BAILIWICK ARTS CENTER - CAFE VOLTAIRE
PRESENT
SELECTIONS FROM THE 1996 BAILIWICK DIRECTOR'S FESTIVAL:
"An Urban Odyssey"
Lesbian's Last Pizza
by Jeff Goode
Directed by Jennifer Shepard
JEFF GOODE -- (Playwright) Jeff is an author of plays, musicals, and children's plays, including
THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES, THE PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY
FEEDING THE DINOSAURS, WAITING ON GODOT, LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF,
and THE RING CYCLE THE MUSICAL! He is a co-founder of No Shame Theatre (Iowa City)
and a founding company member of Pantechnicon Artworks (Chicago), Les Enfants du
Maïs (Des Moines) and Room 41 (Chicago). Recently, Jeff was hired by Le Studio Canal+
(France) to create a new Saturday morning cartoon show.
JENNIFER SHEPARD -- (Director) Jennifer received her BA in Liberal Arts from the
University of Iowa in 1994. LESBIAN'S LAST PIZZA marks her Chicago directing debut.
Since moving to Chicago one year ago, Jennifer has acted in LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF
and THE PORTRAIT OF THE VIRGIN MARY FEEDING THE DINOSAURS, both by Jeff
Goode, DEATH by Woody Allen with the Moveable Feast Company, and ROUGH by Brett
Neveu at the Bailiwick Director's Festival.
CHERYL SNODGRASS -- (Title Role) Cheryl most recently appeared in TIME
TRAVELER produced by Les Enfants du Maïs. Her next project is directing Jeff Goode's
THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES for the Christmas season. She is a founding
member of Pantechnicon Artworks, a company member of Room 41, and the Artistic Director of
Les Enfants du Maïs. So much theatre, so little time.
CHRISTINA HARRIS -- (Production Stage Manager) Christina is happy to be working with
all of the shows again. She thanks Bailiwick for allowing her the opportunity to production stage
manage the Director's Festival, where she met several terrific directors. Christina is a full-time
production manager for Imagination Theatre, and as always she would like to give thanks to her
loving and caring partner, Paula.
