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CAST
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Zayed Braikat Radio Station Manager
Nate Jenkins Foley Artist
Percionna Hale Organist
Trevor Maxey Freddie Filmore
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UNDERSTUDY CAST
CAST
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Noah Stiles Jake Laurents
Grace Koltz Sally Applewhite
Samantha Stevens Lana Sherwood
Noah Harrison
Easton Crisp Harry “Jazzbo” Heywood
Blair McKown
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DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS (CTD.)
DIRECTORS AND DESIGNERS
Elliot Wasserman Director
Charles Schefer Cinematic Consultant & Director of Photography
Joshua Stallings Sound and Lighting
Designer
Shan Jensen Costume Designer
Paul Weimer Scenic Designer
Hadin Hart Production Stage Manager
Kyle Burgess Assistant Stage Manager
Amelia Schmitz Assistant Stage Manager
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PRODUCTION TEAM (CTD.)
Lighting and Sound Sound Designer/Composer/Arranger……………...Joshua Stallings Set Recording Assistant……………………………...Daniel Moser Music Recording Assistant………………………….Austin Ferrari
Foley Assistant………………………….Nate Jenkins, Eve Pigman Post Production Organists…………..Patrick Ritsch and Tom Drury Master Electricians/Assistant Designers…………….Austin Ferrari, Blake Whitehouse
Lighting/Sound Paid Workers…………..Dillon Betz, Easton Crisp, Noah Harrison, Trevor Maxey, Blake Whitehouse, Eli Young
Lighting/Sound Lab… Cole Brinker, Kyle Burgess, Zayed Braikat, Gavin Carter, Austin Ferrari, Aidan Lucas
Properties/Paint Props/Paint Shop Crew ...............Adrian Ettensohn, Haley Flamion, Nate Jenkins, Riley McCormick, Miriam McDonald, ......................... Blair McKown, Kyle Meunier, Jovanni Olavarria, Kierstin Prewitt, Kirsten Rude, Amelia Schmitz, Samantha Stevens Scenery Master Carpenters ............... N. Conrad, Grace Koltz, Shayna Survil Scenic Lab.. ............... Ryan Butler, Heather Christie, Victor Jewell, ........................................... Daniel Moser, Noah Stiles, Avery Yates Recording Camera Assistant…………………………………Andy Hammond Camera Operators……………………...Zoie Hunter, Gavin Carter, Riley McCormick, Cole Henrich, Cole Brinker, Blake Whitehouse, Kyle Burgess
Track Camera Operator…………………………...Amelia Schmitz Post Production……………………………………Charles Schefer
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Dean, College of Liberal Arts ................................ Dr. James Beeby Chair of Performing Arts ...................................... Elliot Wasserman Managing/Marketing Director ................................. Rebecca Lutton Acting Faculty ........................................................... Eric Altheide Costume Faculty .......................................................... Shan Jensen Lighting Faculty Advisor ....................................... Joshua Stallings Scenic Faculty Advisor ............................................... Paul Weimer Costume Shop Manager .............................. Kimberly A. Coleman Facilities Coordinator ............................................. Joshua Stallings Technical Director and Production Manager ........ Andy Hammond Theatre Adjunct Faculty ........................................... Rustin Howard
PRODUCTION TEAM
Artistic Staff Graphic Designer ................................................... Kristina Arwood Stage Management Production Stage Manager ............................................... Hadin Hart Assistant Stage Managers .......... Kyle Burgess and Amelia Schmitz Costumes Wardrobe and Hair………………………………….Blair McKown Costume Assistants…………….…Alisha Glover, Clare McGregor, Evelyn Pigman Costume Lab……………………..Jalyn Bird, Jesse Crull, Annabelle Gladding, Alisha Glover, Percionna Hale, Sophie Rosenbaum, Ashlyn Thornburgh, Jaylen Williams, Whitney Wood
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DIRECTORS AND DESIGNER BIOS
ELLIOT WASSERMAN (director) Elliot Wasserman has directed major musicals at professional venues around the country, including such favorites as Guys and Dolls, The Sound of Music, Cabaret, Gigi, Man of La Mancha and I Do! I Do! During his career he has directed such Broadway stars as Kay McClelland, Tony-Award nominee Mark Baker and Tony-Award winner for best actress in a musical, Donna Mckechnie. In June 2007, he directed a production of A Few Good Men starring film actor Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Young Guns) and television star Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, Dark Angel, Smallville); and in 2008, he directed a production of Damn Yankees starring Richard Kind (Mad