March 27 – April 13, 2008 || Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, a stunning story of love in an idyllic setting. The story finds a tight knit group of eight women reuniting for the summer at a beachfront for fun, rest, and relaxation. However, this summer will prove to be different. One of the women in the group is stricken with a serious condition that forces her, as well as everyone else, to reevaluate her life while dealing with issues relating to family, life, death, love, relationships, sex, and, especially, with the fact that they are lesbians-some having already come out of the closet-while others have not. We get a glimpse into the lives of each one of these women, as they interact with one another and deal with the ‘stranger among them.’ Though not known at the time, playwright Jane Chambers would also succumb to the same illness presented in the play. Pandora is proud to open this show on Chamber’s birthday.

Anne-Marie Alexander (Sue) received her MFA in Directing from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, where she directed The Blood Knot, Lemonade, Coyote Ugly, and Blue Window  for various theatre companies.  She also appeared on stage in the roles of Beatrice (The Changeling), Helena (Midsummer’s Night’s Dream), Kitty Duval (The Time of Your Life), Marjory (Little Murders), and Davina (Mind with the Dirty Man).  She has received several awards for directing including Best Play and Best Director for both The Blood Knot and Coyote Ugly in Richmond, VA.  A native Pennsylvanian, Anne-Marie now considers Louisville home after having lived in California, New Mexico, and Virginia. She is also an accomplished fiber artist and works in her home studio. This is her first play with Pandora.

Cristy Bohannon Wegman (Technical Director & Lighting Designer) is pleased to be working with Pandora Productions for the second time, having just served as Tech Director and Lighting Designer for Arrangement For Two Violas.  She even did the curtain speech one night!  After a seven year hiatus she has returned to her first love, Louisville’s theatre scene.  Many thanks to the friends and family that have helped her finally get some mileage from what some thought would be a useless degree.

Raquel Cecil (Eva) Raquel is pleased to be making her debut with Pandora Productions.  Most recent credits include My Name is Tracy for Bunbury Theatre and Necessary Targets for The Pleides Company.  Her affection for theatre began in hometown Memphis in such theatres as Playhouse on the Square and Theatre Memphis and now enjoys performing for many of the local theatre companies including Louisville Repertory Company, Pleaides, Necessary Theatre, Bunbury Theatre, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival.  After achieving her BFA from University of Louisville she began in Louisville as founding board member for Louisville Repertory Company producing and acting in over 15 productions.  Favorite roles include May in Fool for Love, Billie in Born Yesterday, The Marquis in Les Liaisons Dangereuses.

Nancy Clinton (Prop Goddess) Nancy has a BFA in technical theatre from Denison University which she puts to good use creating truly fabulous spreadsheets in her accounting career.  Locally she has stage managed for Pandora Productions, Pleiades, and JCC's Center Stage.  Nancy currently works as 'props gatherer' for Pandora.  She has also worked with the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts as a stage manager and technical assistant, in New York with P.S. 122 as a stage manager and technical director, and in London U.K. with The Gate Theatre as a stage manager.  Currently in her non-theatre life she is pursuing her Yoga Teacher Certification with the National Yoga Alliance.

Laura Ellis (Assistant Stage Manager / Consultant) has performed locally with Pleiades Theatre, Clarksville Little Theatre, and elsewhere.  Now she's trying her hand at stage managing and is happy to be learning from and with the best!  Laura sings and plays guitar & accordion with Shine-Ola, the third best roots band in Louisville, and volunteers with Chihuahua Rescue, USA.  She was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 28, in April of 2007, and will be celebrating her one-year survivor anniversary during the run of Bluefish Cove.

Brytanie Holbrook (Donna) is thrilled to be making her Pandora debut! Past credits include Ben in The Dumb Waiter, Vibrata in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Emily/Henry/Prior 2 in Angle's in America, Goddess in The Tempest, Mrs.Paroo in The Music Man, and Mrs.Neville in She Stoops to Conquer. Special thanks to Mrs.K, and my family and friends.

Donna Lawrence-Downs (Costumes) is happy to be designing costumes again for Pandora.  Most recently, Donna designed the costumes for Arrangement For Two Violas, Regrets Only, Take Me Out, Looking For Normal, Don We Now Our / MORE Gay Apparel, Boston Marriage, Southern Baptist Sissies, Gross Indecency, Gertrude Stein And A Companion and Bed, Boys And Beyond.  Donna spends her days designing costumes for Stage One and Music Theatre Louisville, as well as Walden Theatre and Louisville Collegiate School.  Donna is in her 16th season with Stage One and just finished her 14th season with MTL.  Some of her Stage One favorites have been: Sideways Stories From The Wayside School, Miss Nelson Is Missing and The Great Gilly Hopkins, which went to Broadway in 1998; Donna’s MTL credits include:  Jesus Christ Superstar, Peter Pan, Joeseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Wizard Of Oz, West Side Story, Cinderella and Anything Goes.  Donna has also designed for Little Theatre on the Square, Louisville Ballet, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Derby Dinner Playhouse, Bunbury Theatre, Kentucky Opera and Pennsylvania CentreStage.  She has also worked for Actors Theatre.  Donna has an M.F.A. from Penn State. A recent newlywed, Donna and her husband are spending time refinishing their home in Charlestown Indiana.

