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1990-1991 Academic Year

Faculty:
Reginald F. Bain; Thomas M. Barkes; Ava Collins; James Collins; Kevin Dreyer; Pamela Falkenberg; Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C.(Emeritus); Theodore E. Mandell; James D. Peterson; Mark Pilkinton (Chairman); Hilary Radner; Frederic Syburg; Mary Mitchell (Secretary)

Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College announced the separation of their theatre seasons. (Press Release, Tom Barkes, May 15, 1990)

Play: The Taming of the Shrew

Author: William Shakespeare
Dates Performed: September 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Venue: Washington Hall
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre
Hosts Catholic University's National Players in their 42nd Annual Tour

Artistic Staff

Directors: William H. Graham, James A. Petosa
Costume Designer: Catherine Adair
Set and Lighting Designer: Tom Donahue

Cast List

Lucentio: Christopher Springer
Tranio: Bruce R. Nelson
Baptista: Michael McFarland
Gremio: Bill Gabelhausen
Hortensio: Craig Wallace
Katherina: Kelly McShain
Bianca: Christy Winters
Biondella: Gary Cardillo
Petruchio: Kevin Durkin
Grumio: Michael Kaprielian
Curtsy: Mary Hilton
Widow: Mary Hilton
Seamstress: Mary Hilton
A Pedant: Than McQuade
Vincentio: Glenn Dannis

Notes:

Source(s) Original Program - Notre Dame Communication and Theatre Dept. Files

Play Title: The Trojan Women

Author: Euripides
Dates Performed: Oct. 4-7, 10-14, 1990
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Reginald Bain
Stage Manager: Tony Bosco
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

Posiedon: Gerald Welch
Athene: Kassie Misiewicz
Hecuba: Siiri S. Scott
Helen: Tricia Nolan
Women of Troy: Nell Dennis, Patricia Hale, Kassie Misiewicz, Sonia Miller
Bobbie Jean Schleifer, Ida Sandoval, Kerrie Ann Shannon, Rachel Zutell
Katherine Slover
Talthybius: Jay Barry
Cassandra: Rosa Filardi
Andromache: Kathy Campbell
Menelaus: Craig B. McKee
Guards: Tim Mooney, Greg Murphy, Adrian D. Snyder

Production Staff

Producer: Mark Pilkinton
Assistant Director: Gerard Smith
Assistant Stage Manager: Julie Stavisky
Graphic Designer: Jim Manifold
Publicity: Carolyn Daly, Chris May
Wardrobe Manager: Jane Paunicka
Assistant Costume Designer: Shere Everett
Lighting Crew: Mark Ridgeway, Jason Winslade
Prop Manager: Colleen Loeffler
Set Construction Crew: Timothy Brown, Tim Cashin, Jim DeMarco, Eric Gorman, Kate Manuel, Ann Marsh, Mark Ridgeway, Whitney Sheets, Julie Sweet, Christina Telesca, Rachel Zutell

Notes:

Source(s) Original Program - Notre Dame Communication and Theatre Dept. Files

Play: The Marriage of Bette And Boo

Author: Christopher Durang
Dates Performed: Nov. 17-18, 1990
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Production Staff

Director: Brant Beckett
Stage Manager: Gretchen M. Schaller
Lighting Director: Michael Sayer
Sound Director: Patricia M. Hale

Cast List

Matt: Knight Anderson
Boo: Michael Murphy
Bette: Siiri S. Scott
Karl: David Foster
Margaret: K. Lynn Berry
Soot: Amy McFadden
Paul: Jim Nelis
Father Donnally: Eric T. Stach
Emily: Dianne Lucian
Doctor: Vinny Sanchez
Joan: Lisa L. Kosty

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Coth 444, Directing Practicum

Source: Poster, Reginald Bain Private Collection

Play: Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Author: Dario Fo
Dates Performed: Dec. 5 - 9, 1990
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Mark Pilkinton
Costume Designer: Richard E. Donnelly
Set and Lighting Designer: Kevin Dreyer
Stage Manager: Christina Telesca
Fight Choreographer: David Woolley
Musical Director: Thomas Williams

Production Staff

Assistant Stage Managers: Julie Sweet, Ann Marsh, Julie Stavisky
Wardrobe Manager: Jane Paunicka
Graphic Designer: Marty Schalm
Publicity Manager: Chris May
Lighting Technician: Eric Gorman:
Prop Crew: Lynne Darrah, Ida Sandoval:
Set Construction Crew: Tim Brown, Tim Cashin, Eric Gorman
Julie Sweet, Christina Telesca, Rachel Zutell

The Company
The Maniac: Joe Herman
Sergeant Bosco: Tony Bosco
Sergeant Zutelli: Rachel Zutell
Inspector Bertozzo: Kevin Moran
Captain Pissani: Mario Borelli
Chief Bellati: Thomas Williams
Ms. Fellati: Katy Blakey
Sergeant Pianoforte: Laura Gritz
Heckler 1: Jeff Schmidt
Heckler 2: Dave Mack
Heckless: Becky Schmucker

Notes:

Source(s) Original Program - Notre Dame Communication and Theatre Dept. Files

Play: the world premiere of Fortune, The Rise and Fall of a Small Fortune Cookie Factory

The American Trilogy Part I
Author: Theatre Grottesco
Dates Performed: Feb 27 - March 3, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall
Managing Director: Randall J. Rutherford
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre
hosts Theatre Grottesco

