Kindred Spirits
A New Play by Alice Scovell
Based on the characters and story of Noёl Coward’s Blithe Spirit
Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips**
Scenic Design: Samantha Reno
Assistant Scenic Design: Chris Holloway
Costume Design: Rainy Edwards
Lighting Design: Watson
Sound Design: Kevin Semancik
Properties Design: Robert Carlton Stimmel
Fight Director: Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Stage Manager: Cole Sweasy*
Assistant Stage Manager: Abby Sherr*
Cast
Claire Porter: Tora Nogami Alexander*
Ruth: Jasimine Bouldin
Avis Walker: Connie Castanzo*
Elvira: Courtney Lucien*
Madame Arcati: Kelly Mengelkoch*
Gertrude Condomine: Christine Pedi*
Charles Condomine: Austin Tichenor*
Production Staff
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kayla Cieslinski
Lighting Supervisor and Scenic Associate: Jared Earland
Stitcher: Rainy Edwards
Technical Director: Chris Holloway
Master Carpenter: Drew Homan
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones
Charge Artist: Samantha Reno
Assistant Stage Manager: Abby Sherr*
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel
Resident Stage Manager: Cole Sweasy*
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** Denotes a Member of SDC – the union for Stage Directors and Choreographers
*Denotes a Member of Actor’s Equity Association – the union for Actors and Stage Managers
Tora Nogami Alexander (she/her) 3rd Season. Cincinnati: The Importance of Being Earnest, The Rewards of Being Frank (Cincy Shakes). New York: Twelfth Night (The Acting Company). Regional: The Heart of Robin Hood, Richard II (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival). Tour: 1984, The Odyssey (Aquila Theatre) TV/Film: Rise. Alumnus of Fordham University (BA).
Jasimine Bouldin (she/her) 2nd Season. Cincinnati: Amen Corner (Favorite CSC);The Twunny Fo', It's Not a Trip, Its a Journey (Know Theatre). TV/Film: Wildfire (Amazon Prime). Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University (BA).
Connie Castanzo (she/her) Debut. Regional: Much Ado About Nothing (Orlando Shakes), The Wolves (Boise Contemporary Theatre) Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Capital REP); Boeing Boeing (Millbrook Playhouse); Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods (Pittsburgh REP). New York: Richard III, King Lear, The Importance of Being Earnest, Romeo & Juliet, The Rivals, As You Like It (New York Classical Theatre); Diaspora (The Gym at Judson); Gigi (Storm Theatre); My Report To The World (The Karski Project) Alumnus of Point Park Conservatory of Performing Arts (BFA). Associate Artist of New York Classical Theatre.
Courtney Lucien (she/her) 11th Season. Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth (favorite CSC). Regional: The Great Gatsby (Cardinal Stage Company); Annie Warbucks (Theatre at the Center). Alumnus Indiana University (BA).
Kelly Mengelkoch* (she/her) 20th Season. Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Importance of Being Earnest (Recent CSC); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Let the Right One In (CSC/CCM); This is Tom Jones! (Human Race Theatre Company). Regional: The Spitfire Grill (Old Creamery Theatre Company Amana, Iowa); Grease and The Scarlet Pimpernel (New Theatre Kansas City). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). TV/Film: Dark Waters, Perception, Old Man and the Gun, A Kind of Murder, Healing River, Dusk, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America.
Christine Pedi (she/her) 3rd Season. Cincinnati: The Importance of Being Earnest, The Rewards of Being Frank (CSC). Regional: Forbidden Broadway, Forbidden Hollywood (Tiffany Theatre); XMAS on the Rocks (Theatreworks Harford); The Vagina Monologues, Sunday in the Park with George (Forum Theatre); Phantom (Beef & Boards); Once Upon a Mattress (Music Theatre North); Blithe Spirit (Venture Rep). New York: Chicago, Little Me, Forbidden Broadway, Talk Radio (Broadway). International: Forbidden Broadway (Albery Theatre & Jermyn Street Theatre); Great Dames (Jermyn Street Theatre and South Africa). TV/Film: The Sopranos.
Austin Tichenor (he/him) 2nd Season. Cincinnati: Twelfth Night (director, CSC); Complete History of Comedy (Playhouse). Regional: Three seasons as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Goodman); Book of Will (Northlight); In the Garden (Lookingglass); William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (Folger); Completely Hollywood (abridged) (Kennedy Center); Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged) (Merrimack Repertory). New York: Complete History of America (abridged) (Lincoln Center); Complete World of Sports (abridged) (New Victory). TV/Film: 24, Ally McBeal, E.R., Felicity, NYPD Blue, Gilmore Girls, Chicago Med, X-Files, Alias, The West Wing, Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged). International: Artistic Director, Reduced Shakespeare Company; Producer/Host, Reduced Shakespeare Company Podcast; Co-author, Pop-Up Shakespeare (Candlewick Press).
Brian Isaac Phillips* (Producing Artistic Director and Ensemble, 23nd Season) has been leading the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company since 2003. During his tenure, Mr. Phillips has guided the organization to artistic and financial success, including the opening of The Otto M. Budig Theater, a $17.5MM world-class facility at the corner of 12th and Elm Streets in OTR, as well as the completion of Shakespeare's 38 play canon, making Cincinnati Shakespeare Company one of the first five theatres in the United States to accomplish this milestone.
