This summary provides the essential information from the document in 3 sentences: The document describes a scene from a play where Galy Gay is attempting to sell a fake elephant to Widow Begbick. However, the soldiers discover that the elephant is actually just men under tarps. Widow Begbick is upset that she spent her money on a fake elephant, and Galy Gay is arrested for fraud. The play is exploring themes of deception and the human desire to make profitable deals.

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5. Galy Gay: Alright, Widow Begbick, if you really want
to buy this elephant, I am the owner.
A Soldier comes running in from the back: Psssst....
Pssst..The .Bloody Fiver is walking around the
camp inspecting the train cars.
Soldiers: The human typhoon!
Begbick: Stay here, I’m not letting this elephant
Begbick and the soldiers rush off.
Uriah to Galy Gay: Keep an eye on the elephant for
a moment. He hands him the elephant’s lead.
Galy Gay: But what about me, Mr. Uriah, where
should I go?
Uriah: Just stay here.
He runs off after the others. Galy Gay holds the
elephant’s lead but stands as far from it as possible.
Galy Gay alone: My mother always told me: no one
knows anything for sure. But you know nothing.
and now you have a big elephant, and who knows what
will happen next. But It doesn’t matter to you, as long
you can just get the check.
Uriah looks in : Look at that, he won’t even look at it.
He stands as far away from it as he can. Fairchild walks
by in the back. The tiger of Kilkoa has left the area.
Uriah, Widow Begbick and the others return.

6. Begbick: Is this elephant yours?
# II
Galy Gay: Like my foot is.
Uriah calling out: And now, number 2: The elephant
A Soldier: Billy must be pretty old, since he seems
auction. The man who doesn’t want to be named sells
an elephant.
Begbick: You’ll have to come down on the price.
Galy Gay picks up a bell, and Widow Begbick sets a
wooden bucket upside down in the center of the stage.
Galy Gay: He was 200 rupees wholesale, and he’s
worth that till the day he dies.
A Soldier: Are you entertaining any doubts about
the elephant?
Widow Begbick inspecting the elephant: A sagging
belly like that and you want 200 rupees.
Galy Gay: I have no doubt it will be sold.
Galy Gay: I think nonetheless that he’s right for
Uriah: If it sells, it’s legit.
a widow.
Galy Gay: I can’t say no to that. An elephant’s an
Begbick: Very well. And is the elephant in good
elephant, especially when it’s up for sale.
see the elephant is healthy. Five hundred rupees.
He stands on the bucket and auctions of the elephant,
which stands next to him in the middle of the group.
Galy Gay: Five hundred rupees going once, going
twice, going three times. Widow Begbick, the
elephant formerly belonging to me is now yours.
Billy Humph, Bengal champion, up for auction. He was
The check, please.
born in the southern Punjab, just as sure as you see him
here now. Seven rajahs attended his manger. His mother
Widow Begbick: Your name?
was white. He’s 65 years old. That’s not old for an
elephant. Thirteen hundredweight he weighs, and
Galy Gay: Must not be mentioned.
for him clearing a forest is like rolling out of bed. Billy
Humph represents a small fortune for the one that
Begbick: Please, Mr. Uriah, hand me a pencil
claims him as her own.
so I can write a check to this man who must not
be named.
Uriah: And here’s Widow Begbick with the check.

