Heisenberg
July 12-30, 2023
By Simon Stephens
Directed by Michael J. Hume
Featuring Anthony Heald and Amy Lizardo
"Expect the Unexpected". Click to read the review in Ashland.news
“Actors Bring Unlikely Lovers to Life”. Click to read the review in the Rogue Valley Times
Again, RTC has worked a miracle, the hilarious and human drama of Heisenberg. Absolutely fantastic production of a complex and thoughtful play. You are five feet away from first rate acting—you see the eyes the actors talk about when they say “I love your eyes”. Tony Heald and Amy Lizardo are beyond first rate in this piece about chance meetings. ~David S.
Heisenberg is as intensively introspective as any drama I’ve ever seen. Anthony Heald has always been one of my favorite actors, but together with Amy Lizardo, the two of them took us on a journey into life experiences that art rarely achieves. ~Arlene O.
What a fantastic production! Tony and Amy are remarkable. Thanks for choosing these great storytelling plays, Jessica. ~Jill R.
It is wonderful! Heald and Lizardo are magic! Thank you for bringing such amazing theater to us!! ~Hilary A.
Loved it on Wednesday and then loved Amy again on Thursday in Twelfth Night. What fun! ~Peter S.
Tony and Amy blew us away! I was transfixed and the time went by like a snap of the finger. I was totally pulled in as if looking through someone's window. The theater was full! We are going to bring people back to see this amazing play again. ~Dawndee B.
Rogue Theater Company has done it again! Heisenberg was everything that theater can be: thought-provoking, entertaining, masterfully acted and produced, and a poignant lesson in human relationships. Thank you for providing another A-1 experience! ~JoAnn H.
Meet the Artists
ANTHONY HEALD (Alex)
Anthony has spent twelve seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, playing Iago, Shylock, Timon of Athens, the Duke in Measure for Measure, and Shag in Equivocation, among others. On Broadway he’s appeared in The Elephant Man; Love! Valour! Compassion! [Tony nomination]; Inherit the Wind; A Small Family Business; Anything Goes! [Tony nomination]; The Marriage of Figaro and The Wake of Jamie Foster. He’s appeared in 17 productions Off Broadway, and at numerous regional theaters (Milwaukee Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Hartford Stage, The Arden Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, California Shakespeare Theater and, most recently, the Utah Shakespeare Festival, as King Lear). His 25 films have included X-Men, Accepted, Red Dragon, The Client and The Silence of the Lambs. On television he has been seen as a series regular in Boston Public, as recurring characters in Monday Mornings and Boston Legal, and as a guest star in 30 other productions. Next fall he will be seen as Judge Taylor in the Netflix mini-series A Man in Full.
AMY LIZARDO (Georgie)
Amy is an actor, singer, and teaching artist currently based in Ashland, Oregon. At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Amy can be seen in this season's Twelfth Night. In past OSF seasons, she has been seen in It’s Christmas, Carol, The Tempest, La Comedia of Errors and Mother Road. Amy is a Bay Area native where she appeared at American Conservatory Theater (A Christmas Carol, Men On Boats, and The Unfortunates), Berkeley Repertory Theatre (The Unfortunates), California Shakespeare Theater (Quixote Nuevo and The Tempest), San Francisco Playhouse (Dog Fight and The Rules), Boxcar Theatre (Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Speakeasy), among others. Amy teaches for Shakespeare theatre companies across the country as well as Southern Oregon University.
MICHAEL J. HUME (Director)
Michael is directing Heisenberg for Rogue Theater Company this season. He has also directed Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Tiny Beautiful Things for RTC. Locally, he has directed productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Southern Oregon University, Ashland High School, Oregon Cabaret Theater, and the Ashland New Plays Festival. Michael has also directed at Capital Rep, Palace Theater, Lexington Conservatory, Liberty State Company, among others. He is a member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers. As an actor, Michael has been at OSF for 27 seasons. He has performed at the American Conservatory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, South Coast Rep, Kennedy Center, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Hartford Stage, Guthrie Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. With his writing partners Jahnna Beecham and Malcolm Hillgartner, Michael wrote Dog Park and They Came From Way Out There! (OCT, Milwaukee Rep, Artists Rep) and is currently working with them on Marvellini's Magic Mansion and an Irish Christmas musical, Parcel from America, both of which will be produced next year in Charlotte, Orlando, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
LILI FULLER (Assistant Director / Choreographer / Intimacy Coordinator)
Lili is a choreographer, director, writer, and actor. She has worked with the Geffen Playhouse, Rogue Machine Theatre, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, ETC Theatre Company, The Pico Playhouse, Gay Men’s Chorus of LA, Varsity Vocals, and Musical Theatre Repertory, among others, and has choreographed over 30 plays and musicals for the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Her work has been featured on the stages of Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Royce Hall, and the Beacon Theatre. She was the co-founder and artistic director of the Ovation winning Boom Kat Dance Theatre and has developed two TV series with her husband, Joe Sofranko, for FOX and Netflix. lilifuller.com
ROBIN HEALD (Stage Manager)
Robin has worn three professional hats: stage manager, teacher, and writer. For several years, she was a stage manager in regional theaters and on and off-Broadway. After receiving her teaching license, Robin taught creative dramatics to children of all ages in public and private schools in New Jersey and Los Angeles. Her specialty was developing scripts with her students. Robin founded the Pomegranate Preschool for the Arts at Temple Emek Shalom, in Ashland, in 2006 and headed the program for 15 years. Her fourth picture book will be published in fall of 2023. Robin is honored to do an encore performance as a stage manager with Rogue Theater Company.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
Season Sponsors
Carolyn Mandell, Stan and Miriam Schiffman, and Kate and Jim Wolf-Pizor
Show Sponsors
James Auchincloss, Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley, Donna Ritchie, Carpenter Foundation, and James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation