2007 - 08 Theatre Season

Speak Truth to Power: Voices from Beyond the Dark
Fall 2007

A Play by Ariel Dorfman
Based on Speak Truth to Power by Kerry Kennedy
Edited by Nan Richardson
Directed by Felicia Meyer

Ariel Dorfman, an author who has been hailed as one of our leading voices of conscience, weaves together the struggles of 50 human rights activists from around the world. This emotional play relates stories of courage and cries of pain from the world-famous to the near-anonymous in a chorus of singular force. Don’t miss this truly inspiring production.

 

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER-FEST EVENTS

Harry Wu - Harry Wu spent 19 years incarcerated by the Chinese government in the Laogai --“Bamboo Gulag”-- as a political prisoner. He worked in 12 different labor camps, and survived beatings, torture, and starvation while witnessing the death of many of his fellow prisoners. After his release in 1979, Wu moved to the United States determined to expose the truth about the Laogai, the most extensive forced labor system in the world. He has repeatedly risked his life returning to China to document slavery and human rights abuses. Wu has testified before various congressional committees, as well as before British, French, German, and Australian parliaments, the European Parliament, and United Nations bodies. He is the author of several books including Laogai – The Chinese Gulag, a theoretical analysis of the Laogai system in Communist China, and the international bestseller Bitter Winds, a powerful account of Wu’s imprisonment and survival that displays extraordinary acts of courage and unforgettable heroism.

Marina Pisklakova-Parker - Marina Pisklakova-Parker is internationally recognized as one of the leading women’s rights activists in Russia. She started the first hotline for battered women which is now known as the National Center for the Prevention of Violence. She also helped to create a network that became The Russian Association of Crisis Centers for Women. She developed and conducts training for the network of crisis centers for women in Russia.  She co-authored Marriages in Russia, a book that explores the myths and realities of how the first years of market transformation have affected Russian family life, and has written a number of articles on domestic violence in Russia. She was a member of the United Nations Global Research team on Domestic Violence and speaks internationally on the subject. She has been honored twice for her work by Human Rights Watch of which she is an Advisory Board member.  She is also on the Board of Directors of the International Foundation of Tolerance. 

Creative Team

• Director - Felicia L. Meyer
• Scene Design - Nathan K. Lee
• Lighting Facilitator - Nathan K. Lee
• Photography - Eddie Adams
• Stage Manager - Matthew Mount
• Assistant Director& Dramaturg - Anna Jany
• Costume Design - Ginny Davis
• Sound Design - Cliff Harris
• Digital Projection Design - Kurt Lancaster
• Assistant Stage Manager - Shanti Johnson

Ensemble Cast

• Noah Arenson
• Natalie Benally
• Amelia Charter
• Ian William Colson
• Nephi Harlan
• Geoff Johnson
• Michelle Manygoats
• Matt McDonald
• Crystal Perz
• Paige Reilly
• Hiromasa Tanaka
• Cliff Harris - Musician

The Crew

• Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Nathan K. Lee
• Assistant Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Jeremiah C.F. Bouchard
• Light Board Operator - Sean Scanlon
• Sound Board & Video Operator - Micah Johnson
• Carpenters - Jeremiah C.F. Bouchard, Eric Dailey, Ian Farrar, Marion Harper, Micah Johnson, Sean Scanlon, Jake Yost
• Master Electricians - Micah Johnson, Sean Scanlon
• Electricians - Eric Dailey, Ian Farrar, Marion Harper, Jonathan Hollander, Micah Johnson, Caleb Pearson, Sean Scanlon, Jake Yost
• Costume Mistress - Maya Pierce
• Costume Crew - Morgan Blank, Hannah Clark, Josonia Harold, Mohriah James, Ayami Nakamura, Alyse Neubert, Ashley, Perran, Maya Pierce, Erin Powers, Jessalyn Yagunich
• Publicity Team - Hannah Clark, Brook Cumbie, Scott Kadera, Jordan Neiblum, Maddy Overton, Heather Rasmussen, Teresa Salazar

Kinetic Kaleidoscope: An Original Dance Concert
Fall 2007

Directed by Anne Berg Pattillo

This fusion of styles and artists spotlights the varied influences of our diverse community. Anne has brought together a number of professional choreographers from the four-corners region to compose original works, showcasing an innovative mixture of movements and music in this one-of-a-kind dance concert. Please join us for this beautiful and compelling production.