About You, Spin City, A Serious Man, Toy Story 3). Most recently, he directed a production of Anything Goes at Kansas City Starlight Theatre starring Rachel York (Disaster!, Victor/Victoria, Kiss Me Kate, Lucy). From 1992-2005 he served as artistic director of the Lincoln Amphitheatre. An educator and chair of the University of Southern Indiana’s Department of Performing Arts, Wasserman's University directing credits are diverse, ranging from Shakespeare and Chekhov to such contemporary playwrights as Samuel Beckett and Christopher Durang. He is an occasional actor, having performed such roles as Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun! and Joe Keller in All My Sons. In 2007, he appeared on the New Harmony Theatre stage in The Importance of Being Earnest. A writer, Wasserman has created a translation/adaptation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, and his short play Outlaws received a New York premiere in 2003, after earlier productions in Los Angeles and at the Actors Theatre of Louisville. In April of 2005, he was selected as one of eight theatre educators nationally as a directing fellow of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Washington, and in January of 2006 he was awarded the KCACTF Gold Medallion Award for Excellence in Theatre Education. JOSHUA STALLINGS (lighting and sound designer) is excited to be returning to USI Theatre for his first full season as the sound designer and facilities coordinator. A composer, designer, and technician, Joshua spent the last seven years in the Twin Cities area where his work included shows with History Theatre, CLIMB Theatre, SteppingStone Theatre, Yellow Tree Theatre, Twin Cities PBS, and countless music and corporate events across the Midwest.
SHAN JENSEN (costume designer) has designed costumes for every production at New Harmony Theatre for the past 25 years. New York and regional credits include productions for Maltz Jupiter Theatre, New Jersey Shakespeare, Lincoln Center, The Whole Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Home for Contemporary Art and Theatre, American Jewish Theatre, Village Gate, and Theatre in the Park. Credits for film and television include Billy Bathgate, A League of Their Own, Rude Awakening, Five Corners, Brenda Starr, Goodfellas, McBain, Legal Eagles, The Accident, Incident in Baltimore, A Specific Friendship, and many commercials and industrials. Shan holds a MFA in costume design from the University of Virginia. She teaches costume design at University of Southern Indiana. PAUL WEIMER (scenic designer) is an assistant professor of theatrical design at the University of Southern Indiana and the resident scenic designer for USI Theatre. He spent many years in New York City working as an associate set designer on numerous Broadway shows and national tours, including The Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Shrek, Ghost, Matilda & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, working with directors such as Harold Prince & Mike Nichols. Paul earned a BA from Ohio Northern University and a MFA from the University of Wisconsin/Madison. He is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and served on the negotiating committee for the union’s Broadway contract and on the Scenic Design entrance exam committee.
CHARLES SCHEFER (cinematic consultant) is a 1996 graduate of the USI Theatre Program and has been working in the film industry on both sides of the camera for almost 25 years. He is also active in the USI Community as he currently serves on both the College of Liberal Arts Advisory Board and The USI Society for Arts and Humanities.
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Upcoming Productions
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Music in Order of Use:
12 Days of Christmas: Traditional. Arranged by J Stallings.
Buffalo Gals: John Hodges. Public Domain.
Bridal Chorus: Richard Wagner. Public Domain.
I'll Be With You (In Apple Blossom Time): Albert Von Tilzer,
Lyrics Neville Fleeson. Public Domain.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Johnny Marks. Used as per
agreement with the show.
Silent Night: Franz Xaver Gruber. Public Domain.
Santa Claus is Comin' To Town: J. Fred Coots and Haven
Gillespie. Used as per agreement with the show.
Muscle Shoals Blues: George W. Thomas. Public Domain. Arr.
Paul Marcorelles. Sheet music purchased.
Joy To the World: Traditional. Lyrics Isaac Watts. Public
Domain.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. Music: Felix Mendellssohn.
Lyrics: Charles Wesley and George Whitefield.
Auld Lang Syne- Traditional. Lyrics Robert Burns. Public Do-
main. Arr. Paul Barton. Sheet music free.