Early Decision
Book, music & lyrics by Adam Gwon
Late Bloomer
Music & book by Jaime Lozano
Book & lyrics by Georgie Castilla
Run Time
Both shows run approximately 60 minutes with no intermission.
Setting
Early Decision — Anaheim, California, 2018
Late Bloomer — Trenton, New Jersey, present time
Warning
Use of haze and bright strobe-like light effect.
Special Notes
This performance is partially funded by the Roger S. Berlind Playwrights-in-Residence Fund and through the Lewis Center’s Alex Adam ’07 Award Fund.
Please silence all electronic devices including cellular phones and watches for the duration of the performance. Please refrain from text messaging during the performance.
Cast
Owen (Early Decision); Kiki (Late Bloomer) — Julien Alam ’23*
Nicole (Early Decision); Nidia Flores (Late Bloomer) — Emily Cruz ’22
Brett (Early Decision) — Aaron Ventresca ’24*
Sharon (Early Decision) — Sydney Hwang ’24
Officer (Early Decision); Emcee (Early Decision) — Matthew Gancayco ’22
Renán Flores (Late Bloomer) — Andrew Duke ’25
Javi Flores (Late Bloomer) — John Venegas Juarez ’25
Pilar Flores (Late Bloomer) — Raquel Ramirez ’24
Production Team
Director — Elena Araoz
Music Director (Early Decision) — Mila Henry
Music Director Sub (Early Decision) — Solon Snider
Music Director (Late Bloomer) — Vince di Mura
Set Designer — Isabella Hilditch ’22*
Costume Designer — Dina El-Aziz
Lighting Designer — Reed Leventis
Lighting Advisor — Miriam Crowe
Sound Designer — Nathan Leigh
Stage Manager — Minjae Kim
Sound Engineer — Savannah Yost
A2 / Deck — Michelle Poulaille
Assistant Stage Manager — Lev Ricanati ’25
Assistant Stage Manager — Felix Chen ’22*
Berlind Head Electrician — Paul Kilsdonk
Programmer — Maya Kranz
Programmer/Light Board Op — James Lewis
Wardrobe: Anna Sorrentino and Seana Benz
Stitchers: Anna Sorrentino
Student stitchers: Jasmyn Dobson, Madeleine Lausted, Tanaka Ngwara, and Titi Sodimu
Deck/Rail — Alex Griner
Deck/Rail — Phoenix Edmond
Deck/Rail sub — Laura Sabatie
Run Crew — Greyson Sapio ’25
Musicians
Piano (Early Decision) — Mila Henry
Piano (Late Bloomer) — Vince di Mura
*denotes a certificate student in the Program in Theater
Faculty Advisors
Lawrence Moten, Scenic Advisor
Tess James, Lighting Advisor
Talkback
On Saturday, November 6 at 4 p.m., a talkback with Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber and Associate Dean of the College and Director of Programs for Access and Inclusion Khristina Gonzalez follows the 3 p.m. performance.
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Princeton alumni Daniel Benitez ’21 and Magdalena Stankowska ’18.
Land Acknowledgement
An estimated 10 million Native Americans lived in North America before the arrival of European colonizers. Many thousands lived in Lenapehoking, the vast homeland of the Lenni-Lenape, who were the first inhabitants of what is now called eastern Pennsylvania and parts of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware.
Princeton stands on part of the ancient homeland and traditional territory of the Lenape people. In 1756, the College of New Jersey erected Nassau Hall with no recorded consultation with the Lenni-Lenape peoples.
Treaties and forced relocation dispersed Lenape-Delaware to Ohio, Kansas, and Oklahoma. We acknowledge the violence of settler colonialism and pay respect to Lenape peoples past, present, and future and their continuing presence in the homeland and throughout the Lenape diaspora.
Current Princeton student activists and alumni are advocating for Indigenous students and studies at the University. For more information, see the websites of Natives at Princeton and Princeton Indigenous Advocacy Coalition.
Lewis Center for the Arts
Interim Chair: Michael Cadden
Executive Director: Marion Friedman Young
Director of Program in Theater: Jane Cox
Producing Artistic Director, Theater And Music Theater Season: Elena Araoz
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