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1984/1985 Academic Year

Notre Dame-Saint Mary's Theatre faculty:

Play: The Hothouse

Author: Harold Pinter
Dates: Friday and Saturday, October 5, 6 at 8:00 P.M., Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 11, 12, 13, 1984, at 8:00 P.M.
Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Saint Mary's Little Theatre [Moreau]

Artistic Staff

Director: Frederic Syburg
Set/Light Design: Willard Neuert
Costume Design: Linda Wigley

Cast List

Roote: Michael O'Keefe
Gibbs: Stephen Thomas
Lamb: Christopher Smith
Cutts: Susan McGinnis
Lush: Michael Morales
Tubb: John Sheehy
Lobb: Lynn Crowell

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Katie Byrnes
Master Carpenter: Philip Patnaude
Sound: Shawn Williams
Lights: Richard Lynch
Properties: Geralyn Connelly
Crew: Suzanne Dunlap, Richard Lynch, Joe McCabe, Chris Pomasl, Patty Scallen, Shawn Williams
Costume Construction: Kerry Barnett, Julie Haske, Kathleen Hennessy, Laur-Ann Hindy, Sheila Weisensee
House Manager: Ann Murphy
Box Office: Patricia Hart, Sheila Weisensee
Publicity: Kathleen Maccio, Katie Byrnes, Mala Wakin, Ave Green
Poster Design: Paul Wieber

Note:

Source: Program, courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: The Dramatist

Author: Frederick Reynolds
Dates: November 30, December 1, 6, 7, 8, 1984, at 8:00 P.M.
Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium, Saint Mary's College

Artistic Staff

Director: Julie Jensen
Assistant to the Director: Suzanne Dunlap
Set/Light Design: Willard Neuert
Costume Design: Linda Wigley
Assistant Costume Design: Kathleen Hennessy
Makeup Design: Katie Byrnes

Cast List

Vapid: John Sheehy
Lord Scratch: Ave Green
Ennui: Kathleen Maccio
Willoughby: Kerry Barnett
Peter: Susan Pastrick
Florivelle: Susan McGinnis
Neville: William Boraczek
Louisa Courtney: Jane Anne Riedford
Marianne: Catherine Best
Lady Waitfort: Elizabeth Bottum
Letty: Lorri Wright

Production Staff

Technical Director: Philip Patnaude
Stage Manager: Suzanne Dunlap
Sound: Tim Nolan, Paul Matwiy
Lights: Charles Boudreaux, Richard Lynch, Mike Andrews, Steve Watson
Properties: Toni Rutherford (designer), Sharon Houk, Andra Liepa
Crew: Patty Scallen, Suzanne Dunlap, Chris Pomasl, Toni Rutherford, Veronica Weadock, Kathleen Maccio, Ave Green John Sheehy, William Boraczek, Susan McGinnis, Susan Pastrick, Kerry Barnett, Lorri Wright, Elizabeth Bottum, Catherine Best, Jane Anne Riedford, Katie Byrnes, Matt Kovatch, Steve Watson
Makeup Crew: Ann Corkcoran, Leslie Anne Wade, Ora Jones
Costume Construction: Kerry Barnett, Denise Blank, Julie Haske, Laur-Ann Hindy, Kathleen Hennessy, Alice Kroeger, Kathleen Maccio, Eileen McQuarrie, Sheila Weisensee, Sue Spink
House Manager: Rachel Durkin
Box Office: Patricia Hart
Publicity: Kathleen Maccio, Mala Wakin, Katie Byrnes
Poster Design: Kathleen Desmond
Pianist: Clayton Henderson

Note: The American premiere of The Dramatist, this production was entered in the American College Theatre Festival. Stanley Lindberg, editor of The Eighteenth-Century Plays of Frederick Reynolds, met with members of the audience after the Friday, December 7 performance.

Source: Program, courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: The Sacrifice of Isaac

Author: Anonymous [15th century English civic religious drama]
Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday, December 11, 12, 7, 8, 9, 1984
Producing Organization: Department of Communication and Theatre, COTH 135: Introduction to Theatre end-of-term project, in conjunction with The Notre Dame Shakespeare Club
Venue: Faculty Dining Room, upstairs in the South Dining Hall

Artistic and Production Staff

Director (and course instrutor): Mark Pilkinton
Student Director: Andrea Fujawa
Script Revision: Robert Salvino, Laurie Shea
Set: Diane Presti, Lelia Burke, Greg Bower, Mike O'Hagan, Peggy Schlachter, Laurie Shea
Stage Manager: John Sorenson
Wardrobe: Jennifer Palm, Maura Barille, Geri Connelly, Mary Fran Gisch, Susan Goett, Sheila McDaniel, Elizabeth Murphy, Cassie Perrone, Lucy Putnam
Properties: Dave Newman, Chris Cihak, K. C. Culum, Lisa Meehan, Lisa Perez, Terry Anne Wallmeyer
Publicity: Ted Bennett, John Darrow, Doug Hasler, Karen McNamara, Lara Speranza, Bonnie Spicher, Mary Ellen Waadt, Mary Williams

Cast List

Abraham: Jack Blakey
Isaac: Anne Marie Borgman
Deus: Pat Conlin
Angel: Eli August Coats, Jr.
Angel Helper #1: Christina Zimmermann
Angel Helper #2: Veronica Weadock
Ram: Mike II
Doctor: Meghan Anne Farley
Prompter: Ann Rathburn

Note: produced as part of the entertainment for the evening for the Shakespeare Club 1st annual Christmas Party. The Shakespeare Club produced Noah's Flood.