Creative Team

• Choreographers - Talia Bamerick, Marwa Mohamed, Anne Bartlett, Jessica Perino, Nanette Cresto, Frances Rosser Tayor, Erika Wilson Golightly, Danielle Scarafiotti
• Scene Design - Nathan K. Lee
• Costume Design - Frances Rosser Taylor
• Assistant Costume Design - Nancy Pepper
• Lighting Design - Nathan K. Lee & Jonathan Hollander
• Sound Design - Jonathan Hollander
• Stage Manager - Jonathan Hollander
• Assistant Stage Managers - Tiffany Simonton & Tirrel Thomas

Ensemble Cast
Tirrell Thomas Samantha Johnson Ammon Swofford Alyse Neubert Dylan Williams Kyra Camarca Haley Peel Vilija Paulius Rebecca Turner Amanda Crites Danielle Marco Mirabel Iris Charlie Graybill Jo-Lynn Park Jennifer Block Katie Selin Heidi Grande Devyn Cottrell Athena Gundlach Tiffany Kuepker Andy Ross Jamie Pittman	Jojo Goessel Jamie Turk Desiree Lopez Morgan Blank Chelisa Schultz April Balge Jake Yost Maya Pierce Jonathan Hollander Brooke Cumbie Shayna Oles Nick Leader Jenny Taylor Tiffany Simonton Jessalyn Yagunich Jordan Neiblum Hannah Clark Erin Powers Mohriah James Becca Galbraith Danielle Reedy Heather Rietz

The Crew

• Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Nathan K. Lee
• Assistant Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Jeremiah C.F. Bouchard
• Light Board Operator - Haley Peel
• Sound Board Operator - Jonathan Hollander
• Carpenters - Ian Farrar, Marion Harper
• Master Electrician - Jonathan Hollander
• Electricians - Ian Farrar, Marion Harper, Sean Scanlon
• Costume Mistresses - Morgan Blank, Maya Pierce
• Running Crew - Andy Ross, Sean Scanlon , Jake Yost
• Costume Crew - Morgan Blank, Hannah Clark, Mohriah James, Ayami Nakamura, Alyse Neubert, Ashley Perran, Maya Pierce, Erin Powers, Andy Ross, Chelisa Schultz, Jessalyn Yagunich
• Publicity Team -Hannah Clark, Scott Kadera, Jordan Neiblum, Maddy Overton, Heather Rasmussen, Teresa Salazar
• Photography - Dan Steaves, Allyn Talg
• Videographer Matthew Dyer

Win/Lose/Draw: A Night Of One Acts
Winter 2008

Written Mary Gallagher & Ara Watson
Directed by Ginny Davis

Win/Lose/Draw is a compilation of three one-acts by Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson that explores relationships between women from different social and intellectual classes. The plays range from roll-on-the-floor funny to tear-jerking and poignant. Little Miss Fresno, written collaboratively by both playwrights, comically reveals two competitive “beauty pageant moms” waiting for the judges to announce their decision. The mothers' constant banter reveals much more about themselves than they had intended. Final Placement, by Ara Watson, brings together a mother and the child welfare caseworker who is removing the mother’s child from her home. The mother displays a frightful menace and unexpected eloquence as she tries to regain custody of her son. The final play, Chocolate Cake, by Mary Gallagher, comically and sometimes painfully explores our relationship with food as we peek in on an ex-Vegas show girl and a mousy house wife who meet at a self-help convention. Join us for some laughs and maybe a few tears in this night of conflict and resolution.

