Production Program
Written by András Visky
Directed by Zoë Peterson
Featuring Samantha Joy Weil
From The Producing Artistic Director
Every year, as I put together this message, I look back at what I wrote the previous year. Most years my comments are all about our season and what we’ve built for the year ahead and while that’s still true, the world in which we’re living has changed. Our world is darker and more dangerous now. We’re standing on a precipice at this moment in American history and only the future will tell us how we, as a country and a people, will choose to respond.
As I look at the plays we’ve selected for our 2025-26 season, they all reflect this world in some way. Every play in our season is, again, a premiere for the Greater Cincinnati area with several of these titles coming from across the Atlantic. Yet despite some plays being written in different countries, they all speak loudly and clearly about the challenges and dangers we face in America right now.
The topics are wide ranging…from gun violence to ecological issues…from historical perspectives to future times we can only imagine…but each one in its own way addresses something urgent and important that’s facing us right now.
However this is not a season of doom…far from it! It’s an exciting, energized season of plays that explore powerful topics in fascinating, often funny or even absurdist ways. Theatre has never been more important than it is right now and each play we’ve selected for this season contains a message of past, present and future that speaks to current events while at the same time transcending them.
Welcome…to Falcon’s 2025-2026 season!
Sincerely,
Ted Weil
Producing Artistic Director
CAST:
Juliet — Samantha Joy Weil
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Stage Manager — Katie Ruwe
Scenic Design — Samantha Joy Weil, Zoë Peterson, Ted Weil
Lighting Design — Ted Weil
Sound Design — Zoë Peterson, Samantha Joy Weil
Costume Design — Samantha Joy Weil, Rachel Scardina
Lighting & Sound Execution — Katie Ruwe
Movement Consultant — Grace Wagner
Dialect Coach — Kate Glasheen
Set Construction — Ted Weil
Graphic Design — Steve Luhn
Lobby Display — Samantha Joy Luhn
Dramaturg — Julie Carpenter
Marketing — Kara Ann Scullin
Social Media Marketing — Rachel Mock
House Staff Coordination — Clint Ibele
Photography — Claudia Herschner
Box Office — Kathleen Luhn, Clint Ibele
Falcon thanks these organizations for their support:
Special Thanks
Wooden Cask Brewery
Urban Chick Bar & Bottle Shop
And especially András Visky for allowing this to happen
Cast Biographies
Samantha Joy Weil (Juliet): Samantha holds a B.F.A. in theatre performance from Northern Illinois University. While at school there, she had the chance to study abroad at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj, Romania with playwright, András Visky. His view of theatre’s potential to facilitate shared experience had a huge impact on Samantha as a performer and artist. She is deeply moved and humbled to have the chance to share András Visky’s Juliet with local audiences.
Some of Samantha’s favorite past roles include Stephanie in POTUS, Lisa in Well and Gretchen in Boeing, Boeing and Eden in During/After. She wrote, produced and performed Meet Me at the Bathtub: The short life and tumultuous times of Charlotte Corday for Cincy Fringe 2024. Sam recently made her directorial debut with Hangmen at Falcon Theatre alongside her best friend, hero and husband. You can see her again on Falcon Theatre’s stage in March in Crocodile Fever. Sam will also be directing A Girl in School Uniform (walks into a bar) this winter at Falcon. She is passionate about folk herbalism and her dog, Nellie Bly. Sam would like to thank her family for always putting in extra to support and cheer her on. She is infinitely grateful to her amazing husband, Ted, for his unwavering love and ability to make every moment brighter.
Production Team Biographies
Zoë Peterson (Director): Zoë is an actor and award-winning playwright currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio. While here, Zoë earned a BFA in Acting from CCM at the University of Cincinnati, in addition to a Minor in English and Screenwriting Certificate. Additionally, Zoë helped to produce the 2023 Transmigration Festival of student-devised plays and was the recipient for the University’s Best Play Award in 2023 and 2021. Beyond CCM, Zoë has premiered works at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival and Serials! At the Know, as well as many ten-minute play festivals in their hometown of Louisville, KY. Zoë’s favorite pastime is making puppets for their recurring interactive horror-comedy series, Sally Salem. When not covered in fake blood or hot glue, Zoë works in theatre education for companies like Cincinnati Shakespeare, CAPA, and Kids Act Out; facilitating classes on acting and writing. A character-driven artist with a particular interest in new works, horror and classical theatre, Zoë often gets involved with genre-bending or absurdist projects.
