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1987-1988 Academic Year

University of Notre Dame Department of Communication and Theatre

Chair: Mark Pilkinton
Theatre Faculty: Reginald F. Bain, Willard R. Neuert, Frederic Syburg, Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C. (emeritus)
Communication Faculty: Ava Collins, James Collins, Pamela Falkenberg, James D. Peterson
Secretary: Mary Mitchell
Film/Video Technician: Phil Patnaude

Play: Death of a Salesman

Author: Arthur Miller
Dates: Oct. 7-11, 1987
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre presents a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

Artistic Staff

Director: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C.
Stage Manager: Rachel Durkin
Producer: Mark Pilkinton
Costume Designer: Lucy Pilkinton
Set and Lighting Designer: Willard Neuert
Hair Style Designer: Tom Stens

Cast

Willy Loman: Daniel Daily [guest artist]
Charley: Mark Costanzi
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

Note: Father Art Harvey returned to direct on the Washington Hall stage after a ten-year hiatus. Guest Artist Daniel Daily appeared through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association and as part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholar Series sponsored by the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts of the College of Arts and Letters.

Source: Program, Notre Dame Department of Communication and Theatre

Play: Thursday's Child

Author: Julie Jensen
Dates: Nov. 18 - 22, 1987
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium
Director: Julie Jensen
Producing Organization: Saint Mary's Communication and Theatre presents a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

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: Balloon! Balloon!

Author: Reginald F. Bain
Dates: On Fridays, Feb. 5 - April 29, 1988
Venue: Washington Hall Laboratory Theatre and South Bend area elementary schools
Director: Reginald Bain
Stage Manager: ?
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

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

Note: This production was made possible by a grant from the Dayton-Hudson Department Store Company [Target].

Source: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Play: Amadeus

Author: Peter Shaffer
Dates: March 2 - 6, 1988
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre presents a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production

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

Cast

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 Wieber
Master Carpenter: Matt Kovatch
Make-up: Stormi Yeater, Matt Kovatch
Properties: P.J. Gibbons
Scenery Coordinator: Michelle Seaton

Notes: Richard E. Donnelly served as guest artist for Amadeus, his first time to design costumes at Notre Dame, and this was Jane Paunicka's first production at Notre Dame. Amadeus sold out its five-performance run the Monday before the Wednesday opening night.

Source: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Play Title: The Glass Menagerie

Author: Tennessee Williams
Dates Performed: April 13-17, 1988
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: Saint Mary's College presents a Notre Dame/Saint Mary's Theatre production
Venue: O'Laughlin Auditorium

Artistic Staff

Directed by: Roberta Rude
Lights by: Robert Graham Small
Costumes and Set by: Linda Wigley

Cast List

Tom: Michael Grant
Amanda: Jane Anne Riedford
Laura: Claudia Wilson
Jim: Daniel Gore

Production Staff

Technical Director: Thomas Whipkey
Stage Manager: Jenna Huss
Sound Design: Roberta Rude
Poster/Program Design: John Jambor
Master Electrician: Kevin Dreyer
Hair Design: Tom Stens
Assistant Tech. Director: Eileen Gagel
Assistant to Scenographer: Theresa Kress
Assist. to Lighting Designer: Rachel Durkin
Assist. to Sound Designer: Kathy Van Zwoll
Publicity: Amy Tegel, Karen Webb
House Manager: Kathryn Schimmel
Construction and Painting: Karen Bell, Diedre Burke, Julie Jensen, Anne Kotlinski
Wardrobe Mistress: Anne Kotlinski
Wardrobe Construction: Katie Flanagan, Sarah Hughes, Krista McCaw, Jeannine Senger
Wardrobe Running Crew: Anne Kotlinski, Megan McCabe
Properties Mistress: Kathryn Schimmel
Props: Kathryn Schimmel, Kristen Schumacher
Make-Up: Bridget McCarthy
Light Board Operator: Eileen Gagel
Electricians: Karen Bell, Diedre Burke, Mike Burrow, Helen Snyder
Sound: Kathy Van Zwoll
Sound Board Operator: Lisa McMahon

Notes:

Source(s) Original program courtesy of Frederic Syburg.

Play Title: Talking With . . .

Author: Jane Martin
Dates Performed: Spring 1988
Venue: Washington Hall [initially scheduled for the Lab Theatre but moved to the mainstage]
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

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 Program, Reginald Bain private collection

Play Title: Bent

Author: Martin Sherman
Dates: April 24, 25, 1988
Venue: Washington Hall Laboratory Theatre
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Production Staff

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

Cast

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: Program, Reginald Bain private collection

1988 Catherine Hicks Award: John Robert Blakey