Christmas Spirts Playbill 2017

SPEAR CARRIER AWARD

S he describes herself as an 80-year-old woman in a 35-year-old body with the sense of humor of a 25-year-old man. She also can be described as this year’s recipient of the Spear Carrier Award, which recognizes an unsung hero in the cast. She is none other than six-year cast member Julia Riley Davila. Julia found out about the show from an ad in a CBA email, and although she had never seen the show or even heard of it, she was inspired to audition. “It seemed like a fun thing to do–and it is!” exclaims Julia. In addition to performing in the Bar Show, Julia also is on the Costume Committee and looks forward to suggesting ideas for numbers and writing lyrics in the future. Julia’s favorite part of the show is the cast. “We get to play together,” she explains. Julia’s favorite role thus far is Pikachu in the Pokémon number from last year. Julia points

worked for the past six years. She received her undergraduate degree in 2003 from the University of Chicago, where she majored in history with a minor in math; Julia received her law degree in 2010 from the University of Missouri. In the midst of all that education, Julia served in AmeriCorps, the United-States- based version of the Peace Corps. Besides Ba r-Show-ing a nd banking, Julia is a triathlete. This year she competed in her third Chicago Sprint Triathlon since 2012 and finished with her best time. She also enjoys quilting and making her own ice creams and sorbets. Julia describes the Bar Show as something unique in Chicago– “it’s the opportunity to prove to people that lawyers can be fun and entertaining,” explains Julia. Unique, fun and entertaining– something that the Bar Show and this year’s Spear Carrier Award winner have in common.

Julia Riley Davila

out that Pikachu is an actual Pokémon character, and it was great fun to costume herself and the other Pokémons. Her favorite musical number, however, is from a few years back–the Kate and Pippa Middleton number set to Katy Perry’s “California Girls.” Julia designed the fascinator hats that Kate and Pippa wore and described the number as “just very fun!” By day, Julia is VP, Assistant General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase Bank, where she has

Previous Winners of the “Spear Carrier” Award:

Editors Kathryn Kelly Vita Levar

1994 Ari Rosenthal 1995 Regina A. Scannicchio 1996 Moira S. Johnson 1997 Barbara Burns 1998 Sally Saber Lane 1999 Danny Teinowitz 2000 Nathan G. Brenner Jr.

1972 Nat Kahn 1973 George Gale 1974 Harry Daley 1975 Len Kravets 1976 Henry Synek 1977 Al LaPlante 1978 John P. Coleman 1981 Douglas S. Keyt 1982 Bernard T. Martin 1983 Marvin Juron 1984 Holland C. Capper 1985 Thomas R. Vigil 1986 Howard B. Rockman 1987 J. Warren Whitesel 1988 Thomas W. Tolpin 1989 Eugene R. Propp 1990 Marti Liftin 1991 David H. Pauker 1992 Joseph A. La Gioia 1993 Reena Juron-Schiffman 1979 Paul Sobol 1980 Allen Gabe

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2001 Chloe Arlan 2002 Joseph Stone 2003 James Dowdall 2004 Edith Reese 2005 Sara Howard 2006 Bob Nye 2007 Marie Lona 2008 Anndra Masters 2009 Sandy Andina 2010 Harvey Shiffrin 2011 Ellen Duff 2012 Mark Arnecilla 2013 Joyce Wixson 2014 Marc Augustave 2015 Jenny Jeltes

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