Creative Crew

• Scene & Lighting Design - Nathan K. Lee
• Sound Design - Charlie Anne Graybill
• Stage Manger - Tirrell Thomas
• Costume Design - Ginny Davis
• Properties Mistress - Athena Gundlach
• Assistant Stage Manger - Andria Davis

The Cast

• Tia Brown - Doris Nettles
• Victoria McKinley - Delia Baron & Ginger Khabaki
• Heather M. Rasmussen - Mary Hanson
• Teresa Salazar - Ann Marie Fitzer & Luellen James

The Crew

• Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Nathan K. Lee
• Assistant Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Jeremiah C.F. Bouchard
• Light Board Operator - Lauren Ross
• Sound Board Operator - Austin Mindock
  Carpenters - Harrison Baker, Jeremiah C.F. Bouchard , Eric Broestl, Marion Harper , Julian Misliuc, Sean Scanlon
• Master Electrician - Matt McDonald
• Electricians - Harrison Baker , Jonathan Hollander, Micah Johnson, Sean Scanlon, Alyxe Schmid
• Running Crew - Brolynn Descheny, Matt McDonald
• Costume Shop Supervisor - Frances Rosser Taylor
• Costume Crew - Nancy Pepper, Ammon Swofford, Natalie Benally, Erika Ellis Waggaman
• Publicity Team - Scott Kadera, Allison Wiest, Mary Ellen Wood
• Photography - Dan Steaves, Allyn Talg, Tirrell Thomas
  

Dante's Inferno
Winter 2008

Written by Dante Alighieri
Adapted for Stage by Desiree Henderson & Kurt Lancaster
Directed by Kathryn Moller

Throughout history, poets and philosophers have struggled to define true love. In the Phaedrus, Socrates explains that love is not simply the act of being caught passionately by a beautiful body or face, but by the eternal form of beauty itself. In Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Romeo describes love as, “too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.” And even today, pop stars, authors and actors struggle to define and relate this elusive emotion in a tangible way. Dante Alghieri embarked on a similar quest. In this contemporary stage adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, Dante journeys into the pits of hell searching for the beauty of love which touched him for only an instant. Each circle of hell reveals tragic, and sometimes violent exchanges between people who are damned to repeat their sins again and again.

Creative Crew

• Scene Design - Nathan K. Lee
• Sound Design - Kathryn Moller
• Lighting Desing - LeAnn Brubaker
• Costume Designers - Frances Rosser Taylor, Nancy Pepper
• Projection Design - Kurt Lancaster
• Make-up Design - Nancy Pepper
• Stage Manager - Alyse Neubert
• Dramaturg - Anna Jany
• Assistant Stage Manager - Erin Powers

The Cast

• Josh Becker - Charon
• Amelia A. Charter - Beatrice
• Dawson Cole - Plegyas
• Ian William Colson - Sam, Hal, Justin, Fred
• Athena Gundlach - Lucifer
• Anna Jany - Fury:Alecto
• Geoff Johnson - Virgil
• Michelle Manygoats - Fury: Megaera
• Mike Moran - Minos
• Stephanie Sheely - Fury: Tisiphone
• Hiromasa Tanaka - Plutus
• Patrick Wiabel - Dante

The Crew

• Technical Director & Scene Shop Supervisor - Nathan K. Lee
• Assistant Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor - Jeremiah Cody Bouchard
• Light Board Operator - Alec Fritz
• Sound Board Operator - Harrison Baker
• Projection Operations - Micah Johnson, Sean Scanlon
• Assistant LD/Master Electrician - Jonathan Hollander
• Electrician - Matt McDonaldCarpenters - Noah Arneson, Eric Broestl, Julian Misliuc, Alyxe Schmid
• Dante’s Inferno Cast
• Scene Technology Class
• Properties - Kathryn Moller, Athena Gundlach, Erin Powers
• Costume Mistresses - Shanti Johnson, Kira Vicenti
• Costume Crew - Natalie Banally, Elizabeth Contrell , Ammon Swofford, Erika Ellis Waggaman
• Make-up - Tia Brown
• Floor Crew - Brolynn Descheny
• Photography - Jonas Grushkin, Allyn Talg
• Publicity Team - Scott Kadera, Heather Rasmussen, Allison Wiest