The Butcher Shop is produced by Slow Theatre, a 501(c)(3)

nonprofit organization whose purpose is to enrich, educate, and

entertain our community by providing an excellent and
diverse theatre experience, drawing from local, national,
and international writers.
presents
Slow Theatre Board of Directors
Rob Davidson President; Denver Latimer Artistic Director;
Gina Tropea Hall Treasurer; Greg Ellery Vice-President;
Lori Weber Secretary; Justin Bryant;
Chris Murphy; Naomi Beckman-Straus

Upcoming Slow Theatre Events

A play by Leonard Nimoy

Chico Women's Club
September 5, 6, 7
Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm
Tickets $20 in advance, $22 at the door.
$10 student with ID.
Tickets available online at
https://slowtheatre.ticketspice.com/vincent

Chico Speaks: A  Public Discussion Series

Slow Theatre & WORD (Women on Reproductive Defense) present

Reproductive Healthcare: Available, Accessible,

Affordable? Local Perspectives August 31st & September 1st, 2019
Thursday, September 12
7:00-8:30 pm
Chico Library Community Room
1108 Sherman Ave, Chico
Free & Open to the public
Child care provided

Leave this program at the Butcher Shop,

www.slowtheatre.com unless you really want it!
 Slow Theatre Presents
CAST OF CHARACTERS
HOLLYWOOD
JULIA DiFRANCO, genius auteur filmmaker, director of Children of Neptune Ilani Welsh-Johnson
JACK STRONGBACK, A-list Hollywood actor and culture hero Michael Gannon
USHRA YANA, founder of sound bath recovery center Joyce Henderson
ULYSSES, her acolyte Bryce Corron
ELVIN HELMS, aka HANK, underground comic book artist Johnny Lancaster
FRANZ FONTANA, Hollywood producer Fred Stuart
August 31st & September 1st TRUMAN STYLES, P.I. to the stars Samantha Shaner
NORA LYNCH, talk show co-host Leyla Lancaster THE ACTION FILM
LAURA BOYLE, co-host of talk show Leesa Palmer SIERRA, Thug #1 Seven Mills
Directed by Dylan Latimer DANIEL RADCLIFFE, British actor Ben Schiff JACOB, Thug #2 Eric Collins
LEMOS, Thug #3 Ben Schiff
Written by Dylan Latimer, Jesse Karch, and Johnny Lancaster RIK, Thug #4 Peter Rogers-Davidson
KATIE, Alpha Team CC Mahar
ACT 1 CHILDREN OF NEPTUNE
SPENCER, Alpha Team Justin Bryant
XON CC Mahar
Song + Dance: "A Corpse for My Baby." Written by Zoe Karch, sung by Cara Agnew, FIRST AD Muir Hughes
NUMILUM Lola Parks
Jada Diaz, Lexi Eckland SOUND Jen Achille Parks
YEEO Phoebe Parks
CAMERA OP Gabe Martin
Scene 1: Sound Bath Soul Transfer, Part 1 NOIT Seven Mills
ASST CAMERA Phoebe Parks
Song: "Director's Cut Theme" Written by Webster Moore, sung by Lizzy Latimer PLETHORA Peter Rogers-Davidson
MAKEUP Lola Parks
HUMAN COP 1 Ben Schiff
and Adriane Travis SECURITY Leia Tyner
HUMAN COP 2 Justin Bryant
Scene 2: The Action Movie
Song: "Deep Shadows" Written by Little Ann, sung by Ilani Welsh-Johnson POTATO THE PENGUIN
THE USHRA YANA SOUND BATHS
Scene 3: Detective's Office POTATO, depressed sidekick penguin Eric Collins
ATHENA Gabe Martin
JULIET, his 9-year-old Phoebe Parks
Interlude - Puppet Play: Potato the Penguin. Song: "Wild Abandon" Written and sung PUFFY, turtle Seven Mills
HERCULES Eric Collins
NELSON Ben Schiff
by Donald Beaman TACO, bunny CC Mahar
ATTICUS Peter Rogers-Davidson
Scene 4: Sound Bath Screening Room SEBASTIAN, pig Justin Bryant
THESEUS CC Mahar
URSULA, dog Peter Rogers-Davidson
Scene 5: Hank's Story JIMMY Justin Bryant
Song + Dance: "The Dead Body" Written by Webster Moore, sung by Lizzy HESIOD Seven Mills
DANCERS LUCAS Jen Achille
Latimer
Carrie Percy HERA Leia Tyner
ACT 2 Stephanie Weiser STOWE Muir Hughes
Pamela De Sena ADRIANE Lola Parks
Scene 6: Sound Bath Soul Transfer, Part 2
Cassi Adams
Song: "A Corpse for My Baby Reprise" Written by Zoe Karch, sung by
Cara Agnew, Jada Diaz, Lexi Eckland
The Director's Cut Cast (well, most of them)
