by Sarah RuhlMay 13−23, 2010

Center Square Theatre

Designated a Center of Excellence in the Fine and Performing Arts by the Oregon University System

by John O’KeeffeMay 13−23, 2010

Center Stage Theatre

Spring 2010

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We’re nearing the end of our 2009/10 Theatre

season and it’s been exciting. There has been such a

wide variety of shows this year with so many amazing

student performances so far, that it would take up too

much space now to write about them all. And we’re

not done yet. Our two spring productions are now

on the boards and they are about as diverse as humanly possible. Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl’s funny and heartbreaking modern retelling of the Orpheus

myth as seen through the eyes of Eurydice, is playing in the Center Square

Theatre. John O’Keeffe’s riotous poke at Restoration comedies – filled with

mistaken identity, love interest, Shakespearean innuendo, and rakish wit –

comes to life in Wild Oats on our Center Stage. Both plays are as wonderful

as they are different.

It’s heartening for me to see such a wide spectrum of theatre being

done in our department and to know that “live theatre” is thriving at our

institution, because that is exactly what we are about. The shows we put on

are not only great performance and design opportunities for our students,

but just as importantly, they are also invaluable curriculum.

We want our students to graduate from this institution having learned

a wide variety of theatrical styles and genres, so that when they go on to

the next phase of their lives and careers, they will have a strong base of

knowledge and practical experience from which to draw. The shows at

SOU aren’t just entertainment or fluff. They are serious and challenging

works, even when they are comedic romps like Wild Oats. I’m proud to say

that our student performers, designers and technicians have all risen and

are still rising to the occasion, giving their best efforts and displaying their

formidable talents. The challenge is laid before them and they meet the

challenge admirably.

So I hope each and every one of you in the audience laugh heartily, are

moved to tears, and just plain enjoy our shows. I also ask you to remember,

however, that the shows you come to see in our theatres are also important

learning vehicles for our students – to remember that you are watching

young people grow and stretch and expand their horizons – and take

pleasure in being part of the learning process.

– Noel Koran

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What a Year for Theatre at SOU

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Faculty

Noel Koran ...................................Director, Department of Performing Arts

Alan Armstrong ................................................................ Emeritus Faculty

Jim Giancarlo ........................................................ Musical Theatre Faculty

Craig Hudson ................................................................... Emeritus Faculty

David Kelly.........................................................................Adjunct Faculty

Laurie Kurutz .............................................. Costume Construction Faculty

Eric Levin .....................................................Director of Theatre Education

Dale Luciano ....................................................................Directing Faculty

Maggie McClellan ..........................................Voice and Movement Faculty

Sean O’Skea ............................................................. Scenic Design Faculty

Deborah Rosenberg ................................................Costume Design Faculty

Chris Sackett ......................................... Sound and Lighting Design Faculty

Ezra Severin .....................................................Technical Direction Faculty

Dennis Smith ........................................................................Acting Faculty

Don Weingust ................................Director, Center for Shakespeare Studies

StaffChristi Courian ......................................................Administrative Assistant

Lois DeBruno ............................. Performing Arts Self-Support Coordinator

Su Grossmann .......................................................Administrative Assistant

Jane Hickinbotham ................................................Staff Technical Manager

Department of Performing Arts/Theatre Arts

THEATRE POLICIES

Please turn off your cellular phone, pager, beeper and wrist watch

alarm before entering the theatre. No cameras or recorders in the theatre.

No food or drink in the theatre.

Children under six years of age not admitted except to children’s show.

Late seating is not guaranteed and latecomers may not be admitted to

the theatre. When appropriate, latecomers will be seated in the rear of the

theatre and may take their regular seats at intermission. No late seating in

the Center Square Theatre.

No smoking anywhere in the Theatre Arts Building.

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Scene:Hampshire

Length:

Two hours, including one fifteen-minute intermission

Director ........................... Dennis Smith

Assistant Director ............ Elisabeth Campbell

Costume Designer ........... Katherine Nowacki

Scenic Designer ............... Daniel Haskett

Lighting Designer ............ Bridget Carlson

Sound Designer ............... Steven Sagert II

Special thanks to:

Todd Barton for his generous spirit Mary Blackford

Chris Sackett, for use of his music from Impropriety I and IIViolin soloist Heidi Strahm

by John O’Keeffe

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Cast

(in order of appearance)

John Dory, a sailor, played by ................ Mr. David Demuth

Sir George Thunder, his master, played by................................. Mr. Justin Samuel Cowan

Ephraim Smooth, played by ....................Mr. Isaac Kosydar

Lady Amaranth, Sir George’s niece, played by........................................Miss Danielle Chaves

