Horowitz Center Playbills and Programs
Anomalous: A Science Fiction Theatre Experience
Directed by Bill Gillett
By Bill Gillett
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - Sunday, October 12, 2025
The RCF Studio Theatre
Content Advisory: Recommended age 13 or older. This performance includes the use of flashing lights, loud noises, and haze.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director: Bill Gillett
Stage Manager: Taylor Porter
Scenic Designer: Brandon Roak
Lighting Designer: Hailey LaRoe
Costume Designer: Kate Twilley
Sound Designer: William K. D'Eugenio
Choreographer: Peter Pattengill
CAST
Dr. Clarice Norton (double cast): Cara Feezor, Diana Novelo
Grace (double cast): Raylyn Rada, Madison Gaither
Melinda: Florense’Olivea David
Barry: Sean Choi
Patrick/Entity: C. J. Cameron
Evan/Entity: Azad Taylor
Vladimir/Entity: Leah Williams
Susan/Entity: Ianne Nicole Guamos
Bob/Entity: Lucas R. Porter
Mary/Entity: Jax Gordon
Evie/Entity: Deborah Majekodunmi
Plant (double cast): Phoenix Gillett, TBA
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION TEAM
Assistant Stage Manager(s): Christopher Martin, Tate Gwynn
Wardrobe: Charlotte Gustafson, Sophia Bond-Aguilera
Deck Run Crew: Lily Brown
Light Board Operator: Oscar Bautista
Sound Board Operator: Caroline Cooper
Carpenters: David Miller, Ethan Post
Scenic Artist: Danielle Harris
DIRECTOR'S NOTE
I’m so happy you were able to join us for this Anomalous experience. This has been an exciting journey which has stretched our students’ understanding of theatre, and it’s been a lot of fun. The inspiration for this show came from many sources from science fiction, horror, and popular culture. Most influential was a performance I attended of a similar style at a theatre festival in California.
As a professor, my focus is always drawn to student outcomes. What do I hope my student-actors will learn from this experience? For this production, we are drawing attention to the relationship between actor and audience by changing the circumstances, not only in different audience configurations, but also constantly acknowledging the audience as part of the story. These performers must not only maintain awareness of the audience but also sometimes interact directly or manage the audience. This kind of experience develops actor’s presence and prepares them for similar experiences, which you can find with guided tours, museums, and theme parks.
Thank you for joining us for this theatrical experiment!
Bill Gillett
PROGRAM INFORMATION (Setting/Song List etc…)
Setting:
Part One: Backstage - RCF Studio Theatre
Part Two: Inside - RCF Studio Theatre
Time: Now
CAST BIOS
CJ CAMERON (Patrick/Entity) is deeply honored to be a part of this dynamic production. She is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, as an advanced actor combatant with all 8 weapons under her belt. Overflowing with gratitude and excitement, CJ is thrilled to contribute to the creation of thrilling and unforgettable fight sequences that will leave audiences captivated. She would like to thank the cast for their hard work and Bill for the opportunity. Also, to thank her friends and family for their overwhelming support. Love you all!
SEAN CHOI (BARRY) is a sophomore at Howard Community College majoring in theatre. Anomalous will be his first theatre casting. Sean would like to thank his family for always being there for him.
FLORENSE’OLIVEA DAVID (Melinda) is a freshman at Howard Community College and is currently studying Theatre Performance and Communications. Some important productions that she has been a part of are The Princess and the Pea as the Kings Helper, Clue as Mrs. Peacock, Alice in Wonderland as the Cheshire Cat, and even her first Musical The Drowsy Chaperone as Mrs. Tottendale. Florense would like to thank her mom and dad for their unwavering support in everything she does, her friends for always being there for her, her castmates for always being a family to her, and her amazing directors for guiding her through what she knows best–Theatre!
CARA FEEZOR (Dr. Clarice Norton) is currently a student at Howard Community College majoring in business administration. She was previously in HCC’s Twelfth Night as Maria and was an understudy for Nina/Mash in Stupid F#@ing Bird. She will also be in HCC’s upcoming show A Little Fight Music. She is very excited to be involved in this production! She would like to thank Bill for this opportunity and her fellow cast and crew for this memorable experience! She would also like to give a special shoutout to her dad, her family, and her friends for always being supportive.
