SATE in TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT. Follow @rissierice on Instagram for more info.
DODY
Chrissie Watkins
is so grateful making his ERA debut with these staunch characters. The Executive Director of Prison Performing Arts; Wolbers is also a professional actor, playwright, and producer whose work has been seen on stages and in classrooms across the St. Louis region. Recent credits include The Goonies (Cherokee Street Theater Company), The Lion in Winter and Rodney's Wife (The Midnight Company), and Laughter on the 23rd Floor (New Jewish Theatre). Spasibo to this amazing ensemble onstage and off, and love to his queens: Liza and Bea!
KIRK
John Wolbers
With public support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
At the Kranzberg Arts Center, Black Box Theatre:
501 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103
July 4-20, 2024, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.
Tickets at MetroTix.com.
$26: General Admission.
$16: patrons 26 & under with discount code Under26.
PRICES INCLUDE FEES.