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1987/88 School Year

Mainstage Productions


Play Title: Death of a Salesman

Author: Arthur Miller
Dates Performed: Oct. 7-11, 1987
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Fr. Arthur Harvey
Stage Manager: Rachel Durkin
Producer: Mark Pilkinton
Costume Designer: Lucy Pilkinton
Set and Lighting Designer: Willard Neuert
Hair Style Designer: Tom Stens
The Company
Willy Loman: Daniel Daily*
Charley: Mark Constanzi
Linda: Laurie Shea
Uncle Ben: Nick Simon
Happy: Jack Blakey
Howard Wagner: Michael Murphy
Biff: Ted Manier
Jenny: Robin Dvorak
Bernard: Matt Nash
Stanley: Kevin Kennedy
Woman: Nancy O'Connor
Miss Forsythe: Kassie Misiewicz
Letta: Diane Tracy
Waiter/ Office Boy: Marty Tracey

Production Staff

Assistant Director: Joseph Keller:
Assistant Stage Manager: Jim Nelis
Assistant Lighting Designer: P.J. Gibbons
Wardrobe Manager: Elizabeth Tucker
Graphic Designer: Jim Manifold
Master Carpenter: Matt Kovatch
Make-up: Kristin Tweedell:
Properties: Siiri Scott, Robin Dvorak:
Set Construction Crew: Kevin Russell, John Dwyer, Thomas Howley, Noreen Bowden
Kathy Ross, Ann Tankersley, Brian Leoffler, P.J.Gibbons

Notes:

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


Play Title: Thursday's Child

Author: Julie Jensen
Dates Performed: Nov. 18 - 22, 1987
Venue: O'Laughlin Aud.
Director: Julie Jensen
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: SMC Theatre

Notes:

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


Play Title: Spittin' Image

Directing Class Finals
Author: Stephen Metcalfe
Dates Performed: December 11, 1987
Venue: Laboratory Theatre
Director: Kevin Kennedy
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

Megs: Mark Costanzi
Bucky: Mike Murphy

Notes:

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


Play Title: The Conquest of Everest

Directing Class Finals
Author: Arthur Kopit
Dates Performed: December 11, 1987
Venue: Laboratory Theatre
Director: Liz Murphy
Stage Manager: Jenna Huss
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

Almensidi: Kassie Misiewicz
Almenstar: Pat Preissing
Chinese Soldier: Dan Nuven

Notes:

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


Play Title: This Property is Condemned

Directing Class Finals
Author: Tennessee Williams
Dates Performed: December 11, 1987
Venue: Laboratory Theatre
Director: Eileen Gallagher
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre,

Cast List

Willie: Amy McFadden
Tom: Pat Creadon

Notes:

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


Play Title: The Academy

Directing Class Finals
Author: Mario Fratti
Translated by: Raymond Rosenthal
Dates Performed: December 11, 1987
Venue: Laboratory Theatre
Director: Anastasia Borgman
Stage Manager: Anne C. Kotlinski
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre,

Cast List

Afro: Sean X. McKessy
Donato: Tony Lawton
Fortunato: Ninni Gola
The Signora: Bridget McCarthy
Benito: Daniel Sheldon
Elio: David Gallivan
Corso: Brian Loeffler
The Professor: Nick Simon

Notes:

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


Play Title: Balloon! Balloon!

Author: Reginald F. Bain
Dates Performed: On Fridays, Feb. 5 - April 29, 1988
Venue: Washington Hall / South Bend area elementary schools
Director: Reginald Bain
Stage Manager: not found
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: COTH (Notre Dame Communication and Theatre)
Funded by: Dayton-Hudson Department Store Company

Cast List I

Balloon Seller: Siiri S. Scott
King, Green Balloon, First Cloud: Will McNulty
Prime Minister, Bird: Eric Hunter
Meteorologist, Doctor, Policeman, Chief Squiggle: Kristen Olsen
Reporter, Red Balloon, Princess: Ann Tankersley
Sargeant, Pilot, Second Squiggle, President: Michael Murphy
TV Anchor, Principal, Counselor, Second Cloud: Robin Dvorak
Yellow Balloon, Third Squiggle: Helene Mengert