Zachariah, her servant, played by..............................Mr. Spencer Riley Hamilton

Harry Thunder, played by ....................Mr. Blaine Johnston

Muz, played by .......................................... Mr. Joe Wegner

Jack Rover, played by ..............................Mr. Tim Homsley

Waitress, played by ............................... Miss Katie Torcom

Farmer Gammon, played by ...................Mr. Richard Heller

Sim, his son, played by ......................Mr. Gabriel Behrmann

Jane, his daughter, played by ...................... Miss Elsbeth Poe

Banks, a cottager, played by .............Mr. Jacob Samuel Feller

Twitch, a bailiff, played by ................... Mr. Joshua Simpson

Honest Bob Johnstone,

played by.......................................... Mr. Shayne Hanson

Trap, Treasurer of a company of players, played by................................................... Mr. Hamilton

Lamp, manager of the company,

played by...........................................Mr. Levi Goodman

Amelia, Banks’ sister, played by......................................... Miss Holly Edwards

Coachman, played by ............................ Miss Katie Torcom

Ruffians, played by ...................... Mr. Wegner, Mr. Hanson,

............................................................and Miss Torcom

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Stage Manager ....................................................................... Karen Kuran

Assistant Stage Manager .................................................. Amy Mazzaferro

Technical Director .......................................................... Christopher Cook

Assistant Technical Director.................................................... Colin Green

Production Assistant ..........................................................Mario Cambern

Dramaturg .......................................................................... Katelyn Annis

Fight Choreographer ..............................................................Kristen Mun

Assistant Costume Designer .................. Bunny Spady, Hannah Stellmacher

Assistant Lighting Designer ................................................. Graham Jones

Assistant Scenic Designer .......................................................Natalie Scott

Drafter/Assistant Master Carpenter ................................... Amanda Stucke

Welder/Assistant Master Carpenter ........................................ Colin Green

Master Carpenter .................................................................Stephen Purdy

Carpentry ..........Katy Adcox, Amanda Daly, Jasmine Lane, Rachel Stewart

Prop Master ........................................................................ Jamie Thomas

Hair/Makeup Supervisor .................................................... Rose Blackford

Hair/Makeup Assistant Supervisor .......................................Alison Hough

Hair/Makeup Crew ............................... Hannah Gassaway, Leah Sanginiti

Wardrobe Supervisor ................................................... Jordan Leigh Zwick

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor ...................................... Katherine Behrens

Wardrobe Crew ........................................... Ariel Dengrove, Sarah Martin,

..................................Leona Schrader-Dee, Corey Porter, Francesca Solano

Master Electrician.....................................................................Kyle Miller

Light Hang Crew .................... Garrett Alden, Colleen Biller, Steven Coney,

...........................Meagan Kirby, Peter Lang, Kelsey Meyer, Erin O’Connor,

................................................................ Kevin Young, Russell Yamamoto

Sound Engineer ....................................................................Cullen Wright

Sound Run .......................................................................... Grey McClure

Run Crew ............ Cody Ball, Rebecca Denley, Leah Forrest, Samuel Fuller,

............................................................Katheryn Kammerer, Rachel Seeley

Wild Oats Production Crew

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Dramaturg NotesWild Oats is an outrageous, melodramatic comedy about true love,

forgiveness, redemption, and the impetuousness of youth. It conveys one on

a journey through late 18th century Hampshire and introduces a colorful

cast of characters who entertain with larks, pretense and delightful double

entendre. From the landed gentry to the lowliest farmer, all archetypes are

present and accounted for, displayed in their full comedic glory. There are

actors, British Navy men, lords, ladies, ruffians and clergy, to name a few.

Throughout, John O’Keeffe snatches quotes from Shakespeare, from his

contemporaries and everyone in between – even from his other plays!

The sometimes inaccurate quotations create a delightful maze of theatrical

references that propel one into the story. One can’t help but marvel at the

lexicon of plays that O’Keeffe had under his belt.

The stories contained within the play are numerous. It is the story of

two friends and fellow players, though all is not as it may seem. It is the

story of love at first sight with all the complexities those circumstances tend

to entail. It also addresses the virtues of kindness, charity and honor.

It contemplates long term consequences to actions and the demands of

lengthy friendships. It deals with the question of the English class system

and how Quaker philosophy and religion ignores that structure. It delves

into the position that “men of the boards” held in society at that time and

what it meant to be a “thespian.” Lovers and families are reunited, though

to know this doesn’t reduce the fun that is had as the characters progress

toward the play’s resolution.

What a wild and wacky ride it is, spinning like a whirligig and landing

in true thespian style.