Katie Ruwe (Stage Manager): Katie is pleased to be joining this production of Juliet. Born and raised in Cincinnati and a graduate of NKU, she has worked throughout the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region. At The Falcon Theatre, she has also managed Lemons Lemons…, The Secretary, The Shark is Broken, Mr. Parker, POTUS, The Other Place, Breaking the Code, Vincent, Lifespan of a Fact, Silent Sky, Ben Butler, The Agitators, and Yankee Tavern. She has also stage managed with Queen City Opera on productions of Cenerentotla, Iolanta, Der Freischütz, Die Valkyrie, and the world premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Undina Eco-Opera. She has also managed Spinning Into Butter with American Legacy Theater, 100 Days with the KNOW Theater of Cincinnati, Steel Magnolias with The Story Collective, as well as several Fringe Festival shows with many different and wonderful creative minds. She would like to thank her partner for his outstanding support and the staff at Falcon for their continued trust in her. She sincerely hopes you enjoy this show as much as she has enjoyed working on it!
Grace Wagner (Movement Consultant): Grace (she/her) is a director and choreographer based in Cincinnati, OH and thrilled to join forces with the Falcon team, after collaborating with Samantha on Meet Me at the Bathtub at Cincy Fringe in 2024. She is fortunate enough to have collaborated across the Greater Cincinnati area and beyond with companies, such as Solasta Theatre Lab, The Carnegie, Magnolia Theatre Company, Cincinnati LAB Theatre, and more. As a teaching artist, she leads the drama program at Franklin Junior High School and teaches dance with Pones and Reflexions Dance Arts. Find out more at gracewagnerdirector.com. @grayswagner
András Visky (Playwright): András Visky is a Hungarian-Romanian poet, playwright, and essayist and a prominent figure in theater life in Romania. He is the associate artistic director and resident dramaturg of the Hungarian Theatre in Cluj, and he has served as an instructor in the Department of Theatre and Television at Babeş-Bolyai University. His plays have been performed all over Europe and the United States, and he has won numerous awards, including the József Attila Prize and the Soros Foundation Award.
Falcon Theatre Management Board
Piper N. Davis – Diversity & Inclusion Director
Clint Ibele – Falcon Takes Flight Director, Volunteer Coordinator
Katie Ruwe – Resident Stage Manger
Samantha Joy Weil – Company Coordinator
Ted J. Weil – Producing Artistic Director
Patrons for our 2025-26 Season
ANGEL:
Douglas & Carol Burks
BENEFACTOR:
David Derringer
Elden Golden
Lynn Krabacher
Kathleen & Steve Luhn
Sophia McAlister
Terry Miller & Dale Hayes
Barbara & David Reaman
Michael & Susan Whitehead
PLAYWRIGHT:
Tom & Angela Ogonek
Greg Schaper
Wendy & Andrew Vogel
Ted & Samantha Joy Weil
DIRECTOR:
Robert Arlinghaus
Rebecca Campbell
Tom & Chris Comte
Robert Clary
Rob Dorgan & Steve Bolia
Clint Ibele
Joe & Norah Mock
Liz Smith
PRODUCER:
In memory of Renee Alper
Dan Cohen
Joseph Collier
Patricia Hoffman
Hogan Market Research
Rita Larkin
Jane MacKnight
Dana Noeske
Allison Rapp
Anonymous
DESIGNER:
Toni Carman
David Lazarus
Shannon Rae Lutz
Douglas Ignatius
Tim & Sylvia Smith
Judy Stober
Elizabeth Leigh Smith
Anonymous
STAGE MANAGER:
June Broadbeck
Bridgit Chayt
Susan Frank
Gail Ginther
David Lazarus
Kim O’Connel
Jean Reynolds
Aaron Whitehead
ACTOR:
Eric Chase
Erik Jensen
Jeffrey Limberg
Charles Massarella
John Martinson
Linsey Rogers
Ross Royce
Brian Shircliff
Susan Tyler
Julie Walls
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Falcon has been creating quality theater for our audiences since 1989 and we remain committed to our vision to lead our community through artistic expression and inclusive creativity. Like all arts organizations, we can’t do it without you. Your tax-deductible donation helps us continue to produce affordable theatre while offsetting the cost of creating professional productions. The generosity of patrons continues to allow Falcon Theatre the opportunity to expand its horizons, reaching new audiences, new markets and a new generation of theatre minds. Your gift goes a long way in helping us grow, thrive and continue this success.
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Patron Levels:
- Angel $5000+ (Includes 2 five-show Flex Passes)
- Benefactor $1000+ (Includes 1 five-show Flex Passes)
- Playwright $500+
- Director $250+
- Producer $100+
- Designer $50+
- Stage Manager $25+
- Actor Up to $25
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