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Queens Theatre presents
a production by the american vicarious
DEBATE: Baldwin vs. Buckley

November 11, 2022 at 8:00 PM
November 12, 2022 at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM

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Queens Theatre presents
a production by the american vicarious
DEBATE: Baldwin vs. Buckley

November 11, 2022 at 8:00 PM
November 12, 2022 at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM

Debate:A production by the american vicarious
Baldwin vs. Buckley

Queens Theatre Thanks Its Major Funders

Queens Theatre’s year-round programming and operations are made
possible through the generous support of Howard Gilman Foundation,
the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and by the New York State
Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and
the New York State Legislature. These contributors provide Queens
Theatre with a consistent foundation that allows us to bring artistically
and culturally significant programs and performances to the Queens
community.
A special thank you to The Shubert Foundation for its continued and
generous support of Queens Theatre’s theatre programming.

Additional programmatic support provided by:

ADCO Electrical Corporation
Association for a Better New York (ABNY)
CDML Computer Services, Ltd.
Con Edison
Crystal Window and Door Systems
Delta Air Lines
Eileen Foy
Farrell Fritz
Frances A. Resheske
Gary and Marcie Kesner
Ginsburg & Misk
Hardesty & Hanover, LLC
2 Kaufman Astoria Studios

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Kupferberg Foundation
Mark and Dina Misk
ME Engineers
Metro Management Development
Michael James Industries, Inc.
Michael Lou Group
NYC & Company
Plaxall, Inc.
Queens County Savings Bank
Resorts World NYC
Silvercup Studios
The MBS Group
Tonio Burgos & Associates
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Queens Theatre deeply appreciates their generous support.

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Baldwin vs Buckley

James Baldwin: Teagle F. Bougere
William F. Buckley Jr: Eric T. Miller
David Heycock: Spencer Hamp
Jeremy Burford: Charlie O’Rourke

Directed by: Christopher McElroen
Produced by: Erica Laird
Artist-in-Residence/Stage Manager: Jaymes Jorsling
Marketing Manager: Robyn Sunderland
Press Representation: Everyman Agency

Teagle F. Bougere (Baldwin) Broadway appearances include The
Tempest (Caliban) with Patrick Stewart, directed by George C. Wolfe;
A Raisin In The Sun (Asagai) with Phylicia Rashad and The Crucible
(Judge Hawthorne), directed by Ivo van Hove. Selected television and
film include Law and Order S.V.U. a.d.a. Phillip Baptiste (recurring); Queen
America (series regular) with Catherine Zeta-Jones; The Blacklist; Bull;
The Mist; The Path; Cosby; The Big C; The Job; A Gifted Man; Convic-
tion, What The Deaf Man Heard;” eight episodes for the various Law and
Order franchises. A Night At The Museum; The Pelican Brief; Two Weeks
Notice; The Imposters. Selected Off-Broadway includes The New En-
glanders, Manhattan Theater Club (Audelco Award-Outstanding Lead
Actor); Beast In The Jungle, Vineyard Theater, directed by Susan Stro-
man; Is God Is, Soho Rep; A Last Dance For Sybil by Ossie Davis, starring
Ruby Dee and Coriolanus at The New York Shakespeare Festival.

Eric T. Miller (Buckley) Theater credits include Mope (Ensemble Studio
Theatre), rogerandtom (HERE), Sweet Storm (LAByrinth), (A)Loft Mod-
ulation (the american vicarious), Awake and Sing! and Ripcord (Hun-
tington Theatre), Wink (TerraNova), Luft Gangster (Sheen Center), Safe
Home (Royal Family Productions), Betrayed (Culture Project) as well as
work at the Syracuse Stage, Bard Summerscape, New York Stage and

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Film, Rattlestick, PS 122, Workshop, and the Flea. Television and Film
credits Television and Film credits include Mare of Easttown, Halston,
FBI: Most Wanted, The Good Fight, Blue Bloods, Chicago PD, Black-
list, Person of Interest, Elementary, The Unusuals, Kings, Law & Order,
Shame, Reaching Home, The Waiting Room, Home, Tom’s Dilemma, Ad-
Firm, Separation, Redemption in Cherry Springs, Josie & Jack, and the
upcoming Jules with Ben Kingsley. www.erictroymiller.com

Spencer Hamp (Heycock) Some recent stage acting include his
Off-Broadway debut in (A)loft Modulation (the american vicarious),
working with MacArthur fellow Naomi Wallace on her play Birdy (Com-
monwealth Shakespeare), and playing Alan Strang in Equus (Pittsburgh
Public Theater). Screen acting: music videos for Erik Blood and Hunter
Lea, a guest spot in Law and Order: SVU, and working with visionary in-
dependent filmmaker Jimmy Bontatibus on his feature films A Muse and
All I’ve Been Wanting. Over the past six months, Hamp has been plat-
forming some poetry on internetbellyache.com and distributing a zine
about the creative process.

