DesignateD a Center of exCellenCe in the fine anD Performing arts by the oregon University system

Music and lyricsby Robert Lopez

and Jeff Marx

Book by Jeff Whitty

May 16–June 2, 2013Center Stage Theatre

Adapted by Tony Kushner

from L’Illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille

May 23–June 2, 2013Center Square Theatre

P l ay b i l l • S P R i N G 2013

Photo by Greg Eliason

Photo by Ezra Severin

The SOU Performing Arts Department proudly

presents a theatre season of great plays that showcases

the work of our brilliant Theatre Arts students. Be

prepared to laugh, cry, and be enchanted by the

performances produced for your enjoyment as well as

by the training of our actors, designers, technicians,

and house management staff. We have an incredibly talented faculty and

staff that provide expert training as well as share their expertise as directors,

designers, technicians, and managers.

Also I want to thank all of you for supporting theatre at Southern Oregon

University through your patronage and special gifts. You help to make it

possible for our students to have an appreciative audience and to enhance

the production levels of our productions. This is important for the growth of

our program and the quality of experience for our students.

Enjoy the show and let us know what you think!

– David R. Humphrey, Ph.D.

Director, Performing Arts Department

If you haven’t had a chance to donate to the program, there is still an

opportunity to do so by using the form on the next page, our new online box

office at sou.edu.performingarts, or by calling 541–552–6348.

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Welcome to our spring shows

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before entering the theatre. No cameras or recorders in the theatre.No food or drink in the theatre. Children under six years of age not admitted except to the young

audiences’ production. Late seating is not guaranteed and latecomers may not be admitted to

the theatre. When appropriate, latecomers will be seated in the rear of the Center Stage theatre and may take their regular seats at intermission. No late seating in the Center Square Theatre.

No smoking anywhere in the Theatre Arts Building.

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FacultyDavid R. Humphrey ......................Director, Department of Performing Arts

Jackie Apodaca .............................................. Head of Performance Faculty

Noah Beauregard ................................................................Adjunct Faculty

Molly Braithwaite ...............................................................Adjunct Faculty

James Chandler ..................................................................Adjunct Faculty

Danforth Comins ................................................................Adjunct Faculty

James Donlon ..............................................................Performance Faculty

Elizabeth Eckhart ...............................................................Adjunct Faculty

Greg Eliason .......................................................................Adjunct Faculty

Michael Flanagan ...............................................................Adjunct Faculty

Jim Giancarlo ........................................................ Musical Theatre Faculty

Craig Hudson ................................................................... Emeritus Faculty

David Kelly.........................................................................Adjunct Faculty

Laurie Kurutz .............................................. Costume Construction Faculty

Eric Levin .....................................................Director of Theatre Education

Dale Luciano .................................................................... Emeritus Faculty

David McCandless .........................Director, Center for Shakespeare Studies

Sean O’Skea ............................................................. Scenic Design Faculty

Deborah Rosenberg ........Program Coordinator and Costume Design Faculty

Chris Sackett ......................................... Sound and Lighting Design Faculty

Matthew Schneck ...............................................................Adjunct Faculty

Ezra Severin .....................................................Technical Direction Faculty

Dennis Smith .................................................................... Emeritus Faculty

StaffChristi Courian ........................................Administrative Program Assistant

Lois DeBruno ............................. Performing Arts Self-Support Coordinator

Emmy Graham ........................................Administrative Program Assistant

Amy Rodgers Harper ............................................. Costume Shop Assistant

Jane Hickinbotham ................................................Staff Technical Manager

Department of Performing Arts/Theatre Arts

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The Setting:

Avenue Q

Length:

Two hours including one fifteen-minute intermission

Director...................................Chris Sackett

Musical Director......................Vicki Purslow

Choreographer ........................Jim Giancarlo

Scenic Designer .......................Spencer Richardson

Costume Designer ...................Hannah Stellmacher

Lighting Designer ....................Kate McFarland*

Projection Designers ................Kody Johnson, ...............................................Marc Oliver

Sound Designer .......................Cullen Wright

The world premiere of AVENUE Q was presented by the Vineyard Theatre and The New Group, New York City, February 2003. AVENUE Q premiered on Broadway

at the Golden Theater on July 31, 2003, produced by Kevin McCollum, Robyn Goodman, Jeffrey Seller, Vineyard Theatre and The New Group. AVENUE Q is presented through

special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 · www.MTIShows.com

Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff MarxOrchestrations and arrangements by Stephen Oremus

Music and lyricsby Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

Book by Jeff Whitty

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Avenue Q CastPrinceton ................................................................................... Jeremy Vik

Kate ..................................................................................... Emily Serdahl

Rod .........................................................................................Corey Porter

Nicky ........................................................................................Ben Larson

Lucy ...................................................................................Erin O’Connor

Trekkie Monster ........................................................... Lucas Lee Caldwell

Christmas Eve ......................................................................... Kate Spence

Brian .................................................................................Kurt Langmeyer

Gary Coleman ...................................................................Briawna Jackson

Mrs. Thistletwat/United Parcel ...................................... Valerie Huntington