Scene 7: Car Crash
Scene 8: Children of Neptune Reshoot
Song: "Horror of Julia Score" Written by Donald Beaman
Scene 9: The Horror of Julia
Song: "Laura and Nora Intro" Written by Webster Moore, sung by Lizzy
Latimer and Adriane Travis
Scene 10: The Laura and Nora Show
Song: "Children of Neptune Score" Written by Donald Beaman
Scene 11: Neptune
Song: "Oscar Theme Music"
Scene 12: The Oscars
Song: "Caravan" Written by Van Morrison
 HOUSE
Merch Booth
CREW Ally Rykiel; Jennifer Alexander
Ushers Saturday
Mishell Stimson; Katie Norris
Artistic Director Dylan Latimer PRE-SHOW ENTERTAINMENT
Ushers Sunday
Producers Jesse Karch; Michael Gannon; Johnny Lancaster; Denver Latimer Saturday
Visual Art Producer Amanda Riner Serena Janeway; Alicia Gibson;
The CCarrrs
Scene Shop Host Erin Wade Katie Norris; Ruby Peterson
Music Director & Composer Webster Moore Truck Stop
Parking Attendants Jason Murry; Abigail
Composers Donald Beaman; Zoe Karch Wifflehammer
Stage Manager Ruby Patchell Brunner; Sierra Dickerson; Josh Lang
Sunday
Sound Justin Mora
CLIC Chico Live Improv Comedy Chico Velo Bike Valet Serenity Sky;
Asst. Sound Cohen Morano
Astronaut Icecream JJ Coulter; Brian Samson
Lighting Olivia Jolley
House Manager Brenden Price Scout Greeters Linda Rogers; Laura Nice;
Asst. House Manager Hannah Panten Saturday and Sunday Lori Weber; Deanna; Rob Davidson;
Costume Manager Lisette Reyes Dawn Rosetti; Greg Ellery;
Costume Design Sandra Barton; Lindsay Brothers;
"… and all the reporters laughed
Lisette Reyes; Muir Hughes; Jess Skinner; Sarah Campbell and took pictures" A live Stephanie Ditty; Sarah Pape;
Makeup Artist Amanda Riner channeling performance by Sophia Rogers-Davidson; Chris Murphy
Choreography Chico Dance Lab
Eve Sussman and Simon Lee
Carpenters & Backstage Crew Steven Lemos; Rik Pape;
Dave Parks; Spencer Holmes; Katie Applebaum
Video Tech Erin Wade FOOD TRUCKS
Camera Operator Beckett Lehman Indays BAR
Camera Assistant Francis Lehman Om
Tech Consultant Robert Karch Elliot Maldonado
Tony's Tamales
Event Photographers Sharon DeMeyer; Suzanne Karp Evan Schuman
Company Manager Joey Moshiri TLC
Lucas Crawbuck
Marketing / Social Media / Program Editor Sophia Rogers-Davidson La Flor De Michocoan
VISUAL ARTISTS Nick Fittipaldi
Hero Masks Sarah Campbell
Puppet Theatre Comic Book Illustration Mattie Hinkley
Zack Beckman
Puppet Design and Construction Tamara Murphy DAVE THE BUTCHER Emily Collier
Puppet Theatre Jaycub Troester Keyboard Webster Moore Leo Castillo-F
Sound Bath Chandeliers Katie Applebaum Drums Cody Naab Miles Claibourn
Water Tank Cello Quin Troester
French Horn, Trumpet, Flute Evan Goodson
Children of Neptune Heads Jess Skinner
Mountain Road Painting Savannah Sonoquie Bass Aron Linker
Neptune Mural Tev Kuykendall Violin Peter Washington
Sound Bath Mural Stuart Mayer; Dinah Perry Guitar Donald Beaman
Detective's Office Mural Sierra Dickerson
Drums & Percussion Scotty Lehman
Oscars Mural Christian Garcia
Rooftop Mural Ben Schiff Singers Lizzy Latimer; Adriane Travis;
Laura and Noral Mural Ken Swain Donald Beaman; Webster Moore;
Artists Erin Wade; Mim Roeder; Rebecca Shelly; Cara Agnew; Jada Diaz; In memory of Dan Everhart, who
Erin Lizardo; Leia Tyner; Muir Hughes;
Lexi Eckland; Ilani Welsh-Johnson supported the arts and fought
Max Shaffer; Jay Bowen; Chrissie Bowen; Melanie Treuhaft
for social justice to help create
Extra Help Willo Stuart; Thomasin Saxe; Maria Navarro; Jeanne
Lawrence; Sarah Pape; Greg Ellery; Lauren Ruth
a better world for all of us here
in Chico and beyond.
 LAST NOTES FROM THE
THANK YOU SPONSORS
END OF NORMAL...
Jesse Thanks: Thomasin Saxe, Robert Karch, Erin Wade, Hughes Mills fam,
Achille Parks fam, Sandy Barton, Sue Reed, Maria Navarro, Chef Leia

