Women in Jeopardy!

A Message from Women in Jeopardy! Playwright, Wendy MacLeod

In the Rehearsal Room

Photo Credit: Tim Fuller

Aysan Celik and Julia Brothers in rehearsal for “Women in Jeopardy!”

Julia Brothers and Aysan Celik in rehearsal for “Women in Jeopardy!”

Damian Garcia and Aysan Celik in rehearsal for “Women in Jeopardy!”

Aysan Celik, Ashely Shamoon, and Julia Brothers in rehearsal for “Women in Jeopardy!”

On the Stage

Photo Credit: Tim Fuller

Aysan Celik, Ashely Shamoon, and Julia Brothers in “Women in Jeopardy!”

Gail Rastorfer and Julia Brothers in “Women in Jeopardy!”

Aysan Celik and Julia Brothers in “Women in Jeopardy!”

Aysan Celik, Julia Brothers, Joel Van Liew, and Gail Rastorfer in “Women in Jeopardy!”

About the Play

Crime and punishment. Law and order. Wine and cheese. One of these is not like the others, except in Wendy MacLeod’s Women in Jeopardy!, a perfectly structured mash-up of a police procedural and Real Housewives, but with a bit more heart. Continue Reading …

Familiar Faces

We are so pleased to have Julia Brothers back on our stages, Julia plays the role of “Jo” in Women in Jeopardy! You may recognize her from ATC’s 2010 production of George is Dead, where she played the role of “Carla.”

Artists

Wendy MacLeod

is also the playwright of Slow Food, which was presented digitally by Arizona Theatre Company in 2020, and she is delighted that Women in Jeopardy! is being presented in person. Most recently, her play BASTA! was commissioned by The National Theater of Genoa and just finished its run there. Her play The House of Yes became an award-winning Miramax film starring Parker Posey, and it was produced by The Magic Theater, Soho Rep, The Washington Shakespeare Company, The Maxim […]

Sean Daniels

currently leads the Recovery Project for Florida Studio Theatre, which aims to change the narrative of the public health crisis that is addiction in our country. By being of service to artists – who both need support and create the stories that form our understanding of the world — and the general public, we hope […]

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Michael B. Raiford

is a freelance Set and Costume designer based in Austin, Texas, and is making his ATC debut. Raiford’s theatre designs have been seen at South Coast Repertory, The Alliance Theatre (Atlanta), City Theatre (Pittsburgh), Cleveland Playhouse, Geva Theatre Center, Playmakers Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Ford’s Theatre (Washington, D.C.), New Victory Theatre (New York), Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The Lyric Theatre (Oklahoma City), The Antaeus Company (LA), and Actors Theatre of Louisville, […]

Connie Furr

is making her ATC debut. Theatre: The Christians (Playwrights Horizon); The Christians (Mark Taper Forum); Glory to the World (Brooklyn Academy of Music); 14 productions including six Humana Festivals at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Beauty and the Beast, Seussical, and 101 Dalmatians (Premiere) (Children’s Theatre of Charlotte); Othello and Henry the 4th (Georgia Shakespeare Festival); Sun Serpent and Tale of Two Cities (Premieres) (Childsplay); The Nearly True Story of the Mamas and Papas (Premiere), The Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Cookin’s a Drag (Premiere) (Phoenix Theatre); and seven seasons with the Fabulous Palm […]

Brian J. Lilienthal

returns to Arizona Theatre Company, where he was lighting designer for The Clean House, Cabaret, My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend, Women in Jeopardy, and The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley. Off-Broadway credits include Cherry Lane, La Mama, 59E59. He has worked regionally with Actors Theatre of Louisville (60 productions as resident designer), Alley Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Cincinnati […]

Dave Remedios

is making his ATC debut. Recent work includes The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge and A Woman of the World (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Sound Inside and The Children (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Berta, Berta (Everyman Theatre); and We All Fall Down (Huntington Theatre Company). Other Regional: American Repertory Theatre (50 productions), Contemporary American Theater Festival, Portland Stage, The City Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, Geva Theatre Center, The Studio Theatre, 59E59, Theatre for a New Audience, La […]

