Love and Information Creative

Playwright

CARYL CHURCHILL

Caryl Churchill is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes. Celebrated for works such as Cloud 9 (1979), Top Girls (1982), Serious Money (1987), Blue Heart (1997), Far Away (2000), and A Number (2002), she has been described as "one of Britain's greatest poets of and innovators for the contemporary stage". In a 2011 dramatists' poll by The Village Voice, five out of the 20 polled writers listed Churchill as the greatest living playwright.

Director

LAUREN ZEFTEL

Lauren Zeftel (she/her) is a theater maker who creates with and for the people whose perspectives are best communicated through the intertwining of language and visceral experience. Recent credits include Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin's CALL OUT CULTURE (world premiere, Ars Nova ANT Fest); Haleh Roshan's ...COLLECTIVE NOUN... (world premiere, Corkscrew Theater Festival; IATI); and IN A WORD by Lauren Yee (Williamstown Theater Festival: Directing Studio). Lauren served as Associate Director on both SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Signature; National Tour) and on INK (The Public's Under the Radar Festival and The Met Museum). Drama League Rough Draft and First Draft Resident. LCT Directors Lab Alum. Williamstown Directing Corp. Playwrights Horizons Directing Fellow Alum. Co-founder, resident director, and co-producer, PLAYxPLAY. Education: Arlington High School '09 and BFA, NYU Tisch '13. Lauren will begin pursuing her Masters in Directing at Brooklyn College this fall. More at: www.LaurenZA.me

Director of Photography & Editing

LUKE PAULINO

Luke Paulino (he/him) is an Arlington High School Alum and a musician/digital artist based in New York City. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and seamless two and a half octave vocal range, bridging the gap between tenor and countertenor. His solo and collaborative projects span across multiple practices, mediums, and forms. He has performed and collaborated with artists, composers, and organizations including Big Freedia, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Lauren Zeftel, Frankie Symonds, George Lewis, Inti Figgis-Vizueta, Amber Evans, Kennedy Davenport, ENSEMBLE MISE-EN, Saint John’s in the Village, Shrine and Parish Church of The Holy Innocents, The Strathemere Ensemble, Saint Paul’s Choir in Harvard Square, Nief-Norf Summer Festival, George Manahan, Mikhael Tara Garver, Liars and Believers, Luke completed his Masters of Music in Contemporary Performance as a countertenor at the Manhattan School of Music, under the guidance of Lucy Shelton.

Created with and performed by

AHS STUDENTS

Chandler Betts, 2021 -- Jenny Brigham, 2024 -- Joey Caradonna, 2022 -- Orly Diaz, 2024 -- Sam Dieringer, 2021 -- Sierra Farrington, 2022 -- Natalie Lauchlan, 2024 -- Sophie Leigh, 2023 -- Eleanor Lewis, 2024 -- Sabrina Liberatore, 2021 -- Hannah Markelz, 2023 -- Sarah Nascimento, 2022 -- Aiden Paramore, 2023 -- Aidan Thielman, 2023 -- Maren White, 2023

Stage Managed by

AHS STUDENTS

Marianne Goddard, 2022 • Tessa Connors, 2022

Original Creative Team

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Program Director …………………..……………….………………..….…..….. Michael Byrne

Production Manager ………....……………………………….….…...…… Lianna Bessette

Poster Designer ..……...…………...………….……….………………….……… Ryan Beck ’22

Minecraft Captain ..………………...………...….………...…….……… Joey Caradonna ’22

Snail Wrangler ..………………...………….……………….……...………………….… Lise White

Piano Consultant ..………………...………….…..……...…….…………….. Austin Philemon

Baby Model..……………….........…... Ava (courtesy of mom, Emily Nauman Vogel)

Production Graphic Design ..………......………...……... Luke Paulino, Lauren Zeftel

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LOVE AND INFORMATION was first presented by The English Stage Company at The Royal Court Theatre in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, England on 6 September 2012. The US premier was presented at New York Theatre Workshop, New York on 19 February 2014, directed by James McDonald.

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The Arlington High School Drama Guild is the organization responsible for presenting straight plays at Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Shows are chosen to present four different playwright’s voices over the course of four years. This cycle includes a classic American play, a Shakespeare, a classic translated from another language and a play by a contemporary American playwright. With this cycle in place, high school students can explore a diversity of playwright’s voices as part of their education at Arlington High School.