Bad Idea Bear/United Parcel ................................................... Beth Boulay

Bad Idea Bear/United Parcel ................................................ Kameron Fort

Ricky/Duplicate Trekkie/United Parcel .............................. Austin Comfort

Newcomer/United Parcel .................................................... Laurel Livezey

Nicky Puppeteer/United Parcel ..................................................Karen Fox

OrchestraBass ................................................................................ Drew Giambrone

Clarinet ............................................................................. Connie Gardner

Flute and Alto Saxophone ............................................... Gordon Greenley

Keyboard ...........................................Jennifer Schloming, Nicholas Temple

Percussion ..............................................................................Reed Bentley

Special thanks to:

Ryan B. Callahan, James Donlon, Lue Douthit, Jane Hickinbotham,

Michael Hume, Stephen Ritz-Barr, Ben Sembler,

Lori Suffield (Joann’s Fabric), Jessie Weigel

From title page: The asterisk indicates that this student has undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of

Fine Arts Degree.

Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved by the Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content.

Avenue Q uses strobe and spinning lights.

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Stage Manager ............................................................Mary Meagan Smith

First Assistant Stage Manager ..................................................Jillian Short

Second Assistant Stage Manager ..................................... Spencer Bertelsen

Production Assistant .........................................................Katherine Pruyn

Assistant Director ..............................................................Emily Robinson

Technical Director ...........................................................Ryan B. Callahan

Dramaturg ......................................................................Nicholas Altishin

Dialect Coach ...........................................................................Julia Ching

Assistant Scenic Designer ..................................................... James Leyson

Assistant Technical Director..............................................Colin Suemnicht

Assistant Costume Designers .............................Clara Painter, Clare Parker

Assistant Lighting Designer ................................................Sarah Schwartz

Assistant Sound Designer ......................................................Steven Sagert

Prop Master .................................................................... Kimberlee Mann

Paint Charge............................................................... Leona Schrader-Dee

Assistant Master Carpenter .......................................... Cassandra del Nero

Carpentry Crew ...................Lucas Donart, Lexie Duvekot, Marley Horner, ............... Chani Hubbel, Devin Van Hine, Daniel Wafer, Mitchell Weisbrod

Puppet Build Crew .......................Sara Martin (head), Lucas Lee Caldwell, .........................Chani Hubbell, Laurel Livezey, Clara Painter, Clare Parker, .....................................Heaven Reed, Deborah Rosenberg, Stephanie Ross, ......................................Hannah Stellmacher, Denise Wagner, Felix Wright

Trekkie Monster Build ........................................................... Sarah Martin

Trekkie Monster Build Assistant........................................ Frances Rodgers

Wardrobe Supervisor ............................................................. Sarah Martin

Wardrobe Crew ................................. Rikki Condos, Truett Felt, Sean Fisk, .................................................................... Halli Gibson, Alyssa Mathews

Makeup Crew .......................................................Truett Felt, Halli Gibson

Sound Engineer ........................................................................ Joel Ferrier

Master Electrician....................................................................Matt Levine

Lead Electrician .................................................................... Kate Landon

Light Hang Crew ...................Eric Dion, Dominique Francis, Anne Givans, ..................................... Leslie Muir, Natalia Regalia-Affinito, Devin White

Follow Spot Operators .....................................Julia Ching, Lauren Heroux

Projection Run ............................................................. Giovani Castaneda

Run Crew ..............................Autumn Buck, Danielle Huggins, Peter Lang, ......................................... Rachel Moore, Ethan Niven, Russell Yamamoto

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Director’s NotesMy daughter Larkin saw Avenue Q in New York during its Broadway

run and told me I had to see it. The premise of watching Sesame Street for adults who face real world challenges with incisive ironic wit was too tempting to ignore. When the performance rights became available, the theatre faculty graciously allowed me the opportunity to direct this 2004 winner of the three major Tony awards for a musical. The emotional scope of Avenue Q ranges from ribald to poignant as we follow the threads of characters’ interrelationships and progressions through self imposed barriers to those characters’ sense of worth. These threads weave a tapestry of hilarity supported by a deceptively simple score. The harmonies, key and time signatures are complex but the music, presented in a made-for-children format, is quite engaging.

The above would be challenging as is, but Avenue Q adds the element of puppetry in a manner unique in modern musicals. The puppet operator actors are not hidden but are part of the environment of the play. The intricacies inherent to the play demand the performers imbue the puppets with personality and intention. This requires the puppet operator actors to maintain a neutrality that gives focus to the puppets while they execute choreography and general navigation of the stage.

The student designers have faced challenges of delivering naive statements that inform deep, comically ironic appreciation for the challenges of human experience in a modern urban environment. I am extremely proud of these students’ work as well as the student artisans and technicians who have realized the reality that is Avenue Q. The scope of the effort to conceive and realize the puppets for this production has been a joy to watch and for which I am quite grateful.

As this is my final production as full time faculty at SOU, I would be remiss if I did not express my gratitude to my colleagues, faculty and staff, who over the twenty-six years of my time here have been a source of inspiration and support. Your commitment to our students’ growth is laudable.

