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1996-1997 Academic Year

Faculty: Mark Pilkinton (Chair), Bruce Auerbach (Associate Chair), Reginald Bain, Thomas M. Barkes, James Collins, Richard E. Donnelly, Kevin Dreyer:, Vincent Friedewald, Rev. David A. Garrick, C.S.C., Jill Godmilow, Karen Heisler, Theodore E. Mandell, Kassie Misiewicz, Ava Preacher, Hilary Radner, Randolph L. Rutsky, Hank Sartin, Gary Sieber

Emeriti: Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C., Harry Kevorkian, Frederic Syburg

Staff: Mary Mitchell, Jane Paunicka, Diane Pribbernow

Washington Hall Staff:
Facility Manager: Tom Barkes
House Managers: Kevin Cunningham, Scott Haugh, John Kilgore, Lauren McLeod, Benjie Robinson
Housekeepers: Roger Allee, Becky Luchowski

Play: Barefoot in the Park

Author: Neil Simon
Dates: October 9-13, 1996
Venue: Washington Hall
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre

Artistic Staff

Director: Mark Pilkinton
Lighting Designer: Jeff Dodson*
Costume Designer: Richard E. Donnelly
Set Designer: Bruce Auerbach
Stage Manager: Andrew J. Reuland*
Sound Design: Kevin Dreyer

Cast

Corie Bratter: Melanie Garman*
Telephone Repair Person: Meghan Halper*
Delivery Person: Jason Dorwart*
Paul Bratter: Craig Pinza
Corie's Mother, Mrs. Banks: Suzanne Mignanelli*
Victor Velasco: Michael O'Malley

Production Staff

Technical Director: Kevin Dreyer
Costume Shop Supervisor: Jane Paunicka
Graphic Designer: Patrick Ryan
Asst Stage Managers: Janessa Fitzgerald*, Rebekah Go*, Dan Smith
Lighting Crew: Tiana Collins*, John Kilgore, Lara Walters*
Lighting Board Operator: Jennifer Johnson
Costume Construction: Diane Hren*, K. C. Nocero*, Andrea Oess*
Wardrobe and Makeup: Jane Paunicka, Supervisor
Elaine Bonifield, Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
Running Crew: Louise Edwards, Michael Harrlander, Katie Maturi, Kelly McGann, Laura Reding, Patrick Wackerly
Set Construction: Scott Bishop, Jeff Cloninger*, Tiana Collins*, Jeff Dodson*, Janessa Fitzgerald*, Misty Goad, Carrie Gulick*, Meghan Halper*, Jennifer Johnson, John Kilgore, Erin McMurrough*, Diane Hren*, Andrew Reuland*, Dan Riedl, Meg Samson, Kevin Q. Shannon, Lara Walters*

Note: Barefoot in the Park opened on Broadway October 23, 1963, just a month before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This is the departmental premiere of Barefoot in the Park at Notre Dame, but Mark Pilkinton directed the play in 1976 for Theatre AUM at Auburn University at Montgomery (Alabama), in which sophomore Bruce Auerbach played Victor Velasco.

Source: Program, Mark Pilkinton private collection

Play: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Author: Edward Albee
Dates: Nov. 8 & 9, 1996
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theater
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall; COTH 444 Advanced Directing project

Artistic Staff

Director: Mark Seamon
Set and Lighting Designer: Andrew J. Reuland
Costume Designer: Andrea Oess

Cast List

Martha: Lara Walters
George: Adam Weiler
Honey: Greta Marie Zandstra
Nick: Kevin Carrigan

Production Staff

Stage Manager: Kristine Howard
Assistant Stage Manager: Jennifer Johnson
Light Board Operators: Liz Kerbleski

Notes

Source(s): Original program

Play: A Christmas Carol

Author: Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by: Ken Jones
Dates: November 20-25, 1996
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Kassie Misiewicz
Costume Designer: Richard E. Donnelly
Set Designer: Kevin Dreyer
Lighting Designer: Bruce Auerbach
Choreographer: Kimberly McGhay*
Musical Director: Jeffrey Cloninger*
Stage Manager: Erin McMurrough*

Cast List

Stephanie Bickel: Fan
Charles Camosy*: Christmas Present
Martha Cratchit:
Jeffrey Cloninger*: Balladeer
Lakeya Cook: Belle
Mr. Haversham
Sean B. Geary*: Mr. Fezziwig
Carrie Gulick*: Belinda Cratchit
Gentleman: Belle's Daughter
Elizabeth H. Henderson: Mrs. Fezziwig
Kathleen Hillman*: Mrs. Haversham
Gentlewoman: Woman #2
Matthew Holmes: Peter Cratchit
Daniel Jacobs: Tiny Tim
Boy in the Street: Boy Scrooge
Jerry Lavin*: Bob Cratchit
Kimberly Megna*: Niece
Jacob Marley: Christmas Past
Daniel O'Brien*: Young Ebenezer Scrooge
Andrea Oess*: Mrs. Cratchit
Joe: Woman #1
Randall Smith: Scrooge
Dan Sullivan: Nephew
Christmas Future
Mick Swiney: Dick
Belle's Husband