Dylan Thanks: Sarah Pape, Matthew Graham and Erin Wade for notes on the
play; Nancy Leverette for letting me stay at her house; Thomasin Saxe for support
of all kinds; Dennis and Mary Ann Latimer for good theatre vibes; Nick Kenkel for
truck support; Greg Ellery for idea support; Suzanne Karp for photos; Lois, the
Rawleys, Francine, Mike McGinnis, the Tarman-Kings, the Schraeders, Kathy Dias,
the Alperts, Greg Brislain, the Sears Family for support.

Amanda Thanks: Celeste Riner, Thomasin Saxe, Lauren Ruth, Willo Stuart, Leia
Tyner, Jaycub Troester, Ben Schiff, Karen Westheimer, Katie Applebaum

Brenden Thanks: Molly Roberts, Sesar Sanchez

Law Offices of Latimer & Kenkel DIRECTOR'S STATMENT

Johnny, Denver, Michael, Jesse and I started writing The Director's Cut three

Leyla Lancaster months ago. It was an exquisite corpse writing group: every day you'd write
another part of a different story. The characters that evolved out of it included a

Greg Brislain fired film director, some aliens, a disaffected comic book sidekick penguin and
the devoted follower of a guru. Over what felt like a million story drafts,
Washington Law Office eventually we figured out that this story about Julia was about our feelings about
storytelling as a group, about collaborating with lots of people in the little
The Bookstore Butcher Shop utopia that we create every year for labor day. The idea behind
this utopia is to take a bunch of garbage (literally), paint it, turn it into art for one
Bootleg weekend, and then send it back to the landfill. Thanks especially to the hundred
people who learn lines, write songs, make costumes, paint murals, construct
Mary Ann & Dennis Latimer puppets, raise money, and practice like crazy to put this show on. But the
ephemeral utopia wouldn't be complete without the audience. Thanks for
Ken Roye coming to see our work.

If you love the Butcher Shop, you can help us keep it

happenin' by donating online at:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/butcher-shop-2019