A Lie of the Mind

Cadence Theatre Company in partnership with Virginia Repertory Theatre presents EQUUS, in association with VCU Dance and Amaranth Contemporary Dance.

by Sam Shepard
April 30-May 23, 2015 | Theatre Gym

2015 RTCC Award Nominations
Best Musical Direction – Drew Perkins

CAST
Jake…Landon Nagel*
Frankie…Alexander Sapp
Beth…McLean Jesse
Mike…Justin Sease
Lorraine…Tamara Johnson*
Sally…Maura Burroughs
Baylor…Michael Goodwin*
Musicians…Charles Arthur, Jay Gillespie, Kelly Kennedy, Drew Perkins, Jim Skelding, Anthony Smith, Corey Wells
Prerecorded music: Roger Rettig (Pedal Steel Guitar and B Bender Electric Guitar), Mike Stidolph (Dobro), Drew Perkins (Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Violin, Viola, Mandolin, Banjo, and Percussion), Kelly Kennedy (Piano), McLean Jesse (Vocals)

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the U.S.A.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Direction by Anna Senechal Johnson
Musical Direction, Original Score and Music by Drew Perkins
Scenic Design by Rich Mason
Costume Design by McLean Jesse
Lighting Design by Rich Mason
Scenic Painting by Lara Koplin
Dialect Coaching by Janet Rodgers
Set Dressing by James Murphy
Set Construction by Joel Ernst
Production Management by McLean Jesse
Virginia Rep Production Management by Wendy Vandergrift
Properties Design by Paul DiPasquale and James Murphy
Technical Direction by Derek Dumais
Stage Management by Chandler Jez
Sound Design by Jesse Senechal

STAGE MANAGEMENT AND CREW
Sophie Solomon Resplandy (Assistant to Scenic Artist)
Angela Daley (Assistant to Lighting Designer)
Angela Daley and Kari Kolla (Running Crew)
Dramaturg (Catie Choate)
Paul S. Major (Makeup Artist)
Tommy Hawfield (Carpenter)
Chandler Jez (Light Board Operator)
Chandler Jez (Sound Board Operator)
2014-2015 Production Interns: Nicholas Batchelor, Marquis Hazelwood and Connor Scully

ADMINISTRATIVE AND MARKETING
Director of Education: Laine Satterfield
Program Design: Laura Cliburn
Development and Marketing Associate: Sheila Shedd
Special Events Coordinator: Melissa Johnston Price
Bookkeeper: Lisa Kotula
Video Production: 4th Wall Student Leadership Program and Matt Polson
Show Photography: Jason Collins Photography
Internet Services Manager: Lindsay C. Terrell
Poster Design: Noel Ritter
House Management: Grace Sammons
Post Card Design: 93 Octane
2015 Literary Associate: Claire Yenson
2015 Marketing and Administrative Interns: Nancy-Wren Bradshaw, Alvino Medina, Connor Murphy

Publicity and Reviews

“Director Anna Senechal Johnson has tapped an excellent assortment of actors who throw themselves wholeheartedly into the melee of passionate confrontations.”
— David Timberline, Style Weekly (May 8, 2015)

“Director Anna Senechal Johnson, recognizing the beauty in Shepard’s plain-spoken American locutions… never rushes the action and allows her cast of uniformly outstanding actors to take full ownership of each conflicted character.”
— Tony Farrell, Richmond Times-Dispatch (May 4, 2015)