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Animal Farm
Industrialization, drunken neglect, and oppressive poverty all point to a lack of dignity. This causes the animals to revolt. The pigs take the lead, but the power goes to their head. Soon they are making the same mistakes as their human caretaker.
ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION CREW
Director - Jeff McLaughlin
Associate Director/Choreographer - Brianna Larson
Assistant Director- Hayley Scott
Voice & Dialect Coach - Brandon Sterrett
Scenic Designer/TD - Jeff McLaughlin
Costume Designer - Claire Abernathy
Lighting Designer - Caisa Sanburg
Sound Designer - Mattie Robinson
Composer - Derek Jenkins
Hair & Makeup Designer - Courtney Light
Mask Design - Eli Webb
Stage Manager - Carson Horton
Dramaturg - David Norris
Assistant Scenic Designer - Hannah Martin
Assistant Stage Managers - Elizabeth Escobedo, Peyton Miller, & Brendan Yocum
Associate Lighting Designer - Griffin Birdsong
Assistant Costume Designer - Reilly Heffer
Master Electrician - Eli Webb
Props Master - Clay Burres
Light Board Operator - Hannah Martin
Sound Board Operator - David Norris
Wardrobe Crew - Zac Passmore, Leah Brown, Claire Thomas, Kassidy Ratz
House Manager - Dejah Harris & Tinah Carter
Publicist - Cody Preston
CAST
Storyteller/Pilkington - Trenton McKenzie
Jones/Benjamin - Bryce Moore
Major/Snowball - Carson Horton
Moses/Human/Pig - Eve Hamilton
Squealer - Abbey Cooper
Napoleon - Josh Pryor
Mollie/Minimus - Whitley Fore Newman
Boxer - Caelon Colbert
Clover - Amy Faughn
Goose/Human/Dog - Tiauna Murphy
Sheep/Dog - Deaa Simms
Hen/Human/Dog/Young Animal - Grace Dial
Goose/Dog - Davis Campbell
Sheep/Human/Dog - Katelyn Stanton
Pig/Dog - Michaela Partridge
CARPENTERS - Griffen Birdsong, Hayden Boles, Clay Bures, Caelon Colbert, Abbey Cooper, Carson Ecker, Elizabeth Escobedo, Amy Faughn, Whitley Fore Newman, Reilly Heffer, Courtney Light, Hannah Martin, Precious McCullough, Christa McLean, Peyton Miller, David Norris, Michaela Partridge, Joshua Pryor, Katelyn Stanton, Deronai Sims, Eli Webb, Lauren Wilcox
STITCHERS - Davis Campbell, Whitley Fore Newman, Dejah Harris, Courtney Light, Precious McCullough, Bryce Moore, Zac Passmore, Kassidy Ratz, Hayley Scott, Claire Thomas, Spencer Wagner
Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play features radio adaptations of three of Alfred Hitchcock's early films. Set in a 1940's radio studio the audience observes actors voicing multiple characters as well as live foley work. The first adaptation, inspired by Jack the Ripper is called The Lodger. Next is Sabotage, the thrilling story of a woman who unknowingly married a terrorist. Followed by The 39 Steps, the story of a man who gets caught up in the world of espionage.
DESIGNERS AND CREW
Lighting and Costume Designer Claire Abernathy
Jingle Composer Mary Jackson Richardson
Sound Designer Eli Webb
Hair/Makeup Designer Justin Almager
Stage Manager Alyssa Burleson
Assistant Stage Manager Irene Taylor
Props Master Laura Martin
Sound Board Operator Jacob George
Light Board Operator Logan Powell
Dialect Coach Lisa Bohn
Dialect Coach Marc Williams
CAST
Announcer - Tyler Gillespie
Verloc - Hayden Boles
Ted - Zac Passmore
Hannay - Davis Polston
Sleuth - Davis Campbell
Pamela - Emma Watkins
Winnie - Hannah Cummins
Ellen - Samantha Dunavion
Jingle Singer - Haley Scott
Jingle Singer - Beth Harvey
Jingle Singer - Jaelyn Epps
Based on the story by Kenneth Grahame
Playwrights Tom Poole & Jon Cranney
Composer Michael Koerner
Based on the classic story of Kenneth Grahame The Reluctant Dragon is a comic musical for young audiences. A child becomes friends with a dragon despite their differences. The town is quick to judge their relationship. St. George the dragon slayer hired to exterminate the dragon. But the child hatches a plan to save the dragon and their friendship!
Themes
Non-violence
"Stop Lying” to others
"Stop Lying" to yourself. Be yourself – non-conformist
Don’t be prejudiced or judge a book by its cover
"Free the woodchuck.” St. George (p. 32) or “Take yourself lightly” Dragon (p. 36)
CAST
Mother - Morgan Carvell
Father - Luke Guntharp
Boy (Child) - Sarah Ring
Museum Guide/ Villager 5 - Brooke Thomas
Dragon - Dru Ergle
St. George - Jeremy Smith
Villager 1 - Betsy Hegger
Villager 2 - Elizabeth Daniels
Villager 3 - Ali Hoffman
Villager 4 - Betsy Hegger
DESIGNERS AND CREW
Scenic Designer and Technical Director Bob Simpson
Costume Designer Claire Abernathy
Stage Manager Virginia Hirsch
Sound Designer Cody Campbell
Lighting Designer Mickey Yones
Properties Master Vanessa Williams
Pianist William Kayak
Nickel and Dimed is a political and presentational comedy designed to inform the audience on the working conditions of the working poor based on the book by the same title by Barbara Ehrenreich. Taking place from 1998 to 2000 in many locations in the U.S. Flow between the scenes is critical so scenery is minimal.
“Our whole lives are subsidized. By the working poor. They’re our biggest anonymous donors.” – Barbara
In 2011, the US Census Bureau reported the gap between rich and poor people grew to the widest in more than 40 years with the poverty rate at almost a two-decade high.
DESIGNERS AND CREW
Assistant Director Paul Coulter
Scenic Designer Tonae Mitsuhashi
Lighting Designer Evan Palumbo
Master Electrician Mickey Yones
Costume Designer Claire Abernathy
Sound Designer Paul Cootes
Sound Board Operator Jacob George
Properties Master Vanessa Williams
Stage Manager Sam Cole
Assistant Stage Managers Ashley Pratt and Cody Campbell
CAST
Actor 1- Morgan Carvell
Actor 2 - Sarah Ring
Actor 3 - Jordan Phillips
Actor 4 - Dru Ergle
Actor 5 - Marina Pearson
Actor 6 - Brooke Thomas
Actor 7 - Tyler Garstka
Actor 8 - Dylan Worth
Actor 9 - Alaina Rene Kizer
Barbara - Madison Keubler