No More Waiting
Directed by Dakota Mann
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DIRECTOR’S NOTE
In recent years, the USA saw an abundance of exasperated workers who were done dealing with abusive workplaces and decided that the system needs to be changed. This is best known as “The Great Resignation” Movement. All the memes of people quitting after receiving harsh texts from their supervisors; The toxic, manipulative bosses removed from the shadows, thanks to the MeToo Movement; The recent chain of strikes in factories around the country; These are all results from lingering problems in our nation that must be addressed.
No More Waiting is a collection of vignettes, created by our ensemble, to help visualize all of the struggles placed onto the working class. I hope everyone in attendance will connect to one or more of the vignettes and ignite a spark within them to fight against any forms of oppression.
Bob Dylan once said “The Times are a-changin’,” but the only way that’s possible is if we create the change we want to see in the world.
SCENES
“I’m No Red” written by Bill Chamedies
“Tell Me How to Do My Job” written by Laura Walton
“The Interview” written by Christine Hellman
“Workplace Harassment” choreographed by Christine Hellman
“Family or Work?” written by Dakota Mann
“Generational Frustrations” written by Kai Strange and Daniel Sandoval
ABOUT THE CAST
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Bill Chameides
Bill is jazzed to be walking the boards at Magnetic for the first time. Previous theater credits include: Asheville - The Winter’s Tale (Leontes), Comedy of Errors (Egeon), The Ballad of Romeo and Juliet (Preacher), Shakespeare in Love (Frees/Wabash); Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival - Merry Wives of Windsor (Page), All’s Well That Ends Well (King), Fool For Love (Old Man), Titus Andronicus (Marcus); Off-Off-Broadway - As You Like It (Dukes Frederick and Senior), Rough Draft (The Writer); regional theater - Copenhagen (Niels Bohr), Much Ado About Nothing (Balthasar), Permanent Collection (Paul), The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Daniel Berrigan), Love Letters (Allen M. Ladd III), Peachtree Battle (Sherwood). Movie credits include: Trois: The Escort and The Sugar Creek Gang. TV: American Detective. Bill holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, trained at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute and the American Globe Theater Conservatory. His artwork can be viewed at willcvision.com.
Daniel Sandoval
Daniel returns to the Magnetic Stage for the fourth time, after most recently portraying Cleo Nicholson in the Sparrow and Whipporwill last Autumn. A seasoned choral singer, he has sung with several Asheville-area choral societies, often alongside his wife Theresa. By day, he works as an Automation and Robotics Engineer, and loves to build gadgets and props and bake in his spare time. He is grateful to have been cast in this unique production- his very first Devised Work, and to the Magnetic Theatre in general for their innovative programming.
Hannah Williams
Hannah Williams is an actor, director, producer, and intimacy choreographer. Past favorite acting credits include Percy in The Spitfire Grill (Dunes Summer Theatre), Sibella in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Parkway Playhouse), and Pinky in Happy Days: The Musical (The Round Barn Theatre). Hannah can often be found at theatres around the area and is happy to work in artistic production, education, and administration with The National Women’s Theatre Festival (WTF), Theatrical Intimacy Education, and the Asheville Symphony. More information about Hannah can be found at https://mshannahcat.com, and pictures of her cats can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @mshannahcat.
Will Commerford
Will Commerford is excited to be performing for Magnetic Theatre Productions for the first time. Will's a newcomer to Asheville coming from Vero Beach Florida. While living there, he performed in local theatre productions at the Vero Beach Theatre Guild. He has portrayed Eddie in "Over The Tavern", Arthur Fleming in "Moonlight and Magnolias", and McMurphy in "One flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". Will is grateful for the cast, crew, writers, and devisers he has had the privilege to work with and he is grateful for the opportunity to share this work with you all.
Kai Strange
Kai has been acting and involved in theater in some way, shape or form since he was 9. In the past he has worked a lot with the Montford Park Players, as well as the youth group the Montford Moppets! Kai has had the opportunity to play many amazing Shakespeare rolls. Now is excited to be taking on something more modern, and working with the Magnetic Theater for the first time! He hopes you enjoy the show.
