A Number 2016

Highly Recommended! -'In Domenica Cameron-Scorsese’s quietly shattering production for Runcible Theatre Company, Stephen Fedo shows how the father is both well-meaning and cruel, while Owen Hickle-Edwards—doing triple duty as the son, the replacement, and one of the extra clones made without the father’s knowledge—is alternately anguished, menacing, and blithe.' - Zac Thompson, Chicago Reader

Image by Amanda de la Guardia, Citadel Photography

'Superbly shaped by director Domenica Cameron-Scorsese for Runcible Theatre Company' - Lawrence Bommer, Stage and Cinema

'Owen Hickle-Edwards and Stephen Fedo perform a very complex dance on stage, the intricate and ever-changing ballet of the parent-child relationship, and it is done with much passion and sincerity.' - Kim Campbell, Third Coast Review

A father's quest to re-create the most pure and perfect child, catapults his most beloved creation into the path of destruction.

Caryl Churchill's A Number sheds light on the grey area between identity and belonging. Exploring the more jagged edges in a father/son relationship, A Number pushes these dynamics to the fore as the miracle of modern science, cloning, makes matters exponentially more complicated and explosive.

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese makes her Chicago directing debut for Runcible Theatre Company.

Winner! Evening Standard Award for Best Play

"Rarely in my theatre going experience has a new play conveyed such a disturbing or enthralling impression of domestic weirdness.... '' - Evening Standard

Shows perform April 8 - May 8, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm at The Royal George Theatre, 1641 N Halsted, Chicago, Il, 60614
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CAST

Stephen Fedo
SALTER
This is Stephen's second production with Runcible, having previously appeared as Urgentino in Scenes from an Execution. He appeared in Piven Theatre’s production of Chekhov’s Ivanov. He also has acted with Red Theater, Dream Theatre, Shaw Chicago, Reverie Theatre, Rogue Theater and Halycon among others. In addition to his acting credits, he adapted and directed Disappearing Acts: Gogol’s “Nose” and “Overcoat” for Piven, where he also has adapted short stories, including works by Chekhov, Singer, and Malamud, for several productions directed by Joyce Piven. He adapted Jane Austen’s Emma for Reverie and translated and directed Hofmannsthal’s Elektra for Rogue. He also practices law.

Owen Hickle-Edwards
BERNARD 1, BERNARD 2, MICHAEL BLACK
Owen Hickle-Edwards is excited to return to Runcible Theatre after being seen last year as Prodo and The Man in Cell in their production of Scenes From an Execution. Other roles include Treplev in The Seagull, Valentine in Arcadia, and Katurian in The Pillowman, all at The University of North Carolina at Wilmington. In addition to acting in Chicago, Owen also studies playwriting and dramaturgy. He hails from High Point, North Carolina.

CREATIVE TEAM

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Director

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese has pursued storytelling as an actress since the age of eleven, later growing into a writer/director. She formally studied film at Wesleyan University (CT), where she also helped produce, write and direct for the student playwrights’ workshop. In the summers, she trained at The Neighborhood Playhouse and American Conservatory Theater. In her junior year at Trinity College Dublin, she wrote and directed her first play, Word Not Said. Her first short film, A Little God, screened at the Woodstock Film Festival (winning the Torchlight Short Film Award); the Hamptons International Film Festival and Media Wave Hungary. Her second short film, Spanish Boots, premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Her third short film, Roots In Water, premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, and went on to play best of fest at the Chicago International Film Festival. It was also nominated for three Maverick Movie Awards. While in New York, Domenica was an associate director for the multimedia lab La Bottega dell-Arte, helping develop new plays and directing readings. She also directed play readings at the Players Club in Manhattan. Domenica directed the one-act play Self-Generated Friction for the NYC Fifteen-Minute Play Festival at the American Globe Theatre.
She is currently finishing up post-production on her first feature film, Almost Paris, which is an Official Selection for the Tribeca Film Festival 2016. A Number is her first full-length production. Domenica is thrilled to be working with the Runcible Theatre Company.

Amber R. Rathbun
Production Stage Manager
Amber is pleased to be working with Runcible Theatre once again. She holds a B.A. in Theatre from Loyola University Chicago and has worked in House Management with Steppenwolf Theatre. Recent credits include Vices and Virtues (SM, Profiles Theatre) Jake's Women and A Bright Room Called Day (SM, Spartan Theatre), Take Me Back (PM, The Poor Theatre), Ghost Gardens (PSM, Pegasus Theatre Chicago) and Scenes From An Execution (SM, Runcible Theatre).

Raquel Adorno
Costume Designer
Raquel is a designer living in Chicago. Recent credits include We Gotta Bingo (Chicago Theatre Works), Cymbeline (Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre), and Motel 666 (WildClaw Theatre), The Jacksonian, Our New Girl, Genius, The Other Place, The Cryptogram, Reasons to Be Happy, Annapurna, Cock, Gidion’s Knot, In God’s Hat, In the Company of Men, The Dream of the Burning Boy and four productions of Hellcab (Profiles Theatre); Murder Ballad, Princess Mary Demands Your Attention, and CARRIE: The Musical (Bailiwick Chicago); Angry Fags (Steppenwolf Garage), Book of Merman, The Submission, Some Men, Songs from an Unmade Bed, and The All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret (Pride Films and Plays); Barefoot in the Park, Crimes of the Heart, Dead Accounts, three productions of HoliDAZE, Darlin', and The BenchMark (Step Up Productions); Dust (Lower Case Theatre), Scenes from an Execution (Runcible Theatre Company), D.O.A., Robin Hood and Maid Marian, The Long Christmas Ride Home, Desperate Dolls (Strawdog Theatre Company), Trafford Tanzi and Patria Libre (Prologue Theatre Company).
Raquel is an Artistic Associate with Profiles Theatre and Step Up Productions

Claire Chrzan
Lighting Designer
Claire is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago where she received her bachelor’s degree in lighting design. She has had the pleasure to work in many theatres in Chicago including assistant lighting design for The Goodman, Lookingglass Theatre, the Court Theatre, Past design credits include Harry and The Thief with Pavement Group, In The Heart of America with Theatre Seven of Chicago, Boy Gets Girl at The Raven, Uncle Bob with Mary Arrchie, and Best Beloved, The Just So Stories with Forks and Hope at Strawdog Theatre Company. Claire is an artistic associate with Interrobang Theatre Project where her designs have been seen in many past productions including Terminus and The Pitchfork Disney.

Matt Reich
Sound Designer
Matt is thrilled to be working on his first production with Runcible Theatre. Matt is a recent graduate of The Theatre School at Depaul University with a degree in Sound Design. He has had the pleasure of working with many companies in town including Circle Theatre, Collaboraction, Profiles, The Arc, and Cock an Bull with whom he is a proud company member.