Dom Ruggiero

is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Recent ATC productions as Stage Manager include The Royale, Cabaret, The Legend of Georgia McBride,  My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend, Women in Jeopardy!, and The Lion. Broadway PSM credits include The Gathering starring Hal Linden, Borscht Belt on Broadway starring Bruce Adler and Mal Z. Lawrence, and Ain’t That A Kick In The Head – The Music of Sammy Cahn directed by Chet Walker. 1st National Tours […]

Olsen Torres

was the Assistant Stage Manager on My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend and Women in Jeopardy! They are a member of Actors’ Equity Association and a Tucson local. Past credits include: Production Stage Manager, La Comedia of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) and Assistant Stage Manager, Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles; Off the Rails; The Merry Wives of […]

Aysan Celik

is making her ATC debut. Off-Broadway: The Civilians’ Gone Missing, “Songs by Michael Friedman” (NY City Center Encores Off Center!); The Undertaking (59E59 Theater/Civilians); co-creator/actor in Juarez: a Documentary Mythology, “Songs by Ada Westfall” (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater/Theater Mitu); Paris Commune, “Songs adapted by Michael Friedman” (BAM Next Wave Festival/Civilians); The Black Eyed (New York Theater Workshop); Faust (Classic Stage Company/Target Margin); Pericles (The Culture Project/Red Bull Theater); Dhammashok, “Songs by Todd Almond” (The Public […]

Julia Brothers

was in the world premiere of Women in Jeopardy! at GEVA Theatre with Sean Daniels at the helm. She is thrilled to be joining Daniels again at Arizona Theatre Company, where she was last seen opposite Marlo Thomas in Elaine May’s George Is Dead, which subsequently moved to Broadway (dir. John Turturro). During the pandemic, Brothers was commissioned by SF Playhouse to write and perform her first solo […]

Gail Rastorfer

is making her ATC debut. Regional highlights: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Indiana Rep and Syracuse Stage); The Heidi Chronicles, The Game’s Afoot (Asolo Rep); Ten Chimneys and In the Next Room (Cleveland Playhouse); Noises Off (Clarence Brown Theatre); The Mousetrap (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); and Women in Jeopardy! (Merrimack Rep). Chicago Theatres: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge at Drury Lane Theatre; Romeo and Juliet in the Parks directed by Marti Lyons with […]

Ashley Shamoon

is happy to be back in the theatre making her ATC debut as Amanda, a role she originated. Some of her other roles include Junie B. in Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus; Gabrielle in When the Rain Stops Falling; Nora in A Doll’s House; and Alice in Alice in Wonderland. Shamoon can usually be found with multiple books in hand and her two […]

Damian Garcia

He/Him is thrilled to be making his ATC debut. Local credits: Looped, Trumbo: Red White & Blacklisted, Last Train to Nibroc, and Dancing Lessons (MAC Award Best Actor Comedy 2020) (Invisible Theatre); The Big Meal, The Little Foxes, and The Fantasticks (Winding Road Theatre Ensemble); A Chorus Line, West Side Story, and Something Rotten! (Arts Express); Switzerland and Constellations (Something Something Theatre Company). A.F.A.: Pima Community College. College credits include The Mandrake, Fiddler on […]

Joel Van Liew

was last seen by Arizona Theatre Company audiences as Peter in ATC’s September 2020 digital recording of Wendy MacLeod’s Slow Food. He is thrilled to be working with Sean Daniels and MacLeod again, after having appeared in the world premiere of Slow Food at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, directed by Daniels. Other regional credits include Home of the Brave (Merrimack) and The 39 Steps (Geva Theatre), both directed by Daniels; The Ver**on Play (ATL Humana Festival); Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Two River); Pride and Prejudice (ATL); Well (ACT); and The Pavilion (City […]

Q&A with Costume Designer Connie Furr

Dec 12, 2021

As we voyage into rehearsals for the next show in our 54th season, we are delighted to feature another Arizona artist, Arizona State University professor (and award-winning design extraordinaire) Connie Furr. We are ecstatic to take this moment to feature the local design staple as our costume designer for Women in Jeopardy!. Connie’s iconic designs have been […]