Cast List II

Balloon Seller: Richard Goode
King, Green Balloon, First Cloud: James Nelis
Prime Minister, Bird: Eric Hunter
Meteorologist, Doctor, Policeman, Chief Squiggle: Kristen Olsen
Reporter, Red Balloon, Princess: Nancy O'Connor
Sargeant, Pilot, Second Squiggle, President: Michael Murphy
TV Anchor, Principal, Counselor, Second Cloud: Patricia Hale
Yellow Balloon, Third Squiggle: Kelly Harris

Production Staff

Tour Manager: Meg MacKenzie Rooney
Production Stage Manager: Kevin Brennan
Touring Stage Manager: Eric Hunter
Touring Assistant Stage Manager: Robin Dvorak, Kristen Olsen
Assistants: Mara Crovello, Mary Killeen Mullen
Graphic Artist: Paul Wieber
Project Manager: Tom Barkes

Notes:

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


Play Title: Amadeus

Author: Peter Shaffer
Dates Performed: March 2 - 6, 1988
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Fred Syburg
Stage Manager: Rachel N. Durkin
Producer: Mark Pilkinton
Costume Designer: Richard E. Donnelly
Set and Lighting Designer: Willard Neuert
Movement Coach: Tom Barkes
Sound Designer: William Wilson
Asst. Set Designer: Jennie Muir
Asst. Stage Manager: Annemarie Reilly
The Company
Antonio Salieri: Jack Blakey
Count Orsini-Rosenberg: Brant Beckett
The Venticelli: Matt Nash, Siiri S. Scott
Baron van Swieten: Tony Lawton
Priest: David Gallivan
Salieri's Valet: Rich Goode
Giuseppe Bonno: Joe Herman
Salieri's Cook: John Callahan
Teresa Salieri: Theresa McCaughey
Joseph II, Emperor of Austria: Joseph Medel
Katherina Cavalieri: Christy Anderson Johann Kilian von Strack: Kevin Kennedy Constanze Weber: K. Lynn Berry
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Brian Loeffler
Major Domo: Ted Smith
Gallants: Will McNulty
Servants: Kassie Misiewicz, Nick Simon, Jerry Welch, James Nelis
David Latherow, Ann Tankersley, Nancy O'Connor

Production Staff

Wardrobe Mistress: Jane Paunicka
Asst. Wardrobe Mistress: Maureen McDonnell
Wigs: Tom Stens
Graphic Designer: Paul Weiber
Master Carpenter: Matt Kovatch
Make-up: Stormi Yeater, Matt Kovatch
Properties: P.J. Gibbons
Scenery Coordinator: Michelle Seaton

Notes:

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


Play Title: The Glass Meagerie

Author: Tennessee Williams
Dates Performed: April 13-17, 1988
Venue: O'Laughlin Aud.
Director: Roberta Rude
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: SMC Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Notes:

Source(s) Notre Dame Communication and Theatre Dept. Files
Laboratory Theater Productions


Play Title: Talking With . . .

Author: Jane Martin
Dates Performed: Spring, 1988
Venue: Lab Theatre
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Laurie Shea
Stage Manager: Ann Tankersly
Lighting Designer: P. J. Gibbons
Costume Designer: Betty Tucker

Cast List

Fifteen Minutes with: Laurie Shea
Audition with: K. Lynn Berry
Scraps with: Shawna Rheame
Marks with: Siiri Scott
Rodeo with: Roberta Dvorak
Dragons with: Kassie Misiewicz
Twirler with: Amy McFadden
French Fries with: Kristen Olsen
Clear Glass Marbles with: Nancy O'Connor:

Notes:

Source(s) Play Program - Dr. Reginald Bain


Play Title: Bent

Author: Martin Sherman
Dates Performed: April 24, 25, 1988
Venue: Lab Theatre
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Production Staff

Director: Anastasia Borgman
Stage Manager: Kristen Schumacher
Lighting: Liz Murphy
Photography: Meg Sheehy

Cast List

Max: Kevin Kennedy
Rudy: Eli A. Coats, Jr.
Wolf: James Nelis
Guard: Steve Burgun
Greta: Joseph Keller
Aunt Frida: Bridget McCat
Officer: Annemarie Reilly
Horst: Matt Nash
Kapo: Vinny Sanchez

Notes:

Source(s) Original Play Program - Dr. Reginald Bain
1988 Catherine Hicks Award Winner: John Robert Blakey


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