LUCAS R. PORTER (Bob/Entity) will be a freshman at HCC this spring, majoring in theater. He's played Beverly Carlton in The Man Who Came To Dinner and, most recently, Mysterious Man in Into the Woods. Lucas is giving a shout to his stage manager, who happens to be his older sister!
MADISON GAITHER (Grace), this is my first year at HCC and my dream is to have some kind of performing career. Whether that is in children's entertainment or Broadway. Either way I am so excited for this show and the future. Thank you and enjoy the show!
IANNE NICOLE C. GUAMOS (Susan/Entity) is a freshman nursing student at Howard Community College, stepping onto the stage for the very first time. Though new to theater, she brings curiosity, heart, and a love for storytelling to every moment under the lights. Ianne would like to thank her mom and dad for their endless love, guidance, and encouragement as she takes on this new adventure.
DEBORAH MAJEKODUNMI (Evie/Entity) is a freshman at Howard Community College majoring in social sciences, she's not sure what she wants to do but she's kept her interests up with the performing arts field, she did theater all 4 years of high school both plays and musicals. She was in High School Musical, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Newsies, Romeo and Juliet, The Little Mermaid as one of the princesses, and Shrek as the Ugly Duckling, as well as a show at her church called Salvation. She was also in her school's chamber choir. Debby would like to thank her mom for being supportive and coming to all her shows.
DIANA NOVELO (Dr. Grace Norton) is a Theatre major at Howard Community College with over six years of experience in the performing arts. She began her theatrical journey as a student at Suitland High School’s Center for Visual & Performing Arts, where her passion for the craft first took root. Diana has portrayed a wide range of characters, including Leigh Fondakowski, Zackie Salmon, and Zubaida Ula in The Laramie Project, Normal Jean in The Colored Museum, Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth, Patient Alpha in We Could Be Heroes, Medea in Medea, and most recently, Nina in Stupid F#@king Bird. Diana is deeply grateful to her family and loved ones for their unwavering support throughout her artistic journey.”
RAYLYN RADA (Grace) is a freshman at Howard Community College majoring in theatre. She was previously seen as Pepper in Annie!, and Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof! Raylyn would like to thank everyone in her theatre classes for being such a supporting community with great senses of humor.
AZAD TAYLOR (Evan/Entity) is an HCC graduate and an actor combatant through the Society of American Fight Directors. He is working on his seventh certification this semester which will be Sword and Shield. Azad has been able to showcase his stage combat experience for other roles here at HCC. He has played Charles the Wrestler in As You Like It, Ares in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, and Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night. Azad has been very grateful for his time learning stage combat and is very appreciative of his time learning here at HCC.
CREATIVE TEAM BIOS
BILL GILLETT (Director) is the Chair of Performing Arts for Howard Community College. Bill first attended Prince George’s Community College for his associate degree, before receiving his bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College of Maryland and his master’s degree from the University of Maryland. Bill is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and has worked as a freelance actor and director. Bill has been a college professor for 18 years and has directed over 50 college theatre productions. The most recent are Stupid F#@ing Bird, Ride the Cyclone, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Exit-Pursued by a Bear, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
PETER PATTENGILL (Choreographer) is a Maryland based alternative movement and performance artist. Pattengill has earned an MFA in Dance from The University of Maryland and a BFA in dance performance from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University. Pattengill currently works as a freelance choreographer, teaching artist, and dramaturge in the greater DC, Baltimore area. Pattengill’s current movement research explores horror aesthetics and embodiments through a queer lens.
BRANDON ROAK (Scenic Designer) is a freelance designer based in the Washington D.C./Maryland area. Recent design credits include Waitress at Aurora Theater (Co-Design), Misery at The Warehouse Theatre, Stupid F#@king Bird at Howard Community College, La Calisto at Peabody Institute JHU, The Prom and Don Giovanni at University of Maryland. Education: M.F.A.: University of Maryland (Scenic Design), B.A: Clemson University (Architecture). See more at brandonroakdesigns.com
KATE TWILLEY (Costume Designer) is excited to get a chance to come back to design/collaborate with HCC's Theatre Department. Her recent credits include Twelfth Night, HCC Dance Company 2025, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ride the Cyclone, HCC Dance Showcase 2024, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Medea, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Kate holds a B.A. in Theatre from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a focus in Costume Design.