Production Staff

Technical Director: Kevin Dreyer
Costume Shop Supervisor: Jane Paunicka
Graphic Designer: Paul Wieber
Assistant Director: Maria Thieneman*
Asst to the Lighting Designer: Jeff Dodson*
Assistant Stage Managers: Susan Buchino, Meghan Halper*
Dance Captain: Lakeya Cook
Lighting Crew: Patrick Caraher, Jeffrey Cloninger,* Tiana Collins,* Jeff Dodson*, John Kilgore, Meg Samson, Lara Walters*
Lighting Board Operators: Patrick Caraher, Rebekah Go*
Costume Construction Crew: Diane Hren,* K.C. Nocero,* Andrea Oess*
Wardrobe and Makeup Crew: Jane Paunicka, Supervisor
Tiffany Barber, Megan Dalfausse, Patricia Quijano, Kathleen Schlef, Maggie Sinclair
Running Crew: Jill Heth, Diane Hren
Set Construction Crew: Scott Bishop, Jeffrey Cloninger,* Tiana Collins,* Jeff Dodson*, Michael Doyle, Janessa Fitzgerald,* Misty Goad, Carrie Gulick, Meghan Halper,* John Kilgore, Kevin Lohman, Erin McMurrough*, Diane Hren,* Dan Riedl, Andrew Reuland,* Meg Samson, Kevin Q. Shannon, Lara Walters*
* Denotes Communication and Theatre major

Notes

Source(s): Original Program
Fall Semester COTH 444 Directing Final

Fall Semester Directing and Acting Finals (COTH 322/344)
December 10, 1996

Play: The Monkey's Paw

Author: W. W. Jacobs
Dramatized By: Louis N. Parker:
Director: Wes Mappin
Stage Manager: Amy Crawford

Cast

Sgt. Major Morris: Luke Brennan
Sampson: Laura DiNardo
Madeline: Christina Hernandez-Kolski
John White: Dan Sullivan
Jenny White: Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

Fall Semester Directing and Acting Finals (COTH 322/344)
December 10, 1996

Play: Clevinger's Trial

Author: Joseph Heller
Director: Craig Pinza
Stage Managers: Rebecca Go & Gina Evans

Cast

Clevinger: Robert W. Sudduth
Yossarian: Diane M. Hren
Lt. Scheisskopf: Dan Smith
Metcalf: Steven D. Bartman
Popinjay: Kristen M. Ohlenforst
The Colonel: Peter D. Cilella

Fall Semester Directing and Acting Finals (COTH 322/344)
December 10, 1996

Play: The Lesson

Author: Eugène Ionesco
Director: Drew Rausch
Stage Manager: Janessa Fitzgerald

Cast

The Maid: Elaine Bonifield
The Young Pupil: Misty Goad
The Professor: Daniel G. O'Brien
Monologues from "Character" Class
Sean Geary: Craig
Janessa Fitzgerald: Marie

Notes: These plays are offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing: Process. "Character" class monologues for COTH 322 Acting: Character- Students have chosen a monologue either from "Runaway" improvisation that resulted in a character ten to twenty years after his/her teenage runaway experience, or a character deriving from exploration beginning with a certain animal.

Fall Semester Directing and Acting Finals (COTH 322/344)
December 11, 1996

Monologues from "Character" Class

Greta Zanstra: Johnnie
Kimberly McGhay: Sheila
Suzanne Mignanelli: Toby
Carol Gulick: Dana
LaKeya Cook: Bertha Mae
Kimberly Megna: Bertha
Daniel O'Brien: Preston

Fall Semester Directing and Acting Finals (COTH 322/344)
December 11, 1996

Play Title: Bums

Author: Robert Shaffron
Director: Joseph Rolon
Stage Managers: Ricky Ramon & Larice Woods

Cast

Broadway Vic: Tony Blanchet-Ruth
Mary/Evelyn: Adrienne Franco
Entertainer: Andrea Oess
Prostitute: Quincy Starnes
Frank: Andrew Reuland