7. Uriah aside, to the soldiers: When he takes the check,
arrest him.
Uriah: Halt! Train your guns on this criminal,
Begbick: Here’s your check, Mr. Man-Who-Must-Not- gentlemen, since that is what he is.
Be-Named.
Polly, inside of Billy, laughs out loud.
Galy Gay: And here, Widow Begbick, is your elephant. Uriah punches him.
A Soldier putting his hand on Galy Gay’s shoulder: Uriah: Shut the fuck up, Polly!
In the name of the British army, what is the meaning
of this? One of the tarps on top slips, revealing Polly.
Galy Gay: This? No idea. He laughs nervously. Polly: Shit!
The Soldier: What’s this elephant doing here? Galy Gay, now completely befuddled, looks at Polly, then
sees the others. The elephant runs away.
Galy Gay: Which one are you referring to?
Begbick: What is going on here? That’s not an elephant
Soldier: The one right behind you. And don’t try at all, that’s just some tarps and men. It’s all fake. All
to wiggle out of it. my money for a fake elephant.
Galy Gay: I’ve never seen this elephant! Uriah: Widow Begbick, the perpetrator will be
immediately handcuffed and thrown in the latrine.
Soldier: Oh really!
The soldiers handcuff Galy Gay and put him in a pit, so
Another Soldier: We can attest that this man said that only his face is visible. The artillery is heard rolling
he was the owner of this elephant. by.
Begbick: He said it belonged to him like his own foot. Begbick: The artillery is loading up, when are you all go-
ing to pack up my canteen? Since it’s not just your man
Galy Gay wanting to leave: Unfortunately, I have to go. that has to be taken apart, but my canteen as well.
My wife is anxiously awaiting my return. He pushes his
way free from the group. I’ll be back to talk this over with
you later. Good evening! To Billy, who is attempting to
follow him: Stay, Billy, don’t be so needy. There’s sugar
cane growing over there.

8. Andrew Utter - Artistic Director
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Andrew Utter is the founding artistic director of Uranium
Madhouse. He has an MFA in directing from the Yale School of
Drama and a Ph.D. in German Studies from Stanford University.
Known Associates He founded the Mother of Invention Acting School in 2004.
He has appeared onstage at San Francisco’s Magic Theater, and di-
rected for Syracuse Stage and Fordham University in New York.
Erik Flatmo – Resident Designer
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Erik Flatmo is a West Coast-based set designer who works in
theater, opera and dance. His designs have been seen on the
stages of American Conservatory Theater, Asolo Repertory
Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory
Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Yale Repertory Theatre,
Opera Santa Barbara, and San Francisco Opera among others.
He designed scenery for Uranium Madhouse’s productions of
Conversation Storm and The House of Cards.
Shadow Advisory Committee Erik is a graduate of Columbia University and The Yale School
of Drama. He teaches set design at Stanford University.
Yolanda Seabourne - Actor/Producer
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As Director of Licensing for FishBowl Worldwide Media, Yolanda is
responsible for licensing and strategic repurposing of television’s
largest library of user-generated content.
A founding member of Uranium Madhouse, Yolanda appeared in the
company’s inaugural production in Charles Mee’s one-person show
The House of Cards. Madhouse audiences will next see Yolanda as
the lusty, entrepreneurial widow, Leucadia Begbick, in Uranium
Madhouse’s sophomore presentation, A Man’s a Man.

9. Edward Tournier - Actor Ian Forester - Actor
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Edward Tournier has acted in, directed, and produced multiple Ian Forester is the co-Artistic Director of the Los Angeles theater
award winning productions in the Los Angeles area. Most recently company, needtheater. Ian’s acting credits include:
he acted in and produced the world premiere of Monkey Adored
for Rogue Machine Theatre Company. For Rogue Machine he also Glint
produced the critically acclaimed Blackbird, directed plays for the (needtheater)
Rogue’s Gallery, Round the Clock, and Shorts and Sweets play series The Web
and assistant directed a long-running production of Cormac (needtheater)
McCarthy’s Sunset Limited which received multiple LA Weekly
The Country Club
Award nominations. He is a graduate of the Boston University
(HFC)
School of Theater and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Katzelmacher (needtheater)
Futura Film Crew
(world premiere, Theater @ Boston Court, LA Drama Critic’s Circle (Goodman Theater: Mamet Festival)
Award nomination) Cadillac
Supernova (Chicago Dramatists)
(world premiere, Elephant Theater Company, multiple L.A. Weekly Men of Steel
Award nominations) (Theater Wit)
Mercury Fur The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow and Guinea Pig Solo
(needtheater, Ovation Award nomination) (Collaboraction)
Razorback The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
(world premiere, Rogue Machine); (Steep)
Secrets of the Trade General Desdemona
(world premiere, Black Dahlia Theatre, multiple Ovation, Backstage, (Edinburgh Fringe)
LA Drama Critic’s Circle, and GLAAD Award nominations)
Richard II (A.R.T.). New York: Richard and Anne (Mirror Rep)
The History Boys (Ahmanson Theatre)
Film and Television:
Without a Trace
The Cleaner