– Katelyn Annis

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About the PlaywrightWinging in almost a century after the Restoration comedy genre had

hit the scene, Wild Oats, by Irish dramatist John O’Keeffe, was a breath of

fresh air to the heaths and halls of England. Plays at the end of the 1700s

tended to be moral and historically accurate in tone. But patrons showed

a growing interest in Elizabethan and Restoration plays. To appeal to

rising cosmopolitan audiences, O’Keeffe made references and innuendos

harkening back to both eras. Not to be modest, O’Keeffe wrote that Richard

Brinsley Sheridan (author of School for Scandal) credited him with “reviving

comedy.”

O’Keefe was born in Dublin in 1747. He was educated by Jesuit priests

and worked as an actor for about twelve years. When his eyesight began to

fail in his twenties, he turned to writing as a means for making a living in the

theater. He went on to have great success with farces, comedic operas and

amusing dramas. Tony Lumpkin in Town (1778) and The Poor Soldier (1783)

were two of his best-known works, which focused on contemporary issues

while maintaining a light-hearted approach. The Castle of Andalusia (1782)

was a musical piece that garnered huge success. Wild Oats (1791) was hugely

popular in America, likely due to its light-hearted and bawdy nature. During

the late 1700s, John O’Keeffe was one of the most produced playwrights in

London. He died in 1833 at the age of 86, leaving behind over fifty comedic

works.

Recently, Wild Oats has had renewed interest; in 1976 it was

rediscovered by the Royal Shakespeare Company and welcomed with

rave reviews. This production led to many revivals in the English-speaking

world. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival hosted it for a full season in 2003.

Bernard Levin of London’s The Sunday Times says in response to the 1976

production, “...anybody who does not enjoy himself at it must be dead,

and indeed to a considerable extent decomposed.” Hopefully all of you are

alive and well and will enjoy our production immensely!

—Emily Caldwell, Dramaturg

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2010-2011 Scholarship Recipients

Bartell Memorial ScholarshipMallory Wedding

Angus Bowmer Theatre Arts ScholarshipRobert Chikar

John W. Mitchell ScholarshipChristopher Cook and Kacey Saffery

E. Mulling Theatre Arts Endowed ScholarshipRoxanne Miftahittin

Lee Mulling Theatre Arts Endowed ScholarshipElisabeth Campbell

Schneider Merit AwardJonathan Dyrud

Jeffrey Allen Staver Memorial AwardDaniel Haskett

Mulling Award for Creative and Academic Excellence in TheatreMonique Barbee, Katie Behrens, Jimmy Garcia,

Curtis Goodman, Lauryn Hochberg, Tim Homsley, Blaine Johnston, Rachael Jones, Tony Kupsick,

Pam Merten-Hindorff, Maire Murphy, Sereena Ojakian, Elsbeth Poe, Natalie Scott,

Josh Simpson, Morgana Spake, Shadee Vossoughi, Rebekah Whittaker, Kelsey Williams

Departmental Award for Outstanding Professional PotentialMolly Braithwaite, Erin Cunningham,

Hannah Gassaway, Adam Johnson

Departmental Award for Noteworthy Achievement in TheatreNicholas Altishin, Sunshine Bucy, Danielle Chaves, Mijo Fletcher,

Kimberlee Freimoeller, Jacob Horvat, Amazing Jaeger, Kaylyn Kilkuskie, Karen Kuran, Carlos Lopez, Alex Meyer,

Naomi Nagler, Cymry Reardon, Steven Sagert II, Hannah Stellmacher, Amanda Stucke, Jessie Weigel, Kevin Young

Departmental Award to Encourage Students who have demonstrated skill, potential and dedication

Kayla Bush, Bridget Carlson, Spencer Hamilton, Corynne Haslach, Jeffrey Hayes, Jasmine Lane, Brandon McCowan,

Victoria Miller, Danielle Pecoff, Rachel Stewart

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Friday, May 14Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra ($5), 8 pmMonday, May 17 SOU Guitar Ensemble ($5), 8 pmTuesday, May 18SOU Percussion Ensemble ($5), 8 pmWednesday, May 19Guest Artist: Chris Burton Jácome, flamenco guitar ($15), 8 pmFriday, May 21Junior Recital: Brian Banegas, percussion (free), 8 pmSunday, May 23Junior Recital: Lisa Nichols, flute (free), 3 pm

Thursday, May 27SOU Symphonic Band ($5), 8 pmFriday, May 28SOU Jazz Ensemble ($5), 8 pm Saturday, May 29 Jefferson State Choral Coalition ($5), 3 and 8 pm Sunday, May 30SOU Choirs Concert ($5), 3 pmWednesday, June 2Senior Recital: Kekaiolohia Enomoto, guitar (free) 8 pmFriday, June 4Senior Recital: Brandt Nakamura, tenor (free), 8 pm