Fall Semester Directing and Acting Finals (COTH 322/344)
December 11, 1996

Play Title: Cecile or The School for Fathers

Author: Jean Anouilh
English Version: Luce and Arthur Kline
Director: Peter C. Rufa
Stage Manager: Meghan Halper
Assistant Stage Manager: Amy Firstenberger

Cast

Monsier Orlas: Jake Rademacher
Araminthe: Kim McGhay
Cecile: Marie Basbagill
Chevalier: Pat Wackerly
Monsier Damiens: Joe Weiler
Bodyguard 1: Angel Castelan
Bodyguard 2: Meg Samson

Notes: These plays are offered in partial fulfillment of the requirements of COTH 344, Directing: Process. "Character" class monologues for COTH 322 Acting: Character- Students have chosen a monologue either from our "Runaway" improvisation that resulted in a character ten to twenty years after his/her teenage runaway experience, or a character deriving from exploration beginning with a certain animal.

Play: The Challenge

Author: Gilbert Dupuis
Dates: Feb. 27, 28, Mar. 1 matinée, Mar. 1 evening
Performing Company: DynamO Theatre
Director: Alain Fournier
composer: Alain Blais
set & costume designer: Claude Goyette
lighting designer assistant director: Richard Desrochers
production manager & rehearsal director: Jacqueline Gosselin
head carpenter: Jean-Pierre Gallant
trainer: Marshall Garfield
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall

Cast

Lisa Carrier: Sylvette Boudreau
Christian Ferland: Stéphane Franche
Research team: Martine Brisson, Luc Dagenais, Robert Dion, Gilbert Dupuis, Alain Fournier, Jacinte Giroux, Jacqueline Gosselin, Daniel Hétu, Rénald Laurin, Pierre Leclerc, Guylaine Paul

Notes: The residency of DynamO Théâtre is sponsored by a grant from the Paul M. and Barbara Henkels: Visiting Scholar Series and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts.

Play: The Grapes of Wrath

Author: John Steinbeck
Adaptation: Frank Galati
Dates: April 16-20, 1997
Producing Organization: Notre Dame Communication and Theatre
Venue: Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Reginald Bain
Set Designer: Bruce Auerbach
Lighting and Multimedia Designer: Kevin Dreyer
Costume Designer: Richard E. Donnelly
Stage Manager: Laura Weiler*

Cast List

Singer/Musician: John Kennedy
1st Narrator: Kathryn Telesca*
2nd Narrator: Larice N. Woods
Jim Casy: Chris Kudlacz
Tom Joad: Kevin Carrigan
Muley Graves: Quincy Starnes*
Willy: Jeff Dodson*
Pa: Adam Weiler*
Ma: Melissa Dunne
Granma: Kimberly Megna*
Grampa: Michael O'Malley
Noah: Joe Rolón
Ruthie: Morgan Murphy Bracken
Winfield: Kyle Barkes
Uncle John: Jerry Lavin*
Rose of Sharon: Suzanne Mignanelli*
Connie Rivers: James Craft
Al: Joseph Weiler
Camp Proprietor: Charles Camosy*
The Man Going Back: Rich Janor
Gas Station Attendant: Ricky Ramón
Gas Station Owner: Mark McKenna
Agricultural Officers: Dan Smith, Jake Rademacher
Mayor of Hooverville: Dan Smith
Floyd Knowles: Jeff Dodson*
Floyd's Wife: Kathryn Telesca*
Contractor: Jake Rademacher
Deputy Sheriff: Mark McKenna
Officer: Rich Janor
Weedpatch Director: Joe Rolón
Al's Girl: Molly Ann Burns
Elizabeth Sandry: Tenelle Cadogan*
Hooper Ranch Bookeeper: Michael O'Malley
Hooper Ranch Guards: Charles Camosy,* James Craft
Striker's Camp Guard: Quincy Starnes*
Mrs. Wainwright: Kathleen Hillman*
Mr. Wainwright: Mark McKenna
Aggie Wainwright: Kimberly Megna*
The Man in the Barn: Joe Rolón
His Son: Ricky Ramón