Christine Hellman
Christine is a performer, playwright, and teaching artist based in NYC and Asheville. Through the scope of consent-based practices and physical storytelling, Christine guides actors to find physical and emotional depths of intimacy on stage in a sustainable and non-harming way. Developing tools for the actor to safely step in and out of deep work is at the core of her work. Christine is currently a teacher in training with The Lucid Body House in New York City and is a registered yoga teacher (RYT 200). Her intimacy and consent forward work began at Trustus in 2018 and she continues to grow this work in everything she does today. Trustus Intimacy direction credits include Intimate Apparel, The Cost of Living, The Great Gatsby, as well as the development of consent practices for Trustus. She is the co-creator of Misery is Optional. This verbatim theatre piece travels the path from addiction to recovery based on anonymous interviews with people who have found freedom from addiction. Their stories shine a light on a disease that affects 23 million Americans – and on the hope and travails of ongoing recovery. These stories are taken directly from verbatim interviews to give those living in recovery a voice. Miseryisoptionalplay.com. Recent acting credits include- Sweat (Jessie), Barbecue (Barbara), The Flick (Rose), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Mrs. Shears, voice 1), MIsery is Optional (Voice 2) Trustus Theatre. Some Girls (Bobbi), Don't Dress for Dinner (Suzette), String of Pearls (Amy, others) Workshop Theatre. Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) CTC.
Laura Walton
Laura Walton is delighted to perform in No More Waiting for Magnetic Theatre, and excited to be back in the theatre scene. She appeared as Halloran in Asheville Community Theatre's 2019 production of Miracle on 34th Street, and previously taught high school English literature and drama for nine years. When she's not rallying on stage, she's baking pastries for farmer's markets, chasing chickens on her homestead, and spending time in the great outdoors with her husband and daughter.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director…………………………..………………………………………………...Dakota Mann
Stage Manager………………..……………………………………………..Claire Daniel
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION TEAM
CLAIRE DANIEL (Stage Manager) - Claire Daniel is excited to work with Magnetic as Stage Manager for "No more waiting." Another show she is working on is "All Shook Up" at HART theatre as a lighting designer. She also worked with SART as the lighting designer and production stage manager for "A Christmas Carol". She previously worked on the summer season as an assistant stage manager for “Last Five Years” and on the crew for “First Date”. She is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, spring 2021. She majored in Drama with a New Media minor. Some other things she worked on was with Asheville Community Theatre in various productions such as “9 to 5”, “Avenue Q”, “Hands on a Hardbody”, “Alice in Wonderland”,“Footloose”, and “Wizard of Oz”, being crew members and assistant lighting design with Rob Bowen. She also spent time as the house electrician of Carol Belk Theatre at UNCA. Not only did she do shows at ACT, She also split the time with UNCA working on shows such as “Into the Woods”, “Welcome Home Jenny Sutter”, “This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, and This Girl does nothing”, “War of the Worlds”, “Metamorphosis”, “ The Absurdist Shows ( the bald soprano, and the room)”, “ She kills monsters”, “ The pandemic theatre project”, and last but not least light designing the dance shows. She is excited for everyone seeing “No more waiting.”
DAKOTA MANN (Director) - Dakota Mann has worked throughout the WNC region, as an actor/director/stage manager with theatres such as HART, The Magnetic Theatre, Montford Park Players, and The Sublime Theater and Press, as well as performing overseas at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He received a B.A. in Drama from the UNC – Asheville. Previous directing experiences include "Three Rings, No Diamonds" and "(Un)Scripted" for the 2021 Magnetic One-Act Play Festival, and "Cliff Hanger" for the 2020 SETC 10 Minute Play Festival.
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THE MAGNETIC THEATRE STAFF
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR…….……JESSICA JOHNSON
CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR…………..KATIE JONES
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR………….…ABBY AUMAN
BOX OFFICE MANAGER……………TIPPIN
MARKETING MANAGER……………CHEYENNE DANCY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GEORGE AWAD
ELIZABETH MCCORVEY
JASON PHILLIPS
JOSH SULLIVAN
ELIZABETH ZIEGLER
SPECIAL THANKS TO…
All Souls Cathedral
Asheville Ballet
David Hopes
Katie Jones
Lauren Otis
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
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Thank you to the following donors for helping us get started in 2022! We are so grateful for the support of our community.
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