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Announcing the 2010-2011 Theatre Arts Season

November 2010A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Directed by Jim EdmondsonCenter Stage Theatre

Taking Steps by Alan Ayckborne Directed by Dennis Smith

Center Square Theatre

February 2011King Lear

by William ShakespeareDirected by

Don WeingustCenter Stage Theatre

Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through the Looking Glass

adapted by Craig Jessen Directed by Chris Sackett

Center Square Theatre

May 2011The Shape of Things

by Neil LaButeDirected by Elisabeth Campbell

Center Square Theatre

You Can’t Take it With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

Director TBACenter Stage Theatre

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Production Manager ...........................................................................Chris SackettAssociate Production Manager .............................................................Sean O’SkeaTechnical Director................................................................................Ezra SeverinCostume Shop Supervisor ................................................................. Laurie KurutzCostume Crafts Supervisor ........................................................Deborah RosenbergAssistant Production Manager ...............................................................Olivia ToddAssistant Costume Shop Supervisors ......................... Kayla Bush, Hannah SwensonDrapers ................. Molly Braithwaite, Rachael Jones, Amy Rogers, Morgana SpakeFirst Hands ................................... Katherine Behrens, Erik Brown, Kelsey WilliamsCostume Crafts Supervisor ............................................................... Teresa LaScala Costume Crafts Crew .............Zachary Centers, Danielle Pecoff, Mahlea RasmussenHaircutter ......................................................................................... Naomi NaglerStitchers ...........................................Nicholas Altishin, Felix Buller, Gavin Douglas, .....................................Kimberly Fain, Blair Fraser, Aislyn Marshall, Sarah Martin, ...........................Brandon McCowan, Anna Micco, Jeremiah Pyland, Heaven Reed, ..................................................Crystal Rundall, Shadee Vossoughi, Hanna WisnerCostume Stock Supervisor ............................................................. Irene VippermanCostume Stock Crew ................Susie Gabumpa, Callie Segotta, Hannah WagenblastCostume–Special Projects..................................... Margaret Frevele, Kevin NovotnyProp Crew ...................................Tamara Burgess, Timothy Duryea, Nick Johnson, ................................... Beverly Poole, Jarad Reuwsaat, Alyssa Rhoney, Jacob SchatzProp Shop Supervisor ................................................................... Shayne LancasterPaint Charge ............................................................................ Roxanne MiftahittinPaint Crew .................. Joshua Bowen, Amelia Bransky, Maria Buzard, Tyler Kubat, .... Victoria Miller, Marc Oliver, Samantha Schireson, Jessie Weigel, Andrew YabroffLight Shop Manager ............................................................................ Kristin LakeHouse Managers ...................................... Kimberlee Freimoeller, Ashley RevermanUshers ................Ashleigh Bragg, Briawna Jackson, Zachary Lathrop, Robyn Pucay, ...................... Emily Sarantakis, Gabrielle Smith, Tara Watkins, Rebekah WhittakerHouse Managers–Music Recital Hall ........................ Elsa Bishop, Lauryn HochbergBox Office Staff .................. Monique Barbee, Mario Cambern, Elisabeth Campbell, .... Rob Chikar, Grey McClure, Brandon McCowan, Josh Simpson, Irene Vipperman Concessions ............................Grey McClure, Brandon McCowan, Haley SongchildPublicity Assistants .................Mario Cambern, Elisabeth Campbell, Grey McClure, ....................................................Jeremiah Pyland, Josh Simpson, Irene VippermanGala Crew ......................................Erin Cunningham, Tony Kupsick, Carlos LopezLobby Display ............................. Kryssa Bowman, Maya Michele Fein, Ellen HufftPlaybill Dramaturg ...........................................................................Emily CaldwellArchivist ............................................................................................Kacey SafferyPublicity/Archive Photographer ............................................................Darek RileyPhoto Documentation .......................................................................... Julia GaskillVideo Documentation ....................................... Robert Hastings, Amber TempletonVideo Sound ...................................................................................Robert EricksonKey Wrangler ...................................................................................Maire Murphy

Production Crew - Both Shows

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By Sarah Ruhl

Scene:

A beach, a wedding party, the Underworld

Length:

One hour and thirty minutes with no intermission

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Director ..........................Curtis Goodman

Scenic Designer ..............Ryan Nicolai

Costume Designer ...........Sereena Ojakian

Lighting Designer .............. Pam Merten-Hindorff

Sound Designer ..............Amazing Jaeger

Stage fog is used in this production

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Cast(in order of appearance)

EURYDICE ............................................................Joanna Ortiz