Production Staff

Technical Director: Kevin Dreyer
Costume Shop Supervisor: Jane Paunicka
Graphic Designer: Patrick Ryan
Asst to the Lighting Designer: Jeff Dodson*
Assistant Stage Managers: Kristine Howard,* Patrick Wackerly*
Prop Master: Meghan Halper *
Prop Running Crew: Heather Schneider
Set Construction Crew: Mark Birschbach, Jeffrey Cloninger,* Jeff Dodson,* Meghan Halper,* Tuvara J. King, John Kilgore, Paul Mangan, Matt Quallick, Andrew Reuland,* Lara Walters,*
Lighting Crew: Jeffrey Cloninger,* Tiana Collins,* Jeff Dodson,* Michael Haarlander,* Meghan Halper, John Kilgore, Andrew Reuland*
Lighting Board Operator: Susan Buchino:
Wigmaster: Jane Paunicka
Makeup and Prosthetics: Denise Generally
Costume Construction Crew: Elaine Bonifield, Susan Buchino, Jeff Dodson,* Misty Goad, Carrie Gulick,* Diane Hren,* Lisa McDonald, Kimberly Megna, K.C. Nocero,* Maria Thieneman
Wardrobe Running Crew: Jane Paunicka, Supervisor
Chris Bryant, Kevin Dunwoodie, Michelle Viegas, Leanne Robinson*
Multimedia Running Crew: Stephany Foster, Dennis Jovellanos, Michelle Keefe, Colin O'Neil
* Denotes Communication and Theatre major

Notes

Source(s) Original Program COTH Department
Spring Semester COTH 444 Directing Final

Play: Othello

Author: William Shakespeare
Dates: February 21, 22, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Adam Weiler
Set Design: Tiana Collins
Costume Design: K C Nocero
Lighting Design: Jeff Dodson
Stage Manger: Susan Buchino
Music Consultant: Catherine Basque:
Assistant Stage Managers: Ann Barnet, Patrick Caraber
Properties: Jeff Cloninger
Light Board Operator: Lisa McDonald
Sound Operator: Laura Weiler
Costume Crew: Diane Hren, K C Nocero

Cast List

Iago: Matthew Holmes
Roderigo: Steven D. Bartman
Brabantio: Joe Rolon
Othello: Jason Robinson
Cassio: Albert Jones
Duke of Venice: Mark McKenna
First Senator: Kevin Carrigan
Second Senator: Ricky Ramon
Desdemona: Leilani Pascale
Montano: James Craft
Emelia: Kimberly Megna
Bianca: Leanne Robinson
Lodovico: Matt Gasaway
Gratiano: Matthew Rindge
Messenger: Elaine Bonifield
Court Officer: Erin Sayer
Spring Semester Directing and Acting Finals
(COTH 327/344)

Play: Life Under Water

Directing Project
Author: Richard Greenberg
Dates Performed: April 28, 1997
Sponsoring/Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Lisa McDonald:

Cast List

Amy-Beth: Laurie Lodewyck
Amy-Joy: Elaine Bonifield
Kip: Matthew Holmes
Jinx: Stephanie Bickel
Hank: Chris Kudlacz:

Play: Keep Tightly Closed in a Cool Dry Place

Advanced Acting Project
Author: Megan Terry
Dates: April 28, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Cast List

Jaspers: Andrew Rausch
Michaels: Sean Geary
Gregory: Albert Jones

Production Staff

Served Both Plays on April 28
Stage Manager: Jenn Johnson
Assistant Stage Manager: Louise Edwards
Sound Operator: Laura Weiler
Light Board Operator: Leanne Robinson
Stage Hand: Patrick Wackerly

Play: Women and Wallace

Directing Project
Author: Jonathan Marc Sherman
Dates: April 29,1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Artistic Staff

Director: Jason Zimbler:

Cast List

Wallace Kirkman: Patrick Jehle
Mother/Nina: Daniela Papi
Grandmother: Erin Maxwell
Victoria: Mia Montagna
Psychiatrist: Holly Hoffman
Sarah: Kelly McGann
Lili: Christina Kolski
Wendy: Chelsea Blasko

Play: The Lover

Advanced Acting Project
Author: Harold Pinter
Dates: April 29, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Cast List

Sarah: Greta Zandstra
Richard: Mike O'Malley
The Milkman: Albert Jones:

Production Staff

Served both Plays on April 29
Stage Manager: Patrick Quigley
Assistant Stage Manager: Brain Bauersfeld
Light Board Operator: Rana Aea

Play: A Kind of Alaska

Advanced Acting Project
Author: Harold Pinter
Dates: April 30, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Cast List

Deborah: Suzanne Mignanelli
Hornby: Anthony Siefring
Pauline: Megan Taylor

Play: Footfalls

Advanced Acting Project
Author: Samuel Beckett
Dates: April 30, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Cast List

Play: Lament for Three Women

Advanced Acting Project
Author: Karen Malpede
Dates: April 30, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Cast List

Rachel: Diane Hren
Ruth: Kathryn Telesca
Naomi: Tenelle Cadogan

Play: Rockaby

Advanced Acting Project
Author: Samuel Beckett
Dates Performed: April 30, 1997
Producing Organization: ND Communication and Theatre
Venue: Laboratory Theatre--Washington Hall

Cast List

Woman: Kathleen Hillman