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1986-1987 Academic Year

Play: Krapp's Last Tape

Author: Samuel Beckett
Dates Performed: Sept. 24 - 26, 1986
Venue: Washington Hall
Director: Samuel Beckett
Scenic and Lighting Design by: Willard Neuert
Costumes by: Teresita Garcia Suro (wife of Cluchey)
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre in a San Quentin Players Production

Cast

Krapp: Rick Cluchey (co-founder of the San Quentin Drama Workshop)

Production Staff

Scenic Crew: Mark Gugel, Maria Micale, Lucy Baraquio, Mary Gordon, Tom Mc Sweeney, Joe Keller, Mark Baumgartner, Brian Loeffler
Lighting Crew: Steve Kempinger, Helene Mengert, Marty Tracey

Note: Krapp's Last Tape premiered in London in 1958 as a curtain raiser for Endgame. This production was made possible at Notre Dame by a grant from the Exxon Corporation.

Source: Program, Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Play: Crimes of the Heart

Author: Beth Henley
Dates Performed: Oct. 8-12, 1986
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium
Director: Julie Jensen
Producing Organization: Saint Mary's Communication and Theatre in a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

Notes:

Source: University of Notre Dame Department of Communication and Theatre

Play: Good

Author: C. P. Taylor
Dates Performed: Dec. 3-7, 1986
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Mark Pilkinton
Stage Manager: Rachel N. Durkin
Production Designer: Willard Neuert
Musical Director: Eli Coats
Publicity: Nancy O'Connor
Production Manager: William Wilson
Asst. Stage Manager: Kevin Russell
Costumes: Elizabeth Tucker, Michelina O'Day

Cast List

John Halder: Michael Grant
Bouller/Eichmann: Brian Loeffler
Maurice: Jack Blakey
Major/Freddie: Thomas Booker
Helen: Laurie Shea
Anne: Mary Louisa Meehan
Mother: Karen Carbone
Doctor: Mark Costanzi
Nurse/Elizabeth: Amy Costantini
Hitler/ Bok: Eli Coats
Pianist: Walter Tambor
Flautists: Amy Moore, Amy Costantini

Production Staff

Production Manager: William L. Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager: Kevin Russell
Poster Designer: Marty Schalm
Publicity Coordinator: Nancy O'Connor
Publicity: Robin Dvorak, Lisa Favre, Lisa Herb, Denise Tolatta, Amy Wright
Master Carpenter: Mark Gugel
Stage Carpenters: Jill Coakley, Timothy Dierks, Andy Gray, Mary Gordon, Joe Keller, Kevin Kennedy, Greg Klostermann, Brian Loeffler, John Mc Mahon, Helene Mengert, Scott Moore, Mark Ridgeway
Master Electricians: Mark Ridgeway, Timothy Dierks, Scott Moore,
Property Master: Jill Coakley

Notes: Good was first staged in London in 1981.

Source: Program, courtesy of Mark Pilkinton

Play: Approaching Lavendar

Directing Class Finals
Author: Julie Beckett Crutcher
Dates Performed: Fall, 1986
Director: Jack Blakey
Stage Manager: Amy Costantini
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

Jeff: Mark Costanzi
Wren: Karen Carbone
Abigail: Laurie Shea
Drunk: Dave O'Brien

Notes: Offered as partial fulfillment of the requirements for COTH 374, Directing I.

Source: University of Notre Dame Department of Communication and Theatre

Play: Graceland

Directing Class Finals
Author: Ellen Byron
Dates Performed: Fall, 1986
Director: Tom Booker
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

Bev Davies: Nancy O'Connor
Elvis: Brian Loeffler
Rootie Mallert: Beth Worley
Reflection: Sarah Rauh

Notes: Offered as partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 374, Directing I.

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

Play: Minnesota Moon

Directing Class Finals
Author: John Olive
Dates Performed: Fall, 1986
Director: Michael Grant
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

Larry: Kevin Kennedy
Alan: Joseph Keller

Notes: Offered as partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 374, Directing I.

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

Play: Stretching for Freedom

Directing Class Finals
Author: Roberto Garza
Dates Performed: Fall, 1986
Director: Rafael Benavente
Stage Manager: John Swain
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast List

College Student: Gregort J. Plate
Teco: Daniel J. Meixner
Woman Soldier: Maureen Farley
Gordo: Richard C. Reynolds
General: John Swain
Guard: Paul Laughlin

Notes: Offered as partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 374, Directing I.