Production Staff

Lighting Design: Laura Higle, Ian Rosenkranz
Production Stage Manager: Laura Higle
Lighting: Laura Higle
Costume Design/Construction: Kelly Rinne
The Writer's Machine: Chris Tayler
Props: The Company
Managing Director: Randall J. Rutherford

Cast List

Rachel: Shauna Black
Mr. Vincent: John Flax
Olfar: Paul Herwig
Merrik: Alex Lemay
Lloyd: David Salowich
Donna: Elizabeth Wiseman

Notes: Made possible by a grant from Arts Midwest

Source(s) Original Program - Notre Dame Communication and Theatre Dept. Files

Play: The Good Woman of Setzuan

Author: Bertolt Brecht
Dates Performed: April 24-28, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Frederic Syburg
Costume Designer: Richard E. Donnelly
Set and Lighting Designer: Kevin Dreyer
Mask Construction: Shere Everett
Musical Director: Thomas Williams
Stage Manager: Tim Brown

Production Staff

Assistant Stage Managers: Elizabeth Emery, Beth McGuire, Bernadette Naval
Wardrobe Manager: Jane Paunicka
Graphic Designer: Jim Manifold
Lighting Technician: Julie Sweet
Prop Crew: Donna Buech, Lisa Dvorachek, Anne Marie Quast
Running Crew: Carra Pitts, Jeff Squires
Set Construction Crew: Tim Brown, Tim Cashin, Eric Gorman, Carra Pitts
Julie Sweet, Christina Telesca

Cast List

Shen Te/Shui Ta: Siiri S. Scott
Yang Sun: Gerald Welch
Wong: Pete Dillard
First God: Nathan FitzGerald
Second God: Timothy Caslin
Third God: David J. Holsinger
Mrs. Shin: Jill Nicole Favero
Mrs. Mi Tzu: Tasha Gutting
Mr. Shu Fu: Thomas Williams
Mrs. Yang: Colleen Loeffler
A Policeman: Stanley Kolis
The Husband: Chris Ferrer
The Wife: Brenda M. Geary
The Brother: John Schadl
The Nephew: Troy D. Billings
The Niece: Bernadette Naval
The Sister-in-law: Abigail Vahey
The Grandfather: Jason L. Winslade
The Boy: Amy McFadden
An Unemployed Man: Jim Hogan
A Carpenter: Glenn G. Fogarty
An Old Whore: Amy McFadden
An Old Man: David Foster
An Old Woman: Shannon M. Schwarz
A Waiter: Troy D. Billings
Children: Julie Paunicka; Jaclyn Paunicka
A Priest: John Schadl

Congratulations to Fred Syburg

This production has special significance for both the cast and the department. At the end of this academic year, Professor Frederic Syburg will retire after thirty-seven years of teaching and service. The Good Woman of Setzuan will be Professor Syburg's final directing assignment as an active member of the Department of Communication and Theatre.

It has been my great privilege to work with Fred over the past seven years. He is an excellent teacher, a superb director, and a consummate gentleman. Most importantly, students and their needs have always come first with Fred. I will especially miss his quiet strength and astute counsel.

Mark C. Pilkinton, Chair

Notes:

Source: Program, Tom Barkes Private Collection

Play: Hoops and Blue Rose

Author: Gerry Smith, with Mike Miller
Dates Performed: May 1, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Gerry Smith
Production Assistant: Kevin Moran
Lights Designer: Mike W. Miller
The Cast
Greg: Greg Murphy
Steve: David Raedy
Jay: David Brach
Mike: Jay Berry
JoAnn: Molly Denver
Rick: Kevin Moran
Tom: Dylan McKenna
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Rose: Carita Fletcher
James: Eric Bailey

Play: Penguin Blues

Author: Ethan Phillips
Dates Performed: May 1, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Anna K. Wiese
Stage Manager: John Cook
The Cast
Angelita: Kelly Griffith
Gordon: Michael Scarsella

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing Process.

Source(s) Play Program - Dr. Reginald Bain

Play: No Exit

Author: Jean-Paul Sartre
Dates Performed: May 1, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Timothy Deenihan
Stage Manager: Kelli Karpick
The Cast
Valet: Michael Joyce
Garcin: David Latherow
Inez: Sheila Hanahan
Estelle: Kris Penn

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing Process.

Source: Program, Reginald Bain Private Collection

Play: Paranoid

Author: Christopher Brown
Dates Performed: May 2, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Christopher Brown
Stage Manager: Nina Page

The Cast

Wright: Fred Tombar
Zenobia: Tish Powell
Tonya: Coquese Washington
Kenny: Tim Mooney
Mike: Keith McCoy
Secretary: Angela McDonald

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing Process.

Source: Program, Reginald Bain Private Collection

Play: The Still Alarm

Author: George S. Kaufman
Dates Performed: May 2, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Dylan McKenna
Stage Manager: Tom Moyer
The Cast
Bob: Stan Sawicki
Ed: James Suttle
Bellboy: Robert Dickinson
First Fireman: Dave Kennedy
Second Fireman: Patrick Murphy

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing Process.

Source: Program, Reginald Bain Private Collection

Play: Advice to Players

Author: Bruce Bonafede
Dates Performed: May 2, 1991
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre
Director: Sherry-Ann Morris
Stage Manager: Diana Barnes
The Cast
Oliver Manzi: Joe Wilson, Jr.
Robert Obosa: Michael Penman
John Tyler: Eric R. Griffith
Tony: Vincent P. Casingal
Emily Ngome: Jocelyn K. Allen

Notes: Offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing Process.

Source: Program, Reginald Bain Private Collection

1991 Catherine Hicks Award: Kassie M. Misiewicz