Avenue Q is a smart, irreverent play that has great reverence for the challenges human relationships present us. Issues of race, gender equity, social responsibility and intimate domesticity are met with unflinching frankness. Within the bawdy blunt nature of the play is the genesis of its disarming comedy. Please accept our invitation to participate in the world of Avenue Q.

– Chris Sackett

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About the PlayJeff Whitty was born on September 30, 1971, in the town of Coos

Bay, Oregon. He studied at the University of Oregon as an undergrad until 1993, then attended NYU’s graduate acting program where he received his master’s degree. He has written such plays as The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler (which was performed at OSF in 2008), The Plank Project, Balls, The Hiding Place, and Suicide Weather. He also wrote the libretto for the musicals Tales of the City and Bring It On: The Musical. Whitty still acts at times, such as in productions of The Beard of Avon, Freedomland, Shortbus, and Lisa Picard is Famous. Most recently, in 2012, Whitty took part in a short run of The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler in New York, where he played the title role of Hedda Gabler.

Whitty is without a doubt most well known for penning the book for the musical Avenue Q, along with co-creators Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx who composed the music and lyrics. Whitty received the Tony for Best Book of a Musical in 2004 for Avenue Q. Avenue Q opened on Broadway in 2003, and has since had two national tours, as well as runs in the West End, Las Vegas, Australia, New Zealand, and many other countries. Sweden was the first country to translate the original version of the musical back in 2007.

About the PuppetsThis production of Avenue Q features three different types of puppets,

each either originally devised or developed by Jim Henson. First are the hand-rod puppets, in which the puppeteer operates the puppet’s head with their dominant hand and then moves the puppet’s arms about through the use of attached rods with their lesser dominant hand. This sometimes can be a two person job, depending on how the arms need to move. Some well-known examples are Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Elmo, and Grover.

Second are the live-hand puppets, where the puppeteer uses their dominant hand to control the head, like with the hand-rod puppets, while the other hand is slipped into the puppet’s hand like a glove. This puppet almost always requires a secondary puppeteer in order to operate the second hand. Some well-known examples are Fozzie Bear, Ernie, and Cookie Monster.

Lastly is the full-bodied puppet, which is a hybrid of costume and puppet. The puppeteer uses their dominant hand inside the costume to operate the puppet’s head, while using physical movements from their entire body in order to act as the puppet’s body. Some well-known examples are Sweetums, Thog, Snuffleupagus, and Big Bird.

– Julia Gaskill, Playbill Dramaturg

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Production Manager .............................................................. Chris Sackett

Associate Production Manager ................................................ Sean O’Skea

Assistant Production Managers ...............Katherine Adcox, Kevin Burnette, .........................................................................................Katie Kammerer

Technical Director................................................................... Ezra Severin

Scene Shop Supervisor ..................................................Jane Hickinbotham

Costume Design Advisor .............................................. Deborah Rosenberg

Costume Shop Supervisor .....................................................Laurie Kurutz

Costume Shop Assistant .......................................................... Amy Harper

Drapers ..................................... Kayla Bush, Heaven Reed, Stephanie Ross

First Hand ........................................................................ Delaney Matson

Stitchers ..................................... Steven Beatty, Ryan Costello, Mikey Hays, ...................................................... David Scott, Nicole Torres, Reece Bredl

Costume Crafts ................Francesca Solano, Polly Gausewitz, Sarah Farrell

Costume Stock Crew ....................Reece Bredl, Sierra Brown, Sarah Farrell, ................................... Seth Gorrin, Zachery Marshall, Kristina Verbruggen

Costume Script Reader ................. Tashina Stillmaker, Rebekah Woodhouse

Props Crew ...............Daniel Gribanovskiy, Jacob W. Phillips, Payne! Smith, .................................. Paige Snodgrass, Madeleine Winward, Cortney Wise

Paint Crew ..............Matthew Bidart, Mark E. Brown, Katrina Christiansen, .....................................................Joelle Hagen, Kelly Harper, Eliza James, ........................ Chandler Parrott-Thomas, Courtney Reece, Lakia Solomon

Shop Steward ...................................................................... Rachel Stewart

Light Shop Manager ..........................................................Erica Nunnelley

House Managers .............................................Jeffrey Hayes, Colleen Slavin

Ushers .......................... Mackenzie Bizon, Isabel Bromley, Hannah Crown, ...........................................Chelsea Garmon, Brianca Knight, KT Masters, ..............Stephanie Neuerburg, Shanti Ryle, Neal Schoonmaker, Iliana Solis

Assistant Box Office Manager ...................................... Brandon McCowan

Box Office Assistants ................. Jeremy Conway, Eric Dion, Cassie Pinard, ................................................................Shanti Ryle, Mary Meagan Smith

Concessions .................................................. Eliza James, Katie Kammerer

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David earned his BFA in Theatre from Southern Oregon University and an MFA in acting from the University of Minnesota. He was recently named Artistic Director of the Utah Shakespeare Festival after sixteen seasons as an actor and director there. He’s appeared in twenty-seven productions over nine seasons and directed The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Denver Center Theatre Company. He is directing The Taming of the Shrew for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 season.

