Things I Know To Be True
Written by Andrew Bovell
Directed & Choreographed by Eddie DeHais
CMFT Performance Studio (CMFT 2043)
Sat, 10/12 @ 7:30pm
Weds, 10/16 @ 7:30pm
Fri, 10/18 @ 7:30pm
Sat, 10/19 @ 1:30pm
Cast
Fran Price | Misa Love Smith
Bob Price | Anthony Costello
Pip Price | Leanora Octavia Tapper
Rosie Price | Imani Jones
Ben Price | Karim Angulo
Mark / Mia Price | Darren Kinzler
Production & Creative
Production Stage Manager | Nate Tohill
Assistant Stage Manager | Raymond LaVare
Assistant Stage Manager | Gwendolyn Williams
Sound Designer | Patrick Forde
Lighting Designer | John Hoag
Assistant Lighting Designer | Victor Marsh
Production Electrician | Sofia Sotelo
Programmer | Ian Pivovar
Props Designer | Anna Bonelli
Costume Designer | Ollie Webb
Assistant Costume Designer | Aubrey Cotter
Dialect and Text Coach | Maggie Surovell
Poster & Logo Designer | August Ricciardi
Content Advisory
Things I Know to be True contains adult themes and coarse language. Warnings include death, drug use, and transphobia.
Director’s Note
Like all plays I’ve ever directed, this play goes back to family. Possibly this is true for everyone, in what they do when you get right down to it. We live in a constant push and pull with what shaped us as we grew up, and this conversational reality continues to weave and weed its way through our lives until we find ourselves decaying on our deathbeds.
Family. The sublime heartbreak of being part of a family threads its way through our lives, sometimes so much so that it can feel impossible to live up to. A family holds so many contradictions: There is no love without grief, no grief without joy, no joy without pain, no fear of loss without something precious and abundant to lose. As we built this play, our team often discussed how infuriating it could be that the people who know us best also know us so little at times, and we found freedom in embracing a sense of childlike wonder to tackle the most challenging moments.
And sometimes it’s just the little things. No matter who you are or where you go, we all feel something when the word “Mother” escapes our lips. Or “Mom,” or “Mum,” or (when I’m particularly annoyed and usually trying to pay her a compliment), “MA!”
Family, real family, can only sustain with those who have repeatedly forgiven us for our sins over the years — and who we have, in kind, forgiven for theirs. We don’t suddenly stop growing at any point in our lives, do we?
Please laugh here with us. Please find solace here with us. Here in the mess, the soil, and the shit — here, we can grow the most beautiful tangled roses.
Thanks to the incredible cast, and my Mom & Dad without whom I’d be nothing.
Creative Team Profiles
Cast
Anthony Costello is a third year BFA actor from North Carolina. Purchase Rep: Intimate Apparel (Mr. Marks), Socrates (Plato), Gint, Back County Crimes. Regional: Master Class and the world premiere of Double Helix at Bay Street Theater, A Christmas Carol with Triad Stage. Shoutout to the production team and Jamie Leonhart!
Imani Jones is a fourth year BFA actor from Prince George’s County, MD. Purchase Rep credits include: Yhings I Know to Be True (Rosie) Intimate Apparel (Mrs. Dickson) Socrates (Anytus / Eryximachus) Gint (Older Man/ Ensemble), Back County Crimes (Doc Autry). Other credits include: The Government Inspector (Anna Andreyevna) Three Sisters (Olga/Maria) She is grateful for all of her family and friends for the continuous support. Much love!
Karim Angulo is an actor from Washington DC and a senior in the SUNY Purchase BFA acting program. Past roles of note (to his mother) include Peter in Luna Gale, Bernard Nightingale in Arcadia, and Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing. He hopes you enjoy the show. He’s giving me two thumbs up. I think he really means it.
Leanora Octavia Tapper is a fourth year BFA actor from Harlem, New York. Purchase Rep credits include Things I Know To Be True (Pip), Intimate Apparel (Mayme), Socrates (Meno) and Gint (Older Sally Vicks). She gives many thanks to her family and friends who support her unconditionally no matter what.
MisaLove Smith is a fourth year BFA actor from The Bronx and raised in Harlem. Love from 22! Credits include Esther (Intimate Apparel), Socrates (Xanthippe) and #25 (The Wolves). Shoutout to everyone that has supported me on this journey! Only Up From Here!
Darren Kinzler (they/them) is a fourth year BFA actor from Hillsborough, New Jersey. Previous Purchase Repertory credits include Back County Crimes (Ensemble), Gint (Pete Gint), Socrates (Socrates), and Luna Gale (Cliff). As Clifford Anderson in Deathtrap, Darren garnered an NJACT Perry Award Nomination. Many thanks to the cast and crew for their support.
Production & Creative
Anna Bonelli
John Hoag is thrilled to share his work as the lighting designer on both fall festivals this year! Other purchase designs Heroes of the Fourth Turning sound design and lighting for 4 dance pieces in Act a Fool. Special thanks to the fall fest 2024 lighting team and everyone’s hard work!
Nate Tohill is a fourth year BFA stage management student in the theatre design/technology program. Other Purchase credits include: Luna Gale (SM), Socrates (Assistant Sound Designer), and New Plays Now (PSM). Many thanks to his mother and the Rotman family.
Ollie Webb
Patrick Forde
Director Profile
Eddie DeHais (they/them) is a Franco-American director-choreographer, writer, and visual artist. Eddie is a worlds-creator and world-traveler interested in crafting fully alive experiences. Director, Regional: MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (Seattle Shakes), 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAS (Book-it Rep), DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (Trinity-Rep). Choreo: SALOMÉ (Opera de Paris), WAR REQUIEM (Gran Théatre del Liceu, Barcelona). Workshop: ROOM IN THE CASTLE (Folger Shakes), HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAY YOU C*NT (14th St. Y), Learn more : eddiedehais.com
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