10. Thomas Sherman - Marketing Consultant
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Thomas Sherman is a creative director, photographer, graphic
designer, and writer. For over 15 years he has been creating
marketing and communications for Fortune 100 companies,
His primary areas of expertise are in digital innovation, social Dylan Southard - Dramaturg
media and transmedia marketing. He has developed everything ——————————————————
Dylan Southard is the co-Artistic Director of needtheater and
applications to food trucks with celebrity chef Tom Colicchio. previously served as their resident dramaturg and literary
manager. Production dramaturgy credits for needtheater include:
Thomas was the art director and still photographer on the Fatboy
Mercury Fur
David Strathairn). Scarcity
tempOdyssey
The Web
Cris D’Annunzio - Actor
——————————————— He also directed needtheater’s world premiere production of
As a renowned character actor, Cris D’Annunzio has led a Guided Consideration of a Lamentable Deed.
popular shows, including: He is the resident dramaturg for The Robey Theatre Company at
the Los Angeles Theater Center. He is also an associate artist with
Law & Order the international, new script development group LoNyLa, and
Seinfeld works as a script consultant for theaters, including The Center
Theatre Group, The Geffen Playhouse, The Theatre @ Boston Court,
Without A Trace
The District
Mad About You He trained for two years under a dramaturgy fellowship at Center-
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures stage in Baltimore and is a graduate of Wesleyan University.
On the big screen, Cris appeared in:
American Gangster
Across the Universe
Alien: Resurrection
at the 2010 Sundance Festival and won several awards from other

11. Elisa Carlson was on the Artistic Staff of the Guthrie Theater David Chambers, a South Coast Rep Associate Artist, is a director,
for eight years where she coached voice, speech and text for teacher, writer and producer whose work has been seen On and
31 productions. Other coaching credits include multiple
productions Off-Broadway and at the Oregon Shakespeare He directed Broadway premieres of Christopher Durang’s A
Festival, The Children’s Theater, Alliance Theatre and Georgia History of the American Film and Howard Korder’s Search and
Shakespeare. Elisa has a special interest in new plays, having Destroy, a play which originated at South Coast Rep and for which
coached world premieres of plays by Tony Kushner, Kia Corthron Mr. Chambers received a New York Drama Desk nomination for
and Ellen McLaughlin, among many others, and the premiere of best director. Mr. Chambers has served as director at such
the Michael Korie/Ricky Ian Gordon opera The Grapes of Wrath. theatres as The New York Shakespeare Festival, Washington’s
Her acting credits include the Guthrie, The Shakespeare Theater Arena Stage (Producer 1979-81 seasons), the Yale Repertory
and the Alliance. She has performed internationally with Theatre and the Guthrie, among others. He is currently a professor
companies in Finland, Germany, Greece and The National of acting and directing at the Yale School of Drama where among
Theatre of Cyprus. Film credits include acting in and coaching
with the Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatre Arts in Russia
She was dialect and foreign language coach for the feature which has performed in Europe and the U.S. He also directed South
Coast Rep’s Bosoms and Neglect, The Hollow Lands, Tartuffe,
Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and created Private Lives, Old Times, A Mess of Plays by Chris Durang,
language for the multiple award-winning short Ana’s Playground. The Misanthrope, Hedda Gabler, The Miser, Going for Gold, Kiss
Elisa has B.F.A. in acting from Florida State and an M.F.A in of the Spider Woman and Twelfth Night, productions which
acting from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre have won numerous Drama-Logue and L.A. Drama Critics Circle
Training Program. She recently moved home to Atlanta and
is a Resident Director and Associate Professor at the Gainesville
Theatre Alliance. works in the Bay Area.