HAILEY LaROE (Lighting Designer) is excited to be back at HCC for this haunting show! Hailey is a lighting and projection designer based in DC. Recent Lighting designs include; Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bolero Bar, and Las Hermanas Palacios (2025 HHA for Outstanding Lighting Design) (GALA), Apropos of Nothing (Keegan Theatre), Fat Ham (American Stage), Cullud Wattah (Mosaic Theatre), Footloose (Nextstop theatre), Little Comedies (Synetic Theatre). Recent Projection designs include Everything is Wonderful (Keegan Theatre), American Fast and Poetry for the People (Theatre Alliance), Dragons Love Tacos, She Persisted (HHA Nominated), Knuffle Bunny (HHA nominated) (Adventure Theatre). Enjoy the show! Haileylaroedesigns.com.
WILLIAM K. D’EUGENIO (Sound Designer) is a Lighting and Sound Designer based out of Washington, D.C. Recent regional lighting credits include: Cinderella (Imagination Stage); The Events, Mnemonic, Still Life with Rocket, Word Becomes Flesh [2017 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lighting Design] (Theater Alliance); Long Way Down, August Greene, Alan Cumming: Legal Immigrant (The Kennedy Center); Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Love and Information (Forum Theatre); Lela & Co (Factory 449); and The Glass Menagerie (assoc. LD, Ford's Theatre). His work as Sound Designer and Composer has been heard for: True West, The Other Place, Antigone Project, and Circle Mirror Transformation (Rep Stage) among others.
TAYLOR PORTER (Stage Manager) is an HCC student studying Entertainment Technology. Anomalous will be her first show as stage manager, previously she was the assistant stage manager on HCC's production Stupid F#@king Bird. She'd like to say thank you to her family, her cast and crew, and her dear friends.
TATE GWYNN (Assistant Stage Manager) is an HCC student studying Entertainment Technology and has previous high school stage management experience. Tate is excited to be working on Anomalous.
CHRISTOPHER MARTIN (Assistant Stage Manager) is an HCC student and has previous high school experience in stage crew and set building. Christopher is thrilled to be working on Anomalous.
A. LORRAINE ROBINSON (Production Manager) is an award-winning theatre director, producer, and community arts educator. She’s previously worked at Arena Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and ran her own theatre company, MuseFire Productions. Lorraine has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre & Psychology from St. Mary’s College of MD, where she’s been an adjunct instructor and guest director, and has a master’s degree in Theatre from Brown University. She is thrilled to be in residence at the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center and supporting her first HCC show!
HCC THEATRE PROGRAM
Bill Gillett, Chair, Performing Arts
Jenny Male, Coordinator of Theatre
Lisa Wilde, Professor, Theatre
HOROWITZ CENTER STAFF
Janelle Broderick - Horowitz Center Director
Jessica Chaney - Content Coordinator
John Elder - Technical Director
A. Lorraine Robinson - Production Manager
Darius McKeiver - Business Associate
Linwood Milan – Technical Coordinator
Eric Moore - Production Electrician
Mark Smedley - Associate Technical Director
Julie Via - Audience Services Manager
Bill Watson – Gallery Manager and Curator
SPECIAL THANKS
Christopher Crostic
Stevenson University
This performance is made possible through generous support from the Maryland State Arts Council.
HCC’s Theatre Program is also a participating member of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF).
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The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, part of the Rubenstein Arts Access Program, is generously funded by David M. Rubenstein.
Special thanks to The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust for supporting the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Additional support is provided by The Honorable Stuart Bernstein and Wilma E. Bernstein; and the Dr. Gerald and Paula McNichols Foundation.
Kennedy Center education and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts.
This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater production. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KCACTF representative, and selected students and faculty are invited to participate in KCACTF programs involving scholarships, internships, grants and awards for actors, directors, dramaturgs, playwrights, designers, stage managers and critics at both the regional and national levels.
Productions entered on the Participating level are eligible for invitation to the KCACTF regional festival and may also be considered for national awards recognizing outstanding achievement in production, design, direction and performance. Last year more than 1,500 productions were entered in the KCACTF involving more than 200,000 students nationwide. By entering this production, our theater department is sharing in the KCACTF goals to recognize, reward, and celebrate the exemplary work produced in college and university theaters across the nation.