Mr. Phillips, originally from Pittsburgh, PA, is a graduate of Morehead State University and has been a resident of Cincinnati for over two decades. In that time he has collaborated with virtually every arts organization in the region. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association and the Stage Director’s and Choreographer’s Society.
In 2020, Mr. Phillips was awarded the international Shakespeare Theatre Association's prestigious Sidney Berger Award for excellence in artistic direction and was also named as one of Cincinnati Magazine's 300 Most Powerful Business Leaders. Mr. Phillips was nominated in 2019 and 2016 for the SDCF Zelda Fichandler Award for outstanding artistic contribution to our region. Mr. Phillips was recognized by both Mayor John Cranley and Mayor Mark Mallory for service at CSC and to the city of Cincinnati. He was also selected for the 2014 Class of Forty Under Forty and a has been nominated for the Ohio Governors’ Arts Awards. In 2016, Mr. Phillips graduated from Cincinnati USA Chamber’s 39th Class of Leadership Cincinnati and is now happy to serve on one of the steering committees. Also in 2016, Mr. Phillips was selected as a finalist for the Business Courier’s 2016 C-Suite Awards for Chief Executive Officer.
Most recent CSC directing credits include All the Way, The Merry Wives of Windsor, August: Osage County, 1984, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Dracula, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest (Co-Director), The Elephant Man, Antony and Cleopatra, Death of a Salesman, Cyrano de Bergerac, One Man, Two Guvnors, Waiting for Godot, The Birds, and The Great Gatsby.
Brian is the lucky husband of one of the most amazing actors in town and the proud father of Holden and Annabel.
Alice Scovell is thrilled to be back at CSC for the World Premiere of Kindred Spirits, a sequel to Coward's Blithe Spirit. The World Premiere of her The Rewards of Being Frank, a sequel to Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, was produced in 2023 at CSC. Scovell hasn't only been writing British comedy sequels. In February 2024, she had a Developmental Reading under NYC's York Theatre of her musical comedy InunDATEd, with songs by Christine Lavin, directed by Christine Pedi. A York production is slated for this fall. A lawyer by training— but not in practice— the mother of three lives in Manhattan. Website: alicescovell.com
Samantha Reno (she/her) (4 Seasons) Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing (favorite CSC); The Play That Goes Wrong; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Living Dead; Fierce (Cincinnati Opera); Our Story: Bold Moves Festival (Cincinnati Ballet); Noises Off! (Northern Kentucky University). Regional: The Newlywed Game (B Street Theatre, Sacramento); Gaslight (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA); Peter and the Starcatcher (University of California, Davis). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA). Website: www.samanthareno.com
Chris Holloway (he/him) (4 Seasons) is ecstatic to be back to building scenery for live theatre. Before joining Cincy Shakes, Chris was the Assistant Technical Director at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati and a Scenic Carpenter at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head, SC. He received his education at the University of South Carolina Aiken.
Rainy Edwards (she/her) (6 Seasons) is from Llano, Texas, and received her MFA in Costume Design at Florida State University. She has been with the company since 2018. Rainy has had the pleasure of designing many shows here including, The Winter’s Tale, Titus Andronicus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and All The Way, to name a few. Her work has been seen at Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Triad Stage, and Lexington Children’s Theatre. Rainey is excited to be back and making art with her colleagues and friends. She is forever thankful for the support of Chris and their dog Obi.
Watson (she/they/y’all) (12 Seasons) is thrilled to be back in the Queen City! Having worked with CSC on over 50 MainStage productions some of their favorite credits are: Othello, King John, Long Days Journey into Night, Cymbeline, and Timon of Athens. They have designed theater all around the tri state and NYC. Watson is currently a Senior Designer with Studio RRD in NYC and LA.
Kevin Semancik (he/him) (7 Seasons) Cincinnati: The Amen Corner, Importance of Being Earnest, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice (Favorite CSC); Red Velvet (Ensemble Theatre/Cincinnati); Cabaret and Venus in Fur (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Lizzie, Once, American Idiot, Curious Incident…, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson (Xavier University Theatre); Little Mermaid (SCPA). Regional: To Kill a Mockingbird, Baskerville, Rocky Horror Show, Million Dollar Quartet (Forestburgh Playhouse); American Song (Saint Michael’s Playhouse); Apples in Winter (Centenary Stage Company). New York: The Exes (Theatre Row); Measure for Measure (The Public); 1000 Nights and One Day (Prospect Theatre Company). Education: University of Cincinnati - CCM (MFA) and NKU (BFA). Website: semanciksound.com/
Robert Carlton Stimmel (he/him) (6 Seasons) is thrilled to be returning to Cincinnati Shakespeare Company! He is a Cincinnati area native, hailing from Fairfield, Ohio. After receiving his BA in Theatre at Miami University, he has worked with various theatre including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Alliance Theatre, Short North Stage, and Tantrum Theatre. In addition to his technician and design work, he is also a performer and producer and is always looking to expand his artistic abilities! Robert is the Artistic Director of Impaired Vision Productions, a local theatre organization that produces new works. He would like to thank his wife Kayla for her constant support of his artistic aspirations and her unconditional love.