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Publicity Assistants .......... Josh Danielson, Dylan Marchek, Lakia Solomon

Gala Crew ......................Blair Fraser (head), Rebecca Curtis, Jeffrey Hayes, ................................................................Emily Sarantakis, Denise Wagner

Lobby Display ....................................... Nash Hascall, Brandon McCowan

Playbill Dramaturg .................................................................. Julia Gaskill

Photo Documentation ...................................... Carrie Eve, Reid Honeywell

Archivist ................................................................................... Ellen Hufft

Video Documentation ...................................................... Kourtney Mahan

Acting Department Assistant ...........................................Cesar Perez-Rosas

Key Wrangler .................................................................... Azalea Micketti

Grad School Research Project .............................................. Hanna Wisner

SOAR Coordinator ......................................................... Brian Van Winkle

SOAR Crew ......................................... Geoffrey Brabham, Jeremy Conway

Special Paint Project ......................................................... Steven Skaletsky

Webinar .................................................................................... Jimmy Dix

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Adapted by Tony Kushner from L’Illusion Comique by Pierre Corneille

The Setting:18th century France, a cave a few hours ride from Paris

Length:Two hours including one fifteen-minute intermission

Director .............................Dennis Smith

Scenic Designer ..................Sean O’Skea

Costume Designer ..............Brandon McCowan

Lighting Designer ...............Steven Coney*

Projection Designer ............... Anders Templeton

Sound Designer ..................Neil Peterson

Fight Choreographer ............. U. Jonathan Toppo

Produced through special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc. The script to this play may be purchased from BPPI at BroadwayPlayPubl.com.

*Indicates that this student has undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

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The Illusion CastAlcandre .............................................................................. Grace Wolcott

The Amanuensis/Geronte ................................................... Zlato Rizziolli

Pridamant ............................................................................... Tyler Kubat

Calisto/Clindor/Theogenes .......................................... Aria Shahghasemi

Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta ............................................. Ginger Lockhart

Pleribo/Adraste/Prince Florilame ........................................ Danny Walker

Elicia/Lyse/Clarina ........................................................ Delaney Kentzell

Matamore .........................................................................Samuel L. Wick

Understudies ........................................Sarah Mitchell, Henry Steelhammer

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Stage Manager ......................................................................Sam Callahan

First Assistant Stage Manager ................................................... Cory Jewell

Second Assistant Stage Manager .......................................Melanie Brenton

Production Assistant ........................................................... Sabrina Schmit

Assistant Director ..................................................... Patrick Ramirez-King

Technical Director.............................................................. Alex Groveman

Assistant Technical Director ....................................... Shay Munson-Mcgee

Assistant Costume Designer ............................................... Nell Thompson

Assistant Lighting Designer ..................................................... Hank Korlin

Assistant Sound Designer ..................................................... Jonathan Pratt

Assistant Fight Choreographer/Fight Captain ............. Madeleine Winward

Prop Master .................................................................. Amelia Burke-Holt

Paint Charge ..................................................................... Kieron Callahan

Carpentry Crew ............................................Rachel Kostrna, Barry Saxton

Wardrobe Crew Supervisor ................................................ Crystal Rundall

Wardrobe Crew ........................................... Sarah Brizek, Jeremy Conway,

................................................... Elise Hampton, Nolan Kenmonth-Barney

Makeup Crew Supervisor .................................................... Anasazi Bhakti

Makeup Crew ................................................ Sarah Brizek, Elise Hampton

Master Electrician ................................................................... Violet Szabo

Lead Electrician ....................................................................Evan Carbone

Light Hang Crew ..............Elizabeth Bellows, Shannon Benn, Alyssa Birrer,

..................Connor Bryant, Robin Waisanen, Marc Wheeler, Mig Windows

Sound Run .............................................................................. Moira Todd

Run Crew ............................................ Alicia Kraft, Ford Murawski-Brown

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About the PlayThe Illusion was originally penned by Pierre Corneille in 1636. Corneille

was born in Roanne, France, on June 6, 1606. As he aged, he studied law and began work as a lawyer, though he proved unsuccessful in the field.

Early on in his law career, Corneille wrote his first play, Mélite, which became a hit. He soon moved to Paris and became one of the most critically acclaimed French playwrights of his time. Corneille went on to write over thirty plays, and is now often referred to as “the founder of French tragedy.”

His play Le Cid was a tragicomedy that brought about the attention of the French Academy, and established the Academy as the arbiter of French culture. The Academy scrutinized Le Cid for breaking too many dramatic rules, such as including too many events (such as war) within the requisite twenty-four hour period of a play and for breaking decorum by portraying a daughter marrying the hero despite the fact that he killed her father in a duel earlier in the show. These comments caused Corneille to withdraw from society for a short while, as he was known to not take criticism well.

The same year Le Cid premiered, in 1636, Cornielle also wrote the comedy L’Illusion Comique (The Illusion), his eighth play. Corneille’s last play was Suréna in 1674. He died in 1684, after he had been retired from playwriting for ten years.

