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I Do! I Do!
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200.jpg "I Do! I Do!")
July 15 - August
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I Do! I
Do! Special Summer Sizzling Ticket
Price
$20.00
Per Ticket now through August 15!
Offer
available only at the Box Office or Call 626-331-8133
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Notes from the Director GREGORY
COHEN
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Marriage. I'm experienced in this topic. I have personally been
married twice (we won't discuss the first experiment) and my current matrimony has just passed it's
23'd anniversary. My parents were married 35 years; and if my father had lived longer, I have no
doubt they would've remained married for the rest of their years. Most of the people I know, if not
currently married, either have been or will be in the future.
I thoroughly believe that people were meant to be monogamous (at
the very least, serially so). Couples complete each other. I'm not saying that those partnerships
are easy or run smoothly I think that idealistic marriage doesn't exist. We're meant to have our
troubles, our trials, our tests - that's what strengthens us, what makes us grow, what teaches us
about our true selves.
Husbands and wives sometimes stray (don't worry, Honey, not me);
sometimes they are not as supportive as they should be of each others' goals and dreams; sometimes
they just purposely become hurtful. Sometimes the love becomes weakened; sometimes the friendship
disappears; but take this advice from an aging married man - the gift of knowing that someone is at
home who knows you better than you know yourself and still is willing to put up with you is a
blessing that I, for one, am not willing to give up.
I hope you all enjoy 'growing old' with Michael and Agnes For
those of you who've been married for decades, I hope you see a little bit of yourselves in them.
For those of you who will someday perhaps marry your love (currently known or as yet not
discovered), I hope you learn a little something from them. And for my friends for whom marriage is
still not a legal possibility, I hope you soon get the opportunity to experience all the joys and
pains as the rest of us.
So, if you ask if I believe in the state of matrimony, I'm afraid
I'd have to whole-heartedly answer, "I do, I do!"
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The Cast
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 Vsev
Krawczeniuk (Michael) is thrilled to be making
his debut at the Covina Center for the Performing Arts. A veteran of over forty theatrical
productions in the Los Angeles area his favorite roles include Don Quixote in “Man of La
Mancha”, Michael in “I Do, I Do” and Felix in “The Odd Couple”. Vsev is also a professional
marionettist with the Franklin Haynes Marionette Company. As always he dedicates his
performance to his wife Lynn and his sons Vsev and Kux.
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 Lisa Dyson
(Agnes) is excited to be performing a favorite
role in this beautiful theatre, having just finished Church Basement Ladies at Candlelight
Pavilion and before that Mother in Ragtime at Haugh PAC. Past favorite roles include Drowsy in
The Drowsy Chaperone, Adelaide in Guys & Dolls, Agnes in I Do! I Do! (ITL award), Maria in
Sound of Music, Nellie in South Pacific, Anna in The King
& I, Eliza in My Fair Lady, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Alice Beane in Titanic, Carrie in
Carousel, Hope in Anything Goes, Sr. Robert Anne in Nunsense, and Peter in Peter Pan. Lisa is
very proud to be the Creative Director for the Burbank Youth Summer Theatre Institute where kids
8-14 perform 'Shakespeare in the Park'. Love and thanks to Scott and Maddiebear for allowing me
to always do my little skits. And special thanks to you, our audience, for continuing to support
live theatre! Enjoy the show! |
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Director
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Choreographer
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Gregory Cohen (Director) This
production is Greg’s first opportunity to work at CCPA and he is thrilled to be beginning this
relationship with a musical. He has been a hard-working director, actor, and producer
throughout Orange and Los Angeles counties for the past 25 years, having directed such varied
productions as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Few Good Men, Veronica’s Room,
Funny Money, The Nerd, and his latest venture, the wildly successful Wild West version of
Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Greg was the co-founder and producing director of
Fleabitten Productions for 5 years of nomadic theatre and, for 8 years, ran the theatre department
at a premiere children’s camp in Maine with his talented wife, Kysa.
During the days, Greg alternates teaching his
weekend acting workshop in Santa Ana with his weekday job of presenting environmental assemblies
for school children throughout the Southern California area for the Discovery Science
Center.
In his off-time, he enjoys spending quality time
with Kysa and their two fur-children their Welsh Corgis, Phoebe and Bethy.
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KYSA COHEN (Choreographer) This is
Kysa’s first opportunity to work at CCPA. She is thrilled to be working with such a talented and
enthusiastic group of performers and staff. She has directed, musical directed and choreographed
throughout Orange and L.A. counties with such shows as Grease, Into the Woods, South Pacific, Cabaret,
Evita, West Side Story, Anything Goes, The Wiz, Little Shop Of Horrors, The Music Man, Company, 1940’s
Radio Hour, Barnum, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Once On This Island, Play it Again, Sam, and
Earnest In Love to name a few. She spends her days teaching theatre to high school students at
Segerstrom High School where she has directed Rumors, The Passion of Dracula, Les Miserables (the
play), The Three Musketeers, The Crucible, Twelve Angry Men, You Can’t Take It with You, Romeo
and Juliet, The Skin Of Our Teeth and more. She is so pleased to be working on this production with her
talented husband, Gregory, who inspires her and brings the fun out in everyone and every
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The Production Staff
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Director
Producer
Production Supervisor
Musical Director / Accompanist
Choreographer
Technical Director
Stage Manager
Lighting Designer / Lightboard Operator
Sound Designer / Soundboard Operator
Set Design/Construction
Property Masters
Wardrobe Supervisor
Assistant Stage Manager / Props
Female Dresser
Male Dresser
Program
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Gregory Cohen
Retha Champion
Jaeda Snow
Barbara Durost
Kysa Cohen
Angelo Collado
Kristina Jones
Brandon Hudrlik
Steven Kimball
Angelo Collado/ Guy Carbajal/ Monika Russo
Robert Agee, Carla Agee
Elizabeth Dreisbach
Sophia Aguilar
Katie Jolgren
Matt Casmiro
Phyllis Gardner
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I Do! I
Do! Special Summer Sizzling Ticket
Price
$20.00
Per Ticket now through August 15!
Offer
available only at the Box Office or Call 626-331-8133
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