Source: Program and calendar notes, courtesy of Mark Pilkinton.

Play: Electra

Author: Sophocles
Translated by: Francis Fergusson
Choral passages newly translated by: Paul Roche
Dates: March 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 1985 at 8:00 P.M.
Producing Organization: Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall [newly renovated]

Artistic Staff

Director: Reginald Bain
Set/Light Design: Willard Neuert
Choreographer: Colleen Quinn
Costume/Makeup Design: Linda Wigley
Music Composed by: Reginald Bain, Jr.

Cast List

Electra: Ora Jones
Paidagogos: James Gallagher
Orestes: Michael O'Keefe
Pylades: Kevin Fitzpatrick
Chorus Leader: Mary Mullaney
Chorus: Debbie Adamczyk, Catherine Best, Anne Marie Borgman, Lynn Crowell, Carolyn Joan Curran, Kathleen Hennessy, Lauren Longua, Susan Marie Pastrick, Jane Anne Riedford, Monica Smith, Lorri Wright
Chrysothemis: Suzanne Dunlap
Clytemnestra: Susan McGinnis
Aegisthus: Michael McKay
Voice of the Poet: Paul Roche
Musicians: Laura Bain, Sharon Bain, Reginald Bain Jr., Paul Loughridge, Dianne Grzeszczyk, Martha Lorber

Production Staff

Dramaturge: Paul Roche
Asst. Director: Katie Byrnes
Technical Director: Willard Neuert
Stage Manager: John Sheehy
Assistant Stage Manager: Annie Kotlinski
Master Carpenter: Phil Patnaude
Sound: Michael Laughlin
Lights: Tim Nolan
Technical Assistants: Kelly Carey, Suzanne Dunlap, Chris Patnaude, Chris Pomasl, Joseph Rulli, Marc Bergin
Technical Lab Students: Greg Bower, Lauren Bundschuh, Lloyd Constable, Andrea Fujawa, Lauren Longua, John Sheehy, Steve Watson, Students of COTH 135
Costume Construction: Kerry Barnett, Julie Haske, Kathleen Hennessy, Laura Ann Hindy, Sheila Weisensee
Makeup Crew: Peggy Gisch
House Manager: Rachel Durkin
Box Office: Joseph McCabe
Publicity: Katie Byrnes, Susan McGinnis, Susan Marie Pastrick
Graphic Design: Anne Marie Schwegman

Note: The only play of the 1984-85 ND/SMC season produced on the Notre Dame campus. See Washington Hall at Notre Dame, 299.

Source: Program, courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!

Author: Dario Fo
North American Version by: R. G. Davis
Dates: Friday and Saturday, May 3, 4 at 8:00 P.M., Sunday, May 5 at 2:30 P.M., Thursday and Friday, May 16, 17 [commencement weekend], at 8:00 P.M., 1985
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium

Artistic Staff

Director: Mark Pilkinton
Dramaturg: John Welle
Set Design: Willard Neuert
Costume Design: Linda Wigley
Asst. Director: John Sheehy

Cast List

Tourist Agent: Javi Mulero
Antonia: Monica Smith
Margherita: Anne Marie Borgman
Giovanni: Jack Blakey
Sergeant/Lieutenant/Undertaker/Old Man: Peter Hendrickson
Luigi: Michael Grant
Piano Player: Doug Pishkur

Production Staff

Technical Director: Willard Neuert
Stage Manager: Adam Steven
Master Carpenter: Philip Patnaude
Special Effects: Steven Watson, Joseph Ruelli
Lights: Suzanne Dunlap
Properties: Stephen Thomas
Set Construction: Greg Bower, Lauren Bundschuh, Andrea Fujawa, Lauren Longua, John Sheehy, Kelly Carey, Lloyd Constable, Suzanne Dunlap, Chris Patnaude, Chris Pomasl, Students from COTH 135 and COTH 272
Costume Construction: Kerry Barnett, Julie Haske, Kathleen Hennessy, Laur-Ann Hinday, Sheila Weisensee, Megan Constock
House Manager: Rachel Durkin
Asst. House Manager: Warren Wilson
Box Office: Eileen Lawrence
Publicity: Katie Byrnes, Susan McGinnis, Susan Pastrick
Poster Design: Anne Marie Schwegman

Note: Dedicated to Frederic Syburg, who is completing his thirtieth year at Notre Dame.
Also see the Friday, May 3, 1985, South Bend Tribune review of this production.