Anthony Robert Kushner, better known as Tony Kushner, was born on July 16, 1956, in Manhattan, New York. Kushner majored in Medieval Studies as an undergrad at Columbia University, but then was accepted into the acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York.

He has since written seven original plays, the most acclaimed being the two part play Angels in America, which was turned into an HBO miniseries in 2003. Kushner has written three screenplays as well in his career: Munich, Wrestling with Angels, and Lincoln.

Kushner has won over twenty awards, including the Drama Desk Award and Tony Award for Best Play for both parts of Angels in America, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. He’s also been given the prestige of the Evening Standard Award, the New York Drama Critics’ Circle, the National Foundation of Jewish Cultural Achievement Award, and several other high honors.

In 1988, Kushner took Corneille’s play and adapted it into English. The Illusion is not the only time Kushner’s adapted an older play into modern language. He also adapted Ansky’s The Dybbuk in 1997, and Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan in 1997 and Mother Courage and Her Children in 2006.

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2013-2014 Scholarship RecipientsJeffrey allen Staver Memorial award

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Schneider Merit awardMary Meagan Smith

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E. Mulling Theatre arts Endowed ScholarshipJillian Short

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Mulling award for Creative and academic Excellence in TheatreAnasazi Bhakti, Alyssa Birrer, Mackenzie Bizon, Elizabeth Boulay,

Sarah Brizek, Connor Bryant, Amelia Burke-Holt, Kevin Burnette,

Kayla Bush, Julia Ching, Cassandra del Nero, Eric Dion, Joel Ferrier,

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Scales, Sabrina Schmit, Emily Serdahl, Tashina Stillmaker,

Emily Truett Felt , Devin Van Hine, Jeremy Vik, Daniel Walker,

Marc Wheeler, Madeleine Winward, Grace Wolcott

Departmental award for Outstanding Professional PotentialKatherine Adcox, Lucas Caldwell, Evan Carbone, Jeremy Conway,

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Lakia Solomon, Henry Steelhammer, Kristina Verbruggen,

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Nicholas Altishin (Dramaturg – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from West Linn,

Ore. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Director for Marisol and Director for God of

Carnage.

Beth Boulay (Bad Idea Bear – Avenue Q) is a junior transfer at SOU from Foothill College,

originally from Campbell, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Ensemble in The Cyrano

Project and Understudy in Dog Sees God. Credits at other theatres include Perdita in

Winter’s Tale at Foothill College, Jill in Equus at Citylights Theatre Company, and Louise

in Private Lives at Bus Barn Theatre Company.

Lucas Lee Caldwell (Trekkie Monster – Avenue Q) is a junior at SOU, originally from

Eugene, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Lingiere in The Cyrano Project and Poet/Walter

in Welcome to the Moon. Credits at other theatres include Elton in The Scarlet Pimperrell

at Camelot Theatre, Enjorlas in Les Mis, and Judah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat at Churchill High School.

*Ryan B. Callahan (Technical Director – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from

Boring, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Scenic Designer for Three Sisters, Technical

Director for La Terrasse, and Assistant Technical Director/Assistant Scenic Designer for

The Cyrano Project. Credits from other theatres include Carpenter for Rogue Valley Opera.

*Sam Callahan (Stage Manager – The Illusion) is a senior transfer from Diablo Valley

College, originally from Princeton, New Jersey. Previous SOU credits include Stage

Manager for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Production Stage Manager for the Winter 2013

Directing Projects, and Production Assistant for The Shape of Things. Credits at other

theatres include Assistant Stage Manager for 1001 at Just Theatre and Stage Management

Intern for Candida at CalShakes. Film credits include Line Producer and First Assistant

Director for Brother Liar John with Treebranch Films.

Austin Comfort (Ricky/Puppeteer – Avenue Q) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from

Dundee, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Understudy for A Midsummer Night’s Dream

and J/Jesus in Passion Play. Credits from other theatres include Fredrick in Pirates of

Penzance, Malcolm in Macbeth, and Harold Hill in The Music Man, all at Newberg High

School.

*Steven Coney (Lighting Designer – The Illusion) is a senior at SOU, originally from

Volcano, Hawaii. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Lighting Designer for Marisol

and La Terrasse, and Scenic Electrician for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Credits from other

theatres include Lighting Assistant for Dogpark and Patsy Cline, both at the Oregon Cabaret

Theatre, and Electrician for My Mind is an Open Meadow at Hand 2 Mouth Theatre.

Kameron Fort (Bad Idea Bear – Avenue Q) is a senior transfer with an Associate’s degree

in Liberal Arts from Kauai Community College, originally from Lihue, Hawaii. Previous

SOU credits include Orpheus in Eurydice, Storyteller in Raccoon Earns His Stripes, and Jim/

Student Actor and Artist Bios

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Man in Welcome to the Moon. Credits at other theatres include Mark in Rent, Scarecrow in

The Wiz, and Ephraim in 7 Brides for 7 Brothers with the Kauai Community Players.