Erin McGuire (Rita) originally from Lexington, graduated from Centre College in 2006 with a Bachelors degree in Dramatic Arts.  Her favorite roles in college include:  Corinne in Henceforward, Sylvia in Two Gentleman of Verona, and Hazel in Time and the Conways.  While living in Lexington after graduation, she became very involved in the Lexington area theatre scene through Woodford County Theatre, Fantastical Theatricals and roles in Studio Players' productions Private Eyes and Love, Sex & the IRS.  Since moving to Louisville, she has been seen in Specific Gravity Ensemble's Elevator Plays 2: Beyond the Norm.  This is her first time working with Pandora Productions and she is very proud to be a part of this wonderful experience.  Thanks to her mom and dad for encouraging her pursuits, her family and friends and boyfriend for making the tough times more enjoyable.

Susan McNeese Lynch (Kitty) is making her debut with Pandora, but has performed with Louisville-area theatres for more than 20 years, working with any number of groups including Bunbury Theatre, Kentucky Contemporary Theatre, Music Theatre Louisville, Heritage Players, Clarksville Little Theatre, The Drama Studio and Anchor Theatre. She has appeared in leading and featured roles in Fallen Angels, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Dearly Departed, Marvin’s Room, Cocktail Hour , Fourth Wall, Amateurs, Mame, Sound of Music, Cabaret , The Music Man, The Loman Family Picnic, Side by Side by Sondheim and A Little Night Music, among others.  She performed the title role in the one-woman show, Miss Maragarida’s Way. She is president of SML Communications, an integrated marketing communications firm.  She is married and has two sons.

Amelia Pantalos (Stage Manager) is pleased to return to the booth with her third Pandora production, having stage managed Arrangement for Two Violas and Don We Now MORE Gay Apparel earlier this season.  Amelia is a student at the University of Louisville and the Louisville School of Massage.  Previously, she has been involved off and/or on stage with Finnigan Productions, CenterStage, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, the Youth Performing Arts School and Trinity High School.  When she grows up, she would like to be a director.  In the mean time, she lives near Belknap campus with her roommate, Ashleigh and her cat, Peter.  Thanks to the entire Pandora team for this opportunity!

Kristi Papailler (Annie) is a Louisville native.  She has performed with the University of Louisville, Pleiades Theatre Company for Women, Juneteenth Legacy Theatre, Stage One Children’s Theatre, Blue Apple Players and at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina.  Kristi’s favorite roles include The Wiz in The Wiz, Roach in Slaughter City and Abby in Diva Daughters Dupree.  Kristi is also an accomplished administrator, producer and director.  She has held leadership positions with Stage One; The Louisville Children’s Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Black Theatre Network and is the Co-Founder and Associate Producer of Juneteenth Legacy Theatre.  Kristi is thrilled to be making her Pandora debut and would like to dedicate this run to her father, the late Dr. Hubert Papailler- Love ya dad!  Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Jessica Scharff (Lil) is a recent graduate of Oberlin College where she received her B.A. in Theater and Dance.  This past fall she performed with the Bunbury Theater in My Name Is Tracy, and in th 9ines, the first annual 24-Hour Theater Festival at Actor's Theater of Louisville.  She has also recently worked with Moving Collective, a Louisville-based group of independent choreographers and dancers, appearing in last season's performance, Returns.  Other past theater credits include Gaming, The Glass Menagerie, and Rabbit Hole (Oberlin College).

Carol Tyree Williams (Rae) has worked in the Louisville, Indiana area for over nineteen years .  Her most recent acting adventures have included:  Derby Dinner productions of Steel Magnolias (Clairee), Divorce Southern Style (Eleanor), Oklahoma (Aunt Eller) and last year’s production of White Christmas (Martha Watson).  Playing Martha was so much fun that Carol is doing it again! Carol was most recently seen by Pandora audiences as Tibby in Regrets Only.  Other memorable roles include:  Hazel Hunt in  Radio Gals,  Eleanor in Lion In Winter, Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret,  Vivian Bearing  in Wit, Maimie Trotter  in Gilley Hopkins ,and  Clara in the premiere of  Spirits Shall Fly at Stage One.

John Witzke (Set Designer) is the Technical Director at Derby Dinner Playhouse, where he has designed several sets and builds all of them.  He appeared as Rudy in Pandora's production of Bent.  For the last five and a half years, he has been married to Bridget, who is beautiful, talented, and admittedly, the funnier of the two.