ORPHEUS ............................................................Kameron Fort

FATHER ............................................................... Jimmy Garcia

NASTY INTERESTING MAN ..............................Nick Ferrucci

LITTLE STONE ........................................................Cat Seaton

BIG STONE ....................................................Heath Koerschgen

LOUD STONE ................................................Mallory Wedding

Acknowledgements

This production is dedicated by director Curtis Goodman

to his grandparents

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Stage Manager ......................................................................Robert Chikar

Assistant Stage Manager ..................................................... Adam Johnson

Technical Director............................................................Corynne Haslach

Production Assistant ..........................................................Veronica Sherry

Assistant Costume Designer .................................................... Kiova Staley

Assistant Lighting Designer .............................................. Kaylyn Kilkuskie

Master Carpenter/Welder ........................................................ Alex Meyer

Drafter/Assistant Master Carpenter......................................Sunshine Bucy

Carpentry .................................................... Alex Groveman, Jeffrey Hayes

Prop Master ......................................................................Winston Bischof

Hair/Makeup Assistant Supervisor ................................ Kaitlin Humphreys

Hair/Makeup Crew ........................... Amanda Hatheway, Laura Woodruff

Wardrobe Supervisor ............................................................... Sarah Coset

Wardrobe Crew ......................Kevin Goss, Erika Hidalgo, Steven Skaletsky

Master Electrician ..................................................................Mijo Fletcher

Light Hang Crew ............. Chelsea Acker, Danielle Hicks, Nikolas Horaites,

......................... Jacob Horvat, Ariel Jackson, Kate McFarland, Sean Minor

Sound Engineer ................................................................... Aaron Postma

Sound Run ............................................................................Neil Peterson

Run Crew ..........................Nicole Dibala, Cymry Reardon, Stephanie Ross

Eurydice Production Crew

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Director’s NotesLove, Death, Memory, Grief. In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl takes us to a

greater understanding of these four big, funny words. By juxtaposing the

story of two of the most famous tragic lovers in western history, Orpheus

and Eurydice, against a much more personal tragedy, the death of her own

father, Ms. Ruhl opens up some very tricky questions of life and existence.

What threads, then, connect these two? How is it that two events separated

by thousands of years can touch so many of the same notes?

Memory. Our lives are defined by our memories of those around us,

and their memories of us. By the memories of our actions and inactions,

successes and failures, kindnesses and cruelties...which lends the question,

what happens when those memories are cut off by death or simply fade

away? What is left beyond grief when we are faced with an absent loved

one? How must we adjust in redefining our own lives and how do those very

adjustments shape and change the memories of those who have passed?

These are questions with no clear right or wrong answer, questions

every living person has had to find their own path through. What Ruhl

presents is not a new idea by any means but a powerful one none the less.

Perhaps when faced with such hardship the greatest love we can extend is to

honor the grief and the memory by taking a long deep breath, and letting go.

– Curtis Goodman

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About the PlaywrightSarah Ruhl is one of America’s youngest and most successful post-modern

playwrights. In the last ten years, Ruhl has emerged as an influential voice in

contemporary theater. Born in 1974, Ruhl grew up in a very close-knit family

in Wilmette, Illinois. Her father was a toy salesman and her mother was a

high school English teacher, actress, and director. Ruhl and her sister were

encouraged as children to play and make art. From a very young age, Ruhl

told funny and poignant stories to her family and friends. She acted in plays

throughout her youth and intended to focus on poetry for her studies at Brown

University. Dog Play was her first piece, written in response to her father’s death

from cancer.

After discovering a passion for playwriting, Ruhl went on to study at

Pembrook College, Oxford. Her first full-length production, Passion Play: a cycle (1997), was commissioned by her mentor, Paula Vogel and was her first

produced play. Her first big success came from The Clean House (2004), which

received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was the runner-up for the

Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 2005. Her next hit was Dead Man’s Cell Phone (2007),

which premiered in New York in 2008 at Playwrights Horizons, starring Mary-

Louise Parker. In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play (2009) debuted on Broadway

and is currently running at the Lyceum Theater. It was also a finalist for the

Pulitzer Prize.

In 2006, she won a McArthur Fellowship and was credited as “a

playwright [who is] creating vivid and adventurous theatrical works that

poignantly juxtapose the mundane aspects of daily life with mythic themes of

love and war.” According to John Lahr of The New Yorker, Ruhl “writes in a

poised, crystalline style about things that are irrational and invisible.” Ruhl says

that she likes to use her plays to explore the “pleasure of heightened things”

and “the interplay between the actual and the magical.” In Eurydice (2003),

she takes a passion for myths and Ovid-like storytelling and explores them on

a deeply personal level. Ruhl describes Eurydice as “a long poem to my father”

and imagines the afterlife as a “neutral place where you can’t remember your

life, so that you don’t suffer, actually.”