Karen Fox (Puppeteer – Avenue Q) is a senior transfer from Butte College in Oroville,

Calif., originally from Roseburg, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Dr. Im/Mother-in-

Law in The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Credits at other theatres include Nurse Sandwich in The

Elephant Man at Randall Theatre, Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing at Butte College,

and Carol Melkit in Black Comedy at Umpqua College.

Alex Groveman (Technical Director – The Illusion) is a senior transfer from Portland

Community College, originally from Ashland, Ore. Previous SOU credits include

Technical Director for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Master Carpenter for Invisible Threads,

and Assistant TD for Marisol. Credits at other theatres include Technical Director for

Beauty and the Beast and Phame at Gresham High School Performing Arts Center, and

Carpenter at the Artist Repertory Theatre from 2007-2010.

Valerie Huntington (Mrs. Thistletwat – Avenue Q) is a sophomore at SOU originally from

Oregon House, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Storyteller in How Raccoon Earned His

Stripes and Alta in the directing project of The Language Archive. Credits at other theatres

include Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Peter (Petra) in Romeo and Juliet at

Island Shakespeare, and Fairy Narrator in Panto: Puss and Boots at 3rd Street Players.

Briawna Jackson (Gary Coleman – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from

Springfield, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Dominique Du Monaco in Lucky Stiff and

Joby in Anton in Show Business. Credits from other theatres include Polly in Crazy for You

at Upstart Crow, Hope in Urinetown at Thurston, and Performer in Celebrate the Seasons at

Disneyworld.

Kody M. Johnson (Projection Designer – Avenue Q) is a junior at SOU, originally from

Baker City, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Lighting Designer for Invisible

Threads, Master Electrician for Three Sisters, and Lead Electrician for Lucky Stiff and A

Midsummer Night’s Dream. Credits at other theatres include Adam in The Diaries of Adam

and Eve at Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre.

Delaney Kentzell (Elicia/Lyse/Clarina – The Illusion) is a junior at SOU, originally from

Santa Clara, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Elsa in Hopscotch, Ensemble in The

Cyrano Project, Storyteller in Raccoon Earns His Stripes and Glory/Hope in Almost Maine.

Tyler Kubat (Pridamant – The Illusion) is a senior at SOU, originally from Beaverton, Ore.

Previous SOU credits include Tuzenbahk in Three Sisters, Vinnie in Lucky Stiff, and Flute

in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Kurt Langmeyer (Brian – Avenue Q) is a junior at SOU, originally from Seattle, Wash.

Previous SOU credits include Ensemble/Subway Announcer in Marisol, Storyteller in

Raccoon Earns His Stripes and Bellhop in Lucky Stiff.

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*These students have undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

Ben Larson (Nicky – Avenue Q) is a freshman at SOU, originally from Portland, Ore.

Credits at other theatres include Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof and Oberon in A Midsummer

Night’s Dream at Lakeridge High School, and Conrad Birdie in Bye Bye Birdie at Saint

Mary’s Academy.

Laurel Livezey (Newcomer – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from Mendocino,

Calif. Previous SOU credits include Understudy in The Cyrano Project, Maid/Understudy

in Three Sisters, and Storyteller in Raccoon Earns His Stripes. Credits at other theatres

include Marcy in Dog Sees God and Millie Owens in Picnic at Mendocino Theatre

Company, and Sylvia in Sylvia at Mendocino Community High School.

Ginger Lockhart (Melibea/Isabelle/Hippolyta – The Illusion) is a senior transfer from

Kenyon College, originally from Berkeley, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Mary in

Passion Play, Cheryl Kearns in Invisible Threads, and Mustardseed in A Midsummer Night’s

Dream. Credits at other theatres include Lady Anne in Richard III at Greenwood Players,

Princess Posse in Ubu For President at Shotgun Players, and The Serpent in The Serpent at

Lenea Drama Festival.

Sarah Mitchell (Understudy – The Illusion) is a junior at SOU, originally from Manhattan

Beach, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Anabel Glick in Lucky Stiff, Starveling in A

Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Marcy in Dog Sees God.

Brandon McCowan (Costume Designer – The Illusion) is a senior at SOU, originally

from San Luis Obispo, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Draper for Three Sisters, Lucky

Stiff, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and You Can’t Take it With You, and Assistant Costume

Designer for The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

*Kate McFarland (Lighting Designer – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from

Davis, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Lighting Designer for Raccoon Earns His Stripes

and Assistant Lighting Designer for Three Sisters and You Can’t Take it With You. Credits

at other theatres include Lighting Designer for Les Miserables and Cabaret at Davis Senior

High School, and Lighting Designer for Macbeth at Acme Theatre Company.

Erin O’Connor (Lucy – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from Irvine, Calif.

Previous SOU credits include Actor #7 in Lucky Stiff, Primrose in A Midsummer Night’s

Dream, CB’s Sister in Dog Sees God, and directing project performances as May in Fool for

Love and Izzy in Rabbit Hole. Credits from other theatres include Gertrude McFuzz in

Seussical the Musical.