12. Amir Eshel is Charles Michael Chair in Jewish History and
Culture, a Professor of German Studies and Comparative Theatre Technology. His extensive career in live performance
Literature, and Director of The Europe Center at the Freeman includes work in Direction, Design, Technical Direction, Stage
Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Management and Production Management. From 2005 to 2010,
His research focuses on German culture, comparative literature, Kerry was Production Manager and Technical Director for
and German-Jewish history and culture from the Enlightenment
to the present. He is currently working on a book about the poetic theater ensemble located in Los Angeles. At Cornerstone, Kerry
supervised technical elements for productions in 25 different
he has taught courses on German Jewish literature, literature at the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Blue Ox Mill sawmill in
of the Holocaust, modern German poetry and the contemporary Eureka, Ca. Previous experience in Production and Company
German novel. Management includes the national tour of Broadway On Ice
starring Dorothy Hamill and Davis Gaines, Festival On Ice in
professor of German studies, he taught at the Universität Hamburg US/Canada tour of Camelot for Encore Attractions, and UFO
(Germany). He is a member of the American Comparative Encounters, an interactive walk-through attraction for
Literature Association, the Association of Jewish studies, Renaissance Entertainment. Kerry’s experience in Stage
the German Studies Association and the Modern Language Management includes Disney Cruise Lines, the US/Mexico tour
Association. In 2002 he received the Award for Distinguished of Cirque Ingenieux for NETworks Productions, and over 200
Teaching from Stanford University’s dean of the School of productions at the Japan America Theater in downtown Los
Humanities and Sciences. He received an MA and PhD in German Angeles. Kerry spent two years in Bochum, Germany as Resident
literature, both from the Universität Hamburg. He speaks Hebrew, Artistic Director for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Starlight
German and English, and has a good knowledge of Yiddish and Express. His design experience includes productions for Heidi
French. Duckler Dance Theater, Cornerstone, the Santa Paula Theater
Center, Cal Arts and numerous community and educational
organizations. Kerry received a degree in Directing from
Brigham Young University.

13. Karim Javeri is based in Toronto, Canada and is an Economist
with the Ontario Financing Authority. His work focuses on
Elena Faro is a native New Yorker and has been a tax accountant Consulting Limited, where he provided consultancy and advisory
for over twenty years. She has run her own business for the last
thirteen years and serves a clientele who work as freelancers conducted research for the Bank of England through the London
School of Economics and completed a dissertation in 2010 on
in literature and classics from Hunter College of the City performance measurement in the public sector. He holds a Masters
University of New York. In her spare time, she is the mother of of Public Administration from the London School of Economics in
two beautiful children. Public and Economic Policy. Karim also holds a Bachelor of Social
Work degree from McGill University and a BA from the University
of Pennsylvania.
Matthew McCray is the Founding Artistic Director of Son of Semele
Alex Fishkin is an intellectual property attorney at Google. Ensemble. A multi-faceted artist in many theatrical disciplines,
He holds an MS in electrical engineering and an MA in Slavic
languages and literatures from Stanford University, a JD from producer, director, performer, musical director, composer and teacher
Northwestern University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of theatre. In 2004, Matthew was featured on the cover of American
of Management. With his diverse background, Alex has advised Theatre Magazine for his work with SOSE. As a director Matthew’s
- work includes both original and published work. Most recently, his
tions, and Fortune 100 companies on a variety of engineering,
legal and business matters. A native of Latvia, Alex spent most Award nominations and Matthew received an award for his work as
of his life in Chicago and is now living in San Francisco.
His television work includes the recurring role of Jasper on the
Emmy Award-winning television show Will & Grace, Boston Legal
and, most recently, a pilot called The Cure. He has also been seen and
heard singing in a Discover Card commercial, and in 2003 he carried
Martin Sheen, Edward Asner and Martin Landau. Matthew is a
member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.

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