—Emily Caldwell, Dramaturg

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Gabriel Behrmann (Sim–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Canby, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Dave in Typographer’s Dream and Props Master for Anton in Show Business.

Elisabeth Campbell (Assistant Director–Wild Oats) is a junior transfer at SOU, originally from Klamath Falls, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Props Master for Love’s Labor’s Lost, and Assistant Production Manager for winter term 2009 productions. Other theatre credits include Assistant Director for Inherit the Wind, My Fair Lady, and Amadeus.

Bridget Carlson (Lighting Designer–Wild Oats) is a senior at SOU, originally from Portland, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Lighting Designer for Anna in the Tropics, Prop Master for Blithe Spirit and Stage Manager for Love’s Labor’s Lost. Credits from other theatres include Lighting Designer for Red, White and Tuna at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre and for Irish Times at the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts in Texas.

Danielle Chaves (Lady Amaranth–Wild Oats) is a junior at SOU, originally from Lake Oswego, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Minnie Bell Tompkins in Johnny Johnson, Conchita in Anna in the Tropics and Penny Pennywise in Urinetown. Credits from other theatres include Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!

Rob Chikar (Stage Manager–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, originally from Ventura, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Stage Manager for Blithe Spirit and Stage Manager for Clean House. Other theatre credits include Assistant Stage Manager for the Kern County Shakespeare Festival.

Christopher Cook (Technical Director–Wild Oats) is a junior at SOU, originally from Los Angeles, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Technical Director of The Story of Opal, Anna in the Tropics and Hunting Cockroaches. Credits at other theatres include serving in a large variety of roles at The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, and crewing for several short films.

Justin Samuel Cowan (Sir George–Wild Oats) is a junior at SOU, originally from Portland, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Don Armado in Love’s Labor’s Lost and Katurian in Pillowman. Other theatre credits include Michael Minnetti in Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks and Max in Lend Me a Tenor at the Camelot Theatre.

David Demuth (John Dory–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Sunnyvale, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Mr. Ellis in Icarus and Morten Stone in An Enemy of the People. Credits from other theatres include The Cardinal in Frankenstein in Love and Silvio in Private Wars.

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Student Actor and Artist Bios

Director BiosCurtis Goodman* (Director–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, originally from Newburg, Ore. In the last two years, he has been the Assistant Director for the SOU productions of Blithe Spirit, Love’s Labor’s Lost, and An Enemy of the People, and directed two student showcases. His background includes studies at the San Francisco Clown Conservatory, puppetry performance with Lunatique Fantastique, and dancing with a Butoh dance troupe in Phoenix, Ariz.

Dennis Smith (Director–Wild Oats) has been teaching stage and film acting at SOU since 1985. He has directed 28 productions in that time, most recently his adaptation of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, and Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau. Smith retires at the end of this academic year, but will be back to direct Alan Ayckbourn’s Taking Steps this fall. He has also directed productions for the Rogue Opera, Britt Festivals, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, and Lyric Theatre.

*These students have undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

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Student Actor and Artist BiosHolly Noelle Edwards (Amelia–Wild Oats) is a senior at SOU, originally from Curtin, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Ma Strong in Urinetown, and Wife of Bath in Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat. Credits from other theatres include a chorus role in Henry VIII at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Jacob Samuel Feller (Banks–Wild Oats) is a junior at SOU, originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Previous SOU credits include The Friar in Dick Wittington and His Amazing Cat and Lord High Chamberlain in Many Moons. Credits from other theatres include Giles Corey from The Crucible and The Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Nick Ferrucci* (Nasty Interesting Man–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, originally from Puyallup, Wash. Previous SOU credits include Patrice in Ring Round the Moon, Eros in Metamorphoses, and The Jester in Many Moons. Credits from other theatres include Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing.

Kameron Fort (Orpheus–Eurydice) is a junior transfer student from Kauai Community College, originally from Lihue, Hawaii. This is his first role in an SOU production. Credits from other theatres include Ephraim Pontipee in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and the Scarecrow in The Wiz.

Jimmy Garcia (Father–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, from Los Angeles, Calif. Previous roles at SOU include Grandpa Joe in Johnny Johnson, Santiago in Anna in the Tropics, and Cinyras/Zeus in Metamorphoses. He also directed the 2009 SOU production of Icarus. Credits from other theatres include Tony in A View from the Bridge and Ensemble in Othello at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Levi Goodman (Lamp–Wild Oats) is a senior transfer from Southwestern Oregon Community College, originally from North Bend, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Holofernes from Love’s Labor’s Lost and Hovstad in An Enemy of the People. Other theatre credits include Baylor in A Lie of the Mind and Creon in Antigone at SOCC.