Marc L. Oliver (Projection Designer – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from

Homer, Alaska. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Director for Three Sisters and

Director for Bliss and Hopscotch. Credits at other theatres include Director for Next to

Normal, Oleanna, and Dead Man’s Cell Phone at Pier One Theatre.

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*These students have undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

Neil Peterson (Sound Designer – The Illusion) is a senior at SOU, originally from Ashland,

Ore. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Lighting Designer for Dog Sees God, and

Sound Engineer for Invisible Threads and Raccoon Earns his Stripes.

Corey Porter (Rod – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from Sacramento, Calif.

Previous SOU credits include Man with Ice Cream in Marisol, Beethoven in Dog Sees God,

and Uncle’s Body in Lucky Stiff. Credits from other theatres include Wolf/Cinderella’s

Prince in Into the Woods, Felix Ungar in The Odd Couple, and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet.

Spencer Richardson (Scenic Designer – Avenue Q) is a junior at SOU, originally from

Antioch, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Master Carpenter for The Cyrano Project

and Assistant Master Carpenter for La Terrasse. Credits at other theatres include Scenic

Designer for Rossum’s Universal Robots (RUR) at Mountaintop Company Productions.

Zlato Rizziolli (The Amanuensis/Geronte – The Illusion) is a senior transfer from Foothill

Theatre Conservatory, originally from São Paulo, Brazil. Previous SOU credits include

Vershinin in Three Sisters, Mr. Astruc in La Terrasse, and Sangha in The Caucasian Chalk

Circle. Other theatre credits include Prior Walter in Angels in America at Bus Barn Stage,

Leontes in Winter’s Tale at Foothill Theatre Conservatory, and Silvia Lombardi in The

Servant of Two Masters at Portola Valley Conservatory.

Emily Robinson (Assistant Director – Avenue Q) is a senior transfer from Linn Benton

Community College and the University of London Union, originally from Corvallis, Ore.

Previous SOU credits include Assistant Stage Manager for Invisible Threads and Marisol,

and Run Crew for Dog Sees God. Credits at other theatres include Stage Management

Intern for SPUNK at CalShakes, Stage Manager/Associate Director for Last of the Red Hot

Lovers at Stages After Dark, and Stage Manager for Blood Brothers at LBCC.

Emily Serdahl (Kate Monster – Avenue Q) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from

Livermore, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Ensemble in Lucky Stiff and Storyteller in

Raccoon Earns His Stripes.

Aria Shahghasemi (Calisto/Clindor/Theogenes – The Illusion) is a freshman at SOU,

originally from Minneapolis, Minn. Credits at other theatres include Buddy Layman

in The Diviners, Dan Woodruff in Talk Radio, and Horatio in Fortinbras at Edina High

School.

*Mary Meagan Smith (Stage Manager – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from

Tucson, Ariz. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Stage Manager for Three Sisters

and La Terrasse, and Production Assistant for The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Credits at other

theatres include Stage Manager for Machinal at Arizona Theatre Company.

Katherine Spence (Christmas Eve – Avenue Q) is a sophomore transfer at SOU, from

Hofstra University, originally from Homer, Alaska. Credits at other theatres include Maria

in Westside Story at The College Collaborative, Maureen Johnson in Rent at Homer High

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School, and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Pier One Theatre.

Henry Steelhammer (Understudy – The Illusion) is a junior transfer from Cornish,

originally from Bend, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Fedotik in Three Sisters. Other

theatre credits include multiple roles in Laramie Project at Revere Theatre Co., Riff in West

Wide Story at Beat, and Christopher Wren in Mouse Trap at Cascade Theatrical Co.

Hannah Stellmacher (Costume and Puppet Designer – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU,

originally from Honolulu, Hawaii. Previous SOU credits include Wardrobe Supervisor for

Lucky Stiff and Assistant Costume Designer for The Shape of Things and Wild Oats. Credits

at other theatres include Wardrobe Supervisor for Henry VI, Merry Wives of Windsor, and

Merchant of Venice at Hawaii Shakespeare Festival.

Anderson Templeton (Projection Designer – The Illusion) is a senior transfer at SOU with

an Associate of Arts degree from Santa Rosa Junior College, originally from Petaluma,

Calif. Previous SOU credits include Ensemble in A Streetcar Named Desire and Scenic

Designer for Dog Sees God. Credits from other theatres include Ensemble in Antony and

Cleopatra at Marin Shakespeare and Director for Happiness Project at Alchemia.

Jeremy Vik (Princeton – Avenue Q) is a senior transfer from OSU with a certificate in

Clowning and Acrobatics from San Francisco’s Circus Center, originally from North Bend,

Ore. Previous SOU credits include Paint Crew for Invisible Threads and The Cyrano Project,

Wait Staff in A Man With a Load of Mischief, and Run Crew for Quilters. Credits at other

theatres include Dromeo in The Comedy of Errors at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival,

Emcee in Cabaret at Shakespeare at Stinson and Bibinski in Silk Stockings at 42nd St. Moon.