Charlie O’Rourke (Burford) is a New York based actor and innovator.
He has performed in Merrily down the Stream, a one-act play written and
directed by Deborah Copeland at New York University’s Tisch School for
the Arts. He also assistant-directed Godspell and performed in Shenan-
doah: The Musical at Totem Pole Playhouse in Fayetteville, PA. O’Rourke
graduated from the MFA program at American Conservatory Theater in
2019. Production highlights from ACT include Baron Tuzenbach in Three
Sisters, Nathan Leopold in Never the Sinner, and directing/choreograph-
ing Chuck Mee’s Wintertime. After graduation, he returned to New York
City and originated the role of Brenden in Cat Miller’s The Hope Hypoth-
esis at The Sheen Center with Voyage Theater Company. He is also
featured in Peer to Peer Production’s new web series Flawed.

Jaymes Jorsling (Artist in Residence) was a 2016-17 Artist-in-Resi-
dence at Brown University. There, he worked on his play trilogy “...Insuf-
ficient Funds...” named from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have A Dream
Speech. In 2015 he was commissioned by Duke University to write the

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script for multi-Grammy nominee Gerald Clayton’s sprawling oeuvre
Piedmont Blues: A Search For Salvation. Jaymes is currently a staff
writer for TheTruthPodcast.com. He has workshopped his writings with
Classical Theatre of Harlem, LAByrinth Theatre Company, HIP-HOP
Theater Festival, New Federal, Inneract Productions, etc. He is a 4x fi-
nalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights’ Conference and was a
fellow there in 2010. Produced by the american vicarious, his play (A)loft
Modulation premiered off-Broadway in September 2019.
the american vicarious, under Artistic Director Christopher McElroen
and Producing Director Erica Laird, is committed to producing creative
content across disciplinary boundaries that aspires to reflect on Amer-
ica’s ideals and realities, and that which unites and divides its people.
Recent projects include NY Times Critic’s Pick STATIC APNEA (2020),
Jaymes Jorsling’s (A)loft Modulation, Gerald Clayton’s Piedmont Blues:
A Search for Salvation, John Ransom Phillip’s Shooting Celebrities, and
Sherief Elkatsha’s documentary film Far From the Nile.
Special Thanks: Tom Klingenstein, Elivia Bovenzi, & Adam J. Thompson
DEBATE: BALDWIN vs BUCKLEY was originally produced by the ameri-
can vicarious at BRIC in 2020
the american vicarious’ programs are made possible by the New York
State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor
and the New York State Legislature.
All actors and stage manager are appearing through an Agreement be-
tween the american vicarious and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union
of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Queens Theatre Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Gary Kesner, President
The MBS Group

Tracy Capune, Vice President
Kaufman Astoria Studios

Bruce D. Levine, Treasurer
Real Estate and Finance Consultant

Mark Misk, Secretary
Nash Builders, Inc.

Alfonso Quiroz,
Con Edison

Members

Jennifer Bai
Barclays

Georgiana Benatti
New York Community Bank

Steve Chen
Crystal Window and Door Systems, Ltd.

Salvatore DiMartino
New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

Cameron R. Hernandez
Mount Sinai Queens

Susan B. Lipsky
Kepco, Inc.

Irene Zoupaniotis
Farrell Fritz

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Ex- Officio Members
The Honorable Eric Adams
Mayor of the City of New York
The Honorable Donovan Richards
Queens Borough President
Laurie Cumbo, Commissioner
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Frances A. Resheske, President Emeritus
Con Edison

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Queens Theatre Staff

Taryn Sacramone, Executive Director

Programming

Dominic D’Andrea, Director of Community Engagement
Richard Hinojosa, Director of Education
Rob Urbinati, Director of New Play Development
Mary Archbold, Theatre For All Program Manager

Development

Bernadette Ott, Development Manager

Finance

Angelica Rodriguez, Finance Manager
James Cooke, Senior Financial Advisor

Production

Victor Catano, Production Manager
Steve Wolf, Assistant Production Manager/Lighting Supervisor
Jerry Rodriguez, Sound Associate

Operations

Jay Rogers, Director of Operations
Connie Baker, Rentals & Events Manager
Anthony Lackram, Facilities Coordinator
Charles Bennett & Jorge Toro, Building Attendants

Front of House

Willy Mosquera, House Manager
Gabriel Rodriguez, Box Office Supervisor
Vasilios Leon, Box Office Assistant
Jordi Toro, Box Office Assistant

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