Spencer Riley Hamilton (Trap & Zachariah–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Klamath Falls, Ore. Previous SOU credits include the Dad from Windshook, and a Cigar Maker in Anna in the Tropics. Credits from other theatres include Rusty Charlie in Guys and Dolls at the Ross Ragland Theatre.

Shayne Hanson (Landlord & Ruffian–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Previous SOU credits include Allan in God of Carnage during the Fall 2009 Directing Projects. Credits from other theatres include Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Ernest and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Daniel Haskett (Scenic Designer–Wild Oats) is a junior transfer from Sacramento City College, originally from Sacramento, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Sound Designer for The Story of Opal and Scenic Designer for Anton in Show Business. Credits from other theatres include Scenic Designer for Rogue Opera’s The Marriage of Figaro.

Corynne Haslach (Technical Director–Eurydice) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Hillsboro, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Master Carpenter for The Story of Opal and Blithe Spirit, and Assistant Master Carpenter for Dick Wittington and His Amazing Cat and Love’s Labor’s Lost.

Richard Heller (Farmer Gammon–Wild Oats) is a senior transfer from Rogue Community College, originally from New York, NY. Previous SOU credits include Dr. George Bradman in Blithe Spirit. Credits from other theatres include Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap and George Aaronow in Glengarry Glen Ross at Oregon Stage Works.

*These students have undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

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Student Actor and Artist BiosTim Homsley* (Jack Rover–Wild Oats) is a junior at SOU, originally from Beaverton, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Bobby Strong in Urinetown and Gransaville in Dick Wittington and His Amazing Cat. Credits from other theatres include Chip in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Oregon Cabaret Theater.

Amazing Jaeger (Sound Designer–Eurydice) is a junior at SOU, originally from Honaunau, Hawaii. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Sound Designer for Swimming in the Shallows, Sound Run for Anna in the Tropics and Sound Designer for the Fall 2009 Student Directing Projects.

Blaine Johnston* (Harry Thunder–Wild Oats) is a junior at SOU, originally from Sparks, Nevada. Previous SOU credits include Johnny Johnson in Johnny Johnson and Gus/Augustus Coverly in Arcadia. Credits from other theatres include Linus Dunlop in The Music Man at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Heath Koerschgen (Big Stone–Eurydice) is a junior transfer student from Rogue Community College, originally from Grants Pass, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Opal #4 from The Story of Opal and Rafe Caroll in Windshook. Credits in other theatres include Lennie in Of Mice and Men and Peter Hoskins in Prelude to a Kiss.

Isaac Kosydar (Ephraim Smooth–Wild Oats) is a senior transfer from the Oregon Coast Community College, originally from Siletz, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Longaville in Love’s Labor’s Lost and Corporal George in Johnny Johnson. Credits from other theatres include The Beast in Beauty and the Beast and Rabbi in Fiddler on the Roof at Coastal Art Productions.

Karen Kuran* (Stage Manager–Wild Oats) is a senior at SOU, originally from Hillsboro, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Stage Manager for Dick Whittington and His Amazing Cat and the Directing Projects. Credits from other theatres include a stage management internship for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Pride and Prejudice.

Pam Merten-Hindorff (Lighting Designer–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, originally from Corvallis, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Lighting Designer for Johnny Johnson, Master Electrician for Blithe Spirit and Love’s Labor’s Lost, and Lighting Designer for Clean House.

Ryan Nicolai (Scenic Designer–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, originally from Portland, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Scenic Designer for Icarus, Assistant Scenic Designer for Ring Round the Moon and Urinetown, and Paint Charge for Blithe Spirit and Anna in the Tropics.

Katherine Allison Nowacki (Costume Designer–Wild Oats) is a senior transfer from Diablo Valley College, originally from Brentwood, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Costume Designer for Love’s Labor’s Lost and An Enemy of the People. Other theatre credits include Costume Designer for The Yellow Boat at the Insight Art Theatre Collective and for The Shadow Box at DVC.

Sereena Ojakian (Costume Designer–Eurydice) is a junior at SOU, originally from Palo Alto, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Assistant Costume Designer for An Enemy of the People and Costume Crafts Co-Supervisor for Johnny Johnson. Credits at other theatres include Wardrobe Coordinator for Hope Musical Theater Summer Camp.

Joanna Ortiz (Eurydice–Eurydice) is a senior at SOU, originally from Walnut Creek, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Marela in Anna in the Tropics and Eva in Absurd Person Singular. Credits from other theatres include Kitty Robinson in Let’s Go to the Movies.