Danny Walker (Pleribo/Adraste/Prince Florilame – The Illusion) is a junior at SOU,

originally from Portland, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Lenny in Marisol, Harry

Witherspoon in Lucky Stiff, and Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Credits at

other theatres include Todd in Far Away at the OSF Black Swan, Romain Tournel in A Flea

in Her Ear, and Dickon in The Secret Garden at Grant High School.

Samuel L. Wick (Matamore – The Illusion) is a junior at SOU, originally from Hermiston,

Ore. Previous SOU credits include Michael in God of Carnage, Servant/Understudy in

Three Sisters, and Luigi Gaudi in Lucky Stiff.

Grace Wolcott (Alcandre – The Illusion) is a junior at SOU, originally from Tehachapi,

Calif. Previous SOU credits include June in Marisol and Echo in Eleemosynary.

Cullen Wright (Sound Designer – Avenue Q) is a senior at SOU, originally from Corvallis,

Ore. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Sound Designer for Three Sisters and King

Lear, and Sound Engineer for Lucky Stiff.

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Thank You!

AnonymousAlissa ArpLou Ann and Carm AubleSusan BallAnne Decker Anitah DraimonRichard L Hay Trust Laurie KurutzEric LevinMiriam Mendoza Moody

and Rick MoodyCorby Palacios

Director AnonymousBrenda H. BarcaJudie Bartell Candice and Russ ChapmanAnne F. Decker Richard L. Hay Charles and Betty Howe John W. Mitchell Trust Robert Miller and Doris Segner Oregon Shakespeare Festival Heriberto and Frances Petschek Sandi and Jim Risser Joan T. Spear Robert and Janice Staver

PatronS.C. and Rhoda Abrahams Dona AffolterJan AlexanderJohn I. AlexanderJohn and Carrey Alden

Building Fund Donors

Theatre Department Donors

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Patron, cont.Alissa ArpLou Ann AubleJames L. AuchinclossFran AversaSusan C. Ball Paula BarrettEd and Maureen BattistellaKenneth and Mary Ann BergmanKarin BrocksbankGloria BuffingtonDr. and Mrs. John BurnsEileen ChiecoE. Kendall ClarkeKen and Lyn ClarkeJan CraigieRon and Carol CochranJean CongerChristi Courian and Larry Osborne John CowlesElizabeth CrossClark and Carol Custodio

Heriberto and Frances PetschekDon and Phyllis ReynoldsChris Sackett and Brooke FriendlySandi and Jim RisserPamela Roessler Peter and Janet SchmitzTreasa SpragueRobert and Janice Staver Mr. and Mrs. Eugene ThomasKim and Scott Wakefield Allan WeisbardWisnia Transcription Services

The faculty, staff and students of the Department of Performing Arts/

Theatre Arts program acknowledge the generosity of the following

individuals, who have made donations to the Theatre Arts Building Fund,

Scholarship and Operating funds since 2007.

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Theatre Department Donors, cont.Patron, cont. Al and Lydia DresnekGregg and Pamela Edwards Burt EikleberryEmotion Studios, Inc.John EngelhardtJudith FaulknerDarlene FenwickPeter Finkle and Kathryn CampbellVicki FoxKelly Gibson Margery GoodmanMichael and Helen HaldermanMarlene and John HenselmanWilliam HeringLauren HerouxShon D. HillDennis Hitch Mary E. HollandCarole and Alan HorobinEllen HufftEd and Sheila Hungerford IBM Corporation Matching Grants

Program Carol IngelsonDave and Ollie Johnson John and Kay Johnson Bob and Mary Ann JonesPiper JonesThomas and Patrice KaneEliza and Brad Kauder Saundra and Edward KicePhilip C. LangCynthia LawrenceAhna Lich and Leo Nemzek Irving LublinerDoris Mannion Eleanor Marzocco Barbara and Tom MathiesonJim McConvilleRichard and Jennifer MichauxSharon L. Nelson and Charles MeekEdith MontgomeryBlair and Carol Moody Dick and Marty Moore Frank Moore

Patron, cont. Donald MorrisTed MularzRichard and Rochelle NewmanMary OjakianShirley D. PattonMack Purcell Michael and Diana QuirkMarie and Bill RadkeGail RichterBarbara and Harvey RothSusan Roudebush and Keith Massie Peggy RubinDr. Susan RustAlbert and Maxine ScottZoe W. SealyBill Sipfle and Kate Cleland-SipfleJenifer Skiles Arthur and Audrey SochorLloyd and Joanne SorensenDouglas and Diana SpenceDavid A. StiefelRobert and Joyce StevensRandall StothersMarge and Roy Sutton Sue and Gene ThomasGayle TitusDonna TorcomDawn TrimbleMarshall and Miriam UmplebyUnited Way of the Columbia-

WillametteUnited Way of Greater DouglasUnited Way of Jackson CountyRuedi and Emilie Vest Barry and Shirley VitcovJulie WadeJanice and Ronald WaittCharles and Sarah WalkerLance and Pamela Sue Westland Jerry and Nancy Wisnia Wisnia Transcription ServicesJohn S. WituckiGene and Carol WolfAlex Zaremska Elisabeth Zinser

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