Gina Cerimele-Mechley (she/her) (29 Seasons) a Cincinnati native, Gina has been involved with CSC since its inception as Fahrenheit Theatre Company. She played the Nurse in their very first production of Romeo and Juliet in 1996. Getting cast in the role again specifically with CSC is a dream come true. Gina is a 30 year member and one of the few female Certified Teachers with the Society of American Fight Directors. Gina runs the nationally recognized Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy, and she was the first recipient of the CAA’s Arts Educator Award. Some of her favorite regional credits outside of Cincinnati include Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, and Opera Theatre St. Louis.
Cole Sweasy (they/them) (4 Seasons) is thrilled to return for their third season in a stage management role at CSC! Previously, Cole acted as the production associate throughout CSC's 28th season, as well as the AEA assistant stage manager throughout the 29th season. Before moving to Cincinnati, Cole was a stage manager for many kinds of events in the southeast, including geek conventions and pride festivals. Cole has received three Bachelor of Arts from Western Kentucky University in theatre, communication studies, and English.
Abby Sherr (she/they) (2 Season) is thrilled to be working with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company! Abby received their Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a focus in stage management from Xavier University. Their favorite stage management credits at Xavier University include Lizzie, Macbeth, and Lysistrata (and playing the role of the Stage Manager in Our Town). Abby’s favorite assistant stage manager credits include her time as an SM Intern with AthensWest Theatre Company where she worked on Brighton Beach Memoirs and Fences. Abby thanks her family for their endless support!
Previously on Blithe Spirit...
While visiting his country home in Kent, writer Charles Condomine invites Madame Arcati, a local medium, to conduct a séance for a small group. Charles, who is conducting research for a new book, is a skeptic. But then, to his great surprise and agitation, the ghost of his first wife Elvira appears to him. No one else can see the ghost, including his sensible second wife Ruth, who thinks Charles is purposely tormenting her. Elvira revels in causing chaos, and her plot to have Charles join her (aka, kill him) goes awry and kills Ruth instead. Enraged, Ruth joins Elvira as a ghost in the house. Madame Arcati returns to send both ghosts back to the Other Side, but has she been successful? After insulting his late wives in case they can hear him, Charles flees the house to travel. As soon as he leaves, the unseen ghosts--which are most definitely still in residence--wreak havoc.
Kindred Spirits starts 12 years after the events of Blithe Spirit.
Recap written by Alice Scovell
Charles Condomine
Madame Arcati
Elvira
Ruth
What inspired you to write a sequel to Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit?
I grew up loving classic British comedies by Wilde, Coward, and Shakespeare. When I started writing plays, I was inspired those giants' humor, heightened language, and memorable characters. After I wrote my sequel The Rewards of Being Frank (which had its 2023 Rolling World Premiere at CSC!), I decided my next challenge would be Coward's delightful Blithe Spirit. I love the comedic riches of ghosts wreaking havoc in a dull Kent home. And I was thrilled that the sequel lent itself to a cast of six female actors and one male. In classic theater, men almost always outnumber women on stage.
Blithe Spirit is a classic comedy with a distinct tone and style. How do you balance paying homage to Coward's original work while infusing your own unique voice and vision into Kindred Spirits?
Because Coward is a giant, I wanted to be respectful of the world he created, especially the rules regarding ghosts. I preserved four of of Coward's memorable characters, including the iconic psychic Madame Arcati, and added three characters of my own. Coward famously wrote Blithe Spirit to entertain his fellow countrymen during the war (1941). I wanted to do more than entertain, and have added a feminist message which, I suspect, would sit well with Coward. Because not everyone knows Blithe Spirit, I wanted to create a work that could stand on its own. I call it "a sequel that is equal."
Blithe Spirit has been adapted into various mediums over the years, including film. How does writing a sequel differ from adaptation?
When writing an adaptation--especially of a well-known and well-loved work--it's important to be true to the original script's "blithe spirit." But a sequel allows--in fact demands--that the characters grow and change with the passage of time (in this case, twelve years).
What do you hope audiences will take away from Kindred Spirits?
I hope that those who love Blithe Spirit will be happy to spend more time with its iconic characters. And those who don't know Blithe Spirit will be inspired by Kindred Spirits to acquaint themselves with the original. I hope that people will laugh, and also that they'll think about the proper pairing of couples and the hazards of systemic patriarchy.
As a playwright, what challenges did you encounter during the creative process of writing Kindred Spirits, and how did you overcome them?
While I didn't write Kindred Spirits in six days--as Coward famously wrote Blithe Spirit--I had a lot of fun writing the script. My main challenge was finding the time to finish. I had started before the CSC/NY Classical production of The Rewards of Being Frank and had to wait until the run was over to get back to work. Luckily, I had left myself copious notes. And maybe a ghost or two whispered in my ear.
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National Endowment for the Arts