Elsbeth Poe (Jane–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Davis, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Opal #2 in The Story of Opal as well as Ralph, Jackey and Ben in Anton in Show Business. Credits from other theatres include Kate in Pirates of Penzance.

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*These students have undertaken this assignment as the culminating creative project to satisfy the thesis requirement for their Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.

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Student Actor and Artist BiosSteven H. Sagert II (Sound Designer–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Medford, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Sound Board Operator for Ring Round the Moon and Johnny Johnson, and Sound Engineer for Anna in the Tropics. Credits from other theatres include Sound Designer/Engineer/Sound Board Operator for Peter Pan at the Children’s Musical Theatre of Oregon.

Cat Seaton (Little Stone–Eurydice) is a freshman at SOU, originally from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Previous SOU credits include an ensemble member in The Vagina Monologues. Credits from other theatres include Ms. Fischer in A Picasso, and Sister Robert Anne from Nunsense.

Joshua Simpson (Twitch–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Redmond, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Peter in Vikings during the Fall 2009 Student Directing Projects and Worker in Anna in the Tropics. Credits from other theatres include Kenikie from Grease.

Katie Torcom (Waitress, Coachman & Ruffian–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU originally from Chicago, Ill. Previous SOU credits include Holly in Anton in Show Business and Private Fairfax in Johnny Johnson. Other theatre credits include Rizzo in Grease.

Mallory Wedding (Loud Stone–Eurydice) is a junior at SOU, originally from Napa, Calif. Previous SOU credits include Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Katherine in Love’s Labor’s Lost, and Rebecca Stockman in An Enemy of the People.

Joe Wegner (Muz & Ruffian–Wild Oats) is a sophomore at SOU, originally from Bend, Ore. Previous SOU credits include Charlie Fox in Speed the Plow during the Fall 2009 Directing Projects. Credits from other theatres include Clifford Bradshaw in Cabaret and Dauntless in Once Upon a Mattress.

Ty Burrell is starring as part of the 2010 Golden Globe-nominated ensemble in the critically-acclaimed Modern Family series on ABC. Ty has also appeared in FOX’s Back to You, The Incredible Hulk, National Treasure II: Book of Secrets, Black Hawk Down, and Friends with Money.

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Susan Ball

Anne Decker

Anitah Draimon

Richard L Hay Trust

Laurie Kurutz

Miriam Mendoza Moody

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Candice and Russ Chapman

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Charles and Betty Howe

John W. Mitchell Trust

Robert Miller and Doris Segner

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

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Sandi and Jim Risser

Joan T. Spear

Robert and Janice Staver

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Gold Lou Ann Auble

Brenda H. Barca

Dr. and Mrs. John Burns

Anne F. Decker

Frank and Eleanor Marzocco

Jim McConville

Michael and Diana Quirk

Bill Sipfle and Kate Cleland-Sipfle

Arthur and Audrey Sochor

Donna Torcom

Dawn Trimble

United Way of the Columbia-

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Ruedi and Emilie Vest

Barry and Shirley Vitcov

Corby Palacios

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Peter and Janet Schmitz

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Robert and Janice Staver

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Theatre Department Donors, cont.SilverDona Affolter

John I. Alexander

John and Carrey Alden

Fran Aversa

Kenneth and Mary Ann Bergman

Jan Craigie

Burt Eikleberry

John Engelhardt

Judith Faulkner

Marlene and John Henselman

Dennis Hitch

Ed and Sheila Hungerford

John and Kay Johnson

Thomas and Patrice Kane

Saundra and Edward Kice

Philip Lang

Irving Lubliner

Sharon L. Nelson and Charles Meek

Mary Ojakian

Bill and Shirley Patton

Marie and Bill Radke

Peggy Rubin

Robert and Joyce Stevens

Randall Stothers

Sue and Gene Thomas

Janice and Ronald Waitt

BronzeS.C. and Rhoda Abrahams

Susan C. Ball

Ed and Maureen Battistella

Gloria Buffington

Ron and Carol Cochran

Christi Courian and Larry Osborne

John Cowles

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Darlene Fenwick

Margery Goodman

Michael and Helen Halderman

Mary E. Holland

Carole and Alan Horobin

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Barbara and Tom Mathieson

Edith Montgomery

Blair and Carol Moody

Dick and Marty Moore

Frank Moore

Ted Mularz

Richard and Rochelle Newman

Mack Purcell

Gail Richter

Barbara and Harvey Roth

Susan Roudebush and Keith Massie

Dr. Susan Rust

Jenifer Skiles

Lloyd and Joanne Sorensen

Douglas and Diana Spence

Marshall and Miriam Umpleby

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