Source:Program,, courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Performance: Student Dance Concert

Producer: Christopher Smith
Dates Performed: November 15, 16, 1985
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: The Dance Studio
Dance Title: Purple Mountain, Christopher Smith (Choreographer)
Dancers: Kara Amis, Charles Dobson, Caroline Wittenberg
Dance Title: Joplin's Jazz, Cathy Schaefer (Choreographer)
Dancers: Paula Ballantine, John Berestka, Kathy Bryan, Molly Walsh, Marybeth Carvalho, Susan Eisenhauer, J. L. Krumenacker, Jennifer Payne, Kelly Neises, Rebecca Nanovic, Colleen McFee, Eileen Lawrence, Gail Krzyskowski, Patricia Romano, Ann Troester, Christina Zimmermann
Dance Title: Maniac, Cathy Schaefer (Choreographer)
Dancers: Patricia Romano, Suzanne Saletta, Cathy Schaefer
Dance Title: Delta, Colleen Quinn (Faculty Choreographer)
Dancers: Stephen Blaha, Diane Jacob, Christopher Smith
Dance Title: 1/2 75 Yards, Kathleen Maccio (Choreographer)
Dancers: Kerry Barnett, Elizabeth Bottum, Katie Byrnes, Kathleen Maccio
Dance Title: Isadora, Isadora Duncan (Choreographer)
Dancer: Colleen Quinn (Faculty artist)
Pianist: Linda Butler
Dance Title: Far From Over, Patricia Romano (Choreographer)
Dancers: Charles Dobson, J. L. Krumenacker, Robbie Lee, Jennifer Payne, Suzanne Saletta, Cathy Schaefer, Tom Treat

Production Staff

Faculty Advisors: Colleen Quinn, Willard Neuert
Scenic Artists: Veronica Weadock, Patricia Kealey, Jennifer Niederst, David Donovan, Peter (?)
Lights: Christopher Smith, Willard Neuert, Michael Morales
Costumes: Linda Wigley and choreographers

Note:

Source: Program courtesy of Frederic Syburg

Student Directing Finals
Washington Hall Laboratory Theatre

Play: The Lover

Author: Harold Pinter
Dates Performed: unknown
Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Lauren Bundschuh
Stage Manager: Judy Gibbons

Cast List

Richard: Dan Maier
Sarah: Lisa Graham
The Milkman: Joe Coogan

Notes: Offerd in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source(s) Original program courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: Medea

Author: Jean Anouilh
Dates Performed: April 25, 26, 1985
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Suzanne Dunlap
Stage Manager: Mary Hocks

Cast List

Mesea: Catherine Best
The Nurse: Lorri Wright
The Messenger: Elizabeth Murphy
Creon: Kevin Fitzpatrick
Jason: Darrell Claypool
The Children: Kevin Murphy, Connor Murphy

Notes: Offerd in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source(s) Original program courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: The Women at the Tomb

Author: Michel de Ghelderode
Dates Performed: April 27, 28, 1985
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Peter Hendrickson
Stage Manager: Terry Donovan

Cast List

The Midwife: Lynn Crowell
The Layer-Out of the Dead: Kathleen Bertino
Magdalene: Mary Murphy
Martha: Jenny Uber
Mary, her sister: Leah Domitrovic
Veronica: Clare Van Hecke John: James Dudney The Old Woman: Elaine Jackson
Yochabeth: Terry Donovan
The Woman Cured of an Issue of Blood: Cora Smith

Notes: Offerd in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source(s) Original program courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: Lone Star

Author: James McLure
Dates Performed: April 27, 28, 1985
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Susan McGinnis

Cast List

Roy: Patrick Manson
Ray: Patrick Giblin
Cletis: Leo Gomez

Notes: Offerd in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source(s) Original program courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking

Author: John Ford Noonan
Dates Performed: April 29, 30, 1085
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Toni Rutherford
Lights: Dominic Lee
Sound: Richard Lynch

Cast List

Maude: Jan Czop
Hannah Mae: Paula Bourjaily

Notes: Offerd in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source(s) Original program courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: A Life in the Theatre

Author: David Mamet
Dates Performed: May 1, 2, 1985
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Katie Byrnes
Stage Manager: Jeanette Verdoorn
Stage Crew: Kerry Barnett

Cast List

Robert: Mike McKay
John: Kurt Holzberlein

Note: Offerd in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source: Program, courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play: The Actor's Nightmare

Author: Christopher Durang
Dates: May 6, 7, 1985
Producing Organization: ND/SMC Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Christopher Pomasl
Lights: Tini Rutherford

Cast List

George Spelvin: Greg Martin
Meg: Lenore Massa
Sarah Siddons: Jane Anne Riedford
Ellen: Lauren Longua
Henry Christopher: Pomasl

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 484, Stage Directing II.

Source: Program, courtesy of Frederic Syburg.