Theatre Arts Program2020 - 2021 Season
spring 2021
Nobody Goes to Moscow
Directed By: Jennifer Joan Thompson
Bruce Montgomery Theatre
video editing by Alive Inc. and Emily Wallace
Three sisters in a podunk one-light town. They've got to get to Moscow… sound familiar? But this time, there’s a global pandemic. What happens when a thousand hopes and dreams get twisted and compressed in quarantine? Will they ever get vaccinated? Will they ever get the Moscow? The ensemble hijacks Chekhov’s masterpiece on a wild, digital ride...
Thursday, April 22nd at 7pm EDT
Friday, April 23rd at 7pm EDT
Saturday, April 24th at 2pm EDT
Cast (in order of appearance)
Olga … Susset Tamayo
Irina … Noga Even
Baron Tuzenbach … Ruijie Mao
Masha … Rachel Mira Meierovich
Ivan Romanich Chebutykin … Connor Benson
Solyony … Susset Tamayo
Anfisa … Noga Even
Ferapont … Noga Even
Aleksander Vershinin…Emily Wallace
Andrey … Bryn Faulkner
Fyodor Kulygin … Emily Wallace
Natasha Ivanovna … Connor Benson
Creative Team
Director … Jennifer Joan Thompson
Stage Manager … Devi Bass
Production Manager / Technical Director … Cat Johnson
Playwright … Christina Pumariega
Alive Inc. Project Manager … Alex Basco Koch
Alive Inc. Lead Editor … Douglas Rizzo Johnson
Ensemble Editor … Emily Wallace
Senior Thesis Production: La Mujer Que Cayó del Cielo
Theatre Arts Suite
Directed by Susset Tamayo
Poignant and inexplicable, Rita’s true-to-life tale invites us to explore the barriers and bridges language can provide. Watch Susset Tamayo’s virtual thesis production of La Mujer Que Cayó del Cielo by Victor Hugo Rascón Banda from the comfort of your home.
ORIGINAL PERFORMANCES DATES
Thursday, March 4 at 7pm EST*
Friday, March 5 at 7pm EST
*Missing the chance to mingle at the stage door? Following the Thursday 3/4 performance, the audience is invited to remain in Zoom for a short post-show, cameras-optional call with the cast and crew.
Cast
Doctor I … Erika Correa
Doctor II / Policia II … Lorena Correa
Rita … Meresa Garcia
Doctor / Policia I / Amigo … Aniah Palacios
Giner … Jhohanna Perez
Interprete / Eduardo … Maria Riillo
Creative Team
Director … Susset Tamayo
Stage Manager … Salma Villegas
Visuals, Costumes, & Props Designer … Jaqueline Medalle
Production Manager / Technical Director … Cat Johnson
Language Consultants … Ana Paula Pintado Cortina and Felicitas López Yoder
Senior Thesis Production: The Exception and the Rule
Theatre Arts Suite
Directed by James Noonan
In a race to find oil across a dangerous desert our characters challenge the theatrical form, taking Brechtian theatre into the virtual space! Check out a live, Zoom performance of The Exception and The Rule by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Eric Bentley, as part of James Noonan’s thesis project.
Friday, February 26 at 7pm EST*
Saturday, February 27 at 7pm EST
*Missing the chance to mingle at the stage door? Following the first performance, the audience is invited to remain in Zoom for a short post-show, cameras-optional call with the cast and crew.
The Exception and the Rule (Bentley) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Cast
Merchant … Melissa Amilani
Porter/Porter’s Widow … Avery Breyne-Cartwright
Guide … Becca Smith
Judge/Innkeeper/Leader/Police Officer … Lisa Panzer
Creative Team
Director … James Noonan
Stage Manager/Music Director … Melannie Jay
Production Manager/Technical Director … Cat Johnson
Director Mentor … David O’Connor