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

Play: Silence

Directing Class Finals
Author: Harold Pinter
Dates Performed: February, 1987
Director: Ted Manier
Stage Manager: ?
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall Lab Theatre

Cast List

Ellen (a Woman in her Twenties): Robin Dvorak
Rumsey (A Man of Forty): Dan Gore
Bates (a Man in his Middle Thirties): George Perry

Note: Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 374, Directing I.

Source: Program, Fred Syburg Collection

Play: The Fifth Sun

Author: Nicholas A. Patricca
Dates Performed: Feb 25-28, 1987
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre in a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

Artistic Staff

Director: Fred Syburg
Stage Manager: John Devine
Set andCostume Designer: Willard Neuert
Costumer: Betty Tucker
Lightening Designer: Mark Ridgeway
Design Assistant: William Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager: Brant R. Beckett
Graphic Designer: Paul Wieber

Cast List

The Narrator: Karen Carbone
Archbishop Romero: David Scheidler
Kukulcan: Sean Killian Evers
Sr. Anne Dunn: Maureen Farley
Chac: Susan Foley
Fr. Hector Navarez: Matt Nash
Ahpuch: Kevin Kennedy
Fr. Rutilio Grande: Jack Langenberg III
Ghanan: Eric Hunter
The Colonel: Daniel Meixner
The Nuncio: Joseph Medel

Production Staff

Design Assistant: William Wilson
Asst. Stage Manager: Brant R. Beckett
Poster Designer: Paul Wieber
Costumer: Betty Tucker
Lighting Crew: P.J. Gibbons, Marika Krech, Tim Sutton
Carpentry Crew: Scott Moore, Joseph Keller, Brian Loeffler

Notes:The Fifth Sun, a dramatization of the murder of San Salvador Archbishop Romero in 1980, premiered at the Vistory Gardens Theater in Chicago in 1984.

Source: Program, Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Play: To Dance!

Choreographer: Indi Dieckgrafe
Dates: March 4-8, 1987
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium
Producing Organization: Saint Mary's College Communication and Theatre in a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

Cast to follow

Notes:

Source: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Play: Macbeth

Author: William Shakespeare
Dates Performed: April 20 - May 3, 1987
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre in a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

Artistic Staff

Director: Reginald Bain
Stage Manager: Daniel Gore
Set and Lighting Designer: Willard Neuert
Costume Designer: Jayne L. Jaynes
Musical Score: Reg Bain Jr.
Mask Designer: Matt Kovatch
Fight Master: A.L. Soens
Vocal Coach: Kate Burke
Dramaturg: Paul Rathburn
Make-up Consultant: Edwin Swigart

Cast List

First Witch: Laurie Shea
Duncan: David Scheidler
Second Witch: Kimberly Brown
Malcolm: Joseph Medel
Third Witch: Mary Louisa Meehan
Donalbain: Brian C. Shea
A Captain: Kevin Kennedy
Ross: Mark Costanzi
Lennox: Eli Coats, Jr.
Angus: Rich Goode
Macbeth: Edward Manier, Jr.
Banquo: Joseph Zonies
Lady Macbeth: Maureen Farley
Gentlewoman: Robin Dvorak
Porter: Michael Grant
Fleance: Kevin Orpurt
Macduff: Duane DiFranco
Seyton: Elie Kerrigan
Old Man: Tom Booker
First Murderer: Joseph Keller
Caithness: Sean Killian Evers
Second Murderer: Joseph Keller
Menteith: Kevin Kennedy
Lady Macduff: K. Lynn Berry
Doctor: Marty Tracey
Young Macduff: Robert Taylor
Siward: David Scheidler
Young Siward: Jack Langenberg III

Production Staff

Producer: Mark Pilkinton
Graphic Designer: Paul Wieber
Publicity Crew: Robin Dvorak, Nancy O'Connor
Assistant Director: K. Lynn Berry:
Assistant Stage Managers: Sharon Dow, Nancy O'Connor
Design Assistants: Willliam Wilson, Mark Ridgeway
Costumer: Betty Tucker
Master Carpenter: Scott Moore
Master Electrician: J.P. Gibbons
Prop Master: Carlie Schubert
Make-up: Kristen Tweedell

Notes:

Source: Program, Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Play: Interview

Author: Jean-Claude van Italie
Dates Performed: Spring, 1987
Venue: Laboratory Theatre
Director: Eli Coats, Jr.
Sound: P. J. Gibbons
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Cast

First Interviewer: Susan Foley
First Applicant: Tom Booker
Second Interviewer: Kevin Kennedy
Second Applicant: Nancy E. O'Connor
Third Interviewer: Mary Louisa Meehan
Third Applicant: Miki Schadek
Fourth Interviewer: Mike Murphy
Fourth Applicant: Laurie Shea

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

Source: Program, Notre Dame Communication and Theatre